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UNION & RECORDER. Milledgeville, April 6, I860. Frank Humphries had a severe at tack of neuralgia of the heart or An gina Pectoris, on Saturday. It is a dangerous and very painful disease, and his brother Jehu P. Humphries was telegraphed to go to him. The Telegraph stated that he expected to die. but refused to say anything con cerning the murders with which he is charged. That paper reported yes terday there was no material change in his condition, and he was having occasional paroxysms of pain. His brother Jehu was with him. Messrs. F. J. Cline & Co. are as us ual fully up with the times if not a little ahead, as will be seen by their advertisement in this issue, in which they present to their customers a description of pretty and useful goods that will make all admirers of such things, and especially the ladies, anx ious to see them. Their doors are hospitably open and a set of polite clerks waiting to display all those beautiful things to those who may give them a call. Go and see for yourselves. Secretary Manning's Condition. A dispatch from Washington of the 26th, says: A son of the Secretary said to an asosociated Press Agent at 11 oclock’ a. 3i. that the condition of his father remained practically unchang ed.” The physician said “he was passing through the critical stage of his disease and that every hour, pass ed without indications of unfavorable symptoms, was so much progress to wards recovery.” His family were encouraged in the belief that he would come through all right. La dies and gentlemen of his kinship from New York, were with him. There was no improvement on the 26th over his condition on the 2oth. It is learned from other sources, says the dispatch, that the Secretary pass ed a restless night and was some weaker on the morning 26th. The impression is general that Mr. Mann ing will never resume the duties of his office, t even in the event of his complete restoration to health. Adolph Joseph, CASH COMMANDS BALDWIN DRY. As will be seen by the publication of the returns of the prohibition elec tion by Judge Sanford, Ordinary, in another column, lie finds that prohi bition was carried in the county by a majority of 281 legal votes. He total ly rejects the return from Brown’s Grossing and Butts’ precincts, “for the reason” as he states, “that the returns made from said two precincts are not in compliance 3vith the law, and fatally defective.” That leaves only Cooper’s and the town precincts to be counted and he gives the aggre gate result from them as follows : For Prohibition, 560 legal votes; against prohibition, 270 legal votes, making the majority for prohibition 281 as above stated. It should be remembered that it is only very recently that there was any voting place in Baldwin outside of this city and it is not sur prising i f managers o f elec tions at the country precincts should be lacking in exjjerience and knowledge of the exact requirements of the law. This incident will doubt less put all interested parties on the alert at future elections to post them selves up on those matters before the election comes on. Bacon on the Rail road Commission. In the Macon Telegraph etter of Mf )h of the 1st inst. we find a letter of Maj. A. O. Ba con in reply to one from Mr. Donald Bain of Atlanta, giving his views con cerning the State rail road commis sion. He says that when the law was en acted which created the commission, he was a member of the Legislature and favored and assisted in the enact ment of the same. He holds that to prevent antagonisms and to secure and maintain harmonious relations be tween the public and the rail-roads, there is no better agency than a com mission, actuated by right views of its duty. He asserts that it should be a thoroughly' impartial tribunal, to judge between tiie people and the rail roads, to guard the public against oppression and to inflict no unneces sary injury on the rail-roads. He re gards the continuance of the commis sion as the settled policy of the state, founded in the deep conviction of our people as to its propriety and necessi ty and deprecates the idea that it should be perverted into a means by which to foment discord and create division among our people. As to the vital question of maintaining the com mission with powers necessary for its efficiency, he states that there is little or no division among the people of the state and that differences which exist as to matters of detail can be ad justed by the Democratic state con vention when it assembles. He calls attention to the fact that for sixteen years the white people of Georgia have maintained control of the state government by adhering to the Dem ocratic organization and by settling among themselves all differences as to men and measures; resulting in restor ed prosperity and a sound public and private credit. He evidently desires to see a continuance of this wise poli cy and in conclusion states that he has always yielded promptly to the decision of the party and will always do so in the future and that the prin ciples and policy announced by the convention soon to assemble, relative to the rail road commission as well as to other matters of state concern, will ])»* accepted by him as binding upon his individual judgment and action. Mr. Gladstone. English News, of the 26tli, indicates a policy, on the part of Mr. Gladstone, to give' up, for the present, his scheme of buying out the landlords of Ireland; but he adheres to his policy of giving Home Rule to the Irish and we may expect, soon, to see the nature of his plan to effect that object. It must be remembered that while Mr. Gladstone is the Premier he is not a Dictator. AVe doubt not he will do everything in his power to be just to the Irish, and Home Rule will be going a long way in the path of justice. He has not yet defined the powers to be exer cised by the Irish under Home Rule. It would be a mockery of justice to grant that rule to the Irish unless it would confer upon them a general management of their own concerns with the Unity of the Empire. Mr. Gladstone, we believe, will go as far as he can within those limits. To go beyond that, would concede separa tion and an independent nationality to Ireland. Mr. Parnell, we presume, does not contend for that. We will soon know what Mr. Gladstone will propose. Others, as iwell as Irish man, are looking with great interest to the result. Good Friday comes this year on the 23rd of April, and Easter Sunday CO the 20th. Strikes.