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THU WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 24 1886
THE IRISH-AMERICANS.
FIRST DAY OF THE CONVENTION
AT CHICAGO.
Central Voile Hall Crowded to Its Utmost Capacity
, Hit. r»re.:i W.nulj Grtstod—Tha Irtoti Dal-
ctite> Becelvod ftltltOmtCbem-Oi.
ionisation Of th# Convention.
Chicago, III., August 17.—[Special Cor
respondents.]—All Ireland seems to Itaro
taken possession of tUa city today.
For eeven hundred year* the lovely green
isle has groaned beneath the weight of oppres.
aion. The folly, born of deeperatlon, has kept
the people beneath the iron heel of tho
most ruthless oppressor in the world'
history. The oppressor, with a malignity
worthy of the lowest regions, hti not heel
fated to divide families, to sow the seeds of
desperation, and to set brother to catting
brother's throat. In 1848 famine added its
gaunt terrors to the situation. For years the
fetid odors which arose from the roadsides of
fended the nostrils of the people. The mother
died from famine, with the live child polling
at the breast for sustenance,
while the landlord emptied the
larder that he might secure h
rent, was a shocking commentary upon Eng.
mie ■" lift.
liah regard for contract and disregard for
Darkness passed over the land. Those who
remained in the land grew upabject and hope
less, kept alive by remittances from abroad.
In that land far over the sea, however, the
"lone exile of Erin" slowly made hlmfelf a
S wer. Bo worked first for bread for himself;
en that he might sustain at home those who
were robbed of their earnings by alien land
lords. Then, weary of paying trlbuto to Irish
( landlordism, the emigrant resolved to strike
against the oppressor and to wage relentless
— war. Out of that .resolve Fenianism
grew. This brought on a period .of
bloodshed and political murders. Hundreds
suffered death and imprisonment. It seemed
as if the darkest hour in Ireland’s history was
at hand. Crashed and despondent at home,
under suspicion abroad in whatever land they
bad taken refuge, no star of hope gleamed in
that dark and fitful night.
Yet, out of all this bright promise grew, the
Irish at home awoke to tho fact, that the
hearts of the millions of exiles still beat sym-
tE tbetlc with their own. .The Irish abroad
ew courage from their desperation, and
learned wisdom from their mistakes. England,
which had hitherto nothing bnt contempt for
Ireland, realized that wherever the exile went
he carried with him his love of country which
W dlstanco only intensified. At home and
I■abroad, under whatever fortuno he
was cast, the one controlling impulse of the
Irish people, was that Ireland ahonld be free.
The great attorney who conducted the de
fense for the Irish Fenians, though English in
bis education and impulse, became a convert
to the principles for which his client had been
condemned. Isaac Butt raised the standard
of home rule, in a constitutional struggle for
liberty.
From an insignificant beginning the move,
ment soon achieved proportions which com
Banded the attention oi the empire. Upon the
death of Ur. Butt his mantle fell upon the
shoulders of Charles Stewart Parnell. The
sew Irish leader had just rotnrned from a
visit to his brother in West Point, Georgia,
that brother had returned with him on a visit
to Ireland.
John H. Parnell, as tho cider brother, was
urged to run ior parliament. Be did so, and
was defeated; whereupon he returned to
Georgia. At the next election Charles Stew-
I art Parnell was elected, and thus he made bis
appearance in the arena of British politics. To
teu thoatory of Parnell’s constitutional battle
for home rule, would be to weave a romance
in politics. With nothing behind him save
the strong hearts of his people, they met the
I jeers and sneers of English lordlings; they
; braved the tatters of British prison dent;
they even stood upon the gallows with the in
trepid heroism of martyrs. It slowly dawned
upon the British minds that anew era was at
band; that these people were earnest; that
they could not be reduced from allegiance to
their leader, and that they
were imbued with the Spartan
resolve to be free. It is thus that it has come
o pass, that the British premier, Ur. Glad-
tone, took up the claims of Ireland, and
formulated his home rale scheme.
For the first time in seven hundred
years, Ireland stood face to face,
equal terms with her conqueror,
the election which followed.
While it did not witness the triumph of Glad-
tone’s mounts, it nevertheless presented the
Ingnlsr spectacle of one million honest Eag-
iabmen voting to glvo Ireland her rights. It
a safe to ny that a movement thus born of
iiah patriotism, and baptized by tho approba-
ion of one million Englishmen eannot fail of
access.
