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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, OCTOBER 4, 1881
OVER THE GRAVE
IN MEMORY OF THE LATE PRESI
DENT GARFIELD.
The Oration of Captain Henry Jackson. on the Occa
sion of the Obsequies to the Late President of
the United (States, at SeOive's Opera
House, on September 26th, 1881.
fx response to hundred* of requests, wc
print- in full Captain Jackson???s admirable and
eloquent address at the opera house. It is a
remarkable piece of oratory, full of noble sen
timent, and will timl wide circulation:
Fifty millions of j??eople,of every shade of po
litical opinion,of every phase of religious belief,
descended from all nations of the tfie earth,
inhabitingevery section of this great republic,
the mountains and the valleys, stand to-day
before an ojien grave, with heads l>owcd in
sorrow and humiliation???sorrow for greatness
struck down at the very zenith of its glory???
sorrow for the suffering widow and orphans???
humiliation for the stain upon their national
life???humiliation for the suddenly develo|ied
jxissihilities of their peculiar institutions.
Czars, and emiieront, ami kings, with the royal
diadem upon the brow, and the sword of
ini|K'rial despotism within tlie grasp, have
fallen before the assassin, and whilst the
shock was severe, yet no such spoctaclc as
this was presented. The president of this re
public once before fell by the hand of vio
lence, but that was fresh upoif the clash
of contending armies, the st niggles of
hostile factions, and the battle for national ex
istence, But now, in a time of profound
peace, in a period of unpurarailclcd national
prosperity, at the very moment when the
bitterness between the sections, between the
two great jsditical parties, was at its lowest
ebb, when the national sun was shining
with peculiar brightness, when the goddess
of liberty was radiant at the returning pros-
jierity and glory of her people, the head of
the government dies at the hand of one of its
citizens! That such an event, at such a time,
should have produced a shuck to the Ameri
can people, would be expected, but no such
spectacle as is exhibited to-day, as lias been
Observed for the last three months, could have
been anticipated. What means it?
It is due to the fact that the career of Pres
ident Barfield demonstrates to the American
]>eopIc, to the entire world, in a striking and
dramatic manner, tlic possibilities of our in
stitutions both for tiie highest good and the
direst evil. Whilst Ills life presents a most
extraordinary illustration of what may
he accomplished by the individual
man over adverse circumstances, under
Hie b uiguaut influences of our governmental
eyj tern, it places side by' side with the mag
nificent example, the proliable effect of popu
lar freedom, of ]Kilitical contention, upon a
weak mind and a warped nature. Adverse
circumstances,boldly met, grappled with from
the cradle t<> the grave, and never more hero
ically than when life was on the wane, led
tiarlicld from the plow to the presidency of a
great and free people. The same circumstan
ces, operating upon a feeble brain and a
diseased nature, led Guiteau from obscurity
to the highest pinnacle of emblazoned infamy,
and have placed him upon the pages of his
tory, in conspicuous loneliness, the sole
assassin midst all the crime of the past, who.
without cause or reasonable pretext, struck to
the garth him whom fifty millions of freemen
had voluntarily elevated to the highest position
Tiie friend of republican institutions, as lie
contemplates the dire tragedy, looking to the
career of the dead president, will exclaim,
??????Surely here is the perfection of government,
because it permits tiie highest development of
individual manhood in all tiie relations of
life," whilst the creature of despotic power,
beholding the assassin, will answer, *???8ee the
effect of too much freedom!??? Whether
Guiteau was sane or insane, the force that sent
the fatal shot was ]>olilicul, and it was begot
ten by unholy party contention. Let us then,
over this open grave, os we sailly deposit
therein all that is left of the head of ourgreat
republic, endeavor to carry out the work of
conciliation which he himself hud begun.
In differences of political opinion, are we
not, north and south, too intolerant, too vin-
die ivc? The entire south is now mourning
over tiie tragic death of one whom, a short
time since, it regarded as but little less than
an enemy. In this sad hour, how many a
word unkindly sjioken, how many a line un
kindly written, would we recall, but it is
too late! Why cannot IhhIi sections appre
ciate the fact that God's sun shines over all,
and that everywhere is to be found both good
and evil? Let us realize tiiat the mere fact
that one differs with us iu opinion does not
make him depraved. or authorize
its to conclude that we stand upon a pinnacle
of righteousness, whilst lie is a son of ??utan.
