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VOLUME ,XIIL—NUMBER 615.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27,1887.
PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Sbakmg Aaron the Bloody Chum.
SOUTHERN WAR SONGS.
Poetic Echoes From the Dead
Past.
THE SOUTH;
Or, I Love Thee the More.
Words by Mrs S It Marsehalk—Music by Duvernoy
We are indebted to the gifted aDd patriotic
authoress of the subjoined beautiful contribu
tion to the war songs of the South for the op-
jort unity of reproducing it in the columns of
the Sunny Sooth. It was composed soon after
the close of the war; and a year or so after
ward* a musician namer I)uv<rnoy, a stranger
to the authoress, s t it to mu ic, a id quite a
large edition of r was printed and sold. In a
note to us the authorfss laments the loss oi
the only copy she had. and expresses a hop<
that some f ind friend has ana would supply
her with a e >py.
Ilov.d tn*-e wh*n 8!rugg!iut:, and bleeding, ana
sore—
Bui now iitou art c<> qj«red, I love* thee the more.
Gallant South! w.li-fft the gifted, ibe noble, the
brave
l>3«o»ed iwwarfl f/ bit le Hk* w.iv/» af’er wave—
D j cermmed ro c 1 !- tor the laud hey ad- r* ;
Thou 1> valu were tutlr * ff ns, I i< veth*e ihe more.
B ig’ * S >*it ! though 'he wlotrrls closing around
And fli ml .►<.»«» o • mmnn nowcarfei h gr<»ui:d,
T y h -p.a , .dl-'» • l woods td, of valley and shore
S iJ*!i»Hir. er—t lovo ibee tut- m»rn
D* *i S'Mtb! thoug*' tbv beauMful forests and tills,
Tuy em» r id valleys ana Mivery rills
Are mi’ J ct. to strangers—uol free as of yore—
T iub coa- ged and in torrow, 1 lovetbee the more
S^eef South! lovely of b auMfnl flowers,
r •oiiuhc.N now tiiv z- p-jyrs and f-»d» > tby bowers
O-! 8*M»n nbult ttf spriUA tmte (by be;.ui’es restore
And bloom o’er cur lost * ms—I love ibee the more.
Dirllrg S'’U r M when I tblnk every forest and grove
A .d valley h>iV- pillowed the beads t .at we 1< ve,
Hoe echoed mot r»r-cry -ud drank of b-ilr gore,
i feel thou a t e cr-d, and love lb -e tbe more.
The Past, tin Preseit, u4 the Fitire
of Oir fiontry.
Written on April 15th, 1801, by Louis N.
Faltigant.
Graves of Confederate Dead at
Mound City, Illinois.
Editor Sunny South : Herewith I hand
you for put hcati >n the names of the Confed
erate aoidieis buried in the Mound City Na
tioual Cemetery, at Mound City, Illinois, from
the States <>i G orgia, Mississippi and Aiaba
zna, believing your paper has a larger general
circulation in the South than any other Sou>h
en> paper. I though , you would gladly make
room in the Sunny South for the n tines of
our once bravo hoys in gray. Perhaps some
of their relatives are among your su northers,
and through its columns may find where their
lost dead are tuned. They are laid to rest
in a beautiful place, and their graves are well
cared for; but it makes me feel sad when I visit
their graves, for I know they 1 ve been missed
from ihtir own dear sunny South. P ease
s^Tid me some sample copies. 1 like the Sunny
South ho much; will renew my subscription
again, and will try to get some subnet ibers:
names, regiments and states.
William Hyett, company K, 34 h Georgia.
H. II Watts, company F, 4l»t “
William Scott, company A, 52J “
W Smith, company C. odd “
T. '/. It an, company K, 40th “
John T. Fleming, compa’y —, 20 h Miss.
William P. Crow. “ “ “
w. J B- g_'», compa’y C, HI “
Wilson Smith compa’y B, 10,h “
M .1 P- tier, compa’y C, “
15 If "hotiias, compa’y B, 37 h “
J. A Bentley, cniupa’.v A, 37th Alabama.
C Skinner, Compa’y B. 23 i “
R R Box, c .mpi’yG, 421 “
R. G. Harris, compa’y K, 421 “
The grams of the Con federate soldiers buried
in the National cemeteries receive exactly the
same attention as the graves of Uuion soldiers,
except in the matter of head-stones. A strict
construction of he law as it now stands does
not authorize head-stones for the grave* of
■Confide ."-s, but it is thi ughl, however, that
the i.f xt Congress will remedy this defect in
the law. Mrs. W. C. N.
Cairo, Illinois.
[Primarily: During the fight there were rain
storms. showers, lightning and thunder.]
The spirit of heaven-born Liberty ever
nerved the arms and fired the hearts of all
true patriots of the past, as, of the genuine
lovers and defenders of their country’s inde
pendence: and, as long the people of Rome and
of the Grecian States listened to, and adhered,
to the wise teachings and oft forewarnings of
their true and pure leaders—they prospered
and were freemen; but when their counsels in
time were disregarded, what Phillip’s armies
(ailed to perform Phillip’s gold accomplished.
Departure of the Mayflower.
On September 6th, 1620, the Mayflower, la
den with one hundred and two human sou's,
in whose hearts yet nestled sparks of self lib
erty, love of human rights and of cherished
hopes, detachtd her moorings from Fngiish
soil in search oi the new world, where they
would be forever freed from the old world's
injustice, and with its intolerance of freedom
of thought, of conscience, and the prisons of
its ruling tyrants.
