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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FKIDAY, APRIL 4, 1884.
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Macon, Ga.
Ding dong bell,
_ Boom's in the well.
W Who put it in ?
little Andy Green.
Who palled it out?
little Howell, stout.
Arthur and his Breeches do not appear
t» be popular in Sew England. The Yan
kees have no spare aflcctions to !*e wasted
on Sew York dudes.
Tits man that Is afraid to gire his views
to the public, over liis own signature,
ought not to have any views. Tapers
ought not to be expected to handle the hot
chestnuts ot tho anonymous statesmen.
Tnr question as to who was the actual
discoverer of the continent of North Amer
ica should not be again thrust upon a
shuddering world. Still we are strongly
tempted to give the credit of it to Hannibal
Hamlin.
It is utid that the Mormon missionaries
are. again actively at work in Douglas
county. If the people like it. they have n
right to stand it. We know some Georgia
communities that would take a different
view of the matter.
Tue next Legislature ought to do itself
the crcdUol imposing a tax on oil dogs—
especially fouiale dogs—or, rather, on their
owners. The dog industry in Georgia is
too flourishing tor the good of other and
more important State interests.
Tms is a queer world. It ia announced
that ''free trade will make goods and pro
visions cheap.'' Well, that will mean
cheap cotton, cheap wool, cheap oats,
Cheap corn, wheat, and so forth. Now, if
this is what tho farmer wants, ho has
taken an obscure and roundabout way of
letting the fact be known.
Tiif. iuuie trade of Georgia this year wiii
probably amount to more than ten million
dollars—about one-third of the value of the
rottoncrop. This will furnish tho founda
tion for many learned disquisitions during
tho fall, on tho "folly of raising cotton.'
There is no law to prevent farmers from
raising mules os well as cotton.
Tilh free trndo papers bowl abont “war
taxes," when they apeak of Impost duties
but lltry smilingly approve of “war taxes"
in the matter of the Internal revenae sys
tem. If opposed to "wsr taxes” why do
they neglect to demand the abolition of ex
cise taxes? They constitute tho worst of
the surviving impositions of the war.
There are generally two (idea to a ques
tion. The farmers want cheaper cotton
goods. They would like to have them 50
per cent cheaper. Well, now. are they
willing to raise cotton SO per cent, cheaper
in order to accomplish that end? It
doesn't need to be argued that in order to
have cheap goods there must be cheap raw
materials.
Owe of oar contemporaries states that
"the full moon in April if the time to
catch bjeam," and seeks to put us in the
attitude of denying it. We know of noth
ing to keep bmm from being hungry nt
that time, or a fe tr minutes earlier or later,
for that matter. Our observation ia that
Ashes bite best when they are hungriest.
The same thing Is true of newspaper men
and other animals.
The Whisky Bill
Has lieen beaten by a vote so decisive
to leave no margin for further dis
cussion. A Democratic House retires
the government from the business of
ripening whisky for a monopoly and
paying for the privilege of doing it at
the same time.
This action ought to commend the
Democratic party to the confidence and
support of the good men of tho country.
This audacious and powerful monop
olv, which has virtually dictated its
own terms to the government for
years; which lias controlled elec
tions and divided high offices
and rich patronage, lias been
humbled and crushed, beyond a rally
ing point. This has been accomplished
under circumstances not auspicious to
the task. That it should have been
accomplished under suclt circumstanc
es, strengthens the ground for congrat
ulation.
From this time forward a different
tone will t« given to iegis' ution. Smart
ing under defeat and disappointment,
the main supporters of the measure
may be loud and violent in their
threats. The country may he treated
to a series of lurid, hand-painted pro-
nunciamentoes, but there will be
much more of noise than harm. Tariff
reform legislation must languish, even
if, indeed, it do not die, for tariff re
form and the wliUky bill, though dif-
ering widely in sound, were at the core
convertible terms, the one dependent
upon the other. The Morrison hori
zontal bill must now stand or fall upon
its own merits, the powerful props of
personal and financial inlluence having
been cut away.
There is another interesting consid
eration eonneeted most intimately
with this subject. The presses which
have most vehemently supported the
whisky hill never found time and space
sufficient for denunciations of bloated
monopolies. A Democratic House has
shown its entire willingness and
capacity to deal with monopolies. It
has seized tiie most powerful and bla
tant one in the country, lias hauled it
up to the bar and beheaded it, without
benefit of-clergy. This action leaves
Henry Wntterson and Green B. Ilaum
out of a present job. Let these states
men go out upon the highways and by
ways, and seize the next most powerful
monopoly, or'any monopoly that may
be found. Let them drag it to the
block, and hid a Democratic House be
head it. A little active work oi this
kind will supersedo tho necessity, if
suclt now exists, for the Morrison hori
zontal hill.
duly elected, but had died before the
day fixed for his inauguration.
But if the President elect should die
after the electors had cast their votes,
but before the voles had been counted
and "declared” by the Senate and
House of Representatives, we are una
ble to say what the decision would be.
