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Volume XXXVII.—No. 25.
ALBANY. GA.. SATURDAY. MARCH 10, 1883.
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NEW JEWELRY STORE.
In order to better supply our many customer*
of Southwest »»eorgl «, we have just fitted up an
elegant establishment at
J ""*5
Where will be found-the finest stork of
WITCHES, JEWELBT,
SILVERWARE !
la that City. Hr. JT. H. WILLI ROTS,
of Newlnn, tia , is interested in ibis es abash
ment, and will ne pleased to have bis frieuds call
and examine our
ELEGANT STOCK !
Which Is offered at prices much lower than has
e rraerly prevailed.
J. P. Stevens & Co.
JEWELERS.
STEPHEN* IS DEAD,
nr acw »rtu.
Let the bells in sorrow tole,
Tne flag half-m st d wave;
i ta e the nation—tidings roll,
A statesman in the arave.
“Mighty fallen,” noble son,
Pure and gi ted. # Who can fill
His place? Not one.
Gone wlth-the ’amented Hill,
Beloved like Washington.
STEPHENSJS DEAD!
AFTER THREE-SCORE AND
ELEVEN VE.aHS OF UATfLB
With Grim DIaeaae!
Atlanta Constitution, ,4th.
Late ytmlerday it became known
i.i certain circles of Atlanta ijtut (i«»v
ernor Stephens' lit*** had been dispair-
ed ot, and that he u ould probably die
during the night. The mansion wa»
filled irom that time forward with
anxious inquirers as to his condition,
but the extremity of his case was not
S onerally known,and (lie news ol his
eath which wc prim this morning
will be read with surprise to thous
ands who had counted on his won
derful vitality lo pull him through
this last dread struggle.
the scenes at the mansion.
The representative of the Consti
tution reached the Executive Man
sion at about ten o’clock. The house
was perlectly still, and he entered
without riugnig. In tne right hatid
front parlor was seated Dr. Raines,
Mr. Secretary Seidell, Captain W.
T. Newman and Captain J. T.
Glenn.
“The Governor is dying!”
This was the message that greeted
mil comers. In the parlor iron ting
the quiet group was the btephen*>
historic chair—empty—and strange
m it may souud. desolate looking.
So long had he lived in it—o inti
mately had its life been interwoven
with his—*o completely had it pulsed
* and throboed under tne touch of his
gentle fingers; and faithfully had
it responded to his slightest impulse,
and interpreted his ituei most and uu
littered thoughts—that it seemed lo
be part of him as it sat there so still
and silent. It commanded the rie-
ferrene* and reverence of those who
looked on it. Already it seemed lo
have claimed kundi p with bi* suflei
ing, and to have grown inuii.anle.**
under the touch that would snip
forever and for aye llie fitful healing
of its master’s heart.
There were occasional callers <iur-
ing the night. C* in nissiouer lien -
deison, Warrant Clerk Murphy and
others came in.
A' the rooms were tilling gradual
ly the other pat lor was lighted, and
gradually the wh >le lower floor was
lit up just as it was wnen a few
months ago many o: the same per
sons who were then proseut had
.escorted Mr. Stephens, amid the ap-
pl&us and enthusiasm of a vist con
cord, to his first right in thepnauHiou.
The callers made congenial groupe*
in the parlors, the library or the hall
and talked in low tones A* oue of
the doctors came from the sick man
he was at once surrounded by ques
tioners. The steady response war:
‘•He is sinking rapidly, and can
live bat a few moments.’'
It was thought that even after all
hope had been abandoned by those
who knew best, that many stid clung
to the idea that the Governor would
still.fight his way through the cloud
that gathered about Inni.
Din. Miller and Steiner remained
ml Mr. Spliens’ bedside almost con
. slantly. In the bedroom were only
the physicians ami die relatives of
the Governor. No one was deuied
admission, and many friends paused
ia the door for a moment.
He was iu the Iasi room on the
left of the lower hall. The bed was
in the further corner of the room,
and the Governor was on the from
part of the ied.
He was very much emaciated, and
his pallor was intense. He seemed
to be in . no pain whatever, but
breathed heavily with apparent et-
fort. His eves was half closed, and
wore a strained expression. His
left hand was resting on uis breast,
and his right hand lost beneath the
cover.
A TALK WITH DR. STEINER.
Dr. Steiner, who left Mr. Steph
ens for a few minutes, about te.i
o’clock, said to the Constitution in
respouse to an inquiry:
“Mr. Stephens is sinking very rap
idly, and there is not the slightest
hope of bis rallying.”
“Do you think that the end is near?’’
“I do not think he can live more
than an hoar. Indeed, we have just
hid a consultation to ascertain
whether or not the beat of his pulse
is perceptible. Mr. Stephens* mind
is all wrong and has been ever since
Isaw him. He is adrift at this mo
ment like a lo: of wood on the ocean,
perfectly helpless. I have treated
hifa toe many years, and I have al
ways relied mainly on his wonderful!
power of will to bring him throagh.
His brain has never been shaken be
fore and lie has always been perfectly
self-possessed. In this has been bis
great strength. His body, as a tnere
physical frame, could never have re-
si-ted one-half ‘he suffering be has
undergone and survived. Only
twice in my experience have I ktiown
bis mental action even interrupted.
That was in 1854 and in 1867, when
under severe pain there was a tempo
rary lo*sof memory. Not iheslight
est abbiratiou but simply a shock
that de*tro> ed the memory. For ex
ample, when in 1867 he was scream
iug with pain, Mrs. Linton Stephen-
came lo me and said :
“Why. doctor, brother Aleck is
ci azy !*’
I went in and he was soon quiet
1 a*keri him if he had suffered much,
and he said not at all. He seemeo
to forget ihe exi*ieuce of the paii
under which he bad been writhing but
u moment before. Iu a few min
utes, however, he was perlectly clear.
