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FRIDAY, mAhCH tt, <W7.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
Caught on
the Wing
1 ■»;;; :-i-i-i-x-t-
By JOHN T. BOIREUILLET.
Eighty-four years i
20, lf<:3 ihe .‘■'uteri
Courtly met for the
S"*ston was held ir
cabin owned by J'-n
ty. Mar h
t of Bibb
Ime. The
loubla-log
The oposition denounced Governor M c- ! In the local columijs of The Tele-
Do n a Id as a tyrant. His political graph yesterday mention tv as made
of the phenomenal appearance of the
moon on Tuesday night. It was called
a rainbow luna. The first solar phe
nomenon of which I remember to have
read as occurring in Macon, happened
in August, 1831. and was called the
"Blue Sun.” Butler's history repro
duces the following from the Macon
Advertiser of August IS. 1S31: “The
dly pledged.’’ At the next session 'sun looked as blue as a midnight revel-
• Legislature. Governor McDonald er returning from a festive carousal, of the proceedings of the above men
ted a greatly Improved condition This singular appearance soon attract- ; tioned compromise committee: “In the
> opposition denounced Governor 3Tc-
mlri as a tyrant. His political
nds urged him to rescind his order
he Treasurer. He refused. The ro
ws s that a bill was pu:-srd making
adiUon of 25 per cent to the tax of
pr-vious v<tr. thus giving the
ernor the means of meeting the
jgementa of the Plate, “for the per-
n.jn e of which ” as the Governor
1. ' her faith and honor had been re-
promise. Joseph E. Brown was select
ed as the dark horse, and the conven
tion* nominated him. and thus by a
scratch Joe Brown became the nomi
nee of the Democratic party, and made
his first race for Governor defeating
Ben Hill, the nominee of the Ameri
cans. by 10,000 votes.
The following was published several
i years ago as a part, and a most re
markable part, of the secret history
The English Church
toed oi
n Oral
aim
Mn
t? s ‘ I'-
been known in
as Bead's Hi':!,
presided at th
court. Bibb wr
Circuit.
1 and
)ne rt
organized
the attention of our wonder-lovin
Maconites. and in a moment opr streets
and windows were crowded with men,
women and children, and then a war
of speculation among the agitated
crowd, highly creditable to the as-
I read further, that he was a great tronomical genius of the age. A sage
friend Of popular education, and while old gentleman from the country declar- and moved that Judge Joseph E.
urging the Legislature attention to the od as his firm belief that the phenome- • Brown, of Cherokee, be selected as
subject of education, he said: “The non could be accounted for in no other J their compromise man, which was
unty had been ] first thing to be regarded in a republic *’ ' *
ep.er. wnlcn
v stands the
J.in Massee.
ocallty has
f history of
Judge Eli S.
first session
hen in
th
of the finances, and it apeared that the
receipts into the Treasury would he
more than sufficient to defray the ordi
nary expenses of the Government, and
pay the Interest on the public debts,
a biography of Governor McDonald,
that he
committee it was first proposed that a
ballot be taken, each one writing his
preference on the ballot. The ballots
were written and deposited, but before
they were read. Linton Stephens
(brother Of Aleck Stephens) stated that
such a formality was not necessary,
ct of th
rd
i-nt
gr.
th:
Legis-
ie first
r was
izuli.st a free negro for retailing
Honor, and another account declares
t mi th>- first presentments were
: gainst two defendants for gaming.
AH agree that the first indictment was
for sir. t hing. K. C. Beard was sher
iff „nd Nicholas TV'. Wells was clerk.
Charles j McDonald was solicitor
general. I will make an interesting
n ention of him presently. The fol-
li wing were the grand Jurors: Alex
ander Meriwether, Josacher Bates.
Charles McCardle, James Fitzgerald,
Ifenry Williams, John H. Beard.
Charles Ingram, Thomas House, Har-
dy Harrold. Lewis Fay, Roland Biv
ins. Redding Rutland. Jonathan A.
Hudson, Thomas Bates, William Cum
mings, Nathan Braddy. Jonathan Wil-
der, Henry Audolpb, James Hender
son. John Douglass. Claiborne Bate
man. Burrel Bullock and George B.
Wardlow. Tho petit Jurors were
Jesse Palmer, Richard Bullock, John
Bullock. James B. Hamilton, John
(■afford. Britton Brasil!. Peter Stew-
,rt, Henry Turnage. Wade Harris,
Each Williams. Jr., Edmund Jones and
Thom a* Williams. AU of these men
long since
is the virtue of the. people; the second
is their Intelligence. Both are e.s-entful
to the maintenance of our free institu
tions: the first inspires them with the
than by supposing the sun had > promptly carried by voice, and his
been traversing some immense planta- name reported to the convention,
tlon of indigo, and by its powerful j Through curiosity the written ballots
attraction had extracted its colors, j were counted, and Alfred H. Colquitt
and thereby smooied his face. This i W as f oun a t© have had a majority of
on to do right, the second arms very seasonable conclusion quieted for 5 one. It was a close shave to becomin
tem wjth power to resist wrong.” eHer a time the fears of the assembly, when
they were aroused again by an elderly
lady: 'Indigo, Indeed.’ said she, rais
ing her prophetic eyes, ‘whoever heard
of the blessed sun being dyed with in
digo-no, no, it is the sea-sarpent's
back, as I believe. Don't vou see ’tis
of his nobh- sentiments. “I have
never bargained for any dffice and if
I do not receive !t without condition, I
shall never reach it.”
The above will give some idea of the
life, career and high character of the
the Governor of a great State at the
Sg.e of 31. Had the ballot been ex
amined and announced, what a change
of result. It is curious to follow out
the incident Joseph E. Brown thus
unwittingly defeated Alfred H. Col
quitt for Governor after Colquitt had
first solicitor general of the Bibb su- 'fiected upon it! and haven't you heard been really nominated. Twenty years
December 16, 1860.
