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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, SEPTEMBER 2T, 1881.
THREE NOTABLE EVENTS.
VICE-PRESIDENTS "WHO HAVESUC-
CEEDED TO VACANCIES.
An Interesting Chapter of Federal Hlatory, Showing
the Frealdenttal Vacancies, Who Filled Them,
and the Incidents of Mote Connected
With Them???The Preatnt Call.
Washington Post.
Three vacancies only liavebeen created in the
|ire??ideutical office by death since the i?????gili
ning of the government, the first two hy the
natural death of tlie chief magistrate, the
last hy his murder at the hand of an assassin.
Presidents William Henry Harrison, Zachary
Taylor and Ahraha.i Lincoln died in office,
ami were succeeded l??v Vice-Presidents John
Tyler, Millard Fillmore and Andrew John
son. All the deaths took place in this city.
The first, that of Gen. Harrison, occurred on
Sunday, April 1, PHI, during a session of con
gress, after he had been in the presidency one
month. Immediately after the decease, Mr.
Welistcr, Jr., the chief clerk of the state de
partment, accompanied hy Mr. llcall, an offi
cer of the senate, set out for the resi
dence of Vice-President Tyler, at Williams
burg, Va., hearing the following letter:
Wakhisotos, April 1.1M!.???To John Tyler, vice-
president of the L'nitcd States; Sir: It has become
our most painful duly to inform you that William
Henry Harrison, late presidentof the United States
lias departed this life.
This distressing event took plate this day at the
president's mansion in this city, at thirty minutes
before 1 in the morning.
We lose no time in dispatching the chief clerk in
the suite department, ns n sneeiiil messenger, to
Issir you these melancholy tidings.
We have the honor to be, with the highest regard,
your obedient servants,
Iiasiki, Weuktek, Secretary of State.
Thomas Kwi.no, secretary of the Treasury.
John ISf.i.i,, Secretary of War.
John J Ciuttenokn. Attorney General.
Francis Ueanoek. Postmaster General.
George E. Badger, the secretary of the
navy, was nlisent at home in North f'anilina.
There was at that time no secretary of the in
terior,
Vice-President Tyler, in response to this
summons, iiniucdiatoly left home for this city,
in which lie arrived at 5 o'clock on the morn
ing of April G, At 1J o'clock, noon, thecabi
net. except the secretary of the navy, called
upon him at Brown???s hotel, where lie was
staying, to pay their official and personal re
spects. Mr. Tyler did not think it necessary,
having taking'the oath of office as vice-presi
dent, to take an additional oath as president,
but being advised, he did so before Judge
Cranch. Below is a copy of the oath and
certificate:
I do solemnly swear that 1 will faithfully execute
the office of president of the United States, and will,
In the best of my ability, preserve, protect and de
fend tlie constitution of the United States.
April (??, 1841. John Tvi.kr.
llixTiucT op Uoi.cmbia, City and County of Wash
button, ss.???I, William ???'ranch, chief judge of the
circuit court of the district of Columbia, certify that
the above iiaincd John Tyler |Mvsmially appeared
liefore inc tills day, anil, although lie deems himself
qualified to perform the duties and exercise tlie
powers and otliee of president on the death of Wil
liam Henry Harrison, late president of the United
Ktiitefi, without any oilier oath than that which he
lias taken as vice-president, yet, as doubts may
arise, uml for greater caution, took nml subscribed
the foregoing oath before me.
April util. W. Cranch.
None of President Harrison's cabinet r
maim'd in office during President Tyler???s
term. Secretary of State Webster stayed
longest, resigning May J>. 1843. The other
members resigned September 13, lKll.
President Taylor died at the white house on
Tuesday, July 9, 1 850, while congress was in
session, one year, four months and five days
after his inauguration. On Wednesday, July
10, Vice-President Fillmore sent the following
Communication, whicli was received by the
secretary of the senate.
To the Senate of the United States
In consequence of the lamented death of Zachary
Tavior, late president of the United States, i shall
no longer occupy the chair of the senate: and I
lmve thought that a formal communication to that
effect, through your secretary, might enable you
the more promptly to proceed to the choice of a pro
Hiding officer. Mh.i.aud Fillmore.
Washington, July 10,1S50.
