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4 THE "WEEKLY TELEGEAPH: APEIL 18, 1895. THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY DAT IN I HE YEAR AND WEEKLY. Office 569 Mulberrv Street. THE DAILY TBLEORAPH—Delivered by carriers In the city, or mailed, postage free, 60 cents a month; $1.75 for three months; $7 for one year; every day except Sunday, $5.00. THE TELEGRAPH—Trl-weekly, Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, three months $1; six months, $2; one year, $1. THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH—By mall, one year, $2.00. THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH—By mall, one year, $L SUBSCRIPTIONS-Payable In advance. Remit by postal order, check or reg istered letter. Currency by mall at risk of sender. COMMUNICATIONS should be ad dressed and all orders, checks, drafts, etc., made payable to . THE TELEGRAPH, Macon, Go. DBMOQRATIC TRADITION. The Democratic party ts by tradition the sound money party. By sound money is meont money which in Ms substance has the value named in the stamp on I'ts face. Democrats have for generations flatted on (the belief that no other money is safe and honest. So long as gold and silver were both universally accepted as money metals, dollars of either metal were universally -acceptable and -were sound money. They had In them '.the value exresied on their face. They were equal in value to each oliher—or at leant itbere was an honest «U»nv>t by the government to make thorn equal. The movement In favor of the inde pendent free coinage at silver Is, tn effect, so far as It Is advocated by Democrats, a demand tli.it the Demo- oroltdc party abandon its traditions and attempt to impose upon the people a currency flu'l'raTing in value and of less worth than that in which business has heretofore been transacted. The Democratic party has heretofore stood for hones* y, and honestly requires that, when a man or a nation has bor rowed, it return the thing bor rowed. Recently the government has borrowed several million ounces of gold—not dollars, 'but ounces—and 'the men who support Ithe silver movement are In favor of returning, in satisfac tion of the de>!«, not the same number of ounces of gold, but a certain qnan- ti'ty of silver. If the men lo whom the dell; is due were allowed a rotce In determining the quantity of silver to be paid in satisfying their claim, that might bo honest; but it Is not propcs-d that they shall l>e allowed a voice. On the contrary, the free silver advocates propose that the goverjiiiout shall sty 1t> '.he men who lent II so many ounces of gold: “You mutt take iu full dis charge of your debt a quantity of silver which is worth only half ns much as the gold I borrowed from you, but which 1 think would be worth fully ns much hod not I and certain European governments, wickedly and foolishly, demonetized silver twenty year* ago” If the government we"C la do this, the cheated creditors wjulti net make war on the United Stale*. They would be eMIged to pocket .heir loss. But they would hnvo their opinion of the nation which cheated them and be es pecially careful that It did nut have unntber opportunity Mo cheat them. Ami our people would melt only lose the use ou easy 'terms at the accumulated capital of the wtortd, which has done so much in davrflp'.ng the wealth of this continent, btr; they would lose their own self-respect. A nation, no more than • man, can do wring with out being lowered in Us opinion of itself aa well a* tn that of Its neigh- bon. There is now no question '.halt Dem ocrats w 11 be called upon 'to divide on this Issue. The time for action la yet a year in the future, but they ought to be thinking. Will they ipermti the traditional honesty of the party to be discarded, or will they come bravely to the front and demand (Ink Its traditions be respected? DANG ER OF IFIjOTITIOUS VALUES. The report* from the bus.ncM cen ter* fpr the past week go to confirm the belief that: tihe tide has turned and Hint better times have cane to stay. Never at any period tn the history of this section hes there been be"tor rea son tc feci encouraged. It may be set down a* a certainty that the pulse of tmde will quicken percqitbly in all cities, and we believe that: the fanners have like catiae to feel hopeful. The returning feeling of omtldence will nf course release much of ithe money Unit has been scared tuto aafe hid ng places and undoubtedly a very large propor tion Df the Inverthments will And -heir way 6ou;l»wurd. It Is -well, however, to be warned In rime again.