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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1886.—TWELVE PAGES.
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He Was Duly Served With Notice.
General Gordon’s chief organ uses this
Inoguago:
General Gordon became a candidate In response
to demanda from hla friends in all parts of the state,
and he entarai into the campaign with not the .light-
eit Idea that he should be called on to defend hie
otiaractrr, with not the ellghteet Idea that he would
he oalled on to reply to marge* that tha people of
Georgia had already pronounced false end futile.
Ih ordor that it msy mislead no one, we
propose to offset it with (sots, those cmbnr-
rassingthings, “eoldfacts.” Jnstbeforehe
opened his campaign, General Gordonwaa
waited npon by a representative of this
journal, duly ohargod with the performance
of the doty of serving notice npon him that
he would be compelled to face and meet his
record.
He was further informed that the Taut-
ouarn wonld take no nnfair or undue ad
vantage of him. That if at any time it
should transcend the bonnds of legitimate
critieism in his judgment, it would he pre
pared to receive and publish his objections.
That it did not intend to abuse or slander
in him in any particular. To all of this
General Gordon assented as fair, open
and just. He admitted that the record of
tbe man Becking the highest office in the
State was the legitimate subject of com-
snent.
The notice to him would bo held suffi
cient in form, subject end time by any
court of law in the country. It does not,
then, lie in his own - or the mouth of his
organ to plead surprise. He knew k this at-
taok was coming. He onghtto have known
his own record. That he stands dumb and
defenseless to-day in the presence of the
(teople whcso votes he seeks, is the fault
of no one but himself.
Ho mado his own record.’ If it is so had
(hat he dare not attempt its defense,* no
lihuno can attach to the people who oppose
him. The charges brought against him are
true or false. U false, he ought to',be able to
establish tho fact. It be fail, to do thia,
Uioy must sta'.d and will be acoepted by
tho people as true.
Wo have time and ngnfn offered him
space in these oolumns to refute any char
ges that we have made against him. We re
peat it. If we do not make the charges
good by competent proof, wo will retract
Uu-m. General Goidon cannot possibly
be harmed by this, if his record is clear. He
cannot dodge this by aayiug that he did not
lenow ho was going to ho assailed. Ho had
full notice. If he has forgotten the fact,
this will refresh hia memory.
The people of Georgia have never passed
upon him or his record since he deserted
their service. They have never prononnce-1
tho charges wc bring against him untrue
and unfounded. Though denying that
he is socking vindication, ho has said
on the atnmp: “My countrymen
you know I have suffered under abuse,
vituperation and false charges for years."
Then he was not vindicated in the cam
paign which Governor Brown engineered
tor hia own purposes,
g He seeks vindication now, and his parti
earn cry persecution. He fails to meet bis
record. Ha writes a circular asking • sus
pension of opinion until he can be present
and answer all charges. He comes with
brass band, saji s’tlp me God, tells how be
fought, kisses the women and children, bnt
dodges his record. He con slander a dead
msn and stab his honorable opponent be
hind hisback,buthe dare not meet the fear
ful arraigment against himself.
He opened his canvass with an attack np
on the TaLsuRsrn, the very journal which
hid given him notice of its plan of cam
paign, and chaiged that it had abased him.
There wss no need to abase him. No
amount of abase or vituperation can equal
hil own public record, and we again notify
him to put up or shut up.
A nomination, if such a contingency were
possible, could not vindicate him, so long
as his record stands in ita hideous de
formity. Delegates buldozed by a brass
hand. Delegates the creatures of a ring.
Agents of a sy r -ticate cannot by any action,
make him clean
Men, many men,' maty bail men escape
through technicalities which are a disgrace
to justice if not to law.
Bnt the highest tribnrud of this Htate has
not long since laid down the great truth
which prevails through out the world, that he
who MCapes tbe responsibility for his mis
deeds in thia way, is not rehabilitated in
the eyes and esteem of the good and virtu
ous. And these words we commend to
General Gordon and bis organ.
Sbhatob Baca has just passed his 1111
through the Senate, breaking up Senatorial
attorneys for railroads enjoying land grants.
Edmunds and others of the Senatorial attor
neys opposed U fiercely.
i’U'h the CtinvaM.
The friends of Major Bacon and all those
who are in favor of dean party methods
and pure government, are urged to organize
in all the cities, towns anil counties of the
State where delegates are to be chosen.
So far we have lest bnt two counties,
Dooly and Screven, sad four votes,
on which wo relied. We have
gained over any former canvass
in which Major Bacon has been engaged
live comities, Itichmond, Clark, Colnmbia,
McDuffie and l’.ckens, casting fourteen
votes. Bacon is eight votes ahead in the
conuti s wit ch have acted compared with
uuy former race.
The pt-rceutsgs of gain, we think, is a
fair indication of onr strength in the State.
