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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY JUNE 1C' 1885.
A WAR RELIC-
THBCOWFBDRRAYHSTATES ORD1-
NANCE DEPARTMENT
At Kippc. Orortli-Tti. c.*ir.l CaMrstorr of “•
ooniDBtit'isttTHUDr itt«ffrt»*o*tr*
itmndcM iota w. atmott-TM »m
of JSrleiatona Kooallod-Bouo.
Miron, G*.,Jauel4.-[B|iectalCemipon.lsace.|
Two Util* girls were plucking wild flowen ti«Af
the foiith wail. to I rode op to the uuaot.ncl
structure which wee Intended to he tno cenlrel
laboratory ot the conledermte etetee government.
“Wbst building It tbli7” I naked ol theolder, a
bit ck-r ycd little mUe ot perhepa ten summer..
“Ifa the old fair honee-whcrc they had the big
talr, long time ago; hot It ain't anybodv'« home
not, md nobody coma httc 'cept *1*7 * nt *
nnd lb* goat*,’ 1 replied MU* Black Kjo*.
It waa Just a month Ago tbAt Mia Black E>v»
Imparted to me what the knew Abont the oocj
Ikmoiia central laboratory. I wondered then II
many older people knew anything more of It* hla*
tory than the did, and, In the weeka that folio w
cd. made many Inqulrlea on the anbject. With
few exceptions, tbo*c with whom I talked wero
aware of but two Incldenta In the building'* hla*
tory. They knew that It waa erected by the gar*
ernmentofthe confederate ataUa, and that It
waa Intended to be a laboratory. Many thoufht
that the confederate authorltlea Intended It to bo
a manufactory of medicine*, and one particularly
well informed gentleman told me
that the confedemte state* goternment erected
the building to he nlcd ca a prison for ctpturel
yankcch!
But twiuty ye art ago the confederacy wai throt
tied, and yet many of thla day and general in
areal Ignorant of the stirring event* In Ita history
aa If they had occurred In the heart of Africa.
A friend aoggeated to mo to request Mr. John (!.
Butler * aid In my reaearcbea. I oalled on him
and made the request, and he willingly oohiented
to aid me. To him I am deeply Indebted for the
Information I obtained. Mr. Boiler la a acholor of
fine attalomenta, and a historian ol extended
reputation.
Alter tho fall ol Fovt Pulaski, In If02, theanonal
at Savannah waa removed to Macon under the
charge of fcfa/or R. M. Cuyler, who had for many
years bean a gallant officer In the United State*
navy. The extenaire foundry bulldluga of the
Memra. Findlay, altuated lu the aoutboru part of
the city, were appropriated by the confederate
atatea authorltlea, and were converted Into ouo of
the nwt Important department* of ordlnanco lu
thccoutrolof thegorcrnmeot. Cannon of heavy
calibre, and all the wood and mctallo work neoca*
vary for heavy guna and hatterlea, were maun*
faclurcd, 1-cildc* every variety of ahot aud abell.
Conceded with the worka waa an cxteuilvo
department for the manufacture of saddle*, har*
ucm, aud other leather work. There were alao an
armory department, under the charge of Colonel
Burton, for the repair and manufacture of amail
anna, and a laboratory for the manufacture of
ammunition.
Ho large bad become the demand for ordnanco
supplies, that lu December, 1862, the
war department orderod the erection
at Macon ol Immenae. anbatantlal
, and permanent building* of brick and atoue for
armory purposes exclusively. Theae building*
were eroded near the Hue of the Macon and West*
on railroad, lu the southwestern part ot tho city.
Aa wai the case with the central laboratory, they
were never completed. Alter the war, they woo
bought by the city, and were torn down, part of
the brick being used tn the erection of tboBoutte
Macon grammar school building.
Wbon It waa determltcil to erect the armory
btflldlng*, It waa alao ordered that tmlUUngi lor a
general laboratory ahould be constructed lu
Macou. That accomplished officer, Lleutenaut
Colonel John W. Mallet, to whom waa atstgaod
the arduous and Important dull** of aupei Intend
eat o! the construction and management ol tuo
confederate laboratories, war sent to Maoon to
take charge of the work; and to him la due tho
credit for the skillfull manner la which
the building* of tho central laboratory wero
reared. IHnce the war, Colouel Mallatt has host*
■ profmor lu the University of Virginia, QUiuf
the chair of general ami liidtutrlll client l»try ami
pharmacy. Ill* well drwrved reputation for
scholarship ha* gtluiti lor blia mmirrou* degree*,
among ahscb ate l*u, D , M. D, LU D., and F. U.
By the kluducta«l Mr rttn’er, I aw enabled to
prefer! tbe atorj ot ttf* (Mitral laboratory durlog
the war, In Colour! Mitweu'a owb word*:
"UmvtwwY or ViuofNia. June ft, IBiv-
John U. Butler. Irq., Macon, (la.-l>ear Sir;
Your letter ol the aoih ultimo reached wo two or
three days ago. I am glad t<Vhc«r from you agalu,
after the lapse of so many yeaia, but regret that I
Can give you *011111# Information on tbeaubjtct
to which your latter refer*.
1 waa on duty In the field with the army of the
Potomac, and afterwards, army ol Northern Vlr*
gilt la lu lift and IM«, being ou the staff of Gener
al R. K. Rode*, in tbe late summer ol 1*12, I war
eommlaalonedM captain of artillery and trans
ferred to daty under the Immediate orders ol Wen-
era! J. Gorges, chief of ordnance, at Richmond.
