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It vn tone yeartau
lotion before there m
given to edoeetion in
bejond the rudiroe.ta
by the neighborhood
densely populated j or
these communities t
assembled, and convex
good stater, built a
central to be neighfc
These cabins were rud
with beards made fn
trees. These were pi
common parlance was
weighted down and
floors were usually of
which was built the *|
which was d« voted to
should he large enough
ait by and be cotnfc
winter daya. Someti:
made of split puncbeor
them a window made 1
sections from two or i
the et roc to res, but tb<
and considered rather too aristocratic. A
pedagogue wts employed who could teach
spelling, reeding and writing, and the rudi*
men Is of arithmetic. If he could cypher to
the rule of three he he ass accepted as com-. .
patent. ai this was aoout the extent of the I jumped open my bed. I followed and
education of the examining committee caught her. Quick as a cat she slipped
appointed to attest the capacity of the ap-1 through my arms and leaped to the floor,
pi leant for the situation as master or I "There is father and mother coming In,”
teacher. His seat of authority was usually she exclaimed: “What will they aay to me
a stool by a rude table upon which I If they find me here in your room with
was placed a ferr Is and! you? Jump into the bed and say j ou are
one or more neatly trimmed sod tuple hick | sick.” I bad at this warning, gotten off the
ory switches In terrorism to the while | bed. I did as I was old, and lay down bit-
headed, blue eyed, bare-footed urchins I ten/ oMUtriainlog. Shaln the meantime
assembled ab,ut him. His salary was caught up her hair, which, in our scuffle
generally fifty cents per capita of bis pupils | had been badly tumbled, and running,
per month, and he hoarded around so many { out, mat her parents coming into the bouse
diji with each patron, in proportion to (he ‘'Father,*’ she exclaimed, loud enough for
children each oue sent to the school Tbs I ”»« lohemr: "Cousin Gas is mighty dck.”
dread of esch urchin was the week the She had called me Cousin Gus from the first
| week of our acquaintance. The old gentle
an came slowly into the room. He could
| not or would not compromise his dignity by
ctierating bis motions for any oonsdera-
I lion. He was a jud^e of the
inferior court, and that was to be thought
of in all he said or did. Nancy came in
behind him, and as he felt my pnl*a she
was pasting from bebir.d him, grinning and
I winking in ecstacy over my shamming. I
I coo'd have murdered her. Slowly the old
man continued to feel my pulse and to
look wise. He shook hia bead gravely as
he removed his Augers from my wrist.
"Why, Gus, my son,” be exclaimed, "you
must be very tick, for I never felt such a
paisa in the worst of fevers." There stood
Nsncy, peeping and grimacing, from behind
her father, shutting one aye aad with the
I other laughing at me in mockery. When
the old man, with great gravity, asked,
"Gas, how are your bowels? * Nancy jerked
her head behind her father as I groaned
a id turned over. Turning to his daughter
the judge said: "He is pretty sick and he
needs medicine. Go, you, and get that
yellow mug, the big one, put aa much
I eewna in it as you can grasp, so (with the
point of his finger ope n bis thumb) and fill
I >» tin with tmilim. omrV»nrv dont
WADLEY’S LINES
WORKING IN HARMONY TOGETHER.
Tks Gtcxgia Railrtzd Pena ally Trrtrd Over to
tbs Control cf It* N»w Owasir-Facts Re
lating to tbs Nfgctiatlcn Att< ad-
iag tbs L*u» of tbs Bead.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 39, 1881.
NO. 45
my shoulders made me cry out and spring
from my chair, upsetting my little table.
Virgil, lexicon, and all, and running awav
to tne house, waa Nancy. I was half mad.
for the blow was a scorcher, and after her
I went, determined on revenge. Through
the house we went. Nancy was fleet O!
the country girls of that day, what strap
ping things they were! They never saw a
corset or wore a tight-fit*ing shoe; never
primped, or ogled from the corner of tbeir
eyes; never said no when they meant yes;
cor hid a large well formed foot beneath a
long skirted draggled dress.
a Nancy had the start hut I thought I
bad tha wind and was determined on catch
ing bar. Around the House we went, Into
the bed room of her parents, and out into
the yard-how she laughed, and bow shone
her white teeth, and bow sparkled her great
black eyes. 1 was gaining on her when she
ran through the house sod into my room.
" followed. "Leave me alone,” she said, and
roaster wss to board at bin
terrible restraint in antfci
tbeir wild rolicking at be
want to or returned from
a constant monitor, more
obeyed than tbeir parent
folly counted • very day i
rejoiced in the fu lness <
jMoecbrd the final d«yof 1
the parental roof Now tt
the way as they went toil
birds, or pebbles in the
from ride to side of the sc
pluck wild flowers, or p
and be free and happy, wi
them afraid. Happy boy!
all only once, boweter mi
And however all tbeir i
checkered with joys anc
forgotten.
Then, tbe| boy sand the
•part, all went to schc
together grew up, and ai
salutary restraint, the ont
Each boy bad hia aweethi
lover. How sincere th<
how unselfish, how the a
was stimulated to excel,
be the more agreeaolo
one—men and woniei
without tha aelfiahnetMi v
coming years, and the col
the brain into wboae cm
ao rarely invited.
"Once more, who would
Here in these coy house
Georgia com inenced them
bright!si slid brainiest
governor, the senator, tin
biter planted in bis brain
future, amt io no period <
aenilh of his fame, does
memory with the earned,
log school house, the spr
the wjudid hill, and lli
lassies who went with hi
and plsy, when school’s
over and gone.
From these schools can
August 8. Clayton, John
Henry Luinpain. Willian
can U. Campbell, George
son Lumpkin, John G’.i
JIarri-, T Lomas W. and
I it up with boiling waer.” Nancy went,
I but upon reaching the door turned half
around to look at me and putting her
thumb upon the tip of her nose, wagged
her fingers and darted away, the judge
slowly lefi the room and had there been
I any chance for my escape from the house
unobserved I would have fled like a felon,
l»ut 1 was in for it and must
go through with it. It waa not long before
the judge returned, and with the yellow
rung brimming with senna tea, and Nancy
following He poured out a teacupful of
tne tea "Here, my boy, drink this; but if
y< u are not moved in half an hour, you
must take another cupful. Here, Nancy,
hold this. I must go and see the prescrip
lion Doctor Sanky left for your mother,”
and be banded her the cup and mug
. ' This waa her opportunity. She sat down
| on the bedside, and assuming the gravity
. I of her father, asked with mock sympathy
how 1 felt, putting on as long a face as a
hypocrite at a camp-meeting, and instated
ou feeling my pulse. But the judge re-
witb wrath and pair, "there is nothing the
matter with him.’-’
"Nothing the matter with him indeed.”
said the judge. "Sadi a convulsion as that,
nothing, and that pulse yesterday noth
in£?” Nonsense, gal. "I am afraid he
will bare congestion of the stomach ”
"Congestionof the jaws!” you had better
say. "Just look bow he has bit my fingers.”
Confound him. "And look at the fix this
floor ;•« in. 1 knew there was nothing the
matter with him from the first.”
"Nonsense, I tell you Nancy, the pulse
yesterday, could not be deciet; why it was
strong ss a horse could kick*' I slily wink
edat Nancy who flounced ont of the room
After looking at my tongue and feeling
my pulse the judge considered I was
better and left me. Dollv, the negro
woman servant, came in with water and a
cloth to clean the floor. "Mars Gas you
aim mighty tick is you? Moeter says you
*>*d a fit,” and she laughed as she looked at
me.
"What do you think. Dolly?”
"Why Mass Guv, I seed Miss Nancy
when she corned up and bit you wld dat
switch yesterday and I seed you jump, and
turnober de table and all dera books wba»
5 pu was reading, and I seed you and Miss
isncy runnin round de house, and I seed
you when you ootehed her on your bed
jeet a^Ue old folks corned home."You
most been taken mighty quick, and yes
terday when M as Nancy waa makin dat
tea she laughed fit to kill herself. I rpects
she’s been at some ob her tricks wid >ou”
"Make haste,” said the judge as be came
io,the doctor will be here soon and I don’t
want this floor wet when he cornea. How
do you feel Cmy boy? Nancy is raving
about you bitir-g her finger. 1 tell her you
didn’t know what you was about. Aint
you subject to fits—say? Nancy says it was
•11 sham, but I tell ber that is all n ersnse,
you wouldn’t a bit her soon purpoee
•cow.”
"In r. short time the doctor came and my
case was explicitly laid before him, especi
ally ilio wonderful pulse and the fits. The
judge was called away, when 1 asked the
doctor if he would promise never to speak
of it I would tell him a secret. He promised
and I told him the whole story. I felt 1
could not stand any more physic, and ao
hundred times since have we laughed over
the story. And many a time, too, with
yonder woman have I laughed at the recital
and memory of that Georgia scene,”
W H. £tabes.
A STRANGE SUICIDE.
A BREAK AHEAD
LEO BY THE HAUGHTY CONKLING
Too DhItm to Eld. Gutald'i Sislutlua
Kob.rtont-Hov tilt Sum it to it Oorritl
Oat—To* Attack Upaa tkt Foioial
Goorgit.
