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“T JOUKNALAKD MESSENGER THE FAUH.T JOURNAL—3tKtT:i—POLITICS-'.LITERATURE—iGlUCULTUHE—DOMKTIC NEWS, Etc 1’KIL'E $2.00 FEB ANNTJH. GEOBNU TEIEOEAFH BUILDING SETABLISHED1826- MACON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1881 VOLUME LV-NO. 0 TiEE PILOTS STOEY. We had grown up together, as it were, Mollie and I, our parent* being near neighbors, and—which does not always follow—firm friends aa well. They were poor, and I suspect that fact had much to do with their friendship, for opportunities were always turning up for helping ode another; and 1 have often noticed that, when near neighbors are well off and hare no need for mutual help there is rery seldom any friendship between them; there is more apt to be jealousy and com petition. Oar parents being such good friends, it naturally resulted that Mollie and 1 fol lowed their example. We went to school together, read together, played together; and, somehow, when Mollie was eighteen and I twenty, we agreed to travel to gether all our lives, and were very happy in that arrangement; in fact, no other would havo seemed right or natural, either to us or our parents. From the earliest days of my boyhood I had a fondness for the water, haunting the palatial steamboats that floated on the great Mississippi river, on whose banks nestled tho city in which we dwelt, and, at the period to which 1 am about to refer, I had just secured a position as pilot on a small freight steamer- It was not much of a position, to be sure, nor was there much of a salary at tached to it; but, small as it was, Mollie and I decided that we could make it an swer for two neople, neither of them ex travagant or unreasonable; besides which, I had hopes of better times to come, as I had received words of commendation from my employers, and promises of speedy promotion. So, early one bright morning, having obtained a day’s leave of absence, Mollie and i were married, and, stepping into a carriage I had hired for the occasion, we started off, having decided on a day’s ex cuision to a celebrated cave near by this being all the weddiug trip we could allow ourselves, not that we cared in the least, however; we were too happy, to be in the least disturbed by any shortcomings of stun or purse. We had scarcely driven beyond our own street when we were brought to a halt. A messenger, whom I recognized as belong ing to our steamboat company, hailed ine. “Here’s a note to you from the Superin tendent.” -» I Thus It ran: ... “Ain sorry to havo to recall your leave for to-day, but you must immediately go on board the Mobilia, which is ready to start up the river. The pilot is too ill to attend to duty, and you aie appointed to take his place for the preseut.” “There goes our weddifig trip all to smash!” said I, as Mollie read the order. “Why so?” she asked. “You see I must go into the pilot-house of the Mobilia.” “Very well,” she replied. “We will just go up the river instead of to the cave. Drive on, Rob; let us go down to the wharf iti state.” “But you can’t go in the pilot-house witli me, little goose.” ,. “Of course not; but I can .sit on the deck outside,” laughed Mollie, “and we can cast languishing glances at each otli- cr.” • •'- J v : -*• And so it came to pass that I took pos session of the Mobilia’s pilot-house, my heart glowing with love and pride; with loye, for there, just below me, on the lit tle forward deck, sat my sweet bride; witli pride, because the Mobilia was one of the finest of the beautiful floating pal aces of the Mississippi, and to pilot such a one had for years been the height of my ambition. Tim steamer was fitted up w.th a double cabin, one above the other—tho upper one opening upon a small deck, reachiug out toward the bow, near the center of which, on a' raised platform, was placed the pi lot-house. This deck was always occu pied by passengers, and this morning it was particularly crowded, for the boat was heavily laden with people taking ad vantage of the beautiful weather to make an excursion up the river. Some rough fellows jostled against Mol lie’s chair after a while, and she rose and passed down into the lower cabin, “to gat a drink of water,” she whispered to me as she passed; but I suspect it was to prevent the bursting of the thunder cloud she saw gathering on my brow. I saw that tbe insolent fellows made no attempt to follow my dear one, so I gave inysclt up to my own happy thoughts, and, looking out on tbe far-distant, peaceful shores of the great river, over whose placid bosom we were moving so swiftly, there rose from my heart a glad, silent hymn of rejoicing. But suddenly a cry broke from the cab in behind me that effectually changed the current of mv thoughts: “Fire! fire'! fire!” A horrible cry at all times, but most horrible of all when it rings forth in tho midst of giy, unsuspi cious hundreds floating in fancied security in the midst of the waters. An instant’s awe-struck silence suc ceeded that awful cry, and then three hundred voices of men women and chil dren united in fearful, heart-rending shrieks for help. “Fire! fire I fire 1” Aye I there was no mistake about It, nor false alarm. No one could tell how it had commenced, but there it was creep ing along the roof of the upper cabin, with the deadly flames greedily lapping up every scrap of awning and curtain they could find upon their way, ever and anon darting long tongues of flame down to the floor to clasp the light chairs and tables and settees in their fiery embrace. As well seek with a sieve to scoop up tho waters of the great river on which the Mobilia floated, as to Uy to subdue tbe roaring, devouring enemy that had seized upon the ill-fated steamer. The people darted down from the blazing upper cabin to the forward deck below, where as yet the foe bad made but little headway, and there our brave Captain—who was that rara arts “tho right man in the right place”—succeeded in partially quelling the panic. “Keep quiet!” ho ordered—"keep quiet, and stay just where yon are, or I will net answer for the lives of any of you! The steward will provide every one of you with life-preservers; but there is no reason for any person to go overboard; not yet awhile, at any rate, unless suicide is desired. Keep quiet, I say! Pitot, head her straight for the laud, half a mile ahead.” (We were at least twice that distance from tho maiu land oii either shore.) “Engineer, put on all steam—crowd her on! We wtl! ran a race witli the foul fiend who has board ed tho Mobilia.’