Ma gayt me general charge of the laboratory de
partment ol the ordnatiee for the whole
confediracy, tbe creation of the
eftce of superintendent of confederate states lab-
ratorUa being intruded mainly to reduce to order
and harmony tbe mitered and Irregular work go*
log on at uumeroui arvtaats aud ordnance depart-
meuta over tbe south At tbe time there wero
loud complaints ol bullet* being issued which
wonld not lit tac arms they were
intended for. of artillery cartridges with
charge* didtrlng greatly lu weight, of friction
primers aud percussion caps of defective charac
ter, etc., sud of the packing and labeling of inmu-
willow In so different a way at different arsenal*.
pcillOD which w.« nearly completed Jf.todjJLjJ
Im war, .od wbU'h,.. InDdenuod. .till rtm.lru
tom raodatc no.tor the work requiring heavy
?.a
■no bad reached E.rmuda In tbe early spring ol
wfflSSlS k\!££
oa« from to
main track ot tbe H.oon end Wratera refiroal, to
lurnfeh • tfclini op to and .long ta« main balld
Inc. A good bilck well waa begun, tad well ed
vittrrd toward completion, In order to otiolov.
the grounds; but 1 think I hare been inlor-ncl
that tbla _waa toru down otter
tie war. There were, Included In
n>r general dc.tgn aome forty otbor bulldlogi,
most ol them small, but aome of oouildarableslztj
and requiring separate steam power. For but a
few of these bad the architect's drawing*
been made. Tho srrangementof the work to be
done on tba premises waa planned ao as to mlnt-
tnlze the danger from explosion by taoUtloo of
the different department*, and all the building*
were to be connected by a net work of little tram
way tracks, with truck* H*ht enough
to be pushed by hand, and furnished with
India rubber tlea to the wheel*. An extensive
machines andjprcaaei and Jug mills for grinding
clay; and brick of good quality, to the number of
several million In all were made. The Immedi
ate charge of tbe brickyard, situated on another
aide pf lfaoon, waa given to a Mr. Swain, formerly
ol Savannah, who waa detailed for this duty from
tbe army in the Held. Hla partner of the tlmw
before the war. a Mr. Haimlet, had
charge of tho bricklaying. Both
were very competent men; they may, pirhapt.
still be living In Savannah. I had,myself.general
supervisory charge of tbe work throughout it*
progress; but my orders aa general superintend-
ent of confederate state* laborslorle* required me
to vlalt all the other ordnanco establlahment •set
of the Miuifslppl, and the hjadquartera of the
principal armories in the field, for conference
with tbe chief field ordnance officer*, at (re inept
Interval*. Tho letter of my lo*truction« said
"once a month," but tbla waa practically
impcaslble, and I had a very heavy correspon
dence by letter to keep np; hence I bad to depu*
tfte dally supervision of tbe work at Macon to a
vcryfcoualdcrable extent. Mr. Fulton, already
mentioned, looked after the architectural detail*.
My excellent storekeeper, Captain W. n. McMaln,
now living at HHnu, Ala., a zealous, competent
and faithful officer, attended to all scoountsand
general bualtu•* mstters, Including the trouble'
some duty. Inevitable In the dark day* of the Ut
ter part of tho war, of looking out for food,
clotblpg, and shelter, In large measure, for the
detailed aud other workmen employed, in aome
degree for tbeir families, and for a large number
of btred nrgroea. I bad at different times aa my
•Miatauta captain George Little, subsequently
state geologist of Georgia, and Lieutenant Cal
houn, a grandson of tbe great statesman
of Foutb Carolina, long aideo dead,
a victim of pulmonary consumption. I cannot
now recall tbe exact date at which tbe building
work waa begun, but It must have been at aome
time In the winter of 1 «r.’ or l»6;f.
of progress whicn bad then l>een attained con Id
bavo been kept up undlstnrbed, I think tho
establishment could have bocn substantially com-
piettd lu about eighteen months or two ycara
more; but some portions of It would, In all prob
ability, have oeen la operation at an earlier
day. The detailed men employed, were as at otner
ordnance establishments, organized Into a com
pany for military service when needed; aud
forming a battalion—of which I had command—
with other companies from the men
* * - “ star
the arsenal and
August. Iftfil, and again when tno
were called
column was expected lu April, 1BQ5,
IVUIW1VH, n fTgSrdfd Weight", UCSt
urea, and labels, waa tba task sot before me.
In the fall or iHtu. l made a rouu.l of vl*lta ol
tiinnte tnspectien to all the ordnanra avtablUh-
menu cartel the Mt*-l»»lp;>i. and mwda a number
•f arraogtmenu with tbe officers lu charge looking
to greattr Infotratty In the future. On returning
ta Itlehttond. I reported on these matter* to the'
chief afordnaare. and aiongty urged upon him
the desirability of brginning ue construction of a
centra! labotalcry. (rum which might be issued
conical gauge* ami measure* of all kinds to the
other nmM of lubrication, from which a general
control over their worktng might be
maintained, and which might form the one main,
per*»ai.frt etaM*Unseat ot Us kind on the con-
clntM a tf pgeca and tbe aentevemant of lnda-
taidure. swots th**u hopt l for and coanted
upon. 1 sntgvstcd Macon, Georgia, as ou the
whole tbe btit place for the erection of the necew
—. .. m
of tube tug mstcnaU. lu healihfaineaa at the rest
of a permanent estsbltshmeut, etc, etc. The only
doabtfal point, hioktegto a fnture after the w*i\
•ftnoi to me to be the abarnceof any near sup
ply of ee at. Thera waa at tne time no serlom
difficulty nn this score, aa tne mtnee near tbit
tauocaa w«te»UU available: but U was sv«l
then obvious thatthese might be. as thev after-
waad* actually were.mt off by tbeoparattom ol tk*
^owy. Gewermt Oomi appeared the t*m of
ocatlng such aa r»Ul'lvhro*ut *nd placing It at
Vatob. dtrscud me to prtpare a design, and gave
sautb w«
done
pa*.
