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Volume LVII.. Milledgeville, Ga august 3. 1886. THE UNION & RECORDER, Published Weekly in Milledgeville, Ga., BY BARNES & MOORE. AM Trial of the Anarchists. Terms.—One dollar and fifty cents a year in advance. Six months for seventy-five cents.— Two dollars a year if not paid in advance. The services of Col. Jambs M, SMYTHE,are en gaged as GencralAssistant. The “FEDERAL UNION” and tlie“SOUTHERN RECORDER” were consolidated, August 1st, 1872, the Union being in' its Forty-Third Volume and the Recorderin itsFifty-Third Volume. TL1IO DA DUD may be found on’file at Geo. | nlo I Al Lll P. Rowell & Co's Newspa per AtU-ertising Bureau (10 Spruce St.), where advertising contracts may be made for it IX NEW YORK. Mass Meeting Called. Milledgeville, Ga., July 22, 1886. The Democratic Executive Commit tee met pursuant to call. ’ Present, M. Grieve, Chairman, L. Carrington, Secretary, E. :C. Ramsay, D. W. Brown, j. C. Whitaker, and Dr. J. G. Croley: absent, W. R. Ennis, and F. B. Mapp. Resolved, That the Democratic par ty of the county convene in mass meeting in the court house in Mill edgeville on the 17th day of August next for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Senatorial conven tion which meets in Sandersville 20th August next and to nominate a candi date for representative in the lower branch of the Legislature and to name a new Executive Committee of the party for the next two ensuing years. Resolved, that this action of the Committee be published conspicu ously in our county papers. L.'Carrington, M. Grieve, • Secretary. Chairman. EDITORIAL GLIMPSES. The oleomargarine bill has passed both Houses and goes to the President. His brother Democrats in Congress, congratulate Hon. Tom Norwood up on his re-nomination for Congress. No one can say that Irish Home Rule is dead when nearly a niillion and a half of Englishmen voted to sus tain it. _ Cattle Dying in Texas.—It is stated that c8+tle are dying in west ern Texas at the rate of one hundred a day from the severity of the drouth. Melocipede is the new name of a musical bicycle so fashioned that the rider can kick out melodies, waltzes and reels as he travels along the road. _ What is more pathetic than to see the simple faith with which a bald headed man will buy an infallible hair restorative from a bald headed barber?—Detroit Free Press. The Courier-Journal says : “It is no ted that Congressmen 'in their fist fights, strike each other in the mouth, and adds, a congressman’s mouth is always his weak point.” The proofs are growing stronger, and unmistakably show that Herr Most, Parsons, Spies, Fielden and others, were engaged in a most deter mined purpose to produce a bloody revolution. They doubtless supposed the revolution, started at Chicago, would extend over the whole country and to effectually start it, it was nec essary to open it with the shedding of blood. In their ignorance they im agined that the many strikers all over the country, would almost necessarily become participants in it. Throwing the bomb and destroying a good ma ny lives was intended to open the rev olution, it was the ball to start it, but they discovered almost immediately, that there was not only little energy in their presumptious purpose, but immediate terror in those by whom the ball was to be set in motion. They were quick to perceive their mistake, and the ring-leaders dispers ed to seek safety in flight and con cealment. We cannot find room for the tedious revelations of the trial. We have no doubt some of the ring-leaders will be found guilty, and expiate their crimes upon the gallows, while others will be put to hard labor in the penitentiary, and, perhaps, others will be expelled from the country with the condition imposed of death should they dare to return. These criminals, as is well known, and has been shown on the trial, were well prepared with rifles, swords, dy namite, and other materials for dead ly purposes, which were used with ter rific effect. Thirty odd American cit izens, most of them being officers of the government to preserve peace and order, were killed in the most inhu man manner, and to let them escape, even by expulsion from the country, would be revolting to the sense of justice of our people, and disgraceful to us as a government. It is likely the trials will last for some days, per haps weeks yet, but the shadows on the wall portend retribution for the deliberate murder of American citizens. Anything short of that, would invite new atrocities and profane our na tional honor. This is a case in which moderation and mercy would be flagrant and disgraceful crime. Washington Letter. From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, July 26, 1886. The enterprise of a great national celebration of the centennial inaugu ration of the first president in 1889 is gathering sure weight and momen tum. Many Senators and Members favor it, and. encouraging assurances of co-operation have been received Some of the journals and hosts of his friends are congratulating Hon. Jno. S. Davidson upon his re-nomina tion for Senator from the 18th district. The whole State is gratified. His reputation extends all over the State, and in fact it is national. He occu pies a high place in the hearts of the people. _ , All About the Granite.