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~TTE TWICE-A-^EEK TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, MAY S, 1807.
JOS. B.
I Chariest
now the >ppor- leaving-, a joint resolution of Cofigress I from Europe with him. His satire, a
lored people ' commending Maj. Von Brocke was j fine Damascus blade, was handled with
passed In January. 1864. which read: j great skill and success. On one oe-
“Whereas, Maj. Hero? Von Brocke. j casioti ’ oetng hotl >' engaged in a per-
adjutant and Inspector-
WRITTEN BY SAVOYARD. FOR THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
(Copyrighted 1907 by E. W. Newman.)
Just fifty years ago the administra
tion of James Buchanan undertook to
put Stephen A. Douglas out of the po
litical business The little giant was a
candidate for re-election to the Sen
ate, and by general consent Abraham
Lincoln -.vas selected as his Republi
can opponent. Horace Greeley, how
ever, who was possessed of extrava
gant admiration for rhe wonderful fo
rensic genius of Douglas, advised the
party in Illinois to give Us vote to him
as a rebuke to the Southern Democ
racy. that had prevailed on Buchanan
to favor the Le Compton Constitution;
but the Illlnos Republicans distrusted
and feared the little giant, and the re
sult was the splendid fight made
against both Lincoln and Buchanan in
J95S. from which he came oil victor.
A dozen years later Charles Sumner
and President Grant had a row over
Mr. Sumner’s attempt to run our for
eign aff.il: independent of the Presi
dent and the Secretary of State, and
there Is no sort of doubt that we would
have had a war with Great Britain
over the Alabama claims If Grant had
not served notice on Sumner that Ham
ilton Fish had charge of our foreign af
fairs. The r.Mi t was Ihe recall of
John Lothrop Mottley, our minister to
England, who persisted In taking or
ders from Sumner instead of from tho
State Department. Iaater the Republi
can majority In the Senate deposed
Sumner from the chairmanship of for
eign relations, and gave the place to
Simon Cameron. Sumner then joined
the Liberal Republican party and made
a speech rebuking Gen. Grant for ne
potism that was wonderful for the vast
wealth of historical illustration with
which It abounded. Sumner supposed
Greeley, whom he survived but a few
months.
Another famous quarrel was that be
tween Garfield and Conkling, which
was cut short by the maniac's bullet
lust as the Senator was getting ready
to fight.
-u:r.ner.
j (unity ts co.T.e u
I Ohio to wipe our that stain by sup-
I porting the man who stood by their
(brethren In a controversy with the most
powerful individual on earth. The pie ! of Prussia,
'counter is leaded, btjr It is understood
! tha- to eat Federal pie and cut Fora-
j her an Ohio negro will be required to
| sonal encounter, a terrific blow wifh
j that sabre—reported by the Yankee?
general of the Cavalry Corps of the "as long as a fence rail” cut with such
Army of Northern Virginia, having left force as to almost completely sever the
hi? own country to assist in securing head of his enemy.
and the Republicans nominated him ; v.aich ie. takes when he ent.rs upon j leave home and travel beyond the geo- 1 t^e independence of ours, and by his | Before leaving the Confederacy the
for Govprnn’ Wi* D.amnrrFtli* wim- nis office. » graphical confines- of the State. I * — ~ ^
And now there Is a quarrel between
Pre-ldent and (Senator that promises to
eclipse all the f.rhers In publl" interest
and political consequences. Ohio Is the
battleground.and Theodore Roosevelt
and Joseph B. Foraker the champions.
The President asserts the right to ap
point his successor, for that is what it
mesne in plain English: the Senator
maintains the privilege to be a states
man In tho Senate, or a politician In
Ohio, without let or hindrance from the
President, or anybody and everybody
else. -Secretary Taft is the man the
President has chosen to wear his man
tle after March 4, IMS. Unfortunately,
Mr. Taft Is not all the Presidential
timber In Ohio. There are thousands
of Republicans In Ohio who believe Jo
seph B. Foraker has done more for the
party than Taft ever accomplished, and
these gentlemen are In no humor to
have their favorite horned oil from tho
national convention In 190S or pitch-
forked out of the United States Sen
ate in 1909.
Foraker is one of the most dashing
and attractive public men Ohio has
produced. Ho is fanatically honest
and intrepidly courageous. His con
science never felt the touch of Interest,
and his tongue never felt the presence
of bridle. What his heart forges, that
his mouth speaks, and his Is an eye
that never feared to look on the face of
man. lie never flanks an obstacle.
There is nothing negative about him,
Had there boon there Is llttlo doubt
that he would have been President ere
this, and this I make beld to say, that
he would have been electe’d President
nineteen years ago if he had consented
to contest for the nomination.
for Governor. His Democratic . com
petitor was George Hoadley. of the
Cincinnati bar, an original Democrat,
who had become a Republican because
of his hostility to slavery and was now
returned to the party of his youth and
early manhood. The race attracted
national attention. Hoadley had never
been so able; Foraker never so elo
quent. Ohio was In a blaze, off year
that it was. As I now receollect, the
temperance question was a big side
Issue. However it was, Hoadley was
elected—the third Democrat chosen
Governor of Ohio since the war, and
the knightliest man Ohio has yet pro
duced went down.
BZut it was the fall of Antaeus and he
rprang up more formidable than ever,
and two years later he succeedod Hoad
ley as Governor, who was then taken
out of Democratic national calculation
for President as “Old Bill" Allen had
been ten years earlier when he was de
feated for re-election by R. B. Hayes.
The defeat of Allen made Tllden the
nominee, and the defeat of Hoadley
made Cleveland the nominee In 18S4.
Foraker was re-elected. While he was
Governor Mr. Cleveland purposed re
turning certain flags captured In battel
to the Southern States. Foraker chal
lenged him on that proposition, and
for some weeks there was a political
brain-cyclone In Grand Army circles.
