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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, MAY 15,1888-TWELVE PAGES.
■ lias the her, iron, and copper production; and even
i>e Chief Justice?
KE IS A COURTLY REPRESENTATIVE.
Alt Knavish mail's Idea of Phelps—A Itabtil
is the Senate—The Dignity of the
Ssjireme Court Judges Highly
Appreciated.
BpatUt Correspondence Macon Telegraph.
Wasimtr.TOX, May 4.—The nomination
of Hr. Phelps for the chief justiceship
fvsiilf a.fertile source of many-hued gos
sip. The feeling of the English official set
u not permitted to find expression, hut it
unot hard to see that it is in the minis
ter's favor. There is, of course, a strong
current in the opposite direction. From
mm English visitor! got an inside view of
the partiality shown to Mr. Phelps on the
•(her tide. He assured me that our rep-
nunafuiveholds a stronger position than
eves Mr. Lowell did. The latter owedliis
undoubted popularity to his literary emi-
oence- rather than to his political or diplo
matic klciU. L owell reigned in society
cather than in the official realm. While
tie had the good taste and tact to allow
tnevtcC pretty much their own way in the
raotiue work of his office, he man-
xged to conciliate the functionaries
with whom he had to deal by, in the first
tustauer, his reputation, and the next by
roesterv of the art of savoir faire. Mr.
Pfielp on the other hand had earned his
Praying for the Emperor
Ffe® the New Orleans Picayune.
1 here has been much nrarino j ,
earnest and devout, for
restoration of the alHicted
peror. A sensation was produced E
vnuoiur Minister toEngiimd; « Rif.MirssW.'a:
work. Once again in the downward ca- that they are [°*en<r h h c6Utn j |, y derstand that the prices of the lumber and ■ , **?“» calculations made by himself,
his people that it isconsideid, by them, a saU^ use are increased ^by the tariff,
again
rcer of liumanity law triumplis over grace,
Ladies have to’ make way for lawyers.
Virtue makes way for vice. All this Is
very sad. Philadelphia quakes with hor
ror at the reflection and its gallantry feels
galled. As if we had not more than
enough limbs of the law for our con-
sumption and far too few ladies
for our contemplation and con-
solatium Alas, delenda est Phila.
They have silenced now the tapping of the
dainty hammer rapping, and 1 lie soul of
art they’re sapping in grim Philadelphia.
But wait awhile. Wait till the gentle
Sullivan projects his boom towards the
city of squabs, then will revive the civic
sense of aesthetic fitness. The tappers
will be replaced by the sluggers, emboss
ing will be surpassed by black eyeing, art
work by nose decoration, and the sound of
revelry by night will more than atone for
the silence that reigns in the pretty prat
tlers’ deserted studio. Oscar Lynn.
nrivulege to shake his hand, ijd all nub- j while the Armours yet a rebate on tne salt »8 e of “»* persons living on a farm,
fie recent ions are largely atteilefl on.that they import to use in packing meats for 'Mr. Stewart showed that such a family
account He has one ccCentrjiiy, if yon export, and the Standard Oil Oompany j are taxed by the present tariff duties $136
call it by that name, and that is “kissing annually imports 20,000,000 feet of lum- i ®‘y ear i ln addition to all other taxes that
?he ymrng women.’’ Frequwly on pub- I her and gets back the full duty when it >ey have to pay and of course upon
lie occasions, like other greluen, he uses j sbif« abroad oil in casks made from this ^> r »y nd.tam for he ordinary com-1
this means of expressing lu, admiration . lumber, then Michigan farmers are consul- , !
that the escape prayed for wss e,Z*!
be by death, an interesting questi™
as to wliat is expected to lie acco» lt ,i
by the several c asses of those who
Those who believe in the compC
cacy of prayers, winch comply wi I, ci™
spiritual conditions required,would «
ly stop short of asking for a full Z”
and love^or thenobber'MX.I " I ersng whether the Tariff issucli a wonder- | The Mills bill, if it becomes a law, will
When quite a young maul e was mar- fnl thing as they had been led to believe. I reduce the burden by $98, without touch-
ried to Miss Fannie Hanriwn, of La While so many things seem to favor the , ul g. t,ie duties oil many articles of luxury
Grange Ga.. daughter of Hill A. Harral- Democrats in Michigan this year, the fact ; y r interfering ivitli any industry. Every
■ 1 ■ • ■ * mlier of the ; should not be overlooked that the Kepub- farmer in the countrj is therefore intee-
RESF ANGLED TIGHTS.