All that is necessary is organized
effort through which the friends of Mr.
Bacon shall lie impressed with the necessi
ty of attending the mass meetings and pri
maries in the different counties yet to net.
We urge upon our friends the importance
of prompt and vigorous action. The want
of this has lost us two connties, and it is
well that we have time \o guard against any
such results in the future.
As we have said before, this contest is
of much more importance to the people of
Georgia than the political ambition or per
sonal interest ot any man. Compared with
the great interests involved, moral and
material, Bacon and Gordon are but inci
dents in the campaign. They represent op
posite methods ih politics aud different
interests, purposes, aud results in adminis
tration. The good people of the State,
whether following the lead of one or the
other of these candidates, desire the triumph
the right. There is a supreme effort
divert attention from the legi
timate facts and issues of the
canvass, and to hide the real purposes of
those who are seeking to use General Gor
don and his military record. See to it
that public opinion is held to the unanswer-
and unanswerable charges that stand
against General Gordon, and that public
judgment shall not fail of expression
through indifference or want of organized ef
fort to get the people to come out and as
sert themselves at the mass meetings and
primaries.
Let organization and effort be the watch
words, and let nothing be postponed for to
morrow which can be done to-day. With
this, victory is certain to crown our efforts.
Wasted Eloquence.
It will be remembered that General Gor
don prefaced his vile slander ot the dead
Ben Hill with a sound of declamatory rheto-
Under the cover of his studied elocution,
he attempted to knife the reputation of a
man the State had jast honored in a marked
and interesting way.
We are told that in following the tour
mapped out by his managers ho and Us
drums ami horns baited nearby tho grave
Aleck Stephens. We are asked to believe
that the General was londer and more
mellifluous than his tenor trumpet over tbe
dead Georgian.
The effort was bnt a hollow stage trick,
practiced for the campaign. Bnt for the
real aerionsnesa of the situation one would
foel an irresistibio impulse to call up tho
scene of Mark Twain, dissolved in tears at
tho tomb of Adam.
Nothing General Gordon can say or do
can add to or detract from the name and
fame of Aleck Stephens. Bat his friends
and neighbors in Taliaferro county will not
he apt to forget that in tha capital of the
nation General Gordon, in a towering rago,
once charged upon tba feeble old man,
thr. ateniug to hold him to a personal respon
sibility. And they will remember that among
the legacies left by Aleck Stephens was
brand for General Gordon In these words
But he .'GonleiV te M utterly hatUm-hrtrtnt. deceit-
fet, uupriu-iplH awl Ulehmurtble and tlmliable In
every my that / tint H •preetim Ita eineerily, eren
thenuk l knew IU made Ita remark."
Tlda was put to paper, and never hail
codiull impairing ita fearful force am
meaning. Time was when a Oeoigian ha-
hung his head and fled the State, n dieit ii
the attempt to free himself from such a
arraignment. It is well, perhaps, that tie
dead cannot come among ua again.
But the living must be blind indeed who
canuot road in thia a lesson ot reckless
ambition and desperate vanity.
Hraoxorr Baras lias again come to
front, mounted on a Mustang pony,
bom the “old flag” in the parade of Buffalo
Bill's wild w
The* Convict Lease.
We trust every reader of the Tel eo Kara
will give careful attention to the communi
cation of “Veritas,” published elsewhere in
this issue.
It is furnished us by a member of tbe
Georgia bar, who has served several terms
in the Legislature, and is recognized by the
profession and his people os a gentleman of
character and ability.
General Gordon has denied that he was
connected with the convict lease, except as
security npon the bond of the les
sees.. The contrary has been
proven by “Plain Talk” in Sunday's
TzLEoiurn. Our correspondent to-day again
fastens an interest in the lease npon General
Gordon.
Moro than this, by quotations from the
act authorizing the lease, it is seen that
none of the lessees could legally
have sub-let the convicts. In
oase they did this, it was made the dnty of
the Governor to institnte suit for $300 for
every caso in which they wera subleased,
and also to vacate the contract of the com
pany so violating the law.
Why Governor Colquitt did not institute
suit against General Gordon and the other
members of his company is a
question that should he looked into.
It would not be out of
place lo inquire also, why the contracts of
the companies whose members have been
violating the law by subleasing convicts
have not been vacated.
By reference to the act, it will be seen,
that it does not say that the Governor may
vacate convict lease contracts so forfeited,
bnt says emphatically he •‘shall" vacate
them.
There is no donbt that the contracts 'of
more than one of the penitentiary
companies should be vacated. The
question of onr correspondent, "should
General Gordon be trusted
sue himself aud bis partners,” is a perti
nent one, aud we mistake the people of
Georgia if they do not so consider aad de
cide it.
Proof from John Young llrown.
Editob Teleosapb: When General Gor-
An Unhappy Organ.