The presence in Macon this week
of Mr. Charles A. Barnes, of Illinois,
supreme chancellor of the supreme
lodge of Knights of Pythias, gives,
me occasion to say thefe are consid
erably over seven hundred thousand
members of this order in the United
States. The membership in Georgia
is between 10,000 and 15,000. Ohio
has more members than ahy other
State, the number being about eighty
thousand. Indiana comes next with
over fifty thousand, and Illinois is
only a few hundred behind her. Thus
it will be seen that more than a fourth
of all the Knights reside in three
passed frotp the stage states of the middle west. The mera-
af life, but descendants of most of c.-wshin of the endowment rank (life
them me living in this community, j insurance branch) is close on to
- - ighty thousand, representing an en-
p-rlor court. Governor McDonald died ! of the devil's being in our waters! and
who knows but he's now in the Oak-
mulgy! Here an unusual consternation
prevailed; but it was happily dissipat
ed by the timely arrival of an eminent
physician, who tranqullized the mob
by convincing thorn their fears were
idle, and that the sun was merely
laboring under a temporary fit of the
blue devils. Thus assured they calm
ly and peaceably retired to their
homes."
A few years later. In 1828 and 1829. I
believe the time was, after .Macon had
become a town, a new court house,
costing 112,390, was erected at the foot
of Mulberrv street, near (he present
Jail.
As stated above, Charles J. McDon-
nld was the first solicitor general for
ti\e Bibb Superior Court. He was
fleeted to this position by the Legis
lature. in 1822. When the General
dowment -of more than $120,000,000.
The membership of the military de
partment is about twenty-five thou
sand. The supreme convention of the
supreme lodge will be held at Boston.
Mass., August 4, 1908. The State of
Massachusetts has about- twenty-two
thousand members. The Knights .of
Pythias is the foureh largest of the
fraternal organizations In the United
States. The Odd Fellows top the list:
Assembly enacted the law for the In- I Freemasons, second; Modern Wood
men of America, third; Knights* of
Pythias, fourth. There are about fifty
fraternal organizations in this coun
try. founded on lines similar to the
four mentioned above, with an ag
gregate membership of about ten mil
lion. This Is a vast brotherhood. The
labor organizations are not included
corporation of Macon, December
1823. McDonald was named as one of
the five commissioners for the gov
ernment of the town. He held the of
fice of solicitor general of tho Flint
Circuit, in which Bibb was situated,
until he was elected judge of the same
circuit, in 1825. On becoming judge.
ho resigned his commission of brigs- m the enumeration just given.
flier-general, to which position he had |
been elected In 1825. Judge MeDon- ; In connection with the meeting of
aid presided with ability and impar- the Central Labor Union In this city
tiality. He was elected to represent Tuesday night, it may be stated that
Bibb In the Legislature in 1830. He j the American Federation of Labor, of
was chosen to the Senate in 1834, and . which the Central Labor Union is a
in 1837. He was an Influential mem- j part, has an aggregate membership
her of both branches of the General i of over two million. According to
Assembly. Possessing great popular- ; the statistics within my reach, the
ity, and the confidence of the people. Federation is composed of 119 nations
lie was elected Governor of Georgia in ; and international unions, representing
JS39, and was re-elected in 1841: he approximately 27.000 local unions. 37
was a delegate to the Nashville States State l>rnnehe.s,538 city central unions.
Bight Convention in 1S50, whleh was and 854 local unions. The affiliated
a meeting of the slave-holding States. 1 unions publish about 245 weekly or
called In conformity with the request monthly papers, devoted to the cause
of labor. The official ogan Is the
American Federationist, edited by
Samuel Gompers.president of the Fed
eration. There are 866 organizers of
local unions acting undfr the orders
of the American Federatnion of Labor.
The objects and aims of the Federa
tion are officially stated to render em
ployment and means of subsistence
less precarious by securing to tho
workers an equitable share of their
labors. Thirty-two Stats in tho Union
have a bureau of labor and statistics.
Attempts have been made in the Geor
gia Legislature to. establish a bureau
Charles J. McDonald was one of in this State, hut so far the movement
Georgia's wisest and most patriotic has been marked with failure. But
Governors When he entered the Gu- its creation ma” yet come. Massa-
bematorlal office "lie found the State chnsetts was the first State to estab-
treasury empty, without the means of lish a bureau, and Oregon was the last
pushing to completion the great work I —the two extremes of the Union. Of
undertaken in the construction of the , the Southern States, North Carolina
Western and Atlantic Railroad, with land the two Virginias have a bureau,
the public debt increased to a million
dollars and what was worst of till the Certain alumnae of Wesleyan have
character of Georgia disgraced by tho petitioned for a charter for the Nation-
protest Of ar. obligation for $300,000, nl Alumnae Association of Weslayn
contracted by the Central Bank under Female College. There are today about
legislative authority. According to 2 100 living alumnae of this Institution,
historical authority, the Central Bank. They are residing in the States of the
of Mississippi to take action in de
fense of the South’s constitutional
rights as to slavery. In 1S51. Mr. Mc
Donald was defeated for Governor by
Howell Cobb, in a spirited contest.
The issue of the campaign was tho
Southern Rights question, espoused by
McDonald. Cobb represented the
Constitutional Union party. He was
made one of the judges of the Su
premo Court of Georgia in 1S57. With
jlim on the bench at that time were
Joseph H. Lumpkin and Henry L.
"Benning.
one of
Union from ocean to ocean and. there-
fore. It is appropriate that th » alum
nae should form a national association.
There are but few colleges, male or
■ female, in this country that have a
i larger number of living graduates.
established in 1S2S. had been required
by the Legislature, from yenr to year,
to meet Its appropriations from the
resources of the State. Tn 1831. the
counties had beer, authorized by a leg
islative act. to retain the general tax
to he applied by the Inferior courts to
county purposes. Notwithstanding
tiie State taxes had thus
finished to the counties, the Central
Tajik was .-rill required to pay the an
nual ordinary and extraordinary ap
propriations. A biography of Gov.