The result was that Mr. Cleveland re
ceded. Foraker was actuated by senti
ment, pure sentiment, and as evidence
that malice had no part in it, he was
the first man of the North to spring to
th- aid of Chariest--:. «l:en that to.vn
was visited by the disastrous earth
quake in 1S8S.
■Foraker was 43 years old when he
was nominated for Governor for the
fourth time. In 1889. James E. Camp
bell was his Democratic competitor. It
was an off year, and the Harrison Ad
ministration ■ was far from popular.
Campbell, next to Foraker, was the best
stumper In the State, and when he re
turns came In the Rupert of Ohio was
again unhorsed and, most people
thought and many people hoped, he was
done for. Like Blaine, whom he so
much resembles In temperament and
especially in audacity. Foraker has
considerable capacity for making bitter
enemies as well as great capacity for
making devoted friends.
his office.”
There Is no politics in that. Man- j
hood, noble manhood, breathes in every
word. No man is fit to be Senator who j
does not feci the sentiment of it in |
every pul-at Ion of his heart. Patrick i bill.
P __ Hi? speech on that subject was
Henry felt it when he exclaimed; “Give ! one of the ablest constitutional argu-
me liberty, or give me death.” ~— 1 * - th “ TT " ,, “'’
Adams, felt it when, M
and firm Jaw and prqtrding
he cried. “George of
you.” Hercules, chained
was a less conte'mptible thing than is
an American representative in either
House of Congres? who puts in pawn
his conscience in the broker’s office of
power, and ransoms it with his vote in
the body to which he was chosen to
legislate for 80,060.000 freemen.
We know one thing, and that is that
Foraker never hypothecated hi? con
science for official favor; never sold
his vote for public applause. The thing
ought to be catching in this town.
personal gallantry on the field, having gallant Prussian was promoted to colo
, : won the admiration of his comrades, as nel of cavalry as a recogntion of his
Fora.-cer was the only Republican , we u ns of His commanding general, ail dlslntersted and valuable services. In
Senator who voted ?gainst the rate ; of whom deeply sympathize with him his ’’Memoirs" he writes himself “Chief
; in his present sufferings from wounds of Staff to Gen. J. E. B. Stuart." Of
i received in battle:
j the accuracy of that distinct’rv. I am
••Resolved, by the Congress of the . not prepared to Indorse, though from
Foraker was born In Ohio because he
is of a Virginia family that preferred
to dwell In the then wilderness rather
than to cast Its lot In a community
where African slavery existed. That Is
why Foraker was not born In Virginia.
Perhaps that is why he wore the blue
ami not the gray. He Is a Methodist
ind was named for John Wesley’s
friend and follower. Joseph Benson. A
year before his birth there came the
great schism In the Methodist church
that presaged the political secession of
1861. The family settled In Highland
County and there the future soldier and
statesman was born July 5. 1848. At
tho ago of 16 ho was a volunteer sol
dier In tho great war and continued in
the service to the end when he was
mustered out. having advanced to the
rank of captain by sheer merit and
without patronage. Gnly 19 years of
age and a veteran, his was a career
and a record that tons of thousands of
Ohio youth envied. He now set about
acquiring nn education and was grad
uated from Cornell University in 1869.
There was but ono of the learned
professions that invited him—the law—
and during the autumn following tho
completion of his college course, he was
admitted to the bar and opened an of
fice In Cincinnati, a city famous for
the splendid abilities of its bar. With
youth, health, strength, character,
brilliant parts and no ordinary talents,
he was studious and diligent In his
profession and In a little while he was
not lacking for clients. He was no
moot court lawyer, as he had been no
carpet-knight soldier. He had no odious
vices. Pleasures he had, but they
were rational, the pleasures of a gen
tleman and a Christian. Ten years later
he was on the bench, a judge of the
Supreme Court.
But Foraker was a politician. He was
made for public life—made "to move
assembly.” Not so polished an orator
a« Hurd, he surpassed' him on the
stump: not so accomplished a man as
Garfield, he was more a favorite with
the masses. It was character that stood
him in pood stead. His reputation pen
etrated the remotest precincts and
everywhere he was known as one who
never held to the seabhard when once
he had drawn the sword.
As meets a rock a thousand waves, so
M'efnil met Lochlis.
It was the days of reconstruction, a
time of political frenzy that has its
counterpart In the present economic
frenzy, when nothing is patriotic that
is not extravagant, nothing respectable
thst is not unconstitutional, nothing
excellent that Is net novel—where the
leaders of both political rartles are
bidding in the auction for the approval
of the mob and offering to pay cash
on the spot In the mintage of economic
fallacy and the currency of political
heresy.
■But Foraker was not done for. The
next we hear of him he was more dar
ing than f-ver. and entered the list?
against John Sherman in a contest for
United States Senator. He was de
feated: but every man In Ohio knew
that he would have been elected if the
Legislature had been independent
enough to select its first choice. It was
the closest shave John Sherman had
had In Ohio since he got the Senator-
ship from a Legislature that wanted
to give it to Robert C. Schenck. At the
succeeding election for Senator, Fora-
kcr was chosen to succeed Calvin S.
(Brice.
Meantime a new prophet had arisen
in that Israel—Mark Hanna—a War
wick, a President-maker. Trained to
business, he brought to his new voca
tion a superior intellect, a forceful in
dividuality, and a capacity for organi
zation rarely equaled. He entered upon
the work with enthusiasm, and before
the adversary got ready for action, he
had secured enough pledges to make
William McKinley the Republican nom
inee for President in 1896. It was his
wish to make it a tariff fight—the Mc
Kinley tariff against the Wilson tariff;
but by this time the coinage question
came on to be heard and would not be
denied. It was not until the battle was
half over that Hanna realized the true
point of attack, and the candidate did
not see it until within a fortnight of
the election. Foraker saw it from the
beginning. With characteristic daring
he proclaimed that gold standard,
though he was then, and Is still, a more
Inveterate and unreasonable protection
ist than McKinley over was. The first
time I ever saw Foraker he was forced
to stand and compelled to make
speech In the Republican national con
vention of 1888. and his exodium was
this monstrosity: "We Republicans be
lieve in a tariff for protection, and If
revenue should follow incidentally we
have no very serious objection." There
is no more aggressive standpatter than
he, and if the friends of Secretary' Taft
are disposed to promote Interest In the
fight, let some one of them authorized
to speak say something about "revis
ion" anywhere in the Hocking Valley
or In one of the manufacturing towns
of the Western reserve.
