Newspaper Page Text
ifc
*
<5 J mcnm i ►
ELLAYILLE publishing CO.
-TIS OfTEN THUS.
M H. g. ATKINSON.
BtarI,ebt ' by tha
, ; , ,i;, hiiig, longing, hoping, whilo tha
2Ss3F»—... iiffumier shall hiss ^—. tairy-
* if tny lips my
111 I ® c8 in tho distance, afl she „ comes witl^
t mb ,M note the rippling moonbeams playing o'er
lier perfect muud faoe; her slender waist, ... her head
g,,nu i.i
tfHiul'o ‘"ove rare, "my sweetheart fair, the girl J
tho best.
' * *
•
"now."
s ., T wait liosldo iho streamlet, ’noath the
moonlit linger-watohms, i.rnumc r sky hoping—while ; the
01 mo-
. Bl tmvlm'ec tobocuroai.od, uncs there no longer, In my arms
yoribes pot another follow, and I think I'll
trs'sf We9t ’
CM 7 I
-on,
ACTED BY THE BUSH-
1 Story of the War in
the Southwest.
BY ARVIDE 0. BALDWIN.
CHATTER VII—Continued.
aotaltar shot was givon the attacking
partv, nul ns iluy were at weakening. a disadvantage'
ti, e v soo i showed signs of John
noticed that some of the men turned about
mi shot ut the s:abl -3 window, and during
the Ini! in 1 roti’d ho r the crack of a rifle in
that direction. He had missed Jeff before
(lie light, but be now knew where he was.
That iiidivi iml was doing warlike dudes on
bis ow: account.
So one could tell who was doing the exe-
cation; whi ther it was Henry, who kept
hispis warm with continual firing; or John,
»bo tried to m ike liis shots count among
the doling enemy; or Jeff, from his posi-
lion in the stable, from whence the s ow
but regular crack of bis gun could be
heard.
The two elder 1 idles (for Amo’s mother
vis also there) were sitt ng side by side
with th ir luces buried in their arms trying
to abut out the horrible rattle oE the guns
ltd tbs breaking of the glass in tho
liudows.
I Arno was leaning over her mother
I welling pvuqmVhy, and trying to give it.
I I Lillie wis going from one to the other of
their defenders, doing what little she could
I to assist th m in their bravo resistance.
I Tiro bright spots of red appeared in her
I otherwise pule face, and her eyes sho ie
I with an unnatural tire as her stately figure
I tracers d the floor without any apparent
| I fear, although through tho nu windows occasional missile unpJeis- that
came came
I antly near. During the heat of the battle
I Henry felt a sting in his left arm, and by
I the peculiar burning sensation knew he
I must ho Lurt, but as the member yet con-
I I tinned sorviceable he paid no attention
to it.
The fire gradually grew loss ou the part
I el tho assailants, and in a short time ha f
I of their number were incapacitated for
farther active service—at least for the pres-
eit, Two had retired to a safe distance,
and two more were unable to do so. At the
from beginning of the fight they had dropped
tlieir horses and taken what refuge
the; could behind fences and shade trots,
■left's position gnve him a decided ndv.iu-
i ,a K e in the battle, for, a”hough no* directly
ia their rear, he was in a position to get a
shoot partially exposed portion of the enemy to
at.
When the bushwhackers saw that it was
useless to prolong the conflict they hastily
threw their wounded comrades across their
suimals and made a hasty and ignominious
r treat, but boforo they could get beyond
rango another oue of them had felt the
solid effects of war, and had to be as¬
sisted in order to keep his seat in tho
saddle.
It was a sorry-looking lot of men that
left (he Eddies plantation that afternoon,
atul straggled around tho corner and down
the Miru Road. Henry wanted to follow
them and destroy the entire number, but
«ha soon convinced him that it might lead
to bad results, for in all probability there
Wre others of tho gang, aud they would be
lisely to run into a nest of them ot any
point.
CHAPTER Till.
a nisAHTiious puLsurr.
As soon as the enemy had retired the vic¬
tors could not refrain from \isiting the bat-
t.e ground. On tho ground occupied by the
almost bushwhackers, two revolvers aud one gun,
spoils of worthless, were found and taken as
h’o war.
discovered, or three small pools of blood were;
of and the fence showed the marks
ineffectual missiles. But when they
■tuned toward the mansion the effects of
‘hs battle were more apparent. The blinds-
c‘s casings were nearly riddled with bul-
nml buckshot, and the glass mostly
n ‘he lower windows.
1 like ter know how Marse Woodsley
“ e bn now,” said Jeff, scratching Ids
'u>°y head in glee as he thought of how
fiiscomfited that gentleman would bo over
O* defeat of his friends.
‘ had forgotten him,” said John; “we
riust see how the fellow feel* since the
fight.”
1 hoy rep aired to tlie house and climbed
(i ‘hoy st:t threw 'rB. The key the grated in of the the lock, aud in
which Woodsley open door room
Amazement was confined.
•coked within! was in their faces as theyi
Jj'kht! Their prisoner was not in
Whither had ho gone? The door
was found locked, and there seemed no way
•or escape.
