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GEORGIA TEL APH BUILDING
ESTABLISHED 1826.
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MACON, FRIDAY. MAY 19, 1882.
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VOLUME LVI-KO 18
VIOLETS.
I Cowers
are sweet; but those in; heart doth
The best,
theeyou
a whan
■■Si
All flowers araswoet; bnt these (air blossoms
Call
**'*Wlth dew
back^thcrnother-cye* so tad, so sweet,
ToAay I feel a breath; the curtains swing
And mcmoHesitto silver mist float around
r the eeho of a sc
As ’mid thoue^hng leaves It
i while the perfumed i
- “Y'vSiSis-to.
res pain.
-nsa
dew (alls on my heart
m sol
T. Vrmg.
BEXEEACTOR'S DAT.
Tbs Exercise* CoaaaaesnoieUve #r
Sesey's MrtMsy
The chapel at Wesleyan Female College,
on Friday evening, spacious as it la, could
not contain the large number of our citi-
zens, who were drawn to it for the double
season that a feast of literature and mel
ody wa« in store, and booause the event
was the birthday of one whose generous
hand had raised grand old Wesleyan to
magnifloent proportions and beauty.
Every seat was filled long before the
opening of the ontertainment, and soon
the aisles were orowded, while on the out-
eido were large numbers endeavoring to
eee, if not to hear.
During the day, Mr. Henry L. Jewett,
secretary of the board of trustees, tele-
apbed the following greeting to Mr.
an honored name, intimatelr associated
with our early naval history, and honored
first with the rank of Commodore whale
flinging to the battle and the breeze that
country’s flag. Associated by marital eon-
neotioo with the yews, of Georgia, with
the Montgomerys, of Maryland, and
Gallatin, the friend of Jefferson
and oompeer of Madison, it is no
marvel that bis patriotism is national,
his character marked, his ambition com
mendable, his purposes noble and his life
asuocees. Aristotle tells us that a statue
lies bid in a block of marble. The figure
is in the stone. The sculptor only clears
away the matter and finds it. We eee it
sometimes begun to be chipped—some
times we see the man outlined in limb and
features. That flgpre has been found in
the marble in the old family quarry, and
the Phidias of destiny is fashioning it into
a likeness of those whose character be
typifies and whose virtues he emulates.
Modest in disposition, gentle m deport
ment, diligent in the pursuit of nsefol ob-
aa^gg& , s«aasgg
making a reputation and a name, desired
possessed by but few. Do you ask
irtieolaiisc Ma
me to particularize
fpotntycmto the qaaliti. of bU heart,
to tha unselfishness of hit nature, to his
love for his race, to the catholicness of hie
benefaction*, to his noble charities, to his
ledueationalendowments, to the stayed tear
.DJId.«ll.i>go.compvUott of dMds of
heart with those of ambition and attain
ments. These are his passport to honora-
ble distinction, and these will be acered-
■■ long as life has a sorrow to soothe,
la tear to dry, a home to comfort and a
heart to feel, for upon them Is stamped the
signet of approving earth, the ineffaceable
seal of commending heaven.
■b, Ge, May 12.—The trustees of
| Wesleyan Female College send greeting
and kind wishes on-the birthday of its gen
erous benefactor, Hexbt L. Jzwzrr,
“ Secretary
sajaur 5 * * < Geobok^ D 8*uzt."
The faculty of the oollege were also in
receipt of telegrams from different pomi
The owe from Hr. Beney was es follows :■
V'fiearty thanks! May Heaven’s riohest
The oomer-stone chapel of Lucy Cobb
Institute in Athens was laid also on Fri
day. and the institute telegraphed the fol-
lowing i
“Lucy Oobb Institute shares your joy in
celebrating the birthday of your frivnd and
This chapel also springs from the gener-
• Seney.
an heart of Mr. Beney. The history of
how be came to build ittaay be of interest
It is remembered that Miss Nellie StoTall,
one of Athens' fairest and moat talmtsd
ladies who had ju»t graduated with
young ladies who had just graouatea witn
distinction from this institute, coucuved
the idea of writing Mr. Seoay tm) asking
Us asslstaans in btdUisaraduipaLUrii
was so much noeded by this far-famed
^^^n Gontraiy to Us rale of answers
ing such supplications Mr. Seney gave ear
to the noble appeal, couched as ft was in
*q beanitfnl ee to toaeh the heart
■ He promptly
t-harticU rhtic
of this generous (
responded, and his
of this great philan
■ Another t^M
was received from
Emma Davia and
Claude Freeman at Albany, as follows:
“We eend greeting to our beloved Al
Mater, and remember with gratitude her
great benefactor, George L Seney.”
The weather was most inviting for the
ladies to come out, and henoe the large
crowd in attendanoo at tho evening exer-
“The Music on the Waves,” was finely
rendered by the senior singing class, and
It verity seemed as it the melody was danc
ing gleefully on the wa -
Dr. A. J. Battle, of
offered a grand and fe<
■ Mercer University^
feeling prayer for the
AUO KJVAAA
»' song—“O Ji
’ K. Rogers, i
i grand
iSecial vocal class gave “On a Bank
Two Roses Fair," in a masterly manner.
Dr. W. a Bass read an ode, written for
jS l lK^d*rs!S , Xi. E S®iSS
ind heart of Mr. Beney.
' ‘“Tho Suor simg? My prmmted a
j oompoeed by Prof. J. H. Newman, of
ecakyan. The song was exquisite, the
* and mnaio blending in a harmony
as melody -itstlf. Tne following ia
i last stanza:
fiSSSSJS!&SS& n -
"TBMflKSffi3SK
(ul our voice rssoundiiut in Soua,
Uy old Wesleyan the echoes prolong;
--^TBSSSSaMWJBfe
Halitotbesl
Ball, noble heart!
The name mm frooa “Deborah." was
given with Miss Gaesis Jones as Deborah,
5nd Mis* Claude Montfort as Joseph,
evincing the liossession of much dramatle
UK The DayUght ia Fading” a trio, was
r Misses Harrison,
charmingly given by
Terrell and Bonnell., . _ .
The oommemorauvo address of Col.
Thomas Hardeman was received with
-•rent applause, and oommandod not only
the entire nttentioa of the vast audience
bnt every heart re-echoed the beautiful
rL-utimonte expreased. Yielding tothe al
most universal desire of the andience ana
a large number of his friends, we give it
entire. QQg"haupemak’sadd;
“Eulogy and epitaph belong to the dead.
