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Newspaper Page Text4 37?e Life and Times Thomas Jefferson Being the First Part 0/ a History 0/ the United States CHAPTER XLIX. After the expiration of hie term as vice president. Burr was adrift A com bination of the Clintons and Livingstons In New York, aided by Hamilton, had de feated him in the race for governor; and after he had settled old scores by calling Hamilton out and killing him in the duel, a sudden wave of indignation had driven Burr from the state. Indictments for murder had been found against him; lie could not return. Jefferson had taken sides with the Livingston-Clinton faction, as any practical politician w- nld hove done, and Burr soon realized that he had no footing anywhere. The president re fused to give him i foreign appointment, or to otherwise aid him, and he became desperate. V. hat his famous -plot was In reality cannot be known with certainty. I.ate in his life tie declared that lie had intended to do what Sam Houston arid others did in Texas. Andrew Jackson certainly un derstood that suin' su.h d sign against Spain was in contemplation, else he would nicer have gone so far with Burr as to call out his Tennessee militia. The purchase by Burr of tile large Spanish grant points in the smn direc tion, as did the talk at Blenn-rbns< i:'s island, where M xiean empire vi is the burden of the song. Bat the overtures which Burr mad ' to Grot Britain first, and then to Spain, and ’1: n to Franc’’, disclosed a purpose to' sjvei tl'.e union. It may be safely i-sumel that hi would have stopped a* nothing in tn- < ffort Io retrieve his fortunes. There was a good deal of s-cret plot ting and planning, ipiu-r <ll I etches, . that, purchase of supplies, . oil.- -:;on of boats, employment of men. journeying up and d >wn the Ohio and th- Mi--issippi. Had Burr concentrat’d hi■’ mind upon the effort to wrest territory fre tn Spain, talked that and nothing but it t. fritLr ing away no unnecessary time in social festivities, he n.bgiit hive done something great in the s-m’iiw .;. Such a design was familiar ii th’-so r”.;ioiis, and was popular. Georg.- Roym I'l.rk” had . meditated such .1 scheme, mid had found no difficulty in gathering up volunteers. I Others had brooded OVc ’ similar plan-, and the sentiment favoring tleni had | only to organize to b--com • formidable. ■ It was Burr's misfortune, however, to , put faith in Genm! J.ini”s Wilkim-op. as : hotter m< n than Burr !. 1 I '” Historians of our r public differ in i many things, but nr. to this mm Wilkin- I son there is .1 ccn.urr.nc” ”t opinion that : gives the wearied r d.-r of contradict! ms I a positive re ” V :L‘i '' n '' voice, ; and by a rising v ■ >'■ s-rib' s 01 every 1 persuation d'-i.-ur ■ Wilkinson. A-mil. ■ cowardly. tr”: ; lu’rous. a brib< -t.i k"r j from Spain, a traitor t > th. I nited , States, faithless in I ■ ■■■>' ms. public I and private, n•• stand-’ on ■ " pillory -ids . by side with B-m-dlct Arnold Burr | trusted this r- n ■ s W .1-hii’.ut-n had : trusted him. I’ was to Wilkinson that rt. ■ J» was • Wilkinson wh • had it in his power "to j give away” th v > < o’ispiriu y. And h*‘ v ' ; . This main prop fa*.mg. the rickety i fabri. Ml Wilk.num having letravd his chlPt. tl ‘ ‘ S CWIJ- -■A If it 1.-,.; . . ■ r I -l. II in - iuU u li>n make an armed i uie au- thorities of the t'nit.u ;-t.iti . he w ..s It. no comfit' n to d.> -■> when 'he <H i - . came. At the first noth:- that pneideii tial pro. ' iniati ms and legal w.-riants were out .-igiit-t Burr, l:is <><•.>■ *" I fell aw v , 1 1 1 :i isi■ ■ ■li- ■■ ■ ■■' " 1 ' ovation. Burr eiisgui ■■ 1 Inais " I cape •'> il.-' gulf, but in Alab.m a was | r< ogtnz ’1 ■ I arr. Mi I’■l 1 ■ 1 • 111 i preparation .m l pr -. i-ns to \\ nkinsun s I disclosuris at’ units had mad. to ■ check the ."t.-rpn,- with ernn mil pi..a- ; cutions, bat tin s • 1, u signaliv M'ed. 1 Nothing < ritnii- il <- . I • st- wn. Now, | however, 1: was iliought that high treason 1 had been ■ ommit.t d md wo tld b • • asj to proc. I ■ ■ • Bin ■ t: k. nto Hi-hr.-.ond for trial, ii-’ was ui-mmy re g.-.tii; ab, most I .p..- as .1 * . ..nimi* Ga- -■■' ’r;' By virtue ‘ ; as Teffer | BOH b. im. Vi- I--’.’. 1:> ■ 1>: ' .’or, ; John Mat ling judge very I for tun it -’y >r ■ ■ • ; ,; y?. ,) |g nj ; . '’’ ' ‘ • S fII Jll 111- j ton. m.u.-I '‘l"' •!■ "' ' liJ " • H!lli 1 his trial l>< im ■ hn.mt m attempt Io I convict Thomas- J. fi ts-.p of b. 'h crimes a”-l The tone in whi ’1 Marsli.ill referred to - Whi 1 I’’ iiv. all ' d •' 1. tlie < -ntemp’-iris .ttitmlo of Burr himself, made this e. h-bra i.-d trial a poisoned thorn in .!■'fersot -• side. Neither couitl j- havt been so >t ii g to th president to olv ; rv' h’>w a sum* r>>oins had been fitted up fthe distinguished ’;i’isoi 1 *’r. .i i- »w h lillx i o was serve ! b- - t.