Among the organs of General Gordon
ontside the State, that do not appreciate
the real situation inside of it, may be num
bered tho esteemed Mobile liegister.
Notwithstanding a gubernatorial contest
is in full bloom in Alabama, it has fonnd
frequent occasions to make itself miserable
over General Gordon's small but active
boom.
We quote its latoat lamentation
The Macon, Os., Telegraph says: "Thia ii e busy
season with farmers. A dty lost In a crop Jnst now
a serious lose, but tbe man who fells to take a
day, rain or shine, to meet the raid of General
Oordon and hta gang, may not feel et Interest tn
the crap ot another year." Bos It really come to
thia? Is everything in Georgia going to everlasting
■mesh If General Gordon Is elected Governor?
It may enlighten the Register to ho in
formed that General Gordon has smashed
ovory undertaking with which he has been
connected from that of arnral tavern keeper
to projector of a grand “Inter-Continental
Railway Company.” Thia fact has not
tended to raise the estimate of Qie people
ot Georgia aa to his qualifications for a wise
and prndent chief magistrate. They have
honored his military services, and have paid
for them in full, and at a very high price.
They demur to being blod any further.
They have seen one of their heat railroad
properties sacrificed and the other threat
ened in this campaign, and, judging from
General Gordon's past and the company by
made to nominate him.
Another Partisan Jndge.
In Ida Americas speech, General Gordon
took occasion to tonch op the judges ot high
and low degree who ware his partisans i
thia contest. Perhaps tho General fade I
call thefull list A correspondent furnish,. -
this communication from Fort Oainea:
Learning that Judge J. T. Clark, of the Psteula
circuit, wss hsn for the purpose of resentencing
Willie aud Isabella Hudson, knowing thnt they
were sentenced before nt nljht, and easing a light
tn the court huuse lest night. I went down to see
what wee going on. Looking through t oe almost
closed door. I saw Judge Clark end another party
the staqd. The Judge wee talking to tbe crowd
1 walked In end took a heck seal, nut wishing to In
tempt the speaker, as soon aa 1 took my east
acme one In the crowd (e lawyer) motioned to the
Judge to step, and;then sold something to the other
party on the stand and then came to me tad not!
fied me that 1 was not wealed Ahere. of course
retired, wondering why 1 romd not remain In
meeting where a circuit Judge was presiding,
rather, on the arse J. 1 wiU side 1 e:n a Demount,
and hat been since the war, but am a Heron men
Beepectfullv, Vacox Maw.
p. a.—since writing tho shore, I Item IhstaUor
doo club was organised by Judge Clerk.
Juriqe Clark ha* been selected anil paid
to preside over tbe conrte of the Puteula
circuit, in the interests of the people and
jtutice.
The theory of onr government it that
judicial officer* should be removed from
the arena of politics, and it is regretted that
of late yean the theory has been but poorly
illustrated in practice.
Judge Clark baa been frequently allnded
to aa an aspirant for a seat on tha Supreme
bench. If his conduct ha* been correctly
rcpr'sea.dJ, he la utterly unfit and nn-
wort* y to ho trusted with the powers and
honon of thia position. '
yonder, ilr.” "I alwsya tike to take lu my „t 0I1 exposed the convict system, and Col-
bearings. Oue thing more. Which ie tbe way to I q a m v/its justified, Gordon sanctified, and
the , cyclone cellar?" "Through thl« trap. elr. A p 0 or Alston immolated in the treasury of
precipitate incline, yet Under in Ita delivery." Georgia, in the presence of three lessees
‘That's aU. Goal nlghl."-Pblladelphla Cull. and Principal-keeper Nelms.
It baa come to this in Georgia, that wlt-
We should retaliate. .ir-reUUate on Canada negsef) ^ corrapt : on were actually im-
thl. outrage, tin this butrage of eelring our peached for telling the truth, while State
flrbtng vessel*!” he exclaimed, ta he waved hie I .facials were thus allowed to enrich them-
umbrella around hie head. “Warl* a dreadful I yt-lves by contracts tllul leases with tbe State
thing." said one of tho group. -'Who'* talking I itself.
about war?" "Then how would you retaliate?" Now, what conld be expeeted of John B.
