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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884.
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wtf
Human passion like the storm cloud
leaves woe and wretchedness in its wake,
A leader who forsook his party and peo
ple in the days of adversity should never
again be trusted.
It ought not to take a term of service in
a Loyal League club to fit a fellow for
leadership In the Democratic party.
Tiie young men of Atlanta purpose be
ing heard from iiereufter in city, county
and State politics. Well, why not?
The sun went down on nsturc’s wrath
on Tuesday and arose on Wednesday
morning, smiling on broken family circles
and torn and dcsolato homes.
We predicted that General Gordon and
his treasurer would never reach Khar
toum in safety, and the prediction went
to pot like the signs of the raoonite.
Tiie farmers In the anti-stock law coun-
tioa that were visited by the storm will bo
greatly retarded in their farm work by the
necessity of rebuilding their fences.
"The Prince of the Tower of tiie Air'
has been riding forth on the wings of tlio
wind, and desolation and human woe are
the memorials left by him in tlio way.
Human skill ought to be equal to the
task of constructing storm-proof
houses. The average house is a mere
pasteboard box in the hands of the
storm.
Tuk insects war upon the crops, the birds
war upon the insects, and the huntsmen
war upon the birds. So. then, would it be
unreasonable for the birds and tho farm
ers to make common causa against the
insects and the huntsmen?
It Isn't wise to pooh-pooh the influence
of the young men in politics. Old heads
are very hard and sometimes they are
quite long; but there are always old legs
under them, and that variety of legs isn’t
generally good on s long, bard race.
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, lias
Just followed to the grave his young wife,
and his nrothcr, Mrs. Martha Bulloch
Koosevelt, a native of Georgia. They died
the same day and in the samo house, and
were buried from Dr. Hall's church at the
same time.
Kindi are generally bad citixens, but
they ought not tobemurdered. There are
no points in common between the spirit of
liberty and the aplrit of assassination.
Men who fail to appreciate tola fact are as
dangerous citizens here as they would be
in any of the kingdoms of Europe.
SruNuu’s committee is said to bare
"■truck it rich,” as the mining phrase
goes. It is to be hoped that some atten
tion will be given to the methods prevail
ing in the Federal courts in Georgia. It is
believed by many that inch investigation
would expose shameless irregularities.
The Democrats of Virginia are on trial
in Washington City, before the Sherman
committee, and the Democrats ot Missis
sippi are on trial in New Orleans, before
the Hoar committee. This is contrary to
every suggestion of reason and justice, bat
it isn’t surprising. Hoar and Sherman
couldn’t surprise the South except by fair
and decent action, and of that they are in
capable.
Is case of a foreign war, the Northern
Republicans would be willing for Southern
Democrats to do the biggest part of the
fighting. And they would be foolish enough
1 <lo it lion, Hoar, Edmonds,Sherman
d the other ’‘Christian statesmen of the
bud old party" would have engagements
here. They have never been willing
shedding of any blood but that of
hern people.
r of oar State exchanges refer to the
i rmeri ire bard at work,
little singular that the ltd should
[ught worthy of special mention,
ooldn’t the lumen be hard at
, It is in the line of their business,
be line of every other good
r r may be bis calling The
ce given to the statement
a to justify the inference
aki-it are surprised that
at dodging their retpooii-
Tho "Cedar Cheat” In Ceorgia.
TLereis considerable uneasiness in
Washington, and there may be some
in Georgia before the ides of Novem<
her, with regard to the "cedar chest.”
Very fine cedar chests are made
in the TcnnesBco penitentiary, and
some of them, it is believed, have
found their way into Georgia. These
chests are most useful articles about
the house, as well for the careful
housewife who desires to protect the
blankets and winter apparel of the fam
ily, as to the thoughtful political stu
dent who likes to have a safe and con
venient place to store away files of old
newspapers, the letters and speeches
of public men, legislative reports, and
other like matte?.
A letter from Washington to the New
York Sun contains the following para
graph:
Mr. Crowley’s close relations witli the
President, and his supposed wish that
Arthur be renominated lias caused it to be
surmised that he has visited Mr. Dorsey
in the interest of peace. Dorsey is known
to bo bitterly opposed to Arthur's nomina
tion, and his friends assert that he will
open his famous cedar chest and permit
some publications to be made therefrom,
in case he regards the nomination of
Arthur likely to be made. It is regarded
as not unlikely that Crowley, knowing
somethings that Dorsey knows, and de
siring that there should be no reason why
Dorsey should make use of such knowledge
as he possesses, has made certain over
tures in tiie way of peace. It is also proba
ble that if Mr. Crowley called upon Dor
sey upon any such errand that he was in
formed that Dorsey would consent to no
such compromise, and that he would car
ry his opposition so far as to drive the
knife to the hilt.
As already intimated, there are ce
dar chests in Georgia, and some of
them are represented to be well filled
with most interesting political reading.