In ths achievement of this state of affairs
he Irish citizens of the United States claim a
ending and controlling part. It was Irish-
American defiance which served np the Irish
t home. It was Irlsh-American emissaries
rho, at the peiil of their lives, penetrated
very hamlet in Ireland and urged the people
• resist it. It was Irlsh-American money
rblch furnished the sinews of war to the gal-
ant little band led by Ur. Parnell. The great
actor in this work waa the Irish National
-eagne of America. The first convention held
u Philadelphia was conducted with such
bllity and decorum that it proved the ability
f the Irish people to govern themselves. The
econd convention held in Boston added new
proof to the Zealand ability of the men who
artidpated In It. The convention which it
o meet in this city this week, coming as it
ocs, Just after the great political battle in
IreatBritain, will be of unusual importance,
t is important, in that it is a gathering, not
inly of the irishmen and the tons of Irishmen
esident in the United States, but that tho O's
ad the Uc’s have answered to the call of lib-
tty from Canada, from New Zealand, from far
iff Australia, and lut and best of ail, from
ias grand old Island, for whose freedom, so
>any millions of heart throbs beat.
Here in the spacions rotunda of the Grand
Paelfie an seen men who know each other
without an introduction. There la something
in the look of the eye, in the touch of the
hand, which draws them together as by the
bands of steel. Faces are here representing
•very type to be fonnd between Sklbbereen
acd Londonderry.
Names are here which carry the mind back
to old Uillealan days. Others still recall the
English pale. Still others recall the bloody
daye of Cromwell, but the memory of the
paie and the memory of Cromwell are lost
sight ef in the zealous patriotism which the
descendants of these unhappy days recall.
Divided they may have bean once, but they
are Irish now, and the band of Londonderry
A none the lees true than the firm graip of
r. Here at my elbow stands that
Irishman, Ulchael Davit. I cannot
better picture him to people of Atlanta than
. to recall the honest Pat UcQoade, of oarneit
' mein, with flashing eye, and Intellectual face.
Davitt stands a man among men. I aiked
him what his hopes for Ire
land were. Straightening himself
np majestically, he replied; "There la no
K wer under the tun which can now repress
t Irish cans*. We have been tanght in a
I better acbool. The crucible through which
we have pressed has tempered our enthusiasm
I with determination,borne rale may be delayed,
but gatheiing for ef.om the o'.stadei placed
in its way it will rally again for
freedom's battle once begun
la bequeathed frouuly ing sire to sou
The case however is at the ballot box, and
, shoulder to shoulder with us stand one million
brave Englishmen." Aa Ur. Davitt ceased
1 speaking a vigorous clapping of bands showed
how thoroughly the heart of hit audience waa
with him.
Georgia will be ably represented in the con
vention. The city of Augusta furnishes a del-
| egation which Is not squalled by any yet in
the field. It is headed by Hon. John F.
Armstrong, who la a member of the national
ommlttee of seven. Ur. Armstrong la a na
ive Irishman, who, going to Angasta about
Ween years ago, soon gave evidence of those
irilliant basinets abilities which soon gave
dma name and a fortune. His success in hla
new home, however, did not cause him to for
get the old land. Bo took a deep interest in
every movement which had for'its object the
freedom of Ireland. Ho was ono of
the earliest anpeorters of ths Parnell
programme, and all through the campaign
has borne an honorable and a prominent part.
He is on terms of intimacy with the great
Irish leader, and hla advice ia always grate
fully received by him. There are many dele
gates here from widely different states who
think that Ur. Armstrong would bo the best
man to fill the presidency of the Irish National
league of America. The next delegate from
Augusta is Mr. E. J. O’Connor. He ir ons of
the best and most trusted business men of An.
gusts, prominently identified with jail mu-
nlctpal, financial and charltablo movement!
of his city. Accompanying Ur. O'Connor *s
Ur. Thomas Homy, ss whole looted a man as
ever left the greon Isle to seek a home in the
old red hills of Georgia.
Ur. Hurray alto stands high In all the en-
terprisee of the city.
Ueasn. Hnlherin and O'Connor were brave
confederate soldiers, and served from Sumter
to Appomattox.
Ur. Wm. Uulherln, one of tho mo«t solid
butinese men, cemeto this connty when a
small boy. He waa frugal, energetic and am
bitions, at the same time thoroughly patriotic
and charitable. The fortune which hla yeara
of toil and industry have brought him la a fit
ting reward to a noble man.
A perfect prince among men le Colonel
James A. Benton, of Wllkei county, Georgia.
