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Ll'-ME LVII. fFederal Union Established In 1829 ^SouthernRecorder “ ‘'1819. | Consolidated 1872. Milledgeville, Ga., July 5, 1887. Numb^b 62. if UNION & RECORDER, 1" , W( . cI iiylnMmedcevlllo,Gtt. ^: ,, ;VRNEf3.^P OREi Unimr ami fifty cents a y en . r ln X*- D 0 , n r e months for seventy-five cents.- ice. ^ f _ (M .r if not paid 1° advance. !» li, ^oVuoi..U-H8M-HMTTUE,areen- | , ; ( r ooneral the"'SOUTHERN l'^ 8 nowpre consolidated. August 1st, 1872, 5oK OTTTI rr .,. thi. with your purchase. EDITORIAL GLIMPSES. MIDWAY PARAGRAPHS. College Avenue is a well travelled street, just now. The Asylum coal wagons in delivering 2,500 tons coal to the Asylum from the Midway Station gives the avenue an air of business. *** Parties having land in the vicinity of the Asylum, especially between it and Milledgeville, should offer it for sale in small lots. * * * A street railroad between the Asy lum and the Milledgeville depots may be deferred a while longer but Its construction ultimately Is inevitable. Of the undertakings suggested for this community, this is the most prac ticable now perhaps and should claim the consideration of our local capi talists. Even starting with fares at 10 cents (possibly 10) a paying pa tronage of travel and freight would be developed in a short time. Let a local company be organized at once and preliminary steps taken towards putting tlio work underway. ■ It has been >bi suggested by several iove it would ha conducive lest fflour C’Mtege to have h drUi few the aftls, de barring the use of alLjewelry, lace dressing durlbg the school of good to the students and we be- tees. Jftion i Faci Slur estion Trus- h. v.iluc hculth, perhaps l»fc, ejuuftinfc c*ch v .i t the CrtUlUine. Sea (1 L Tra<U*-M;irk and the full title ,nt of Wrapper, anil on the aide al and signature of J. U. Zoilin Sc r. the above f:\c- simile. Remember thero ,cr genuine Simmons Liver Regulator. ireli 20,1887. 28 cw ly entv divorces were granted -by court in Atlanta, in one day. all so-called remedies have failed, "sage's Catarrh Remedy cures. e Masons of Dakota have adopt- rule to hereafter admit no sa- keepers to the order. bile there is an improvement in st everything we use, the baker’s il continues to crumble and folks ■limbic. .’o Boston negroes, father and son, ejected from the white people’s in the Gra. R. R., last week. They heil. but took the seats assigned cob Sharp another one of New hoodie” aldermen, 1ms been guilty, and will go to the peni- laryifhe doesn’t die. He is an man, and in very bad health. gineering skill has achieved in a a notable triumph in the bridge ov cr an •arm of the Ohina this structure is five miles • limit entirely of stone; has 300 0 feet high, tlie roadway is 70 and the pillars are 75 feet Washington Letter. From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, June 27, 1887. Editor Union-Rkcorder: Queen Victoria’s Jubilee wns cele brated to some extent, even in tlm the Capital of the greatest of Repub lics; President Cleveland sent a con gratulatory cablegram; Mr. West, the British Minister, gave a great dinner to which many distinguished guests sat down, and a “Victoria Memorial Room” was dedicated at the Garfield Hospital, with appropriate ceremo nies, by the Society of St. George. The “Star Spangled Banner” and “God Save the Queen” being sung in honor of the Queen’s J ubilee. Speaking of the Queen, reminds iue of the return of our own lovely, youthful, yet crownless queen, Mrs. Cleveland who, for a time, holds un disputed sway in the hearts of the American people, simply ns the peo ple's own daughter, who ha<< become the. first “Lady of t he Land." From her improved appearance, and bright cheerful manner and conversation far more so than ul Cleveland has iml brief respite fron on her at the W1 ual—-it seems Mrs. tensely enjoyed the duties in;; te House. piwraBttVe o'fiiy *■*» takes- the public into her con Work on t.lie Artesian Well at the Asylum will be begun in the course of the next two weeks. It is to he hoped that the work will prove a great success. This writer hopes be fore a groat while to see numbers of your citizens riding out on the street cars to get a, copius draught of pure water from this well. *** It affords us pleasure to bear testi mony to the painstaking care bestow ed by MiiJedgeville’s fair music teach er tipori her music scholars. Miss Gertie Treanor's concert on Tuesday night of Commencement was a treat to music lovers. We suspect her class list will have no vacancies another year. * * * Mrs. Screven is on a visit to her daughters, Mrs. E. C. Ramsay and