Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 123, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1885 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL' SUNDAY MORNING MAY 3 1885 SIXTEEN PAGES.

7no Srtay SeiM Is the larger and best newspaper pablUhed in Indiana, COOTAININQ 104 COLUMNS. Ire frtu Partins rslltle ail Sertarlaa Bias. Oa all subjects of public interest it expresses its opinion! according to its best judgement, with a Tiew only of promoting the

BEST INTEREST OF SOCIETY. It contains the cream of the "news from quarters down to 4 o'clock Sunday morning, excluding only that which Is prnrientor Immorally sensational. In few words, the Cckdit BaxTiTff l is devoted to that class of news, literary and miscellany, proper aud cece&sary to make it what it is, THE PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE, tpecially adapted to the home. The Bckdat Ssarnasx influence will be Civen in aid cf the Elevation &nd Advancement of Woman to the true position which is hen by virtue Cf natural Justice. Pric, t2 per year; twenty cents per month, delivered by carrier; five cents per copy. SIXTEEN PAGES. SUNDAY, MAY 3. C7riCI 71 smd 73 TTeat Market 8trt. CONTEXTS OF TO-DAPS PAPER. Tisst PAGC-LateatTeicgTaph news, Cxrovn Page. Amusements, Musical Kreut, etc. Chicago Ppeculative Markets. Washington Letter. Including plcturca of Miss Bayard. Mrs. Mannte j and airs. EndicotL Curious, Useful and Scientific. Thir Pace Woman's World. Faiblon as It Hies. The City of Many nations. TocaTH Page. Editorial. Rob Itoy Latter, etc. Fifth Facc-LocXi News. Xdvertlsmcnts, etc. CixtuPacl Social Life, Local News, Markets, etc. tsvesTH Pack. Wit and Pleasantry. Varieties. Young Folks' Department. Social Gossip. Gotham Gossip. Eighth Page. Local and AdverUaements. Viani Page.-Reindeer Hunting. A Street Car Hole. Khsalng! Shadows. Tenth Page. Chapter 8th ot Reade's new story, Love or Money." Evidence of Cultivation, etc Elevemir Page, Woman and Home. Theatrical Wars. etc. Twelfth Page. The Colorod Race In the 8oath by Cob Eoy. Jelftrson's Religion. John Randolph's Do;e. Thirteenth Page. Tannage's Last Sermon. yocRTEiifTH Page. Miss PrisclLa a story from All the Year Round. Fi i tex xth Page. How to Keep Voun?. Dainty Eousekeeplnr. by Gertrude Garrison. The Colonel's Rebuke, Etc Clxtekstu Page. Sunday-School Lesson and Knotty Problems. Sixrr thousand dollars were spent by tha Chlcagoness lor flowers during the recent C?zra reason. CuntA fcaters the spirit for planting trees; 333.GC0 trees were planted In Hong Kong tlzzi Ltst year. Dixit eight wholesale liquor dealers In 2Ttshville, Tennessee, are church members. There art only tlghty-one in that business in the city. A Gkoegia farmer has been studying aerial t aviatlon for thirty years, and he thinks he b:a solved the problem by inventing a ship that will sail in the air. He says he lacks cow enly the means to get the proper aortoi material to make his vessel. The Sentinel's city editor haa made the acquaintance of a wise specimen of the mule persuasion, hie interview with whom or which appears on the ninth page of to-day's paper. The colloquy discloses that the mule Is a good deal ot a philosopher. From the word 'incomprehensibility," a Connecticut woman has raada a list of 2,213 different wcrds. This is about ai valuable t;n achievement as making a crazy quilt containing 10,000 pieces. The Connecticut Troman, it is safe to wager, is not an advocate of woman suffrage. She wouldn't have time to go to the polls. A mot: a the valued publications of a religious character received by the Sentinel is the weekly print from the Unity Pulpit, Boston, cf the sermons of Rev. M. J. lavage. Though yd a ycung man Mr. Eavage is one of the profound thinkers ot the Church, and is Cif ted with an eloquence of diction, renderirs his sermons as attractive as they are impreulve. - It is wonderful to what ocean depths skillful divers are enabled to penetrate. As long COUlS6 . P. Harrington, of Westfield, 27. V., went down 170 feet and recovered tbe Iron tafe ot tbe steamer Atlantic, sunk in Lake Krle the year before. He was dresed In a common diver's suit, and remained down eleven minutes. A recent French inTcntlon enables men to descend orer00 fest. Tut oldest known bank note in the world is in the Asiatic Unseam at BL Petersburg. It brirs a date equivalent to l.'lOO B. C, and rxs called in ilsday "flying money." It has the came ot the Imperial Bank, the signature cf a mandarin and a list ot ths pencil Us Inflicted for forgery of notes. This rtlic of 4,100 years ago Is probably written, fcr pvinting frcm wooden tablets Is said to have btsn introduced in the year 1G3 A. D. FAinia Qcis!T tn Erie. Pa.printer.was employed in the London Times ot3ce when Qussa Victoria ascended tbe throne of EagInd, now nearly fifty years ago. He helped to ttt up the account of her coronation. It belated that in his life he has sat nearly ICO Urs of tjpe. In setting type the average dllUuca ths hand travels Is eighteen inches. Ccnxaqncntly hia hand has traveled 07,727 nü3i er T7ltbin a few hundred feet cf fcslng fzzx times the circumference of the earth.