WM
a (tot thing to be
1 to purvhsw stoiee ol gtau,
«;tUer building material*,
sLLlIl ,l *nndry notate
M ? ob4Ip I »heo selected at Haem
sm
•r bulldlni
Cd St *u:
--.a I thenselet..-.
toktturnl it.,e.d ut tie buUl ou, .kM lu ur
tote, oi l^uum.i
Culrrel.ihru V^ior. El<-h«4 M. cu,!« r . who h.l
<rt IW. Ha. btwi on ,bc .001 In rhaifoo! to
A?rmwo»fiii. w«. »to Mr to
HKk.Mol IL«pomJ iron, luovMnud Ul»t
tow MtobuiMd <roa tk. i^biuni. oi (Min
— wi waiq. I,, rttb, ol ramrat domtfn to u,
COO'f^i*.Ir .tatoa imnam
»t-Mwl |.;.u for tb, hulUIntk
> nlll r.mrabtNd 1-jclU
-urlol tbrr. dnrlnt to
i until bl» dentb bf cm-
llfuat, IWtI.
.1 Wllwn'.
loft' ol
f.rtt. tbe BmorT, nblch wit under tho ill-
notion ot Colonel liurton, .ml with rrtiicli I had
nothing to do, I can giro foil no lntorm»tlon.
lletl, I Will re, mil 11, log Mimowhero In the
lower portion ol the valley ot Virginia, I think,
but I do not knowfel. poeiodlco eddre.
1 .end you bp nine anil with tbi. letter > lew
ol tbe old printed circular. In rreard to
ordo.nco work which wen, from tlmo to time,
luued Item aj offloc. I do not know whether you
will And In them enythlng ol Internet. To me
t, re.IT. lading but eilll bright memories ol
_«,» ol Herd work end rourti living, but lull ol
11 erg, end cntMultam caught from * whole peo
ple engaged lu edeni h.truggle lor e commonemre
In couuccllon with thoe. deye, I ehell always
gratefully remember much pcnonal ktudnes,
andhreplUlllyicerlrcdattheband. uf the dll-
reus ol Baron a. It then wu. I nndentand the
i lly hat grown much In ala, and beauty slues
(ben, aud Its population correspondingly lu
cre need,
1 rrgrel, as 1 hare said, tbatl esnuot send you.
more uieful contribution In the way ol Informa
tion for the proposed article, eapcelally that 1
hare not to necaaarjr papera Irom
»lileh to draw numerical delalla ol material uml,
money esprnded, ele. I hare atlll aomo Inter-
c.IVng ordnance paper., drawing, of gun. and
great, battle", etc., but not bearing on the work ol
the central laboratory or the conlnterataaltteaat
Macon, faithfully yonta, J. tv. Mau-nr,”
The laboratory (ground., Includlog that portion
occupied by the bulldlnga, embraced one hundrsd
and forty-arc acre., the whole ol which was
■cited by the Culled Stales government and told,
sflertheeloseoftowar.at l ulled HlaUa mar
shal's sale, December 7th into. The magnlOccnt
property we. bought by a company composed ol
Metals. D. 0. llugbe., J. 8. 8chnHcld, 8.1', Balt.*,
W. It. Ilrown, K. J. Ughtfoot, U. J. Lane, I- M.
Felton, tv. II. Felton, J. c. Moliumey, J. u. Brown,
tt blttle and Untlln, I), F, Uunn and J, W. tv.
Wimberly.
The amr unt of moucy expanded, at a gold valu
ation, by tho confederal, gorcramtnt, for labor
and malarial, could not baee been leee ton MOO,-
V*. At the tlmo ol the aalebythe United SUtea
tuanhal, the properly wu Idle, and, with a single
exception, his remained eo until to present
Tbe first fair of theUoorgla state agricultural
act lety alter to war, wu bold, In 1W9, In the rut
main bnlldlug. The architectural beauty ol to
building, Ita cxleniircneia, and to anbatantlal
cb.raclcr ol tbe material uied, were alike admir
ed by Ibltwcnl) thousand .trangors whoatteudod
tbo lair,
Tbebntldlnge are on 'too extensive a scale lor
any other enterprise ton a large laetory.orsomc
.1m liar bnslncrs They are aceretlbla to the line
ot tommy for a canal to to Ocmulgee river,
which, II dug, would (nralsh a large and Increas
ing supply el water, with a fall el forty (set HU
probable that some capitalist will yet pnrehtse
Ibe bultdlnge and grounds, and convert tom to
manufacturing purpetci.
Yesterday, 1 paid enoUnrr vlalt to to tabomtary,
Urma; wamla and tnca bare grown np all around
It, aiHl Inilde shrubs bare Uken potaesslon. A
■olltary goal, disturbed by my lngreaa, stood still a
moment and gaied at me; and then, with a shake
ol to bead that made his long, Jacob-llko beard
tremble, kc vaulted lb rough a dismantled window
and left mo alone. Absolute alienee
prefelled, end 1 tried In rain to eonjnre up the
•cnee tot mutt bare Maw enacted Inside and
on laid# ol tb. old building when. In to tub
time, of to cmfedwMy, Ita motion ana begun.
Them day. wmoioo tar away; and Instead ol the
botyaNim ollStt.I could see only to bleak
walla and be appeftaed with tb.ma.ol Ullur.
which the desolation at to ptaee .egg*ted.
W hen I cam* away, this thought waa In my
mind: 'There >unda to old laboratory,, men-
vm.at that .heubl keep allr. la mew'e mcmotlee
tbe deeds ol thcie who mads to aonlcderaey;and
yet, la a great cHy within two mllaaol tot moo.
ument, arevaay youths who art dally taagbt
everything flee bnt to story ot lhair own aonth.
cinconniiy'epactlntogrealeet war ot modem
times." Baxxnax.
k-AI'BH tlUlUt-OIUlNO.
A ttoderw lawarwllww—Haw It Is Made—
Cbtapard Dnrabl.In 8.trie.,
Frem tb. Paper Maker.
