Georgia Historic Newspapers

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18, 1875.
MOT A CANDIDATE.
Apparently speaking by authority, the
Borne Courier declares that Hr. Steph
ens will not be a candidate for Gover
nor. It says: “This much we are au
“ thorized to state upon the authority
“of that distinguished gentleman. Hr.
“ Stephens is perfectly satisfied to leave
“ the field open to younger men, and
“ has no doubt that the Democratic
“party wiH place in nomination the
“ right man when the time for actioD
“comes. The gentlemen with pitch
“ forks in their hands and hay seed in
“ their hair need not fear Hr. Steph
“ knb in the Gubernatorial race. If
“they can win the support of the
“ Grangers they are at perfect liberty to
“ visit all the Granges in the State with
“ out fear or molestation, as far as the
“‘Sage of Liberty Hall’is concerned.”
Well, it would have been a lively race
with Hr. Stephens in the field, but we
suppose there will be enough candi
dates without him to afford very fine
sport. The Gwinnett Herald has re
cently alluded to General A. B. Law
ton, of Savannah, in a cursory way as a
good man for the position. Gen. Law
ton is a man of ability and great person
al popularity, and as South Georgia
has only one other candidate in the
field he would doubtless make a strong
race. Let us see how the entries stand
at present: CoLyunr, Jakes, Gabtreli.
and Hammond, of Fulton, 4; Hardeman,
Bacon and Simmons, of Bibb, 3; Wof
fobd, of Bartow, 1; Wbioht, of Floyd,
1; Holntybe, of Thomas, 1; Butler, of,
Morgan, 1; Smith, of Muscogee, 1;
Lawton, of Chatham, I—total, 13.
There is still room for a good many
more without counting Judge Warner
or Parson Felton.
ATLANTA TO TUB PBONT.
The Macon Telegraph seems confi
dent that Atlanta can take care of the
country. It says:
And while Babd and Atlanta are thus shap
ing great events on the Radical side of the
Iloose, the dispatches show ns that the At
lanta Herald and Rob Axston ace no less con
spicuons on the Democratic side. Alston in
pervading the West as the great apostle of
love and harmony. We trust he will smother
that silly and impracticable greenback and
specie basis quarrel in Ohio under an unctious
libation of the cream of sectional love and fra
ternity. Yousro is there to help him, too.
Everybody is anxious to see them. The chil
dren cry for them. The adult Democrats
"call them out” almost every hour in the day
—not as the Constitution called, or was called
out—but the most duloet calls to show them
selves and drop anew the honied words of
love and affection. Tbeso things show how
the cat is jumping. The cat is no more a Kil
kenny imp to spit venom, but a good old
tortoise-shell, family cat, with her nose
wet from the cream pot. The people want
love, and Alston and Young are the boys to
famish it any quantities. Alston is exactly
right when he says if the people of the South
and North had known each other before the
war there would have been no war. Nothing
can be truer. If we of the South had enter
tained the remotest idea of the way those
Northern people were going to fight for the
Union—how many of them would fight, and
how badly they would outnumber and whip
us, that fight would nover have happened. We
should have comedown like Captain Scott’s
ooon, before a shot had been fired. Let
Alston and Young go on and scatter love, wis
dom and the rich milk of human kindness
broadcast over the great Western prairies, till
those fertile fields become sloppy with the out
gush of a patriotio emotional affinity. Let
Baud rip ahead with his third term circular
saw mill. We are glad Atlanta has taken this
whole business in hand, and now it is in such
active and able keeping, like the old lady who
found her missing husband drowned, we can
rest content.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, formerly
of this city, haß written a letter to the
New York Tribune on ex-Preaident
Johnson. Mr. Hilliard served with
him in Congress in 1845. Of his appear
ance in that body Mr. Hilliard writes :
It was impossible to overlook Mr. Johnson.
Without elegance, and destitute of high cul
ture, still his appearance was impressive. The
great quality that distinguished him was
earnestness. In politics, in manners, in dress,
in everything ho was one of the pooplo. He
hated everything aristocratic. He know the
source of his strength ; he shunned the eirclos
where the graces of life were appreciated,
and loved to oxhibit himself as an illustration
of tho triumph of the man over the convou
tional forms of life. He displayed on two oc
casions in the House his characteristic traits.
He proposed to give a homo to every man
who would settle upon it. At the close of tho
Congress in which Mr. Winthbop had presidod
as Speaker of the House, when the customary
resolution of thanks to tho retiring officer was
offered. Mr. Johnson opposed it in a bitter,
vehement speech, because ho fanoied that
some slight had boon put upon him by tho
gentleman who had filled the chair with so
much grace and ability. It happoned in the
course of the first session of that Congress
that a friendly intercourse grew up between
Mr. Johnson and myself. I felt it to be my
duty to vote for the Tariff bill reported from
tho Committee on Ways and Meaus iu the
Spring of 1816 against the wishes of political
friends ; the siugle Whig who sustained tho
measure matured by the Democrats in Con
gress. I also favored Mr. Johnson's Land
bill. This concurrence of opinion iu regard
to two important measures gained for me the
friendship of Mr. Johnson— a seutiment which
he took occasion more than once to express,
though we afterward differed widely upon
most political questions.
Of his desertion of the Southern
cause in 1861—of his alliance with the
men and the party to whom he had
been opposed all his life — Mr. Hilliard
says :
The breadth between the poles is not greater
than that which separated Mr. Bbecxinbidge
from Mr. Linooln— the one a representative of
the extremist Southern doctrines, the other
the chosen tgader of the party that denounced
the system of servitude existing in the great
Btates extending from the Potomac to the
Gulf of Mexioo. Confronted as the two par
ties stood, under the lead of these two states
men, Mr. Johnson promptly, in view of the
whole world, turned his back upon his friends
and took his place in the ranks of his political
enemies. Not for one moment did he hesi
tate; his stride was direct, and his purpose set
tled as he marched from under the uplifted
banner of the party that had ranged itself for
the defense of the rights of the South to take
his plaoe with the powerful body that had just
won a victory under a standard that menaced
the overthrow of an institution of his people
coeval with the existence of the Government.
Ido not know that history affords a parallel
for this sudden and momentous change in the
course of a statesman. Thxmistoclss fell un
der the displeasure of his countrymen before
he sought refuge with their invaders: and
though received with kindness by Ajitaxehxes.
he still remembered that Athens had given
him birth, and he refused to aid the Poraiau
General with his counsel. But Mr. Johnson.
from the time of his adhesion to the Free Soil
party, devoted himself to their cause with a
s.miep seal, and worked with unsurpassed
energy against the people of his section.
He criticizes with some sharpness Mr.
Johnson’s refusal to ratify the Sheb
han-Johnston convention and the rigor
ous policy which he at first adopted in
his treatment of the Southern States:
His administration was a failure. His grav
est blunder was his rejection of the terms of
settlement entered into between Gen. Sheb
mas and Gen. Johnston. That act was the
eause of innumerable troubles to himself, and
it brought disaster upon the country. HU
own policy was alike unsatisfactory to the
North and the South. He undertook to restore
the Southern States to the Union upon a plan
utterly inconsistent with the principles of the
Government. The ordinances of secession
adopted by the several States were nothing
more than so many declarations of indepen
dence to be maintained if need be upon the
field of battle. When the conflict took place
between the Government whose powers were
seized and wielded by the States that under
took to maintain the Union, and the seceding
States, it was clear that the latter fought to
win their independence. After a protracted
struggle resistance to the United States was
abandoned. The Southern States had not main
tained their declarations of independence;
they were still within the Union. Now, while
individuals resisting the authority of the Gov
ernment might have forfeited their rights, it
is clear that the States held their relations to
the Federal Union unchanged. It was proper
to restore order, and the military force of the
Government might well have been employed
in protecting those who reesguizod its authori
ty. Mr. Johnson, with his boasted venera
tion for the Constitution, treated the States as
conquered provinces. He appointed for each
of them a Governor, as a Roman Emperor
might have sent out a praetor to enter a prov
ince. The States were regarded as Territories,
and they were permitted to enter the Union
god take part in the Government upon terms
dictated by the President and approved by
Congress—a Congress composed of represen
tatives from the victorious commonwealths.
Mr. Johnson’s policy did not work well. It
most be admited that be did not display ad
ministrative ability. He was not a statesman.
He did not possess the large, liberal ideas of a
trained statesman.
The Atlanta Constitution makes the
thrilling announcement that it intends
“to look deep” into the matter of pau
pers before next January, and also mys
teriously threatens to make “an im
pression” upon the Georgia Legislature.
The following will give some idea of the
nature and cause of our contemporary's
complaint:
Here in Atlanta will be apt to get a double
quota if Augusta and the Georgia Railroad
Company again enter into a copartnership to
throw on ns all that cross the Savannah river
at that point. The Chbonicle declares that
Augusta will send them on whether she has to
pay their fare or not. "They came to Augusta
and Augusta passed them on. Atlanta has the
same privilege." These are the Chbonicle’s
words. But is this the right policy ? Is it
right to shove into other towns paupers simply
and solely for the purpose of getting rid of
them? Now mind, we do not hold Atlanta
guiltless. This city may be the greater sufferer.