Mrs. Robt. Carr. Mrs. Boatwright of Macon Is visiting her brother Mr. A. P. Wynne and Mr. John L. Johnson of Savannah is visiting his wife and children in Midway. GEN. JOHN SEVIER. A Forgotten Hero of Many Hard Fought Battles. Augusts Chronica, June nth. Champion, Ills., June 13,1887. Gen. Sevier! Who ever heard of Gen. Sevier? Why Gen. John Sevier was < sides Capt. DeSaussure is leading a lone bachelor’s life at present—his wife and children being on a visit to rela tives in South Carolina. dence, and inforn^s them of the plans of the President and herSelf in the re mainder of the summer. She says that she will probably be able to visit, some Michigan friends when the Pres ident goes to St. Louis, after which they will both extend the trip to Kan sas City, Chicago, Milwaukee, De troit, Grand Rapids and perhaps other Western Cities. The printers of Washington are ex ercised because tlie Commissioners acting under the law which author izes them to let it, to the lowest bidder, have given the District printing con tract, to a Philadelphia linn. Tlie Printer's Union have taken up the matter and there is a prospect of much indignation, as it will take $10,000 out of tlie hands of Printers here, and throw a number of them out of employment; nt least 50 per cent was saved on the contract. A special officer of the Pension Bu reau arrested in Va., the other day several persons, who in collusion with an old blind soldier, swindled the Government out of $13,000 in pension money. Such frauds are always vain, because the Government invariably overhauls the offenders and inflicts punishment commensurate with the enormity of the crime. It is better to swindle one’B own neighbors than your vigilant and relentless Uncle Will may be “nothing new under Min us Solomon said, but there's fir inherence in the world in the , 0 Vn,* u dross the same ton 1 here's nothing new about lj ut one man will dress up an beverage so well the man who ■meil mixed drinks would never I" ms child when he tasted it, ^ji lit f io » to their inability to find * , of . t,1 e late Judge O. A. Looh- ‘ a |wily are troubled about homls and insurance 1 ’/d ftre missing. It is sup- t llla t they are in some safe de- im.>, iu tl,e North. Judge , e vas like many other law ’s |about everybody’s bus- 8 ‘*<it his own. f : i J of Monticello, ]„);, e appointment as agent • ! ‘V 'fairs at a point in CalTfor- m,i V i re ®t° n is a prominent law- fri„i l l )r °tber of the Representa- I J,i.i . per county in the Geor- "• tlfrrmm r a Tpu appointment Mii,r> l L b, ‘ cl ' etRr y Lamar, ami • r > is $1,800 per year. ^ f notoriety very often by ■> • °i't, but vfery foolish things There is a rumor afloat than one of our youthful M. D.’s is on the matri monial war path in earnest this time. Wagers are being laid on the matter, Hancock stock farms ought to supply the local demand for horses and mulos. It would bo a profitable business to the men who engage in it, and it would keep at home thousands of dol lars that, otherwise, will be seut out of the comity.—Islimaelite. Any open weather in winter when outdoor work can bo com- fortable is the best time to prune the grape vine. The earlier it is done the better, not only to get rid of surplus wood, but for the purpose of dropping the vino on the ground for protection against cold. If left until spring before being pruned, the sap will start, and there will be some loss of vi tality which should be directed to fruitfulness. There is strong temptation in pruning to leave too much wood. By remembering that every bud will another sea son develop into a branch with j p'J ln * is an instance: m ®“« a great Frenchman, toiofilfwb ?i° dls not dead; it is J die without hliu.” To sentanoa‘ S !S. in « he lft8t elauie diotio. m?’ , th ® Frenchman utters die w 0 ea m fl rfit. God can >ut Hi,,? m 18 * 3 ne ver was horn. u there is no beginning and "nilennin? ? u illow beside the riv- orllkenW* tbat which feeds caul? bu tterfly, crushed by be ck ti, . or bke a fox-cliase, of ‘ke p?>H? asure is in the pursuit- lert <*d into 8 ?n™ hich is generally se m J. 10 disappointment or re- ke the will??' 1 ?!. 18 ac «omplished— r whir l/ l, ' the . W18 P, in running >- "nil r)nm^ rou ^ b P°nd and rno- 'X to cutcV 8 Paddles, one is cateh nothing but-a coid. M. two or more bunches of grapes, to leave on tlie vine the tendency an excess^ of birds will be over come.^-Courier Journal. Cbover and Timothy.