Mr. Fillmore then sent to both houses of
congress the following message:
rdlow Citizens of the Senate anil House of Rep
resentatives: 1 have to perforin the melancholy
duty of minvnuciug to you that it has pleased Al
mighty God to remove from this life Zachary Tay
lor. late president of the United States. He deceas
ed lust evening, at die hour of hnli-pusst 10 o'clock
in tlie midst of his family and surrounded by uffee-
tionntc friends, calmly and in tlie full jaissession of
ail his faculties. Among tiis last words were these,
which he uttered with emphatic distinctness: ??????1
have always done my duty???I am ready to die???my
only regret is for tlie friends I leave behind me.???
liming intuouiired to you. fellow citizens, this
most ntlliming bereavement, and assuring you that
it has penetrated tin heart with deeper grief than
mine, it remains for me to say that I propose this
day, at 12 o'clock, in the hull of the house of repre
sentatives, in the presence of both bouses of coil
ptw, to take the oath prescribed by the constitu
tion. to enable me to enter on tlie execution of the
Office which this event box devolved upon me.
Washington, July 10.1850. Millaru Fillmore.
the country by Secretary Stanton, togethe happy one. Much of General Garfield's sulise
with a formal announcement that Presi- quent success in life may l>o attributed to the
dent Johnson would retain the existing cabinet never-failing sympathy and intellectual cotn-
and that they "would go on and discharge their
respective duties in the same manner as lie-
fore the deplorable event that hud changed
the head of the government.???
Of the cabinet. .Secretaries Seward, Mc-
tilloch and Welles remained in office until
the close of President Johnson's term. Sec
retary .Stanton resigned on May 28, 1808, after
the failure of the impeachment proceedings
against the president, and the others wentout
of office in 18(55 and
Judging fnmi these precedents, should
President Garfield die, tire members of the
cabinet will unite in a formal notification of
the fact to Vice-President Arthur, who Avould
thcreu)Kin take the required oath liefore some
competent magistrate and enter at once upon
his duties. There would be no necessity for
summoning him to Washington in advance
President Garfield's death. He could
easily be at the capital within six hours there
after.
There would lie no necessity for even so
long an interregnum as occurred njioii the
death of Mr. Lincoln. In that case Vice-
President Johnson took the presidential oath
within three hours afterward. Mr. Arthur
might Ire sworn in with the lapse of less than
thirty minutes. Fillmore's inaugural was de
layed for one day and Tyler???s for two days
after the death of their resjrective predeces
sors. The time lost in the first case was nec
essary, owing to Mr. Tyler being in Virginia,
hut Air. Fillmore could have been sworn in an
hour after President Taylor???s death if it had
been thought necessary.
At 12 o???clock, noon, Mr. Fillmore, the cabi
net. Chief Judge ('ranch, of the circuit court
of the District of Columbia, and the senate of
Hie United States, having entered the hall of
Uic house of representatives. Judge Craneli
administered the oath of office.
The cabinet at that time consisted of John
M. Clayton, of Delaware, secretary of state
William M. Meredith, of Pennsylvania, score
lary of the treasury: George W. Crawford, of
Georgia, secretary of war: William Ballard
Preston, of Virginia, secretary of the navy:
Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, secretary of the in
terior, die first incumbent of that office; Jacob
Collamer, of Vermont, l rest master-general
and Koverdy Johnson, of Maryland, attorney-
general. All these gentlemen resigned a fe
days after President Fillmore's assumption of
his office, and an entirely new cabinet was
appointed hy him July 20, 1850.
President Lincoln was shot at Ford's thea
ter, in this city, on the night of April 11,18(55,
and died at twenty minutes past 7 o???clock on
the next (Saturday) morning, one month and
eleven days after the commencement of his
second term. Immediately after his death
Attorney-General Speed waited upon Vice-
President Johnson at the Kirkwood house and
handed him the following communication,
signed hy all the members of the cabinet, ex
cept Secretary of State Seward, wlio was una
ble on account of his wounds and illness:
Washington, April 15, I8C5.???Sir: Abmhmn Lin
coln, president of the United States, was shot by an
assassin last evening at Ford???s theater in this city,
mid died at (he hour of 7:22 o'clock this morning.