There need be no doubt upon this
point. AU the old files of newspapers
have not been bought up and hid away
out of sight, nor have all of the incen
diary speeches and letters of the recon
struction period been collected and de
stroyed. There is more than one scrap
book in the State, and there are other
cedar chests besides those in Washing
ton, as time and opportunity may dem
onstrate.
There is a trite illustration about the
play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out.
The reader must have had this illustra
tion recalled to his mind by recent
biographical publications, in which the
most important parts were omitted, or
so lightly touched upon as almost to
escape attention. Indeed, the recon
struction scene, act fourth, is conspicu
ous only by its absence from tho biog
raphies ; for the curtain is rung down
and tho audience dismissed, in ignor
ance and disappointment, after a muti
lated performance.
Tiie audience ought not to be treated
in this way, especially after they have
paid their money—bought the book.
Wo must therefore, wo fear, go to their
relief, and try to secure an honest ren
dition of the entire play.
Patriotism of the French People.
Tested by the pocket-nerve, the
French people are the most patriotic in
the world. They stay at home, are in
dustrious and frugal, glory in the tri
umphs of their country, flock to its flag
in war, and always respond to its de
mands for money liberally and cheer
fully.
Quite recently the government de
sired a loan and it was promptly taken
by tho French people. More than
trcblo Lite amount was offered that was
called for. This has been Construed
into an expression of their faith in tho
the. republic. This construction will
scarcely stand tho test. There was no
timo during tho Franco-Prussian war
that tho citizens of France
did not give all the money
that the government called
for, and yet the government waa being
constant, changed, and to tho outsido
world it looked, more than once, as
though tho end would come when
France would have no government nt
all. That Frenchmen give their money
so freely and readily is tho highest evi
dence of their patriotism. That they
arc able to give whenever tho demand
is made speaks volumes for tho small
industries which have given her a
financial stability unequalled by any
other country. We are' sometimes
given to boasting of the rehabilitation
of tlio South after the late war. It is a
source of pride and wonder; but when
we recall tho destruction wrought in
Franco, anil the heavy indemnity ex
acted from her by the conquerors, and
the facility with which she met it,
the meed of praise is due to her.
Her experience with a republic is yet
far from a satisfactory completion.
When we consider what a terrific jolt
ours received after it had been running
nigh on to a century, we can feel no
surprise that Frenchmen are restless
and sometimes revolutionarv.
Just now the most careful and dis
creet observers look upon the condi
tion of France with apprehension. She
may again be tom by bloody strifes
among contending factions of her own
sons, but her past history is a safe
guarantee that when the storm is over
she will speedily right herself fingn-
daily.
The Crclonas.
We print this morning all the details
that could be obtained of the fearful
storm, or succession of storms, that
swept over the State on Tuesday after
noon and night. While incomplete by
reason of disarranged wires and the
distance from the railroads of many of
the sections visited, enough bas been
gathered to show that many very sad
casualties dsve occurred, and much
valuable property has been destroyed.
The genend direction of the storms
seems to have been from west to cast
and from southwest to northeast, and
the indications are that Georgia and
Alabama have been visited by parts or
fragments of a great cyclone or cyclones,
which succeeded each other at intervals
of some boon, and which separated
before reaching this State. These great
disturbances originate' 1 ’labtless, as
have many that preceded them, in the
Gulf of Mexico and tho Mississippi
valley.
The first storm struck our western
borders at Columhus a few minutes af
ter 12 m., and came from the south
west. It was next heard of at 1 p.
at Cartersville, north of Columbus and
distant over one hundred miles. Tiie
storm was moving in the samo direc
tion, from southwest to northeast, and
must have been a fragment or branch
of the same cyclone.
A second and equally destructive
storm passed north of Macon a fow
miles, through Jones, l’utnam, Wash
ington, Hancock and Warren counties,
moving from west to cast, or a little
north of cast. This occurred between
6 and 7 p. m. Still another violent
rain and wind storm swept over this
city from tho southwest later in the
night, betweon 2 and 3 o'clock yester
day morning. \
There is one remarkable incident
connected with the recent great atmos
pheric disturbance, and we think it
worthy of the attention of our repre
sentatives in Congress. This storm
waB foretold in the new York Herald
of Sunday last as a probable occur
rence. Had this warning been given
throughout the State by means
of signals at prominent points
and upon trains, such preparations
might have been made, as would have
prevented at least loss of life. This
train service was suggested for Ohio,
by which fanners even while at work
might be notified of an approaching
violent change in the weather. A simple
code of signals was suggested, and
one that even the uneducated could
soon learn, being based upon colors.
It seems that Georgia has become the
track of annually ■ recurring cyclones.
The property interests aud the lives of
the people demand that all assistance
possible be given by the Signal Service
Bureau in their efforts to preserve both.
Creatina a New Son.