However wc may have differed in the past, it
seems to Ik* now conceded that the dead presi
dent was both a good and great man. Twenty
years since, how was Abraham Lincoln re
garded amongst us? and yet to-day, however
much we may have differed with him in jm>-
litieal opinion, there is scarcely a southern
nian who does not admit that lie was both
honest and great, and that his tragic fate
Wits the greatest blow the south ever received.
This intensity of political feeling is not pecu
liar to our section; it is found also at the
north, but let us now, in God's name, bury
it forever. Differ men always will, but let them
reason together, adapt the good and eschew
the evil. The short period of Gar
field???s administration demonstrated that
lie proposed to be the president of a free and
united people, not of a party or a section,
and it was the firm manner in "which lie was
developing this policy, o]H>rating upon a de
praved heart and feeble brain, that probably
caused his death. Possibly, bis tragic fate,
the magnificent heroism exhibited in his last
days, and the unshakable anguish through
which lie passed, will accomplish more to
wards the softening of party spirit, the lmrnio-
nizingofall sections, than he livingcould have
achieved. Then, indeed, liis death has not
been in vain!
But tiie shot of tiie assassin 1ms demon
strated one fact beyond all perudventure, the
attachment of the people of the south to the
federal union. Personally, they knew not
the president, politically, they differed with
him, and yet. when violence touched with
profane hand the executive head of the gov
ernment, every man, woman and child cried
out with indignation and humiliation. They
prayed that he might not prove to be a south
ern man who tlius stood forth before tiie civil
i*ed world as the embodiment of lawlessness
nnd crime, and for nearly three months
they watched with hated breath every bulle
tin that came from the chamber of death. It
was demonstrated that however tlic people
of this country might contend among them
selves, woe to him who touched with hostile
hand any symbol of national sovereignty!
Garfield no longer belonged alone to Ohio,
the west, or the north???lie was the president
of a free and united people, and as the liend
of the government, every southern man felt
that he was in part his representative???that to
strike him was to strike the republic, ami that
when lie fell ???then you, and 1, and all of ns
fell with him." The lsilt caiue from a cloud
less sky and went straight to a great nation's
bean. In the midst of joy an entire people
was thrown into mourning. Mysterious in
deed are the ways of Providence, and often
past the understanding of mortals, but surelv
the great sacrifice will develop some good
somewhere. A giant tree has fallen, but
midst the crash of the elements and the fury
of tiie storm, a voice &js heard crying:
"Peace, be still,??? and quiet reigns,
though an aching void be left. A brilliant
star has passed from tiie firmament, but its
path upward has illumined tlic world, and has
shown to it, side by side, the heights of hu
man greatness ami the depths of human de
pravity. . A great ruler is no more, but thanks
to the wisdom of our forefathers, peace and
order still reign, though it be in'the house of
mourning.
Most appropriate is it that here in Atlanta
should these memorial services be held. She
herself lias felt the hand of violence, but from
the charred ashes of the past has been evolved
the spirit that lias made her what she is to
day, and that is still looking to future devel
opment. tihe is the representative city of the
new south, and it is meet that here should
southern flowers lie placed ujion the bierof the
dead president. We have done ull that was in
our power to honor his memory. The capitol
of our dear old state is draped iu mourning,our
streets wear the habiliments of sorrow, and
the countenances of our people show that
each has individually felt the cruel blow to the
country. The name of the heroic
wife ??? <tan scarcely be mentioned
without the tear of sympathy, anil the high
est evidence of our "devotion is evinced by
our realization that as her dead husband was
a magnificent example of the individual de
velopment of man under our institutions, so
does site constitute a lovely illustration of tlic
perfection of American womanhood. Well
could she exclaim in her anguish why was
tiie cruel blow inflicted upon her? but tiie
answer can alone come from the eternal
throne of God. Fifty millions of devoted
people bleed for her, and from the humble
ealnn of the former slave to the marble palace of
wealth and power, swell up the wails of sym
pathy. as broadband as deep as humanity* it
self. "site ami her orphaned children are clasped
to the national heart in an embrace that will
endure forever.
Death approaching with solemn tread, the
mind wandered anil went hack from the lied
of torture to the happy home at Mentor;
once again he was tiie proud husband, tiie
affectionate father, the respected citizen, and
thence, from that earthly paradise, through
the mercy of Providence, after all his long
and weary suffering,was but a step to the joys
of heaven.
President Garfield died at the highest pinna
cle of human greatness. Hound by round lie
had mounted the ladder, the last of which
rests upon tiie jasper pavements among the im
mortals, and as tuc orphan boy, with weary
tread and many a fall, rose among tiie
battlements of "the golden city above tiie
clouds, where all is sunshine and glory, it
was duty that beckoned him onward, it was
duty that urged him forward, and on the
monumental shaft that a grateful country
will erect to commemorate his services, no
loftier inscription can lie placed than that of
???Duty fully performed.???
