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UNION & RECORDER.
Millkpqkvillk. Aritn. v.‘, H s 7.
Col. .T. H. Randall lias left tho Au
gusta Chronicle to take charge of a
new paper rorrntly established at An
niston, Ain. We sincerely regrot that
his business interests 1ms uiado t nee
essarv for this excellent gentleman
and valuable member of the editorial (
fraternity of Georgia, to remove to i
another State, it goes without -av-
ingthat the Chronicle will feel
loss seriously, but many readers
that paper throughout the State v
•inceroly ro^n*t to miss liis intortst
ing portrayal of matters and things
about Washington City together with
his pleasant anecdotes of celebrities
of all kinds, who concentrate there.
Thev will also feel the loss of his fre
quent disquisitions on the ailments
which afflict humanity and the reme
dies which he has learned will cure
them; all originating in his unselfish
love for his fellow men and his active
sympathy vrith thof*e who aufTer,
whatever may he the cause. His
charming style made everything he
wrote readable and interesting and
his amiability and goodness of heart
would nearly always crop out and
bring all good people among Ins read
ers in full sympathy with him indi
vidually, even if they did not coin
cide with him in opinion. We hearti
ly wish him prosperity and happiness
in liis new home and enterprise.
U. S. Inter state Commission.
Important Action.
Various Southern railway companies
promptly presented petitions to the Intsr-
eute Hallway Commission, immediately
on its urgRSiza'ion, praying rellsf against
the provision of that bill forbidding the
charging of more for freight on a abort
haul than on a long one. Their petitions
were backod by oral addresses delivered
before the commission by parties sent on
to Washington for that purpose, among
whom among others were committees rep
resenting the Hoards of 'Arade of Atlanta
andMaoon. , , „
The Commission, recognizing that the
matter was a very Important one requir
ing careful consideration, issued an order
suspending that portion of the Inter-state
Act which waeso much complained of for
ninety days on all roads of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Associations In or
der t' at they might give it the thorough
investigation it required. The portion of
the Act suspeuded is included, as we un
derstand it. In the fourth section, which
for some time pest, has been the subject of
mutdi discussion by railroad men, as to
Its true meaning.
It was further ordered, that the Commis
sion convene at Atlanta, April ilfith; at
Mohtle, April Qtt'.li; at New Orleans, May
2nd, and at Memphis, May 4tl. for the
consideration of the petition ami imrtie*
interested are Invited to appear before It
lo present their views, etc.
* ♦ *—
A Good Undertaking.
We understand there is an effort be
ing made to combine the Milledgeville
and Asylum Brass Bands under tbs
leadership of Prof. Marston, the ob
ject being to get up a grand organiza
tion embracing some twenty-five or
thirty instruments with their respect
ive performers. We hope those en
gaged in this matter will succeed and
establish a musical combination
which will lie a credit to our commu
nity ami will likewise give us such
music after a while as we have never
had here before from our own home
musical talent. We consider Prof
Marston a very competent teacher
anil one who Is so enthusiastically
fond of music that he will do his
very best to make his pupils thorough
musicians and likewise inspire them
to a good degree with liis own enthu
siasm in such matters.
Those who will give their time and
labor to perfectthemselvesin the useof
the instruments are probable not able
to bear conveniently the expense of
procuring them and will doubtles call
ubon our citizens for financial aid.
We 1rast they will receive liberal con
tributions from those who may be
able to help them, for the proposed
undertaking is one in which every
citizen is personally interested ns
being beneficial to our city (if suc
cessful) aside from the pleasure
that the lovers of music may derive
from the performances of the hand in
t.he future.
Easter at St. Stephen’s.
At mi early hour the seats in the
little St. Step’hen’s (Episcopal) church
began to fill, and by half past 10, the
t ime previously announced for service
to begin, all the seats were occupied,
chairs tilled all the aisles and every
available inch of standing room even
was tilled with an interested congre
gation.
The church was most elaborately
and tastily decorated in sentences
and floral designs indicative of the
jovous resurrection occasion. A well-
trained choir rendered the Easter An
thems, Te Deuin, Jubilate, and other
chants in fine style. It was remark
ed that the crowd was larger, the
decorat i jus handsomer, and the mu
sic better than the little church has
perhaps ever had. Mr. W. W. Lump-
Kin, recently appointed Lay Read
er for the 'Parish, reuil the ser
vice and Rev. R. W. Anderson, the
Rector, delivered a short but impres
sive sermon.
In the afternoon the Easter Festi
val of the Sunday School came olf,
but want of time at this late hour pre
vents a minute description of the
bc-autiful evolutions of the trained
pupils as they marched around to the
merry music of Easter carols, carry
ing banners for each class, together
with a floral anil money offering, all
of which they presented and stood
around the chancel rail till through
with chanting the offertory sentence;
‘ All things come of Thee, O, Lord,
and of Thine own have we given
Thee.”