la fJ3 C-Iuriil direction ca ths "shorterfcccx r-iUiicn,M our esteemed home cantcr,eaC!.ii. iyi: "Lons Lrzzi tzT3 tho crrt cf creating cltro dl y Tho fnll7 cf tls littrcj theo cm-r'-Lucstino fcr tlo clvUitica cl iL's, a

as its Ilm it taken up with the meat and breed question. Theas whs are not com pe'led to go out in the world and tail fron weekfo wtfk fcr subsistence and shelter have plenty of time for education and culture. They bare time to drer-a, eat, sleep, socialize and be gracious. Oa the other band, tboie who tare to work continually for allying are not blessed with sufficient time in which to consecrate themselves to tbe pursuits of education and cultara, and can not, therefore, ai a rule, enjoy the Interminglings of tccial life."

"COMMODORE" OARRI30N. Commodore Garrison who died in New York last Friday, was wortli from I '.,000,000 to f 5.000.0X). Tbe Commodore's title was riven him in St. Louis, whither he removed from Canada, acd become largely interested In matters connected with the navigation of the Ailetlssippl River. His position as CipIain on a beat led to his being called "Comrxedore." From a tketch of his life found in tbe Courier-Journal we gather many Interesting point?. Tea finding of gold in California led to his removal to Panama, where he did a large business a? banker. Being offered tbe agency of the Nicaragua Steamship Line he accepted it, and removed to San Francisco. From tbe year ISo't to ISO) he displayed astonishing business ability. His Income frcm the steamship line was 60.000 a year, and he Is reported to have made 325,000 additional In the Insurance agency business. As one of the first Mayors of Sau Francisco, elected only six months after his arrival in tbe city, he did excellent work in the cause of civil order and greatly increased his popularity on the Pacific slope. He afterwards remoyed to New York City, where he soon became a millionaire. For a long time he kept his wealth in ships and real estate. Then afterward he became largely interested in ga3 companies at New York, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis and New Orleans. He was the largest owner of gas property in the world. He bought the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Bold it to Jay Gould. Apropos of this a gcod story is related of him. When Mr. Gould found that it was abjolute'y necessary or him to secure the Missouri Pacific to complete his Southwestern system, he approached Mr. Garrison and asked him how much he would take for his interest. Mr. Garrison named a price, which Mr. Gould said was too high. Mr. Garrison refused to come down a dollar, and Mr. Gould went away in a huff. The next day, however, Mr. Gould called on the Commodore and said be had concluded to take the property. "But I won't tell it to you at the price I named 3 ejterday," said Garrison. 'Why not?" sa!d Mr. Gould. "Because it is worth $500,000 more to day." "Pooh, pooh!" said Mr. Gould, and again went away. The next day he returned and said he would pay the increased price. "Well, the property is worth $r00,000 more to day than It wai yesterday," tald Garrison. "I won't pay it," laid Mr. Gould angrily. "All right,' ' was the reply. "The price will advance 500,000 a day while yon are making np your mind." Mr. Gould bought the road then and there. This was in 1875. The price paid was $3.000, COO, and the other stockholders were to get pro rata of the purchase money. This they did not receive, and then Mr. Peter Marie and others brought the famous five million suit against Garrison, which is still pending. The Supreme Court declared that "the Commodore" was liable to the stockholders for their proportion of the purchase money. Among the other enterprises in which Commodore Garrison became heavily involved was the Wneeling and Lake Erie Railroad, which was started to afford an outlet from the coal fields of Western Virginia and Northeastern Ohio to the Northwest. He locked np in this enterprise very nearly ?3,CC0,0C0, which became entirely unproductive. In 1SS1 New York was startled by the announcement that Garrison, one of the richest men In the country, had made an a s'gnrreat. Inashort time this wss being talked about and the subject of newspaper comment all over this continent and in the financial centers of Europe, particularly in London. Mr. Garrison's assignment was made to John T. Terry, the second partner in the firm of E. M. Morgan & Co. The preferences in his assignment amounted to more than $1,0V CCO. His sssets greatly exceeded hia liabilities. He owned a house on Park avenu?, New York, and a cottage at Long Branch. Much of his time during the latter years of his life he spent at his cottage. He never fuller recovered from a paralytlo stroke ha received a few years ago, and from grief at the death cf his son. Garrison was born about the year 130, on tbe Hudson River. At an early age his father failed and the boy was thrown upon his resources. At sixteen be went to New York acd then to Canads. Success becan soon to attend his efforts, as iLdicated in the foregoing. UEttax, This city of the far-away East is attracting much attention at present. It is one of tbe oldest cities of the Esst, and was once one of tbe richest. To use tbe word of a Persian rf cgrapber, "tne city has been fifty times tfksn, fifty times destroyed, and fifty times It has risen from its ashes." Six hundred atd sixty years ago it c mtalned, according to tbe records of the period, 12.000 retail shops, 6,000 public baths, caravanserais aud water mills, 'J50 school and monaitic institutions, and 111 OCO occupied homes, and was yeaily villted by caravans from ail parts of Asia. Tbe English Generals and the Generals cf Russia valne Herat, not solely on account of the city, but on acconnt of the resources of the district in which It is situated resources in corn aud bref, which, if swept into any point of the Herat district, not ncceseary to Herat itself, would feed an army of at least 100,000 rr en, ind sustain them during the final advance upon India. It Is this are at campaign ground, and not exclusively tbe town o' Herat, that Is the Key of India. If a Uns be drawn south of Herat ICO miles to Furrah, a second west teventy miles to Knaan, on the Teraian frontier, and a third 120 miles north, behind the point occupied by the Russians, a rough Idea may be formed of a district as fertile as England throaghout, andpoasss ing marvelous mineral resources. This is the camping ground, this is the place of arms, which Russia wants, in order that she may be always able to threaten .India. There Is no such camping ground anywhtre bstwcsn the Ccsplan and Herat, and none again betsm Herat tad India. Hence, act without izzzzz, bs73 tls ttlzzX 0:2:rib cf Ec-bud

