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MACON, FKIDAYa JUNE 17, 1881.
VOLUME LV-NO. 24
XX rNTIHELY THOUGHT
I wonder what day oijh* wads—
I wonder what month of the year—
Will it bo midnight or morning-
And who will bend over my bier ?
—What a bideocs fancy to come
As I wait at the foot of the stair,
While Eleanor gives the last touch
To her robe, or the rose in her hair.
‘•Do I like your new dress—pompadour ?
And do I like you ? On my life,
Yon are eighteen and not a day more,
And haven’t been six years my wife!
“Those two baby boys in the crib
Upstairs are not ours to be sure!
You are just a sweet bud in its bloom.
All sunshine, and snowy, and pure.”
As the carriage rolls down the dark street,
The little wife laughs and makes cheer—
Bat—I wonder what day of tho week—
I wonder what day of
The Weeping Willow.
You have seen and admired the weeping
willow tree—the Salix Babylonica—
upon which the captive Hebrews hung
their harps when they sat down by the
rivers of Babylon and “wept when they
remembered Zion.” It is a native of the
Garden oi Eden, and not of America, and
I will tell you how it immigrated to this
country*
More than 150 years ago a merchant
lost his fortune. lie went to Smyrna, a
seaside city in Asia Minor, to recover it.
Alexander Tope, one of tho greatest poets
of England, was tho merchant’s warm
friend, and sympathized with him in his
misfortune.
Soon after the merchant arrived in
Smyrna he sent to Pope, as a present, a
box of dried figs. At that time the poet
had built a beautiful villa at Twicken
ham, on the bank of the river Thames,
and was adorning it with trees, shrubbe
ry and flowering plants.
On opening the box of figs Pope discov
ered in it a small twig of the tree. It was
a stranger to him. As it came from the
East, be planted the twig iu the ground
near the edge of the river, close by bis
villa. The spot accidentally chosen for
the planting was favorable to Us growth,
fur the twig was from the weeping-will
tree—possibly from the bank ofonoof
“the livers of Babylon,” which flourishes
best along the borders of water courses.
This little twig grew vigorously and in
a few years it became a large tree,
spreading wide its branches and drooping,
graceful sprays, winning the admiration
of the poet’s friends as well as strangers.
It became the ancestor of all the weeping
willows in England.
There was a rebellion in the English-
American colonies of 1775. British
troops were sent to Boston to put down
the insurrection. Their leaders expected
to end it in a few weeks after their ar
rival. Some your.g officers brought fish
ing-tackle to cuable them to enjoy sport
ifier the brief war. Others came to set
tle on the confiscated lands of the
“rebels.”
Among the latter was a young officer ou
the atalT of General Howe. He brought
with him, wrapped in oil silk, a twig from
Pope's weeping-willow at Twickenham,
which lie intended to plant on some
stream watering liis American estate.
Wellington commanded an army be
low Boston, which kept the British im
prisoned in that city a long time against
their will. On his stall was his stepson,
John I’aike Curtis, who frequently went
to the British headquarters, under the
protection of a flag, with dispatches for
Gen. Howe. Ho became acquainted with
the young officer who had the willow
twig, and they became friends.
Instead of “crushing the rebellion In
six weeks,” the British army at Boston,
at the end of an imprisonment of nine
months, was glad to fly by sea, for life
and liberty, to Halifax. Long before that
flight the British subaltern, satisfied that
he should never have an estate in Ameri
ca to adorn, gave his carefully preserved
willo v twig to young Custis, who planted
it in Abingdon, his estate in Virginia,
where it grew and flourished, and bccamo
the parent to! all the weeping willows in
the United States.
Sometime alter the war, General Hora
tio Gates, of the revolution, settled on the
“Kose Hill Farm," on New York Island,
and at the entrance to a lane which led
from a country road to his house, he plant
ed a twig from the vigorous willow at
Abingdon, which he had brought with
him. That country road is now Third
Avenue, and the lane is Twenty-second
street. Gates’ mansion, built of wood,
»nd two stories in height, stood near the
corner of Twenty-seventh street and
Second Avenue, where I saw it consumed
ty tire in 1815. The tree, which grew
from the ttvig planted at the entrance to
Gates’ lane, remained until comparative
ly a few years ago. It stood on tho north
east comer of Third Avenue and Twenty-
second street. It was a direct descendant,
in the third generation ot Pope’s willow,
planted at Twickenham about 1723.
IBUSKS J.Vfl TRUNK LIFTERS.
A Brad Porter and Ills Assistants-—
JndcliiK Travelers According to
Their Uagrgage
X. T Sun.
„Tbcl,ead porter of the Fifth Avenue
Bote) is tall, and dignified and reserved in
manner. He is never seen speaking to
i '** 8ulK,r dinates, habitually stands
m eiegaut attitudes near one of tbe fluted
coinmiis °* the main entrance, and would
r***® 8 l *ken for tbe head porter of a
On the arrival of the Duke of
recently, the head poitcr,
by a feeling of curiosity, wandered
**«*sly around to the Twenty-third
‘"trance of tho hotel, and stood In
Jr5*k >or ?»y waiting for the arrival of his
e,«r’ Two gentlemen saw tbe tall and
sHnguishtd looking man with bis beard
in the middle, eyeglassos and Eng-
J-cut clothing, and they stopped short
_ stare at him. A little later a knot of
— — — —, appear
8r * general turnout to see him. But
ill,r“ m WM m *nlfe»tod when he
*v°m his carriage, and the crowd
'-^"te'ned to gazo upon the head
bi.i!I’i W “ 0 * m 'led cynically, turned on
ac’ 41111 went within doors,
j,. reporter approached him yester-
J following paragraph in a
spectral undertone:
Hr,u??u 01 Porters at tho Fifth Avenue
—e,.™ other day lifted the largest trunk
seen in that establishment. The di-
Sg* 1 — weroJJO by 40, and it had the ap-
‘ tt Long Branch bath boose.”
vnu- tbat tbe Inrgest trunk you—I mean
j men —over handled?” the reporter
for ^ 18a .y* l' m sure. Is that largo for
sot * tmnkp I presume, though, that
Wi. oru }° nnder porters may be able to
mysJr> about 8Ur0 1 don’t know
isi, nan * er °f UI> d‘r porters in checked
corrM^ 4n ™,d* r k trousers stood about the
an The mert muscular of these was
tifk j ,n with w bristling red mous-
PrireKk. Moulders that would fit well a
au «•. , er *„ 118 h*d a good-natured face,
“lofclligent.
a bmJ3 dle , <1 b, K tn »nks ? ” said he, with
raiiro^K 1 )’ “, we ’ 1 ' 1 should smile! I
here tl?, , lwe ?0 y e »rs before I came
man’in in*'“"Bas many trunks as any
this cnn. 1 ! 10 bu \ ines3. When I came to
8 country and saw how it was done, I
says, ‘Trunks is my line,’ and applied for
a job. The man I tackled was in a ferry-
house on this side of tlia river. He didn’t
amount to much. He was too mild.