As they entered Henry noticed that the
window iu the back end of the gable was
Open.
there! was all he said as he pointed to
ormninor
. Mire enough. There was where the dar-
j' oau g prisoner old-fashioned had made his escape, the for cord tied
‘ bad been bedstead was
R taken from it, and after draw-
.
JPK ‘be loose bed end close bv "and the window ho s’id throw to
‘bo - ground. out, (hen easily
As ihey looked out nothing but the rope
"-’■mist Nf ’ e 'i and that was dangting loosely
the building. Beneath it the grass
' v "; hodden, nml they kuew that Woodsely
" ns in the forest to tho north.
J[ e had hnuted for some means of escape,
'appeared, lr nd, and when he saw the old bed-
” tlmt Ln«l been placed in the room
uesUoy <s it, a keepsake, than and from a worth, dislike he to
for its intriusic
; hu<l fonrul a safe nn.l easy means of
f r ?""* Whil ‘ho fight reach
? was raging
i
^mm&rssrsu* U ‘ e ,l ' 14 * 6 P ,ltu ftU d inconvenience tha'i
1 K^ixrs.X"s,r. MunUging jt it. Her del lingers a
t goon M
Wood gashed away and a bandage firm-
v fastened in place.
Henry praised the skill with which the
.ai° ?hoxt° shown h*’ by ?? Ins dth looks ® J' <>un the K great warrior lo.eb, must
had for (he fair girl, for whenever then
| ties met a crimson glow overspread hext
]P®n, ana that so tney waited, vigilantly waten-
png. they might not be taken una-
wares.
* 30n night sot in a heavy, light-colored
column of smoko rose in tho southwest
After a little time a blaze shot upabovo the
trees, and in a few minutes more the heav-
ens were red from the blaze of the fire.
! Yonder is their work," Henry said,
pointing m tho direction of the fire. “It
may not be the g mg that was here, but it
? he w ? rk of some of ‘he same class of
villains.” M,
“This thing is terrible!" exclaimed the
lladics. God pity the helpless!"
John’s teeth were grinding together, but
he said not a word.
In a few moments more another fire
sprang up near the first, but not so large.'
There was no need to bo told that it was'
jthe work of the murderous bushwhackers;
that they were firing their neighbors’
buildings It made was but too evident to our friends.
them tremble with apprehension,
for they did not know how soon their lovely
homp might bo laid in ashes, and they left
without a place to shelter themselves from
the elements.
Jeff came in and passed through into the
kitchen. _ He carried his old gun swung
under his arm, and his hat wag placed on
the back part of his wooly head. The ne¬
gro had an air of contentment and seemed
to be in his element.
When ho returned he carried in his hand
P small muslin sack, or “poke,” as they
call the article in Arkansas, and it was well
filled with edibles.
“Marse John!”
ft T* rt »• ■*-
ya< e ana manned ner wmte mow. r no
puli, s were all becoming more brave by!
familiarity Hie with danger. It W’as dreary at
best, but nothing but death could now
relieve them of war’s terrible horrors, and;
they determined to assist all they could in;
! protecting They themselves.
the had knowledge been greatly favored thus far
by of tho bushwhackers’;
IplauB In regard to themselves, but thesej
jquestions iWfien would were the continua next attack ly before be maderj them
jWhat gest for other the deviltry destruction would of Woodsley the Kddleses sng-j
They know (he spirit of that young man
ai.d had no doubt but ha would resort t
[had some been plan for avenging the humiliation he
Time subjected could to. tell hap-
alone what would
>ve;j, Jeff what now?”
“Is gw,ns ter lebe yer!" And he mo- j
tioaed for John to give him another private
interview’.
That gentleman had now more confidence
iu, au 1 respect, for, the negro before him
than he had in the whole race before, and
jt was with alacrity tLat he stepped from the
group to Ear what the colored man had to
tell him.
“Jeff, do you really intend to leave us?”
John anxiously asked.
“Yes, but I wants ter tole yer ’bout it, so
'fit yer may know whar I’s gwine ter, an’
, f 1 don’t come back yer! know ’case
why." And ho theu proceeded to tell John
of his proposed trip. He He was had going been to raised start
that night for the river. and familiar
in that part of the country was
with it. He wanted to do a ’’little hunting
there,” ho said. He proposed to find their,
camp and see how the bushwhackers lived
at he home. could in He regard would to their try and plans, find and out would wbatj
not return until he had accomplished some¬
thing. liked the plan well enough, but it
John
seemed too dangerous, and he tried to per¬
suade the faithful man to abandon the proj¬
ect, but to no avail.
Sytva was peeping through the kitchen
door-way, and Jeff cast a tender glance in
that direction. In another moment he was
rone. A cloud settled over the faco of John
as he saw his dusky friend depart, for he
had begun to appreciate his services, and)
the spirit, although under a dark covering,
that impelled him to risk his life for has
friends. Vigilance was deemed necessary
Row, and a continual watch was kept about
the premises. and day had passed away
Two nights exciting a nature had
and uothiug of an oc¬
curred, nor had Jeff returned from the
river. As daylight came on the second day
John began to be restless aud over he the aud continued) Henry,
absence of the negro, male
lifter arming the more intelligent around
plaves and stationing them in and
the house, concluded to take a short scout
in search of him.