* There was au instant’s pause, and then, with a groan and a surge, with the tim bers creaking and straining, and the win dows rattling and as though in mortal terror, the Mobilia gathered herself up to ran her last race. Each passing moment the flames crept on and on and on, never pausing in their terrible march. Fortunately, they leaped upward rather than downward, so that there was as yet but Mile danger to tho panic stricken* crowd on the lower deck. ' But tbe pilot-house was directly in the track of the flames, and already their ad vance guard was beginning to surround ®e, singeing my hair and eyebrows. Suddenly there was a murmur among the people below, and the next instant a light form flew up the ladder leading to the little deck by the pilot-house, and, be fore 1 could say a word, my precious Mol lie had thrown open the door, aud, clos ing it again, stood at my aide. “Mollie, Mollie 1” I cried. “For heav en’s sake go back, go back! Don’t you see how the flames are creeping toward us here? Go, go, my dearest, my own true wife! Don’t unman me by making me fear for you. Go down where I can feel that you have a chance of safety.” “Rob Thome!” she exclaimed, with her eyes looking straight into mine, “ami your wife 1” “Surely, surely, thank God!”Imuttered “But go. go 1” “My post is here, just as much as yours is,” she answered firmly. “I will stay here, Rob, and if you die, I will die, too. We will make our wedding trip togetber, my dear husband, even if be into tbe next world. Keep to your duty, and never mind me, Rob. There is hope for us yet, and, if it comes to the worst, why”—am a grave sweet smile crept round her lips— “we are still together, dear love.” I saw it was no use to urge her any more, and, besides, something swelled fn my throat so that I could not utter a word 11 just gripped the wheel hard, and looked right ahead, though everything looked very dim just then, and my devoted darling stood calmly at my side, watching the flames that were creeping closer and closer upon tis, leaping around the pilot house like hungry demons impatient for their prey. “Thorne,” shouted the Captain, “come down. Lower her and yourself over the rail. We’ll catch you. You cannot stay there any longer. Wo are very near the shore now, aud, the rest we’ll take our chances for.” It was an awful temptation. I knew that, did I follow the Captain’s advice, both Mollie aud I would be safe,for I was a good swimmer, and should tho boat not reach the shore, I could save her and my self) but then if I did this, would I not de liberately expose every one of the three hundred souls on board to destruction ? True, the boat might keep to her course during tbe short space remaining to be passed merely from tbe rapid impetus of her approach, but again she might not— and then ? I looked at my dear wife inquiringly. ‘ ” sho said. “Stick to your post, Itob ! “No, sir! ” I shouted back. “I shall stick to my post; 1 shall stay hero till I rim her clear on the shore, or die first! ” “My brave Itob—my noble Rob! ’’mur mured Mollie. But alas for my devoted Mollie I alas forme! Not the pilot-house only, but the entire deck around it was now sur rounded by flames. It was too lato to lower ourselves to the deck below! railing was all ablaze. My arms, released from their guardian ship over tbe wheel, clasped Mollie close to my heart; but my eyes and brain were busy seeking for some mode of escape from death that seemed each instant more certain. All at once my eyes rested on tho pad dle-box. It had not taken fire yet; the flying spray had saved it. I had only to dash across the flame-swept deck, and fling open a little door in its side, whicli afforded ready access to the wheel, to lower my precious charge to the water beneath in safety. No sooner thought of than done* “ Take my band, Mollie,” I said, “aud run with me. We shall be saved, after ail. Wrap your shawl across your mouth. Now, now—run!” Leaping down on the deck, we sped, baud in hand, to the paddle box. I dashed open the little door, and, pushing Mollie inside, passed in myself, and drew the door close again, shutting out the eager flames whose angry roar pursued us as we dropped gently down iuio tho shal low Water aud crept out from beneath the wheel. Our appearance was bailed with a shout of delight and relief, for all bad ;lven us up as lost, and we must have jeen but for the heaven inspired thought of the wheel house. Now that the danger was over, poor lit tle Mollie fainted; aud no wonder. But _,h«: soon came out all right; and, aa tbe jeople began to find ont that the “brave little girl,” as they called her, was really a bride of only a few hours, and that we were on our weddiug trip, there was a regular ovation, followed up by niue deaf ening cbeers. Tiie island upon which the Mobilia had been beached was low, sandy aud unin habited, altogether not an inviting place for 300 people, without a particle of shel ter, to pass half a day upon, yet even in this plight there were few grumblers in our midst. There was no room in our hearts for any feeling but that of thankfulness for our preservation from a fearful death, and, after tpe peril of the last hour ortwo,• it seemed a small matter to wait patiently for the coming of the relief boats that wo knew were sure to arrive before many hours were past. Though some miles from any large city, we knew that tbe burning steamer must have been seen from the farm houses scattered sparsely along the river bank, and that from these notices of the disaster MAJfANTHT A.VSWMJI AtJ.TT KiK. THY TUCKETS LETTEB, conclusions with Mr. Hill for his seat in the Senate. This seems like a very long look ahead, but some people enjoy that. I hear that Hill has been warned by a once very potent factor in Seventh district politics, to Iook ont for danger signals in ... ■ the Athens district. Others are sure Gov. mous in the matter of demanding his full Colquitt would like Senatorial life, and share of official fatness under the next | others still that Speaker Bacon is by all _ administration, and that he intends “cut-1 odds likely to prove Mr. Hill’s most form-1 yon know, on letter 'writing, but Ma is tineuD verv rustv” in case he doesn’t tret I Idable opponent. What a blessed thing I sick and can’t write for me, and your iet- 7**? 4» knowthatwg Will flndjoot *11 about it tere keep a-coming till I bate not to let it. I on have doubtless seen Bruce’s let- | by waiting! A. W. R. J you hear from us 111 in some way. You Wa*Mnffton Letter. Washington Cxtt, January 29tb, ] 1881.