Their past trials as of their manhood efforts
and with their child like faith in herself (Lib
erty) had been witnessed with benign feelings;
her heart filled with sympathy for the strag
glings of the buoyed vessel sh altering her seek
ers, she cared for the fragile little bark freight
ed with the searchers of her home, and guided
both to Plymouth Rock. With rejoicing
hearts and with brightened anticipations the
wearied voyagers feet trod the virgin earth of
the New World, and with their wives and chil
dren, with bent knees and bowed heads, aspi
rated forth h* art-felt thanks to the Lord God
who had safely led them through all perils
over the ocean’s wilds, when Montezuma’s
God had dis ippeared beneath the western ho-
risou—with mirds quieted and with trusts
partly realized—'hey rested.
The Prophecy-
During their peaceful slumbers the Nestor of
the flock prophetically in an cihereal vision
saw their future, lie, in a slumber-trance
liea-d Libeity’s spirit voice, “as Abrabrm was
promised that his descendants should numbtr
alike grains of sand on the seashore, so shall
your followers aggiegate to rival the
glittering srarry genis spangling the heavens.
Bur. b. ware to not. leave a legacy of puritanic
and oi European itr purit o~: for I assure you,
should you bequeath particles of their frenzy,
sewn sister stars for awhile will secede from
jour heavenly einb em, and the earth and the
waters stall be drenched with life blood of
your posterity!'’
Fulfilment of -ho Prophecy.
Snuih Carolina’s children wearied by Lin
coln’s delays and doubting* at 4:30 o’clock a.
rn . op the morning of Anril 12:h. 180 1 . as
saulted Fort Sumter; that hour laugurated
fratricidal strife between brothers—the flowing
of kindred gore; and creation’s fiery eye
refused its brightness and the heavens veiled
from mortal’s sight. Liberty whb h :r mar
tyred co-spirits in her train, attracted by the
din of war. left her peaceful abode and with
agonized hearts viewed the presented sad
spectacle; with watered eyes they rained down
showers of tears filled with electrical light
ning flashes upon her votaries. The electric
shocks turned aside the life destroying mis
siles ai n*d in anger at each other, thus shield
ing all from mortal death!
Gallantly was the battery assaulted and as
valiantly Kentucky s’ son defended; and thirty-
four hours lasted the tight, but by balls aud
shells Sum er fell. Ouly tha brave can meet
the brave; imbued with Marion’s gallant man
hood the warriors of Morris at each discharge
covered Anderson’s tuns, and in the surrender,
with uncovered beads wi:h the battery’s com
mander parted. Courageously ha i the l’almet-
to boys and the K -ntuckian b..rne themselves
in th* ordeal Auderson’s issued orders were
“to fight the bat eries—not men;” and notable
the after resul. of the contest, as not a human
life was sacrificed!
THOMASVILLE FEVIALE COLLEGE, THOMASVILLE, N. C.
Echoes From the West.
U. S. Indian School, Etc.
No. 15
Dear Sunnt South: Our last dropped its
ff at Grand Junction, Colorado. We waited
with a sharp appe ite for breakfast, and not
lorg after that meal, with butfew waili: geere-
;e«, was dispatched, the wife of the princi
pal of (be IT. S Indian school, situated two
milts out of town, drove in for us, ard soon
set us down at the door of an imposing struct
ure, and very soon after her good husband, the
Uev. Thomas Griffith, ushered us into the
cbafel and right into the midst of our young
red brethren aud sisters. Our “brother in
red’’ smiled pleAsantly upon us and we did not
fear, but felt comfortable, and were right-down
g!ad to make the acquaintance of these wards
of our government,
as-'p. Jf von arfsltke this writer yoiy will never It
THE QUEER TO THE PRESIDENT.
Response of Queen Victoria to Presi
dent Cleveland’s Congratulations.
Washington, August 16 —The followi. g re
ply to the president’s congratRia’ory telegram,
sent on the occasion of her jubilee celebration,
ha* just, been received from Queen Viet >ria:
Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and ,'rela'd. Quer n,
defender of th faith. Empress of India, &c.,
Ac , to th* president ol the United Staus ot
America sendeth greeting—Our Friend. We
have rec- ived from the hands of Mr. Phelps,
United States minister at our court, the fitter
which you addressed to ns on the 26th of May
iiast, and in which you convey your congratula
tions and those of the people of the .United
-rotates, on the occasion of the celebration of
-ihe 50th anniversary bf our accession to the
throne. We request you to accept our best
{hanks for this proof of friendship and good
orjll which, with similar proofs, we have le
ceired from the rulers and people of other
states, bas caused us the most sincere grstifica-
tiim. In thanking you also for the choice
which you hsve made of Mr. Phelps to be in
terpreter of your sentiments on this occasion,
we request you to accept in return our best
-wishes for your own uninterrupted happiness
aud welfare, and for the prosperity of the.Uni
ted States of America. And so we recommend
you to the protection of the Almighty.
Given at our court, at Windsor castle, the
eighteenth day of Jaly in the year of our Lord
1887, and in the fifty first year of our reign.
Tour good friend, Victoria, R. 1.
Salisbury.
Miss Susan B. Anthony will spend October
in Kansas, boldirg an equal suffrage conven
tion at the home of each of the nine Congress-
jnen of that State.
Titles.