We are, however, contending for a general
principle, regardless of what Atlanta, Augusta
or any other town has or has not done. Should
any town knowingly impose the support of
paupers on other towns? Is it good policy
in a frontier town to Bend beggars inio the in
terior to be fed, lodged and transported by the
people of the State ? Does not the whole busi
ness demand an investigation at the next ses
sion of the Legislature, with a view of finding
some remedy for the reprehensible and inde
fensible practice? We propose to look into
the matter deep enough to unearth, before
next January, some figures that will be apt to
leave an impression on some people’s minds
that a remedy should be found for the growing
’evil.
Tiiublow Weed Las addressed a long
letter to the New York Herald, in
which he recalls an event in tho history
of Masonry which occurred almost fifty
years ago, and was the occasion first of
local and subsequently of general in
quiries and excitement, known and re
membered as the “Morgan abduction.”
Mr. Weed successfully vindicates him
self of the charge that he had mutilated
a dead body for the purpose of throw
ing upon the Masons the odium of mur
dering an apostate member of the or
ganization. This is the first explana
tion which that distinguished politician
has made of his knowledge of the mys
terious disappearance of William Mor
gan, and his first reply to that notorious
charge that, when a dead body was
found in Lake Ontario, he declared it to
be a “good enough Morgan until after
the election,” There was never any
reason to believe that Masonry, as such,
was responsible for Morgan’s murder,
if murdered. It is thought, if he was
killed, ho died by the hands of political
foos.
There iu a gentleman in Monroe
county who signs himself “Conserva
tor.” “Conservator” gets so angry in
discussing the subject of “high sal
ries” that he multiplies Judges as
rapidly as Falstaff did the men in
buokram who assailed him on Gad’s
Hill and finds five Judges on the
Supreme Bench. Here is an extract
from his communication :
You people! you burden-bearing camels!
look at this picture. Ain't it about time you had
stopped at the end of your furrow, or laid
down your hoe or jack-plane; hashed the din
of your anvil and poised your yardstick, and
set your thoughts in this direction. Hero is a
Court costing the State over ’516,000 a year,
with only five men in it, and the cry goes up
to double its ooBt! Come up from Egypt, Jero
boam ! Mount your chariot and drive, Jehu!
Come with thy cords, oh Master. * * *
You people ! quit going to law; for so long as
you do so, you’ll be fleeced ; you are wearing
out your lives and ruiliing your souls to support
lawyers and Courts. You are to blame and
not the lawyers; they are but doing what we
may expect; they are the brier-patches at the
road sides, and we hope they may not only get
the garment, but skin and blood, unttl you
learn to keep in the path of honesty.
YOUNG AND ALSTON.
The Georgia Editor and Georgia Gene
ral iu Poughkeepsie.
[Poughkeepsie Record .]
Colonel R. A. Alston, of the Atlanta
Herald, a leading and well kuown jour
nalist of tho South, General P. M. B.
Young, a bravo and distinguished officer
of tho “Lost Cause,” but now an apos
tle of peace and good fellowship, were,
with other Southern gentlemen, compli
meutqd with a serenade at the residence
of ex-Mayor Eastman on Saturday even
ing. They were well known to some of
our citizens, and several called on them
during the evening. When the band
ceused playing, the residence and
grounds were filled with people. Geu.
Young being called for, appeared upon
tho piazza and was introduced by Mr.
Eastman. In a handsome, characteristic
speech, ho thanked the citizens for the
mark of courtesy extended to him. Ho
said coming here almost a strunger, he
had been received with the utmost kind
ness and courtesy. He was delighted
with our beautiful city and its refined
and cultivated society; its institutions
of learning, and in fact its multiform at
tractions. He alluded to the good feel
ing that was every day increasing be
tween tho North and the South, and
hoped to see more Northern men South,
more Southern men North, that the.y
might know each other better. He ex
tended a cordial invitation to the people
of this city and the North to visit the
State of Georgia, assuring them of a
hearty welcome. Col. R. A. Alston, on
being called for, stepped forward and
in the course of his remarks referred to
the past differences between the two sec
tions, which now, thank God, were
obliterated. He spoke of the Sonth and
its industries, which had been slow to
revive, but which were now bright and
encouraging, and from this time forward
everything indicates prosperity and
plenty. The people devoted to agricul
tural pursuits were beginning to learn
that it was to their interests to diversify
their crops instead of depending solely
on one thing. Where before they
planted cotton only, they were now
planting oorn, wheat and other products,
which they previously relied on the
West and North to furnish them. He
said no section of the country to-day
offered the inducements to men of small
meaus that Georgia does. Its soil is
fertile, its climate salubrious, its people
law abiding and prepared to welcome
the worthy and industrious from all
sections. Thauking the citizens for
their kind attention, he retired amid
great applause. Colonel Alston and
General Young visited Eastman Business
College on Saturday, and addressed the
students. They were warmly greeted
by the large number of Southern
students in attendance, many being from
the State-of Georgia.
THE THIRD GEORGIA.
Thanks to the Cockade City.
[Portsmouth Enterprise.]
A meeting of the Georgians was held
on the train on their way from Peters
burg to this city Friday, and the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions drawn
up and adopted:
Whereas, A large number of the sur
vivors of the Third Georgia Regiment,
through the forethought and liberal ac
tion of General Mahone, have been en
abled to revisit the scenes of their mili
tary service about Petersburg, in which
city they were received most cordially
by the Mayor and entertained with un
bounded hospitality bv him and the
citizen soldiers of the place; be it
Resolved, That our grateful thanks be
given General Mahone for his generous
conduct in tendering us a free passage
over his railroad line to and from Pe
tersburg, which shows that he has not
forgotten in peace the soldiers who
fonght with him in time of war.
Resolved, That Mayor Gregory has
won for himself a warm and lasting
place in onr hearts by his noble recep
tion speech to-day, and the beautiful
and cordial manner in which he saw fit
to entertain us as the guests of the city
of Petersburg, and we assure him that
such liberal hospitality can but ennoble
and dignify the city, the character of the
city and its public officials.
Resolved, That we shall ever cherish
with kindlv regard the action of the
citizen soldiers of Petersburg, who,
without any notice of onr coming, so
■ promptly uniformed and equipped
themse’ves as escorts on our return to
the depot, where they fired an artillery
salute as our train moved away amidst
the cheers of an assembled multitude,
thus showing, as they also did in other
ways, that they are true representatives
of Southern chivalry, and a generous
hospitality.
Resolved, That a copy of these pre
amble and resolutions be furnished the
press for publication, and the Secretary
of onr Association be reqrested to fur
nish an official copy to Geaeral Mahone,
Mayor Gregory and the commanders of
the two military oompaniee, whose
guests we were.
OUR ATHENS LETTER.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows—
A Large Reception—The Town En
thusiastic— Eloquent Addresses—
Methodist Conference— General Gos
sip.
f Special Correspondence of the Chronicle and
SentineL]
Grand Lodge. I. O. O. F.
Athens, Ga, August 11,1875.
The excitement iu our city just now
is the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the
LO.O. F. This convened on yesterday
with a very large attendance. Among
the delegates present I noticed Horn A.
O. Bacon, of Macon ; Hon. T. J. Sim
mons, Speaker of the House ; Messrs.
Jordan, of Savannah, Deitz, of Macon ;
and many others worthy of mention.
The most important portion of their pro
ceedings was the elections; but having
telegraphed these I will not repeat
them. To-day the delegates from a dis
tance were welcomed formally by the
resident Odd Fellows. About nine
o’clock, a. m., the drowsy merchants
were called to life, and the rest of man
kind stirred to renewed activity by stir
ring strains of music from our excellent
brass band. This, however, was simply
the precursor of what was to come.
An Imposing Pageant.
For at 9:30, the entire lodge fell into
line, forming a procession rarely seen
twice in a lifetime; for, with their
glittering paraphernalia and dignified
bearing, they made a procession im
posing in the extreme. There were
from 225 to 250 in all, and rarely has it
been my fortune to see so handsome &
set of gentlemen assembled together.
After parading around town they di
rected their course to the College
chapel, the place appointed for the
speaking. The band struck up a waltz,
and they “waltzed in” to their respec
tive places. F. G. LumpkiD, Esq., was
the orator of the occasion. In a neat
and concise, yet beantiful and flowery
address he welcomed the delegates from
a distance to our hearts and homes. I
cannot make an abstract without mar
ring its beauty, and so send the address
' entire, as follows:
Address of F. G. LnmpKin, Esq.
Mont Worthy Grand Master, Officers
and Brothers:
There are moments when words are
too poor to speak the joyous emotions
which the heart so keenly feels. What
words are rich enough to express the
true, deep pleasure which a band of
brothers feel as they welcome a brother
band ? Twelve months ago your hon
orable body met in our Forest City,
which nestles so sweetly near the sea.
The kindly greeting and generous hos
pitality which you there received form
ed a link in memory’s golden chain.
To-dav this right worthy grand body
have honored Athens with their pres
ence. We assure you that she so fully
appreciates the noble and the good that
the same warm welcome awaits you
here; indeed, that she will prove a
worthy namesake of her classic old
mother.
