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HITCH ADO ABOUT NOTHfflG
THE story of a queer flag at
TH half mast.
tTiu Sot tlie Flag of tlio Union IJnt
, p«rlu For n Urnotlmil Joke
Which .Provoked Serious
Remarks.
j.- a r ten long ycxrs Mr. J. J. Clay his
l{Id the itioa ns city sexton, but on
Tuc'ilsy night the new city council elected
successor.
y r ofay has several friends who love a
rlctical joke, “ud at a late hour that
Jrening they hit upon a plan to show that
nt | cm an ho if deeply his admirers sym
pathis'd with him ih his defeat.
To that end a few leading spirits gath-
(rt-,1 together at a down town restaurant,
, n d securing a nondescript flag, marched
0 p to Mr. Clay’s residence, bstween Mul-
j,. rr y and Spring streets, to condole with
him-
Their efforts were in vain. Repeated
kneckk at thq door of hie residence and
| om l calls failed to wake him from his
slumbers, and Anally the little party were
forced to decamp.
>'ot so, however, before they had carried
flie dig 10 ih® nearest telephone pole and
mounting the irou brackets, had fastened
it at half mast to one of the wires, fully
{fteeu feet from the ground.
Th s heing accomplished, the practical
jokers disbanded and sought their couches
it an early hour yesterday morning.
It was 9 o’clock before Mr. Clay reached
lis office, on Mulberry street, after visit-
j, ? the cemetery by a route which did not
Kveal the banner to him.
Every one on his way greeted him with
t siuile and chuckle, which he could not
riderstand. At last, one more intimate
tiuu the others took him to one side and
said: “Old fellow, the boys left a dug up
u your house at half-mast last night as a
tok’fn of tbeir regards. They wanted a
speech from you but you could not be
moused. Kvery one who lias come down
that way has seen it, and look out for a
general laugh today. It is a rich joke and
tskea well.”
Mr. Clay, understanding the matter,
join'd in the laugh, and nothing more was
said of it.
One of those who passed by the flag,
however, did not think it was intended fur
Mr. Clay; in fact, he failed to notice it
closely, only seeing the blue field, with
thiriyeigh stars, hanging at half-mast
and upside down.
Naval rules say that this would have
meant distress, but that had no effect upon
the gentleman who, livings quarter of a
mile away, was forced to pass underneath
it on his way to the city.
!i was Mon. Emory ripeer, judge of the
United States court, »nu he looked upon
the bunting as an indignity and an insult
to the American people. He was indig-
nint, ami, on opening the court, he ad
dressed the bar assembled as follows:
, “The presiding judge, on the way to the
ccurt room today, was deeply pained to
leethat some persons, probably idle or
drunken, had huug a large flag of our
country, “union down,”,on n telegraph
pole directly in the pathway of the pre-
•ding judge from hi; residence to the
court room, ami where hundreds of people
could «ee it. .Such occurrences as this are
exceedingly' injurious to our portion of the
vuuiry* alley are exceedingly unjust to
nr people. 1 hey are, I am sure, not in
oujisthy with such actions. I do not be-
eve there are any more devoted andearn-
ut people on earth in tbeir resolntion to
spport the laws and institutions of our
Minion country than the masses of our
outlie n people, and I have so declared
otny limes. But a circumstance of this
ind should be at once deprecated and
ndtmned by every well-thinking man in
ie country. The only effect of such an
it is to create abroad a character for the
niithern people that they do not deserve,
ad to anger thousands of patriotic men
kronghout the country. Upon reaching
« court huildiug, on consulta
nt! with the marshal, the judge
rnd the marshal, both of whom are ox-
oofederate soldiers, determined to rescue
«!lag from its position so humiliating
atiue American citizens, and it has been
lone by the marshal, "Col. Lamar, and the
urihal of his own notion will run It tip
* this building in order to signify as far
• potsible our respect for the American
faion and our gratitnde for ail the bless-
•litconfers upon us. I mention this
■utumitance in order that all good people
•t" have the interest in our common
and for the continuance of love
liberty and all those blessings which
JWT >nd who hope to prevent aoy-
Ul »gUke severe or unfortunate results to
w country in the future at once may
oMetnn the action of those people who
jould give such a deliberate insult to the
•I of our country, and therefore to the
®Pw of the country. I do not doubt
M Jo* good people will condemn it when
“ haown, and that those who hear it
? 10 condemn it.”
