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Newspaper Page Text>Y' THE WEEKLY A Family and Political Joubnal Devoted to the Interests of Southwf.st Georgia. #2 a Year. Volume 1. ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 58, 18S1. Number 30. professional Cards. James Callaway, Attorney at Law CAMILLA, O A. ftb Trowbridg & Hollinshd DENTISTS, WATCR03S, .... GEORGIA. TmUi utruM without psto. All wnrk wmM. Taras **xtemlr.wms»*nr- wfcera os B. A A. nad 8. F. A W. Rotated.. apU-ltm • ~ JOSEPJIA.CllOyK, ATXOBNEY at X, A.W 111 BAT STREET, SAVANNAS, GA. Caromuus Cox says that in ■} fight lor tariff reform “*11 boll cannot prevail against the Democratic party.’* Advices from old Caliber state that a nismottary, Ur. Milam, who recently vWted A bo roej, foand the custom of asking human sacrifices still continue. Several hundred natives were barbar ously sacrificed during hi, stay at Aborney. Tax Ocmalgee takes iu acme from the Indian Oc or Ocb, which signifies water, and tf ulgee. hobbling or boil' ing; the name was applied from the many springs that ware funr.d along its coarse, and whose pare water flowed into its channel. Practice, In all the mate Coarm. Refer, to Uon. T. M. Norwood. •pjitxm r. T. JONES, JESSE w. WALTERS. J0NE8 & WALTERS, Attorneys at Law, ALBAN T. OA. Udei fifir Ofifitn' Bsflrosd But aolMy Moss & Ostmra, D&ftriSTS, Albany, * • • - Georgia. QPKlrU-OVBB_PUMOFFICE, washing tun srotorr. Jtbfwljdl a J. WKIOUT. D.U. POP* WRLQUT&POPE, Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, OA. OFFICE—Or*r 5. Mayer * Olaober** Store, cor- D»r It road and Wstolofto* Oto. itoa. tB, IMQ-dlwwly IFilf. E. 8Mil II 9 Attorney at Xiaw 9 ALBANY, OA. C IOMMCKICAYIOXS ea bwtime dlrwted U J ae at Wublostoe Clir. dertOKtbe mania- a, dafa will nedn prompt man Die JvL 1. istl. i>. A. VASOV. A. IL Ai rRIKNl) VASOS Jt ALFRIBND Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, OA. AeUra and prompt atteatlaa ftrea to col- leeclun, mil all (emeral bertaeM, Frsetlea to all tb, eourta. omoo oror Sociha a nsi>rsaa offlee, oppo- alle Court Hoorn. JanS-dtt tV. A. STROTHER, K.D. ALBANY, GEORGIA. Office over CrilM Droit Store Alt oidan Ml at iha Dru» Star. mtU rm4» PWP 1 UfifltlM. Js»T«ly Dr. E. W. ALFRIE1VD, ^tCSPSCrFULLY usdara bis ffexvlcs*. In iba TV ratios* braneboa ol bio orotoaalos. to tor wHSaaa* i Albany andsarroaadlogcountry. Or- M oppoolto Joort Uooaa. os.Ploasto—n HOTELS. THE JOHNSON HOUSE, 8MIVHVILLK. OA. 1. the place to stop and get a GOOD HQUAKK MEAL. Geoebia railroad stock at Aogoata touched |120 per share last week, and Central waa firm at $110 sold, sad fill asked. On Monday and Tuesday, says too Chronicle, the nates of Geer, gia amounted to over 1,000 shares, at prices ranging from $120 to $123 per share. The Now York Sun figures nut that the combined Republican vote, of all complexions, masters 143 in a fall House of Representatives of the Forty, esvoath Congre-a, whiln die combined opposition is It’l. I ..is suggested that Hon. Wm. D. KJojfor may come the Uahoa, game (Tver that body in el -cling a Speaker. We are shoot to become ao ardent admirer of President Garfield's Post- mantel.GcnenI, and really believe there i., more in him than there was in liayea* rebel P. M. G. He actually de- clinad a dinner tendered him tho other day by Now York twerdhanta, with the excuse that he eoutd not appropriate eomplimonte or rewards not yet earned. Uow refreshing the sentiment! The locomotive which is to nuke nicety miles in ninety minutes, between New York and Pliibdetphla, has been finished at Altoona, sad mado a trial trip in wbieh a mile Was mads in so many seconds less than a minute, that the engineer said' he could make the ninety miles in lest then ninety min* utes and leave the furnace doors wide open. The total arrival of immigrants at New York last week ware 5.522, which is largely in excess of the numbers re ported daring the corresponding week in say preceding year. The arrivals Saturday numbered 793 by two steam- ere—the Waeslland. from Antwerp, which brought 646 In the steerage, and the Assyria, from Gibraltar, 148. The litter were all Italian peasants. D.i Lesaeps’ Ute report shows that there are no less than 160,220 per. sons holding shares in his Panama canal schema, four-fifths of whom' own less than flva shares each. Of these 16,000 are women. The large shareholders ! I w THH ALBANY HOUSE! Merrick Uarnes, Proprietor Albany, Georgia. T bU Houae ia wall furnished and in ev ery way prepared for Iha aooouixdo- datlon of the traveling public. Entire sat* I efaction guaranteed. The table is mud* plied wilb the best the country affords, and the itervantaare unsurpa.