About the same time at which the president was
shot, an assassin entered the sick chamber of the
Hon W II Seward, secretary of state, and stabbed
him in several places in tlie throat, neck and fare,
severely, if not mortally, wounding him. Other
members of the secretary's family were dangerously
wounded by the assassin while making his escape.
By the death of President Lincoln the otliee of
president has devolved, under the constitution,
upon you. The emergency of the government de
mands that you should immediately qualify, ac
cording to requirements of the constitution and
enter upon the duties of presidentof the United
States. If you will please make known your pleas
ure. such arrangements as you deem proper will be
made. Your obedient servants,
HUGH McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury;
How in W Stanton. Secretary of War:
Giokon Weu.es. Secretary of the Navy:
J P Usher. Secretary of the Interior;
William Dennison, Postmaster-general:
James Si-eeo. Attorney-general.
To Andrew Johnson, Vice-President of tlie United
States.
Mr. Johnson responded by requesting that
Hie ceremonies take' place at his rooms in the
Kirkwood house, at 10 o???clock. At that hour
the following gentlemen assembled at the
Kirkwood: Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase;
Messrs. McCulloch and 8peed, of the cabinet;
Francis P. Blair, Sr., Hon. Montgomery Blair,
Senators Foot, of Vermont; Yates, of Illinois;
Karnsey, of Minnesota; Stewart, of Nevada;
Male, of New Hanqishire, and General Farns
worth, of Illinois. The chief-justice admin
istered the following oath to Mr. Johnson:
JttmcH Abram Garfield.
The following sketeh of General-James A.
Garfield is from the pen of the well-known
journalist and republican, Mr. E. V. Smalley,
and appeared shortly before his nomination
for the presidency hy the republican national
convention:
???James Abram Garfield was bom Novem
ber 19, 1851, in the townshiji of???Orange, Cuya
hoga county. Ohio, about 15 miles from Cleve
land. His father, Abraham Garfield, came
from New York, but, like his mother, was of
New England stock. James was tlie youngest
of four children. The father died in 1833,
leaving the family dependent upon a small
farm and the exertions of the mother. There
was nothing alreut the elder Garfield to dis
tinguish him from the other plodding farmers
of the rather sterile township of Orange. No
one could discern any qualities in him
whicli, transmitted to the next generation,
might helj* b> make a statesman, unless it was
industry; but his wife, who is stilllivingatan
advanced age, was always fond of reading
when she could get leisure from her hard
household duties, and was a thoroughly capa
ble woman, of strong will, stern principles
and more than average force of character. Of
the children no one besides James lias made
the slightest mark in the world. The elder
brother is a farmer in Michigan, and the two
sisters are, I believe, farmers??? wives. James
had a tough time of it as a boy. He toiled
hard on the farm early and late in summer
and worked at the' carpenter???s bench in
winter. The best of it was that lie liked
work. There was not a lazy hair on his head.
He had an absorbing ambition to get an
education, and the only road open to this end
seemed that of manual labor. Ready money
was hard to get in those days. The Ohio
canal ran not far from where he life'll, and,
finding that the boatmen got their pay in cash
and earned better wages than lie could make
tit farming or carpentry, he hired out as a
driver on the tow-path, and soon got up to
the dignity of holding the helm of a boat.
Then lie determined to ship as a sailor on the
lakes, but an attack of fever and ague inter
fered with his plans. He was ill three
months, and when lie recovered lie decided
to go to a school called Geauga academy, in
an adjoining county, llis mother bad saved
a small sum of money, which she gave him,
together with a few cooking utensils and
a stock of provisions. lie hired u small
room and cooked his own food to make
his expenses as light as possible. He
paid his own way after that, never culling on
his mother for any more assistance. By work
ing at the carpenter???s bench mornings and
evening and vacation times, and teaching
country schools during the winter, ne man
aged to attend the academy during the sprint.
??nd fall terms, and to save a little money to
wards going to college. He had excellent
health, a robust frame and a capital memory,
and tlie attempt to ???combine mental and
physical work, which has broken down many
fanner boys??? ambitions to gut an education
did not hurt him.