Lillie and her young friend Laura had]
become quite proficient in the use of the
smaller arms, and the turbulent times were;
begining to erase fear from their nature.
After making preparations the men took
their arms aud startid for the stables for
their horses. had ... left the porch , and ,
Before they walk, they two strangers
reached the saw commenced!
leaving the stable-yards. They and started
yelling and firing their pistols,
away on a run. One r\
recognized ... the horses.
John at once the other,
was his own favorite steed, and
young Woodsley’s. simultaneously, , . but , ap¬
Both men tired thieves
parently without effect, for the
kept on. hastened to the
John and his companion hftd two other animals,
stables aud shortly mounted and eagerly
yeady, when they
started in pursuit. friends reached the v\ ire
When our two whom
Road they discovered the men of
jthey hint, were in Quest leisurely nearly along, a half znile dis-
traveling for¬
TYo KuTrue'fs urged iheir animals
ward, and away they went like the wind.
They appeared to be unobserved until they
had arrived within almost hailing distance,
when, as if of a sudden, the two in front
s-nw —’ the horsemen upon their track, and
they whipped their animals on.
The race was becoming exciting, and the
pursuers were gaining on the quickly pursued,
when the men in front turned to
the right and dashed into the woods as if to
.escape, but apparently changed their minus,
for a few rods further on they appeared
again in the road.
On they went, and on came the others.
They had nearly reached tho locality where
the men had left the road when John, who
iwas in advanoe, saw something that made
(him put forth every effort to stop hia
horse, which was on a mad run. He yelled,
to his companion to stop, but the commauo
was unheeded, and in a moment more ms
horse came to a sudden halt, and the ruler
flew into the air and struck m » heap on
the dusty road. . .
John was more fortunate. Ills horse had
struck the obstruction, but go lightly that
he was merely thrown over, and by cling-
Sag to his animal’s fore-top he saved himself
from a severe fall. As it was, he struck the
road in no gentle manner, ond was some-
what stunned by the occurrence.
The wire had been cut from the p^e*
and a section of it stretched tightly acros*
ELLAVILLK GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 28,1888.
‘he highway, and fastened at either end to
trees located near. It was plaoed so that ii
Would reach to a horse’s breast in height;
and tho effect of animals running against it)
rated. , a , ra Pi<l H l H ‘Cd was what wo have uar-
We have never heard of this wire trick
neiug , played,
wire l!oad in during Arkansas the war, except ou tho
Played and that There it was
oushwhaekers successfully. the These thiij two
devilish were originators of
need scheme, that was so often piae-
Although successful)- tho afterward.
pened in broad daylight, present occurrence hap¬
ally the wire was gener¬
rfsorted to afterward in the dark of
evening or in tho night, ns it was then im¬
overt possible disaster. for tho victim to see in time to
original a method, and They improved on the
that would place the wire
so it would strike somewhat above the
D#ct£ or an ordinary norse, and conse¬
quently the rider would strike tho wire
while the horse would go under untouched.
b hen the man struck tho wire while
going at full speed death was probably the}
Jesuit twain, It was if likely to almost cut a m u
in and death did not at once eu
kite, tho victim was in a crippled or stunned
condition and easily foil a prey to the wily
[food, bushwhacker, who furnished, often, human
and was ns often himself fed, to the
buzzards that lived among the White Riveij
When John gathered his senses he saw!
Harry’s him horse lying upon tho grouud near
in tho last tinoes of death. He was a
How animal, and had seen the wire when ai-
,most against it, aud threw np his head in
itime to receive the full effect of the impetus
against it on his ueck. It had cut part way
through, and the blood was nearly done
rushing when John looked first.
Several feet beyond was Henry stretched
pn the road with an ugly wound in his head,
and unconscious. Hack of him, trembling
jin but every limb, was his own animal, standing,
not daring to move.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Finest Country riouse in America.
Almost every American has heard of
C. Flood, the California millionaire,
but very few are aware of tho fact that
Mr. Flood is the owner of the most mag¬
nificent country house and grounds in
North America. This estate is at Menlo
Park, near San Francisco, and during
Mr. Flood’s illness is closed to tourists.
The Gossiper was a privileged visitor,
and can therefore picture the scenes de¬
nied to others this season. The estate
covers 1,000 acres, and is under tho
charge of a landscape gardener and 120
assistants. The drives are several miles
in length, and are made of white gravel
kept spotlessly clean. The foliage,
shrubbery scription. and Everything flowers are beyond de¬
in white and gold.” The is porter's a “symphony lodge is
a beautiful cottage near the only entrance
to the grounds and the great gates are
white and gold. The grounds are
lighted by hundred of gas lamps with
ground glass shades, the gas being made
on the place. eloquent Statuary design of the most
chaste and and of ex¬
quisite workmanship give a finish to the
velvet-like lawns, and closely trimmed
hedges. But the house is the main at¬
traction. It is built in a style of archi¬
tecture that might be termed French, al¬
though not decidedly of that school. of black It
is dazzling white, the roofs are
slate in patterns, and the decorations are
all in gold. Even the inside blinds and
the furnishings are white and gold and
this effect has been preserved in the fin¬
ishings of the servants’ quarters, ttie su¬
perb stable and all the buildings on the
premises. The house stands on an emi¬
nence and overlooks one of the most
beautiful lawns that art could produce.