A taper making arm In Few Jeney hu for are.
ini weak. U.n turning out counterpane, and
ptllowa of papar, Vo. 1 mtnllla paper U nwd,two
dirge ahecta being Uld together by aaleodertwtno
at lelerralaol tbte. ot four tnehoa. Tb. trrin*ta
gntuved, nut. hold tb. ihccta Ormly together
wbsreltllre. A hem h placed on thecounterpene
to keep tt from baring: to nfety edge
H compoMd ot tw'na. Omaaontal
c'etlgr.a am .tamped no to oalef mribme ol to
covet, and cuts, gif log Umar a neat, etuectiee
* P 2han Urn raonterpueo and pmow caamba-
km Wri.aied Irom on .toy am easily ho
tmootod out wnb o hot Oat Irom. Taw connler-
patts can bo Ml on to bed when It la occupied
and in raid weather will bo found swum com
ing. poper peesyotlwt to iwawd beat. Tbo
HW paper bcdclothlag la lercnty-gra COX la par
Ml endwtll probably boeom popular.
HUGO’S DAUGHTER.
B STORY CONFIRMED BY AD*
VICES FROM PARIS.
tier giant Harriaga la Ll.ut.naat pinna, ot me
Beaum Armr-Bi. Atteonnd union witn a
Lady at Balirsz Interrupted by tb. So-
pi.raae. of Hu. ftogo-Bto.
From fhe Kew York World.
Tbe etory ol Adele Hugo, daughter of Victor
Hugo, and of her sad adventures in this coun
try and the Barbadoea, waa recently printed
in tho'World. According to this etoey, Adelo
Hugo, when a young girl made tho acquaint
ance of an Kcglith officer named Pinion while
visiting Brussels, and tbe two haring fallen
in love at first sight were secretly married,
rineon premised that ho would make her bit
wife publicly in due time, and soonatarte l for
London, leariog her with her parent!. Tbe
secret marriage, according to some accounts,
waa only a mock ceremony and Miss Hugo
was simply deceived and betrayed. Having
informed her mother of the affair, they both
battened to London, but found on their arrival
In that city that Pinion had left with his reg
iment, which bed been ordered to Halifax.
Mfai Hugo returned to the continent with her
mother, bat soon afterwards left home claudee•
tleely, reached New York, end from thence
made her way to Halifax. She arrived in
time to prevent tbe marriage of her false lover
with the daughter of Mr. Johnson, prime
minister ol Nova Scotia. She remained in
llalifsx three yean, during which time Lieu
tenant Pinson repudiated nor, but did not
dare deny the truth of to etory of her wrongs.
Ills regiment being ordered to the Btrb'doea,
Misa Hugo followed him thither. Her lather
lent her an allowancs of e hundred dollar! e
month, and more when aha required it. The
memory of her life in Halifax end the Barba-
does ii Hill freah In tho minde of the inhabi
tants. Ono narrator, referring to her sojourn
In the letter piece, tbne describes her:
“In her rare lucid momenta the has been
heard to fay, "If be had not abandoned me I
ahould not have lost my reason.' She found
herielfleft without resources, end in her dia-
tress she appealed to her illuetrioos father.
The help he aent the pieced upon tbe carpet,
and toln the trades-people to help themialvea.
The first comers took ell, whereupon tbo old
Degress servant advised her to write
•gain to her lather. In the interval
poverty and diatrese were ondured,
whirh intensified the mania, end finally
the poet rent for her to come home. Her in
sanity i. mild end bermleu. She can reaaon
well end her memory I. good, but euddonly,
while at the table, the will put her lood m
her pocket. Her dress Is that of a young girl;
her wnlk is very peculiar; she fllle her pocket
with e host ol things which she picks up out
of the road in her daily promenade, and one
day she collect! tbe pebblee In her path,
which the replaces in her next walk. She is
E roud of her father's reputation, end knowe
ia worka by heart.”
Uia story bore so many elements of improb
ability that it has been accepted as the pro
duction of some fanciful romancer. This viow
of it appeared all the more likely as no mon
th n has been made of Adele in tho various
biographies of Hugo, or in his own "Mo-
moires,” and tho poet himself, whoee family
sympathies were eo intense, wu never known
to tpesk ol her.
A dispatch from Halifax represents Mias
Hugo is being in n New York lunetlo asylum
at present. This is erroneous. Mils Hugo is
at present confined in an asylum near 1’arie.
The l’aris Figaro of May 23d saya, apropos
of tbe Hugo family: "When the children of
the pcct ere referred to, mention Is made only
of those that ere dead. Hla youngest daugh
ter is forgotten, the only ono living. Mile.
Adele Hugo. This unhappy ledy wfU never
hear oi her father's death. She hag loft her
rtaron. Since 1872 she hu been at.Saint-
Maude, In Mme. Blvet’s greet uylum. Sho
1s now fifly-tbreo years old. llor father
wet accustomed to mount tbe omnibus In the
mornings quite often end go out to seo her.
Ineylteof her madness she never laUed to
reccgniso him. She would sit on hla knoes
and beg him to take her home with him, but
would insist that ho should take all hor com
panions with her.
“Mme. IMvet hes thought it advisable to con
ceal from tho poor creature the death of her
lather. Unless sho la expressly ordered to
tho contrary, which aha certainly will not
he, she will always leava her under the Im
pression that her father la still < living.
tVhin Mila Hugo now uka why her tethor
does not como to see her any more, Mme.
Klvet aniwen: 'He wu hero only yeeierdey,
end ho la ao busy that he cannot come out
every day.' As one of tbo characteristics of
Mlu Hugo's lose ol mind is that she believes
everything that is told her, she then goes
away contented.”
Le Gaulois of the seme date, referring to the
t’e family, a ays: "Four children were
n from his marriage with Mile.
Foucher, of wham only one daugh
ter survives, Adele, the youngest.
Kvery one knows the tragic end ol tne eldest
daughter, Leopotdins, who married U. Vac-
querie, brother of tho poet of that name, and
who wu drowsed with him near Vlllequier.