-* untimely Inflation of values. Because money la seeking op portunity f >r Investment iu the Booth and has already shown it* confidence In the future of thl* country a good reason why all values should be kopt well avlthln -the bounds of reason. Iu thU co an cotton .the Manufacturers' Record gives the following on--Merit tdvlee to rhe people of the South m “make haste slowly:" "Because the cotton rattt industry is flourishing, don't spend ah your mooey on cotton mil!*; put tt In other factories. “Because some one has boughs some property In th* next town to yours, don't try to sell your lot at a fictitious pries, -non't try to establish sn Industry in your town when you know that it cannot pay. It* failure will cause Ur mors In jury than the amount of money spent la bulbing tt. 'Tell the truth about your advantages, end let them he trrsnhen hv legitimate methods. Business men and capitalists are rot goaded by guttering generalities, but by plain fasts and figures, In making Investments. "When Northern people become fully convinced that money cun be placed to good advantage In the South, hundreds of mllltons of dollars will be ready to be placed there. It is not tack of money; It Is lack of acquaintanceship and confi dence that are the sole barriers to a muoh more rapid development of the Southern states than hi now taking place. "Tt Is the duty of every Southern bank er, every Southern manufacturer, every Southern merchant, every Southern farm er, to help restore that confidence by dis couraging Illegitimate speculation and by striving to bring about only a sound and subotanvtail growth." THE CRIME OF 1873. The so-called demonetization act was passed W 1873, and was voted for by Mr. William M. Stewart, Iticn and since a senator from the pocket-borough state of Nevada. Since then Mr. M ew- ant hag been at pains to -prove Th lit he did not know wlrat he was voting for— tba-t -he did not know that the effect of the act was lo recognize gold a? the only metallic money of the country, ex cept, of course, the subsidiary coinage. In later years Mr. Stowait; has become the most conspicuous champion of sil ver. He -has spoken for independent free coinage on every possible occasion, wearying the patience of the senaite and of the country by injecting silver speeches -lu-to almost every debate in the upper house of congress. It; may oe l-merwHiiig io .r.r. — - the record of this champion of free coinage. In 1874, the year after the passage of the act by which the silver dollar was dropped from our coinage, a bill was Introduced In congress providing for an increase in the national bank issues and for the redemption of a cer tain series of treasury notes then out standing. This Wll Mr; Stewart earn estly favored and supported It in sev eral speeches. We cannot undetlake to give a general idea, of 'those speeches, but w.tl take from them certain state ments which show that in 1874, a year after the socalled demonotizaitlon of silver, Mr. Stewart regarded gold as the only metallio money and used tho word “specie” as equivalent to “gold.” On the lhth of February, of the year mentioned, be made a speech in which he p'ettired -in graphic terms the hard ships suffered by -the farmers because of the fluctuating value of the green back currency. He estimated What the farmers of the country lost live or six per cent, of the value of their crops every your because of the uncertain! y of the -value of the currency for which those crops -were sokl. The men who bought the crops to use his own ex pression, -were obkgod to “insure” them selves against loss from a fall in itlie value of currency' by offering less than they would have done had the value of the currency been certain. In fcho midst of his speech he was Interrupted by Senator Logan with the Inquiry: “What does the Senator wank?” otnd he replied: • I -wank the STANDARD GOLD, and no paper iribney not redeemable in gold. No paper money, the value of which Is not ascertained; no paper money that will organize a gold board to speculate In It." On the 20th of February Mr. Slew- art made another speech on the same -bill, in -which he said: “By this process ws shall come to a specie boats, and when the laboring man receives a dollar, It will have tbs purchas ing power of a-dollar, and he will not be called upon to do what Is Impossible for him or for the producing classes to do, figure upon the exchanges; figure upon the fluctuations; figure upon the