—Tbe man and brother is giving abundant and emphatic notice to Mr. I Garfield that he is going to be very unani- AbS AStucm Imm Orlartnal Mesa - Sbe Ala* eiiM Some Pcnmal Ex perience*. $ Elmwood, January 31,1881. Dear Aunt Marthy: I ain’t much, as cans were killed twenty miles southwest of San Marclal. On the 21st a family, consisting of a man, bis wife, child ter to a man in Memphis, setting forth hts (B.’s) qualifications aud claims for aplace In tbe cabinet, and also resolves by vari ous negro meetings and associations to the same effect. Sambo seems “bell bent,” as they say out in Utah, on having first class recognition, things lively knows that it was his Vote in Indiana, Ohio and New York that saved tho day for the Radicals, and mado Mr. Garfield President, 'Satan In nil fcer.Wm-ks Is Benatesna Still-—Nothing's Vain,. No t hlaar Sa- parfwNW. In Nature’* unlimited 'domain we have illustrated in her works one of the distin-1 must be having a good time up there iu Macon, and I am glad of it. It was only yesterday I says to Ma, 'says I, “wouldn’t it be funny if Aunt Martby should set her cap for that Mr. Morley aud marry him? But Ma, she said you had too much re spect for yourself, and poor dead Uncle l and evidently means to make 8 ui » hIn K attributes of Deity In his eon- John to ever get married again.” lv if he doesn’t eet it Hp trivauces for use and beanty. There Is I T ^ ut . 1 *“* 8U ^® 1 don 1 t wh 7* ^ nc,e ly u ne uoesnegee it. He I . ,. .. . . .[ John is as dead now as if he had never probably nothing in nature or art which confers greater happiness upon man than | the perfect harmony and symmetry in'the arrangement of parts, and in the assem- bcen alive, and it seems to me If the wo man tbe X^lble tells about who had seven husbands was not to be bothered when ahe got to heaven, you wouldn’t have any and he very naturally demands due con- I blage ofgraces to please tbe eye. By night j jjr. Morley might not get to heaven; so sideration for that service. I don’t see I and by day, we behold the traces of the IU would be all right. I don’t want to how Mr. Garfield can go back on his ne- divine band in the assemblages of lights hurt your feelings, dear Aunt Marthy; gro friends. They put him in the White | . nd so i 1 . nnon ;„j “ nllP bnt won’t a woman who has husbands House, and for him to ignore this great I Xfratio^ and ^nd^ as^en ai enuY I debuted up and down in the next service would be the lowest deep of in- vateouriBsiheticfaculties When the sun I world he better off than another whose gratitude. There are some of them as fit 7_ e mnvrean SDlendor concludedhi*d?nr husband goes one way and she another? to discharge the routine duties of certain ft nans tome she would feel at home I would like to see atJy whim min put on ^dYh 'Zi S*Hf. But you know I don’t mean any more stylo and look wiser than Fred ^ , r ,cll ‘ n v ^ 0f “” erel “““ ,0 ”^*5 ad< ?J thing by it, dear Aunt Martby; all those Douglas, marahal of this district, not- beholding the serial lamW.nL kln ‘ l ? r thln S* ™ a ia everybody’s head This U one of the meanest of Mr. Hayes’ “bXdTiHn her sable nmnUe acam we * nd 8nch » fellow! He b sit feet many little meannesses. Douglas, as llnward and the dome of ’Heaven is two Mches in his stockings—if he wears marshal, lias tbe right to officiate as mas- m n mi£S with mvriads of glittering orbs any—and rides twelve miles every Snu- ter of ceremonies on such occasions, bnt Jay to see me. His hands are as,big as Mr. Hayes pushes him into the hock- jTrVtlhf not much whiter ground and devolves that duty on Colonel I fr» n Juj luminarv I 33?. Aud they have little valleys and Casey of the army. I insist that Mr. iy * doMnnd from the emnvroan hmioht* I cre * k bottoms and cut-offs all over them. Garfield shaft “give the cheese a fair ^SJSfff.^S^TBSSjBSfS HI J fa< ? is £*'? and ? uuda3 tl,e “TV chance.” ^ „ F , h I and when he laughs ho shows a lot of converted at last. I tbe humblest of this kingdom we behold I J®® 1 * 1 B1 * ke3 ®3 e think of a snake The venerable Hamlin is just out of a the traces of the divine hand through the r ? no *» w,lh * P, aliel dow “ bere * ad tLe i; e > sick room where he has beeu shut up by a law ef order, observed in the forms and 'hey are so broke up and crooked. He violent attack of rheumatism. It seems to I relative positions of the leazes and petals I come A ln !°'he room and stretches the have converted the old gentleman on tho of flowers, so arranged and shaped as best "'SS 6 ?' P alr ? f boots 1 eyer ?* w c T Iear lnt0 subject of overcoats for he lias actually I to show off the varying tints orshade and I * 10 a J! d "i? - I 23 . me like I was au bought one and wore It up to the capitol (color that they may fall gently upon the •W* “ u Ho ““ but nineteen, and last Thursday. It is understood thatthis delicate nerve of tho eye, upon which the 83 , bas “ ru ‘ ** a w "° u * Yon just is the first outlay for that kind of garment I visual impression is made. Then we see °^t to see me worry him. Tlie The he has ever made, and that it was a sore the diversified shades of color 1 ot ~ p *$ ht do ?\ , y **** trial to him to spend money for such fool- almost imperceptibly the one into the oth- ® ay - 1 ’,“ Mr - b ' 3 na °\ e u Bi f lland ishness. By tire way, I saw his successor, er, in contrasts and combinations so b0 1 “ uch 1136(1 to tb8 Mlster y et > HP Eugene Hale, on the floor of the Senate a harmonious as to elicit the most Turner, were you ever In lovo / day or two since evidently looking out for I exquisite sense of pleasurable emotions. I face-got red like a uasn ana ho set an eligible seat. That formerly occupied We gaze, admire, and linger, and still new U P.*25 # l ^ ea . s .°. rte |' 8 f tled do 7» by his father-in-law, old 2ach Chandler, beauties and new harmonies arise to en-1 and stretched his f«t and took hold of is an eligible one, but old Conger got j largo our appreciation of their entrancing I another chair. Says he, Law, Miss Saman- ahead and pre-empted that by telegram, j loveliness. 1 I tb y» what a idea,” thats wliat ho said “a Two meaner,more malignant and devilish The opening flower that expands its T a „ .., men never disgraced a seat in a deliberat- beautiful petals to kiss the genial sun- L “ Bt ** were you ? says I. Ho pulled bis ive body. It is eminently proper,therefore, beams as they play in the invisible a [ r feet up, and settled down again, this time that Conger should succeed Chandler in emits its silent fragrance and laughs in. draw !i’ g t!ie ? l , cba,r U P 6los6y * Ho its occupancy. joyous beauty to cheer the wayside trav- a u m , e .’ b , ut £? M t,"i a ! cll .i ns j l nl rT BECK’S BIO SPEECH c ier as solitary and footsore he treads his bard b8 had to .L°, ok ba< ? *2? tbe , flr6 ' De on free ships, the other day in the Senate, weary way. The roaring cataract with r du8 ,»n n ’ S * yS Is the talk of the town. It rattled the | resistless impetuositygashing headlong in | ** „*J“^ t en e |5» »3a“, tookhishand A Growing Industry. Tub CuLtrvATiOK or South. New Orleans, January 10.—Within party, for most of them had propoty in that direction, and went to see after the Rice nr the | safety of their own home*. I determined to seek my friend, Mr. Holoomb, who had lest been seen riding in tbe direction of tbe claim of his brotber-in-Isw, which was protectionists and subsidy mongers in j iu mad career; the timid snowflako with I the liveliest aud most gratifying its fragile spauglcs floating in the air in t! { e i 6 ' a l ’ Jj, a ^ manner. Even Conklinc, who is such gentle undulations as scarcely to |J“* usually conspicuously iuatte'ntive to the disturb tho slumbers of the infant, en- ®. ul oa a ” d tbe .“ b ? J sound of anybody’s voice but his own, trance our vision in never ceasing Ed-1 paid close heed to Beck, and came over miration and delight. In tho gorgeous dud S 6 Pltls d663 > b “v. TJ* 01 the 1TOrd out aud sat where lie could face the Kentuck- plumago of birds, Iu the pearly lustre of J* 6 saiu » sajs ue > ian and catch his every word. Blame did shells,In the variegated hues of insects, in ' unci, the same thing, and afterwards attempted I the wholo realm of Nature, we behold the a reply to Beck’s facts and arguments, evidences of design in contrivances to but it was a conspicuous failure. Beck I gratify tho love of tbe true and the beauti- made one of the strongest speeches heard I fill. Seo again the admirable compensa te the Senate for many days, and tho I lion observed in the distribution I sorter looked hard at him like I was astonished. Why Jlister Tamer!” says L He got red aud white again two or three times, aud by and by I said sharp- ly: Democratic party ought to win tho next I of Nature’s gifts. The little violet Presidential election on the issue he pre-1 hides its modest head in some sequestered sented. By the’ way, did you ever nook, yet, though unobserved, it exhales Iook iuto our navigation laws a perfume that fills the air with its deli- “to protect American shipping ?” cious fragrance, rim utmel'a with Its They provide that no American ship can snow-white or variegated petals—a model sail the seas under the American flag nn-1 of symmetry and delicacy of structure,and, .. ,. , . , , u u- less she is owned by citizens of the United emblem ofbeauty and purity—is des-1 and by alld by > 1 «olea lookat film, States; that all her officers must be Ameri- I titute of odor. How many splendid spec- wa3 kuockln S 'he toes of bis boots together can; that no American ship can be regh-1 irnens of floral beauty exhale disgusting alld he says, says lia, cause If you air— tered in this country if a foreigner and sickening odors that repel us when 111 8°— 111 go—back—home. A lump lias any minute interest in her as the own-I we admire or attempt to pluck them i | .vF_i. a - d “Well, ain’t you going to say some- I thing?” And he kinder straightened np again and stammered out: “You—you—yon ain’t mad—with me | air you, Miss Samantby ?” I looked down and didn’t say anything, or rigging in a foreign port, shall pay I hideous caterpillar that „ fifty per cent, of the cast of such repairs 1 cate fabrics which adorn the persons of | sorry. into the United States Treasury; that if queens and princes. The repulsive toad I „ Andthen wedidn t either of us say any- an American vessel is sold to a foreigner, carries iu its head tho glittering jewel, I thing for a longtime. I was watching the she can never again be entered under the and the rough and cumbrous quartz is the I flr0 , a f ld “ e y** ^ atc , n 8 »nd the fire, American flag; that if a naturalized citl- bearer ol golden treasures. The wither- and feeling in his pockets, and studying zen who owns a vessel of American reg- ing upas, whose fatal shadow is the pall abooi SlffGSnt But after a while, he istry, or is interested in one, resides of death to man and beast; the majestic says > 8aya he rorter soft-ike. ■ *of this country, he forfeits oak, stretching out its Briarean arms to , Miss bamanthy, and Isold, without right to such an interest in shelter the lowing herds from tho heat of loo ,l! 1 S up, kinder mournful like: the vessel, and that no vessel purchased I the sun or the peltlngs of the storm; and I *What? abroad by Americans can be registered I the trailing vine,creeping over tho surface I A nd be wa “ ed ?®!P e n j 016 » ^ nd * ald under the American flag or receive the 1 of the earth, or entwining Its delicate I a S ai,1 > sa ye he 5 You ain t mad with protection of the United States govern- arms around some natural or artifidal I me, *'r you ? And I told him a wasn t meni. Isn’t it about time for “tree ships,” I support, all carry in their tendor leaflets a I a S alB » hut only mighty sorry. And after think you? I chemical labratory that transmute* tbe I awhile b» said: “Miss Ssmantliy;” and I i notice I most disgusting odors into pure and vital-1 toId , him *g*in, mournful-like, without izing air. I moving: “What ? ” *»uldte»nuo.l» p o. f »t town. And »»,IU^HlSSttlS'"i S yoi saeBaantflgg! knew or'heard 0 oft "He°hM beencousUnt^ nianly form, symmetrical in its proper- throe time* and when I kept roofing him i v'fmdcr fire from twoor thr^e" misrteriL tionsand development, is an objert upon straight in the eye he got redagafn all ind nalnreUy lSs turnedmflte 2£v & which oar eyes delight to dwell. Bat overthe head and ears: Ugh moral I “Wlmt did you say, Mister. Turner?” Be iald It all over again, and I moved field^comes in GeoreU ftU^xpert^d <*hers, alld truly reflects the image 3 the “j* close and toldhlm I would like to to ha'oartkiuHrlv Il^v^nd those^hSd- D lylne Original. But how oftw do we *° much. He shook all over’and l^F P edereI office hid best bewttimr this spUmen ot physical perfection t°° ka tremendous grip on the other chair; ‘efdy for the bombardment? d<sbased “ d hy a stolid intellect he was going to say something awfuhbut I and * degenerate morality. 