Envy is silent beside tho monumental ool-
uwn, and jealousy lays her quiver on the
marble slab that voioes the virtues and
memories of the sleepers beneath. How
•different with the living. Envy undermines
the superstructure of character, jealousy
•ahoots her Parthian darts at the heart of
well earned reputation, ambition’s rivalry
scoffs ut s'lcctxM.lul ventore, while selfish
individuality damns with faint proute
merit and worth it cannot emulate, xet,
•despite of envies and jealousies and detrac
tions, there are those among the living
whose nobility of characters, wluse pun-
dyof live*, whose sterling integrity, whose
patriotic devotion to personal and public
duties, whoseprivate charitiet, and public
benefactions, entitle them to be denoim*
natgd great and reputable men, giving
,„oto civilization, character to a jieople,
“prosperity to States. Of such is George
1 Beney, of the city of Brooklyn, New
York, the anniversary of whoae birth we
celebrate today. Born in Astoria, in that
Stele, May ltfii, 1826, State linen have not
bounded his usefulness nor circumscril t*d
hi. patriotic efforts for the elevation of so
ciety, or the amelioration of his race. Be -
yond the boundaries of tliat rotate, from
the bleak hills of Connecticut to thb sunny
valleys of our own Goorgin iut home and
i : road) are evidences of his benevolent
nature, bis patriotic purines,
his humanitarian labors, which have irn-
pre .-.■>«h1 thomselves indelibly upon the civ
ilization he typifies and the Christianity
and
* Thanks to the humanity that stirs with
in us. we are not dead to these heaven in-
~ virtues and will not withhold from
Heroism has been canonized in sous; ora-
ltey has been immortalized in periods of
finished rhetoric and the inspiraUon of elo-
senliments of every true man in my State
when I say I accept the offering in the
spirit in which it was tendered. I accept
it not in syeophantio adulation, ignoring
the old state in a policy-assumed apprecia
tion of the new, bnt in manly frankness
and gratitude, because it is tendeied with
tho oaracstneV* of sincerity by a noble phi
lanthropist to his own people (ravaged by
war, impoverished by revolution and puri
fied by suffering) in their noble struggle t»
msko the new life, if new you will have it,
worthy of tho old one that gave ns charac
ter in the past and is our surest guarantor
for honorable dbtinotion in the future.
Did I lick the hand that presented the of
fering, I would discredit the benefaolion
and dishonor the heart that prompted it.
Tho magnanimity of tho aot is enhanced
by the events that surrounded the benefac
tor. The gift is borne by hands that wero
uplifted against ns. It is received by hands
who have beaten the sword into the plough
share amid the acclaim of the people and
the hearty ‘amen of the tribes.’ It was
given without stipulations or requirements.
It is accepted without reservation or de
vice. God blees the donor and the dona
tion, and may tbia offering of peace in
spire among the people of the States a
more catholic spirit and a closer union.
‘iBnt it is also a tribute to Methodism.
The swelling bud—the blushing blossom,
the unfolding flower—the return of the
swallow and the song of the turtle indicate
sot more plainly the coarse of the seasons
and the coming of spring, than do his pri
vate benefactions and publio charities de
note the course and current of bis religions
proclivities and feelings. Far back in the
years his father ministered around the al
tars Methodism had erected, whilo the
good old mother—the impress of whose
character is stamped in the life of the son
—hymned her char ah’s touching songs of
thanksgiving and praise. Catching these-
cred fires that were kindled on those al
tars, be has transmitted them, through
etrife and division, to the altars of Soath-
Methodism, where they now burn
SgagaaSgBfca; awsgyro'sia
elmroh riven, and its golden chords of
union rudely broken—separate organiza-
tions followed'
tions end jurisdictions
its disnip-
quence; genius h*a been voiced in tho
hymn of the laureate and the music of its
worshipers: philosophy has been praised
in verse and extolled in eloqnentdisrtmrae.
bnt philanthropy, clothed in beauty and
robed in loveliiSs, like Zion, rises, above
the Lebanon of earthly song qpd lives in
the elevated numbers of heavenly har
monies. Man, carried away by the pas
sions of the hour or lured by the tempta
tions that surround power and place, may
think that honor is only found, as Addison
expresses it, “at the head of armlet. V nid
the pomps of courts, the splendor of titles,
tho ostentation of learning and the noise
of victories, bnt angels who look into the
ways of men, see the philosopher in the
cottage and find great men in the shades end
solioitades of private life,” practicing be
nevolence, exalting society, dispensing
blessings, alleviating sufferings, diffus
ing knowledge, stimulating virtue and
upholding the crow. In these pur-
«n be found him of whom
today. A private citizen, be
practices not tho aria of the politi
cian nor court* the acclaim of .the
hostings. An humble follower of the
cross, like the statue of that divinity
among the ancients, which held in her lap
the god of wealth, his life evidences that
heboid* in his the goddess of peace, the
mother of prosperity and advancement,
and that for him
ot a single tear hat more
The drying of-
Of honestlsme than shedding teas of
“A man oftnminess, his success has been
attained, not by the practiced chicanery of
a Wall street diplomat, in heartless combi
nation against the earnings of toil and the
>oor— for
sweat of the. poor
he renders
SSifSSSaKSiSMrtffii
prosperity which Heaven .has vouchsafed
their acts one toward another. That divis
ion was the herald wind of the tempest
that in alter years shook to its foundation
the union of our fathers. Yet through all
that storm and tempest, one star lighted
the heavens of hie being and his hopes—it
wss the star of Wesleyan Methodism.
That star bad shone npon tho labors of
Wesley and Whitfield in the early history of
Georgia. It had lighted up the dark path
way revolution had made; it stood still
over fields of carnage and of strife, end
when that carnage ceased and that strife
had ended, it gleamed in such resplend
ent beauty in the Southern cross
that the Northern heavens were illumined
by the reflex of its brightness and brillian
cy. Gazing npon its loveliness, his soul is
stirred within him—repulsive indifference
is warmed into life-giving charity, heart-
less selfishness melts into Chri-tun fellow
ship, watering in its course those Northern
hills and Southern fields, where Methodism
had sown her seed and was garnering the
harvest. Methodism with him is Christian
union and fraternal Jove wherever she
builds an altar, and with Christian gener
osity he extends her nscralneea and
strengthen* her arm, by fostering the agen-
ciea instituted by her to advance her mis
sion. For this purpose he gives a princely
donation to the Wesleyan University in
Connecticut (where he spent, his school
boy days), to Emory in Georgia—the child
of Methodist hope and Methodists’ prayers
—and again, out of the ridinees of his love
for the church of his fathers, to our own
Wesleyan College, that is now lifting its
massive dome toward the sky—his cenotaph
and monument when his eventful oonrse is
RMFa* an evidence of Brie last assertion
X r<*»* you to Me munificent donations,
amounting in all to aboat $2JX)0,0Ca To
tbaWtokyan University ’sdTMiddletoe,
Connecticut; to the Home of Friendless
Children in Brooklyn; to the hospital of that
city for the poor and destitute; to the Long
mLi HM«fiMl Society; to Hsekeria-
isissftaajssriaajajss;
i. jirofusse*. N’atioiialiobisfeeling»,am-
b.lions to benefit his whole country, he
bringt into requisition all the necessary
qualities of head and heart, and exert*
them in plans aud purposes—brilliant, yet
prurtical, comprehensive, yet utilitarian;
conceived in high and honorable design,
will executed in an unaffected, motiost
way tliat addresses itself to the heart* of
the people, aud makea for himself an eo-
ble reputation and name. A deecend-
it, on the paternal side, of one intimate-
jnneoL'd with tho early history of our
in delegate to tho Continental
i during the atormy days of our
volutionary struggles—a representative
afterward* !o the Federal Congress wheu
onr patriot fathers had formed e more
1 perfect union and a stronger government—
He ha* aot dishonored that ancectry or
government by *n aimless life or a vai^
existence. On the maternal aide ho de-
/j&znds from tht Nicholsons, of Maryland,
to the Lucy Cobb and Emory Colleges, in
Georgia, and Ust, bnt not least, to our own
Wesleyan Female College,the mother of fe-
male colleges, the pride of oorcity andtho
glory of its founders. Of this donatiol
and of this only, will I speak, for to it -
recognize a tribute to the South, a tribute
to Methodism, a tribute to the women of I
Georgia, and, above ail, a tnbnte to the
wifo of his bosom andtho mother that bore
Ihinie
“I said it was a tribute to the Sooth.