—The roots of graifls, especially of clover are an important part of the ben efit from plowing under sod as a manure. But it is quite proba ble that in any old sod some parts t>f the roots die off every year, especially after a severe winter, and their decay in the soil is a S 'eat means for maintaining the rtility of lands continued in grass from year to year. If dif ferent kinds of grasses are sown some are liable to die sooner than others, and thus furnish food for those that remain. Clover, which is biennial, is thus often sown with timothy for a permanent meadow. Tlio clover is mostly out better the second year, and the timothy holds in the ground longer than it would if originally sown alone,—-Courier Joumal. Sam, wlio never forgives nor forgets offenses. In the third story of the Patent Office, the model cases have been re moved to ttie Southern corridor, to uiuke space for twelve new rooms, which are now being erected, to re lieve the crowded rooms in other por tions of tlie building. Of all tlie Gov ernment Departments, perhaps the different Bureaus of the Interior De partment show the largest, healthiest, and most constant growth. It is one of the most important and extensive of tlie Departments, really more so than any other, if we except the Treasury. Tlie belief that Secretary Lamar will be appointed to the Supreme Court vacancy early next fall is firmly impressed on the public mind and the Secretary’s successor is being discuss ed. Assistant Secretary Muldrow and Commissioner of Pensions Black among the number. To give you an idea of the strict dis cipline of tlie Washington police, I will mention that one of tlie force lias been dismissed from ollice for pluck ing a magnolia blossom from the Capitol grounds. This looks hard, but it is just, for these guardians of tlie city have no right, in tlie smallest particular, to betray the trust re posed in them. Within the past week so many prominent Democratic Statesmen have arrived in this city that there are those who think an important conference on party policy is pending and that it will be followed by good results, all of which I hope is really true. The fact that Secretary Fairchild ordered by telegraph the prepayment of the July interest on bonds, amount ing to about $9,000,000, caused some alarm in iinancial circles, when con sidered with reference to recent mon etary disasters in New York, Cincin nati and Chicago, but the Secretary explains his action by saying that it was not due to any apprehension about the financial situation; the in terest being due July 1st, and the checks made ftut, the Department was put to no inconvenience and the effect, he believed would be reassur ing. The decision of Judge Speer that the land loan companies could only aollect their legal rate of interest, af fects a large number of mortgages now pending against Georgia farms. As a matter o7 fact, we believe the companies only get was a great man in His time, and be being a valiant soldier in the war ot, the Revolution, held various important eivil offices, among which, exactly 100 years ago, was the posi tion of governor of the state of Franklin. Worse yet! exclaims the surprised reader, for who ever heard of tlie state of Franklin? Well, then, the state of Franklin corresponded to and preceded by some ten tears tlie com monwealth of Tennessee. Up to tlie period of tlie Revolution, Tenuessce was a part of North Caro lina, andui 1777 was named the Dis trictiOf Washington. North Carolina, not lining averse to parting with it, proposed iduding it to the national govtirmimpt on condition tl^ftt, she (North Carolina) should bo exempted from paying, her sHut'c 6t tlm gi'trend 1 ncurred by the wafr.mT® iftdin-. th or reject this proposition tlie ment was given two yeai-s’ ^ line the few whlteinhabitants of thK distriot, to avoid tv bait seemed little better than anarchy, took mat ters in tbeir Own hands, organized a state government, elected a full set of officers, named their commonwealth Franklin and made John Sevier its governor. After the lapse of two or three years North Carolina repealed her act of cession. Meanwhile tlio course of government in the new country ran anything but smoothly, for here was one set of officers acting by the au thority of the ‘‘statu of Franklin'’ and another seeking to rule tlie same region—“the district of Washington' 1 —under tlie auspices of North Caro lina. In this emergency Governor Caswell, of North Carolina, issued a conciliatory address that appeased and forgave all tlie representatives of the “Mtote of Franklin,” save its late govertaor, John Sevier. He was promptly arrested anil conveyed to Morgantown, in North Carolina; Where he was put upon trial for his political misdemeanors. Want of space forbids a detailed account of his romantic delivery by brave and devoted friends from the clutches of the law to the freedom of his own home at Knoxville. The very next year he was chosen to the North (Carolina / legislature, and upon his appeara'.!?)e»before that body an aot of oblivion was promptly passed. John Sevier was born in Virginia, 45, but early in life removed to a general and given him command of u military district embracing the east ern part of what was later the state of Tennessee. Already (ntMl) dio was the hero of thirtyflve butties, in all of which lie was victorious, . and, strange to 9ay, in none wounded. His prowess on the frontier won'for him the sobriquet of “Nolichucky Jack.”