8. 8 her it r, Robert' Rathe* ford. Freeman »timed and said the prescription of the
Walker. John A. Heard, Charles Dougherty, doctor raid two cups toll at brat and one
- ' ) I every half hour after until the bowels were
relieved. Nancy stood behind him. with
. her torgue thrust into ber cheek, and her
I eyes gleaming with mischief, an she poured
, I out a cup full to the rim of the nauseating
. I stuff I swallowed it and they left the
II room, but not until Nancy bad given me
E another specimen of her affected sy npathy.
11 The next morning the judge came in,
[ Nancy with him, to inquire into my health
, and feel my pulse, with the sage gravity one
might eu- p «e belonged to Esculap
f I n.a bimself. ‘Better, much bet-
, trr this morning. The medicine
l knew them all, and b
atood and closed their c
them waa no more—Har
Harris dying at 9*» and 8
of age, and noth at ihiae
at the W ad of the bar of
la not of these I propose
must devote this article
A. 11. Longstreet.
Judge Unigsirecl, was
Augusta, Georgia, about
were from Connecticut, a
Georgia at a very early d
A man of scientific tastes,
of hia time in experimeu
cation of steam to the pr
and it ia cla.med that he
who ever autocade 1 iu ll
cceslully—at.d that it wa
nah river Hut limited in
of proper machinery in ti
the tim*. to make, or re|i
„ operated well did it my son? Your pulse
a I is quite feeble. It was fortunate 1 came
>, home at the time I did, for you certainly
was threatened with a very severe attack,
t but you are well over it now I hope Lucky,
' I V'.roi- wasn't itf’ **Wrv" Ml.! N»nrV
A Wife AUowi Der Husband to Kill
lllmaelfl
Wilkesbaebk Pa., April li.—The quiet
little borough of Stickaninny was startled
last evening by the report that a man had
committed suicide by shooting himselt at
Hanville. across the river. The authorities
were notified, and from Esquire Walker,
who held the inquest, the following history
of (he cose was learned: The name of the
suicide is Jack Freeman, an Irishman
He was a laboring man, and had a
wife and four children, the oldest aged 12
years. He moved to Hartsville cn the 5th
of April, and had employment iu hauling
sand and other material for the miners*
houses which are being erected there.
About four o'clock on Thursday evening
Freeman quit work and went home. After
entering the house he said to his wife, "1
am not going to let them get any advantage
of me. and 1 am going to shoot myself.”
She said to him, "Why, Jack, what is the
matter with you, are you crazy?” He an
s'vered, "Well, if 1 don’t shoot myself they
will arrest me and bang me.” He then
asked where hia gun waa, hunted for it and
found it. It wav a« old army musket, and
he proceeded to l«*d it with powder and
shot, after which he sat down on the edge
of the bed, got pen, ink and paper and
wrote iu a legible hand, "I am not guilty of
anything, but can’t stand it.” This piece of
paper be pinned to bis left breast, and then
called three of his children to him. kiased
them good by and did the same to bis wife.
Tnkiug the gun iu his hand he went out
doors, but stopped and asked bis wife where
Willie was. 8he answered he was down in
the brush. He called Willie and kissed
him farewell also. and then
went bock into the house and
a«t down in the chair in a very quiet
way. After a lapse of some time the mother
sent one of the boys to the spring for water,
aud be did trot bring enough, so she went
u Narcy, wasn’t it?” "Very,” said Nancy,
: with a sly wink and leer at me. "Do you
i feel like you could eat anything, my boy? ’
11 kindly asked the judge.
"Yes, sir,” I answered emphatically, "
»f am very hungry ” "A very good sign, my
an ei glue that might be required, compelled boy, but you must be careful lest you have
him to give up hia efforts before successfully * relapse and that might get you into
accomplishing hia design. It is certain, that trouble, and might,” he added, "be fatal
these efforts preceded those of Fitch, upon I Them attacks, you know, Nancy, are some-
the Ohio, who, though he did not finally I times very dangerous with ycuug people;
succeed, demonstrated the praciabiiity of I with older ones they are not so frequentor
his conception, aod these two nay lastly so dangerous, and the ecriptnre saya the
be considered the pioneers in this wonderful second condition of a man under such cir-
thought, which has so rapidly advanced the cu mi lance*, is always worse than the first
progress and prosperity of the world. I Nancy, you must have him some chicken
Judge Longstreei, at a very early ag«,gave broth made, and he must take very spar
promise of posataring unusual abilities, I iu<ly of it. A youth subject to these
which led to his father's determination to i, tlsmmatory attacks must be depleted, and
give him a liberal education. Of thia de- I should be have a return of it, blood letting
termination he was apprised by his parent, jaey be cec -esarv.”
and consented to receive this as his only I • Nancy all thia while was behind ber
petrimony. At once he commenced a course I father, making every demonstration
of study preparatory for entering Yaie I D iirth she could, not to be seen or beard by
college, of which he bad read, and him. but openly to me. 1 waa twenty-four
from hia parent* beard so I hears without food, severely sick from the
much. The dream of his earliest I medicine'a effects, out now relieved from
ambition was to gradua eat Yale, and then I this. 1 could have eaten a dog
to reed lew, and thus, armed for hia conflict I <%» cat, or anything that promised relief io
with the wortd. to light hia way to fame mud I the terriole cravings of my appetite L wa*
fortune. How this was accompli'hid, let I f U ily three hours before the judge and my
him tell himself. I tormentor returned. Nancy carried a large
It was in February, 1821, I rode from I b u? bowl with at least half a gallon of thin
Greenefcboro to Washington on horseback I chicken water. It was meager diet, but it
with Judge LrogaireeU 1 was goiug to I was abundant, and then there wea in the
Washington to apply for admission to the 1 unsavory broth just one half of an old
bar; the judge was going to attend court 1 roister—who had been for years crowing
We bad both of us read law at Litchfield, I J..y fjr the family—with his one leg reach-
Connecticut and with the same preceptors, I i. gout from, and far above the surface of
Judges Lapping Reeves and James Gould 11;,** broth. This was placed on a small
We rode leisurely, ami was talking over our I table and drawn doer up to the bed, m poon
student experience and cnjojii g many a I * : .d saucer were placed near it, by Na cy—
Joke, count c:ed with r-anaes it.eu eminent, I who took occasion to say yon must be care-
who hail been sdnestei legally at Litchflrld. I f u l not to t ke out "the cl t-ken *’ "Yon
Itwasnooo, and we were passing a farm I should not have brought tbe fowl
bouse wuicti was aliitle way from the bub | with the broth,” said ber father,
way over which we journeyed, when, rein I n .ay tempt him, a .d temptation to yourg
ing up his horse, beaded me if I vis hun I i ; experienced people is very dangerous,
cry. 1 was, and ao raid. when, continuing I *ud often leads to the crime of disobedi
he said: "Yonder (ouinUng to the house) I r .ce. Lead us net into temptation,” you
lives a well to-do n»,i His wife is an olo I t. cw, my boy; alway* keep the scriptures
friet dof mine, and 1 have a capital story to | m view; without this there are many sins
tell you. after we cet our dinners, in relation I ioo tempting to be resisted, particularly by
tooure-irly acquaintance; but promise me I tre young.” Narcy shut her eye, but eyed
it shall be krpiastcret profound. I like io I tne with tbe open, laughing one, as with
tell a good suv y, even if it»» at tbe expense I h» r father she left the room,
of appearing riuiculouv myself.” I "I et once got out of bed end locked the
Just aa we tun ed from the highway to I door, when 1 femorsely devoured the
approach the h 'ua* we met a servant, who. I toaster, who bad not, in boiling, imparted
to our inquiry, informed us the family waa I much of his juice to the broth. I (lipped a
absent from home, wLea we went on our I fee spoons full of tbe liquor into the
wav to Washington. | saucer, tossy for me that I h*d partaken r *
"Now for tb# »*crv,” I remarked;” ill some of it. I trust it wa* not asio, that
will do for d'nuer ’* ' I bad made t he spoon ard saucer lie for me
W.U, alien I an fittr s lor core?, of It an :.ooo Monlan Tinted Then
father felt tl.ee in no nt.n in Georefa on com. the ja^e Md Xenev. Toemomen
competent to the task t s Fat her Camming, a I »he jcd*e*aw ^ Mripmticmaas of tb
rrwbrlrri.n ntlniaer. up her. And th.n leneemble fowl iflo-t IniWjng. « ho'
I cot U find efce.p boud in tb. country I
•nd. be away from influence* about Au exclaimed: Voobim killed
gusts which might kr« p me fiias *tndyir.g I Gus; and I am rrepousible for it. l* ky
fatt er wav not vi-ilihv and it was a | ^you do this? Run, Nancy, and bring
S27.SLS:. t.i him to spare the ™e »be battle of amimonial wine, with a
education, which I C ,l P spooo*”
to be all I was *v*r u> expect from I “As usual, Nancy tarr ed at the door »o
When 1 came up here 2 found Parson I gave me a look of mischievous triumph
Camming bat more >;u. 4 .rr a than he could I She soon brought tbe spoon acd cup wub
well accommodate wiib board in bis bouse, | the w ne. Two teaspixrosful were measured
sol was compelled to Crd hoard in the I into tie cun I declined taking it Th*-
neightoord. 1 did eo at the bouaeof this I judge acgrfly insisted. "You must have
woman's fathr r over h* re. He wa* a stout, | your stomach relieved or you will brine on
•laid old gentleman with aldermaslc pro-1 a relapse. I tell yen. my sou, the dis~.se
portu.i s, e strict member of the churcu 1 you were suffering from is a moat danger
and a regnlsr aitecdsut upon tbe weekly 1 out one-one that fires the blood and *x
•srvice.' His wife was a little weasel-faced C i ee the pulse terribly, and unless checked
woman with a sharp r.oee alwavs red at 1 atorce may lead toycur ruin. Take it!