McDonald says: “In tho embarrassed
condition of the finances, the position A short time since T mentioned in
of the chief magistrate was a difficult ; this column that the first frame house 1 highly polished. It flashed with a bril-
onc. Involving the duty of recommend- 1 in Macon was built by Mr. Henry G. i liancy that attracted attention not
ing to the legislative branch of the Ross and Dr. S. M. Ingersoll. at the ; only in Georgia, but elicited admira-
Government a line of policy that corner of Fifth and Ocmulgee streets, ! tion in States far beyond. Gardner
would relieve the State from her March 1S23. eighty-four eynrs ago. j was a Jeffersonian Democrat, and,
financial difficulties. Gov. McDonald Yesterday Nathan Butler,* well-known I having determined to enter journalism
l,i uts first annual message. In 1840, and respectable colored hr.ekman. stop- | actively. It was natural that the name
Spring of tho astronomical year com-
rnlin- mertces today with the vernal equinox,
' and ends with tho summer solstice.
June 21, “The green lap of the new-
come spring,” Is spreading over tho
face of creation.
The unfortunate burning of “the
plant of the Augusta Chronicle on
last Tuesday morning furnishes food
for interesting historical reminiscence.
The Chronicle was founded In 1783.
Think of it! This was before the
adoption and ratification of the consti
tution of the United States, and sev
eral years prior to the first election
of George Washington as President.
The Chronicle was here before Wash
ington city was made the national
capital, and before the creation of the
Supreme Court of this country. It
was born the very year that New
York eIty was established as the sea't
of government of the United States.
Samuel Elbert was Governor of Geor
gia at this time. He won a gallant
name In the Revolution as colonel of
Georgia Continentals. Elbert County,
in this State, was named in his honor.
When George Washington, President
of the United States, visited Augusta
in May, 1791, the Chronicle had a full
account of tho important occasion.
Augusta was then the capital of Geor
gia. I find from the Chronicle's issue
of May 21. 1791, that Gov. Edward
Telfair and other Siate dignitaries,
on horseback, met the President five
miles from tho town. The President
alighted from his coach, mounted his
horse, and the procession proceeded
to Augusta, where he was received
with an artillery salute, and a great
concourse of people. The Governor
made an address of welcome, to which
the President responded. One of the
features of entertainment was an ele
gant banquet, at which the Presi
dent's toast was, “The State of Geor
gia. and Prosperity to Augusta.” A
brilliant ball was also given by the
wife of Gov. Telfair. Washington re
mained in Augusta several days, dur
ing which time he attended an exami
nation of the students at the academy.
The old files of the Chronicle, which
were saved from the burning last
Tuesday, are replete with incidents
connected with the history of Georgia
over a century ago, equally as inter
esting as the visit of the first Presi
dent of the United States. These
files are a priceless heritage from “the
times that tried men’s souls.” They
speak with ’’the voice of the past,
when the body and material substance
of it has altogether vanished like 'a
dream.” The heart of tho State beats
in sympathy with Editor Loyless over
the destructive work of the fire, but
rejoices that the valuable files were
rescued from the flames.
'The Chronicle has come down the
aisles of time, hand in hand, with an
esteemed and venerable companion—
tho Constitutionalist. This paper was
established in 1799, and in later years
was consolidated with the Chronicle.
For a decade, from 1350 to I860, the
Constitutionalist was the most bril
liantly edited journal in Georgia. It
was a great political force. The edi
tor for tho ten years mentioned, and
who made t'ne Constitutionalist so
powerful a factor, was James Gard
ner. He was born in Augusta. Jan
uary 2S, ISIS, and died there. October
7, 1S74. He studied law in the office
of that eminent Georgian. George W. j
lauv. Colquitt became Governor of
Georgia, winning the place that he
held in his grasp by an accident so
long before. Twenty-three years later
Colquitt as Governor, appointed as
United States Senator Governor Brown,
who took the governorship from him
so many years ago. And this was fol
lowed by Governor Brown aiding Gov
ernor Colquitt to a re-election as Gov
ernor in 1880. In the fiercest and most
protracted personal and political battlfi
ever witnessed in Georgia. The matter
certainly contributes a singular and
romantic chapter of accidents, sur
prises and coincidences.”
Judge Richard H. Clark, a delegate
from Bibb, was one of the eomitteo.
and in a speech, sustaining the report
of the committee, said that he had
served in the Senate with Brown, and
paid high tribute to his character and
ability, closing his remarks with these
words: "He comes from Cherokee, the
stronghold of Democracy, and the bal
ance of the State takes pride in nomi
nating him as a proper tribute to them,
and will take greater pride in elect
ing him.” It may be remarked in pass
ing that Lumpkin, the North Georgia
candidate, led in the balloting in the
convention, and though he did not
get the prize the North Georgia pole
succeeded finally in knocking down tho
persimmon, as usual.
Disestablishment Vote Largely Result
of Ignorance cf History.
From the New York Tribune.
Of all the various denominations
of Christendom tnere is probably none
conecring which so mush ignorance
prevails as to the Established Church
of England. The ignorance exists to
an amazing degree even in the United
Kingdom and actually extends to Par-
more are distributed in various chari
ties. It Is Inconceivable that the large
proportion of 70 per cent of the Eng
lish people—that is to say, an over
whelming majority thereof—would be
willing to sanction any legislation c.ii-
tuinted. to disestablish and disendow
their church, and the vote, therefore,
of the House of Commons a fortnight
ago. which the Government carefully
refused to countenance, need not be
regarded as representing the wishes of
the nation, or as constituting any real
danger to the establishment.
The Established Church of England
is Protestant Episcopal, and its fun
damental doctrines and tenets are em
bodied in the thirty-nine articles
liament, as may be gathererd from the 1 agreed upon in convocation in 1562.
fact that some ten days ago the House i shortly after the accession of Eliza-
of Commons voted by 19S to 90. in both, revised nine years later, in 1571,
favor of a resolution to disestablish ! and reissued and confirmed by King
and disendow the Church of England. | James L It may be said to date from
Ninety-nine people out of every liun- ; the reign of King Edward VI. For,
dred, and possibl)- even a greater per- : although Henry VIIL was the first to
centage, are firmly imbued with the i quarrel with the Papacy, by compeli-
idea that the Established Church is ; ing the clergy to recognize the
iAPPEALS FOR PROTECTION
I OF AMERICAN INTERESTS.