All nature has its welcome. Old mother
Earth, arousing herself from the em
brace of the night, and shaking off the
spells of the dreams which have bound
her, welcomes in radiant beauty the first
faint pencilings that dapple with grey
the eastern sky. The gorgeous flowers,
smiling through their dewy tears, wel
come the first kiss of the morning sun
beam. The smiling valleys welcome
the cooling spray of tho sparkling
streamlets that meander along their
way. The moonbeams welcome the star
light beauty of the night. Strange
would it be if the human heart beat in
no responsive strain and no thrill of
joy flashed along its electric wires, when
friend and brother meet with friend and
brother. Aye, more; an Odd Fellow in
name but not in deed, would he be,
whose heart could be cold, lifeless and
unmoved when those of all others whom
he should esteem and love are for a lit
tle time gathering near his home; or
should no cordial, truthful welcome
greet theni ?
We trqly feel that our city is honored
by the presence of so noble, so pure a
baud of philanthropists; and happy,
thrice happy, is our Lodge in having
you for guests. We know the secret
workings of your Order; we know the
Heaven-born charity that moves your
hearts ! Could the prayers of the lone
ly and desolate, all over the
land be heard, a rich benison
indeed would they be. Gould the
once desolate homes, which by your
kindness have again become cheerful,
be seen by men they, too, would feel
that your work was noble and great.
Could the world know of your many,
very many weary vigils by the
side of the sick and dying, it,
too, would regard you as angels of
mercy. The people of Athens are ho
strangers to your order. Here you are
appreciated, esteemed and loved. From
many dreary households, where the
kindness of your order lias caused a
sunbeam of joy to dispel the deepest
gloom, a hearty amen will arise to the
welcome we extend you. May your stay
with us he pleasant, may your work be
performed by a master hand, when we,
with deep regret, see the parting which
must come. May you return to happy
homes, and be welcomed there by an
unbroken band of smiling faces of the
dear one’s left behind. Remember that
brothers’ hearts here beat with the kind
est greetings when you come; sadden
at the recollection of your transient day,
but embalm sweet memories bf you in
tho saored precincts of brothers’ hearts.
In behalf of our Lodge we do most
truly welcome you to our hearts and
homes.
Grand Master F. D. Jordan respond
ed in behalf of the delegates. Though
brief, and decked with few flowers of
rhetoric, his speech showed au earnest
ness of thought and a depth of feeling
that is characteristic of the man. He
spoke as follows :
Grand Master Jordan’s Response.
Worthy Past Grand:
Iu behalf of this Grand Lodge over
which I have the honor at this time to
preside, and for myself individually, I
thank you and through you our breth
ren of Athens for your kind and cordial
welcome. We have come from the
mouutaius and the sea board, and from
every portion of this great Empire State
of the South, and have assembled here
in the city of Athens for the purpose of
legislating for an order that is dear to
our hearts.
To many of tts this is our first visit to
yonr beautiful city. But the fame of
your city, and the character of its peo
ple so noted for refinement have long
been familiar to us all. As citizens of
the same State, with the same interest in
all that appertains to its welfare as
yourselves, we feel that we are not
among strangers. As Odd Fellows we
know that we are among friends and
brothers who are bound to us by the
bonds of friendship, love and truth, and
we rejoice to-day for the privilege of
meeting and fraternizing with you, our
brethren of Athens. That privilege is
the result of the Action of this Grand
Lodge in making itself a movable body.
The wisdom of that action we think has
been and is being fully demonstrated.
Asa result of it we are enabled each year
to form new acquaintances with those
who are engaged in the same labors of
love as ourselves, thereby enlarging the
field in which to cultivate those frater
nal relations which we have-been taught
is one of the great aims of our order.
We are thrown together, we exchange
views with one another, and we become
mutually interested in each other’s wel
fare, and thus enlarge the sphere of our
affections. The interest in the order of
those we meet with becomes enlivened,
and redounds to the good of not only
themselves bat to the order at large.
In the name of this Grand Lodge I again
return you our sincere thanks for your
kind and cordial welcome. ”
As soon an the speaking was over the
band played a galop and they marched
out and betook themselves to the lodge
room, where they entered into secret
conclave. Among other things it was
decided that the next meeting of the
Grand Lodge should be held in Dalton.
General Notes.
Superior Court is in session just now,
and many fellows who are odd, though
not Odd fellows, are to be seen in at
tendance. Hon. B. H. Hill is to be seen
gracing the Court room with his com
manding person. Several suits have
been entered against the Athens Manu
facturing Company for injuries done by
back water from their dam.
The Methodist District Conference
begins here to-morrow, and is looked
forward to with much interest. * * *
The foundation of the new building of
the Southern Mutual Insurance Com
pany was laid to-day. It is to be a very
handsome edifice. * * * Twelve
babies in Athens within a week; and
still they say we are not progresssive.
Methodist Conference.
Athens, Ga., August 13,18<5.
It seems that our city is destined, for
one year at least, to be constantly “on
the go.” Scarce had commencement,
with its bustle and merriment past
away, when the bnsy tramp of the Odd
Fellows was heard; and the stirring
strains of music to which they marched
has scarce yet ceased to vibrate on the
air when melodies more sweet and holy
float upward, bearing with them the
supplications of earnest, noble hearts.
For yesterday the Methodist District
Conference met to discuss and pray for
means of carrying on their glorious
work. Though it may seem a little
prosy, I can best follow the workings of
this body by means of a brief journal of
the proceedings, and this I proceed to
give.
At 9 o’clock, a. m., the meeting was
opened by the Rev. T. F. Pierce, of So-
cial Circle, who is Presiding Elder. Af
ter reading a portion of the Scriptures
several hymns were snug, Rev. W. VV.
Oslin leading. Several impressive
prayers were offered up to the Throne of
Grace. Among the latter I mnst be
allowed to mention one by Rev. A. A.
Lipscomb. Grand as is the intellect and
power of this gray-haired Nestor, he ap
proaches the mercy-seat with the hu
mility of a child. Ah, how the sublime
utterances still ring in my ears, and
how my blood rashes with a quicker im
pulse as his voice trembles with the
earnestness of his petition ! May God
yet grant him a long life of usefulness.
The body then proceeded to business.
The hours of meeting were fixed as fol
lows : Morning session, 9 to 10:30;
afternoon session, 3 to 5:30; preaching
at 11, am., and 830, p. m.
A motion *by Rev. W. H. Potter, to
invite Dr. Lipscomb to participate in
the Conference, though he is not a regu
lar pastor, was unanimously carried. A
motion, from the same source, to devote
the first half hour of each meeting to
prayer was also carried.
The Secretary was then elected, in thß
person of Rev. F. G. Hughes,of Greenes
boro, with Rev. A. W. Williams as As
sistant. Upon examination tho follow
ing ministers and delegates were found
to be present:
From the churches in and around
Athens: Rev. W. H. Potter, E. W.
Speer, A. W. Williams, E. D. Stone, J,
L. McLaskey, J. M. Kenney; Laymen,
H. Hull, Wm. King, J. A. Hunnicut,
R. Nicherson; also, J. E. Sitton.
Watkinsville: Rev. W. W. Oslin, Mr.
Richard Boggs. The other churches
are so numerous that we will not give
the locality of each. The remaining
delegates are: Preachers, W. H. Lamp
kin, B. Hume, F. G. Hughes, W. F.
Smith, C. A. Conaway, Dr. Boring, W.
F. Quillian, W. W. Lumpkin, W. L.
Wooten; Laymen, F. M. Maughan, J.
H. Wood, P. M. Printup, R. A. Yen
able, Z. L. Finley, J. F. Wright, James
M. Williams, R. C. Hailes, James P.
Fears, C. G. Hargrove, J. W. Jarrel, J.
T. Thomas, Z. D. Gilham, W. W. Ber
ry, A. Hair, JrfLA. Pharr,, A. A. Neal,
M. A. TKgbot.'w.YßrSmitli, J. Goodwfu,
W. Rowrie, E. Shearwood, R. J. Wynn
and J. L. Dance. These delegates rep
resent quite a large territory, compris
ing the following counties: Clarke,
Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes, Morgan,
Oglethorpe, Putnam.
At 11 o’clock, a. m., Rev. Dr. Boring,
of Washington, delivered an excellent
sermon from the well known text, “If
any man will do his will, he shall know
of the doctrine,” etc. The discourse
was a very powerful one, proving the
truth of religion by an appeal to our
own internal consciousness as to its
want and its benefits.
The afternoon session was taken up
by reports from the various pastors
as to the condition of their charges.
Most of these reports were favor
able ; Madison and the Morgan cir
cuit were rather less hopeful than the
others. The Watkinsville circuit is the
most prosperous yet reported, having a
membership of 600. In the course of
the discussion the strange fact was
brought to light that there is in the
heart of Georgia a tract of country
some twenty miles long by twelve broad,
i, e., some two hundred square miles,
with only three churches in it (of the
Baptist denomination, we believe), and
yet we have to go to China to establish
churches ! We sing “ From Green
land’s Icy Mountains” with a gusto, and
throw our alms across the sea, oblivious
to the heathen around us. It is a
chronic case of the gnat versus camel
disease.
At 8:30, p. m., a very good sermon
was preached by the Rev. Mr. Quillian,
from the last chapter of Revelations,
17th verse.
Second Day—Friday.