We do Dot wonder that Horace Greeley de
clin'd having the “Honorable” tacked to his
name, for titles are now a-days a perfi ct drug
Most of those who can. use the genuine article,
while many others content themselves with
cruut rfdt dignity, behind which their name
basks in grandeur like a h >g on the sunny side
of his sty. We saw a hand-bill gome time
sine* which announc-d that “J*btz Willough
by, Esq., more universally known as the N.c-
romaucer of the blast ” would perform some
sle-got of band tricks in some country vill g-,
tickets twelve and a half cen s; and the super
numeraries of our theatres (who are now call'd
“auxiliary ladies and gentlemen”) will soon be
announced on the posters as “the Hon.
Messrs" and “the Ladies” “Men” aid
“women” are much rarer than Ftjee mer-
m aids.
A contemporary publ'shes the following
wholesome c mimeutou “Titles,” addressed by
Gen. Charles Lee to Patrick Henry, when the
ia'ter was Governor of Virginia:
“There is a barbarism ceptin amongst us
that sh cks me ex'remely. I mean those tin
sel epil Ijets with which s/e are so bespaltrued—
His Excellence’ and ‘His Honor,’ the -honor
able Press ent’ of some houo aole’ convention
This fulsome, nauseating cant may be well
muigh adapt'd 'oba> bar-ius monarchies, or to
gra'iiy the unadulterated pride of the magnifici
in pompous ar.smcrscie*; but in a great, free,
hi nly commonwealth it is quite abominable.
For my own pot, I *< uht a. lief etiew bitter
aloes as be crammed with "your Excellency,’
with wldch lam drily pesterd How much
more true dignity was there in the simplicity
of address among the Romans—Marcus i’ul
lius Cicero, D< cirno Bruto Impiratoii, or Cat ■
Marceilo Co sul—than in IPs Ex-ellencv, Ma
jor Gm. N'lodle, or in tbe Hon. J hn Noodle!
My o> jec ions are perhaps trivial and wbinisi
cal. but 1 ca' not help stating them. Tnere
fore, should I sometimes address you without
tseking on ‘Your Excellency,’ you must not es
teem it a m rk of ptrsoual or official disre-
spret, but the reverse. Charles Lee.”
“Baising Corn, Hot Hell.”
[Bostou Herald ]
The Macon, Ga., Telegraph answers the
Hartfo d CourarVs question, whether seces
sion would be treason now, by saying: “So far
as the Telegraph is concerned, it thinks that
the crops this year have never been excelled in
the history of the country. This assures pros
perity for another year, and money to carry
forward the Southern boom. The wheels of
our factories are tu-ning, miners are delving
in our hits, the smoke of our blast furnaces in
vades the heavers, and hope eternal beams
upon the faces of our people. The Courant is
answered.” This is a proper answer t ■ an im
pertinent question. It might be boiled down
by saying that the South has taken the advice
once offered, and is raising corn, and not hell,
and is looking forward, and not backward.
-nw weary Iva ching this Principal and his
Various assistants in the school and how they
manage thesa sturdy boys and gi-ls Con
nected with the Reboot is a large farm where
the boys are taught manual labor, which they
do not seem to wish to shitk Tney are—'he
most of them—apt students and are not so lazy
and trifling as many think hey are In many
respec s they are more easily disciplined and
ars better behaved than white hoys and girls.
Though they live in the same building ai d eat
in the same room, they rarely quarrel aud nev
er fight. Of course if you get one out of hu
mor he knows how to be stubborn to an extent
that would put a mule to shame. They talk
rather loud and walk heavily, but o-herwise
are very orderly. They fall into line aim march
to their meals and when around the table wail
for tbe blessing to be asked and then begin
operations with a manner that would shame
the conduct of many white college boys that I
have seen under like circumstances.
These IudiaLS are of the Uies, and as I have
said, lea n readily. They especial.y lake to
music, penmanship, and excel in matnematics
I enjoy hearing them sing. Have seen many
classes in music among the whites which did
not resp »nd so read ly when difficult questions
were propounded. One of the smallest boys
who writes very well, wrote a letter to the
President not long ago; and President Cleve
land took time in tbe press of his uiauj duties
to, with his own hand, wr te several pag s in
reply to the boy’s letter, giving good advice as
to study and behavior. These U.es are won
derfully pleased with “Washington,” as they
call the President. They regard him as the
center and circumference of all authority in
these Uniied Slates. If all our Presidents
would take more time to look after our red
brothers aud less in allowing interviews to
scheming politicians, I, for one, would think
more of him.
During my stay among these students I min
gled with them freely, and found them polile
and read* enough to make friei dships with
the whit* man When I bade them farewell
they responded heartilj and I was sorry to
p irt wim thpm
In the Uev. Thomas Gr ffith th? government
has certainly secured the s rvices of a faiihiul
aud efficient instructor. His pupils, it seem*
without an exception, greatly love and respect
him
But here we arc lingering in Colorado. The
next wi 1 certainly land us in Utah
I’. L Stanton.
U. S. Indian School. July, 1887.
F'or tbe Sunny South.
THE EVENING HOUR.
[BY LUTHER G RIGGS )
Whe" tbe loe*. brfghl h*nr *, ;m- numbered,
And therayiigbr b-aiuy ai 'i
Wnen tbe sra s ih- tr iTg t:y watch-fires
Kindle in the ziiresrios-
W at Is Mia- widen, a-* ntiv stealing
l»i* iniliee o’ -r tn* musing miDd.