Neither the constitution nor the statute
passed to carry it into effect, lias
made provision for such.a case. It is
our opinion however, that it would bo
the duty of Congress to declare the
Vice President elect to be the rightful
person to act as President.
The question raised by our corres
pondent shows tiie necessity of an
early amendment of the constitution,
and the great importance of nominating
men sound in body and mind, who will
probably live to take the oath of office,
and he able to discharge Us onerous
duties.
Confederate Dead In Northern Cemeteries
Tho Columbus, Ohio, Timet says:
The condition of the Confederate
cemetery at Camp Chase has long been
known to citizens of Columbus familiar
with the locality, and a source of morti
fication and regret to every citizen who
has any pride in such matters, or can
forget that nearly all who lie there be
neath the green sward wore tho ‘gray'
of the Southern soldier, and lost their
lives while battling for what they
thought was patriotic. True it is, they
were enemies of the country when they
fell by the wayside, but tiie rancor of
war spirit and petty differences
have all been effaced by the
corroding hand of time, and we
now know them only as American
citizens, who wore tho ‘gray’ as
their Northern brethren wore the
“blue”—both perhaps correct from
their standpoints. Since the close of
the war in 1805, the ruthless hand of
decay has taken a firm hold on the
surroundings of the Confederate ceme
tery at Camp Chase, and tho place is in
a most dilapidated condition. Fences
Are down, marks of identification are
destroyed, and animals are allowed to
roam at will through the sacred spot
that should be set apart and cared for
as the last dwelling place of our erring
brethren. Over 2,000 dead are there,
representing every State in the South,
from the Florida Keys to tho Potomac
river on the east, and from Texas to
Missouri, all along tho line of the west
ern confines of the Confederacy.”
What is said in relation to the ccmc-
t
The Presidential Succession.
Wo are in receipt of tho following in
quiry regarding tho Presidential suc
cession under certain circumstances:
prisoners. It is n reproach to tiie
States of the South that sucli is tho
trutli now.
Dtnuso tlin present season,Q7.000 West
ern mules bare been sold in the Atlanta
market at an average price of 1125 n head.
Thus, it will be aeen, one market contribu.
ted 94.6Aj.0u0 to the annuel outflowlrg
stream of money from Georgia to the West,
to pay for wbat could be, and should be,
raised at home. When the streams from
other quarters How into the Atlanta stream
tho result will be a river ot wealth—flow
ing away forever. The proceeds of Ute cot
ton crop are thus swallowed up, year after
year, and the farmers wonder why they
ii.iitinuetobe poor. The wonder is that
all of them are not bankrupt.
Gloeuia farmer] can't raise cotton as
cheaply as It is grown in Egypt and India,
even wlu-n their farms are self-sustaining.
England is fostering cotton-growing in
them countries, to get the advantage of
this cheap cotton in her mills. The price
of cotton in this country is already affect
ed by the Kactera supply. When the free
traders put the cotton growers and the
cotton manufacturers here on s footing
oi direct competition with the Eastern
growers and the English manufacturers
tiie Georgia cotton crop will not bring the
fanners money enough to pay for their
Western mules. Mark the statement
B' ^Tur whisky men Intend to dodge the tax
it possible. TheLouiavillntburiersIowniaf
sap "The detest of the whisky bill by
tiie House creeled no excitement among
' ..u dealers in this city. The opinion
'.-Id by many that, under the United
.-•. ies constitution, Congress has no right
t> inflict the penalty provided for the non
payment of the whiaky tax before the
whisky is offered for isle, and that the law
Is unconstitutional.” This monopoly has
l-s-it fairly and badly whinped in an open
fight on tu chosen ground. It now pro-
j- « togofrom Congress totbe courts
■>ud •> invoke the law's delay, in order to
the payment of taxee and to give Ihe
w iii-ky time to mellow.
rnCMIUMgFO* CLUBS.
will send tho Weeei.y Txle-
i and M>: otEKuEE for one year,
o any one who will gft np n club
' subaeribera for it st • one dollar
renty-flve etuis each per year;
nest
Kditus Tei.eorani and Uzssenosr: If Mr.
Tilden (or any other man) should bo elected
President and die he fora his Inauguration and
taking the oath of office, would the Vice Pres
ident elect bocomo I*rcsldcnt? or would an
other election be necessary? 1 have asked the
question of sevoral persons, but none of them
could answer It. Will you be kind Vtiough to
do so? Respectfully, etc.,
Adam Uarris.
Shady Dele, Jasper county, (it., March ‘JO,
18*1.
Tho question put by our correspontl-
ent is not without its difficulty. Tho
constitution is plain, ns far as it goes;
but both the constitution and tho act
of Congress designed to carry it into
effect fall for short of their purposo, and
hence the efforts made of late years to
amend the constitution as to cover
all possible contingencies.
