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I \t 11 r FE ) L tjME LVU- Lsq Federal Union Established in 1829. UTIIERN liEOORDEK “ “1810. Consolidated 1872 Milledgeville. Ga., March 22. 1887 Number 37 m UNION & RECORDER, "rffSScoHE:“‘ oncloimraml nfty cents a year in six months for seventy-five ccnts.- »«.; vpa r tf not p»t*l in advance. of Ool. Jams M. SMYTHE.are en- *B?nK*BAli0Nl0N ,, '«ndtlie"801JTHERN iVnvu'’were consolidated, August 1st, 1872, «?L„V5 »» Forty-Third Volume and lll0 . n .,linn its Fifty-Third volume. Milledgeville a t She Has And What She Wants. , unniviu.s's near tlic geographical centre atV-latitude :i? deg. 4 min. 41 sec.; west liln gton, D. 0., e deg. 19 State _ . ude front Wash situated on the west and south aide of the p nver which utreum at this polut and Tor ainllles above, being rapid and Hhoally, at “‘“erior advantages for the use of water , mul meantime creates no local cause for ' 7 indeed, the city has Tor a long num- ve'ars enjoyed an enviable reputation for itv of' climate, purity and abundance of kud the general health of its iuhabl- . country around Is undulating In charac- .ml in all direettous, especially from the juice on which the College is located, pre- rarc and picturesque combination of ‘Sw oftnecity and at a convenient distance, . i-state Lunatic Asylum," an edifice Impos- In its architectural proportions, and replete every appliance Important to the humane isea of such an institution, city Is named in honor of the Hon. John me who before and during tbe Revolution- ur 'was noted for his firmness and valor in ause of independence; and who afterwards, i member of Congress in both brauchw, nor of tbe State, and occupied other pub- tees of trust and responsibility, in each II of which he was conspicuous for wisdom, nlsm. justice nnd liberality. WHAT SHE HAS. cltv is accessible by the central and Geor- diroads—six passenger trains arrive and ■t daily. Middle Georgia Military and Agrlcultnrul ie-a branch of tbe State University—Is lo- liere, General 1). II. Hill, President. Over lumlr'ed pupils in attendance. No liquor Is j the county. filiation, including Midway, between iooo poo. state Lunatic Asylum, with 1250 patients 63 employees. Igood hotel ami numerous boarding lOS. Bo weekly newspaper*. Business Union. ■adding and Loan Association, and Machinery Works, ckyard, with Improved machinery. Ining Mills. In water and two steam grist mills, jtton gins and saw mills In and near the city. Irble Yard, tlsprlng factory, lltery and candy factory. Kga quantities of oak, hickory, pine, Jir and other timher on Ithe river Im- jlieclty. Jvens Pottery, 8 miles S. of the city, lolesale and retail dry goods and gro- i cerles. |o Livery stables, blacksmith and shops. WHAT SUM WANTS, ctrlc Lights and Water Works. Dttiin factory and a cotton compress, lion seed oil mill. Iriiitund vegetable canning factory, tannery and shoe manufactory. Irniture factory und steam wood shops, fctroet railroad from the Georgia 11. It. It to the Lunatic Asylum, steamboat to run on the Oconee river. By manor company who will contri- 1 money or brains to establish these or lothef industries In this city will re- l the hsnrt.y co-operation and help of business Union. H’uit Canning. lbcit sensor Milledgeville desire the Fruit “‘I'J cunning business established in this any person or company understanding the J, 11,111 wishing a favorable location are lu- |tb correspond with „ W. T. CONN, of the Milledgeville Business Union. editorial glimpses e first State Pair ever held by Bred people in Florida, opened at ^sonville last Tuesday ffe iH notliingso cheap about the on Recorder, as the subscription year,—only one dollar and a to 0 ?. lost 8 friend In V„J‘ °f Joseph F. Mayes, who for 23 nmi ttfi 8 J, U8tl ce of the 1’enee at West t m.i ' 'y.^hriKlon county, Pu. We li»J ,i. , ,mt he united three thousand I. • ‘hiring Ids official career. They ° , u, kte and put up a handsome L, , 1 : to perpetuate the memory of i«.iaut services, Ittedtim'J ,? tttt ® 8 cou,t 1,88 Virtually I. - that the stranger 6ect, the S.il- >>’, lots a right to parade in the ° 1 ! 1 ' ul ties. The town authori- Its of I'f f’hn .1 * 1 I1C3 •s Michigan, arrested Oapt. imt an n, C u U t f , or parading the streets lltv Inr «, d n e L° f U| 0 OOlHICil. He sued It to whinl? s 00 und M ie United States 1 his^n! le , a PP p, d‘'d. awarded him |i iMsmif, ! UltJ caSH acii these sin- IsirwSn’ Wl1 have the right to parade Ided hi- tiT l? 8 this decision shall bo | u the Supreme Court. *V 0u j ] « Argosy, published let N v Muksky , 81 Warren ew * °t'lt, makes some very Tn,7. n fk n . ouncumeilt8 f or the cur- I honth. including sereals by Ho- L^ lger ’ Jr -, Edward S. Ellis, and fc e tho mber . for March the 10th con- K ’»t°i Pe -?, 1 . n,! chapter of “Pirate r,.,’..-* llln gstory of a shipwreck- adventures in the Southern ire the serials, of which F ooniii hed encl1 the Ar- ,1.17 s numerous shorter sto- ,, t( 'hes and articles, both inter- -, and instructive. kev , ;^‘‘ nKN .Argosy’s circulation llitv ^^ lug with phenomenal >d * ’ U U lt8 , success is well! de- -1 P , ls h er spares no effort 1 ito., "f.hest literature in the line ‘.