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FAYETTEVILLE GA
runklin
THE CONSTITUTION.
ITJUL. XA r iI.
ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 9 1885.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CRESCENT CITY GLIMPSES
JTfie Kew Orleans Liberati-Cable and the Creoles
—The Old French Quarter-A Feep at tl
Market-Quadroon Fall at at. Paillippl-
With Old Somes and Bistorier.
New Oueeaks, June 4. —IBpecial Corrwpond-
Cncc.l—it was on a levee bound street car at six In
the morning. A trio ol us bad made n,> to rise
When “dawn lint dappled the cast” and view
3adtsou park in ita moral ;* freshness and the
adjoining French market in 11s early atlraud
Vitality, while the basketa ot r. cs and plums and
the hangs ol their pretty vendors were at their
test, hut two ol the trio had found It Impossible
to abase OH the spells ol Morpheus, and so It hap-
rened that I alone balled the car on Its Jingling
Course levee-ward.
It was well filled for an early car. There were
Women slim and fat with big market baskets on
their arms, trim clerks, working
men in blouses and working girls
neat and dean, but with sallow, care-tonchod
brows. And there was one little bloasoa-facod
dot in a pink gingham Mother Ilnbbard, witn
basket beside her as big as herself. Stic confided
to me that there was a bran new baby at her
bouse, and her mima had sent her to maiket for
the breakfast radishes and steak,
I have over-looked my vls-a-vla. He waa a dll-
lerent type from the others. Uo was dressed In
while dnek, with (he long ends ol a nccktlo atrag-
Sling over his shirt front that had a brown stain
upon it. Snuff. I saw him take a big pinch of
It from a lacquered round box, but bo ted
bis mouth with {b and not bis nose. Said
nose was a isrge one with tinted eye glasses pinch
ing Its bridge, and behind these a pair ol eyes,
Email and sleepy as an alligator's, bat capable,
llko that reptile's, ol emitting a green Hash when
ftromed. I law this exemplified presently.
Next my oddity sat a rubicund, roly-poly Indi
vidual, with a bint of the retail grocer In the odor
01 cheese and coffee that lingered abont him. He
Was sociably Inclined and conversed affkbly with
a gannt looking woman on his right, whose seedy
garb and grim look suggested the keeping o! a filth
rate “bathhouse." He glanced at the little man
In white duck, who was burled In his Times news-
**.rfuv newav” the (atone ventnred at tut.
“Yes, Victor Hugo Is dead,” was tho brie! reply.
“Huger Let me sco. Ilorget exactly who ho
Was. Oh! Big Now York man, banker or railroad
owner, wasn't hot”
“No."
“Government blgbng thent”
“Is It poulblo you don't know who Victor Hngo
Was? The great teacher ol tho world-tho greatcat
light since Shakspcarc. Not to know ol Victor
lingo is-yes, sir, It la a crime.”
Heglarcdatthcmanol floor and molasses, who
Subsided into a sickly smile. Then be Jerked the
car strap and made his exlb The little grocer
looked alter him rcsentlnlly:
“Humphl” ho granted. “A crime not
to know aoout a deed man! Every
body's dyin', and tho world's lull ol big men—so-
called. And Ibis here onejest a teacher—that's
wlist he said. One ol them public school auperin-
tendent fellows, Ircclcn, They're mostly hum.
bURH.” .
Thcwoayiu tccMo him nodded svmnethcUc-
"Rbcdeol the great Fi«/Khtmn,’cou".lyou have
been present In this one-horso chifrlot. bow the
leathern ol your superb and moat Justifiable vanity
would have drooped. Here waa the mightiest
mind cl modern times—a genius of the race and
lineage ol Ehakcapearc, to whom a continent did
bomsgc end performed pilgrimage; ldolol caprl-
Clous Faria (or moro than hall a
century, with her fairest women cherishing
a rose from his button-hole or n stran ol
EUkeu white balr from bit coat-collar, with her
| greatest critic, (Mr. Benan) balling him on the
floor ol the French academy as .the one muter
poet, whose genial hu, throughout tho coatary,
struck the hear for ua, who hu given body to our
dreams and wings to onr thoughts,” yet In this
car lull ol ruled humanity thcroare probablynot
three minds that havo felt tho coruscations ol
this "grand llghh” So much for the boasted
“Universality ot Fatfic" of this great muter who
Etrnck the full gamut ol tinman thought and emo
tion-novelist, poet, dramatist, soul ol Ideal Imag
ination, heart ol warm human sympathy.
One cannot smile contemptuously at the emo
tional Parisians who surged in blockading masaet
Into (be street ol Victor Hugo's home, when tho
jtewa thiobhed through tho city that he wu dead;
sor at the artlata and photographers who poshed
and fought through the crowd hoping to catcb,
With pencil or son ray, the feature* o! the dead
poet; while, through the throng that portal at her
coming, moved the Beruhudt, all In white (torn
threat to Instep, bearing a crown ol while roses,
wblcb the laid at the sect ol the dead, with the
murmured words, "Good night, my brother." She
bad the privilege to call him so, by right of his
own broad sympathies and ol the kinship ol
genius. She had given a soul ol grace and passion
to bis bona Bol. Not such a sou! as Rachel gave
It, but then the centuiy had but one Rachel, u It
bad but one Victor Hugo.
I was roussd from my dream ol the dead poet,
whose treah tomb la to day smothered In flowers,
by hearing a question uked and answered con-
coming the little spectacled man who had rebuked
the grocer so sharply. “Who la be?” wu queried,
stud the reply wu, “One ol tbe writers lor the
Picayune; writes poetry and politics, and inch
like." FoUtlea and poetry-queer botch polchl
ro this wu one ol tbe lights ol thecltypren! The
limes and Picayune are two excellent dallies and
the weekly fssuea are filled with well written
original articles. The poetry In the Times
la particularly good. Somebody Is “to
the fore” In the cdltoilal lore* (la it Major Barks?)