Women Who Wear Their Eyes Out String
ing Spangles.
From Ihe New York Evening Sun.
“There are four pounds of spangles on
that pair of tights."
As she spoke the costume-maker held
the glittering garment at arm’s length for
the repoi ter to examine. She was a little
woman, and the tights were evidently
made for some long-legged nymph of the
ballet, for the feet almost dragged upon
the ground. The garment was made of
coarse cotton stuff, uiid Was covered wiiii
wife and is universally Idled by her! State, and should Gen. Alger get even the I t: \ T from which he derives no benefit
friends and acquaintances. She is the : second place on the Republican ticket i whatever in return, and.which goes as a
mother of seven children, foiu boys and there will be a great expenditure of Re- i bonus into the pockets of men who do not,
three girls. Hugh H. Gordon a practic- publican enthusiasm. • The Republicans I lift a hand to tarn a dollar of that amount..
ing lawyer in Atlanta, Frank; who holds will renominate Gov. Luce, the represent- j No amount of argument or misrepresen- j
* •• • • , _A ative of the farmers, and with Senator j tation. or pleadiug for free whwky and;
Palmer and James McMillan in the field i free tobacco, can obscure the (tingle point;
for the Senatorial prize, there will be no .’that Mr. Stewart has presented sharply j
lack of money for campaign expenses. The { a ”d directly to the minds of the farmers ;
Democrats will probably nominate for I °f t* 1 ® United States. They cannot fail to-.
Governor either Congressman Fisher, of Ke ® wliat their past indifference to the tariff'|
Bay City, or Wellington R. Burt, of East question has cost them already, and where
Saginaw, and inasmuch as each is * mill- 1 their present and future interest lies. The j
ionaire, there should be no lack of funds ! °f the Mills bill means to each
on behalf of either ticket. j one °* them a saving of 90 a year. Each |
can decide for himself whether .hat sum is '
... .....—.... — -- fiat and shining scales somewhat smaller
IMMUion by his lawyer-like statecraft. He t i lall a g0 |,i d 0 |j a r. Each one of them was
as welcomed ns an eminent lawyer, he
is esteemed as a diplomatist of ihe ideal
type. In his various relations with offi
cialism and society Mr. Phelps has, if
aaytbing, strengthened the hands of those
who represent our toiintry at the Queen’s
Court. He is courtly without condescend'
fug one Inch from sturdy Democratic prin
ciple; business-like, a firm upholder of
oioper precedent and a strong man a!!
round. ’ The few public addresses he lias
civets on general topics have won for Mr.
Jr helps a higher respect in the world of
culture than is usually accorded to a mere
ly literary composition. This recognition
of Mr. Phelps us a refined scholar and a
thorough man of affairs explains the de
sire to retain him in London. So far as
it goes it is also high testimony to his fit-
ntas for the bench, which, it seems to be
generally conceded, he would adorn as
well as ’strengthen. But the politicians
have a big share in the settling of these
things; bo we must just wait and see what
' MINISTER, rilELra.
Some of the best English folk, and I no
tice that not a few of our own leaders fol-
b* <uiit, are talking pretty freely about
Sir. Chamberlain’s social ways. It was so
(unexpected a spectacle to find that a pro
vincial Briton, a merchant and a Republi
can to boot, could reallv be the gay and
folive “swell” he proved to lie. His staid
and dignified fellow-countrymen were just
*. little shocked at his friskiness, his par
in' gayeties, his boutomeres, his pinlc-of-
ptrfection tailoring and his remarkable ac
complishments as a dancer. The typical
British plenipotentiary is the very oppo-
posite sort of person. Perhaps the gain of
axial good fellowship was at the cost of
seat official dignity, though the exchange
«u apparently not without profit, to
judge by the criticisms of the fishery folk
<m the negotiations. Still, it wns an agree
able novelty to discover that political emi
nence does not necessarily divorce an Eng
lishman from the lighter graces of life.