1 at that moment our old yellow cat Tom Uke a^piominen^hand^and haTilre^dy ' More^quentlydo we^ behold genius s« d J 6d “round his chair. Bill’s hound market? severe! of the “ira” U m“u and high mental culture emitting Its sparks sorter raised up and showed his teeth, d * u>rul? “ d wlth - few hours elapsed before we found our- seDcs safely at home, and oar adventur ous wedding trip at an end. But the re sults were not ended, by any means. The terrible nervous strain I had endured, combined with the severe burns on my face and hands, threw me prostrate on a bed of sickness. When I was able to report for duty again, two weeks later, I learned that a noble gift from the Mobilia’s grateful pas sengers—no less a sum than $2,000—lay in the bank, awaiting my order. Not only this, but tho steamboat company had voted me a gold medal and the ap pointment of pilot of tbe finest steamer on their lino. Years have gone by since my brave wife and I had so nearly journeyed out of the world on oar weddiug trip. From pilot I have come to be captain and part owner of ono of those beautiful floating palaces that used so to excite my envy; but never do I pass without a sickening shudder the little island where the Mobilia won tbe last race—a race of fire against steam, of iife against death. * H0KRZBLE HOLOCAUST. . Eight People Boasted In a Burning Building. A Louisville Commercial special, dated at Cancyvtlle, Ky., January 30, says: In formation of a horrible tragedy reached tills place yesterday, being the terrible death of eight persons who were burned in a house about four miles east of this pl ACC* Mr. Wiley Emery, with his seven chil dren, are the unfortunate victims. A few days ago he sold a large amount of stock, receiving in payment several thousand dollars, which he took home with him in stead of placing it in a bank. TWO SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING MEN have been lurking around tho neighbor hood for some time, and it is though* that they tint robbed Mr. Emery aud fired his house to destroy all traces of their crime. When the neighbors discovered the flames it was too late to render any assis tance, and the entire house, with its in mates, was destroyed.. .VS SO C1UES FOB HELP were heard, it is inferred that the family were all murdered before the house was fired. The whole country is aroused, aud should the suspected prrttes he found, and tbe murder proven, short work will be made of them. n ■ " k.wnlTn* I ered corporeal frame. I ear and shied round behind me. Tbe a eood'one ^hwhiseyeo^tbe ^%osL To compensate for the loss of corporeal hound ho up and went for Tom,and each SSm symmrtry, nature endows the a y0(1 “ever heard. Both of them nnslffor the if* chaneeis decided shadowy form with mesmeric force * screaming or growling, and over CStjffiSS Tallis, SSL 1 $!S ceedingly interesting for Mr. Garfield. PABAOBAFEIC. Randall, of the Augusta Chronicle, is here again, and has been for several days, ^ [[iwm I bear, for i have not had the joy ef see-1 “wit, “and surroundeiTwith the ing him. I understand, also, be has a fat I drapeiy of a “meek and quiet spirit,” we little bone to pick over in the Senate,upon g W admire and love. No wonder that which I beg to offer mvmost cordial fellc- WJ3rat mM .» entranced with the im itations. If I were king, newspaper men I personation of all that is pure, excellent should have no other find, and pretty J a ud lovely, as In queenly majesty, fresh much all of them, too. By the way, I see I f rom the hand of the divine Arctitect, tbe Randall says in his last letter to his paper ^jght of his eyes stood before him, In the that a notyery lovely state of affairs exists | exuberance ot impassioned eloquence, ex claimed: MiB and face. We look upon this piece of and Tom shot out into the yard-spitting divine mechanism with eyes of wonder I and a foaming, with his tail as big as a' and admiration, but when tbe beautiful biscuit roller. Bill came to tbe door with casket is decked with pearls of brilliant f *chair In his hand, and says, says he, though* aud irradiated with the oorusca-1 breathing hard : 1 ;<Gol darn that blasted yallow-eyed dev il, I’d like to mash h—11 outer him.” in the Georgia delegation.* What be means or who be means I don't know. “They say” that Mr. Maynard has re turned from his defeat in Tennessee with his liver very much stirred up, and that he intends pretty soon to ease his misery by ch pping off all the Democratic beads “Grace was in ail her actions Heaven in her eye, In every gesture, dignity and love.” But how seldom do we find in woman this assemblage of graces. Tbe possession in tbe p! tf. D. It is understood that I of physical beanty too often inspires there are* good many of them, and some I self-adulation that noses ber U> be xso- think that none will be spared. I bear | mindful or tbe more enduring morel there are some from Georgia, bat if they I beanty of tbe soul that will continue to hail from the right districts, I hardly I shine with ever Increasing lustre, even think they will be touched. I wben tbe mercileae band of time shall ex-oov. bbowy I hare beclouded In darkness the halo of lias gone home for couple of weeks, but I physical grace and symmetry that onoe, will doubtless keep one eye skinned in I like a zone of glory, endreted her brow, this direction to look out for the “old Nature, in all her works, is beautiful jlaV a nd any appropriations for Georgia I and trutbftil. Let us study and follow rivers and harbors that may be lying her through all ber intricate labyrinths, around loose. Wbt-n he reaches tor any | sit as humble disciples at ber feet, drink little trifle of this sort, like Capt. Scott’s I at the pure fountain of truth that flows coon, they had best come down. I by her throne, that we may wear a crown I hear, I of unfading story In that land of pure de even now, considerable speculation as to | light, where beauty and truth in queenly who will be in thenext gubernatorial race, and as much in regard to who will try majesty reign forever. Macon, January 29, 1881. J.P.S. And I said, says I: • “Oh Mister Turner, I never would have thought you swore.” ne tried to say something, but I ran into my room and shut tbe door, and Dili went home. If he comes back, and I. know be will, I’ll tell you all about it. . j Your affectionate niece, Samantht. P. S.—I should so much like to see that dangerous man. 1 ain’t afraid of any of them, and if he tried any of bis tricks with me I’d pull his English whiskers for him. You ought to have slapped the New York man in tbe mouth. The idea oi you cutting tbe “short dog.” Why Aunt Martby you couldn’t even do the “turkey scratch.” Give my love to Mollie and all of them, and it you don’t want Mr. Morley, bring him down here. I don’t think Bill Turner is mneb. S. 100 per cent. Before the war, and for wou m soon be hesns of smokln* several years after, the Carolina* supplied We we^now almJrt to thaflS? this market with rice, but now Carolina Z* £25“Xwn^usV..