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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6,1885.
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H. C. Hansom, Manager.
What right has the Turk in Europe any
way? By compiest he came, liy conquest
let him be Ironnced.
Ilu Dayenpobt JaJpresident of a wine
company. The temperance folks will in
vestigate the matter.
Attornky-Geneiui, Gabi,aso says that he
owns stock in a telephone company, but
that the government does not.
At Caledonia, N. Y., last week, a $70,000
girl married John Barks, her’ coachman,
Barks, it seems, was not only willing but
anxious.
The man who can stand quietly by and
ace the conflict between negro draymen and
his household gods without* swearing is
either on angel or a fool.
Am exchange says: “ ‘Potiphar's Wife,'
an opera, has keen removed from the stage
at St. Louis because the ‘Joseph’ was too
Htuck up to appear in a night shirt.”
In Texas a white man is in jail for marry
ing a negro woman. In Pennsylvania a
white woman marriea a negro mun and re
ceives the congratulations of his neighbors.
Tm Chicago Herald says: "Two bache
lors running for Governor in New York
State and ono bachelor already installed in
the White House! No wonder the Widow
Butler couldn't save a distance last fall.”
The Philadelphia Itecord's definition of
an old saw, is very fine. It says: "Those
whom the gods love die young of heart and
head, no matter at what age death claims
them."
The Democratic candidate for Lieut.-
Governor of New York haa a bigger rnua-
tacke than the Kepublicnn candidate for
Governor. We trust the Mugwumps will
note the fact.
“In ainshnnt times two celebrated cou-
pety-ters waggered a war ” without “ great
alofter." But they were not Honnyhnll nnd
Skipped. John Sherman and Mumt-Hal-
atead were their names, anil they fought
cion voa.
The Honaton (Texas) Boat rises to this
•point: "Great queationacannot be sctlletl by
Hornb talk.” The chairdecidea the poilft of
the gentleman from Texas well taken.
Vhle the debate on the llailroad Commis
sion in the Georgia House of Representa
tives, on Friday Inst.
The author of tko poem, “A Macon La
dy,” writes to us as follows:
"I wa. ao charmed with my otil friend, your pa-
l*er, that 1 followed the example aet by the tllua
trinua RUaa WefQt. and send yon the reflection, of a
rainy afternoon. I have read the paper, thro Hub aU
Hi varied fortune*, for twenty-four yearn, and it la
but natural that I abnuld deal re to compliment the
dlttnifled madame on hor new ault
The Washington correspondent of the
New Orleans Picayune says: The action of
the Senate will not affect the President's
purpose. If any of his nominees nre re
jected it docs not pnt back the old employe.
The President's ability to recognize other
useful and houomble applicants will be
kindly assisted by the Senate, and bo trill
lie able, without indirection or injustice, to
put a larger nuuilier of persons nndcr obli
gations to him.
Tnt Boston Herald statea the position of
the New England Mngwutups: "The beauty
of the independent position in politics is
that one can lie independent all the time.
A vote for Cleveland against Blaine does
not mean to the independent that thereafter
he must vote the Democratic ticket. On
every occaaion he ia left free to act accord
ing to hia judgment. The mere partiaan
cannot understand this. He has no guide
in politics but his party. Independent
voters are very useful to keep parties up to
a decent standard."
The Southern rice crop has not been the
only one that has stiffens! during the pres
ent season. The presidency of Bengal is the
largest of the divisions of India, and is
densely populated. In its lower valleys the
(ranges aud Brahmapootra rivers flow out
to the southward into the Bay of Bengal in
almost a thousand minor streams. Lying
lietween these little rivers are the delta
lands on which it grown n large anil im
portant crop of rice. This crop is watered
and the land enriched by the annual over
flow, which ordinarily occurs almnt this
season ol the year. In the present instance,
however, instead of the usual and desired
flood of water, the country has been sab-
merged, the banks of the riven torn sway,
and th* crop, in • great measure, swept
•way.
The Minority Report on the Railroad Hill.