-’i . The bouquets of clioil flow. ts Wiiich were showered upon Bu■ ■■ < o', d : »t ii v<i smelled sweet to Jeff, rson Ti. C delicate not. - that wore sent in b: la<li-.-• fair, those honey ed messag s. th orangt s, pine tpples. npricots and 1 ispb-rries - :hey certainly could not hav, t ~= • d right to Jefferson. The semiroyal b >■< which Washington Cigarette and Tobacco Habits CU»i~2 FREE IN ONE DAY. Bach of the undorflgnv J f r l.lmsvlf freely ar..l voluntarily ;i < follows: I hereby certify v it I was completely and permanently curd of tin tobacco hob!* by a free sample package of T . i > S;«: iflc, more than a year ago. I have positively disliked tobacco ever since I >k the sample, have not used any in any f- rnr and my health has been better than It was before. I state these facts freely and voluntarily, hoping other vic tims of the tobacco habit will profit by my experience. Chas. Ducote. Richmond, Mo. G. w. Edam, Box 200. Glenwood, Wls. Susan I. Moore. Santa Rosa, Mo. R. Coffey. 826 Frank St., Chattanooga, Tenn. W. II- Phnereon, Belmont, M>. James Robertson. Berwyn, Bi. James M. Ward. Southern Hotel, Chicago, 111 Henry 0. Hobson, Greensboro, Ala John W. Kenady, Tex. Gilbert Broom, Dallas. X. C. Carrie Tllea, Genoa, Fla. 31. G. De Witt. Tucker, Ind. Ter Hundred* of other people have had the Mme experience with sample packages of Tobacco- Specific. It Is a harmles.-, practically taateleee remedy which can he given In drink or food and will positively cure any patient without his knowledge Taken by the patient him self. the remedy is just ae certain to cure. The Rogers Drug and Chsmical Co., 600 Fifth and Race Sts., Cincinnati, 0., will send you a tree sample package of Tobacco-Speclflo in plain wrapper, if you eend your name and addrwa. Send cl once. held fts president of the republic had not pleased the plain Thomas Jefferson; but how about those levees which were being held In Richmond, where Vhglnians ctowded on each other’s heels to pay court to high treason? Washington's banquets m.-iy have been too stately m their etiquette; but how about this Kicii mond banquet, where John Marshall, the judge., and Luther Martin, the prisoner's lawyer, sat down at a brilliant feast witii the prisoner on trial? Jefferson's wrath became a consuming tlume. Almost beside himself, he railed at Burr, at Marshall, at Martin, jogging the elbow of the district attorney at every step. supplying him witii copious sug gestions. and exerting himself to the ut most to have the evidence ready. Burr's beautiful and brilliant daughter came to Richmond witii Governor Allston, of South Carol in.-i. her husband; and they w. re both present at the trial. Andrew Jack=on was on hand, delivering street harangues against Jefferson; Burr was a pe r S'-e"ted man. and Wilkinson was an infernal scoundrel. Young \\ infield Scott was tin re. an eager spectator; .md so was Zachary Taylor; so, also, was Wash ington Irving. Among the lawy-rs for the defense was l-'dmund Randolf. who...- .-haract-r had beer. compromised, but whose legal talents were indispensable. i'he leading counsel for Burr, however, was a volunteer. Luther Martin, a won derful lawyer, whose intellect and learn ing were the glory, as bls intempr-rance and 5 loyi-nliness were the shame of the M -rvlnnd bar. He had offered his ser vices, partly from generosity and partly from spite 'l'h<- generosity had its origin in fellow feeling Martin being a rabid ' derali't. The spite grew out of the | ..dious prominence which .1, IT.-r. on, in the Notes of Virginia, bad given to Colonel Cr.-sap, the alleged murderer of the fam ily of tlie Indian chief l.og.in. I.other Martin bad married Cr-sap's daughter, a:., 1 , tie- family ,-i. Jeffel. di a bitter grudge. The animosity. Hn-n. of at least five of the men who figured in the I trial was intense; John Randolph, of | Roanoke, foreman of the grand jury; I Thorn is Jefferson, practically tile prose- I enter. John Marsh ill, tile presiding judg -; ■ Luther Martin, the leading lawyer so- j the defense, and .Aaron. Burr, tin- pris Om-r at the bar. It was a g: -at battle 1 The ,-ittorneys who prosecuted w re no . match for those .who defended, although - one of those who appeared fort! .• gov < rnnient was Willi.mi Wirt. Burr himself was a great case lawver; i.ul Lutli- r M irtin had no rival, for William I’inck nvy. of Marx land, was not then devoting I himself to the law. But evm bad tli’ re been a balance ns betwe n lawyers, the huge adv linage of h iving Marshall on the bench eot.ld not hive been overcome. Under his rulings, the gov.-rnm nt could not make out a e.'ise; and the prosecu tion went to pieces. I taring t'a< trial the . hi< f justice actually attempted to i I compel tin- presence in court, as a wit -1 ness, of the president of the Unit'd Statf>. yfr Jeff-rson .1 .’lined to honor the supena. lie was exlrem.lv indignant r.t the conduct and rulings of the chief justl.