and Russia designated the district the Key of India. General McGregor put thij plainly in his "Kbcrassan," in 1375: 'From the fort atticbed to the Tillage I bad a fine view of the Vatley ot Herat, which stretched In every direction but tbe south, one tea of yellow fields and verdant trees. Without goiDg further, it was eaiy to see the value of Herat to any Tower with intentions oa India, and to recognize the justice ot the dictum which termed it the gate of India. Just as in tbe minor operations of the capture of a city the wie commander will give bis troops a breathe on their gaining the outer defected, bo must every General coming from the West reit his men awhile la this valley. And no better place could be found forth!a rurpese: abundance of beautiful water, quantities of wheat and barley and rice, endless herds of cattle and sheep, good forage, and a line climate all combine to rraio thejHerat, Valley tbe mostpt place for a bait before entering the desolate country between Farrah and Candabar."

TBE MAJORITY AND THE REMNANT. There appears to be a widespread desire on the part of the American people for war between England and Russia. It is not altogether plain why such a thing as bloodshed and destruction of property shou'd be desired by our people. Whether it be from a notion that each a war would be a commercial advantage and make "business better" In this country, or whether It bs that there is a desire to read of and talk of battles and sieges, is not material for the purpose of these observations. Whatever may be the foundation of the wish it is certain that it exists. It is expressed by the press, openly in some instances, and between the lines in others. It Is talked on 'Change, in waiting depots, In hotel lobbies, on the street, and at the home and fireside. It Is safe to say that It is tbe desire of the majority. This desire for war Is contrary to popular educational canons. The teachiog has been that the safety of cations lies In peace, and not In wsr. The abolition of standing armies and tho total destruction of munltioas of war have been discussed. The settling of all disputes by arbitration has been widely advocated. These things have been proclaimed by the press, preached fiom the pulpit, commended In public addresses, put in our text books and taught in our schools. Yet in the face of all this is n prevaleut and pronounced desire for war, whertas, according to all oir teachings and tenets, the desire should be fcr peace. This condition of things illustrates the wide divergence between morals tanght and professed and morals practlcaJ. To be plain, it illustrates popular selfishness. No matter how loud the professions, when a supposed business aivantae lies in a bloody war the professions are smothered. It would teem that the correct teachings have not taken root. Who of us has not seen In the play the heroine evade and finally renounca tbe wealthy suitor who attempted to control her by the power of money, and seen her cling to and marry the choice of her heart because she loved him? and, though they were poor In purse, they were wealthy in affection. And who has not applauded the girl acd felt glad at her choice? Bat are these eentimsnta practically approved beyond the walls of the theater? Are they practiced in the choosing of a husband fcr the daughter or in approving the choice of the sister? On the contrary, marriage is In too many instances a compact of financial consideration or other advantage. The epliit which applauded the heroine is often not present. In practical life it is doing no violence to the truth to say that the majority do not observe the Eentiment they profess to approve and teach. The laying that virtue is at Mom rewarded eave in the fifth act of the drama, is not without foundation. There Is in our moral cod? something akin to that of the Greek notion of honesty: that there is no harm in stealing: the only culpability i m being found out. Evil things may bo thought acd connived at, but they must not be talked openly. Bach n condition of a considerable part of the public consciencs would seem to be the result of sjme moral contagion cf the time or ths latent wickedness of mankind triumphant. If there is a condition of things existing that the majority rejoice in the prospect of a deadly cottlict between foreign powe.s, if that majority is so enslaved by mammon and individual gam as to wish such dire event?, it is indeed to be looked oa with alarm. There is in it the elements of dissolution and destruction to the Government. What Is tlnre to restrain this spirit from plotting war and devastation among our own people, or wishing or plotting mlfcrtune to neighbor or friend in the hop) of indlvldtal gain? Would patriotism even restrain it? It may well be doubted. This hypocrisy of the heart must be aa element of great dancer and weakness In the Nation. The subiectunder consideration Is a striking illustration of the attitude ot the majority and the remnant. The latter, as Matthew Arnold has well said, remains true to its convictions nod professions, and in it lies the salvation of governments. The former Is true to neither. It temporfzes, departs from the right and hopes to profit by the misfortunes and disasters of others. The desire for war comes from the majority. The safety of the cation lies with the views of the remnant. I an article upon, "Science and Theolocy," In the Century Magtzine for May, we find the following: "This comity between thetciences, or rather necessary corelatloo, cot only leade to good feeling and mutual iff pect, bat lecnres a recognition of each other's conclonions. Whatever is true in one must be tine in all. Whatever is necessary to Ae perfection of one can cot bo rnled out of another. That wnich is trne In man's spiritual life must be trne in his social life; and whatever is true in man's social life must cot contradict anything in his physical life. We might reverie this, and say that no true rhjlj!cglit Kill define the physical a: an so as to exclude the social mau ; cor will be to define tbe social and political man aa to shut out the spiritual man; cor will he so define the common humanity as to exclude personality. He will leave a margin for other sciences, who!e claims arc as valid as those of his own. If, for example, Immortality is a ceceesary co ordinate of maa's moral nature an evident part ot Its content the chemist acd physiologist will cot set it aside became they find co report of It in their fields. If it is a part of spiritual and moral tcitnee, it can not bs rejected btcausa it ti net found la physical seltnes. Do much.