When the President ordered the dis
charge of the soldiers of the Twenty-
fifth infantry on account of that epi
sode at Brownsville. Senator Foraker
challenged him on the spot and secured
an investigation of that affair that is
not yet concluded. It was characteristic
of the man, whether there be politics in
it or not, and we may be sure his con
duct would have been the same had
any other man than Theodore Roose
velt been President. Whether this
episode shall affect the situation In
Ohio, time alone will tell. There are
more than 30.000 negro voters in that
State, and It' is obvious that the Ad
ministration is trying to placate them.
The spoils of office caused the first col-
tired United States Senator to forget i
the debt of gratitude his race owed by a President*of his own party?
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* SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF f
BARON HEROS VON BROCKE j
Gen. “Jeb** Stuart’s Big German Aide. f
learning to support them. How much
easier it would have been to fall In
with the majority! How much more
applause he would have reaped! He is
lonesome who does not adopt a fad-
He is recalcitrant who does not throw
his cap in the air and raise his voice
in unison with the whim of the mob.
John Sherman, the greatest practical
statesman Ohio ever produced, declared
that the anil-trust statute that bears
his name was all our dual system of
Government would bear. That has
been supplemented by the Elkins anti-
rebate law. Foraker says the?e two
are sufficient if they shall only be ex
ecuted rigidlv and without fear or fa
vor. The rate bill has been the law of
the land for months. Where is the oc
topus It has caught? Where is the trust
It has busted? All that has been done
was done under the Sherman and El
kins acts.
Foraker, rebuked by the Administra
tion. has appealed the case to the peo
ple of Ohio, and in Ohio will be the
political storm center the next six
months.
The issue is, shall a Senator be de
prived of his political life if he shall
oppose a measure in Congress dictated
v.. . Atvn nsirK'^
devotion to our caiJse.
“Resolved. Teat a copy of the
lutions be transmitted to Maj. Herns
Von Brocke by the President of the
Confederate States.”
The big Major brought his own arms
His services were valuable to the
reso- i Confederacy and the troopers who fol
lowed the raven plume of Stuart and
the flashing sabre of Hampton will re
tain a lively recollection of the big,
gallant German.
In 1877 the negroes of Bibb County geant. John W. Wood fifth sergeant,
paid taxes on $244,421 of personal and William Guerry first corporal, William
, Pin- e ii5 y ’ , i Wallace second corporal, and A. N.
In 190. they will pay taxes on prop- Heckle third corporal,
tyto the amount of $1,500,000, an in- | Death has divided 'th
ease in thirty years of $1,255,579 or 1 fleers. The livine -
erty
creasy
at the rate of over 540,000 a year.
this dozen of of-
j fleers. The living are Captain Bacon.
‘ Lieuts. Obear and Mason. Sergeants
Hertwig and Wttod and Corporal Guer
ry.
« * *
Notice of a lecture by Henry W.
Grady is given. The subject as adver- j Potomac to the big fair. This task ac
To prevent tho swamping of the craft.
J J Dunlap, a sailor, torus* n.s n iir- .
into' the hole. The shark then got .m
the job and. as the Duii:ap nnger
looked succulent, it nipped U off at tne
first joint ns neatly as thoug.i it ni l
been amputated by a surge >n. . tr.
Dunlap’s interest in the hole imme
diately ended and other means were
taken to prevent the boat from sink
ing. When the mutilated Mr. Dunlap
was taken aboard it was discovered
that he thoughtlessly had offered his
trigger finger as a tit-hit to tho shark.
As a result he will have to be retired,
being incompetent to perform his du
ties. The question now is whether
Dunlap was guilty of gross carelessness
or whether he Is eligible to retirement
on full pension as having been injured
( In the performance of his duty. Tho
* evidence of his shipmates is being
! taken. The shark has not yet been
1 subpoenaed.
“Uncle Joe” Cannon this week sprung
j upon Washington a most delicately
beautiful confection iu the way of v
! headgear that the National Capital has
j seen for many months. The hat is a
! symphony in mellow cream with a
j lilly-white band. It is a rakish looking
1 structure and the brim droops In devil-
may-care fashion over'the Speaker's
eves. In texture Is is soft, almost
filmy, and decidedly diaphanous. When
his friends strove to learn where the
Speaker purchased the hat they were
disappointed. “Uncle Joe” smiled
knowingly but refused to answer. The
hat makes the Speaker look fifteen
years younger.
Lieut.-Gen. Arthur MacArthur has
been ordered to go to Seattle, accom
panied by his entire staff, to meet Ja
pan’s great military hero, Gen. Kuroki.
to escort him to the Jamestown Expo
sition. Gen. MacArthur will bring his
distinguished guest first to Washing
ton. where he will pay his respects to
President Roosevelt and the War De
partment, and then he will attend the
Japanese warrior on the trip down the
COL. G. N. SAUSSY. ♦
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In The Telegraph of the ISth of April mud. "A strange feeling came over
there appeared a brief notice in con- j me at the thought of having been so
nection with an editorial, of the death j near death. It was not fear, but a
vivid realization of the pitiless power
In 1S77 there were 3.851 negro vo
ters. The negroes had 3.327 acres of
land, valued at $121,670: city property
of the value of $87.8S0; all other prop-
•- c-4? ’ . , - <>1104* 4o- 1 vx4au> ta 6t‘cu. me auujeci auver* j * wtvjjnai vv» o -v • * ***•-■ «•»»•-* »*v
ert>, $<.So6, making a total of $_44.4_1. ; tised, was “Just Human,” but this was complishcd. Gen. MacArthur will re-
! far from being the subject selected by 1 *’’’■" ♦'* wnm«w. *»««•"*
j Grady.
| A number of Macon people were an-
: xious to hear Grady, who was then
just on the edge of the limelight. Ho
was asked to come, and consented.