???Yet not to thine eternal resting-i>lace
Shalt thou retire alone, nor coulilst thou wish
Couch more magnificent. Thou shult He down
With patriarchs ol tiie infant world???with kings,
Tiie powerful of the earth???tiie wise, tiie good.
Fair forms???and hoary seers of ages past,
Ail iu one mighty sepulchre. Tiie hills,
Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun???the vales
Stretching iu pensive quietness between;
The venerable woods???rivers that move
In majesty, nnd the complaining brooks
That make tiie meadows green; uud poured round
all.
Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste???
Are hut the solemn decorations oil
Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun,
The plnuets, all the infinite host of heaven.
Are shining on the sad abodes of death,
Through the still lapse of ages.???
Around this bier are gathered the mighty sov
ereigns of the old world, and the sovereign
people of the new, to do honor to departed
greatness. But as the mind glances down the
vista of tlic past, and sees the plow-boy at
work on the farm, tin? tow-boy on tiie canal,
tiie student at college, tiie soldier facing
death for bis country, tiie brilliant legislator
and party leader, and, finally, the president of
these United States, the question presents it
self, who more worthily wears the crown of
immortality, the royal descendant of kings,or
lie who is the architect of his own fortunes?
Kings and queens and princes do him honor
now, and tiie American people are profoundly
grateful for the tribute, but methinks, as the
mourners pass the liter, and each drops ui>on it
the tear of sorrow, that the soul of the depart
ed plumes its pinions for a loftier flight, and
rises to a higher pinnacle of joy, as it lieliohl
tiie former master and slave, side by side,
placing upon the tomb the emblem of love
and grief.
Though the president lie dead, thank God
the republic still lives! The strain upon our
institutions will teach us how to strengthen
them, nnd as we, of all raccsnnd opinions, nnd
conditions, pluck each a flower to place upon
his bier from the laurel of the mountain to
the lily of the valley, aud the magnolia
of the south, let us once again
realize that wc are one people, Aiuitcri not
only in form, but by tiie harmonious opera
tion of common institutions, inherited from
our revolutionary ancestry and sacred to us
all. Could the mute lips of the dead presi
dent speak, he would tell us that his tragic
fate had borne good fruit, if it resulted in
cementing by the renewed bonds of brotherly
love the union of our forefathers, and as our
noble country, purified by the suffering of
the past, resumes her place at the head of the
grand triumphal march of civilization, the
American citizen, wherever his wanderings
may have carried him, whether from snow
capped Alps, or burning desert, or luxuriant
tropic, will point with pride to the land of his
birtlt aud the institutions of his country.
they were met by Dr Fox, one of the police com- I
mMouen, who was drawn to the place :
by the loud yells and oaths. As they attempted to j
enter the alley leading to tlic side door of the build- '
ing. Ilr Fox faced the entire mob and ordered them
to halt, lie was armed with a small stick alone.and
although knives were plainly visible in thecnavd.
he prevented the building from being entered by
the wild mob who had lost their reason.
As soon as the officers could turn their prisoners
over to Mr. s-pyers, the station-house keeper, they
came to Doctor Fox???s relief, and iu a few seconds
.the pavement was cleared, though the streets
were filled with a wild scethiug mass of
of mnddeuened individuals. The noise made
during tiie trouble drew quite a crowd of people
who tendered Dr. Fox their services in quelling the
disturbance. Among those who proffered their aid
in maintaining the peace were several color
ed men who had seen the ??? whole affair
anil knew the true status of the
difficulty. Hut Dr Fox proved his judgment as cor
rect, as his nerve was good and in a short while
succeeded in convincing the crowd that they were
aggravating the matter by attempting to interfere
w ith the officers iu the discharge of their duty.
But hardly had peace been restored
when another arrest urronsed tiie eir
of the mol). Again the police had found it neces
sary to arrest a darkey on Marietta street, and as
they came around tiie comer of l???rvor and Ala
bama tlic sight maddened, the mob'aud another
effort wils made to release a prisoner. This time Dr
Fox ordered the police -present, about six or eight,
to clear the street, and-iii a second the entire crowd
was driven across Pryor, leaving the street near the
station bouse perfectly clear. For a few minutes
the scene was an interesting one. The street was
packed with the colored people' all seeking safety
from a few advancing policemen led by Commis
sioner Fox. Although there was a great deal of noise
made, no one was hurt except a Mr Miller, who was
struck by an unknown man. The policemen made
no effort to injure the darkeys, but simply to drive
them from the street, and after a few arrests succeed
ed in doing so. The darkeys, as they gave hack, resist
cd with all their might. Stones aud sticks were their
weapons and it was by a stone that Mr Miller was
hurt. The rock was a large one and was hurled
with great force. It struck him over the left eye
aud made a bad wound.