Almost the entire day was taken up by
a continuation of the ministers’ reports.
The most interesting portion of the day’s
exercises was the discussion concerning
Sunday Schools. This brought up
before us the significant fact that 80 or
90 per oent. of the church members of
the circuit are grown up Sunday school
scholars. Parents, “make a note of it,”
as Captain Cuttle would say. Lexington
churches reported in a bad fix.
Just here there was a slight break in
the regular proceedings, as Rev. Dr.
Kennedy, tho handsome and intelligent
editor of the Southern Christian Advo
cate, made his appearance. The mem
bers of the conference welcomed him
very handsomely by a rising vote.
A vote was passed urging the officers
to greater promptness; it passed as a
resolution; it was meant as a reprimand.
We will write further in a day or two.
L.
THE TRAGEDY AT MILLETTS.
Murder of Michael Hennessy—A Foul
Crime—Clubbed’ to Death—No Clue
to the Criminal—lnquest and Verdict’.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel d
Milletts, S. C., August 13,1875.
The citizens of our usually quiet lit
tle town were greatly excited on yester
day by the murder of M. Hennessy.
The circumstances are as follows: Mr.
M. Hennessy was a merchant of this
place. He was seen at his store about
sunrise on Thursday, the 12th instant,
by a negro. During the morning sev
eral parties went to his store and tried
to wake him up—the store being closed.
About twelve o’clock one of his farm
hands came to his'Store and, upon ex
amination, found the back or side door
open; upon further examination he
found Mr. Hennessy lying behind the
counter dead. The negro then called
in Mr. T. J. Rountree and J. B. Nobles,
citizens of the place. T. J. Rountree’s
statement is as follows: Upon being in
formed that Mr. Hennessy had been
murdered, I went at once to his store;
I called Mr. Nobles; we found the
front door locked and key on the inside;
upon further examination found Mr. H.
lying behind the counter dead and cold,
the floor covered with blood, evidently
having received three blows upon the
head; upon the counter we found a
hickory walking stick, small flask of
whisky and a half plug of tobacco and a
few crackers; tied upon Mr. H.’s arm
was found a pair of lady’s shoes; evi
dently the murderer was trading with
him, and as Mr. H. turned to the shel
ving for something he was struck down.
Information was at once sent to the cor
oner, T. S. Dunbar. The body was
then examined by Drs. Bellinger and
Bratbam. They report as follows: “We
have made a post mortem examination
of the body of Michael Hennessy, and
find that wounds evidently inflicted by a
blunt instrument on the head, two suffi
cient to have produced unconsciousness,
and one to have caused death in a few
minutes; the last wound penetrating
beneath the scalp and producing a frac
ture of the skull. There were no other
wounds elsewhere about the body. I
made no farther examination, as the
above-mentioned injury accounted for
his death.” The coroner’s jury returned
the following verdict:
We, the jurors on the inquisition held
on the body of Michael Hennessy, con
cludes thus, that the same Michael
Hennessy came to his death from
wounds inflicted on the head by a blunt
instrument in the hands of some person
or persons to the jurors unknown,
against the peace and dignity of the
State of South Carolina.
J. B. Bates, Foreman.
Mr. Hennessy had been doing busi
ness in and near Milletts for the past
two or three years. He had no family,
and lived entirely alone. Was as com
plete a miser as ever lived; suspicions of
every one. He was a man of violent
temper; had no friends scarcely in this
neighborhood. It is generally believed
that he always had a large amount of
money about him. The murderer’s ob
ject was evidently to rob, as the goods
in the store were considerably displaced.
We have no idea of the amount taken,
and have no clue whatever to the mur
derer. The whole affair is shrouded in
mystery. Operator.
THE COTTON CROP.
August Beport of the Agricultural
Bureau.
Washington, August 13.—The returns
of the Department of Agriculture for
August show an improvement of the
eotton crop of 4 per cent, in North Caro
lina, 1 per cent, in Mississippi and 4
per cent, in Arkansas. These States
were largely favored with the same con
ditions of growth which had secured
their high averages of July. Texas
maintained her previous figures, the
drouth in some counties being counter
balanced by fine weather in others. Ten
nessee lost*2 per cen j., mostly on account
of injuries to bottom land crops from
excessive rains. In Louisiana the aver
age is 6 per cent, on account of local
drouth, though several parishes report
very promising crops. This inju
rious influence out down the aver
age of Georgia 11 'per cent., of Sonth
Carolina, 15 per cent., and Florida, 16
per cent. The August averages were as
follows: North Carolina, 90; South
Carolina, 84; Georgia, 86; Florida, 85;
Alabama, 93; Mississipi, 104; Louis
iana, 99; Texas, 93; Arkansas, 108; Ten
nessee, 107. Lice and caterpillars are
reported in two or three counties, but
no damage to the crop is noted.
A Western editor insists that he wrote
the word "trousseau” as plain as a pike
staff iu connection with certain bridal
presents. The printer, however, vul
garly put it “troupers.”
“Our inside contains to-day,” says a
country editor, “ ‘Dyspepsia,’ ‘Cooked
Whisky,’ ‘A Chinese Restaurant,’ and
various other interesting articles.”—Os
wego Times,
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND.
A Gushing Georgian—A Sea Side Para-
by the Sounding Deep—
The Romance of the Waves —Carolina
Hospitality—The Augusta Visitors.
l-From an Occasional Correspondent of the
' Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Sullivan's Island, August 10, 1875.
As several letters have appeared in an
Augusta paper purporting to have been
written from this place, giving a descrip
tion of the Island, I was very much sur
prised to learn on my arrival that one oi
the letters had been written by a young
gentleman of yonr city, who had been
spending -some time in a country place
in Georgia. Whilst in deep meditation
he imagined himself on Sullivan’s Isl
and, and mistook a large fishing pond
in front of his residence for the ocean.
Daring his meditation he thought that
he wouldojive your readers a description
of the beach—whereas it was only the
hills that surrounded the pond. So
you have been unable to receive an
impartial letter from the Island.
What a living picture is here
of the beneficial results of industry !
By industry the Island has become quite
a fashionable Summer resort, whereas
but a short time ago it was naught but
a barren place. The spade and carpen
ters tools in the hand of industry have
improved it into a sort of paradise.
The Island is about four miles long,
with a number of beautiful cottages
along the beach for about two miles and
a half, each cottage having in front of it
a bath house for the ladies. The finest
residence here is the property of Sheriff
C. C. Bowen. The man who was tried at
Georgetown for mnrder, and who has
plundered and robbed the poor people
of South Carolina, lives here off of his
ill-gotten gain in the greatest luxury.
He can be seen every afternoon with his
two in hand driving along the beach.
There are abont four thousand visitors
here,priacipaly Charlestonians with their
friends from different portions of the
South. One week’s visit will make yon
appreciate the welcome and refreshing
breeze; jfcu will feel its cheering in
flnenee, 'J®**' languid spirits will re
vive; the slackened sinews are now
strung, and life bounds brisker through
all her crimson channels. Here yon
will see the tempest toss the ocean; and
no signals of distress are heard from
the bellowing deep, or melancholy
tokens of shipwreck come floating on
the foaming surge. Then, how delight
ful to stand safe on shore and hug one’s
self in conscious security viewing the
ocean waves, to see the sun like a golden
lamp pour its effulgence over the water,
and when night approaches tho moon
takes up its friendly office; and the
stars are kindled iu twinkling myriads,
to cheerthe darkness. Whileyou are here
you observe nothing mean or inelegant—
all is clad in beauty’s fairest robe.
As an improvement on the old ambu
lance plan, each ferry boat is met by
three street cars, which carry the pas
sengers from one end of the Island to
the other, for the small snm of ten
cents. In the course of time if the
Southern people would visit the Island
and see the advantages it affords to those
in search of pleasure—with a little ener
gy the Caroliuians could easily make it
the fashionable resort for Southerners
and call it the Long Branch of the South.
Here stands old Fort Moultrie which
has lately undergone mauy improve
ments; by the side of the fort is the
grave of that stern old patriot and war
rior, Oceola, who died at Fort Moultrie
January 30th, 1838. The people here
are extremely hospitable. On the arrival
of the young gentlemen from Augusta
they were met by a delegation from the
Washington Light Infantry of Charles
ton, consisting of Messrs. Edward Rob
ertson, D. P. Robertson, C. S. McNel
ty, W. T. Smith and others, and invited
to splendid banquet. Their attention
will long be remembered by the Geor
boys.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cole, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Chew, Miss Addie Dugas,
Miss Lou Casey and Miss Lula Cole,
with several young gentlemen, com
prise the Augusta crowd. 1 As usual, tho
Augusta ladies are the favorites of the
Island, noted and admired by all the
young Charlestonians iev their beauty
and accomplishments. Miss A
D is regning as the belle of the
place. Whilst the ladies are in bathing
the young ladies of Augusta are ad
mired for their bravery in the water, as
they frequently go up to their neck in
water, while others are afraid to venture
out so far. L.
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
Hon. A. H. Stephens on Contraction
and Inflation—He Is in Accord With
Pendleton and Allen.
[Rome Courier.]