When business was slack he’d light his
pipe, take up a small plank he bad fixed
in the floor and sit them and fish from
tbe river, which was underneath. He
used to handle a trunk as if it was made
of mush.
“I got transferred to tbe baggage car of
the Buffalo express on the Erie road. I
began to get strong as soon as I struck
the car, aud I soon learned the secret of
trunk throwing. Every trunk Is made on
tbe same principle, and as soon as you un
derstand it you’re safe. You see the four
comers at the bottom of the trank are
dovetailed and protected by iron, so if
you land a trunk on one of the four cor
ners she’s all right. Ifshe drops on one
aide, it’s bad; cn the flat bottom, worse;
and on the top, ends everything.
“In ’74 and thereabouts we had the
biggest trunks, but they were not very
heavy. It looks tremendous to see a roan
take one of them and trot up to the top
story, but you want to remember this all
through life: Wherever a woman Is con
cerned, things is bound to be light; so
when a woman’s trank—and only women
have big trunks—comes along, a porter
picks it up easily. With a man, though,
it’s different. Old travelers are apt to
carry books, and books are mighty heavy,
while a drummer will pack half tho stock
of a dry goods store In his trunk, which is
usually small, and then make fnnny re
marks when you nearly break your back
lifting it.
“I can tell a ‘straw’ trunk every time if
ll can get a look at its owner. When a
man comes along and he’s dressed very
stylish and kinder ta-ta, you know, I feel
the weight of his trunk. If it’s very heavy
I smells large mice, for I know heavy
trunks don’t go with lightyoung men, and
bricks comes into my mind.”
NORTHERN CAPITAL SEEKING
INVESTHENT HERE.
E1COII ALB AX Y.
Crops In the Sonthwest—•The Now
Steamboat—Brunswick, and Albany
Railroad—The War Between tho
City Government and Firemen—The
Superior Court Without a Jury—
Tho Schoolmaster Wanted — yiie
Wool Trade—More Money In Sheep
Than In Cotton—Colton Caterpillar
Alarm.
Correspondence of Telegraph and Messenger.
Our section has been visited recently
with fine rains, and the farmers report
their crops in an excellent condition.
Both com and cotton promise a good
yield. The oats turned out short.
The Uuited States inspectors arrived in
our city yesterday morning and inspected
our new boat, the City ot Newton,
owned by Messrs. Sutton & Co. We
learn that they expressed themselves
more than satisfied with her construction,
and readily issued her a license to ply the
Flint and Chattahoochee rivers. She
will now run regularly between here and
Bainbridge. One of the Inspectors re
marked that it was one of the strongest
built lioats on any of these rivers, which is
very gratifying to her owners and friends.
Not much excitement has been createj
hero about the reported extension of tbe
Bninswick and Albany railroad. Our
people have been fooled so often by the
same report, that they are not going to
believe it until they commence work.
Tbe war between the council and fire
men still waxeth warm, and no definite
conclusion has been arrived at; if so, your
reporter can’t get it. They turn a deaf
ear to my Interrogations, and I don’t
blame them.
Our Superior Court convened last
Monday, but adjourned after bearing the
motion" docket, on account of not having
a jury. Seme error was made in sum
moning them—a misconstruction of the
law by bis Honor.
We are again without a male school.
Wb3t an opening! There are at least one
hundred boys in this town, between the
ages of ten and seventeen, loafing around
tbe streets, that ought to be, and would
be at school, if wo could get a first-class
teacher, but it seems utterly impossible to
get one.
Our market is booming on tho wool
question; it brought 32 j cents hero ycstcr-
tlry, with an upward tendency. More
money In sheep than king cotton, and our
lople are beginning to realize it.
We were shown this morning by Mr. K.
S. Bush, a handful of cotton leaves from
Col. Locket’s White Hill place covered
with tbe genuine caterpillar In all stages,
from the web to full grown. They are
lu great numbers and will doublless de
stroy our crop again this year. This Is
certainly discouraging. No corn, oats or
cotton.
J.
The New Thing iu Shoes.
London Truth
Japanese robes, adapted to harmonize
with tlie corset-moulded waist and Euro
pean bonnet, were a la mode last winter.
Some foreign leaders of fashion intend
this summer to go farther In tho direc
tion of Orientalism by wearing, in seaside
casinos, Japanese shoes. The Japanese
shoe accommodates Itself to the anatomy
of tbe foot. It is rounded and wide at
the toe and narrow at the heel. The up-
>ers arc of fine straw, plaited openly anil
aid over some briglit-colored liuing.
Tbe soles are of thick leather. In
our climate tho leather upper Is Re
quisite, but there Is no reason why it
should not be cut a la Japanese and pret
tily embroidered like an Indian mocca
sin. In shoes thus made, stout or de
formed feet would not be at tbe disadvan
tage they now are. The easy size at tlie
rounded end would afford concealment
to protuberances. To be tolerably well
off, In tbe ordinary boot tbe foot must bo
very slim. There is no handsomer object
than a human foot which has been al
lowed to grow up In liberty and In a mild
and dry climate. Nor is there a more
unsightly object than one that has been
deformed by light narrow-toed boots
Observe with what care thn Farlstenne.
at Tronvilio—though the beach there Is
smooth — fastens on, before she
goes Into tbe water, her sandalled
aathing shoes. If her feet looked
well bare, she would bo as careful to dis
play them nude as sho Is to cover them
up. Is there anything more ridiculously
ugly than a Enropcan boot, which lias
taken tho form of a particular foot, when
seen apart from its habitual wearer ? I
have known of flirtatlors begun at water
ing places which might have led up to
the lij mental altar, but for imprudent ex
hibitions of boots at bedroom doors in ho
tel corridors. The Japaneso shoe would
not be so ridiculously tell-tale, because, it
being more easy, It would not bo forced
by tbe wearer’s foot into a particular
shape.
El squeal Ward* Well Be nerved.
Hr. Davis' Dedication of Hit Boot.
To the women of the Confederacy, whoso
pious ministrations to our wounded sol
diers soothed the last hours of those who
died far from the objects of their tender-
est love; whose domestio labors contrib
uted much to supply the wants of their de
fenders in the field; whose zealous faith in
our cause shone a guiding star undim
med by the darkest clouds of war; whose
fortitude sustained them nnder all the pri
vations to which they were subjected;
whose annual tribute expresses their en
during grief, love and reverence for our sa
cred dead, and whose patriotism will teach
their children to emulate the deeds of our
Revolutionary sires, these pages are dedi
cated by their countryman, Jefferson Da
vis.