tbe point, acd with an eye blsck as a I uke it!” And almost per force, I swallowed
aloe and >h»rp a* aa eagle's She rarely | the wine. Never since have 1 drank wiue.
said much, but what %ke did say was! -I see, now, that mischievous vixen dodg-
aharp a - d to the point. Tbeir daughter, ing behind h*r father and making every
Ana. th* woman over here, waa about my I silent demonstration of pleased delight at
age. verv p’ump *nd ve^ pretty, and 1 try sufferirg noeatble »o her security from
amplv uubard with tbe spirit of mischi-f. I discovery by her father. It was ao: ten
One Sat :*‘.b Nancy, as the family called I minutes afterswfllowing the wine, before
ber va> aivsy ou a visit to a neighbor's. ] 1 became terribly sick acd began io vomit
where st* was j-peoditu a day or two. I "Hold his bead, Narcy” said tbe judge
did not attend cnurch with the old people. S .c was holding the banu. which she trars
but remained at h« me to prepare my lea- (cmd to the judge, aud placed her hands
tons for the morrow. I knew my teacher, under my forehead. Iu doing this she let
who was the preac rer, would rather I tiosld 1 the fingers of ber right hand pam iccau
miss church a dv*?n times than to be tioualy over my mouth. One went into it.
deficient to one recitation. The house was and I eeired it with a vim Nancy scream-
thoee old-fashioned bouses yet I ed, let fall tbe basin which ske knocked
wttt --ji iu Georgia, with two rcoma front I from tbe hands of ber father, and rent it
and two rooms back, sbed rooms, you know. | with all of tbe rooster I bad thrown up
with two rooms in the attic. One of three over tbe floor. I waa reiaed with an epi
looms in tbe attic waa Nancy’s: ooe of the leptic fit. shivered, groaned and bit Na' cy
-a i i C d acd danced, ana the judge.
-Ob, my God, the
the room at d sent
” 1 rwid.as 1 released tbe
herself. While on tbe way back she heard
the report of a gun, and said to herself:
"Maybe he has shot bimself ” On entering
the house she asked the children where he
was, and they said he had gone in tbe other
room, told one of them to close the door,
and then fired tbe gun out of the window.
She pulled the door open, and there he
lay prone upon tbe floor with .the
top of bis head blown
and hia brains and pieces of his skull spat
tered all over the wall and ceiling. Some
neighbors were pasting at the time, who
were called in, and they informed the
authorities. A jury was at once informed
It was Drought out dnm g the bearing that
Freeman often had moody apells; that he
generally kept away from other
people as much as possible, and
that tbe many new" faces coming into the
vicinity of the new coal works seemed to
disturb him very much. His wife wa*
at first disinclined to tell anything concern
ing it, but fioaliy said: "Well, he is dead
now aud I dare tell them *’ She made the
startling revelation that ber husband
implicated in tbe murder of a man iu
Janesville. Wisconsin, some time ago, aud
that he bad tometbing to do with a mya
terious affair that happened in tbisci y last
year, when a man was thrown from a bridge
fhatspan3 the Sutquebanna in this city.
Freeman had a bed reputation aud always
carried a knife and pbtoL It is thought
that his wife preferred to see him kill him-
seif than ruo the risk of having him
Judicially executed
Special Comjpo&dence Cooifftation.
WasxntGtotr, April 11—The president
would be a Utopian, indeed, if he hoped t
make any appointment in Georgia to please
all factions of tbe so-called republican party
of that state. The fact that be had deter
mined to make General Longstreet marshal
has directed* against tbe distinguished
favorite a eerie* of attacks from variou
quarters. The Geoigia republicans no long
er claim an organization for political work
in the state, but have apparently resolved
themselves into a society to abuse each
other. There are a few offices over
which they are wagmg a des
perate and -ufiobmpromhlug little
war among themselves. When Majai
Smyth was ahead in the marsbalship race
Washington was deluged with circulars in
tended to prevent his nomination. Now
that Longstreet is tbe favorite he is also a
victim.
Mr. Hugh Alexander, au Atlanta repub
lican, reached Washington last night to do
what he can in preventing Locgstreet’s
nomination or confirmation.
I learn that the general’s opponents are
not very hopeful. If, however, they fail to
change the president’s intention to nomi
nate Longstreet they will prosecute tbe
war into tne senate with the last hope of
preventing a confirmation.
If they do not succeed in keeping his
name out, and they hardly can, tbe confir
mation ia almost a centainty, as the com
ments here on the prospective appointment
have been very favorable.
What the objections to General Longstreet
are I cannot exactly discover, except to get
seme vagee idea that he wa3 once a confed
erate general, and that his conversion to the
republican faith has not yet so washed out
that sin as to entitle him to honors which
are sought by the patriarch* of the faith. I
cannot put tbe case with the pungency it
receive* from interested politicians, but I
think I have given a hint of i's material.
I have beard no objection to the ability
or character of the embryo marshal and I
suppose none will be made. It is stated
in general terms that tbe nomination
wonld not meet with the approval of the
republicans or the people generally in
Georgia. I do not think there is a ghost of
a chance to prevent the nomination or con
firmation of Longstreet, but I suppose the
fight upon him will proceed until he is
installed. Yes, and after that, for where is
there a federal officeholder in Georgia who
has not some gentleman ambitious to be
his Brutus? It is a terrible thing to hold
office, but while the supply of willing
martyrs is so large the subject is bare of all
pathos.
This morning I bear something which
looks like a break in the senatorial lock. It
is said that when King Conkling returns
from New York the whole thiug will be
arranged. Conkling has bis heart set on
defeating Robtrtsoo’s confirmation. The
nomination stung him fearfully, and be
wonld regard the confirmation as the tri
umph of Blaine’s hatred and malice. He
is straining every resource he has. It is
thought that he will agree to help the
democrats get the senate into
executive session ’ provided they
will lend him strength enough to
defeat Robertson. He may not go so far ss to
oppose the caucus ticket for officers of the
senate, but he can accomplish all the dem
ocrats want by taking the high ground that
he will not consent to a longer delay of the
public business. If tbe senate once drops
ths Dawes resolution and goes into exec
utive session, the democrats have carried
tbeir point.
Thia scheme is deemed plausible by some,
but others think it would bring down
on Conkling the wrath of bis party and
might endanger the loyalty of Mahone
to his new affiliations. He is said reso
lutely to demand the election
of his frier.ds Gorbaa* and Riddleberger. It
will thus be seen how tight the bony grip
of the confederate brigadier is on the throat
of the republican party. Tbe Tartar has
been caught. He is hard to turn loose.
—Washington has its first touch of
spring in ore cf those days "that scarce
seem to breathe, they are so beautiful.’
The smooth, clean streets are toll of people
ar.d in tbe crowds gleam the bright colors
of the fresh season River excursiors and
picnics in the beautiful suburbs are among
the pleasures of the next few weeks, for
from the Virginia heights the last lines
of the snow are fading out of sight,
tbe trees are putting forth their first
timid, tender reaches for the touches of the
sun. Washington is famous for its drives.
After leaving the hard pavements, which
arc smooth as a ball room floor, there arc
glorious stretches of rustic roads, level ar.d
lovely in all tbeir surroundings. You can
dash "behind a good team fire miles and
back in au hour, along avenues soon to be
shaded into exquisite peacefulness, or you
can ascend the gentle slopes, and from the
summit gain a glorious view of the city
below basking in the mellow spring bum
shine; the long dark Maryland shore; and
ths Virginia heights across the bright Po
tomac with their gloomy, glorious memo
ries.
Pistol* li
Philadelphia Pick’ Washington letter.
Calling upon an ex-democratic member of <xxe
areas from Louisiana, a few days ago. he showed
I me the hacdromcat pair of dueling piaiola 1 have
ever men. They were made by Purdy, of Lon
don. Tbebarrtiaareol lha fl—I Barnaul tha I
locks are of the choiceat tempered steel and the
handle*ol p« llsbed rosewood. Tbe pUtola were
made ao that they coaid be loaded either froma
the muzzle or the breech, acooidltg totheatlpu
llailoua of Use combatant*. The trinen uwa
shot, and tome idea of the accuracy of tbe arms
* rmed when it Is ttiled that he baa shot
the wing with them at a distance of ooe
between
aud Lamar. The __ . _
hours which preceded the memorable Interchange
convinced aeveral aoutheni senator* that serious
trouble waa brewing. Some of 1
an altercauioa on tbe floor, and It
to make tbe expecUd altercation a bio idy one. if
need be. Tbe twe pbtola were taken
mddence of their owner to tbe senate ;
and were loaded In one of tbe committee rooma
When Mr Cockling delivered hi* scorching
(xiuci-m of Lamar those p stole were in the pock
ets of men upon the floor. And ale* tbe contro
versy had ended without tbe interchange
bLws the pistole wne retained by friends ol 1
Lamar, possibly without hia knowledge. In an
U< 1 pa lion of a hostile meeting between the t«c
* n*:ors. Ibe owner of the pistol* aay* he has
loaned them oaoa or twice to persona desirous of
•ajitt leg diffieuitie*. but In each case a peaceful
solution ot in* trouble ha* been reached before
exs.hang.ng tbota.