Fifteen years ago, Ur, Benson retched Wilkes
connty poor. Hewtsrich, however, In all thoeo
qualities of bead and heart, which marked the
true Irishman. He la now the husband of n
lovoly Georgia lady, with an interesting little
family, and n bank standing] which will call
for $125,000. These personal points are stated
not as mere fulsome compliments to tho gen
tlemen named, bat as fair samples of the mem
bership of the convention which meets hero
tomorrow.
There is onthniiaem in the tlr. The city is
lighted np with pyrotechnics. Bands are
pending the streets, followed by thonsande
and thoneanda of great Irishmen and sympa
thetic Americans, whose hearts ara bonnd np
in the cense of Irish freedom. Pea Jav.
Chicago, III, Anguit 18.—[Special.]—The
national league convention has opened under
circumstances ef groat harmony. The Georgia
delegation occupies n prominent position. It
wsi reinforced today by the arrival of Captain
Killoway, and the delegation was orgentzod
this morning, with John IF. Armstrong as
chairman and F. J. Moran as seentary.
Tho Georgians selected to serve in tho na
tional lesgne committees were; On resolutions
—John F. Armstrong. On permsnent organ!*
ration—P. J. D. Conner. On credentials—H.
UcGraver. On finance—Wm. Molherln. On
permanent organization—E. J. O’Connor.
Vice-president—James A. Benson.
John F. Armstrong can be preildent of the
league if he can be Induced to accept it. The
platform will bo a plain Indorsement of Ur.
Parnell end the Gladstone home rale bill.
ELECTION or FITZGERALD AS fBEtDEXT.
After a short recess voting begin. Tho re
sult of the vote in New York was announced
ns follows: McCaffrey 80. Fitzgerald 63. There
were loud cheers, and Pennaylvanla immedi
ately cast 107 votes for UcCalfrey and fifteen
for Fitzgerald. The total was then called—
Fitzgerald 703, UcCaffrey 241.
Handkerchiefs and state banners, hats, um
brellas and every object that could be roedlly
J irabbcd by tbe excited delegates were hurled
n the air. The applause wse deafening. Ur.
McCtffrey congratulated Mr. Fitzgerald and
moved thet tho election bo mado unanimous.
It was carried with wildest enthusiasm.
Loud cries for Fitsgerald were heard, and
UcCalfrey waa appointed by the chair to os-
cort ths new precident of the league to the
platform.
Ur. Fitsgerald mode a brief and good hum
ored speech.
Chicago, Anguit 20.—There was another
great outpouring of Irish-Amerlcane at the
ipaeloue artillery armory, on tho lake front
this evening to hear addressee by Ulchael
Davitt and tbe Irish parllamentry delegates.
An admission fee was charged, the money to
bo epplled to the parliamentary fond. There
were between 10,000and 12,000 pereone present,
with n waiting crowd ontsido. The tppeerance
of Ulchael Davitt and other Irish notables wu
tbe signalfor uproarons cheering. Alexander
Sullivan presided. Before thoproceedlngs bo-
gan Patrick Egan waa presented with a service
of plate, wrought by Iriah hands and in Ire
land. A letter accompanying the present,
which wu rood from the platform, wu signed
by Ueisre. Parnell, Jnstln McCarthy, Bigger.
John Dillon, Charles Dawton, lord mayor o(
Dublin, Michael Davitt, William O'Brien.
Thomu Sexton and about two hnndred and
fifty other leading Irishmen.
Mr. Egan’s reply wu olio read.
When Urn. Parnell arrived the great audi
once greeted her with continuous cheering.
The arrival of Governor Ogloeby and Hon.
Samnol J. Randall wat recognized In a similar
manner. Mr.Snlllvan opened the mooting
and introduced Governor Ogloeby, who wu
euthuslutically received. He tendered the
repreuntativee of the Irish parliament a hoe-
iltable and cordial welcome to tho atate of
UinoA and the city of Chicago, and wished
them to bur back to England the testimony
of indorsement the Irish ennu received in this
country, without political distinction. [Ap
plause.] The governor briefly reviewed the
movement for Irish ulf-government, and pre
dicted its complete eucceu.
Mr. Sullivan then laid that for the purpose
ol ihowing to their brothors that their wel
come wu a national one, they had invited the
Hon. Samuel J. Randall. Mr. Snllivan spoke
ily of Mr. Randall and hi
country and to Ireland.