C ''ms we b w ivwi r I ihengbt aud feeling,
Witha mag c und. fi.itdT
H i»l ! the dash of dl'tnnr w;.' PrSf
Mumi’ring in iheTr cea** -ss pi .y,
C? e* uoou 'he brea'.n of *v. nt-ig.
fbending ei h 'b me-T-biru’s ay;
Wi.* nee in* paw,. tn i s.rtngely »„ay9 us
As we tfa-rnat rnvsT"* fn e.
Bringing back swt e* f <i-T niem’r'.es
Witur egiancesof me n’ooo?
Now the eyeeing-srar arises
Brigntly e’er ihe w. n .eu bill,
til ulna wl h II r mwlow radio ca
Field aud fores., fouut -*nd ml;
K ow at rbou whence Ihls-rr.e germtlon,
S Irrtue e en Ihe rpunt 1 f e.,rs?
Wnv Ihe glaiic, su q . ck a.", s* rening,
Hackwarc fie s to c.:l dho-td s yeare?
Is 'T menul^ -‘ of tl e w*d v-.ied
, Where it!" *d— /
1J |t I.amti f Iru n br*V*r. OX m?
H Hin t-1 »o i* in # c-H— , -v?-'
0 • (•- mild eia c~ of -u*- o.oui'T. c v »
Tua av.afcrB the m>s ic spelif
D ♦'p within that Opel* 1* centered,
Y t wtiat r 'jau «p» an ibe whole?
W o reveal the bid leu pow-r
O h i » r aPk#', niytr? r*ou whol t
E- r tin*xp'a’ned. present
Wi h our spirP. dwe"9 rhe power
P -i- nt mu* «o m*»v- or hw ty u<
In ihe peu-iv* ♦ veoo’ie nom!
Louisiana.
Natchitoches Overflowing with En
thusiasm—Five Thousand People
Present—Long Procession of
Veterans — Veterans’ Be
nevolent Associations
of Central Lou
isiana.
Editor Sunnt South: Knowing the inter
est that cur Southland takes in anything the
veterans of the ‘ lost cause” do, I will attempt
10 give you an account of the veterans’ re
union at ibis I'lrce. Of course it will be need
less to say anything about our old city. It s
nearly a< old as Philadelphia, and our country
is looming up and will soon be the garden spot
of fair Louisiana.
For sometime pist the people of the city
and the _ surrounding country have been
making preparation and looking forward with
' t'icustirejior i*e !> h. the ij ,v unpointe'j,
WASHINGTON CITY.
Reminiscences of Distin
guished Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transpired at
the National Capitol.
Eloquence of Wm. C. Preston.
William C. Preston of South Carolina was
the most finished orator that I have ever heard.
Feeble in frame, and suffering under an affec-
of his lungs, his voice, weak at first, would
gradually become stronger 88 he proceeded, and
rising with his subject from one burst of elo
quence to another, still higher and higher, he
enchained and fascinated his vast audiences by
his glowing and fervid eloquence. I remember
on one occasion, when he was called on to speak
at a Whig convention, he was at first almost
’uaudible, except to those immediately around
him. Some one, eager to catch his glowing
words, then inconsiderately asked him to raise
his voice a little higher; then the mighty spirit
of oratory burst the shackles which restrained
it as he exclaimed, “Would to God my voice
could be heard to tbs uttermost confines of the
republic; it is my voice, my friends, not my
heart, that fails me.” Torrents of tbe noblest
eloquence flowed from his inspired tongue.
Watched with most anxious solicitude by his
at entive auditory, they several times begged
him to forbear “One word more,” and the
lightning flashes of bis genius but preceded the
thundering of his eloquence; would space per
mit, I would despair of conveying an idea of
this soul-stirring triumph of mind over matter
He concluded by an earnest appeal to Heaven
for the preservation of the American Union.
Jackson Makinq Tetotums.
I see reprinted a song entitled “Johnson’s
Wife of L misiana,” with a note stating that it
was addressed to the wife of Col. Richard M.
Johnson, who was Vice-President under Van
Buren. This is not so. Thesong, which is a
parody on “Roy’s Wife of Aldavalloch,” was
written by a Sju.U Carolina congressman
i allied Davis, in compliment to tbe wife of
Senator Henry Johnson, a leading Louisiana
Whig before the war This Mrs. J ihnson,
Mis. Florida White (is she was called) and
Mrs. Williams (formerly Mrs. Douglas) were
regarded by old stager* as the mo l biamiful
women that ever graetd society at Washington
Mr. Davis, who wrote the parody, was very
witty, and was an ardent suoporterof John C.
Calhoun. When President Jackson isRued his
famous proclamation aeainst nullification, as
it began to exhibit itstlf in South Carolina,
Mr. Davis reviewed the document in a public
speech, and ridiculed the author unmercif illv,
saying, among other things: “If Old Hickory
must be amused, now that he is in his dotage,
let us give him a tetotum.” S ime one sent a
report of the speech to Gen. Jackson, who was
Elisha A. Welch, the original “Tankee
clock” man, died Mordajr at Forestville, Con
necticut, aged seventy-eight. At the age of
twenty one he started in business for himself,
with two employes, making clocks. Hi* goods
were peddled all over the country fifty yeare
ago, and from two tbe number of his employes
reached a thousand. He leaves an estate worth
over $3,000,600.
Voice and Character.