The latest scheme of the great
engineers, while loss difficult than
many others we might name as already
accomplished, must, by reason of the
boldness of its conception and the vast
changes likely to be effected in the face
and productiveness of a large division
of the earth’s surface, exert upon tho
public mind a peculiar fascination.
The public has within the last thirty
years been so frequently confronfed
with splendid engineering results that
it would seem difficult to astound it
witli new suggestions. Mountain ranges
and river beds have been tunneled,
isthmuses severed by canals, cables
laid throngli oceans, and railroads
across continents; feats of skill and
daring not dreamed of within the
early manhood of our older citizens.
Tho now scheme looks to tho reclam
ation of at least a portiop of the vast
Sahara desert, and is in the hands of
M. Itoudairo, a noted French engineer.
Now that the eyes of the civilized
world are turned towards Africa, it may
not be out of place to devote a few lines
to the subject. It is in brief a propo
sition to cut through the ridge that sep
arates the Mediterranean from tlio des
ert, which is in part below the Medi
terranean level, and inundate the arid
sands witli tiie blue waters of that tido-
less sea.
Tho proposition was several years
ago laid before the French government
by M. Itoudairo, and such was the con
fidence of tho government in tlio en
gineer that a sum of money was fur
nished him, that he might confirm his
theory by more minute observations.
After two years of labor, tho engineer
became convinced that nothing inter
vened between the plan and its accom
plishment except permit* from the
proper authorities and the funds neces
sary to execute tho work. The former
have lately been obtained, being n fir
man from tho Sultan of Turkey, and a
formal permit from the Bey of Tunis.
The great Sahara desert is supposed
to cover 3,000,000,000 square miles of
land, being in extent therefore nearly
os largo as tlio United States. How
much of this vast area can be innndatcd
by canals from tho Mediterranean is
not yet known. That a largo portion
of it can be so inundated we are as
sured by M. Roudairc, and his views
are endorsed by the greatest of living
engineers, M. De Lcsscps. The effect
upon theremainderof converting a large
division of Africa into an inland sea, is
something upon which even the scien
tific can as yet but speculate. It is tiie
opinion, however, of many that it will,
by irrigating the desert lands and cre
ating moisture in an atmosphere to
which rain is now almost a stranger,
bring back to fertility a region that has
not within the memory of man been
productive. Add to this the evident
increase of facilities for trading with
the interior, thereby developing an
almost untouched section of tho
earth rich in natural produc
tions, and it will bo seen what
results may hang upon the completion
of the enterprise. The future control
of this probable trade will doubtless
lead France into support of M. Rou
daire's plans.
There has been at times, talk of con
verting the great American desert into
an inland aea. The African scheme
will doubtless determine the wisdom
of anch an enterprise.
Cotton Statement.
From the ChronicU't cotton article
of February 15, we learn the following
facta relative to the movement of the
crop for the past week:
For the week ending February IS the
total receipts have reached 105,921
bales, against 111,481 bales last week,
112,110 bales the previous week, and
1(M,533 balsa three weeks since, mak
ing the total receipts since September
1, 1883, 4,108,718 bales, against 4,(BI,-
945 bales for the same period o' *882-3,
showing a decrease since September 1,
1833, of 433,227 bales.
Tho total receipts at all the interior
towns for the past week, have readied
32,351 bales, since September 1, 2,449,-
9-5G bales, showing an increase for the
week of 18,279 bales, against the same
week last year, and for tiie season a
falling off of 450,159bales, as compared
witli the same season last-year.
Macon, among the interior towns, is
credited with 409 bales for the week,
and with 57,851 bales for the season.
For the same week last year, the re
ceipts were 1,007 bales, and for the
season 53,256 bales. These figures
show a decrease for the week, as com
pared with the same receipts last year,
of 058 bales, anil for the season an in
crease over last year’s receipts of 4,595
bales.
Taking the receipts from plantations,
the net overland movement to Febru
ary 1, and the takings by Southern
spinners to the same date, the total
visible supply becomes 5,012,302 bales,
against 5,574,570 bales last year, show
ing a decrease of the amount in Bight,
as compared with last year, of 562,274
bales.
Tho imports into continental ports
this week have been 69,000 bales. The
exports have reached a total of 112,267
hales, of which 05,613 were to Great
Britain, 1,760 to France and 14,894 to
the rest of the continent.
We take the following from tho
Chronicle’« article, relative to specula
tions in cotton for the week under re
view:
^ The speculation in cotton for future de
livery at this market, during the past week,
has been slow, and the course of prices has
been somewhat irregular, with tiie changes
comparatively slight. During Satur
day and Monday there was a slight
decline, under sales to realize, caused bv
the full receipts at the ports, and the dc-
pressionof the markets at New Orleans
jind Liverpool. Tuesday opened wea k, but
"here was a rally at the close, attributed to
small receipts at Memphis and other
interior towns. On Wednesday the re
ceipts at the ports were quite small, ami
the opening of prices was at n further
advance, but it was not sustained in tiie
latter dealings. On Thursday tiie strong
Liverpool and Southern markets, together
with the crop movement still small, caused
a slight advance, which was pretty well
maint.lined to the close, but without
activity in tiie dealings. It may be re
marked, however, thaton both Wednesday
and Thursday tiie summer months at
tracted more attention. To-day the open
ing was weak and the market anil, closing
slightly lower, and. as compared with last
Friday, somewhat irregular, with the vari
ations unimportant. Cotton on the spot
lias been very dull. A small business was
done for home consumption. There lias
been no chango in prices, middling uplands
closing nominally lOJic.