Mr. Randall wu greeted with tremen
dous applause. He uld if he
consulted his own desires he
would remain silent aftor*hA long Journey,
bnt be feared that if ha did so ho woald bo
chsrged with possessing leu ardor in the
cense of Ireland than he pQueued when in
his official capacity u speaker of the house of
representatives, it wu hla duty to receive
Charles Stewart Parnell. [Applause.] Mr.
Randall sketched, at some length, the
history of Irish abases and assured
Irishmen that all their (strugglu
freedom were fatly appreciated
within your councils. [Terrific eppiauee.1
They had caught tha American people and
they should assemble together and present
the force of moral effort and the canto would
never go down. Tho andlonco was urged to
send hack the Irish representatives to that
grand old man to auoro him that tho sympa-
thies of tho American people were with him.
Ths movement now wu under, the control of
men In Ireland and they knew better what
wutobe done than anyone else and they
should receive hearty and united support
from thlesidooftho water. He had one word
advice to give and that wu;
Never, never let politics creep In
Randall clued by speak ins of tha sympathy
Americans bad for tha English masses who
were assisting Mr. Gladstone to give homo
nlo to Ireland. [Cheers.]
Michael Davitt followed in an eloquent ad
dress, stating the poeltlonof himself and his
colleagues
MB. PARNXLT. TO THE CONVENTION,
London, August 20.—Mr Parnell hu sent
the follow cable menage to Mr. Fitzgerald,
tbe newly elected president of the Irish na
tional league of America:
"I thank the Chicago convention for Its tncoar-
egtment. The rtuecttlon by the convention of
our policy and action and the order, union and
modem) h ' — -
profound „
■irtnfth to our position."
DELEGATES TO BE PROSECUTED.
London, August 21.—The Times this morn
ing gives prominence In itseolamu to a latter
suggesting the prosecution for treason,on their
return to tin ir homes, of the Canadian dele
gates snd other British subjects who figured
in the Chicago convention.
The Standard says:
Tha homo role liberals will find little encour
agement In tbe Chicago convention. Alter all, the
Farnellites era dependent on American donations,
and they cannot have money for nothing. Al
though tney are allowed to try what la paetiblo
with Ur. Gladstone end constitutloaeilim, tbe
Amerlran-Irtah feeling favors a revival of the old
struggle.
Roes Raymond, whose course of swindling
wu stopped Short by his arrest for passing n forged
check for ITS oo the cashier of the Salvador* to-
el, has been eralenood to two years m Sing Sing
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Washington, August 10.—Messrs. Morris
Earle and Pugh, ss solicitors for Attorney Gen.
oral Garland, today filed his answer to the bill
recently filed by J. Harris Rogers against At-
torney General Garland, Senator Mania and
others, for a settlement of the affaire of the
Pan Electric Telephone company.
Mr. Garland, in hit answer, denies, in detail,
every material statement in tbe hill, and call'
ing attention to the “ scandalous and Impart!
neat matter in the bill,” uya he must decline
to answer such portions, unless tho court di.
recti him to do so. In concluding his answer,
the attorney general saye:
That being invited by one or more of bis co-
defendants to become interested in aiding to de
velop certain Inventions of tho complainant, be
did, on or about February is, 1383, attend a meet
ing of tho parties interested at the residence ol
complainant, on 4% street, X. w„ this city, aid
that except this he attended only two other meet
ings, end that it is exceedingly probablo that there
are many details of this business whereof ho ia
wholy uninformed and u to all such matters he
would rely with more confidence upon the booke
and records of tho company than upon his own
knowledge.
That to far u be wu aware, no agreements of
the parties u between themselves relative to tbit
business were reduced to writing, and are folly
and completely set out in the contract, dated
Natch 13,16*3, which, on his behali, wu executed
by his attorney in feet, lsham G. Harris.
Washington, August 17.—The treasury de
partment is prepared to carry out tho provls-
losa of the recent act of congress authorizing
tho secretary of the treasury to deliver to
rightful owners certain articAa of jewelry,
etc., captured by tbe United States army dur
ing the civil wu end deposited in tbe treasu
ry department. The examination ol articles
on deposit hu been concluded. They
are contained In two boxes and consist of sil
verware, jewelry, portraits, watches, etc. One
of the boxes contained nearly five hondret t
watches—gold, sllvu and braae—and a num
ber of jack knives, pocketbooks, letters, etc.
These were mainly taken from prisoner! of
war, who died around Washington,Capo Look
out and Elmira, and were de
posited in tho treasury by Gen-
oral Ketcham. Borne of thorn, however,
belonged to the union soldiers who died dur
ing the wu neu tho places designated. The
o(her box contained a lit of articles captured
by General Sherman’s troops In Camden, B.