Goldsmith say.-: “The loud laugh bespeaks
the vacant mind.” We are apt 10 ju-ige of
ck trader by the voice, and nothing charms
more than a low, sw> et tone. The pitch of tbe
voice is no mean index of the degree of culti-
va-ion in the speaker. It, perhaps more than
anything else, betokens refinement and good
tas'e, or til* reverse. A harsh or loud voice
in conversation destroys tbe har nonv and
wounds ihe ears of ad hearers, wu l« a proper-
1\ modula-ed and s\ mpaih tic one attracts ail,
and makes e ren those who are not participants
in the colloquy, at least sharers id the quiet
enjoyment of ihe hour. It s imposgib'e to
dissociate b udunss of voice in a woman from
lack of refine nent and col ure. Tbe vi
g- nera lv di-t nguisb's tbe tliorough-br*d gen
tleman or quae as completely as the dress or
manner. Oi course these remarks are to be
applied to persons who liva iu c- ias; for it is
an old and trite observation that people who
live habitually in the country, whatever t.h- ir
degree of refinement, are generally loufer
voiced and have voices falter in tone man those
who are city bred. This mast be accounted
for on the score of robust health, for certainly
in the stillness and quiet of the country, there
is less need for the loud tones than in the ci y
where the daily noises of the streets have to
ne overcome before tbe voire can reach the
listener’s ear. Shakspeare made the oistinc-
tiou to which we refer wne i he telis ns that
“a sweet, low voice is an excellent thing in
Excellent Interest Hules.
For finding the inters it on any principal for
any Dumber of days. The answer in each
case being in cents, separate be two right-
nand figures of aus wt-r to express it in dollars
and cents:
Four per cent.—Multiply the principal by
the number of days to run; separa e right-
band figure from product, an f divide by 0
Five per cent.—Multiply by nu liber of dayr
and divide by 72
Six per cent —Multiply by number of days;
separate right-hand firure, and divife by 6
Eight per cent —Multiply by number of lays,
and nivid* by 45
Nine per ceut.—Multiply by number of days;
separate right-banil figure, aud divide oy 4.
Ten per cent.—Mu tiply by number of days,
and div.de by 36.
'Twelve per cent..—Multiplv by number of
days; separate right-hand figure and divide
by 3
Fifteen per cent.—Multip'y by number of
days, and divide by 24
F.ighteen per cent—Multiply by number of
days; separate right-haud figure and divide
by 2
Twenty per cent —Multiply by number of
days, and divide by 18.
Tweii’v-four per cent—Multiply by num
ber of days, and divide by 15.
Convenient for Reference.
When computing interest at four p*r ceDt.,
two places pointed off from the right of ih*
principal gives the interest upon it for ninety
days.
At 5 per cent
t wo places pointed r'ff
gives the interest for
72 days
At 6 “
44 «*
00 Hays
At 8 “
44 **
45dai *
At 9 “
44
4'>daj8
At 10 “
44 *4
oddays
At 12 “
44 ‘4
8rtdays
At 15 “
44 “
24 days
AI 18 “
44 *4
2" Hays
At 20 “
*» «*
18 days
At 24 “
44 ‘4
15da$s
The Amoskesg Cotton Mdls are the larges-,
in New E gland, The corporation hae paid an
average dividend of ten per cent, per aunum
for the last ten years.
Nearly fifty years ago William S. Wilcox, of
Providence, R. I., settled in the Sandwich Is
lands and married a half-breed. King Kala-
kaua took a fancy to one of the eons and sent
him to a military academy in Italy. He re
cently married a memoer of the princely
house of Coionna, into which Mies Mackay
married.
Directions for Restoring Persons Ap
parently Dead from Drowning.
1. U se no time. Carry out these directions
on tbe -pot.
2 Remove the froth and mucus from the
mo .Hi and mm'riis.
3 H -Id the body, for a few seconds onli,
with tue head hantin; down, so that the waier
l av ruu out oT the lumis and windpipe.
4. Loo** n all tight articles of clothing about y M- Oain, of Grant Parish
the to ck and chest.
5 See that ihe tongue is pulled forwar i if it
fail* bick into tbe throat. B taking h >ld of it
with a baud rcliief it will not sbp.
6 It the breathing has ceased, or nearly so,
it must be stimulated by pressure o the chest
with the hands, in iin U'ioii of the ' atural
breathing; forcibly exp' Ling the air from the
lungs and allowing it to re-eu er and expand
them by the elasticity of the rios R-meiub r
that this is the most imp ‘ r aI1T ' *trp H ll. To
do it readily, lay the person on hi* hack, with
a cushion, pillow, or some firm substance under
the shoulders; then press with ihe flat of the
hands over the lower part of the breast b >n* and
the upper part of the abdomen, keepiug up a
regular repetition and relaxation of pr< s*ure
t «enty or thirty times a minute. A pressure
of thirty pom ids may be applied with safety to
a grown person. _. . .
7 Rub the limbe with the bands, or with dry
cloths, constantly, to aid the circulation and
keep the bod; warm.
8. As soon as tbe person can swalmw give
a tablespoonful ol spirits in hot water, or some
warm tea or coffee. „
9. Work deuberately. Do rot giv? up to
quickly. Success has rewarded the eff irta of
hours —Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Denver promises to become, in Western
phrase, the ecclesiastical centre of the country.
It already has a cathedral, the only one belong
ing to the Protestant Episcopal Church, and a
Jesuit college, the finest in the land, will soon
be built there.
union'andto htve a glorious time. f
The day dawned bright and beautiful, and
seemed to welcome the numerous glad-hearted
visit ire who c ime pouring ill at a very early
houi from the ptrishesof Natchitoches, Winn,
Grant, Di S >to, Red River and Sabiue, and
trom New (ir.eans, Shrev. p rt a d other cities.