The minority report of the Honse com
mittee on railroads is'one of the most re
markable documents ever presented to an
intelligent assembly.
The gentlemen signiug it claim that be
cause the constitution confers the right to
make freight aud passenger rates upon the
Legislature and the Legislature in turn con-
fered its powers upon the Railroad Com
mission, therefore, it would he unconstitu
tional to ao alter or amend this law aa to
subject the action of the commissioners to
review by thefcourts.
The Legislature ia not independent of the
courta. Any mcaaure it adopts must he
pasKed'npau by the Supreme Court before
it can be enforced, provided ila provisions
are called in question. It is preposterous
to argue, aa the minority of the railroad
committee have done, that the commis
sion, which is the creation of the Legisla
ture, is greater than the creator, anti that it
is exempt from the same authority to which
the Legislature is subject. The report in
question means this or it means nothing
in what ia said with reference to the unron-
stitutionality of the Semite .hill.
If the Legislature hail the right to trans
fer its |lower over rates, conferred by the
constitution, who will say that it cannot
join the railroads with the commission, or
dispensing with bolh,«dopt other menus for
the accomplishment of this purpose. The
constitution in granting this authority to
the Legislature did not restrict its exercise
to that body. Neither did it sug
gest a railroad commission ns a
proper means, or the oqj.y means for this
purpose. The commission was created
to execute authority granted the Legisla
ture by the constitution. The Legislature
was free to have adopted nny other plan,
and having tried this it is clearly within lta
province to alter the law under which
the commission exists in nnyjpnrticulnr, or,
if in its judgment it it deemed best, to wipe
it out alt igether.
The commission is in fact but
the agent of the Legislature,
and no sensible man can he
found to assert that the authority of an
agent exceeds or can exceed that of the
principal.
The grotesque reasoning of those who op
pose nny modification in our present rail
road law has attracted attention far nnd
wide, nnd in the State nnd out of it haa
created an unfavorable impression of the
justice and intelligence of our law makers.
The report in question is the most absurd
of nnytking. that hns so far gone to the
public in connection with pending railroad
legislation.
We will not repeat here the damaging
effect of all this upon the future of the
State. We would, however, suggest that
no State is prosperous nnd progressive that
disregards the o pinions, sentiments and
wishes of its centers of population, intelli
gence and capital. Upon these, at last,
the growth and power of the commonwealth
depend, Lecnuae here the moat intelligent
direction of her cnergiea are to ho secured.
Pandering to the vicious and ignorant, out-
aide of politics, lma never yet accomplished
success. The most intelligent and the beat
communities of this State favor the Seuate
railroad hill, and as a matter of judgment
wise legislators cannot afford to disregard
this indication.
Turkey*. Dilemma.
It lioa been demonstrated by inveatiga-
tiona since made by the new Turkish minis
ter of war, that the change in the Snltan'a
ministry was not effected a moment too aoon.
Ali Saili I’achn haa dlacovered, upon at
tempting to tiring ont the full force of the
army, that dUr.rganization prevailed in all
the departments. Ileports have been rc-
coivcu from all the department commnnd-
ers. A recent cablegram says:
Thom? reporta show that undvr Okazi Osman
Paulin, thv hero of Plevna, who waa dismissed from
the war ministry on September 25. the army waa
almoat eutirely nrgleetH and tk.r large auroa of
money voted for military purpoaea were diverted to
other channela.
The inquiry haa revealed that tire Adrianople
army, which waa auppoaed to be 15.000 strong. con-
talna not half that number of men. The aoldiera
have no uniforma and are ahoeleaa. The cavalry ia
unable to march owing to ita lack of horse* and
neceaaary accoutrement*. Pour hundred horaea and
2,000 men who have been fully equipped are under
orders to march at an hour's notice.
Four ironclad* are actively preparing for e*a, but
there are only fiOO ton* of coal available. T.’ie sail-
lug of the ships, if there be need, may very p >**fhly
be delayed on that account.
Tlie fact that the Houmelinn ontpoflU are
within twenty mi 1pm of Adrianople makes
the Hituation all the more iteriouH. Already
these outpostH have met nnd vanquiahed the
Turks in a brisk skirmish.