The flag was boro displayed, and many
press ion* 0 f indignation were shown by
« gentlemen present in the court room. A
_ “* *»s taken, it was closely examined
V^jttyone, and the trophy was much ad-
U P \v-. l . h :i reaise “ ljliD 8 le court,
i,"aaomgton Dessau of the Macon
“•toee and said:
-J *jr jh please your honor, during the
which the court lias just taken I
lnirs i en . occ **ion to obtain from ths
tom th" upon the court, nud
- I e other gentlemen present, an ox-
«»« opinion concerning the matter
, *“**“ your honor so eloquently
1 f le opening of the court this
We I* clceire to state that I
n«en informally requested to ex-
,5 the court that all the gentle-
.1? Iear ! 1 jour honor desire to
to » he ,.P a lriolic sentiments which foil
„ BoSii l ***’ an< * orJer that we may
i* positive and unmistakeable expres-
i, e ? °" r eAlimenta ami of the faith we
tt ». k 1 ’ we desire to ask your honor
w ”.“ permitted to join with the
ih» in the ceremony of
the U„ned .States flag over the
< Gilding. We have the brawn
j, tl | *”* ,0 he ot good service in that
iuwl- Pcepose to render our as-
d nii*l cheerfully and patriotically;
>l ( lf ,T*l >e e|*Ily desire that it shall go
util, .* whole country that we
'■*/ bderate the sentimenla ex-
•Soii’h h e conr, i that the people of
n U,, 00 object of dearer vtnera-
it ik. « ? "'Hof our common country.”
*or tk. 1 *• '*5? ° 7 Mr. Dessau’s speech, his
■tth, ths har and jurv, and said
'mat,, 1 , ai should lie consulted in
t >nd arrangements perfected for
the time and method of raising the in
jured flag.
This being over, the bnsiness of the day
was taken up and at adjournment, a meet
ing was held tu arrange for the occasion.
It was finally decided that on opening
court this morning, the ceremonies should
commence, with set speeches and finally
ending with the furdrij of the Hag to the
breeze, from the flagstaff over the United
Slate court room.
Should this ceremony take place this
morning, which lias not its pi'ralle in
this country, it will bathe raising of i
flag, which no more belongs to the United
States, than it does to Germany. An error
baa been made and it is now probably too
late to rrmed f it. There will lie a crowd
present to witness the sight and for their
benefit, a diagram of the captured flag is
given below. ’
SHOT DOWNIXCOIJ) BLOOD.!
lit VNIJ.ll A SMOKK Hot'sK stilt..
TAYLOR KILLS ROBSON AND CONE
NEAR SANDERSVILLE.
B——«
■H————
The flag is a large one. It is made up
in a new and oiiginal style and a reward
is out for the person who can tell to what
nation it really does belong.
The upper portion of the flsgj, which is
G feet in width and 8 in length, is made of
blue hunting, on which are sewed thirty-
eight white stars. The,blue field stretches
ncrors the entire face.
Underneath come three white and three
red bars, and the new arrival is complete.
In his harry Judge Speer failed to note
this important diflerence, and it seems
many share in liis mistake.
The cpisodeVias much commented upon
in the city yesterday evening, when the
facts became known and a general laugh
was indulged in on all sides.
The error was a funny one and caused
much merriment, but the flag of the nation
as yet remains Bale and unsullied.
KILRAIN’S I!LUFF.
Ha Falls to Cover Sullivan's Rig .Deposit
and .Journeys West.
From tbo New York Herald of Sunday.
The attempt to cover the f5,000 deposit
of John L. Sullivan at the Clipper office
yesterday by the backers of Juke Kilrain
has the appearance of a gigantic bluff. The
gentleman introduced by Mr. Clark, the
superintendent of Mr. Richard K. Fox’s
establishment, as Kichnrd Kowe is not
known to the sporting fraternity, and it
was the belief of those present that he was
simply an agent employed to represent
Mr. Fox. Mr. Kowe produced a docu
ment which Mr. Colvin of the Clipper
read, hut did not make known its contents
to the press.
THEY HAD THE MONEY,
It looked as though the Kilrain party
meant bnsiness when the supposed backer
lianded Mr. Colvin an envelope containing
$5,001) in crisp new bills. It was counted
ovtrcarefnlly and replaced in the envelope,
when a demand was made that almost took
away the Clipper man’s breath. He was
asked to give a receipt for the money. It
was an unbusinesslike proposition, as a
receipt is seldom given for a deposit of
stako money.
Mr. Colvin was both surprised and
offended, and indignantly replied: “I can
not give yon a written receipt. Wo never
give receipts for money deposited witli us
under these circumstances.” They tried
to blarney him with the promise that they
would keep the matter a secret, but Mr.