Railroads and Factories In (he Solid
Month Well Thought ot In New York
—llow Onr Big Factory Dividends
Astonished a Gothamite—Col. Cole's
Syndicate.
New Y.rk Correspondence Chronicle and Con
stitutionalist.
What poor, wandering blizzard has
struck this latitude, no one knows. Four
days a dull, wintry rain has beaten upon
overcoats and umbrellas in tbe metropo
lis, aud any other place than New York
wonld be bedizzeneil. People bore, how-
r, are not to bo discouraged. They
decorate their ulsters with bouquets, pat
ronize Ices and move off to tho springs as
their almanacs tell them. Large coal
firc3 burn daily in the grates of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel; but we know ’tis “the leafy
month of June,” and cannot be fooled by
wintry skies aud chilly weather. There
are hundreds of Southern people here—
two-thirds of them Georgians, it eeems—
and every other man is at the head of a
syndicate. Generally, and accurately
speaking, one may say that no ono is
prominent In New York, unless he owns
a railroad or so. Senator Conkling, Law
rence Barrett and the Cbineso Ambassa
dor have all been at tbe Fifth Avenue this
week; but Colonel Cole attracts more
attention and has more visitors than any
of them. Occasionally tbe papers men
tion politics; but New York talks money
_«.l voliiunoonf veilrnaila and
and Soutliemere whisper of railroads and
factories.
Tbe new South is moving upon the
solid North in forces which cannot bo
resisted. When Senator Hill said that
tlie North fought to keep tlie South in
tho Union because she Could not do with
out us, be was right. Just now the New
York capitalist would have no place to
put Ins money were it not for tho South.
Tbe government has issued a limited
amount of 3} per cent, bonds, but ueither
the premium nor the interest satisfies
moneyed men. Money is plentiful and ad
venturous now. President R. B. Sher
man, of the Mechanics’ National Bank,
declares that he has never known any
thing like it. The banks, he says, with
the present low rates upon paper and the
high tax upon deposits, cannot realize
heavily upon their capital. Hence the
steady stream of silver certificates South
ward.
Mr. M. J. Verdcry leaves southward in
a few days. He has, of course, finished
his placement of Enterprise extension
stock, and could build another wing upon
the factory easily enough. I dare say
there will be no trouble in raising tbe
King Company’s subscription. Once con
vinced that an enterprise is in rel.able
bauds and of a prosperous nature, there is
no end to the money that can be raised
here. Of course, a man representing an
airy institution would have bis visionary
claims laughed to scorn; but au Augusta
ractory is looked upon with marked favor.
Every important capitalist in town Is ask
ing about them. The agent of tho Au
gusta factory here is selling
tlieir goods as fast as they can be de
livered, and so with other agencies. They
are favorites here and abroad. I have
beard a half dozen Wall street men say
that such advantages were destined to
make Augusta tho greatest city in the
South. Without exaggeration, I frankly
believe that New York alone would build
the King Mill and go us oue better. Now
is tlie time for Augusta to place her agents
in New York aud London, for our im
portance Is recognized across the water.
You should have seen a Northerner yes
terday at dinner at the Metropolitan,
when I mentioned something about
our 10 and 15 per cent, factory
dividends. I was talking to a Georgian,
but my unknown friend cntered.into the
conversation with all tlie intelligence
which his surprise would allow, and all
the courtesy which his doubts would ad
mit. ne regarded me first as an impos
tor; then as a visionary traveler, and
lastly as an Inexplicable compound. He
asked me more questions about tbe canal
than Mr. Estes could have answered in
half a day, and when I mentioned, in
general terms, our water power and
cheapness of manufacturing South, he
eyed me askant, aud asked the waiter to
ilcase keep an eyo on his hat and um-
irella as that young man went out.
Gen. Henry It. Jackson has left for
Savannah. He has been here for some
time as attorney lor tbe Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Texas railroad. He was
tlie representative of foreign bondholders,
and lias sold tbe road to tbo Erlangcr
Syndicate, of Franklorl-on-tbe-Main.
They are represented as being, next to
tbe Rothchilds, tbe wealthiest bankers in
the world, and have struck the South for
surplus investment. The company is un
limited in wealth, and have reorganized
tho road, and are Invading that railroad
Eldorado where Gould and Grant and
Gordon were pioneers. The South is just
beginning to unfold itself, and the scenes
or war are giving up their ghosts of strife
and unbosoming tlieir wealth to tbe
North and the world. I venture to say
that were Admiral Farragut alive, ho
would bo running barges instead of
Iron clads on the Mississippi, and gallant
Bradley Johnson would have several lines
tapping tho old Red river. How prac
tically true it is that “destruction” is
over and “reconstruction” has begun.
En passant, I learn that Gen. Jackson’s
fee in this railroad case was just even
$150,000. This, with his $120,000 Gulf
Road fee, mekes, I believe, tho two larg
est lawycre’ fees ever made In Georgia.
Gen. Jackson, in departing for Savannah,
left the details of collecting the Erlanger
payments to Eugene Kelly, Esq., a great
banker here, and to bis son, Davenport
Jackson, who is arranging the details,
and who has been at work upon this ne
gotiation for several weeks.
The happiest man in all New York Is
Walter Gordon. Ho is Gederal Gordon’s
younger brother, and is interested in tho
Georcia Western—now tho Georgia Pa
cific.” He is a university man of the class
ofltJGO. Four years prior to his gradua
tion, a ragged, penniless Confederate
youth walked up from the Savannah
docks. The war had not dealt lightly
witli this mere youth; but by the
assistance of friends be managed to get
through college. Since then he has been
lawyer aud farmer, and of lato has been
helping bis brother lu tbe great Georgia
Western road. They have managed to
get valuable coal lauds of Alabama and
Mississippi deeded to them should they
secure tbe building of tbe road. They
have joined bands with .agreat system,
located the road through these rich acres,
and now it is said the three Gordon
brothers are worth nearly $3,000,000
among them. Who can begrudge such
wealth to these loyal Georgians?
readily, or twenty-five,per cent, premium:
bnt with the amount* of mortgage bouds
preferred stock and common stock inclnd
ed in these certificates, is worth, asesti
mated by an Augusta broker this morn'
ing, nearly $40,000. Numbers of parties
are making up lots to buy shares in the
syndicate here.
“I should be perfectly satisfied,” re
marked Col. Cole yesterday, “if I had
Augusta in my system. Such people and
such advantages I readily appreciate.
And,” he remarked, sotto voce, “you
may look for mo down your way before
“fly the way,” continued he, “how
about a road from Augusta, tapping my
Macon and Brunswick road at Montlcel-
lo? It would be a natural airline,
must look at tbe map,” said he, and I
trust he will.