Torn back the hands on the dial of time.
Through the mists and clouds and dark
ness of revolution we see. them indoring
1600. Prosperity blesses the nation, while
temple dedicated to civil and religions lib
erty, the people are worshiping, "the fires
are burning brightly npon the attars, chan
cel and auditorium resound with the an
thems of exultant choristers, the great
organ in grand accompaniment fills a na
tion^ ear and stirs the national heart with
lla awaiting,
deoly tn
the altar; tho torvioes of the temple are I
mined by tho discordant note* of a jamng
orchestra; a solemn panse in the grand or-
tran silences the Te Dooms of the worship
ers; that darkness, that hush, that silenoe,
cretogos storm ana revolution- Awed by
theeef forebodings, the worshipers aban-
dcm^etemple of their fathers as the spirit
of the tempest shrieks around and above
them. Tho storm of revolution sweeps in
relentless fury over a warring people, and
waves of bio* are dashing over a distract
ed country, brother is arrayed against
brother, friend wars against friend. State
strikes a death blow at State. For years
history chronicles sacked citjos, ravaged
fields, ruined fortunes, slaughtered thou
sand;. Down nature’s face few the tears
groensofthe fatherless and. the widow.
Of its ravages, ofV- its
of war, of its poignant
of Its hatred, its resentments, its divisions!
of it* many rslernttisa, of Us patriotic
Eacrifice* and heroic deaths. I speak not
on this occasion. The war i# ended,.yet
the n*turo of the tempest is evidancod la
IttatHtonaM It engendered and tha ruin
and misery that mark its oonrse. Tne
storm is hashed, bat the waves it exoitodl
ore troubled stiU. The tribes are again
aovem'dtag in the temple they deserted,
but there are envies and jealousies at the
■Mrtfltial oHertwgi of the worshipers. I
The eons of Asaph are striking their harps
and- shouting songs of praise; the meat
o-,:*n, aa i£ struck by a Handel’s band,
“roll* forth its wave* of melody,” which
pwell and *hako the very pillars of the
temple. Around tho altars are men from
EJom and from Amzon; from the great
fen and from Mt. Hor; from East and
West, from North and Booth, officiating in
the temple Bervirn. Prominent among
them is one from the great he«rt of tho
nation, bearing before him an offering of
iKiace aud union. Benevolence light* his
countenance, gontieness marks hia step na
be approaches the allar, around winch
Georgians are oongregatod. Before him
are his former enbtniee. He has felt their
antagonism, he knows their losses and ap
preciates their situation. No feeling of
exultation over tl oir misfortune stirs hie
bosom; no humiliating oemparison of con
dition characterizes hia speech. Fervently,
benevolently, religiously he lays that offer
ing upon tho altar, with the patriotic ex
clamation alone, Those are my people.
We Rro of the family of thirteen, who
in the days of revolution built this
great temple of freedom nnd of gov-
enmioot. My fathers worshiped here
with their Baldwin* and Waltons and
TBE ROT BURGLARS.
| Tbs ImiuiwvIlU City
b*«l~tb*Buvlais Arrested—Star*-
Has DMltsarst-Boys Under Twen
ty—A Eteeerd *1 Barwlnry, Highway
Bobbery aad Attempted Murder.
Jaekto»vilU fist**.
Yesterday saw the close of g brief ca-
ery altar in Georgia. Your duty to your
benefactor and your college is a plain one.
As the great Roman orator, when leaving
the seven-hill city, took from among his
divinities an ivory statue of Minerva, the
protectress of Rome, and oonseorated it in
the temple to render it inviolate to the
spoiler—eo, in leaving your Alma Mater,
carfy with you into the temple cf home
tho difinity of refined and Christian char
acter, consecrated with woman'*
and woman’s prayers, and you will throw reer crime, and tbe city jail last night
around those altars and homes a charm shot in two boys whose stories may be
ble women—disappoint her not, aad when ~
her bright history is written in the future, | - this CBlMIKAJLS-
it will be said of a troth she owes her high , . .. ... . ..
and exalted position not more to the integ-I James A. Powler, the olaejo of these
rity and worth of hor boos than to the vir- two youthful felons, is bnt nineteen yean
tao aud intelligence of her daughters. But of He „„ ln t rcber yiorida,
let us not forget in according our meed of "V _
praise, his faithful companion, for I im-1 and it is said that his family are respect*-
agine much credit is due her for his I ble. Daniel A* McDonnell, * year
engagedUn hrevy tranweti^a or^e'llb- younger than bis companion, is a Jack-
eral endowments.that did not receive the sonvllle lad, the son of a highly honored
UfIhTpa^thmnch V o^hiaworid°y^ dtiien aprigbt and honorable
Re gions and continue* his benfactions/ it man, Colonel T. A. McDonnell, the
may be safely as*orted his oompanion is widely known and eminently successful
privy to his deeds, and indorsee them with . . ,. -. h m —MM
her blessings and her prayers. Truly may criminal lawyer of the city,
we honor her and her memory, and verify ' ■ A cbimk.
the declaration of Holy Writ: ‘Her hus- a week ago last Thursday night, at
band is known in the gates; her children Green Cove Spring, the jewelry and curi-
arise upend call her blessed; her husband M [ t _ Btore of j. u Mackey was burglar-
’Give her if the ! “ d * n< ^? bb€ ^ of ***** amount of val-
froiuof her hands and let her own works u * ble Me Mackey came to this
praUe her in the gates.’ I have completed c ^y * nd consulted our police authorities,
the temple I proposed building to-night in who are widely known both as successful
honor of onr generous benefactor. I have detectives and as efficient officers. City
supported it with columns symbolizing his Marshal John F. Tyler on the next Snn-
feetings for the Booth, for Methodism, for day made a careful examination of tbe
tho women of Georgia, for tho wife .of his facts and the locality. An alligator-
love; it only remains now to crown it with tooth vinaigrette had been found in a
the chief ornameniof tha^bnlldipf—■ P<*- | branch ^tliaheaaa of Mr. Sullivan,
Mother’s i OT ^ the town marshal of Green Cove Spring.