C., in the euly part of 1605. They cone’ ' *
family plate, jewelry, etc., which had
depoutea in a bank in Camden by Mr. MeRse
end ;other wealthy resldenta of thet section.
When the nnion army approached the town,
an effort wu made to tranelor ertklostoa
place of safety ,butdid not succeed u the troop*
came npon the scene while tho transfer wu
being nude. Many of tha principal articles
belonging to McRae won rostered him by a
special act of congress in 1882. An inventory
hu been made and it la thought
tho articles can bo eully identified by tho
owners. They will bo nttorod npon appli
cation, accompanied by utiafactory evidence
of ownership. The two boxes referred to
y of tho character de>
nited Statu trouury,
except pouiblypresentatlon swords belong*
ing to General Twigge and captured by Gen.
oral Butler in New Oriesne. It la an unset-
tied question u yet whether these twordo can
ho restored under the provision! of tho act
referred to above. All tho other articles
mentioned, which have not been restored by
Apill next, will be advertised, and such u
shall still remain in the tnasury for ono year
from that time will be sold at pnhlio auction.
Washington, August 20,—Acting Secretory
Fairchild made the following statement today
In regud to tho fifteen million dollar bond
call: Receipts are unusually large jnst at this
time. Silver ia being absorbed by the people
pretty well, and conditions generally are quite
favorable for each a call at this time. The call
docs not effect tha money muket enough to
make a tight muket a motive, u the bcnili
are mostly hold by national banks,
bnt what little effect it hu
is belpfol snd the public may u well got the
benefit of it. ______
CIVIL SEHVICIRULES.
Washington, August 10.—Upon the advice
of the civil service commission. President
Cleveland hu amended rale nine of tho
amended civil service rale to road u follows:
Rulo 9. All applications for regnlu competitive
examination for admission to tha classified civil
service must bo mtdo on blank forms to be
R merited by tbe commasalon. Requests
it blenk forms of application for
competitive examination for admission to tbo
classified civil sorrice, and all regular applies,
lions for sueh examination shall be made;
1. Iffor tbe clasillled dopartmont service, lo tbe
United States civil service commission at Washing.
ton, J>. Ca
2. Iffor the elasaified custom servlco, to tbo civil
service board of examiners for the customs dis
trict in which tho person desiring to bo exemlned
withes to enter the custom’t servloe.
S. It for tbe classified postal service, to tho civil
service board of examiners for tbs poetoffioo at
which the person fobs examined wishes to enter
^Requnuforblank forms of application to cus
toms and postil boards of examiners must bo mads
In writing by tbe penonl desiring examination,
snd such blank forms shall not bo furnished to any
other person. _
THH FOREST FIRES*
Oconto, Wis., August 16.—The scene from
a Northwestern train, between Fort Howard i
and Oconto, Is a desolate one. A week or so
since tbe land wu thickly wooded np to the
line of the railroad. Now there le not a living
tree left standing. Lut Monday the flame*
swept downthroagh this country, licking the
broth and dead trees and killing live ones I
which were too green to bora. Every pnff of
the winds An np flamu from tbeu smolder.
Ing trunks, which will bum for a month an.
lea n heavy rain extinguishes
the fire in them. A atone thrown at
random into a broad field of gray uhee sends
np n ebower of spuks, and the Ugh tempera*
tore shows that the very ground la on fire. A
elngnlu thing about forest fires it their te
nacity. Farmen say that even after a huvy
rain which hupn tout the fins In tbe timber,
they have dng Into tbe gronnd and found It
on fire to the depth of two inches. North of
Velp and extending northward for a dozen
milts ths woods ara all ablaze and, dried np
by tha first Urea, are now burning like tinder.
Bon. A. D. Candler Renominated,
Gainesville, Ga., August 18.—[Special.]—
Tho ninth district congressional convention
mat hero today, at 11 o’clock a. m. Major R.
D. Winn wu elected president; H, W. J. Hem,
seentary. Hon. A. L'. Candler wu nominated
by acclamation.
Stewart Goto tho Last County.
Covington, Ga., Angnat21.—[Special.]—The
congressional primary hold here today resulted In
the election of Hon. John D. Stewart, of Spalding,
by an almost unanimous vote. Tho town precinct
B rave Btewut ninety-seven, Hammond nothing,
■one of tbe county precincts have been hear
from, but It la generally ballaved that practically
the eutlre vote will be cast for suwart. Thecound
Senator Pringle Denominated.