The prayer of Rabbi do Sola Mendez in
the Senate has raised as much talk as if
Che learned divine had prayed a tariff
peayer. It ms the second time a Hebrew
minister had officiated, and lie accentuated
that fact in the following curious way. He
-spewed with these words: “Our Father in
beaten, aggrandized and hallowed be Tby
great name on earth. I stand before Thee
a mw of the deathless race which bath seen
the mightiest powers of old grow, prosper
wwd die In the midst of the chosen ones
sf this young nation, I humbly beseech
«W»-. .!■-!- * » »ss-
tots fully appreciated their good luck in
bavin; e an advocate who stands in so well
with the powers that be. This patronizing
introduction is just wbat they like.
Strangers always remark upon the im-
E wve dignity of the array of Superior
Supreme) Court judges. The severe
lality of the proceedings contrasts so
markedly with those of ordinary courts
that some people seem puzzled how to ac-
c-csnt for it. There is no disputing the
tmeL that tne use of their robes has an im-
wsense value in this direction. Only the
nbtr day a New York paper broke into a
wean of praise over the sight of the seven
judges of appeal now sitting in that city,
alt because of .htir silk gowns. This is
omly a new proof that there is more than
tweets the eye in the philosophy of clothes.
ft U easy to poke fun at the Presby
terian parson’s voluminous silk sleeves or
cat the Judicial robe, but in so far as they
-duwiaguiali the official front the every-day
wow they do a real public service. The
w wuqozted horse-hair wigs and scarlet
•doth gowns, trimmed with ermine, which
Itf ee the English judges their odd appear-
man, were originally devised with the idea
uS sinking the common-place man and bis
clethes to the idealization of Jiutice.
There was wisdom in the notion, and we
(mot only indorse it but act upon it in
«taiiunjr our soldiers, sailors and policeni
fastened by a separate stitch.
“How long did it take you to make
them?” asked the reporter.
“I did it in two days and a half, by
working late in vhe evening,” replied the
costume-maker. “And I got a dollar a
pound for the spangles; that is the regular
price A pound of spangles is a good day’s
work. It’s awful on the eyes. You have
to take up every one with the needle.
When you start a pound of spangles seems
a great’many, and the pile grows smaller
very slowly.’ It takes a deal of patience
to keep at it steadily. Some women can’t
stand it to work day and night on this
sort of thirig, and they don’t make much.”
The little woman was one of thirty who
have been employed on the fourth floor of
one of the theatres preparing costumes for
a new spectacular play. Silks and satins
have to be cut and trimmed along with the
mass of cheaper goods. There are piles of
beads and spangles, and an armory of
breast-plates, swords, helmits and shields.
It is surprising to learn how heavy are
some of the costumes in which the mem
bers of the chorus are expected to peram
bulate with sylph-like grace. The “sold
iers”—-of the Amazon variety—carry from
twenty to twenty-five pounds weight,, and
it will be a sweltering load as the weather
jrpia W*»» The glittering cpcctaclc that
delights the eye of the spectator is at the
price of hard work by the wearer and the
maker—especially the latter.
Theatrical costuming is let out by’ con
tract. One of the big men in the business
lias this job, and he Has the name of being
very exacting. The women must report
at 8 o’clock, and not only that, but they
must lie in their places ready at exactly
that hour. One minute afterward the
doors are closed, and the late arrival loses
a half day's pay. The regular price is Si
a day, thougli some especially good work*
era get more. They work till 6 o’clock,
with have an hour for lunch at noon.
When there is evening work to be done
them is allowance of half an hour for sup
per. Then the sewing goes on till 10
o’clock, mid the extra, evening hours count
for a half day’s labor. Half a day’s pay
is also added to the regular daily rate for
Sunday work.
One of the costumemakers told the re
porter that, although the work was trying
to the eyes and the patience, she would
rather do it than ordinary sewing, because
it required less care in the stitching. 1 he
said the prices for dressmaking and tailors’
work had been reduced to such a starva
tion point that the rates for costume work
could be considered good in comparison.
She was engaged in sewing innumerable
little gloss beads on a cotton jersey. It ie
almost as bad as spangle work, she says
and tlie regular price is $1 a day. The
beads are not put on in strings, hut each
one is fastened separately. Picking them
up one oy one is very trying la the eyes,,
especially in the evening.