We publish to-day the views of the
Hon. George H. Pendleton, the distin
guished statesman of Ohio, upon the
currency question which is now absorb
ing a great deal of attention, especially
in the discussions of the pending Ohio
campaign. These views are those of
Gov. Allen, the candidate for re-election
in that State. They are also the views
of Hon. A. H. Stephens—all three gen
tlemen being profound political econo
mists, who have spent a great deal of
thought and study upon ’ the subject.
These gentlemen do not advocate infla
tion nor are they in favor of contraction.
Their idea iB to place the currency iu a
healthy condition, to be equal to the
demands of ’trade, no more and no less
—to be contracted gradually and specie
payments resumed through the process
of legislation looking to that end as the
condition of the country will permit,
and as business revives and onr indus
trial interests become more prosperous.
The country is in no condition to re
turn to specie payments ; neither is it
in a condition for a contraction of the
currency. An effort at either would col
lapse the people into bankruptcy and
ruin, and property would become almost
worthless. Thousands who are in ap
parent favorable circumstances would
become beggars. This state of things
can only be remedied by a decrease of
the funded debt of the country, bearing
heavy interest, and converting it into
greenbacks, which bear no interest.—
This would inorease the volume of cur
rency equal to the demands of trade and
give prosperity to the whole country,
and place our industrial and commer
cial interests in a healthy state, when
gradual contraction, by judicious legis
lation, could bo made without detriment
to the common interests of all. In this
way we may arrive at a gradual resump
tion of specie payments, coming down to
it as we would descend a mountain—by
taking advantage of its grades.
A sudden or rapid contraction of the
currency would have the effect of in
volving the debtor class in ruiD. This
can be illustrated by a simple example.
Suppose A owes B one hundred dollars,
the debt stipulated upon a greenback
basis, and was forced to pay the debt
in gold. To procure the gold it would
require one hundred and thirteen dol
lars and seventy-five cents. If the debt
should be one thousand dollars, one
hundred and thirty-seven dollars and'
fifty cents over and above the debt in
greenbacks would be required to secure
the gold as a legal tender of the debtor’s
obligation. Contract the currency and
the man who has bought a piece of
property would find he could not sell it
for enough to pay the debt. Such a
contraction, suddenly or rapidly made,
would so unsettle values as to submerge
the debtor class in irretrievable ruin.
The first object of the Democratic
party when in power should be to see
that the volume of currency is sufficient
to meet the demands of trade and to
place it on a sound basis—looking to a
gradual resumption of specie payments
as the industrial interests of the country
revive. Looking to the contest of next
year, the policy of the party should be
shaped in that direction. In no other
way do we see that the financial affairs
of the country may be reduced to a
hard money basis.
How to Keep Meat Fresh. —We
found the following in an exchange,
without the author’s name, or the name
of the paper in which it was published;
but as the receipt is simple, all who
wish to try it can do so at a small ex
pense: There is no good reason why
farmers and their families should eat so
much salt pork, leaving all the fresh
meat to inhabitants of cities and vil
lages, when the following method will
keep meat fresh for weeks, even in the
warmest weather. I know, for I have
tried it for more than ten years: As soon
as the animal heat is out of the meat,
slice it up ready for cooking. Prepare
a large jug by scalding well with hot
salt and water. Mix salt and pulver
ized saltpetre in the proportion of one
tablespoonful of saltpetre to one cupful
of salt. Cover the bottom of the jar
with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Put
down a laying of meat, sprinkle with
salt and pepper the same as if going to
the table, and continue in this manner
till the jar is fuU. Fold a cloth or
towel and wet it in salt and water, in
which a little of the saltpetre is dis
solved. Press the cloth closely over
the meat and set in a cool place. Be
sure and press the cloth on tightly as
each layer is removed, and your meat
will keep for months. It is a good plan
to let the meat lie over night after it is
sliced, before packing. Then drain off
all the blood that oozes from it. It will
be necessary to change the cloth occa
sionally, or take it off and wash it—first
in cold water —then scald it in salt water
as at first. In this way farmers can
have fresh meat the year round. I have
kept beef that was tilled the 12th of
February till the 21st of June. Then I
packed a large jar of veal in the same
way during the dog days, and it kept
six weeks. This receipt alone is worth
the price of any newspaper in the land.
A SECRET OP THE “REBELLION."
I Hartford Courant.] %
The recent letter of Mr. Thurlow
Weed npon the influence of Prince Al
bert in preventing the recognition of the
Southern Confederacy has induced a
gentleman of this city, whose character to
all who know him is a sufficient guaranty
of his statement, to give to the Cowrant a
scrap of secret history of the war, which
shows how a sohemo for securihg the
recognition of the Confederacy was
providentially averted. In the Autumn
of 1861 the gentleman in question was
called to Louisville, Ky., on business.
On his arrival there he found the city in
a state of feverish excitement, the Union
and disunion parties being about equal
in strength, and an outbreak at any mo
ment would not have been surprising.
He stopped at the Galt House, and he
had just entered his name on the regis
ter, when a distinguished looking
stranger entered the room, and was
immediately surrounded by a number of
gentlemen of the secesh persuasion,
with whom he entered into an excited
conversation. On inquiry the stranger
was found to be Mr. William Mure, of
Charleston, S. C., British Consul at that
port. He was an ardent sympathiser
with secession, and expected soon to be
appointed British Minister to the Con
federate Government. He was fresh
from the rebel capital, with the latest
news, which was eagerly absorbed by
the listeners.
Later in the evening, as the Hartford
gentleman was smoking his cigar in the
office, Mr. Mure entered the room with
a friend, and taking seats near him the
two commenced a conversation in a low
tone, which, however, in their earnest
ness was soon so audible that the other
occupant of the room could not help
overhearing a large portion of it. From
what he heard he gathered that Mr.
Mure had been closeted with Jeff. Davis
and his Cabinet for several days, and as
a result carried about his person papers
which he believed would insure the
recognition of the Confederacy by the
Governments of Great Britain and
France, together with bills of exchange
representing a large amount of mqpey
for tile purchase of arms and munitions
of war. Mr. Mure further stated that
he should leave Louisville on the fol
lowing (Sunday) morning, under an as
sumed name, for Boston, via New York,
and that he would take the Cunard
steamer at Boston for England on the
next Wednesday.
Our informant immediately decided
that his business in Louisville might
wait, and that he would travel with Mr.
Mure as far as Cincinnati, where he
would take the train for Washington and
lay the case before Mr. Seward. On
Sunday morning he arose early, but
found that Mr. Mure had started the
night before. Ho immediately took the
train, and arrived at Cincinnati late at
night only to find that a bridge on the
railroad to Washington had been carried
away, and travel would be interrupted
for twenty-four hours. He went at once
to the telegraph office and found it was
closed, it being near midnight. A po
liceman, however, came to his assist
ance and brought the operator from an
apothecary shop near by. Informing
the latter that he desired to send a mes
sage to Mr. Seward, the operator replied
that he possessed the Government cy
pher, whereupon the following message,
in substance, was sent:
To the, Secretary of State, Washington,
D. C.:
Mr. Wm. Mure, British Consul at
Charleston, S. C., left Louisville last
night for Boston, via New York, bear
ing about his person papers from Jeffer
son Davis which he says will insure the
recognition of the Southern Confederacy
by the Governments of England and
France, together with other valuable
documents. He sails from Boston on
Wednesday.
[SignedJ B. T. H .
The name signed was a fictitious one,
used for the occasion for private reasons,
the gentleman recalling the fact that
certain members of his family were on
terms of intimate friendship with the
Mure family, and not desiring to involve
others than himself in the affair. Doubt
ing whether Mr. Seward would notice
the dispatch the gentleman started for
Boston, via the New York Central Road,
designing to have Mr. Mure arrested as
he went on board the steamer, in case
no previous efforts to detain him were
made. In passing through Syracuse on
Tuesday he bought a morning paper,
and on glancing through the telegraphic
news he saw a dispatch from New York
on Monday to this effect:
“Mr. Mure, British Consul at Charles
ton, was arrested at the Brevoort House
this evening, and papers of great value
were found concealed about his person.
He was immediately taken to Fort La
fayette.”
Satisfied at the result, the gentleman
in question returned to his home. Some
two months afterwords he was in Wash
ington, where he met Mr. Seward so
cially, and while in conversation with
him inquired how Mr. Mure happened
to be arrested. The Secretary at first
seemed surprised at what perhaps ap
peared to be an impertinent question,
but replied politely that the arrest was
made on receipt of a telegram from
Cincinnati from a Mr. B. T. H , that
he had since endeavored to ascertain
who Mr. H. was but without success, and
finally inquired, “Do you know ?” The
gentleman replied that he was the indi
vidual, and then explained the circum
stances as above recounted. Mr. Seward
grasped him by the hand and thanked
him most heartily. To the query whether
the value of the papers had been ex
aggerated in the telegram, the Secretary
replied : “Not in the least, sir; not in
the least. ”
Mr. Mure was kept in confinement for
a year, and was then released at the re
quest of the British Government.
French and American Women.
{From “The French at Home.”]