—They are laying Georgia granite on the streets' of Cincinnati ind using In diana limestone in the walls of the new Georgia capitol, and'Maine gran- 6 weeks earlier, ite was used in building the Atlanta post office. Verily, it seems that stone gets cheaper the further it has to be hauled.—Savannah News. A newspaper in Illinois recently brought suit against forty-three men who would not pay their subscription, and obtained judgment in each case for the full amount of the claims. Of these, twenty-eight made affidavit that they owned no property in ex cess of what the law allowed them, thus preventing an attachment. Then, under the law of Congress making the taking of a newspaper from a post office without paying for it, theft, they were arrested for petit larceny and bound over in the sum of $300 each. All but six gave bail, and the others went to jail. Storms, Cyclones and Drouths. These evidently occur, and are more disastrous, in sections where timber lands are least plentiful. The people in all sections of * the country must begin at once to plant trees on large scales, and, in doing so, should make up their minds to use less land in cul tivation. The more open the country is the more disastrous the storms. As it will take half a century to derive any great advantage from erecting forests, we shall say nothing at pres ent about them. The recent storm in Illinois mowed down the corn which was six feet high and cut it off close to the ground. As corn can be suc cessfully planted from the middle of March until 2\ months before frost, the plan should be adopted to have several plantings. By doing that, if the first planted should be destroyed, other planting of small corn might be saved. Tall corn full of ears will fall before the storm, while other smaller corn would escape, and so of other crops. There can be several plantings of cotton, and -several sowings of grain. By this policy the whole crop will not be destroyed. This sugges tion is worthy of consideration. The writer has planted cotton as late as the 10th of June, that did as well as other cotton planted two months or Less land and sever al plantings in a term of years is the safest policy to escape the destruction caused by storms, insects and drouths. Reunion # of the.Fourth Georgia Regi ment. Macon, July 27, I860.—To the Sur vivors of the Fourth Georgia Regi ment: The citizens of Talbotton hav ing invited the veterans of the Fourth Georgia Regiment to hold their re union this year at that place, I re commend the acceptance of their proffered hospitality, and name Au gust 25th and 26th as the time for the reunion. Members of the executive commit tee will give notice to the survivors of their respective companies, and as earlv as practicable forward to Cap- , Honk, the Radical |.‘f“ nooga the otl™ day knl painted the ! th ?y assigned toquarter^ The town red, blue and several other col ors. The Radical city officials alio wed him to violate decency and make him self generally obnoxious without a protest. The Times, with character istic enterprise and fearlessness, pub lished a full account of his debauch, even to the most disgusting details.— Savannah News. The designation of Col. L. F. Liv ingston as President of the Coving ton and Macon railroad has been re fused to be accepted by the directors. The cause of his resignation was that he w r as opposed to making Athens the northern terminus of the road. It; seems that the mortgages upon -which ; the bonds were predicated and the bonds themselves require the road to be built to Covington. Col. Living ston secured subscriptions to the stock by personally guaranteeing its com pletion to Covington. Grading has been completed to within ten miles of Covington and it is not known yet what will be done. corresponding secretary will endeav or to secure reduced rates on the rail roads for the survivors and members of their families. Letters of inquiry should be addressed to him at Macon, Ga. All who can should attend. By order General Phil Cook, Pres’t. Survivors’ Association 4th Ga. Roland B. Hall, Corresponding Sec’y. Papers at Albany, Americus, Mon tezuma, Milledgville, Monticello, and West Point, will please publish. A Terrific Explosion. Chicago, July 25.