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the ni;sT ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THp CITY. DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. y THE HOUR.! A Day Made Historic in the South. I ABOUT THE BIER OF ALOVEDj Cheif Gather Millions: of Sore Hearts. ! THE REQUIEM! Over the Grave of the! Matchless Davis. BRUNSWICK'S MULTITUDE; Gathars to do Reverence to the; Memory of the Ex-President. UPON THE CITY! I There Rested the Silence ofl the Holy Sabbath. A Military ancl Civic Procession—Tlie| Opera House Crowded to Standing Room—Hundreds Turned Away— Eloquent Speeches and Fine Music—The Story of the Day Told in Full. The remains of Jefferson Davis were laid to rest in the cemetery at New Or leans yesterday, between the hours of 11 si m. and 3 1>. in. " • s | Throughout the South —iu every city] and town and village—services suitable to the occasion were held: and though the proud privilege of doing so in reality was denied them, those who followed Mr. Davis in times of war, and who had learned to love and to honor him, gath ered in imagination around that! sepulchre iu the distant city and min gled their tears with the tears of those who were more intimate with the chief tain and who loved him more—if that were possible. Brunswick lionored herself yesterday by doing honor to Mr, Davis’ memory. Early in the morning groups of men were seen In re and there outlie streets, and the ladies were out earlier than usual so as to do their shopping before the hour for the stores to close. The public schools were not in session dur ing the day, and students and teachers joined in the memorial exercises. Many buildings were decorated, and Hie city bore evidences of the grief which Un people felt on account of the loss of theirj honored dead. AT THE RII'LEMEN’S AKMORY. Before the hour named in the! call published in yesterday’s Times! for tiie veterans to assemble! at the Kiflenieu’s armory for the put-' pose of forming, joining in the! procession and participating in the exercises, white headed men, who stood! the brunt of battle au.l passed! through the trials attendant upon th j years intervening between 'Ol ’OS, began! to gather there to prepare to pay what tribute they could to the memory oi their former leader and president. At 11 o’clock, the command “Fallin !”| was given to the Kitlemen. The com-' pany formed promptly and in a few minutes marched down stairs to the] street, where the company was halted,! to wait tor the Atlantic band, the! Vet-rails nml the Light Horse Guards, j The Riflemen's flag was draped in mourning, and each member wore h piece of crape around his lett arm. When the Riflemen had cleared the hall t'apt. Barney Dart commanded iu distinct tones: “Fall in, veterans!” Those men who had obeyed eammand given by Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E ] Johnson, Francis Bartow, Georgia’s own! John B. Gordon, and the South’s great-] est general, Robert E Lee, on the fluids! of Manassas, and Bull Run, and China mauga aud Gettysburg know but little! of the military tactics of this day, but they were prompt to obey the command] —as prompt even as they were to answer their country’s call and go forth to fane! a storm of shells and bullets. The veterans formed iu twos, and af ter a few words from Cnpt. Dart urging! The Brunswick' Times. Jail those present, to attend the meeting! ■of Tuesday night for the purpose of or-g jganizing a Confederate Veterans’ Asso-J Nation for Glynn county, the command! twas given over to Dipt. H. T. Ken non! and the ve’eraus marched down on the| streets to join the procession. IHK CAVALRY AND THE BAND. Iu the armory of the Light Horse! Guards, the Guards and the members! ot the Atlantic Baud had gathered. When all details had been arranged! •the band marched out of the armory* (while the cavalrymen hastened to mount! [their steeds aud prepared to join in the] 'procession. | I The band led off, followed by the Con-[ [federate veterans, the Riflemen and th. | jllorse Guards in the order named. Ttul column marened down Newcastle street! to the lourt house where the procession! was forme-l by Capt. .Mallory P. King.l [.Marshal of the day and Ids assistants,! I Messrs. Henry It. Syuioas and S. J.j [Dent. j j