???When lie was twcnty-tliroe years of.age he
concluded that he had about all there was to
be had in an obscure cross-roads academy. lie
calculated that lie had saved alreut* half
enough money to get through college, provid
ed lie could begin, as he hoped, witii the
junior year. He got a life insurance poliey
and assigned it to a gentleman as security for
a loan to make up the amount he lacked.' In
the fall of 1854 he entered the junior class of
Wiliams college, Massachusetts, and gradua
ted in 185(3, with the metaphysical honors of
liis class. I have seen a daguerreotype of
him taken alreut this time. It represents a
rather awkward youth, with a shock of light
hair standing straight up from a big forehead,
and a frank thoughtful face of a very marked
German type. There is not a drop of Ger
man hlooil in the Garfield family, hut liis pic
ture would he taken for some Fritz or Carl
just over from the fatherland. Before lie
went to college Garfield had connected him
self with the Disciples, a sect having a numer
ous membership in eastern andsouthern Ohio,
West Virginia and Kentucky, where its
founder, Alexander Campbell, had traveled
and preached. Tlie principle peculiarities of
the denomination are their refusal to formu
late their beliefs into a creed, the independ
ence of each congregation, the hospitality and
fraternal feeling of the members and the lack
of a regular ministry. When Garfield re
turned to Ohio it was natural that lie
should siren gravitate to the struggling
little college of tlie young sect at
Hiram, Portage county, near his boyhood'
home. He became professor of Latin and Greek
and threw himself with the energy and in
clustry which are leading traits of bis cliarae
???ter into tlie work of building up the institu
tion. Before lie bail been two years in the
professorship be was appointed president of
the college. Hiram is a lonely country village
three miles from a railroad, built upon a hi^
hill, overlooking twenty miles of cheese-
making country to the southward. It eon
tains fifty or sixty houses clustered around the
green, in the center of which stands tlie
homely red brick college structure. Plain liv
ing and high thinking was the order of tilings
at Hiram college in those days. The teachers
were poor, the pupils were poor and the in
stitution was jreor. but there was a great deal
of hard, faithful study done and manv
ambitious plans formed. The young president
taught, lectured and preached, and all the
time studied as diligently as any aeolvte
the temple of knowledge. He* frequently
spoke on Sundays in the churches of the towns
in tlie vicinity to create an interest in the col
lege. Among the Disciples any one can preach
who has a mind to. no ordination being re
quired. From these Sunday discourses came
the story that Garfield was at one time a min
ister. He never considered hiuiself such,
and never had am* intention of findiuga career
in the pulpit. liis ambition, if he had any
outside of tlie school, lay in tlie direction of
law and jrelitics.
???During liis professorship Garfield married something quite outside of the ordinary line
Miss Lucretia Rudolph, daughter of a farmer ; of its employment. So I am resting by Ieam-
in the neighborhood, who had emigrated front : ing all the congressional library can show
Harford county. Md.. and whose acquaintance about Horace and the various editions aud
he had made while at the academy, where she I translations of liis poems.???
I do solcinulv swear that I will faithfully execute also a pupil. She was a quiet, thoughtful j The nomination election and inauguration
the office of president of the United State.-, and will, : girl, of singularly sweet and refined disposi- of James A.Garfield as president of the United
to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and de- tion, fond of studv and reading, possessing a States are events fresh in the memories of all
fend the constitution of the United States. warm heart and a mi
nionsliip of Lis wife and the stimulus of a
loving home circle. The young couple bought
a neat little cottage fronting on the college
campus and began their wedded life poor and
in debt, hut with brave hearts.
???In 1859 the college president was elected
to.the state senate front the counties of Port
age and Summit. He did not resign liis pres
idency. because he looked ujren a few months
in the legislature as an episode not likely to
change the course of fits life. But the war
came to alter all his plans. During tlie win
ter of 1861 he was active in the passage of
measures for arming the state militia, and his
eloquence and energy made him a conspicu
ous leader of the union party. Early in the
summer of 18(51 lie was elected colonel of an
infantry regiment (the forty-second) raised in
northern Ohio, many of tlie soldiers in whicli
had been students at Hiram. He took the
field in eastern Kentucky, was soon put in
command of a brigade, and. hy making one
of the hardest marches ever made, hy recruits,
surprised and routed the confederate forces,
under Humphrey Marshall, at Piketon.