at least, has been gained by the new comity In the iclesces that opinions are respected, acd questions that belong to other departments are relegated to then in a scientific spirit." WAR DAYS IX THE SOUTH, by r.on ROY NO. IV. IlSscniBEDTO M. J. r. In May, 1ST'., I spent a week in a southern county cf Georgia, imitating companions who were fishirg. One of onr party of eight was a manly young fellow of twenty-three or four from a town in central New York, whoa I ehall call Graham. Another of about the same age and of much the came admlrabla qualities was a Georgian, who will be kno vn here as Mtrritt. These two youn? msa, straepers when they became memberj of the fishing party, bad rot been together fortyeight hours before rcanifestiDg a strong liking for each other. Both were bright and handsome and well bred, and both caught fibb, which, I d?gress to remark, I did not. The fish does not swim that would swallow a hcok I would drop in the water. It there is a scsg in tbe stream, however, my hook ii sure to lied it, and my line, as my pea does sometimes, is sure to become tangled. So I was not sorry when the week was up and I could eicaoe the guying of tbe morj fortunate anglers It had been agreed that Graham, Merrltt and I woud go to. gether to Savannah when we broe camp, which was on Saturday afternoon. Wo were drivea to the nearest railroad town, where we stopped at the hotel for the night. After supper Graham came to me aud said: t understand our route takei us through Andtrsvcviile. Canyon ouveniently stop theie a few hours? My father died in the military prison there, and I would like to sie the place." I consented to keep him company, and Merritt coming up just then, agreed that the trio should cot be broken, and co at noon on Sunday we stepped from the train at the little station. Andeisonville is an added illustration to hacdreds of others before it of tho frown of rrankind against sites which horrors have made renowned. From the earliest age?, through all the Intervening, down to the preetct, lccalities ttoiied only for bloodshed and huaan Buttering have been untouched by the hand of architecture. From the plains of ancient Judaic warfare, across the fields of tbe Alexanders, rtolemys and Cicjars, over Mount Calvary stained with the Siyfour's blood, down to Waterloo and Manassas, population aud commerce have sbuoned places whose pipes In history are written In blood or distorted by tales of human agony. An dersonville has grown no larger by even one heme since 18G5. It will never be more populous. A half dczen white and twice the number cf eclored men were lounging on the platform of the rude station house awaiting the train. One of the former, of very pleasant addme, approached us with a half welcotnIne,half inquisitive speech. Upon Oeing told our mission he invited us to his home, proffering that after we had dined with him, he would accompany us to the National Cemetery grounds. He was the physician for the country arcund. His family being from home he apologized fcr whatever disarrangement we should fic.dh.is home in. Wkea we had diced and gone to the sheltered porch for a smoke before walking to the cemetery, our host remarked: "This house, gentlemen, was the house of Wirtz. It was in that room," pointing to the (ait front, "that he was arrested by Federal soldiers tobe taken to Washington fcr trial aud execution." At this juncture there were two arrivals at tbe gate one an old gentleman walking, the other a colored boy on a mule, which was in a lather ot perspiration. The boy was ths bearer of a note requesting the Doctor's speedy presence at the bedside of a lady icveral miles distant, who had been suddenly taken ill. Onr host only took tims to word regrets at ha log to leave us, and to introduce usto the old gentleman who bad joined the group, before hurrying aay to the lot for his hone. As ho cantered past tue gate be requested the new-comer to accompany us on our proposed walk. "Yes,'' Eaid the old mar, in answer to a question, while lighting a cigar that had been handed him, "yes, I was here during the war. Dil I know Wirtz? Very well. A hundred times I've been with him on this porch as I em with joa now. He always eat over there where he might leok toward the stockade. Here he would repo?e m the shaio at midCay, with co indication of sympathy for the thirty odd thousand men huddled together In the prison pen with co shelter from the broking sun. "What did I think of WIr!z? Why, tint he was a natural born tl?nd. He was the incarnation cf cruelty. The men constituting tbe prison guard experienced this co lest than tbe prisoners tbemsalves. Tney detested him to a min, and be knew they did. He became uneasy lest eome cf them xaiht kill him, and fcr a long while kept a strong guard about his house at night. "He deserved his fate? Yes, and a worse one, if there could be wone. I remember well the day the news came of his execution. There were, may be, twenty down yonder at tbe station some o! them our men who had been paroled acd returned home. There wasn't one to eay ho felt ecrry for him." Awalkot half a mile brought us to the entrance ot the National Cemetery, which is halt that distance north ot tbe old prison pen. J out within