Adele Hugo, the god-daughter of Selnte-
lliuve, Is an inmate of an Insane asylum since
1872. Sbe wu mtrrled to an English officer.
Her nemo wss never mentioned in tho horns
of her illuetrioos father. During hU
letter years it chanced that Victor
Hugo said one day to one of our frleuda who
«n congratulating him on hil glorious dull-
ny that hla life seat far from happy, that his
cup of aorrowa wu full and exceedingly bitter j
end after enumereting the gravu of his ehll*
drtu and fritnds, strewn along hla life-way,
be alluded to the ud lot of his youugestehlld,
Adele, saying In a broken voice: ‘That U
the grealrat of all my cmiacal' ”
Cholera's Birthplace.
From to Pittsburg Dispatch.
“India, u you must know, Is the birthplace o!
cholera," uld a physician ol this city yesterday.
He had tired in that Astatic country for several
yean, hot does not now practice hla proleoioo.
Being brought In clou contact with to dread
dhcaae, which ta even nnw frightening away many
people in this country, ho ls able to apeak with
authority on to matter. lie ura
tbal cholera locales iualt only
permanently In India. It Is born lu
todeluoltouangea.andbu a firm hold In
Iha provinces ol Bengal, Bombay and Mains.
Beltglooagatherings cause it to be epidemic In
the western aid uarthwesurn pcovlncM. Hindoo
Icitleals Uka place annually at Hurdwer. Peo
ple gather there from tho whole empire. At
limes r> many as s,oco.000 people arc In attend-
sere. Theae gather oo tbe beaks ol tbe Uenges
end live without any unitary precautions, harm,
air and water become polluted, end the odor bom
■he camps ta perceptible for miles. Day end
plgbl the devotees cocas end go. Moat of them
are on toot, but occasionally aome great asbab
sweeps put with an enormous retinue, oe e rejsh
with hla rertvan ol elephents, camels, horsemen
cod swordsmen, passes In all the grandeur ami
contusion ol Indian royalty. They ride over the
poor wretches Ibet llee the reed.
AU three people llve togethee ln each abomin
able cub, that Use seedi of disease cully finds
prolific ground. When the pilgrims come Irons
home they tries these germa with them to sea
ports. Prom these lattes to discus U carried to
other couuirlea to raeafe tom. H ta netteeeble
tot to only ceontrise upon to globe to which
cholera hu not been carried ere tho blends ofto
booth Peel fie. Australasia, the cep* of Good Hope,
to Ulan da of to north AttanUe and the western
cowl of Booth America. Thaae countries ere ell
levanted Irom Indte by e wide expsnu of eceea.
sad hare no commercial Intercourse with tot
cssuuy.
Time ta Offer a Premium.
From to UnUr Ills Commercial.
When Bay leu Banna refuses a position It b
time lor to president to odes a Waterbary watch
with every ofllce
fitrack by Two Young Barannahtaxe.
Yesterday it wu developed that one-fifth
of ticket No. S»,»7i, in The Louisiana Bute
Lottery, in the drawing ot April 14th, wu
£ urthued by two young ueu of Savannah,
lam. John W. Her good aid L. M. \ or-
defy, who have secured for fifty rente each
the btndeeme com of |7,M«. Thar ere
clever, worthy young geutlemea, e-.i have
cobgratolalioa* upon their fortune—Frosn the
Sava noth Evenigg Times, April l*th.
rest'
born
ECCENTRIC BRfDBO ROOMS.
Borne Spicy Anecdotes Helming to Wed-
dleg>, BHshapato Ministers, Etc.
From the Brooklyn Bede. , .
There wu e clergyman who married a
couple,-end at the weddiug breektaet one of
tho bridesmaids expressed a wish to see that
mystic document, e weddiug license, which
she bad never beheld in her lifetime. The re
quest oecuioncd e fearful discovery. Tho
clergymen hid qnite forgotton to ask for the
license; tbo bridegroom had left It to his
“best man” to procure it, end this the best
man bed forgotten to do. Of course, the mar
riage was no legal marriage at all. The wed
ding party broke up in dismay, end the cere
mony wu performed egtin next day. The
peer clergymen, however, never got over the
effects of his blonder.
On another occasion e clergyman go 1 , him
self Into considerable trouble; he was ol the
type known as ftitnaliatic, end persuaded e
worthy couple who bad been married at a non
conformist chapel that they had not boon
ecclesiastically married at ell, end that It wu
neceseary that they should be married over
again at the perish church. This was very
much resented by the non conformist interest,
end the clergymen wu put upon his trial at
tbo Oxford Assizes. The judge took a very
lenient view, end said that u tne parties had
already been legally married, any furthor
service was illusory end mere child’s play,
and that “he might just u well have read
•Chevy Chase’ over them.”
In one of his novels Charles Beads makes
his hero, e clergymen, wonder whether be
might not legally merry himself to the hero
ine, especially as they were both cast upon e
desolate island. It mey bo u well that nov-
cllsls and novel readers ahould be nwtre that
for a clergyman to officiate at his own mar
riage is utterly illegal.
One day an elderly gentlemen met e young
one. “1 have bed a herd dty’e work,” sold
the young Levlte. “I began at 7 o’clock this
morning by marrying e young couple.” ‘‘Al
low molo inform you,” uld bis senior, “that
e marriage at that time ofdty, according
to English law, Is no marriage at all. More
over, to tbe best of my belief, yon have made
yourself liable to soven years' penal servitude.
Between eight end twelve is the preurlbed
time. You had batter go beck as soon u you
can end marry tbom over again.”
I have known brides, when tho grooms have
failed to mike the proper responses, prompt
them immediately end with the greatest facil-
iiy. As for the men, they commit all kinds
ot blunders end bungling!. I havo known a
man. it that very nervous and trying moment,
follow the clrgyman within the communion rail
end prepare to taken piece opposite him.I have
known e men, when the minister stretched
out bis hand to unite those of the couple, take
it vigorously into his own end give it e hearty
•bake. Sometimes more serious difficulties
occur. Some ladies havo an almost uncon
querable reluctance to uso the word “obey;”
ono or two of their own sUtemonta ere to be
eccepted, havo ingeniously construed the
word “nobey.” The word, however, hu still
to bo formally admitted Into tho language.