*v$ed in pw- lateness and attention to tlae wnms of goastiL Omuiboaea convey passengers to and from the different railroads prompt - 1 y, free of charge. Charges to anil the i [ mus. scp29tf L J. BRINSON, Contractorfc Bnililer AND DEALER IN BUILDER’S SUPPLIES. ALB Ayr. OA. Lumber. Brlok, Shingles Lathes, Lime and Cement COBitsattr «« head, sad entare rremjitlf BDftL age-E.tlimate. fnmUhM f*rbn|ldloi*»5d cmtr.ru utnai tewet living retsa. Albany and lonihwMt Uonrata nred as w- tervrl*. ot this b'nd. ait I ant dte.ru!nnl to sad aatlataaMoa guar. “’arOFFICE: At 8. Sterne’s Store cn Washington Street. Albany. Ma^8a|it.e.l«m. :• «f W1U.A&D HOTEL LOTUS? PBIPOKED TO AFB1I. T. 1691, FOR A FULL DRAWING •alaulby teaact. list op pain*. "SSbLM i inHiafixa f»r*ra Rftvst. •asb WW ;3SW=: Its ace ISA** . /cask Ftiau. sate tea Bund.*! cate rriaa, sack n>. HondnS cask Pitam.ute Oaa StateHar Farellaie . QaaFlaa Haaa — 6s. Budtata.au«Mto "te ste So*-, on Etaikdi Wklakav, IS Baak-.a rkwpin,PI——— Fire B. tend Ckak Friau, aaak M. 4MR.BwrtnaWlaw.Sa. . IttJO SEW I q» Brew HawCtefffc ..... . Ft*. BuSrte <Aab frUw, Stt— I AMOUNTING TO $889,860. s Tickets. $S| HaJresft; iuayk.uaS.ky Baak (kid. Ba* , VMM Money Otter. <w tafMmS Matt, _ wcuittda aerew rentes at ad palate, Fkr ytej ulirixiilas fail telanaaUaa and ter detail, W. C. 0. WHIPS, pM-rK WUIarS Hotel, LmUrUl*, Ey. are few in numboi, only thirty persons haring over SOU share* each. Evi dently it is not the capitalists, but the small fry who are investing their money in tho venture. Ssnstor Mahons was asked the oth er day how he liked the Senate. “Oh,* said hr. “if to-d.y la a fair specimen of senatorial life it is going to be very stupid for me. Why, for two hoars • half a dosen of them kept jumping np, jabbering sway at one another, and for the life of me I could not understand what they were driviug at (the q tee- lion was on s poiut of Older). One fel low with a hellowing sort of voice and a head very flat at the back kept saying the same tiling over and over again, re pealing himself alleast fifty times. It waa really worse than a gathering of old women et a church meeting.” One of our valued exchanges tho* criticises Mr. Jim Blaine’s programme: “Under Mr. Blaine's administration of the State Department It ia very evident that tho spread eagle policy will pre vail. The purchase of some of the West India Islands is talked of; tho Monrev doctrine is reaffirmed, and a vigorous course generally towards foreign governments has been decided upon. The American character ia so thoroughly Independent and aggressive that Mr. Blaine can count upon the active support and sympathy of a largo number of hit fellow-countrymen in this new departure. It ia right and proper that the government should make ite flag respected everywhere. Call it Nihilism, if you will, but wo are nevertheless iu hearty sympathy with the miserable sect in the body politic of tho Russian Empire who are held responsible for the recent assaxsi. nation of tho Cxar. A more pompous, heartless tyrant than the late victim of these Nihilists never reigned over a civilized people, and personal freedom has been a thing unknown ia his diw ouln for nearly a quarter of a cantury. Tha avenge Russian has learatd to look open prison, scourge t-d exile as regular nnplaaasntnasaof arvry-day Ufa, like tha meastss, whooping emgk, taxer, ate. By the will of tha Cxar tea police and soldiery may at any time invade this plain BessUe's private boose, ransack it from cellar to attitg opening trucka, desks and everything also found within, and if anything is found test looks the leess suspicions— even a ptoee of printed paper—tee fe males are dragged off to prison and ex iled. It ia hot natural tbsttbeas people should bate tha tyrant who teas abssta team, sod that they should beeeooe desperate and be finally driven to the work of eseasaination. Our sympa thies will go out to such a suffering people. BOOTH'S DEATH. PRIVATE DAUBLL OUT* kxoitv FRo.n nosrox < OR BUTT. or Lincoln Pur.Bad Caldwell, Ohio, March 23,1331. Ta ika Ediur te iha Ctadaaau Eatalnr: In Monday’s ferae of tho Cindii- uati Daily Enquirer I find a special dispatch from Washington setting for ih many interesting details oftho killing of John Wilkes Booth. Bat like moat oT the modern versions published about that tragic event, it leaves •’Ilamlet” out of the play Hamlet, and omits altogether tee name of Reverend Boston Corbett, the men who billed John Wilkes Booth. 