Who hu e line appreciation ol poetry, Hia en
couragement hu brought ont two or three writers
who arem genuinely Inspired. One ol thaae, who
hu beta contributing regularly (under a mascu
line pen nsme) such strongly Imaginary poems u
“Une Tlgrtaae,” "Mardigras," "Fever Drums,"
tbe Times formally unmasked hut Benday in a
column and a hall artlcleof eulogy and quotation,
and the face revealed la a lair lemlnlno one. An
other writer ol exqnlalte verses tor tbe Times,
under the pseudonym "Stecrlortb." died neently,
and wu then known to he a lovely, rarely gtlted
woman of MlasiaaippL
New Orleans hu several well known awn
and a number ol lesser lights Us her
literary cocsullatlem. Cable and Gayane, every
body bat beard of. Mrs. Toonaend (tariffs)
though the had brilliant local fame, Is not so
Widely known u aha deserve* to be. Bbc hu pub
lished tereral volumes of pcems -servers! o! which,
among them the beautiful ‘-Credo”—are lamlilbu
u household words, bat hu longest poem, the
“Captain's Story,” with 1U repressed pathos end
fine dramatic climax, is known only toa compara
tively narrow circle of admirers. Mrs. Tool sail
bu lately lataed a fresh book of poems, aad she la
mow busy with a week on Mexico, embodying her
Jmpnisien* ot that unique land—Its historical
tradition*. Its society, potllloa and aotatry. Tbit,
She tells me, will be e work ol thought and labor,
but the values her poetry more than bar prose,
andtheiarlg^b for poetry, u Matthew Arnold
tells us la tbe most perfect speech of man—that la
which be come* nearest to tailing the troth.'
Bn. Tcucrend Is * sc dely Idol, pnusmed ol shots-
dan t means, majestically beautiful with tweet yet
atauiy mansasa, with taro good Intelligent and
lovely daughten and a cult tired, congenial bus-
band, she la cue of the few “writing wean” whe
are happy in their home relations. She writes for
both, the Times and the Picayune, and her arti
cle! are always lull ol thought and grace.
Another attache ol tho Picayune Is a well-known
southern poet
What hu become ol Molllc Moore, the Texas
poet who wrote 'Minding the Gap,' 'Tankards.'
and so many spirited poems aud lilting lyilos?”
we often have sated ns.
She Is living In New Orleans In aqnalntold house,
and she la to be read after In every Sunday Pica
yune In qneer, fanellnl aeries ol sketches which
the calls “Keren Happucht and I.”
List Imaginative bnt more practlcaland ptqnant
are Catharine Cole’s Sunday contributions to the
same paper. There was a duhol Fanny Fern's
caustic flippancy In these when they first began,
bnt the writer hu become more earnest and artis
tic. She comments on local matters and every
day happenings. She writes with graceful facility,
yet whit the says la strong and to tbe point. And
oiten In pointing ontaome social wrong or munic
ipal short-coming, her pen thrusts aro sharp and
telling.
Mr. Cable, who hu won moro
notoriety by his lut winter “negro advocacy,"
In the Century than by his previous sketches and
stories la not now In town. It Is uld he It not
londol staying In the city, ro long his home,
whose social features he hu photographed moit
dlitortedly, «0 Ha citizons declare. The Creoles'
black eyes flash when yon nttor Cable's name.
They do not scrapie to give him n title ol which
perverter ol truth la a mild cnphemlam. They
tay he has wilfully, lor tho aako ol plctnresqne
effect, belittled their Individuality in hluketchea.
They aticrt that he knows nothing of the Creoles
ol the higher type ol which the Beauregard
and Gayarrc families aro representative*. M.
Gayane, Use distinguished historian and csuylst,
called upon the author ol the “The Grandisaimca"
and demanded of him:
“Tell me, Mr. Cable, of three creole families ol
good standing whom yon knew Intimately. Tell
me, and I will withdraw my asiertlon that you
are Ignorant ol tho charactcrlittca yon pretend to
analyse,”
It la said that Mr. Cable lolled to name the throo
families.
And yet, prejudice ulde, these creole sketches
are some of them exquisite. “Passan Jcnc” la
the most delicious bit ol (nn I ever laughed over,
and “Lea Belles Demoiselles,*' “Tlte Panllettc"
and “Madam Dcllcense” are charmingly told
stories. They exhibit the creole character u
quaint, child-like, Irresponsible bnt lull ol
grs re, charms anil piquancy. I was
forever thinking ollhe characters In thoso sketches
u wc rote through the old French quarter ot tho
city—the Bne Boyslc, Buo Burgundy, Chartres,
and other streets. Tho o yon see these old qnslnt
housca with low ovR hanglng eaves and mouldy-
tiled roofa, weed grown and mossy. Mtny ol these
old houses tre ol stuccoed brick Irom which tho
plaster hu dropped away In patches, giving them
an eiyilpelu look. They have rickety balconies
overhsnglog the banquette where dark, thy cyea
glance at yon throngh tbe vines.