1 NEW ORLEANS. La.. March 20.—
Fearing that American interests will
I suffer along 1 the Honduran coast as
1 a result of the active operations of
the Honduran and Nicaraguan forces
in that section, the New Orleans
Board of Trade tonight telegraphed
! Senator Foster, of Louisiana, at Wash
ington. IQ appeal to Secretary Taft f >r
protection. Merchants and other busi
ness men here believe that in the event
of any Honduran city of Importance
being captured by the Nicaraguan
forces, looting may follow with serious
loss to American (jwners. Trade be
tween New Orleans and Honduran
ports lias been seriously effected al
ready by the war.
GEORGIA BUILDING
AT JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
ATLANTA. March 20.—President
Mitchell, of the Georgia Jamestown
Commission, returned from a trip
north in the interests of the commis-
maintained at the expense of the tax ‘ premacy of tho crown, ancT by. sup- .
novel* onrl that rtwina* tn tho fant nf ! nrpssinsr rnnflsM tini» tliA mnrtoc- f MtnUieiU n inittv \ i. ‘ ■
for use in erecting the Georgia build-
payer, and that, owing to the fact of : pressing and confiscating the monas-
it being a State establishment, it is | teries, yet he did not identify himself
necessarily dependent upon the nation- } with any reformation of the doctrines
a! treasury in the same way as the of the Roman Catholic church, to
army, navy and civil service. This j which, indeed, he remained an adlicr-
impression has been strengthened by , ent until his death.
the foolish utterances of certain news- j Far from being a champion of the
papers, which, whenever, at a less for j reformation, he was an obstacle thero-
a theme, have delighted in holding up \ to. and it was not until after his death
the archbishops, the bishops and the i and the accession to the crown of his
deans as constituting a burden upon . son. King
the exchequer, and denouncing the went ov
for use in erecting the eGorgia build
ing. The work had started was being
pushed and would bo ready when the
exposition opened.
FORMER DISBURSING CLERK
GETS ONE YEAR SENTENCE.
WASHINGTON. March
stipends they receive as altogether out
of proportion to the value of service
they render the State. To most people,
•ing PC Edw^d VIth^ W England tenc * " f ^ the
f O ,1.' •' , a . hns i ,1,ll l renltentlarv was today Imposed by
^ ‘I?*™,; ^tiee Barnard, upon Jos. W. Boyd.
testantisvn based upon the confession
Of Augsburg. Under Bloody Mary
England was once more brought uudor
therefore, it will possibly be a matter | the supremacy of Rome, but with the
of news that the hierarchy of the ; advent to the" throne of Queen Ellza-
Cburch of England does not cost a i beth, the Protestant doctrines once
penny piece to the taxpayer, and that | more obtained the upper hand and the
its beneficed clergy do not draw a cent t Church of England as it now remains
as such from the government. No one 1 came into existence. Not only were
in England is forced to v contribute any- I the thirty-nine articles then adopted in
thing either directly or indirectly to their present form, but the Book of
the Established Church. Even the so- j Common Prayer, which is to all in-
formerlv disbursing clerk of the pub
lic health and marine hospital service,
who was indicted on a charge of hav
ing obtained about $1,200 from the
Government by means of false vouch
ers.
UNUSUAL HEAT RECORD
IN GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA
GUTHRIE Okla.. March 20.—All
heat records of Oklahoma were broken
when the thermometer this afterm
Editor Ranse Wright of the August
ta Chronicle, was offered the Know-
Nothing nomination for Governor that
same yeat*. but declined It. He died
soon after being elected to Congress.
Like Gardner, Wright was a brilliant
writer. The appointment of Editor Pat
Walsh, of the Chronicle, to the United
States Senate is recent history. .V/iy
the Chronicle soon rise, fully rehabili
tated. from the ashes of tlje recent
fire, and - move forward on a career of
even larger plans arid loftier hopes
and wider visions and grander achieve
ments than has marked her venerable
honorable, useful and glorious past.
called parish church rates, which are ; tents and purposes the liturgy of the : ,- e " ‘ t e ‘cd 10” In toe Shade Tho u -
municipal rather than national, are al- .church was complied. It is this pravrr K^ual heat was accompanied hv a stiff
together optional. Far indeed from book that King Edward VII. aocord- : the
costing the imperial treasury any mon- 'ing to recent letters from England, is ■ J Ht ' ' ' ‘ nf „ , v .inre \t
ey the Church of England may be said now engaged in revising, in his capac- I nkHl o.na Chv the mercury reached
to relieve it of many oxpenos by the ity ns supreme head of tho Church of , r) - „. my-Amas 09
educational Institutions it maintains. • England, with the assistance and ad- | " ’’ '
The fact of the matter is that the j vice of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
salaries of the hierarchy and clergy of i with the object of adapting it to tho
the establishment are derived, not from requirements and needs of the twen
tieth century. The book has been sub
jected to several revisions, notably by
the so-called Hampton Court Confer
ence in 1604, in the reign of King
James I. But It remains to all intents
and purposes much the same as it was*
in the days of Queen Elizabeth.
Crawford, ex-Governor of this State,
and Secretary of War under Presi
dent Taylor. Crawford was so Im
pressed with young Gardner’s ability
that he formed a partnership with
him, which continued until Gardner
became Attorney-General of Georgia.
But Gardner's forte was as a writer.
His pen was bold, trenchant and
The Stephens Repartee.
To the Editor of The Telegraph: The
question about that alleged piece of
wit about somebody threatening to
swallow Alex. Stephens seems to be
hard to sottle.
I notice that people in tho portion of
the State where Judge Colquitt was
best known say it was Colquitt. Some
in sections where Toombs was not
known say it was Toombs.