-e, but he did not call him a dog .-<« Mr. William Eleray Curtis stat s. It Was Luther Martin to whom Jciferuju referred as the “itnprlnclpi I federal bull log.” who ought to be "muzzled.” So early as No.emb'r a, ISOi'., the h, lature of A'ermont invited Mr. Jefferson i :ii’' a candidate so: a third term. In lie ■emb’-r J-he state of Georg a join.-d I iu ti nt request. In January. ISO7. Mary land fell into line, and then came Rhode Island in February, New York and I’ennsylvania in March and New .ler'-y an. North Carolina f.iilowed inter. Eight \-nine electoral volts were then necessary to a choice and Mr. Jeff, r son had already been temleied the sup port of safe republican states to the .-.umle r of 7'j vote.-, with Virginia. So-.i’it i'ar din i, Ohio, Kentucky and Tenm-.-.-eo to hear from on t lie formal proposition of Jefferson's deeh-. red eandidaey. Apparently hml h.- claimed a third term nd put his f:Tmds to work 1- e- '1 tin . ■• guften It. At tli.it time th. re was no settled prej- I : dice, no unwritten law ’.poll t r sub i ject. Washington had merely declined I reelection, declaring no principle, and i putting no ban upon a third term. Mr. Jefferson had originally favored a single I t’ rm. and had stated that it v. is the i al. se his political enemies ii. ap.-l upon [him that e.tus'-’d him to s-<:k vindication i in bls second election. ‘ As to the third term he did not hesl l tale. Firmly and conclusively he de- I clined to I eci me a candidate and he pro- I claimed the principle, which, like his ; Monroe doctrine, has become law. He : declared in effect that the third term : was dangerous In principle, appealing to . the lessons of history and citing Wash • trgton's illustrious example to support i 1 Is position. | "It some termination to the service of chief magistrate be not fixed by the con stitution. or supplied by practice, his of fice, nominally for years, will in fact be come one for life, and history show.-- Imw casily that degenerates into an inheri tance. "Believing that a representative gov ernment, r sponsible at short periods of e.ection, is that which produces the great est sum of happiness to mankind. I f - -1 it to be a duty to do no act that shall csrcntially Impair that principle." There weTe other reasons why Mr. Jef feV§un declined reelection. He was worn out with the cares and the confinement of office; he felt that his mind was be coming Impaired arid he wished to spend his remaining years amid the beloved scenes and companies of home, lie yearn ed for peace, quiet and Monticello. But it would boa mistake to say that he quit his post feeling soured, humiliated or self condemned Mortified he doubtless was at se-. ing New England giving aid and comfort to ’he enemy lier newspapers Hying mot toes of "Resistance to arbitrary law is duty to Gad." her treacherous 1’ ckcr ings feeding the insolence of British min isters, Ker good dity of Boston adopting nullification resolutions, her judges and her preachers trumpeting rebellion; out lie could hug to his breast the consoling fact that three citizens out of every four throughout the union loved him, believed In him, looked up to him as one of the gieat men o? the world. The votes of the legislatures of the various states, as well as tne addresses of public bodies which poured in upon him, assured him of his hold upon the hearts of his people. Above and beyond the annoyances and humiliations of the last few months .f i Is term, his record of glorious achl vc ment lived In deeds accomplished, a monument more enduring than brass Os this he felt assured. His work would speak for him when he was gone, How THE WEEKLY CONSTTrUTIOBTi ATLANTA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1903. truly great that work was the small men of the hour could r ot know. Poeterl ty alone could realize bis full stature, life is just so ordered that the miserable crab can always draw attention to him self by gnawing the tee of some Hercu les. The crabs know this and the toe finds it out But after all, after all, thank God! the great man Is a Hercules and the wretched crab Is but a crab. Only the Hercules can do the twelve labors; the poor crabs can just get buck to their holes -that and that only. The New England preachers, editors am! judges who denounced this great man as tile paid tool of "Bonaparte;" the piti ful Callenders and Masons and Cotton Mather Smith's who tiling mud at him, and bespatfered him as lie passed—where are they? Where are their living words, their imperishable work'? What portion of the human race is happier and better, what part "f tin- union stronger, richer, brighter, be.