Sandervville, Ga, Angnst 21—[Special.]—
The senatorial convention of tho twentieth die.
trlct unanimously nominated lion. U. B. Pringle
by a rising vote.
Colonel Roberts Nominated.
Hawkiniville, On., Angnst 18.—iSp»c!sl.]
The fourteenth senatorial convention unanimous
ly nominated ColonelD. M. Bobeits today.
UBS. WINSLOWS 80OTHIN0 SYRUP for chil
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces inCsmma.
Bon, allays algpoto and cures wind colic. 29 cents
a bottle.
Tough Batter.
From tbe Philadelphia Press.
The revenue authorities have not yet de
ter.
nORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
In Nervous Debility.
Dr. a E. Sylvester, Portland, Ms, rays: "(
have used It A nervous debility with moat
satisfactory resnlta."
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Tha Taa Returns of Fatten County for
1880.
Tho tax digest of Fnlton connty, which will
be presentedto the tomptroller general on
8atnrdey, contains, among other things, tbe
following interesting facts and figures:
Polls in 1666—white, 3,686: colored, 1,035;
total, 4,721. Property—white, $32,060,400;
colored, $560,915; total, $32,670,315.
Tho returns for 1885 showed: Polls—white,
3,499; colored, 940; total, 4,439. Property-
white. $31,498,700; colorod, $522,195; total,
$32,020,895.
It will bo seen that the Increase in polls is
two hundred anil eighty-two, and that the in-
create in property is six hnndred ud forty-
nine thousand four hnndred and twenty
dollar!. Thuo figures are for tho county, in
cluding Atlanta. In the city of Atlanta, the
returns show tha number ef white polls to bo
in 1866,2,744, against 2.624 in 1885; and tho
colored polls to he 817, against 764. The valu
ation of property in 1886 A $28,371,815 for
whitee,tnd $536,005 for colored, makings
total of $28,807,320. The valuation in 1685
was •• follows: Property owned by whites,
$28,534,955; property owned by colored, Ziw
460. total $28,971,415. ■■ ■■
Tho figures, u far as they affect the c.j
Atlaat, show a decreasoover those of lut year
of $164,095. Bnt, contrary to tho ex
pectation of many the real estate valuation
for the city shows n largo increase. In 1885
tha total real estate in tno city wu returned
at $18,946,235; this year it A $19,583,415, an
increase of $637,210 over the lut year. Ths
decrease in totel city property of $3,000 there
fore indicate! that returns of personal proper
ty have fallen off $040,810. It will thru bo
seen that the large decrouo in personal!-
ty hu been almost counterbalanced by ths In-
ere arc in tho valneof real estate within tho
city limits. How douthA big Allen off lan
terns of personal property occur?
It A estimated by those who have the but
opportunities of knowing that it A due almost
entirely to the withdrawal of money from tho
whieky business; that tho great
bnlk of tho decrease in personal
property is accounted for by ths fact that the
whisky dealer! cloud out their stocks and
collected their debte preparatory to tho en
forcement of the prohibition Aw.
For instance, one wholesale whisky hones
lut year rotnrned $40,000 of money and sol
vent debts and $30,000 of stock, making n
total of $70,000. The same firm thA year
and solvent debte
lore A $50,000 do-
e.iu,uu
„ Tho
gave in $10,000 of monoy and solvent
cud $10,000 of stock. Thi
the whisky business. Another*
whisky house which gave in a total return of
$60,000 last year ratnrai only $15,000 thA
year, itill another ntnrai $15,000 thA
year against $30,000 lut year. Thou
three concerns alone, therefore,
represent a falling off in personal valuation
of $110,000, or more than ono sixth of the
total docreuo In tho valuation of personal
property.
= Another Mg item A fonnd in tha loss on
barroom fixtnru and fUrnltare. u well u bur-
room stock. Misestimated teat tho average
value of barroom furniture and fixtures in
Atlanta wu $600 for each place. Some of the
finest estsbllshmenA represented an expendi
ture of $5,000 eaji, and brought up tho aver
age of tho plainer drinking places. Putting
the avenge at $500, tbe 125 barrooms
represented $62,500. Al very little
of this property wu rotnrned for taxation
thli year, became it had largely been dAposed
ef, and what wu left wu or comparatively
little value, in anticipation of prohibition, an
other big part of the docreuo In pononal
values A accounted for-
OUR KNOWLEDOB BOX.-
Subscriber, Georgia: I have teen it stated in
Tun Constitution that David Atchison wu once
president of the United States for one dsy. Flease
stele bow it occurred.