Whocan eatimatiftho*ono or fathom the Another article was found between the
other ? The mother is the archilect of store and Sullivan’s,
character. She moulds the disposition, di- Mr. Sullivan keeps a boarding-house,
recta the passions, shapes the life, makee. and Marshal Tyler inquired particularly
the man. She may pass away, but her about the guests. He learned that among
teachings, her example and her prayers re- them were young Fowler and the Mo-
main to instruct, to guide and to bless. I jjonnell boy. It was further discovered
Frederick the that t be y bad come to the city the day be-
ShSSua dlwted f»«>' The marshal searched Fowler’s
^tii h flowere?’wiffi h vreeath8^banners valise and found one set of jewelry and
in honor of his coming, Lgiwijig one alligator tooth. He then returned to
Sese evidences of ft nation's Jacksonville and had an interview with
gratitude and a people’s joy, he sought his Fowler. The young man botly protested
castle home and entered bis study. There his innocence, and for wise reasons tbe
he found the books and furniture and marshal dismissed him, but placed him
«S£&£& try stood a porcelain vase undcr close *r7,Tn°^Biuyii r
tho* inscription?* For na^son^the 1 lilngA . Some ev * nU ^*nspired akortly
Honors were forgotten. Tbe acclaim of I afterward. Mrs. Prevatt and her son
the people moved him not; tho memory were stopped upon the highway just out-
of bis mother was dearer than side the city, by two masked xuen, and
triumphal arches and deoorated columns. I robbed of a watch. Tbe store of Mr.
So with him of whom I speak. The moth- Goff, near Hogan's creek, was burglarized
er has gone, but she left for him as a teeti- merchandise, a watch and ring were
mpnial and guido a Christian life and taken. Mr. Brown, a citizen of Fairfield,
Jay, two dollar* or more of clerk Wil
liams’ money and Col. Jay’s sleeve-Abt-
tons were gone, and Roy Baxter’s over
coat was maliciously cot with a knife.
AHOTHXB LKTTZB.
A note was found upon the table writ
ten in a slovenly, scrawling hand. It
read as follows:
“To the PostOffiefc
“You are the Poreet set I ever saw god
dam your souls the next time I come here
and you have not more than this I will way
lay you and kill you down south cracker*
aint worth a dam you don’t maka^any
money good bye I am yours truly
I boh Cun. excuse
bod writing as the lamp is dimb,”
Captain -Yinzant continued: “I told
the postmaster that I knew the robber and
would bare him in custody before noon.
I went and told Marshal Tyler, and after
some consultation we decided that Fow
ler should be arrested, Ibat he probably
bad an accomplice, and that McDonnell
was the man. We could not fin<|, either
of them. We found, however, tbe yonng
man that I saw the night before in Fowl
er’s company, and he showed us to
Fowler’s room, over Bohlen’s saloon. We
pnt an officer on guard, and about half
past twelve yesterday noon, Fowler came
oat of Bolilea’a saloon and was at once
taken into custody. We got tbe note.tbe
robbers bad left, and tbe marshal read it
slowly and made Fowler copy it from bis
dictation. It don’t need any expert to de
tect tbe similarity; both handwritings are
tbe same. We asked him about his trunk;
be said it belonged to bimaolf and 'Mac,
and tbac Mac bad tbe key.
“I then went,” continued the Captain,
“to Col. McDonnell’s office and tola him
frankly that we suspected his son. He
sent his older son to the house for Don
ald, and they returned together to tbe of-
fioe. Col. McDonnell was deeply agitat
ed. He said that If be found the boy was
guilty tbe law should take its course with
him. When the boys returned he took
Donald into hia private office, and they
were closeted half an hour. Then the
door opened, and the Colonel, with his
bead upon his breast, and in a voice
of deep agony, said: ‘Captain, take your
prisoner; he has disgraced and dh-
bonored me and my family; he is
A HIGHWAY BOBBER AND A THIEE.
“Take him and pnt him in Jail—I dis
own him.’ I will confess, that strong as
I am, the tear# ran down my cheeks dur
ing that scene. We brought the boy over
to the jail and be made a* clean breast of
it all, confessing everything. FowJarand
he robbed Mrs. Prevatt, robbed Goff, rob
bed tbe post-office, shot Brown, wrote tbe
“Metbodiste of Georgia, accept this olive
branch, so generously tendered, in a Chris
tian spirit and with prayerful gratitude. It
is an eloquent tribute to Methodism. Grand
old mother, child of Providence 1 Near a
century a half ago thy birth hymn was
sang by the Wesleys and Whitfield and
Fletcher; now thy praises are hymnwl by
millions of thy followers. Among the bogs
of Ireland, in the gold fields of Australia,
within the walls of China, beside “India’s
coral strand*,” in sunny Italy and rine-clad
France, amid the jungles of Africiu the
islands of Japan, the wilds of South
America and the mountain* of Mex
ico—aye, wherever civilization 1
planted her banners, there may
>e seen the white tents of your mar
shaled hosts in their work of evangelizing
the heathens and oxtending tbe triumphs
of the croe*. All honor to your labors ard
vour laborers. Taunted and harassed in
he beginning, history now extols yonr
being, and the world nocords yonr honor.
As among the graves of ■ the martyr*,
throngh streets and alleys innumerable in
tbe dark city of the dead, the traveler
reaches tbe catacombs where sleep the men
to whom in centuries past, the church of
God owed her triumphs and her glory—so
can the Christian explorer, searebung
among the fallen pulpits from which Wea-
Tu^nn^rhic^isturbe^n^coa^rater^npon Mr. Brown was published in this
end was felt on oarth “as it responded to paper, and it'must be regretfully admlt-
tho magnetic thrill communicated by the ted that the particulars given by Mr.
sun.” A brilliant arch attested its influ-1 Brown were not very generally credited
ence 'aa the aurora unrolled her curtains I at the time, they wan so extraordinary,
of light in tbe northern heavens. Faraway Tbe next evening a little colored boy
was the exciting cau-e, yet it* influence ^e ^ the Times office and delivered a
?n thnhnm!fat thiJw’est^ note which be said the tender had told
commotionoS “mtto•OUMnnUpn’1«■ JjjJ.' •»
2S£Sdl^i^’St'!RSE to ffS
a Christian mother, her face radiant with the document entire:
light,retUcted from tho groat white throne, the eetteb. ■ ■
pointing by example and life that son to “What Mr Brown states is false had he
noble deeds on earth and to a home beyond done as he was ordered he would not have
the stars. I eee that son to-night on his I injured in the least, bnt when I ordered
Zionward march, and as I look soacds him to halt without a word be fired I couldl
steal over my sonsos tike music of distant have shot him on the spot but did not want
harper’* songs. Nearer and nearer they to kill him so I allowed him the first shot
approooh — coming from overy I knowing that he conld not kill or injer me
memorial monument to him, who above all
men of his generation, left the impress of
great thought and character npon the civ-
uizatiou of the ago nnd the destiny of man.
Marvel not then that a devout follower of
Weatey should tender to the people of
Georgia, among whoee fathers Weeley had
lived and for wcom he bad labored, a testi
monial worthy of his labors and his name.