—Mr. Powderly, the Mas ter Workman and head of the order of Knights of J^abor, has issued a secret circular in which he condemns the strikers for quitting work and disturb ing the movement of trains which so greatly retards the business of the country. He says that to the cardi nal principles of the order, must be added “patience,” and condemns the hot headed members who resort to strikes. He advises them to work on, even if their pay is too small: hold to their principles, and depend for suc cess upon the justice of their princi ples qnd claims. Some of the strikers have followed his advice and gone back to work saying that they struck without knowing what they did it for, or what to do afterwards. It is fortu nate for the Knights of Labor that they have for their leader so wise and judicious a man as Mr. Powderly. The country is with the Knights of Labor, aud Mr. Powderly’s plan is the best one that could be adopted to se cure their just ends and rights. Every sound and just man in the country must see that labor should be pro tected. The Senate passed the Edmunds, or rather the Judiciary Committee re port, condemning Mr. Garland for re fusing to give up certain papers de manded. This was a very high-hand ed and unconstitutional act. There was no impeachment, and the Senate took the responsibility of condemning the Attorney General in utter viola tion of the constitution. There has always been a distrust between rulers and the ruled and for an obvious rea son. Power in every age has been a pestilence. It has been so in our country; not because right was not protected by the constitution, but be cause the constitution has been dis regarded and trampled in the dust. The Senate is a part of the Govern ment, and it has grasped after a pre rogative beyond constitutional grant. There is not a clause in the constitu tion to sustain the act of the Senate. The Senate has assumed despotic and imperial power, and disregarded every safeguard to protect a high officer in the government. State’s rights avail nothing at the ballot box, and now a co-ordinate branch of the Govern ment has dared to assail the act and character of an official, who, accord ing to the constitution and law r s could only he condemned by a process of impeachment. This is an event in our political history of a startling na ture. We shall look with interest to the reception it will meet by the peo ple, and every department of the Gov ernment. Trustees Lunatic Asylum. The trustees of the Lunatic Asylum met in the institution last Thursday. A full board was present, including Col. A. T. McIntyre of Thomasville recently appointed to fill the vacancy eaused by the death of Col. L. N. Whittle. The board was re-organiz ed by electing Capt. T. F. Newell president, and Capt. G. A. Cabaniss vice-president. Among other mat ters, the Board, in connection with the officers of the Asylum, adopted a well deserved and beautiful tribute to the lamented L. N. Whittle. We copy from New York papers the following notices of Miss Davenport, who will appear at Amusement Hall, in this city, to-morrow night. New York Herald, January 26th. —“Might be truly called a marvelous seance. The guitar was seen to rise in the air, while some invisible hand was thumbing it for the space of three minutes. The committee was allowed to hold the medium while the manifes tations continued as before. It is in explicable.” The New YorkJTklegram, Decem ber 31st, says;—“It is fortunate for Miss Davenport that she did not live in old Cotton Mather's time; psychic force would have been too thin an ex cuse for her, and not even Mr. Crookes, as attorney for the defense, could have saved her from being burned as a witch. The New Yokk Graphic, Decem ber 31st says:—“Neither the commit tee or other spectators were able to fathom the mystery. Miss Davenport was firmly tied to the wall and pinion- ioned by a committee. Indeed the demonstration continued while she was held by a reporter of the Tribu ne.’ We are indebted to Senator Colquitt for a pamphlet copy of his speech on “the relations between the Senate and the Executive Department” delivered in the U. S. Senate on the 22nd March. The speech is a good one on a much discussed subject, and our Senator was able to present views favorable to the President which had escaped those who had preceded him in the debate. -IN- Mr. L. J. Lamar, in going to the Asylum early last Thursday morn ing, rode his horse into a sewer ditch recently filled, which the heavy rains had made soft. The horse mired up to his body, and Mr Lamar stepped off without injury to himself, but his horse was gotten out with;great, diffi culty and died in a few hours. Of All Descriptions! An Immense Stock of Look out for them. In the mean time, we have some choice and sea sonable goods for you. Call and see us. JtDOLPH JOSEPH. In a Tree all Night. on were Most of the people in the houses the East Macon side of the river removed by noon. Three, however, all negro men, refused to leave. They were Hillard Conners, Cornelius Shee- ley and Jack Green. Boats were sent to them several times, but they refused assistance. In the afternoon, they found their quarters uncomfor tably dangerous, and clamored for aid. Conners climbed into a tree, ac companied by a cat and a chicken, while Sheely and Green got on the the roof of a house. A large crowd collected in the street at the foot of the