Fountains plash on every side; a terrace
of ivy and flowers hems in the eastern
view, whilo a bank of violets and a wall
of roses temper tho force of the ocean
breezes and perfume them. The perfect
creation of an artistio mind, with all the
necessary funds to mainta u it in its per¬
fection, Flood’s palace stands unrivalled
in America, millionaire. a typical home of a self-
made
Didn’t Know He was a Deserter.
Up in the wilds of Northern Minneso¬
ta lives a veteran of the war of 1812.
He fought through it like a true Ameri-
can eitizen, and though now 97 years
old, has been able to take care of him¬
self. When 69 years of age so great
was - the vigor of John Chase, then of
Utica, N. Y., that ho gathered his world¬
ly possessions and started for the West
to grow up with the country. Fora while
he prospered fairly, but now he finds
himself compelled to ask the Govern¬
ment that ho so valiantly defended in
the days of his youth to make some
modest provision for his declining applied to years. the
A few months ago he
Commissioner of Pensions for the an¬
nuity paid all survivors of the war of
1812. ‘The application was referred to
the War Department for an examina¬
tion of tho records. Shortly after the
white-haired veteran was astonished to
receive notice that no pension could bo
granted to him for tha reason that he
rested under a charge of desertion. In-
quiry dovoloped the fact that Gliase was
a member of Capt. Heth Langdon’s
Company of the New York State militia,
garrisoned during the latter part of 1814
at Niagara Falls. The war was practi¬
cally over early in October, and the 24th
of that month Chase and forty-five if the of
iris comrades, believing that
trouble was not passed it ought to be,
shouldered their muskets and marched
off home, leaving Capt. Langdon, a
lieutenant and four men in charge ceased of Nov. the
post. Hostiilities formally the
1 1814, six days later, but in mean¬
time Chase and his companions in arras
had been reported as having left the
post. They were accordingly recorded
as deserters. John Chase
For seventv-fonr years and did not
has rested under this stigma
know it. He only finds it out when he
asks for a pension, which the special act
of Congress to remove the charge speedily to-day
introduced in the House will
bring him.— Chicago Tribune.
Ashamed.
“The only time I ever really felt
ashamed in my life, was at the battle of
Cedar Rapids,” said tho Major. “My
horse fell under me, and I was obliged of
to ride an army mule during the rest
the engagement." remember it well, said ., the ,, Judge. T ,
“I hour after
“I found that mule about an
dismounted that day. - ’
you “Really, old I hardly expected
man, where
to be corroborated so asked promptly; the Major.
did you find him ?”
The Judge saw that there was a dear
run for the door as he replied. “Stone
dead, behind a rail fence.”
“Shot?” Tid-B
“No; mortification, ”— . its.
REPUBLICANS MEET
TO NOMINATE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES.
GAVELS MtKSKSTKD—FKKI) DOUGLASS
SPEAKS—COL. Kltl.D. UK ANT PKKHKNT
—TUB PPATKOBM.
Before the Convention assembled, im¬
mense crowds visited the grand hall in
which the National Republican Conven¬
tion were to meet to choose a presiden¬
tial candidate. At the apex in front of
tho chairman's desk was a gilded
American eagle, and beneath it a por¬
trait of Washington, Ou the right of
rhe chairman's desk was a plaster bust of
Gen. John A. Logan, in heroic size,
draped with an American flag. Hang-
tug from one of the boxes at the right
was a large painting of Logan’s charge
at the buttle of Atlanta. On the face of
the north and south walls of the audito¬
rium, framed in festoons of large Amer¬
ican flags and surrounded by a circle of
electric stars, were portraits of Lincoln
and Grant, the designs being mammoth
in proportion, nnd-ferm two of the most
striking details of the decorations.
full Flashing into its parti-colored the face brilliancy of the
audience and delegates, was
pended an American shield, formed of
different colored electric lamps. This
shield, its horizon of stars, its stripes of
in the Union, relievo are all of pictured out and put
a basso light by flashing jets
through red, white and blue globes. At
which points dip of exit aud entrance to the hall,
like great wclis into the audi¬
torium, are the nation’s standards,
planted hide at either side and draped so as
to the rough boards which lorm the
staircases of these avenues to the con¬
vention, of which there arc sufficient to
empty tho place in case of accident, in
throe minutes.
The Boston club planted its magnifi¬
cent banner, five feet long, just behind
the stage and it proudly floated, bearing
in letters of gold upon a field of blue,
the sentiments which appear to be upper¬
most in the minds of the delegates. The
banner is inscribed: “Home Market Club
of Bostou. Ameticau ways for American
workingmen. American markets for the
American people. Protection for Ameri¬
can homes.” This bamier is marked by
the delegates as they come into the hall,
aud by spectators as they gather in the
galleries and balconies. It was cheered
time at ter time.