‘• lctl ve form, and there is Mhr r a , P .i Rbout U except the f toree dollars a year. The Wrongs of Ireland. For years past, the struggle of the Irish to obtain relief from the distress anil i overty which have like a dark pall overshadowed that beautiful is land, has excited the interest and sympathy of the people of this coun- U*y- But the immediate causes of the discontent and passionate revolt of the Irish against the British govern ment and its laws have been very im perfectly understood on this side of tbe ocean and the partisan state ments and arguments by which each party has endeavored to sustain its claim to be in the right, have left us to a considerable extent in doubt as to the real merits of the controversy which has been waged with so much heat and persistance for years past. It has seemed almost impossible to get a calm and strictly unbiassed statement of the “true inwardness” of the bitter controversy which has long ago become ctironic and which has had as its too frequent incidents, assassinations, boycottings and other crimes, which were inconsistent with the character of a brave and gener ous people, such as the Irish have long been conceded to be. Just at this time however some light has been thrown upon the situation in Ireland by n statement made by a distin guished soldier who has been station ed in Ireland to command—we sup pose—the strong military force which the government has found it necessa ry to keep there to sustain the civil authorities. This gentleman, an Englishman, with doubtless the pre judices of his class and people, which are so strong and general as regards the Irish, comes out publicly in a statement that seems to have caused quite a sensation in England and which may open the eyes of those who are inclined to be governed by the principles of bare equity and jus tice. We give below iji dispatch, re lating to this matter as follows: “A sensation has been caused by the publication of General Sir Red- vers Buffer's evidence before the land commission. It appears that General Buffer testified that what law there was in Counties Kerry, Clare and Cork was on the side of the rich, and he expressed the opinion that it would be a serious matter with their grievances unredressed to attempt to suppress by force tenants’ right to openly associate lor the protection of their interests. A majority of ten ants, lie said, struggled to pay their rents, and where they could did pay, but in a great many cases, the rents were too high, and such as tenants could not pay. He said there would never be peace in Ireland until thei— had been established a court having strong coercive powers over bad land lords and protective powers over poor tenants.” The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the facts attested by General Buffer come like a Hash of vivid lightning, revealing the naked horrors of organ ized injustice in Ireland. It says: ‘.No crime which moonlighters or dyna miters cun commit will be comparable to the criminality of giving another day’s grace to the foul fabric of le galized wrong erected on Irish soil—a fabric which the Tories now seek to buttress by further misdeeds.’ New Freight Rates on Railroads. We have received Irora Mr. Allle Nisbet, Atf<*nt, ft card from the chief officials of the Ontral Railroad, notifying the public that all freight rates of that large system of railways, on articles shipped in any one State to a point In another State, will, by reason of the requirements of what 1» known as the Inter-State commerce act. recently enacted by Congress, be null and void after the Oth of April next. It seems that the wording of the act in question is such as to render the true meaning of the same so obscure as to give great trouble to those who are greatly Interested In get ting at the truo Intent and msaning of the law. The card however goes on to say it is hoped that before tlio 5th of April the true meaning and interpretation of the act will become known and established and a new freight list, in accordance therewith will bo issued so as to go into effect at that date. Youth's Companion. Our attention Inis been recently called to tbe excellencies of tbe Youth's Companion as a family paper, by a subscriber. And we are glad to know that this pure weekly has a considerable circulation in this sec tion. To 1 hose who are taking it "f •M'* miliar with its pages, we have nothing to say as we are sure that it speaks lor itsell to nil appreciative minds. But to those oi our renders who tiro not familiar with it, will say Unit you cannot find anytnmg tlint so fully and properly meets the wants and suits the tastes of youag and old, an does the Youth’s Companion. 1 ublisheo by Perry, Mason A Co., 41 Temple 1 lace, Boston, Mass. Subscription $1.75. 