Colvin would have none of it, and only
replied:
“A perfectly Ignorant man in such mat-
teis might he excused, hut a gentleman
like Mr. Clark, who is in the Police Ga
zette office every day of his life, whero de
posits of the same nature are constantly
being made, should Yertainly know how
the business is conducted.”
IT LOOKS LIKE A BLUFF.
To one not interested it had the appear
ance of a gigantic scheme to draw the
Clipper people into a trap that would lead
to the breaking up of the whole affair.
“The Sullivan party left their money on
deposit in trust, and why should the Kil-
ram people demand any more safety for
their portion of tlie f,rfeit money,” re
marked nn old-time sport.
Mr. Colvin was very decided, and would
not listen to any argument concerning a
receipt, but sternly said: 'T don’t care
anything about that. It ie not our custom
and 1 cannot do it. The Sullivan party col
no receipt. The fact of the deposit will
he duly chronicled in the papers, and that
is all the receipt we give.”
Then at the request of the Kilrain rep
resentatives their $5,000 waa refunded.
DID THEY MEAN FIOIIT?
It is the general impression among
sporting men that the Kilrain party did
not mean business, and it was expected
that they would lake up some means of
crawling'out of the match. Therefore' no
one was surprised when it was noi-cd
about town in the afternoon that this un
reasonable demand had been made and
that the Kilrain party hail depa ted with
a big chain attached to their money. Some
of the leading sporting men simply smiled
and said: “It is another Canada fizzle.”
Neither Mr. Clark nor the mysterious
Mr. Richard Rowe wouod say any tiling re
garding the document presented to Mr.
Colvin, prior to making the $5,000 deposit
with attring to it. They seemed to think
that as long as the maten was not madeiu
accordance with it there was no necessity
of mentioning its contents.
While Mr. Colvin did not show the
document to me, he admitted that it was
largely made up of a denial of Sullivan’s
claim >0 the title ot champion ot the
world and a counter claim of that honor
for Kilrain. .
$10,000 TOO MCCn MONEY FOIt KILRAIN.
It was also intimated that the original
amount of $10,000 was to he cut down to
$5,000 a side, or $10,000 in all, and that
Kilrain, as the ihampion and holder of
the “diamond studded gold championship
belt,” shonld ho permitted to name the
time and place of the fight. There must
tie some mistake about this last clause,
however, as both Mitchell and Kilrain re
cently told me that they were willing to
allow Sullivan the sivtnvmhs he aiked
for, although they would much prefer
having the battle take place in four
months. Their idea on Thursday was to
cover the deposit yesterday and meet
somewhere after their return from the
West, when they could talk the matter
over and make tlie final arrangements.
It is the general belief that the money
was put up very reluctantly by Mr. Fox,
and that he is exceedingly anxious to step
down and outaa gracefully as be possibly
can without injuring himself or his paper.
1IOK.S FORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE,
For^Abnaef ot Alcohol.
It relieves the depression therefrom.
"oi Under the Inlluence of Whisky nt
the Time-Apparently no Cause for
the Deed -The Murderer Delles
the OMcors.
Sandkhsvillb, Dec. 20.—[Special.]—
A bloody tragedy occurred at Taylor’s
ginnery, in the northern portion of this
county, on yesterday afternoon.
It seems that one Jacob Mathis had
mortgaged a hog to Dr. J. A. P. Robson,
and after ward told the hog to Bobo Tay
lor. The parties met at the ginnery on
yesterday, and Robson said to Mathis that
ho had acted rascally.
Taylor asked if he meaut to cast any re
flections on him.
Robson said: “No, you have nothing to
do with it.”
Taylor, heing unde the influence of
whisky, drew his pistol and fired, shooting
Robson just underneath the ear.
FELL AND DIED.
As Robson turned Taylor fired again,
striking him in the back. Robson fell and
expired immediately.
W. I. Cone, who wss standing near Rob
son and who, it is said, apprehending
throuhle had attempted to get Robson oil',
turned to leave when the firing began, hut
Taylor after finishing Robson fired on
Cone, striking him in the back, and the
ball, it is thought, ranging upward is
lodged in his brain.
Cone has been vomiting blood, and Dr.
R. G. Hone, who was called in, has no
hope of his recovery.
Taylor has not been arrested, and it is
said refuses to he arrebted. A party of
men went in search cf him last night
but . the result is not yet
known here.
THE MURDERER’S RECORD.
Taylor was tried a year or so ago lot
disturbing worship at a camp meeting,
having fired off a pistol on’ the grounds
and otherwise acted in an indecent manner.
He was defended and acqui ted on the
ground oi insanity.
Dr. Robson leaves a young wife and two
children, He was a brother of J. A. Rob-
son, formei representative and tax collec
tor of this coney. Cone'has a wife and
children.