Tito electors for each State are re
quired to meet and give their votes (or
'resident and Vice-I'resident upon tho
first Wednesday in December. A cer
tificate of the vote must ho sent to tho
President of the Senate at tho sent ot
government, before tiie first Monday in
January then next ensuing. The stat
ute contains this additional provision
Congress shall be in session on the
second Wednesday in February suc
ceeding every meeting of the electors,
and tho certificates, or so many of them
as have been received, shall then lie
pened, the votes counted and tho per
sons to fill the offices of President and
Vice-President ascertained and de
clared, agreeable to the constitution.'
If the person receiving the highest
number of votes for President, being
majority of tiie whole, should die be
fore the electors meet and give their
votes upon tiie first Wednesday in De
cember, the electors would in that
event cast their votes for some other
man; otherwise their vote would be
lost. Id 1872 the electoral vote
Georgia was coat for Mr. Greeley, who
had died after tho popular election
and before the State electors con
vened at Atlanta. A certificate of the
vote was forwarded to Washington
required by law, but the vote was
thrown out, because it had been cast
for a dead man—that is, for no man at
all.
In case the President-elect dies after
the vote has been forwarded to the
President of the Senate, ami been duly
“ascertained and declared, agreeable
to the constitution,” hut before lie has
taken the oatli of office, the Vice l'resi
dent-elect would, we think, become the
President. We base this opinion upon
that clauaeof the constitution which
provides the proper mode of procedure
wliere there bare been three or more
candidates voted for by the people,
neither one of whom has received a
majority of the whole vote. In ibis
contingency it is male the duty
of the House of Representatives
to choose kite President. And the con-
stntion says, “if tne House of Repre
sentatives shall not choose a President
whenever the right of choice shall de
volve upon them, before the fourth day
up s clnb of °1 March next following, then the Vice-
ilareach President shall act os President.” If
aj to M . the Vice-President could act as Presi-
mfcly pa-1 dent in • case like this, much more
Jjsw j$ a i would be he entitled to succeed the
I Prekdox: ciget who bad bees declared
..... it. I another nineteen hundred years, the
ror many years niter the war the tic-1 ^ , lin
mands upon our people wore so erent ” ”
relieve distress and to regulate the
dislocated machinery of State govern
ments, that it was impossible to neglect uro 8 “ ch ? P? riod ol ,utu , re U “°;
the living In caring for the dead. But ‘°cn hundred ycars-and 7“
for tho noble women of tho South, the
remains ol dead Confederate, would ^^, !' Wo shrink hack
have rested on tho battlefields and ,b " h ed when 'vo under ake to fore-
highways, and no monuments would | caaU! , the chanKes ihat wiU occ.r dur-
Imre been reared to tell of their hero
ism and sacrifice.
The time has come when this re- to em,morato worlds that people
preach should no longer rest ngain.t ? n f to ™ kon ages that have
us. The financial condition of our eUprel sinco hey were created, and
States is such that tho money may he ho “ n, “ rie * ‘ hat wlU , C0 T an< ^;
full debt of gratitude wo owe them can •nd^mir.Uon. Pompmed with these
. T. . , , I rolling ages, tiie .life ot tho contenarian
never ho pawl; but we can gtvo them I. ,7 . , . . _
— . . * . — — I ia veniy but a span—less indeed os
life
sixth Congress, between Randall and
Blaokburn, Mr. Toombs flashed this
to Blackburn: ‘‘The perpetuity of re
publican institutions depends upon the
defeat of Randall. ‘Ho who dallies is
a dastard, he who doubts is damned.’ "
Randall was nevertheless elected, hut
Blackfiurn added a new rhetorical
grenade to his oratorical armory.
And in a few weeks lie exploded it with
great effect against the Democratic
party in a wild speech. Ho took it
down to Kentucky witii him, nnd dur
ing the late Senatorial contest it did
duty many times in different hands.
The country still stands, despite the
cool and mistaken methods of Carlisle
and the rattling eloquence of Black
hum. The people are doing fairly
well. Let us hope that Mr. Toombs
may long be spared to startle and
amuse us with his wit by wire.
But a Span.
The New York Sun of the 28th inst
contained the following announcement
of the death of an aged woman:
Mrs. Sarah Wilkes Bants died on Monday
night at l,003Grecne avenue, Brooklyn, in her
lind year. She had been a widow sixty years.
Four of her brothers tired to be over 90. Mrs.
Banta retained her faculties almost to the last-
It is not an uncommon thing to find
notices like this in our exchanges,
where people die after attaining to the
great ago of ono hundred years nnd
more. If to Mrs. Banta’s one hundred
and two years he added the ninety
years of each of her four brothers, we
have four hundred and sixty-
two years. If these fivo aged persons
had succeeded each other—in other
other words, if the second one had been
born just as the first one died, and so
on to the end of tho five, their united
years would extend back to the year of
our Lord, 1422, or seventy years before
Cjylumbus discovered the American
continent.
