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icrald and
Hewnan, Ga., Friday, July 27, 1888.
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Tit* South and Her Prisoners.
ABanta Constitution.
^Fbr fifteen years Dr. J. William
.tones, of this city, had charge of the
records *of the Southern Historical So
ciety. In reply to an inquiry as to
wfaat was the most important matter
settled by those records, he said:
The humane treatment of prisoners
fiqptheConfederate Government. The
Historical Society records settle be-'
yrad dispute the following points:
The Federal Government was
challenged to show from the Confeder
ate records in its possession a single or
der suggesting or tolerating anything
but the most humai/e treatment of
prisoners. This it failed to do.
“2d. We showed countless orders of
the strictest nature providing for the
humane treatment of prisoners above
every other consideration, and orders
from our generals that ‘all on the
field’ should be treated alike by our
scageons.
“:5il. We proved that the South re
ligiously adhered to the cartel, and
that the North repeatedly broke it.
For instance, it was agreed that the ex
cess of prisoners above the exchange
should be paroled. We kept this invio
late until Vicksburg, when the North
acquired the excess of prisoners. It
was then disregarded openly and avow
edly.
"4th. We proposed that the surge
ons on each side, with medicines and
supplies, should go into the prisons of
the other side and treat the prisoners,
This the North refused.
"5th. We then proposed to let their
surgeons come with medicines and treat
their prisoners, without them giving us
the same privilege. They refused to
send ,t hem.
We then proposed to buy qui
nine and other medicines, contrabands
of war, paying fox' them in gold, cotton,
or tobacco, and pledging our honor to
use them solely for prisoners in our
prisons. They refused to sell them.
“7fh. In January we proposed to pa
role 15,000 prisoners, then in Anderson
ville, if they would send steamers to
Savannah for them, without demand
ing a like parole of our prisoners from
them. They did 'not accept this offer
until six months later, though we noti
fied them that we were utterly without
proper food or medicine for them. It
was during this six months of shameful
delay that the greatest mortality oc
curved at Andersonville.
“8th. We proved by the records of
Secretary Stanton and Surgeon Barnes
that the Confederate mortality in
Northern prisons was actually four per
cent greater than the Federal mortality
: Southern prisons, although they had
the world’s mayket and the world’s
medicine open to them, and we were
beleagured, poor, arid with every med
icine and scalpel made contraband of
war..
“The above points, each and sever
ally, are proved beyond dispute in tlie
records of the Southern Historical So-
We^espectfully submit that if the
Southern Historical Society had done
no work hut.this, it would have amply
justified the trouble and expense it
cost. Every newspaper in the South
should lay these statements before its
readers, so that , old and young may
know precisely what the record is, and
may be prepared to defend it.
of every duty that may devolve upon
you as officers and soldiers.
List of the killed and wounded in the
12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers dur
ing the bombardment of Fort Sumter,
from October 26 to November 3, 1863:
Killed—1st Lieut. A. P. Brown, Com
pany A; Privates W. Martin, Calvin
Gily, Company B; H. D. Castleberry,
Company D; Milton Gibbs and John
Meyers, Company F.
Wounded— Privates Z. Stanford, Com
pany A, slightly in leg; John II. Barnes,
in head and shoulders; James L. How
ell, in leg and head; T. H. Haynes, in
head and shoulders; M. Turner, in leg
and head; J. T. Tyson, badly in hack-
all of Company B; Wm. Halleck, in
right leg; James Brady, badly in hack;
M. V'. Walker, fracture of jaw-bone—
Company D; A. Goodwin, slightly in
iu arm; David Hughes, badly in back—
Company F.
Total killed and wounded, 17.
(Signed) G. M. Hanvey,
Maj. Com’d’g Batt.
W. S. Beadles, Lt. and Act. Adj’t.
Men Slain During the Civil War
New York News.
Official returns show that about 2,-
653,000 soldiers enlisted during the war,
in response to the successive calls of
President Lincoln, and that of this
number 186,097 were colored troops.
'Reports show that the Northern and I migration question
make change, to pick up the dollar
from the floor. But the bartender man
ages to shorten the opportunity so
much that the man cannot stoop quick
ly enough to touch the prize. So he
orders another drink and tries again.