Bose Taylor is a son of John Taylor, one
of the best citizens of the county. When
sober he is clever enough, but when under
the influence of whisky he is regarded as a
dangerous man. Ail the parties are from
good families and are well connected.
Wllkluson County l*rlm<tr/.
Irwinton, Dec. 20.—[Special.]—Follow
ing is the result of the Wilkinson primary
for county officers: it. F. Carsweii, ordi
nary; JohnT. Hughs, clerk; L J. Foun
tain, sheciff; Joel T. Pierce, tax collector;
N. W. Hughs, receiver; G. R. Butler,
treasurer; W. B. Kihrige, coroner; J. T.
Branan, county surveyor.
Double IVrcMtug at Grnntville.
Grantville, Dec. 20.—At 2:30 o’clock
Tuesday evening, in the Methodist church
at this place, Rev. J. B. S. Davis of New-
nan officiating, I’r. Simmsof Alabama and
Miss Ola Arnold of Grantville, and Dr.
Humphries of Alabama and Miss Dormer
Simms of Grantville, were married.
I.lttlc-Spler at VViuller.
Wadley, Dec. 20.—Rev. M. R. Liltlo
and Mrs. Julia Spier, at the residence of
the father of the bride, were united in
matrimony by the Rev. Mr. Walker this
morning, and left for Cartersville.
nnnitlton-Blackman at Iteynolds.
Reynolds, Dec. 20.—Mr. J. H. Hamil
ton and Miss Asa Blackman were married
at the residence of the bride's father Tues
day night.
UK FAINTED IN' COURT.
While Charley liopkins Wan Maxing an
Argument He Fell Unconscious.
Atlanta, Dec. 20.—[Special.]—This
morning Charley Hopkins, son of Judge
John L. Hopkins, while making an argu
ment in the city court, had a fainting
spell. He fell to the floor and remained
unconscious for some time. As soon as he
recovered he was carr.ed to his home in a
carriage.
OLD LIMERICK ARRIVES.
Old Limerick, well known all over the
state^is hack Id Atlanta. A few days ago
ho reached this city from Macon, and said
that he wanted to (go to Gainesville, and,
as usual, he w-s without funds. A ticket
was purchased and Limerick was sent to
Gainesville. This morning he returned
to Atlanta, with a card on his bsck, upon
which was neatly printed: “To Atlanta.
Returned, with thanks. Gainesville.”
MKEriNO OF CKN THAI. STOCK II OLD Fit
Tlior Meet In Svvantinh Toilaj—The New
Government Ilultillnc.
Favannaii, Dec. 20.—[Special.]—^he
annua! meeting of the Central railroad
stockholders is called for tomorrow. Many
of them are in the city now. AH of the
hotels are well filled and the boarding
houses are putting two beds in a room,
'ihe stockholders bringdown their families
on their stock certificates and do their
Christmas shopping.
There has not been a quorum of stock
holders present at an annual meeting for
heteul jcain. “itniucni Alexander, wiio
has been in New York is expected in the
morning.
A le ter was received today by the Cot
ton Exchange from the supervising archi
tect of the treasury announcing that work
on the public building wi I begin next
week. It wss not ex: ected that anythiog
would bo done before spring.
ANOTHER IIUKULABY AT TKN'JilLLK.
Urvviiue Offllceiji U:«iil Moou a bluer'— 0**0-
diiiuii of Willi* mul RobltiNu".
Cochran, Dec. 19.—[Special.]— Revenue
Deputies Cabaness and Clepienls me in-re
yesterday morning. They had brin'd tint
there were probably rome illicit stilli be
ing operated in the north eastern portion
of the county. They went in search of
them and succeeded in capturing one that
was in full blast, Icing in the smoke
house of one Harry Rozar (colored.) They
captured the still and about 250 gallons of
beer, anil 20 gallons of low wines. Harry
saw them coming and made :i dash, run
ning hv the House house nnd locked the
door, locking a white m in, Boothe Tripp
in-ole.
When the deputies reached the door
they found it locked and Tripp silting
down watching the spirits run and quietly
eating |K)tatoe«. They captured him to
gether with the still and started with the
man and still fixtures to Cochran butstop
ped at Tripp’s home for him to change his
clothes and while there he showed them tlie
grand American skip. The/ located the
place where the other still had just been
taken from.
Mr. Willis who was shot by Robinson,
it is thought, will not recover. Ribinsou
was not dangerously wounded. He is still
under guard.
A MIKAUl'I.HI'S dm: M'K.
LONGSTI! MTS OLD AGE.
THE STURDY SOUTHERN VETERAN’S
CAREER.