Now, I was born and reared in Green
County, within twenty-one miles of
Liberty Hall. In my boyhood I knew
Stephens and I knew Judge Cone, who
lived only seven miles away, and I used
to hear that It was Cone that threat
ened to swallow Stephens and got from
him the sharp rejoinder. As I havo
stated over my signature elsewhere re r
cently. I once asked Mr. Stephens about'
tho incident as connected with Judge
Cone, Ho laughed at the question and
said no such passage ever occurred:
that that particular piece of wit was
attributed to him gratuitously, and
added, as I recollect now, after" thirty-
six years: “That reply was made by
Sir Jeoffrey Hudson, the court jester,
to one of the courtiers of Charles II.”
Tho same piece' of wit actually occurs
in a conservation in Kenilworth that
carries back the witticism to a period
100 years before Sir Jeoffrey’s day.
It is quite likely, however, that Seott
was guilty of an anachronism in put
ting the language in the mouth of a
boy in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
The sharp, clear cut notion that the
brain was the seat of the Intellect and
its Immediate instrument." can hardl.v
be attributed to tho common people of
the sixteenth century. Be that as it
recommended, as a remedy for the em
barrassments then existing, a resump
tion of the entire amount of Stato
taxes, which had for some years been
given to the counties with but little
benefit to them, and greatly to the In
jury of the State.” The recommenda
tion of the Governor prevailed, and a
Jate was enacted dire ting the State
taxes to be paid into the State treas
ury."
The Legislature passed a bill in 1S41
reducing the taxes of the state 20 per
rent. Governor McDonald vetoed this
measure, and gave his reasons at
length for sd doing. His main point
was that the amount of taxes levied
under the act of 1840 was absolutely
required by the Government to meet
n^.pc-vii-y expenditures. In h
null message of November S
d me and said that he had read in
The Telegraph what I had stated about
Dr. Ingersoll. an he desired to inform
me that in slavery days he was owned
by Dr. Ingersoll. Nathan is now sev
enty-two years old. He further said
that his mother, who also belonged to
Dr. Ingersoll. is still living, at the ad- 1S57. There were five prominent can-
vaneed age of ninety-eight years, and . didates in this memorable campaign,
says she. remembers distinctly when to-wlt: Henry G. Lamar, of Macon:
there was not a house whore Macon James Gardner, of Augusta: John H.
now stands, but all was a forest and 1 Lumpkin, of Rome: TVm. H. Stiles, of
abounding in Indians. Nathan says 1 Savannah, and Hiram Warner, of
that Dr. Ingersoll was a planter, with i Meriwether. Lamar came of a long
possessions in Alabama, and he was ; line of distinguished lineage; he had
also an Indian trader, and in large i served two terms in Congress
wagons would take supplies as far as ] State Rights Whig, and had
Arkansas and sell them to the Indians, j judge of the Superior Court. The late
As I am on the subject of Dr. Ingersoll. O. A. Iochrane. chief justice of the
it might be of interest to some to hear Supreme Court of Georgia, married a
1 an- ■ that he was the first Representative daughter of Lamar. Of Gardner. I
1942. ! from Bibb County to the Legislature, have already spoken. Lumpkin had
may, however, it Is a sufficient arysver
to all these old local legends that Mr.
Stephens told me that nobody threat
ened to swallow him, and he did not
tell anybody that if he should swallow
him he would have more, brains in his
belly than he had in his head.
The chief interest in this matter is
to illustrate the ease with which le
gends of that sort get currency, and
pass into history and become immortal
when they never had a vestige of a
basis in fact.
JOHN L. D. HILLYER.
P. S.—Can anybody prove that George
—“Constitutionalist”—caught his fav- 1 Washington ever cut down a cherry
or, and he purchased this old land- j tree? J. L. D, H.
mark of Augusta. While winning re- 1 —— .—
nown for himself, he made his paper : POSSE OF ARMED MEN
famous. So strong had he become in j RAID HOT SPRINGS’ BETTERS
the public estimation that he was a t HQT SPRINGS. Ark., March 20.—
leading candidate for Governor in ■ Under the leadership of Constable
Governor
McDonald, referring to the : having been elected in October 1S23.
ffl. ient remedy for re- j At the same time Charles Bullock was
member of Congress several
Itv of
: ihe State from its embarrass- i eh
Golden of the Hale township, which
is located about ten miles from this
city, and J. B. Wood, a member of the
local reform organization, a posse of
sixteen armed men forced an en
trance to the Oaklawn track this
afternoon and at the point of pistols
arrested seven alleged violators of the
s a | Amis anti-betting law. The appear-
been : ance of the posse put an end to the
betting for a time.
Injunction proceedings were insti
tuted tonight against the leaders of
the posse. The men arrested have in
stituted habeas corpus proceedings to
avoid their appearing before a magis-
Had k
ex pens
liffieulty should be met at once,
re been no Central Bank, the
: nf the Government must have
lieo.n by taxation. These expenses hav
ing been paid by the Central Rank,
t bey became a legitimate "barge upon
taxation. This must be the resort, or
• h" Government is inevitably dishon
ored. The public faith must be main-
t tilted; and to pause to discuss the
question of preference between tnxa-
;• .n and dishonor, would be to cast a
reflection upon the character of the
people, whose servants we are."
A writer says: "The governor was
aware that he was thus deliberately
I resenting an issue on a subject in re
gard to whleh men living under a Re-
pab'jenn Government are always deep
ly jealous and sternly watchful. But
be had given the question the most
mature, consideration, and did not hesi
tate to face the opposi'lon that he
knew must be encountered.”
The I^glslaiure took no effectual
action for restoring the credit of the
■n to the Senate, being Ribb's
first Rnnator. A monument to Bullock's
memory stand in Rose Hill cemetery
in this city, within a few yards of the
graves of ex-Governor George W.
Towns and ex-Governor Alfred H. Col
quitt. On the marble is recorded the
interesting historical fact that Charles
Bullock was the first State Senator
from Bibb. Dr. Ingersoll was re-elect
ed to the House in October. 1824.