When tiie darkies saw that they were compelled
to give iu they did so, but us they moved away they
swore vengeance upon the police.
When the whole affair was over the calaboose eon
tuined John Burke, the originator of the difficulty,
Nathan Burke, his brother, Allen Gresham, J J
Wright, Arch Cherry, Henry Mathews, Walter John
son, Kelly Moore, George Montgomery and l???ompey
Jones. None of these, except John Burke, hud a
scratch to show for the trouble he had
occasioned. Birike's head was marked
iu two or three places by the policeman???s baton,
but none of the cuts amount to anything.
The difficulty is due entirely to the rude conduct
of Burke nnd the efforts of his frieuds to release
him. A portion of the opera house had been set
apart for the coluted people, and no one disputed
his right to enter. Hail he passed the lady
quietly as he could have doue there would have
liven no necessity for his arrest. When the officer
took hold of him he ought to have submitted, llis
friends had no business to attempt his release and
several colored men not only tried to persuade them
to desist, but aided the police iu conveying him to the
station house. Atlanta???s colored population ought
to learn that they can make nothing by interfering
with an officer in the discharge of his duty, aud the
sooner they learn it the better it will be for them.
There are those who recognize this, and yesterday
many of them busied themselves in advising their
race to leave the officers and their prisoners
alone. During the day the colored people, who
jKirticliKUed iu the exercises, conducted themselves
with commendable propriety, and when the row
occurred went so far as to express their willingness
to aid in suppressing it. in one instance they
arrested one of the belligerent race aud turning
him over to the police directed his detention.
The negroes participating in the diffi
culty were of that class which
frequent; every ton them town. They ore
always ready for a row, and if one doesn???t occur
they are sure to make it. The affair is as much re
gretted by the better class of colored people us by
the whites.
After the fight was over a negro man was ordered
bva United States soldier to move away from a stack
of guns in front of the opera-house. He declined to
obey when the soldier came to a charge and pene
trated his ribs with the point of a bayonet. Liter
iu the evening a negro became very indignant at
tiie manner iu which his race hail becu treated and
gave a regular matinee near Berry???s drug store, on
Peachtree street. His language was loud, profane
and abusive, and attracted the atten
tion of Officers Stroud anil Bone,
but before they could secure him tiie indignant
darkey skimicd out and sought safety iu the neigh
borhood of the Southern medical college. ,
Just as the exercises were ending a party of
darkeys made assault ujioii a gentleman on Decatur
street, near the Kimball house, who was trying to
lead a dray horse through the crowd, but the sight
of a knife caused them to disperse. \
The unfortunate occurrence is due entirely to
Burke???s impertinence and his friends want of dv
cretion. At one time it looked as though Atlanta
would be involved in a terrible riot, but the nerve
of her |nilice,hcatlcd by Dr Fox aud Chief Anderson,
prevented it. To Dr Fox, more than any one else,
Atlanta owes the preservation of pence yesterday.
Chief Anderson's duties kept him busy with the
procession, aud had not Dr Fox been at the station
house when the effort was made to release Burke's
brother and his friend, there would surely have
been bloodshed. .
A LITTLE DIFFICULTY
That Almost Promised to Rise to the Dignity of
Riot.
As the last of the immense throng was entering
tiie opera house, Monday evening, a difficulty oc
curred which came near ending iu u riot of great
magnitude.
Among the police stationed at the op
era house went officers. Stroud aud
Christophitie, who were instructed to keep
the pavement dear in order to allow the audience
to pass in without being crashed to death. Their
mission had nearly been completed, when
John Burke, a negro uoy, who caiue to Atlanta from
Griffin, rudely pushed a white lady off the side-
walk, in onier to gain the stairway leading to the
oiiera house, but just as lie was bounding up the
steps, Officer Christopliine, who saw the brutal
act, having picked the lady up, grabbed
Burke for the purpose of taking him to the cala
boose. When the officer hist grappled the boy he
jerked away, but tiie second time Christopnene
caught him anil begun pulling him down the steps.