The made arrangement in alphabetical of delegates’ begin¬ seats
was oider,
ning with Alabama, on the extreme right
aisle, through the two big siittes Of New
Y'ork and Pennsylvania together on the
front, facing Washington’s portrait on a
panel of the chairman's platform. The
Maine, Massachusetts Minnesota, Ala¬
bama, Arizona and Dakota delegations
had front seats. The Ohio delegation
was directly back of the New Y'ork
seats, while Missouri, Iowa and and Illi¬
nois are on the main isle near the center
of the space reserved for the delegates.
The space reserved for the District
Columbia delegation, was designated by
a white banner, marked in black letters.
This is a conspicuous departure from the
general plan of voting delegations, the
situation of all others being designated
by a blue silk banner, lettered in gold.
A significant view was the open space of
empty seats in the Virginia delegation.
The doors were not opened until all of
the intirior arrrangements were complet¬
ed and the crowd wits kept, waiting un¬
til two large bouquets of cut flowers and
a floral shield were being nailed upon the
chairman’s desk, which bears in Greek
letters this inscription: “James A. Gar¬
field was nominated from this desk in
1880 and James G. Blaine was nominated
from this desk in 1884.”
Chairman Jones, of the national com¬
mittee, came upon the platform just be¬
fore the convention was called to order
and brought with him two handsome
oak gavels, one merely pounding. polished and in¬
tended for hard The other is
a more pretentious affair, intended as a
gift to the temporary has chairman, is richly
chased in gold, and engraved upon
its several gold bands the names of
Washington, and Lafayette, Grant, Lincoln,
Garfield Logan. Precisely at 12.30,
on Tuesday, the gavel of Chairman
Jones, of the National Republican Com¬
mittee, sounded sharpy upon the ma¬
hogany desk, and the Republican Con¬
vention of 1888 was formally opened. ceased
The hum of conversation
throughout the vast auditorium, and the
buzz of expectation gave place to tho
impressive silence as the chairman intro¬
duced Rev. Frank W. Gunsauler, of
Plymouth who Congregational opened tho proceedings Church ot
Chicago, the conclusion of
with prayer. At the
prayer, Chairman Jones announced that
the secre'ary, Mr. Fessenden, of the na¬
tional committee, would read the call
for the convention issued by the national
committee.
Mr. Jones made an address, and Mr.
Thur.-ton, the temporary chairman, then
announced a long list of secretaries, as-
sistantant secretaries, sergennts-at-arms,
etc., for temporary organization, officers After
the reading of the list of was com¬
pleted, the bands struck up a medley of
national airs, which was’warmly received
by the audience, and as tho air turned
into “Marching Through the Georgia,” the
assemblage caught up refrain and the
chorus of many voices resounding
throughout the hull. Gen. Fremont was
presented to the convention, Fred Dong-
lam made a speech, bouquets were pre¬
sented to Miss Rachel Sherman, daugh¬
ter of the (ten. Sherman, and Mrs. Thurs¬
ton, the wife of the temporary chairman
of tho Convention.
Virginia presented time a contesting it looked dele¬
gation, and at one ns
though Gen. Mahone and Capt. Wise
would come to blows.
Estee, the new anti-monopoly Wednesday, chairman
was given the a gavel reception that on for unanimity and on
taking not exceeded since tho
heartiness was
Convention first opened. One of the
most interesting minor occurrences of the
dav was the presentation the chairman. of a gave! A of
silver and gold to great
hit was made by the addition of another
gavel notable as coming from Galena, the
home of Gen. Grant. Reference to the
old commander’s early struggles with
poverty in the little Galena tannery,
brought down the great audience at onco.
Just when everybody was expecting the
decks to be cleared for genuine bus most,
the weary flummery of u>clcis points of
order over the rights of alternates began.
Tho only relief was a night session.
At 8:20 j). m. when the convention
was called to order, tho auditorium was
uncomfortably the hall crowded and tho a ; r in
announced was that stilling. tho Chairman Estco
limit of time for
speaking would was 5 minutes, and that all speak
era bo called to order on time, ex¬
cept in the presentation of presidential
candidates. Mr. Wellington, of Mary¬
land, offered a resolution tendering, on
behalf of tho Republican party of tho
United States, to the German nation its
sympathy in this hour of her bereave¬
ment and deep sorrow, caused by tho
death of her ruler, Emperor Frederick of
Germany; “We tender to the German
people our heartfelt sympathy in tho
double loss they have recently sustained
in the decease of the great man under
whose reign Germany has become a unit¬
ed nation ami that other great man—his
liberal minded, peace-loving ami noble
son.’’ Adopted by a rising vote. Mr.
Dixon, (colored) of Maryland, offered
resolutions of respect to the memory of
Grunt, the late Logan, ex-Prcsident Arthur, und
also adopted Senator Conkling, which was
Fred Grant by a lising vote. Col.
and his wife, accompanied by
Mrs. Potter Palmer entered the conven¬
tion, and, walking through one of the
delegation aisles, stepped upon the plat¬
form and took seats in the rear of die
stand assigned to them. The convention
at once recognized Grant and cheered
tho distinguished visitors. Mr. Hallo-
well, of Kansas, moved that Gov. Fora-
ker, of Ohio, be asked to address tho
convention. The motion was agreed to
and Governor Foraker was introduced.