. At the close of the revolutionary war the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indiafcs'in the district Of Washington numbered 20,000. These were the most daring, bloodthirsty savages in Amerloa, and the handful of whites who made their way across the mountains and settled upon the Holston at Knoxville could never have escaped extermination had it not boon for tlie bold, vigilant, irre pressible leader, John Sevier. Sevier wns for many years a resident of Knoxville; tinll about 1781) there set tled at Nashville, then on the extreme frontier, another man, no less hand some and commanding i in person, equally brave, and destined soon tp be as popular with- thei people* iTUh liamo of tlie newcomer .was Audrey Jackson. iBut between these. tw» noted luhderB there • grew. up in the pourse of tiaih tr doadiyj. feud*."upon grounds we httv« not sparei to men tion. This ill feeling: resulted!<in sev eral persOnkl eneountersufor- fighting Our Big Country. Hon. E. Atkinspn in Centnry'. , ; ' The State of Texas alone is larger than either the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, France, Spain or Sweden. California, Dakota and Mon tana are separately larger than Nor way. New Mexico is as large as Great Britain and Irelapd, and larger than Italy. Kansas is considerably larger than. Turkey in Europe. Florida is as large as England and Wales. Ken tucky is larger than Portugal. In diana is larger than Ireland or Scot land. Maryland and Vermont are each, but a trifle smaller than Bel gium. Taken as a whole, the United States arc vastly larger than any European country except Russia. The land iu uutual uro for growing corn, wheat, hay, oats uud cotton in the whojc country, up\v consists of 275,500 square miles, or a fraction leap than tlie area of tlio State of Tuxaq., . The entire wheat crop piithei Unit ed. Slates fpvil'l <I>e. KW'va QUAvUegl , Mud of the best quality selected from thofc part of the,area,,o£ the, Statu , Tejuw.ljy which.that,single State **,- DMds Aim jpte^ent .ute*-Pt the firman Jimpire. ,/The eqttpu..faqtprfps,id the avorld' now, require about 12,000,000 (bolosof cpttnu ; af 1( 4jn,eirtpa^ weight. Good land In Texas produces one bah' ami dueling wore daily occurrences ii» (to an acre. , 'Tlie world’s supply,, of. *'*“ 4 ■' t. 1ejotton ooukl, ihar<?fojH\i,hajgfowmon less than 19,0Q0 square miles, or upop) 1 North Carolina, and then, toward tin end of tlie revolutionary struggle, we find him raising a detachment of men in Sullivan county, district of Wash ington, for tlie defense of the old North State. But to raise and equip men money is needed, anti this was a scarce article in that region something more than a hundred years since. Sevier at last applied to one John Adair, tax collector for the county of Sullivan. Adair had no legal author ity to. loan money in this way, but being an ardent patriot he let Sevier have something over $12,000 and took for it the latter’s personal note. Well, the money was well used and a line regiment of men raised and equipped, who, umler Sevier, did most valiant fighting for their cjuntry at King’s Mountain, N. (!., October H, 1780. Here tlie British were disastrously defeated, one of their best leaders, Ferguson, killed and the enemy com pelled to evacuate western and Anal ly the whole of North Carolina. For this great victory much praise was given Col. Sevier. Iu this battle Se vier's men made use of the Indian war whoop to the dismay of the ene my. Some prisoners captured said: “We couid stand your lighting, blit your cursed hallooing confused us; we thought the mountains held reg iments instead of companies.” In 1790 North Carolina ceded tlie district of Washington to the Uni ted States, and in 1790 it became a state and has since been known us the commonwealth of Tennessee. John Sevier became the first gov ernor of tlie new State and was re elected every two years for three terms, when he for a time retired to private life, as tlie constitution for bade tlie same person serving more than three