-Why, elr. Induce their capitalists to Invest In Gordon in the executive chair, with his rec-
Amerlcan railroad securities and bankrupt the ord so begrimed with convict lease corrnp-
Dominlon Inside of live yean."—Wall Street New*, tion? He wonld be a * ‘poor chance" to pro-
„ , . —: 7 . tect the State against himself, don't yon
California widow who put her nil into a deal In | think? Plain Talk,
stocks and wss shrunk out, called upon her broker
and raid: "When will this thing probably come
in tbe papers?" "To morrow, doubtless. 1
How long eta you suppress It?" "Why, I might I don wrote the openTetterto Colonel Joel
keep It out two days, but not longer." "Only two Abbott Billupe, of Morgan county, in which
dsjrz? That's pretty short notice, but I’m e huetler he denied most emphatically that he ever
when I get my bonnet on. I’ll depend on the two traded m ith Foster and Stanley Matthews,
days." On the third dey the pepere chronicled he used these words: “The charge that I
lose end her wedding on the seme pege.—Well made any 'bargain of any sort, or had any
Htreet News. understanding of any character with Foster,
Note New DUcovsry: ltagl.y-"Thl. I. au age *?\ aai { saw ' or Stanley Matthews, whom I
of invention. Clara. U.v. you herd of Dr. Bell's f ld . not until after the inauguration,
discovery?” Mra. B.-"Wh.t did ho diecveT ooMng eithcr to tiic preBidentkl count or
„ . .. ... ... . to the action of any Democrat in reference
-"ia “7 , «' to the future organization of the House, or
foot tlutd.-w.ter. for instance. I float exactly H hasc ? y f aUt in mry t luMt all( ,
the drift of tho discovery, but It ts very won- ct'tTi/ sense.*'' bated, 14th bf April, 1877,
derful.' Mra. C.—"It Is, Indeed: and I have dia- an( j signed, J. B. Gordon, and published in
covered Just the opposite thet fluids effect the the A tlanla Conslititlim.
voice—whisky, for instance. Huve you ever no- ,J„hn Young Brown, the brilliant Ken-
tlced that, William?” (Curtain fella in dead alienee.) I tucky Congressman, hftd an old Kentucky
—Philadelphia Call. ______ I friend living in North Georgia, who wrote
hungry lion once caught a Wall etreet broker j him for the facts. His reply has been
and carried him into the woods, intending to eat I phiced in ‘ ‘Plain Tftlk s bunds. Here it is
him; but, before beginning hi* repeat, Ihe royal J verbatim, and subject to the closest scru-
bcaat laid hla lunch on the ground and took a nap. ^ in y whenever it is denied:
While the lion was aaleop the cunning broker took . ^ ^ ei } r favor of the 27th
bis pocket-knife, carefully skinned the DU. was duly received, and I thank you for
without waking him, and then carried the >kln off “ 1 » 1 Sentiments expressed. Here-
a - i..- a. _ . „ . ... with I send you an extract from a pub-
and sold It as a buffalo robe. Moral: This f e ij h | 16( j ^ 0 f m j n0 w liioh contains a sum-
Ulu.trate.tha uncertainty of th. .took marks!, be- mary of the connection and motives that
Side, showing how easy U Is for a man to kick i n fl uenC ed my action in the Forty-fourth
cover off tho bed while he is asleep.—Life. I Congress. * * I have great respect for
Congressman Norwood on the Convict Lease. General Gordon, and have never seen or
Editoh Teleobaph: Enclosed please find “LTT 2° ° U ^
the opinion of Mr. Norwood, as published with Hon. Charles Foster (Wa?
in the year 1880, taken from a speech deliv- ^Za \Cra l ‘Z 'T
eredby that gentleman in the hall of the There was no secresy or intngne
HouJof Representatives at Atlanta: | “ b ^
Id 18 8 a committee was appointed by the Legi*
BHREDB AND PATGUKS.
A Western compositor ha* boon trying to *«t
hen* to music.—Yonkers Statesman.
A breed of dogs that shoold be muzzled—stock
market pointers.—New Haven News.
An hour-glsM* is mad* smallest in tbs middle,
shows the waist of time.—New Orleans Picayune.
An enterprising reporter, wr'ttng up a wreck
>««, stated t at no Ism (ban four of tht crew and
IMWMUgem bit the duet.—Texas Blftings
Enfant terrible (pa.ting bar uncle Jack's bald
head'—"Thay, ecken Jack, tth'at where oo get
penked when oo'ro naughty?”—Pittsburg Chronicle,
It is, as a school girl would say, “perfectly ab
surd" for one Congressman to gel up in his place
and say another Congressman Is no gentleman.—
Picayune.
A surgeon dentist to the baby King of Spain has
already been appointed. Tbe lint to'th will be
detail? reported, and the cabinet may be assembled
• veilfy the count.
Hostess—“Yon do not know what a terrible un
dertaking II is to get up one of these Mikado parties.
Iftssureyou, I feel quite tired." “Ah, yaas,
makes every one tired."—Judge.
Drown was speaking of the extravagance of Mm*.
“She Is ruining btrself," h* said. **8hs's one
of those women who’d sell the very hair off her
head to buy a new cblgnont"— 1 Tul-blt*.
Burglar—**Are you asleep ?" Owner of the man
sion—“Yes." burglar—“.ih! 1 thought I would
catch you and make you speak." Owner of n
sion—“Why, that's all right; Pm talking in
deep."—Judge.