When all was ready the band played! ja slow march, and the proces ion moved! [off in this order: I Atlantic Baud, j Marshals of the Day. Confederate Veterans, Capt. 11. T.i Keunon iu command. | Brunswick Bilk-men, under Capt. Pj p. Morris. Bruuswi k Light Horse Guards, com \ uiauded by Lieut. \V. M. Berryman. [ Citizens. j The veterans were about 150 strong f G'he military companies hud till ranks f The latter moved off with their arms vt-J versed. j U p Newcastle s! reet to Monk the pro-! [cession moved, tin ncc out Monk to thij jopera house. I When L’Arioso was reached theS iveterans aud the military marched in! [and took the seats that were reserved foil [them, while the citizen.; took seats! | wherever they could find them, j Lully 1,500 people were in the hall. i ! Besides the chaplain of the occasion,! Rov. E. Z. F. Golden, and ihc orators,? •Judge Sp; ucer B Atkinson and Mr. A { |L. ( Irooveiythe following gentlemen ,veic| Jon the stage: Mayor Colson. Aldermen! [Ullman, Peiiuiman, Atkinson, Maiden,[ IBostwick and Berrie, Dr. Ruhbiuo.i j Messrs. Mallory I*. King, A. I. Bran-j [bam, W. L. Bn rouge, U. Dart aud 11. T.i [Keuuoii. ! Mayor Colson was master of cereino-j [uies and announced the programme. j Tirst a male qe.artMie, composed off (Messrs. VV.T. Glover, Frank 11. Harris,! |K. S. French and Tv. I, 'Branham, sang] [these three verses of that old, butevcij [melodious song. “nearer mi god to thee: - ’ | [ Nearer, lay Gml to Thee, nearer to Thee; ( | E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me.! j Still all my song shaii be | Nearer, ray Go-1 to Thee, Nearer to Thee; S j Though like a wanderer, daylight all gone: ■ Darkness be over me, my res' a stone; [ Yet ia my dre tins I’d be. Nearer my God! | to Thee f | Nearer My God to Thee. Nearer to Thee, jj | Dr if on jovful wings, cleaving the sky, j .Sun, imon and stars forgot, upward I fly j Still all my song shall be, Nearer my God to Thee, | Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer to Thee, j SCRIPTURE LESSONS AND PRAYER. | | At the conclusion of the song Rev. Ei [Z. F, Goldou, pastor of tho First Bap [tist church, spoke briefly, fniroducingj [three lessons from tho scriptures. Hi-j [then off -red an impressive prayer. Mr.; [Golden said; j 9 As chaplain, i take occasion to say that we! [should keep constantly before our minds [that wo are nut engaged In a party, partisan! Lor sectional demonstration; but to take pari [hi the imicral exercises of one who, by] [bravery in da; g.:-, wisdom in counsel, and •perhaps not less by his silence v lien “silence! j.vds golden.” has endeared himself to the isytnpaihizing thousands of our great South jern country, and won the admiration of [many who we; e not sympathizers, j We should, therefore, let God speak out o this word: | “And David said to Joab, and to all the jpe iple that were with him, Bond your clothes [and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn be [fote Aimer. And King David himself fol |iowe i the bier. And they buried Abner in [Hebron; and the King lifted up his voice and [>vept at the grave of Abnei, and all the peop'e [wept. * * Aud the King s;id uuto his [servants, Know ye not that there is a prince [and a great man fallen this day in Israel?” [ “Like as a father pilieeh his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For Hi j knowotli our frame; He romemberetta thad W 9 are dust. As for man, his days are a ! pass; as a flower of the Held, so he flourish-] |eth. For the wind passeth over it, and i is] gone; and the place thereof shall know it no [more. But the mere of the Lord is from [everlasting to everlasting upon them that i [fear Him, and His righteousness uuto chil l |dren's children; to such as keep His cove | pant, and to those that remember His com [inamlments to <lo them. The Lord hath [prepared His throne iu the heavens; and llis [kingdom ruleth over all.”—Psalm ciii, LI-19, j [ “Likewise, the Spirit also halpeth our in-1 [Anilities, for we know not what we should [pray for as we ought; but the Spirit make b jinteicession for us with groaning-, which] [cannot be uttered. And He that searchethj [the hearts knoweth what is in the mind of] [the Spirit, because He maketh intercession] [for the s..ints, according to the will of God.j BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1839. And we kuow that all things work together! ior good to them that love God, to them who! jure the called according to his purpose.”