His mind resumed its sway, his fee
ble frame to bis powerful dictates,
and in a short time he was well.
Hut from the first in this case, as far
as I can judge, his mind has been
gone, and he has been drifting per
fectly helpless at the mercy of every
chance of impulse.’*
‘•Whit was the cause of death?’’
“1 should say beyond doubt, that
it was overwork. He died from
overtasking his mental organs. You
understand that if you use any or
gan of the body excessively It]wears
out. lie has been able to do but
little physical work aud, his
whole energies have beeu poured into
bis mental organ. The mental gan
glia, or gray sulwance of the brain—
i hat part of the brain in which the
mind exists—ihe outer surface of the
brain. The continued ind exces
sive use of this organ has induced a
nervovs exhaustion under which it
ha< failed entirely and left him with
out the power to rally. It nmy be
that excessive study have pro
duced a rash of blood to the brain
that resid ed in cappillary engage
ment, or it may be that it has brought
about a depletion of the brain. In
any event it is the constant and exces
sive use of his mind that bus pro
duced his death. For example, he
has been unable to sleep since I came,
and consequently unable to give the
brain that rest that was imperitively
needed.
“Could you not force him to sleep ?”
“We had about determined this
afternoon to force him lo sleep to
night by thi^use of chloral. Two or
three hours ago we were discussing
it. We discovered before using the
chloral that he was dying, and that
nothing could save him. If we had
used the chloral he would have died
under it, and the public might have
ih**n judged that the chloral had pro
duced the death, which it now ap
pears was inevitable with or without
it,”
“Hu* Mr. Stephens bad no lucid
intervals since you arrived ?’,
“None except to-day. I deter
mined to see if I could not bring him
lo fix bis mind on something. X ap
proached his bedside, sharply caught
him, and arresting his eye, said de
cisively i Mr. Stephens^-Who am I?
He looked up, bis'briglit eyes flick
ered for a moment then steadied
ihem-elve- on me, aud be said:
•Why, doctor, how are you? Is Mrs.
Steiner with you?’ ami pressed my
hand just as lie used to do. He then
seemed to be trying to concentrate
bis thoughts for a moiuent, and evi
dently intended lo ask my wife and
myself to come to the mansion, or to
hi- homo in Oawforilsville. 1 could
not understand definitely which.
Indeed before he had uttered his
thought he was off again, and I dfd
not attempt to rouse him.”
“I is impossible then that he will
become cons.eious before death?*’
••Entirely so. He may die at any
moment. I don’t think he can live
two hours, and he will die speechless
and unconscious As I said, his
puNe is barely perceptible now. It
will shortly flickei iu his wrist one
statesman before his death. It seems
to be agreed that his last clearly con
scious conversation was with Dr.
Steiner. Mr. Seidell says that yes
terday afleruoou he recoguized Mr.
John Stephens, hi4 nephew. Mr.
Stephens asked the Governor if he
knew him, aud he replied: ‘Yes, it’s
John.’ Dr. Raiucs says further that
after this occurrence be was attend
ing to some of his wauls, and mov
ing him iu his bed, when he faid:
“Doctor, you hurt me/’
Dr. Kaiues says that those were th
last words he ever uttered. ThL
was purely an accidental exclaiqp
lion. If ibis be true, and we couh
Hear of no words uitered alter these
ihey remind one of the last words o
Garfield, who said just before h
lied:
“Oh, Swaim, that pain !’*
It is a strange fate, the last word
wrested from Mr. -Stephens’ palli
tnd drawn lips, was an appeal ag a ins
•he physical agony with which h>
whole life had been racked. F<>
tnoi e than half a century the spirit o
paiu had clouded his existence,
frighted his very breath with suffer
ing. And at last, wheu the shadows
of death had gathered about his bed
side, and the compassionate mercy oi
God seemed to have tempered the |
pangs of dissolution, his old enemy,
relentless anil no-paring, invaded
even that presence, defied even tliai
mercy and demanded the last words
his trembling lips should utter' upon
this earth.
THE XND.
After lingering almost through the
night Governor Stephens expired at
half-past three this morning.
ward Speaker of the House. This list. He never tires *)f his work, and needs
yon sec, is quite small. Hut here Is a but little sleep, although such would
larger list, for it embraces the names of seem to be more than welcome to a man
those who .were distinguished leaders at of his age, who is constantly beset by
the time I entered Congress, and who all kinds of persons/
are now dead. • This list, as I recall it,
embraces the followin'
or two fittul beat-, then stop forever.
There will be no pain and no con
sciousness. He will die under i
cloud.”
A TALK WITH DR. MILLER.
At about twelve o'clock. Dr. Mil
ler came out of Mr. Stephens’ room,
and in response to an inquiry from
the Constitution, said :
•*Y..u have read the story of the
wonderfui one-horse-liav. With all
respect I say that Mr. Stephens’
death is a teproduciii nof that story.
It is a simple wearing out. He ha*
undertaken more work than he w»*
able to stand at his time of lih», and
in his ph\sical condition. The re
Nult is nervous exhaustion that has
ended in death.”
“Do \ou think his death was has
tened by his trip to Savannah?’’