When file pavement was reached Burke og..ia
jerked from the officer and striking at him began
backing toward tile street. The difficulty between
the i-olid-man aud Burke attracted tiie attention
of Officer 8troud, who went to Uhristophiue's aid,
but Burke yet declined to give in, and continued to
strike at the officer*, hitting them several times in
tile face. Seeing his inability to cope with file
negro. Stroud began to use liis stiek over
Burke's head, anil finally succeeded in get
ting his nippers on his- arm. During the
affray several darkies attempted to prevent
the oflioers from arresting I???urk by crowding around
him and by pushing the poUce away, This they
continued to do even after the arrest and until
Captain Bngby ordered tho entire section of iMilice
on duty at the opera house to aid in clearing the
mob from around the policemen and their
prisoner. When the poliee began this
task there was a general resistance and
several bloody heads was the result. There ure ut
least five hundred colored people ulxint the opera
house, and as there was only a half dozen police,
they felt sure of a success, but before they could
break by Bagbv anil his lid. Stroud ami
Christopliine had readied the station house
with Burke. The mol) seeing themselves
defeated begun yelling, cursing anil defying the
officers to such an extent that Captain itaguy was
com]>elleil to onier the ajre.st of several persons
who wurepnmiinent in their riotous conduct, but
in their effort to obey the captain???s orders, a general
fight ensued. Tiie gu us belonging to the 5th Artillery
which had been snicked in front of the building
were knocked to the ground and an effort made by
the negroes to possess them, but the prompt action
of the guard prevented tlu-ir use except iu one case.
For a few seconds the air was wild with the shouts
aud oaths of the infuriated moh, os they advanced
upon the police, hut so steady were they
iu their defense that the difficulty
was tiually quelled after several arrests,
had been made, while the fracas was at its alti
tude a negro woman. Who it was aftewards learned
is Burke's mother, picked up one of the guns aud
placing the end of the barrel in Officer lieuiiard's
lace, pulled the trigger, but os luck would have it
I fiie gun was not loaded.
Seeing themselves unable to prevent the arrest of
their associates, the mob followed the officers to-
* wart is the station house, unit just as they reached
I the corner of Fryor anil Alabama streets made a
I rush upon them. As they advanced fire- air was
1 filled with such shouts as. ???itclcase
him," "turn him loose.??? ???don???t let ???em
lock him up,??? "cut their d???n throats,???
etc. But this did not terrify the poliee, anil
in a short time Nathan Burke and Allen Grissom
were in thecalalxose with John Burke, the darkey
. who caused the whole difficulty.
The mob, more than twohuudred s-trong. followed
the officers to the very station house door, where
QUINCY???S FATAL TORNADO.
Almost the Entire City Devastated by the Storm.
Quincy, 111., September 25.???One of the most
tcaribly destructive tornadoes ever experi
enced in this section of country struck this
city late yesterday afternoon. At about 4
o???clock the jieople on Front street noticed a
black tlircateningeloud approaching from the
west, almost before they realized the fact
the tornado had hurst upon the city
It was accompanied by thunder* light
ning, wind, and a heavy rainfall. The
storm swept over almost the entire city, its
patli being over two miles in width. In point
of loss of human life and destruction of prop
erty, it is the most serious disaster that ever
occurred in Quincy. In North Front street
the roof of Joel Harris???s tobacco factory was
torn off, and the upper part of the front wall
blown in, carrying the floors with it nearly to
the basement. Tiie list of casualties in'this
building includes the following: Henry
Woodhouse, a tobacco roller, was found in
the debris dead; Wright Harris was taken out
with some difficulty,and ivas found to be badly
cut about the head, aud is also bruisell
about his legs; a boy named Bowen had one
of his legs broken and the other badly in
jured; Freddy Martin, son of Harry Martin,
was oalight between the timbers and badly
bruised, but it is thought that no hones are
broken; John Cole and Joseph Ileadlin were
seriously injured about the head and shoul
ders. The other employes of the factory
were more or less injured, but their names
could not he learned, as they were taken out
of the ruins by friends and hastily carried
home. George Hupp, assistant engineer of
tiie Castle mills, who was sitting in the en
gine room window adjoining Harris???s tobacco
factory, was struck on the head by falling
bricks and timbers and severely hurt. A
team of horses standing between the mill and
the tobacco factory were killed.
One of the. most frightful disasters was at
Bonnett. Duff & Co.???s foundry, which was al
most entirely demolished by the force of the
wind. The roof was lifted bodily and dasiicd
down through the building, tire' sides partly
giving way, and the men at work being buried
in the debris without a moment's notice.