1 know Boston CorboU well. In 1874: when J waa holding my first experimental National Hu ll u ion here, one of the celebrities of the occarion. whose attendance I lied secured to draw a crowd, waa Bo«tou Corbett, lie stated at m.t house here thou for a week, and 1 intimately acquainted with his re markable career, especially that part whorein lie figured as the Ne- uosis of Booth. Uoueral Sherman vas here the day that Corbe'l ad- trraaed the reunion, and eyed him vitb an eagerness and intere.t that va* observed by every soldier prea mt. slid more then twenty thou*- ■ud people were that day prvaeut at .ho opening ceremonies. That day .lev. Boston Corbett preached very eloquently extempore sermon from there words: “Tho Lord is .nan of war—the Lord ia Uiauame. I'tie day before (Sunday, August 29,1874,) ho preached three sermons —oue in the Presbyterian Church, me in the Methodist Church and a bird oh tha platform for speakers m Reunion Camp, Just west of Caldwell. He h a fiery and elo- jucut speaker, and a devout Chris ten of the pronounced Methodist type. In personal appearance ho la cry striking.. Ho fejuet tho style jt man whom you would select among a million as tho one for tho irsgic work' assigned him In the •ook of fate. Short, strongly,built, tlritily knit, active End Frenehy, with eye* And hair a shade blacker than those of John A. Logan even, •dear, olive complexion, nervous •uauner, quick as a cat, and speak ing so rapidly that you could hardly ollow him at all, a little man, all ■erves, and fire in every norve, hla eyes dancing in thalr sockets and that alfthlsnonsense of his dying words was mere clap-trap of sensa tional writera. The moment the officers saw that Booth was dead they inquired for the rash fellow who had dl obeyed orders; for it was their purpoto to take him alive and have a grand State trial, and all that, after tee manner of the great hletoricEoglUb regicide trials in the time of James II. Boston Corbett bad spoiled that sport. All eyes turned to Corbett, for the sol diers on bis side of the barn pointed glancing about with the ewiftne •r lightning. Ae he grew more ao more earnest In his discourses f< more and •uraea—for its la a genuine fanatic In rellgioiv— Uia eyes would grow a shade darker *ud out of their dark .depths you •ould see the flash of a fire that re vealed the sarnestuess of bis soul, the intensity of his thought, the wurmth of bis devotion and the deadlines! ol bte wrath or iconi, malice or hate. I never taw a man who had all these points so etrongly marked lu hie personality, or who had them so Intensely wrought Into id. very being. He was to me a riddle—a strange, wild man—and I could uot touch bis Laud without being thrilled as if I had touched the wires at ached to a powerful galvanic battery, there was some- thlug so intense and magnetic there. He waa constantly at his devotion., like a very monk or friar, lie ad- >1 rested the Sunday achoo), and teemed to have a faculty for talking to children. Tike small children did not know why the older ones and the teaohe s looked—stared—at Cor bett so. They were uot pld enough to remember Lincoln’s death, and tee aeries, of tragedies teat ewIIMy followed, as the con.equences of the great tragedy 'at Ford’s Theatre. Boaton Corbett nevor once referred to the great tragedy or made the slightest reference to it publicly or privately while be was here, except thst the evening.before be left 1 was anxious tbst my children should hear tee story from bis own lips, aud I, with great difficulty end af- te- much earnest solicitation, pre vailed upon him to tell It to us iu their presence.. I never heard It oorrectly before or since. It I never been correctly published. Thst every word he told us was the truth 1 have no doubt a: nil, and I only wish thst after the lapse of •even years I could givo it to you precisely as he give It to us. I can not pretend to remember more than the general outlines, for the details have all fadod out of ray memory. He belonged to the 16th New York Cavalry, 1 think, and was Sergeant. Alter they had tracked Booth over the river and through woods and fields for days, at length he was dis covered in n barn. Corbett saw him' in there at the moment the straw or hay took fire. The com manding officer commanded Booth to surrender. He was standing, as Corbett saw him through the cracks in the barn, on a pile ol hay. lean ing on his crotch, pain with loss or blood and from nxeesa of hatred and revenge, for John Wilkes Booth never knew wbat fear waa. Corbett said be wstehod Booth like a hawk. He was standing there on his