In some part of the world, a centen
arian departs every year to “that un
discovered bourne from whence no trav
eler returns.” If one dies every one
hundred years, it would require the
lives of only nineteen of them to ex
tend back to the beginning of the
Christian era, and to connect us with
the days of Christ and His apostles.
It seems a long time since those sa
cred characters trod the earth, if we
compute it by years. How different it
appears when reckoned by the lives of
these nineteen men, standing in aline,
as it were, and each representing a
century. What vast changes have
taken place during their lives, in sci-
ry at Camp Chase is true no douhtlts to
other cemeteries nt the North that con- .
fain tho remains of dead Confederate c " cc - art - nrm9 ' ^graphical knowl
edge, commerce nnd civilization.
Standing on the bridge of tiie nine
teenth century, and looking forward
mind is lost in the immensity of tho
view. Wo are staggered and confused
when wo attempt to tako in or to mens
of nineteen centenarians, linked to-
we may judge from the appropria
tions made to construct the jet
ties at the mouth of
the river, and to strengthen
the levees along the banks at certain
placeB, the government not only recog
nizes its duty, but is actively engaged
in discharging it. But it must occur
to everyone now that the true policy,
the correct treatment, has not yet
been determined upon. Nor have
such suggestions been mndo as will
surely remcYe the difficulties.
There are those who hold that it is
possible to remedy the trouble by tiie
free tiso of jetties, whose effect will
be to widen the channel year by year,
and keep tiie river in its natural
bounds ;that nothing else can ever give
permanent relief; that the question ot
cost should not be considered, inas
much as the relief when completed will
be permanent, and that the expense
will be distributed through the many
years it will require to accomplish the
task. There are others who declare
that tiie government should construct
enormous levees the entire
length of the river, meeting
the objection of previous inefficiency
of levees with the declaration that the
work has never been done systemati
cally; that the heighth, breadth and
width 8ltould be of such proportions ns
to absolutely forbid tiie possibility of
weakness at any point. Others again
there are, who argue that tho country
would have been better off had tiie
river never been confined, hutleit to
oveflow naturally, and who assert
that the river bed under the levee sys
tem is constantly being raised, and
that eventually there must be a limit
to resistance and wide-spread destiuc-
tion tho result.
No man can declare among these
theories which have soundness and
which are worthless. There is more
or less reason in all of them. Still they
are theories, some of which have been
partially tested in a small wav. It
seems toms, however, the best way to
reach the final solution of the great
question, for reach it wo must,
would bo for the general gov
ernment to invite to an exami
nation of it the great engineering
mind of the world. If necessary let
Congress lay aside from tho appropri
ations already inado a sufficient sum of
money (o gather in New Orleans twenty
of tho first engineers of the world, and
pay them to make a minute exnminn-
tion of tho river nnd tho country inter
ested. If the engineers cannot point
out tho truo method to be followed in
treating tho Mississippi, there is no use
in spending money upon it, to ho annu
ally swept nway, nnd tho country dam
aged, in addition, to (lie usual extent.
If they can furnish the true solution of
tiie question, and we Imre unlimited
faith in the engineering talent of tho
age, why then tho sooner it is obtained
and work upon the Hue it will suggest,
is begun, tho better will it be.
The eloquence of Memorial Day
seemed to us to decline
ns wo wandered farther from its first
celebr-dion. Young men who had
borne no part in the struggle made
memorable by the sacrifice of so mucli
life, appeared to lack the divine aiilatus
necessary to do justice to the memory
and services of our dead heroeB. In
imitation of our own service for the
dead, tho people of the North 1-ad
flattered us by adopting it, and had yet
wounded us by tho partisan speeches
of tiicir chosen orators. Fearing lest
tho custom should degenerate under
the debasing touch of the politi
cian, it was suggested that me
morial day should be
in a silence unbroken, save by tiie
falling oi tiie laurels upon the graves
of the dead.
Recent events have awakened us to
a realizing sense of how vain, weak
and impotent the judgment of man iB
in the presonco of the God-like intui
tion of woman.
The marble columns that rear their
heads in Southern cemeteries from tho
Potomac to the Rio Grande will indeed
bear the glorious story of tho Confed
orate soldier to the generations tocomo
after us. But there is still need that
this story shall ho implanted in the
hearts of our children, fresh from tiie
lips of the living orator.
Within a year and in a far-off State
one who wore timgray, in tho presence
of those who helped tomakc n wilder
ness oi our land nnd ruins of our
homes, was pleased to announce his
delight that tho South had lost the
great battle for her honor nnd her
rights. .Grant that those were the
words of but one man, who had forgot
ten the woes of his living kindred
and the heroic sacrifice of his dead,
still the fearful admission was made to
our discredit.
More, with this language fresh on his
lips, this uloquont orator of the “new
South” was taken up by living Confed
erate soldiers and placed at the head of
a society formed to cherish the memory
of dead ones.
This simple recital of a painful
fact need only be accompanied by
tho exhortation to our women to
have some man on Memorial Day, no
matter how weak or humble, whose
voice shall hear to tho assembled
youth tho truo story of their dead
fathers and brothers, and of the lasting
gratitude that every true Southern man
and woman cherishes for them.