In point of numbers, the united forces of
Rouinelia nnd Bulgaria are far inferior to
the numbers that with time and money the
Porte can arm and bring into action. But
the rebellions armies nre fairly armed, and
are backed not only by the Czar of Bosnia,
but by the sympathy of a kindred race the
world over. Whether it be reduced to a
conflict of arms or another diplomatic con
test, it seems likely that the settlement will
leave the •‘sick man” witli on even feebler
pulse.
8om* old letters are l»eing dug np, to the
discomfiture of “Comp** Sherman. When
Halleek was promoted over Grnnt he wrote
to Sherman:
**I am more than aatiafied with everything you
have done. You have alwaya had my respect. but
recently you have won my highest admiration!
deeply regret to part with yon.” Gen. Sherman,
having the notice of Gen. Grant'* assignment be
fore him, replied;
Morrow, July 16. IS6J.—Grs. HaLLEtk, Tobixth
I cannot express my heartfelt pain at hearing of
yonr order* and intended departure. You «houl<l
not be removed. I fear the connequencr*. Iuitead
of the calm, *urr, steady progrea* which ha* dis
mayed our enemy, I now fear alarms, hesitation*
and doubt*. You cannot be replaced ont here, and
it Is too great a risk to hunt a new man from the
East. With great respect.
W. T. Hhbbmab, Major-OcneraL
John IIabxh, who married Miaa McFar
hunt and her $70,000, waa evidently an ex
perienced mariner. There are timea when
all Barka ahonld McFarland.
When the Sick Man of Europe croaaea the
Aatatic frontier every pall-bearer will be a
king.
“Picturesque Metaphor."
The New York 'Timea says:
The way of the Democrat, with civil service re
form la aa the way of a dude leading a Siberian
bloodhound. They daren’t let go of the beaet, they
can't make btin go their way. and they are alarmed
aa to what tuay hapjien if he draga them off hia
way. Meanwhile the dog grow, bigger every day.
Jtidicioua treatment will make even a
Siberian bloodhound kind and doeile. The
aize of a dog amount, to little if ita fang,
have been drawn. But why does the Timea
compare civil nervice reform to a ferocioua
beaut. And how enn a dude lend a Siberian
bloodhound that won't follow? What the
deuce haa n Siberian bloodhound got to do
with civil gcrvice reform, anyway?
The New York World, figuring on Hill'g
cknnceg, »nya:
The Democrat* carried thi* Ntaie in the electiuna
of 1.71. 1.75. 1.75, 1W1, lieu and 1S84.
In 1.7. only a judge of tho Court of Appeal* was
elected, ttidcon A. Tucker, a Democratic Oreen-
haeker, ran an a third candidate and received T5.ul"!
vote.. The Republican judge waa ehoaen by 34,661
plurality.
In 1.7t# the Kelly-Dorehelmer bolt took place, de
feating tbivernor Lucius Roblu.iiu and elertiug A. B.
Cornell by 42.777 plurality. 'Hie combined Demo*
eratic vote gave a Democratic majority of 35,000
against Cornell.
!n lieei anil lam the Republieana carried the State,
mainly owing to the bolt of 1.70.
Thus alo.-o 1.74 the Democrats have elected their
Ktate candidate in New York "even time, and the
Republieana four Hmea. Iu one of the Republican
..earn, however, 1.70, the united Democracy waa In
a clear majority of 35,000, aud in one of the Demo
cratic year., 1683, the Republieana elected one can
didate, the Secretary of State, on Uie beer Issue.
The lit itinerate fought their battle, against the
united Republican party in .lx yearn out of the
„,or. in which victory waa on their aide. In the
taut year of their success, 1H84, they fought against
a divided Rcpnbltrau party, tho Independent Re-
pnbUesue, or Mugwump*, openly supporting the
Detuccratrc candidate.