The committee on credentials made a
report on the nineteen contested cases as
follows; From third congressional dis¬
trict of Georgia, the committee recom¬
mended that If, R. Wright, Jess Wim¬
berly, P. H. Craig and O. F. Guilder be
each admitted to a seat with power to
cast one-half of one vote. From the fifth
district of Louisiana, David Young and
W. J. Yell. From the third district of
South Carolina, J.- R. Talcott and F. I.
llix, delegates, and L. C. Halsey and
lleury Kennedy, alternates. From the
seventh district of Tennessee, A. W.
Hughes, delegate. From the third dis¬
trict of Maryland, William Fairly mid
William Johnson, delegates; Charles F,
Riehl and Isador D. Oliver, alternates.
From the third district of Massachusetts,
Frank delegates; L. Stephens and Fessenden Jonathan and Bourne, John
Samuel
H. Abbot, alternates. Frcm the District
of Columbia, Andrew Gleason and Perry
H. Mahoneites Carson. In the admitted. Virginia matter, the
were
On adopted: Thursday, tlie following platform
was
“The Republicans of the United
States, assembled by their delegates in
national convention, pause on the thresh¬
old of their proceeding, to honor tho
memory of their first great leader, im¬
mortal of the champion of liberty Lincoln, und the and rights
people, Abraham imperishable to
cover also with wreaths of
remembrance and gratitude the heroic
names of later leaders, who have more
recently been called away from ourcoun-
cils—Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Logan,
Conkling. May their memories be faith¬
fully cherished. We also recall with our
greetings and with prayer for his recov¬
ery, the name of one of our living he¬ ir.
roes, whose memory will be treasured
history, both of the Republicans and of
the republic, the name of the noble sol¬
dier and favorite chief of victory,
Philip II. Sheridan. In the spirit of
those great leaders, and of our own de¬
votion to human liberty, and witli that
hostility to all forms of despotism and
oppression, which is the fundamental
idea of the Republican party, we send
fraternal congratulations to our fellow
Americans of Brazil upon their great act
of emancipation, which completes the
abolition of slavery throughout the two
American continents. We earnestly hope
that we may soon congratulate our fel¬
low-citizens of Irish birth upon the
peaceful recovery of home rule in Ire¬
land. We reaffirm our unswerving de¬
votion to the national Constitution and
the indissoluble union of the states; to
the autonomy reserved to the states un¬
der the Constitution; to the personal tho
rights and liberties of citizens in all
states and territories in the Union, and
especially to the supreme and sovereign
right of every lawful citizen, rich or
poor, native or foreign born, white or
black, to cast one free ballot in counted. public
elections, and to have that ballot
* # * * * *
We are uncompromisingly in favor of
tho American system of protection. * *
* * * * Tha protective abandonment system must has
be maintained. Its
always been followed by general disaster
to all interests, except those of the usu¬
rer and sheriff. We denounce the Milis
bill as destructive to the general the business,
labor and farming interests of couu-
try, and we heartily endorse tho consist¬
ent and patriotic action of the Republi¬ in
can representatives in Congress condemn op¬
posing its passage. We the
proposition of the Democratic party to
place wool on the free list, and we insist
t hat duties thereon shall be adjusted and
jquate [maintained protection so as to to that furnish industry. full and * adc- *
;* * * * We declare our hostility to
introduction into this country of foreign
icontract labor and Chinese labor alien to
[our demand civilization the and rigid our enforcement Constitution, of and
jwe isting laws against it and favor such im¬ ex¬
mediate legislation as will exclude such
labor from our shores. We declare our
jopposition organized in to trusts, all combinations otherwise, of to capital con¬
or
trol the arbitrary condition of trade
‘among our citizens, and we recommend
,to Congress and state legislatures, in
■their respective jurisdictions, the execution such legis¬ of
lation as will prevent
‘all schemes to oppress the people by nn.
[due charges on their supplies or by un¬
just rates for the transportation market.
of their products legislation by to
;We approve of Congress to
prevent alike unjust burdens and unfair
discriminations between the states. We
reaffirm the policy of appropriating be pub¬
lic lands of the United States to home¬
steads for American citizens and settlers,
not aliens, which the Republican the party
established in 1802, against persistent
opposition of t’.a Democrats in Congress,
and which has brought our great western
VOL. Ill, NO. 40.
domain into such magnificent develop¬
ment. * * # * * * The political
power of the Mormon church in the Ter¬
ritories, ns exercised in the past, is a
menace to free institutions, a danger no
longer to be suffered; therefore appropriate we pledge legis¬
the Republican party to
lation asserting the sovereignty of tho
uatiou in nil the territories where the
same is questioned, nud in furtherance of
that, legislation to place stringent upon our enough statute to divorce Jiooks
peaceful from ecclesiastical power, and
thus stump out tho attendant wickedness
of polygamy. The Republican party is
in favor of the use of both gold ntnl sil¬
ver as money; and condemns the policy
of the democratic administration in iis
efforts to demonetize silver. We demand
a reduction of letter postage to one cent
per ounce. In a republic like ours, where
a citizen is a sovereign and official ser¬
vant; where no power is exercised, ex¬
cept by the will of the people, it is im¬
portant that the sovereign people shohld
possess intelligence. The free school is
the promoter of that intelligence which
is to preserve the nation. Therefore
the state or nation, or both combined,
should support free institutions of lcurn-
ing, sufficient to afford every child grow¬
ing up in the land the opportunity recommend of a
good school education. We
that prompt action be taken by Obngross
on the enactment of such legislation as
will best secure the rcliabiliation of tfhf
American merchant marine, and we pro¬
test against the passage by Congress of a
free-ship bill as calculated to work injus¬
tice, by lessening the wages of those en¬
gaged on preparing materials, as well as
those directly employed in our ship the yards.