“I think not. He was very care
ful oi himself on he trip, and while
he ansy have taken cold, he had
coinfueuced to decline before he
w ent io Savannah. He had called
my attention to hi* increasing indis
position several days before we start
ed lo Savannah, aud I had myself
noticed it. Shortly after his return
from Savannah and his illness had
increased I became satisfied that his
coudi ion was entirely different from
what it had been in Ins former fits of
prostration. For instance, when he
was attacked before his sickness
was always accompanied with ex
quisite suffering. It was neuralgia
of the bowels, or bronchitis, or rheu
matism, or some such ailment that
brought with it constant aud tacking
pain. His_ present iliuess has been
entirely paiuless and without any
special leal ure except an inability to
assimilate the nourishment he took.
I was very glad ihat Dr. Steiner,
who had beeu his physician for
years and was thoroughly acquaint
ed with his sysum, was summoned
io his side. Dr. Steiner. y *tated tjat
the attack was different from any he
has ever had before aud be shared
•ny vi**ws in regard to the ituses
and probable results.’’
“How loug has Mr. Stephens been
uneonsciou- ?”
“That is hard to say. His mind
bus been gradually failing but be
maintained a persistent struggle for
cousciou ne*« up to Wednesday night.
By ihe way, you were mistaken ill
-ayiug that his last official act was
sign'Mig Governor Co quilt’s com
mission. It was something more
characteristic than a mere clerical
performance. On Wednesday after
noon a petition for a pardon came
up for his action. He had examined
it before. As he was about to sign
it. Mr. Seidell said, Governor, per
haps we had better delay this matter
• or a few days * Mr. Stephens im
mediately replied, T know veiy well
what 1 am doing/ aud sigued *he
pardon. I think that the la*t definite
consciousness was the recognition of
Dr. Steiner. He did not know that
Dr. Steine’r had been sent for, and
wheu he appeared at bis bedside and
spoke to him there was a clear and
instant recognition. He talked with
him for a moment and asked him to
accept the hospitalities of the man
sion whilo he was iu the city/’ i
“His illness has been painless you
say?”
“Entirely so. He is gradually de
clining now, and the end will be
painless—much as a tired man fall
ing asleep/'
MR. STEPHENS* LAST WORDS.
> It is uncertain yet what were the
last words uttered by the great
the interregnum and the succes
sion—GEORGIA WITHOUT A GOVER
NOR—PRESIDENT BOYNTON NOTIFIED
—THE REGULAR COURSE OF LAW.
At this writing for the first time In
many years Georgia is without a Gov
ernor.
The law provide* that upon the
death of, or th** resignation of. the
Governor, the President of the Sen
ate shall take the oath of office and
shall assume executive functions as
“the President of the Senate acting
as Governor/’ The Hon. James S.
Boynton is the President of the Sen
ate and will therefore take cha.ge of
the State as soon as he is sworn in.
There is reason to believe that he has
not been notified of the grievous
death. At about 10 o’clock last
night, Secretary' of Siaie, Barnett,
sent his son to ihe mansion to in-
quiro as lo Mr. Stephens* condition.
It is the duly of the Secretary »f
State to notify the President of the
Senate of ihe Governor’s death and
call him to the capitol. Mr. Seidell
replied to young Barnett:
“Say to your father that Mr.
Stephens is dying. It is probable
thai he will not live till morning. If
he thinks best he can telegraph Mr.
Boynton the state of affairs. We j
should not send him any informa
tion uutil morning/’
It is not known whether or not Mr.
Barnett advised Mr. Boynton of Mr.
Stephens’ death last* night. If he
did Mr. Boynton may-be, sworn in
this morning by Judge Stewart nt
hi3 home in Griffin. If not, he will
probably reach .Atlanta this after
noon and be sworn in by Chief Jus r
lice Jackson. The State will then
have an executive head once more.
HOW A NEW ELECTION SUALI. BE OR-
REUED.
The law provides that after the
death of Ihe Governor the President
of the Senate actmgas Governor,shall
order an election for Governor, to fill
out Ihe unexpired terra. This election
shall be ordered in “not less than 30
nor more than 60 days” from the death
of the Governor. At the *ame lime
tie President oi the Senate acting as
Governor shall call the Legislature
together in special session. This ses
sion shall be held in not more than 15
days after the election of the Govern
or’s successor, ai d shall be held for
the specific purpose of receiving and
counting the votes cast at that elec
tion and declaring the result—or if no
election has been made by the people
to elect a Governor in joint, session.
Having performed tlm specific duty
the Legislature w 11 adjourn and ihe
Governor-elect will serve out the uu-
expired term.
IQB. STEPHENS’ LIFE.
An Authorized sketch or the Great
Commoner 9 * Career.
In an authorized interview in the
New York Herald in March, 1SS*2, Mr.
Stephens gave a sketch of his life and
opinions, which is as follows: “I am
now past 70 years of age, and feel as if
my declining health and physical de
bility render it proper that one more
capable of performing the duties of the
position should take my place. That
is not a very elegant way of suiting it.
You can say that retiring is due to my
age andinfirmities. 1 wish that the
remainder of my days, should they be
extended to the end of the present Con
gress, be spent in quiet and rest. The
labors of a member of Congress are too
heavy for me to discharge as I ought to.
I could never consent to hold any office
the duties of which I am physically un
able to discharge. I never assume a
public trust unless I think myself eqnal
to its duties.”
“After your long public service are
you still a Democrat aud in sympathy
with that party?”
“Yes, I have always been a Demo
crat. I have never acknowledged al
legiance to any party. My allegiance
lias been true to principle, and my
party organization I have never held to
be other than subordinate to the great
essential principles of constitutional
government as announced by Jefferson,
and maintained by the fathers of the
repudlic. In that school of politics I
was borp and reared aud in it I expect
to die.”
“How many members of the Con
gress to which you were first elected
a*-e here or living?”