Tbe “Tear Wit boat m ei
Hartford limes.
We continue to receive cccaaonal inquiries con
cerning t*f* v *yearta which there waa noiunner.
ec-mepenoss appear to have a wrong Ideas* to
the time. It was the year of 1SI&- It baa >«eu
oiled the year “without a summer." for there
Wfaj* a sharp f rot In every month. There are old
tanner* living In Connecticut who remember
It wa* known a* the “year without a sox
The tanner* used to refer to it aa “etgh
iceu hundred and r-arre to death." January wai
mild. •• was also February, with the exoepUoo
of a few day* Tbe greeter part of March was
cold and boisterous. April opened warm, but
gr. w colder ns It advanced, ending with mow
and ice and wiatrr cold. In May. ice fa
half *n Inch thick, bods and flower* were fi
and com kl.led Frost, ice and *uow were
iron In June. Almcat every green thing
killed, and the fruit wa* nearly alf
atroyed. Snow feU to the depth
tat dice. On the fifth Ice
abed rooms waa min* There i
ipanied
... .. formed
of the thiiku***of window alaaa in New York.
Sr« Kugiaad aad Pennsylvania, and corn was
ncarlj ad destroyed injcertaln mcoona. In Augiat
ice formed batf an inch thick A cold n~* w —
wind prevailed nearly all uunmer.
Corn was vofnzen that a great deal
scarcelT any even la tbe ai
were obliged to pay U cr*
lfti5 Lr rn.eC for the next K
some of them did in some way offer to Mr
Mahone, to give him or any man whom he
vould name, the sergeant at-arma if hi
(Mr. Mahone) would vote with tbe demo
crats.
Mr. Pendleton demanded that Mr. Dawes
should name the democratic senator who
had been guilty of anything of the kind. .
Mr. Harris said he was a member
of the democratic caucus committee, and
demanded that Mr. Dawes should name
the senator or senators qp that committee
who had in any znapner approached
Ur. Mahone. Mr. Harris begged
Mr. Dawes not to deal
in innuendoes, but to name the senator.
THE CRY from chio
THAT GALLS FOR INSTANT SUCCOR.
Am Appeal to tie People of tie United States to
Extend Aid to the Wounded, SofiVring aad
Dewlato People of Homer's Native
111 o—A’Harrow Ing Picture.
to 'dll April 11.—Mrs. Blaine, Mrs.
Ihp RAnni^ Sherman and a number of other ladiee
declaring that unless he did so.he (Harris) I prominent in Washington society and
would not believe a word of it. I well-known throughout the country, make
.l.I^a U “ r 'ESS^iiuta!!* jpw * pp tlW fc ' ( T* opl * «•
mtic side, to "Nome the mxu! Same the I Umt,d Sutra in behalf of the sufferers
man!’’ T fmm the recent disastrous earthquake in
Mr. Dawes said be had not charged n-y Ch
senator with anythton of the >•»' He I wasmsorox, April It —To the People oJthe
would sav that the larding detrr...-»:s bad. I Vetted states: The calamity of Chlo touches tbe
before thia senate met, approacLcd Mr. Ma -° r .M- , A -hteh eo hqm.n lore
hone with the proposition to giro him the th?bSmif t rwmd"lSr e ^,S. h!J2 uS
wrgeam-aVarma for his vote. among the worlds* moat treasured poreereiou*
Mr. Butler asked if the eenstor from | fw five and twenty centuries. A single
Virginia listened to such propositions. 18u«»day afternoon destroyed the fruit of
Mr. Dawes, interrupting- 2S?r‘„{ b SE!Ku™
Mr. Butler, .aid: V?illS:e sen.^-rdon Sd P h££‘
_ , . c (by the unheralded and !rre*Ltlble forces of na-
Mr. Dawes, interrupting—1 have not the | tare, seven thousand human beings were
power to pardon you. I crushed and buried beneath the ruins of
..Mr. Bntie^But yon hare the power and gS
. - Tery and disconrteoui, thousand are left wandering, without roof or food
and added that ne would net go into that I or plan for the future. Stricken by tbe unseen
kind of debate. hand, famUhed. appalled, despairing, the iltua-
Mr. Pendleton said that if Mr. Dawes had i 1 ™ *£“ 1 . ta ot “? &***• The suffering is prerent
information was entirely false. I have rushed to Chio with instant aid. but the
Mr. Hill entered his emphatic denial of | shocked and sorrowful people most be nurtured
the charge made by Mr. Dawes. He was
one of the committee appointed to I gtreecth. to self dependence. In this suddesT'acd
propose an organization of the committee* I overwhelming anguish, the accredited reprerea-
of the body, and be stated emphatically | utivea of the desolated province have appealed to
that that committee made no proposition “ to implore the generous assistance of the
to the senator from Virginia as to what | American Pf*>Pje- WJdo not appeal
should be done for him or as to how I {£> A appeaL tm* 67
he should vole. Any state-1 charity the new world Insists upon the right to
ment, intimation, or insinuation I »-l*nd and share with the old. but gathered in
•o the contrary was utterly I ffi® national capital from all sections of tbi* great
f?I» ind untrae** 1 ^The ™.tor ££ 1
Virginia has been discussed in the commit I thus ^complying*** with °°the request of
tee precisely as other new democratic | our friends and neighbor* from over the sea. we
senators had been, and he would have | ri*hUy interpret the caaernere of every American
thought it an insult to that senator to I ^^“^tby.^t prompt and
indicate to him that it wm necaam^ in ih?n3Sft?thSfepJJtort£?^3
order to gam his vote to make propositions I Hebrew, to take up a collection :in th-ir
to him. | several congregation* at the earliest practicable
Mr. Mahone denied that any senator on | motaent, and wa pray the presidents of the
either tide had ever approached him I
improperly as to the organization that therlch may have immediate oppoxtunlSf
of the senate. He repelled the suggestion I to give of their wealth, and the poor
that he could be approached by any person | of their poverty, through the channels that shall
with a plan or scheme, or a combination to I the fainting sufferers wbominature
pnfiq tlUt could not spare and whom humanity must
f 8 *"? .. ei \j® . , I restore. The well known banking house of Riggs
legitimate. He bad an extract from ile Uco.olWashington, has kindly consentedto
discussion in the senate last Thursday read | receive ail moneys collected for this purpose, and
at the clerk’s desk. At the point | for convenience and dispatch the several sums
where, in response to a suggest io* by I
Mr. Rollins that the democrats bad I ui e faror 0 f giving this letter a prominent
bten seeking to make, an arrange-1 piaoo In their column*
ment to secure Mr. Mahone’s vote, Mr. Hill I (Signed) Harriet 8. Blaine, Maine: Ellen Ewing
replied, “but we would not have bought it.” I Sherman, Ohio; Alice Key Pendleton, Ohio;
S.)W, Mr. President, (continued Mihone), S|S , T £,fffi‘SL’S“!22SLVSSJi
tiiat language admits of one or more ioter-1 Lydia Mcl^ne J^hnsion, Vinrinia: llaty 8 Ltr
pretations, and 1 come to ask tbe gan, Illinois; Mairina P. Harlan, Kentucky,
senator from Georgia. as his
language in one aspect implies I SUNDAY'S SERMONS
that my vote had been or could be boucht, I
w> ether he intended to conyey any such I „„ hop nn<l Ber. Virgil
elcqt
zu kppointm!
r ut the manlfectatlon of that Mine rnint that
characterized Christ, the exercise of *elf.dei>ial
and self saenhee lor tbe welfare and salvation of
other*, receding from cur own just right* tbat our
enemies may be btessed 1 hia U tbe trinmnhant
power of the g« ►pel, the magnetic < harm of
Christianity. *i his disposition to enffer f r fathers
make * the spirit of them who poeses- it *a de i
U^hifuUoau who behold it a* the breath (f
violet* la sweet to our sensca. More entrant lug
than the finest harmonits that ever flowed from
grand organs is the bloeM'd dhpositiun of Christ,
embodied in the lives of His followers
5. Laatl:
glorified (
am ^
-- -—iksglving and praise. Re hungers and
thirsts for your iove. and a garland
woven ot your heart’s affections He
esteems it as more prerloua than tha richest
diadem which angel hands place upon Rts bead
“BANK CLOSET)”
PAYMENT OF CHECKS SUSPENDED.
A Christian woman, dying, could barely arUcu
late the word “Bring! ,r Her attendants brought
to utter the dee pea i desire of her soul, and broke
forth with that line of tho grand old hymn,
“Bring forth the royal diadem and crown Him
* * So may we,desire and do for the
IN MEMORIAM.
United 8tatea Court Booxns,Noi them district of
Georgia, March term 1881—In Be, death ot Hon.
Dawaou A. Walker—Meeting of the bar, etc.:
Your committee beg leave to make the following
report in commemoration of the character and
public life of Hon. Dawson A. Walker, recently
removed by death from among us.
Dawson A. Walker was bora in Grainger
county, Tennessee, 7th of December. 3819
and came into this state in early life
unknown and without friends or in
fluence. and afterwards married Miss
J. A. Ellison, Soring Place, Georgia, and being
possessed of a liberal education, uprightness and
force of character he, by diligent aitenUon to the
confidence of our people and an enviable degree
of success at the bar, resulting in his elevation to
the circuit bene; and then to the supreme bench
‘this state and in his being nominated for
vemor iu 1879 by the national union party in
leorgla, and in his appointment by President
Grant on tbe United States civil service commis
sion in 1871, and
Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty disposer
the family of the deceased.
ideas.