—] Bom. viii, SC | “For this con uptihle must put on incor-S ruption, and this mortal must put on immor-J tality. So when this corruptible i hall have] put on iiicorruxitioui and this mortal shall! have put on immortality, then shall beg brought to pass the saying that is written.l Death is swallowed up ih victory. O, death.] where is th} s.ing! U, grave, where is thy! victory! The sting of death is sin, and the! itreng hof sin is the law. But tiianks'be tog God, which giveth us the victory through our| Lord, Jesus Christ.” —Cor xv, 511-5?. GOD’S BLESSING ASKED. O, God, with hearts bowed down with sad~B ness, but uplifted with prai e aud gratitude, j we appear before Thee upuu this solemn! .evasion. VYo are sad because Thou hast aken one so dear to many in arts all over oui oeloved laud, but thankful to Thee for the reat prosperity and the many blessings which Ure-oms. iu our sadness vve lift our heart,- o Thee as the Great tied of the universe, h vtiose sovereign will gui les the great course of human affairs; VVe cuange, but Tnou changeth not; from j' verlusiing to everlasting Thou art the sume.jj lief dim the moniiug stars sung together, o:| jever Thou uadst created t.io world, Thou wastl ,the same in infinite greatness. Kingdoms! rise aud pass away; givat men act iu theiii jappoiuted spheres, and are not; the earth! may be convulsed by internal contortions,! lout with Thee there is no variableness. Tb}| [pity au t compassion toward us change not 3 i though in our weakness aud short-sighted-! [ness we be unable to comprehend Thy loving! kindness; though iu our utmost effort to uu-i jiierstand Thy inscrutable providence, we ar< i junabie-to descend to the depths of Thy v.’is I ! k in, or to rise to the heights of Thy love, oil ;tvi comprehend the breadth of Thy mercies,! i'.ve are ever sure that the guidance of alii idlings i., iu Thy bauds and shall he made tog accomplish the great and noble purposes oil ; i'iie will toward all men, and the linai good! [of those that fear Thee. So be Tboul [merciful to us as, in sadness and sympathy,! |vve gather at this hour with rnaay of likej [condition all over our Souihiand, to present! lone comm n tietitiou and to implore help to> . ustain 11s in ur common sorrow. Iu miuil[ |we bow beside the bier ot our departed! ! rieud and mingle our sighs and! bears with the thousands who feeli [irreparable loss. May the youth oil [our land, emulating the virtues and tfn-p [flinching courage of this great! man, even dare to Aland by their conviction J lot right and to maintain :neir self-respect i. j a manner worthy of those noble sires who fal-5 I erud not in the day of distress. Especially! Ido we prat thy pre; once wi-.h aid thy bless j ling upon those who are bereaved more inti-t huately and sadly by this death. As she a [whom tlii,- event is most i-.'i eg gathers abouX iher ihc widow’s weeds of mourning, let Tii\| grace sweetly enter her heart, and Thy llohs spirit be tlie comforter of all tier woes, ;peak-1 |iug into the ear of faith swet! w >rds of eon-j j olation which no human eulogy can afford,! ! r eaeli bound sympathy produce. Ite nem-J [o-r, also, wo beseech thee that absent] daughter who. ande £ rived ihe privilege of at last look upon the lifeless form, sit- to-day! in sorrow s deep rale. -May she. .remembei! that, in the many thousand hearts whose! Hympaitn is expressed, she ha -a place tended find abiding, ltluss all tine, are near and deal upon whom affiictioii’s ha 1 f ills heavy. j 1 God bless the speakers of the occasion: Gods bless us all, and help us to reverently bow] beneath Thy chastening rod, for Christ's saui'.j [Amen. Javan Atkinson's address. I Ju -go Atkinson’s address was an! [eloquent tribute to the ho-ior, and dead.] [He was listeuteil to with close attention] land was rope.r o ily entlmniaticaily ap-J •|)laml -d. Toe concluding sentences of j Lho address were aw follows: | From the contemplation of these ebsrac Iters the -Sou.hern youth iu alter years will [draw their loftiest inspirations. Stouewa'li [Jackson was the