J. M. Jonts & Co.** Store Ilobbeil -The Rail*
road Robbery Yet n Myatery.
Tennille, Dec. 19.— [Special.]—The
store of J. M. Jones & Co. was burglarized
last eight and quite an amount ot goods
stolen. The burglar effected an entrance
through Ihe hack window and escaped with
his boodle without detection. As yet, no
one has been arrested.
There seems to be a sharper of some kind
in this neighborhood, as lhi< i« the third
burglary that ha* taken place in the town
inaide of two weeks.
A* yet, the robbery of the Wriglitsvillc
and Tennille railroad safe remain- a mys
tery, as nothing has developed that would
lead to the arrest of any one. Detectives
arc at work on tlie ca-e and some new
developments are expected soon.
A Negro Train Hand Falls Retweeu Two
Cars but Is not Killed.
Ike Gordon, a negro brakeman on the
Covington and Macon road had a narrow
escape from death last night. It seems
that Gordon, who has been a brakeman on
the road for some time, was on his way to
Macon to resume his run after a vacation
of several weeks, when the accident oc
curred.
His home is in Round Oak, nnd yester
day afternoon, when the southbound
freight train pa-sed that station, lie asked
for permission to come to the city, it was
granted and lie mounted to the top of the
cars nnd assisted the regular brakcui-u on
the train. Alt went well until the train
was nearing this city last night. When the
signal for down brakes came and Gordon
was hurrying to attend to it. He It id put
on the brakes on several cars and coming
to his last car made a jump across the
break. It was dark and the negro lailieg
to secure a guuil footing, fell between ihe
cars, striking th" drawheads and falling
on Ihe ties outside the rails.
The train parsed on and Gordon gather
ing himself together, managed to reach
the freight depot of the road, where lie fell
from exlmustion. Several of the road’,
employees osrried hint to his boarding
house "on Bridge Row, where lie was ex
amined by Dr. Walker. While liis_ in
juries are' painful they are not serious,
and he will be able at an early day to re
sume work.
A COW OAUbKD WKKOK AND dkvtf.
Siaie Euni) xniiit Dxioiieti 1»y a unw-uno
Ktlled—Two Injured.
Atlanta, Dec. 19.—[Spec! il.]—There
was a wreck on the Western and Atlantic
railroad last night about 9 o’clock near
Allatoonn, whieli resulted in the death of
Fireman P'Lwjftw and the injuring of
Kngincer M Dade and Trainband
Cooper.
The wreck w a evused by a freight train
running over a cow in a rock cnt. Tlie
row was killed and the train was
ditched.
Delashaw, when picked up, was alive.
He was carried t« Cirterevllle for treat
ment and died there. Conductor .Smith
escaped withoat injury.
The track was cleared today, and travel
was resumed.
PAPA,DON’T DRINK ANY MOBS.
Requestor a Little Augusta Girt Accidently
Killed liy her Father,
Augusta, Dec. 19.—Little Maggie, the
10 year-old daughter of John Bladdoo,
who was shot 1-el night by an a<x.ideut:i(
discharge of a gun in the bauds of her
father, who was drinking, died to-day,
Be'ore d< ing she took her father’s'hand
in her own and told him that she was per
fectly willing to die if he would promise
never to driuk again.
I’lcRpacket Polled In Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Dec. 18.—[.Special.]—'Tonight
about 12 o’clock a white man giving bis
name as Toney Clay Ward attempted to
pick the picket of J. C. Wbitewortb, of
Bowrr*villr, Ga., in tlie union pavsenger
depot. Ward had hts hand in his pocket
wkendetecied by several ty-stnnders who
gathered him and escorte I "him to police
headquarters. There he was identified by
a man named Thompson who says tiia't
Ward lifted liis watch out of his pocket.
The police also locked up two other white
men who were traveling with Ward. They
claim to bo on their way from Augusta
to Montgomery^
The Olive lint.
From the Columbus Enquirer-tun.
This hill is radical, sweeping and upjust
in the legislation itprapos s. f ( such a taw
Is placed upon our statute hooks, it will
not only act ss an efieclual check to rail
road building in Georgia, hut will lie n
blow at every community nnd every indus
try as well. The Enquirer Sun believes in
fighting trusts, mon ipolies and combines,
nnd will always be found on the side of
the people, hut such legislation as is pro
posed by the Olive hill is unjust, uuwise
and imprudent. A stnte that commits
A Glimpse of lit. Life In Oeorcla Toilay
null n few Memories or Ills Past—
A Record to Military History
Thai will Last.
From the New York Times.’