Arrangements went on until some one
j I think it was W. B. Volger. or per-
! haps Charlie Herbst. suddenly remem
bered that the subject of the lecture
had not been advertised. So a tele-
j gram was sent, making the inquiry,
j Grady wrote the reply on a telegraph
i blank, Irish Humor. Those who knew
I Grady well will remember that he
j wrote an almost undecipherable hand, j
and the operator, after puzzling over it
for some time, took it to be Just Hu
In the same year there were 2.300
white voters, or 551 less than the ne- i
grees.
In the county were 42 lawyers, 33
doctors and 5 dentists.
The whites had 150.069 acres of land,
valued at $1,174,533: city propertv. $3.-
912 383: personal property, $3,23S,063; I
total $S,324.979.
Now, with the property of the ne- I
groes. the total value of all property In j
Bibb County In 1877 was SS.569.400. I
In thirty years these values have in
creased until they now reach In round I
figures $22,000,000.
• * •
These figures may be dry reading, as :
figures generally are. hut thev tell an
of Baron .Heros Von Brocke. Some
memories of the giant Prussian may
bo admissible, as his huge figure made
quite a mark in the cavalry service of
Lee’s army.
’Baron Von EYocke was not a soldier
of fortune, as is usually applied to cer
tain knights errant who whet their
who was then, as now. the tax receiv-
of destruction as Is let loose in war." | er. No one watche-s the growth of Ma-
amazing story of rapid growth. Thev rnan ' an<J was accepted bv the lo-
were furnished by Capt. Bob Anderson,
Thus was Von Brocke initiated Into the
actitvities of the battlefield as devel
oped in the Old Dominion. Here (on
the Seven Pines battlefield) Von Brocke
(like the writer) for the first time saw
President Davis. In company with
con and 'Bibb County with greater in
terest than Capt. Anderson.
swords to earn money or distinction. ! Longstreet. D. R. Jones and their staffs
But Von Brocke loved his profession ' we saw him under the Federal shell
as a soldier. He had but a limited J fire,
knowledge of the conditions in the i Von Brocke by his baptism of fire at
South or the principles that actuated ( Seven Pines, was inducted into Jeb
Foraker was a bloody-shlrter of the
most ensanguined hue. He was out
raged when Andy Johnson went ac
quitted. He was fo, reconstruction,
and re-reconstruction and re-re-enn-
etructlon. He wanted treason made
odious and trsitp-s punished. He be
lieved m Ben Wade Thad Stevens. Oli
ver P. Morton and John A. Logan. The
Liberal Republican movement of 1872
be abominated as next thing to trea
son; the Democratic victory of 1873
when “Old I3ill” Allon was elected Gov
ernor. he held to be a chastisem»nt
from heaven. His heart sank wit'rin
him when the returns of the election
of 1S74 reavealed a Democratic ma
jority of about three-score in the
Forty-fourth Congress. He believed
that all was lost, and honor too. <rhen
Samuel J. Tllden was elected Prerident
in 1876. That tribunal of 8 to 7 made
way with the honor and honesty part
of the game in the shuffle thev gave
and the deal they made the following
February.
By 1883 Foraker was the most bril
liant and attractive politician In Ohio,
Foraker took his seat in the Senate
the day McKinley became President.
He did not have to "spell up." He was
In the front rank from the beginning,
along with Hoar. Spooner. Hale, Lodge'
O. H. Platt, Allison, Cushman K. Da
vis, and the others. There was ihe
greatest curosity to see him, the great
est desire to hear. Now that Sherman
was retired, he was recognized every
where as the first statesman of Ohio,
and save Thurman alone, the greatest
lawyer Ohio has sent to the Senate
ince George E. Pugh. The Senate saw
in him the strong man he is and gave
him desirable committee assignments.
Always an industrious man. he plunged
into the drudgery of the position, and
after all, that Is what gives a man
standing in tho Senate.
I shall not undertake a review of
Foraker’s Senatorial labors. Without
a superior in that body as an orator,
or debater, he has participated in every
discussion of general interest and ai-
wnys acquitted himself with credit. He
discussed the Cuban question the
Spanish war. the Philippine question,
the tariff. Statehood, and numerous
other Issue?. But for him the Senate
would have been as craven as the
House, and at the order of the Presi
dent It would have joined Arizona and
New Mexico as one monstrosity and
admitted it as a State. If for no other
purpose Mr. Foraker should be kept in
official station to prevent this outrage.
I pity the American who can read the
following extract from a speech made
by Joseph H. Foraker in the last Ohio
State convention of the Republican
party, without a thrill of pridge in hu
man nature:
”1 have always thought it was a great
honor to be a United State.? Senator
from Ohio. Why? Not because of the
salary, not because of the position, but
because I have always understood that
when my constituency elected me. it
was because they had the impression
at least that I possessed the qualifica
tions of a Senator: that I had some
ability, and that I had good character,
that I would stand hitched, did not
need to have somebody overlooking me,
and that when a great question arose
I would be expected, speaking for this
mighty and intelligent constituency, to
bring to bear, in the discussion of it.
all those qualifications. I never under
stood that somebody -was to tell me
hew to vote, either at that er.d of the
line or this end of the line; e'pecia.’y
not about great profound constitutional
questions that lawyers differ about. I
thought I was to work that out: that
I was to spea -c for you. I have pursued
that p ilcy. if that is not right: if. on
the contrary, a man is to be rebuked
because he exercises the qualifications •
with which he is possessed, then '-mu
take al! the honor away from the office,
and, so tar as I am concerned, you can
take the office with it. No office has
any value, in :ny opinion, unless it car
ries with it the right to the man hold
ing it to go according to hi? sense of
duty, free and ur.trammeled. the official
obligation to support and maintain the
Constitution of the United States,
her people. There was a certain
amount of romantic adventure that
prompted him to offer his services to
the Confederacy.