Messrs. T. P. Branch, Thos. G. Bar
rett, C. W. Harris, M. J. Verdery, Daven-
1 port Jackson, H. D. D. Twigg3, and S.
K. Johnson, of Augusta, are here. What
a shaking up Memphis and Cbarleslou
will get on Wall street this morning.
The stock will go up several points to
day, I warrant; for If there is anything
which an Augusta man cannot keep liis
hands off, it is Memphis and Charleston.
1 trust Col. Cole will not let “tho boys”
get hurt.
CHRIST'S 8EXTEXCE OP DEATH
An Alleged Copy of the Most Memorn
hie Judicial Sentence Ever Pro
nounced.
The following is a copy of tho most
memorable judicial sentence wldch lias
ever been pronounced iu tbe annals of the
word, namely, that of death against the
Savior, with the remarks which the Jour
nal he Droit lias collected, and tlie knowl
edge of which must be inters*tbp in tho
highest degree to evory Christian. It is
word for word as follows:
Sentence pronounced by Pontius Pilate_
intendaut of tho Lower Province of Gali
lee, that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer
death by tbe cross.
In the seventeenth year of tlie reign of
the Emperor Tiberius, and on tbe twenty-
fourth day of tlie month of March, in the
most holy city ol Jerusalem, during tbe
pontificate of Annas aud Caiapbas.
Pontius Pilate, intendant of tho Province
of Lower Galilee, sitting to judgment in
tbe Presidential seat of tbe Praetors, sen
tences Jesus of Nazareth to death on a
cross between two robbers, as tbo numer
ous and notorious testimonials of the peo.
pie prove:
1. Jesus is a misleader.
2. Ho has excited tbe people to sedi
tion.
3. Ho is an enemy to tbe law.
4. Ho call9 liimself Son of Gcd.
5. He calls himself, falsely, the King of
Israel.
fi. He went into tbe temple, followed
by a multitude carrying palms in their
hand?.
Orders from the first centurion, Quir-
rillis Cornelius, to bring him to place of
execution. Forbids all persons, rich or
poor, to pravent tbe execution of Jesus.
The witnesses who have signed the ex
ecution of Jesus are:
1. Daniel Robani, Pharisee.
2. John Zorababel.
3. Raphael Rubaui.
4. Capet.
Jesus to be taken out of Jerusalem
through tbe gates of Tournes.
This sentence is engraved on a plate of
brass, in the Hebrew language, aud on
its side are tbe following words: “A sim
ilar plate lias been sent to each tribe.”
It was discovered in tbe year 1280 in the
city of Aquilla, in tbe Kingdom
of Naples, by a search
for Roman antiquities, and re
mained there until it was found by a com
mission of arts in the French army in
Italy. Up to tlio timo of tbe campaign
in Southern Italy it was preserved in the
sacristy ot tbe Carthusians, near Naples,
where it was kept iu a box of ebony.
Since then tbo relic lias been kept in the
Cbapel of Cascrt. Tho Carthusians ob
tained, by their petitions, that the plate
might be kept by them, which was in ac
knowledgment of tbo sacrifices which they
made for tbe French army. The French
translation was made literally by mem
bers of tbo commission of arts. Dcnnon
bad a fac simile of tbe plate engraved,
which was bought by Lord Howard, on
the sale of bis cabinet, fur 2,800 francs.
There seem to be no historical doubts as
to tlie authenticity of this. Tbe reasons
of tho sentence correspond exactly with
those of tbe gospel.
A Mexican Mold.
Cor. St. Lou s Globs Democrat.
Tbe Mexican hotel furnishes lodging,
that is all. You engage your room by
tbe day or month, aud you get your bed
and toilet. Of course we ring lor the ice
water, and the waiter brings us water
without ice; wo ask if we can’t) get
ice, and are told that we can if we send
out and buy it. Before going to bed my
chum bethinks him of his physic and asks
for warm Water. The waiter can’t get us
any warm water, becauso the only place
to get it Is at tbe bathing establishment,
ana that is closed at 0:30. We need a
spoon and send a boy for one; lie returns
and reports that tlie restaurant is closed,
and tbe cafe won’t trust him with a
spoon. I go down to the cafe, when tho
proprietor, a very polite Frenchman,
says: “I am very sorry to give you tlie
trouble to come down stairs; I am very
glad to lend you anything in my estab
lishment, but 1 have lived too long in this
country to take the word of one of these
fellows fora spoon.”
Tbo force of tbe hotel consists of a sad-
looking clerk, wbo writes tbe names of
tbe guests in chalk on a blackboard, a
melancholy custodian)of tlie keys, two
barefooted Comanche boys for general
utility, and two waiters on each floor. It
is owned by tbe Iturbcs, wbo are tho rich
est family in Mexico. They paid $130,000
for tlie property, and make $40,000 or
$50,000 a year from it. They own the
whole block, tbo Hotel Bazar, tbe Hotel
San Carlos and whole blocks of tbe best
property in tbe city. There are two of
them, and their fortunes are estimated at
$20,000,000 apiece.
GRANT
ON -THE CONKLING
QUARREL.
While Men Hade to Yield to Negroca
In Habone’a Convention.
Bichmond Correspondence Philadelphia Timet
Two o£ tt t' most influential negro load
ers in Tidewater Virginia; aro the Nortons
—two brothors, Robert and J. F., of York
county. These men have represented their
county in tlie Legislature ever since the
olose of tho war and have amassed consid
erable money. Although not educated,
they are both shrewd men. The Nortons
have keen stalwart supporters of the Road-
jasters ever ainoe the organization of that
faction. They are among Mahono’s most
t trusted colored lieutenants, and when any
But wiser than them all is Col. Cole, x important party movement is on foot they
have several times been with him in Ills ar8 usually called on for their advice, eepe-
room at the Filth Avenue Hotel, and here J cially where the negroes are concerned,
felt the influence of a warm, Southern na- Robert Norton was a member of the Read-
ture. He enjoys that confidence which ' juster convention which assembled here
ability inspires, aud impresses one as a . last week. He made a speech to that body
fri.nl 1pman—creater than a king. All dav ! iD favor of the claims of Gen. Groner, of
are talking with him, & uube 18 _" u y* n K . ^ obtained the floor before Norton and
rails and cars and negotiating for men ; endeavored to speak to the oonvention. So
like a real commander. He works quietly J ygj, was y, e negro held, however, that the
aud eflectively, and with sixteen millions convention would not allow Skeen to speak
in bank, does not lose much sleep over and the delegates made such an uproar that
the success of bis system. His certificates tbe white man was foroed to yield to Nor-
of syndicate are in shares of $22,500 each, ton, who was listened to with quiet atteu-
They are bringing In the market $28,000 tion. (
Chicago, June 12.—Gen., Grant, ac
companied by Mrs. Grant, Col. Fred
Grant and bis wife and Miss Sbaipe, ar
rived here yesterday morning. Owing to
tbe poor health of Mrs. Grant,the General
will remain until" Wednesday, when be
will proceed directly to New York.