Perhaps he spends three or four times
as much as he intended to before he is
able to touch the dollar, and to find
out that he cannot detach it from the
board. Then he sneaks out quietly or
laughs over the trick, and in either
case the extra patronage. has been
gained for the saloon, while the dollar
remains safe for further service. But
what was it that a Bowery woman did
when her husband told her of the
trick? She provided herself with a
sharp-edged tack-puller and made a
round of all the doggeries in her neigh
borhood where the dollar dodge was
being worked. She s bought one glass
of beer in each place, neatly pried up
the coin while the barkeeper was mak
ing change for her, and went on to re
peat the operation a dozen times.
Foreign Immigration.
Savannah News.
The bill, introduced in the House
the other day by Mr. Oates of Alabama,
to restrict immigration to this country,
and imposing a tax of $25 upon each
immigrant, reflects, no doubt, the ten
dency of public sentiment on the im-
The country has
Southern armies met in over two thou
sand skirmishes and battles. In 148 of
these conflicts the loss on the Federal
side was over 500 men, and in at least
ten battles over 10,000 men were re
ported lost on each side. The combin
ed losses of the Federal and Confed
erate forces in killed, wounded and
missing in the following engagements,
were: Shiloh,24;000; Antietam, 18,000;
Stone River, 22,000; Chickamauga, 33,-
000; McClellan’s Peninsula campaign,
50,000; Grant’s Peninsula campain, 140,-
000; and Sherman’s campaign, 80,000.
Official statistics thow that of the 2,-
653,000 men enlisted there were killed
in battle, 44,238; died of wounds, 9,205;
died of disease, 186,216; died of un
known causes, 24,184; total, 303,843.
This includes only those whose death
while in the army had been actually
pi’oved. To this number should be ad
ded, first, 26,000 men who are known to
have died while in the hands of the en
emy as prisoners of war, and many oth
ers in the same manner whose deaths
are unrecorded; second, a fair percent
age of the 205,704 men who were pi t
down on the official reports as desert
ers, or missing in action, for those who
participated in the war know that men
frequently disappeared, who, it was
certain, had not deserted, yet could
not be otherwise officially accounted
for; third, thousands who are buried in
private cemeteries all over the North
who died while at home on furlough.
The dead are buried in seventy-three
national cemeteries.
The total Confederate loss xvill never
be known, but the best estimates place
it at about 220,000 out of 1,000,000 men
who served in the Southern armies.
A Remarkable Showing For B. B. B.
Against Other Remedies
Putnam Co., April 29, 1887.
I have been suffering for most thirty
years with an itching and burning all
over my face and body. I took eigh
teen bottles of one blood medicine and
it did me no good. I commenced last
January to use B. B. B., and after us
ing five bottles I felt better and stout
er than I have in thirty years; my
health is better and I weigh more than
I ever did. The itching is nearly ceas
ed, and I am confident that a few more
bottles of B. B. B. will cure me entire
ly. I am sixty-two years old and can
now do a good day’s work in my field.
I consider it the best medicine I have
ever seen, for it certainly did me more
good than all the medicine I have ever
taken. I had, in all, nearly a hundred
risings on my face, neck and body.
James Pinkerton.
Mrs. Dart’s Triplets.
President Cleveland’s Prize for the three
given to these triplets, Mollie, Ida, and
Mrs. Langtry’s fortune is said to
exceed $500,000. Her father was worth
about $150 when he died the other
day.
After the Battle.
Firom The Newnan Companion, Nov. ’63.
Headquarters )
earn Batt. Georgia Volunteers, ;
Ft. Johnson, S. C., Nov. 7, 1SG3.)
The commanding officer congratu
lates the officers and men of the bat
talion upon their safe return to the old
ccamp on James Island. He has observ
ed with pride and satisfaction their
ficroism in the discharge of their duty
during their' sixteen days’ stay at Fort
Sbmter—particularly during the eight
heavy bombardment, to which
tkey were subjected in that celebrated
fitetress—n-hombardment which he re-
as unprecedented in the annals
of war. The-battalion has enjoyed a
dangerous but enviable privilege, and
" hereafter when the dark cloud of war
Aall have passed away, and Peace
her white wings over our coun
try, it will be a source of gratification
and pride to.the members of this com
mand to refer.to the period of the seige
ajg Charleston, when they constituted
tfce greater part of the garrison at Fort
gomter. It has been your misfortune
to lose several of your gallant com
rades, who sacrificed their lives on the
atfcaitef liberty; but they have not died
BLvain. Their memory will be cher
ished by their State and country, and
their names are now added to that glo-
nibus catalogue of martyred heroes,
who have died nobly striving to drive
lack the insolent invaders of our coun
try’s soil—
“How sleep the brave who sink lorest,
nr5t>» oil thAir coant ry’s wishes blest.