the gates stands a tall flag pole, from the top of which the National banner floated in the breize, considerably above the tall, long lesf pines near i. On a mound encircling the bare of the flag pole several cannon lay, their huge mouths yawning at approaching visitors. Just to tbe left of tbe entrance, within the grounds, is tbe home of the keeper ot tba cemetery, a Captain of tho regular army. We found him obliging, and enjoyed his escort along the streets of the city ot the dead, bordered by evergreen oaks and weeping willows, with their mourning veils of leaves. Roie bushes, tco, and cape jasmines margin the squares occupied by tbe charnel-houses, with head bo&rds and shafts rising a chinnejs and steeples above their tutted roofs. Mere than 13,000 Eoldlers cf the Union are resting within this walled city, nestling in tbe forest of pices, the lofty bracches ot which, with the southing and sighing of the breezes through them, are ever singing a requiem over the dead, Graham and llerritt were walking side by

tide slightly In advance of the others ot a. An inscription on a head stone near the walk caused the former to stop. As he read he cccovercd his head acd an expression of sadcess came to bis face. Pointing his companion to It he eaid: "He belonged to my father's regiment; they died here in prison on tbe same day." Merritt drew a step 'nearer him. "You lost your father here ? he ea'd. "Yes ; he was Colonel of that regiment," again pointing to the 1 1 ab. Merritt removed his hat, looked at the other for an instant, and then taking his right hand, softly eaid: "My friend, we have been alike unfortunate. My father led a Confederate regiment and fell at the sccoad Manas-ai-sbot through the heart." They stood thus, their hands joined, lookeach other in the face, while I looked on both. After a moment Merritt withdrew his hand. A small toaquet was pinned over his breast. He looked it, and walking to the head-stori: "In houcr of your fither's ccmr&de," he Eaid, and laid the dowers upon it. Tbe sen ct the Union soldier who died in the prifon and the eon of the Confederate eoldier who fell la battle walked out of the National Cemetery arm in armfriends. Wha a treat it is to meet gray hatrs accompanied by cheerfulness, faithful memory iLd a ready tcngue. The old gentleman at my side as we eauntered through the weols southward from the cemetery is a wltm? cycloi:idia of cccnrrences of the war. Hidden from the world's s?ght, with only dull neighbors and Ignorant colored laborers to communicate with, he yet possesses a store of information, an elcquence of diction aud delivery and a dignity and gracefulness of address which equip him to sit with men of letters, politics or affairs. ComlKg out of the woods into a small field of young cotton, the old gentleman paused and told us we were standing on ground that was a part cf the old prison pen. There was no sign at this point of ditch or stockade. The iieM was freshly plowed and ths growing plants green and strong. The crop was that of a colored man, whose home we mltht have guefted was near from the voicss of negroes eingiDg ttat floated to us through the copte of young pines to our right. Graham temporarily forgot the historic interest of the spot to listen to the rich zcelcdy and eccentric beating of time by tbe tcore of singers. Walking across the little field we came to a ravine and the spot where "Provide ce epring' had spouted up its waters into the prison with a suddenness causing tbe prisoners to deem it a mlracie wrought by Heaven in their behalf. Still strolling cn we reached where bad been the entrance to tbe stcckade. The cabin whence tbe inging proceeded was cot a hundred yards distant, and to enjoyable was the sound cf it that we involuntarily ceased conversation to drink it in. " Ycu think that worth listening to," said ocr venerable escort, when the song was ended; "but not quite iifteen years ago I beard, juit where we cow are, a grander long the noblest burst cf vocal melody that ever fell on mortal ear." We asked that he tell of tbe occasion. We seated ourselves upon a fallen tree, but the eld gentlemen remained ttandicg before us, cane and hat in hand. "It was a chorus of more than thirty thousand throats within the stockade, there, celebrating the 4th of July, 13GI. It was under circumstances such but let me explain the circumstances." He placed his hat upon a stump near hica aiid transferred his cane to his left hand. "On the first day of July, 1SG4," he resumed, "there were nearly 34.COO prisoners confined here. The wiather, excessively hot, was producing much summer sickness among the soldiery guarding the prison. The latter was largely composed of Georgia State troops from the northern counties. To remove both from the region of their Comes the militia of tho southern counties were taken to Atlanta and that of the mountain eection assigned to duty at Anderson' scnville and other southern points. S) prevalent became malarial illness among the latter and so often was it fatal that they became demoralized. Add to this eouice cf uneasiness the steady advance of Sherman's army, desolating the homes of many cf them and leaving their families without bread. Such was the anxiety cf these