BOOK NOTICE.
a Ceorgia Biography—’“Life and Times of
Joseph E. Brown.”
We have been handed a copy of Field
er’s ’’Lifcand Times of Joseph E. Brown’
to notice and review, a task for which wo
feel so little fitness or inclination wo fain
would pass it by in silence. We have no
objection to noticing the work; we are
merely appalled at tho prospect of having
to review it.
The "Life and Times ot Joseph E.
Brown,” by Fielder, is a fact, regardless
of the facts it may contain; an occurrence
which lias beenhurlcd Into our journalistic
path, and however tho flesh may faint and
the spirit droop before tho obstacle to bo
surmounted, tho requirements of the hour
must be met with a dauntless determina
tion to do or die.
It is a serious thing to have to review the
life of any man; to note his daily walks
and brilliant flights, his actions proud, ids
actions humble, his foys and sorrows, his
strong temptations and occasional tumbles,
It is serious because it is under certain
conditions dangerous; for unless happily
restrained by an impassive mind, the
reader, as lie enters Into the work, merges
witli the hero, fights with him Hips with
him, kites and cries with hint, tolls the
truth or lies with him, as the case may be.
We would approach tho "Lifo and Times
of Joseph E. Brown,” with doubt and dis
tress, under any circumstances: we opr
proach the "Life and Times of Joseph E.
Brown,” by Fielder, appalled by a consci
ousness of deep solemnity. There Is with
us, as we enter in upon it, a gloomy doubt
os to whether tho wreck of our moral
nature will, when all is over, be set up witli
by a Samaritan missionary or gathered as
flotsam and jetsam along tho coasts of
eternity by the gentleman with the split
hoof.
It was a thoughtful concession from Mr.
Fielder that the first page of the work
under revision should be devoted to
"Errata and explanations." No life of
Joseph E. Brown would be complete with
out a page of errata and explanations.
But this is the last and only concession;
and tho author settles down to business,
lie approaches his subject as carefully as
have we, entering upon it with a Well-
timed compliment to Nature for what site
bud done for Georgia—a happy stroke of
policy; for surely no one can, as be pro
ceeds, blame the creative dame for having
so palpably neglected Mr. Brown, when
so much of her valuable talent had
been exerted upon the scenes of his
future perambulations. -Following this
comes tne State's area, population, subdi
visions, boundaries, rivers, water powers,
altitude, climate, soil, productions, timber,
metals, religion, cemeteries, colleges, pub
lications, societies and railroads.
Many readers will be puzzled to un
derstand what the lengthy disserta
tion upon Georgia has to do with the
biography of Joseph E. Brown, but the
scheme of the work seems apparent to us.
Mr. Fielder has written a history of Geor
gia, doubtless, and worked in Mr, Brown
afterwards. He is to make his appearance
at intervals, as does a forgotten basting-
thread in a lady’s skirt, and crop out of
odd places like a vein of the dearly
beloved Dade county coal. We do not
aaeert this, but anch is the plan, aa it
appears tons. And why not? Has not
Mr. Brown dived down below the surface
and popped up in unexpected placet for
thirty-odd years ? Has lie not been at the
bottom of Georgia politics or on top ell
his life? If Mr. Fielder's plan of con
•traction is seriously assailed, he may look
to tha'rxuoRArii and Mxaain-.es to defend
it
But the author proceeds. He next deals
with hie own contemporaries. Mr Brown
has dived beneath the surface from the
title page, and does not reappear until we
open np page 8*. We had become alarmed
lor hie safety, but be rose for breath
finally. At no other time afterwards is he
gone so long. He mokes bis appearance
coming down out ot the mountains with
"undiluted morals” and as pure as a
brooklet. He comes with a dress “neat but
not gaudy," boasting of an avoirdupois that
is a happy medium between Bob Toombs
and Alex Stephens. Mr. Fielder's do.