-ause of their having existed? Who brings offerings to their shrines, who lights tapers at their altars, who drinks inspiration from any roek which they smote? Dead, dead are slanders and sland.-rers; dried long ago and fallen off the mud they tiling upon the stately Vir gjnkin. Towering through our national history, like the Rocky mountains whi.-h lie brought Into our republic, range the gr< alm ss of iiis deeds. Eternal as the union itself tire the principles he im pressed nron it. Tlie poison of monarchy was entering tile veins of our body politic; and lie drove it out. Aristocracy had begun its int ri-nc]iment s, and he leveled them Io tlie ground. Militarism was about to be established, ami lie eIK-ek'-d it. 'l'he pub lic. debt was being posted in perma nen'- , :iml 11- v.ell-nigli extinguished it. Heinm.- i in li'-tw:en 111.’ Mississippi ami tlie Atlantic wo were about to be con demned I’, a national position of the thir l -1: : .s. a tempting prey to stronger nation-- girdling us round about. With a swoop of the pen be spread our f'-on tu rs luv.. rd tie .- i.iii' t, -never resting till tlie foot of his pioneers touched tlx shoe of tile western sea. When he took the oath of .-ili.-i- liis country was a strag-i ■liing Illi.- of seaboard s<-tlb-ment s; when h ■ laid down his trust lie left an . mpiri- - the grandest i-ontinuous realm dedicat’-d l . .icni'H r.i- v that tile world had evei ; It is tri' t| ■' federalism vet sought to wool” 1 him. but its refuge was the New i line'.md I- wn. its power was gone 101-! The question had once been whether tl". I tv..' . hi’-; inanistt.■ t’s were kings or ion- ■ sills; tiiey were now known to be the clii fl ,ia;- ot th’ir masters, tliepiople. No' longer a "g.’-al !>'a«t" whose self-eoti-I Stitut.-d master: could her them o-il from th ir own government, the ni.is <-.« wi".'’ tn i va-.,-, r ai'd It" el.’- lor dared to vote -■-'.: tin I X- to Hie expressed Will. 'in-- prirogative of the president had! ■ u.-e b'-i-n Stretch-d to give him arbitrary! . ontrol of tne lit" and liberty of tm'! citizen. No si.cli law could be repeat’d. I 'l'he tongue and the pen of tlie citiken had once been shackled and prisons filled I v. 'h vi- tans of t \ t’at.n'a'.'il p- rsccution. | Arrogant f"d. rallsm could not do that - again. B-.ic’-aidy, patiently, ■■ revolution hid I"-.a; broi'giit about it. the national gov ‘-rnnuiit, just as I'-’’ same retormer ha 1 r. -. ■ Jut lot.iz.’il Virginia. N’ t mori sur. had J.-ffe-son found ids ovvti state vergi' ; ' toward feudalism and aristocracy tiiaii . bl found tile nation lx amng 'ovvard moi.-I .-.rel ieal methods anil jirtt cipx’S. Ili: triumph for demo.-rn.-v in Virginia. : Free Help to Sick and Weak Simply Write Dr. Hathaway, of Whom You Have All Heard, Just How You Suffer and He Will Tell You What to Do to Quickly Cure Yourself at ; Home- —Save Doctor Bills. - ! Eight Medical Books —A Small Library in itself—Free to All —Send to the. Doctor for the One You Want. 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Make up your mind to write Dr. Hath away ihc first spare moment you have, sine" it costs nothing anyway; he will nurse you back to health mid it will not be long before you are again hale and hearty. had not been greater than that which he won for true republicanism in the broader field of the union. CHAPTER L. "Nobody in this world can make me so happy or so miserable as you. Retire ment from public life will ere long be come necessary for me. To your sister and yourself i look to render the evening of my life serene and contented. its morning has been crowded witii loss after loss till I have nothing left but you.*' In tins strain Mr. Jefferson wrote to his daughter Martha while he was minis ter to Fra nee. To ids two girls he was botli father and mother, lie shared their griefs ami joys; he selected their books and directed their studies; he watched over tlie development of their minds and their bodies; lie instilled into them tlie wisest precepts and tlie purest princi ples. Down to the very shoe-strings that tied their shqes, lie gave his personal at tention to their every want. Public de mands upon his time were never so ex acting as to shut out. ids daughters. When they were absent his long, affec tionate. instru.-tlve letters llowed to them tn almost unbroken lines. Wliat were tliey doing? Wliat books were they read ing? Wi re they keeping up their music, lessons? Did tliey practice dancing two hours per day? Did tliey always keep Im y at some useful work'.' Did tliey w< a r tlieir bonnets when they went out in tlie sun ami wind? Were tlie flowers yet in bloom? Had tlie mocking bird ar rived? Wli.it were relatives, friends and neighbors doing and saving? When did tl,” olue birds app. <r" When were the fiist chickens batched? Is tlie garden nourishing.' Gossip and family matters mingle witii r.” t.-- .-onc.