Slips of the Tongue in Congress.
Washington Letter.
The faux pas of speeches made in
Congress are sometimes very amusing,
and afford striking instances of absent-
mindedness. The representatives are
much more liable to make breaks in the
use of the English language than Sena
tors, the House being the larger body
and necessarily a more difficult place in
which to collect one’s thoughts. Dur
ing the White-Lowry contest, in the
early part of the session, Mr. O’Neill
of Indiana, in a spread-eagle speech,
extolled the merits of the “broad a?gis
of the law,” and spoke of a certain law
as having “come down to us through
the crucible of time.” Mr. Cox of
New York inquired how a law could
come down through a crucible, but the
learned IJoosier ignored the question.
Senator Harris of Tennessee said in de
bate recently: “I make this statement
in bona fide good faith.” This remind
ed Senator Palmer of the speech made
by a colored man in a Michigan con
vention when he “moved to adjurn sine
die till 12 o’clock to-morrow morning.”
It also recalls the motion made by
Belford of Colorado in the House “that
Congress adjourn sine die.” Of course
the motion was followed by general
laughter. Belford rubbed his eyes and
said: “I move the House do now ad
journ bona fide.” At this there was a
perfect uproar on the floor of the House
and in the galleries. Mr. Belford rose
as soon as the laughter ceased and
reached a point where it can choose its
immigrants, and something ought to
be done looking to the admission of the
best and the shutting out of the worst
of them.
As far back as 1847, 120,000 foreigners
landed on American soil in one year,
and for ten years afterwards there was
a steady annual increase, the number
reaching in 1857, 183,773. From 1858 to
1863 it fell behind the figures of 1847,
the largest number during that period
being 105,162 in 1860, and the smallest
65,539 in 1861. From 1863 to 1874, how
ever, the number steadily increased,
reaching 266,818 in 1873, hut dropping
to an average of about 85,000 in the
next five years. The greatest number
of arrivals for any one year was 476,086
in 1882. Last year the number was
405,405, and during the first five months
of 1888 it was 195,000, about 75,000 ar
riving in May alone.
About one-half of these immigrants
remain for a longer or shorter time in
New York, many of them permanently;
and of the other half one-third go to
Pennsylvania, one-sixth to Illinois, one-
twelfth to New Jersey, Michigan, Min
nesota, Massachusetts and Ohio, and
the remainder principally to Wiscon
sin, Iowa, Connecticut, Colorada, Indi
ana, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri,
Rhode Island, Dakota and Texas. The
South gets a very small proportion of
them.
The population of the country has
reached a figure where so great a vol
ume of immigration is not needed, and
partly out of this fact has grown the
tendency to discourage indiscriminate
additions to it, and to devise some
means of securing only the most desir
able immigrants. Many of these for
eigners do not make very good citizens
—in fact, they cause trouble, particu
larly where they are congregated to
gether in large numbers. Congress,
therefore, in seeking to shut out the
paupers, criminals, anarchists, and
those afflicted with mental and incura
ble physical diseases, is acting in har
mony Avith public sentiment.
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by A. J. Lyndon.
For sale, also, by J. L. Askew, Pal
metto; G. W. Clower, Grantville.
A pipe smoked by Gen. Jackson
while he was President was recently
presented to the New England Histori
cal Society.
Their Business Booming 1 .
Probably no one thing has caused
such a general revival of trade at A. J.
Lyndon’s Drug Store as their giving
away to their customers of so many free
trial bottles of Dr. King’s New Discov
ery for Consumption. Their trade is
simply enormous in this very valuable
article from the fact that it always
cures and never disappoints. Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and
all throat and lung diseases quickly
cured. You can test it before- buying
by getting a trial bottle free; large
size $1. Every bottle warranted.
For sale, also, by J. L. Askew, Pal
metto; G. W. Clower, Grantville.
Phyllis Broughton, the London
actress whom Viscount Dangan refuses
to marry, has brought suit for $100,000
damages.
ihe writes: “L^Tugu^the. ^^es'^cWeye^rick,^d^asl c °f £ e g d D ? h ° m ^
that would agreewith them/l commencedthe use of Laetited Food IthelMiltnemnn^
that thev are now so well.” Lactated Food is the best hood torDoiue-ieu ““■yy 3 - „ f f.
them well 4 and°is better than medicine when they are sick. Three sizra: 2^ 50c., SL0£
* i^Krcrists. Cabinet photo, of these triplets sent free to the mother of any baby bom this yean
Address WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Burlington,
THOMPSON BROS.
NEWNAN, QA.