They have tiny high walled gardens, overtopped
by orange and ctape myrtle trees whem mocking
birds sing on moonlit nights. In tone
portions the tqnslor Is almost ori
ental; tho tide ol llfo seoms stagnate
aud one lOEca oneself In a dream ol old Creole
days. Is that tbe lace of acaballcro peering from
tbe little deep aet window ol the cafe dcs exil
whet*adozwf Bor-,infg »’ ■~ a r'rj
wi-i-Msakn That brown-eyed O'
creamy skin and Jhtiv ii'fr-pinllr,/' A&un
presently dress In white gauze .-■i/fUlciM tho
quadroon theater hall on Condwqf/cet or Rue
81. FblDipe?
Those quadroon balls were one ol tho most
unique features ol old New Orleans. We can
hardly realise about them now. They were at
tended by tho sang par on tho male tide, lor tick
ets were high priced to exclude tho vulgar mag
nates ol tho government dab, leaders and lcarnod
professors, but not one of tho brilliantly
drused women had a drop ol black
blood In her veins, though tho skins ol
many were magnolia white. Outwardly, all wu
orderly and lair. Bowaol stately, hlgh-tnrbaned
moment lined the walla ol tho long ballroom, and
throngh it flowed a current ol atlkcnrobcd sirens
In pink and white muks, behind which their
black eyes shown like stare. Yes, outwardly all
wu polite, good order, yet many a bloody dad
on tho famous dueling ground ol slaughter homo
point above the Cbalmette barracks and the old
Jsckaon battle ground, owed Its beginning to the
bnl masques o! Comle and St. phllllpc.
Many ol these old houses are haunted by lezendi
and traditions. Here la one, weather beaten,
with batten windows, which onr ciesrone points
ontat the snppcted homo ot the Pirate I-afltte
when he relumed to bis native city In disguise
alter hla pretended death and
repentantly turned hla 111 gotten gains Into phil
anthropic channels.
Here Is the site (onr guide Is ready to asrear to
It) of tho haunted mlllbonso where tho mlllee'a
seven beantl/nl daughters wero carried off-one
alter theother— by a “bold bad man,” supposed to
he the KvU One himself.
The old St. Louis Cathedral and the antique
buildings that flank It—one ol them now used by
the supreme court lor Its scaloni-are studies (or
any student ol the historic put. The place Congo
wu the scene ol the old bnU fight* and the faunout
drenut ol Cayteno-prinee of the ring-who
'towed hit sawdust every Saturday for bis Sunday
show.” Bagalette clubs, bull lights, (quadroon
theater balls and CSytcno's circus, tre tbloga ol
the pest, and cn the old French quarter there
seems to havs settled a qniet melancholy, apa
thetic plaintive repose. On the dreamy afternoons
ot these rummer llko daya, it aecms'a place
where it le always altcrnoon.'
UNDER NORTHERN SOD,
Bow It Was Celebrated In Ohio's Caplt»t-l Vial
to tba Camp Obese 1’ri.on eurrlns Oronnd
-rive Tooueand Southern seen Burled
Kilt Out a single
Mx-av E. Raves.
GRANT’S HAVrUJI.
A Touching Scene Which Ocrnrred Whan
tho Hero Waa Supposed to be Hying.
From the New York Herald.
A story la told by tbe Glenda ol General Grant
ol the scene which teok place on iheThnradiy
morning when It wu thought the nation'! hero
waa dying. The weeping family were grouped
around tht bed where the old soldier lay wearily
and pelnlolly breathing. Hla thin, while hands
clntcbed the counterpane and hla eyes ware closed,
Suddenly Dr. Dongles placed hia ear to tht sick
man’s breast and strode from the room hastily.
An Instant later he relumed with Dr. Bhrady.
“Nothing can save him," nsnranred Dr. Dong
les.
“Brandy,” mnramred Dr. Sbrady.
“He can’t swallow. It would kill hla.”
"I’ll give It hypodermically.”
“How much?”
•'A banellnl, If necessary."
Terrs fell from Mrs. Newman's eyas, end aha
called upon her husband to speak to her. Then
the Bar. Dr. Newman procured a silver bowl
filled with water, and with hla flogs re he tprlokled
tbe brow ol the soldier and haptlx d him.
A smile dawned upon tbe white features and
the bln* Hpe moved faintly. Then Dr. Bhrady
injected tome brandy Into each arm Then was
e faint Hollering ol the hurt, as .of some Mid
weary of capuvity, and then It slowly returned
'^ffie®uaedD,. Newman.
"I believe he will get well."
■ Cwr prayers bate bun answered," mid the
Ci *7ihinkltsrMteehearty,’’observed the pby-
tJriiDs bcmbJr. ,
Gestral Grant yesterday felt tbe effect* of hi*
CoiraBCT, Ohio, June S.-[8peclpl Correspon
dence.)—Memorial day is quite an event In the
north, although the custom ol oelehratlng It Is ot
comparatively recent date In many states.
Tbe cn>tom icemi to have been flrst Introduced
Into the north about IMS, by a certain General
Murray.
While on a visit south about that time ho uw
the ladles decorating the graves ol their heroes,
and wu >o Imptcssedrby the touching and bean-
lilul ceremony that ho Instituted the custom '.In
bis own stale ol New York when he returned,
Since then It hss grown rapidly tnlogcucrat favor,
until now wherever there Is an union's sold let's
grave there wHl he fonnd a wreath on tho 30th ot
May.
The memorial ceremonies this year were much
moro buntllnl and exteulve than ever before,
throughout this wholo state, as the dispatches
show, while at tbit city they were very Improt
slvc.
There are acveral “Grand Army Republic'
“posta"at this place,and quite a numborof "posts"
came In from neighboring towns to Join In the
celebration.
Right hcio, Just a word about this “Grand Army
Republic” trastnesa, II you will pardon tbe di
gression!
A gecat dee] is and hu been said about tho aeo
llonal feeling and animosity exhibited In the
sonlh towards the north, but I claim that at this
day there la not u much seotioual lecltng In (he
south u there la In the north.
I maho this assertion cooly and calmly, without
any partisan feeling or partiality whatever, and
which assertion la the rcaultof long and close ob
servation ol tho people ol both tccilona.