The face of the American woman is
more beautiful than that of the native
of any other country. It has delicacy
of color and feature, and fineness and
intellectuality in expressions; but the
body supporting the head, regarded
from an artistic and hygienic point of
view, js inferior. For breathing and
digesting, the upper part is lacking in
depth. In a word, the American is
more fragile; she is hardly a Diana,
and the French is something more, al
though not the Hebe of Bubes. The
French woman’s face is as handsome as
that of any other in Europe, and fades
more slowly. At forty she glides into
an embonpoint with an unwrinkled face
and good complexion—at the age when
English women become heavy-necked,
frowsy, and the Americau pale and wrink
led. The climate has something to do
with this, but doubtless her nourishing
food, generous wine, and out of door
air, much more. Her mode of "living
contributes thereto—the exercise anci
development of each function in a more
natural and sensuous manner than with
us. There are ascetic ideas in America
which have a tendency to retard the
physical development of woman; for
mind moulds matter. The extremes
of American life are unfavorable to a
healthy growth, in its fastness as well
as its asceticism, where the flesh is cor
rupted by dissipation or mortified by
certain religious teachings. Aside from
these causes is a prevalent notion that it
is beneath the dignity of men and
women to occupy themselves with what
they shall eat and what they shall drink.
The American has more intellect than
her French sistor, but the latter hasjsoft
ness where she has pertness. There is
nervous excitability and cleverness in
one, mellowness and equality of charac
ter in the other. The forced, brilliant
vitality of women in America is subject
to fits of reaction, for nature has its lim
it. In the French woman the mind is
more even and cheerful, and in the absence
of exhaustive and irregular demands
made upon it, the uniform health is
better. In qualities of a purely mental
character, the equal of the American wo
man can not perhaps be found in the
world; but with all her knowledge and
intellectual activity, she lacks that
which made the Greeks wh%t they have
been and the French what they are—or
ganic cultivation. Entwined in these
words are taste and art. A riper civiliza
tion, though not a purer, shall invest her
with a knowledge of these things, and a
harmony of character not now possessed;
and with it will come, alas! that decad
ence in morals which always marches
on the heels of the beautiful in every
age and in every climate. It is sad that
such heavy tribute should be exacted as
the price of an added enjoyment, but art
is inexorable.
Live New Yoke Fbog3 fob Europe.—
The Watertown Times has this para
graph: “The frog is a beautiful animal
—that is in a gastronomic sense. Its
white, dainty, delicious meat is the de
light of all true epicures. What dish is
there, all things considered, comparable
to a first class frog fry with fried pota
toes and lettuce salad ? Well, mankind
are finding out more and more the culi
nary value of the frog, and that the
Watertown frog, so-called, is the most
valuable of all. Therefore, it is not
surprising that Tom Anthony, the cele
brated froggist of Perch Lake, should
be requested to capture a couple of
dozen liye ones to be shipped to Eu
rope for breeding purposes. Mr. An
thony arrived here with them yesterday,
and they were forwarded in a nice box
with a bedding of nice grass to New
York by express. No finer specimens
have been seen, as they would weigh
about a pound apiece. We hope our
European friends will receive them
gratefully, treat them well, and succeed
lin good time, thereby, in furnishing
their table, from their own ponds and
bogs, with the genuine Watertown frog.”
SKELETONS.
THE THINGS AS AN ARTICLE OF
COMMERCE.
A Discourse Between a Reporter and
a Skeleton-Hanger which Suggests
Hamlet and the First Grave-Digger
—The “ Empress” Still Food for
Study.
f Philadelphia Times.]
“ Everything nowadays,” said Mr.
Nash, as he ceased blowing through a
flexible pipe of gutta percha into what
looked to a man, who yesterday inter
v'ewed him, like a barrel that had been
twisted out of shape, “everything, now
adays, is an article of commerce.” (Mr.
Nash is the anatomist of the medical
department of the University of Penn
sylvania). “ Yes, sir,” he continued,
“ everything in this world seems to be
business. Buying a coffin is business,
chartering a steamboat for a pleasure
excursion is business, and buying a
dead elephant is business. This (point
ing to the twisted barrel shaped affair
that he was inflating so that it could be
dried) is the stomach of the Fairmount
Par'k menagerie elephant Empress. It
is the first one that was ever dissected.
Professor Chapman set his heart on hav
ing it, and here it is. Everybody sup
posed that all ruminative animals had
four stomachs, like the cow, the camel
and the llama. Our friend, the ele
phant, for the first time in the
history of the science of compa
rative anatomy, etc., we find has but
one. Look here,” said Mr. Nash, ex
hibiting to us the dried stomach of a
llama that also had died at the Zoo;
“see, here are four stomachs in ono,
and water cells in which the gentle little
creatures could carry a supply''*f water
sufficient to last them for two weeks.”
The preparations, anotomically consid
ered, are very beautiful; the skin is
almost transparent—entirely translucent.
To the cause of science the possession
of the defunct body of the elephant in
question by the University is of great
value. The membrane enveloping the
vicera is as large as an old-fashioned
counterpane, is preserved unbroken and
is .aknost as dainty and delicate as
Mechlin lace.” “YottTiad a dba’S-%ebra
also for dissection, Mr. Nash ?” interro
gated the writer. “I had to send him
back to thd Zoo,” was the-reply. “There
is no place here in which to deposit the
refuse after dissection, and at this sea
son of the year I do as little in that way
as I can. Here’s a peccary (South Ameri
can wild pig) that I am mounting, and
here,” turning to a recess in the corner,
“is a skeleton of one of the biggest
bats that the world produces. Oddly
enough, in no exhibition of comparative
anatomy wore the skeletons of either of
these species exhibited before.”
“Yon remarked, Mr. Nash,” observed
the Times' inquirer after knowledge,
“that everything was au article of com
merce. Will you kindly indicate the
force of that remark ?”
“Most certainly. The dead body of
the elephant Empress had a money
value, and so also (pointing to a human
skeleton elaborately sand papered, var
nished and wired with brass) has that.
The difference between men and terra
pins is that the former carry their skele
tons inside of them, while the terrapin
carries his skeleton on his outside. This
is true of all the genus testudo, and of
many of the Crustacea also. The crab
sheds his skeleton. I’ve seen days here
within two weeks,” said Mr. Nash, as
he wiped his face with a spotty silk
handkerchief; “when I’d have been
right glad to shed my flesh and do my
work sitting in my skeleton alone.
Things are a little dull now, Mr. Times,
but two years ago I had more orders for
skeletons than I could fill.. You see
there are numerons secret societies that
require a skeleton as a part of their
paraphernalia. I don’t propose to name
them, because I belong to nearly all of
them; but they could no more initiate a
novice into their organizations without
these emblems of human mortality than
Cardinal McCloskey could marry a
couple without a ring. Just now times
are very dull; very few new lodges are
being formed. Working people in the
conutry haven’t the means to form new
lodges; and that gentleman (pointing to
a skeleton hanging very comfortably! by
his left ear in a neat closet, otherwise
full of glass jars) won’t go to Carbon
county as soon as I expected. I fixed
him and wired him beautifully, as you
see. His price was but $35, though, in
a general retail way, he is worth SSO;
the consequence is that, for the present,
he will hang just where he is.”
“Outside of the purposes of secret so
cieties, sir, who want these emblems to
remind man that this sublunary world
is but a fleeting show, of what value are
these osseous remains ?” “Why, coun
try doctors generally like to keep a
skeleton somewhere in a dark closet,”
was the reply, “where they keep their
demijohn of applejack or old rye. Their
wives, daughters or servants are sure
never to visit it. If they take students
they must have a skull, anyhow. No
drawing or picture can teach or give an
adequate idea of the anatomy of the
head, and a back-country doctor pretty
generally will strain a point to procure
ai skeleton entire. To patients upon
whom he wishes to make an impression
that he is particularly erudite and a
dead shot at mumps or worms ho will
sometimes exhibit this skeleton. Be
sides this, no doctor’s house in which a
skeleton was known to be kept was ever
broken into. It comes cheaper than
keeping bull dogs, and makes a man a
reputation besides.”
“And the cost of a skeleton is liow
much, Mr. Nash ?” “To lodges I fur
nish them for $35 each. They are not
handled there, and are almost imperish
able. For doctors the articulations re
quire to be strongly wired, and SSO is
what I get for one. Skulls are of more
comparative value in proportion than
the rest of the anatomy,” said Mr. Nash.
“I’ve often had bodies with no skulls to
match them. I have furnished skulls
and crossed bones to religious recluses,
male and female, who wanted nothing
else. There are societies, too, who buy
skulls, and I’ve sent them to such far
and near. I had the body of the mur
derer, Teufel, who was hanged at Nor
ristown some years ago. A physician
got his head. I mounted the frame,
screwed the head of a negro upon it,
and sold it to a back country lodge of
Knights of Pythias.” “What became
of the negro’s body?” “Oh, nobody
cares; that kind of material is abundant.
By the law of the Commonwealth the
remains of all who die in it, unclaimed,
are handed over to the colleges to pro
mote the interest of science.”
“How about the skeletons of infants,
Mr. Nash ?” asked the reporter. “You
have them in the museum of your Uni
versity. How is it that preparations so
delicate can be dissected ?” “They all
come from France,” said Mr. Nash. “All
that sort of things are produced abroad.
They are necessary for us to have, but
not an anatomist would be encouraged
by any college in this country to pre
pare them. Skeletons of birds and
small animals are prepared in the same
way. No human hand, even if working
under a microscope, could do it half so
well. The bird, or whatever it maybe, is
sprinkled with sugar and placed near
by an ant hill. In a few days nothing
but the bone contained in it is left.