FINE AND CHEAP FURNITURE
- AT PRICES-
THAT CANNOT BE BEAT IN THE STATE.
Brace Up.
You are feeling depressed, your ap
petite is poor, you are bothered with
Headache, you are fidgety, nervous,
and generally out of sorts, and want to
brace up. Brace up, but not with stim
ulants, spring medicines, or bitters,
which have for their basis very cheap,
bad whisky, and which stimulate you
for an hour, and then leave you in
worse condition than before. What
you want is an alterative that will pur
ify vour blood, start healthy action of
Liver and Kidneys, restore your vitali-
tv, and give renewed health and
strength. Such a medicine you will
find in Electric Bitters, and only 50
cents a bottle a A. J. Lyndon’s Drug
Store. , _ ,
For sale, also, by J. L. Askew, Pal
metto; G. W. Clower, Grantville.
Harry A. Garfield and James R,
Garfield, sons of President Garfield,
have formed a law partnership under
arfield & Garfield.
the name of Garfield
said: “Mr. Speaker, I move that we
just purely and simply adjourn.” On
another occasion Belford pointed to a
fellow-member, and with withering
scorn exclaimed: “The he sits mute,
silent and dumb.” “Yes,” remarked a
neighbor of Belford’s amid the silence
which followed this crushing arraign-
.ment, “and he ain’t savin’ a word.”
That brought down the House.
A Heavy Weight of Smoke.
Safety Valve.
The investigations of a society form
ed in London to abate the smoke nui
sance afford a rather startling idea of
the wasteful extravagance of the pres
ent system of combustion. Here is a
summary of a late report of the Smoke
Abatement Institute: The weight of
the smoke cloud over the city is estima
ted at about 50 tons of solid carbon and
25Q tons of hydro carbon and carbonic
oxide gases. From actual tests, the
value of coal actually wasted through
the obstinacy of the Cockneys is £2,-
256,500, or 42 per cent.-of the amount
expended for coal in London, that be
ing the percentage of heat that escapes
up chimney without warming anybody.
This waste also causes a useless expen
diture of £268,750 for carting coal, to say
nothing of the wear and tear of streets
and of £43,000 more for carting away
ashes. Altogether, about £2,500,000 is
yearly thrown away in London. Add to
this £2,000,000 for injury to property
from the smoke laden atmosphere, and
there is shown a total of £4,500,000
which London annually loses because
of its failure to burn coal under prop
er conditions. Nearly all this waste
and smoke could be prevented by a
general adoption of improved methods
of constructing chimneys, fireplaces,
furnaces and heaters.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor—Please inform your
readers that I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its
timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. I shall
be glad to send two bottles of my reme
dy free to any of Vour readers who
have consumption if they will send me
their express and post office address.
Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, M. C.,
181 Pearl street. New York.
Big stock of Chambei suits in Walnut, Antique Oak, and
Cherry, and Imitation suites.
French Dresser Suites (ten pieces), from $22.60 to $125.00..
Plush Parlor Suits, $35.00 and upward.
Bed Lounges, $9.00 and upward.
Silk Plush Parlor Suits, $50.00.
Good Cane-seat Chairs at $4.50 per set.
Extension Tables, 75 cents per foot.
Hat Racks from 25 cents to $25.00.
Brass trimmed Curtain Poles at 50 cents.
Dado Window Shades, on spring fixtures, very low.
Picture Frames on hand and made to order.
SPLENDID PARLOR ORGANS
Low, for cash or on the installment plan.
Metallic and Wooden Coffins ready at all times, night or
day.
THOMPSON BROS.,
NEWNAN, GA.
FURNITURE!
The richest peer in England is the
Duke of Westminster, who owns vast
estates in Cheshire and in Wales. His
income is said to equal 30s a minute.
Flaming Fire in The Veins.
We hold positive proof that Acker’s
English Blood Elixir cures all blood
poisons where cheap sarsaparillas and
so-called blood purifiers fail. Knowing
this, we sell it to all who call at our
store on a positive guarantee. For sale
by W. P. Broom, Newnan, Ga.
I buy and sell more FURNITURE than all the dealers in.
Atlanta combined. I operate fifteen large establishments. I
buy the entire output of factories; therefore I can sell yon-
cheaper than small dealers. Read some of my prices:
A Nice Plush Parlor Suit, $35.00.
A Strong Hotel Suit, $15.00.
A Good Bed Lounge, $10.00.
A Good Single Lounge, $5.00.
A Good Cotton-Top Mattress, $2.00.