Several mangled and maimed bodies were al
most immediately taken out of the ruins, but
it was some time Ire-fore the extent of tiie
calamity was made known. The killed at the
foundry are Henry Ellery Brook, a boy;
George Howland, a married man, and Frank
Smith, who died of his injuries while being
taken home. The injured are Lon Wilson,
very badly hurt on the head and body; Kratz
Bucli, of St. Louis, arm broken; James Flem
ing, seriously cut on the .shoulders; Daniel
llardner, arm bruised and cut.
At Comstock. Castle & Co???s foundry, further
south on Front street, the roof was blown off
and a portion of the side wall taken out.
Fortunately nearly all the men escaped.
The Eagle mills lost a portion of the roof,
letting considerable water into the building.
The soutli wall of the engine house was also
blown in. The roof of the foundry of the
Grcenleaf manufacturing company was
blown off, but all the workmen esoai>ed
unhurt. St. Jacob???s Lutheran church,
at Washington and Eighth streets,
had a part of the front wall blown in
under the lielfry, St. Joint???s church lost a cor
ner of the walls and the towers were blown
down. The roof of the Southern hotel was
partly blown off. The roof of George Herdel-
nian???s store at Third and Spring streets is gone.
Tiie Chicago. Burlington and* Quincy freight
house and tiie round house are somewhat
damaged. Tlic roofs of both buildings are
partly blown off. Many of the small build
ings along Front street have lost their roofs,
and many of them have lost chimneys. The
large Rose window of St. Boniface???s Catholic
church was blown bodily into the street.
Among other buildings damaged in the city
were the following: H. A. Williamson???s, on
Hampshire street, front blown in; Warfield &
Lewis???s wholesale store, on Third street, roof
gone; T. L. Fox???s store on Fourth street and
adjoining buildings, roofs blown off; the new
block on Fifth street, soutli fire walls swept
awav; the opera-house, roof started and dam
aged; Quincy house, a defnolished chimney
which went "through the roof and to the otlice
below: First Baptist church, at First and Jer
sey streets, spire twisted; Collins A Brown's
plough factory,Twelfth and Hampshi re streets,
roof gone. Trees were uprooted or broken off
all over the city and strewn over the streets
and pavements. The telegraph and telephone
wires were broken, twisted, and blown away.
Thebridgeson the roof of the telegraph offices
were blown to tlic ground.
The large front windows in the upper story
of tiie Webster school building and a portion
of the south wall was blown in as was also the
second and third stories. A part of the roof
of the Brothers' school in East Quincy was
blown off, and the fence on the south side
blown down. Henry Corley???s handsome
pleasure lreiat, the Daisy I>., was swept to the
water???s edge and tiie whole works carried
away. Two of the crew, who were trying to
secure the boat, were carrid overboard, nut
saved themselves from drowning. The roof
of Steward's large ice storehouse on the bay
was blown off and much of the ice will be
melted by the rain.
The tornado seems to have been quite gen
eral throughout this section of the country.
The telegraph lines are still down in all di
rections, making it almost impossible to get
information concerning its course and the ex
tent of the damage done. The storm pdssed
about three miles northeast of Clayton, in this
county, sweeping barns, trees and fences
before it. In Clayton signs, awnings, fences,
and chimneys were blown down, but the
village escaped the full fury of the storm.
Continuing in a northeasterly direction, the
storm struck the little village of Camden,
fourteen miles from Clayton, demolishing it
almost in an instant. There is hardly
building left standing. All the telegraph wires
between Clayton and Quincy were blown
down. In Quincy four men wero killed and
twenty injured, several of whom are so badly
hurt that it is thought they cannot recover.
Dernard Binning, a carpenter, who was at
work on the roof of St. Joseph???s church when
it was blown off, fell a distance of sixty feet.
He is so badly injured that it is thought he
cannot live through the night. Mary Kieinke,
one of the girls employed at Harris's tobacco
factory, was taken out of the ruins with both
legs broken. It is thought that she is fatally
injured. When the storm struck there were
three small boats on the river opposite the
city, all of which were overturned. The men
were seen struggling in the water, but no in
formation concerning them can lie obtained,
though all are rc|??irted drowned.
