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UNION & RECORDER.. UNFORTUNATE CHARLESTON. •Special Correspondence of Macon Telegraph. Charleston, S. C., September 2 — “Here take this cigar and sit there in that rocker and rii give you a prel- tv accurate idea of the result of the earthquake here Tuesday night.” The clock of the great tower of famous St. Michael’s stands still, with the hands pointing exactly at five and a half minutes to 9 o’clock, which tells exactly the moment of the worst shock beneath the immense tower. The building is separated several inches, and the structure is a ruin. . It was about the centre of the most violent force. Charleston fs a ruined citv It is not exaggeration to say * hat two-thirds of the brick buildings, which constitute two-thirds of the city, will have to be pulled down. Only three or four smaller brick buildings were absolutely destroyed, shaken down to the very foundation but as many as twenty three-story buildings \ih_Y6 the whole frame knocked light out On East Bay street, near Chal mers, I saw a three-story residence with the entire front, from gable roof to the very pavement, out; the rooms looked like those represented in houses on the stage. There were the bric-a-brac on the mantle, little pictures on the wall, the rocking chair drawn to a table and smashed i&inp on the floor. Several houses ,yresented similar pictures. On King, East Bay, Meeting and Broad streets, two-thirds of the houses are badly wrecked. The top stories, to use a Hibernianism, are on the pavements. The gutters and sides of these streets are piled with roofs and bricks. A few instances in detail will suffiice to .give an idea of the force of the shock: Hibernian Hall, on Meeting was a splendid building before ruined, with pillars of brick three feet in diameter. The were snapped off in the middle, and 'the fall shattered them to the top in halves to separate the bricks, and tearing down a massive iron fence that stood on the front, and pulling .'the iron-gate pillars from their stone foundation. The front wall is left, with a green harp on a gold back ground glaring out in the full moon as .mute as‘Tara's harp.’ Across the street, nearly a square away, is the Pavillion Hotel. Its corner, facing two streets, is shattered, and neither guests, steward or proprietor will sleep in it. A stone structure known familiarly as the “fire proof building*’ has its top story wrecked, and the massive stones that were riveted and ceinent- ed as coping, lie crushed on the pave ment. The yawning gaps in the third story seem to look aghast at the brok en pile of rock beneath. St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church spire is riddled with fissures, and a third of •the very highest part, where there was a lookout, is torn away. A rope around the front warns all of the danger. Certainly its whole front if not the entire building will have to be . replaced. .Net twenty brick houses in the cen tre of the city escaped serious erack- ing. A competent architect says two- thirds of fully a thousand buildings will have to be entirely rebuilt, and that it would be a doubtful and dan gerous experiment to risk inhabiting nine-tenths of them without entire re building. Some few, probably one hundred, might be repaired. Those that hardly lost a brick are in a more dangerous condition than some where the entire top story was shaken down. Nearly all the houses have a three-window front, arid it is noticeable that they are all cracked at the second story and at the middle j void of odor. street, it was nearly pillars system, and little hopes are entertain ed of her recovery. Marion Square, the campus of the Cadets, covers about four acres. It presents a weird scene to-night. Four thousand people are scrouged togeth er there. Along every street, from 8 to 10 o’clock, could be seen streams of people carrying blankets, pillows and overcoats to make their bed. on the campus for the night, the little children toddling at their mother’s heels, their father in the lead with the bedding. The poorer classes, who depend on daily labor for a livelihood, are hav ing some deprivations, but there is no want of food anywhere. I saw a wagon load of small one and two pound blocks of ice drive up to Washington Square this evening for free distribution. The September sun, and the excitement, and the ner vous unrest had worn the people into slow fever. They surrounded the wagon and almost fought, not in an ger, but largely as if famished, to get the ice. Soon, however, all were sup plied, and the ice was crushed and devoured just so; not a fifth of it was put into water. There absolutely seems to be no thought of the future. Every one is looking for another shock. It will take fully a week for the people to recover full self-consciousness. Even where there are one-story frame buildings in the heart of the city, the people are too frightened to sleep indoors. I looked in a side street a half an hour ago. Negroes and poor white- people occupy the little frame shan ties. All were on the pavement, some sat in chairs, others lay on benches, and some sat on the curbs with their heads in the lap of those in a chairs. Where they were awake hushed voices telling of the awful ca lamity could be heard. Each one was relating his experience. Four-fifths of the city seemed to have been awake when the shock that did the damage was felt. All speak of the awful dread that overtook them. Certainly few ever expected to see an other