scription is too long to be produced. It
is eloquently negative tending to show
what Mr. Brown ia not rather than what
he is, which is not surprising, since no man
bas ever been able to spot him with posi
tiveness, While tiie author is telling his
hero's fortune and drawing a pen picture
of him. the hero has gotten to be twenty-
odd years old, and is still growing; notic
ing which, the reader ia apt to be haunted
with a fear that Mr. Brown isgainingonbis
Boswell, and may eventually escape alto
gether, liut Fielder does not worry over
it. He even drops back and dallies with
Mr. Brown’s pedigree, which he declares
was Bcotch-Iriih, with n dasli of Ten
nessee on one side and a Virginia cross on
the other. His similes in this connection
are as animated as a procession qf weary
steers. Finally he closes upon his victim,
whom we find teaching the young idea
liow to shoot, or how to handle tho pike,
in a country school-house. From this pe
riod they travel along peacefully together
until Mr. Brown is elected Governor in
1857. Says tiie biographer at this junc
ture: "It was difficult for the intelligent
public to understand how a man from the
interior, without the benefit of long associ
ation with central political juntos and
rings, could enter into office without meet
ing many difficulties.” Tills is the first in
timation the intelligent public has bad
that Mr. Brown was ever lacking in such
benefits. The intelligent public is better
informed upon this subject than Mr.
Fielder.
In the hands of Mr. Fielder, Gov. Brown
vindicated himself for the first time in
1859. Then he gets interested in the State
road, and dives out of sight again, while
the biographer runs back and gives us a
history of the • road. He explains Gov.
Brown’s former policy in connection with
it and how lie made it pay the State $450,000
per year; an important piece of informa
tion, since wc can understand how ton
years later ho was willing to take it at a
rental of $300,000. The reader is then led
about tiie State, ard has pointed out to
him tho Governor’s ear marks upon the
school system, State Geological Depart
ment code, tho Sabbath day and vari
ous other things. But the most eloquent
and impressive picture represents the cele
brated Georgia militia, emerging under
tiie warm feathers of the brooding execu
tive, from its ancient hardshell condition
into a full-fledged bantling. One thing,
however, is lacking. There is no mention
made of the deadly engine of war, the
“Brown pike,” invqpted by Governor
Brown in ids happiest moments; the
deadly engine so planned that in the
hurrah of battle amid the hurrying foe, it
could “catch 'em a cornin’ an’ cr gwine.”
We cannot excuse this omission. To write
a history of Jos. E. Brown and ignore the
"Brown pike,” is iike considering Newton
without reference to the apple, or Gallilco
without his lamp. Unless tiie great in
ventor himself first read the proof and
struck out the pike section, with character
istic modesty, Mr, Fielder has laid himself
open to criticism.
Wc have compared Mr. Fielder's similes
to a procession of weary steers. But even
weary steers can bccemc excited, end so
with Mr. Fielder's similes when tho war
broke out and Gov. Brown rose again to
tlm surface. There was a switching of
tails, a kicking ot heels and finally a
stampede in a cloud of metaphor. This
however, is only temporary. The proces
sion is soon reformed and drags its weary
column in review.
Mr. Fielder does not follow Brown
closely during the war. We shall not
fallow Fielder. For one iiiina, however,
we are indebted to him, and that is tiie
elaborate vindication of tho Governor
against tho charge of having carried off
his pet cow and luxuriant cabbage from
Miliedgcviilc, in preference to public docu
ments, Mr. Fielder proves the Governor
guiltless. The cow and cabbage were
save* by Ira Foster, to bo distributed
amongst several hundred refugees in tiie
Soutwcstcrn railroad. The receipt of tiie
refugees for tiie same, however, is not
published, and it la impossible to say what
became of the property.
The reinaincr of Mr. Fielder’s work is
the history Georgia with tho vindica
tions ot Joseph E. Brown interpolated.
Brown’s speech in Chicago is explained by
Brown. Reconstruction is passed with the
greatest possible skill. Wo had expected
to see tiie biographer seriously involved in
this division, but Governor Brown has
dived again and only a bursting bubble
marks his hidden course. Tiie Columhus
episode docs not even appear as a bubble,
nor tiie incendiary Atlanta speech,
and finally after many weary years,
Mr. Fielder suddenly closes his narra
tive in 1872 without a word of warning.
We arc puzzled. Here is a work pur
porting to be tiie life of Joseph E. Brown
by Fielder, with the twelve or thirteen
most important years omitted. Did Fiel
der miscalculate his strength and lkill?
Did Ids idol turn to clay ? Had Brown led
where his Boswell dared not follow ? Prob
ably we will never know. It nmy be that
when Canon Kingsley expressed a hope
that some deoil American statesman would
bo buried in Westminster Abbey and a
wicked Georgia editor nominated Herbert
Fielder, tiie nominee was forthwith accept
ed. If Mr. Fielder ia , therefore burled.lt
is impossible that he could finish his work,
and should not be criticised.
But the work ia finished; by whom is
not stated. The narrative goes right along
to '84 apparently of its own volition. Is
this the work of Mr. Fielder's executors?
Who can say? Perhaps Mr. Brown at
tended to it. At any rate we shall not re
view it. We positively refuse to follow an
unknown biographer. It is hard enough
work to keep up with those we know.
these days of tricks and
■kill we should never know
in reading the biography of Joseph E.