Marcellas, and Robert !. if.ee the Fabius Maximus; the one the sword, [the other the shield, of the S -lithe: n Con ed-[ | racy. But Jefft rsori Davis in the grandeur! •mid sublimity of ids character stands in lii-tory ■isolated and alone—supreme—without a p;tr-| fa lei or a peer iu ancient or modern times.! [Napoleon, to satisfy his love of power, raised! [and wiecked the French republic to build: !spon its ruins an empire all his own. Caesar! [struck not for liberty, but to enslave the Bo snian people. But Jefferson Davis, inspired] |by a lofty patriotism, raised his sword in [obedience to the mandate of a deep and pno {found conviction: I “His life was gentle and the elements I So mixed his lines, 'hat Nature might! [ Stand up and say to all the World: •• this was a man.” [ His was the indominatablu eoi rage •-f Han inital, softened and tempered by the tender [ iiuplieity of a Cineiimnttis. lie was grander [than Cato and greater than he who was [termed the noblest Roman of them all: for in Inis w ell rounded and symmetrical manhood I wore blended the self-sacrificing devotion of [a Cato, coupled with the god like vir. ue of Ja Brutus. | The contemplation of such a character [elevates and ennobles the human race. j“’Tis to the virtues of such men that man owes SHis portion in the good ihat Heaven bestows JAnd wiien recording History displays [Feats of venown, though wrought iu ancient days, [Tells of a few stout hearts, that fought and died, [When duty placed them at their countr- 's side: [The man that is not moved with what he reads, [That takes not fire at their heroic deeds, j Unworthy the blessings of the brave, [is base In kind aud born to be a slave.” Let us love, let us cherish, let us venerate [the glories, but let us forget the passion and [prejudices of the past. Lei us now. and here jin this presence, umV- 1' e inspiration t.f this; ■hour, consecrate oni selves anew to the e -komttlishmeiit of ti ■ grand dotiny that iawiitsour fli.iitlier:. people—Lei us revolve' Iv. iiii one ucc .and, thi’i united by a common, [purpose, impelled by a common hope, ini Isuired by a common ambition, we will live u| [c .mmoft people, under a common govern-” imeiii, has and upon a common constitution.! |L..-t us set our faces toward the rising sun ot'S lAmerica’s glory and press onward and up-jj [ward until we shall have made her the proudK [centre of the grandest civilization that ihea . vorid has ever seen. S I MOSIO EV THK BAND AND TJIF. CHOIR. I | When Judge Atkinson sat down the? [Atlantic band rendeied an appropriate* [selection, aud a quintette conqiused off 3Mrs. Black, Misses Maude and Estellej [liiirris, Messrs. Frank H. Harris, and W.J Jf. Glover sang “A Requiem, ’’ Mrs.t [Black singing the soprano and the others! [joining in the chorus This beautiful* [ n;d appropriate song was as follows: 5 “Immortal chief, his sun has set, [ And shadows dark succeed the light, j Perchance no future suu will bring, | A brii ttfor day, a darker night; I lu tented fields with starry domes, | [ Is heard a low, sad, wailing cry. | I From Southern hearts, in lovely homes. I Is heard to heav’n a deep drawn sigh. [ CHOiits: | Immortal chief, his sun has set B Aud shadows dark succeed the light, | Perchance no future sun will bring | A brighter day, a darker night. I Peichance no future sun will bring 1 A brighter day, a darker night. j Ye mournful winds, back to your caves, | 8 Aud there your midnight wailings keep,!! [] When Boreas with his noisy aids, | I Doth rock tho restless, cradled deep; L j But let the South-w inds zephyrs play, I 'Mid forest trees and clinging vines, [ 3 Bueh solemn music as he loved- I When whispered thro’his native pines. | CHORUS: [ | Immortal chief, his sun has set | And shadows dark succeed the light. I Perchance no future sun will hi i.ig | A brighter day, a darker night, i Perchance no future sun will bring I A brighter day, a darker night. MU. A. L. OROOVSB’S AFDttKSS. | Next on the programme was the ad-5 jab'ess by Mr. A. L. Groover, who spoke,- las follows: I I Lao. bs and Gentlemen: —We meet to-days g’aeatha burden of grief—bowed down by aj S profound aud august sorrow. “For bi hold,; i the Lord . the Lord of Hosts, has taken awayi j .