day. The dread of that awful moment has shattered many a system, and, sadder yet, not a few premature births and stillbirths are reported. Except in the centre, where the most damage was done, the city does not give any astounding evidence of the terrible shock. It is a close in spection of the houses sagged in the middle that tells the observer how great has been the damage. Only in one place did I observe that the splen did Belgian block pavement had been erupted. The effect on the earth by the shock can better be seen outside the city and in a few unpaved backyards, where fissures in the earth may be seen. - I came here this morning from Savannah; from Ravenels, twenty-five miles south of here, to this city, the evidences are numerous of the vio lence of the shock. The entire twen ty-five miles present long cracks and some large fissures in the earth. The sand belched forth was of the very finest grain and white as driven snow in many places. It was piled several feet and shaped like ant-hills. They were evidently sand geysers. I examined one large fissure; it was twenty yards long and nearly as many feet deep. Where it closed at the bot tom was fine white sand; another sand was like a burned pressed brick. It, too, was almost as fine as flour. In places where there has been no , rain for ten days there are pools of | water the color of clabber whey. The most peculiar matter that I ever saw was in little hills with a hole in the center, whence it had spouted. It was oily, and entirely without grit. It was like bluemass in color though not quite so stiff. It suggested in appear ance crude petroleum, and -was de- After two days experience in Char leston, Haydn reaches the following conclusion: A number of people have asked my opinion as to whether or not the ena has come. I am frank: I know nothing beyond an ordinary school training of geology, and the variegated and at variance views of those scientists who have written on earthquakes, make me have very little belief in the science as at present developed. Because of the seeming hollowness beneath me in the Charleston Hotel when the shock came Friday night, I confess that I have grave fears that a part of the city will either be swallowed np, or, at least a portion of it will settle several feet, which of course, means total destruction for the houses on the land so settling. My belief is that the earthquake was caused by a land slide. Had it been volcanic, the openings in the earth for a circle of twenty-five miles around Charleston, woold have given ample outlet for the exploding substances and gases, and that ere now the end would have been, or that at some one or two points there would be distinct volcanic eruptions. Charleston is a point of land run ning out into the ocean, flanked on either side by a river. Much of the land is made, and it certainly cannot be regarded as well able to withstand a few more such shocks as that of Friday night. These considerations alarm me for Charleston’s safety, and it will require many days of absence of shocks to ex cite any confidence in me in the city’s safety. I am sorry to say this, and I am inclined even now to strike it out; but it is an honest conviction after two days and nights of experience and so I let it stand. It is doubtless a terrible truth that Charleston is a finished city. Haydn. IN MEMORIAM. The estimate of the loss as made up todayjreaches $29,500,000, which covers the governmentfbuildings, public pro perty, churches and everything. Again the last messenger has enter ed our midst, and called upon us to mourn the loss of one of our associates Three times within the quarter has made its insatiate demands, thinning our numbers and saddening our hearts but increasing our jewels in Heaven Our Addie was a native of Baldwin County, Georgia, and was fourteen years of age. She came to Augusta in December, 1885, and immediately thereafter joined our School, to which she was devotedly attached until the time of her death, June 19, 1886. Lov ing, affectionate and kind, she natu rally almost imperceptably entwined herself around our hearts like the vine around the oak. No victor’s wreath decks her brow, for her age was too tender for this No heraldry of press or rostrum told the world of her noble deeds, but the simple child of Jesus, the earnest fol lower of our Savior, revels to-day in unalloyed bliss; in a haven of joy and love, of peace and harmony, that all the greatness of a Napoleon or the wealth of a Rothschild cannot attain to. Blessed rest! Glorious immortality! In that day when myriads upon my riads of angels and archangels surround the throne of love and grace, Addie’s voice will help to swell the chorus that welcomes the faithful to the bosom of Jesus. Resolved, That this school tenders its warmest sympathies to the rela tives of our deceased school-mate, here in the city, and to her parents in Baldwin County. Resolved, That a copy of this be furnished to A. W. Moran, and one to the deceased relatives, and that the Secretary be required to leave a blank page in the minute book for the in sertion of these resolutions. Respectfully submitted, Fannie Ramsey, Rebecca Duval, Nellie B. Plumb. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 1886. NAVIGATING THE OCONEE. A FRUITLESS ATTEMPT MADE TO RUN A BOAT FROM BARNETT SHOALS TO TIDE WATER, windows. This indicates that the houses are loosened at every point .and are beyond repair. Here is where the great loss is en tailed. The people seem less despond ent than one would expect. They are so glad that they are alive, that they were not engulfed alive into the earth, that they do not think of the enormous loss of property. While 4,hey have recovered from the panic of Tuesday night, full mental equilibrium has not been restored. Nearly every one seemed dazed; the coolest man v talks excitedly and exaggeratedly when he tells you of the disaster. It is difficult to get calm answers to any question; to even an inquiry that does not relate to the earthquake. Not only are the vast majority so tiervous that they fear another shock at any moment, but they cannot be . persuaded to sleep in their houses. Ten thousand people are sleeping in the open places, and in chairs in the streets to-night. Courtney’s Park and Marion and Washington squares are crowded with people lying as thick as sardines in a box. Some have mat tresses, others straw, some blankets and others are lying on the naked , grass. Every omnibus in town is hired out to-night. People have them in the middle of the streets and on lots. Boards are laid across the seats and as many as five and six are jammed -on mattresses in them. In the squares the scenes suggest the gypsy .camp in Romany Rye, save that there is not a foot of space between the tents. The tents are made of variega ted bed quilts, lap robes, coarse sacks, cotton baling and faded calico dres ses—truly a motley group. To de tail would seem like exaggeration. Negroes and whites lie down side by some instances, sharing the „ qATHo hit of tent. As a general thing the negroes keep .,tothemselves, but there is no earthly disposition to draw the line of class, ropa or color* # . . In Washington Square libs very low -a beautiful young mother of but three -days—the day before the earthquake .the baby was born, the next day ,came the disaster; and the young mother and her one-day-old infant were carried to the square and laid on a mattress on the ground, and a rude gable-end tent stretched on sticks -four feet high keeps out the cool Sep tember nigbt air. But the shock has ilre ady disturbed the mother’s nervous Between Ravenel's and here in sev eral places the cross-ties and rails were moved two feet. In one place the road-bed seemed to have been shifted. Accounts vary here as to whether the flames came out of the earth. Some assert positively that they saw sulphurious flames emitted. Howev er, there is no disagreement that the atmosphere was filled with sulphuri ous fumes. As to relief, ample money for per sonal wants is being offered from cities all over the country. There are two committeemen here from Savan nah, who came today. Savannah has raised $4,000, but the committeemen here say they are instructed to draw for any amount up to $10,000 for all personal need. How the people will ever recover from the property damages is an un solved problem. The people them selves do not fully grasp the idea that many of them are financially ruined. There is some discussion of the idea of asking a ten million dollar loCn from the general government at a nominal rate of interest on a mort gage on the restored buildings on which the money would be expended. The matter has not taken definite shape, however. To estimate accurately the proper ty loss would be at this time sheer folly. I do not believe ten million^ will cover the damage. At midnight, the city is as quiet as a city of the dead. Worn out, the community sleeps soundly on the ground with the stars keeping eternal watch. This dispatch is written in a build ing without any roof and two taller houses on each side shattered and ready to topple at the slightest jar. I have six inches of the Pavillion Ho tel proprietor’s mattress on Courte nay Place, where I am going now to sleep. Telegraphic communication has been very bad all day, and after 9 o’clock tonight, when the Southern got two wires and the Western Union three or four, there were 1,500 private messages yet awaiting to be sent. This has prevented many newspapers from getting any specials. Opinions differ as to whether or not there was a slight shock here today. Very few maintain vigorously that they distinctly felt a tremor of the earth. Good night. Haydn. Athens Banner. It is not generally known that the Oconee river, as far north as Barnett’s shoals, has been declared by legisla tive enactment a navigable stream, and hence it is in the power of any boatman to demand passage through the dams, although only one has ever exercised this power. Years before the war an old man named Levi Crawford decided that he would build a boat, launch it at Barnett’s shoals, in Oconee county, and make a trip to Florida on it. As he had abundant means, the idea was carried to success, so far as building the boat and launch ing it. It was a queer looking craft, something on the order of a flat boat, with a long pole behind, by which to steer it, and manned by a crew of his slaves. He had stretched upon the craft tents and every comfort necessary for his journey. The news of the building of the boat created quite a stir along the river bank, and especially with mill men who had dams across the stream, as they knew the law required that they give pas sage to all boats, and it was incun- bent on them to launch the boat be low the obstruction or remove their The first dam reached by Craw ford’s boat was at Scull Shoals, then the property of Poullain. It was Fri day evening when this point was gained and the owner of the boat de cided to tie up for