' Ijlave you ever noticed the burst of
■ General Robert E. Lee in the brick
■ front of the Park Hotel, near the top?
: As the late T. C. Guernsey, the builder
| and owner of the property, was a
'northern man. I have always had some
j curiosity to know why he should have
' selected the great and beloved South-
■ ern Commander as the subject with
which tn adorn his hotel. I satisfied
this curiosity yesterday by asking Mr.
B. L. Hendricks, who has long been
Identified with the management of the
! Park Hotel. He gave this explanation:
' When the building was approaching
1 completion Mr. Guernsey said he wjsh-
fttate. The session was near its close. 1 ed to place the face of some distin-
fv-vernor McDonald took his decision. I gulshed man on it. and asked for sug-
immediately directed the treasurer I gestions from a number of persons
to suspend all payments from his de- i present. Various names were proposed
psrtmer.t except upon appropriations | and Mr. Hendricks suggested Roht. E.
been _ _ . _
times, and judge of the Superior ' trate In Hale township tomorrow.
Court. He was born in Oglethorpe I -—
County, but was living in Rome when i NEGRO GIRL WRITHES
he ran for Governor. Stiles was a ; LIKE A SERPENT
fine orator, had frequently represent- ATHENS, Ga., March 20.—Planters,
ed Chatham in the Legislature, and Ga., a town in Madison County, has a
was ex-United States minister to freak in the shape of a negro girl 18
Austria. Warner was one of the most j years old. who, to all appearances, is
eminent jurists in the State. ; turning to a snake. She began to
—7; j have attacks a few days since, which
On .Tune 24. 1857. the gubernatorial ; have increased in number, until now
Democratic convention met in MW- j she spends most of her time wrig-
edgevilie, with many distinguished gling around on the ground or on the
men in attendance. There were 399 ; floor with all the sinuous movements
j votes, and a two-thirds of this (2C6> j of a snake. Her case is puzzling the
veas necessary to a nomination. Gen. j physicians. She believes she was
C. H. Williams of Columbus, nominat- 1 poisoned by a negro man with whom
ed Lamar, and Samuel Hal! put Gard- ! she had been in love. This negro has
nor in nomination. Thomas Morris j been arrested and will be tried for at-
I named Lumpkin: D. 8. Harrell present- [ tempting to poison the girl.
■ ed Stiles and Warner was nominated bv j ——
! P. J. Willis. The following was the 1 WOULDN’T GIVE CHRISTIAN
* result of the first ballot: Lumpkin. 112: i FOR MILLION JEWS,
i Gardner, 10O: Lamar. 97: Warner, 53: 1 VIENNA, March 20.—Telegrams re-
Stiics. 35. There were numerous bal- I ceived here from Buchaiest declare
’ lots, no one receiving a majority, much- ; that the prime minister, George Can-
i less a two-thirds vole. The highest j tacuzene, demanded of the Prefect of
I vote obtained by Lamar was 173. I Vasecue, in the Botosahnl district, why
| Gardner reached 173 and Lumpkin j he did not maintain order in Vases-
| crawled to 183. Warner never passed | cue. The Prefect replied, according, to
64. and 85 was Stiles’ hest. The twen- i these reports that no Rouman:ans
j tieth and last ballot stood: Lumpkin, .were in danger, while as for the Jews.
179; Lunar, 175. and the other votes ! he would not give one Christian soul
were scattered as complimentary j for a million Jews. When the Prefect
j cfuaMy made and warrants legally I Lee. Mr. Guernsey, though a northern j among men who had not been candl- | was informed by the Premier that he
drawn th-rnnr. This action prevent'd j man greatly admired the Confederate dates. A committee of three from each I was unfit for his post he answered that
the legislators from drawing their per chieftain, and Immediately adopted the I Congressional district was appointed Ihe would not resign but that he was
diem. Great excitement was caused. ] suggestion of Mr. Hendricks. ’to recommend a nominee, as a com- ' ready to be dismissed.
the State, but from a huge endow
ment fund centuries old, and produc
ing an annual revenue of some $35.-
000.000. which is almost doubled each
year by voluntary contributions. In
the early part of the n’neteenth cen-
ry the various endowments of the ca
thedrals, churches and chapels of the
Church of England were amalgamated
into one great fund by leglsiatix’e
means, and the manegoment and con
trol of this fund was vested in a com
mission consisting of the Archihiahops
of Canterbury and of York, of the
thirty-four bishops, the cleans of Can
terbury, of St. Paul’s and of Westmin
ister, of the Prime Minister, the Lord
High Chancellor, the Lord President ot
the Privy Council, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the Secretary of State
from the Home Department, the Lord
Chief Justice of the Realm, the Master
of the Rolls and a certain number of
other lay commissioners appointed by
the Crown and bv the Archibishops of
Canterbury and York
The executive -officers of this com
mission bear the title of church es
tates. commissioners and treasurers
They are all three of them distin
guished members of the bar. two of
them being in Parliament, and. while
one of them is .appointed by the Pri
mate, the other two are indebted for
their nomination to tho Crown. The
Ecclesiastical Commission, which dates
from 1888, has, during the course of
its existence, suppressed any number
of sinecure dignities, has abolished
many useless benefices, has done away
with churches whore they were not
needed and has built thousands in
places where there was a demand for
them, has equalised aijd regulated
stipends, increasing tho incomes of
those bishops and clergy who were
inadequately paid and'cutting down
the revenues which were excessive;
and. in one word, /has managed the
property of the Established Church in
such a fashion that its- value goes on
increasing by leaps and bounds each
year. It would be difficult to find any
where a broader and more liberal spir
it than that which prevails with re
gard to the administration of this fund.
For, although it represents entirely
voluntary gifts to the Church of Eng
land in ancient and modern times, yet
the commission bears among its mem
bers several adherents of a different
denomination. Thus, at one moment
it Included a professing Jew, in the
person of 1 the late Sir George Jesse!
when Master of the Rolls, and a de
vout Reman Catholic, namely, the late
Lord Russell of Killoween as Lord
Chief Justice, while at least two of
the lay members today are Presby
terians. Both the cabinet and Par
liament are represented on the com
mission. But the latter renders no
account to the national Legislature,
since the revenues are. as I hnvo
pointed out above, neither voted by the
House of Commons, nor obtained
through taxation, but' derived from an
endowment fund wholly independent of
the national exchequer.