22 Street Railway Drivers in Luck. The Lombard and South Sts. Rail way, Philadelphia, boasts oi a bine” which has just made $15,000. The “combine” consists of twenty- two drivers and conductors, and tbe rules of the association require the payment of $1 per month by each member to the transfer agent at Twenty-third and South Sts., wl *° invests the sum in Louisiana State Lottery tickets. The first monthly investment of the club resulted in the purchase of ticket No 73,987,which won a $15,000 prize on Feb. 8th. The mem bers of tlie “combine’’ are wild with delight.—Philadelphia Herald, Feb. 14. Small notes and silver certificates will be a groat convenience to tne public gen erally. We see it stated that the Treasu ry Department is making arrangements to supply them in ample quantities rneit the great demand for them. Another Tariff Artiole by Hon. Samuel Barnett. We add a few thoughts by way of an accompaniment to another tariff article from the pen of Mr. Barnett. Our readers have seen that lie hand les the subject with striking and in cisive power and clearness. The pro tectionists, almost uniformly, refer to the opponents of the high tariff, as Free Traders. We do not know a single Democrat who is a free trader. The anti-protective tariflltes of the’ Democratic party are merely contend ing for a gradual reduction of the high duties imposed upon foreign goods brought to this country for sale. They believe the tariff, as it now stands, taxes the people, annually, at the leust one billion of dollars, and this heavy tax faffs with peculiar and crushing weight upon the farmers. In opposing this policy, this immense sum does not go into the United States Treasury, but enures to the benefit of the mauufucturers. As to real free trade, in our opinion, it would work wonders in relieving the people and promoting the general prosperity. The protectionists themselves say, that if it were not for the high tariff our country would bo filled witli for eign goods and that prices would fall to ruinously low rates. YVell if they did, it would furnish the people with cheap blankets, cheap clothing of all kinds, chenp implements of husband ry, cheap medicines and cheap every thing that the people need. But the protectionists say this would break down our home manufacturing estab lishments. Is not this a clear admis sion that the high tariff imposed heavy taxes upon the people? Doubt less free trade, suddenly adopted, would greatly injure the home manu facturing establishments. Our lead ing Democratic statesmen admit this, and instead of contending for free trade, suddenly, pure and simple, they simply propose a gradual reduction of tlie duties. They would reduce them from 43 per cent, to some smaller fig ure. This would o""'- 1 - *“ facturers to adapt their business to the lower figures. At an appropriate time a further reduction would be re quired, and to meet this gradual change, the anti-high tariff party would insist upon reviving our com mercial marine, opening tlie com merce, which is now closed, and put ting our country upon an honorable footing with other nations in seeking commercial association with them. How much nobler that would be than to tax our people a billion of dollars, annually, to keep up our manufactu rers l^y a system of legislative robbery of the people. What right have the manufacturers of our country to claim protection by the robbery of their fel low-citizens? Can they justify it by saying they do it under the license of their government? We do not say tlie government licenses them to rob them, but we do say the tariff, estab lished by tlie government, enables tlie manufacturers to obtain an im mense amount annually from the peo ple without affording them an equiv alent for it, and this is done in palpa ble violation of the constitution. YVe do not hesitate to say that the present protective tariff violates every great and sacred principle upon which the constitution was based “to promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves und our posterity,” first, because it de thrones the principles of “Justice,” which should penetrate all tlie na tionalities of earth; and secondly, be cause it tends, in an extraordinary de gree to destroy tlie domestic tranquil ity so necessary to maintain the prin ciples of liberty as we inherited them from our Revolutionary Fathers. YVe simply allude to these political dog mas at preseut, but will await some future occasion for their unanswera ble illustration. Washington Letter, From Our Regular Correspondout. Washington, March 14, 1887. Editor Union-Recorder: Lent and the adjournment of Con gress have made a gi oat oalin in the erst-whiie busy social world of the Capital. The change is especially no ticeable at the White House, which lias been tlie scene of almost constant and brilliant official hospitalities since tlie beginning of the season. Its mis tress (since tlie departure of her mother and the deatn of her grand mother) lias spent most of the time at tlieir country home, to which the President drives after tlie duties of the day ure over, returning in tlie