At ten o'clock the profession formed on
Second street, near the Court House, and
marched through the to vn Ui the stand erected
in a beautiful pm grove on the Northern lim
bs of th- city. Seats were provided for the
vast throng on the incline aTove tbe stand.
The stand for the speakers, band and choir
(«on.posed of ladies) was beautifully decorated
with .he national colors, red, white and bine,
harmoniously festooned, and with evergreens,
the work of onr patr otic laoies.
Ovt r the fron hung the pictures of Lee and
Jackso' ; also several old flag*, all batile-scar-
re i, that told the boys in giay tought bravely
t> i be end.
Tbe . xercises were inaugurated by Col. D.
Pier.ou calling the meeting to order by norni-
Dating Msj W E Rusaell Pr silent. The
following Secre-aries were then i ppointed
H. G. G Oifwin. of tbe Colfax Chronicle; H. H,
Ilarg'ove, of theN'-w Orleans Picayune; A. V
Carter, of th* Robeliie Reporter; C. V Porter,
of the Democratic Review; J. P. Clarkson, of
the C.uiha'ta Citizen; J T. Wallace, of the
CaMwe I Watchman, and W. H. Tuunard
press reporter.
Hon. R S. Calves, Mayor of Natchitoches,
was then intinduced and welcomed the visitors
an 1 tendered the hospitalities of the city in a
few well choBen words
After music, by tbe band, tbe ladits’ choir
sang “Bonnie Blue Fla.».” Senator B. F. Jo
ins was then in reduce f and entertained the
v ist audie ice with a m ist, eloquent oration, re
plete with patriotic senrime t, covering a re
view ot Ihe past, tin cause of beee -a'tiering*
and the hriv> ry with which the Southern peo
ple Diet w lh heir misfortunes. “All that
was left of the C mfederacy wa* the history of
th* heioic nets of toe ‘ Bovs n Gray.” and it
would never be *ritt‘", until the survivors of
th* struggle bad pissed away. He .paid
gl twins tr'bu’e to the iiiviuci lilit.y f f the
Am*rcan Volunt-er So'd ery es d murstr ted
by th - deadly s niggle; and tone nu ly ai uded
to th. mother*, wives, sisters and maidens of
th* Sou h, in laying upon a com non altar their
loved ones.”
Mr Jones wa* followed bv Attorney Gen
er»L M. J Cunningham, who was introduced
as “Our Jo. ; ’as we all hope to see tim the
next Governor of ihe Stat<. He is a native of
our citv, and ha* always proven true to the
ini*rest.s of bis pe"pl ' and State. Colonel
Divd i’ierson, of the 3rd La., I fantry, now
Julie of 11 h Juficitl District, closed the
ora'ions lor the nay with one of the finest ef-
f r « o' his lif*, ending w tb the beautiful po
em. “Th* Blue and the Gray.”
Then dinner w*s anuoti ced. and 1 will only
sav ti.ere was an abunda nce of every'hing; all
enjoyed an hour or two beneath the pines,
afier.wlncu musii by the ladies’ choir ai d
ba d (til old war i-ongs and air-), a t*r which
the Vet- rans Benevolent Asvci itnei of Cen-
ral L >u s ana, was organized, by electing H.
it Parish, Pr- S'dent; and
for ViuePresi lent, R C Jims <»• Mmne.oia,
J F. S tilth, Sa d ie; Dtniei Gtd ieu«, Red
River; D Pi"rson, NuCiieC >e»; C. C Nash,
Grant. J. M. McCain, ot Mon goinerv. was
eieetef Ge rr.l bee et.rv, and W C. Ku*seU,
of Natcuitoches, Treasurer Aft*r singing
the Veterans arij mrned to meet again next
year at a p'ace to be decided u n n. The occa-
- to i was a gl iroaa day for tbe old soldiers,
and a pi« aa-ul one for the people of our city.
The veterans’ ball wouud up the festivities
Tne large hall, Lacost. was brilliantly illnmi-
nated, aud tastefully decorated with the na
il mal colors, flags, mottoes and evergreens.
The ball will long be remembered by those wno
are fond of the dauc , as it proved a grand suc
cess in every respect. Thus ended the Vet
erans Reunion at Natchitoches.
Natchit'icheB, Louisiana. •
PEBSONAL MENTION,
What the People Are Doing
and Saying.
Senor Barzillo, Vice President of Honduras,
is traveling in this country.
Some of General Grant’s funeral expenses,
chargeable to the Government are still unpaid.
Mrs. Ellis, an American lady, is physician
to the queen of Corea, at a salary of 518,000 a
year.
Joseph Watson, of Huntington, I’a., has a
hickory rocking-chair that has been in use fat
118 years.
London Truth says the Prince of Wales has
presented Buffalo Bill with a horse Bhoe pin set
with diamonds.
Gov. Ames, of Massachusetts, has a daughter
named Evelyn, who is said to be the finest
Latin scholar in Boston.
J. F. Harrison, Jr., of Alabama, has been
elected Adjutant Professor of Natural Sciences
of Randolph Macon College.
Chang Taj an, the Chinese Minister to the
United States, Spain and Peru, has arrived in
London on his way to New York.
Senator Sherman has been appointed a di
rector of the Washington Monument Associa
tion in place of the late General Dunn.
John Ciay, the last son of Henry Clay, died
on his farm near Lexington, Kv , on the 10th
instant, aged 67 yeare. He was childless.
M. Heredia, the French Minister of Com
merce, is a Cuban half-breed. M. Rochefort
invariably reiers to him as “the Ministerial
nigger.”