???From eastern Kentucky General Garfield
was transferred to Louisville, and from that
lace hastened to join the army of General
tuell, which he readied witii liis brigade in
time to participate in the second day's fight
ing at Pittsburg landing. He took part in tlie
siege of Corinth and in the orierations along the
Memphis and Charleston railroad. In January,
18(53, he was appointed chief of stair of the ar
my of the Cumberland, anil bore prominent
share in all the campaigns in middle Ten
nessee in the spring and summer of that
car. His last conspicuous military
service was at tiie battle of Chicka-
lnnuga. For liis conduct in that battle
lie was promoted to a major-gcneralslip. It is
said that lie wrote all the orders given to tlie
army that day, and submitted them to Gen
eral Rosecrans for approval, save one. The,
one lie did not write was tlie fatal order to
General Wood, which was so worded as not to
correctly convey the meaning of the com
manding general, and which caused tlie de
struction of the right wing of the army.
???'The congressional district in which Gar
field lived was the one long made famous by
Joshua R. Giddings. The old anti-slav
ery champion grew careless of the arts of
politics towards tlie end of Ins career
and came to look upon a nomination
and re-election as a matter of course.
His over-confidence was taken advantage of in
1858 by an ambitious lawyer named Hutchins,
to carry a convention against him. The
friends of Giddings never forgave Hutchins,
and cast about for a means of defeating him.
The old man himself was comfortably quar
tered in liis consulateat Montreal, amldiii not
care to make a fight to get baek to congress.
So his supporters made use of the popularity
of General Garfield and nominated liim while
he Wits in the field without asking liis
consent. That was in 18(52. When he
heard of the nomination Garfield reflected
that it would be fifteen months before the
congress would .meet to which he would be
elected, and believing, as did every one else,
that the war could not possibly ???hist a year
longer, concluded to aecept. 1 have often
heard him express regret that he did not help
fight the war through and say that he never
would have left the army to go to congress had
he foreseen that the struggle would continue
beyond tlie year 18(53. He continued liis mil
itary service up to the time congress met.
???On entering congress in December, 18(53,
General Garfield was placed upon the com
mittee on military affairs with Sclienck and
Farnsworth, who were also fresh from the
field. He took an active part in tlie debates
of tlie house, and won a recognition whicli
few new members succeed in gaining. He was
not popular among liis fellow-member? dur
ing his first term. They thought liim" some
thing of a pedant because liesometunes show
ed his scholarship in his speeches, and they
were jealous of liis prominence. liis solid at
tainments and amiable social qualities ena
bled him to overcome this prejudice during
his second term, and he became on terms of
close friendship with tlie best men of both
houses. His committee service during his
second term was on the ways and means,
which was quite to liis taste, for it
gave him an opportunity to prosecute the
studies he had always felt a fondness for. He
was a hard worker and a great reader in those
days, going home with liis arms full of hooks
from tlie congressional library and sitting up
late nights to read them. It was then that lie
laid the foundations of the convictions on the
subject of national finance which he lias since
held to firmly amid all the storms of political
agitation. Ho was renominated in 18(34 with
out opposition, but in 18GG Mr. Hutchins,
whom lie bad supplanted, made an effort to
defeat him. Hutchins canvassed the district
thoroughly, but the convention nominated
Garfield by acclamation.
???He has had no opposition sineein liis own
party. In 1872 the liberals and democrats
united to beat him, but his majority was larger
than ever. In 1874 the greenbackers and dem
ocrats combined and put up a popular soldier
against liim, but they made no impression on
tiie result. Tlie Ashtabula district, as it is
generally called, is tlie. most faithful to its
representatives of any in the north. It has
hail but four members in half a century.
???In the fortieth congress General Garfield
was chairman of the committee on military
affairs. In the forty-first lie was given the
chairmanship of banking and currency, which
he liked much better, because it was in the
line of his financial studies. His next promo
tion was to tlie chairmanship of the appro
priations committee, which lie held until the
democrats came into power in the house in
1875. His chief work on that committee was
a steady and judicious reduction of the ex
penifcs of the government. In all tlie poll
tical struggles in congress he has borne a lead
ing part, liis clear, vigorous and moderate
style of argument, making liim one of the
most effective debaters in either house.
When James G. Blaine went to the senate,
in 1877, the mantle of republican leadership
in the liouse was by common consent placed
upon Garfield, and lie has worn it ever since.
In January last Gen. Garfield was elected to the
senate to the seat which was vacated by'Allen
G. Thurman on the 4th of March, 1881. He re
ceived the unanimous vote of tlie republican
caucus, an honor never given to any man of
any party in tlie state of Ohio.