“I said it was a tribute to the women of
Georgia. How grand the conception, how
glorious its consummation. Eloquence
could dwell for hours on the inspiring
themo, and poesy conld exhaust her sweet
est songsof praise-thenleave the half nu
song. Tbe field is full of
song, xno ueia is inu ox ripening frai .s;
I cannot gather them. Immortelles aro
blooming there; I conld not, were I able,
wreathe them to night around woman’s
deserving brow. I would underestimate
the information of onr generous friend,did
I insinuate he was iguorant of the
character of Georgia womsn. Ho knew
their fidelity wae as pure as exhalations of
moon tain lakes; he knew their patriotism
was as refreshing aa Herman’s dew, as
warm as a summer morning’s breath; he
knew that in oharaoter they were liko her
that John in bis vision saw, “arrayed in
fine linen,” a “bride ready for the mar
riage of the lamb;” he knew they were the
guardian angels of tbe homo circle, and
that their homes, like those of all true wo
men, were the cradling places of virtue,
honor and religion. And knowing the**
things he determined, in harmony with his
purpose, as manifested towards Georgia,
to advanoe her material and educational
ucatod P m>man’eusefulne5S. Knowing that
the prosperity and perpetuity of this gov
ernment depended npon the virtue and in
telligence of ita citizens, be felt like Bona
parte, who,when asked by one of bis court
what most he desired to secure and perpet
uate hia empire, replied tho empire’s
greatest n-ed is mother*, active, educa-
ted, refinedjmothers—and history has prov
en that the government, in which most at
tention has been paid to the development
of woBtan’e moral and intellectual facul
ties, has advanced most rapidly in civili
zation and all thoso element* which insure
wealth, position and honor. These patri
otic pnrpoees filled his soul, and looking
fields for 1 ' '
country, in Georgia until they and vizor my vizor is what Mr Brown mis-
break in swelling vravaeaf harmony over took for my hat being turned inside out.
the soul. They are the songs of gratitude lean compliment Mr Brown on hie marks-
nnd praise of Georgia's daughters. Catch- manship had I been without my breet plate
ing the inspiration, I join in the glad re-11 would have been a ded man before now
f rain and with thorn and these people give for the ball struck the plate direct over my
iraiees vritb onr tips, white from onr I heart as soon as Mr Brown fired ho ned
Marts —eend our prayers fur the r»:i. my comrade only fired to friten Mr B. but
tinned prosperity of Brooklyn’s Christian unfortunately one ball struck I dont mind I
I philanthropist. May his days be long in telling my name to the publio I will give a
tho land, and at last may he go down to slight description of mp life some time bntl
the grave laden with honors and with not now. My name is R.E.Milbert. I
I years.” I wa* born aniTraiseind Denver Colorado I
BS^s^VRsriBs STjawsaraategass
I “The SfcrOSfa Wesleyan,” a tableau- any one hereafter and demand their money
charade woe a fine representation of the }f the WkMMtovHbl gUadoo
Lnvma. and was ehsrmintrlv iriven. the spot remember I am clad m iron and
nZ ’.ndths nets left in tens with you. He saw the man to whom
fhi 8 ^Colonel 15 MeDonneH the return to the writ was given. Arrest
the post-office. I him at all "hazards. Wrest the return to
[ng'nearly eve^bR offb/stote'a property- ’^ rlt ,ro " m hIm ’ ^se violence if nec-
We found other traps of his, among them eMlry '
about fifty keys, among them some skele-1 os ah important errand.
ton keys.” • I Soon we were speekiug. down Fennsyl-
A dark-colored dress and overskirt were | vania avenue. Within half a block from
found In the post-office and are supposed Willard’s Hotel the sergeant, a bit flur-
to have been a disguise for one of tb« rob-1 ried, bad pointed out half a dozen men es
bers. Warrants were issued for tbelr ar- j the identical man with the return to the
rest by United States Commissioner Phil-1 writ ot habeas corpus. It was apparent
ip Walter upon a charge of robbing the I that two men could not arrest all or half
mail, and they were ordered to recognize j of the men on Pennsylvania avenue. It
in tbe sum of $1,000 for their appearance was remembered by chance that Mr. Car
at 11 o’clock this morning, In default of I rol, clerk oi tbe Supreme Court of the
which they were committed. They^vcre | United States, was an ardent sup-
Btpbborn and insolent. I porter of tbe Union. Spurs were
The reporter visited the prisoners last J not spared, and tbe Supreme
night In jail. McDonnell was abashed j Court office, on Capitol Hill, was soon
by the number of persons that were let reached. Mr. Carrol* was within. Asked
In, and did not talk much; he Is quite I if a return to such and such a writ bad
amsti for his age, and his face, when tbe j been placed on file, he replied In the neg-
cell was opened, was a picture of great ulve. Asked if any paper conld go on file
;rief. He was modest in bis replies, but j without his approval or Indorsement, he
ils voice wa* not steady, and tbe report-1 likewise answered in tbe negative. He
er’a heart went out out to tbe wayward, I was asked if be could not give special or-
motberless boy, led astray by an evil as- [ ders that none should go ou file without
sociate and the influeuce of evil books, j his written indorsement. Having been
Fowler Ib every inch a rascal; tall, angu-1 iuliy advised of the situation, he was re-
lar, unprepossessing, the picture of a vil- I quested to be suddenly taken quite un
lain, with the tone and manner of one. well, and Informed that a fine carriage
He said he was not a robber; “that is,” I was at the foot of tbe steps. A lunch and
said be, “I admit that I may have had ! a mounted guard and a day “In the coun-
some complicity in these things, but no j try” would certainly cure Lis indispo-
band in it directly myself.” J sltlon.
GENERAL. SCOTT DELIGHTED.
At wbat Boar or tbo Day is X*w I Mr. Carrol cheerfully assented. The
Xika Effect. I necessary, orders were given by him to the
seasons, and was charmingly given.
Tho benediction was pronounced by Dr.
A. J. Battle. ■
Thus ended ono of tbe most important I
events in the history of Weeleyan Female |
Collage. Tbe occasion will long linger in
the memory of those present, as an even
ing of great enjoyment.
am one who will keep
_ my word—They will
be somo of the officers of this place killed
if they posh this thing too close.
“I have the honor to be yonr villen
“R. K. Mxlbxqt.”
Tho staff of the Times perused this doc
ument aud voted it an impudent fraud.