—A terrific ex plosion occurred in Armon's oleomar garine factory this morning. A large tank became overcharged with steam and exploded with frightful force, sending the boiling contents over four men, while two others at thirty yards distance were injured by flying debris. Thos. Dolan died from the efiect of injuries and James Bailey is not expected to live. from every part* of the Union. It is proposed to make this national cele bration a prelude to the commemora tion of the grandest event in the an nals of time—the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus, the four hundredth anniversary of which will be in 1892. In view of' the magnitude and sublimity of tl\e en terprise, it cannot be said that its pro moters have begun too early to sur vey its dimensions, to lay its founda tion in the popular heart, to sketch its superstructure, and even to plan the details of its installation. It is proposed that the celebration shall take the form of it World’s Fair, and the situation most favored is the flats South of the White House, cov ering an area of three hundred acres, and, as it w ere, in the midst of the city. The shape of Washington may be rqughly described as that of a cres cent with its horns resting on the Po tomac—the right at Georgetown, the left at the Arsenal. Between these two horns lie the flats, bounded on the West by the river, and on the East, North and South by the Naval Observatory, the War, State and Na vy Departments, the White House, the Treasury, the Smithsonian Institu tion, and the National Museum. In the midst stands Washington’s Monu ment, the highest structure in the world. From every part of the grounds may be seen the towering Capitol of the United States, and, for a background, are the evergreen hills ot Arlington on the right bank of the Potomac. Never have Nature, Art, and History done so much to make an exposition great and a celebration sublime. At the centennial exposi tion in 1876, and at Paris in 1878, it was necessary to travelon an average about three miles before the Exposi tion grounds could be reached. Here no part of the city will be more than a mile and a half from the Exposition, and the greater part will not be farth er than a half mile. Here on the very confines of the proposed situation are museums, the Corcoran Art Gallery,, and the finest specimens of architect ure in the world. In other words, there is here already a permanent Ex position, and the promoters of the great enterprise find the work half finished to their hands. The enterprise is one of infinite pos sibility. There is a strong sentiment *in favor of making the Exposition permanent—an exhibition at the Na tional Capital, year in and year out, of the products and resources and in dustrial progress of each of the sever al States and Territories of the Union; and not only of the States and Terri tories, but of the other Governments of the three Americas, forming in the aggregate a vast panoramic display of the art, science and agriculture, the native wealth and skilled industries, the varied ethnological phases and the civilized development of the Wes tern Hemisphere. The magnitude of the results thus sought to be reached surpasses all previous conceptions of a similar character, yet the practicability of the scheme is easily comprehensible, arid its expense within the bounds of sim ple business computation, it being un derstood that the general Govern ment will grant the use of the neces sary grounds and contribute its own valuable collections to the enrichment of the great international exhibit. The States and Territories co-oper- j ating in the project, either singly or in groups, would merely be called up on to erect such buildings, for th^ir own occupation, as immediate needs might require. The cost to each, in view of the accruing advantages, would be scarcely more than that of an ordinary State fair. Foreign gov ernments participating in the exposi tion would of course have their sepa rate departments and the necessary space allotted to them. The Govern ment at Washington, having a gener al supervisory direction of the whole would add from time to time such aids and accessories as the growth? of the enterprise might suggest. So simple in its details, so capable of realization without any extrava gant expenditure, yet of such infinite possibilities, the project assumes pro portions that are fairly overpowering in their immensity. Nothing in an cient or contemporary history ap proaches it in grandeur—this splendid Bazar of the Continent upon the banks of the Potomac—a constant ad vertisement of the wonderful resour ces of the American nations that will permeate the commerce of the world with new and vigorous inspiration, arid a constant educator of the people in all that pertains to their higher civ ilization. Already are many Governors of States, commercial exchanges and re presentative bodies signifying their THE TRAIN WRECKERS. From tlie Chicago Ledger. “During the winter of 1861-2 a con tinual warfare was kept up in Missou ri with the guerrilla bands. “They are the most terrible pests of a country, even when anxious to de fend it, and the ordinary guerrilla is a friend to no one but himself. “I was often out upon the chase, and several fierce skirmishes took place. A band of guerrillas had taken possession of the Missouri railroad, and burned the bridges, tore up the rails, and brought about a desolation that half a dozen battles would not have caused. “I met with ah adventure at this time which evidences the bloody and ruthless character of these outlaws. “I think it was about the last of De cember that I started from the com mand for a small station some t wenty miles distant.