awhile. Sunday, hundreds of people from the surround ing country flocked to the river to see the strange sight. Dr. Poullain, taking advantage of the crowds of lusty blacks on the banks, proposed to Mr. Crawford to let him have liis boat lifted around the dam, as it would prevent him stopping all of liis force. But the request was refused, with the information that lie did not believe in laboring on the Sabbath day. Monday morning Crawford an nounced his desire to move on, and Dr. Poullain had to stop every plow in his fields and man in the factory from work to get^the boat over the dam, which was finally accomplished after a great deal of labor and planning. This same thing was repeated at every ob struction across the stream, until by the time Milledgeville was neared the boat had been shaken to pieces with so much handling. Here it struok some shoals in the river and was dash ed to pieces on the rocks, the owner and his crew barely escaping with their lives, and losing everything they had on board. The destruction of the boat was hailed with pleasure by all mill owners on the Oconee, who would secretly have rejoiced to hear that the owner was also drowned for the trouble he had given them. This was the first and last attempt made to navigate the upper Oconee, al though we heard a gentleman pre dict only a few days ago that before many years, through means of locks and canals, boats would be run ning as far up as Athens. In the North there are smaller streams than the Oconee rendered navigable, and now that Congress has appropriated the munificent sum of $1,500 as a start on improving the river, we may look for great things. De-lec-ta-lave. If children’s first teeth received proper care and treatment, the second set would be all the better for it. Let your dentist treat them; and keep them clean and healthy by using De- For sale in Milledgeville, by C. L. Case, Druggist. A Volcano Near Tunis.—Malta, September 1.—The captain of a steam er just arrived here reports that on August 30th, when his ship was four teen miles to north of island of Galita, off Tunis in the Mediterranean, he noticed that the highest peak on the eastern end of the island was in a state of eruption, ejecting smoke from the crater like a mountain. An Earthquake in Spain.—Lon don, September 2.—A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Antequera, near Malaga, yesterday. The inhabi tants fled panic-stricken from the town. There was no loss of life. Roscoe Conkling entered Congress when 29, Blaine at 33, and Edmunds entered the Senate at 37. Capital Prize. $150,000. “We dohcreby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and Quar terly Drawings of The Louisiana State Lotte ry Company, and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fac-similes of our signatures attached, in its advertise ments.” If good is about and take courage. you, thank God A. OAK 13- To all who are suffering from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, Ac., I will send a recipe that will core you, FREE OP CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a mission ary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph T. Inman, (Staffon D. New York Citv. September, 3rd, 1886. 9 *y* We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our coun ters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat ? lBk. J. W. KILBRETH, Pres. State Nat’J Bank. A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat'IBk. To-morrow morning, two members of the firm of W. T. GONN & CO., Leave for New York to purchase the largest stock of Groceries ever brought to this part of the country. They are Going to See the Manufacturers, and be certain that they are getting the LOWEST PRICES on all goods bought. Their trade, so far, this year, is double what it was last year. And by enterprise, pluck, fair and honest dealing they intend to make next year double this. Their trade now°extends from Washington, Crawfordville and Thomson, on the Georgia Rail road to Millen and Dublin down the Central. They have nV rivals in this section and the Goods shipped, daily, by them testifies that they have very few rivals in the distant cities. ” They don’t ask you to buy of them, but do ask ^ou to Get their Prices, before buying elsewhere. If they don’t sell you then, good goods and low prices are no inducement. Tobaccos, Cigars and Snuffs and Kerosene and Lubricating Oils, are specialties. Wholesale only. »*. T. CO.Y.Y 4* CO., 22 & 24 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga. July 20th, 18b6. 29 ly No. 17 South Wayne St. WHITE & TREANOR. We invite all our Patrons and Friends to come and examine our new goods, -which we are daily receiving. We can suit any man’s locket book, both in quality and price of goods. We do not pro pose to make any cuts on prices but will sell you what you want and Sriiarantee Satisfaction on all Goods! We would say, particularly to our regular patrons, that at all times, we will try to fill their orders with the Nicest and Freshest Goods, the market affords. We do not buy in very large lots, but often. By this means, we can always sell fresh goods. We particular attention to Our Stock of Plom which is complete. We have on hand “White Swan,” “White oaf,” “White Satin” and “Jersey.” The above grades are patents. Then we have also “New* Constitution,” “Moss Rose,” and “Odd Trump.” If you want nice white bread, buy good Flour and the iest Lard. We have the finest Leaf Lard on hand, which cost very little more