\ J — /
ng these impending centuries,
But if wo extend tho viow and essay
y
'A /rlt
BiBB in THE WAR. y
ompr
lef Record of the Military Companies
In the Confederate sorvlco
From this County.
Christian sepulture. Tho State of Ken-. . .. .. 4l
tucky brought hack her dead from the ««?■"* " l ‘ h , hl " “ Wn ‘ tban tho .
plains of Mexico and raised over them ° 11,0 in “ C ‘, that 8 P? r,s 8 ““ “
a monument, and tho incident ha. gone * U, ° 8ummcr 8 " unshlno andll,cn 181081
down to future generations embalmed
in the soul-stirring poem of Theodore
O’Hara. Kentucky has reason to bo
proud of her action, and the world is
proud ot her for it. The Legislature . ......
ol Georgia at its coming session should f> al > ro8 <l ■* ****>; ■»> «■“
forever.
Mr. Webster considered tho liook of
Job tho ilpest epic that had ever been
written, and tiie thirty-eighth chapter
the best in the book. He was wont to
provide a grave for every son who bore
iter arms and died in defense of her
rights.
O.nerat Toombs's Dispatch.
The cxuiicrant, intellectual energy
which has made General Toomta I ries before looked up at these samo won-
lured upon the dazzling heavens, quot
ing alternately from Job and David.
(Jh one occasion when thus engaged,
he wns heard to repeat witii some
what ot awe the words of the Psalmist,
who like himself had twenty-live centu-
a man so marked as not to he moos- dors from the hills of Juilea. "When
urod by tho ordinary rules applied to I I consider thy heavens, the work of
other men, seems to defy the burden thy fingers, tho moon and the store
of advancing years and private griefs, which thou hast ordained; what is
Whenever the political waters are man that thou art mindful of him,
moved, tiie public may always expect
to hear from him in a way, if not wise,
at least striking and entertaining. Anil
the public is never disappointed.
Hislatestdcmonstration is embraced
and tiie son of man that thou visiteth
him?”
How Shall the Mississippi be Treated
The greatest engineering problem of
in a dispatch sent to Speaker Carlisle, I ‘ he “H*- from an American standpoint,
on the eve of the late caucus, in these «. to control the Mississippi river.
words:
“ ‘.Vuf/* tetliijia refrersNss.’
country is with you.”
The recent exploit of this mighty
arm of nature has set at rest for tiie
present tho question of the efficacy of
There can be no danger of a retreat 1 IcTee8 ' Xo levee has been able to with-
upon the part of Mr. 8|>eaker Carlisle, «* anJ the P° wer ol the floodl *- Prac ‘‘-
for he burned the bridges behind him «%» the entire lower Mississippi val-
at the late free trade banquet. But the 'ey '»tO-'l»y under water and desolate,
people are not with him. Mr. Carlisle thousands of people homeless and im-
himself confesses that his free trade Povwished, plantations swept clear of
|ioUcy means the defeat of the Demo-1 improvemento, farming implements
cratic party in the Presidential contest, I c*mcd away and stock drowned,
and it may be taken for granted The upper valley, and the valieys of
that Mr. Carlisle neither underesti- tributary rivers, have recently suffered
mates nor over-estimate, the chances I in like manner, cities, towns, villages
for or against him. The majority .(I and liamlets submerged, and probably
the people of this country are for pro-1 in this one season, damage greater by
tectionto American labor and industry, I ten times the aggregate amount hither-
and have repeatedly so declared. The I to expended in defense of property, has
writer can recall the days when Mr. I been inflicted. What has happened this
Toombs, the Ajax of tiie Whig party year may and will happen, until
in the old eighth district, was tiie able science and still, backed by an cnor-
Tho Telegraph 'and Metienger.
The Athens Banner-Watchman and
other papers in Georgia, not reciprocat
ing our kindly feelings towards them
selves, have fallen into the bad habit
of attributing our positions on public
questions to personal and selfish mo
tives.
One of tiie stockholders in the Tele
graph and Messenger Publishing Com
pany happens to bo also a stockholder
in a cotton manufacturing company, as
well os in other dcslrahlo enterprises,
and hence it suits tho purposes of these
journals to attribute our advocacy of a
reasonably protective tariff to a desiro
to further his private interests. The
same lino of argument, or rattier ot
misrepresentation, is used with .regard
to our position on other questions of
public concern.
We submit that tills is unjust, and
not in keeping with tho courtesies of
the profession. It our positions are
wrong, let the wrong be pointed out. If
our arguments are weak, let tlielr
weakness tie exposed. It Is no answer
to either to say that tho motive that
leads to the one or inspires the other
is selfish or personal.