gambling tn New York; but he will know what his money U worth. GOLD IS THE UNI VERSAL STANDARD OF THE WORLD. Everybody knows what a dollar In gold ta worth. • • • In a time of pro found peace, with the ability to redeem our pledge, we hesitate whether we will accept the universal standard of value established by all olvUIxed nations." Further along In his speech he was Interrupted by Mr. Lgan, who asked: ‘"Dio senator says he to in favor of spe cie {Myanrats. If he Is tn favor of spe cie payments, -why docs he wish to In sert a redemption by bonds In this bill? Why not redeem In specie?" Mr. Stewart’s reply was- "I wish to do R because ws have agreed to pay this debt In specie, hut we have not got the gold to pay tt. If we have not got the gold to pay tt, let us give our note bearing interest. * * * I do not propose to pay the bond by start ing a printing press I do not propose to pay the bond by Issuing irredeemable currency. I propose u> pey the bond with value. 1 propose to pay tt tn gold, from the earnings and taxation of the people, and that la th* only way It can be pel-1. I repudiate the Idea of repudiation here. The bond can be paid only in one way, and every honest man knows it. I would my tn the man who holds this dishonored paper, ‘I will pay you In gold if I have got K. The secretary Is authorised by this measure to pay you In gold If he baa got it, but tf he has not, I wilt stand by the pledge as far ss I con. I will give you my note bearing interest.' • • • I do protect against any attempt to pay debts with irredeemable paper, because It la false tn theory, fatso In fact, falsa In principle. It has been tried a thousand Limas and baa always left a black mark Upon tbs nation that tried It—a mark al ways to ba regretted. We have now the power to keep our obhgsttone. It to a time of profound peace; and let me say to senators that I believe that tf you will Invite gold here by making tt a com modity thak can be used; If you wRi re deem your greenbacks; tf you wilt allow any company to bank that will comply with tho banking laws and put up the proper security, 40,000,00 people wilt get the gold. Eighty million dottors Is pro-*. duced annually from our -mines. We have resources abundant to get the gold. Forty million people con furnish an the money that is necessary. They will cet It. When gold to Invited to n country like thin with such an Industrious people as we have, with our Industry and our resources, A soy there will be no difficulty about get ting sufficient gold. Why, sir, every- thing you have got Is measured by gold. Your greenbacks are measured by gold, but your contrivance 1s so uncertain that the middle man reaps all the reward, while the producer Is robbed continually. Under this proposition you will have just as much money In the country and more, because gold will then be worth some thing. Gold will not be excLlod. Of Kune if you treat It as a commodity and export It from the country, you are not going to have gold. If you are going to have geld In thl* country, you roust make a demand for gold by using It. In every country where gold has been treated un kindly, where the government has fa vored a depreciated currency, gold has left the country.” We are un-.iMe to prim: Mr. Stewart's spec****.* in full. They tout sli-*w more plainly than these extracts <l-> that in 1874 the wonts “specie'' and “gold” were synonymous in his mind Ifi was perfectly natural that (hey -h>uld toe so. There had been no tt-tane within his memory or that of any of his hear ers when sliver had been anything more than a subsidiary coim-’e 1-n the United States. Gold had toea the standard of value, the primary money on .which all motes wore Isaied. A year before the silver dollar had been dropped from the coinage, e-nd nobody noticed or cared for ithe fact that it bad .been dropped, beoause the silver dollar tip ito that time had not -been of the slightest consequent* in the trans action of the business of the country. What Is now represented to have been a colossal crime” was then a matter of utter tnslgniiftcumae. It has devel oped Into importance since then only •because the fall in the price of silver has made the sliver dollar cheaper than the gold dollar. !Mr. -Si ewnrt's record on this matter is Important mainly because he took the same view of the demonetization of silver in 1874 'that all other men took. That demonetization was un doubtedly a mi.q ake, but It became a mistake only because of consequences which could not then have