Bred to arms, and desirous of en
larging his experience in active cam
paigning. he concluded to offer his
sword to the South. Accordingly he
left Queenstown. England, on the 26th
of April. 1S62, or just a year after hos
tilities between the States had begun.
He sailed in the British steamer Hero,
bound for the Bahama Islands.
When near the island of Abaco, tho
Hero was overhauled by the United
States cruiser Mercedita. As the pa
pers of the Hero were regular, and at
which the Yankee skipper and 'his offi
cers could take no exception, after five
hours' detention on the high seas, the
steamer was permitted to proceed to
Nassau. The bulky baron had pro
vided himself with letters of introduc
tion to prominent Southern soldiers and
statesmen. but fearing they might in
criminate him when the Yankee cruiser
overhauled the Hero, he destroyed
them. He writes In h1s "Memoirs”
while at Nassau: “The news from
America by every arrival became more
and more exciting. It appeared inev
itable that heavy battles would soon
he fought before Richmond, and I earn
estly desired to take an active part in
Stuart’s military household, thence-
Nat Winship’s age has always been
a matter of conjecture among his
friends. Nat is so careless about it
that it really doesn’t matter how old he
Is. possessing as he does a suffcloncy
of handsomeness for all his purposes,
but there are people who would like to
know his exact age. This much is
known: Ho remembers distinctly the
forth as a close staff officer to the 1 freshet of 1867 that carried away the
famous outpost commander, of whom
the Federal general, Sedgewick, once
said: “He (Stuart) was the best cav
alry officer ever foaled in America.”
On the 12tn of June Stuart started
on that expedition that has few rivals
in any age or any country—his famous
ride around McClellan's army. Fam
ous, because Its audacity is unap-
cai committee and so advertised.
When Grady came down from At
lanta that afternoon, he saw the mis
take, and laughed, divining at once
the cause. He began his lecture by
telling of the error and so merged it
into the prepared talk that the lecture
charmed all who heard It,
* * *
There were no outing or recreation
club in those days. Boys who want
ed to swim were allowed to jump into
the river under the old sugarberry
trees on the banks near the cemetery.
This was the great swimming place
for a certain class of boys. Another
class learned to swim in what was
city bridge, and when people crossed
the river on a pontoon bridge. Sup- ' known as Brown’s Pond, located in the
pose now. if we really want to get at
his exact age. that he was about ten
lower part of Tybee.
Now and then a tough crowd would
years old at the time. To remember it j muddy the waters of Brown’s Pond.
so distinctly he cou’d not have been
younger. Now in The Telegraph of
1877 we find that “the genial Nat Win-
ship is traveling Georgia and Florida
and it got into bad repute. At one
time some white and black boys were
In swimming at the same time, and
j the pond was in danger of being enip-
proachable and its success most mar- ■ for the New York clothing house of j tied, but not before the keeper was
vellous.
Von Brocke in his narrative places
the flying column at 3,500 cavalry,
while the facts of history show the
figures to be but 1,100 then, accompa
nied by two pieces of artillery.
It is not the intention of this paper
to give the details of that wonderful j
affray. The column broke through Me- 1
Edwin Bate? & 'Co." It is fair to pre
sume that he must have been some
thing of a man to have been allowed
to travel over that territory selling
clothing, so Nat must be at least thir
ty-two years old. B'ut does he look
it?
Speaking of Nat. In 1828 a hotel
CleHan’s right- wing^ circumvented bis I Stood on the corner of Second and
them. My position was embarrassing, men. demolishing a big tobacco barn
My letters of introduction had been near by. provided the material with
destroyed. I did not know a human
being in the foreign country wMther
I was going, nor did I ever speak the
English langauge.” While In this state
of suspense he encountered a "Mr. W.”
(the full name not being given), who
volunteered to accompany him through
the blockade to Charleston, thence to
Richmond. "Accordingly we found
ourselves, five days after our arrival, at
Nassau, on board the steamer Kate
early on the morning of the 2?d of
May. 1862. The night of the third day
out the Kate was successfully worked
through the blockading fleet and land
ed the crew and cargo safo’v on the
Charleston dock. Our nondescript at
tempts at uniforms made a bad im-
pre?sion upon this nobleman, accus
tomed to the gaudv attire of European
troops. "Far was I from any idea how
soon these same men would excite my
highest admiration on the battlefield.
Cherry streets, where the Tavlor-Bayne
Drug Company now never sleep. In
that year, and in that hotel. Nat’s par
ents were married. As the Winships
and Cooks were among the first fam
ilies of the land, the wedding was an
important social event
The memory of the oldest inhabitant
today goes no further back on (hat cor
ner than to the old wooden drutr store.
For many years it was occupied bv J.
H. Zeilin, and was known as Zellin’s
corner.
which to improvise a bridge. At this 1 Macon now has cnoun-h work in the
perilous crossing the bulky Baron ' fanitary line to keep three inspectors
swam sixty-five horses himself. The i Jusy. Thirty years ago George D.
writer has a vivid recollection of! pawrence was the health officer, and
watching the gallant Von Brocke while I ,, wor *V
engaged in this exciting part of the j f ^ J vas
raid. His excellent work attached him ' of Hugh and Wi.bur Bawrence, and
to the men of the brigade. Of him ! Macon never had a braver or better of-
Stuart wrote in his official report: ! He occupied various positions
huge army, passing entirely around it.
safely, between its extreme left and
t'he James and regained the Confeder
ate right with the loss of the gallant
Latene dead and three wounded, but
with 265 horses, 160 prisoners and
property well up Into seven figures de
stroyed.