* cordial poses. assent to its nlan and nur- ‘Tll attend ‘to it soon.” Don't cheat yourself in that way. Your hair is growing thinner, dryer and more lifeless every day. 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"I had business with a gentleman in the village, and rode across the country, intending to leave my horse —I owned a good one at that time— with my acquaintance, and return with the supply train, which was ex pected at that time. “The day was as bad a one as I could have well chosen; the bleak air swept over the prairies, chilling horse and man to the very bone. “I should have waited for a fairer day; but the train was expected up in the morning, I was anxious to go, and had already been delayed several days. “So I started early, and rode along cheerfully enough for the first five miles, when a genuine western storm arose, and began to rage with the fu ry that is only witnessed in those tree less districts. “I was soon soaked through to the skin, the rain beat upon my face, fiercely, and I wished myself back at camp, or anywhere else out of the storm. “I believe we were five hours trav eling the succeeding five miles, and at the end of that time I was nearly fro zen. “The fear of losing my way added still more to my distress, for there were no fences or other land marks, and the ground was being fast cover ed by the beating snow, which suc ceeded the rain. “My clothing was frozen stiff, and the neck and breast of my horse was covered with sheets of frozen breath and blood which had oozed from his swelling nostrils. “I must find shelter, I thought, or perish in the most horrible manner. “Suddenly I noticed smoke arising in the distance. No house was visible and it has seemed remarkable to me that I observed the smoke; a fortun ate chance was the cause, perhaps. “No house was to be seen, the place was in the hollow of the prairie, and I rode within twenty rods of the door ere I saw the way. “Getting off the horse with difficul ty, my limbs had become stiffened with cold, I was about to approach the house, when it occurred to me that it would be as well to reconnoiter a little. “A band of outlaws might be har boring there, and then I would w ish myself outside again, cold as it was. * “Speaking kindly to the horse, who stretched his nose against me for warmth, I fastened the bridle to a shrub and stole cautiously toward the house. “Making a circuit, I approached from the back of the building. It was a poor affair, the habitation of a prairie farmer, evidently; but there was shelter for man and beast. “As I came up the door at the side opened. I had but time to escape around the corner, when three men issued out. “They were rough looking fellows, warmly clad, and I at once,concluded to give them a wide berth. “With some imprecations at the weather they hurried to the stable, Which fronted the road. ‘‘When they reappeared it was up on fleet-looking horses, and they then rode away toward the north. “I watched them out of sight, and then approached the cabin again. Listening, I could hear no one, and thought the place was untenanted. “I resolved to take advantage of the shelter, arid hastening back to my poor horse I soon left him munching hay in the little stable, and myself hurried on to the house. . “I was nearly ready to drop with fatigue and cold, and, waiting for no ceremony, I opened the door And en tered. “A fire was burning on one side of the poorly furnished apartment, and hurrying forward I spread out my per son to the blaze. ‘‘I had seen no one as yet, but a voice sounded from a back room a moment later. “ ‘Is that you, Carl?’’ asked a wo man’s voice. “I explained that I was a traveler, nearly frozen, and had taken the liberty to enter the house, as I saw no one about. “A tall, wrinkled old woman, with a very erect carriage, came in from the kitchen. ‘•She looked at me searehingly, as I made my excuse, and I thought a sad expression appeared upon her face. What could it mean, or was I mis taken? “I decided that the latter was the case, and lying back in the hard chair, I enjoved the fire as a man only can when he has been chilled through to the bone. “My dozing was broken by the sound of voices outside; men were approaching the. house: The old woman seemed