“ ‘Are these preparations expensive ?’
you ask. Very much so. A skull con
taining sound teeth, so dissected and
sawed out as to exhibit the actual nerves
and circulation, is worth S2OO. All
these things are as much articles of
trade as boots or bonnets. They always
will be so. Dull as times now are, I
cannot keep up,” said Mr. Nash, “with
the demand for skulls. The skulls of
murderers, somehow or other, very often
very singularly vanish. The skull of
Probst is in the museum of Jefferson
College. Nobody there had any use for
his bones. Anyhow, they wouldn’t have
kept. They were soft, almost calcare
ous. and the carcass went the way of all
such flesh. Bone,’’.continued Mr. Nash,
“is curious—a queer thing indeed, I
may say is bone. When I began this
business they used to say that the skele
ton of a dropsical person was the best
for preservation, because the bones
macerated in the water. But that isn’t
so. I had a lower jaw bone from which
the teeth had been removed, and it
made the neatest inkstand you ever saw.
I got the dental process lined with
metal, set it upon brass feet, and the
upper part of the jaw made just as pretty
a place to rest a penholder in as ever
you saw. A half dozen of doctors
wanted it, but before I could decide as
to which to consign it somebody stole
it.”
“Here’s something interesting,” said
Mr. Nash, as he pointed to the skeleton
of a big dog-faced baboon. “This fel
low,” said he, was brought to me by
Major Ingalls, very ill with pulmonary
consumption. He took his cod liver oil
from me, and his orange afterward with
all the submission of a child. I didn’t
expect to cure him, for his left lung was
gone. Why, sir, these monkeys have
consumption just as we do, only what
is worse in them, it is contagious.”
The skeleton of this monkey was
mounted in an erect posture. A pair of
spectacles were upon his nose, and he
was leaning upon a scythe made to suit
his size. A miniature hour glass in his
hand made him a fair representative of
Father Time. “A man who kept a bar
room near the college” (then at Ninth
and Chestnut streets) said Mr. Nash,
“asked me to lend him that skeleton as
a curiosity, and I did so. He was puz
zled when that day, in constant succes
sion people who first called for hard
drink immediately changed their order
to cider or porter sangaree. It was well
on to the middle of the day when, what
to him had been an enigma was solved,
‘Why, mister,’ said a man who had or
dered a drink of applejack, ‘just you
give me a glass of ale. That ’ere skele-
ton there kind o’ makes me feel as
though if I drank your Jersey lightning
’twouldn’t be long afore I got to be jist
where he is. Ten minutes afterwards
the skeleton of the defunct ape was
again in my custody.”
ONE OF THE LOST ON THE
“ SCHILLER."
To the American reader the list of
names seemed mainly to include Ger
mans, and it had a somewhat foreign
and remote aspect. But among those
names there was one of an American
woman, young and of singular promise,
of whom one of the most eminent sur
geons in Boston said : “ Had she lived
she would have been sure to stand in
time among those at the head of her
profession. The usual weapons of ridi
cule would have been impotent against
a woman who had reached that supreme
position which Susan Dimock would
certainly have attained.” She was bom
in North Carolina in 1847, and in 1861
Miss Zakrzewska, well known as a most
thoroughly trained and successful physi
cian and surgeon in Boston, received a
letter from the young Carolinian of
fourteen, stating that she had always
preferred medical and surgical books
to all others, and asking advice
and directions in fitting herself for
the practice of the profession. Miss
Zakrzewska replied as if to a fanciful
girl, and thought of the matter no more.
But the girl herself quietly continued
her studies, and her family having left
the State during the war, and being
settled in Massachusetts, she applied to
Miss Zakrzewska five years afterward—
at the ageof nineteen—to enter the New
England Hospital as a student. Twice
she applied for admission to the medical
school of Harvard University, but was
refused. Yet her genius for the profes
sion she had chosen was so evident, her
qualifications so remarkable, that her
teachers and friends advised her to enter
some European school, for which her
general accomplishments and knowledge
of languages peculiarly fitted her. She
went accordingly to the University of
Zurich, and after studying for three
years, graduated with high honors, and
thatarant to Vienna and Paris, devoting
h’ersmf 'especially tri surgery. At Vienna
a noted German physician said to an
American friend that he had al
ways ‘ thought lightly of women
as physicians, but that he had
seen a young American woman in
the school whose intelligence, devotion
and aptitude were such that he began to
feel that he was wrong. In 1872 she re
turned to Boston and became resident
physician and surgeon at the New Eng
land Hospital for women and children.
As tlie surgeon, whose words we have
quoted, said: “It was not merely her
skill, but also her nerve, that qualified
her to become a great surgeon. I have
seldom known one at once so determined
and so self-possessed. Skill is a quality
much more easily found than this self
control that nothing can flurry.” In her
work she was thoroughly conscientious
and self-reliant, and so gracious and ac
complished and attractive that the most
skeptical could not escape the percep
tion that a woman could be mistress of
the medical and surgical profession yet
with all the charm of the lady ab
solutely untouched, as a man may
be master of the same profession yet be
still a gentleman. Students and patients
were deeply attached to her. Nor is
this wonderful, for she had the wise and
profuse sympathy which is the key of
the heart. “1 wish you,” she said in
one of her lectures in the training
school for nurses, “of all my instruc
tions, especially to remember this: when
you go to nurse a patient, imagine that
it is your own sister before you in that
bed, and treat her in every respect as
you would wish your sister to be treat
ed.”. Nor did she permit any student
to be present as a mere spectator at the
treatment of patients, and this rule was
uniform with the poorest as with the
richest patients. Miss Dimock had
asked five months’ leave of absence to
visit some friends in Europe, as a ne
cessary relaxation before entering upon
another term of three years’ service.
With a young friend of her own age—a
daughter of Colonel W. B. Greene, of
Boston, of rare character and accom
plishment, and with all that life offers
the young and beautiful and fortunate
to live for she sailed upon the
Schiller, and her body alone was found.
It was brought home and buried in Bos
ton. The pall was held by,.'the most
eminent of the surgeons of the city, and
the Rev. James Freeman Clarke spoke
with affectionate and tender eloquence
of the dead. He read a letter which
stated that when last seen Miss Dimock
was kneeling on the deck praying aloud,
and, as she knelt, a sea broke over the
vessel and swept her, with a group near
her, out of human sight or aid. When
she was taken from the water her face
wore a peaceful, even a happy expres
sion. The inhabitants of the island
were touched by its sweet repose, and
the body was presently strewed with
flowers by compassionate men and wo
men. Even the rude fishermen who
bore the body to the steamer which
brought it home felt the same influence,
one of them saying as they loft the bier,
“Welaid lierdowu as softly as ever her
own mother did.”— Editor's Easy Chair
in Harper's Magazine for August,
FASHIONS.
How to Make Dresses Cling Closely
—New Hummer Hats--Ladies’ and
Children’s Underclothing.
Ladies look more like sheathed um
brellas than ever. Skirts are long, and
cling so closely that one is fain to won
der how the wearer can walk. Ultra
fashionables object to elastic straps, as
not holding the dress back tightly
enough, and having, instead, two nar
row gores sewed underneath in the back
seams of the front side gores. Th§se
gores are furnished with eyelets, after
the style of a corset, and laced from the
top to within a few inches of the train,
virtually enclosing the wearer in a mum
my case. The underskirts accompany
ing this arrangement are very straight
and narrow, with a full flounce buttoned
on at the back to support the train.
The new sashes are at least striking.
They are wide and worn low, covering
the abdomen in front, and tied so far
down behind that they have to be held
in place by invisible fastenings. They
are furnished with large square pockets.
New Hummer Hats.
The watteau hat is extremely popular.
It is not unlike a saucepan lid, dish
cover in shape, and is almost covered
with ruches of crepe lisse or muslin, ex
cept the centre of the crown, which is
surmounted by a bow of ribbon or black
velvet and a cluster of flowers. Others
are lined with colored silk, and trimmed
with bows and scarfs of the same. Hats
of coarse, glazed straw are trimmed
with woolen balls and leaves of cloth
and velvet, the effect of which head
gear is to produce the impression that
the wearer has taken her fancy work
basket for a hat.
Peasant waists of silk, for wear with
dresses of tulle or muslin, and of lace
for silks, are very fashionable.
The wutteau apron is another caprice.
A square tablier of lace, or lace and
muslin, with fancy bib, and sash ends
tying behind. It makes a pretty over
dress.
Now and then we hear a rumor of
what we are to wear next Fall, for the
autocrats of fashion have begun their
councils. Dark brown will retain favor,
and anew shade is called the “centen
nial.* Stripes, it is predicted, will take
precedence of plaids, and the curiass
basque, so long as to cover the hips, will
probably be-much in vogue.
Underwear.
Ladies with a provident turn of mind
are investing largely in underclothing,
which has never before been so cheap.
New York Mills, Wamsutta, and other
standard muslins are fifteen cents per
yard, and Lonsdale cambrics retail at
eighteen cents. The ready made gar
ments sell at a small advance on the
cost of the material. Hamburg em
broidery is much used on these garments,
but needle work by hand is preferred.