consecutive tenns in the executive chair. But Sevier had such a hold upon the people of Tennessee that as soon as he was a second time eligible, three more con secutive terms of the gubernatorial office were conferred upon him, after which he was sent to congress. In person John Sevier was tall and slender, his hair was light and allow ed to grow long, his fovdhead high and fair, his eyebrows arched,, and his nose large, but his eyes were the most characteristic feature about him They were a light blue and often twinkled with mirth, yet when their that itey and oouatry. - ' I» 1780 JAtfai soli clialleiiged Governor Sevier to mortal combat, and, ilotwithistJindingi the fact that the^ custom of tlis period made it incumbent upon r a “gentle man” to accept the challenge of an other gentleman to fight a dnel, Se vier had the nerve to decline. /He did this on the ground that he bbd a large family, was getting old, and/ as lo personal courage, ho hiul already given proof of this in tlie best possi ble manner—fighting for his country But Sevier’s reply incensed Jackson more than ever, and shortly afterward attacked Sevier upon the streets of Jonesboro, Tennq (whan a number of shots were exchanged between tint contestants that harmed neither of them, but put hi jeopardy the lives of several bystanders'. • i Gen. John Sevier died in 1816,. be loved and respected by tbe citizens of. tiis adopted State. Sevierville And Sevier conpty, Teiut, perpetuate ,tua name of the< brave' pioneer, skillful leader, intrepid Indian tighter j (pad first governor of the commonwealth.) C. B. Johnson. THE IRIDIANS? ; \7 ANNUAL RECEPTION OP THIS SOCIETY AT THE LUCY COBB INSTITUTE. The Indian society held their an nual reception last ev Lucy Cobb Institute. J It attended. The spacious'piazza &ni handsome parlors and halls of tlie In stitute, were prettily lighted and dec orated with the initials and symbols of the Society. Tlie young ladies with the rainbow, crescent and stars out shone themselves in their social effort last evening. Refreshments were do- liglitlully served and the vine-trellesed promenades were alive with gay couples until long after midnight. The Iridiun Society is a secret organ ization, which has prospered at tlie Institution for fourteen years. The bright glimpses the x>ublic has gotten of the Indians lias made them long to know more of its charming myste ries ami hidden btfauties.—Banner (Watchman. Marriage as an End. N. V. Correspondent PUilfuleipliim Record. The question of marriage is a se rious one and because it is usually in the future, however remote, of the most young women they do not as a rule take as serious a hold of a profes sion as do youn^t men. When a young man begins business lie knows lie will probably stick to it to the end of his days. The very fact that he may get married makes it more necessary that he should devote himself to mon ey making. But with a young wo- iqan it iu entirely different. 1 have ktiown young women to become very proficient engravers, for example, and just as their employers were be ginning to depend upon their work they got married and laid tlie grav er aside forever. How often you find parents spending hundreds, even thousands of dollars on the musioal education of their daughters, and when the daughters get married they shut np tlie piano, and their musical education is as good as thrown out of the window. I have heard hundreds of young married women say, when asked to play something: “L am en tirely out of practice I naven’t open ed the piano since I was marriejL” Whatever a man does he does for life; but as a usual thing when a woman undertakes a thing, instead of being for life, it ls till she shall be married.” tin area equal J ot the area of ~ gpljr seven per cent.,, ex as.. The Temple of Serpents. The small town of Werda in the kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated for its temple, a long building in which tlie priests keep upwards of a thousand serpents of nil sizes, which they feed with the birds and frogs brought to them ns offerings by the natives. These serpents, many of them of enormous size may be seen hanging Irom the beams across the Ceiling, with their heads downward And in all sorts of strange contortions. The priests make the small serpents go through various eyolhtions bv touching them witli a rod, but they do not venture to touch the largest ones, some of which are big enough to enfold a bullock in their coils. It often happens that some of these ser pents make their way out of the tem- f ilo into town, and the priests have he greatest difficulty in coaxing them WAcg. To kill a serpent intentional ly is a ctline punishable with death, and if a European were to kill one, the authority of the king himself would scarcely suffice to save ids life. Anyone killing a serpent unintention- t a _. 