To a morning News representative be
said: I accomplished tbe purpose for
which I went to Mexico, having obtained
all I went for without any great difficulty,
despite tbe attempts of certain uewspa
pers and persons here to create an oppo
sition through talk of annexation, etc.
The articles published by the Chicago
papers were copied into those of Mexico,
and at first aroused bitter opposition; but J!
went before Congress and. in a abort
speech told them what I wanted, and they
gave my charter at once. No charter was
ever before issued in so short a time,
The road will be in all about seven
hundred miles long, running from the
City of Mexico through Pueblo to the
Pacific coast, while another branch must
;o down to the Gulf. It will be of great
benefit to Mexico in developing tbe re
sources of that country, and to tbe United
States. Tbe charter provides for tbe
completion of tbe road in ten years, but
in all probability it will be finished inside
of three years. Four surveying parties
are already at work. I shall very likely
return there next winter.
In regard to the situation of affairs in
Albany, Grant said: H you want to
know wbat I think of tbe manner in which
Conkling has been treated by tbe Presi
dent and by bis colleagues iu tbe Senate,
I will tell you, without hesitation, I think
it !s most outrageous; and it you want to
know where 1 stand in the present con
test, I will tell you that I am with Conk
ling aud Platt. Conkling is my friend.
Ho lias been a warm supporter of mine;
but for all ibat, I do not owe him near so
much to-day as Garfield. It is true Conk
ling did not support Garfield iu tbe Chi
cago convention; but he saved him in No
vember. Without New York Stats Gar
field could not have been elected, and
without Conkling New York State would
not] have gone Republican. Whenever
tbe State has gone Republican in past
years, tho cause could be traced to Conk
ling and bis personal efforts. When I
say that Garfield owes more to Conkling
than I do, I do not mean to underes
timate tbo obligations that I am
under to him, but I was elected
once without tbe State of New York, and
when it did go for me, I would have been
elected without it. When Conkling went
to iVarreu and commenced Ills vigorous
campaign for tbe Republican party and
Garfield, matters looked very serious.
Defeat was almost certain. It was then
and there only that tbe Republicans took
heart, and from that time on, tbe battle
turned. Conkling went into tho cain-
isigu because be wa3 a Republican, and
tecause be desired tbo success of bis
party; cot because of any trade he bad
made with Garlicld. It was in accord with
the resolutions which he offered in the
national convention pledging the support
of every delegate to tbe candidates
nominated, whoever they might
be. This- was done because seve
ral bad declared that if I
was nominated they would bolt. In re
gard to tbe Mentor treaty, of which we
have heard so much, there was not a
word of truth iu the sensational reports
that were published concerning what oc
curred during our visit. We were In the
.State speaking, and In compliance with
Garfield’s oft-repeated requests, I deter
mined to call at Mentor, as it could be
doue without putting us much out of our
way. Conkllugs&id that ho would go
with me.
Arriving at Garfield’s house, we found
a crowd of people there, probably 150 in
all. Wo went into the house and sat down
and talked with Garfield and others pres
ent, but not a word was said by either
Conkling or myself to Garfield in the way
of trade or bargain; nor was any under
standing of any kind whateverarrived at.
All that we said while with Garfield was
in a general nay, and could be beard by
those around us. In fact, it would have
been impossible for us to say anything
that those around could not bear.
All this talk about a Mentor treaty is
mere nonsense. I have no doubt but that
when Conkling resigued bo did so with
the intention of keeping out of politics
and out of the Senate, and I tblnlc he
acted wisely. He was sick and disgusted
with tbe condition of affairs. He had
been insulted by tbe President anil slighted
by tbe Senate.
There is, or should be, a great deal lu
Seiia:orial courtesy, which means simply
this, that when tlie President makes an
appointment in any State, ami it fails to
elicit the approval of the two Senators
from that State, the matter ends there,
and tho nomination is rejected. If tbo
Republican Senators from any State ob
ject to any nomination, tlie rest of the
party is expected to support them in tbe
matter without exception.
The same is, of course, true of tbe
Democrats; but In this case it was a co
alition against Conkling, and he accepted
it a3 sucli. In the first place, it was an
insult, and doubtless intended as such ou
tbe part of Garfield, to ever select for the
New York coliectorsliip this man Robert;-
sou. He was a personal and political en
emy of Conkling, and was probably
chosen for that reason. I don’t believe it
ever would have happened if Blaine bad
not been in tbo cabinet. I know nothing
personally of Conkling’s purposes or in
tentions, having neither seen nor beard
from him since this affair happened; but
from my knowledgo of the facts, and
from what I have learned of those who
havo talked with him, I am of the
opinion that lie went home to
stay; but, as you know, no sooner
bad bo got out than a series of attacks
were made upon bim through tbo press
aud from all quarters. It was said that
lie acted petulantly, and was inclined to
sulk and play the child because he could
not have tilings to suit him. All these
stories seemed to emanate from tbe
White House and that locality. Even
after be was out they could not let him
rest in peace.
Conkling is a proud man and I pre
sume ho said when all these contemptible
stories came to bis ear, “1 will show them
wliat I can do. I will go back again. I
will fight them.” And be will do it, too.
They luay beat liim through the means re
sorted to, but they can never carry New
York State without liim. The contest
will in all probability be carried over to
another session.
Respecting what be had asked of tbe
administration, tbe General said: After
Garfield was elected, lie wrote me several
letters filled with protestations of grati
tude at wbat be chose to call my valuable
services during tbe campaign, and asked
me to give liim a chance to repay in part
tlie great debt lie thought be owed. He
said he wanted my assistance and tbe
benefit of my travels aud experience in
making bis selections lor foreign appoint
ments.
“I finally wrote bim that my brother-
in-law, Cramer, was sick and warned
get out of Denmark and asked for bis
transfer to some place south, naming
Spain, Belgium and Portugal. He was
sent to Switzerland! But you see it was
all part of a piau.
General Badeau was known to be a
friend of mine. He was sent to Denmark
in order to make a place for Merritt. Mer
ritt was appointed to tbe New York cus
tom house because he was known to be
the enemy of Conkling, and lor the pur
poseot breaking tbe latter up. Failing in
this, Robertson, a still greater enemy, was
selected to complete the work, and it was
of course, necessary to provide for Merritt.
Hence these changes. But it is not likely
that I would ask for any transfer that
would endanger a son of niy old Secrets
ry of Stab 1 , Fish. He resigned, it is true,
but it was because he wanted to be pro
moted.
SENDING US WORD.