Our critics should remember that the
people of Georgia, up to tiie beginning
of the war, when there were hardly a
dozen cotton mills in the State, were
about equally divided on the tariff
question, and that the editors of thp
the Tei.eorapu and Messknoir were
the advocates of a judicious tariffbefore
there was a cotton factory in Macon,
As to the success of this journal, it
has not been our habit to speak. If
any of onr contemporaries have any un
easiness on this point, however, we take
pleasure in informing them that
its daily circulation has been
quadrupled and its weekly quintupled
since it passed into the hands of its
present proprietors. Since tiie begin
ning of the present year our circulation
has increased at the rate of 600 subscri
bers per month, and our advertising
has kept pace witii our growing sub
scription lists.
We trust, therefore, that tiie Ban
ner-Watchman ami others will dis
miss all fears concerning onr
welfare, and that they will address
themselves hereafter to the reasons and
arguments with which we sock to fortify
our positions, and not try to find un
worthy motive. for what we may print.
and eloquent champion of the protect
ive policy of tliat grand old party.
There i. always a vein cf subtle i
mous expenditure of money, shall have
furnished a solution of the problem,
I and made the overflow country as safe
rasm running through tiie brilliant and I from watery invasion as tiie highlands,
picturesque epigrams and bon mots in I Who will unravel the knotty ques-
which Mr. Toombs indulges. Having I tion?
had his day in court—having witnessed
the destruction of all his own politi-
The control of the Mississippi river
I undoubtedly belongs to the United
col hopes ami aspirations, he doubtless [ States. It is the great artery through
Room for tho Orator.
Memorial day draws near and nature
promises to greet it with a wealth of
flowers. The ladies of the land having
In charge tiie ceremonies incident to
the occasion, have selected speakers
to pay tribute to the honored dead.
It affords us pleasure to note that the
oratorical portion of the programme
wilt not he neglected
We had for years entertained opin-
LAM.tr. INFANTRY.
Organized In September, 1801, by tho
election of Mr. T. W. Brnntly, captain;
John A. McManus, first lieutenant; J. If.
Dunlap, senior second lieutenant; W.E.
Jenkins, junior second lieutenant, and
Georgs E. Ricks, sergeant. Besides the
commissioned and non commissioned offi
cers, tiie roll of the Company was 120 pri
rates. Tills company was named hi honor
of the lamented John B. Lamar, who fur.
nlslied the men witii entire equipments,
including tents, uniforms, patent-leather
haversacks, shoes, etc. Among its mem
bers were many of the best men from
Joncsconnty. It was the largest and best
equipped company sent from Bibb county,
and was mustered into State service at
Camp Harrison, on the Savannah and
Gulf railroad, October 18, 1801, and with
the Macon County Infantry, Everett
Guards, from Fort Valley, Ross Volun
teers, of Bibb county, and Columbus Min
ute Boys, from Mutcogee county, formed
the first battalion State forces by electing
William II. Iloas lieutenant-colonel and
appointing B. A. Wise adjutant. The com
pany reiualucd tn State service until April
17, 1802; was reorganized May 17,1802,
with 150 men, rank and file, and mustered
into Confederate States service in the
Fifty-fourth Georgia regiment, Colonel C.
II, Way, of Savannah, commanding.
Being company A, and Ute largest in the
regiment, it was detached and assigned
to the Georgia Siege Train Artillery, com
manded by Major George L. Bnist, of
Charleston, S. C., serving along the coast
defenses end at the battle of Oiustee,
Florida; remained in connection with the
artillery train until May, 1801, when or
dered to rejoin tiie regiment and report to
General Joseph E. Johnson, at Dalton,
Ga., wliere they were assigned to General
W. H. Walker's brigade end remained
with it until that gallant officer was killed;
then assign’d to Clebum's division, and
participated in all the battle* in which it
was engaged in down to Jonesboro Ga.>
thence went through Alabama with Gen
eral Hood into Tennessee, and engaged in
til the battles of that campaign, when
they rejoined General Johnston in North
Carotins and were surrendered as a part Of
his army in 1805. The company's papers
were raptured at Dalton, and msny items
ot interest concerning its history were loaL
The following is the roll of the company,
and a report of each of Its members as far
ss information st this late date can lie ob
tained:
orncasa.
Captain T. It'. Brantley, promoted to
major In 1809. died at Macon since the
war.
First Lieutenant John A. McManus, au
thorized to raise a new company, after
wards major of Third Georgia Reserves.
Second lieutenant John It. Dnnlap,
resigned .September, 1802, from failing
health.
Third Lieutenant William K. Jenkins,
promoted to second lieutenant, October,
1862, and fint lieutenant June, 1801, and
captain, by promotion, 1805.
Firet Sergeant George Rieka, died at Sav
annah, July, 1802:
Second Sergeant II. L. Smith, promoted
to orderly sergeant July, 1802, elected
third lieutenant November. 1802, promot
ed second lieutenant, ISA, «ud by promo-
tuS:i„te',„^x wV^
sfoS’tt.waw
PRIVATES.
Armor, John, transferred to sharpshoot
ers, June, 1802 supposed to bo dead At
len, Peter Allen, John. Allen, DuviJ
Avera, John F, Avert, William All--.