crutch with' a carbine lu his hsnd, and had bis bank toward Bos ton Corbett. He was tee imper sonation of the assassin, aud even there, when he dotermlned to die, did uot tors momeutforget his part iu the great tragedy he was actlug, ! The firs was- mouetlug op all around him, aud tho pallor Booth's fare in blazing barn and he stood crutch, with carblno in hand. The demaud for bis surrender was re peated, and aus wared with the same sullen silence of contempt, scorn and defiance. Just then the sol diers wars standing a few paces from each other all srouudtho barn every man with his pistol In bis hand. Suddenly Corbatt saw Booth ral*e’hls carbine, as If he were going to shoot some one outside, when, I ly repealed K ick as lightning, Corbett raised Bristol, firedattho Preiidentieide, and iha next moment be waa lying on tea hay from a wound la exactly the mae xpot where he hit Lincoln. In tho next second Booth wai dragged out, stretched on the ground sway from the ’ bunting barn—the next, he was ^fad. rbett told ms that Booth i the wild light ol the grew ghastly pile, 1 there leaning on his iu him pf him out as the guilty one, and he was placed under arrest From that hour ho never knew a mo- nient’s peace. The pistol with which he killed Booth was stolen from him that night, but the holster was left, and he had it at my house. HU share of the prize was likewise stolen trom him thu day he got it— every cent of it. From the moment Corbett killed Booth he wasadoomed man. One disaster followed another. He was treated with scorn by bis officers and neglect by the Government, and bb share of the reward he lost 11 never did him any good. He a'opped on the road by masked men, a pistol put to his breast, and Le was required to dismount and surrender hie hard-earned money (he very day be received IL Be waa stripped of his clothing and every dollar he had. This was on bis wav to Washington. The offi cers there, wild with rage at him tor depriving them of the pomp r * circumstance of leading Booth ciptlre alive, and parading I 'brough • long public trial, wbloh they should be central fig ures, felt like persecuting him fur ther; but better counsels prevailed, and be was released and pcvmittoc to retire from tee service branded and disgraced. From teat hour to this army officers speak of Corbett with contempt. He baa been driv en front post to pillar. He preach es with a pistol in life pocket. Af ter he says his prayers he lint down at night with s loaded revolver un der his pillow, lie moans pitifully all hoars of the night. It almost seemed to me my house was haunt ed while be waa there. Although he waa a good man, a pare and de vout Christian of spotless life, I de clare I was glad when he waa gone, ha was so unhappy, so nneasv, so strange. He Is no Innatlc. Ha no foot He is a good man every way. Bat wherever he goes he says Nemesis pursues him, and tha troubled spirits of revenge will not let him rest. He b In constant fear of assassins. Threatening letter* follow him ev- ery-where. I saw one dated “Hell, 1 an i signed “Booth,” and saying “Yon will soon bo here.” Such let ters reach him every day. He got several while he waa here. He is never In so obsenre a town where they do not find him, containing all raauner of threats. He complained bitterly and justly Of (hi* neglect with which tee Government treated him. l£gave him no pension. It gave him no office. He is a poor man, a hatter by trade. He never married. The last I beard of him was In Philadelphia, when with characteristic daring be rescued yonng girl ont of tha hands of some villwns In a lonesome alley. It was was like him. He had to raise money here to pay bla way back to Philadelphia. Let no one suppose it was remorse that made him uu- NonotablL lie Is proud killed Booth. Nor let any one suppose that It Is regret; for he told me the Lord told me to do it, and the Lord directed the shot He believed that, oven if Ingersoli can not. General Hammond asked him bow In tee world hs hap pened to tend the bullet to the same •pot exactly to the titling of a hair whore the fatal bullet found the life of Lincoln. “The Lord directed it,’’ was his only answer, end he be lieved It. Takeltalllnall,ltistee most wonderful story I evsr heard from hnraan lips. Pbitatb Dalcell Caldwell, Ohio, Maroh 24,1881. Talksauursftks Baqatnr. Sineo I sent yon my hasty sketch of Boston Corbett some rominis- eenees of this men nay interest yonr readers. On the first day of oar First National Rennion here onr hotels were crowded and the woods tall of people from many States. Every private