“Yea, I believe in the eight-hour system,** said
Warren township former. “I work eight hours
the forenoon and eight In the afternoon. In hay
lug time I sometimes put In an hour or two
extra."—douth Bond (Ind.) Tribune.
The eoreet wey to find out: Cali*r—“And that
old Japanese book you have on the table, do you
suppose it has any commercial vein*?" Lady of
house: -Well, I really don't know whether John
ever tried to hock that or not"—Ttd-Bite.
Johnny—“Whafi the difference between sense
and sensation, pep* I" Papa—“When 1 come down
stain, Johnny, to shingle you, you usually bolt out
the door. That is sense. When I grab you end
ply tbe shingle, that U sensation.”-Low*Il Citizen.
“Speaking of eccentricitiee," said Poppletoo
“my father Is an example. He has not cut off
hair since tha election of James K. Polk. “In
deed; hie hair most be very long by this time. 1
'*0, no; tbe old gentleman was bald before Polk
Wee elected."—Arkansaw Traveler.
the raised Her Limit: “Fannie," he said to her,
“I love you with my whole heart. I'm only a depart
ment clerk, with only $14 4) ayear, but. Fannie,
tnoo-y doesn't buy bspptneee. Do you love
darting?** “Oo-oo,"
The Orange Irishmen »- cm to be -Vug FZZ+TZZZZu
their b«t lo defeat bom, rule in that nn- .nth roead. K . -vis love m. .ui.
hnppj country. < jeer whole eoa? tad beta*?" -Me,be act quite ! if Ur. XUms told the truth
much," she Riirgled, "but I love yon IH'O | to it.) Gen. Gordon procured 1C I to i l i’r.-i Stm-j Ai, ~~ •
h. Gears., and that's $too more than I ever his snare, and you can aee what wera From the PeU Mall Gexeie. •
d any Other living man."-W M hlngton Critic. hia probable profile. Mr. Hilt exp-wed the A pr-ttv atorv, i. or, 6 conld v v I
I “Mnrpby fee, anil for doing ao, bo siya told liyaP,rivcorre-n..adI„. . i'. ,T Mt J
Traveler—"That's the fire esespe. I rnippow. "Murphy was justified, the Governor sauo- p.. r; \ B hort time J,. of " Vi 'ntii"
shot* Landlord—"Yes," "And the elevstor? tified, and I (ifili) was immolated." At- given by Hie D icbtH-.
n ”' guests iaa the ohartLiho , ,ri !.,^ ttn, ‘vtJ
dent Cleveland, thru i? *'f Cl
linhed to the world every fact connected
In 18 8 a committee was appointed t»y tneLegis-1 ^5*1. :$ Ynnm trnlv
litture of Georgia to investigate the convict labor I wllu 10 ™ iruiy,
system. This same Colonel Alston was a member I JOHN YOUNO BROWN.
* that Legislature, and his big, warm heart had “Henderson, Ky., December 9, 1878.”
FMZlXr H. h .tep& ?0? What will Col Joel Abbott BiUlp. think
ward and aided in making that Investigation, and ! when no roads this and compare* it with the
what was the result. 1 here hold in my band a I denial mado by Gordon?
copy of the laws upon the convict system. It says What will Senator Brown think when ho
that it is the duty of the Governor to havereguls-1 on t
tions for the government of the convict system and I here the truth, as substantiated by
to see to their execution. Doe* not the report deny John Yoang Brown, and yet is confronted
tbe execution of any law giving protection to these W ith that mendacious letter to Col. Joel
miserable being*? You have all read of the dead I Tiil1nr»«i?
and dying, tbe dying pillowing their b««<!s Abbott Billups? ,
upon the dead, but no such tale* of horror I Governor Brown, alluding to Gordon s
have ever been read ** are to be found in this I methods irt Georgia, uses the following
"Port- T ben> are things here I dare not WO rda, printed in the AtUnta Constitution,
read. There are no horrors greater than those de* I ,» « 1W77• $*t nntina »v,„ ; l.
plcteil in a convict camp. This report was made on I " a T C ® attempt is bo-
the 10th of December. The history of the lease sys- I tng mode by his little puffing brigade in
tem and all other facts are given in full detail. The I Georgia to divert popular attention from
a&riStS ATSEA&& 1° tr ?™' pf Ho aat r by ailing
convicts sere then at large, n» t one coni Imd been I * shall not be diverted from the issue
paid into the treasury, aud suggested that this fund I by the attempt of any of his newspaper
miRbt no . greet wey towerdeUefrajlngthe expense gciibblers to shoot slime at me from POD'
° ta iTs^&f tit. lease act tt I. smctaefl *»»”,. 0° od tbe Governor!