Von Brocke was conspicuous at the
crossing of the ■Chickahominy, where
because of the swollen river, we had
to swim th» horses while nart of the
Amongst those who rendered efficient
services in this expedition I eannot
forget to mention Heros Von B'rocke,
formerly of the Prussian Brandenburg
Dragoons, who distinguished himself
by his gallantry and won the admira
tion of all who witnessed his bravery
and his military conduct during the
expedition. He highly deserves pro
motion;” and la-e won it. for he was
now commissioned a captain on Stu
art’s staff.
Thence on. Von Brocke was constant
ly in the saddle with Stuart. Through
Our depleted transportation also j the now famous Seven Days at Rich-
" hj’ '|W r niond, the rapid swing around Pope's
right and the capture of Manassas
came in for unfavorable criticism, as
compared with the well-scheduled
trains of the continent. Reaching Rich
mond. the massive German found it
difficult to secure official recognition.
with the city. Some years the council
made him marshal, some years the
health officer, and some years some
thing else. If a new office was created
it was always George Lawrence to find
out what work there was In it. If he
couldn’t find work enough In it to keep
a man busy the office was abolished.
* * *
Young America Fire Companv No. 3
hsd nn election. I notice, to fill some
vacancies. E. D. Williams was made
assistant foreman, Georee L. Mason
second ass'stant. Fred Lewis director
of hose. Herhert A. Knight assistant,
and Jack Kimbrew. pipeman.
E. D. Wil'isms is nn engineer on the
Junction with Pope's enormous stores; • Central, and looks good for th'rtv
upon the plains of Second Manassas: : ycars or mnret George L. Mason is In
. ... „ ... . - Vow York Fred Lewis. Herhert Knight
the activities of the First Invasion,
At length Secretary Randolph gave i South Mountain Crampton Gap,
■him an interview, which ended with j Sharpsburg: the splendid Chambers-
credential? to Gen; J. E. B. Stuart, and i burg raid; Stuart’s protection of Lee’s
New York Fred Lewis. Herbert Knight
and Jack Kimbrew have been dead for
many years.
on the 30th of May, 1S62. Von Brocke
formally entered the Confederate ser
vice. "With the lievliest interest I
looked upon the masses of warrior-like
men in their ill-assorted costumes who
had come with alacrity from the Caro- |
lina
more d
ids. from fertile Georgia, from Ala-
Mentfcn is made of the falling down
of a portion of the old Flovd House.
This build’ng wa? built with a hoodoo.
As far back as 1853 a portion of.it fell
down on a stock cf groceries of T. C.
drowned, so incensed were the peo-
1 pie.
* * *
As a reminder of the old times, here
j Is a program that will he well remem
bered-by the musically inclined. It Is
of the opera “Doilie.” perhaps the only
opera ever manufactured in Macon, and
was put on by that sweet singer and
musical genius, the late Arthur Wood.
One of the largest audiences ever
assembled in Macon witnessed tho ren
dition of the opera at the old Ralston
Hall:
Col. Davenport Dimple, an old Mili
tia Officer—J. W. Nisbet.
Capt. Algernon Tops, of the Man-of-
War “Thunderbolt.”—Luther Williams.
Frederick Flipps, Drummer for an
Attorney’s Firm, (Divorces a Special
ty).—J. C. Powell.
Billie Pepper-Sauce, a French Cook,
in charge of the Commissary Depart
ment.—Ed. L. Brown.
Mustard Seed. Assistant Cook and
Drummer boy of the Regiment.—Little
Julian Wood.
Doilie Dimple, the much disappoint
ed Maiden.—Miss Jessie Hardeman.
Mrs. Davenport Dimple, proud of her
Scotch Lineage.—Miss Tacie Daniel.
Pollie Dimple, the next Marriageable
Daughter.—Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
Amelia, a Sister anxious to bestow
her Heart.—Miss Jessie Brantiy.
Moliie, another sister, and in the
same condition.—Miss Gussie Jones.
Aurelia and yet another sister and
of the same mind.—Miss Annie Mas-
senburg.
Sisters Conks, Sailors and Guests,
by an efficient Chorus.—Prof. F. A.
Guttenberger, leader of orchestra.
* * *
What a flood of tender memories
turn to Milwaukee and there resume
the preparation of his report on hls'f
tour through Asia, made a little more
than a year ago. Gen. MacArthur is
generally regarded as the most schol
arly and accomplished officer in the
army. Wisconrin is his native Slate.
The action of Attorney-General Ellis,
of Ohio, in deciding against the legal
ity of a primary to determine on Ohio's
favorite son, is regarded here as a tri
umph of Secretary Taft. It will be re
membered that Senator Foraker pro
posed the primary, which Is so strictly
a party affair that it can be manipu
lated by the managers of the machine.
As Senator Dick i? the general man
ager and the open ally of Senator For
aker, it was almost a foregone conclu
sion as to which way the primary
would go. For that reason, it is said,
the Attorney-General’s decision has let
the rotund Sec-?tary of War out of a
very tight political hole. Mr. Kills
never has been a Foraker man. and for
a number of years, as editor of a Cin
cinnati newspaper, he fought tho senior
Senator bitterly. That was when he
was a Democrat, and later when he
joined the Republican ranks he became
even more bitter in Ills opposition. He
and President Roosevelt are very close
friends.