He wet president pro tern ef the eenate March 4,
1858, when Franklin Pierce succeeded Millard Fill
more u president of the United States, In that
year March 4 came on Sunday, so that Fillmore's
term expired at 12 o’clock noon of that day,
while Pleice was not Inaugurated UU12 o’clock tbe
next dsy. It Is claimed tbit during Ibis Interval
of one day Atchison wu acting presldlnt of tbo
United States Of course, strictly spsaklog, bo
wm not president of tho United elates. Tbecoun-
try was without a president for one day,
Editors Constitution; It A with ex
treme reluctanco that I enter upon the discharge
of e duty that A always an unpleasant one to me.
The subject 1 propose to dleousa b tbe meaner In
wblch the slate agricultural convention «u con
ducted at C'arUrevUla at tbe lut meeting, end,
furthermore, to make suggestions In regard to the
future.
In the outset, I will say that the convention
should bo conducted In suoh s way that there
could not be the slightest breath of suspicion cut
npon Its proceedings or the discussions allowed
thereto, that would lead anjroro, oven to the moat
Jealous, to believe that It lea purely political
machine worked In the Interest oi eomo one
anxious to step from tho farm Into oongressortho
gubernatorial mansion. Now, Mr. .Editor, 1 board
tho expression from numbers of persons that tho
contention was a political machine, and bad been
for years. If such Is to be the case, or If there is
tboellghlest ground for such a oborge, the whole
bad batter be abandoned or entirely reformed. The
president to his opening address moat unfortunate
ly referred lo the Knights of Labor. ThA sprung
the question to the convention, and consequently
muchofihe voloable Umoofthe convention wu
consumed In the discussion of labor and capital,
manufacturers ud ths operatives, ato., ate., to tbo
nogleet of tbo more Important •nblectein which
tho agriculturists of our state ora Interested. Tbo
railroads of tbo state do not propose to furnish
fres tickets lo ud from tho place of meeting, nei
ther do tho citizens of the towns udcltlee propose
to furnish free hospitality to tbe delegates to aisem-
ble twice e yeorto discuss tho questions or labor-
•ud capital, ud tho political questions ef tbe day.
It A Intended Ihet this shell be u agricultural
meeting to the fullest stnie of lbs word and It
should he allowed to assume no other phase. Now,
Mr. Editor, tho fint ud mott Important question
that should have had tho largest portion of tbo
time of tho convention Is ths question of getting
our formers to takes greater Interest In tbo conn
ty agricultural societies ud in Urn subjects In
wblch their success as formers entirely depend.
Upon toe fint question mentioned 1 think there
was notexceedlng twenty to twenty-fivomtoutea
consumed in !u> discussion while In regild to tho
question of labor and capital muufoatnrers and
sir employees there was at lent several houra
.onsumed. Now, Mr. Editor, tote A all song. If
tha convention bad folly discussed the question of
county agricultural societies ud brought forward
plu of making them a
convention would bevo
te a success, where you sea nice farms, comforta
ble homes and convenient barns ud outbuildings
ud things generally toroughont tho rural districts
looking bright, smiling ud happy you may rest
snored that the country 1s biassed with thrifty
societies well attended, |ud if you were present al
1 he meetings you would find agriculture audits
ilndred subjects and Interests discussed, lead not
those subjects which consumed too great a portion
of toovslnableUmeoftho foil convention of lew;.
Respectfully, W. n. M.
Editobs Constitution: Lest week, How
l's Artillery offered their services to fight tho
Mexicans, We have learned thet ell southerners
who sympathised or participated to the rebellion
ere forbidden by the United gtetev lew* holding
uy office over sergeant In the United HUMS army.
This releases us from our patriotic offer. I hereby
countermud toe order. We have wisely conclud
ed that If others have to be the officer! they can do
the fighting. Uniting rasv go. Respectfully,
M. D. C. HL'MVSRLIM, COpt. II. A.
Eudenvilie, Ga., Ang. 20, let#.
Santa Anna's Widow Dead—Tbo Cutting
scase.
City or Mexico, via Galveston, August 16.
The death of Dolores Foots, widow of the
famous Uexicu general, Santa Anns, A an
nounced. Bha Wu a woman of strong traits
of character, ud had lived iu retirement
since tbe death of her hasband.
An examination of sixty newspapers from
tbe interior of the republic, Inclo l mg journals
of all shades of opinion, show that tho Cutting
cose excites almost no interest outside tha
press of tha capital and tha northern frontier.