Augusta, Ga., D.*c. 15.--Lingstreet has
been a tighter all hi] life. He came from
a race of good, gritty stock in Edgefield,
S. C. He weut to West I’oinL Afte
term of Frontier duty ami Indian skirm
ishing lie was ready forservice in the Mex.
ican war. He bore wounds and wore
stars before he was 30.
He had the Southern instincts strong
enough to lay down his commission in the
union armies, like Lee and Lawton, to
offer his sword to Ms state. Does tlio old
man regret the choice he made in 1801 ?
No one ever heard him say so.
In spile of his troables, brought on by
his prompt acceptance of reconstruction
and his etp msal ot ihe republican cause,
Gen. Locstreet has preferred to remain in
the South, confronting opprobrium in
many cases, hut enjoying the personal re
spect of his neighbors, and always sure of
the undying love of his army comrades.
Sixty-six miles from Atlanta the train
on the Charlotte road stops at the
thriving little eity of Gainesville. The
traveler has hardly alighted when a large,
well-shaded house, with broad colouades,
stands before him. This is the I’iedniont
Hotel, which Gen. Longstreet for revernl
years has kept for mi inner travelers, with
little benfit to himself beyond tuaki g in
numerable friend'. His wife, a quiet, in-
teiligent woman, is his helpmeet, nnd his
s >os, one of slum has been to West Point,
are well-dressed, smart young men.
Il isduring these summer months that
one Yets the grim old veteran at Ilia best.
He is the very einbol mentofgood humor.
He trie, to make every one comfortable
aid as his hotel com minds the besthretzes
from the Blue Kidge, lie usually succeeds.
He will mount three flights of Mops to
carry an apple to some little fellow who
learns to know and love the bronzed face
and white head of this Southern ‘ veteran.
If you go to Gainesville in tlio early
spring you will hr told to secure a buggy
and ride out two miles on tlio mount in
road. Gen. Longslrect seldom comes to
town at that time. Somewhere in his
country place, clad in a long ilu.ter and
broad brimmed hat, you will find him
clipping his fruit treisor training up the
vines in his grape orchard. He will show
you his turkeys with pride, and, like Cin-
cinnatns. revels in his rustic surrounding,
and farm duties.
Then there are winter days when be
must not bo disturbed. He is 75 year,
old, you know, and realizes that his book
about the civil war must he finished
pretty soon’ in it he hopes to vindicate
iiis portion at Gettysburg and account to
unprejudiced posterity for his cjoduet at
New Orlcxus.
Gen. LoDgstriet attended tlie Gettys
burg reunions last July, hi, lost appear*
ance in public until be met Gen. Harrison
recently at Indianapolis. Hs was not in
sympathy with Gen. Lee’s tactics thpre.
He advised against the tortie on the third
day at Ometary R dge, and he was even
or.'-3 to the charge cf sot supporting the
center of the araiy on the second day’s
battle.
Gen. Lee always left to Ins corp, com
mander, the de’ails of field work. Long-
street knew that Lee wanted as many men
a., possible to storm Little Bound Top.
But betwien L'ligetrcc-’s corps and Little
Round Top lay a thousand yards of A dd,
swept by 40,01)0 union muskets and Uiel-
tered only by the smoko of a r lling artil
lery fire. Longstreot tried to shift upon
Gen. E. P. Alexander, chi f of artillery,
the responsibility for ordetiog the fatal
.charge. Alexander protested that he was
in no posi'.ion to note the effect of hi, own
guns, ii'it Longitreet ptrdstcJ. Finally
the signal was passed byr Alexander, who
thought he saw a break in tbs ba tcries of
Meade,
“Shall I go, General?” Pickett end when
informed that a parly of Longstreet'e corps
must storm the Rights.
Long-trect turned awny, heartsick at
what he knew must be a mer.ilcis,fruitless,
charge.
“I shall go, then,” returned Picked, and
raising his liat he wheeled to his division
and ordered his gallant brigades to death
as certain and to charge as disastrous as
tlie blunder at Ilalaklava.
“it is splendid; I would not have missed
it for the world.” said an English officer
who watched the gallant charge, turning
to Longstreet la enthusiasm.
But the old soldier haJ more knowledge
and leas enthusiasm.
“What is splendid?” ho asked, recogniz
ing the meaniog of the moving lines. “I
would give a great detl to have mis-eJ it.”
Gen. Longstnet’s criticisms of Gen.