to shrink with fear as she heard the sound. * “Rising to my feet, expecting some disaster, I placed my hand upon my pistol and waited. “The door opened and twenty men, I counted them as they came in sing ly, filed into the room. “They were all armed with rifles, and an entire arsenal of small arms, and I knew I was in the presence of a band of guerrillas. “There wq,s no help for it, however, the men had seen my horse, and doubtless knew my character. “ ‘Put up your shooter and surren der,’ saida tall, red-headed man, who seemed be the leader, ’You shan’t be hurt so long as you remaid quiet.” “ ‘But who are you? I returnen with as much resolution as I could summon up. ‘It would not be policy to surrender until I know to whom I ’ * OLD FOGY. “A loud laugh from the entire crowd cut off my speech. “ ‘That’s a good one,’ said the tall individual. ‘ ’Twas just lettin’ you down kinder easy ’cause you cum in to my place unawares. We can kill you easy enough, if you insist upon it.’ “I did not- Resistance, would be the last thing I should attempt against such overpowering numbers. “I handed over my weapons to the leader, and he ordered two of the gang to take me into the back-room and watch while they conferred to gether. “I passed nearly an hour in the back-room, listening to the talk go ing forward in front. From the brok en words I heard I pieced out the fol lowing: “The suply train, due tomorrow, was to pass this afternoon, and the outlaws were plotting its destruc tion. “The track was nearly a mile from the house, and the le&der concluded to go at last. He entered the room where I sat, and ordered the guards to watch me closely. “One of them pleaded so strongly to go upon the expedition the leader submitted, and when the men left was alone with the old woman and the single robber. “My own fears and troubles had been swallowed up by the more im portant news I had received regard ing the train. “It was quite valuable, being much required by the troops at the time. There were several officers on board, also, and their capture or death would be a great loss. “To shorter^ a long story, I had a flask of liquor in my poiket; the out law a larger in his own possesion, and he also had an appetite for a larger quantity than was obtainable. “He drank up the liquor in his own flask in a very few minutes, and my own followed immediately afterward. “As might have deen expected, the cold and the liquor threw him in a drunken slumber. I now decided to leave the house at any risk; “The old woman had remained in the front room. Slowly I drew away the ruffian’s weapons. I had been left unbound, and warned by my own es cape, I proceeded to secure the fellow without awakening him. I then en tered the front room and prevailed with the old lady to allow me to serve her in the same way. “Five minutes later I had mounted, my horse and was riding at break neck speed toward the railroad track. “I heard the engine whistle shrilly as I left the stable, and knew the probabilities were against my reach ing the spot in time to do any good. “I rode with the speed of the wind over the snow-covered ground, and came into view of the track just as the train halted. “Reining the steed back, I looked at the cars; they were already in the possession of the outlaws. “A couple of men had gone up the track with a red flag, and had halted the train—in an ambush of their fel lows. “They jumped on board, with shouts and screams of triumph, while the bullets rattled fiercly. “Disappointed that I had not been a few minutes earlier, I watched the rascals. “The soldiers upon the train were all dead or prisoners, and then the outlaw's left the cars. “Standing together in a body, they consulted for a moment,, and then the engine v’as uncoupled, two men leap ed upon it and drove down the track. “I watched them with baited breath. What did they intend to do? It was soon explained. “The locomotive was stopped again a few miles away, the lever was thown back, and the engine rushed bacx upon the cars with the speed of the avalanche. “A moment, and it collided with the foremost car, plowed its way through, and soon the valuable sup ply train was but a mass of smoking ruins.” , , , The colonel stopped and drew a long breath. ' „ “I tell you it was a thrilling night,' he said, ajter a moment; “but the guerrillas soon paid for the damage. “I escaped without difficulty, and reached camp ag&in that night. The following week witnessed the destruc tion of that band of bushwhackers, for the' soldiers were maddened by the loss of their supplies, and rested not a moment until they revenged it. Courier-Journal Office> ^ , July 24, 1886. >* On the 4th day of March, 1850, Mr. Calhoun entered the Senate Chamber, supported on one side by his col league, Judge Butler, and on the oth er by Senator Morton, of Virginia, who escorted him to his seat. He was so pale and