Cochran, Eastman, Ft. Valley, and
Forsyth Hpeelal Correspondents Re
port.
Fobstth, June 13.—On Saturday night
last, a large audience assembled at Fye’s
Hall, to witness an entertainement given
by Miss Kato Milledge, with tbe prepara
tory class of Monroe Female College. It
was one of tbo best juvenile amateur per
formances I bavo ever attended. The fol
lowing was the programme: Song—by
Miss Mamie Pinckara, with chorus by tbe
ciass. Recitation—by Miss Laura Clark
Music—Mitse3 Whitehead and Rudisil
“Betsy and I Am Out”—Miss Julia Rudi-
sil. Song—by Miss Jennie Bailey. A
iretty Scotch air. This was very sweet-
y sung. “How Betsy aud I
Made up”—by Miss Ida Thomas.
Music—Misses Dunn and Gibson. Reci
tation—Miss Mamie Pinckard. Music—
Miss Kate Milledge—a beautiful arrange
ment of “Dixie” rendered in a most ex
quisite manner. There is much expres
sion and pathos in tbe performances of
Miss Milledge on tbe piano. Recitation-
Miss Lou Smith. Song—Duet by Mr. J.
A. Banks aud Mr. C. A. Turner, with
guitar accompaniment. This was decid
edly tbe gem of tlie evening, and was so
loudly encored that they returned and re
peated it. Recitation—Miss Maud Napier
—“Death of Minuebaba.” Miss Maud is a
little beauty, aud licr rendition of the
piece was very good for one of her age.
Song, by Prof. Hill. Recitation, “Siege
toy,” by Miss Abby Bean. Misses
Napier and Bean displayed histrionic
talent in their acting. Mrs. Banks and
Mrs. Turner favored the audience jvith
another sweet song and duet on tho
;uitar, whicii was highly appreciated,
finale—song by the class.
These entertainments ever awaken
many pleasant memories and recall to
mind delightful scenes of other days.
R. L. O
Eastiiak, Ga., Juno 10.—There was
public meeting held in the court house
this morning for the. purpose of selecting
delegates to represent tlie county oi
Dodge aud town of Eastmau in the rail
road convention to meet at Americus on
the 14lh instant. Mr. iVm. Pitt Eastman
was called to tho chair, and J. F. Dolacy
was requested to act as secretary. On
motion, Mr. Wm. Pitt Eastman, Mr. M.
S. Burch, and Mr. James Bishop, Jr.,
were elected,with authority to name their
own alternates. Tbe convention is an
important one, as it looks to the develop
ment of a section of country unsurpassed
as a fine timber and turpentine region.
A road from Americus to Eastman or
Hawkinsvilie is contemplated. We be
lieve it would be best to connect with tho
Macon and Brunswick at Eastman, as it
would be nearly a direct line, passing
through Vienna. At all events the build
ing of the road will add much to the
welfare and happiness of tbe people, and
the material prosperity of tho state.
We are having a good season. The
rain descends timely and copiously.
Correspondent,
Cochran, June It.—Yesterday about
2 o’clock was tbe time that deatii was to
visit our town and take from it one so
much beloved by all, wife of Rev. W. N.
McCall, a lady whose accomplishments
were too well known for me to attempt to
mention one of them—a Christian whose
every act, word or look was Cbrist-like,
and whose death verified the life she bad
lived. Just before passing away she called
her family to her, one at a time, told each
ono what she wished done, bade each one
goodbye, offered a fervent and effective
prayer for all and especially her family
physician, and then passed away as one
going off in a quiet slumber.
Night before last Mr. Buckhalter also
died. He was an exemplary Christian,
one of tbe old landmarks, and a man be
loved by every one that knew him. In
deed, the wheat is being gathered from
the chaff. D.
Fort Yaixxy, Ga., June 12.—Miss
Tadle Austin and Mr. W. M. Kersh were
joined In tho holy bonds of matrimouy
this morning, the Rev. T. B. Russell offi
ciating. There has been much sickness
and some deaths. Our pastor, Mr. Oua-
ley, is up again aud will soou be able to
resume bis pastoral duties. B.
Byron, June 13.—On Friday morning
last, at the residence of the Rev. J. F.
Sikes, his nephew, Jordan Sikes, died of
pneumonia, at about tbe age of sixteen
years. Tbe little fellow seemed to be
impressed that be must go, expressing
himself that be would not live. He was
good boy—obedieut to his parents and
teacher, kind and affectionate to his
schoolmates and admired by all wbo
knew bim.
Crops axe very fine. It is very warm
and there is no indication of rain. B,
Eastman, June 12.—Notice is pub
lished in the Eastman Times, and at tbe
court house door here, by Julius L.
Brown, attorney for the parties interested,
of bis Intention to apply, at tbe next
meeting of the Legislature, for a charter
for the Cincinnati and Georgia Railroad
Company. This has reference to tho Ma
con aod Brunswick and the Cole system.
It has been suggested that a more appro-
iriate name would be the Cincinnati and
iruuswick Railroad Company.
Dodge county court sits to-day, and
will coutlnuo until a large crimlual dock
et Is disposed of, Judge Wm. McRae pre
siding.
Messrs. McArthur <fc Griffin bare per
fected auotker large trade with Messrs.
C. J. Duncan <fc Co., of Nashville, Tenn.,
selling them $12,000 worth of timber.
Messrs. Duncan & Co. intend erecting a
steam sawmill at once about five miles
from here near Dempsey.
It is reported that Maj C. R. Armstrong
has been restored to tbe post-office. It
will be kept as before at the drug store of
Messrs. Armstrong A Fisher.
Col. D. M. Roberts and Dr. Harris
Fisher, recently burnt out, contemplate
rebuilding at once. Their insurance was
adjusted.
To-morrow night a festival will be held
at Academy Hall for tbe benefit of the
Eatonton Cornet band. Tbe Cochran
band have been invited and will be on
band. It promises to be a most pleasant
affair. Music, Ice cream, etc.
Correspondent.
PISHING FOR SHARKS.
To-day, the 14th instant, Mr. O. C.
Young, of our village, brought in a load
of fine melon*, which were readily dis
posed of at high figures. I hare not seen
any mention in any of the papers of
earlier-raised melons in middle Georgia,
and therefore claim for Cochran the first
honors. Also, judging from wbat we see
every day, our section is blessed with a
good fruit crop. Peaches, apples and
ilums, world without end. Pears are,
lowever, a complete failure, ho far as
we can bear, other crops are doing well,
but more rain is badly needed. D.