A Good Strong Bedstead, $1.50.
A Nice Rattan Rocker, $2.50.
A Nice Leather Rocker, $5.00.
A Strong Walnut Hat Rack, $7.00.
A Nice Wardrobe, $10.00. 1
A Fine Glass Door Wardrobe, $30.00.
A Fine Book Case, $20.00. •
A Good Office Desk, $10.00.
A Fine Silk Plush Parlor Suit, $50.00.
A Fine Walnut 10-Piece Suit, $50.00.
A Nice French Dresser Suit, $25.00.
NEWNAN WAGON
COMPANY.
AT FOLDS’ OLD STAND,
DEPOT ST., NEWNAN, GA.
We are now prepared to do
any kind of Wagon work, and
in the best and most workman
like manner. Nothing but se
lect material is used in the con
struction of our wagons, and
even 7 vehicle of our manufac
ture is sold upon an absolute
I respectfully invite everybody to examine my stock and get
my prices before buying your Furniture. I have the finest as
well as the cheapest Furniture in Atlanta. Write for prices.
A.
G. RHODES,
85 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
MICKELBERRY & McCLENDON,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NO. 15 SOUTH BROAD ST., ATLANTA, GA.
guarantee.
All kinds
of WAGONS,
! (double or single,) DRA\ S,
1 CARTS, etc., made to order,
The most noted bell of to-day in7 w ith patent iron hub and axle j
Sumter county, Ga., ^ j or otherwise, as purchaser may j
Hay, Oats, Corn, Meal, Bran, Stock Feed,
Onions, Feathers, Cabbage, Irish Potatoes
Dressed and Live Poultry, Meat, Flour,
Lard, N. O. Syrup, Dried Beef, Cheese,
FRUITS AND ALL KINDS OF PROVISIONS AND COUNTRY PRODUCE.
A Woman’s Shrewdness.
Hevs hrothei'.'
and it is
to your gal-
so v signally re-
With all their country
On more than one occasion it has been
exposed to heavy fire from the enemy’s
land.batteries and gunboat
- -;wring in a great degree +
f lantry that they were
t pulsed in the assault of the 11th July up-
. on Battery Wagner. You have endured
dangers, hardships and privations with
out & murmur, and yfour commanding
officer feels assured you will never
your' well-earned reputation,
strive to add to it by the
less in the performance
Sew York Letter.
Who was it said that no woman ever
invented anything? It was untrue.
Anyhow, a woman can be ingenious
when it seems to her worth while. A
father of the present owners of the bell,
contracted with Gen. Winder, then
Commander of Andersonville prison,
to build the first part of the stockade.
It was necessary while doing this work
! to have a bell to notify the hands when
desire.
Special attention given to
bu^uv, wagon and plantation l general)
repair work. Buggies over-
hauled and repainted. Horse- Insure
Consignments solicited. Quick sales and prompt remittances,
age. Excellent facilities for the care of perishable goods.
Good, dry, rat-proot s tor-
Judge Tolleson Kirby, Traveling Salesman.
Gate City National Bank, and merchants and bankers of Atlanta
References:
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curious device for increasing the busi-j to go to work. Mr. Heys had in his pos-* shoeing a specialty. j
ness of a barroom has lately been put ! session a large bell, which he loaned to j jyj work done by skilled j
iu practice in a*number of saloons. A ; the general for that purpose. After the under the supervis- !
bright silver dol&’r is glued fast to the, completion of tlie prism the bell irasj. f an ’experienced superin-
used as a prison bell until the close 01 ; * U11 j r
the war. After everything became quiet, pendent, and WARRANTED.
Mr. Heys sent his sons up to Anderson- j Get OUr prices and give US
ville and had the bell brought back j an order; v T e guarantee satis-
home to Amerteus, where it has re '!r t * on
mained since, having been in his fain-j IdLL * rr . T nc c„„«-
ily for more than thirty years. This| D. J. rULDo, oupt.
fioor in front of the bar. A man comes
in to order a drink, discovers the coin,
desires to pick it up and pocket it with
out being seen, and to that end gives
the bartender a bill in payment for
his beverage, so that he may have time,
when that person turns his back to
your houses against
Tornadoes and Cyclones,
with
H. C. FISHER & CO., Ag’ts.,
Newnan, Ga.
The safest Companies and
lowest rates.
HetD Cibcertisements.
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AND
CONSTIPATION
Effectually Cured by
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and Druggists everywhere.
ESP^Bbing your Job Work to Mc
Clendon & Co., Newnan, Ga.
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