There aro reasons why this stale
feeling exists in (ho north more
than the sc nth.
In the fleet place there la not a town ot any size
stall In the north, hot has Its G. A. R. “posts,"
composed ol the old veterans.
Thcso men meet, two or threo times a month, or
ottener and talk over old times and give their ex-
peritmees and u a greet many ol their experiences
were net of the pleasantest kind, It It
not to be expected that the revival ol them will
revive very plcaunt feelings towards the other
tide, They sing the old war tonga and bare a
regular reunion.
01 courso this probes the old wound and keeps
IhlDgs stirred up aud keeps the bitter memories
ever In their hurts.. But In the south there are
no such mcetlnga; they have no victorious songs
to sing and to the average southerner as the war la
an nnplcaunt toplo (or It only revives the moat
bitter and torrowlnl memories possible, so he
avoids It and In that way thotectlonal loellng diet
out.
In tbe corth, tho very children,
soon as they un lisp, are taught
the word “rebel” and to halo tho sontb. They
hear their parents talking about It contlunally,
and to by constant friction llie subject Is kept
bright In thgleiplnds. andcfjrourso «s '-bey
-Olff.q pa-,* (b.q. Ol,
rj.o dwarf any liberal ideas they inny form.
Indeed, the rising generation la tho north
seem to be moro bitter than their lathers.
But to proceed:
At an early hour tho veterans and their Irlendr
were Irahiported over the Midland railway to the
buntllnl Green Lawn cemetery, where tho graves
ol tho heron were handsomely decorated with
flowera and wreaths and trailing vines, and the
•tern natures ol tho scarred and brorded men grow
tender u they gently strewed their tokens ollovo
on the last resting place ol tomo dear departed
comrade. And when at the word they all knelt
upon the grassy award, while the venerable min
ister bowed hla silvery bud and prayed tbat tho
God ol mercy would tako care ol those
who had fallen In the performance
ol what they thought waa their duty, a fervent
"amen" went up Irom tho kneeling hosts.
Thenwlth uncovered heads they sang that bean-
tllul and touching old hymn which will never
grow too old, "Nearer, my God, to Thee.”
This closed tho ceremonies at the cemetery, and
after circulating among Iho graves lor awhile and
reading many a familiar name on iho headboards,
they relumed to the city. In the afternoon a pro
cession formed and marched to Goodala park,
where the apceehu were to bo made. The proeea-
slon wu very large, consisting ol tbe police and
lire depulmenta, all ol the Grand Army ol the
Republic posts In fall uniform, the various aaocat
societies ol tho city In their guttering regalia, fol
lowed by icvcnl companies o! tho Ohio National
Guard mlUtlamen,among whom were the famous
Company A, Fourteenth regiment, that did such
cffectlTO work tl the Cincinnati riot, and lut came
a wholo army ol school children, tho girls In
eighteen large wagona and tbe boye marching
bravely on foot, all slugtng, “We'll hang
Jeff Davit on a soar apple tree,” "John Brown’s
body,” and other like “patriotic" aonga calculated
to drown the memory ol the put and teach the
children to forgive and forget.
At the park tho old veterans made the woods
ring with their war tongs, after which tbe ipccchee
occupied the rut ol the dey.
In tho morning, Instead ol retnrotug to tho city
after the ccrcmonlca at the cemetery, 1 took a cut
across the fields to tho former afte of Camp Chase
prison pen, which I anew lay some two mite*
southwest ol Green Lawn.
Alter walking tomo dfetancc, and not being able
to cxectly locate tho place. I accosted a man who
waa crossing the putnre with a ptflol sallk, and
asked him U heconld tell me where tho Cemp
Cheea bnrylng g ound wu.
He eetbli pell down and thoaghUally scratching
hla bead, taldi
"Camp Chare burying ground?”
"Yea, dr; that’e It.”
"Wat, I dnnno ol any afich placejhcrcabouta.”
'Oh, r« Ton do; where they buried Use
confederate sold ten who died it camp chat*
during the war.”
"Ob, yea! I gntu yon mean the old rebel grave
yard ; that’s wbat we all It round here.”
“Tea, that's what I mean.”
“Wal, yoo Jut glt la the rood ont than, aad
follow It along tIU yon come to that little white
honse yonder; thtt'e where Bpb (Ugh lint, end
Use graveyard la Jut 'tether able of his honse,"
I icon (ound Eph Bligh'a white houe, bat ins
lurpilted when 1 uw the graveyard!
A dilapidated board fence, broken down In
many placet, inrronnded a lot of tome three or
foot acne. In which lay what remained of fire
thousand gallant roldlen.
The mounds, where there hod been mound*,
were tnnken and even with the ground,the wood
en headboard* long llncc rotted away,
A aolltary cow waa using advantage ol the
good paitnrage, and wu braining over the grave*
ol the heroes.
Thu* wu not* headboard or any Indication
whatever that the** were graves, urt In on* cor
ner ol tht eacloaora there were three marble alaba,
onto!lhlchbeHtUs*tallowing legend:
ORDNANCE SERGT.,
ltd MM. Ban.,
rnti.-ren nr Bra-Win,
Here wu cvldenre of n woman's fore and only-
It a devotion, watch tsU little slab bora wltnem to.
Twenty ytan ol 'K-intlT* t*4| upon it, !m
imreylt.und.a'one. a n.W. wltneu ol a wit.’. JJJg BULLOCK BONDS*
It'jaltr.