honse waa tall, and mine among the rest One of my gnrete was a leading railroad offi cial, who desires to have bis name withheld. He and Boston Corbett occupied the same room in my honse, end the same bed. Before retiring my friend said Corbett sat down by a lamp near tha bed, res shed into his satchel and took out first a blble, and began to read aloud from the Book of Psalma. My friend wes very'weary, and bad retired, for it was quite late. Cor bett read on and on psalm after liealm, as If he would never have anna. As tee little black-eyed Nemosis sat there In tbs light of the lamp my friend looked out of bed and watched the movements of his eyes and the changes of his features. He road In a deep bass voice, tall of devotion and earnestness, and in a strong, emphatio tone. Be seemed to select theso psalms where David recounted his martial trinmph* and the discomfiture of his anemias; and when the strain was one of lofty triumph over Wien foes then Cor bett’s eyes would flash fire and. his tonss rise into eadeuccsof rejoicing. At length Corbett closed tho Bible laid It reverently on the stand, put ont tbs light and knelt at the bed side and ponred forte his whole sool in piteons appeals to God for and pardon. Ha scanted erushed with a weight ot woe and f-abnegailon, and overpowered with a sense of bis sinful nothing-: Such wsstho burden of bis j dows he 1st Corl/Ht again stoop ts : hie sachet and take ont something j and walk to the window with Is. J My friend’s eye followed him el< Iv, and there br Hie r light of the moonbeams, be saw that it S istoL Corbett examined it care- lily. cocking it gently aud a* gent- ty letting ilnns ihe hammer again, as If suspectin'? it—to nee if it had been tampered with. That watjn»t what he was doing. He examined every chamber with care, and than, walking earetally toward the bod, laid it entity under hit pillow, say ing as he did ao, in a deep, sepal chral voice, “The Lord have mere] on my poor sool.” “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” My. friend watched his every movement, bat said not a word. When the poor « >ung man at last lay down beside m, moaning out ejaculations like the above, sleep had fled from my friend's eyelid* for that short night. Corbett at last fell into an uneasy broken slumber, waking every half hoar or so, moaning ont kfe pitltal prayers and feeling for his pistol, as If from force of habit, and certainly unconscioQrlj. My friend Is a brave mau, but he confesses that he felt not a lit tore about slecplessly for boars, my friend determined to make a decent A I'ltAZV CRIME. Aft OLD riTtXKN ov rmr tuo bktLAIS IN tils OtS N IKt.nii. A u4 the Deeper*tr Itsnlfnr at One* t'oaamtls Nulcldr. CntCAao, March 22.—A terrible tragedy was reported late lt*i night from Lake View, north uf this city. William Soytnonr went to tho resi dence of a man named Chas. Crain, called him ont and shot him dead. Boymour then shot himself. Crain was employed by Ihe firm of Dag- mett, Bassett & Hills. Seymour U aged eighteej, and is the son of a prominent board of trade operator. This yonng man went to tee notorions den of Carrie Watson, on Clark street, and took nne of the inmates, named Daisy Dcsseway, ont sleigh riding. They drove to the residence of Crain, which is on North Clark street, in Lake Vlsw. Seymour left the girl in the sleigh, cautioning her not to get frightened if sho should hear any it»i. ....... r v. | nolle. He went to the door, and daylight! itaTkytag^SJdlSK? immediately she heard two The girl saw two men running, n„, u.^i_i*nd then tee horse nut away with c* v i oSSm irasjffiHitoKiESJ rs A l&ZrsX JSl\s&SSSST~ friendJay there and deliberated | raoDr * wfint ta J c how he should get ont of ued. First bo thought he would get np her, and did not stop nntil it reach " ‘»in the city. This She thinks Sey- ain for money, but tee supposition of others is that : go out quietly, so that hs might I tr " ob, ° WM e i? er ,bon ‘ tb ?K irl iiotdistnrh poor Corbett^ fortkhom, | Ch , caoo March 22.—The sad and ed a sincere re-pecL B« teen be* *££&*£*£f k ‘“r reflected that in^sodolng he might ^Yf ana hit own bran. Then h5 thought “7T£ E. Hiil -fc O»o*nd he would awaken Corbett But I that was not without Its perils. To . “whose every noire appril.-was » V‘«w, of whom there mw nine boy. aUrnfCprbUt udmak^htm'teSte Y. r 'ir Cr * l, ‘ tT 1 *!*?