Altogether both services were en
joyed by a very large attendance.
It is said that since prohibition
went into effect in this county, there
is less inducement to come to town,
consequently the country stores are
doing a better business. Well, it is
all in the county, labor will be more
reliable, and the city merchants will
get the heavy trade m the fall.
ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON.
His Statue Unveiled in New Or
leans.
New Orleans, April 0.—The cere
monies incident to the unveiling of
the statue to General Albert Sidney
Johnston on tho tomb of the Benevo
lent Association of the Army of Ten
nessee, in Metulre Cemetery, took
place at 8 o’clock to-day. There was an
immense assemblage of people present,
probably 10,000.
General Randall L. Gibson, United
States Senator, delivered the oration
of the day and was followed by Mr.
Davis.
MU. DAVIS'S SPEECH.
Mr. Jefferson Davis said:
“If words could add anything to the
effect which this scene produces, then
I should regret that my physical abili
ty does not allow me to address suoli
a large audience as this. Sidney
Johnson’s name rests upon his deeds.
It requires no embellishment from
me, and if it did the able orator you
have heard has done all the occasion
could require. To you, iny brethren
of the Louisiana division of the Army
of Tennessee, I wish to oflTer my con
gratulations for your eminent success
In the task you undertook, despite
the jeers and evil prophesy of those
who said you ceulil not succeed. You
have succeeded and (pointing to the
statue) there is to-day, I believe, the
best equestrian statue of man and
horse that is to bo found in any coun
try. [Applause.] There is tld) head
and neck, familiar to many, of the
horse he rode when he received his
death wound—copied 1 know not how;
but instinct with rosernblance. This
is the grand figure of our hero as we
have seen him on horse back, perfect
cavalier as well as fearless soldier.
You have done well to embody this
hero's statue in material more endur
ing than granite. Not that his fame
was likely to diminish nor that you re
quired any visible sign to remind you
of his greatness or warm your affec
tion for him, but that in the coming
time as the youths of our country pass
by they may look at that statue and
say 'Well, who is this?' and learn the
story of a man who was as good as he
was great and as great as humanity
S ennits man to be. I knew Sidney
obnston, I believe, better than I
knew any other man, perhaps because
his character was written so legibly
that it was easy to comprehend it.
Be that as it may, we have been as
sociated in college; from college we
went to the military academy, and
from there we went to tho army. I
pause for a moment on the period
when wo were cadets together. 1 be-
leaveasarule that boys are better
judges of eaoh other than their pro
fessors are of them. Johnston stood
eminent in the corps of cadets—al
ways courteous; always ready forduty,
always proficient. I believe that if
you will go among cadets who were
in the corps with him and ask who
was the grandest character they
knew? the answer would be generally,
if not universally, Albert Sidney
Johnston. That is my opinion, and
tile opinion 1 have heard expressed
by many, among others by the man
wiio was at the head of his class and
was one of the greatest savants this
country has produced. We entered
tile army together anil were in the
same branch of the service. We were
together in barracks anil in Indian
campaigns, and I remember now a
time when I saw 1dm when a deadly
disease was spreading among the men
in camp. Sidney Johnston was there,
himself suffering, yet calm and atten
tive to those who were suffering more
than himself. He showed no trepida
tion. It was not his nature to do so.
The man had been a lion in battles,
and when he stooped over a suffering
oomrade his eyes moistened with more
than a mother’s weakness. Such
was the nature of this man's heart.
Then we served in the foreign war to
gether. I could not tell you much of
that period without being subject to
the charge of egotism, for singly and
alone we two have stood where death
seemed to come every moment, and
there Sidney Johnston waN as calm as
I ever saw him in camp. His decision
was ns quick as rifle powder. (I speak
to infantry men, who know how quick
that is,) There was one characteris
tic of him which was prevalent
throughout the whole course of his
life, and that was hisohivalric temper.