Chicago, September 27.???A dispatch from
Rushville, 111., says that a cyclone laid deso
late the village nf Camden, 20 miles west, a
place of several hundred inhabitants. The
wife of Dr. Watts was killed instantly by the
falling walls of her residence, but a child
escaped without injury. There are only two
houses in the place that have not been more
or less injured. A two-story building, occupied
as post-office and Masonic hall, was blown
down and hunted, entailing a loss of
??3,000. A flouring mill was damaged
to the amount of ??2,500. The loss in the vil
lage is estimated at ??40,000. The Methodist
and other Christian churches were completely
demolished. Along the path of the storm
dwelling houses and barns were torn down or
hoisted from their foundations. Fences, or
chards, corn fields, and hard wood timber
groves were levelled. Corn was blown out of
the husk and scattered broadcast. The storm
lasted only five minutes, but the loss to the
farming community, within a radius of live
miles, is placed at ??150,000.
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Is made from a Simple Tropical Leaf of Rare Val
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19. Catarrh, acute or chronic-. Influenza 50
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Send for Dr.llurnuhreys-Uonlt on Dlscs-e d-c.
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WE WILL SEND, ON 30 DAYS??? TRIAL,
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TO 2VEZE2SCT
suffering from Xervon??Wenkno??sr??,flen,
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Kidney or Liver Troubles, Lame Back, Rup
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Also women troubled with diseases peculiar to
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Send at once for Illustrated Pamphlet, giving
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ACENTS t Prl e. ( J. H. CHAMBERS & CO.,
WANTED 131.50 J Atlanta, Georgia.
sepS???diwSrn
L0TTERIES.
HEALTH IS WEALTH!
D r. E. C. WEST???S NERVE AND BRAIN
Treatment; a specific for Hysteria, Diz
ziness, Convulsions, Nervous Headache, Men
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and death. One box will cure recent cases. Each
box contains one month???s treatment. One dollar a
box or six boxes for five dollars; sent by mail pre
paid on receipt of of price. We guarantee six boxes
to cure any case. With each order received by us
for six boxes, accompanied by five dollars, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to return
the money if tiie treatment docs not effect a cure.
Guarantees issued by LAMAR, RANKIN & LA-
MAR, wholesale and retail agents. Atlanta and
Macon, Ga. Orders by mail will receive prompt at
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KxpeMc??. Any druirffUt tnrredlcntw. Sent
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180 Went Sixth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio-
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E. VAN WINKLE & CO.
Mascfactcuers of Self-Feeding Cotton Gins,
AND CONDENSERS, COTTON PRESSES,
Circular Saw Mills, with Simultaneous Levers, Ilea l
Blocks. All kinds Mill Work. Castings, Shaftin '
and general Iron Work. Cull and sec us before pur
chasing elsewhere.
212. 216, 218 and 220 Marietta Street.
P O. BOX S3. ATLANTA, GA.
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A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOR
TUNE. TENTH GRAND DISTRIBUTION,
CLASS K, AT NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY,OCTO
BER 11,1SS1??? 137th Monthly Drawing.
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
Incorporated in 1S16, for 25 years by the Legisla
ture for Educational and Charitable purposes???with
a capital of Sl,00d,000???to which a reserve fund oJ
over $420,000 has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote ts franchisa
was made a part of the present State Constitution
adopted December 2d. A. !>., 1879.
ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS WILL
take place monthly.
K never scales or postpones.
Look at the following distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE 330,000.
100,000 TICKETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH. HALF
TICKETS. ONE DOLLAR.
list of rmzES.
1 Capital Prize $30,000
1 Capital Prize 10,000
1 Capital Prize 5,00t>
2 Prizes of 82,500 5,000
5 Prizes of 1.000 5,000
20 Prizes of 500 10,000
100 Prizes of 100 10,000
200 Prizes of 50 10,009
500 Prizes of 20 10,009
1,000 Prizes of \0 10,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Approximation Prizes of $300 2,700
9 Approximation Prizes of 200 1,800
9. Approximation Prizes of 100 900
1857 Prizes, amounting to $110,400???
Responsible <-orrespomling agents wanted at nl)
points, to whom liberal compensation will be paid.
For further information, write clearly, giving full
Bddress. Send orders by Express or Registered Let
ter or Money Order by mail. Addressed only to
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
or M. A. DAUPHIN, at No. 212 Broadway, NeVF
York, or M. A. DAUPHIN, ATLANTA, GA.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are under
the supervision nnd management of GENERALS G.
ToBEAUREGARD mid JUBAL A. EARLY.
Notice to the Public.
The public are Hereby CAUTIONED AGAINST
SENDING ANY MONEY OR ORDERS TO NUNES &
OO., 83 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK CITY, a??
authorized by the Louisiana State Lottery Company
to sell its Tickets. They are flooding the country
with BOGUS CIRCULARS purporting to be of The
Louisiana State Lottery Company and are FRAUD
ULENTLY representing themselves as its Agents.