"Let me see. There are no members
now of either branch—Senate or House
—who were here when I first entered
Congress. Several who were then
members are still living. I can now re
call as among the liviug Hannibal Ham
lin, of Maine; Hamilton Fish, of New
York; (Jen. Clingman, of North Caro
lina; Armstead Burt, of North Caroli
na; George W. Jones, of Tennessee;
L. Q. C. Elmo, of New Jersey; David
L. Yulee, of Florida; Orlando K. Fick-
lin, John Wentworth and John A. Mo-
Clerland, of Illinois; George P. Marsh,
of Vermont, and Mr. Ramsey, laie Sec
retary of War un«ier President Hayes.
All these and some others, whose
names I do not recall, are among the
men now living who came in with me
in the Twenty-eight Congress. Wheu
I first came to Congress Yulee was a
delegate from Florida, and he after
ward represented that State in die Sen
ate. There was quite a shoal of new
members of Congress who came in
with me in 1SI3 who made a deep im
pression in the history of the country.
Besides those just named as now living
who stood prominently before the
_ men: John
Quincy Adams, Henry A. Wise and
George C. Dromgold, of Virginia;
Cave Johnson and Aaron V. Brown, of
Tennessee; R. Bam well Rhetf. of
South Carolina; the two brothers,
Jharles J. and Joseph II. Iogersoll ; of
Pennsylvania; James J. llcCoy 1 of
toitli Carolina; Garre; iDsvIs, ofKen-
uckv; Samuel Vinton, of Ohio; Gov-
rnor Van* e, of Ohio; John B. Weller.
I^> of Ohio, and lohn Side! 1 . Among
he distinguished men who had been in
ic/ore I came lo Congress was Thomas
lutier King, of Georgia. Then the-e
.as Robert M. T. Hunter, who ought
> come in ibis list, and also John
Vnt»e, of Kentnckv, who had been
peaker. I a*most forgot mention
.ynii Boyd, from ihe Paducah or Bo —
iiditl district bi Keot-ucV; who was
;ie~ward Speaker, and David Barnard,
ho was one of ihe distinguished men
roni New York. David L. Seymour
vas another able man w ho. came in dt***-
ngniytinie. In fact, he was among
he school of which I have been speak-_
ng.” "
‘ Were then; many of these?”
“Yes. Thdfe we/e at least th*rv in
he school. There weie more men Uu>i
listing.lished themselves that came in
.then 1 did then any subsequent or for-
ner period. Tlieie were men who dis
tinguished themselves either for good
»*• lor harm. I am ashamed to say that
many of this school did mote harm than
good. Now this is about ell I can *ell
you now. By the way, theie was rath
er a strange incident connected with
uiydepaiture i r om Washington, March
•J. 1S30. As my steamer^ was going
down the Polo mac. I looked beck and.
while.gaining on ilie recced.ing dome of
die Capitol, some friends, who saw my
meditative moot*, eppioached and said':
; You must be looking up there and
thinking of vour 1 c-clection to Con
gress?’ In reply to tliis I said: ‘No;
1 aui tnkinga last look at that dome, for
1 never expect to see it or he in Wash
ington again until I come as a prisoner
of war. The steamer sped down the
si-ream, and soon distance hid
the dome of ilie GYpitoI Irom mv
view. Would yon believe ine, when I
next visited Washington and gazed on
i hat dome I was a paroled prisoner of
war who had just been released from
Fort Warren. But I expect this sum
mer to begin a book which is f o con
tain my recollections of pnplic life, and
especially personal reminiscences.
To look at ihe thin, withered hands
and almost Jielpless f'Mine of this old
•man as he s ts in his wheel-chair, one
might wonder if he weie able to pen
the thoughts with which his mind is
busy, much less record the varied in
terests that have agitated the country
since he began public li/e iu 1S3G. De-
fipbe his feebleness and inability to
walk, Mr. Stephens retainsuotonly his
intellectual faculties, but enjoys the
advantage of an appetite and powers or
digestion that inducegreat dinners and
invite convivial occasions. He is tem
perate in all things, ewn iu playing
cards, a spoi l iu which he delights! li
not unusual to find Mr. Stephens sur
rounded by a whist party, for his skill
in the game is said io be such as to
challenge ihe admiration of the most
expert playe’3 of the day. He is veiy
fond of the society of the young people,
aud seems lo take more than ordinary
interest i*i hearing the views of young
men. His dinner parties are thorough
ly up in aM the details ihat epicurean,
art would demand. The table at his
private dinner parties is generally em
beliished w'th fruit and flowers. There
is an entire absence of any and all form
aliiy and ostentation. Simplicity in
niiinner aud sincerey of feeling char
acterize Mr. Stephens at liis table, *o
which he is rolled in his chair, and
where he presides in liveliness and po
lite grace. In fact, he is never de
pressed so far as the outside world
knows, and bears bis affliction with
commendable cheerfulness. This man,
who can recall the death roll of so
many illustrious men of his country, is
neither a hypochondriac nor a misan
thrope. Being unable to walk, be
cause of injury.sustained by a falling
gate ten years ago, he talks a great deal,
and is wheeled about in his chair so
nicely and looks so comfortable as even
to disarm a stranger of the sympathy
which otherwise he would feel!
Mr. Stephens does not attend Con
gress every day. He is earned bv Ins
servant fioni the hotel to his carriage
and driven to the capitol. Theie he is
helped into Ills wheel-chair, kept in
the building, and shoved along the cor
ridors into the hall of the House. Few
aie the members who pass the invalid
without siopping to say a pleasant
word. Members of both parries alike
pay respect to the old man whose
sparking eyes and thin visage so won
derfully, aud tell of the hard struggle
which mind and body have been carry
ing on for so many years in the person
of Alexander H. Stephens.