/ tb 5 I.u hn«.t will- si> m» wel1 known wholesale boot and I ,ho * house of Dagmett, Bassett & I Mr. and Mrs. Crain became nmf«Hl ove R r wUh hU eye. on &«" be ' t ’*" d ,^* b8d * ^ U hu° n ±d Ssymonr and their elte»7nnmarefe5 ^ W ’MS"pWtoteenteem f^eaTh ‘•Bless the Lord, O, my tool I" but reSZStSnU? i at the same In’steit 'caught mv 'SSftS swafsaetanftrja torture, unLlnere and su.pnsi^ anfmoretott’X^vtaEm 1 such ait he declare, h. will barer I "wrus*, »°d began paying at- forget till his dying day. • • * I town°namld th wb°o U was verv^runkVccosted"©0?° H " dritefnltriy'pU^dX; mnr- rndety bv a t£, der of Mr. Crain. Last evening he Corbelt turned*hfe C quiok sorpwfuns drew to^ake" 1 Vie^M^ eyes on the fellow, tawTta*was ** >b < >|Rnd , , weie i t i the rit- drunk, said nothing, arid passed on Ptejrtrig through the crowd. The drunken dwZr^vuom*wKm^hS brute fathered up tome more of bit » room. When tho FltiiAtifl fnltnwpd fiilllntr I bell rang Bessie, aged thirteen, M&Mui 2&A? lMt Uor? responded, and returned telling he^ belt, stopped short and watted 111! fa i lh , e I* l ^ at * 8®"°®®*° ^ door the crowd came up. “What do yon *° “® hlm ’ Mr ’ Cr “ n went fellows wsntP’ hs said, gantly I ‘“J? ;h. “Are you.th. man teat | W y ^ung Seymour was stancing by the piano, and as Mr. Crain ap- 1 and palled cap mapped. CF.OItCI.l TOTBXAtl. j T.k. lit. Banner You llnvn no Mo nty Won. Tin* rnllosring correspondence ex • plain* itself: • Dai.i.a*. Texas., March 18,1681. Gnr. Alfred ft. Colquitt, Atlanta, Ha., Sir— At Hip instance ol and in be- halfolilw Druioeracy of this city, 1 had the honor to transmit to the Stale of Georgia, in 1876, the Dem ocratic banner, yonr State having won it by casting in the Presiden tial election for that year tho lar gest Democratic vote. I would re- siierttally request the return to Texas of teat flag, inanmnch as Georgia only cast 33.321, while Texas ca-t a majority of 93.570. The condltioua of the' transmittal of Ihe banner, si I undei stand them, were tbat Georgia should only re tain it so long ns the State cast a Democratic vote greator than that ofTcxas for President. I have the honor to be yonr excellency's very obedient servant. James B. Simtsox, Chairman Dem. Ex. Com., City of Dallas. Atlaxta, March 28, 1881. Don. Jamee B. Simpson, Chairman Dem. Ex. Core» ballot, Texas-. Your letter of the 18tb of this mouth reminds ns that tho vei handsome banner mnstbo retnrne which the Democracy of Georgia received from tee Democracy of Texas four years ago, to be retaiued only so long as we should lead all other States in the msjority of our Democratic vote. In snch a contest as decides the possession of this handsome trophy there is no un worthy rivals. In surrendering to the Democrats or Texas this symbol of victory, we feel that we can do so'without a sense of mortification. To be second to Texas Is of itself no small distinction. We can cherish nq higher aspiration than to be able to uphold tho principles and meas ures of the great party of constitu tional law and liberty with that consistency and ability which have ever dis-Jngufehed the political his tory of yonr State. Wishing from tny heart that the influence of the vote and example of Texas Georgia generous competitioi the polities and seen in.tl . _ ily and happiness of the whole com munity, I forward to yon the ban ner by express and have the honor to remain, very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, Alfred H. Colquitt. P' Ci parlor, followed by his enough. “Are youths man tbat I W U£„__, killed Wilkes Booth 1” Inquired tboLJW,* ring-leader. “Yon are drunk; go off*said Corbett qnletlv. “You f re FhT.rteS^ut th. « a G-d d-d liar." yelled the whole 12! ofS 6 /’ b ^__®? . cap Mr. Crain threw np hfe arm,' and taming partially around demanded, “Pat np teat weapon.” Almost im mediately Seymour fired two shots. Mr. Crain, pierced throngh the ab domen, staggered back, supported bp his wife, and fell into tho hall way, expiring without uttering a word. Seymour then tamed tee pistol crowd together. “Booth it living. You never killed.him;" and at tela one of the bailies marched close up to Corbett and shook bis flat In hit face. Corbett was cold as marble. “The Lord hare mercy on your sonl,” said Corbett, and qnlckly reaching for his revolt or, drew It out, and, cocking It quickly, raising it to Are, when the whole. ... .. set broke and ran. In terror, the ?P' J? b !“*'t f ! f, worst one In the pack erring ont, I *. • x P ,nI ?K *t “Take him off; O, God, take him off; don’t let him kill me; Ol Ol O! O!” and the whole erowd In the woods laughed and while Corbett qnletly replaced his ristol and walked on at if nothing ted happened. Private Dalsxll. the pist a ball in' to Senator Brown’s 1 Atlaxta, March 23.