The Democratic majorities In these seven years
went as follows: In 1874 ; 60,317: In 1.75, 13,550; in
1877, 32.742; in 1877, 11,264: iu 1882, 102,854; In 1883,
16,215, and in 1.84, when they hud tho aid of the
Mugwump., 4,047 jilnratity.
If the Democrat, are united and harmonious and
poll their full vote in vindication and support of
tho nat^gual adniiul.traUim under President Cleve
land and hi. eiiccetuior, Oov. Hill, the return of the
Mugwump* to their old party may not turn out to
be an calamitous aa they seem to think—especially
In view of the prohibition movement
The Bouton Herald nny.: “The Republi
can party in Ohio in doing a periltiUH feat of
political tight-rope walking on tho temper
ance question. Its position waa well brought
out by Governor Foster’s foolishness in in
terrupting the Prohibition candidate in a
late meeting. Dr. Leonard declared that
the Republican party was in favor of con
tinuing the liquor traffic. The ex-Govcmor,
who was in the audienco, got np and denied
this. Tho Doctor asked him to state the
position of his party, and the Governor re
plied that it was in favor of "regulating
and taxing the liquor traffic," "Can it be
regulated and taxed without continuing it?”
demanded the Prohibitionist, nnd, after
Foster had tried in vain to wriggle away
from this clincher. Dr. Leonard plumply
naked him: “Is yonr party, then, in favor
of Prohibition?” And the pole-balancer
wan conatroined to any “No," which settled
the busineHs, so far aa the ProhibitioniHta
nre concerned. The action of the New
York Republieana in following Mr. Blaine's
example and dodging « question is at
least more comfortable than the straddle
attempted in Ohio. Moral ideas are getting
to he very troublesome to politician..”
Says the New York Sun: “Are the Mug
wumps happier or ttnhnppier, now that they
have gone home? Probably a little of both.
They nm.t lie delighted to be back in their
old familiar quarters, surrounded by sym
pathetic nnd unrhiding faces, hut, on the
other hand, they are no longer the heavy
bosses of the Grand Mogul type that they
aspired to be in the Democracy. The stool
on which they once sat at the foot of the
Democratic throne lina been kicked from
under them, anil, though tlint waa the cause
of a considerable shock, they have slid away
nnd landed ao easily on the ltepuhlicnn
stairs that they atilt retain breath enough to
any pleasantly, "Here we are again.” But
if they ore satisfied, how supreme must be
the satisfaction of a still greater number of
Democrats at tho opportunity to return to
their old Ktnndard and go in with a rush for
an undeniable nnd undiluted Democratic
victory. Tlint is what the election of Hill
nnd Jones will mean, and the Democrats
will net accordingly.”
A teleubam from Portage, N. Y., says:
Fully funr thousand persons, coming from
Buffalo, Rochester, Elmira nnd other places
along the line of the Erie railroad, were on
the banka of Portage Gorge thia afternoon
to see Prof. J. E. De Leon, of Springfield,
Ohio, walk over a tight rope stretched 350
feet from aide to side, at a distance of 200
feet above the rocky bed of the river and
directly above the falls. The rope was nn
inch in diameter— much smaller than is
generally used in such feats. The performer
walked across in eight minutes, nnd re
turned to tho centre of the chasm, where he
gave n trapeze performance, nfter which he
lowered himself to the river, landing on the
stone work which was recently built to keep
the falls from washing away. ‘ He was thor
oughly exhausted, and after n rest climbed
the stabs to Murphy's Park anil marched
triumphantly hack to his hotel, preceded by
a brass band.
Pounca in Louisiana is getting warm.
Editor Burke, of the Times-Democrat, was
recently interviewed ns to the Eustis matter,
and is thus reported:
In fict, only ono appnintmen t had been made in
Louisiana at that time—Mr. Kernochan, naval offi
cer.”
"Wa* not that appointment the ran** of the
estrangement between Eustl* and the President?”
"I think it waa. primarily. The President *)
pointed Kernorhan without inquiry or reference to
political objection*, and witbont reference to the
information filed at the trraaury. Kernochan i* a
gentleman of good standing, and Eustis's objection*
were political, but serious, becanae of the effect in
the Democratic organization iu Louisiana."