^ Is cut In August, and formerly it was *r 0 -m* „„ „ * threshed by leltinghorsea tramp over it, tbe irfcket-piifand fether ^ ’ P P as pioneers used to thresh wheat, bat in * -- l p - let - 1808 a thresher was erected on Tropical threshing. The rico planters, like thelS"ff??gL are wrr s^ci^iwtm wheat farmer, of tbe North, do not always seldom burned but thresh out their gram immediately after it f* *l'v finEed bv Are ^2 Is cut, but a. we pas. by the field, in the ^ ttere^£ ^ autumn, scores of stacks may be seen - - no tnresneu out. After tho rice is threshed it tr Li -.de a cbd in the wall of iaSuT ish^fortoe 1 mS 0 In ^™ ”*5 tbe° oTteJ on ££ i3ut.ll for tilts market. Xu tliis city tLere j h&clc. wont LhroiicH iust ahead of m* riC ° miIU * *“ bUllt lQ 1118 SrlT my 2f.d J and h“fdlS my y ® a . 1 ?.' . .' ' ~ „ , breath I rode through the gateway of Theee mills naturally owe their ex- raging fire into the whirling ciond of !ni?i n to lan<1 * cinders and smoke behind. Right ahead sj 16 ? 638 'he rice plauters. the lnrid flames told us that some of the Each mill employs Irotn twenty to forty buildinca of Haves’ ranche were m hJvo^ri^ 1 bro^i fl b ,f y * M ey StiU MS there Se scene WMtortWe.®^ havo more rice brought In than they can i an?0 stable «rranarv and fowl-hnnuT hull. The meu employed are considered ^ in jroflcieut in their work, and a majority, Hugo Cochin fowls, with the feath- f not all of them, receive extra wages. ere ® burned from their blackened The rough rico after being hauled to the k^. ie - ^ere eSne Bunidiv imn mill is put into a largo bin from which it the fire orlottering ablfut iu .‘dW wa* is taken by elevators to the upper floor, The dwelllnv house of stone with a dirt fromtbeBJctaind mbhUh roof, was uufnjured’bnt almost everything from tho sticks and rubbisti which may be I el$a WM ou li r e. ’ T he draft of toe fire thn t ’v u >«io uo’iiui? .oif B jj! 0 ^. “ih. r ^? va “a* 10 'he wind tremendous; it seemed to tho bearu which adheres to the graius|t*»ar un thn vi»rv ermnnd *nJ wh*n th* like the “tail” on a barley grain; 4 the I ^ Zde me g% C Sreath H S2emS tom ” M CV f° n I M though a shovelfulof dirt and sand were hiard thrown into my mouth. There was not beard, but it does not break tbe hull, con-1 much that I could do here. I soon started sequently the “hoodlum” passes its cargo I homeward. 1 saw tbe smok* arising on to the “stones” Which crack off the I f lom another r.™ onnnaira Mr hulls. Like that of a set of wheat-grind- 5«’, wd a™rw.rd PP ^ leareJd Iiig buhrs, the force of these stones is a that the modIc lrat ServthlnS^bSt no/toea’^he^-n^ 617 ‘ PpHed ’ alld a0 “« ImplemeuL, Kir SS i clothes they wore. Riding on I came upon *Y!? eI x*k u Indigo I claim of two young Hollanders, ota- seed in it, or, if carelessly weeded during b i e . hen house and corn crib were bla*. Jndge Woods' D&auion on the Bail- road Commission. The impression seems to be very general in the city among those who are posted that Judge Woods, who is expected to. de liver his opinion in the esse of Tilley vs, the A. S. & A. railroad, in which the con stitutionality of tho railroad commission for Georgia will bo passed on, will decide the case in favor of the railroads. Judge Woods will be in the city during the com ing week or the week alter, and will then deliver his decision. It is said that he will hold thattho legislature has power to regulate the tariff of freights and pas senger fares, bnt cannot delegate such powers to a commission. During the past week Central railroad stock has advanced from 1W to 110, aud it is expected that it will go Brittle higher when tbe decision is delivered. All tho railroads in tho State exceptthe Central, have prepared to reduce passen ger rates to three cehts per mile on the 1st of February. We are informed that the Central will not, and that they have not made any preparation to put the re duced rates into operation. They doubtless understand the sitnation and know the ground on which they pro- lose to fight. Tho case, after Judge foods’ decision, will be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States—it matters not how it is decided—and it will be some time before there is a final deter mination of the question. Iu the mean time the Legislature will meet in July and may be able to amend such defects as will appear after Judge Woods delivers his opinion, 1. Of pourse nothing is 1 known .hero defi nitely about the decision, but circumstan tial evidence points very strongly to tbe opinion above expressed—Atlanta Con stitution. ■ "Tn*-—< »»■ ■, Charlie Ecu Onoe Here Discovered. London, January 28.—Charlie Rosa bas been found once more. A fanner residing in the township of AUborough, named Peter B. McCallum, came to St. Thomas yesterday and reported to the chief of jwlice that he had succeeded in finding Cbarlio Ross, after tracing him for several months. Mr. McCallum states be has indisputable evidence that he has the child. He traced Charlie from tho Sus- lenslon Bridge to Tuscarora, where he las resided for some time among the Indians. The boy was left there by a white man or woman, who stated that they would have to kill tbe boy unless the Indians adopted him, as they were compelled to gat rid of him. McCallum claims to bave- possesiou of tbe clothes which Charlie wore when be was stolen,and those which he wore when left with the Tuscaroras. The alleged discoverer furthermore states that he has had correspondence with Mr. Ross which establishes tbe child’s Identity beyond peradventure, and offers to pay the expenses of the child’s conveyance to Philadelphia. Whether the real Charlie has been captured or not re mains to be seen. Indian Atrocities. 8an Feancisco, Janua-v 31.—A Tuc son dispatch says reliable information as to tbe Indiau outrages in New Mexico since the 16tb inst. shows the Ibllowing: On the J9th three herders and two miners were killed at Murcklsredo Gulch. On the 20tb inst. two meu were killed on tbe upper Churchills in a fight with a band of Apaches. On the 22d Tnsfadt fire Mexi- The simplest post-office in tbe world is in Magellan Straits, and baa been estab lished there for some years past. It con sists of a small cask, which is chained to tbe rock of the extreme cape in the straits, opposite Tierra del Fnego. Each passing ship sends a boat to open tbe cask and to take letters out and to place others Iu it. The poet office is self-acting therefore; It is under the protection of the navies of all nations, and up to the pres ent there is not one case to report in which any abuse ot the privileges it af fords bas taken place. the last ten years anew wealth-giving , wep t by the flames, the owner being ab- indnstry in the shape of rice culture has | sent. sprung up in this State, and with it has j The wind was now blowing a perfect come that terrible deatb-giving disease, a .!, r Wa * J u , 1I 1 of flyin « du £ * ad , . ,, . . j the blizzard was fairly upon us. Mr wav rioe fever, which is peculiar to the rioe i«u th/ough a gap in the hills, and, as I field. and its vicinity. How much this j rode over the burned ground, the wind disease has Increased the death rate of! R?! 1 ? 