Among the women who make their
scanty living by sewing on the spangles
and the beads are some who have seen bet
ter days. Among the thirty spoken of
above is one littleaM lady who used to do
a flourishing business in this eity yean
ago as a milliner and dressmaker. She is
72 years old now, and it fa a long time
since the days of her prosperity. She
works uncomplainingly and well for about
$*> a week.
GOVERNOR GORDON OE GEORGIA.
(Wasting life a Poor Hoy, He finally
Obtains the Highest Honors.
From the Sew York Press.
Atlanta, Ga., April 28.—John B. Gor
don, Governor of the State of Georgia, was
born at the Double Bridge, in Upson coun
ty, Georgia, in the year 1832. ills father
being a Baptist minister, the bringing up
of young Gordon was in strict observance
of the rules of that faith. lie first attend-
lu tuv avntSviu; neat mn itaint?I Minnie, tltui
afterward went to the University of Geor
gia at Athens, where he graduated with
honors.
His public life is well known to the peo
ple of this country. He is now in his 66th
year, and carries his age well. He is six
feet and two iuclies high and stands per
fectly erect, having the appearance of
much vigor. His military life has had
much to do with his erect form and manly
bearing. His eyes are of a dark brown,
set back under a high and intelligent fore
head, while his hair is black with streaks
of gray running through it. He goes neat
ly dressed in black, and is extremely po
lite to everyone with whom he comes in
contact.
The Governor's residence of brick is one
of the finest in Atlanta. Its position on
Peachtree street aflords a view unsurpassed
by any other private house in the city. It
stands in a small grove a few yards back
from the street, is surrounded with vines,
and upon one side is covered with the ivy
greens. Its interior is well planned and
adapted to the needs of public life. All of
its apartments are elegantly furnished,
only the finest materials being used. The
elegant carpets, rich marble and carved
mahogany beautify and almost lend en
chantment to the place.
To be Mr. Gordon’s house is to be at
home. His genial nature haa in it a kind
an important position in the law depart
ment of the national government at the
capital, Miss Fannie and Miss Carrie.
Miss Fannie is an accomplished young
lady, and has decidedly a literary turn.
In society she is a great favorite. Miss
Carrie has just entered society and lias
nil the accomplishments of her illus
trious parents. Three of the Governor’s
children have died—John B., Jf., Miss
Carolina and an infant. All of his chil
dren have had excellent oiiportnnies and
they have made the most of them. Hngh
and Frank were educated at the Univer
sity of Georgia, while Mi-s Fannie and
Miss Carrie graduated at Lucy Cobb.
Governor Gordon is a Presbyterian and
all of his family belong to that denomina
tion. He is liberal in Ins church views,
and often attends services of other denom
inations. He is not a rich man. In fact,
he is a man of limited means He has
made several large fortunes, hut his gener
osity has always got the best of him, and he
has spent money about ns fast ni he made
it. His salary as Governor of tiro State of
Georgia is otilv $3,000 per . year. This
amount is by far too snail to
meet the demands and requirements of
the gubernatorial office. He cannot begin
to live on it. At present he hat a large
farm upon which he draws to sipplement
his salary, and this is the only muree of
revenue he has. He does • not get more
than $2,000 or $3,000 per amum from
that. His total income will no- amount
to over $5,000 a year.
life *— ’ ~
Iiis iile has beep ^an evertlul one..
Starting in life a poor «coilntryJioy, he
has had the highest Minors hs people
could give him, first by sornliiq him to
the United States Senate, thm to the
governorship. He was oonsidertl one of
the best generals in the late rar, anil
served the Confederacy with muc. useful'
ness and honor to himself.
Semi-Centennial of Atlantic Steam Lines, j worth saving.