S., supposed to be dead, A
Qtato, supposed to be dead
Bird, P, li. Bate, h. F., died since the
»“ r - Bata, J, T„ died since the km
Bonhart, Jas. E. Bailey, Jamet R.
since tiie war. Brooks, J. 1*. Barfield j
K„ promoted (o fourth sergeant, liu
;/• h'-dled at Savannah, July
18(3. Brantley, H. A. Britt. 6. t>
Botpfri, jamet, transferred to shanahant
era 1802; killed by a home since the ^2'
Bntt. Henry Britt, L. II.. died .lace &
war. Britt. J. J. Britt. I. D„ wounded
near lost Mountain; died oi woundsjune
1861. Bat,. II. IF., supposed to be ®
observed Brantley, II. .S'., wounded 1801 at Camnbcll'
ton Roads; died since the war. Bronto*
Louie It. if., accidently killed since the
war. Baker, Sol., wounded near Kinn.
ton, 186i. Bateman, B. M„ wounded near
AUsnta 861. Barfield, James.
W. /•., died since the war. Brantley, M V
Crawford, J. if,, transferred to iharol
shooters, 1802; supposed to bo dead. Cum.
mtnys, Owen, died at Savannah, 18G3
Combs, Talbot, captured near Marrieita'
died ainco tho war. Churchill, John caul
tured near Resaca, 18W. Cobb, Jesse'dill
since the war. *
Dunlap, William. Dennis, A. 0, died
at Savannah, July. 18«3. Downs li
D E.tt J EM?;j DaTi,,HenryC - '
Falrey, C„ supposed to be dead. Faulk
Robert, baulk, Henry, transferred to
sharpshooters. 1862. Flowers, William.
Felts, Robert L. Ford. L. A. Follondore
Charle*. Fountain, William, supposed to
be dead. Fountain. J. M. Finny, Saw p \
wounded and died in Tennessee. 18fti'
Fennel, George T. Feagin. Elbert, wound
ed near Atlanta, July, 1801. FoUtndore
Joe, died since tho war.
Oaffrey John, died since the war
Grooms, D. B. Gailand, J. W. Giles, Van
killed near Ix»t Mountain, June. 18GI *
Haney, K. IF, captured and .lied in
prison, lfysler, William. Holloman
£ r *nk- Hadron. John W. Hudson. D.
li. Hudson, W. J. Herrington, Riley died
on return from prison since tho war
Hotelling, A. Hicks, Alford, wounded
near Jonesboro, August, 1864. Render,
son, James. Harris, Frank. Herrington'
John. Hanesiey, Charles. Hume. V. S„
killed at asylum since the war. Hodges,
J. K. Hardy, 7%«niai,dicd in Macon since
the war,
Jordan, Jacob. Jordan, J. J. died since
tho war. Johnton, B. , died since the
war. Joiner. Jot, died since the war.
Johnton, IF T„ wounded July, 1861; died
since wnr. Jonet, Jack, died since war,
Jackson, Perry W. Jessup, Jas. Jatptr,
Jamet, IF. died since the tvar. •
King, Thomat D,, died since the war.
Kitnhrcw, Thomas M. Kimbrew, Ed. 8.
Kitchens. O. W. Kitchen, Urius. Kitch
en, M. W. Kitchen, M. W. Kitchen,
W. H.
Langiton, IF J., died since (the war,
Lewis, R. H. Lester, Frank. lister,
John. Lester, T. C. Land, IF. J„ died in
Atlanta since the war. Lawrence, Frank
M. I-vIes, J.C.
McAdams, B., wounded in July, 1861,
near Marietta. Mixon, James, wounded
nt Kenncsaw Mountain. June, 1SOL
Moore, IF IF, died, 1863. May, S. />., died
during tho war. Marshall, James, died
since the war. Mason, Dan. Mason, John.
Mason, J. It., supposed to be dead. Ilmrr,
S. O., died in savannah, March, 1863.
Masscit, Robert, killed near Calhoun, On.,
1*14. Mulkcy J.J. Mulkoy.W.O. Mor.
rit. Jamet, died during the war.
Nnrsum, II., killed near Kingston, June,
1861. Nolaud, W. A. Nodetto, Joe. No
land, W. A.
Pnrithjp, A. J.. supposed to be dead.
Ponert, Thomat, died since the war. I’M-
trrron, H'., killed at Jonesboro, September,
1861. Patterson, A. W. Payne, Green.
Patterson, 8. L.
Roberts. Reuben, Ryle, F. M. Rue, IF
0., died slnco the war. liolrrlt. M il..
died in prison In 1861. Itutlcdge, trans
ferred to sharpshooters, June, isiB. lint in,
William, died slnco the war. Richardton,
IF L„ died since the war. Robert,, It. J.,
died in priron, 1801. Rye, W. W., trans
ferred to sharpshooters, 1802. Bogttamare,
J. T., died since the war. Roberts, 8oL
Roy, John IF, died since the war. ltltchie,
Stephen, Joe. Sloeumh, /•’. It., died at
Savannah, 1802. Smith, John IV. Stew
art, W. Smith, Crawford, died since tho
war. Scott, William' R. Simmons, W„
transferred to shnrpaliootcrs, is..’. .Sim-
nutu. A. J’.: died since the war. Smith, W.
