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icrald and Hewnan, Ga., Friday, July 27, 1888. S Sb 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: Ife: fcftwill: 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. SICK HEADACHE AND CONSTIPATION Effectually Cured by _ , Tarrant’s * seltzer Aperient. . -4 ‘ | '4 1 t’ ; 5j \ ( • d Soldby Tarrant & Co., N. Y., and Druggists everywhere. ESP^Bbing your Job Work to Mc Clendon & Co., Newnan, Ga. UlSfc