There wu one girl, who wu boiug
married by a very kind old clergyman, who
absolutely refused to utter the word “obey.”
The minister suggeeted that, if ihe wu un
willing to utter tne word aloud ihe should
whisper it to him; but the young lady relusod
even this kind of compromlio. Further, how
ever, than this tho clergyman refused to ac
commodate her; but when he was forced to
dltmise them all without proceeding any
ruilhcr, the recalcitrant young perton con
sented to "obey.”
The difficulty, however, is not always made
on the side of the lady. Ou quo occasion tho
bridegroom wished to deliver a little oration
qualifying hie vow, and describing in what
sente and to whet extent he was using the
words of tbe formula. Ho was, of course,
given to understand that nothing oi this kind
could be permitted. There wu one man who
accompanied the formula with sotto voce re
marks, which must have been exceedingly
disagreeable fo the officiating minister.
Ho interpolated remerke after the
fashion ol BurchoU’e “Fudgel"’ "With this
ring I thee wed; that’* euperatltion.” "With
my body I thee worahip; that’s- idolatry.”
“With ell my worldly goods I thee endow;
that's a lie.” “It is a wonder that such a be
ing wu not conducted out of church by the
beadle. This puts me in mlrnlof an anecdote
that :• told of a mu who innhli, time wu a
cabinet minister. There wu a groat discus-
■ion on the question, whether a man can mar
ry on £300 e year. “All I can bay,” laid the
great man, “it that when I stidp'With ell my
worldly goode I thee endow,'so for-from’ hav
ing £300, 1 qncetion whether, when all my
dents wero paid, I bad 300.
pence.” "Yes, my love,” laid hla wife, "bu^
theuyou bad your splendid Intellect.” "I
didn’t endow you with that, ma’am,” sharply
retorted tho right honorable hueband.
When the bridegroom had returned thanks,
after the parson's speech, in thus days of
feminine oratory, there it lomotlmei e ten
dency on the partof the bride to mike i little
•peach of her own: "I cell you ell to wit-
nets,” uld i bride within our neiring, "that
I have no intention of obeying.” ’’Ah, mad
am,’’ raid Frederick Denlun Maurice, who
wu present, "you hive yet to leant the bleu-
edness of obedlenee.”
Borne time ago e friend of the writer offered
a reword of £500 for the diioovery of e mir-
o register of the highest importance in a
which he had on hud. A wonderful
etory wu sent to him of tho discovery of the
desired entry in an old register. A great
•now storm had broken through the vestry roof
end neuly spoiled the psruh registers. It
bed become neccuaiy to overhaul them to In
spect dtmign, and the missing entry had
been thue miraculously discovered. Fortu
nately, my friend wu not a very credulous
men, ud he went to a great expsnu with
lawyers ud experts to test the value ol tho
document before paying tbe £300. It wu
then discovered that the regiilry wu a aklU-
ftil forgery on tho part ol the person, who
found Tt necessary to fly tho cssntrr.
The following cue wu related to me by a
bishop of the chuich of Kngltnd i There wu
e mu who hid officiated as a clergyman In a
large town lor about fifteen ycara. At tho
lapse of that time it wu accidentally discov
ered that he wu u imposter. A new bishop
came, or the mu went into a new diocese;
anyhow, tbe request came that he would pro
duce hie letters of ordere. Letters of orders
ere precious end remarkable documents; if
once lost they cannot be replaced. The psnedo
clergyman replied, expressing hie great regret
that in thecourae of a removal theletten had
been bopelenly mieieid, but hoped tot the
lexgth ot time in which be had aerved in the
diomewould be sufficient voucher. The
bishop wrote beck to uy that be regretted the
loMoflbo letters of ordere, ud that it would
be quite lufficient ii be gave exact deles, which
would enable him to retar ta the dioceun reg-
Utry. Tb# ImpoiUr them beexm# known. II
was a matter of great anxiety to settle what
bad beat be done under inch circumstances.
Ol coarse, a very large number of marriages
hid been performed during three fifteen year*
not me of which wu legal. The first sugges
tion wu that an act should be passed making
these marriages legal. There were objections
to this course. It wu coneidered
that u immense deal of Pain would
be cured by the publication of the invalidity
ol Ueu marriages, ud tot peculiar hardship
would be doaeTu the earn of children where
one or bath parents hod died in the meantime.
On a certain evening there wu a solemn dis-
mission between the bishop of the diocese ud
the home secretary, the result of which wu a
ecmmunics tion to to false clergymen that if
be left England immediately, end forever, pro-
eeedingi wonld not be liken, but that othar-
who he won Id be prosecuted.
The Favorite ter 1883.
From Ibe St. Louts Bepublicu.
Tbe sllmsy noenubeblo girt In to white mal
to the favorite this year.
Tiro A palling and Alarming
Prevalence of nervous dia sores at tho prax-
cut time, hu led orera specialists to give this
suhiaot more tbu ordinary attention. The
“Seience ol Lite” deals with the matter, fa a
concise, logical ud entertaining mincer, ud
can easily be comprehended by uy of Its
readers. Read Ita rages now. aud learn ita
truto. It is advertised in uother column ef
this paper.
LITTLE AND HIS GANG.
The Exploits of tho Famous Pirate—Tho
Death of Aaron Burr’s Daughter.
From the New Orleans Tlmes-Demociat ,
They were ud dare devils, those old bucca
neers, who sailed about among to Waet lodta
I,laud! through the bright waten of the Gulf ol
Mexico, ud all along the South Atlantic seaeoast.