men that by the 1st of July the guard had become smartly decimated by deeertiens. On tbe nights cf the 1st and 21 over SOU desertiors were a ided. One entire ccminny marched off, rank and file, taking their arms with them. Wirta's Inhumanity toward them lent an additional eeus3 of sei.'justification for their action. This decimation of tbe gnard ha 1, by the .51, become a serious a Hair to the comruander of the pos and when at eight fall Wirlz becim enspinions that the prisoners hat gotten wind ot the situation and might be Manning a break tor liberty, be telegraphed General Cobb, Commander of tbe Third Military District, with headqusrlers at Macon, for reinforcement!. Hat Cobb had none to send, and could only promise to come in tenon. "The following morning, the 1th of Jaly, ditcovered yet further diminution t.i our fcrce. I went on gourd mount at 'J o'clock. My petition was at the tor) of the etockado wall; about there," pointing a little to tue rieht of where had been the entrance. "The ecenes within the prison wire somewhat ancsqsI. Here and the ro groups would form and hold undertone 1 conversations. Witcersing this, Wirlz grew yet more uceasy ad ordered all his fore under arms. "A little after 11 o'clock Caplaln Wirtz aud Geoeral Winder, with a small escort, walked to the s'atiou. A tew minuter later alone lecomotlve came steaming through tbe pines from the direction of Macon, from which, wben it draw up at the depot, ttepped Geceial CobU and two officers of his siaff. There was a few minutes of conversation between them und Wirtz and Winder, and then the party, with tbe escort, marched toward the stockade. "While Wlrlz was forming the troops of the post into a hollow square, facing to the center, Goneral Cobb and statf stood with Winder in the shade of yonder tree. Look log at Howell Cobb, I remembered bis caviDg been Secretary of War ot the United States. It was . evident he was going to ipeak, and I was glad that my station waa near enough to hear him. It was about five minutes before 12, coon, when, accompanied by hU staff, Wlrlz and Winder, he walked to the center of the square and,

withWLrtz's assistance, stepped upon the large stump you see thers. "3oldlers ot the Confederate States,' he began; 'What news is this that has been borne to your district commander from the commandant of this post? Can it be possible that eoldiers ot the South Georgians--have been guilty of desertion of abandoning the duty assigned them cf guarding yonder horde of vandals, whom your more vatcrOuS brothers in arms have captured upon many a well-fought field?' "At this instant, 12 o'clock, from the center of the prison pen was beard a sound ot song. Turning my eyes In that direction, I saw that several thousand men bad congregated, while others were hastening toward the ae.ssrab!age. Perhaps not more than fifty voices were wording the first verse of the familiar anthem. The speaker outside was conttnuicgixpicicionscf astonishment at what he bad beard, when the chorus was reached, and with detonations like an explosion 5,003 voices pealed: The star-spangled banner, O Ion? mar it wave O'er the land ol the free and the home ot the brave! 1 The eong-burst had startled the speaker or drowned his utterance, for he had suddenly stopped and turned his face toward it. When it had ceased, and only a few score voices were singing the second stanza, he commanded Wir!z: 'Go stop that noise!' Wirtz hastened away and Howell Cobb remmei: "Would you tee that horde turned loose within ycur State, to pillage and burn your homes, with your wives, sisters aud daughters at their mercy T "The ver3e was sang and the chorus reacled again. The congregation numbered 10.000 more than before. Heavens! what a swell of sound! The very air seemed to quiver with tbe concussion the stockade wall to tremble. The guards on mount were stunned with wonderment. Wirtz, who had reached the great gate, stool stock still as it paralyzed. The soldiers forming the iquare were all now facing the prison. The stcrm lulled, the speaker sought to resume, but his manner was disconcerted. Wirtz was moving nervously about but essaying nothing. Tbey heard tbe breezs of song sweeping the lines of the third stanza, but knew it only foreboded the return of the tempest. And cow it comes: The star-spangled tanner "There are twenty thousand throats swelling the call of the pennant under which tbey had fought, and five thousand more joined in the invecatiou O long may It ware. O'er tbe land ol tbe fiee and tbe home of tho brave, "The echo of tbe last word has but struck the bracches of the pines, when they bein to repeat. Higher, wider, deeper, stronger, louder, the swell! It peals it roars It boons it thunders! It is an artillery cf song! Ths speaker ouUide stands transfixt i. He has heard the anthem before, but never as cow. Terhaps it is reminding him of the high position he but lately held under tie flag it deifies, The listeners appear aln ost panicked. A guardsman's gun drops from his hands without his missing it. "A gsin they repeat, and cow the scene grows wild. Thirty thousand voices are clanging tbe chores thirty thousand bosoms swelling with thought of country and flag and home and loved ones from whom