8port la Which a Veteran Teoh Part
Stone Old Stations Disputed
N. Y. Sun.
“Talk about sharks,” a veteran fisher
man said, striking a savage blow with the
tiller at the first one of the season that
came up with along fight; “why,lean
get fishing enough right off Fort Hamilton
here. Yes, shark fishing pays, and it’s
great sport for a green hand. The busi
ness is carried on principally for tbe oil
and fins. A big place for them is in tlie
White Get, and again in Iceland. The
sharks they get there are from thirty to
fifty feet long, and the largest weighs
from 2,500 to 3,000 pounds. They har
poon them, and sometimes a big one will
tow a boat all day before you can get
near it. Some people call them
basking sharks, from their habit oi sleep
ing on top of the water, but they are best
known as bone sharks. I beard of oue
thattowed a topsail schooner of 1(X> tous,
with all sails set, against a galo of wind
for three hours. Sometimes they run
around the Grand Banks and get caught.
About four barrels of oil is the average
from a good sized fellow. In London
some yean ago a showman made a good
deal of money showing wbat be called t
sea serpent, but one of tbe British Mu
seum men came in one day and said tbe
sea serpent was a big shark, and so it was,
too. The showman bad been a sailor
once and seen them at the fisheries iu tbs
Orkney Islands, so he bought the back
bones of two and put them togetliersome-
bow and then called.it a snake, and
long one it was—over ninety feet, I be
lievo.
“My shark fishing was all done near
New Smyrns, Florida. Some sharks
would give -,'alf a barrel of oil, but they
were generally under fifteen feet. We
sold the skin for little or nothing, and a
good'many back-bones were sold for
canes. ^ Run a steel rod into them and
they take a fine polish. These and the
jaws were often sold to tourists who came
over to catcli a diark, anil they'd carry
them home with ’em as trophies. Some
of ’em who would catcli a shark all alone
got more than they bargained for, (or wo
usually hired fifteen or twenty darkies to
do tbe pulling and hauling, aud camped
out during the months of July, August
and September, moving up and down
when the biting was poor. We carried
our pots and things along and dried out
tho livers, and shipped the oil l«y
smack up to Fernandiua, where it
was all bought by one man. I don’t
know wbat be did with it. Some said
be sold it for cod liver oil. We nsed a
regular book and line, only it was a rope,
and tbe book was a foot long, and made
fast to tbe line by a three-foot chain,
Fisli bait was tbe best—sea trout, some
thing like our steak fisb. We kept about
twenty of these lines over ail the time at
regular distances along tbe beach wher
ever the water deepened quick from thn
shore. All tho lines wore ahoul lift / yards
long, and, after they were thrown out, they
were caught round a stick; so when one
of these sticks went down we know there
was a bite, and three men would take the
liue. Perhaps you’d hardly believe it, but
shaiks bite as softly at tint as a small
fish. It’s exciting sport, if you don’t have
too much of it. You must have about
fifty feet of slack, and when you feel
the line shako and quiver jike,
you want to slack out. Sometimes they
fool over the bait, but generally a big
shark will nose it once or twice and then
>ick it up and move off, swallowing the
>ait as he goes. You want to give bim
about fifteen feet of rope, and tbeu take a
brace, and when be bau's tbe line taut
ail jerk together. Then the work com
mences—fun, some people call it. As soou
as he feels the hook be makes a big rush
that will often start ten or fifteen men,
and I’ve seen five jerked right into tbe
water at the start. Up and down he goes,
sometimes jumping into the air and try
ing to shake out the hook, aud some old
fellows will swim right for you and try to
bite tbe lino.
■ “I remember one yonng fellow—be
called himself an atbiete—wbo came
down from Jacksonville on purpose to go
a sharking; and be let it out that lie could
catch the biggest shark single banded.
You bet we gave bim the chance. He
bad a line all to himself baited with shad,
and it wasn’t loDg before a nibble came,
and we stood around to see the fun. He
bad tbe slack all coiled up, and let it run
for about ten feet, and then braced bis
feet in the sand about three feet from the
water; as the line tautened be gave a jerk
that would have started a bull, and the
next thing we saw was a man’s heels and
legs flying in the air. Ho landed all in a
heap half in the water, and off went the
fisb, the line tearing out like greased
lightning. He looked rather cheap as
he palled himself together, but he
grabbed tbe line again, and the
next thing be knew be was goiiig out to
sea, and had to let go or ; be drowned.
By the time he got in the line was all
out, aud the shark was rosbiog up and
down like-mad. The young fellow was
game, though. He hauled away, now-
getting in a foot, and tbeu tlie shark
would jerk bim on his face in the sand;
and after he had swallowed about a pint
of it and bad his arms nearly jerked out,
he concluded that a man-eater was too
much for one man, and gave it up. We
laid on then and ran the fish ashore. He
measured fourteen feet, aud it took nine
cf us to get bim iu. The young fellow
took tbe jaw, as a memento, lie said. It
has eight rows ot teeth, and just fitted
over his shoulders.
“In India they catch sharks for their
fins and send them to China, where they
raake them iuto soup. The trade amounts
to $100,000 a year. It’s curious ivliat
some people will eat. Wbat they call an
Atwood sha:k is a savage kind. I saw
one in Gloucester harbor, Massachusetts,
that measured twenty-five feet in length
and must have weighed 2,000 pounds.
Cuba is a great place for them, and all
-around tbe Florida reef. People think a
shark can’t jump, but that’s a mistaken
notion. I was wrecking one season off
Sea Horse Key. We had a quarter of a
beef hung from the main boom and triced
up so it was about twelve feet from the
water, aud the blood was drip
ping from it. A leopard shark caine
along, swam around a while, add then
come with a rush and grabbed it, hung
for a second, and, breaking tbe lift, drop
ped back with beef and ail. I’ve heard of
one that took a man down wbo was bung
for mutiny on the yardarm, twenty feet
from the water; bat that’s a little too
much. Sharks don’t always turn on their
backs to bite. A friend of mine, one of
tbe Keanarge men, who is now in the
Treasury Department at Washington,
was lying off the Rock of Gibraltar, when
one of the men wbo was in swimming
away from the ship suns out that be had
a cramp. They lowered tbe cutter, but
be sunk, and when they got over the
place my friend looked down just in
time to see a big man-eater take bim.
He didn’t turn, but bit tbe poor fellow
right in two before their eyes, and that
was the last they ever saw of bim. Tbe
Kanakas, though, don’t thlok anything of
tackling a shark, aud for 25 cents they
wlii take a knife and slide nnder a man-
eater and rip him up every time. Ham
mer beads are savage, but I never heard
of one biting a man. And there’s the
thrasher, with a tall as big as bis body.
I’ve seen a dozen beat a whale so that it
made him about ere ay, and he’d wallow
around as if we bad been struck with a
harpoon. Some sharks get to be well
known. There’s ono they call “Old
Jack” that has been seen about Pensacola
for a good many years, and is said to
have eaten seven soldiers. There was
oue shark they kept daring tbe war in
the uioat around Fort Jefferson. A good
many old soldiers would remember him.