— Editors | lonstitution: In yonr issue of this late-1 liptico I ho following itsts- nent in a communication cfatsd at Daisy, hearing tee shots, took fright and drove back to tee city, giving the alarm to the police. The coroner had tee body ofSeymonr removed to tee town hall. Both tee Crain and Seymour families are etricken with grief. They are well known and highly esteemed. Mr. Crain’s second eon, Nathan, is a member of the senior cilia at Dartmouth college. < lata: _ „ ment in i EuTania, Ala., viz: “Rev. Dr. M. B. Wharton, whom yonr Washington _ for I o, wts former* Washington torrespor.de tells ns is in Washington asking t tlato ot Baslo, was forme of the First Baptist ohurch _.a. He is a'most irresisti ble in his appeals, aud if he fails to he Consulate i In 1871' the European system of postage .was adopted, in a manner which, we are assured, has won the admiration of all foreigners. Prior to this there did not exist any na tional system of pottage, owing to tee feudal disposition of the coun try. If any ono who wish to realize ltfve < -et tlii s offlee i t w i 1 lb ah !i first re- ,h ® condition of post office Md l°®u"o'! Ho i'tee’ms” who *■ ““JgS D ‘“» * • got the $50,000 ont of Governor fi," &u"- thaB,P,i * t M “ lMrr “I^-°ha a tKwTtealoiufelndonty Now, while indorsing thorough- {hsM^res^s^^ee^sriff tho ’first two sentences of tha I J-® “'S* 1 r ®*“ at speed, and a email box slnng by a polo over bis shonl- tbo 'first above two sentences of tbs in regard to Dr. Wharton, fine Christian character and untiring seal are the pride of all hfe friends, yet you will please pardon ine when, in Juj’ice to both Dr. Wharton and my father, I say that tee statement contained in the last sentence Is wholly erroneous. Neither Dr. Wharton, nor Dr. Spaulding, who is the pastor of the church of which my father Is a member, nor Dr. Boyce, the Presi dent of tee Southern Baptist theo logical seminary, to which the dona- don was made, nor even c member of my father’s family bad anything to do in cansing his action—which delighted all of ns—in the|mat- H Waa wholly of hiss wu volition, humanly speaking, nothing moving him thereto save a profonnd feeling of gratitude to Providenee for mnr- eital favors which hare srownsd bis life with comforts, and which are making his present, and we trust will make his future days his best. Very respectfully, Josxra H. Baows. irarers, such expressions as “O, j ijod have mercy I” being frequent- j W. H. Ya>-debbilt Is reported to have said; “I tell you the nicest SKS*C.SS'.*&£S3i' rt “ 1 IW - himself anywhere else; but to have arisen aud gooe off would have philosophy for you I A m&n with only $100,000,- 000 or so, satisfied I Satisfied) been a rudeness of wbieh mv friend hlmstlf a gallant soldier, would be iueapsble. He determined to Weather it out till morning, for it was usiv past midnight By tbs light ef tha coven at the open vriu- Lo.er, daughter, sister, wile, mother, grandmother—lu those six words lies wbat tea human heart contains of the sweetest, ths most seitatlc, ths most saersd, tea pa rest a>d ths most lanflhhls. ' ng by n id, in case of his falling lame or other accident, he is accompani ed by a doable, to take on the pack age in bis place to tee next stage. The government niedto dispatch snch messengers, and occasionally private firms. The comparison with wbat uow exists carries us back ty centuries, though only the work of five years. There are now mall routes of more than 30,000 miles In active operation, and 619 Post Offices beside 124 receiving agendas. 836 stamp agencies and 703 (treat latter boxes. The number of letters forwarded in 1876 was 30,000,000; teeing an increase of 91 per cent over that of 1874, accord ing to Mr. Monniey’s “Report on the Finaaes of Japan.” Tho postage of an erdiuary letter in the large towns Is 1 cent (1-2 d) and 2 cents (I d) for tee rest of the empire. Postcard* are carried for one-balf these charges. And In 1875 a monev-or- der system was adopted, and within two years there were 310 Post Of fices where orders coold be obtain ed and cashed. And this is the country where, 'ten years before, the chief thought was how foreign ers oonid bee the expelled or exter minated, and all their pestilent in novations rent after them. The following counties iu Geor gia have prohibited the sale of spir- Itons liquors; Forsyth, Rockdale, Milton, Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, Union, Carroll, DeKalb, MeDaffis, Warren, Greene, Elbert, Liisvln, Caffes. Schley and perhaps others. DlBDlFROtt JPMPIWO THS A Warning to Girls Who Indulge Too Slnch In