If t.he north and South Pries still
continue to hide their beauties from
civilized eyes. It will not be because
every known effort to reach them is be
ing tried. Wa’Iter Wellman is prepar
ing to launch out on a voyage of dis
covery in an airship: Lieut. Peary is
seeking to raise another $100.0(10 fund
with which to make still another at
tempt in the staunch ship Roosevelt,
and the Department of Commerce and
Labor ha? just learned from Consul-
General Diederieh. who is stationed at
Antwerp, that Henry Arctowski. an ex
plorer, is about to start out on a hunt
for the south pole in automobiles. Two
finely constructed machines and a ve-v
sel built especially for his purposes are
being made ready for the trip.
EVERY ARRANGEMENT IS BEING l
MADE FOR THE INAUGURA- '
TION OF THROUGH STEAM
SHIPS TO AND FROM
A GEORGIA PORT
ATLANTA. May 4.—With the inau
guration of the direct immigrant
steamship lines from Europe to the
port of Savannah in September, the
work of the Georgia Immigration As
sociation, looking to securing desira
ble alien farmers and labore.rs for the .
State, will be thoroughly established.
By the time the vessels .begin to ar
rive on regular scheduled dates Geor
gia will have been thoroughly organ-
ganized and ready to properly receive
such immigrants as come here recom
mended and determined to become de
sirable citizens.
John A. Betjeman, chairman of the
executive committee of the associa
tion. whose headquarters nre at Al
bany, Ga. has been aetkvr in bringing
the matter of the organization’s plans
and purposes before persons interest
ed in many sections of the State, with
the rernIt that, county organizations,
to be affiliated with the State body,
have been formed.
The greatest evil which Mr. Betje
man has discovered in investigating
the bringing in of immigrants prior to
, . J . this time has been the use bv Geor-
come up at the mention of some of plans of agencies in New York eltv
those names! • • - - *
SOME LIVELY GOSSIP
PROM SEAT OF NATION
WASHINGTON. May 4.—It would he
interesting to know whether ex-Gov-
emor Durbin, of Indiana, who is at
present here in Washington, is plan
ning to trip up Senator Beverdge and
wrest that young statesman's toga
from him, or whether he is inflating a
Senatorial boom to be in readine?? if
Dempsev. who had a store in a pnr- j the Presidential lightning strikes the
tb-n of it. In 1855 the hulld'ng caught ; tali form of Vice-President Fairbanks.
right flank qnd head of column as he
marched from the valley to intercept
(Burnside at Fredericksburg?? jn that
great battle—•Ciancellorsville, Brand
Station. Upperville.
On the morning of the 19th of June,
far distent Mis«issippi, and yet j 1863. great activity was manifested by _ , , . , . , , ,, , ,
listant Texas.’ from sunny Flor- ( the enemy in the neighborhood of Mid- Are and burned a Iot_of_furnlture and , Jn a local morning newspaper today
dleburg. Von Brocke says he' advised
bairn, land of mountains and cane- j Gen. Stuart of the strength of the en-
brakes. from L
lives in defense >n Uicii mucu-ivvcu . iwm yu„ i?u h? . , . _ , . , _
South. Brigade after brigade we saw j Von; I shall be in Middleburg in less I gathered around the _ru ns.^_and
awaiting the summons to the battle j than an hour.”
A sudden and determined attack by
the enemy forced Stuart’s men back
in considerable confusion. These
lumber belonging to D. Dempsev.
In 1877 a portion of the bui’ding.
there appeared an innocent looking
paragraph, which, if it is not inspired.
pi inuuuuiiiii ana cane- ; Lien, oiuari 01 me sirengin oi me en- , , , . . _ . • r . .. ,
Louisiana to imperii their 1 my. Of this Stuart was skeptical, and ! f 1 ™ 1 s xty £ et from Mulberry s reel, has alL the indications of being so.
iso of their much-loved ! told Von Brocke: “You are mistaken, ! down with a great era?h. A large This little paragrapn draws attention
which was soon to occur.”
That evening, the 30th of May, Von
Brocke was initiated into the cuisine
of the Confederate cavalry. "One of I troops were rallied by Von Brocke,
the chief dishes consisted of the eggs i while Stuart personally led up .rein
in -the e-owfl was Officer .Tack Kim-
. j brew and Mes?rs. Aaron and Emanuel
i ; Isaacs, the throe having a narrow es-
no from death.
Before the war the hotel was kept 'by
the father of W. A. and PhM Doofly.
of the terrapin found fa a nearby creek, j fttreementa. It is proper to give the j nd* -suprt|S? U wh« f rh
brought swarms of rata to it. Their
short gray jacki
I am sure no work of art from the Cafe j Baron's own words: “Being dressed in I
Riche could have been t—o-c x ’c- i-.-; j the • same fashion as the general—a
to my hungry appetite than th??e ter-
ar.d gray hat with
rapin eggs taken out of a Virginia {waving ostrich plume and mounted on
swamp and cooked upon the instant 1 my handsome new charger—I was mis-
cavalry encampment.”
The next day Von 'Brocke
j taken for him and my tall figure soon
rloseiy ; engaged their attention, for the bullets
?ar!ned Fitz Lee’s First Virginia cav- ■ came humming around me like a swarm
a ry as it movec
.scrutiny called
The men were
easy and proce
constant habit 1
out of bivouac. “The
forth mv admiration,
all Virginians, whose
Pil seat betrayed the
>f horseback exercise.”
of bees. A ball had just stripped the
! gold lace from my trousers, and I was
i saying to the General, riding a few
steps before me on my left. ‘General, !
these Yankees are giving it rather hot
ly to me on account’—when I suddenly \
felt a severe dull blow as though some |
; one had struck me with his fist on my
neck: fiery sparks glittered in my eyes, :
‘ and a tremendous weight seemed to be
j dragging me from my horse. . . .The :
: blood was spouting from a large wound .
in mv n»ck and s‘reaming_ from my ;
j mouth at every breath.” The ball had '
j entered lower rart of his neck, partly j
j cso'-oriog the windpipe and lodged in his
' right lung. This was a knockout blow
j for our gallant German. He never was
able to assume active duties jn the
I field, 'hough he made mom than
j on» attempt to follow Stuart's raven
1 plume.