they are parted. Men with but one leg clamber up and, sopporting by their stronger comrades, wave their caps a!oft and join the chorus: Tbe star spangled banner, O long may It ware O'er the land el tbe free and tne noma ol the brave. ' "Once more they repeat, and now all the prison is in the sky-reading peal the very walls, the ground. Toor, fever wasted frames, within an hour of dissolution from their spirits, half uprise and propping upon one band raise the withered fingers of the other aloft while they unite their cracked voices in tbe refrain they will hear nevermore: The star spangled banner, O Ion? may It wave O'er tbe land o! tbe free and tbe nome of the brave." On the northern, western and southern sides cf the old prison grounds there was scarcely any trace remaining of moat or wail. Over at the eastern side, which was the rear of the in closure, we found a few scattering stockade timbers, cone entirely erect, but still standing. In the shadows ot tbe twilight they towered grim reminders of an unhappy past. Many of their fellows Cad fallen and been used for fuel by the colored people whoso homes were near. But here these remained, fit etub'ems of a few old bourbons of the South and our radical republicans of the North, who?e only mission in the Kepublic appears to be to keep alive memories of and sententious feelings over the clyll war. I mentioned what they sugjeted to me when Graham raid to Merritt: "Lei's overthrow ths radicals acd bourbons." Graham selected one aud Merritt another, and in a element the two old timbers, rotten at their base, were thrown to the ground. Kacli of the young men had laid out three ot the fanatics, when Graham assaulted the only remaining one. He pushed It with his bar.de; it swayed, bit did not yield. He pat a f boulder to it and bucked agalast it, bat without succeik. "Hh is a touh old pohttcl alnner," eu'd Mrrit ; "bai let n what tbe South and North united can do with him." "That is r"od," Graham responded with a 1u?h. "ilotü together now ooe, two, thrte," and th oM tlmbrr fell to the earth. The EnKloeer Who Injured. It teems that Lew Thomas, engineer o i tbe DI Four engine which was eo badly arta'hed up fnday evening, a few miles north cf the city, by rr ason cf a broken connecting rod, was badly, though not fa'.a'.Jy Injored. The broken rod rtruck the cab aid a p;ce of tbe teat struck Thomas, knosktn him if nee!fss. Tne sttaru hari begun to poar In on bin), and had It not been for his tire nan he would have been tcalded to death. As it wss, tbe fireman bed hard work t) rerv.ove a heavy puce which had fallen upon the engineer. This done, the wounded man was draped back into the tender, restored to conecionenen and broupht on tn the citv. when be was temovrd to his residence, 2.11 Virginia avenue. He will cot ba able to resume his work for several days. Settled. A compromise has been reached by the Retool Comruifsioners and Peter Kontier on his claim for extra work on the new High Echoed building. The structure cost about ?jO,0(0, and is satisfactory in every respect. Lucky Alexander. The rs file for tbe elegant Sharp's rifle came off at Henry Smith's last night, and was won by the gonial Henry hlmtslf, who presantsd It to Dr. A. M. Alexander, recognizing in him the champion rifle shot of tut ötate.

SEEKING LUfKELS. The Blchardeon Zouaves and the L'.ght Artillery La-a for Mobile. Tte Richardion y, jsvts and L'gbt Artillery left at 3:45 ye?terday afternoon for Mobile, Ala., to participate in the pr'rs drill tournament in that city. Some of the best drilled zouaves were com pel led to forego tbt trip on account of bntineis engagements, and as a consequence tli company did cot feel very sanguine cf nrress. The artillery, oa the contrary, wro confident of bringing home a prize. The competition promises to be veiy sharp, thern being seven or eiht companies contesting lu the artillery free-for-all and aboutad :n in tbe light infantry free fcr all. rn-s following an ths rosters oi the two couu nirs: THE "Ol- I. 7EM. rptln-B. A. RlfurUon. Mm Llcuter ant-1;. U Mcirt-r. Utond Lieutenant- tr&tt Helm. llight UuMe- Paul cw.n. WfMiuiJe Catnp'Kll t'oM. Kon-CommSwionel 'Ocnarvl Trlva'cs -Rn-0)1 mrcan. ( baric Ck-i.t. Louis Irvine. Hear Lee, i . J. Wanning, oro K. Moorcth. Nt Kaarta. E. K. Klemao, v;.i K rbner, Harry EiJer. 11. -w. overman. Vnitcr i'uradl, IA H'ilgrore ü'eerge F. Sctnildt. J.t!.u tfpronl. Will Turner. Clyde Rc-acbe Frank l:.) !tion.wniHta?ntn, Kraak J.VtoMm. Krank K kuju, Harry NYU He, tl&xrr WallickandKollaDu.liU. x Tbe company L a :. nltvl by Her. I. II. McConnell, P. I., pator ol Koberta I'ark Chnrcb, aa I'naplaln, Dr. Conbs. a -uueoa. Uua McVejanl a number of other Irivnd, Including scvcrallidice AHTILI TRY I'KII.L TEAM. Cap tale J. II. Corf Corporals W. C. Uo lturr iller. Will Larrock. Private Charles Jobnoa Moiiae., Dürer Murphy, KJward Jobtium, Charle Drapier, Frederick Dietrichs, Decauir McAllister Aletk r.Uir, W. C. Myer. J. W. Atlr.ou. W. J. HtrtckUnd. r. M. febelbouh, E. 1. I borupson, Harry Iritn. Tnon.a Christian, J um k Harwell anl W. c. M?l vll.e. Tbe battery la acconircei In their special eir br Lieutenant True Kit. Lieutenant '. L. DeWltt, Lieutenant Will J. itKeeaud Mr. Boocrt J. McKcc.