If Stanley survives his present expedition
he will receive .?.o0 000 from a London publish
er for a volume descr ptive of his Cougo ex
plorations.
Marshall I’. Wilder ha* been miking an au
tograph album of his hat-Iiniug, aud has got it
quite c wered with the names of the great folk
of England.
G-neral 1’. II. Sheridan will be the guest of
the Massachusetts Command, ry of the Milita
ry Order of the Loyal Legion, s m time (lur
ing Septembi r.
At Perugia, Italy, Miss Lawson, a young
American artist, has reactive 1 a diplomt for
proficiency iu sculp.ure, particularly for a
statue of Savonarola.
Considerable excitement has been cause 1 oy
the rt j :ction of P.otessor Virchow as a can
delate for the rectors ip of the Beilin Univer
sity because of his liberal opinions.
Eiison sends up from L.awellyn parkevary
night a small b vllo >u be.d by a wire. Tas
balloon bears an elec ric ligit, which at tne
height of 4,009 feet or so it is impossible to dis
til guish from a star.
Sixteen Anglo Indingiri compositors and a
woman proof reater now find employment on
the Bombay Gazette. 1 1~ is tte first occasion
bas
j^*i!T.iYi‘5u V b , ^ tpr y, whe** —-■-'in’s worth b
h “"‘ 1 ' The poet Whittier is at present sojourning
at Sturtevant Farm on Sunset Hill, Centre
torous head, the scoundrel
The “Foraging” Lawyer.
Leslie Coombs, a great friei.d of Henry Clay,
and a popular stump speaker, used to tell a
good story about Counsellor Higgins. He was
xceedingly adroit in defending a prisoner, and
wou'd sometimes almost laugh down an indict
ment for a small offence. A fellow (one Smith)
being on trial for stealing a turkey, the conn-
seller attempted to give a good-humor turn to
the affair. “Why, gentlemen of the jury,”
said b*, “this is really a small affair, I wonder
any one would bring such a complaint into
court; if we are going on at this rate we shall
have business enough on our hands. Why, L
recoli*ct when I was at college that nothing
was more common than to go out foraging.
W* did not get the poultry too often in the
same place, and there was no harm done, no
fault found.” Notwithsianding this appeal tilt
jury convicted the prisoner. Afrer the court
rosn, one of the jury, a plain old farmer, meet
ing the counsellor, complimented his ingenuity
in the defence. “And now, squire,” said he,
fixing a knowing lo >k upon him, “I should lik*
to ask you a question; wnich road do you take
in goiDg home, the upper or the lower*” ‘ The
lower.” answered the cotinseller. “ Weil, then,
it’s no matter; I only wanted to observe that if
>ou were going my way I would just jog on be
fore and lock up my henhouse.”
The Patriotic Meagher.
Tbe death of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher,
who was accidently drowned at Fort Benton
on the 1st of July, 1867, cast a gloom over his
many personal friends at Washington. During
be war Gen. Meagher ominand*d the famous
Irish Briaade, recruited in New York, and at
Ga ne’s Mills, Antietain, and, in fact, through
out the camp tigiis of the Army ot the Potomac,
he won a high reputation for gallantry He
first became known to the world through his
connection with the ill-fated attempt at revolu
tion in Ireland in 1848. in conseiuence of which
was condemned to a long term of penal servi
tude Ha made hie escape after a shm time,
however, and takiug up his r-sidence in this
couni ry married the daughter of a wealthy
paten -medici ie manufacturer. Soon afterjthe
commincemeut of the War be obtained a
commission as brigadier-ge. eral, and serving
with distinction to the end, was appointed
secretary of Montana H became acting gov
ernor of that Territory, and wasactively engag
ed iu organizing volunteers for service against
the Indians. He was at F »rt Benton on offi tial
business, wheu he, through some accident fell
from the deck of a steamer m tne eveniug and
was drowned.
John C. Breckinridge—Correction.
’iditor Sunnt Bouts: Iu an article on Lex-
ingtoo, Kentucky, inn recent is*ne. yon make
a curious error in stating that Ex-Vice Presi
dent John C. Breckinridge was a graduate of
a L xington, (Ky ,) College. G«n Breckiu-
ndge graduated at Center College, Danville,
Kentneky, of which his brother-in-law, Rev.
John G Young, D D.L L D , was the dear
ly lovi d and honore 1 President for over thirty
vearn. I have often heard the old residents of
Danville cell with relish of the General’s
pranks and escapades daring his ooilege life
there. Respectfully,
Correction.
August 14, 1887.
Lincoln and the Fractious Republi
cans.
Abraham Lincoln was much tr- ubled a few
weeks after his iuaugura ion by rival facti ins
of the California R-publicans. One of them
was headed by Col. B.itler, a brother of Gau.
Ban Butler, and had the eudor*ement of Sena
-or Baker of Oregon, who was regarded as the
President’s most intimate frieud. The other
wing was under the g neralship of J. W.
Sun onion, who had been for s uue vears tbe
Washing'on correspondent of a New York pa
per, and who had recently gone toCa'i oruia to
lake charge of a newspauer at Ban Francisco
On the morning ot the 20 ,a of March, by ap
poiutment, the “rival houses” mot in the re
ception-room of President Lincoln, where Mr.