morning. Mrs. Cleveland is a remarkably amiable woman, and she lias constant need of this attribute in her present position. Every day during the past winter she received quantities of notes, cards, letters, anti everything else intheshupe of u communication, and, as a young lady visiting at the White House at that time remarked, “she really tried to answer them all." Then people would come to see her at all sorts of.inoonvenient hours and she would sometimes ask the usher if they were old or young. If they were old people she would go down to see them, no matter when they came. The President is now giving his at tention to the selection of Inter State ComOiorce Commissioners Jrom among the hundreds of names that have been recommended to him. Much of the delay jn announcing the appointments is due to his desire to select the best possible men for tbe positions, and in tills he lias been considerably restrict ed by not being able to get the best qualified men to serve at the moder ate salaries fixed by the law. The law provides that it shall go in to effect sixty days after its passage. The time will expire on the fourth of April, and as it is desirable that tlie Commissioners should have some time for organization and consultation be fore that time, it is probable that the appointments will be announced some time this week. Nothing lias been made known at tlie YVhite House as to who will constitute the Commission, but it is the belief that Col. Morrison, of Illinois; Judge Cooley, of Michigan, and Col. Bragg, of Alabama, will be three of the men selected. Some of tlie most energetic and public spirited citizens of Washington are discussing the feasibility of holil- of°tNational drill in May, sucji ns annually takes place on Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Advocates of tlie scheme urge that unless the carnival be pushed through now it will be im possible to hold one for four years. The Presidential campaign and tlie inauguration ceremonies will furnish displays and draw upon private purse strings sufficiently for the next two J'ears, and the third year will witness the Grand Knights Templar conclave. It is estimated that any creditable Carnival will necessitate an outlay of $25,000, and in order to save ex pense it is proposed to buy or hire the costumes and cars of the New Or leans Knights of Moinusand Proteus. Capt. Eads, who was one of the best known men in America, has been es pecially well known in Washington for some years past. The Eads “Jetty system” which figured before Con gress for so many yekrs, attracted more attention than any other private or corporate business before that body in the last decade and a half. It is said at the Mexican Legation here that tlie death of Capt. Eads will not interfere with the status of the concession made to him by the Mexi can Government for a ship railway across the Peninsula of Tehuantepec. The concession included both Capt. Eads and his associates in the enter prise, and remains in force for a peri od of ninety-nine years. Of course his death causes some speculation as to tlie probable fjite of the scheme, as it may he very difficult to find some one equally well qualified to carry out the project. Mr. Connery, who lias just _ been appointed to the Mexican mission, lias not declined tlie honor, as was re ported, but lias accepted that posi tion. The rumor about his refusal originated in the. dissatisfaction of his friends, who are averse to his going there on what they consider such in adequate compensation. He himself, insists that American Diplomatists should be better paid. 8aid lie “the pay of these positions is just about enough to provide decent house rent. I expect to be bankrupted before I return.”j “But,” continued he (laugh ing) “money is not everything in this world, you know.” For tlie Union-Recorder. Found Dead on theTr&ok. BY L. a. SMYTHK. Out in tke dnrknrsA in tlie pitiless gleet, With great plies of snow on his most nakofi feet, A Lunelle nr rags wit h gaunt.poverty’s stamp, A semblance of man Unit the workTcalls a tramp. 2nd. Pale, haggard and worn, for a long wear; way. In the winter storm he had Journeyed that day; In vain lie had said lie was hungry and poor— The country folks none bade him enter their door. 3d. A child of humanity riiluod by sin, Rags hanging about him, pain gnnwlng within, Wrecked, stranded he was, but Judge him aa we cun, That bumllc of rnga hid the soul of a man. 4TH. And that eotil stirred within as a glowing light, Foil bright upon meadows amt hillocks ho white; Worn, tired and weary lie hoped ho would flud Hearts not quite grown cold to the wants of man kind. 5TH. Ho he hurried onward with cold aching feet, ills eyes on the light shining bright through tho sleet, A dream of the past that for years had seemed dead. Like a vision came back with hopss that bad fled. flTH. That cot In the distance he think la his own; And ho Is a lad, not the man gaunt and worn, Tlio tong of the kectle the bountiful spread And mother’! white hand