Brown by "Incog," but what Joseph him
self waa masquerading aa his own Boawell
and leading us into waya that are dark.
Everybody knows that your Uncle
Joseph is a mighty smart man, but we do
not believe he can stand many more such
biographies as this.
The work is for sale at the book stores.
Whatever else may be said of this notice,
it need nof be doubted thatit will bring
many purchasers for the book.
As an article for the toilet. Ayer’s Hair
Vigor stands nnrivaled. It clranses the
scalp and preserves it from scurf and
dandruff,,cures itching and humors, re-
Mores fadedor gray hair to its original
““ color, and promotes its growth.
Agents should not fail to see our
offer of premiums elsewhere in this is
sue. tl
FROM ATLANTA.
Tho Atlantic Hotel at Morehoad City-
Fight Over PatentBatha—Peraon.nl.
[SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.')
Atlanta, February 18.—Mr. R. B. Raney,
formerly of the Kimball House, now of the
Yarboro House, North Carolina, has been
in tiie city several days among his friends,
and looking after the interest of the At
lantic Hotel, Morehead City. N. C., which
lie has secured for the summer season of
1884. Mr. Raney has made and is making
the most extensive improvements, is fa
miliar with the wants and tastes of our
people, and on Jqne 1st. will throw open at
Morehead City a magnificent hotel, with
nil modern conveniences, under a man
agement and servcic that will make it es
pecially attractive to Southern people.
Morehead City is becoming a popular re
sort, and tho readers of the Tkleorapii,
many of whoih leave home during the hot
months, will find it well worth their while
to consider the Atlantic Hotel in their
summer programme. Fuller details of the
attractions of the hotel, rates, etc. may be
seen elsewhere in this paper.
FIOIIT OVER PATENT BATIIs!
In the United States Court this morning
a Mrs. Icks. of Louisville, Ky,, filed a bill
praying aa injunction against Dr. Ludwig
Von Doleck, restraining him from hawk
ing her patent baths. It appears that the
Doctor is engaged in selling certain patent
baths which Mrs. Icks elaims is an in
fringement of her own patent—that the
baths are identical, and that the patent is
hers. Judge McCay has issued a rule nisi
calling upon the Doctor with tho foreign
name to show cause why the injunction
should not be granted.
TO THE MACON MASQUERADE.
Quite a party of Atlanta society folks
will attend the masquerade ball to be given
in Macon Wednesday night. Prominent
among these are Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
AusteH, well-known leaders in social
circles here. * Mr. Austell is one
of our wealthiest young men, popular and
a princely entertainer. His accomplished
and charming wife, an acknowledged and
admired leader of Atlanta society, is the
daughter of Judge O. A. Lochrane, upon
whom Macon may rightly assert a strong
claim.
Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Winsliip, and their
sweet little daughter Irene, of Macon, who
have been here several days, returned
home this afternoon.
Major Lamar Cobb, of Athens, is here
to-day. On this particular visit he dis
claims having any designs on the State
treasury In the interest of the university.
It must be said, however, that the treasury
rarely escapes him.
OEOROIA REPUBLICANS—DELEGATES TO CHI
CAGO.
no. rv.
Received of J. K, Brown nrrmMn. * .
the Western a id Atlantic Wffioad f
pany, $1,000, in balanco of toe , 0E '
NO. V.
Received of Gov. J. E. Brown nr... i .
of tlio Western and Atlantic I'.aiiroJd (tom*
pany $1000, in full of retainer andbSt
sional services, rendered said compinv
ififseptember, 1372. ^ N ’^
KO. VII.
Received of J. E. Brown, president
Westrn and Atlantic Railroad CompanS
five hundred dollars for attorney's fee Jl
fert „ R- B. Kbiort
When the Governor was further quL
tloncd he said he “nut no limitation m
them, except that they were not to bur
liquor for the gentlemen of theLeeisl/
ture. &*««•
Your correspondent has not read th.
book you so ah y reviewed, but I Intend to
read ft, and to look out very carefullv r™
this little lobbying episode. ^ or
Looker-On.
Many persons suitor from torpid liv„,
and require something to stimulate it and
from some peculiarity of constltiition
cannot toko calomel or blue mass- to
such Hill a Hepatic Panacea is invaiua!
TAfANTED — Two FOITn-GMinv
VV milcl. cotvs. JOHN A. NELSONk2S
febl5dlw-wlt*
OWNERS OF ENGINES !
THE 118 THE BEST BOILER
KOR T |MC™Sr m c a o d l e d JKSgt
I 111 U, WILL TAKE FROM tVEul
Injector. ,^6 TA - NK . over lo.cooia
AL80, THE ITbebcitT.iikruinpsmaf!.-
VANDDZBK«-«r^
teed; capacity too to 20.00
Jet Piimps.te ,pcrhour ' I ' rlco « 7
Send for circulars to
■CEO. R. LOMBARD A CO.,
Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works
ACGU8TA, GEORGIA.