To thia Editor Parker, of the Picayune,
tinder the heading “Mon* of tho Champion
Liar,” thus replica:
Mr. Kernochan ia here to anawer for himaelf. and
we think be can give a very happy and appropriate
anawer to theee political fraud* that have been
posing in an effort to aave themaelve* from de-
atrurtion.
U will be recalled that Major Burke and
Mr. Parker once had a hoatile meeting and
that Major Burke wm aerioualy wounded.
THE PURITANIC CHESTERFIELD.
The First Prohibitionist—Harroom* a Com
paratively New Institution.
Editor* Telkoraph:— 1 The name of "Puritan*,"
which your Atlanta correspondent haa ehoaen aa
descriptive of the voter* for Prohibition in Fulton
county, warrant* reference to the moat surprizing
(and I think Interesting) fact iu connection with the
whole HUbject of the anti-liquor movement.
I do not write (to suggest any objection to the
term. The Puritans, under the rigorous Cromwell,
"downed" the Lllteral* under the licentious Charles,
and I suppose that the soft impeachment of the
name will Ik* cheerfully accepted for the sake of the
prophecy of victory which it augge*t*.
But the fact to which I refer, as an astonishing
one, ia that the first recorded suggestion of prohibi
tion as a remedy for the evils resulting from the
sale of liquor in public drinking places came, not
from an over-ploua "Praise-God Bare-bones." but
from the statesman whose suburb manners and
questionable morals constitute, in the mind of the
moral "Liberal 1st," the Ideal gentleman — Lord
Chesterfield.
The circumstances leading to the speech to which
I refer are hardly less interesting than the speech
itself. It i* not, perhap*. generally known, but it ia
nevertheless true, that the institution known as the
"bar-room" is only one hundred and sixty-one years
old. Drunkenness la of much older origin; but tho
idea of making money out of dnitikeune** by estab
lishing places for the sole purpoHe of retailing in
toxicants, the idea of making a separate business
of cateriug to the appetites of men for strong drink,
doea not date beyond 1724.
Mr. Lecky is good authority aa an historian. He
cannot be a Puritan, for he is an avowed infidel.
He says it was not until about the year 1724 that the
setting up of uumemua gin shops in England pro
duced drunkenness to the extent with which we of
modern times are familiar.
It was in view of the alarming spread of intem
perance originated by the pioneer bar-room, that
Lord Chesterfield made a speech iu Parliament
against "high-license,"—against a proposition to
raise the tax upon the gin shops. He apoke from
the standpoint of the statesman und the patriot,
not from that of the religionist. It will lie noticed
that he speaks of dram shops as being recently 'In
vented:”
•• 'Vice, my lords, is not properly to be taxed, but
to be suppressed: aud heavy taxes are sometime*
the only means by which that suppression can tie
attained. Luxury, my lords, may very properly be
taxed. But the use of thoxo things which are sim
ply hurtful—hurtful in their otvn nature, nnd in
every degree—la to be prohibited. If their liquors
are so delicious that the people are tempted to their
own destruction, let us at length, my lord*, secure
them from these fatal draught* by bursting the vi
al* that contain them. Let us check these artist* in
humsn slaughter.which have reconciled their coun
trymen to sickness and to ruin, and spread over tho
pitfalls of debauchery such bait* a* canuol be re
sisted. When I consider, my lord*, the tendency of
this bill. I find It calculated only for the propaga
tion of disease, the suppression of Industry, aud
the destruction of mankind. For the purpose, my
lords, what could have lieen invented more effica
cious than shop* at which poison may t>e vended;
poison so prepared as to please the palate, whilo it
wastes the strength and kills only by intoxica
tion?* "
I have compared this utterance carefully with
those of the most puritanical or fanatical temper
ance men, but I nave searched in vain to find any
thing equal to It 8am Jones's pious swearing
sounds weak beside the vigor of that touch—"artists
in human slaughter." Chesterfield the great origi
nal Puritan! FA tu, Hrute!