that the oonvicts shsll be sectionized, and thus ei* I I he little pufllug bngTade Wcro hard at
tabiish some fcood result. This is not done, and I work then os now. The newspaper scribblers
thus one of the tuoet flagrant wrongs of the convict ( n the Constitution are still shooting off
a, Tne m .«Le Uw which eeteb’hhed the convict sys- slim e good men from their litte pop-
tern made it the duty of the chief executive to Htolguns. let the true issue is not con-
to its enforcement, but he h»s uji observed it A I cealed—Gordon’s public acts are assailed
ZST kno^-vu, 1 * 0 because Tie Tt! flltyT £* “J*** *5?
pro eel ill* fellow man. a duty which d ® n y 0D « f in 8»e charge. He did have the
any man in that position ought to ful. I cheek to deny to Joel Abbott Billnps, bnt
AIL The fact that they could not protect them-1 Governor Brown unmasked him then, and
selves only lno eased his obligation to insure them ] v onna Thrown unmasks him now
the protection to whloh they are entitled. The ,A 0UDg wr ?, wix u “ m ~ i “°?‘
death rate shown in the report is Indeed alarming, I He s done up Brown nt lost! (Yet h(
and wu shown to be dus to the management of | yielded his sent in the Senate to Brown.)
the camp* Waa thU not a neglect on tha part of )j 6 bismirched with IIuntiugton’B lobby
roisic'ta ta."roW*Uo*^htahta.uS«St.mpUta.! «cheraee;he U bodramled with Victor New-
Tho question ari.es, why did not Gover- V^“ P i‘°JSh oonvta^H^W.
nor Colqnilt cnfo*:o tho convict lease law? &itb«rod wtlii taJklnri?™ ^
h.-notcoilectthe^lforccap^ ^‘^ngr^oil^ittoltaW^int
It is a serious question, and tt u one that ton on j n) * 27 187 , that be waa the cbi | f
which he i. surrounded, th.ir.ppr.hen- %£ Z3*£Z Go“SlS! KLgWjSfAAtWttSS
sion. are vary great at tho effort, bring Colonjl * J'S*!*"[ to whSX bJ wm ^ flft
U y 0 „ J nTi , .ro® n BrOWn ’ #ml J ° hD
see the writer. Ha arid bo understood car-1 llr “ wn ' Pu ‘ I! ' r '
her troiisseau. The vonue lu ] v »l' 11|,1 * til
jectof umny marks . f disiim-tfn! Ii ll,l, "~.
aristocracy surround. .1 Uer iud’t, 0 ”’ h (*!
much talk of her positiou ’ 0u , h' 9
daughter-in-I.tw of tb 8 Duchcs,, j T ’>
a gny, condoled with M:«e Foim.m v, 9 P ‘ r -
she wonld have no title M t i 10 J*. b “ »" J
publican President “AU &
only you will have no title " .l* "-*(1
wilf only be culled Mrs. oievcU^ '1 '
that name is only for Btruncer. " “4
answer of the fair American;‘-iC p*“N
hM for intimacy oonferred upon u,«
particular title.” Everyhoiy Ll'H
cunoualy, and blushing deeply Mi.
som added “He calfi me-hU^,^
Can a wife desire a better title "
ess embraced her amiable auest, rem.'.f 0 ’
"You are right, and you appear ta " 1 ^
jjon would keep the title to The
Erecting the Statue or Libert.
New York World ot Sunday. J ‘
The steel framework of the Stain. „n I
ertyis being very rapidly erecW ° ^
seventy feet being up now. This I
up to the waist o£ the statue. ‘1
part of the work will be completed lie
loth, and the entire interior structurJ JU
be in place by July 1. Next will h e I
putting on tho shoots of the exhrioT . J
then the graceful outline of the stain',
begin to appear. The island was vihitlTvl
many persons last wcok, aud it i„ el 9 “1
a great many will R0 over
The steamer Jud Field leans
pier at the Barge Office at Ji
hour beginning at 9 o'clock, .. '1
the noon hour, up to 6 in the aftaT 1
Liberty Island is just now one of tfc.Tl
interesting spots about New York, ^ ,11
interest will grow np to the day when Id
great statue is dedicated. Several pi«J]
the statue are placed where they can 3
seen before they are elevated to their Wl
perches. The face of the bronze aoJdT
stands on the ground, nnd this alone!
worth going to the island to see. l t 4
soon be 300 feet above gronnd, and no J
can tell when man shall again be able I
stand in the light of thia stem cooJ
nance. ■
A Hoy with Cafe Eyes.
Chicago Herald.