Theiowere many weary railed between Ohlo’i
Fresh brazes and Mlsshslppl's ihJMiy skies, yet
ike traversed them all and nevir faltered ’till she
reached her husband's grave and placed true aT
reetlon's offering upon it*
/si looked upon the poor neglected graves,
that the briers and brambles, more mondial than
mao, wore tenderly wreathing, my heart was
filled with something akin to bitterness to think
ibf t only two short- milea from here there were
graves of soldier*, brother! to these upon which a
whole city wan strewing ita garlands, while these
were only kiaced by the sunlight, embraced by tho
wondering me, while tho summer wind iutho
trees played a solemn dirge.
Oh, poor fellows! Yon wore Just at noble men
fought Just as bravely for your cauae, and were as
much heroes as any; but yon woro a gray jacket
Juslea d of a blue, and for that reason your grayos
are not honored, and so ono places a single flower
at Its head. While wandering around the place I
raw an eld man coming up tho road. Drawing
b;m into convenalion I learned that ho was an
o?d reside uter and knew all about tho plaoe, and
he proceeded to glvo me some Information regard
ing it-
“Yon see,” raid he, “Camp Chase lay orcr thore
.yondtho gully, and took up some 11 ro huudred
•Crtt.
Right In tbe center wero the prison building*,
surrounded by aoout thirty othors u«cd as bar
racks.
There were aa high as twclvo thousand prisoners
bcie at one time, and the placo being a regular
*xop, and so many union aoldlers around, It waa
a’mcst impossible for eny ono to oscape,
although two fellow* did get away alter
lining a major, bnt they caught them down about
J'ortemouth and brought them back hero and hung
them. Here’s their graye; 1 planted this bush at
£he head to mark It “
“Old man Briggs, who llyca oyer yonder Just be
yond that neck of woods, can tell you all about it,
fer he hu the names of nearly all burlod hero and
ran find their graves by measuring.
'The state used to pay him to keep the fenoea
und Lead-boards up, but about *lx years ago they
at it paying him and ho quit taking caro ot it
'I tinker around some, myself, now, mending
fences here and there."
I supposo the most ot these men died irom ex
posure and discau ?"
Yes, but tho small pox broke ont and carried
'em off prctlyirapldly; then tboy hurried a good
many In trenches."
I looked down and could Just trace tho outlines
of tho trenches, two in number.
Thferc, I thought, lies many a poor fellow whoso
return was looked for In vain by some gray hatred
mother or saddened swoetheart, but tho months
and tho years rolled by, and no boy esme homo,
for bo lay moldorlng lu a trench under
a cold, gray northern eky.
Bidding the old man goodbyo I squeezed
through a gap In tho fence and went my way.
As I passed oyer the hill I turned to tako e last
long look at tno place. Tho sunlight streamed
brightly down, covering every thing with Its
glory. Tho breezo played hldo and seek lu tho
grarccs, tho wild vines cluing tenderly to their
graves, and the ono llttlo monument stood out
iltar and dazzling white.
§lcep on, bravo souls, tho e’eep tl.it knows no
Lzaverr .ml jon* mjd crated am|
wJbUsefiljoiirwSaWl nn drotaod dn (list
last da; when all men eland ns cquali liotoro the
Maker ol the universe. Elion.
lb* a ter. Told by Hon. N. J. Htmmsnd, Wao*.
Theroux;, coarerBano* with tba Matter
JUtkt* It Vtrr Imerratine to Taos*
who *ra Not Posted-Alto., Alio.
TO HIS AIOTHKlt BARTH.
Tl*. C.rcmonl.e to Alteml tho Hurlal of Sir,
Stephens la Granfortlvllle,
CitAwronnviLt.x, aa, Jnno 8.—|SpeeIal.l—Tho
following formal ceremonies will t,o observed on
(he occasion ol tho removing ol tho remain* ol
tho lato Illustrious governor, Alexander II. SIC-
phens, by the .Stephens Memorial association from
Oakland cemetery to their Anal resting plsco at
Liberty hall, Jnno 101b. Immediately upon tho
arrival ol the cars with tho remains at Crawford-
vlllc, at 2 o'clock p. m.,'on tho tho abovo named
day, tho body will bo placed In a hctrio and a
procession formed, consisting first
relatives ol tho deceased,
officers ol tho isaociatlon, tho orator, ol tbo
occasion, officiating mlnleten ol tho gospel, mem
here ol tho aseoclatlon, pall bearert on either aide
ol lire hearse, distinguished friends ol tho lament
ed deceased and citizens and visitors generally,
which will proceed to Liberty hall, wbero tho re
trains will ho placed In tho sitting room and tho
services will then bo opened with prayer by tho
Bcv. Jaa. F. Edens. Alter which an Introductory
addicts will he mado by non. Geo. T. Barnes
president ol tho eaooclatlon, and addressee by
General Robert Toombs and Colonel Henry Jack-
son. Alter tho conclusion of wblcb the remains
will he Interred In a tomb prepared to receive
them and the services closed with the benodlctlon
by (bo Bcv. Jaa. F. Edens.
All those who have been icleetod to act as escor ■
or ].I1 bearers aro requested tomcet sttheKlmt
ball borne at ball-past seven o'clock on tho morn-
leg ol the 10th, preparatory to prococdlog to tho
cemetery to lectlva the remains.
Ouwrosbviua, ua, Jnno 8.—[8poclal.|-Tho
Stephens Monumental association hss boon busily
engaged for eeveral weeks arranging lor the re
moval ol tho remains ol Iho late
lamented Governor Alexander H. Ste
phen! Irom Atlanta to Liberty hall, which
fit* been repaired and Is now receiving the lut
strokes'll the painters' brushes. A beautiful lenco
baa been erected In front ol tbo hall, and Iho tomb
la being prepared to receive th* remains. Spoechu
will to medo by Hon. Goo. T. Rentes, president ol
the eisoclatloo; General Robert loomba, and
Colonel Henry Jackson on the occasion ol re
moving tho remain* ol tho groat commoner to
their float retting place at Liberty hall,
ilia uni) tothr raoraary.