Mr. Hill (iu hi* seat)—Go cn and I will
answer.
Mr. Mahone—I am ready for you to an
swer cow.
A ores
Sunday EL Luke’s church was filled to Its
I utmost capacity with the congregation gathered
there to listen to the sermon of Bishop Beckwith
John L. Hopkins,
GEO. h. Thomas,
N. J. Hammond,
Committee.
Hon. Amos T. Akerman, was bom in Ports
mouth. New Hampshire, February, 23.1821, and
waa graduated from Dartmouth college In 1842
From college, he went to North Carolina, where
he waa a teacher for one year. Tbe next three
years, he taught at Richmond Virgin!*; from
Richmond, he removed Peoria Illinois, where he
F. H. R.
In the Beaste.
The vice-president laid before the senate
the unfinished business, being the resolu
tion for the election of officers of the tena'.e
Mr. Beck said that yesterday some
difference of opinion had existed as to tbe
K dtion of the senator from Illinois (Mr
vie). The senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Kellogg) had a written statement
from that gentle mao showing that he was
paired on the motion to go into executive
Mr. Hill—I prefer to wait until you get I from the text:
through. I “This is tbe Lord’s doing. It is marvellous in
yr. Mahone, (with emphasis)— I have I our eyea.”—Pialm 118: 23.
nothing more to say but to ask that rimple JggSa ‘ tSt* SI W JSf
question. a . .. . I tibia proof of the troth of Chm-
Mr. Hill—Now I shall make to tbat sen- I lanity, nls answer waa “The Jews'* The strange
atr.r the answer which I feel he or any I history of this wonderful people since the days of
other senator ought to make to me under our Lord'* tearful prophecy concerning them is
like circumstances, and tell exactly I txuttxU Him whom they
the truth. I inferred from the remark I Adapting bimself many variety of circum-
iuade by the senator from New H&inp-1 stances, he seems to yield to none. He is no
shire that be was chargine that I hetplet* waif, toesed about by the rush and stir
he had sought to make »n of cTeuW; there la reyrely a department of life
Mrrancement ft hat wa* hi* lan- M D *hkh he has not shown ability sufficient to
-V ft _ _ _ k* lan I atUIn tm i n eoce. and yet bis “borne is left deao-
fcusge) by which we ^otilu control the | j ale »a The Lora foretold hia fate, and history is
vote of theaeostor from Virginia to get the j a witness of the truth of the prophecy,
organization of the senate, and io fesponse I Some eighteen hundred years ago, within a
to that I Mid that we wonld not have »tOT2^w«Mto|}onoItta*n«OMj.
booght it I mean simply to negative what gjj SuSnSSftTui^Sre^oiifi. P&e
I understood to be the charge ol the aenatcr I tine, a narrow strip ol territory aorth ol Arabia
from New Hampshire, xhat is what I in- I ou the extreme east of ihe Mediterranean sea in
tended to negative. The senator from New I the city of Jerus-lem, there appeared a man
Hampshire teemed to be going on the name J ^^p-rnSi e
assumption that the other side I lQ po Tert y and a Jew. He lived before the public
wes charged with having bought tust three years During that time He went about
the vote of tbe senator from Virginia, and I Judea preaching repentance and charity. He
he seemed to be implying that we had I collected about Him twelve men, as poo:,
wanted to buy it aud could as Him^lb *
not do it -I denied,” addte&iog §iVn fl! “ "u,e mSSmdS £^In
himself directly to Mr. Mahone “that we I to follow Him the rulers became
di.l buv your vote; I denied that we wanted I alarmed and plotted against Him. One of hi*
to buy your vote; I denied that we would glojren{ejwed Him. He w-takenipri«on«r
have bought your vote—we would not have I ^cradfled beiwren
given you a fig for your vote. Tbat is what I thieves. After one of his followers had betrayed
1 intended to deny. I did not charge that I Him. another denied Him, and all forsook Him.
the senator had sold his vote. I do not I Yet belief In the man Himself as God Incarnate
w 1v now that the senator ha* «oid I ha* outlasted the throne vt tbe Caesars,
his vote. I would not chnrge c friS”fy^S^°B£^B^wlff 3oaS
(unless I knew it to be a fact; h£ r iSSSi*sfolfiws: P
that any seuator had soUl his vote. If the | ‘-Some taught that lie was not truly Godmothers
senator wants me to go further and to say I tbat He waa not properly man, others that He wm
what I believe that isadifferent question. -£ <*£, thatHe
and i wish to aav to the senator I gublle dfa.inctlona of the eastern mind like
now tbat if he proposes to I the keen edge of their own ccymetar threatened
call to account everybody in this country I to divide akundcr the very body and sould
wrobasa belief on that subject, be has a Christianity. Yet its strange, mysterious life
heavv task on hia hand*. I will no I triumphed over all. Then, »ithe centuries roiled
? ou, there came a Ume whan tbe very blackness
charge against any senator, bat id (of darkness cccmed to settle upon and envelop
not auy senator invite my opinion or com- I Christianity. People sunk into ignorance
pel my opinion by seeking to make that a I and vice: pnoo* turned atheists and
«r«. e .t w o%nion .“ndKutv^Tiw n, * y
with the.rewono,
the senator’s opinion. I have risen to usk I tive thunder of Luthe.’a ___
tho senator from Georgia a plain qnestion. I Englana poured the glad light of Uie morning of
He savs I will have avprvbodv I ^ reformaUon. * • * And vuall thl*—
£,«! — u
not the question. The senator from I tho most credulousT Does he not boldly entei
Georgia has used the language which* ha* I where angels fear to tread, and does be
been read He knows whether he intended t^Uxer mpadfloni
toeoaveythe impression that Isold my sSStofiSd prach?u^^
vn, “ or amt my vote had mSST The totoJS
bought. He knows that | Text, PhUlipians. 2d chapter. Statolith yeraea
resided the remainder ot hi* life. He taught
school at Savannah two yesr*. and continued his
legal studies in the office of Mr. Berrien, then oae
i 'he senators from Georgia.
From Savannah he removed to Elbc-rion. Ga,
respect and
tics Mr. Akenz
party had an c
At the outbreak of the late war Mr. Akerman
aa a union man, but after the confederate gov
ernment was organized be voluntarily entered
*- * - —my, where he
Mr. Akerman
was a member of the reconstruction convention
of 18C8. and many of the wheat measure adopted
It:.at bo«ly are due to him.
■le wm a Grant elector IiHSS^iEnWI!!CSr
disabilities were removed in December, 18C9, and
Man thereafter he wm appointed distric-. attorney
Georeiaand entered upon tbe duties of that
a member of the bar we knew bim best,
and it is • pleasure to ua to bear testimony to his
professional ability and Integrity. His private life
wa* aa unimpeachable m his public career. He
1880, In tbe midst (m it seems to us who survive
him)3f his usefulness. In view of which '
submit the following:
Resolved. That In the death of Amoa T. Aker-
mau this bar Is deprived of one of iu ablest and
moat snccewfol members: the country of oae of
im * * *
tious and devoted member, acd hia family ol a
Mnd and loving husband and father.
Resolved, That we tender to the family of
* ‘ other our kindliest sympathy
that we ask that these proceed irgs
n the minutes, and that the clerk be
requested to famish a copy of the same to tha
Tba
ti a bushel for com
spring's planting. *
ber were mild, the ****
coed, with frost, and toe formed
acuaner of an inch thick. October waa more
than usually cold, with frost acd toe November
wm cu d and blusterrina. with mow tsoogh for
good fetigfclDg. December was quite mild aud
way l*'ween these abed roon •. but none J frightened, exclaimed: “O!
between tbe front rooms TLe entrarc- I boy has a fit;” ran from tie
from ib. yud in troot wm into «h« far*» (..r» doctor. • Ew!” 1 roidj
finer rs. Tbe judge came in frightened.
"Ivs all over, is it Narey r* he a»ked aox
from tbe vat
room of the two. , , v . .
“1 wa* out in tbe yard, under tbe shale — - ---
of an apple tree, in my shirt-sleevea. burly 1 tously. bbe was vmrgingber Land, whilst
•ttga^vu in tbe n*ys’er.«a of Virgil’s j her eyes were filled with tear*.
jEoaid, when a stroke from a switch ecroea
ter eyes
"All <
over.” she exclaimed, ball crying
Tbuiadaj.tbe 2Ut. la Athens. Ga. R
Heed dec isjog^wcbtb^ introductory.
sosion. ou which questions, if present, he
would vote "yea.” He was also paired on
the main resolution, ou which, if present,
he would vote "nay.”
Mr. Dawes—Was it that to which the
senator alluded yesterday, when he said that
the wind had shifted?
Mr. Beck—No; the wind has been blowing
steadily against Massachusetts for tbe past
few days. .
Mr. Pendleton then took the floor ar.d
aai J that the course which the republicans
ha 1 followed was without precedent in all
history, in insisting that th-; business of the
senate and of the country, should
be delayed and postponed until
the senate should be disorgan zed and reor
ganiztd It had been defended on various
grounds by iu various apologists on this
fl.xir. Tbe senator from Massachusetts
(Hoar) bad charged the action of the demo
crata with being revolutionary, but bad
subsequently, when pressed by tbe seuator
from Georgia (Brown), retracted that
charge.
