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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 $500 000. First steps in the move ment were taken at a meeting of the Presbyterian hospital board this morn ing. THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH DIED FROM OPERATION BOSTON. Mas a., March 20— Thomas Bailey Aldrich died at Ills heme in this city today. He failed to rally from a surgical operation performed about a month ago. Harry Pratt Judson Installed. CHICAGO. March 20.—Hurry Pratt Judson was formally installed as the second president of the University of Chicago today. At his request the ceremony was simple. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. NO INDICTMENT RETURNED AGAINST MRS. WALLAU. NEW YORK. March 10.—No Indict ment against Mrs. Lettle Wallau, who was charged with having caused the death of her mother, Mrs. Ida Binge, was found by the grand jury, which reported today. As the jury in its investigation of MYs. Bingo's death did not consider the evidence suffi cient upon which to base an indict ment it is regarded as probable th it the charge against Mrs. Wallau will be dropped. M1LUON DOLLAR TRUST CO, FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. WASHINGTON. March 19.—Articles of incorporation of the United States Trust Company to do a general bank-r$? 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. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on ycur pa per. It tells how yon stand"on wealth ! books. Due from date c-n the label. Send in dues and