From the New York Journal ol Commerce. j There have been much longer speeches
We have often replied to correspondents ; on the tariff delivered at this session of |
as to the first Bteamer which crossed the ’ Congress than that of Mr. Stewart, but:
Atlantic* This was the Savannah, which . none, perhaps, has presented the farmers’ j
m 1819 sailed from the Southern port for, caee more tersely or more convincingly!
which she was named, for Russia, touching than his. The facts and figures he dealt \
at England on her way. On her return | with are precisely ihosc which every farm- j
she came directly from St. Petersburg to er should have placed before him and kept i
New York in twenty-six days. The first before him, and we shall take pleasure In j
steamer to leave Great Britain for this . presenting them more in detail when the '
country was the Sinus, a vessel of 700 tons, ■ full report of his speech is received.
which sailed from Cork on April 4, 1838.
The Great Western, 1,340 tons, sailed from | An Ohio Hlaekgunrd Abroad.
Bristol on April 8. Both steamers arrived j From the Marietta Journal,
in New York on April 23, the Sirius in the • A man, representing himself to be a wr- J
morning and the Great Western in the ! respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-'
afternoon. What a history of ocean navi-; Gazette, one day last week, wished to enter '
gation is comprised in these fifty years! a-special coach on the Marietta and horthj
TIIE CHANCES IN MIC II It AN.
YYill There bo Another EuilonJand Con.
Don Dickinson Carry xoi.-/
Special to the -iv , v or.v jL,. jt, i .
u rr.ior. Itl'«W5j’2 1 rtVlFdl |,01!T-
ical gossip places Michigan In file doubt
ful c lumn for the first time dm-. . .. n (
Fremont, the first Republican candidaje
for the Presidency, carried the State by
nearly twenty thousand majority. Fojr
years ago the Democrats and Greenback '
made np a fusion ticket, with Clevelai
and Butler electors. Mr. Blaine’J majoit-
ty over this ticket was only 3,3(p' votif
whereas Garfield carried the State
nearly 18,000 and Hayes by 25,<100. I
sides the fusion ticket there Was
straight Butler vote, which red-.iced
Blaine raaiority 2.500. Then eftne
18,000 Prohibitionists to change the ii-
publican majority into a plurality
During the past four years hWt fewer
than 35,000 new voters have been added
to the rolls. This is a moderate Istimkte
on the basis of the normal increasd during
the last fifty years. Considering. tHe cliso-
ness of the latest Presidential contest! it
U a nice question as to who will gel ticse
new votes. When it is remembered that,
whereas four years ago the eledtitn of
Cleveland seemed to the eonseskatl#!peo
ple of Michigan a rash step, iw retail of
that election has been not alone to jdlay
suspicion of the Democrats but 11 give
general satisfaction to the great nizis of
the people of the State, it is. fair :o sup
pose that the Democratic party mint gam
more than half the new voters.
Then, too, the fact that an aggroMve set
of Republicans in Federal nTfirwi have
given way to an equal number of hi
means idle Democrats must be con-tiered.
“If Mr. Dickinson plays his cardsnDh anv
sort of shrewdness,” people say..'fe will
win the'game.”
What sort of a game {■ it?; In '.to first
place, Mr. Dickinson haa a weak tartner
in what is known as tbs Greenb:ic4 party.
Their very name is a misnomer, 1 Jr there
is no longer any controversy . jer the
greenback. Numerioally they ale not
many, but to the Democrats the’v are prob
ably that saving remnant necessary] to in
sure success. Had the Democrats tecured
their votes at the spring election -1 1885,
the State would have gone Democratic.
One of the best cards now in the ^Demo
cratic hands is the German vote, .which
since the recent bmiernnA. T.-u-rlnn !,v
The Great Wo tern soon after her arrival,
while anchored off Castle Garden, gave a
banquet on board to a number of invited
guests (incinding the editors
of this paper) in honor of
the new service. The same day Mr. E. K.
Collins, afterwards the founder of the Col
lins Line, had a spirited discussion with
Mr. David Hale, one of the founders of
the Journal of Commerce, as to the future
of the ocean traffic. Mr. Collins was run
ning the Dramatic Line of. sailing ships
between New York and Liverpool. “Look
out,” said Mr. Hale, “or yourgreat Liver
pool liners will have to give up to the
coining steamers. These pioneer ships are
going to-revolutionize the carrying trade
of the country.” “Never,” replied Mr.