???As a leader in the house he is mare cau
tious and less dashing than Blaine, and his
judicial turn of mind makes liim too prone to
look for two sides of a question for liim to be
an efficient partisan. When the issue fairly
touches his convictions, however, lie becomes
thoroughly aroused and strikes tremendous
blows. Blaine???s tactics were to continually
lmrrass the enemy by sharp-shooting surprises
and picket tiring. Garfield waits for an op
portunity to deliver a pitched battle, and his
generalship is shown to best advantage when
the fight is a fair one and waged on grounds
where each party thinks itself strongest. Then
his solid shot of argument are exceedingly
effective. On tlie stump Garfield is one of the
very best orators in the republican party. He
lias???a good voice, an air of evident sincerity,
great clearness and vigor of statement, and'
way of knitting bis arguments together so
to iuake a speech deepen its impression on the
mind of the hearer until the climax is reached.
???Of his industry and studious habits a great
deal might be said, but a single illustration
will have to suffice here. Once during tlie
busiest part of a very busy session at Washing
ton I found liim in liis library, behind a big
barricade of books. This was no unusual sight,
but when I glanced at the volumes I saw they
were all different editions of Horace, or books
relating to that poet. ???I find I am overworked
and need recreation,??? said the general. ???Now
inv theory is that tlie best way to rest the
mind is not to let it be idle, but to put it
Tlie principal contestants for the nomina
tion were U. 8. Grant, James (1. Blaine and
John Sherman, tlie fortunes of tlie latter
being committed to the leadership of General
Garfield. On the second ballot General Gar
field received one vote, which lie kept nearly
throughout, occasionally receiving two votes,
until the thirty-fourth ballot, when a break
began. On the thirty-fourth ballot Garfield
received 17 votes, on the thirty-fifth ballot
250. and on the thirty-sixth ballot 399 votes
and the nomination, which was
once made unanimous. Tlie campaign
hicli followed was au exceedingly exciting
one until the Indiana election in October,
wliicli resulted in a republican victory, which
greatly disheartened tlie democrats and threw
damper on the canvass. Tiie result in No
ember gave Garfield 214 electoral votes and
Hancock 155. From tlie day of liis election
until that of liis inauguration as president
General Garfield received many distinguished
visiting republican politicians, but carefully
kept his own counsels and did not complete
the formation of his cabinet until a day ortwo
before his inauguration. His inaugural ad
dress was a thoughtful, scholarly and gen
erally well-received production,' but liis
nomination of Senator Conkliug???s most
bitter j>crsonal and political enemy.
Judge Robertson, to the collector-ship of the
jiort of New York precipitated a war between
these giants, whilst the president???s partial re
cognition of the Malionc repudiation move
ment in Virginia, under the insincere guise of
a demand for ???a free ballot and a fair count,???
alienated from liim the great body of demo
cratic senators who were disposed to accord to
liis administration a cordial support where
that could be done without a violation of prin-
' >le. Scarcely had the impotent extra session
tlie senate adjourned when the president
as confronted with a new t.rial in the critical
illness of his wife. His devotion to liis wife
during her long illness and tiie close attention
shown her is said to have been very beautiful
and touching.???
ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GAR
FIELD.
PERRY DAVIS' PAIN KILoG/
BY REV. J. 11. MARTIN.
Dead! dead! dead! tlie die is east,
The noble man has breathed his last;
A mighty nation bows its head
In sorrow for its chieftain dead.
Not on the battle field he fell.
As princely warrior lighting well:
Not by disease attacked cut down
In midst ??f honor aud renown.
But by a vile assassin shot,
Such was his sad and bitter lot:
A mortal wound, a sudden blow
His vitals struck and laid him low.
Thy will be done, Almighty God,
Help us to bear Thy chastening rod:
Without a murmur may we he
liesigued, submissive unto Thee.
Without Thee not a bird that flies.
Pierced by an arrow, fulls and dies;
Without Thee man yields not his breath,
And sinks into the arms of death.
Thy Providence extends to all,
The strong and weak, the great and small;
Empires and angels serve Thy will,
Thy counsels and designs fulfill.
Obedient to Thy high decree
Our Ruler???s soul ascends to Thee;
His body shnll to dust return,
As ashes gathered in an urn.