A SUSriCIOL CIKCULAK Referring to Parties Who Disclaim Any Knowledge of the Organization. It appears that cm in parties are eendicj out circulars retommending tbe "Stato Building and Lcaa Aieoclatlon," setting forth the advantaa enjoyed by holders of stocf, acd placing ib cepital at J2.0C0.0O). In the body cf the r ircular Messrs. Walls cs Sc Mucron are frequently referred to as the uiacapers of the ats'.ciaiion. but in no caie is tbe tret came or the initials of either gentleman given, norn;y reference made to tke headquarters of the usKClatlon which they purport to represent As aa evidence of good faith, the clrcn!r refers to a number of gentlemen in this ctty, all of whom deny that they have evr authorized any such persons as Wallace .t Munson to nee their names. Mr. llaught-y. who was referred to in the circular as a gentleman who would ouch for ths truth cf the statements, said thatheknew nothing about it, aud added that he had already entioned a Mr. 8iwyer, the Secretary of a 8tt Iiullding and Loan Aeecciation, npainst allowing his name to be med as a reference. When questioned, Mr. bawyer raid that the association InsUa i cf having f'2.000.0K) of capital as stated in the circular, had 300, (X in five series of $100,CCO; that be had ccver authorized tbe issuance of any such circular as was referred to; that oeither Wallace cor Munson was employed by his association, but were acMng as agents without any instructions, if they were doing so; that be had never given either of them authority to use the names of the gentlemen mentioned as references, but would see that they did not do so in tbe future. Ue added that his association had iUheadqt arters in this city in the Abbott Block, but no one had any rieht to represent it as having a capital stock oi t J O0O.OC0. TUE EXTUMS ItOUUERV. Reported Capture or the Murderer and Bobber Near Cincinnati. Express Messenger IMuiunds, cf the Big Four Railroad, who reached the city from Cicciocati at 11 o'clock last eight, and who left cn the same train for Chicago, reported at the Union Depot that the man who murdered Express Mersengej Davis and robbed the eafe on the L.. N. A. and C. Toursiav night, bad been arrested at a little town this side ot Cincinnati in a hotel at which hs was stopnintr. The party answers to the description, with a few exceptiocs, of the supposed tramp ea a a a . . iven Dy werjDer, and eis arrest see as to ave been brought about by a curious cir cumstance. While in the hotel the man fell asleep, and while in this condition fre quently appeared excited as thoagh hauntsd by the memory of seme terrible event, an i indulged in mntteiings with regard to the murder and robbe?y of Thursday nishL Parties at the hotel immediately placed him under arrest until ha could be turned over to th proper authorities, lie gave tbe name of King, but emphatically denied auy kuowledge whatever cf the crime for which he was arrested. There is a probability that the man is not the guilty party, as his s eep might have been disturbed by visions of the terrible deed of which he had OLly read in the papers or heard dis?uaed on the streets. It could not be learned whether any evidence besides his muttering in his ieep were obtained, or whether he had on !us person any considerable amonunt cf cmey, but, according to the story as related by Messenger Edmunds, tlaere is a strong frellu that the arrested rarty is really thr e'epcrado who entered tbe L , X. A. and C xprss cr with such fatal results to Mc at-ntrer Dav2&. COM IDEnHT NlIAKKS. An Old L!an ttobbed of Ills Money by Indianapolis conüdenc Lien. An old man en rou; fiom Michigan toons of tbe Southern Statte, where he expected to purchase a home, ja;td throsgh the city Friday afternoon, Ukirg the IH Four train for CicclnrjatI at 3:1 o'clock. At the Union Depot he was spotu-1 by a couple of conlideLce sharks, who hoarded tbe train a id took it als In diflerent iaris of the c. ono ot them near the old man, to whom be made himself very agreeable. After traveling a few mi.vs Martin, as he called himself, Invited the old uai to a more comfortable est Jn tbe rear end r.f the car, x-ear his confederate, and the trio entered into conversation, aLd eventually the twoeonfiIer.ee men got np a same of cards. Martin mat with bad luck, and t'.aily borrowed ? .3' of of the oldxaan, who carried h i money in a belt, giving him a cberk as security. When Oreecsburg was rested the ssoucdrelsleft tie train, and the fact tt at be bad been rebbed dawned upon the old man, who then a( in!edto the cendnctnr fcr advice, but found to asietanee could be rendered. He entnnto Cincinnati, and the thieves will piobably cever bs delete 1. Death of r. Ellle. Deputy Coroner Hooter went to Millersville ytsterday to take evidence inthsc!.! of Mrs. Ellis, who wss sccidentally killed at the corner cf Eighth acd Broadway streets, Friday aftemcon. The evidence shows that there waa no runaway of the team, but that in tnrnic the street corner tbe list wheel of the wapen ran Into the gutter. The deceased was fitting in a chair in the rear end of tbe wegen and was thrown out. Her deat was cot the result of a broken neck, but of a coDCUfjion ot the brain. When she waa leaving home Friday mcralng she stiood to lock for a moment at fonr Pet red birds which ehe owned and remarked that when he died aha wanted them to bavt their freedom. The cases wer opened jtzizxZzT morning and ths birds ist at liberty.