The bearer was interrogated closely. He
Fiwtitiouable Paris aad ttie plain said he lived iu Judge Knight’s yard, on
i-o a,"" Market street; thefhe was playing In the
... dusk, or dark, under the tree* at the cor-
The Baron to.d me of another ace | ne£ , Qf j£ w jj et an( j Forsyth streets, and
hpfnro mo-thn rtimiv-lH.htod aR !t . was bow-legged; he saw him
scene vividly before | frequently on Bay street; he thought be
He brought, by
rlvidly before m
houae.the fair-liaircd child upon the s'tasre, I irequenuy ou x«y owruci, ^uuu.
andTn the proscenium boi? superb and ,? or £ ed *>“ewhere on Bay street, and
haughty, the^ptendl'djritna^donua of tbe ggd jjp M aa he often saw
day. Resina Stoltz* whose empire over the I him pass Judge Knight s*
heart nf !Ls .nan»Per was The TimesJeit a curiosity to know who
sosuDremethat none of th^openuf com^ tbis practical joker might be, and dUmiss-
Ks 8 e U ff toe Grand Opera m P tbosedays
contain more than one female role of any
importance, as witness “La Favorite,” “*L :1
“La Reine de Chypre,” etc.The song end- c
ed,. Madame Stolti leaned over and said
About 6 o’clock yesterday morning
Inrr Vhn UC manacer U “who I Colonel Hamilton Jay, toe postmaster,
•°®**““* *® “ °T ’ a ,nser’ made the 8tartlln S discovery that the city
in Slite ? anf had been burglarized. He
phrases his regret that her talent aud U | P^J £
voice were unsuited to the requirements «ce, and here we will inrert the graphic
i| f |sn h rs G and d foldir£r’ her modest shaw” • “About half-past ten o’clock the night
8> . leD “» ” ."fSPI I befaw laatl” said the captain of police,
‘T **w Fowler and a man whose name I
“I bid ycui adieu? monsieur,” she said “ ot Sjre you, because be is sot otber-
quletlv. “One day you will implore me Uiso impl catcd, stendine togetoertalk-
quiewy. vm u»j juu n,» y.. j n g near the post-office. I watched Fow-
never will return. l8baU l le ? for * bou t anhour. He crowed over
to return, bnt I
never aiog again ln Paris.” A few years
for fields for labor, ho was attracted by the-
grand opportunity this college offered .to
secure an agency, equal to the necessities
of the times and the deminds of tho age.
’Daughters of Wesloyan Female College, it
was a compliment deservedly
won, from ono who recog
nizes in its power and scope, woman's
influence in giving dignity to character,
tone to society, refinement to a people and
glory to States. Young ladies, it will de
pend npon yon and jour successors wheth
er this donation to the trustees of yonr col
Fews, and here upon these altars, come- ; h-go will prove a Fleming and a benefit
orated by their blood, 11 dans my sacrificial j equal tothe expectations of the^ donor;
offering of peace and frate '' '*
** I . . ... .
offering of ;>eaco and irateruity to tho 1 imt judging from tho Biummc of tarn m-
Georgis of 1776, the Georgia of 161^, the slitution, who are.adorning society, bless-
CieOrjiA Ox ll.'S LUC vyA * C .iiuuuu, ” .* al l
Geor 'ia of 1n>1 and J'v'-u.’ As an old Geor- ing onr homesteads, honoring our titate,
irian nrcud of hor past history, proad of ! exemplifying the instruction of your pn>-
her biood-bought mcmorioH, proud of her 1 feasors, and above ail, illustrating the re-
exalted position among her sister State. 1 ,, ! ligion they teach, I affirm that its benefit?
proud of her renutation for honor, iutegri | and blessing* will b« folt and ackoowl-
ty and etatosmanship, I know I spook the edged under every rooftree and around ev-
_rr. atrect/ir in Paris at last with hIs cqjnpanlon, and went ln-
w« ; t thi?von^X^fsefnravhi/h« to Britz’s lunch rooms and I followed
to“crojt any poEfble terms, the memory lbel ^ After » wblle ^ wen ‘ _ oat at
of?hat P ightstood between her and S *•*«““*«* f
dellch? of P evir C listeulufto^grelS Staygol to too fin? Nall.usl Bank, il
singer of the century! tor the palef btoi I the corner of 8trcek > and tben
eyed maiden was Jennie Lind.
separated, and Fowler came back and
Flatting In a Cornfield.
Territorial Enterprise.
j pires that McDonnell was boring the
A UUle Bit et Btxtery.
We pnt the following upon record. It
needs no comment:
HOW THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNI
TED STATES WAS 3BCT CP FOB A
DAY AND NIGHT.
Bg Seheyler Jlaxilton, former Major-General
of VejSBttoere, United Statee Artng.
It wa* iKhe early days of the rebel
lion ; the country was deeply agitated ;
men’s minds were vexed with all sorts of
questions. Thero were occasional small
incidents of apparent interest. A collat
eral descendant oi tbe Great George—
need I add Washington—had been cap
tured iu a skirmish near Fairfax Court
house. Tbe writer wa* ordered to exam
ine into his case. Shakespeare baa said,
“What’s ln a name ?” In hi* case there
was something in a name. He was deem
ed quite harmless, and therefore it was
decided because he bora tbe name of
Washington that be abould be set
free without parole. He was so set free.
In the mean lima a writ of habeas corpus
had been served upon Lieutenant-Gener
al Scott, general-iu-ehief of the armies of
the United States, commanding him to
bring before Justice Wayne, of tbe Su
preme Court of tbe United States, a cer
tain private of the Third Wisconsin Regi
ment of Volunteers, at tost time com
manded by Col. Charles S. Hamilton—no
kinsman of tbe writer, but sinca a dis
tinguished major-genera!, and since the
war United States marshal for’the south
ern district of Wisconsin. Tbe writ of
habeas corpus %as claimed upon tbe
ground that the President, under the
constitution of toe United States, bad
tbe i ight to call out tbe militia of neigh
boring States to suppress in
surrection or rebellion, but no
consitutlonal right to. cal! out volun
teer*. It was a vital question. If well
founded, the Union, in its hour of ex
tremity, was bereft of defenders. Re
turning from the daly indicated above,
toe writer found Edwin M. Stanton
cloaeted with General Scott. Served with
the writ, General Scott bad it sect to
President Lincoln. A cabinet council
was immediately summoned. Mr. Stan
ton was ordered to be retained as legal
counsel for General Scott. When toe
writer arrived in tbeir presence, an an
swer bad been returned to toe writ. Re
flecting upon the matter, Mr. Stanton
and General Scott agreed that toe return
made by them wa» not what it should
havdteefi. r t . ■ . v.
“Colonel, is yonr bonesaddled V”
“Only need* hia bite, General.”
“M*unt at once. Take Sergeant Wal-
The Supreme Court or the United in b js office .The mounted
States has rendered an elaborate opinion j gnard were ordered, on pain of deaih, t
on a question as Important as it is curious, j allow no one to approach the ezrn_ g
On the 2d of July, 1870, the town of Lon-1 containing Mr. Carrol. It was, P* rba P 8 ’
isville Ill., voted to issue certain railroad IU a-vve stretched away tothe Rock
bonds' but on the same day a constitu-1 river country, meandered here and there
SSS amendment prohibRteg towns and Mr.Carrol was not at hi. home unti
from issuing such bonds was carried by j theaun^ Mt for^lf an hourt Ite-
a popular vote and took effect Immediate- turntng to General Oeottn HBnfiUin we
ly. The question as to the validity of the found that he was not there , he wm still
bonds went to the Federal Supreme I »t the office. W hen tbe writer appeared
Court. I * n a ra 8 e *
It has been held in many cases that the “Where have you bay, air, all daft l
law does not recognize fractions or divis- j sont you to-day on, perhaps, tbe most im-
ions of a day, and hence a legislative or 1 portant duty I ever sent you upon, and
Congressional *(A or a constitutional here U Is long after sunset and I have hsd
amendment goes into effect on tbe morn-1 no report Irom you. What have you been
ing of th8 day on which it was passed or doing, sir? Have you tire return to tbe
adopted, and consequently embraces toe j writ I aent you to recover?
entire day?Thus the United States 1 “ T ”*”* •*“~ t ” rn fi « n *ral.”