He never deserted a friend, and was
C rone to step in front of a friend when
e saw him assailed. He was kuight-
ly, but not errant. When lie saw
Texas struggling for the right he
thought belonged to all men—the
right of self-government—he went to
volunteer without commendation,
taking his place in the ranks to fight
for the liberty of Texas in order that
she might iiave a government of her
own. As time wore on liis merit was
discovered and he was raised to rank
and position. When the war with
Mexico began we had but few troops
on tbe Rio Grande, and in the begin
ning of the war tiiere seemed little pro
bability of success. Johnston organ
ized a regiment, of which he was
colonel, and marched immediately to
the support of General Taylor. Af
terwards he was on the stall' of Gen
eral Taylor. I will not worry you by
going into details. [Voice in the
crowd—“Go on.”] After the war with
Mexico—friends, I will go on a little
longer [applause]—ho was appointed
paymaster under the administration
of Franklin Fierce, a Yankee who
never faltered in the maintenance
States rights, u man who in the Sen
ate of the United States voted for
every 1 one of the resolutions of Cal
houn, though many Southern Sena
tors did so reluctantly. Thanksto New
Hampshire for breeding such a man
as Franklin Fierce. Fierce appointed
Johnston paymaster and colonel of
the second cavalry, a regiment which
gave more distinguished officers to
both armies in the war betweeen the
States than any other in the United
States army. Buchanan, when Fresi-
ilent sent to me to ask, “Who do you
think ought to have command of'the
Utah expedition.” I did not choose to
selectoue only from my army acquain
tances, and I gave him three names.
He 6aid, “Do you and General Scott
ever agree about anything?” 1 said
“I think so." He replied, “In this
instance you have named the same
three men.’ They were Fersifer
Smith, of Louisiana, Albert Sidney
Johnston, and R. E. Lee. Johnston j
was selected, and he was the best se
lection. He commanded the expedi- 1
tion to Utah and was made a briga-|
dier general by brevet. So he had j
gone to the highest grade next to I
commander-in-chief within a short !
period after the Mexican war. Fre- |
viously to that he had resigned from
the army and lost his position. When
the war between the States com
menced liis rank and his reputation
gave him the right to believo and ex
pect all that would be given in the
army of the United States, but true to
the ohivalrie nature of which 1 have
spoken, anil seeing a few States as
serting their right to a form of govern
ment resting on the consent to be
J ’overned and the attempt of a ma-
ority to deprive them of that right,
le sacrificed all he had gained in the
United States army anil traveled
across the traekless desert to offer his
services to the minority, struggling
for the right. None who knew Sid
ney Johnston could imagine him ig
norant of the fact that this smaller
body of men, without arms, without
a navy, without work shops, without
material of war, would have to con
tend against terrible odds. On the
field of Shiloh he made but one mis
take. He had planned that, battle,
and sent me a telegram (which was
lost) which described it juHt as it was
fought—the only battle in the world’s
history that was fought as the gener
al expected.
“Tne mistake he made was in al
lowing somebody else to direct the
order of march, so that the army did
not get to the field of battle as they
should iiave arrived there. That one
day lost enabled Buel to approach
Grant. Johnston was one day later
in striking the enemy, but he struck
when he could and the field was car
ried from point to point. At one posi
tion held by the enemy an obstin
ate resistence was offered, and now
I give my theory. In which I am
perhaps justified by my intimate
knowledge of the man and of
what he would do under the cir
cumstances. When he saw the stub
born resistance and rode forward to
direct the operations himself, and re
ceived a fatal wound, I fully believe
that if he had been told ‘You can keep
your saddle fifteen minutes and con
summate this viotory, but it you do it
iB at tho risk of your life,’ he would
have said ‘I’ll take the chances.’ Tims
it was he remained in the saddle until
it was too late to afford him any re
lief. When he fell one of the mighty
pillars that supported the temple of
tiie Confederacy and gave us reason
to believe that we would win our fight
in the West went down. I loved him
as a brother; I honored him as a man;
1 admired him as a hero, but, more
than all this, 1 felt the sore loss to a
just cause which was inflicted when
Johnston died.
“My friends, I have already said
enough. You all know that Johnston
led an army which was composed of
material rapidly thrown together.
One corps, commanded by that gal
lant and true soldier Bragg, was the
only oin 1 which had the advantage of
thorough discipline. You followed
Johnston through battles, saw how
he had gone forward, step by step,
until at last he was snatched by death
from the very arms of a victory al
most completed by his genius and
valor—tlie valor of the Army of Ten
nessee, which whether the advance or
retreat received no stain to transmit
to future generations.”
Mr. Davis continued at some furth
er length. When lie hml concluded,
tlie benediction wns pronounced by
Bishop J. N. Gallaher, who was on
General Buckner’s staff. General
John Glynn, Jr., was grand marshal.
The floral decorations were numerous
and elaborate.
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Jessica and Joi.
Yesterday Manager Branan, of the
Jessica Thomas Company, made an
other addition to his combination.
He has engaged ns pianist, Mr. B. B.
Lyon, of Barnesville, who will here
after he the musical director. Men
tion was made in yesterday’s Tele
graph of the May waltzes composed
by Mr. Lyon. Added to the already
strong programme for Monday night,
Mr. Lyon will favor the audience with
these waltzes, which are said to be
exceedingly pretty.