been fore seen ’“ iHAiRBOR DEFENSE. The moqt wonderful and Important test, of modern Ttiilit ivy ordn-tnee ever heid -in the Uniled/Stmtes was the ex periment at Sandy Hook.ou Thursday last wiith the monster now mortars. As n oiusterpiece of military engineering this tremendous battery la a marvel; bul: its chief gjotoy Ues tn the undenia ble fact That It eomsHtutes n distinct trt-umph In Amer'Can coast defense. Guarded toy sueh batteries 1 the gren:i ports of our seaboard would be prac tically Imgjregnutole. A mens resume of the destructive efBolency of these sixteen 12 J lnch rifled mortars of this original experimental bakl eny to Miffl- clent lo impress one wrtth their ex ceeding value. The projectiles weigh 1,000 -pounds each, anti tunrs known ns deck-ponotraiting shells. WhCD de scending from the high altitude of over one mile a single shell wSl penetrate deck armor eight Inches thick. The entire sixteen ttitoslles projected on Thursday fell unerringly within a space not larger -than tho area of nn ordinary battleship. What terrific Salvos! And y*t, when manned by full crows, 'these gianlt tnort urs cam be dis charged -within the brief space <»f three minutes. The accuracy of aim. concentration of violence and weight of Shook of these far-thttawn Shells fg amazing, even in the Half of the reoenl: progress In i«td- nanee. No nrmer-olud ship 'n the world could possibly keep a boat under an Iron ball of 10,000 pounds of explosive metal Striking her deck almost slinal- taneously. She would twain to sink In nn Instant. -How terrible the shock Would lie may toe Imagined from the fact that 'the concussion caus'd by a mere discharge is so tremendous that should -a man lie unsheltered in the pit at ihe moment of tiring the action of his heart: would be stopped at once. This IndtLal armament conuikuntto today not only all the ship channels which lead into New York's tower bay, but also the boy Itself; nnd the mirnnmti mortars are sold to have u maximum range of nrarty five rofles. TruJv. the problem of American rt-ast defense seems lo have I icon solved. A WORD TO TRIE WISE. Nowhere Is the change from despon dency to hopefulness shown more than In the newspapers of the country. Thai: hopeless and depressing expression of forced editorial cheerftfiness bus gone nnd Instead there can ho found the hearty note of encouragement etx-ut which there can toe no mistake. The tone of newspapers rotted lug that of communities may be accepted as con clusive ortdenoe (hot iijie country cornea out of ito lenten gutto. Not only do the rsiwHpipera them, selves in Dhrir editorial expression give proof at the rtunge for the better, but the pntroox of the newspaper* show their increased confidence. The adver tising columns are filling up with of ferings and good contracts are raster to nuke. Every one to busy, every ouc Is more hopeful and every one feeto that share's u good time coming. Now, then, a word to the wise. Of course the depression of the part two years hn* brought prices town to suit the times. There has been a cheapen ing lo advertising rases to a figure Mset barely permit* g newspaper to Kve. There murt nnctwarily bo • change; and to the wise this should tie eutll c’.ent. GEORGIA NEWS AND COMMENT. “Luck whines whilt labor whistles.” Thomasvtll* real estate Is advancing. The Atlanta Journal! will publish a May day edition, the first of Its kind. What a bib crowd will come to Rincon to hear the Joint debate between Guytie McLendon and Editor Howell. The frultmen say the danger line la passed and the crate factories are al ready running on full -time. The Washington. Oa., Chronicle Says that Secretary Smith -has made more repUtoitlon -than any man In tihe cabinet. Griffin Call: Perhaps Griffin has no equal on the question at clubs, literary, musical, benevolent and amuso-mnt. Savannah to not only la great cotton port, but the Drew will not he satisfied until she -has also cotton mills. They won’t let colored men ahlno boots In New York, tout they cute the south for “dlacrlm.'nutiireg against the nigger.” Washington (Go.) Gazette: It to clear now that a cotton mill is a good enter- rpise for every community where rhcrc Is a cotton market. Newnan Advertiser: It seems that the secrete of the executive sealons of the supreme court are not any better kept tt»a,n those of the senate. Dalton Argus; We are still alive, and still eating constantly. A delin quent came In this week and paid us. and. imlrablle illctu! we neither tainted nor dropped