11 e** with ashes, dust and cinders, Louisiana we cannot now bnt it l J U 1 could * carcsly breathe, and I had to hiouuiana we cannot now state, out 11 j draw my sombrero over my face to protect must be quite perceptible, for the planters I it from the flying gravel, which cut like tell ue tbait to sleep a night in a nee field I hall. When I arrived at tbe claim, I is certain death to a white man. j found everything burned but a atone About the, beginning of the last decade, I thtTlatter tboufhlt l ad^a^mr raoni^ 3*T 1 ° d “ al ? ufact ? ( riea with tbl gre3, h ww not burned^though SUCC8Se, rice culture j th« fire had sweat entirely amiinrl it u t 'he fire had swept entirely around it, and the plantedk.“w uKl4^ ;uSv£ *^ rTdi^“tr™ of'mv frfend an experiment. It promised good returns for labor, and on the result* of the trial i WM ^ on «,ntalnintr a Lt**-t-~ -~ beiug louud satisfactory, the culture of I^goline to tbe fir* ^rWcb rice was begun in earnest. From then Ull up rafidi/from tbilouthW^st. It^i^ now, year by year, the old lands and t^jbie 9 j c bt to see the ereat w»« offlr. plantations which lie convenient to water- j roiling ovfr the ridges toSJrd uTtotfc? SassrJs.t A 0 r£.’r ,£3 soon start an immense rice plantation in | Tbe settlers had been very careless: few Terrebonne parish. Iu the space of a few years, as shown by the reports, the rice crop of the United States has increased of them had fire-guards, aiid I could not help reflecting as we rode along that the habitations and straw stacks that wa passed mother-in-law, were massacred at Careso, thirteen miles west of San Marcial. On the 23d, a backboard was taken between Silver City and San Marcial, five miles from San Jose, and tbe driver killed. Tim Mexican interpreter of the Turlomes reservation was found dead. Forty In dians left the reservation, and it is gener- elly believed there are not less than 200 Indians, in bands from ten to thirty, on the warpath, and that not less than forty people have been murdered by them dur ing the last fifteen days. _ Five Weeks in a Trano*. Physicians in Newark have been deeply interested lately in a curious ease ofthys- teria in that city. For five weeks Miss Anna Ward, tho sixteen year old step daughter of Alexander Johuson, of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, lay in a trance. Last winter she was seriously ill for weeks wi'h typhoid fever. When she recovered it was deemed best not to allow ber to return to school until September. Then she found that aha had fallen be hind her classmates in ber studies. Feel ing that she was strong, as site had spent the summer at Long Brandi and Saratoga, she began to apply her sell diligently to her studies to make np for lost time. She over-taxed her brain, her. health failed after a few weeks, and sho was compelled to with draw from school. Her sickness became serious, and in tho latter part of November she fell into a trance. Sbe lay quietly in her bed with her eyes sometimes open and sometimes shut, but recognizing no one and never speaking. No sound escaped her, and it was evident she suffered no pain. There was a slight twitching of tbe eyelids, but little other movement. : : 7..1 cow. 10 m up to me creature, pun ud Dti William O’Gorman, the family pby- ^ letdnglyrsM tramp over it, the picket-pin and let her go, remount and alcian, called Dr. A. N. Dougherty and Dr. 8all°P on, was the work of a momont- I E. L’. Seguin, of this city, to consult with ,f„ r n W “ fi,■ Tr °pical I gtw two ealres toddling along ahead of him. It was quickly determined that the S®? d P 1 *“' a ‘ 1 o“. and since that time great f>— ----- - - - “* • • 18 strauge disease was uot catalepsy, for the patient’s arms when raised, fell back upon the bed, instead of remaining where placed. It was concluded that she was a victim of hysteria in an aggravated form, resulting from overstudy. The severest electric shocks caused not even the twitch ing ol a muscle. After sereral days had passed, Dr. O’Gorman, not knowing how long the trance would last, decided to ad minister liquid food artificially, as the pa tient could not swallow. 11 About New Year’s Day she revived and now she is able to ride out, and seems to be restored to health. While she was in tho tranco tho physicians were satisfied that she was conscious, and proved it two oc three times. Once Dr. Seguin said for a test: “She is a very pretty girl.” Immediately she blushed. She says she was conscious, but had only one thought,and that was terrible. She feared constantly that the physicians would pronounce her dead,and she should be buried alive. She had no physical' pain, but this dread was agonizing. In vain did she try to speak. She could not even move her lips. It is supposed that the twitchlng.of the eyes was causedby her effortsto speak or give a sign of life A physican said yesterday that he had known of only one other case of hysteria that was at all like this. Within the last month he was called to see a lady who became a widow within a week after her marriage. Tito shock to her nervous system resulted in a trance state, and a partial suspension of all sense of feeling, but after & few days she became conscious. <■ . .. n ol '.?. M the growth of the straw, it may be mixed with damaged graius,and so a series ofTan- niug mills is brought into use to clean it. When hulled the grains are ot a lead col or, and they mu3t bo polished before be ing placed o., tho market. The method of polishing is cleverly described by one Interested as follows: “The polishers con. ble, hen house and corn crib were blaz ing, while their horses, with their harness on, were galloping after the fire, the own ers being too busy to notice them. I followed the horses, ami, after a long chase through fire and smoke caught them safely and delivered them to a neighbor. The wind bad now lulled and seemed dying down. I wa* nearly home sist of a sheepskin, tanned, stretched over I wb en the wind suddenly shilled to the 3b60 P °„ n ""iW 8y l lnde 7» \ he northwest and blew as bard as ever. This space between tL^ sheepskins and wire I a t once changed the aspect of affairs. Tbe gauze being just sufficient to allow the first firo !lid burned slowly along the f 1C0 e raln3t ° findtheir way by degrees to hilIs all the afternoon, and now, hiving ffish 0 **®® 1 -. _^ b6 F? ln3 highly pol-1 tbe wind in its favor, came rushing back „ *gaiu»t the I w Uh redoubled violence. The narrow Tn ,n !’ wbic h rilb 0(1 'h° bran and s t r | p between the two fires was doomed, leaves only tho clean white grains ready 1 s ^ w th »t my work was not ended, and j? r ,' b6 market. The bran amounts to going once more to tbe scene of action, c gkt barrels to every hundred b »'rer* of ^ n ? the remainder of the day fighting clean rice. It is sometimes used to adni-1 1 terete spicos. The waste in hulling aver ages abont 5 or 6 per cent., but it soiue- llmes reaches 20 per cent, on one man's crop. The hullers receive from half of a cent to three-quarters of a cent per pound I fire. By sunset, all my neighbors being safe, or burned out, 1 returned home. Wben I dismounted I found I was almost ex hausted. For hours I had breathed, al most said eateu,au atmosphere surcharged A Kansas Prairie Fire. [South Sid* (JCan.j Letter i» Newark Adver tiser} The most terrible fire that I ever wit- for hulling, it would not be interesting I w j t b carbon, and my lungs felt ae though *» g'«> estimates of crepe or y eld per acre suffering fro’m pneumaniT Twice I bid in this connection, and we will only re-1 riddon through the bead fire; twice my ja- muIv W d6d P°» y had fallen beneathme; I hedrid- think wliat labor it tabes to prepare this 1 j aD miles on the gallop,and fought fire with much-used article of food for their tables. | a n ibo desperatfon that danger and ex citement gives, and I wa* “used up.” But a good drink of water, an ablation and supper quickly recuperated me. I shall never forget that night. The wind blew as though it would tear the bottH , . .. . . , from its foundations. Smoke and eahee SfthUre” fflltavl^WMhelniM^ fl,t6red through every crevioe, and car ol tuts yea., mat aay 1 was Helping a ered c?e _ wbiu , t b ing w ith soot. With- new settler, Mr. Holcomb, dig a well on I out| ^ scene was perfectly Plutonic, and oTnnlamSL reminded one of the descriptions of Mil- Wn and Dante. Great cloudsotemokelm- pelled by tbe roaring wind, rolled overthe J?*® southwest, and very high, and the fire I blackened prairie, while the lurid light seemed to be running_rapidlyT We sepa- j ^f^be fires tuat raged in every directfen w’^°*ifp« r ’h? ; 1 ** ? 111U P tbe s°sae * strange internal e' are - It a night of urn^ All night drove home. On the way I noticed a pe-1 a nd the following day the fires burned, cnllar appearance in the atmoepbere to y ut damage was done. Buildings of all the southwest. I he sky had a strange, I binds, vast quantities of b*y l grain “a fod- bazy, brassy look, as though filled with d , ./ . r li du# '» ^' b ‘ Peculiar lurid light and small d £ wereb^e^^ ^ ^ floating clouds. There was a strange, deprived of their oasture One woman foreboding, electrical feeling in the air,luce | bumed to death^^olf CredT5»d that before an earthquake or a than derstorm. The wind was steadily rising, and there was every sign of au approach ing “dust blizzard.” The day was warm, much so that I saw two rattlesnakes it was rumored that a shepherd boy and 600 sheep perished en the Saline; also an emigrant family and team, butt' rumors lacked confirmation. Certain it ia * tu. tfjM, j ssssisAmjt every blade of grara was as dry as tinder. I ” —• In the northwest the fire burned swiftly I Messrs. Lamar, Rankin and Lamar, 1, great clouds of smoke rising up at in- Macon, Ga.—Gkntleuen: Wlllyou allow tervals as the flames crossed some “draw,” | me to tell you something in regard to your dry water course, where tbe grass was ] Brewer’s Lung Restorer? Last Monday, a thick and rank. I despatched my dinner 1 week ago, when at my atore in Mont- quickly as possible, and then, mount- gomery county, the following dreumstan- ing tuy pony, taking a flour sack as a ces occurred: 'fire fighter,” redo off in the direction of Mrs. James Coleman while on a vlst to the fire. I felt that my home was well her mother, Mrs. Conner, was taken very guarded, as a prairie fire lmd burned en- ill and thought she would die with bar lirely around it a few days before. old complaint of bronchitia and consomp- Arriving at tbe fire I found a party of t ion. There were no phyaldane nearer men busy putting ont the flames. Aa we | than Dublin, twenty miles, or Mt. Yer- Thk royal beauties of Europe owe much of their personal attractiveness to the In fluence of Ayer’s Hair Vigor, whicli keeps the liair fresh and bright. only h*d a side fire to contend with (the head fire was miles away to the northeast) we sucoeeded in putting out tbe fire for a considerable distance. In fighting fire the men follow each other in single fife, whip ping out tbe flames aa they go with wet cloths, which we dipped frequeutly in s barrel of water drawn by a team, which follows for that purpose. It is remarka ble to see what a long stretch of fire can be extinguished in this simple way In a few horrs. Only the side fire can be put out in this way, and, to be successful, the firemen must commence where the firo began, aud follow it up, one party on each side. To protect them selves against head tires the people make “tiro guards,’ around their premises—two strips of breaking, with the intervening space burned cut, so that the tire eauuot leap across. We were abont congratulat ing ourselves that tbe danger was over, when a new tire was seen arising In the southwest, right In the teeth of ilio wind. This caused the sudden dispersion of the , non, fifteen miles. They sent over to tbe store for something that would give re lief. I gave them a bottle of Brewer’s Lung Restorer with tbe understanding that if it did no good I would not charge them for it. The result was that in fifty- six hours sbs was able to go borne twsoty- one miles away without the slightest diffi culty. I have sold several bottle* sines the strength of this wonderful cure. Mr. II. H. McCrimmon bought a bottle aud found jalmost instantaneous relief, The sale «f your medicine I* a settled thing in this community, as I will war rant it after this. Everybody will hear off the cures made here. Yours truly, G. U. R.VTcnFOKD, Bartow, Ga. Physicians desiring to prescribe stuffi- si.ms of cod liver oil, or cod liver oil with hypophosphites, can have their proscrfD- lions compounded, and we guarantee an emulsion equal to any. Laxab, Rankin and Lamab, 104 Cherry street.