tbnt Violent Pastime. Htw York San. “Died from congestion of the brain, caused by jumping the rope,” was the cause of death certified by Dr. Felix Nordcmann, of 242 East Twelfth street, in the case of llschcl Ducewyds, agod five and half years, of 51 Bayard street, who was buried yesterday. The parent* are in comfortablo circumstances. The father keeps a fancy goods store in the Bowery. Little Rachel was ono of seven healthy children. She was a bright, pretty child, and a great favorite with her compan ions. She was very fond of jomp- very ing the rope. A little girl who play ed much with her said yesterday: “Rachel would always Jm as sho could. Sometimes jump as many as a hundred, and then she would have to sit down, she would be so tired. She always wanted to come in as often at any of os were jumping. Wo used to try and get herto sit down and Ieok at os, but she wonld not rest as long as she could jomp.” Another or Rachel's little compan ions said: “She used to be Tory fond of jumping what we call 'pep per, nil, mustard, cider, vinegar.’ That is, when we jump slow, and keep jumping faster nntil we get to vinegar, when yon have to jnmp as fast as you can.” The mother said: “I need to tell her not to jnmp so bard. I have so many children tbat I conld not watch her all the time. On Sunday she came in after jumping and said she felt very bad. She had pains in her head, cramps, and convulsions. We sent for three doctors, but it was late before one came. Ho conld not do anything for her. and she died at ten o’clock on Monday.” Dr. Nordeman said': “T have no donbt that the child died from over exertion in jumping the rope. Shs a healthy child, and had met with no accident. It is a very com mon thing for children to injure themselves by jumping too much. It often leads to heart disease, espe cially where there is any predispo sition to it Many little boys injnre themselves in their attempt at walk ing matches, riding the bicycle, and other feats of endurance.” Dr. Jayne, of the Sanitary Bureau of the Health Board, said: “I hare known of several similar cases. Pa rents should be on their guard to prevent all forms of overexertion.” Prices In “The Olden Ttmee.” In olden times when the ^Govern ment of England was more pater nal than it is now the price of pro visions was regulated by an act of Parliament. 1273 a “best lamb” s to be sold for six-pence from Christmas to Lent, and for fourpenee at all other times. A hen was to be bought for threepenco half-penny and a pallet for a penny three far things. In 1302 the v&lno of a bull was seven shillings and sixpence and that of a fat sheep one shilling. Twelve years afterward we find a great advance, and an edict was Is sued to regnlate the rising prices. A “best grass-fed ox” was fixed at six n shillings; a “grain fed” one at twenty-four. A sheep rose to one shilling and fourpenee: but a hen cheaper being only three half-pence and eggs were twenty for a penny. In 1572 tee hen wrs ninepcuce, and penny wonld only procure fire efig«. You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make oarncst effort to con fer that pleasure on others? Yon will find half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything that sounds gloomy. Wholesales Retail Jewelers :—XSD— : Watch Manufacturers, -FI I* Fine Jewelry, Solid Silver, Silver Plated Ware, Bridal Presents, Clocks, Bronzes, Etc., Etc. W* OAK SAYS PURCHASERS SS PER «ad f»r onrPrlcM b«fore buytaz el»ewb.r». FACTORY ml SALESROOM, 34 IFhitehall St., ATLANTA. GA. A. W. TUCKER ptsstes of SoUlbWMC "PtateMtafStADtep. John Merryrnan & Co’s DISSOLVED BONE. T*» star, mil team .nlet. lu ten mil ta mrr **etioa if tb* cotton But. whin fortUI* u ■mUu.lo.d. Prte. 4S0 ta*. mJddltec cotton. C»Uo nimil UXta wooira COTTOX QBO W- XXu , *x«U 1 *.t Phcplorfo Add from Animat am Ammon 1* from Blood »od Animd ....... PzlM 4001b. midllndf cotton. A.W. Tucxss. State/,Os. Universal Favorite I 5c, CIGAR BAHB7 AND OOOTSOTIONZ27 Ton wfil M m. tart ot ireili otta t Smmb. ORANGES A LEMONS A A C0 co asuts and SVTB. ALMOXDS, XTU, A. n Full Lin. of FANCY GROCERIES, ggBaseatttt'gg- DrUd Btef, Bnltlmor* Sdnur., Vienna s.n* - *4*. Bj» and Patent Flour, fie. ar* *• El CREm »«P* 10. ISSo-Amd BURNEY, FA8HI0NABLE TAILOR, VASHQ6T0X STREET. JMT MOttVED, A LABOR LOT OF SAM- Jrl*ll Of U$ Latest Styles! DLL m WINTER SUITS I SHIRT CUTTING SPECIALTY Good Work I Perfect Fit and SoMonablo Pdtm Quanta*—i I kNE*-' t IINDSTINCT PRINT I

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly news and advertiser. (Albany, Ga.) 1880-1???, April 02, 1881, Image 1