.monton made a long speech, commenting
very severely upou the course pursued by S n-
ator Baker and Col. Butler, and on conclud
ing, presented a'memorUlemb'idying his views,
aud containing charges agaiust the private
character of Col. Butler, signed by hi naeif and
bis friends. President Lincoln listened witn
attention, and taking the memorial, remarked:
“Gentlemen, I have heard yonr protest, bat
this me norial cannot be placed on file—I shall
consign it to the flames.” To the surprise of
Simonton and the other signers the aition to
the word, and as the paper bl tzed up in the
grate, he remarked; “I have known Col. Baker,
gentlemen, for thirty-five y. ars, and am pro
bably better acquainted with him than you are.”
Of coarse, there was an awkward silence and a
a sudden with-drawal, bat later in the day the
protesting delegation was recalled into the
presidential preseuee, where they received as
surances that the ffices on the Pacific coast
would be impartially distributed among Re
publicans. Late that afternoon, Col. Butler’a
son, George (who has recently foilow- d him
over the dark river), met Simonton in the offi *
of the Western Union Telegraph Company,
near the National Hotel, and proceeded with a
cane to give him a sound thrashing for having
slandered his father. Simonton took to his
heels and ran across the avenue, followed by
Butler, and disappeared through the back door
of a store.
Harbor, and on pleasant days may be found
resting under the shadow of a big pine, re
ferred to in one of his poems.
Samuel C. DaviR, the richest man in Sk
Louis, is worth $8,000,000—all i'lhertied at tue
death of his father a few years ago. He is
about 50 years old, and wort* a. m= ury goods
house from 8 to 3 o’clock daily.
Alfred Krupp bequeathed $250 000 - for the
benefit of employees. Ills sou Friedrich has
added $125,000 to the am iuut for the people
of Es-ien. Tue town council of Essen has
voted $15,000 for a statne o f Krapp.
Westford. Vt., has a veteran of the Mexican
War in G. R. Joslyn, sevenr.v-two years old.
He fought at Monterey and B una Vista, and
was sent with the first Government wagon
train overland to California in 1848.
Percy Ashland, of A Irian, Mich , a 14 year
old boy, has returned h ime after a jaunt of
25,000 miles. He made hi* owu way with a
boo.black’s kit, never paid fare, aid daring
his tw> years’ absence always sioppad at ho
tels.
Joseph Francis, the famous inventor of life
saving apparatus, who has long been a resi
dent of New Jersey, has gone to Sau Diego,
Cal., to live permanently. Mr. Fraucis is now
80 years old. He is accompanied by his son,
who is past 50 ye trs old.
The royal family of Portugal is quite capa
ble of earning a living by handicraft in case of
necessity, Qieen Mar a I’ia being a skillful
potter, King Dorn Luis a sculptor of acknowl
edged m -rU. and tli* Crown l’rmce Dom Car
los an amateur locksmith.
Ex-Senator Thurman xccently said: “lam
only a poor old ghost wandering along tue
banks of the Styx and waiting for old Charm
to come over in his boat for me.” _ Last fall, in
Cincinnati, he said: “I’m waiting for the
grim ferryman to row me over the Styx ’
Old man Billy Henley, the faithful old ser
vant of G meral Tooinos, is very ill in Wash
ington. and will pro abiy not recover. He
followed his master for over sixty jrears and
is eighty years of age. He is receiving every
attention that skill and kindness can suggest.
Philip James Bliley, author of * Kestus,” is
util a vigorous and active rnvu, thoug i he was
born a year before Waterloo His great poem
has passed through thirty editions in America
to eleven in Engl tnd, aud he would musn .ike
to visit this country, but hesitates to do so at
his age.
Miss L. A. Churchill, tbe author of “My
Girls,” is one of the world's busy women, who
can ran a railroad as well as write a pithy par
agraph. S e 18 the private secretary of t ie
superintendent of a New E igland railroad,
aud has had much to do with railroahng in
recent years.
Mr. Oscar G. Sawyar, who recently died in
New Yarn, was one of -he finest "orr*sp ind
ents attach'd to the New Y >rk Herald Far
many years he rendered i Hi teut »*rvic* by
his ample and scholarly ac u its of stiontifis
aud historical gatherings. Toe Herald treated
him as well as ae served the Herald.
Mrs. Sarah Patera, wife of tne British Con
sul at Philadelphia in 1817, foundeldjriug uer
residence there a sebo ll of design for v tinen,
which has grown to be tue lirgest insumtioo
of the kind in the c inntry. Tne Puiiadelp ita
Record speaks with pride of the prospers of
the school for the coming year.
Kate Shelley, the young girl who a c tuple of
years ago saved a passeuger train fr nil de
struction at a wrecked railroad bridge near
Heney Creek, la., is now visiting the East for
the first time. Miss Shelley wears a massive
gold m xUi, the gift of the Iowa S ate Legisla
ture, and enjoys, despite the Inter-3 .ate Com
merce Commission, a life piss upon any rail
road in the land.
Dr Charles W. Dabney, Jr., late Coear' ‘
and Director of the Experiment Station of
North Carolina, and one of the most enthusias
tic and well equipped woi kers for the s^reail
of sound industrial education in the South, has
been elected President of the University of
I'euneseee, at Knoxville, an ins'itmion where
special attention is given to scientific farming,
mining and the practical arts.
It ia not generally knowa that the princess
of Wales’ daughters are not only accomplished
tricycle riders and graceful ska era, bu.at no-t
beat their pet brother, Prince George, in the
smartness, strength and dexterity with which
they can row. Iu Norfolk they often take
their royal mama for a litlie voyage and their
healthy and handsome o wnnlexioua show th u
a love of fresh air and outdoor exercise is no
mere taste of yesterday.