On the other hand, let me say, with the utmost
good nature, that tho designation of "Liberals" for
the anti-local option men seems hardly felicitous.
There is only one party now before the eyes of the
world that goes by the name of Liberal. It ia the
party led by 51 r. Gladstone, "the foremost man in
all the world;" the party endeared to the hearts of
all English-speaking people by the devotion of John
Bright
Mr. Gladstone voted for Sir Wilfrid Lawson's
local option law, " permissive bill" as it is called In
England. It passed during his ministerial term.
When a delegation of brewers warned him that the
revenue would fall off, by reanon of the bill, be
replied in aubetance that sober subjects would be a
better dependence for revenue than drunken ones.
He also said to Parliament that Intemperance was a
greater curse than the three great historical evils,
war, pestilence aud famine, combined.
The great commoner. John Bright said in a recent
speech, "the civilization of the age is settling irre
versibly against the saloon."
Emory Store*. the brilliant Western lawyer, Jnat
deceased, who was not burdened with orthodoxy,
said: 'The saloons hold the same relation to the
penitentiary that the Sunday-school does to th*
church.”
The best thing ever said in the State, so far as I
know, in favor of prohibition, was said by lion. W.
A. Harris, of Worth. It will require a strong men
tal effort among his hosts of friend* in Georgia to
cla**ify "Bill Harris" as a "Puritan."
The statement comes from everywhere that in the
contests for prohibition, the most zealous voters for
ft are the bard drinkers, who have been too liberal
with whisky aud want to put their enemy out of the
way. They may have brought upon therosclvea
many reflections, but never that of Phsriseeism.
When 1 thus And that prohibition count* among
it* champion* not outo Puritan* of thi* novel type
but the liberal* a* well, I feel (a* a temperance man
ought never hi feel) somewhat "mixed in my effort
to adopt the elaN*lflcation made by your abmlrable
correspondent, whom 1 have the honor also to call
my friend. Walter B. Hill.
Scene In the Georgia Legislature.
It was in the gallery of the House. The Legisla
ture wa* in session aud the railroad bill wa* up for
disctmalon. Two old country ladU-s edged down
and, after much wriggling, got seat*. Otto wa* stout
and prim. There wa* a look of defiance in her pale-
eyes. Every feature seemed to lie tin the offensive.
Without speaking a word, she seemed to say from
head to foot. "Yes, I am here, aud I have never
been here before. Now, what have you gut to say
about It?"
The other was long and angular. Rhe seemed to
move in the magic circle of the visible authority
exercised by her eonijwnton. There was a meek,
accommodating look in her tired brown eyes, and
the althea snuff stick thrust between hor lips,barely
quivered. Hhe chewed so gently upon It. Hhe did
not gaze about her much, but fixed her eyes upon
the throng of Legislator* tielow. Her failed shawl
drooped back revealing a faded calico drens; and a
battered reticule of ancient date was chuqied in
her band. "Lata. Hal," she suddenly ex-
claimed In a whisper, "If tbar ain’t />ur Bill down
tlur!" "And why not?" said the prim lady aloud,
twisting around and facing the people on the other
side. "William Toddlekin* was elected ter speak
for Knapdoodle county," A dozen pair* of eyes were
fixed upon her. Hhe reiterated: "I say. why not?
William Toddlekin* was elected to speak for 8nap-
d(XKile county. Why shouldn't he be here?" The
faded woman went down into her aatchel for an-
othtr dip. and said :
'•But wbo'd er tho’t Bill Toddlekin* would ever
ergot in the Legislator. What's he goto’ ter do
anyhow ?"
"Do? Why gracious alive Mr*. Settle, he's goto*
ter give them railroad men fits." Again the prim
lady faced the surrounding company and bobbed
her head defiantly.
"What 'uz Bill know Tiout railroad*." asked the
failed lady, putting the cover back on her snuff box
and closing her natch-1 without even a snap. "Las'
time I saw 'im he couldn’t drive a steer 'round the
post-office corner. Bet he couldn’t go roun' a rail
road bend now an' find his way back."