There is a reaction in favor of hand sew
ing on fine underclothing, and most im
ported garments are hand made. Buf
fles are at a discount, except on skirts.
Drawers and chemises are burnished
with scallops wrought by hand. Tiny
tucks in clusters, with Hamburg inser-
tion between, are used on every thing,
and yokes to night gowns and chemises
are made of them more frequently than
in any other style. Puffs do not laun
dry well if lined. When nothing is
underneath it is easy to fold them
through the middle, and iron like a
ruffle. The fancy for shading has made
them more popular than ever, and they
appear in abundance. Handsome night
gowns have the whole front puffed, and
tucks and puffs, or puffs and insertion,
are favorite trimmings for the elaborate
skirts, which the fashion of demi-trains
has brought into vogue.
In dressing children the tendency is
to have as few garments as possible, and
leave the limbs free. Consequently a
loose waist with short sleeves is worn
over the flannel shirt, and to this draw
ers and shirts are buttoned. Irish gui
pure, which is merely a crocheted edge,
is a favorite trimming for this class of
wear, being strong, serviceable and
pretty.
Six New York State men have been
sunstruck this year while hoeing corn
on Sunday, but none of those who go
fishing on that day have been hurt.
One of the James brothers is said to
be a good boy, but as his Christian
name is not known all the family will
have to be wiped out in order to makn
sure of the guilty ones.
THE COURSE OF COTTON.
Weekly Review of the New York
Market
[From the New York Bulletin.]
As compared with the rates ruling at
the issue of our last report the average
of the market has been rather lower,
but business active, and conducted with
out the general tendency to an excited
and feverish tone before current. And
yet the operators for a rise have had
pretty much the same base to work
from, with the position, if anything,
better fortified. The apprehended over
flow of the Mississippi a week or ten
days ago was, with few exceptions, only
accepted as a possibility, but, after the
recent rains, was admitted as quite a
strong probability, and finally became
an established fact at one or two points
of importance. In the face of all this,
however, the market throughout the
past week was wavering and fell off on
near by months, though occasionally re
acting on temporary influences.
In some quarters there was an expres
sion of surprise that the market did not
hold up better and a plea of ignorance
as to the cause. The break from ex
treme figures, however, appeared to be
a natural one, and traceable to two or
three very good points. First, the actual
count of stock was fouud to be some
nine thousand bales in excess of the
running record; then the demand from
exporters remained at a stand, with no
prospect of any immediate improve
ment, and this was followed or accom
panied by the general strike and stop
page of worki at Fall River. True, it
was claimed that this strike would be
.fully offset by a larger demand from
Rhode Island, where mills were pre
pared to increaso production at once, and
the sales to spinners, as reported from
day to day, were comparatively full.
An idea, however, seems to hold that a
portion of the stock thus credited is not
entirely free of speculative control, and
whether well fouuded or not, the suspi
cion that the business reported is in ex
cess of actual consumptive wants, pre
vents many operators from being in
fluenced. Last, though not leasflp
among the influences .serving to gjheck
the buoyancy was a very strong iudicos
tion that, even admitting the overflow
as a foregone conclusion, the probable
damage had been fully discounted and
in all likelihood over-estimated. Some
estimates went as high ns 100,000 bales,
but the majority not over 50,000, and
even if this amount should be lost, it is
claimed that a good offset is to be found
in the beneficial rains falling over
Georgia, &c., where drouth had before
been complained of, and the continued.
generally healthy condition of the crop
in all sections. It has also been a
noticeable fact that throughout the up
ward turn of value there lias been a
dearth of Southern speculative orders
either to cover or to purchase, which
seemed to indicate a lack of confidence
among those “who ought to know.”
Indeed for two or three of the closing
days of last week only a brokers market
was ruling, and the changes and manipu
lations simply those growing out of an
effort to secure profits on quick turns.
In detril there is not much to say for
“spots.” Early in the week Jo was ad
ded to quotations and no subsequent
change made, but the tone ruled very
heavy throughout and at times the
figures were certainly extreme. Two
or three sales have been credited to ex
porters rather to the surprise of the ma
jority of operators on foreign account,
who have been unable at any time to
see a clear margin, but the bqlk of the
actual sales were to spinners buying
such small parcels as immediate neces
sities required. The offerings at all
times have been equal to the call in
quantity and the assortment suited to
any ordinary selection, with holders
willing to negotiate on any full bid.—
No particular pressure or effort was
made to realize, but when a customer
came along it seemed to be thought
best to secure the order if possible as
the supply is fair, and new crop not ro
markably far off.
On contracts the general influences at
work havo been noted above, and but
little can be added hare. Au absence
of fresh orders from all sources has
been noticeable, no one having confi
dence enough to purchase freely even
when taking the most “bullish” and
“short.” Sales being made with cau
tion also, especially on near-by delive
ries. This has left the market largely
in the hands of brokers, who, to keep
matters moving, have “manipulated”
from day to day for quick turns. The
general “long” interest has probably
been reduced during the week, and the
rumors of shaky houses are no longer
heard, though it is doubtful if there
ever was any reason to anticipate seri
ous trouble. At the close of the week
business had become quite stupid, and
it seemed that operators, having about
exhausted all known influences, were
casting about for some new vantage
ground.
A Youthful Operator.— San Fran
cisco stands aghast at the audacious
stock operations of one Charles Kuchel,
a youth of nineteen, without capital or
available means of his own. The
Chronicle says : “This adventurous and
enterprising youth, a mere broker’s
clerk, with no capital except his native
audacity and craft, actually rivaled in
the magnitude of his stock transactions
the veteran millionaires who are
popularly supposed to control the
market, make corners and send stock up
or down according to their pleasure.
His operations thus far ascertained,
during the first two weeks of last
January amounted to $157,000, while
during the months of May and June
they figured up to the incredible sum of
over $840,000. His transactions from
the beginning of the year to the 21st of
July amounted to over $1,100,000. But
these figures, stunning as they may
seem, only cover his sales and purchases
through two brokers. He is known to
have also operated through others, and
the full extent of his stock dealings has
not yet been ascertained. While carry
ing on business upon this magnificent
scale he drove high-spirited trotters on
the Cliff road, and is said to have been
the owner of no less than three dashing
double teams. He was gorgeously ap
parrelled, fared sumptuously every day,
and had the best of everything going
that could be obtained for money.
There was nothing niggardly about this
precious prodigal. If he lavished his
money freely, it was not all expended
upon himself and his individual
pleasures. Only a few weeks ago he
sent his mother and sister off upon a-
European tour, and his main solicitude
when arrested seemed to be lest they
should hear of his disgrace. The fact
that the boy was able to continue such a
career so long undetected, using the
stocks and the credit of his 'employers
on such an extensive scale, seems inex
plicable. The defrauded broker, when
a friend applied to him asking the situa
tion made vacant by Kuchel’s detection
for another youth, made answer: ‘lf you
have a boy that you care anything about
set him at anything but the stock trade,
Put him into a gambling den if you
like, set him to dealing faro, but don’t
make a broker’s clerk of him. The real
gambling will be less trying to his
morals than the base California street
imitation.’”
Waste.— lf our advanced scientific
knowledge gives us, as its bane and an
tidote, greater adulteration and the
means of detecting it, we may safely
say it renders absolute “waste,” as re
gards the leavings of our manufactured
materials, a thing of the past. There
is, perhaps, nothing in this direction of
which it is not possible to make some
practicable and profitable use. There is
a story of a wealthy brewer giving his
son-in-law all the rusty old hoops in his
yard as a fortune, and how they fetched
many thousands of pounds; but we are
sure, when we visit a manufactory at
Sheffield, and see one room filled with
bags of jeweler’s dust sweepings, and in
the last room bars of solid gold, that in
the gold trade at least there is no such
thing as “waste.” The soapsuds of
Paris have been skimmed from the
Seine and utilized, and now the same
thing is effected at Bradford. The
“suds” are run from the wash bowls,
and treated to a dose of sulphuric acid
till the fats rise to the surface to be
used for lubricating purposes. Valuable
materials used in paper making are
also said to be recovered, particularly
soda, which is “run off,” instead of be
ing wasted. Tin, too, used to plate
sheet-iron, for saucepans and kettles, is
procured from old iron to the extent of
from 5 to 12 per cent., worth about £9O
a ton, where formerly the old battered
utensils were cast upon dust heaps as
useless. —London Stationer.
Avery tall and shabby-looking man’
a fellow that reminded you -of a vagrant
letter from a font of forty-line paragon
extra condensed, stepped up to one of
our bars, last week, and, after heaving a
glass of liquor into his long throat, bland
ly asked the bar-tender if hecould change
a S2O bill. The gentleman informed
him that he could. “,Well,” said the
tall one, with a .sigh of satisfaction,
“I’ll go out and see if I can find one,”
and he plunged out into the cold world
on his mission —Louisville Commercial.
A Georgia sheriff delayed an execution
fifteen minutes to let the crowd see
which dog whipped, and it is evident
that humanity yet holds a tender place
in the American heart.
A Logansport man discovered a broth
er the other day whom he had not seen
for eighteen years, and they pulled off
their coats and kicked and cuffed eaoh
other just as naturally as could be,