Mr. Stephens was born at Crawford-
ville, February 11,1S12, and graduated
at the University of Georgia, Athens,
in 1831. The same year he was admit
ted to the bar, and two years later he
was elected to represent Taliaferro
county in the Legislature. In 1842 he
was elected to the State Senate by the
Whigs. And in 1843 he was elected to
Congress to fill a vacancy, and lie con
tinued & member of that body until
1859. After declining a re-election to
Congress in 1859 he was run as a Pres
idential Elector for the State at large
on the Douglas and Johnson ticket in
lotiO. In 1861, being elected to the se
cession convention of Georgia, he voted
against the ordinance, but gave it his
support niter it had passed. He was
elected to the Confederate Congress
'which met at Montgomery, Ala., Feb
ruary 4,1861, and chosen Vice-Presi
dent of the Confederate States in No
vember, 1861. He was one of the
Commissioners on the part of the Con
federacy at the Hampton Roads confer
ence in*February, 1865. Since the war
his record in public life is detailed by
him in t he aboveinterview.
It is a mistaken idea that Mr. Steph
ens is rich because he lives well and
entertains handsomely. He always
did live well, and from the time that
he first went into public life he has kept
open house. His comfortable but old-
fashioned house in Crawfordsville is,
and always has been a rendezvous for
politicians, lawyers, farmers and
strangers who chance to visit that vil
lage. It is known as “Liberty Hall.”
for it is like unto an inn whose host
dispenses a bounteous hospitality In ail
the simplicity imaginable.
Mr. Stephens virtually turned his
plantation over to his former slaves,
who, though quite lond of their old
master, were not over zealous to pay
him the small rentals. He made money,
but much of it he either spent on oth
ers or lost in unlucky investments.
He was quite charitable, and w:is never
The Romance of 31 r. Stephens 9 Llie.
In one of the early -years of the
’40s Mr. Stepheos, then a young man,
paid a r : sit io the home of Mr. Dar
den, in Worre'n couiity. There he
met a flaxen-haired, blue-eyed girl
of sixteen, bcatiiiiul in face and love
ly in character; piquant, tvilty. and
gifted with a mind rarely cultivated.'
An attachment grew up, which for
years did uot pass ti e formal bounds
of friendship, but which was sacred
ly cherished by.botb. The troy lover
was poor in this- world’s goods; f ra-
c • SITTERS IN GENERAL.
In Siberia? the price of a wife
eight dogs. The price of dogs not
being- given, it sti.l remains doubt
ful whether Siberian wives are cheap
or not
In some of Ihe Toronto factories
yonng girls are whipped for disobe
dience and neglect of work, and
society of ladies has been farmed foi
their protection.
Sixty lines of corrrespondencc be
tween two .Cairo ; lawyers betrayed
iblrty-ooe blunders in orthography
and thirty-eight in grammar! But
gile in Frame, and harraa-ed by sick-1 they, raade.no mistake about coiled-
uejflftUe did not <Jare to aspire lo tlm ingjtheir fees.
hamTof one whdm ho had learned lo ^
love and yet forebore to claim. With
womanly devotion the young girl
read ili*- secret in the young man’s
eyes, and true to her heart she could
only—wait anil love.
One evening in 1849 a parly was
given t the residence of Mr. Little,
iu Craw ford ville. There the two
met once more; there they enjoyed
that sweet communion born of per
fect trust; and lluye Mr. Stephens
found courage to spoak the words
which for yearf bad fought for ex
pression, until a I last lie could no
longer contain them.
“Are you >urc that there lives
none other whom you prefer to me ?”
asked the maiden timidly, balf-
shrinkiugly yet only too happy to
feel ili-.t she was !avored in his eyes.
•*Jn the whole universe there ex
ists not anoi her,’* said he, passion
ately.
Thus their troth was plighted ; the
day was set for their marriage; and.
all seemed au picious.for the lovers.
But clouds lowered o’er their hopes,
matters of a private nature, which it
is uot within ihe domain of the pub
lic to know, intervened and deferred
(he fruition of theii hopes. The one
became immersed in politics, and
racked with phj’sica! ills hesitated to
enter a state where he feared the
happiness of the other might be
marred. The lady found her duty
by the side of an invalid mother,
who long lingeud with a confining
disease. Thu* the years flew by;
but the plighted troth was kept. Mr.
Stephen* never addre*sed another,
and ever kept the image of ilie fair
young girl in his heart. The lady
was the recipient of admiration from
many, but to all she turned a deaf
ear.
They have often met since, and
while the idea of marriage was aban
doned, they felt a sweet pleasure in
each other’s society. But two weeks
ago the lady was at the mansion, and
on taking leave of her old friend,
one of the chairs tripped up, an un
favorable sign, as the Governor re
marked at the time. The lady has
lor years been a citizen at Atlanta,
and no onb is held in more esteem fok*
every quality which adorns woman*
hood than Miss Caroline Wilkinson.
A pair of American bald eagles
have made their home hear Stony
Point, Monroe count/, Mich., on the
margin of Lake Erie, 1 for many years,
aud it is believed that they are nearly
if not quite seventy-five years old.
The success of “Dink” Davis in'
winning, about 160,000 from the faro
banks of Xew. York city will proba
bly result in a boom for this species
ol gambling, which will return to
tlie banks more than they have lost
to Davis. . > -
-I be Raltlean.be TXelou.