Wc demand appropriations for for the construc¬ early
rebuilding' of our fortifications navy, and modern
tion of coast
ordnance and other approved modern of
means of defense; for the protection cities;
our defenseless harbors ana fur
the payment of just pensions to our sol¬
diers, for necessary works of national
importance in the improvement of the
harbors and channels, and of internal, of
coastwise and foreign commerce for the
encouragement of the shipping Pacific interest
of the Atlantic, Gulf and states,
ns well as for the payment of the matur¬
ing public debt. This policy will give
employment to our labor, activity to our
various industries, increase the security
of our country, promoto trade, open no \v
and direct markets for our produce and
cheapen the cost of transportation. We
affirm this to be far better for our coun¬
try than the Democratic policy of loan¬
ing the government’s money without
interest to ‘pet banks.’ * * * * * *
The name of American applies alike to
all sections of tho republic and imposes
upon all alike the same obligation
obedience to the laws. At the same time,
that citizenship is aud must be tho pan-
Ancf and safeguard of him who wears it
protects him, whether hign or low,
rich or poo., in all his civil rights. It
ebouid and. must afford him protection him abroad, at
home and follow and protect
in whatever land he may be, on abandoned u lawful
er.and. The men who have
the Republican party in 1884 and con¬
tinue to adhere to the Democratic party,
have deserted not only the cause of hon¬
est government, of sound finance, of the
freedom and purity of the ballot, but
especially have deserted the cause of
reform in the civil service. We will not
fail to keep our pledges, because candidate they
have broken theirs, or their
has broken his. We therefore repeat our
declaration of 1884, to-wit: The reform
of the civil service, auspiciously begun
under the Republican administra¬
tion, should be completed rfcform by the fur¬
ther extension of the system
already established by law. To all grades
of the service to which it is applicable, should
the spirit and purpose of reform
be observed in all executive appointments
aud all laws at variance with the object of
existing reform legislation dangers should be re¬ in¬
pealed to the end that to free
stitutions, which lurk in the power of of¬
ficial pa tronage, may be wisely avoided.
The gratitude of the nation to the de¬
fenders of the Union cannot be measured
by laws. Legislation of Congress should
conform to the pledge made by the loyal
people, and be so enlarged and extended
as to provide against the possibility than
any man who honorably wore the Fede¬
ral uniform shall become un inmate of an
alms house In or the a dependent upon of private
charity. presence nn' over¬
flowing treasury, it would be a public
scandal to do less for those
whose valorous sorvice preserved
the government." ******
WHAT CAME OF IT.
Notwithstanding tho urgent entreaties
and pirotest of the widowed empress that
no autopsy should be performed on the
body of the Emperor Frederick, the
now emperor, disregarding iho ap-
peals of his mother, caused a post mor-
tem examination to be made. The post
mor torn has revealed tho fact so long de-
nied by Sir Morell Mackenzie and other
surgeons, namely, that the malady with
which the late emperor was afflicted was
cancer in its most malignant and incura-
ble form. This being the case, Emperor
Frederick wus debarred by certain
clauses in the Prussian constitution con-
cerning princes afflicted with incurable
maladies from succeeding to the throne,
and according to the letter of the law
his accession was an illegal act. Not
only the legality of certain nets of the
late emperor are about to be called into
question, but even the rank aud po-
sition of his widow as dowager, arete-
riously compromised, and especially as re-
gards her appanages title.
STANLEY IS DEAD.
Advices from Zanzibar to the Paris
Journal Dcebats says: “There is little
doubt but that Stanley is dead, The
families of persons who accompanied th«
expedition have worn mourning for sev¬
eral weeks. ]t is believed that Tippod
Tib has taken revenge for Stanley’s hav¬
ing thwarted him in his efforts to continue
the Blave traffic.”
TERRIBLE AFFAIR.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Josephine Morike,
a Polish lady, residing in Alleghauey,
Pa., administered a dose of strychnine to
each of her three children, aged respect- dose
ively 8 , 5 and 3 years; then took a
of the poison herself.
SOUTHERN SPRAYS.
INTERESTING FACTS BRIEFED
FOR BUSY HUMANITY.
MOVEMENTS IN RELIGIOUS, TEMPERANCE,
MASONIC AND SOCIAL CHICLES—FMtICS,
ACCIDENTS—INDCsTItlAL PHOOIIESS.
AI nb tun a.