Collins^ “Our sailing ships have the lead
n this business- and will keep the trade
lown to the end of time.” The discussion
i'll zed warm, and many .others took part
in l f , tost Of them aiding with Mr. v'ol-
lins. But however unlikely it seemed to
the old mariners of that day,, the predic
tion has been fully verified.
During the last fiscal year of all the im
ports coming by sea to this country $538,-
858,770 came in steamers, and only $127.-
901,571 by sailing vessels. Of all the ex
ports to-foreign ports, $53Si204,385 went
ov steamers, and only $158)580,180 by all
classes of vessels under sail. We had
looked for soire notice from the maritime
organizations ot this city on the fiftieth
birthday of the ocean steam trade, bnt we
suppose the tact that mnsl of this business
is now done under the foreign Hag has put
a damper on the spirit ofi festivity. The
Cunard lino sent out its firat steamer, the
Britannia (1,350) tons) from Liverpool
July 4, 1810. Perhaps the enterprising
owners will keep, the semi-contennia! of
that event when the day shall dawn. The
business has-been to them, a mine o f wealth,
not vet exhausted.
Georgia railroad, which had been locked '
and kept in reserve for officers of the road |
and others who were going ont that morn-
g-
This man became very indignant, ai- !
thougli there were other coaches for his |
accommodation. He turned loose a stream |
of profanity that scorched:and biislered ail i
rules of refinement and politeness. He j
was reminded that his conduct wns repre- [
hensible arid he was liable tk be ar-1
rested for using p.ofane language in -
the presence of. fomalfrs who were'
near by. It didn't soothe his feelings at
all. He said that his father helped Gen
eral Sherman burn this blasted village and
another tour of devastation ought to be
taken by General Sherman again. We
learn that he was very insulting in his
language and was terribly pat out that
the special eoaeh had- not been turned
over to his use. Ho boarded the train
and went to the mountains, am)on his re
turn he was-arrested and tried by the
mayor for using profane language and
disorderly conduct. He was-Sued $5 and
cost. He leitnud said, he was going to
write the towu.up in his peculiar venacu-
lar.
Tho llalio of AnilersonvUle-
\V. F. In Americas Republican.
Here m an incident ut the lute war that
has never been published, but which,
nevertheless, is deserving o' a.place in his
tory. When Anderaonville prison was
swarming with the hordes of filthy, .dirty
and dying p boners confined therein, it
was the custom of many of the ladies of
Americus to go there daily to see their
husbands and brothezs who. were detailed
*o watch over them. It was on one of
these visits that Captain Wbtz, command
ant of the post, called one of the ladies
aside and told her that he “had something
to show her.” Following him to a small
tent just oatside the prison, walls, she theie
beheld might thatshe never forgot. Lying
upon a xmde couch was a pretty black-eyed
since the recent temperance legislation by
tlie Republicans has gone over to tlii Dem
ocrats. On the other hind, the Republi
cans a* a party have not yet so committed
themselves to. the temperance issue as to
cut into the Prohibitionist, ti.. nl..»»»
wav in which Dickinson turned tho Re
publican indecision into a stampede of
that party at the Detroit municipal elec
tion shows that thb card is one whose
strength the Poslmaster-Geniral wdll
knows. If tho Prohibitionists place Gen
eral Fiske at the head of their ticket he
will get a larger vote than St. John re-
ceiveti; for he in well known and well
liked in Michigan, and here, at least, the
Republican story of a champagne supper
which the General gave some newspaper
boys will not be believed.
H i* not to be supposed that Mr. Dickin
son will have absolutely clear sailing in
his own parly. There is still soreness
among the members of the ohl ('jngres-
sional syndicate, which, after Cleveland
was elected, organized to parcel out Michi
gan offices, but which was so absolutely ig
nored that it speedily went into bankrupt
cy,and in time most of its members were
retired to private life. Then, too, there
u a class of Democrats who are greatly
disturbed lest the Federal office I,olde. - shall
take too active a part in State imlitics and
that the State slate shall be made up in
Washington. These men object to office
holders or their near relatives going to St.
Imuui as delegates, saying that the Michi
ganDemocracy can take (-are of itself.
President Cleveland’s tariff .....save
meets with less opposition than might be
expected in a State devoted to salt lum-
Northern woman with a week old bubo
upon her arm. This babe was born in.
Andereoauille prison.