-ii -Jerusalem aud from Judean the stay? Sami tue stall, the mighty man and the man] G v Ur, the honorabie man, the counsellor; ■ |'a il.e eloquent orator.” At this hour, in a] “j-'tant Southern city, marches die lur.etal; gl>rocessioii ot our departecl ruler, and wuj Eiiave corneas mourners at the open grave.] ■Though We see not the dark mourning of the! ■gloomy city, though we look not upon the; fo.flioei! form, thoagh we hear uot ihe woe-j ■ weeping sobs of the devoted wife, we mourn] lai deepest aad purest grief. S Only a few mouths ago. standing upon' ■this stage aud speaking of him. without the] Jgift oi prophecy 1 uttered these now seeming-! Singly prophetic wolds; “Deep and sure as our; ■grief will be in that sad day when his mortal* Islmll put on immortality, there will be cou-j notation in the thought that ‘no rival monarchy Suave the wound, or hostile millions pressed? g.iiiii to thegiuaiid,’ but that he St :e end in the boro's own appointed tiling Bund way, like one who‘draws tiie drapery o J Sols eouch about him and lies down to pleas-jj lint dreams ’" And so the end came. S Well might i. be said •‘Death fell upon him" gl ; Ke a shadow from a passing cloud”— s,s gpcaiefuby ami restt'nlly -“we thought hi ml Id: ing when he slept and sleeping when iie! ■died.” And how well appointed was the timer., SWith his life work iiuishcd, having lived tot Bsee his people, once torn and bleeding, pass] ■through the vallty of the shadow of death! Ba ui emeige prosperous and happy, with" 9peace and contentment about him, Ids carth-jj ■ly mission ended. And wiiat a stormy, sub-.: Slime aud beautiful mission it was! Viewing, finis life in ail of its momentous changes and" ■phases, standing out, us it does, without a. ■parallel or prototype in the annais oi liistorj; Swo can but exclaim “there is, there was, no, Bgreater man.’’ 2 Having received a military education, Pos-j Bses.ed of an inherently brave and intrepid! ■spirit, he laid the cornet stone of his won- Idrous career as a soldier on the frontier of the] HXorthwest and in Mexico. Later, In-S ■gained distinction as a Senator and cabinet' Sotiieer, displaying in each of these positio: sj marked executive ability, a mind of strong l convictions, and a character of unyielding] integrity. But it was not until the st irmi clouds of war bogan to gather and threaten-] ed the homes and happiness of his peoj le did his colossa figure rise like a peak in the] mountain chain of greatness—then it was,' rising iu the fullessof his strength of mind unu character, he stood towering and grand, 1 the custodian of the destinies of a nation.! Xo man ever took the sceptre amid more! trying and tempestuous surroundings. Beset by the fierce clamors of a maddened and out raged people, fora time facing fiercest op! position within his own party, even exposed to the shining lance of our own knightly Toombs, more dreadful far than the darts’ of Jove, he brttvely, resolutely and fearlessly! met the advancing terrors of war. Despite such tremendous difficult is, we be-j live and feel lie ruled aright, as best' human! mind could rule; and though the cause was] lost, when passion and disappointment] cleared away, his sovereign subjects admitti dj his wisdom and integ: ity as a ruler, and later,] accorded to him rev fence as a private eiti-| zeu. As his public life was signal, so wass his private life-beautifully simple and stir-; passingly beautiful. Leaving the high; spheres of official life, accept tag defeat j with Spartan fortitude and manly resigna-j lion he descended itao th • liiimhle i:n 1 dig-f walks of a private citizen, where,S thence on, his “ways were ways ofl jgeutlen ss aid ail ids paths were p-.-ace.’