Lee’s mistakes, coupled with his own polit
ical course after the war, arou-eJ the in
dignation "f many of the southern peo
ple. Gen. Dick Taylor, in his "D s iitc-
non and Reconstruction,” dtclared that to
those having knowledge of the two men
uuv subject involving the pc ssession und
exen i-<e of i >t. fleet c mid not have been
j Atlanta. n Divis was there, -,1
in a great armchair. Around the platform
Here the military; outside - ..I 10,000
confederate veterans. The orator of the
! Jay wa» in ths midst of hi, h eulogiz
ing Hitl and condemning ill o' .Southern
men who had betrayed ilie Democratic
p,.rty and tlie South. He said: “They
crown htr with thorns an ! spit upon her;
they array her in line purple and err!
flail I"
Just at this time there was a commotion
in the crowd. Down the avenue in full
gray uniform, on hi, old w ir horse, Long-
street rode. He had just arrivtd. He dis
mounted and ascended the slops. The vet
erans ciught sight of bis tattired regimen
tals aud snowy hair ami they sent up a
long shout of welcome. The orator had
to suspend his eloquent invective. Jeffer
son Davis arose from his seat and em
braced lxmgitreet. It was along time
before the orator could g > on with his
address. He afterward svi.t that his ri fer-
ence was not meant for Longstreet, hut
the general’s entrauce just at that time »«a
highlydramatic.
COIL A FACTOR IS OIVILIZYTION.
herself to such Blieer folly as this bill pro- elesr to Longs.reet if concealed from L.-e.
’ • 1 in “We have Ilibl’cal authority for the story
poses, is hilt dragging d.uusviuik oiuck, in i " - —— —, ,—. . - f ... -
the way of her own progress and develop- i that the angel iu the path was visible to
menu 1 the a s, although unseen by the seer; but
The South expects and desires a great I suppoee,”continued Gen.,Taylor, “instead
deal of Northern and foreign o miral i., ha i of smiling the honest, stupid animal,
invested in building her railroads and de- I Balaam had caress, d him, how would tlie
velopiog her r.-ources. Such radical nnd ,lor y re i J 7 ’
unjust legi, ation as the Olive hill pro Geo. Grant was responsible I >r Long
poses would tend to drive capital a wav 'trrei's going tnt° politics. Alter the war
an) all kinds of indns'.riee and enterprises Long trcet wen' to New Orleans an
would fuller as well a, the railroads." o; enetl a commi-'ion s’ore. i tn. law hail
We earnestly urge the merchant-, man- ' aW.nwd the u»'P'M>ce of the terms of
ufactnrers, business men end cilissns of surrender, »ndI l/mgstreet wes pence,uing
our city and section to carefully o ,u,id*r in tins Hoc. But <ie,. Grant made him
„V and finally s mas er
ltd Inlluencft in Modern Htatorjr Traced —
Koine Intorettlng Fact*.
From the New York Tribune.
l’rofessor J. S. Newberry of Columbia
College interested a large audience at the
college yesterday morning by a lecture on
"Coal, the Dominant Factor in Modern
History.” The speaker first tohl how coal
was formed and what it was from a scien
tific point of view. Ho then discussed the
views of different writers on the subject,
and traced tlio history of nation, since the
days of intellectual activity in Kgpyt,
showing what a remarkable change oc
curred in the prosperity of different na
tion, simnltaneou,)y with the general use
of coal. He sa'd in part:
“It may seem a‘rediictio ad absurdum’
to '.'tribute tuch mighty powers to a sub
stance ro common, so sooty, nnd in some
ways so repulsive, Imt a little thought will
show us that it i, scarcely Bore in'er sling
in i s practical value than in its hi-tory.
Few of you have realized the magnitude
and dignity of (lie work it is doing in the
world, and fewer still have though', that
it is really the sunshine of byg ne age» f
and that it" has once composed the tissui ■
of various strange ptants, some of wnicii
are among tlio most graceful and beauti
ful of vegetable forms. Burled In too
earth or covered witli water, vegetable
fiber d-cays or oxidiz s slowly, forming in
successive a'age, of decompoJtion, peat,
lignite, coal, anthracite, graph!, the hydro-
e rhoo gasts and petroleum. By regulating
ami control 1 ng the further oxidation of
these we nreable to utilize the resulting
force a, light or heat or moving power.
“To help vou to realize tlie potency of
this wonderful substance, coal, let me re
call to your memories lire measurements
of the p >wer evolved iu its combustion.
It is estimated that with tlie average en
gines now in use, about 1,600,000 fool
pounds are practically evolved from ths
c imhustion of a pound of coal, aud are
available -u the performance of any work
done. Now, this is about the power 1 ex
erted in a day's labor of an avenge m in.