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tee. Marvelous cures, Treatiseisndj$2 trial
bottle free to Fit cases. Bend te Dn Kline,
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$60.00 High Aim Sewing Machine for $??.00
WITH ONE YEARS SUBSCRIPTION TO
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION
INCLUDED.
This machine is the first of its kind ever offered tbe publio at factory prices, and oannot now D
bought from agents for less tbu *67—the regular selling price being K0.
lit* the High-Arm Pattern! Hat Self-Seit ing Needle! It Cannot be Run Backward!
Has Automatic Cut-off for driving belt, whiob prevenu it being run backward, thus avoiding til
It te a aolwlcirf light running Machine, accompanied by on illustrated hook of Instructions that
makes every thing so plain ud ample that any lady or child can matter It. We call It
THE CONSTITUTION HIGH-ARM SEWING MACHINE.
' re foil end enti *“
1 be refunded.
OUTFIT—Each machine A supplied with the following outfit! Ono hammer end feller (one pAooW
t bobbins, ene wrench, one quilting genie, one screw driver, ollcu filled with oil.
twelve needles, tlx b
cloth range end tour
ntehedfrec: Huffier,
thumbscrew, etd a
inTWl UIIHUI UIHM Wiui Wl|
:tra ftttxcluacnta aro alto fori
Our Claim* for Superiority ire a* Follows:
A Seals for Regulating tbe length of Itltcb, which enables the operator to readily ascertain UtO
ength of (Utah without testing prevfons to commencing work.
A Spring-Tension Cylinder Shuttle holding a bobbin that carries a largo amount of thread
There is bntbole to thread through, making It the mott eully threaded shuttle In tuo. Tho tcnlioa
may ho ehuged without removing the strait A from m sc nine.
misting stitches.
cotiest operated, best made ud mo _ _
requisite to produce perfect work.
Inviting epnctical test of this machine, wa distinctly claim for U a great lupertorUy in plan,
terial, workmuiblp, ud In its performance. It A unquestionably the moot popular machine nor
An Improvement on'the Singer.
Tha Cheapest and Bast Sawing Machine, with Tbo Weekly Commotion 1 Tsar for Only SIS
Regular Price of the Machine Alone $45 to $50.
Eyhj nubile is geuutud to gin i&lii fiction,or it mj It retorted tad ooiey till bt refolded'
The furniture Is of tbe beet bluk walnut Each machine has a bor cover, adrop leaf, table and
m*chtos| : aa I repre#snira a to 1 toemrt C tiKive^te r
ornamentation and appaanuict, wit* the exception of the lettering oo tha arm and tho trade mark.
has £ §S‘.^d\nT.‘hu 6 -Sra\WSir Uii'longttL* STli
11. It If tha Cheapcftt.
HERE IS OUR OFFER:
Fin $18.00 llie Weekly Consiitulion One Year and the Sswinf Machine
A fiva dais’ trial of ths machine A allowed, and sech machine la guaranteed by The Constitu
tion Publlshlna Cnmpuy to bo u represented, ud to giro perfect saltefoctiou, or it may be retained,
ud the money will be refunded.
special.—We have sold hundreds ud hundreds of these machine*, ud have guars Bleed every,
toe. We hare had ONLY ONE returned.
ud they will indorse what A printed
Editors Constitution :-I received
_tder to give it a thorough trial. 1
all, being easy i nnnlng
MRPonill now
:t to bo perfect lo
‘isafsaa
What Those Say Who Have Tried our Machines.
are^ri:M,«:
-* •' "st A printed below; _
. . sewing machine two. weeks ego.
I have triad It on eeveral kinds ofw<__.
easy tunning udalmost entirely noiseless. There wu a tlnger A
today and pronounced it to be a genuine BIngor. 1 told him Ifcoel;
ill me to* some machine for 156. i would not take *50 tprmlnoandglTe*M tor^
|RIL-U yon will allow utto makes per cantag* on these mESSm, 1 /hlnk 1 ou send yoa several
8. T. Whitten. Gogglnsrilte, Oa.-I received the mackin* which I. ordered with the ConstltaUog
A Witioe Improved, ud consider youn ssuperior machine.
J. A. D. fiykef, Bock Fond, Ga^-TM sawing machine koogbt from you glTrap«f«t ssttefsetion.
This U the votes of tos people. IteadttaadheadlL ^mtoktfiUWlemiawnbU. Hundred*
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