Be Thou, O God, the widow???s stay.
The orphans??? trust in this dark day;
Support them in their crushing grief,
Give succor, comfort, and relief.
The aged mother prop, sustain,
Help her to bear this load of pain;
To all Thy powerful grace impart,
A lowly, meek, submissive heart.
Be still the guardian of our land.
Uphold and guide us with Thy hand;
Thy mercies, favors, gifts send down
Our country with Thy blessing crown.
September 20th. 1S81.
HOSTETTElt???S BITTERS.
PERRY DAVIS???
PAIN KILLER
IS A PURELY VEGETABLE REMEDY
FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE.
A Sure and Speedy Cure for Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds, Diphtheria, Chills, Diarrhea,
Dysentery, Cramps, Cholera, Summer Complaint, Sick Headache, Neuralgia, Cuts,
Bruises, Sprains, Rheumatism, etc. _ ,
Perfectly safe to use Internally or extemallv, and certain to sW relief. No family
can afford to bo without it. sold bv all druggists at 25c., 50c. and *1.00 a bottle.
PE fillY PAY'S Sk SOY. Proprietors. Providence. R I.
5???difcwly; eptember October whole next read mat
DR. HARTER???S IRON TONIC.
Endorsed andreeom-\
mended t*y thetnedi-
rat profession, for
Dyspepsia, General
Debility, Female Dis
eases. Want of Vital
ity, Xervous Prostra
tion, and Convales-
cencefroniFevers,Ae.
I
Gentlemen: I vras suffering from general debility to such aa extent that my labor w.-is exceodlnKly bur
densome to me. A vacation of n month did not Rive mo much relief, but on the contrary, was foUowetl by
increased prostration and sinking chills. Atthistimo Ibeira -- * *???*???*???* ???
allied almost immediate and wonderful results. Tbo old ene:
was not permanently abated. I hare used three bottles of the Tonic.
bor that I ever did in the same time during my Illness, and with double the ease. ??ltn tne tranquil noire
and vij;or of body, has come also n clearness of thoughtnerer before enjoyed. If the Tonic has not done the
work, I know not what. 1 give it the credit. J. P. Watson. Pastor Christian Chnrch, Troy, O.
6 he Iron Tonie is o'
reparation of Pro-
nettle of Iron, Pem-
ian Bark, ana Phos-
hates, associated
???ith the Vegetable
romaties. It serves
eery purpose tc/tere
Tonic is necessary iBmBaprem
MANUFACTURED ??? THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. HO. 213 NORTH MAIN STREET, ST. LOUIS.
jnnc~???dly tucs thur sat 2d or 4thp not on 3d Awly
SEEDS, ETC.
SOW YOUR FIELDS!
PATCHES AND GARDENS, AND SOW THEM QUICK.
Prepare for Winter
Forget not your Horses, your Cows nor
Yourselves.
WE NOW HAVE A FULL LINE OP
FALL SEEDS.
The Purest and Best Barley, Rye, Oats and Wheat. Red Clover, White, Searlct Annual,California Burr
and Lucerne, Orchard, Blue, Herds, Timothy, Tall Meadow Oat, Guinea or Johnson, English Blut
Grass, etc.,
FARM IMPLEMENTS, ENGINES, CHURNS, ETC.
TERMS CASH.
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MARK W. JOHNSON! & CO.
HEGE???S IMPROVED
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS,
WITH UNIVERSAL LOG BEAM.
Rectilinear Simultaneous Set Works and Double
ECCENTRIC FRICTION FEED.
Manufactured by the
Salem Iron Works,
SALEM, N. C.
THOUGH SHAKEN IN EVERY JOINT
And fibre with fever and ague, or bilious remit
tent, the system may yet be freed from malignant
virus with Hostetter???s Stomach Bitters. Protect the
system against it with this beneficent anti spasmod
ic, which is furthermore a supreme remedy for liver
complaint, constipation, dyspepsia, debility, rheu
matism, kidney troubles and other ailments.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally.
sent???dim thnr sat tnes nx rd matAwvlm
TROPIC FRUIT LAXATIVE.
J. H. ANDERSON
General Agent for Georgia,
???FOR???