Nearly forty years ago the late Mr.
Gladstone brought about the disestab
lishment of the State Church of Ire
land. and there are some who regard
it as constituting a precedent for tho
adoption of similar legislation with re
gard to the Church of England. But
the two cases are entirely different.
In the first place, the Church of Ire
land was in every sense of the word
an alien establishment in the Etperald
Isle, imposed upon the Hibernian peo
ple by means of oppression and with
out regard to their religious beliefs.
The people had been heavily taxed by
the state for its maintenance and sub
jected to cruel persecution when they
were unwilling or unable to contribute
to its support. Such endowment as it
possessed may be said to have been
derived, not, as in the Church of Eng
land. by voluntary contributions, but
through extortion. Moreover, nearly
90 per cent of the population belonged
to other denominations. Roman Cath- )
olicism being most largely represented
among them. In England, on the
other hand, the vast majority of the
population belong to the Church of
-England. I am unable to give any
exact figures, and I'do not think they
will be found in anv trustworthy work
of reference, but some indication of
the proportion of members of the
Church of England to those of other
denominations in England may he
gathered from the fact that of the
average number of marriages celebra
ted each, year of tbs last decade, more
than 70. per cent were performed ac
cording to the rites of the Established
Church, while of the remaining 30 per
cent 15 per cent were civil marriages
at registrar's offices, 4 per cent ac
cording to the rites of the Roman
Catholic Church and 31 pc reent ac
cording to those of other Christian de
nominations.
Irish Churoh Endowment.
The endowment of the Irish Church
was taken over by the State and de
voted to the charitable purposes in Ire
land. and. while there was. of course,
much outcry agin.-t this attack upon
the Tights of property, there were oth
ers who approved of it as an act of
justice, in view of the origin of the
endowment. There can he no such
pretext or excuse for the confiscation
of the endowment of t'ne Church r-l
England. It is an estate derived from
wholly different sources, and which is
administered by an undenominational
commission, in the broadest spirit not
merely for the benefit of the church,
to which at Ien<.-t 70 per cent of the.
nation belong, but also in a me
to the advantage of the commonv
as a whole, for over $15,000,000
annual revenues go to the education ! ■ » ,
the poor, while about $10,000,000 1 3<lS0 T6H8W IOF tll0 yE3X 1907.
Sovereign the Head.
It would take too long to give here
even an abbreviated history of the
Church of England, or to attempt to
explain In what respect Its doctrines
differ from those of other Christian
denominations. Let it suffice to state
that the sovereign is by law the su
preme bead of the Church of England,
possessing the right to regulate it. by
a statute hearing the signature of
Henry VIII, and to nominate to the
vacant archbishoprics and bishoprics,
the form being to send to the dean
and chapter of the vacant see the
royal license or conge d'elire to pro
ceed to the election, accompanied by
the King’s letter naming the person to
be elected. In spite of the word
“conge” the King's letter is manda
tory. and the dean and chapter have
no alternative but to elect the candi
date whom he nominates. Afterward
tho royal assent and confirmation of
the election is signified under the
great seal. This form only applies to
the sees of old foundation.
The bishoprics of Manchester. St.
Albans. 'Liverpool, Truro, Newcastle
and Southwell are conferred direct by
letters patent from the crown. The
King also appoints to such deaneries,
prebendai-ies and eanonries as are in
the gift of the crown. He is absolutely
free to appoint whom he likes, and
the church and government are pow
erless in influence of control the ap
pointments of bishops and archbish
ops. In 1847 objections were made on
theological grounds to the appointment
of Dr. Hampden to the See of Here
ford. But it was found that there was
no legal means of having these object
ions brought forward. The Church is
to such an extent subject to the crown
that the hierarchy and clergy are pow
erless to alter th“ liturgy of the char
acter of the services without the con
sent of the sovereign. He exercises
this authority indepently of Parliament
and when he was determined upon the
changes in the liturgy he will decree
them probably by means of an order
of the Privy Council, which represents
his will in the matter. The monarch
is also the ultimate resort in questions
touching the orthodoxy of the clergy,
their conduct, their ministrations and
their morals. They are subject to the
first place to the jurisdiction of their
bishops. The ordinary ecclesiastical
tribunal of first instance is the con
sistory court of each diocese, of which
the bshop is the judge, though he is
usually represented by his chancel
lor. From the decision of the court
the offending divine mav appeal to tho
higher courts, and lastly to the sov
ereign council. Ail questions of civil
rights of the clergy are within the
jui-isdictlon of the secular courts.
In conclusion it may be mentioned
that the Church of England is one rf
the estates of the realm, and as such
has no integral part in all legislation,
being represented bvt wo archbishops
and twenty-four bishops in the upper
house of the national legislature, where
they rank, not as peer3 of the realm,
but as lords of Parliament. In fact, it
is a question whether any legislation
enacted by the House of Lords would
he valid if undertaken in the absence
of the bishops and archbishops.
It must be understood that the or
ganization of the Church of England
was anterior to that of the State and
that when the country was still divid
ed into separato kingdoms the Church
had become one throughout the land
and was looked upon as a common
centre. Church and State have thus
grown together for centuries, and are
to such an extent identified with one
another that it is diffcult to conceive
! th? possibility of their separation. Per
haps one of the principal reasons for
j the maintenance of the establishment
\ is its spirit of toleration. For it may be
said to have been a party to the Roman
■ Catholic Emancipation act. to the Jew-
■ ish Disabilities Removal act and
various other legislation, such as the
abolition of compulsory church rates,
• the law permitting Nonconformists to
| bury their dead in tho parish church
: yard with their own rites and ceremo-
: niett. and the abandonment of the ex-
• elusive right of performing the mar-
; rinve service. In one word, the Chureh i nendiTu
' of England is imbued with the spirit of '
'modern progress .and has shown its df
I not an obstacle hut a factor in extend
ing that principle of religious equality
• which is one of the features of the
■ British Empire.