Further conversation was shut off, for just then
BiU rose to his feet and, combing his mane more or
less gracefully with hi* left hand, "sailed into the
ndlroads." He stamped, he raved, he invoked the
constitution, he foamed over 'inalienable rights,"
and moaned when be spoke of an oppressed and
down-tredden people. And every time hia good
right arm sawed the air. the prim lady bounced
around and gazed defiantly upon the assembled
company. But the faded lady merely chewed upon
her a. the* mop. and said nothing. Hhe waa watch-
ingbliL Spectator.
A Macon Lady.
(Written for the Macon Telegraph.]
Ah! who 1* this in dainty dress
Of new design in black and white?
The stately matron's loveliness
Is merged in this fresh beauty, quite.
'Tis she who boars the signs of age.
Though clothed anew In fine attire;
'Tis she whom history’s pregnaut jiage
Hath glorified through flood and fire.
Long hath she held the standard high
Of truth aud right—life's sacred laws;
Long stood she firm ’neath troubled sky.
To plead her own—her people’s cause.
Rhe cheered, with clarion voice, the host.
That swept to victory or death;
Invincible, she kept her post.
And watched the fray with bated breath.
And when defeat, and loss, and woe.
Spread desolation o’er the land.
Her sympathies we all did know—
Her gracious words—her helping hand.
Aud through the years that ebb and flow
Aa tides upon the shores of time.
Her records still must ever show
A people generous, brave, sublime.
In but or mansion, there she And*
A dally welcome, earnest, free;
With cords of Interest close she binds.
Past present future—mighty three.
The past luminous with great deeds.
That fitly sbiue as stars in heaven;
A past that ne’er for worldly needs
Held in its fold ambitious leaven.
The present teeming with the hopes
That rehabilitation brings.
With difficulty bravely copes.
And thus, surmounting all. she sings.
And list! the burden of her song
The future is. Its promise fair
I* written clear In language strong.
For hand* that do. and heart* that dare.
And over all this storied space
Our stately matron looks with pride.
And. pen in baud, records with grace
Struggles and triumphs side by side.
And now to please fastidious man
She dons tier new and stylish gown.
Feeling, as ouly a woman can.
Who wears "the prettiest dress in town."
You ask who is this august dame.
And where her court, and who her staff?
Oue answer covers names and fame—
It is *Thk Macon Teleohaph."
Puiscilla Grim, spinster.
Macon, October 1,1885.
NAILING A LIP:.
How the Story of JcfFerson Davis’* Disguise
Ot Initiated.
The recent revival of tho story that Jefferson Da
vis, ex-president of the Confederacy, was disguined
in bis wife's garments at the time of his capture by
the Federal troops, prohably caused more interest
In the matter to be awakcued iu 5Iacon than in any
other city in the Union. As is well kuown, 5Ir. Da
vis was brought to thia city immediately after his
capture aud delivered hi General Wilson, the Fed
eral commander. The date of his arrival iu 5Iacon
wa* the l.'lth of May, 1865.
Yesterday a Telegraph reporter met a well-known
5Iacou banker, one whose long aud honorable bust-
ness career ha* given him an enviable ixmltion
among the iuo*t highly esteemed re*ideut* of the
city, who was present In General Wilson'* mom in
the Lanier House when Mr. Davis’s arrival in the
city wa* announced.
In the course of a conversation lietween the bank
er and tho reqiurtor the story of Mr. Davis’ disguise
wa* mentioned.
"I know the origin of that story," said the bank
er, "but I have never mentioned it, because I did
not wi*h to have my name connected with a matter
about which so many widely different statements
have been made."
"Give the fact* to the Teleoraph," the reporter
Imjiortuned. "and your name will be suppressed."
•/Very well, I will do so under that condition. Of
course. If it lierome* necessary, I atu perfectly will
ing to substantiate my story over my own signa
ture.
"Together with perhaps twenty others I waa cap
tured by federal troops twenty miles below Atheus
In the spring of 1865. I wa* taken to that city,
where I prevailed upon the officer in charge of the
post to penult me to return t*» Macon and report to
General Wilson. I arrived in klacon on the l.'Uh of
May and went at once to General Wilson’s room in
the Lanier House to report. It waa in the afternoon.