HEGE???S IMPROVED SAW MILLS
iune16???d&wCm wed thur sat tucs 6<l BROAD STREET, ATLANTA. GA.
COTTON GINS.
I HAVE ON HAND AND ON WAY, FRESH FROM THE
Factory, an immense stock of COTTON GINS, ENGINES,
cte., of various first-class makes.
I Sell Gins at $2.25 per Saw.
Superior to others selling at $3.00 to $0.30 per saw.
I can save you money on Engines, Cotton Gins, Feeders,
Condensers, Presses, Saw Mills, Shingle Muchlnes Saws,
etc.
Give me a trial is all I ask to convince you. All my Ma-
???chines arc fresh???no old stock.
S. F. PERKINS,
262 febl2???dlj sun wed fri &wky ly. 32 and 34 W. MITCHELL STREET,
[ESTABLISHED 1853.1
WINSHIP???S IRON WORKS.
MANUFACTURERS OF
THE IMPROVED WINSHIP COTTON GIN
SELF-FEEDER AND CONDENSER,
Cotton Presses for Steam, Hand or Horse Power.
SHAFTING, PULLIES, HANGERS, 1
Saw Mills, and Mill Gearing of Every Description.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.
Corresspondence Solicited. Address
WINSHIP & BRO..
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
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Prepared
fruits
tropical
aud plants.
TEXAS
A Delicious and Re-
ireskmg Fruit
Lozenge, "Which
Serves the Purpose
of Pills and Dis
agreeable Purgative
Medicines.
TROPIC-FRUIT I, 4 NATIVE is the best
preparation In the world for Constipation, Bili
ousness, Headache, Piles, and all kindred Com
plaints. It acts gently, effectively, and Is deli
cious to take. Cleansing ??he system thoroughly.
It imparts vigor to mind and body, and dispels
MefSucholy. Hypochondria, Ac. One trial con-
vinccs. Packed in bronzed tin boxes only.
PRICE 25 and 60 CTS. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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I EORGIA, MILTON COUNTY???ORDINARY S |
Office, July 30. 1881.???Whereas, J. A. Miller,
_ Official notice of this assumption of the du- steady . _ w
tics of the presidency was communicated to on both sides, and has been a thoroughly for a presidential candidate commenced June
administrator of Hardin Miller, deceased, has ap
plied for leave to sell the real estate of said deceased:
This is, therefore, to notify all persons concerned
heart and a mind with the'capacity of readere. The republican.rational convention tgfikwiUbe^nSd 1
growth. The marriage was active affair met at Chicago. June 2.^ 1880, and balloting ??? {he applicant as applied f<
J for.
W. IL NESBIT, Ordinary.
l^ouisiadiaie
A healthful, genial climate: an exceedingly productive soil, where, with common Industry
and prudence, a sure and certain competence can be had.
The South-Western Immigration Co.
Will mail on application, free of cost, postage prepaid, books with maps, giving authentic and reliable in
formation, in detail, of the State of Texas, Arkansas, or Western Louisiana. Me desire to confer with
th Addre^ inS *?? beUCr thcircouditi0n ^ arC mt ' dimtinS a Cha BfG to DUY\LS^rater>-, Austin, Texas.
J. N. VICTOR, Eastern Manager. 213 Broadway, New York.
Foreign Office:???WM. W. LANG, President, Leadenhall House,
nngtuwlm???srrnitlm^njidri^^^ ??? ^JajadenhnVfojtj^JxjndotbJK^Cj^nelamL^
EXCELSIOR COOK STOVES!
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
Fourteen different sizes and kinds. Five
sizes with Enameled Reservoirs. Adapted to
all requirements, and priced to suit all purses.
LEADING FEATURES!
Double Wood Doors, Patent Wood Grate.
Adjustable Damper, Interchangeable Auto
matic Shelf, Broiling Door, Swinging Hearth-
Plate, Swinging Flue-Stop, Reversible Gas-
Burning Long Cross Piece, Double Short
Centers, Heavy Ring Covers, Illuminated Fire
Doors, Nickel Knobs, Nickel Panels, etc.
Unequaled in Material, in Finish, and in
operation. Manufactured by
ISAAC A SHEPPARD & CO., Baltimore. Mil
for sale by Hunnicutt & Belllngrath, Peachtree 4 Walton Sts,, Atlanta ??? Ga
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