Supreme Court decided that Preai-
June 18, *1 SOfifremo v i n^aU restrictions on j .
£&sseSssr*na 1-^
applied to .1! tbe transactions of tbe day. { SUnU)n * nd Mk bim to do
applied __.
According to this principle the Louisville . -- --—.- . „
bonds would have been invalidated by the me the favor to meet me here atonce.
popular ratificatioa of the constitutional I “*■ i-incoln s comment.
amendment on tbe same day the bond
V °But there are exceptions to this genera; I and F streets, was summoned also. The
rule “It is true,” says the Supreme I correct return was shortly placed in the
Court, “that for many purposes tbe law I bands of the writer, with orders to sub-
knows no division of a to^ont whenever mlt It to PresidentLincoln and state wLat
nimlty of opinion among tbe members of
the court, and wo purposely withhold any
decision a: this time in respect u it. Wo
all agree, however, that If a writ might is
sue there could be no discharge under it if
the court martial had jurisdiction to try tho
offender for the often** with which
he was charged and the sentence was one
which the court could under the law pro
nounce. The Chief Justice then quoted
the sixty-second article of war, and Mid
that tbe offense charged in this case wm
largely ono to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline. The offender
was a soldier in the army of the United
States. As such, according to the specifi
cation* of tbe charge made against him,
be was orders^ on guard duty in tbe
United States jail in Washington, and
while on dnty be wilfully aud maliciously
discharged his musket with Intent to kill
a prisoner confined in tb« jail under the
authority of the United State*. Tbe
gravamen of tbe military offense Is that
while standing guard as a soldier over a
Jail ln which a prisoner was confined the
accused wilfully and maliciously at
tempted to kill the prisoner.
CHARACTER OF THE CRIME.
Shooting with intent to kill ia a civil
crime, but shooting by a soldier of tbe
army standing guard over a prison, with
Intent to kill a prisoner confined therein,
is not only a crime against society, but an
atrocious breach of military discipline.
While the prisoner who was shot at was
not himself connected with tbe military
service, the soldier who fired the shot was
on military duty at the time, and the
shooting was in direct violation of the
orders under which be was acting. It fol
lows that the crime charged and for which
toe trial was had was not simply an as
sault with intent to kill, but an assault
by a soldier ou duty with intent to kill a
prisoner confined in a jail over which be
was standing guard. In oar opinion the
fifth and fifty-ninth articles of war have no
application to the case. The object and
purposes of the fifth article were elabor
ately considered in Coleman vs. Tennes
see, 04 United States, 600. As it is to op
erate only in time of war, it neither adds
to cor takes from tbe powers which courts
martial have under toe sixty-second article
in time of peace.
HO APPLICATION POH MASON’S 8URBBH-
, j DEB. '
*It Is not pretended that any application
was ever made under article 69 for the sur
render of Mason to tbd civil authorities for > 'i
So far as xpp:»rs,the person injured
bv tbe offense Committed was satisfied ta
have the offender dealt with by iue
tary tribunal. - The choice or tho tribu
nal by which the offender is to
be tried, has not been given to him. Ho •
has offended both against toe civil and
tbe military law. Aa the proper steps
were not txken to have him procae4H%
against by the civil authorities it was the
c ear duty of the military to bring him to
trial under that jurisdiction. Whether
after trial by tbe coart martial be can
be again triedi t the civil courts is a ques
tion we nee( not now consider. Itia
enough that fie ccurt marshal bad juris
diction to proceed, and that what has
been done is wltbiu the powers of that
[J^fitlfifl.,, U- . _
THE SENTENCE.
The next objection is that tbe sentence
la in excess of what the law allows. Un
der toe ninety-seventh article of war,
when tbe offense is ono not recognized by
tbe laws regulating civil society, there
can be no punishment by confinement in
a penitentiary. Tbe same Is true when
the offense, though recognized by tbe civil
authorities, Is not punishable by tho civil
courts in that way. But when tbe act
charged as “conduct to the prejudice of
good order and discipline” is actually a
crime against society which is punishable
by imprisonment in the penitentiary, it
seems clear to us that a court-martial Is
authorized, at its discretion, to teflict
that kind ot punishment. The act
done is a civil crime and the trial
is for that act. The proceeding*
are had In a court-martial because toe of
fender is personally amenable to that ju
risdiction, and what he did was not only !
criminal according to the laws of tbe land,
but prejudicial to tbe good order and dis
cipline of the army to winch be belonged.
The slxty-aecond article provides that tbe
offender, when convicted, shall be pun
ished sc the -discretion of tbe court, and
the ninety-seventh article does no more
than prohibit the court lrom sentencing to
imprisonment in a penitentiary incases
when, if the trial had been bad for the
same act in the civil courts, that could
not be done.
It Is next objected that the sentence Is
In excess of the jurisdiction of the court,
because in addition to imprisonment in
tbe penitentiary for the frill term allowed
by too laws of the District of Columbia
for the ofiense of au assault with intent to
kill it subjects such offender to dishonora
ble discharge from tbe army aud a for
feiture of his pay and allowances. It baa
already been said, underthe sixty-second
article the punishment is to be at the dis
cretion of the court. The ninety-sev
enth article only limits this discretion as
to irflprisonmeut in the penitentiary, aud
it has been nowhere provided that the
punii'bment may not In other respects be
greater than tho civil courts cjuld inflict.
ft follows that the rule muat be discharg
ed and it is so ordered.
any other unit ot time.” If necessary the proving the proposed corrected return
law will inquire at what hour cl a day an ordered it to be earned to Secretary Sew
act was siguedor a proclamation issued I *rd. Hewasalwajs on dutyat
bv the chief executive and hold Unit it 1 times night and day. He was In his office,
bad no effect previous to that hour. Ap- I Archbishop HnghM, a most devoted son
plying this principle to the Illinois case of the Roman Cathnlllc^chmth and
the Supreme court rules that the constitu- j of the Union, was will* him. Mr.