( EX-ATTACHE
SEELY MAY START
PAPER IN SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 20.—F. L.
Seely, of the Atlanta Georgian, is here
and it is authoritatively stated that he
will start a newspaper in Savannah.
He is now looking over the field. The
proposed paper is to be issued daily in
the afternoons to contest that field
with the Press. Col. P. A. Stovall's
paper.
LOOKING FOR ACCOMPLICES
OF PETKOFF'S ASSASSIN
SOFIA. March 20.—The committee
appointed to inquire Into tho assassi
nation here, March 11. of Dr. Petkoff,
premier and minister of the interior,
find to learn whether or not the as
sassin had any accomplices, has dis
covered the existence of an anarch is 1
organization, several members ot
which have been arrested. These rn.cn,
however, do not appear to havo been
connected with the murder of the
premier.
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
TO BE BUILT IN ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. March 20.—A movement
is now on foot ill Atlanta to erect a
great Presbyterian hospital on the
stite of the present building, at a cost
of $500 000. First steps in the move
ment were taken at a meeting of the
Presbyterian hospital board this morn
ing.
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
DIED FROM OPERATION
BOSTON. Mas a., March 20— Thomas
Bailey Aldrich died at Ills heme in this
city today. He failed to rally from a
surgical operation performed about a
month ago.
Harry Pratt Judson Installed.
CHICAGO. March 20.—Hurry Pratt
Judson was formally installed as the
second president of the University of
Chicago today. At his request the
ceremony was simple.
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NO INDICTMENT RETURNED
AGAINST MRS. WALLAU.
NEW YORK. March 10.—No Indict
ment against Mrs. Lettle Wallau, who
was charged with having caused the
death of her mother, Mrs. Ida Binge,
was found by the grand jury, which
reported today. As the jury in its
investigation of MYs. Bingo's death
did not consider the evidence suffi
cient upon which to base an indict
ment it is regarded as probable th it
the charge against Mrs. Wallau will
be dropped.
M1LUON DOLLAR TRUST CO,
FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WASHINGTON. March 19.—Articles
of incorporation of the United States
Trust Company to do a general bank-r$?
ing business in tho District of Colum
bia, for 50 years, were filed here today
in the ffice of the recorder of deeds.
The capital stock Is $1,000,000. D. Mor
gan Is named as president, and C. J.
Rixey. W. J. Oliver and W. J. Bellas
vice-presidents.
The Cost of Crime to the United States,
The coat of crime to the Oov'ernment
reftch** the enormous suun of 5140.000,000.
Of this sum $80.000.0u0 are expended in a
certain percentage of the maintenance nf
the Supreme and Federal Courts. United
State* District Attorneys. United States
Marshals, and the Secret Service Bureau;
part of it Is the cost of crime to the
Treasury Department to prevent smug
gling. the cost of crime tn the army and
the navy and to the PoEtoffioe «nd to al
lied departments. The Government losses
by smuggling and postal frauds, etc., add
the $60,000,000 to make the aforesaid total.
In the last statement, which Ls only an
estimate of what the National Gov
ernment pays for crime, it should be re
membered that there are no reliable
figures on the subject. In estimating
the Government losses at $60,000,000 a
year for smuggling, fraud, etc., the wri
ter has endeavored to keep .strictly under
the mark. It is estimated that the Gov
ernment loses from $75,000,000 to $100,-
000,000 a year by smuggling alone; while
X the Poatoffic** frauds are believed to have
cost the Government something like $<10.-
OOO.QOO ft year.
The detailed cost of crime in the United
9tates presents some astounding figures.
In 19C6 the cost of crime in Greater New
York was $35,562,133.24. The State coun
ty and city authorities outside of Greater
New York spent for it $42,605,472.75. Tn
States (New York excluded) the ex-
was $607,080,000. Criminal
by fires totalled $100,000,000. By
customs frauds the National Government
lost $60.000.0<m>. During this one year.
loss in wages of lotfooo State prison
ers was $28,080,000, while the loss in
wages of 150,000 prisoners in city and
county jaiL was $32,000,000. The grand
total, therefore, of the cost of crime in
the United .States reaches the stupendous
figures of $1,076,327,605.99.
The cost of religious work in the United
States is enormous. The co.-u of foreign
missions, comprising all denominations, is
$7,000,000; home missions expond the same
sum. We spend for education, $200,000,-
000; for church expenses and ministers’
salaries. $150/»00.0o0; hospital* and dis*
pensaries for the sick poor cost u* $100,-
itariums of all kinds we
issions and res
end and receive
Clears th© Complexion.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup stimu
lates the liver and thoroughly cleanses
the system and clears the complexion
of pimples and blotches. It is the best
laxative fo»* women and children as it I 000; for church
i* mild and piensn^t. and does not gripe •' salaries. $150/><
or sicken. Orino is much superior to for 0 ’sal
pills, aperient waters and all ordinary =pe’nd $60 M0 00<
cathartics as it does rot irritate the ! cue work of all kinds ‘dei
stomach and -bowels. H. J. Lamar & ■ 13.000.fino; humanitarinn wnrx or everv
Co„ agents, near Exchange Bank Ma- ! kind. $12 000,000. Our Young Men's and
CO n Youns Women's Christian Associations
cost 55.000.000: while all other moral and
I K.ici;'! work in the Cnit-d States requires
pn expenditure of S-'.OAo.ooo. The total
■ expenditure for hum-tni;?rian and relig.
ious work Is. then, S549.000.000. As ajt.ainst
tills, the total cost of crime in the United
States for year ranched the incredible
total of to Gif'.317.60$.99. That is say, we
■ speno more than $500,000,000 a years more
: op. crime than w» do on all spiritual, ec-
j clesiastlcaJ. physical, humanitarian, edu-
I rational, and healing agencies put tU-
getharl—Harper's Weekly.
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