The Americus lady accosted the poo#
woman politely, and from her own lips
heard her queer story which was vouched
for by her husband, a bronzed, broad-
shouldered Ohioan who (at mar her, as
well as by Captain Wir z. Her husband’s
gunboat, upon which she happened! to be
at the time, was captured by the Confed
erates upon some western river, and to
save her from possible insult he made her
go below and put on s full suit of cloth
ing. Thus attired, she was sent with the
other prisoners to Andersonvilta, no one
•u)i|iu*iug uuv that she was a man, and it
was not until her babe waa born did her
husband tell the secret to the commandant
It is needless to say that the poor little
Yankee brat waa soon decently rigged out
in “rebel’ ’ beby clothes, and that the moth
er was the recipient of every kind uttecr
tion while she remained there. This is no
“fairy tale,” but an event that will he
vouched for by dozens here who are as
familiar with the history of the case as
myself.
A .Sunday Night Wedding.
From the Carrollton Times.
.Sunday evening a young couple alighted
at the Commercial House and went in.
The boys snuffed fun in the air, and soon
some fellow ascertained the young folk’s
wishes. They had come from Haralson
county, probably to escape irate parents,
and wanted to get married. Mr. Jim Hill,
who is the hero of all such occasions, went
over after Judge Brown, who came and Is
sued the desired papers to the couple. The
services of Judge Richards were obtained
to tie the nnptial knot, and he, with quite
an anxious crowd, repaired to the Com
mercial House to see the waiting and
much happy pair made one. Mr. Hill
gave the Judge the license, and after he
adjusted his spectacles he joined Mr. Will
iam 8. Miller and Miss Fannie Gober, of
Buchanan, Haralson county, in marring.-,
and made their hearers beat as one.
tion to health as the ■ object m 08t
sired in the premises. It ia pessibl. ,
there are others who are convinced it
is useless to battle against the inevitsi
that there is no hope of being able to
the ravages of a disease which seem.'
curah e, and that since the imperial
ferer must die, his friends can onlr
press a wish for his early release 'tl
considerations suggest much that u
esting in regard to the relation i e tw
the spiritual conditions involved j„
petition and the temporal and mite,
nature of tlie objects sought.
These subjects would scarcely call
observation from the secular prem if
necessity for prayer and the obligati*
pray were not declared to be matlen
universal application as well as o( ri
importance in all conditions of l, u ,
life. If. as appears in the present««,
human knowledge, everything in the n
verse, spiritual and material, operate)
cording to laws, it might be laid dowi
a canon of faith that prayer should o
lie offered for that whieli is conformab)
such laws. In the absence of knovl,
as to the limitation of those lam
praters made with a line sense of such
vironment should preserve a tone i
mien of reverence and resignation mini
witli a faith that all that would be ri
and proper in the premises would bed
and only that much would be expected
In view of the arrogance of acias
persons who claim to be able to cure
diseases by the operation of prayer,
faith, and who take money for tlielrf
fessional services, it might not betoom
to ask that some plain and ddinile m
ment of. the limitations of dutyaud|
priety in respect to prayer should be n
for general edification by those who
be authorized and competent to do so.
is not for us to question tlie elficac;
proper petitions to the Supremo itein
tlie extent of restoration of the sic
health, or even of the dead to life; but
charlatanism which loudly parades
ability to exert such saving ’influence
divine power and demands money for
vices in ihe premises, should be rebut
These montebnnks have established
some of the cities prayer cure as a prt
able industry,.to the scaudal if the fa
that the entire Ghnstiau norm -
holy and sacred thing.
Two Scenes.
From the Pl Tadelphia News.
While a Philailelnhla posh of the Grand
Army of the Republic was sheering the
widow and , a comrade of a Confederate
general, in recognition of the fact that the
war is at an end) two Senators nf the
United Mates were Imr'lng epithets nt
each other’s heads in Washington, and de
bating tile question whether or not one of
the Senators referred,, twenty six yenrs
ago, to Union soldiers as “Lincoln dogs
and hirelings,”
The contrast lietwc-en the two scenes is
too matked to pries without comment. In
the one instance die participants were cele-
bratingcalm peace; in the other they were
engaged in creating partisan politics by
appeals calculated to inflame every pas
sion.