They have no authority from this Company to sell
its Tickets, and are not its Agents for a ny purpose.
M. A. DAUPHIN,
Pres. Louisiana State Lottery feo.
New Orleans, La., July 4,1881.
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S pectacles, thermometers, opera
Glasses, Microscopes, Barometers, Telescopes,
and Compasecs. R. A J. BECK, Manufacturing Op
ticians, Philadelphia, l???a. Send for Illustrated
Priced Catalogue, jaii25wly elwA
??? RESIDENCE FOR SALE.
POWDER SPRINGS, Conn Co., Ga., Sept 2S, 1881.
A TWO-STORY HOUSE WELL CONSTRUCTED. .
containing nine rooms, witli fire-places andi
closets to every room; all necessary out-buildings,
some 4 acres in the lot; fine selection of fruit and
shrubbery of various kinds. Tho house is beauti
fully located ill center of town, within 300 yards off
the Alhmiaand Rome railnuidand Mineral Springs.
A No 1 stand for boarders or hotel. Good
school and churches of nil kinds and surrounded by
one of the best sections of country in upper Georgia.
Would also sell the farm adjoining the lot contain
ing 90 acres, more or less, aboil tone-half cleared, the-
balance well limbered. Also several building lots.
Somebody will missn baignin, as I will sell.
824 sept72???wtf R H MAKCHMAN.
Parker???s
Ginger^ Buchu, Alan-
dralic, Stiilingia, and
inanycf the best medi
cines known are com
bined in Broker's Ginger
| Tonic, into a medicine
of such varied powers, as
to :r*rkc it the greatest
Blood Purihcr rind the
Bcr,: Ileal Mi AS: re:*gth|
Itestort r Ever (List'd.
It cures Rheumatism, y
Sleeplessness, Sc discacss
of the Stomach, Bowels,
Lungs, Liver Sc Kidneys,
11 ?? ri 1 -Lungs, kivcr 4c Kidneys,
/liair balsami ^entirelydirrerentfrom
TV* TW CWm.** era* Litters, C.mgcr Essences
ihcr Tonics, as it
I iajc. Never fails to restore the never intoxicates. Hiscox
youthful color to pr*y hair. & Co., Chemists, N. Y.
Largo Saving Drying Dollar Size.
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X. Y. SAWTKI.L.
LEON P. S AWT ELL-
$5 to $20?^-???---?????? rth -??
} AdtafJ Stixsos A C??.. Portland, Jtaiae.
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I. Y. SAWTELL & SON,
REAL estate,
WILD LAND & MINING AGENTS.
Office 50 Marietta 8t., Atlanta, Ga.
Buying and soiling wild lands and mining inter
ests <mrs|ieeialty. Bend for our advertised list.
16 nun
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Dr. Peck???s Artificial Ear Drums
PEKFECTLT 11ESTORE TS5E HEARIXG
and perform the work of th???_?? Natural l>rum-
Always In posii'idn, but 2iiv2??13??Se to others.
All ???Gonver.t&tion and even whispers heard dis
tinctly. We refer to those using them. Send for
descriptive-circular w;t*h testimonials. Address,
H. P. K. PECK ft ???0.. 853 Otoadwaj, New York.
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NE OF
WHITE???S LACE ATTACHMENTS
For all Sewing Machines nnd
A LADY???S HANDSOME LACE COLLAR
Will be sent free to any address on receipt of One*
Dollar, by
GEORGE WHITE & CO.,
No. 712 Brondwny, New York.
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RUPERTUS??? Celebrated
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~ Shot Cuns
at *14 u;
n:". 7 ^ 0 and Breech.Loading (Juno,
* ??i*P, tn 2" t opj*rnreri English anti Am
All Kind* ot Sportiiiir IiunlciiiciiL**
required l
??>??*uuic - - nun rat, up.
JOS.t:. <iItUBIt & CO., 712 Market Sf.
SenJ >iomj> for Prict.J.ut. Philadelphia, Fa.
8ep6???wkytf
ONE FINE JERSEY BULL,
/"PERFECTLY GENTLE) AND SEVERAL!.
' JL Jersey Bull Calves (entitled to registry) nut of
flue Cows, for sale cheap on account of scarcity of
food. The milk of mv herd vields Over one pound
butter to two gallons milk.
B WOODWARD.
581 sep20???wSw Red Clay, Ga.