.nvT„a l . n £. I Sm“,1 d *? n En (0nci. Boilers and
all kinds of Mill Work. febl9-2aw<fcw6m
$30,000 For $2.
J|j REGULAR MONTHLY DRAWING WILL
take place in Covington, Ky.,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1884.
A lawful Lottery and Fair Drawings, char-
m . . tored by tho Lugipluturu of Kentucky, and
The Georgia Republicans will meet in twice declared legal by the highest court in the
tins city next Saturday for the purpose of State. Bond given to Henry county in tho sum
electing delegates to the national conven- <"*100,000 for tho prompt payment all prizes
tlon at Chicago. There is already consul- so
FEBRUARY SCHEME.
1 prize 4 30,000
} PL lre 10,000
1 prize 5,000
2 prizes <2,500 each 5,000
ft prizes l,ooo each 5,000
20 prizes 600 each ; 10,000
100 prizes 100 each 40,000
200 prizes 60 each 10,000
600 prizes 20 each 10,000
1000 prizes 10 each 10,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
0 prizes |300 each * 2,700
9 prizes 200 each l.soo
9 prizes 100 each 000
MW - — $110,40
Waol*/Hckcta, 4^ Hall Tickets, $1
2? Ticketo, |5u 6ft Tickets, 4100.
Kcmit money or postal uoto hunk draft i
letter, or send by express.
v-.s-s. aw mix: ll.lUWH.il VUIlVeil
tlon at Chicago. There is already consid
erable speculation as to the more promi
nent delegates who will be selected to rep
resent the State. There are to be elected
four delegates from the State at large and
two from each Congressional district.
For delegates at large I have heard the
following names suggested as candidates:
Buck, Pledger, Forsyth, Johnson and
Pleasants. It is also understood generally
that Republicans would favor putting for
ward as a delegate at large Emory Speer,
but for politic reasons it is not likely that
any effort will be made in that direction.
Of those named three are pretty certain
of election, Buck, Pledger and Pleasants.
It is not probable that either Forsyth
or Johnson will go as delegate-at-large, for
the reason that Forsyth *an t, and John-
son will prefer to go from his own district. v .
If this be true, the fourth honor will fall Orders of $5 and upwards by express,
to some dark horse, as Atkins or Devreaux, be sent at our expense. Address nil orpei
with chances in favor of the latter. There - J. J. DOUG LAN, Covington, K
will be numerous candidates for delegates
from this district, perhaps forty, but the
indications are that J. E. Bryant and W,
D. Moore will win the honors.
A youth from the Cherokee and Cobb
line, named William Reeves, 20years old.
relieved his grandfather yesterday of $20
in money und two or three notes, and
came to Atlanta last night to have a good
time. This morning lie invested In a $10
suit of clothes, a pair of shoes, a shirt and
collar and a valise. 8oon after these pur
chase* were made tho sheriff of Cobb
county gathered hi a in and carried him
home.
AFTER ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
All cx-Confederate writes from Alabama,
stating tliat ho is a native Georgian, went
to the servico from this State, but for sev
eral years has been living in Alabama. He
was maimed in the war, and wants to know
if he can get any benefit from the
StificioFIhnbii hyiho Ix? 6 isIaturo tor
A very similar case lias also came up
from Florida. There is no provision mad*
for such cases, however deserving they
may be.
Fielder's Life of Joseph E. Brown.
Editori Telegraph and Meuenger: Your
capital review of the "Life and Times oj
Joseph E. Brown,” by Col Herbert Fiel
der, was by far the most atrractive article
in your Sunday’s paper. Your criticisms
are eminently just and proper. To prop
erly understand tho relations existing be
tween the author and the subject of the
book above named, allow your correspon.
dent to refer you to the published report of
the investigation of the ratification of tho
State road lease, which investigation was
conducted by a legislative committee in
the year 1870, the chairman of which com
mittee now holds the position of Governor
of Georgia—namely, Henry D. McDaniel.
It became necessary for Governor
Brown to appear before the com-
it tec to give testimony as
to how and where he nsed money to con
trol the Legislature when the subject of
ratification was before that body. Chair
man McDaniel examined that distin
guished gentleman. Question by Mr. Mc-
“Go on, Governor, and state to whom
you paid any sums tf money.”
Answcr-*‘Now, gentlemen, the balance
of the money was paid to attorneys at law
to represent us before the populace and
the Legislature, and whenever our rights
were discussed before them to set u* right
ploy©
nrefei
.....USE. >111.111 ill nu UB 1 IU11 l
It might be said they were cm-
red as attorneys and lobbyists
«r not to mention the
the attorneys. I havo their fifteen y
receipts here which I will show the corn- **-
mittee.” __
Mr. McDaniel, chairman—"Governor. MMon^TuVnVin 1 1
the committee have decided that you shall state. Over MO ieflif'AU Gride
give upon the record tiie names and re- Plsnoi. »200 to fi.ooo. Omni, 124
ccipts of the attorneys to whom you have Miksrs* names on pH. No dienefl or c_
Paid the money inonlrod ahnni." sirumenUsold ••Tbs best Is always the
cat," but our cheapest Is g
VV . v ainwaiiujn MJ »ilUUl YOU IlUk
paid the money inquired about.”