AoertTA, June t.—To-day Adjutant-General
John A. Stephen*, who la th* executor ol hit late
uncle, A. U. Stephana, will atop at C'rawtordvfUt
and execute the deed ol Liberty hall,Mr. Stephen*'
old borne, to tbe Stephens' memorial usoclatlon.
Yesterday tho work ol preparing thagnva for the
remains ol theold commoner wu commenced In
the front yard ol Liberty ball, art everything will
be In utdlneu lot tho ceromonlu by tbo 18th in
stant.
An Incident 1* th* N.t Turner Rebellion
From the Baltimore American.
Rear admiral Thornton A. Jcnktni, rome time
•go, wu Interviewed by a reporter, and among
the interesting reminiscence* ol hit lifts wu tbe
fbHowlsglncldentlnrelitlonte tho Net Tamer
lervlle Insurrection of Uhl, la tbe Soulhempten
Virgin!*district. II* said; "I wu a young offi
cer tnd had J u*t come homo Irom a foreign oraiu
in 1881, and Uraihipdropped anchor In Btmploa
rood. Onr commander arid Co me: ‘Jeaklns, I
hear they are murdering your people op tht river.
Go and get tome money from theporaerand ac
company the detachment I am going to and to
eoppveao the lareireetlon.’ So I gat IW and
etarted.” “Did yon are Rat Tomer htmariir'
'-Ye.; he wu a *maUMh man of • sinister conn-
u-nance and a negro preacher. Be ministered to
at!
JntTnnicr'ithlof olScerwithoaabra,riding
ara sssar
bang pie. 1 woB’tclvaupr With tbla tht same
took off the negro’s ad, tnd H waaabown around
acd fold lor %\b. Bol bare Men tbe lowr-
rtetfoaa: Km T«uv*r>, John Br**WB’%-*lv> «n>
Heaaxi. Spools: For moro than twclvo years
Oeoigia has becu denounced as a repudiator of
iioncit debts. The natter haa been discussed In
legislative halls, atato and national, and in the
pubJIo press. Tho verdict of the country is written
in tho fact that all along her credit hu improved
and tho moneyed world eagerly seeks her four per
cent bonds at a premium* Very lew now pretend
to believe the slate dishonored. Some so talk for
pay, other so mo for aclf-protectlon.
Discussion of the subject la therefore uielois.
But the publication of governor Bullook’a card in
Thk CoicsnTimoN of tho 1th Inst, makes a rehear
sal of the facts appropriate* The old may bo re
freshed and tho young may be informed theroby.
R B. Bullock wu made onr governor in July,
1SC8. On October 2kl, 1871,ho wrote hla resignation,
which waa delivered on the 80th of October;t871,
aud Benjamin Couley, then president of the sen
ate, wu sword In ns govornor cx-ofllclo. Govern
or Smith wu sworn lu ou the 12th of January,
le>7?»
Wheu Bullock became governor the debt of
Georgia wu S3,827,000, of which $429,000 wu paid
while ho was governor. When ho resigned tho
bonded debt wu (13,150,060, and ho had indorsed
brr namo on railroad bonds up to $5,783,000. Tho
grand total was over eighteen millions of dollars,
This# figures are from tho boud committee's re
port. That small debt, made in over ono hun
dred years of prosperity, wu trebled In three
years of our poverty aud desolation.
Tho history of this startling Increase would be
IntcreiUng, but la too long. Dut as Governor Bul
lock, In bla card, directed special attention to tho
railroad bonds a word as to thorn. Ho said that
"We havo been for flitccn years past collecting
annual taxes on fifty millions ol onhaucod valuo
of onr taxable property; Aa^laoroue dlrootly
traceable to the good (fleets o! tho new railroads
built under that legislative aud executive author
ity." Tho taxable property oi Georgia lut year
was bnt *9C,9H,?63 moro than in 1870. 01
that about slxtceu millions represent
railroad proi>erty other than ol thoso endorsod by
Governor Bullock and not taxablo in 1170. About
twenty other millions aro In factories not taxed in
1870. Tho whole enhanced value Is about fifty-Avo
millions. Ten*elevenths ot tbat Oovaraor Bullock
attributes to tho las than a half doieu now rail
roads indorsed by him. The statement wu reck-
lets. It Ignored all other sources of lnoroaao. Tho
facta mako It ridiculous.
The first aid offered wu to endorse tho Goorgta
Air-Lino railroad for 112,000 per mllo by act of 2ist
September 18G8. Its building onhanccd values
from hero to South Carollua. But tho aid did not
dolt; for tho offer wu refused. Tho Uacon and
Augusta had been partly, and would have been
wholly finished without tho state's aid. Tho
South Georgia and Florida, tho Dalton and
klorgantou, the Balnbrldgo, Cuthbertand Colutn-
bnsand thoCartcrsvJUoand Van Wort complete
tho list for UGS and 1SG9. Eco ns to somo ot thcso
Inter. The uppctlto increased by feeding. For
nl of txibtlug roads which could
would accept Audi aid n«w qompaulA bad V
he chartered. Jfreaih ol these tbo lndorsumddt
of tho stato for from $.2,000 to 813,000 per mllo was
offered upon tho terras specified in thu constltu-
lion, and the completion of scclloiw of ten or
twenty miles of each road.