The play for Monday night is the
“Daughter of the Regiiuent” preced
ed by the farce “Loan of a Lover.”
Old play goers have laughed long
anil loud over this old but nlways fun
ny faice. In the “Daughter of the
Regiment” Miss Thomas will appear
for tho first time before a Macon au
dience. The character affords scope
for her powers, and also gives her an
opportunity to favor the audience
with some of the songs which cannot
fail of receiving the heartiest ap
plause.—Macon Telegraph 9th.
In Tarrant's Selwrr yoa
behold
A certain cure for young
_ and old;
For jConatlpntion will
And Indigestion quickly
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Sick Headache, too, will
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When Tarrant’s Seltzer
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Among our Exchanges.
There are said to be over 000,000
opium consumers in the United States.
The Georgia Baptist Convention
will meet in Albany on Thursday, 21st
inst.
It really begins to look like the pro
hibitionists of Atlanta are getting on
top at last.
Wouldn’t there bo fun if Col. A. It.
Lunar wore to oppose Jim Blount for
(J>. ngress. -Ishmuelite.
Mr. Albert Mix, who has been en
gaged in the shoe business in Macon
for nearly fifty years, died last Satur
day.
The decrease in the number of busi
ness failures in the South is another
straw that indicates which way the
winds of prosperity are blowing.
Mr. Clark Howell, of Atlanta, and
Miss Hattie Barrett of Augusta, were
married a few since. The young
couple will take a bridal trip to Eu
rope.
When a man who has done wrong
in his pAst life, turns his back upon
evil and seeks to do right he should
receive a helping hand from every
honest man.—Oglethorpe Echo.
John G. Saxe, the poet, died at Al
bany, N. Y., on the last day of Maroh,
at the house of his son. Ho had been
in ill health for four years and hail to
some extent lost his reason.
One of the most prominent anti-prohibl-
tlonists during the campaign now asserts
that he would'not Iiave whisky back for a
thousand dollars a year. IIu says the
pleasure alone of transacting business
with thoroughly sober men is more than any
amount of money, and relations with your
fellow man every way are better. Yea,
verily; the whfsky curse is doomed—
Mawklnsvllie Dispatch.
Barnesville is awake to the impor
tance of presenting tht advantages
she possesses to the world. She had
organized an improvement company,
and is tnbving in the direction of or
ganizing a Farmers Loan Associa
tion.
With President and Mrs. Cleveland
at the State Fair next fall, Macon
will not be able to contain the crowds
that will flock to that city. Georgians
are anxious to shake hands with the
President and his charming wife.
State ok Ohio, City of Toledo, \
Lucas County, S. S. j
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business
in the city of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for eaoh and every case of
Catarrh that oan not be cured by
the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this Gth day of De
cember, A. D., ’80.
'■—0 A. W. GLEASON,
(w KA ^) Notary Public.
P. S.—Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken
internally and acts directly upon the
blood anil mucous surfaces of the sys
tem. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
•HTSold by Druggists. 75 cents [39 lm.
WARD’S WOES.
Maxky’S, Ga. January, 1880.
For twelve or fourteen years I have
been a great sufferer from a terrible
forinofblood poison which ran into the
secondary and finally it was pronounci
ed a tertiary form. My head, face and
shoulders became almost a mass of
corruption, and findly the disease com
menced eating away my skidl bones.
I became so horribly repulsive that
for three years I absolutely refused to
let people see me. I used large quan
tities of most noted blood remedies
and applied to nearly all physicians
near me, but my condition continued
to grow worse, and all said that I
must surely die. My bones became
the seat of excruciating aches and
f ains; my nights were passed in misery;
was reduced in flesh anil strength;
my kidneys were terribly deranged,
and life became a burden to me.
I chanced to see an advertisement
of B. B. B. and sent one dollar to W.
C. BirchuioreA Co., merchants of our
place, and they procured one bottle
for me. It was used with decided
benefit, and when eight or ten bottles
had been used I was pronounced
sound arid well.
Hundreds of scars can now be seen
on me, looking like a man who had
been burned' and then restored. My
oase was well known in this county,
and for the benefit of others who may
be similarly affected, I think it my
duty to give the facts to the public,
and to extend my heartfelt thanks
for so valuable a reined}’. I Iiave
been well over twelve months, anil no
return of the disease has occurred.
ROBERT WARD.
Maxky’s, Ga., January, 1880.—We,
the undersigned, know Mr. Robert
Ward, and take pleasure in saying
that the facts above stated by him are
true, and that his was one of the
worst cases of Blood Poison we ever
knew’in our county and that he has
been cured by the use of B. B. B.—
Botanic Blood Balm.
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All who desire full information
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