Le" .and in moving j Von Blocke was sent to Richmond,
derate front, a shell ; and finally w?-s dispatched through the
The Baron thus de-cribes “Jeb” at
h’s first sight of the famous sabruer of
the South. “Gen. Stuart was a stoutly
bull: man. rather above the middle
h? : ght. of a most frank and winning
expression. - • • Hi? eye was
ouick and r'°rcing. His whole person
seemed instilled with vitality, and. al
together. he was to me the model of a
dashing cavalry leader. TI? had some
of Murat's weakness for the vanities of
military parade.“ xv'b'm the ‘-"IFoc'ix
ended the battle of Seven Pines had
b“pun. H's meeting with Stuart was
?!?o his initiation Into the method? of
warfare as conducted in this country.
Stuart entreated his n»w aide with
nn order to Pit
aero?? the Con
struck an ambu'anc» horse buried it- 1 blockade with secret dispatches for the
self in the mud. and exploding, show- ' Confederate comrr.is.rioners abroad to-
burrowing under it caused the building
to fall.
Chief Jones can probah’v remember
at least fif*v alarms of fire from the
old Fioyd House.
• * •
There was an election of officers of
the Mifcbell T.'pht Guards. J. .T Grif
fin was elected captain. D. G. Sheehan
first lieutenant John Rsnnev second
lieutenant, Phil J- Deodv junior second
Peutenant. Ed Schofield first sereeant,
John A. MacMillan second sergeant.
Mike O’Har.a third sergeant. J. A. Ga-
bonry fourth sergeant. Miles Sweeney
fifth sergeant Tim D’Conneil quarter
master, Dr. E. G. Ferguson surgeon.
Rev. L. Pazin chaplain and P. J. Cor-
kery secretary and treasurer.
Of these. Ed Schofield. John Mac
Millan, Mike O’Hara. Tim O’Connell
Dr. Ferguson and Father Bazin are
living.
* • •
There was also an election of off'cers
for the Macon Guards. Present Sena
tor O. A. Paeon was elected captain,
George S. Obear first lieutenant Geo.
L. Mason second lieutenant. Henry
Faulk junior second lieutenant. John
D. Ross first sergesnt Chas. M. XValker
second sergeant, Chas. de Beruff third
to the fact that ex-Governor Durbin ts
here and that there is reason to be
lieve that he will become a formidable
candidate for the next Senatorship. The
paragraph dwells on the fact that he
was a union soldier. Is still an active „
Anfi adds "he is a gentleman of , commissioners permitted to accept fee
These bureaus and agencies he has
i found with but few exaeptions. to bn
J operated by men working solely for
their commissions, responsible to no
one but the courts and not hesitating
; to flood the South with the riff-raff
; from the streets and slums of New
j York and other congested districts of
' the United States from which they
j can induce tho migration of people.
! As a rule only a small percentage of
■ the people reached by those agents are
| even newly arived immigrants, and
they are dumped into the South with
out regard to th?ir physical condi-’r'
tion, their trade or their morals. Not
only have a number of Georgia farm
ers and nriillmen lost money in fees
advanced to them but they sent in the
people who. it Is asserted, have creat
ed the peonage cases in the Federal
courts in certain sections of the South.
Toe State, in directing the move
ment inviting desirable people from
their homes in England and other coun
tries to the State of Georgia, is not
workfag for a fee, nor are any of its
high character and sound judgment
and has been very successful both in
business and politics.” To close stu
dents of national politics it is evident
that Mr. Durbin is playing a very
clever game. On a previous visit here
the former Governor of Indiana Issued
a statement to the effect that the peo
ple of his State were for President
Roosevelt for a third term, and the in
terview was taken to be a direct attack
on the Presidential aspirations of Vice-
President Fairbanks. That this state
ment was pleasing to President Roose
velt is evidenced by the fact that this
week Mr. Durbin obtained from the
occupant of the White House a prom
ise that he would make a short stop
at Anderson, the Durbin home, .and de
liver an address. This indication of
favor is all the more striking when it
is known that similar requests have
been brought in upon Secretary Loeb
from ail points of the Middle West, and
all of them have been refused. Infer- !
entially it may be believed that if Mr. :
Durbin does launch his Senatorial
boom it likely will have Mr. Roosevelt’s j
support.
One •-.hovel-nosed shark has raised a
peculiar question In the Navy Depart
ment It appears that a few weeks ago :
as one of the boats belonging to the
gunboat El Cano.was being rowed out
to the ship in Manila harbor, the plu
j from any source. This makes It cer-
, tain that only the better class of Im-
, migrants need be expected to be aided
■ in any way by the Georgia Immigra-
: tion Association, which is laboring in
the interest cf the agricultural and fn-
! dustrial development of the State.
Before these immigrants leave home
! the association will be fully informed
as to their character and ability to
form a part of an industrious common
wealth. The work is carefully «ystem-
iz«d both in the State and in Europe
and Is being pur=ued without conflict
with any law. The aims of the asso
ciation have the sanction of President
Roosevelt, who was acquainted with
the work of the organization by the
committee representing Geargia which
recently visited him at Washington.
This committee is composed of Hon.
Hoke Smith. Governor-elect of Geor
gia: Hon. G. Gunby Jordan, of Colum
bus, and Major W. W. Williamson, of
Savannah. Mr. (Betjeman preceded the
committee by about four days and
spent this time in conference with Sec
retary Straus. Commissioner F recant.
Secretary Root and Assistant Secrc-ter^
of Stale Bacon.
After seeing the President the com
mittee proceeded on its way to Europe
where the members have been busy
invstigating conditions in the several
j countries of Europe with a view to
ered the big Prussian with Virginia ward the dose of the war. (Before - sergeant, Herman Hertwig fourth ser- In the bottom of the boat came out. j aiding the association fa its werfa