They called him tbe sentinel, and the
prisoners Dever tried to swim over while
he was there. He lived there eight months,
and his jaw is In the Arsenal Building at
Central Park now.”
BLACKING BOOTS
CHINRRY.
BY HA.
Tbe Alleged Iaventltot or a Hobshw
Hob Criticised by an Expert.
From the New York Sun.
To the Editor of the Sun—Sir : Paul
Hill, of Union Hill, has, after four yean’
labor, perfected a boot-blacking machioe
which “shines ’em up” in thirty seconds.
Three brushes, workiug on eccentrics,
cover every part of the boot or shoe which
needs Blacking, while a fourth distributes
tbe blacking eveuly over the leather. One
machine, for street use, is worked by a
handle; ami another, tor families and
offices, is worked by the pressure of tbe
foot. Two of the machines have been in
operation in one of our hotels for a week,
and tbe bootblacks who have heard of the
invention thlok that their business is
about to be ruined. Boots.
Hoboken, Juno 7.
“That feller’s a tad,” muttered a boot-
black, to whom tbe above letter was read.
“He can’t give me no aucb guff as that.
Wliat’s be goiu’ to do when a pair of
evening yams—”
“A pair of wbat ?”
“Evening yams. Don’t yer know what
an evening yam is?”
“Not exactly.”
“Well, a yam's a foot what has car
buncles and bunions, the same beiu’ un
common tender. Do you fall?”
“I do.”
“Well, yams belongs as*a rule to elder
ly gents. They comes to your chair and
puts their dumpy feet up au’ then Jtmles.
Then they says, ‘Now, sonny, shine ’em.
p fine an’ I’ll give yon a nice bright
ickel.’ Then they smiles again an’
nods their heads. Well, as soou as jou
touch a brush to the shoe they squirm.
The shoes is all little and big bills, an’ if
you brush straight ahead you’ll polish tha
bills au’ leave tbe hollows black, so that
tbe feet’ll look as if there was a lot of
shiny nobs screwed onto the leath
er. Then you have to go
awful easy, iur fear ofhurtiu.’ Ihava
lots of old nobs in Wall street. I go
round to their offices in tbe afternoon, an’
if you knew tbe agonies they suffer if I
dou’t brush as light as a commissioner it
’udmake you weep. Them old fellers
was ail sports an’ swells once, an’ now
they’re payin’ fur weann’ tight shoes.
Wbat I say is you go an’ put one of them
old parties iu a machine an’ turn ou tha
brushes, an’ you’d kill bim dead in two
seconds. If that Hoboken chap comes
over here when I’m arouud, I’ll drop on
him tilt he’ll fed as If goiu’ through a
thrashin' machine."
“Machine ?” said a Fulton street boot-
black. “What are you goin’ to do with a
club-footed man or a man with a broken
toe? And these lardy-da fellers what
wear shoes so sharp that If they should
fall down they’d run ’em iuto their legs
would look sweet iu a machine, wheu
their feet are so narrow that you can’t
work two brushes at once.”
CHURCH FOUNDED
CHILD.
BY A
Eittlo Fanny Mmith'a Deathbed Gift
that Entabllvbea a l oua vexation of
Poor People.
.Vine York World.
Just before tlie death of Alexauder
Stewart, the sugar refiner of this city, he
and his brother Robert, who survives
him, became interested iu tbe efforts of
the Rev. Samuel A. Mutchmore,of Phila
delphia, in carrying iuto effect tbe last
wish of Fanny Smith, a nine-year-old
member of Ids church, who bad placed
the savings of her short life, amounting
to $1, in his hands and asked him to build
“church for poor people like us.” Ou
licr dyiDg bed Fanny made Dr. Mutch-
more, who had been her pastor for seve
ral years, pledge bis word that be would
use tbe money in building tbe church.
“Prtimiso me,” she said, “so that when I
am iu heaven I shall know that it is
done.”
At tbe time of Fanny’s death Dr. Mutch-
more was pastor of tho Cohocksink
church, corner of Franklin street and Co
lumbia avenue, Philadelphia, and after
wards removed to tbe Alexaudria church.
Fanny died iu 1S72, and four years after
wards Dr. Mutchmore resolved to go to
work tn earnest to carry tbe terms of her
last will and testament into effect. He
sent throughout the country circulars en
titled “A Child’s Legacy,” telling Fanny’s
story, and asking aid in erecting a church
memory of the child. There were
many answers, and among them was a
communication from Mr. Alexander Stuart
—who advanced $7,000, with which Dr.
Mutchmore bought a piece of property on
Montgomery avenue, near Bouvicr street,
Philadelphia. Mr. Stuart took a mort
gage on the property, which he promised
cancel provided the church were fin
ished 'on or before January 1, 1882.
When Mr. Stuart died bis brother Robert
agreed to carry out tho promise. Having
secured bis ground Dr. Mutchmore began
to look about bim for money to erect a
temporary chapel for a congregation.
His first church was a wooden shanty
placed in the centre of the Stuart lot, and
tlie 26th of May, 1872, a congregation
of forty-two persons began worshiping
there. “Onr first gift,” said Dr. Mutch
more, “was trom a firm of brick-yard pro
prietors, who dug tho four.datiou for the
church, and who were Catholics. Tbos.
Potter, of Philadelphia, gave $7,000 in his
will to the church, but tbe will was con
tested. Samuel Prince gave all tbe stone
needed for tbe foundation, Thomas H.
Kemble donated tbe Lumberton. granite,
and otiiers gave money in smaller ’or
larger amounts. All were actuated in
these gifts by the touching story ot the
dving child. "Thus, from tbe $4 contrib
uted by this iittle one on her death-bed,
has grown a church of massive stone that
cost $60,000 and which is all paid tor. Of
tbe little heroine of tb>s story, Dr. Match-
more said: “Nino years ago a little girl
came with her mother asking to be receiv
ed as a member oi the Cohocksing
Church. She was only seven years old
and was frail and feeble. ‘Don’t you think
you bad better wait awhile V I asked her
when tbe session seemed Indisposed to
receive her because of her tender age. She
anawered that she was fully prepared to
join the church. She vtt so earnest and
so evidently truthful that I could not find
it in my heart to refuse her plea. ‘Breth
ren,’ I said, ‘if you feel that you cannot
receive this child, 1 think 1 will have to
take her ou my own responsibility.’ She
told me that the and her mother came to
church often in toe evening, but not in
the daytime, because they were poorly
dressed. I shall never see a more peace
ful, happy death-bed than beta. The
‘church for poor people like us’ is built,
thank God, and little Fanny Smith’s sav
ings have gone forth to do good.”
—The Lanier House bow boasts a fla*
pavement.