emaciated that he looked like a corpse. His health had been failing him for a year, and dur ing that time he appeared only oeca- sionally in the Senate. After resting a short time by the aid of another he rose and said, in feeble tones, that he had prepared and had printed the re marks he intended to offer, but, as he felt too feeble to perform the task of delivering them, he would ask the favor of Senators to allow his friend, Senator Mason, to read them. The ^ ues ^ was, of course, granted. That speech was but little more than a r ® c ^I ) ^ u ^ a tion of the sentiments he had often expressed on the slavery question. ; An intelligent writer thus describes- the scene: “The reading of this speech by Mr. Mason—the Seriate chamber and gal leries filled to overflowing—the ap- pearance of Mr Calhoun, standing as all knew he. did, upon the brink of the* grave, wrapped in a cloak, his long, white bushy hair hanging wildly down the side of his pale emaciated face; his countenance lightning up and his eye flashing out of its deep socket as he cast it around on Senators when cer tain passages were read, as if to ar rest their attention and enforce his words with its Avonted fire, was a most unique, impressive and dramatic scene. He was, by the voice of a friend, uttering his last and most em phatic words in that illustrious body, of which he had long been one of the most distinguished members. It was his last appearance in the Senate; of this he and all others w'ere conscious. As he left his seat, supported by his venerable colleague, Judge Butler,, and by Mr. Mason, the Senators gath ered around him to expretes their sym pathies and bid him an affectionate and; eternal adieu. Supported by his two friends, he then passed slowly out.. Impressive as were his last words,, his own appearance was incompara bly more so.”* DEATH OF MR. CALHOUN. Twenty-seven days thereafter, March; 31, 1850, he died, aged sixty-eight years and thirteen days. His* death was announced in the. Senate the next day by his late colleague, Judge Butler, on which occasion Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster delivered some touching and eloquent remarks. They, too, .were to follow their early, com panion (the three entered Congress ' almost simultaneously, in a little more than two years. MR. CLAY SOON FOLLOWS. Mr. Clay’s extraordiaary labors in originating and effecting the adoption of the compromise measures in the Congress of 1850 impaired his health. After the close of that Congress, March 4th, 1851, we went to New York and took passage from there to Ha vana, hoping to derive benefit from a milder climate. He remained in .Ha- • vana but a short time, as his health did not seem to improve, and th&R proceeded home by way of New Or leans and the Mississippi. Though afflicted with a distressing cough, he went to Washington at the commence ment of the Thirty-second Congress, but the fatigue of the journey so weakened him and his cough so in creased that he was not able to take his seat, nor was he able to leave his room. His son Thomas soon reached his bedside and remained with him to the end. He died on the 27tl> of June 1852, aged seventy-fiv/i years two months and seventeen days. His death was announced the next day in. both houses of Congress, and eloquent eulogies were pronounced upon him. THE FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES took place' the second day after his death. The remains were placed in the rotunda of the Capitol for some hours, and were viewed by thousands. They were then sent to Ashland, Iris own beloved home, where they now repose. Thus another of the Great Triumvirate had passed away. The third still remained, but soon to fol low his great compeers. Daniel Webster died at his favorite home, Marshfield, Mass:, surrounded by his family and a few devoted friends, on the 21th of October 1852, aged seventy years nine months and six days. He was then Secretarv of .State under President Fillmore. When w r ill three'such men again aj> pear in public life? How the Southern Improvements are Made. The Louisiana State Lottery light ning struck on Madison street, Mem phis, at the last June 15th drawing. Mr. J. E. Beaselv and ex-Postmaster Hon. J. H. Smith, who w r ent in a dol lar apiece together, drew $10,000, or $5,000 each. It is reported that they will add it to the fund for protecting the South Memphis river front.-Mem phis Appeal, June 18th, 1886. Dr. R. Butler, Master of Arts, Cam bridge University, England, says: “St. Jacobs Oil acts like magic;” De-IeC-ta-lave. The use of Delectalave imparts suck an agreeable sensation to the mouth and teeth, as to make it a pleasure to children as well as • to adults. Use Delectalave when you perform your daily ablutions. The habitual use will preserve the teeth in a healthy condition during life. For sale in Milledgeville, by < . L, Case, Druggist-