Atlanta CoustiLutltn-
lt is a good sign lo sec our esteem'
ed State contemporaries falling
a-fotil of each other with the respect
lo the nature andextent of the in-
duMrini progress and Jlie material
resources ot their respective sites
and sections. It thrills us. Tor in
stance, to see tlie Monitor show its
fangs to Ilie Vatic Mccuui when the
latter riotously declares that its own
particular section is the finest to be
found in tlie whole scope of nature,
so to speak. We sympathise with
both sides, and are willing to sym
pathise the strongest with the one
litat stands the stillest.
it ickled us, lor instance, to see
the promptness aud t-arueslncss'with
which our esteemed contemporaries
of Augusta and Columbus attacked, the
claim of the onslilution th it Atlanta
is the largest and most important
m inutacturing city in Georgia,
it shows a worthy spirit of em
illation and competition, aud
sucit controversies are id more
importance lhau the political chaff-,
iug that has taken tlie place of dis
cussion. For one thing, a great deal
of useful ^information is likely to be
disseminated, and before the contro
versy is finally dropped, the public
is likely to be treated to some ex
haustive figures in regard to the
large and small industries that have
sprung to life in Georgia during the
past twenty years. These figures
will show most remarkable progress
and development, the extent of which
will gratify every Georgian. Biit
more of this hereafter.
What we started out to do was to
compose an impending difficulty be
tween the Augusta Chronicle and the
Albany News and Advertises in
regard to the sweet but insidious
watermiliion. We do not object to.
the controversy itself, but it has
reached a shape where a voluntary-
board of arbitration may not only
compose -matters, but throw some
necessaty light bn the obscure points..
It will be. remembered that- the
News and Adverti-er gave to the
world some interesting facts in'relaf-
tiou to the watermelon crop in South-
ct u Georgia, togetber with some es
timates of results and profits This
publication touched the Chronicle in
a tender spot, for the reason that
Augusta is popularly supposed to be
in the center of tbe watermelon re
gion. “Of course,” says our Augusta
contemporary, “the South Georgia
melon will never occupy the place in
the public estimation, or at the pub
lie stall, that the Richmond connty
melon now does. Wherever the sun
-hittes and thirst lives to-be slacken
ed, the sinuous tracery ~of the Au
gusta rattlesnake is knowu and wel
comed.” ; - - ■
This is true; but our Augusta con
temporary must bear in mind that
Richmond county is in Georgia', and
that Georgia is the home of the wa
termelon as it is of the pu mpkin yam.
Tltc Augnsta melon deserves the’dis
tinction it has won, becahse the farm
ers of Ihat region have had the' Wis- |
dom to appreciate a good- thing and
to pay some attention to its cultiva
tion. Bat the rattlesnake melon is
not exclusively a Richmond county
production. It has been -cnltivated
in-middle Georgia for many -a long
-as famous in’Pumam-nnd
To other horrors with which the
present year is crowded is added ihe
suggestion that the people of the
United States are exposed to tbe
contagion ofleprosy from the sugar,
rice and other imported prod acts of
the Sandwich Islands.
Engineers in Berlin are experi
menting in war balloons and photog
raphy. It lias been found perfectly
practicable to mount to a. height ont
of range, and on tbe way up to use
an electric apparatus by which, a
view of the underlying country can'
be taken in less than a second.
The Salvation Army has establish
ed a War Office in London, opposite
the Admiralty^ General Booth has
made it a very useful advertisement.
The windows are filled with por
traits and busts of the officers and
captains (male and female) of the
Army. Its banners are displayed in
the most advantageons way, and
there is also an abundant supply of
Salvation Army literature.
The London Saturday Review
doubts whether General Grant
would have been successful if he
had been originillji assigned to the
command in Virginia, and it thinks
that General McClellan was unlucky
because he had an impracticable task
assigned to him and because be was
opposed to superior antagonists. It
adds, however, that the fortune of
war was decided by the loss of
Vicksburg and the Mississippi.
A Kentucky boy of intelligence,
who talks as weii as other children,
eight years aid, has never spokeii to
his father. . Ai! manner of ingenious
devices have been used to get the
child to do so, but he is jast as in-
;e'nious in avoiding the traps set for
him. He,has great respect for his
father^ and follows him abont over
(he farm ail day. Once it was de
termined to give him no shoes until
'he. should ask his father for them.
The boy went'barefooted throagh
the snow until the father yielded.
A singular accident befell a Ger
man laundress, Cordine Bernhcnner,
in New York on Monday. Sho was
leaning out of a third-story window
to dry her clothes. The sash was
low and she lost her balance, failing
<o the glass roof of a machine shop
below. The. poor woman crashed
through this obstacle, and ended her
career on a circular saw which was
making 3,000 revolutions a minute.
It was|somc seconds before the ma
chinery could be stopped, bnt the
woman sarvlvednhc shock and died
in the hospital in an hour afterward.
i Absolutely^ P-ure.
Thi» powder new varies.. A- marrel of poi*
uian me oroisarr arndi, and cannot be eold in
competition with the multitude ol low-test, ehort
eight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold mug
ROYAL BAKING. FOWPER CO.
neri^wl ▼ NawYoai
Sheffield & Bell
a bind for the coming season, a comp’ete stock of
WATT PLOWS,
One and Two-Horse,
With all the atUachments. We are also agents for the
guofcssiomil ©ards. i
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VASON d> AJjFXtLEJfD
Attorneys at Law. |
ALBANY, GA.
Active and prompt attention given to coW.1
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n all the courta.
Office over Bonthe n Express office, oppo-
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Attorneys. at Law, j
ALBANY, GA.