Governor Bullock signed ten such charters on
tho Vth of October, 1870; one os the 22d, six on
the 24th; three on tbe 25th; four on tho 2fith, aud
three on the 27th of October, 1870, To stato their
names la useless. No man can Imagine whero so
many railroads In Georgia were noedod* The
muHltudoof roads to beso aided, spawnod upon
our statute book in that fruitful ten days, might
have Increased ad Inflation! had not the project
ors run out of names of corporator* and of
places to connect by railroads on psper to bo built
by paper. Very few of them wero ever built or
even begun, Moro might havo been had not tho
“dcvolopcrs of our resources" and tbo offi
cial JuiJoncr run ont of tho stato.
In that card Governor Bullock aaid that uolthcr
tbo legislature of 1872 nor Its committeo averted
tiiht the iiillroftd Ixjii'lh woiu “fruii'lilteully Hill
ed" but “held that the republican legislatures of
18C8-’0-70 was not ‘our legislature' and that tho
people of tho state woro not bound by that legisla
ture," because, as they said. It was “bastard."
True ho saJd tboy declared certain acts ttnooniU-
tutlonal, but he made no explanation. As ho
demonstrated the quoted objection ae the “moro
logical" view ho seems to Intend that tho refusal
to pay the bonds was tho result of passion and not
of Judgment and taw.
Tbe case was one Justifying, It not demanding
adjective#, but let us see whether they are not pa
raded to becloud the argument. hiJoro 1801
Georgia could endorse for Internal Improvement
at will. She did In several instances, and In ail
Joat money. Fronting by experience her consti
tution of 1801 forbade,for those purposes,any tax
ation except In corporate towns and clUos. That
was reaffirmed In tbo constitution
of lt)C6. The reconstruction constltn-
Uon ol Jb& repealed that prohibition. It
simply declared, "Nor shall tbe credit of the atate
be granted or loaned to aid any company without
a provision that the whole property of the com
pany shall bo bound for tho security of tbe atate
prior to any other debt or Hen, except to laborers;
nor to any company In wblcb there is not already
an equal amount Invested by private persons, nor
to ety other than a work of public improvement,"
Without stopping to learn what that means, Ut
ua cite Instances for application of tbe law. Tbe
Balnbrldge, Cuthbcrt and Columbus railroad
company was Incorporated by act 18th March,
1800. It waa to have tbe same aid offered the
Georgia Air-Line In 1848, That waa when it “shall
have completed and telly equipped twenty con-
linnona miJee at either or both ends of lie Hoe,"
the governor should fndono its bonds at 112,000
per mile for those miles, and so on as each section
of twenty milea waa so completed and equipped.
The Be In bridge, Cnthbcrt and Columbus railroad
company issued $100,000 of bonds. Whether all
were Indorsed by the state I do not know, lu
president, II I. Kimball, can tell. Bat $249,000so
indorsed were reported to the bond com
mute. That $240,000 wero Indorsed
by Governor Bullock tn September, 1871,
and delivered to E. If. Kimball. Work on tbe road
began July 16, and ended October 14,1871; eleven
milea had been graded and no Iren laid. AU the
cash pnt In was about 6214K0 "paid in KtmbaU
money and supplies." Kimball arid tbat tbe Iron
want ring rapidly late, and twenty miles would
to completed In ten daya; bnt no iron waa Uld,
It wss returned to theaeJltra. The purchasers and
holders knew all these facte before they accepted
the bonds to indorsed.
let one m ore suffice. The Cartersvtll* and Van
Wert railroad company waa chartered by act 12th
March, uw. By the eet five mike had to be com
pleted before the governor ceuld Indorse. On 16th
April, 1870. be Indorsed 1100,0 o with bnt one mile
and a halt completed; on the 10th o! August, 1670,
he lndoned other $176,000 when only about three
mile* of tlea end iron were Imperfectly Uld.
No money had been Invested therein by private
puttee* On tbe 23th ot October, iSTO, the
company's nirao was changed to the Cherokee
railroad company. On the 7th of JnJy, 1971, Mr*
Kimball, lu president, asked Governor Bullock to
upon his promise to withdraw and cancel those
$275,CC0 endorsed In the old name. Governor
Bullock endorsed and delivered as requested, but
the flrst batch wero not withdrawn or canceled.
Clews wu tho old company’s treasurer, aud hell
these bonds with full knowledge of the facts. lu
the spring of 1872 there were fourteen and a half
miles of broadgaugc plus eight miles of narrow-
gauge, Indorsed to the extent of $373,000.
Wc need go no further. These are facts Uke i
from the report from which Governor Bullock
quoted. Tho reader may comtemplato tbat spike-
team of a railroad and say whether adjectives are
ont of place when speaking of the transaction.
It will bo seen that the question was not whether
to repudiate an acknowledged debt, but whether
tbe state had ever becomo bound. The decision
waa that aa the requirements of tho
statntca and constitution ot tbo state had been
openly set at defiance, she was not bound. As tho
world la bound to tako notice of all the limita
tions upon a public agent's authority, there can
be no such thing as a purchaser without notice as
against tho state ol a state's bond.
Space will not allow comment upon the quota
tions made in Governor Bullock's card from the
speeches of other ^persons. What they aro worth
depend* upon when they were spoken and under
what circumstances. Whether Clews’s aocouut Is
correct Is foreign to tho question whether those
bonds bound tho state. That some would
havo preferred to submit the matter
to tbo courts affects not (hat question. la the
speech quoted from by Governor Bullock, Gover
nor Jenkins said: "Now, sir, I know that there
havo been many frauds practiced upon tho stato
of Georgia since the conclusion of tho war—that
she haa suffered much from the action of her gov
ernment. I am ready to concede tbat there havo
been many fraudulent debts created against her
which tbo is not in honor bound to pay, but at
tho samo lime there aro obligations created by tho
isme government which tho ttato is bound to|pay
Injuet Iceland In honor and somo which abo has
already recognized and paid," And thon mention
tloning tbo cases of J. Boorman, Johnson A Go.,
and of Governor Jenkins' fellow townsmen,
Mersn. Branch A liming, ho urged submission
of tho questions to tho courts. On a yea aad nay
rote the ayca were fifteen, tho nays ono handred
and sixty six,
Supposo this were a Judicial question, as
Governor Bullocx erroneously contends,
is it dishonest for Georgia to decline to sab
mlt it’to »Jury when tho very persons charged
with the wrong would bo tho witnesses against
her, and many of them interested in the mill foils
at stake?