Mr. Hoar said that he had not made that
charge, but the action of the democratic
aide warranted him now in imputing it,
and he did so now impute it.
Mr. Pendleton replied that the gentleman
jw made a charge without any qualifica
tion, and be would leave it to tne gentle
man from Georgia (Mr. Brown) to again
make him retract it. His colleague (Mr
Sherman) had stated that tbe struggle now
going on here was a struggle for political
power in Virginia; tbat u involved the
der ruction of the democratic party in that
state and the installation of the re
publican party there. The inarm-
ment to m used to bring about th :
result was given to Riddlebergn
brigade of employes of the senate,
paid at the public expet se to perambulate
that state, and waten and win local elec
tions This was the struggle to which the
democratic senators were invited. Tbe
sage of battle had been thrown
down and he ventured
the presence of his democratic brethren to
uke it up. The deroocrau would invite the
republican side ever and continually to go
into the discharge of pablic business They
would submit to its guidance in the trans
action of that business. Tbev would indnr-
triously mid faithfully consider the nomi
nations, and when the pcbiic busi
ness was all discharged they
would unite on adj iurnip£ the
! senate, but they would not promote in dese
crating that altar (pointing to the clerk’s
desk) consecrated to the discharge cf the
great pablic duties dedicated to the service
of all parties, but for the partisan use of
cone, and permit it to be made an instru
ment of political warfare and the spoils of
petty partisan triumphs
(Jesus), and given Him a name which is above
. HllfaJ answered you faily. It will I j£S? JSSmSISJ fahlSi" ,'ISJ
be in the Record. I things in earth, and things under the earth; and
Mr. Mahone—As the seuator fails here to I every touitne confess that Jeans Christ is Lord, to
answer directly a direct qnestion, I will give I the Klory ol God the Father.”
him a problem to wive. He aril I ■ ma^oaed In Uie BIM,
heve a conundrum. I say ^tlnme'ciiScierfor?£n
kirn that if he did mean I those perron*. Abraham signified the father of"a
to imply that mv vote had been or could be I multitude. Isaac, laughter. Jacob, supplanter
bought, he states or undertakes to convey I ^
,hM which is foul, untruthful and ‘S? *Hto uirte.
lai r, and that do _ men ie&s | character. Everything pure aod holy.
thru a coward would make it I worthy?' nobh/'and grand ^is~ typified and
Now i say lo him tbat he cm solve in hi* I represented by the name of Chrirt. other* hare
own mind whether be so intended or not
[Addressing himself directly to Mr Hill in
a menacing tone] You can solve that, sir. I the minds of men, but the one name of Jeans
if you choose. That is all I have to say to I stand- higher and exerts a wider Influence than
you now | any cf these.
1. This UeMed name Is associated with
_ioet sacred ai-d enduring memories of life. When
1 utter the word “Jeans" a thousand chords
vibrate with Joy In your hearts. Yon are tran»-
Mr. Hill rose to reply, but Mr. Mahone
continued his Temarks. You can solve that
question fer yourself—whether you
■ mended to convey tbat meaning or not >njii __
[A good deal of applause in the galleries, I j C n first lisped this precious name
which the preaiding officer, Mr: Kellogg, I with infant lipa ct prayer. Yon heard
i.ieavored to suoures-1 1 11 over ibe cradle’* side, and it has tiven a
Mr. H.h (studiously emphasizing every I tt3tht n riu°ol*u5;
point of expression). Mr. President, I I b ] <Me( j oae. Multitudes woo have oome to
have too much respect for the cerate, too I mauhool aud womanhood, and wboae minds
much respect for myself, too much respect I have been entangled in tbe sophLirie*
for the people. Io bandy epi theto with the ln^z»Uo?^rdS
T.ator from \ trgtnia or aoy other fena- I ^ lae ,( m ni» faith of their efciiahotd. Like the
.jr here. I have never sought 1 perfume that wm mixed with ihe mortar
to receive, or to give, or to resent an insult I of a Turkish mosque, built long since, and
in this chamber. I would not insult | wtiohsUU fills the whole structure with lude-
the senator in thia chamber. I /
Tbs senator cannot insult zee. He is | |; mnrl
powerhss to insult anybody. Sen
ator M a bone asked me a ques
tion. 1 answered his question. I He has given o* of the nature of God. The be-
I answered it explicitly. Tbat answer ia on I Uef in immortaJJty wro dimmed and blurred in
record. It will remain there. It was M d£f* * flne
truthful answer. I wiswered preciselv I Vnbered, but Jesus i« C|n
as I thought and felt at the time. I used I ititwc mukening and defiling errors with
tbe words. Any senator can read I which a false philosophy had covered over tbe
these word*. If the sen- I future sute, and brought life acd immortality
atcr (Mahon*) think!
he (eropbas:zing tbe pronoun) can suppress I er^togire place to for and singing at (bead
the gentlemen in discussion m this Cham-1 ventoi Him who has disclosed the glories of a
ber ty assuming to play the bully, he life 1 brighter and better world, all for the consolation
made a mistake. aad inspiration of our tool*, bj hope.
This ended the discussion for tbe day. I n# 8 ’nS5LJuS’* n^etacootainMfi^^a^t^
which was followed w.th interest by alarge «}£«««** •nameia contained t-the oontexu
> doe* the name of Ji
r personal history with lta heavenly
| fragrance.
I 2. < hriit’s name la transcefidemly high, be-
I cause of the beauteous and exalted conception
A motion made by Mr. Farley to go I see the very ground of His exaltation Thia
irto executive revzion ww leal, 20 to 20,1 ‘“(Oli. pr uwij beh^ wJmtrwl, lovM md
and tr en a*. 4:30 tbe senate, ou motion
Mr Dawes, adjourned.
*;UR»t. w 4 Landrum alternate. Tbs next
mceurg of the Sonthera Bar flat convention Wffl
“—‘t dnreh ia CoriuubiM
SSPfc
erkoc, D. D.. oi Maryland, alternate.
_ cor elution of Mr Pcndleton’i
remarks Mr. Dawes took the floor, and in
the course of his remarks charged tba: tbe
comm i • tee for the arrangement of tbe senate
committees, appointed by the democratic
caucus, approached Senator Mahone, or tbat
shipped by all the heavenly heats, rested at the
very summit of authority and honor clothed,
witn all ue splendors of Godhood, wearing the
eruwa and bearing the sceptre of nnlvers* *
minion, yet renounced Hia prerocatlvts
privilege*, glories acd grandeurs, veiled Hi*
esty in a human form, slaved acd sul
Mary Anderson's Last Dodge.
From N;m Crinkle’s FeoUIetcn.
By the way, the Mary Anderson palace car in
hich the eminent actress rides while f txlfillicc
her engagements dropped out of the newspaper I of per-ecuttoo
paragnpd* a week or two ago and Mary became descended to the lowest depth of
alarmed. “You will have to put in some more 1 agosy by the death of the crore. Co
furniture,” said her agent. “Everything ha* I and cruelly slain. He died with ao kind hand
"■* to wipe the
good of mankind, lo the face
poisoned dam
- --AUJ
y^y the death of the erts*. Coldly rejected
the car la grdeg through a town, the pater.11 thorns, the pang of apparent detertfcm by Hi«
wardrobe whien exhitsts your drerees to the Heavenly Father torturing Hia aoni. "Where
admiring crowd*—hare all been done. We must I fore God ateo hath highly exalted Him, and giren
have icmething new." “.-uppore we get one ol I Him a name which I* above *rery name.Do
Mrs Lewis * new cook aioTta." sngeeated Man : I we rejoice at thia upairing of such an One tt
“acd then when there is a delay at Ihe sutler 11 snpremeat place in the universe, whereby
might be eren through the plate clam window* I empire i» enlarged and Hu name shinee with
frjin* sisrjack* and humming the‘Gouege by ) ladelcre luctre?
the Sea-.’ beside*. I could rod my sl« eves up.” i 4 There Is a personal application of the text to
• ' ,px al idea.” rej* the agent, “it shall be done," I each one of ua. “Lei *
0 now Mary cooks in her palace c
Let this mind be in you,
a also in Christ Jean*," is the exhorts
. -hatbyt
. Walker, the legal profession has been deprived
one of its brightest rmameuta. the BaptUt
church one of ita moat beloved brethren, the com
munity in which he lived of one of Its most
valued members, and the state of one of its most
The ‘’Baa" oa ike Citizens' Bank Ccmpels It to
Oleee Business and Kako an Auignmtnt
—The History of th# Trouble—
Tbe Dsposltorr, E c., Etc.
By
Augusta, April 12.—The board of directors of
the Georgia railroad have leased that road to the
owners of the South Carolina railroad, consisting
of William Wadley, John H. Fisher. Mooes Tay
lor. Samuel Sloan and others, the lease to take
effect from A pill 1. 1SS1, and to ran for 99 years.
The annual rental to be paid to the Georgia
railroad company la 9600.000, in semi annual
payments. This Is ten per cent cn the capital
stock of the Georgia railroad aud ita bonded
At about 10:30 o’clock Wednesday the city
was astonished by the announcement that
the Citizens’ bank had suspended payment.
At ten minutes to eteveu a notice waa
posted on the door of the bank announcing
that an assignment of its effects bad been
marie to Messrs. W. 8. Thomson, of the
firm of Candler & Thomson, and Mr. L. J.