resting sort un his head. 7th. And lingers of fancy unlatch the door, And mother comeH to him as in days of yore; Peace reigneth around and a warm living glow Is oast fur outside on the glistening enow. 8th. He stands on the track now with motionless feet, And tears ou his checks mingle them with the sleet, And ho muttered a name with a sad drooping head The name of the wife that so long had been dead. 9th. An nngulBh comes o'er him, he shivers with pain, Not caused by tbe storm, tlie snow or the rain, .Soft urms seemed to circle to lovingly twine, I’oor urms he forgot for the demon culled wine. 10TH. He wonders bewildered, thd snow seems a shroud, Aiul Just, for a moment to brain comes a cloud; He mutters low, hoarsely 01 Katie come back, Ami fails white und faint like one dead on tho track. 11th. Ol mother and wife from the shadows sodlin,— Can you keep oirtlic fate that's coming to him, Pure angels beud o’er him with pitying breath And save lilm, oh save, him from a terrible death. Edison’s Memento of Beecher. 12th OI God; round the poor , AhIT’was u.o Igiuto-a'diiip Thy mercy be east, Ing past. What is It" said one as the train hands came back? ’Tis a tramp we have found crushed to deatli on the track." Don’t Get in the way.—If you are satisfied to play the part of a bump on tlie log, and don’t want tho increased prosperity, which follows in the wake of en terprise get your log and fasten on to it, but don’t undertake to pile tho log up in front of the procession in an effort to block the progress of your neighbors. If you don’t want to march, drop out of the line and look on, but don’t throw stones. Nnw York, March 12.—Special—In tlie house "f Thomas A. Edison, at Llewellyn Park, is a aiemento of Beecher. Tho in ventor's phonograph for impressing on n Rnft metal sheet the utterances of the human voice and then emitting it again by the turning of a crank, has never been put to any very valuable use, and Edison has only gained from it a few thousand dollars in royalties from exhibltore. But tie utilized it to make a collection of fa mous voices. Since he became famous Ids visitors have included hundreds of cele brities. Instead of asking them for their autographs or photographs, he has in two or three hundred instances requested them to speak a few sentences into a phono graph. He has kept the plates in a cabi net, end occasionally he runs some of them through tho ruaetdne, which sends out the words exactly as uttered. Edison Is probably the only man who can revive the silenced voice of the great preacher. VINCENT CAUGHT IN TEXAS. Recognized by an Old Alabama Ac quaintance. Montgomery, Ala., March 15.— Montgomery was startled this morn ing by the unexpected arrival of Ike Vincent, Alabama’* notorious default ing treasurer, in custody of Mr. E. C. Ray. The prisoner was taken to the county jail and given a cell. In a few moments the news spread like wild fire over the city, and the jail was surrounded by a great throng of peo ple, eager to get a look at tho de faulter. Tho sheriff refused to ad mit any persons except intimate ac quaintances of Vincent and represen tatives of newspapers. Y’incent was captured at Big Handy, Parker County, Texas, Hurulay morning, by Mr. ltay, who is a deputy sheriff. Ray told the story of tlie capture to your corresponded as follows: “I was raised in Randolph oounty, Ala bama, and knew YTnccnt in tins State several years of my boyhood and early manhood. A few weeks ago I was at the depot and saw Vincent come in on a train from Mexico, and recognized him at. once, but 1 had no papers and no authority to arrest him. I learned that he had relatives near Big Handy and lmd come over to visitthem. I said nothing, but tele graphed Governor Seay, of Alabama; found that the reward was still out standing, and got authority to make tho arrest, and quietly waited for an opportunity. I watched the trains every day and went through them. Sunday morning, when the train came in from Mexico, I was at the dapot, and as I went to get on tlie train Vincent stepped off. I faced him, told him he was iny prisoner and ordered “hands up.” He thought 1 was going to rob him, and saul he had no money. He thought that be cause I presented a gun i was a rob ber. I told him that I meant to bnug him to Alabama, and wou d have to put him in jail until I could get a requisition. He begged mo not to put him in irons, and ho would come along quietly without that for mality. He had no money, and 1 purchased tickets for two, and we started for Montgomery loss than Imlf an hour after the arrest. On tlie trip he would not talk, except when he asked for food and water. He broke down when he found himself a prison er, and wept freely at intervals on the trip. The arrest was accidental and not tlie result of any special detective work. 1 * Isaac H. Vincent, os the Wtatc Treasurer, was serving his third term in that responsible office when lie skipped the town, January LJtti, 1883. The Legislature was in session at the time, and an examination of ills