bridge, and the negro portion of it began a sort of prayer meeting for the safety of the three men. Some of the negro women worked themselves into a perfect frenzy. Desirous of rescuing the men, Mr. Paul Blackshear and Mr. Harmon got into a boat and attempted to res cue them. The boat dipped water in the swift current near the houses, and they were compelled to return. Later in the afternoon several other attempts were made to rescue the men, but the swiftness of the current prevented. A Mr. Selph made an effort to reach them and fell out of his boat and was nearly drowned. Mayor Price offered a negro fisherman named Harison fifteen dollars to res cue them. He made repeated efforts to do so, but failed. Finally a negro named Jim Elliot got into a boat just after dark, and said that he would bring the men from their perilous positions. He pushed off from the land and disappeared and was never seen any more. It was supposed that he was drowned, but the dark ness prevented any certainty as to his fate. His brother remained at the bridge all night, hoping that he would return. There is a bare possi bility that the missing n mr> got into one of the submerged houses. Conners remained in the tree with the cat and the chicken all night, and Sheely and Green stayed on the house. A crown of negroes that re mained near the bridge through the night kept up the courage of the three men by shouting to them. The shouts were answered at short inter vals. As the night was cold the men must have suffered greatly. Another attempt wili be made to rescue them this morning.—Macon Telegraph. LATER. The Telegraph of the 2nd instant says that early this morning succeed ing the events above narrated, fully three thousand people assembled at the East Macon end of the city bridge. Many of them were renters or owners of the submerged houses and they gazed sadly at the injuries or destruc tion which during the night had be fallen their houses. It goes on to say: Much interest was manifested in the fate of the negro men who spent the night in the trees and upon the roof of the house. An effort was made early to rescue them from their perilous position. Mr. G. W. Faircloth got into a boat and succeeded in rescu ing Hilliard Conners from the tree in which he spent the night. He also rescued Jim Elliott, supposed to have been drowned the previous night. Elliott, it will be remembered, went in a boat to rescue Conners, Sheely and Rives, and did not return. The boat was upset, Elliott saving himself from drowning by jumping upon a raft of drift wood, where he spent the night. TWO MEN DROWNED. Cornelius Cheely and Jack Rives were both drowned. These two men were upon the roof of Cheely's house. Both might have been saved had they heeded the warn ings given them, but they refused to leave the house when they might have done so, declaring that they would remain and protect their pro perty from thieves. To a Telegraph reporter Hillard Dt •ess Goods, - CARPETS, - Blankets. A Superb Assortment of WOOLEN GOODS Cloaks, New Markets A Wnj Woolen Underwear in Red Flanfi te and Cashmere, ixi -A_ imi i iisr ieg i j^Come and price these goods ant you need them, you can buy them for L Money than you ever could. ADOLPH JOSEP! Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 23, 1886. Joseph’s Corn^ 8 b two Conners thus described how the men met their deaths. “I spent the night in a tree not far from Cheely’s house. He and Jack were on the roof. They got along very well, barring the cold, until about 4 o'clock in the morning. At that hour, the pillars under the house were washed away, and it was turned around so as to face the street. In front of the house was an evergreen tree. When the house began to turn, both men jumped into the tree and clung to the branches. A few minutes alter, I heard Cheely hallo. I asked what he wanted. He'said: ‘I want a boat to help me; the tree is going.’ Jack Rives didn't say anything. Al most immediately I heard Cheeley ex claim: ‘Boys, I’m gone!” I heard a splash, and then all was still. The water had washed the tree up, and both were drowned. It being thought that the bodies of the men had floated into Cheely’s house, several parties went to it in a boat, and tearing off the weather- boarding, attempted to enter. They were met by a dog, which fiercely assailed them. Beating the animal out of the way, they examined the interior of the house, but could not find the bodies. It is thought that they lodged behind the house. Each of the drowned men left a wife. A very destructive fire occurred at Salila, Colorado, on the 26th. A high wind was raging, and 27 of the princi pal business houses were destroyed. Loss at estimated at $120,000. A fir# occurred on the same day at Buf falo, New York, loss estimated at $500,000, LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTER' Remaining in the Post-Office at '■ ledgeville, Baldwin county, Ga.. ij 3rd, 1886. If not called for withiJ days, they will be sent to the Ij Letter office. Patterson, I>. Ray, Mary Smith, Mrs. R- i Turner, Emit’- Butts, Lizzie Barsons, Mary Collins, Lula Clay, Ludy Lawson, Henry Office Hours.—General delh window will be open from 9 A. M..' til 5 p, m. Money Order window i be open from 9 a. m. to 4 P. 31. J. Gf. Fowler, P-* AMUSEMENT JIAI’ Walter Pa ike & Co., Manag Wednesday, April, NELLIE C.DAVENPIII —OF— The Famous Davenport In The Wokderful Young Assisted by three of the best $ rializers in the World. In Grand Demonstration > 0 ' WONDERS AND’MYSTERIE S ( ATTENTION BALDWIN BLUES! Meet at your armory Wednesday night 8 o’clock, to make arrange ments about your trip to Savannah- all who intend to go are expected at this meeting. G. W. Caraker, Cap’t. W. A. Massey, 1st serg’t. Spirit Power- Admission 50cts,. Children 2-5c*-J Doors open 7 o'clock Seance r Loans on Land R ESPONSIBLE parties wishi^ borrow money on real e- Baldwin countv, can apply*? WHITFIELD & AIM- A^ixjrneys-a.'P* • Milledgeville, March 29, ^6.