D„died »li% the wnr. Smith, Cicero C„
promoted Third sergeant, 1861. Sateyrr,
William, died since the wnr. H. J..
•lied since the war. Stephen,. Caleb, died
during the wnr. Stewart, John. SU uvrt.
Situi, died since the war. Smith, John J.,
died atnee the war.
Toy, Richard, killed near I/>6 Moun
tain, 1803. Taylor. J< •rry. Teel, James f
died since the war. T! u m-m l, J. W„ pro
moted sergeant, 1861. Tidwell, Janie-.
Tucker,Motet, wounded near Atlanta, July
t, 1861. Tidwell, (ieorgr. Tucker, Stephen.
Venn, lltfry, died uuring tiie war. Vis
age, William. Finsori, li., died -ir.ee tho
war.
Well, J., supposed to be dead. Well-,
William. Wheeler. A. O. Wheeler. J.
Marion. Wiggin, William, died ntSavan-
nah.Angust, 188t Wood, W.H. T. II «/,
J. C., killed at Jonesboro, September, 1861.
Wood, A. J. H nt, l>a . die l in prison,
1861. Wood, It., died in prison! 1861.
It'Aflr. J. 1) . died since the war. Woodall,
J. W. J. Wtlcmxiun, J, S . supposed to he
dead.
Names in Italic were killed or have died
since the war.
Chronlo Coatlvsness Cured ny Bran-
dreth'e Pill's,
Bully Buaxo Hills,Aatz -xt Tit*., Jan
uary 21,1883—l'or tie- last two years I
have been greatly troubled with eostive-
ness, often ten or twelve days elan-lug
« u an> II ■ . III. II' Ol the' bowel- 1
■ I limns- rI'lm-dii-- hut non-- with
• • - - until I fi-.-.t vollr Vegetable fill-,
taking Hirer pills and im reajlngone every
night until 1 took nine, then decrcu-lng
one every night.
have continued
headache, s<
situde have
man—which
pills—and I
ibis new cot
think- the country fa going to the d^vil, I which flows the trade of ■ dozen States
and regards it n duty to help it along. I whose territory ends at its low-water I ions to the contrary of the one just ex-
Thu is not the first time that he has | mark. The defense of the country lia ‘
hie to ita watery invasion is a duty im-1 that in these columns we have hereto-
■ posed npoa tiie general government, j tore given them a more permanent
used tiie wires at a critical juncture.
On the day before the deciaton of tin
preaaed, amt recall now with regret, Corporal J. j. JUrrf,, t
center: tor tlic Speakership of the torty-1 and U already rccognixed at fueb. li j form tban in mere words.
rain
Rry.
—General Dbu will probably be tiie
next President of Mexit o.
Where the Fire is Out.
Magic No More a Mystery—Seen
From Across the Vorld.
"Haroan of Aleppo,” >tld Mr. Phillip I»-*r
v»l, "Hadmastered %verj »ecrut in nature
which the nobler ma(ic accks to fathom. IIo
discovered that the true art of heeling U to u*
■Ut nature to throw off dU<*ac~to lummon,
m it were, the whole ajitem tn the ene
my that hat hutened on a part Illa proceaset
all included the re in vigo ration of the principle
of life/*
In this the eaitera sage merely anticipated
the practice of the beat pbyitclans of to-day.
What lUelUelfU, nobody knew than nobody
knows now. L it w# hare learned
of the reason why the mysterious tide rises
and falls. Provided the art-at organs of th*»
body are nol Irreparably destroyed, medical
science can alwaya relieve, an*! often save.
*etno reputable phyairlan now adhere* to
the barbarous and stupid proce**** of deple
tion. such a* Ur^liag. by which It waa at-
temptedlocuredUciuc* by redurlu* thepa*
tlent's ability to r* «t«t It. Now-anSays w« do
tear down the fort to help the garrUoo—
tion first lieutenant 18U5. - wreogthen lu
Th.r.l Herarant kobert W. gmlth, pro. -
"'"*'7 m r ? *eu^»n' November, im,
to thihl lieutenant. 1801. an.! to eecotui dlaMrutf MerfallVtSJSmIto rtnaH
lieutenant. 1805. Wuutie-l near Jonas- ***«».•J,.,.,' uwWKTtK, itvttw
born. September. 1861. tare the twlmnn the rsBl tar, » M
Poarth Sergeant J. X. Harris, promoted thez all tihaottts of U>* atomach. UMi
lonrtrrlr. July. ls,l | Uver are at wet fettered at carol. Soe
to second sergeant, and
to engineer corps. «
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