A strange case is now exciting the.
tion of the oculists of this city Mil
Quinn, of 471 Wells street, Thursdsy til
ed tho State F.ye and Ear Infirmary m Cl *
?any with her son, who possesses the n
iar power of seeing in the dark. „
Charles F. Sinclair, the apecialist at thill
stitution, was so struck with the case y
ho called in several other oculists to j
amine tbe freak. The boy was taken ii
a dark room anil there various test? ij
made which prove beyond doubt that tj
is a genuine case. The eyeballs gdipj
like balls of fire, and upon a close eisail
tion it was fonnd that tho lad's era I
formed much in the aamo manner ty
a cat's are. The larger portion of the j
ia missing, only a small portion being if
hie on tho outer Bide of each eye. Wt,
taken into a dark room an immediate j
pansion takes place which enables the h
to see perfectly. A strong light blinis ll
and from this same peculiarity the bl
able to see objects at a distance witb if
more clearness than those close a h
Mrs. Quinn recently returned from l_
land an l Ireland, where she had bett|
consult o.-nlfsts concerning thi loy. T
slated that though cases wero mentis
m surgical history, this was the te ]
>orted in the present day. AU tbe I
ists are ntfreeu that nothing can be
for tho child.
«w >aa writer.^ n. HUU uc unueratoou cw- p a _ You wiU notico tho Uttle pnfflng
Senator Cordon Sn thU m.Uer. and fci “fe ”7-^ o ™ j ° 0 n 0 I ’,““.“
ui«hcl tn CO and read for himself. The “Mothers to cover up General Gordons
M^*l?taf7^ I nnl*nnit ^Itacarniil o™ master at that place, and who left the office
himif ha doeanot qnlL .HeanlrifloTO-1 tbmi u ^ Gordon retired fr»m
KM* A h ‘‘ I the Senate, is onl of the “pop-gnM.” Let
ta^tllffowoeta^vDomT'’ Slfi®? himTh^t?but evambtriy Cu^teed tha!
riot tt'"mi a , r ; rightcou^tacoun
S A ictUrXm ^sn^ Tmmm“l',^'BrSn^“k nJZ
ro U^'i.U. rni^h* te?b«n threiuS bv bM, T *<*•" a! ‘d whose tender stomach
^ inline fauS to take Dabney, who “wore 1
•»«>«•” General Gordon taueu
tm ^ T.| t |..^.^rt. i S,ii?a itat 1 to "P** 11 ,3r Trammell, and Trammell
killnia. know.it. Should he rdy on Gordon's
fut of To “X of G^orionWvT^ EiL nor PPOll “ Wm ’ be
Us apprehended trouble anil the trouble ' lnd bUu now ‘
F.T.
P«ttl‘a Wetitilns Cards.
Mm. adblixa Payti :
flee the honor lo
announce
her marriage with
: M. Kbsksyo Nicoumi ;
; on Thonday, June 10. :
18M.
ai Swansea.
his marriage with
Mux. AUEUMA I'ATT*
on Thursday, Jnna lo,
I have that report msde by Alston beforo “
me. It U truly horrible as stated by Mr. T*””*'
Norwood. A Ter ? *". , 8 e white envelope with a silver
General Gonlon went Into poasaaaion of I border, which came by the latest foreign
convicts on December 21, 1870. In Junu- n “» 1 ' ‘“doses a Urge sheet of thick white
ary, 1878, he had a big camp establish, i “?*• W« r d*° bordered with silver and
on his lands in Taylor county, and Alston I ■jl*er iottcring in a delicate script
was not killed until March 15, 1879. So I The first page bears thia inscription:
you will sea General Gordon won well sc- “Crsig-y-Nos Castle, Swansea Valloy, B.
quaiutetl with the inside workings of a I Wales. P. T. O. Obeying the directions
system that disgraces the gold coivt of I ponveyed by theste iuiUals in the right-hand
Africa, if Alston was correct At tbe time ! ow «'' corner, we open the sheet and-again
Alston was killed John W. Murphy u,d I m silver lettering within the silver border
John W. Renfro.) were lessees. Nelms, was I —re *d
priadpri keeper, and in the presence of I
these men Alston waa murdered by El ward
Cox, a sub lessee under General Got don
ThU report mentioned by Mr. Norwood I
bears the date of December 10, 1878, and I
in three months Bob Alston was dead, hla I
life blood bespetnrng tbe very a-.rong box
of Georgia. Hn.picions, isn't it? Mrs.
Alston was correct in her fears, as reported I
by her hneband to the writer. Poor AUton I High ami Low Ceilings,
appealed to Governor Colquitt for pieteo- Front Popular Hctanc* Moetblr.