tional amendment waa not adopted until | Seward said they b »d had an a
the polls closed, and finds that before that Iona day, a “ d J*? u ®* t * £ L
hour the entile vote on the bonds was I take the corrected return, with a note,
cast. The bonds were accordingly held | to which w * n8 ^ er wM
valid —Exchange. i bearer, to Mr. Justices wayne of the United
va u I stales Supreme Court. 1 he papers were
a TO THE COAT OT I delivered to Justice Swayne, and an ati-
MxsvcSS'Ta” Atoelwald re- *wer was returned. The President had a
plied, speaking In low] Impressive tones, ftl'mmtiaf'riie writer
“yes, I do like dogs; I am lond ot them. I teers aa part of the militia. The writer
went round in the rear of the post-office, T ,’.?’ r shrinking dog who never saw the opimon. By request of Mr,
and I lost sight of bim In the dark. It I eioi o«r«v fit’s n'ntiintrv reoLres^of the Seward he conveyed it to I redden, Lin-
In Colorado is a ten-acre field, which is I hole in tho shutter while I was shadow-
no more nor less tliau a subterranean lake ing Fowler in the street.”
covered with soil aboat eighteen inches “Why were you watching Fowler
deep. On the soil is cultivated a field of closely?” tho reporter asked,
corn, which produces thirty bushels to the “Upon general suspicion aud partly be-
acre. If anyone will take the trouble to cause a colored man had bee#* stopped by
dig a hole to the depth of a spade-handle, disguised men back of La Villa the night
he will find it to fill with waler, and by before. Our conviction that these two
using a hook and line fish four oi five boys were the parties who wore doing
inches long may be caught. The fish have much robbery and crime were growing
neither scales nor eyes, and are perch-like rapidly stronger, but it was a serious
ln shape. The ground is a black marl in thing to scandalize an honest mao’s fanii-
nature, and iu all probability was at oue ly by arresting one of his children, and
time an open body of water, on which ac- wo therefore desired to be pretty reasona-
cumulated ’egctable matter, which has bly sure about it before doing what at last
been increas. 1 from Ume to time, until wo have been forced to do.
It now has a crust sufficiently strong and “Sergeant Sheppard brought me the news
rich to produce fine com, although it has this morning of tho robbery of the post-
to be cultivated by hand, as it is not office. I told him immediately that Fow-
Strong enongh to hear the weight of ler was the mau. I went to the post-office
a hsrse. While harvesting the hands and saw the breaks. Col. Jay explained
catch great strings of fish by a hole to me what had happened. The robbers
through the earth. A person rising on had forced the window by boring tbe
his heei and coming down suddenly can shutting and removing the fastening,
see the growiug corn shake all around ( Thsy bad opened between 800 and 4.0Q
him. Anyone having sufficient strength j letters. The letters in tho lock boxes
to drive a rail through tha crutt will fiud were nearly ail opened, and letters in the
on releasing it tliat it will disappear al- drop boxes and general delivery. Elgb-
together. ‘ - ‘
was then abbut_midn!gbt. It now Irani- jjjjy ttSftSftlUf I first, and then 'odeneral bcottand
tbe stranger, and can only be won to so- Mr. Stanton, and, h) Mr. Boward 1 * re-
ciability by love and kindness aDd patient j 7 uest ! r® turn6< ^ l intob 8 b , '
i not love the bold for-! btatii Department. A pleasant—nay, a
ward, unquestioning mass of canine iuso- deligbtfu!—dinner with Mr. Seward ti te-
lence and obtrusiveness that comes sneak- a-tete closed the day. Ho recounted his
lug out from behind a lilac bush, when experience as a public school teacher In
one is just half-way between ’ 1 ,n h, «
Sl?S?St^ilSS?a~*i5TKI*‘“ *•’ 8«|.r.m.C«»nor U ,.Um l .a
FALLIXG FRQ3t A TIQHT.RORE
ail around the yard in a backward atti
tude, with bo thought of one’s dignity or j
comfort.” And with a dry, conclusive
sob, he turned away, and as he walked
toward the neckwear department, the
bookkeeper noticed that his fawn-colored
trousers had been patched in tbe postern
gate with a nine-cornered piece of olive j
green.—Burlington Hamkeye.
States practically was dosed nolens to-
lens.
MERGE A.VT JH ASOX’S CASE.
Petition for a Writ ot Babes* Corpo*
Denied—Decision of ll»e Court.
Washington, May 8.—A decision was
rendered by the Supreme Court of the
United States this afienion in the case of
Sergcaut John A. Mason, denying the pe
tition for a writ of habeas corpus and dis
charging tho rule to show cause. After
Don’t be Alarmed
at Bright’s disease, diabetes, or any dis
ease of the kidneys, liver or urinary or- „ „
gans, as Hop Bitters will certainly aud ] reviewing the facts of the case, wb.cn are | uccenscious fur i
‘ :ure you, and it is the only thing 1 wall known, Chiet Justice Waite, who j pigyed lu 1811 by I
lastingly cure you,;
that will.
Prof. Dare, the Mas-Fir, Killed
While Walklux Bltnd-FoSded.
Xno York Sun.
Prof. D. J. Dare, the “man-fly, gym
nast and rope walker,” was advertised to
give an exhibition upon the tight-rope
yesterday afternoon, at Flushing, L. L.
during which he was to walk backward
and forward blind-folded, tied from head
to foot in a sack, and with his feet in a
cheese box.
At 2 o’clock a large crowd had assem
bled, a long wire rope was extended
across Bridge street, fro m the Times office
to Bowne’s feed-store, opposite, and fas
tened around under the eaves of the
building. A lever which tightened the
rope was held in place by be;ng caught
nuder tbe edge of the roof. Alter going
through the simpler portion of the exhibi
tion, a handkerchief wae tied arouua his
bead, and he proceeded to walk across
blind-folded. At this point the
stick slipped, the rope slackened
suddenly, and he fell astride it. He re
bounded and fell thirty feet to the ma-
cademized road, Striking upon his
*nd left shoulder, and fracturing his skull.
He was carried into Shaw’s restaurant,
ciose by, where he raised his bead twice
or thrice, ejaculated “Ob, my God!’’ and
expired. He was afterw ard taken to the
Fountain House, where he now lies. A
telocram was sent to his wife and his
auut, Mrs. A. H. Odeil, at 239 Ninth av
enue. They arrived at 7 o’clock, and tel
egraphed to his father, the Rev. Dr. Se-
lusn. editor of the Norwich Seniintl.
The real name of the deceased was
Jamis Semau. He was about 6 fwt 6
inches high, spare bid athletic, w itli dark
eyes and moustache. He was 28 years
old, and had Ween eng*cnd as a profession
al gymnast for ahem twelve years. Be
! fell three months ago m Hollister, Caii-
brnia, and was so badly hurt that he lay
ien days. He »as
ployed iu 1871 by Barcum, but has
Wells’ Health Renewer. Absolute cure
for nervous debility aud weakness of the j outlet‘is whether this court has Juriatlio- j
delivered the opinion of the court, said in been qiviug exhibitions on hia own as-
substauce: : count,
“A question which presents itself at the '
. VC;LI* fc*!*cg kfu»r
generative functions, $1 at druggists. De-1 tlon to issue such a writ as is asked. Up- heartburn,
teeu dollars of money belonging to Col. 4 pot Lamar,:Renkla & Lamar, Macon. 4 , t oa toii question there ie not entire uds.- by."