Ihey thought nothing ol going up the deeper
rireie to the plantation* of rice ud Indigo, end
alter loading their vessels wonld pillage end burn
tbe residences, then depart, leavlug the poor
planters to deplore tbe ruin of their homesteads
•cd tbe low ol their crops. It wu also very dan
gerous to go by sea from eouthern ports to New
York, u wu shown by the case of Mrs.
Alston. She wu “Theodora," the only daugh
ter of the distinguished Aaron Burr, a lovely and
accompllsncd woman, who married Governor Al
ston, of South Caroline. When her father wu to
be tiled for high treuqo Mra. Alstom gathered up
all the handsome family silver plate, and, with
her huibsnd’s consent, >et offdn a ship for New
York, where It wu to be sold lor her tator’i hen
efit. But etas I neither vessel nor tadywere ever
heard of again, and u there wu no storm to have
occasioned disuter, tboplrates
ed to have captured andf destryod them. Governor
Alston offeredlain rewards for information.but no
tidings of Mrs. Alston’s fate ever.reached him,
and it wu only many years after that one of the
miscreants made a dying confeulon and admitted
the tacts, stating thst he had even been haunted
by the remembrance ol the crime. The pirates
bid bad splfilncbsrleston whohtdnotified them
of thcsslilngof the ship, with the valuable nil-
her be autllnl f»c« rtiwd to hearen and thc Blble
cJ*spcd to ber heart, *he bravely stepped forward
^Another story which dates still further back Into
the past lathe fate of 8teed Bonoet, a desperate
ua robber. His depredations, ud his Interrup
tions to commerce made blm a terror to tho coast
of Carolina, until st length the governor, Sir
Nathaniel Johnson fitted out a sloop ol war and
srat Colonel William Itbett ia pursuit
of him. _ They^_met_. J»4._to m mouOj, l> jof
i/pwi
dhls
ol mm. mey rue: ns mu uiwu.u w.
Cape Feu river, where u engagement took place.
The pirate's ship wu boarded and captured, ud
he end thoso ot his crew who remained alive were
taken to Chulcston, where they were fried end
condemned. Bo one pleasant, sunshiny morning
In November, 1718, Steed Bonnet end thirty-two
ol his men were hung at W bite Point garden. Thil
public gtrdrn forms the southern point of
Cberlciton, st the confluence of the Copper end
Ashley rivers, and hu been called the
battery ever since the revolutiona
ry war, when an earthwork wu
erected there, end cannon mounted, which were
expected to drive beck the Brlttah if they eucceed-
ed m passing Fort Moultrie. Most happily, how
ever, they wero never called into action as tbe
English were defeated When the summer month!
come, this cool, pleasant promenade ta tho resort
of fashion, end 1 have olten thought of these
wretched pirates, who expiated their crlm-e uppn
therpot where now young glrie laugh and chil
dren ploy. How near each other ue psin and
8 leisure! Thu the place which Is haunted by
ie memory ol death, ta alio dedicated to pleasure,
for the lights and shadows are ever Intermlntled
In tho warp and woof of life. .
Tbelutofthc buccaneers wu tho celebrated
Lamte, who for many yesrsceiTled on his Illicit
traffic in dtfisneo ol the government His craw of
smuggler! and pirates occurded the .bay ol Bant-
tarla, where they had fortified an Islaud. A price
wn set upon hla head, but It ta sold that he wu
frequently seen In New Orleans, aud had friends,
even a banker, who received him and hla 111 got
ton gains “under tho rose," andlso many lakes
end bayous along the coast of
Louisiana and Mississippi that the light, ewllt
emits of the pirates could always elude pursuit,
and slip away Into tome Inlet or behind an Island,
when they found an enemy on their track. All
Ihe 8paulsli fishermen, who wore Inimical to the
United 8tales, were lo their pay, aud gavo notice
by private slenals where there wu danger to he
apprehended, end eo they enjoyed comparative
immomtyfrom the consequences of thelrmls-
This daring robber deserve! our praise tor hta
patriotism, however, for when the English esme
to attack Now Orleans, In 1813, Sir Edward Pack-
euham, the commander ot their forces, offered
Infills a big reward If he would uilst his army by
showing them the puses to the city, whloh none
knew so well u this skillful pilot. But Ladtte
related hta bribe end sent word to , Gen
eral Jackson tot 11 he would luure
him end hta men e freer pardon for
put offenses they would come up end
help Him fo dclond tho city. As they wereknown
to have hold hearts, and to bo skillful artillerists.
Governor Claiborne willingly granted this re
quest, and so Lafitte. hla meu and his gum ar
rived and did good service In tho day of our no-
C< Itlanot known where Lafitte died, but Domin
go, his lieutenant, llee in the old 81. Louis ceme
tery, which Is si tutted between, Conti
ana Bt. Louis streets, with this ex
trxordluxrycpltxph upou bis tomb: "Sens Pour,
*t Ban* Rcpioche."
The first pert of the quotation might doubtleu
m ■ t0 ni m , put the lattet
lively t cruel utlre: If in good leiin ny a menu,
It mast have caused the dust of tho Cavalier Bay
ard ol whom these words wero first spoken, to
•tirwltb indignation In the grave,
A Veritable Moonshiner,
From the Athens, 6a., Banner.
Header, did you over encounter a moon
shiner! One of these lollowe who livo in
caves end smoky cabins in tho gorges ot tho
Blue Ridge) one of these bid men that keep
tbe revenue officers in buslneu, end once in a
whilo spend a year or two in Albany peniten
tiary? While riding along through Benki
county a few daye ego, wo oimo up wlut a
wild moonihiner — one who had
made more blockade corn wnisky
thin any man in tho Bluo Ridge
range. We bid always been taught to believe
that moonshiners wero something on tho order
of Buffelo BUI, with long hair, high-topped
boot! and a whole army hitched round hie
weiat, and whenever he aaw anything or any
body that looked like a revonue officer, bang
would go his pistol, and then there wonld
be a funeral and a placo to fill
in tho rovenue department. We
were rathor taken back whon we gaiod on thi«
moonihiner, who Inhabits the mountains of
tho northarn portion oi Banka county. ‘‘That
man,” laid a friend of tho reporter, aa the
moonihiner ihtmbled off and took a seat in
tboahade, ”isthe most euccessful blockoder
that comet from the mountains. No ono
knows his name or where ho Uvea. Ho hardly
ever talk* to any one.”