-rning tlie gravest matters of state; and questions concern ing e. i tain hogsheads of tobtcco tin’ lol loped by lite annoum ement ; "Mitalwnt Is d. id. " In ISOI lx- tells Maria of a visit to Mount v. 1-non and of the kind in quiries wliii it Mrs. Washington made af ter her-a letter which would seem to dis prove the existence of any coolness be tvv. ■ n the two famili. -. General Wash in.ton was dead; lint Jefferson would hardh hav • been visiting the widow at h.-i horn.- in the familiar manner of tiicnd.v int'-i.’our- ■ if lie and Washing ton bad been cstrangi d "Continue al w.i -. s to love me. and be assured that there is no object on earth so dear to my heart as your health and happiness. My t.’iuler.’st affections always bang on you. Adieu, my ever <!■ ar Maria.” Running through all this tender corre spondence the i.-fr. it i ■■ “Be good, lie good; 1..- ti:--’-I'll I; tvi.r im idle, always lie at same work, love -nature, exercise iu the open air. l> ■ faithful to friends, wi: h no evil io eni-mii s, do not beg for a i>\i i dug', do not be angry; above all tilings, l.c good and useful if yov would and happy." ' 'l'lio morning of lif- ha. liecn crowded with loss after loss Hi! 1 have -nothing left hilt you; to y > ir sisler .'Hid vourself I look to 1-’. lid’ I 111- < M l ing of life serene and happy. Th" evening had now- comp, and tlie aged statesman was turning his f’-et Jiomeward; but only one of tlie daaglitvis was left io tfiak.- him ser.-’ie and eontent- Id. Mat in, till- "vision of beauty," to" fi.id to boar up under the burdens ot moth, ihood. ) lid di- d 111 HO-I di’d in the ■spring time, win n stieli a loss seems doubly eruv'. It vviil l)i remember ’d Hint on-’ ot Jef ferson's earliest friends. a boyhood favorite, the confidant of his first litlle love affair, was John Page, of college ■ lays. After all the shifting s-ones of id . Mr. Page was -now governor of the i i’d Dominion, while J'-ff'-r,■-• m was presi dent. in tlie time of iris griof for the loss of his daughter Mr. J.-fferson was con soled by the sympathy of his old friend and ichoolmate, Bagt and Mr. Jeffer son's lett'-r of i"'ply reminds one of Ed mund Burke b.-vv.iiiii: - his only son. “When you and 1 look back ov.-r the country, over which we have passeilj wii.it it field of slaughter does it exhibit! Wliero are al! the friends who entered it witii us, under all the inspiring ener gies of health and hop.-" But vv. have the traveler's consolation, every step short ens tin' distance we h.-iv" to go; the end of tlie journey Is In rigid, tlie bid where in we are to rest, and to rise in the midst of tlie friends we have lost. "My lo - is great itnl' ed. Others may lose of tii'-ir abandon- but I. of my want, have lost ev.-u the half of all I had. "My i-vs itit pro-pfi-f:-' now hang on the si.nd'-r thread of a single life. The hope witii which I looked forward to tlie mo ment wlum I was to i''t ire to lint do mestic comfort from which the last great step is to be talo n Is !'■ arfully blighted." So it came so Mr Jefferson as it comes to us all- the horrible discrepancy be tween the h ipe and ike realty, between the plan and the result, between what we a.-d< innocently and passion ately ask- -and what we receive. For mere than thirty years Mr. Jeffer- •on had held office, and with the excep tion of his four years' term as vice .resident, he had always spent more than its salary. During bis pr sidency he had iot seemed to be extravagant, but he tolled up a $?0,000 debt, and from the vui'dens which came upon him with that ilefieit he never escaped. The truth Is ■'...-it he bad some expensive habits which ie could not shake off. lie loved to have rlends around him, and this meant lav sh Entertainment. If the president’s ;ouse was always open, which It was, md his cook was the best in town and lis meals the most bountiful and appe tizing, as tliey were, why should any • speetuPie citizen pay for ills dinner at a. fourth-rate tavern where tlie victuals nd cooking were poor, the wine and ■ <>ffee weak, the company nudistingtiish -d and the conversation dull, when be nuld enjoy tlie very choicest viands, i mpani.msbip and talk at the executive mansion, free ot all expense.’ The facts were undisputed and the ar gument was unanswerable. -Mr. Jefferson tad all the patronage and expenses of n free hotel. The actual cost, of tlie food consumed In one year was about S7,(X>O. Tlie wine till was nearly $3,000. The stable bill 7, as more than SI,OOO. Servant hiie was nearly $3,000. Os course these expenses varied with the years, bitt th'-y give an idea, of what j cost him to live at Washington. To .. exact on tlie item ot wine, Air. Jeffer son's own figures show that he and his ■nests drank $10,855 worth of wine dur- Dg liis presidency. Besides the cutlays f money, there were tlie services of .laves front -Monticello and the value of .revisions hauled in from his farm. Every yar he spent hundreds of doi ■ !irs for books and tor charity, besides the sums he loaned and the thousands le put out on building. His »-j- •-b•4« *4- • •4*•v•T •T»v • t house was apparently incomplete as yet, for in 18til there is an entry of more than $2,0C0 for building, while In 1802 the .sum charged Is $3,500. It was about this time that the famous mansion was at length completed—a house which was commenced in 1709, thirty-three years b«- fore! Another expensive taste of Mr. Jeffer son was iiorsi-’S. it took tile best to suit him, and he loved to have lots or them. We have already seen that he kept eight saddle horses; how many carriage teams lie kept we are not told, but liis team consisted of four. On one of each pair iodo a driver; lie would never trust to a coachman and lines. The four which l>ulled his carriage while lie was presi dent cost him $1,600. Supporting an establishment like this in Washington, he kept up a smaller one in Virginia, for liis daughter Martha and her children made tlieir home at Monti cello. Thus the outgo was enormous, while the only certain income was tho presidential salary of $25,000. Ov'.’rsei’i-s had charge of the farm, tha negroes were not made to work, the crops were small and the lands washed away. I'he W.-yles debts appear to have pur ‘-ix-d him from liis marriage till his death. In the year ISOO we find him excusing himself to Thomas Mann Randolph, who had applied to him for money on the ground of the Wayles debts. Mr. Jeffer son was not able to oblige liis son In law because of the losses lie had sustained by his father in law. After Mr. Jefferson’s death there was found among his papers a courteous let ter from the agent of the Wayles credi tors asking about further payments. Thus It would seem that a d»bt of less than St’u.OOO pursued Mr. Jefferson fifty-four years, devoured about 40.000 acres of land .-iiul was still voicing the appetite of ths horseleech! The habit of setting down iu a book • V’-i y cent one pays out for stamps, shoe .-iriu ---, htir cuttings and shoe shines di.es not, of itself, prove extreme care in larg’-r matters, in Mr. Jefferson’s <-.‘-e such a habit, certainly proved nothing of tli” kind, for when ho woke up to tlie laet ilia’ ho could not get away from W.’shingl’ ti at Hie end of liis presidency without borrowing $7,000 or SB,OOO the reality came upon him with a shot k of surprise. Thrown into tin "agony of dis tress," lie wrote to a friend in Richmond, staling his mortifying situation and ask ing the friend to borrow the money at one”. Until tlie relief should come the anxious pr -sident would not be able to sleep. The Richmond friend hurried about, got the loan, tind sent the money to Washing ton, where the most pressing demands were met. and the president tranquilized. At the inaugural ball it was noticed that Jefferson was smiling, genial, almost gay, while -Madison wore the look of anxiety. Vlas for those Virginians—Jefferson, Madison, Monroe! A lifetime of hard work for the nation. glorious results aiiitevod, highest offices held, splendid opportunities enjoyed, and an old age of debt, poverty and financial suffering to face at the end! A heavy drain upon the resources of Mr Ji-ft'orson a’ter his retirement from public life was tlto company which came to Monticello. Nothing like it was ever seen even in Virginia. I'anions the world over as a statesman, a o-holar. an experimental fanner, an ain.’itenr si i.-ntist, an all-round philoso pher. a post genial host, tlier,.. were le gions of p >ple at name and abroad who want .1 to see Mr. Jefferson. Nobody was turned away; everybody was bountifully entertained he and liis wife, child, nurse, man servant, maid servant, horse and dog. ■|'h<‘ guest, was fi-d bettor than he was us-d to nt home, the mansion was a ’.let ter ho is. . tlie view was superb, the air salubrious, the water and the wine good, if the guest loved books, he found the b- st library in Hie land, if be loved hunt ing and fishing, tlier.’ were tlx- rivers, creeks ami woods. If solitude was his delight, he could stay in Ills own room and have servants to wait upon him. If lie dot -d on Howers, music and polite con versation, lie found all these attractions. Jay in and day out, at Monticello. \\ ti; should tlie guest lie in a hurry to It :.ve? Why not spend tlie summer right there? He did. He spent tlie summer, was ,-isk'd to come back next summer, and he did so. it. became Hie regular out ing place for some of tlie nicest people in .Am riea. Some stayed py the week, some by th-.’ month. Some came singly, some with retinues. Sometimes a whole family would move in and spend sex oral months. Fifty guests were known t” spend the night there at one time. To feed these caravans, to prepare extra, beds, bedding, furniture, washing, iron ing. etc., required everything ] rodue'-d at Monticello, and more besides. The overseers had to haul coin and meat from other farms to supply the short age. Some of these visitors were rela tives, many were friends ami most, of them were worthy people; but the nuis ance grew with Indulgence until the abuse was intolerable. Professional tour ists, idle gad-abouts, promiscuous sig'nt seets, thronged bls drives, lined his ter races, made themselves at home on ms lawn, followed him into his groves ami gardens, peeped at him through tlie door, kept guard on him through the window. Tlie inquisitive female who punches tilings with ix-r parasol came, of course, and she pck”d out a pane of glass to get a better view of Mr. Jeffetson in his room-the lion in liis cage. The ardent parent who points his in structive finger nt things for the benefit ot ids little l)o\, and then holds up Hie little boy so that he may get a better look, was there also; and Mr. Jefferson, CURES WEAK MEN FREE. Insures Love anti a Happy Home for Ail. How any man may quickly cure himself after years ot suffering from .-exual weakness, lost vitality, night losses, varicocele, etc., and en large small, weak organs to full size and vigor, tfiini’ly send your name and address to 1 . Liiai’i- M.-'llcal I'o., 1933 Bull Building, Detroit, .Mich., and they will gladly send free receipt with full directions so tlini any man may easily euro liimself at home. This Is cer tainly ti m..st generous offer, and the following extracts taken from their dally mail show wliat m. n think of their generosity: "Di ar Sirs -Please accept my sincere thanks f. r yours of recent date. 1 have given your treatment a thorough test and the benefit lias belli extraordinary, it has completely braced me up. 1 am Just as vigorous as when a boy and you cannot realize how happy 1 am." "Dear Sirs -Your method worked beautifully. Results were exactly what I needed. Strength mid vigor have completely returned and en largement is entirely satisfactory.” ■ I), ar Sirs -Yours was received and T had na trouble In making use of tlie receipt ns direct ed, an t can truthfully say it is a boon to weak men. 1 am greatly improved in size, strength and vigor." All correspon'leni’e is strictly confidential, mailed in plain, scale,! envelope. The receipt >■' ft' e for Hi') asking and thoy want every man to have It. * By * THos. E. Watson, Author of "‘She story of France,” "Napoleon,” Etc, sitting on his portico of tin evening, wuh expected to fit ftlll and look while little boys and Instructive pare t were mentally biking his photograph• Between his dining room and study was the hallway, or passage, and stratTge la dles and gentlemen would station them selves there to catch a glimpse of him as he went to dinner. Consulting tlieir watches from time to time as people do in connection with schedules and circus announcements, they would await R inevitable hour when the sage would have to emerge or starve; and then as made his way to tlie dining room he would be followed by that candid style of com ment so characteristic of some folks when they are in other folks’ houses Rank imposes obligations? Sometimes. But Virginia hospitality imposed its obligation at all times. Mr. Jefferson might repeal primogeniture and entails—he dared not lay his hand upon the venerable tyranny of custom which turned the dwelling into a promiscuous free hotel. The honor of Virginia was at stake—Virginia hospitality must not bo shamed In him. There was no privacy possible under such circumstances. Tho companionship of his family and h.s real friends could not be enjoyed. Uninter rupted reading, quiet study, were out of tlie question. The place crowded with GOVERNMENT REPORT ON WHEAT AND CORN Washington. September 10.—Tne monthly report of the chief of the bureau of statistics of the department of agri culture will show the condition of corn on September I to have been 80.1 as compared with 78.7 on August I, 1903, 84.3 on September I, 1902, and a ten year average of 79.3. These figures, as well as those on oilier crops, indicate tlie condition on Sep tember I and no attempt is made to anticipate the results from future weath er conditions. The following table shows for each of tho twenty prim ipttl corn states the av ettige on September I, 1903, and one year ago with the ten-year averages: Sept. I. Sept. I, 10-Yr. States 1903. 1902. Av. Illinois 77 94 83 lowa 67 9 1 82 Nebraska 80 101 69 Kansas 72 9! 63 Missouri 76 102 82 Texas 9 1 37 73 Indiana ... 76 99 85 Georgia 89 66 87 Tennessee 91 72 81 Kentucky 81 82 84 Ohio 67 93 83 Alabama 99 54 82 North Carolina 86 88 87 Arkansas 90 90 85 Mississippi 98 60 78 Virginia 83 84 85 Souih Carolina .. .. 