dead! Newman Advertiser; it is worthy of note that the negroes and whites of the south get along most oimlcably In those vicinities whicn are most seldom visited by self-styled philanthropists. Little boys did you ever sec a Jay bird an Friday or Saturday? We never did, land the old folks always said they were ntt carrying pine knots to old fork ed-tail, with iwblch to -burn us If we throw stones at other birds. The Tradesman, cna/ttamooga, tor Che week ending April 8. reports continued and Increased activity from all portions of the south. Bnid»tir?et and Dun * Co. report a steady revival of -business and make a very encouraging showing. The Homer Gazette has co-mie to the conclusion that the happi'esc -people In the -world are those who keep out of debt, out of politics, out of law suits, out of office, nvho shun notoriety, make an honest living by honest means. Governor Atkinson has refused an other application for the -parilon of Har ry Hill. Governor Atkinson expresses the beltcif thiut if Harry will take hold &nd do- his full duty in his present position his physical condition will be better. Dalton Angus: Call us a “gold bug." If you wish; we are proud of the term. That moains Just now a man who stands for ho.-ieat money, the honest payment of honest debts, and in view of the term, we are the “goldest bug” In Christen dom. There is llt-tle dancer of a glut. Every operative is a consumer of cotton goons. XVUth anything like prosperity, and ws are mire to have It whenever the politi cal agttaition for cheap money ceases, there will be quantities of work for all kinds of laborers. And every laborer ■who Is put to steady work Increases the market for cotitan goods, and also of course. The market for raw cotton. Augusta Chronicle: There was Inaug urated In Augusta yesterday an under taking which to Intended to -be matin a fixture for the future. It to a weekly Sunday school teachers' meeting. All over the world the importance of the Sunday school work Is 'being better re cognized anil some of the moot promi nent men In the large cities are con spicuous In the work. Griffin Call: Griffin can boas* of one of the banner companies of the war. I allude to he Spafdljug Greys, which wtas organized In I860 with Cnpt. L. T. Doyal as leader and wus one of the first companies mustered into service. It was organized Just after the riot at Harper’s Ferry, and was on Its way to that place when the first gun of the war was fired. Col. S. G. McLendon, a prominent citi zen of Thomasvllle, Ga., offers to meet the editor-in-chief of the Atlanta Con stitution In a Joint hetonte on the sub ject of -monum-talUsm ulud bimetallism, and -will let b,ni fix the time and place, and give him the b agin nig and conclu sion in the debate. Coi. McLendon say* of all questions now before the people, w-hliih should be dtooussed with out sentiment, passion or prejudice, tho money question to Infinitely the most important. Col. W. C. Glenn of Atlanta, is the only man who has unhniwnl Col. T. W. Rucker In a clash of wit. Rucker, as district attorney, was examining a wit ness In a government case In the United States court. The fact was brought out that the witness had been In the penitentiary. “He was your client; vou sent hVr, there,” said Rucker to Gk-nr,, ”1 have no doubt.’ ■ retorted Glenn, "that the -man’s misfortune Is duo more to my lack of skill than any aklll of the United States district u-titorney.” Augusta Herald: The sun to begin ning to shine. It trill -be resplendent In all lt» vigor shortly now. The dark clouds are passing awaiy and brightness to appearing on the commercial horizon. Meritorious enterprises and business feel the Incoming title of buxines* re- rival. Times are not as thrifty ns they might 1* but they are Improving every day. Tho summer Is not going to be dull as we feared. There to every rea son to he hopeful. The fellow who doesn't merit patron age, the man who won't economize, the Inndsbry thalt thinks all things will come to hhn who wUlts, the merohaqt who doesn't advertise—these are the ones who ray the sun will never shine Ttfton Gazette: Rev. Dr. J. B. asm- broil’s talk at the Baptist BuniLy school last Sunday afternoon, was a run) treat. It wtw particularly addressed to the children and -truly eloquent In Its sim plicity. It was full of good thoughts nnd suggartlons relalttve to the training of the young. Among many other goal things, no said: “To know liowr to lead Is a great tihlng. »nd he always felt like tipping hto hat -to even a