He waa surrounded by a number of officers, whose
namea I have forgotten.
"Just a* 1 entered the room two or three officers
of the jiarty that had beeu sent out to capture Mr.
Davi also went in. and were received
by Geueral Wilson and hia officers with
great cordiality. They gave a long and interesting
account of Mr. Davis’s capture, I, in the mean
time, standing by unnoticed.
"One of the officers who was with the party that
effected the capture hail iu his band a shawl and a
hoop-skirt. They attracted General Wilson's attrn
lion, and he asked the officer what he was doing
with them. "Why," said he, "when DavU was
captured he wore tho shawl, and the hoop-skirt
waa captured with his wife's effects. 1 brought
them slung as relit?* of tho capture."
" ‘Davis wore the shawl, did he?’ General Wilson
said, 'it would lie a great Joke If ho had been caught
wearing flie hoop-skirt.’ The officers all laughed
heartily at th»; Imaginary picture of 51r. Davis in a
hoop-*kirt, and one of them remarked, 'Why
wouldn't It be a gtKKl joke to say that he was wear
ing it when captured?' General Wilson laughed
aud said that it would be a good joke, and that he
was willing to |M*rpetrate it. It was then agreed
between General Wilson and the officers to
say that Mr. Davis was captured while wear
ing his wife's garment*. I aupposttl that
the story was intended purely as a joke, am!
thought nothing more of it, until some time after,
when I saw it gravely stated in the Northern pa-
)*r* that 5Ir. Davis was captured disguised in a fe
male's garment*."
"Was it seriously claimed by any of the officers
In General Wilson s Mom that 5Ir. Davis was dis
guised a hen he was captured?"
"I distinctly remember that it waa not. The of
ficer who had the shawl aud the hmipskirt told Gen
eral Wilson that when Mr. Davi* was surprised, he
came out of his tent wearing an old dressing gowii
and looking like an old woman. 'Was he really dis
guised.' asked General Wilson- H)h, no,' the officer
replied. *he was not disguised, but he wore around
hi* shoulders this shawl.' I remember, also, that
something was said about giving to the paiier* the
Joke which waa concocted about Mr. Davia wear
ing hia wife's garments. I suppose that this was
done, Ik-cause, as I have already said, the story was
soon published by the Northern papers."
The reporter wa* told that others we zb alive who
could substantiate the story here n laird.
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GEORGIA. BIBB COUNTY.—Whereas, C. J. Toole,
administrator of Isaac L. Toole, late of said county,
deceased, has made application for leave to sell real
estate belonging to the estate of said deceaned. This
is hi cite aud admonish all persons concerned to bo
and appear at the Court of Ordinary of said county
oti the first 5!onday in November next to show
ramie, if any they can. why said application should
not bo granted.
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-TUBAL A. EARLY,
G. T. BEAUREGARD,
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over $550,000 has since been addod.
By an overwhelming popular vote lta franchise
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adopted December 2d, A. D., 1879.
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1 do do 25,000
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ft do 2.000 10,000
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20 do 800 10,000
100 do 200 20,000
»» do 100 90.000
fiOO do 80 26,000
1000 do 25 25,000
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AN INVALUAULB FAMILY MKDKINE
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OKOBIIIA. BIBB COUNTY— Wh.-mt F. If.
Enrtn, administrator of Elizabeth Erwin, late of
*aid county, deceased, has made application for
K»» to —B Ou 1**1 Mtat* t*Uw0aa to tk. nlat. of
■aid dtetuod. Thi, U to rite ml odmonlahaU
■•mon. mar. niM to b. and ipnv at lb. Contt of
Ontioanr of uld county on th« Inn Momlai In
Noviral. r ti.xt.to .how can—, If an It hay can, why
wild awllcatlou ahoald not t.. mu bid. ’
witur-. my hand and offlrlal .i.-uatum thia Octo.
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