| Slriving oul to presciVo and defend tjealous care the truth of Confederate history ,1 [[and to illustrate iu Us suhlimest phase thei character of Soutlu- n manhood, lie remaiuedl jut home a dignified and lexpect :d privates [citizen. Tin ugh perhaps in need, refusing! [proffered aid, so long as there were Coated! [crate widows and orphans; yielding no jotl [or tittle of bis convictions a id principles,re-1 iciiding from no position taken, and asking! i 4 "H mo pardon for his course—a king he lived andfi :,a king he died. Emulating his virtues, bya [ids life aud character et us be guided, ini litis death let us remember that the grave isß 'without victory; and that to him in whose! [couor we meet to-day lias come peace andS Rest eternal. I , “ Rest for hand and brow and breast, B For fingers, heart and brain; Rest and peace—a long release From labor and from pain.” e Here another selection was renderedi [by the Atlantic band, after which thei finale quartette sang, * “ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIER:” I Gird on vonr arms, arm for the right, H f Onward Christian soldiers to the field, ■ 5 Dread no alarm, on to the tight, | Never faint or yield <- Refrain. r j Fing. oh sing, glail licsannas, anthems oiM joy. | [ Bing, oh, ring, glad hosannahs; We will® sing joyful anthems. I Songso: ghul hosanna, we will singhosnjiuajj | For onr God will protect us and our foesl fle'fl destroy them. ; Follow ye His banner, He will triumph! s bring. j Strong io endure,bold to sustain. ? Ever bravely fight hut never fly, ; Earnest and sure, from battle plain, K I Raise your conquering cry- g —Refrain. ! jj See now the foe strong in his pride, ’ Trusting but in carnal sword aud sptora | Give blow for blow, right on your side g J Y --I; should never fear. K f—Refrain. B 1 To Him who came death to defeat, jj Turn for hope ami comfort on the way, G j Burdened with sin, ee them retreat, 2 Right must win the day. f * —Refrain. 1 5 Strong for the fray, march to the field. I Annul in justice, panoplied in rigl;t. ' | Never to yield. His call obey, ; fi Onward Christian soldiers, all is well, i —Refrain. I ttln-'i g inon wept r> ars oi gonpine sor -j avow over tho loss of tli ir beloved loaden has Judge Atkinson and Mr. Groover! £>MOke in eloquent terms of the deeds ofj Sin’s iife, and often, dming ilie delivery! jr>f !be addresses the walls of L'AriosoJ fic-i ohued t lie applause gheu by those] |who heard the speakers. | The orators did lull jus;ice to the oc-| 1.-asioii and to themselves while the songs] Si:}’ the quartette and choir were thei qual of auy ever heard in Bruuswick.l |ludoed, lUo music was one of the moat] ser.joyuUe features of the occasion, and it] Ei t fleeted credit on each of those who! gbelped to make it. | After the singing of “Onward, ClirisA itiau Soldier,” Mr. Golden arose aud dis-S smi scil the audience m itli the benedic-j Jiidu. COUNTY COURT DOCKET. oA List of the Cases to Come Before E, s’: 3 Honor This Term. 1 g County court convenes this morning; at! Ft) o’clock. The following is the criimuail !<locket for the term : I The State vs. lien J ones. Larceny. J | The Statu vs. J. F. Degnon et aid; |iiiot. | ■1 The State vs. Jim Queen. Larceny. | $ The State vs. David Bryant. Larceny.* t Th : S;ate vs. Jim Beasley and Jik[ gGigsby. Larceny. | The Slate vs. Rebecca Fry ley. As-j Sennit .11 1 battery. 3 Th State vs. Robert Fret man. Lar-[ gewny. , Tue State vs. Alfred Brown. Lir-| % ceny. T'ne St ite vs. Adam Denegat. Lar - coy. Tho State vs. D .virl White. Larceny. The most import iiit ease on the docket is that of tue St ,te vs J. F. Deguoli et al, eharg'd a itli causing and ipgaging Sin a rot. The cose will no and uibt con ssntue a good deal ol time and attract u £;ai'ge audience. McElya-apslr. f Lust night at b o’clock, at die residomn Sof Airs. M. J, Gi'ovciistcin, eorui r of F Sand Reynolds streets, Mr. Hugh MeElya Pand Miss Emma Speir were united in t marriage, liev. E Z. F. Golden olliciat . | 5( The wedding was quite a private all'.tir, yonly a few intimate friends of the bride Sand groom being present. Immediately] fcuf.er the ceremony, Hie newly married! Ec upie and their friends repaired to the] |Gi ling lmll and partook of tho suinptu >s grepnat which had been spread. g Mr. and Mrs. MeElya will remain iu .'the city until January 1, when they gwill move to their future home iu fWichita, Ku.sis. J riic slo;t!;lioldi rs of the Keunon Ma j |ufaetiuing Company held a short but feintireotiog meeting last night at Mi. \V, jK. Buriiage’s oltico, the News m m m FRESH and BRIGHT.) PRICE 5 CENTS | PENITENTIARY. ■Regulations Respecting Georgia’s Old Priscn. [A Times Reporter Interviews Mr. W, j Le\vis, Who Was Once an Empipye o 1 ] the Card Factory—An Experience of j Five Years Furnishes Many Incidents, The Georgia penitentiary, which stood so many years