little ne gro boy who had acquired this accom plishment. It Is also a great thing to know what to read; there are a great many books that boys and girls should no* rend, hooks that fire their passions Instead of Increasing their Store of use ful and beneficial knowledge.” Savannah' Press: The citizen who is nn active actor In the growth of n town to the one who puts hto capital Unto near enterprise*. It to lie who to the leader or older In bustheas, indus trial and rallraid movements. He takes ehaneeo with hto money and uses (t in such » way that In hrinnbg returns to himself It also gives employment to anti enriches others. The man who doe* not tin this, hut who puts his capital into vartmt lots and suburban Tracts and trails for others to Improve the ad- ajeent properties In order that he may be bonefltted thereby, tnertasew his own wealth by the operation, but is of llttl; or no actual service to the community In which he reoldes. He Is merely profiting by the labor at other*. Highest of all in Leavening Power,—Latest U. S. E. If the Alaquan’s readers are lovers of John Burroughs; If his bird-and.-bee love,, his blossom-talks, hi* fresh wood- philosophy—-if tihowe have brought to thic-m a delight in nature-study keener and more delicately pen'Xraturg even than ttvjjt fumdoheri by Wordworth’s line, then -they can understand my emo tions when, on a showery day In July last, 'the clouds lifted and I saw Through a veil, woven half of rain and half of sunshine. The northwestern shores of Ireland. This approach -to the old world is pronounced to be, of -all, the most In teresting nmd fooauOlful. I am ready to subscribe-to this opinion recklessly In different to the fact that I have seen no other foreign coast rise Eke an ex halation from the under world. I take the word of the tooe-man, the blossom- lover—,Iohn Burroughs. (Ha made this sea voyage around the northern coast of the Emerald Isle, past the Glord’s Causcwuy, along the shores of the Mull of Klntire and Into -the Frith o-f Clyde, some years ago. His impmwlons were given fn a arries of Century articles— articles anjoyril by us. who, at 1he time of reading them, hail no -more expecta tion of smelling The peat smoke of Ire land blowing off shore or of watching the white gulls of (Malta Head than we had of exploring lunar lakes on the other side of our friendly but distant satellite. For several days before sighting land the understanding was that we might expect to sea Torry Island light-house shortly before 10 o’clock on Sun-lav m-omflng. I, Ignorant of hne seaman ship, had presumed to be amused at the definiteness of the prophecy—but, what is Ireland, if cot overwhc-lminsly “Here!” when her name is called ? Al most to tile minute came The cry ’’Land!” Who* a rush forwurd ensued! Hctw deserted looked the long promenade d»ck with its abandoned steamer chairs, ruga and ipaiupheroalKi of divers kind*, as the first cabin passengers, to the goodly number o-f 300 or more, crowded along -tihe starboard railing at the good “City of Rome.” Glasses were ilh re quisition; but the steady and rapid Tuans of the steamer’s screw soon brought us so near the shore that we could see, as In a drea.m-evolvod pano rama, the gradual development of the exquisite lanclrtctUpe. The Irish coast is precipitous. The whirling gulls, the sheer descent of tho chocolate-colored cliffs, with the chaf fing sea breaking In snow wreaths of foam at their feet, reminded me of “Off 1-he Skelligs.” We were loo far north, however, for a sight of the ter rible rocks of Miss Ingelow’s story. Tho emerald fields begatt to show dividing lines, tiny cottages appeared, grazing hords wore plainly dlscern- able. Our -Vessel steamed along close to the shore—the shore so pastoral and lovely on thta Sabbath morning, but so remorseless when the pounding sea with tho winter winds unleashed and at Its -heels tries conclusion* with the land! _ _ "Will xOiiie one p.oase nilt the cap tain If our ship is ‘hugging tho shore?’ ” pleads a voice whose fraudu lent solemnity has more than once vexed The unwary during our voyage. "Because,” It continues. “If the to. she Is n remarkably Intelligent old ship. It Is Just what I’d do If I Irad a chance.” Far ahead a martello tower stands on a headland, aoon another is sighted. A Catholic priest, who leans on the railing near u», explains with a charm ing brogue that these towers encom pass t-he whole of Ireland. While they are yet merely mutch boxes for size we notice a commotion about the small building on the cape which projects Itself Into the ocean ahead of us. A creaking of pulleys overhead causes ua to -look aloft. There we Bee the small signal flags fluttering and tho movement on ahore Is no longer a mys tery. The store of our prosperous voy age la being signalled to the marine •tatlon, and a few moments hence, back under the briny deep, will fly the news to our anxious home folks In Alabama. The passengers for Derry arc busy getting together their trap*. The brisk, white-jacketed deck steward la assist ing them to make ready for the tender which -has come out Into the readstend from Movllle. the port of Londonderry. A general handshaking begins, for the party leaving us for a tour of the Irish lakes Is a charming one—but the mall! We had forgotten III Hardly had the steam tug stopped alongside be fore the covers were being torn ner vously from the Glasgow, Dublin and Londonderry newspaper*. "Hip! Hip! Hurrah!"—what nn amazing yell from our Scotch and English friends. “The Brlttanht has whipped the Vigilant!" 4 few minutes later we had to cut short their laughing apologies for so untunpitabl a grcifijpg to British «v»ter** for In the "Companion" the American contingent iweirc galth-'rlng to hear the latest cablegram* from Chicago and Washington. As we stood, a solemn party, listen ing to the new* of Hot in Chicago nnd threatened 'anarchy throughout 'the land I bail another opportunity of noting how ready the American man Invaria bly was ready to speak slightingly of Cleveland. On thto ooeaalon a retort som-whait dramatic In ita nature. In terested us. The reader was Col. B , ex-com- mand«r-ln-chiSef of the O. A. R.. a Seoteh-Aimertcan who had lost a leg In defence of the Union cause. Quick and alert In -manner, and dlrcot in speech, he hail -woo- tihe good opinion of h to fel low -ptesengers by the short but elo quent uddrete delivered In the llag-be- uuoked saloon on the occasion of our mhluccan Fourth of July celebration. -Hearing, during this reading, a sneer ing remark concerning -Mr. Cleveland nnd, the crisis in America, he sent an oa'gle glance on -the "peoki-r and an swered very incisively, “I do not agree wm you. Grover Cleveland may have made mtStakes—I nan not prepared to »»; 'but he la a uSUh of convictions ana of undoutbtej coutU-ge. The country cron trust him to do what he behove* to bo right." Truly The ocean voyager need not suf fer rar a little political "tang” ot hto salt sir regimen. We had heard Tam many hbued during the exercises oa the Fourth; had been chixrmed by the graceful Tribute paid to dhe "royal lady" under Whose flag we were sailing by ex-MMster John O. Kateon, out most dtotjngutohed passenger; had Join ed our Scotch couskts In singing, "God, Have he Queen;" had Untuned with pro found attention to a discussion of the tariff question, the disputants being a Brooklyn Sunday school nuperlritmdent and a RUsley cloth manufacturer (ver- bum not); nnil now we bad the peculiar experience of hearing a G. A. R. chief defend our Democratic president. The "Giant’s Causeway" was signalled, but a mist Md H as we PMSSd; though Rotbfin Island, the scene of Robert Bruce’s Imbibition of spider philosophy, rose gloomy and dark on our right. And the mist—Oo-oo! "Come and see the first o' bonnie Scot land!" shouted our good friend, the Glas gow bailie. With hto Glengarry cap flat tened nbors hto broad, cheerful face, and his stout body mahitalnc) i. , might call super.stable ,nj * l * pair of etfli „ outer eon of The land of “oat Vt ' ridge’.’ proposed lo point outtofi of Interest about the entL? ’ * Brtl the night was faiu n Ce u mist! We know that », S'** square inch of bonnie gcoUatel SU Walter’, and Bobbl. confident of our loyalty,we tw^* nghl greeting to It <W»r VI and amazed The bailie by aLuIr 1 nothing in S--otl;in.!_,.,,, J;‘ Url 't nouhlng in Seotland_no t >E could be as charming to us , , hl| a glues of cial Juncture, . 