tion, yet he did not get it, and the poor I Booms with low ceiliuga, or with ceilings
fellow was shown tha fatal darger be incur-1 even witb tbe window lops, are more roa. i-
red by daring to tell the truth on the system, ly and completely ventilated than thorn
when he was honndwl into the Treasury with high ceilings. Tha leakage of air, which
and there shot down like a dog—no hand I is always going on, keeps all parts of tha
interfering to protect him from tho wrath air ifl motion in snch rooms, whereas if the
of Uipse infuriated lessees who bad been I ceiling U higher only the lower part of the
nneovered in the public prints. In tbU I air U moved, and an inverted lake of fool
report, thU fearful revelation with ao aad I and hot air Uleft floating in the space aitova
a finale. Col AUton aaya bnt two camp* the window tops. To have tha correata of
complied with the Uw, an i neither of those I fresh sir circulating only in tho
belonged to John B. Gordon. The horrors I lower porta ot the room while the up-
of the system yonr correspondent will not per portion of the air U left unaffected U
here reveal, but there were at that time really the worst way of ventilating-for tbe
twenty-Ave little children in those -nampa stagnant atmospheric lake under the ceiling,
born into a servitude and degradation that although motionless, keeps actively at work,
ia appalling to think about. If eonverient, under the taw of tbe diffusion of gases,
procure CoL Alston's letter of Docember I fooling the fresh currents circulating be-
21st, 1878, which appeared in tbe Conatitu- math it With low ctilinga and high win-
tion, and aee where a leasee U implicated in a I daws no snch arcumnlation of air Is poari
must horrible way. Yet CoL Lockett made I ble, for the whole height of the room U
1,290 bales of cotton that year with all the | swept by the currents as the dost of the
provisions and stock feed for hU convict I floor U swept with a broom. Low ceilings
camps with only on* hundred of thesra poor I have also the advantage of enabling the
•tretchee at work for him—(that U ! room to be warmed with leas expenditure
.. ... " in regard I of heat and le«a oost for fuel
A Honeysuckle 11.11,
From tits Boston G-zetto.
A “Honeysuckle boll” will, it is tail
given in London next month by tbs in
set of ludii s who gave the Rom till!
oeor and hnried defiance at tho I'mral
(Vales by blackballing three names that I
sent in. On this occasion the moat J
tho women will iw decorated witb tad
sprays of honeysuckle, and the M(b fl
hedges will be fotced to give up theirtrw
surea os liberally as tho garden* ud bl
houses did before. ThU namini i f
after a popular tlowcr is a *ag£M-d|
Newport, where a wall-flower brilsgstl
ba unsuitable aa an er couragxxe.11
fading rosebuds and dUappoisted ddl
antes. 1
Centenarian Mater*.
Mrs. Margaret Arnold, who was 1
Augusta county, Va., July 4, 1777, :* I
living in a remarkable atata of prestmi
in Ohio. She waa married eighty five }4
ago, and now Uvea with her jonugtitfl
who ia 72 years old, and spriehtlj I
young man. It is said Mrs. Arnold bn I
sisters Uving in Iowa, one of whom hi
and the other 10G years old, an srenpl
tho three of 199 years, and s total o! I
year*.
Ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, b I
Blaine to New York reporters.
Prom Kczcmn. Kars and M
Covered with Scabs and Sor«$
Cured by Cuticnrs.
My little ana. sued ri;ht years. ws> s*-»l
Rcz-?mao( the scalp, ami al time* agrr»t p
til* body, ever store be was two yes» j
dan to bis ear*, and extended to bu w l
became covered with scab# and *>r»a *“1
which a sticky fluid poured oxt, csiutM^
ltchinx and lifeless. rndetoMtb tbs—fj
skin wss raw, like a piece of b*?£.te«l
the hair came oat and was dwto*1
small patch wu left at the bock of tic
friends in Peabody knoee bow my W' 1 * \1
suffered. AI ni|(bt be would ccrateh bto
hi* pillow waa covered with blood. I
his hands behind him, »nd in mary VA - f * v K J|
prevent hi* scr»tchlny; but 1 w» no n*a t J
■cratch. I look him to tbe hospitalJ
physicians in Ptabody without *uclcm. t
time, e«>me friends, who bad been ccHlsJJ
tlrura P “redles, preval'ed opou me to rm
Ijegai. *• them on tM 14th of
^ an jx • '.very patticte of the •l'*'**!
Lcvtd. Srtlaipotrnp.
t-II thektjry of his fluflerin«(. UU
torr-d, and ts thtet end Jtnmt, u»d
tsran as any child’s ta *' e won** * J -
etunigh to expree* m> arati*ude for
cure by the CnUrura Krme-iiee, J
larly aflllcled to know that my ****2*Yu|
and without exs«{g*ration. l V d
Oct UM. l ’ t4W 7* 1
I have seen Mr. McKay** her whn beWfl
with tin* E- i-ua I b e*> anitifluH
1 know tbal be has trlM oar hsst
did all a father could do for artihOtoJB
availed nothing. I know that ti**“vjy
has made you as reaards the •***?„„, 2
your Outicura Bemtdiee are tro*
Bold evorywber*. Price: Cuttcara»J|
8«nd for “How to Cirr
m ^PIXS. Blackheads. '
Hunwra. use Cuttcure *»P;—
_ _ NO AGUE, OR PAHL O*‘UH
j3|\ Strain, or
jtebte io Hr *t*. 1 ctI