83 81 82 South Dakota 89 78 74 Oklahoma 72 80 59 I’ennsylvania 79 90 85 United States 30.1 84.3 79.3 Tiie average condition at harvest of winter and spring wheat combine.! was 74.7 against 80 on September I, 1902. and a ten-year average of 78.3. The following table shows for ea. h of the seventeen principal wheat states ti e condition on Seplcmo r I, 1903. and one year ago, with tlie ten-year averages: Sept. I. Sept. I, 10-Yr. States. 1903. 1902. Av. Kansas 80 49 68 Minnesota 76 81 80 North De»"ta. 73 94 75 South Dakota 83 93 70 Nebraska 75 96 72 California 76 78 82 Missouri 53 101 78 Indiana 66 88 74 Ohio 75 89 76 Illinois 59 90 69 Pennsylvania 82 80 84 Oklahoma 84 60 8i Texas 83 50 75 Washington 78 93 92 Tennessee 67 56 84 lowa 64 74 85 Michigan 85 90 74 United States 74.7 80 78.3 The average conditio:, of the oats crop on September I was 75.7, again -t 79.5 in -August 1. 1903, 87.2 ”1 September I. 1902. 72.1 on Hie curt spending date in 1901 and a ten-year average of 80.6. The average condition of tobacco on September I was 83.4 against 82.9 one month ago and 85.1 on July I, 1903. The average condition of rice on Sep tember I was 93.6 as compared with 92.0 one month ago and 93.5 on July I, 1903. 'i'lie number of stock hogs now being fattened is 5.1 per cent less tlitin tbe number a ago. R”p rts as to size and weight of stock hops imii■•ate a condition <f 95.1 as compared witii a sev”U-y'ar average of 94.2. The report a!s.) includes fruiis an.l va rious minor crops wlileii v.dl be pub lished iu detail in Tile < rop Reporter. Peach Crop Statistics. Ri :urns for the jear show that the peach crop last scas-'U in Georgia lias j “Bill Arp’s” Last Book. “From the Uncivil War to Date. 1861 to 1903.’’ With Ilia Weekly Constitution One Year ONLY $2.00. Last Opportunity to Secure This Delight ful Volume. This new Look by “Bill Arp" contains fifty-six of his inimita ble letters. The selection of them was made by Colonel Smith him self. The letters are all characteristic of this homespun philosopher, who in our own columns entertained the southern people so long by his wit and wisdom. The book contains 410 pages, is upon splendid paper, is well printed and bound in cloth and is an ornament to any library. The offer is to furnish the book with The Weekly Constitution one year for only $2. Part of the proceeds of the sale go to support Mrs. Charles K. Smith, Bill Arp’s widow, in her declining years. If you are already a subscriber to The Weekly Constitution and wish the book alone, IT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU UPON RE CEIPT OF THE PUBLISHER’S PRICE, $1.25. THIS IS YOB? OPPORTUNITY. Address all orders, with remittance, by safe methods to The Atlanta Constitution, - - - Atlanta, Ga. miscellaneous men. woman, children, ser. vants, doge, horses, was no longer a homo for anybody. The owner of the house was simply a boarder In a crowded inn, where all the others had a good tlm« at bls expense. In other words, he had spent thirty years and a fortune in pre. paring a place to live at, and now it wa, rendered worse than useless because Vl r . glnia hospitality and -ils own good na. ture would not allow him to act upon the principle that his .private dwelbng had been built for himself. Oncu a year he had fairly to run away from Monti, cello leaving it ail to overseers, nogroet and company, while ho sought a little rest at Poplar Forest, 90 miles away. Here he had built another mansion, at th, close of his presidency (regardless of those debts), and on this remote planta tion he found the rest, recreation and iprivacy which had become impossible at Monticello. Mr. Jefferson never lost affC'Ctionats interest in any member of his family, They were all welcome to his house, had free access to his purse, and a warm place in his heart. Every year one t his carriages would be sent down into Roanoke county to bring his s’, t’-r, M n Anno Marks, to Monticello, where spent the months of summery TO BE CONTINUED. fall, n off In the figures for mo|< ments in the way of exportation. The num ” r t ear loads by freight for the past four years follows: 1902 '’ so3 1901 •’ 1083 1900 137 d Tn addition there were 43.173 pack:ig<s shipped from Georgia by express. I i statistics for the past four years in the number of pounds of peaches shipped out of Georgia by express are given oolow. The figures are those of the Georgia <ll vision of the Southern Express Com pan'.’ end do not Include those shipped over tho Seaboard; P”un * 1903 ’ 138 ’ j 902 3.1 29.31 6 !90l”"".. 2.927 H 3 1900 3.475.291 While this sen -mi has proved to b< an off year the prices have been unusually large, which has helped much in maki yg up the deficiency so far as the fruit growers arc concerned. TO DEEPEN RIVER CHANNEL. United States Engineer at Fayette ville. 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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, September 14, 1903, Page 4, Image 4