at the old eapitol of j Milledgovilic, and which lias furnished so many interesting pages to history and itlie p ess, has long since passed out of ' xistcuce. Nothing remains to mark its [former site and to most of Georgians its [history is unknown, j Tlieie are a few people, however, j.vliose connection with the institution l.vas of such a nature that 'hey will al- Nvays rernemher li. cvci though the last [vestige lias been obliterated, s One of the few. just referred to, lives jin Brunswick and hi- name is W. Lewis. [Mr. Lewis showed a T'imks rejiorter an >id fad and paper yesterday afternoon, ! vinch is given tielo.v: REGI LATIONS FOR TIIR ARMORY AND CARD factory Ist. The time for oommenoing and iceasing labor will lie made known by the ringing of the bell, which, so far as the penitentiary will permit, will be rung at* |-ueh times as shall average ten h< urs per day during the year. j 2d. Employes wishing to be absent for Dnvtiuie above one-quarter of a day [will be required to obtain the Avrtttt-u consent of tile foreman, indorsed by the master armorer. In no case will a leave of absence b - granted unless this rule is complied with. [ 31. Immediately after the ringing of [the bell for commeneiug work, both [morning atul noon, the foreman will . re that every employe iu his department is jit his proper p ace for work. All ah jsentees shall be checked one-quarter o? a [day, aud all other time that lie ljuj l c [absent. No time less than one-quarter [of a day will be kept. [ 4th. The employ's will in-required to [give their entire attention to the work [upon which they are engined; and wbi-n Liny one is tound loafing a; out the work shops, or ueglecting hiswmk in any way iwhatever, be shall be reported by too jinri üb'.n under whom be is employed, |Hnd u]:oii such report be dLinissed tr m iihe service of the armory or card facte vy I sth. Five minutes will be allowed je.-cli and every on •to wash before flic | rime for ceasing work at noon and evcii- I'lff' jj fltli. The foivinen will s-'e that all Stools uni machines arc kept c!e in aud in Sgood order. I 7th. Sm king in the workshops is ■positively prohi ited ] Bth. All men discliarged shall be is - Sported to tlie enrolling officer of ti e Iconuty for eonsci iptioc, I oth. T’iiese rules shall not be socnii- Istrued as to eoptber w itn any rules of ■the penitentiary. I B.v ord rof the Acjuta ;t and Ipspec Itor General. G. F. (.'kcss, Clerk. ■INSTRUCTIONS TO HIE OVER-FEUS OF THE I PENITENTIARY, j Ist. The overseers will give all t'.e a.d ■thoy can to tlie foreuii ii of the anno \ jud card factory in enforcing the above regulations,so Liras they rcla-e to the Bcopvicts. ] 2d. No convicts employed in tin larmory or card factory w ill be permitt, J *to leave th ir work fir any pi-rp ise (whatever without p. rmi.-sion from the jovcrsier. | 3d. Overseers are tr ctly enjoined not |to allow any intercourse between the ■convicts and other employes, save that ■ which is absolutely necessary to tho ■proper carrying on of the work, aid ■ which cannot be carried on through tho §! oremau. 4tli. All conversation b tween tho convicts is positively prohibited. sth. Smoking is positively prohibited inside the walls of tie- penitentiary. 6th. ’ldle overseers " ill be held strictly responsible for the faithful execution if these instructions. J vmes A. Green, I’riiu-ipal Keeper. Speaking of the penitentiary, Mr. Lew is said : “1 was an employe ol' the card f’ctorv for five years, beginning in ISGO. The inclosure was au area of al out an acre mid a half. The wells were twenty feet [high, their thickness being five feet at ■the bottom aud three feet at top. The ■prison prop, r was a five-story stnicUue, Silie throe 11r.4 storit s being ouilt of stone ■ and the other two of brick and accoin- Smodatid about 2,f100 men. During the ■ war there were live factories on the grounds, viz: railroad oar factory, shoe factory, wagon factory, gun factory and general machine shops. “ihe most interesting incident that 1 can recall in connection with the penitentiary is the escape of David Mar tin, the captain of the iliip Wandeier, which brought the first cargo of slaves to America. I haven’t tho time to tell you the story now, but I’ll give it to you iu a few days.”