8co*ch whtaky! With chattering teeth , supper room, ate our last but J in the great white and gold saiol j ed away our loose wraps anl wl our sihawl »tirai>s: burial . . — ” * <11*7 ana wi our shawl straps; burled oursei,„ the blankets of our state rom !' quickly dropped asleep, to morning lying at anchor In the 1 Greenock. Before hlgbtfa’.l of that d„ r plucked my first daisy from a L in Glasgow—treading once mwei sctously, In the footstep® of m, , roughs. Two months later I left GlaMmn, my rorttng girt fro Smltonnle ward bound, and a bunch of henti,-' my parting gift from Scotland. S' tween the daisy and the heaths many a oh-apter of adventure Willie M. u. FAREWELL ADDRESS TO-yintS TO HIS TROOPS* Richmond, Va., March ; u To fh« OHlclor. at;,I >>.. . J* Brigade—Soldiers: Today i" c ™ command you. I have resign^ commission as brigadier genenli, Provisional Army of the Conf t J States. The separation from deeply painful to me. I do not d. proper on this occasion to eflt-rl a detail of tho causes whirl J thto duty on me. It Is oiuV... tH now for me to say that, -under ex'Vr circumstances. In my Judgment, i ';.l no longer hold my cotumisianj -President Davis with advinU;, I my country, or to you, or with h 1 to myself. I cannot separate froa | without the experssion of my ^ attachment to you, and ailmlraBql your noble and heroic conduct (n*f beginning of this great struggle *1 present time. You loft your wives ■ children, kindred, frl -nds, homer J erty and pursuits at the very f.uij of your country, and entered her* tary service as soon as she wit n to accept you—from that day :i | you have stood, with but a fex Intervals, in sight of the public« or within hearing of his gum. Upon your arrival in Virglnk | the summer of 1861, you were j poratod Into the Army of tie F mac; you have shared with th::« all Its toils, Its sufferings. Its hul ships, nnd perils, and coutribi.ell least your full share to Its glorirtf reer. You have been In the (rati post of danger and of honor, «| the great baitleflelds of Northern r gir.is, and Maryland. Iron ~ to Sharpsburg; neither dlshi-srt-l the death of comrades, or frinA| disease, or toil, or privations, or ferings or neglect, nor inthnklill the greatly superior numbers oil enemy, whom you have been » upon to meet and vanquish; yor» upon all occasions, displayed ttafi role courage which has shed b» lustre upon yourselves, yoar I your country, and her Just m 1 cause. Nearly one thousand of 6r« men who originally compos'd _ four regiments have fallen, WM wounded. In battle; your deadq have burled on the battlefield,™ manly tear over them, left ’’giiTl keep eternal wa tch" over their $njl and passed on to new field* o! 91 and danger. T Though It may seem to be flies guage of extravagant eulogy, itkl truth, and fit. on thto ocraalon, tj spoken. You have fairly w°n thett to Inscribe upon your tatterMj flags the proud boaat of Nvpwjl Old Guard, "This brigade knunlj to die, but not to yell to th* tt Courage tn the field IS not yert* claim to proud distinction, r'aa took command over you I h' 1 ’1 preferred a single charge *!‘ W J arraigned one of you before a e martial—your conduct never artr of me such a duty You ran *< predate the feelings With which JI from »uch a command. Notn.nij potent than the requlrene'n* soldier’s honor could, with my ( wrench us asunder while a slniaJL ner of the enemy floated our country. fiddlers! Friends! Farewell! R. MONTGOArBRY FOM®0^ When the J-oree be«Lns t > *w the m»pie to xr»moe U» tj let, -Mwutgnmery Folsom gr- "'e ™| for glorious southern Grargi. “ 1 cautiously put hto Iongiibto 1“ ! and a charming Rome madrt Ethel (Hlllyer Harris, Ibns him: Y’ou once spoke of this secfiww stranger sod and said that I'- 01 was tangled in the trail ng vin rt dipped In a wine-colored stw* your feet ever longed to ptri’ sands filial bordered those cure! in old south Georgia. Your desire was lo sit on tM fence and listen -to the nn* “Jorota, Jorcfia, Joree,” perch’d ren -pine tree tu 8 lonely field- You hungored for a w!>'“ *» air laden with honey that comes fio the young and 1 hopeful. rfl Southern Georgia give y-n V , atul that beau Iful wlregraM M ever held you m loyal thrall . Poet That you are, you sou»*" should not help loving your " j you have no -right to say tho 1 ' >' are Ireadlug strange ground. You are still iu >uur owe same breezes kiss the 'iioaut.* that first saluted the > v , bunks of your same tropic s re- same sun hgb:s Into ttflertl’T tlllAl Tain SR tp.lM All ftll* ll’l!!' . tinel pine trees ou tho hills.-— , same people with kind hesri* bid you .welcome to the ne" which you with yuur sight WlU find out wlth'ut »- r] the north Georgia country »- ‘ gives ywu a home. , (I J From tho crest of La vend -r •>' to Mount Alto’s loftiest beauty to yours to enjoy. * Wnl* make a tragic band f-w • * lectatloD. Hie green Oos-i tl __ t through mesdows ptcl add * , + flows to greener fields i mitred flower stalks look u? the spring. Cherry wreathes at tsserrr war* soft wind. Their perfume *e®7 jj den -brill over the •enae* ’ , ., beautiful—4hso can you D« thto*?