Oovcmor Brown—“Well, sir; Idoao -
under protest, and I desire to do so wider
K!£tteSS?S dupon the mlnutc3 <>“ hi ' SEE WHAT WE GIVE PURCHASER
"Protect. I enter my protest against the
decision of the committee requiring me to ^ cacl11 ,an0 * 0
furnish the names of the attorneys era- JVitheach Organ.a Good Stool & Instruct
ployed by me; but aubmit them under With each Plano or Organ, a Book of Mui
order of the committee.” a . 8 . ,x Years’ Onama»sst a Fifteen Da
Mn . Trial, with Freight 1‘nl.l both wajslfJn-tr
—'mtaoesnotiult and a privilege of exch*
— •• moutuofinoi
°! Joseph E. Brown, president »{’>• time w
of the Western and Atlantic Itaiiroa.I rnsJeumitM,
TT A T T ’G VEGETABLE
HALL D Sicilian
Hair Benewer.
Tho Beit Is tho Cheapest,
Safety! Economy!! Certainty of Good
Results!!!
These qualities are of prime Importance In tho
selection of a preparation for tho hair. Do not
experiment with new remedies which may do
harm rather than good; but profit by tho ex
perience of others. Buy and nso with perfect
confidence an article which everybody knows
to bo good. 1 Lall's ILun Bcneweb will not
disappoint you.
ranPAitcn by
!£• P* Hall & Co., Nashua,N.II.
Sold by all Druggist*
PLANTERS,
MECHANICS,
MERCHANTS k CAPITALISTS,
A-W0RD-IN- YOUR - EAR-AND-D0L
LARS-IN-YOUR-POCKETS.
HAPPPNEW YEAR! Good bye, 1883 Cropi
not flrit-rato. but might have been worse.
Mouey cot exactly Dlcutr. but yet, enough tc
go round sad after paying debis sir laylm
lnsuppllso. Hook, clothing, guano, and **'
things needful, there will yet be somethin
to invest. And 1
fist
-■Nt that tho
BEST PAYING INVESTMENT
In ■oinething ttmt v
home*,that*
friends an«l c
of reflnemen 1
» happlne
»ur children, o
! bieln-t fclauda
oclablUty.
MUSIC ALONE WILL DO THIS
I '**-11'Oisii 1 iM—i— » 1 11—a, .11
Have you a Plano or Organ In your homo ? 1
not. you thonld have, and wc can stvo yo
. money in Its purchaxj. Over 20 im) delights
names purchasers, whom we havo supplied in th
sst fifteen yearn, will indorse this ■'ntcmen
8ce the Grand Inducements we offkr Te
Loading Makes. Chlckcring, Matbushek, Luc
den A. Halo, HhIIi t Davl^, Haritnu... t.i...
Moon Hamlin, Packard. IMa
e snd Hu
All Price
7, — 7, : amoiiub ikuuroau
Company, five hundred dollars towards a
retaining fee in the matter of the lease of i
said rood from tiie State.
[Signed! Jas. P. Simmons.
NO. It.
Western and Atlantic Raiuoad Cum-
rsNT u BurNmiN 1XX uxmt’s Otticn. Atlanta,
Oa. September 2. 1873,-Itoceived of Jto 1
^ l S wn ’ J l?!“ w * nt Western and
AtKI i R .^i, r0 V 1 v C ? ro P* n } r - fl,,c hundred
dollars In full of balance due ax retaining
fee in an, litigation wldA m“r tetostF
JJ*. jif, the lease of said road
wdbr h toe^Uto.° e0, * U a ** irUt com l >a "- v
[Signed] ’ Jai. P. Simmons.
no. in.
WestiEM am* Atlantic Railroad Com-
PAjnr. Office or Tmusurss. Atlanta
SfcijyP** IWJ-Keceived of W. <£
Morrill, treasurer, $500 on account
[Sifosa] Herbert Fielder.
Mitlhfiutory. Mo
WE PAY ALL FREIGHT
lit. We sell you Hc*t In
tPrl
Yea. \
I’rtni und pay every <eui of ’.«■ frt-!«!
matter where you live »«> that tho ln»tr<
c&u yon no more than If y .u lived in i
nahor .tow Wk rlty. Held us your nan
we will mall you Illuiirated Cstalovut
circulars which will udl you what wo ha
we will SAT
and give yo
it till.
LUDDEN & BATES’
SOUTHERN MUSIC H0US
SAVANNAII, GA.
The flat Maxlc House In the U. R. to Del
llanos and Organs freight Paid.
Or TIIE GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE
Macon. G