One furnace at the new town of Shef¬
field, ut the foot of Mussel shoals, in tho
northern edge of Alabama, ia in blast and
doing well; another is to be started July
4th, and three more by the first or middle
of September, provided raw materials for
them can be procured.
Florida.
C. C. S. Kcech, a postal clerk between
Tai j>on Spring and Monroe, was arrested
on '1 hursday morning at Monroo by In¬
spector Boykin, of tho U. 8 . mail serv¬
ice, for stealing valuable letters. The
money stolen from test letters was recov¬
ered from Keech. He made a full con¬
fession.
lirorlln.
Neatly fifty of Atlanta’s butchers have
formed a protective association. The
principal feature of tho organization is a
black list of “delinquent” patrons.
In the superior court, at Columbus,
Emanuel, Henry and Walter Smith were
convicted of arson. Tho first-named
was sentenced to the penitentiary for ten
years, and the two latter for fivo years
each. Emanuel and his two sons, Wal¬
ter and Henry, Bet fire to Ed Reese’s
burn last February, and while the family
were trying to save the barn the negroes
burglarized their home.
Rev. William Coolson, Paulding a prominent
Baptist preacher, dead of the woods county, his
was found in near
residence, at Villa Rica, on Tuesday.
He walked over to his tho postoffice He after
his mail, and took gun. was
found on his face dead, the gun .beside
him. The jury of inquest held an in
vestigation, and after examination, deci¬
ded that the cause was heart disease.
An accident occurred on the Macon
& Covington Railroad, Five negroes.
belonging excavating to Powell & Davenport when the whole camp,
were a cut,
embankment suddenly, and without
warning fell upon the laborers, burying
them beneath tho enormous neighborhood weight. A
squad of workmen in the
rushed to the rescue, aud succeeded in
digging the unfortunate men from their
perilous prsition before any of them
were dead.
North Carolina.
On Thursday evening L. W. Hill, ol
Orange county committed suicide by
hanging himself. The only cause that
can be assigned for the suicide is aberra¬
tion of the mind. It is not known that
Hall had any financial trouble. He wns
sixty four years of age, influential wns highly farmer. es¬
teemed and was an
The crop report for June, as made up
from the reports of a thousand corres¬
pondents in every county in the state, is
as follows, one hundred being taken as
tire estimate of a full crop: Wheat, 83f;
oats, D1 1-7; corn 87; cotton, 78 3-4; to¬
bacco, 82 5-0; rice, 93 1-7; sorghum,
80 1-3; apples, 00 1-4; peaches 00; hay,
95 ; clover, 90; peanut*, 80.
There is great excitement in Hyde
county by violation of the new oyster
laws by non-residents from Virginia. bed
Trespassers upon states’ oyster have
also come from other states. Thirty
vessels have been trespassing upon thousand the
oyster grounds at one time. A
bushel* of oysters can be removed in Qne
day. The oyster rocks of Pamlico sound
are extensive, but at this rate, they will
be entirely exhausted, and consequently
oyster planting in North Carolina will bff
suanended.
NOntb Carolina.
The King’s Daughters, of Charleston,
are doing a great deal of effective work
among the deserving poor.
Fire at Yorkville, on Sunday morning T.
destroyed the dry and goods gutttd store of bncjc M.
Dobson & Son, two
buildings used as stores. The total lose is
about $30,000.
W. E. Sawyer, a prominent citizen of
Aikeq county, committed suicide on
Wednesday night. His dead body was
found hanging by a rope from a joist in
an outbuilding on his bad own health premises. He
had been in very for some
time.
Much excitement exists at Union in
consequence of the discovery of an at-
tempt to fire a portion of the the town, de-
Coming immediately upon recent it excites
structive conflagration there,
1 the belief that a systematic purpose ex¬
j^ts to destroy the village,
Translate,
The last spike of the Chattanooga, driven
Rome & Columbus Railroad was
on Friday, aud passenger and freight
trains will be runniug between Rome and
The Chattanooga early in the coming week.’
construction of the company’s shop*
in Chattanooga will be begun at once.
A windstorm struck Chattanooga on
Wednesday, air and lasted thoroughly for several filled min-
utes. Tho was so
with dust that it was impossible to dis*
tinguish any one across the street. Ai
number of trees were torn up by the
roots, and signs were blown a long dis*
tance while the wind was blowing,
Jog. p. Rose, transfer clerk of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad at Jellico^
waa gHot and killed on Mouday, by Two' the
accidental discharge of a pistol.
white men and a negro the railroad gambler were
“shooting craps” on looking track.
Rose was sitting on a tail on. A!
large pocket revolver he dropped playing from and the negro’* dis¬
as was was
charged in two chambers. Both balls!
went through Rose’s head, killing him
instantly.
V. S. Stevens, V. M. Barrett pnd Jj
B. Storms are under the arrest merchants at Corbin,!
Ky., for swindling o*
Knoxville. Stevens and Barrett con¬
ducted small stores at Loudon and Cor*
bin, Ky., and would order large quanti*
ties of goods which they would never
pay for. After their game had been
! discovered they brought Storms into play*
ant j kad goods shipped in his name.
. They also had goods shipped Loudon, to fictitious
names at small stations near and
then hauled them several miles in wag-
ons.