Which of tliese twe. scenes is the on#
that ‘he people prefer to witness? We be
lieve.that all the people will say to tite
fiery.fienaiorsdn H’avhington, “fitiil in thy
rtghz hand carry gentle peece.”
!!n» Anybody Se«n lier?
From the (War town Advertiser.
Mr |tost master b'edar town GorgjGa i
vf*nty..u toplease N'otise for this woman
here hair ia-shiufiie short she a fat CUtilly
woman slic-a bout, five feet and haii high
and she wore Ear rinG and she is-a dish
Mouth woman i want you pleas in. quire
»f Every buddy you see if thare are such a
woman ia that place her namo is Mary
Jape Uhriston and she has parted for or
five different men ami they wife they are
fifty dollars re ward for her and-1 want to
No if she in that plase so she is from
wajkcr County Ala she kill ono of her
Childian and Gave the other away in tin
Clear Conty Ala so Can telliyou that she
No manner *r Count in World But foe
trouble so t wout write my name tell tie
Next-time i will give you time to look
round so i will close for this time i want
you. to _pny a Good attcasion to what i
haw said to Mr postmaster
A Shot from Tennessee.
From the Nashville Democrat.
The Tribune, cf Roar*, pilule ill paraiiei
columns the names of Georgia counties,
which have declared for tariff refocm and
those which maintained opposite views.
Tlie Ibt of tariff reform counties stretches
out a yard lorg, more or less, while in the
other column midway between two dreary
wastes uf blank and staring white appear
tlie counties of Clayton and Lumpkin.
The Tribune in the same issue notes that
the treasurer of Lumpkin county is short
in his accounts $37,000. It seems that the
erring official made a practical test of the
Republican idea of political economy, but
the Lumpkin county grand jury, through
ingratitude or stupidity or some other
cause, presented him with an indictment
like an ordinary criminal.
It I'llJS,
From the Carrollton Times.
Talking about valuable land and land
that pays its owner we doubt if there is a
plat in the county of its size' that pays
more than the small plat belonging to Col.
Watt Wells, situated between his buggy
house and dwelling. There is nearly a
quarter of an acre in the plat and Watt
says he realizes $30 a year from it. lie
says be has been offered $25 a year rent
for the small plat. Col. Wells lias taken
particular pains with this patch and lie
realizes more from it than some do from
five acres. It pays lo give good attention
to your laud.
A LETTER OE JOHN WESLEY.
Ills Strmig. I’l-Ute,t Against the War on
Americans In 1775.
Special Cable Dispatch to. the Evening Star-
London,,May 3.—The Historical Mai
scripts Commission have unearthed! dr
ly interesting letter of John Wesley to i
Earl of Dartmouth, formerly secretary
tlie colonies, protesting in eloquenl, p
sionate terms again it the American v
dated June 14, 17)75. “AH my pre
dices,” ho says, “are against the Americ
for I. uni a high ohurchman. bred fr
chi)dhipd in the highest notions of pss
obedience and non-resistance, yet I can
help thinking, if I think at all, an
pressed people have asked nothing in
than their.legal rights, and this ini
modest anil inoffensive manner, invh
cose.l would allow them; but waiving
considerations of right or wrong, is it o
moil sense to use force against the Am
cans? ’ Then he goes on to speak of
dangers to-be apprehended from an stti
from abroad on Ireland, while ill
available British, forces are engaged
America*.and draws a parallel between
time ut which he was writing and
periodo/ the English rebellion as regi
the dearness of provisions, the deprtM
of trade, hatred of the poor for the r
and concludes with the impressive exl
tation s“Remember Hehoboam; remem
Phillip II; remember Charles theFin
Crimhml by HU Homes
Loudon, Moj> 8.—As Mr. Mahlon Ssi
an American, was starting out for a ride
Rotten How lut evening nis horse fell
rolled upon Uni. Mr. Bauds was remove
St. George’s Hospital, where he died
hours after the accident. His wife is# n
of the American banker, Mr. LeviP. Mart
Kiisley Sale Postponed.
IIiRMrwr^vAM. Ala., May 8.—The- •»>'
lots at Ensley has been postponed till furt
nttlce.
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