than poor stuff. Our stock of Canned Goods, cannot be and Crackers of all kinds. buy call 5 UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! ^ Over Half a Million Distributed. Louisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legis lature for Educational and Charitable purposes —with a capital of $1,000,000—to which a re serve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitu tion adopted December 2d, A. D.,1879. Its Grand Single Number Drawings will take place monthly. It never scales or post pones. Look at the following Distribution: 196th Grand Monthly AND THK EXTRAORDINARY QUARTERLY DRAWING In the Academy of Music, New Orleans, Tuesday, September 14, 1886. Under the personal supervision and manage ment of Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, of Louisiana and Gen. JUBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia. CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. 49*Notice.—Tickets are Ten Dollar* only. Halves, 95. Fifths, 93. Tenths, 91. LIST OF PRIZSS. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000....$150,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 50,000.... 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.... 20,000 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.... 20,000 4 LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000.... 20,000 20 PRIZES OF 1,000.... 20,000 50 “ 500.... 25,000 100 “ 300.... 30,000 200 “ 200.... 40,000 |«00 “ * 100..., 60,000 1.000 “ so.... 50,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 100 Approximation Prizes of $200.... loo “ “ 100.... 100 75. $20,000 10,000 7,500 2,279 Prizes, amounting to $522,500 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the office of the Company in NewOrleans For furtherinlormation write clearlv gtvin» full address. POSTAL NOTES, Exnresf M ey Orders or New York Exchange Yn S?din£?v letter. Currency by Express (at our exnense 1 ndilroaseil * > 1 addressed M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans T.n or M. A. DAUPHIN, xeans, 1*., Washington, D. C. Male P.0. Money Orders payable and address ReiistereS Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. Ang. 10th, 1886* 5 51 excelled. Fancy Candy Sugar, Coffee, Teas, Spice, &c. In fact, anything you may want. Bran for your cow at lowest price. Mognolia Hams, Breakfast Bacon and White Meat. Jersey Butter, always on hand and on Ice. We invite our country friends to call on us and get prices, we will sell them their goods as cheap as any one. Tobacco by the plug or box. Remember the place GREEN STORE! Aug. 31st, 1836, No. 17 South Wayne Street, Milledgeville Gi WHITE & TREANOR. 31 ly. Queer Scripture. From the Oil City Derrick. The following is vouched for by a ministers wife, and therefore must be so if it isn’t so. A clergyman, visiting a woman in a severe illness, asked: “Do you derive any comfort from the instruction of the Bible?” “Oh, yes, indeed,” was the reply. “What particular passage do you rely upon at present?” asked the min ister. tfc Grin and bear it,” replied the suf ferer. The clergyman departed to look up a concordance. CURIOUS : MANIFESTATIONS OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN AN IN DIANA TOWN—SUBTERRANEAN EX PLOSIONS. Chicago, September 2.—A special from Mooney, Ind., says: Persons in from the northeast corner of Lawrence county tell interesting stories of the volcanic indications in the eath near there, very similar to what occured some time ago at Bald Mountain, N. C. Rumblings in the earth are heard and sharp explosions occur. On the farm of Christian Linkenbach, Sun day morning, one of the most severe occurred 150 yards from his house. The noise was like the explosion of a steam boiler, and the earth was torn up for yards around. A cloud of smoke and dust ascended sixty feet high. In it were pieces of mineral, stumps of trees, roots and rocks. The earth for yards around was covered with debris, and a great hole was left in the ground, very deep, which has not yet been explored. Among the debris were fragments of ore, which are almost solid iron. The country is very rough and broken and well filled with minerals. Land For Sale. -:o:- T OFFER for sale 234 acres of land 1 lying near Stevens Pottery, in Bald win county. New* house, fresh land, good well of water, young orchard- land all under fence. Any person wishing to buy will find me on the place, or can address me at Stevens Potterv. H. M. WILLIAMS. Aug. 16th, 1886. [6 lui Bourbon Hams! P URE Leaf Lard, Georgia Cane Syr up, the very best Green and Roast ed Coffee, King of Patent Flour— can’t be beat—all grades of Sugar. Also, pure gilt edge Creamary Butter, (no fraud) all of which we will sell on as favorable terms as any one. C. H. WRIGHT & SON. Milledgeville, June 8th, 1886. 48 tf. UNIVERSITY of GEORGIA P. H. MELL, D. D., LL. D., Chancellor. The 89th Session of Departments at Athens will begin Wednesday, 6th October next. Full courses of study in Letters and Science; Special Courses in Engineering:, Agriculture, Physics and Chemistry. TUITION FREE. For cata logues and information address the Chancellor at Athens. Law School opens at same time. For information address Prof. Geo. Dudley Thomas, at Athens, Ga. Lamar Cobb, sec. Board of Trustees, Athens, Ga., Aug. 1886. 9 lm. Lake Ice House. I CE always on hand, at wholesale or retail. Ice Cream furnished for pic nics or families. Free delivery any where in the citv. WARREN EDWARDS, Manager. Milledgeville, April 27,1886. 4* tf.