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laniff-lj
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Attorney at Law
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decS-dltwIy j
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Albany, Georgia.
r B House is well furnished and in ev
ery way prepared far the accomiuo-
Jation of the traveling public. Entire sat
isfaction guaranteed. .The table is sup
plied with the best the country affords,
end the servants are unsurpassed In po
liteness and attention to the wants ol
guests. Omnibuses convey passengers tc
tnd from the different railroads prompt
!;, free of charge. Charges to suit-the
i mes. sep29 tf
Brass and Paper Shells
Alvraji in .lock it loweat pricn.
A Sure Care for Skin Disease*.
Buy De. Frazier’s Magic Ointment.
Cures as if by magic : Pimples, Black
Heads or Grubs, Blotches, and Erup
tions. on the Face, leaving the skin
clear, healthy and beautiful. Also
cores Hob, Sait Rheum, Sore Kipplea
Sore Lips, Old, Obstinate Ulcers and
Sores, etc:
Sold by all druggists and mailed
on receipt of price, 50 cents. P. R.
Lance 4 Co-, proprietors, Cleveland,.
Ohio. Welch Ss Mnse wholesale and
retail agents.
It Sounded Funny.
Scotch Highlanders have the habit
When talking their English of inter
spersing the personal pronoun ‘he’
when not required such as “the king
lie has come.” Ofien in couseqnence
the sentence, is. rendered extremely
ludicrous. A gentleman say.s he re
cently listened to Ihe Rev. Mr.
who began his discourse tlms: “My
friends, you. will find my text in the
first epistle general of Peter, fifth
chapter and eighth verse. ‘-The devil
lie goeth about. like a roaring lion
seeking whom be may devour.’
‘Now, my. brethren, for our in
struction I have derided my text into
four heads.- Firstly, we shall en
deavor to-ascertain who Jbe devil he
was? Secondly, we shall inquire
into his geographical position,
namely, where.tbe itevikhe was go
ing? Thirdly, who the devil.he was
seeking?'-And fourthly, and lastiy,
Wo shall endeavor, to solve & question
which has never, yet been solved—
what the devil be was roaring about.’
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Foo Choo's Mao of Shark’s Oil.
Positively Restores the Hearing, and is the |
Only Absolute Core Cor Deaf
ness Known.
This Oil is abstracted from peculiar epecies of I
small While Shark, caught in the yellow
Sr a, known aa Okcharodou Roxdkleth. Ev
ery Chinese fisherman knows it. Its virtues ms a
restorative of hearing were discovered by a Budd
hist Priest about tbe year 14C0 Its cures were so
-I yjipril
BROAD STREET. ARRANT, GA.
hrF.T/YT.
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.that the
sut the year 14C0 Its cures were
S±Tv«iSSl?£3!Kffl
TIFT & IRVIN,
GEORGIA,
ALBANY, - - - -
—DEALERS IN—
Sash, Cement. Laths,
Doors, Lime, Plaster
Hear What the Deaf Say. j BLINDS, HAIR, PARIS,
And Builder’s Supplies.
Western Paint and Roofing Co/s Non-
Corosive Paint,
WHICH WR SELli UNDER A STRICT GUARANTEE
versa! that for over-300 years no Deafness
has erlated among the Chines* people.
Sent, charges prepaid, to any add reseat fl par
oy head and
It has performed a miracle in my
i have no. unearthly noises in
hear much better:
I have been greatly b<
My deafness helped a
^JMj^dMjfnmhelped a great Jeal-thlnk another j
known to refuse aid to the poprwho
came within his reach. Hehaseducat- j J t onroe i an d *ho counties round
ed a great many poor boys, sending ! when the great-grandmothers
them not onlv to grammar’school, but I Georgia editors were little
to college. He derived a royalty of! chtldren; anti the farmers of Sbutlr-
$35,000 from the sale of his “History we-t Georgia can raise rhe rattlesnake
- *'•" w— I,............,t - c-,-. 11 ■ -! melon as succesful as those of’Rich
mond, if they will do as the Rich
mond county farmers did. That is
lo say, if they will devote themselves
to is cultivation and propagation by
selection. The rattlesnake melon
of the War Between tlie States.” His
percentage of the profits was quite
small, though it may be, as some of his
friends assert, that the sale of this
book has exceeded that of Mr. Jefferson
Davis’ work. After devoting some of
this money to charitable purposes, he
country in the arena of politics I might j lost -he remainder—jnnch tne greater
mention Stephen A. Douglas, of Illi- part—in the Sun, a daily journal
nois; Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee; which he started '
Howell Cobb, of Georgia; Jacob Colla- j avowed mission *■
mer, of Vermont; Robert McClelland,
of Michigan (subsequently Secretary of
“IU Tiitne. are Vkmafiimiibto and lu CUrcUm
IraUrdMUtt, <u d. arCatjamnlh
*Afn*erperUMMamd otiematm- Write it oacs
to H.tiock A Jxn.aT, 7 Dry Stnet, Kev York,
eacMu St Stand too will ncel.0 bj retort a
rented J dint will eomble yon to bear like inybcdy
rlK, tutd wboreenreUre effecu will Denernumnl.
lw will noror regret do in, to."—Editor of Mcr-
MiaMb Pm'm • •
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money by Registered Letter. • 1
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\tlanta Female Institute,
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■pEACHTBEEiStreet, opposite Governor's 1
XT Mansion. The exercises of this school I • nd best coods
We tske pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Albany aud \
opened a
will- be resumed on Wednesday. September 8,
1881; with a corps of experienced teachers.