8 per cent, but ----- . —, « the lawyers’ fees and charges amount ! owner so willed they filled with fire + mnwn oa I nrwl NPPiiiPi 1 tn PTncpcd nrilv at.<-»rn fforn* to something more than 20 per cent. Judge Speer holds the company chargeable for tlie usurious contracts of its agents, and holds tlie plaintiff down to the legal rate of interest. Wo believe this matter was reviewed and seemed to express only stern com mand. He was a cultured gentleman, a genial companion, and was called the handsomest man in Tennessee at the time of his first election as gover nor. At this period lie was 51 years by Judge Spear once before, but the of age. and is pictured in the ordinary principle established in this decision' hunting shirt of the pioneer, but upon seems to us stronger and more satis-1 his shoulders were a pair of heavy factory than any previous deliver- epaulets, for let it not be forgotten ance. These companies are gradual-1 that in less than a year after his arrest ly absorbing all the land ln Georgia, j by the North Carolina authorities —Banner-Watchman. 1 President Washington had made him place once a year. Lieutenant-General D. H. Hill, one of Lee’s sturdiest fighters, expresses in his address, views In regard to “The Old South” which can hardly prove agreeable to Senator Sherman. Cable and other pondits who would have the world believe that every thing valuable in Southern character has been produced by the conditions existing since 1865. The leading men and the incorruptible men in the field of national politics before the civil war, the General contends, were very largely Southern men. The war de monstrated again their prowess and patriotism. General Hill evidently forgets nothing that concerns the honor of his people, and can appre ciate what is good in the present without thinking it necessary to nut lign the past.—Augusta Chronicle. At Macon Saturday, in the United States Circuit Court, in tlie case of J. K. O. Sherwood against Rebecca Rountree, Judge Speer rendered a decision in his charge to the jury which is regarded by leading mem bers of tlie bar as one of the most far- reaching and important in its conse quences which lias been made in this circuit for years. The pendency of an immense number of suits against land owners in Georgia in which the principle decided is applicable, gives it this importance. The testimony in the case was that the agents of the money lenders deducted 20 per cent, by way of commissions, and counsel in argument stated that in all the bor rower hud paid 43 per cent, interest. This, of course, under the Georgia law, would bo usurious, and the usury would render void any deed or mort gage made to secure such a debt, pro vided that the true lender of the mon ey had notice of tlie usury. It was in evidence that Hherwood, through the Corbin Banking Company of New York, had made many of these loans, and Judge Speer charged the jury that if from the nature of the trans action, the great number of the loans of this character made where the deeds and mortgages were executed to tlie plaintiff in this case; the con tlnuous nature of tlie transactions and importance of the amounts involved, it was reasonable to be inferred that a man of ordinary prudence in his business transactions would under stand and know it, in the absence of proof to tlie contrary, and that pre sumption not rebutted by proof would charge him with all the consequences of the usurious contract of his agents; and that if this be true, the plaititiff can only recover the legal rate of in terest. The most widespread effect of the decision will be that such usurv would render void the deeds and mort gages executed to these usurious loans: Mr. Allen R. Johnson, who lives on the Lexington road, near Athens, has an orchard full of peaches, while those of all his neighbors have been killed. Mr; Johnson last winter trim med up his trees and plowed the land among them. They took a fresh start, and were late blooming. Capt. Henrv Benssee tells as that while traveling ln Elbert county he passed a large peach orchard, ana while there was no fruit in the orchard except on two trees, they were loaded with peaches. He asked some one the cause of this, and they explained that the fruit on these trees were saved by hanging a horse-shoe on the favored trees. Are yon weak and weary, overwork ed and tired? Hood’s Sarsaparilla is just the medicine to purify your blood aud give you strength.