books by a committee of that body revealed the fact that he was short in his cash about $213,000. This revelation spread consternation Among his friends, who were numer ous and influential, and carried dis may to the sonl of the hayseed legis lator, who thought the State would § o into bankruptcy by reason of this efault. A few speculators made an assault upon the credit of the State and attempted to beat down tlie bonds of Alabama in the New York mar kets. They sueoeeded in depressing securities the first day the default was announced, but they quickly recover ed under the influence of strong buy ing orders, and the State safely pass ed the financial orisis and probably met all her obligations. The investigation that followed showed that Vincent had dealt heavi ly in cotton futures and lost many thousands of dollars in suoh specula tions, being generally successful in finding the wrong side of tho market. He lived high, keeping up an expen sive house; frequented the clubs, had fine diamonds and silverware, and was also fond of the seductive game of draw poker. A gambler in town reported at the time that he knew of Vincent losing $10,000 at a sitting in a New York gambling house, and en deavored to tnduee him to play at his home in Montgomery, but that. Vin cent would never gamble in public houses, except when away from home. In an interview with vour corres pondent this afternoon Vincent tolii the story of his departure from Mont gomery and his life tlie past three years. He said: “I found that I could not regain the heavy losses I had sustained, and left to go to New York to try and fix the matter up. I may have been a fool to think so, but I did. I got as far as Cincinnati, where I woke in the morning and read all about the affair in the pa pers, with Governor O’Neil’s telegram giving the world notice that I was a defaulter. I saw the game was up. I'conldnot come home, and there was no use going on to New York. From Cincinnati I went to St. Louis, where I remained some weeks, and then, made my way by rail to Mexico, where I have resided most of the time since. I had only four or five hundred dollars in my pocket when I left Montgomery. In Mexico I have struggled hard for a living for myself and family, working for twenty-five cents a day. I have been to Panama and came over into Tex as frequently, and last year made a trip to New York. It 'would not have been so bad with me if I had been civen proper showing ‘.’Y dog’s chance.” Vincent looks somewhat seedy anil dejected, but very little older than when lie left Alabama. His beard has grown iron gray, but 11is hair is still black. Ho declines to talk about ills case and prospects for tiie future. Thirty-two indictments hang over him. Mr. Ray got a receipt, from tlie sheriff for the deliverance of tlie pri soner and received the reward of $5,- 000. Col. J. M. Falkrier and Capt. Walter L. Bragg have been employed to defend Vincent.. This afternoon Probate Judge Randolph sent a com fortable cot to the jail for the prisoner to sleep on, and Vincent broke down and wept like a child. Henry Clay in a Duel. It may seem curious to many that the two greatest statesmen of tlie first half of the nineteenth century should have been induced to settle personal difficulties by exchanging cartels to fight a duel. On the Virginia bank of tlie Potomac, across from Wash ington, Henry Clay, Secretary of tlie State, and John Randolph, Senator from Virginia, met in 1820, on account of political disagreement. The two are inseparable on the pages of Amer ican history. They were staunch personal friends, though bitter polit ical enemies. On tlie eve of the en counter, when told of the uncon sciousness of tlie meeting of the child and wife of his opponent, the Virgin ian replied with a smile, “I will do nothing on the morrow to disturb the repose or sleep of child or mother. While arranging the preliminary details at the scene of tlie encouuter, and before Mr. Clay took his position, tlie pistol of Randolph was acciden tally discharged. This was very hu miliating to his sense of honor, as lie well knew that it would give rise to unpleasant reports by his enemies, and his reputation as a gentleman would be assailed, but Clay magnani mously came forward and said that it was an accident. When the details were finally arranged tlie two princi pals took their positions. There was a stump just behind Clay and a grav el wa k behind. Randolph. The sec onds and attendants retired, and_ the word given, the report of pistols sounded simultaneously, and Clay ad vanced quickly toward Randolph, exclaiming: “I trust in God, my dear sir, you are untouched; 1 would not have harmed you for a thousand worlds.” Randolph had fired in the air, but Clay’s bullet went through Randolph’s coat. “You owe me a coat, Mr. Clay,” jocosely remarked Randolph, when, tie saw tlie rent made by the bullet. "I am glad the debt is no greater,” replied Clay. Then they shook hands and returned to tho city the very best of friends.— Washington Capitol.