The object ol this Institution is to afford the
advantages of a thorough education Cmbrao-
TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Etc.,
zurroundingcountry, that we Jhave
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We shall keep constantly on hand th
id Gentlemen, MisHrs and
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Children, as well as the
I solicit a portion of their patronage.
of the latest and most approved styles for Ladies snef
riren’ to”the S^oflTtuhk'lfodnz'
coaxes, Bellca-Lettre. and Art- 1
French and German teachers arc employed.
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agement of Prof. Alfredo Bsrili. For circu
lars apply to
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*3551 £,n£L° /bo^y “ ° Ur ‘ i “ I * ‘°
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/piahtWqiiwirftet
KMOLYES i* the tcorld. Tor Pamphlets and Price
U * n<1 ™ c *
Mn n -ufachured "by -fclie
t -„.„ thesahsUace or the
Lungs, expectorates the acrid
. -v - “-Tfinmftafi thnfPrnnpTitpl Tnk—,spi1 flu line
/; J soothing coating, which relieves the ir>
Waifs on the Waters. | rttdtnm that mum the cough. -It cleanses
San fkaaciaco'Chronicle. i
There a -rived by-tbe City of Tokio I au. ta. eire.i.uoa of tb. biood, traSSSE
yesterday five dark-skined natives of
the South Sea Islanda, who had been
picked npma canoe by. the Ameri
can ship Northern Light The ship
f6nnd them adrift-and in a dying
condition Oil December 10, in iat.
8-31 South', and long. 16S-1 east. The
boat contained ten persons, five of
whom had dieu from starvation.
There was one woman among the !
win grow as far North as Fulton -I survivors. Thev proved to be na-[
county, for the experiment has been tj Te8 of the Gilbert group. They j
the Interior in President Pieree’s ad
ministration), and John P. Hale, of
New Hampshire. There is a man yet
However,
Cpraa Chill* and Fever, Dyspepsia,
i Colie,Constipa-
Greely. Since —.... , _ , . , „ . 1 —
made some coney from his school M* 1 a. averaged forty pounds each m lieved to be impossible. __ _
geographv, which is in use among the weight, and their flavor was equal they received ai* possible care, and all | '
educational institutions throughout the in all respects to the cost ever grown recovered. Their story was that in j
- — „ — South. He derives not a little sum in Richmond couuty. ! attempting to cross from one island r«mai« irrcgmiartoea. if ran do not*“fee! I
T?XfV W r 0 ^lM.rok V o7oMo nS Hffi‘ U ’ £ on ? his contributions to magazines. I This is the way the matter stands: to another a storm overtook them dtiSSSS:
mwfhrwlr in the* civil .PSP contributors to a Richmond county is undoubtedlv and drove them to sea and out of: A NfflTm VIIVIIIP CIVCi
f^* l J nnother lSt of ^26 cycl0J £*?K He * nojr Preparing and ahead of the .world, so far as fine | sight of land. They had nothing to | J ■OTtB DIVINE SAYS!
wSLl^s^S^wSenTfirsC geS Sam™oTOIKS watermelons are concerned; but the .." V .nd managed t, get only such
tered Coneres 5 . That i3 to sav amoiro Tinrino- th. lYmt-.f JT. F£Tt. .TTYm-i farmers of any other part of Georgia, | sustenance asa httlc rain water was Iw.t .prinf your pJU w.re ts^omm.tidKi
«Sof tOHlay who Vere°if roer iTr^fephenfempTovS a“o'f * ™se of a little care,'tan able to.give The woman gave birth £-*SsSgMi
Congress wheu I came m, and were | ten clerks on this work which he per- r,IS0 as fi “ e rattlesnake meloitB as j ’O a child while on board the .North- , p«f*rt, ntralar .tool., piw , or ... nil b,
distinguished at that time, are Kenneth sonally superintended/His activehab- Richmond. And ihe cat e is'alto- era Light. I'ltey are to be sent back | '
j its acquired in early life do not permit! gether in tbe direction of keeping Ihe from here io Australia, thence to the 1 '
I him to rest. He is probably the most variety pure and in tbe selection of Fiji Wands, and from there to tbe
■ industrious man of his age now living. 1 seed. : Gilbert Islands. -
Raynor, of North Carolina, now So
licitor of the Treasury, and Robert
Winthrop, of Boston, who-was after-
tuit’s
expectorant Southern Plow Company,
■ COLUMBUS, GA-
THE BEST IK USE.
FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS.
ED. L.WIOHT, AGT,
AGENT.
S. W. GUNNISON,
Htc enlarged his business, and is now opening the largest stock of
Hardware, Crockery, Stoves,
HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, ETC.
eervoua *y»tem. Slight cold, often end In |
consumption. Iti* dangeron* to neglect
them. Apply the remedy promptly. A.
teat of twenty yo*r* warrant* the Meertion that
no remedy hei ever been found thnt I.
infhunmation. aad ita um epeedilr care* the mo*t
ohebute oough. A pleeunt cordial, chil
dren take it readily. For Croup It i.
in valuable end should be in erery family.
TUTT^S
TTlls
ACT DtHECTLvTIffH^lVEFr
He hu ever had darlDg his pong bunlness career in Albany.
ligDbin
Cell and see the handsome ne
. . __ _ have
i flash. Thev ere worth
SIMPSON, Ledivilk, Xy.
CHINA, GLASSWARE, ETC., ETC.
lion j AGENT FOR TALBOTT A SON’S STEAM ENCINES. BOY DIXIE PLOW
PLOW, MIAM POWDER CO., AND JOHN VAN’S
WP UCHT IRON RANGE.
>1
kfteey, #»», Ait?. Vt UCM4<rU«
s. w. gtcjitxtisoxt,
Washington. ■ treat.
TMntlTTMPT DDTUT