"How docs ho manage to lot tho people
know ho hu whisky to Mil,’’ wo ukod.
"Ho send! a boy ahead of him before he gets
ready to atart out with hit mountain dew.
This boy knows exactly where to go, and in
forms them that tho moonshiner will follow
on at a certain time with eome whisky that is
pare, end be ie generally on time. He
travels et night, end when he gets
to one of bis stopping points he
hides hta whisky, and then the operations ere
commenced. A jug Is placed bya tree, to-
S ether with the money. Tho moonihiner
nds out by eome meaui where the jug is.and
gets it end fills it with the pure juice of the
com. He is afraid to adulterate it, u his
friends would go beck on him and ho wonld
hove to hunt oat a new route.”
We looked where our moonshiner bed bun
sitting by a tree a few minutes baton, and he
suddenly vanished. No one could tail which
direction he went or how looghe had bun
^ “Ife has found e customer,’’ said our friend.
“He will MOB he beck, end he will come ia
such e myilerloui meaner that you will never
see from which direction he cornu.'
After rpeeted efforts to get the tooenshiaer
to give as e history ot hit life end hit upe end
downs with the revenue raiders, we give it np
as a bad jab, Ue would not talk end seemed
like be wanted to get off to himself. Late hi
the evening be left for good end onr friend in
formed ns tot he had gone on down into Med-
iten, and il he did not sell out would go as tar
ia Wilkes county.
Chaff ami Grain.
“Each kiory of #*ool U frc*t: bat wh*>
Shall write it, for who fcoows what sukei the
creatne*?
Or. who c#a *fft It *nd brlnt out the trmln.
Winnowed and dean from the con<v*UB«chtff ?
Who can ihatxQM dinevex from the go.i?
Who tttimate the little or the great
Even tn one human word? Or who *haka out
Iha folded field** of a human heart?
f r who unwind tbe one hoar'* rareled thought*
‘ * one poor mind ma in lu idlest day?"
‘The balances of mas are all an true;
* weight* tad *T( * ‘
The story of a pebbi
A life made op of but a few short yera*.
And yet containing to It* troubled round
Tespeet* tad tide* end eh&sjctt, failaie«,eaDiaeiti
to daily flux and rail ax without end."
-bonua* Boanr.to Every Other Saturday.
TOUGH OLD TALK.
A Specimen of Negro Dialect Along the
South Carolina Coast.
From the Charleston tfewrsnd Courier.
Not Wlfblng to shock anybody's acou*tlc»l ar-
ranKcmcuts, bat wishing to Illustrate a* nearly u
possible the enormities ol the odium in question,
we take the liberty of here producing some frag*
ment* of conversation In which our Tom 1* sup.
posed to figure, and which is arranged, both as to
spelling and spacing, with a careful eye to tbo
pretervatfon ofits native pronunciation and mat*
ter of deliverance.
Master (meeting Toip la the field)-"Good
morning, Tom."
Tom (uncovering and bowing very low)-‘‘Mom
mnus 'pw you-do aa-V
Master— r, Quite well, and bow are your tamllvr*
Tcm—‘‘Fawbly 'bout, teng God aa, ceo’u da
chillen, him aln »o berry well wld de feber aa."
Master—'"Sorry to hear it; are you doing auv.
thing for them?'’ Bauy
1 om-"I bn Rcdom aome ile enting, aa.
Hauer—'“Oil ia scarcely the thing, l (ear, Tom-
come to tbe bouse at noon, I will give you aome*
thing Wtter than oil."
Tom—"Berwell—maua teng Ini, aa; i com min*
tengful, sa, tcngful." ’
Having come to the house at noon as dirested.
Tom would be apt to accost hla patron thus: “i
biadafferdefisca#"
Master-"Very good, Tom; now which of the
children are sick, and what aro their ages?"
Tom—"Ollber and Katrin, allboterdem, »a; bat
Catrin him tbe alckis."
Master—"Katherina the flicker, aud their ages?"
Tom-'Tcould'n tell, sa; but Katrin, him do
oil*."
Master—"And you don't know their ages?"
Tom—"No, aah; entyyou hah cm eeu deblg
book?"
Master—"Ob, yea; I keep all tbe birth* and
deaths on record, but it will take me a little while
to bunt them up. However, I will do so, and send
yon tbe doces later. Good-day."
Tom—"Bye, maua: tcngful, aa; Gob blesse, sa."
Saying which, with many a bow and many a
scrape, Tom would moat probably take himself off
lu the direction of the "quarter*,"
"Saturday Afternoon."
From the Henry county, Ga., Weekly.
Our young people will clean off a croquet
ground at Fajne’s chapel in a few days aud
meet every Saturday afternoon -for practice.
Draughts, marbles, and other games calcu
lated to Interest the young will alio be adopt
ed for the benefit of those who do not wish to
play croquet. Lemonade and cigar stands on
the grounds. Everybody invited.
“THE OLD RELIABLE.**
25 YEARS IN USE.
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Indorsed all over tho World.
SYMPTOMS OF A >
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appetite. NanggjLbowelaoos
BS2I0US EDEiCia WILL COCK BmdVEL.rlD.
* TUIT’S PILLS nro especially adapted to
auch cases, ono doeo effects such a chango
of feeling os to astonish tho sufferer.
Thoy Increase the Appetite, and cause
tho body to Take on Flesh, thus the ays.
tom ls nourished, and by their Toulo
Action on tho Digestive Ornai, lUg»
Inr Htool* nro produced. Frlco an cents*
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