:■ c a tu l "f <• »:il i- cap 'Me <’f yielding
II am, II..t "f equivalent l" that of
Hill two third- men, or of ,ix men and
.1 t-.-H-gr ,wri Ivy llir "igin.ut the year. ’
Or, the annual production of coal in this
c oniry nl'.l 1 Ire It liiit’i'l is nplivalenl
to a thou-and million men working fora
year.”
A Dream *.i i utr Women,
Tennyson, in his exquisite poem, dreams
ofa long procession "f lovely women of
past, mis is aii very weii, hut the tanreate
would have done tlie world n greater servie.
if be bad only told the women of the pres
ent how they could Improve their health arnV
enhance their charm!, This he might easily
have done hy recommending the use of Dr.
Fierce’! Favorite Prescription. Health is
the best friend of beauty, nud the innumer
able ills to which women are peculiarly sub
ject, Its worst enemies. Long experience
ha, proren that the health of wtnmnktml
nnd the “Favorite Pro eription” walk band
in hand .n i are inseparable. It is the only
medicine for women, sold hy druggists,
under a positive guarantee from the mm-
ficturers, that it will give eati,faction iu
every case, or money will he reloaded. This
guarantee n,s been printed on the bottle-
wrapper and faithfully carried out for many
yeair.
Tlicj Spent It All.
Fr in the New Yort World.
Chris Msgee and Bussell Harrison unite
in denying the story tiiat $10,000 of the
Pennsylvania money sent to Indiana w»*
stolen" hy republican go-betweens. We
can well believe them. The returns of
the election in that date indicate that all
the money was used.
YOUR EARS
Ought to have attention perhaps. If so,
B. B. B. will do you good, removing all
inorganic matter, tlio direct cause of deaf-
ih'-s. 1: will iil-.i sid yuur ,lig,-lion. Wit
ness the fallowing testimonials:
COULD HEAR A TICK «'lt VtVL.
Mr. C. E Hall wrote from b’helhy, Ala.,
February 0, 1887: “I could not hear it
thunder. I heard of B. B. it., used two
bottles, and now can hear a tick crawl iu
the have-."
“I OAVK UP TO DIE.”
Knoxville, Term , July 2.18)7.
I have had catarrh of the head for six
years. I went io a noted doctor and h*
treated me for it, but emid not cure me,
he mid. I was over fifty years old aud I
gave up to die. I had a distressing cough;
my eyes were swollen aud I am confident
1 could not have lived without a fhnigv.
1 sent end-got cne bottle ot your med-cine,
uwd it, ;t!'! felt bet fee Then r gnl f»n-
nmr.-. ai;d 11. ink ’... 11 it cured me. Use
thi, any way you may wish for the good of
■offerers. Mr,. Matilda Nichols,
22 Florida Street.
our city and section to carefully consider in ibis line, t-ut ,
the provisions and bearings of this bill, surveyorot the p n
and make t: "ir conclusions in reference lo 1,7 ^" tfW c ,‘* n 1 1 '', *
A I ItEACHK1C CUBED OF DYSPBPMIA.
Mio ■ -IKEE, Fla., Leon Co., July 20,
1,80.— I have been a sufferer from indig>a-
tion r od dyspepsia for a loog time, anJ
have tried many remedies. Ir.: until i waa
it known to ihe legislature.
Dots I.
From the Lou
The Grar.
youngest hr
nouncfd hi*
to a hundred _
celebrate his betrothal to Princes* Affix- i rib ce Longs
andriapf Greece. It is understood that I his liie ha* been smooth. He hat regained
the wedding w ill take pi-,, a toward the I mush of bis old popularity. Next loj A
end of May at fit. Petersburg, and the Stonewall Jackson, bis people say, t.e wss the
Duke and J'ucheM of Elinbnrgh will ; the most daring ana persistent warrior on ' ‘
probably represent the royal family of Then Gen. Ixxigstreet wa- made post-1
England on this cent-Ion. Tlie grand master at Gainesville- In North Georgia i
duke it building a splendid palace on an he 1* a power, regardless of political lines. I
estate near Athens, which he purchased s ! Two year* ego there was a reunion of I
fow months ago, and he will in future confederate survivors iu Atlanta. The
pass half of each year iu Greece, a, the ! ItatO#of Benjamin IL Hill was uoveiled
l climate suits his health. * in a public square. The people docked lo ^
' l was at that/hue .bat, trim! many re«*Ilm. oot until l ire
he metropolitan ptliee in T ln .. y lr - y ?’ ®’. 1 l, v n
with the jVbile L stue. «>*-' 1,0 "’ "f, ' re ,
. S-.-.I Tl,.v found more relief andcomfor lUn (rot
I h" cmmnandtd the
' the f inio'i* riot wi'
This is wh*re the |»-<iple grieved
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