Hill, cashier of the Gate City national bank.
With tLla the doors were formally cloeed
and the business of the bank was slopped.
Tbe Details or tbe Failure.
1 here I* no suspicion on the outside that any
thing waa wrong with the bank even up to the
hoar ol opening on yesterday. Almost Im
mediately after tbVl however, there wm a
steady, but quiet inn that continued up to nearly
eleven o’clock when Mr. Leonard, the
teller, announced to Mr. J. C.
Clements, congressman from tho 7th district,
that he had no funds with which to pay a check
for 9800 that he presented from Mr. D. N. 8peer,
the state treasurer. After making this statement
the sign “bank dosed," was put on the door.
This did not, however, create any cxdtemcnt.
7 here were aeveral customers who came in and
made deposits, supposing that the sign had been
misplaced. Daring Mr. Patterson's absence in
consultation with Mr. Julius Brown, attorney for
the bank, the officers continued to receive depos
its offered without, however, patting them into
the bank, bat .Into envelopes to be returned to
the owners. The money taken by Mr. Brown
wm put in separate envelope* and held for
the owners. They took this coarse rather than
epoak of the trouble until they were authorized
to do so. No deposits were taken on yesterday
for the bank at ail.
TBI CAUSE or TBE TROUBLE.
The immediate cause of the "run” on the
back was, as we are informed, tbat lta exchange
checks were thrown ont by the Mercantile bank,
ts New York correspondent, on dsy before
yesterday.
The first Intimation that came of this action on
the part of the Mercantile bank waa a telegram
received at about 9 o’clock on Tuesday night
by Mr. Irwin Bird, who had sent 00
9*J\ exchange purchased from the
Cittaens* bank. He at once sent tbe dispatch ont
to Mr. Patterson's house, and thus gave him the
first knowledge he had of the course of his New
York correspondent. Some other dispatches were
received, and from this there was alarm among
those who knew it
Mr. Leonard.’ tbe teller, stood at his poet and
paid the checks as they came in, until he had re
duced his cash to about 9U0& He then had a
short rest, when the drawing commenced again.
From this point he paid until, we believe, there
waa leas than $50 in the bank. A check for S8C0
being presented, he waa then forced to allow it to
dishonored, and he retired from his desk, with
heavy a heart, perhaps, as ever beat In a human
L. J. Gaktkkll, Chairman;
K. N. Bkoyucs.
Job!* & fiiocY.
The germinal causes of the trouble are manifold
and hard to get at—but the following are the
points as we get them: In the first place, the
bank has been handicapped for a long time with
heavy accounts on which it could cot realize and
which it haa had to take property instead of
cash. One of these is the Atlanta rolling nn,
which, while prosperous under its present
egement wm unfortunate before lta reorganiza
tion. The bank had been obliged to take a
quantity of the bonds of the old rolling
mill company, and could not realize cm them
promptly. Tbe new rolling mill company
hlgnly prosperous, and owes the bank
nothing. These and other old matters
which the bank had been carrying, crippled it to
certain extent. Added to this, Mr. Speer, the
state treasurer, hu steadily reduoed the deposits
of the state In the bank, from about t 70,100 to
about 9100,000. This reduction has bo n made
tince the 1st of January, and It haa of course kept
the tank pressed to meet the state’s checks. The
recent failure of the cotton factory locked up for
tho hank about $10,003. AU these facta beside*
shortening the hank's resources had gone to It
New York correspondent, with which It had had
relations for but a week or two, and on Tuesday
the Mercantile bank threw ont ita checks, hold
ing the cash on hand to meet the liabilities that
the Citizen*' had created with it since Ita connec
tion.
THX ACTION or THE D1RXCTOBS.
At about 1 o’clock Wedre day the directorial
the hank met in the back room after the bank
had stopped payment. The following deed was
made, after ihe resolution embraced in It had
passed. There were present Directors
Patterson, Jones, Morill, Crew, Stephens, Leonard
and Brown.
fctate of Georgia, Fulton county—Whereas. At
sneetiDf of the directors of the Citizens’ bank of
Georgia, nolden at lta usual and regular place of
business, in the city of Atlanta, on foe thirteenth
day ofApril. 1881, the following resolutions were
CHILI AND PERU.
The News from tbe Disturb?cl Bepab-
11 ca.
Panama, March 30.—The Star and Her
aid’s Lima dispatch of March lfitb, says:
Although the ex-solicitor persista in the
bopeiesa pretense of prolonging the strug
gle, Matters are fast assuming a quieter
aspect thau they have borne for a long time
past. The provisional government have
been sworn in acd under an arrangement
with the Chilians has established ita aest
at Magdelana, where tbe Peruvian flag
now flies. This little visage ia situated
about two miles from Lima The gov
ernment was formally installed in office at
Magdelar.a on the 12 h inst. iu tbe presence
of h large concourse of persons. Since the
day of installation the labors of the gov
ernment have Lera principally confined to
treating with tue Chilians with
reference to the war contribution
of one million hard dollars per month.
This contribution was impoeed by a
decree of General Saaedra issued on the 7ih
iust., in which he stated tbat if the money
had cot been paid by the 17th inst, by
fif«y gentlemen whom he designated he
should proceed to destroy the property of
theirs of three times $20,000 which thus fell
to tbe lot of each one.
The Mercurio of Valparaiso claims that
The Mercurio of v alpanuso claims that
valued and influential correspondent with
the army asserts the following to be among
the terms which the leaders meditate
imocsiog upon Peru:
First, The cession of Autofoga&t*, Tara-
paca and Tacna
Second. Indemnity based on tbe following
points: 1 The-expenses of war, embracing
thecostof armamen', provisions, equipage,
clothing, salary of the army, forts, and in
fact every expanse directly caused by the
war 2. The payment of a compensation to
tbe army in conformity with a law to such
effect to be passed by congress.
Third, payment for the Eimeralda. Loa,
Cavadooga add Janaquea, iron clads Manco
Capacand Atahualpa, corvette. Union and
transports Rimac, Oroya, Talisman, Chalaco
and Limena.
Third. Indemnification for Chilians
exoelhd/rom Peru aud Bolivia.
Fourth. Peru to undertake not to fortify
ber porta daring fifty years, nor to acquire
a navy daring forty yean.
Fifth. Chilian products to be received in
Peru and Bolivia on the same terms as those
uf the most favored nation, and Chili to
concede similar advantages to those Lzom
the two repnblica.
Sixth, The extraction of guano from the
Peruvian island to be carried on for the
account of tbe government of Chili and
the proceeds after deducting the coit of
extraction to be divided eqaaliy between
Cbili and Peru, ani the foreign creditors of
P*ru recognized up to the fire; of January,
1879.
Seventh. Cbili shall maintain a force of
10,000 men in such parts of Peru as it may
deem fit, and its vessels shall have free and
frank entrance u> the ports. These troops
shell be maintained by Peru.
Eighth. Aa Perused Bolivia are consol
ids ted. Chili will treat only with Peru for
the purpose of thia treaty.
At a public meeting held to take steps
towards oaying the demand 8erora
Denegri acoepted the right of tbe Chilians
to exact the contribution and suggested a
loon. A sum was raised which enabled
he provisional government to tender a
tayment on recount on the following
p of nearly a quarter of a million
bard collars ana to offer to pay the re
arairg three quarters of a million witbi
a month. This offer was accepted by General
Saavetra The Chilian authorities do ziot
intend to grant a further extension
time.
11 uunnj ue pieTioo* »umini*ir*uon* wnicn naq
to be Retried by taking property, not each, which
property could not be used as a banking capital]
aud wheieM. also, owieg to the recent failure ol
the Atlanta cotton factory company to meet ia
obligation* to foe bank, this la unable
longer to do burin en »nd to meet lta ltablliUea
■ And whereas, it is the duty of tbe bank to
He-olved. That tbi* bonk hereby wake* an
•tanment of all ita property and effect*,
right* and credits of every kind
and character whatsoever to Lodowlck J. Hill,
end Willlsm & Thomson .of said state and county
*• assignee* for the benefit of all tbe creditor* of
this bank pro rata. It shall be the duty of said
aatlgneca to convert all of said effects, property,
rights and credits of every kind and ehwracter
into cash as soon a* the saxnecan be done 000-
cistent with lta interests and to pay
way debts pro
the same can be don<
stances are hereby a _
other attorneys In addition to our present attor
such salaries and compensation as they may
agree upon.
THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
It is, as la before stated. Impossible to even
guess at the amount of the liabilities or the assets
m yet The officers of the hank think that foe
deposits amounted to something between 9240,000
and !££0.000. Of this amount there Is about
9170,C03 known to be dr* tc
the city and large corporations
—leaving the low low to individual stockholders
about 9100,0)3 to $120,000.
THE ACCOUNT OF TUB STATE.
The account of the state with the Citizens'
honk has been large, and tbe balance in the
bank at the time of the suspension wm $109,000.
The state holds that it h*« a first lien on the a
of tlic bank, but some ot the ether creditors
contest this claim. In the <**» of the hank
of Borne the atate stepped in for the first
The other creditors employed counsel and fought
the right of the state to a preferred creditorshlp.
After elaborate argument Judge Underwood
decided that the state had a prior claim. Judge
Underwood Is quoted as saying tbat his
own opinion wm that the state had
such right, but that after looking into the
decisions of the supreme court on the subject he
became satisfied that the law had settled the
case and that tbestate's right wm Indisputable.