But it is not a Judicial question. It Is purely
political. States havo allowed themselves indi
rectly sued when they owned banks, railroads and
tho like. To ascertain how much should bo paid
for attention to smallpox patients by her request,
Georgia allowed herself sued. It was for tho con
venience of herself and claimants, bccauso tho
least expensive modo of fixing amounts. But it
waa optional with her to pay or refuso a'tor Judg
ments. For like reasons tho United
States may bo sued as to certain
matters la her court of claims. But who over
heard of a government submitting toa coart ques
tions concerning what Is called her public debt?
It it were politic ter a stato so to do, it would seem
moro honest to submit them to the United States
courts than to her own. During our rovolutioti
— A due to
theft treasuries. They wo
sued in the United HUtca courts therefor, To cut
oil such iitutcuiulj proceedings the constitution of
tho United Htntcs wss amended lu
1793, so that tho United States
courts could have uo Jurisdiction lu “any suit in
law or equity commenced or prosecuted agalunt
ono of the United States" by any private person.
The state's content could not confer Jurisdiction.
It is contrary to tbe genius of our Institutions to
mako such questions Judicial.
Though short (or tho subject, thcso remarks aro
long lor the rtsdir. They arc submitted by ono
having no lntcrut in tho subject not common to
all Georgians. They arc my mite of defence of
Georgia against tho unjust assaults upon herrepu-
tntion. Youth, etc., N. J. Hammond.
Juno 6, 1885.
CLARA SUGGS SUICIDBS.
pmredby U^oirWc! tkf ■avygndUtoBf- I KI 5,«a?SS!rf . In tho niral Mmw
C'/l*OthU I CCficncf/X.CCOoIIU P0DG5, U1 fbQ HOW a?21'.*
Another Chapter tu the Charlie Itoso
Murder.
Gainesvillx, Ga., Juno 1 — [Special.]—CUra
Suggs, well known in connection with tho cola-
trnted Rose murder, whioa thrilled all Atlanta
with horror and defied tho moat skillful efforts of
tho dctcctlvos, committed sulcido horo to day, by
taking gum opium. Sho has bcca living for«>mo
time quietly In the same house with Klla Te-andale,
on Oak Htrict. Hhu attracted norm: attention by
olnlng tho Methodist church during tho rovlvsl
las than two weeks ago.
TnX STORY OF IIKB DEATH.
Tho following is tho story o( her death ai told
by her companion, Ella Tcaidala and others. Sho
said tbat Clara went to church last night, and
when ibw camo out was Joined by Jack Morgau, a
brick muon, living here. They were ont all night
together, no ono ktowi where, and came homo
about day this morning. After reaching homo
they went to tbo well and got water. Then Mor
gan went away, sho accompanying him a abort
dhtanccup tho street, and then returnod and
went to bed with Ktla Teosdalo, with whom sho
talked for somo time before going to sloop.
Alter awhUe RIJa got up and went about
her work in the home. She suddenly noticed
that Clara was breathing very deeply, but knew
she took opium sometimes, and paid no attention
to it until she bes*n to
OBOW I'lT.rLK IX TUB VACS.
Becoming Planned, sho sent for a physician. Dr.
Farscna responded. When he arrived Clara was
in a comatosa condition, with two or.three respir
ations per minute. Br. Parsons did all in hit
power to relieve bar, applying every antidote
known to tho practice, and kept her alive two
boors by artificial respiration. She died about
two thirty o'clock this afternoon. Bernal persona
were present when tbe unfortunate girl breathe !
her last, and aa best they could soothe X her dying
boors. She still lies at the home of Ella Teaadaie.
Chief of Police Tom Hanie is In poucsjkion of
the photograph of Rofc.and several letters of
recent date, written by him, in which he repeat
edly says tbat be loved her better tbau hU own
lire, and conld not Uve apart from
her. She seemed to hare laeu
• i ist«rr. | :—»11.► >'i.<:.]•• f-r si.nc tlni'.- n»
will be seen from the following letter, which your
correspondent obtained from Marshal Hanie:
AVB*2Mb85.-Thlalsmy own fault, lor I citne.
here to drown myself and I am going to fulfill r,\y
word. It la on tbe account of my own doing*, for
have done wrong, and I want to show the xoun<
girls wbat It Will bring them to If they djn't ra
pe nt and do better. I have a desr fu«ud in
Atlauta *bat is much dearer Vo mo then
my own
life.
ueoio
die that be may live. HU Initial? uc\ R . but bis
name no one will ever know fra.nme. I hope my
msma and dear siitcra will »,ot grieve ov. r me,
and my dear friends 1 bop.. u,oy uke warn
ing from this and never Ur ten to i*Uc lovers, for if
yon do U will bring yoo to yonr grave. If say
girl ever loves a man/aj I do C. K., she will die lor
bis rake. Po goodbye to my dear friends.
Signed) ci.ar e Bones.
Farewell to my mother and to my mother's
friends and to my loving Charlie. God made bln
amen, I freely would forgive him, although hr
would not me, ten thousand times over. My f oi-
Uet S$ffk (Signed) Cuba Sim-:44