This eeema to be the drift of legal opinion in the
city. If this is settled the state will get lta
9103 COO before any other creditor gets a dollar.
The bond of 9 0.000 that the state has taken to
secure its deposit*, in conformity with law.
3 as follows—the figure* opposite the name*
being the amount ol taxable property reported to
the comptroller:
B B. Crew 917,945
V. R. Tornnwy — unknown
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Augusta, April 12—The Georgia road
was leased to-day to a combination trout
New York, friendly to Charleston, Sa
vannah, Augusta and \tlanta, at a rental
of six hundred thousand dollars. That
will pay eleven per cent on the capi'al
stock. Mr. J. H. James has three theutot.d
shares of stock, which is cheep at 1G0. He
will make a hundred thousand dollars
AU the people here are satisfied.
Mewrs. Wadley A Oo., deposited 91,000,000 in
United 8tatcs bonds, or bonds of good value, as
security. The Georgia railroad company la to
retain possession of lta bonds and stocks in other
corporations, bat is to give dividends and voting
power to the lessee*. The leators are to pay the
interest on the debt of the Georgia railroad and
the Macon and Augusta railroad, and are to retain
tho banking department and all the real estate
the company essential for railroad purposes.
The organization of the company is to be main-
tained. The lessees are to keep the property in
good condition and are to place no incum
brances on the same. The lease Is not to be
submitted to the stockholders for confirmation,
bat simply awaits the signatures of the contract
ing parties to go into effect. This lease ia in the
interest of the Louisville and Nashville and the
Central railroad of Georgia.
Augusta, Ga,, April 13.—The lease con
tract between William M. Wadley and hia
associates and the officials of the Georgia
road, was signed to-day. and. the lessees
have taken possession of the road.
Georgia stock sold for $150 to-$152 a share
and Central stock for $127 to $128.
Augusta Chronicle. 33th.
Yesterday morning the air about the
Georgia railroad bank was thick with fog
and rumor. It was known that in addition
to the regular meeting of directors, several
of the corporation kings had loaned their
ponderous presences to the councils, and in
the murky view every move was magnified
and every image loomed into a ghost.
There was not a single director who indi
cated the line of policy to be adopted. All
were as innocent as lambs, and even Mr.
John H. James, who had 3,000 shares of
Georgia in his bank, had a look on bis face
which resembled a blank check—signed,
but not filled ont. In short he seemed
resigned, bat whether from delight or
chagrin, could not be detected. Mr. Fisher
and Mr. Wadley looked serene and dignified
—the one as if he were spending Sunday in
Aiken; the other as if ho were buying
lumber for his Washington county saw
mill. And yet all these gentlemen
knew what haa been determined upon, and
were only arranging details for a stupen
dous operation. Georgia railroad stock
told at 149 durirg the morning, ranging
firm and fall, while Central was a little
weak at 124. Through the afternoon the
suspenses continued and night come on
with no solution yet. Finally, at aeven
_ ’dock in the evening, the babble burst,
everybody’s eyes were filled with soap
suds, for the most improbable thing, of
course, transpired—"The Georgia railroad
had been leased by tbe owners of the Sonth
Carolina railroad.” As soon would one have
predicted that Hamburg would purchase
the city of Augusta; but this is how it all
came about. A Chronicle representative
was soon admitted into the inner court aud
loaded with the following facts:
The board of directors of the Georgia rail
road have agreed to rent out *he Georgia
railroad and dependencies to the owners of
the South Carol ina railroad, consisting of
William M. Wadley, John H. Fisher. Moses
Taylor, Samuel Sloan and others, for the
sum of six hundred thousand dollar
per annum. This sum is to be paid, three
hundred thousand dollars semi-annually,
the rent to commence April 1st, 1881,
and continue for the term of 99 years. The
lessors, the Georgia railroad company, will
retain the bank building and banking de-
tment, including all cash on hand, and
000 in bonds of the Compress and Kiev
vator company of Port Royal, and all real
estate not essential to railroad purposes.
The Georgia railroad company is to retain
in its custody all the bonds and stock of the
company, bat the lessees are to have tbe
dividend and voting power of the stocks
and bonds. The lessors, the Georgia rail
road company, are to pay interest on tbe
entire bonded indebtedness of the Georgia
railroad and the Macon and Augusta rail
road. The lessees are to pay iutereston the
Western railroad of Alabama.
Tbe terms of the contract require the
(sees to keep the property of the Georgia
railroad company in good condition, sub-
ect to inspection at the pleasure of the
ttsors, and most return it in the same con
dition as they receive it; cor are the lessees
to encumber the property with liens of any
sort, or to use it in violation of the terms of
the charter of the Georgia railroad and
banking company As securities for the
proper compliance with tho terms of this
contract, the lessees are to deposit one
million dollars in United Btates bonds or
other bonds of equal value, and the title to
all rolling stock, with such as may be
renewed from time to time, to ren ain
with the Georgia railroad and banking
company.
The discussion which led to this most
important decision was one which waa
marked by ita earnestness and completeness.
The entire ground of the railroad situation
was taken in; the status of the Georgia and
Carolina system well considered, with
the dangers threatening the interests of the
stockholders of the Georgia railroad. There
was natural hesitation over the consumma
tion of any form of lease, directors desiring
to bs fully enlightened on all carding
E ointa before aatep so conclusive was taken
ut when the nature of tbe case and the
fairness of the proposals were taken
into consideration, nearly unani
mous consent was given, bat one member
of the board voting nay. General K. P.
Alexander, vice-president of the Ixraisville
ai d Nashville, but who ia a director of the
Georgia railroad, was not present, bnt tele
graphed bis approval of the plan, which
places the Ixmisville and Nash ville railroad
1 rapport with the new system.
To one not accustomed to view the mat
ter, recent operations of the Richmond and
Danville railroad, backed by the Clyde syn
dicate, have become alarming. They have
leased the Aix-Une; they have gotten control
of tbe Northeastern railway of Georgia; they
are said to he reaching cat after the Atlanta
and West Point railroad and the Western
railroad of Alabama, in order to complete
their projected axe from Norfolk to New Or
leans, and bind the gulf of Mexioo to the
Atlantic ocean. They are finishing their
North Carolina ronte to Paint Ro6k, on the
Tenneseee line, and will soon have an inde
pendent road to the west, through Knox
ville and Columbia to Augusta, which will
be nearer than through Chattanooga and
Atlanta to Augusta. Any unprotected line
in the southern system then would stand no
chance against such a giant’s causeway, and
the board of directors have concluded that
where foreigners conspire homefolks must
combine.
By the terms of lease the organization of
the Georgia railroad, President Phinixy
says, is to be fully maintained; and the
annnal May convention of stockholders
this year will beheld as usual; stockholders
and families being brought free to Augusta.
Nor is there to be material change iu tbe
operation of the bank; so that the business
community of thia city, with whom this
institution is so popular, will feel no shock
ar.d experience no iuoonvcnience. The
Georgia railroad bank, in short, will have
ample capital to operate upon, with the
ume securities as heretofore.
Tbe six hundred thousand dollars rental
of the Georgia railroad will enable that
company to pay up the annual interest ou
its bonds—about $100000-and leave a ten
pf r cent dividend. It will also allow an
annual surplus of $10,0(0 to be set apart as
a sinking fund; every time a bond is re
deemed. that much money will be added to
the dividend of stockholders: ao that when
the debt is paid, tbe dividends will amount
exactly to 14 88 per cent.
NEW KENTUCKY WONDER.
Falmonth
H. C. Leonard —
L. C. Jones 8,625
It is sa!ri that Ur. Tom mey is worth the
amount of tbe bond himself, and there is no
question that the bond u good. If the state’s
priority of claim Is settled, the money due the
state can certainly be collected from foe aaaets of
the bans without recourse on the bondsmen.
FEMININE ITEMS.
M a. GsszxALGAiNm wears a red wig.
A New HAxrsanuc woman has preserved ber
wed din* cake lor forty-blue yean.
A Malax woman baa made a contract with a
Boston fitm to supply .9,000 dcsen pairs of mil
Wro » Trench lonn* tadrttoutbcmuriqt
conlnct >beI, obliged lo wnrapUepiikilnai
utbb crrtmooj.
A Paris dress maker is exercising her tea
band embroidery and hand rointing npon tho
dnsaes of Mrs. Sate Sprague.
A Cava Discovered
Containing If n
Falmouth, April 11 —While some work
men were hauling rock from N. Hasting’s
farm, near tbe corporation of Falmonth, a
bole was found which proved to be the
opening of a cave. A man waa loweied
into the cavity by means of a
rope, and found it to be a
very large cave Three rooma have
been discovered so far, and it is said tbat
the subterranean wonder extends a great
distance into the earth. No one has ven
tured more than fifty feet The walls of
the passage are smooth, and present the
appearance cf having been hewn. In the
center of one of the rooms is a large, flat
limestone, and near thia .were found
several bones which resemble thoee
of a human skeleton. They give
tbe appearance of having been
there many years. Some persons say that
a man lived there many years ago who
very mysteriously disappeared. Tbi* ia not
known to be a fact, bnt responsible persons
vouch for its veracity. Some of the
stalactites are very beautiful, and curious
boys and men are plodding out in the mud
to *w the wonder.