* "GEORGE D. PRENTICE. THE GENTLE POET EDITOR WHO ENCOURAGED MEN OF GENIUS. A Stormy Journalistio Career the Result of His Caustie Pensa Few Pungent Paragraphs=An Almost Fatal Quarrel, The Civil War, After leaving college Prentice studied law, But, not meeting with immediate success, he drifted into journalism. Ho was the first ed- itor of the once celebrated New England Re- view, and it was on that periodical that he won his spurs. Boon after this Mr, Prentice was sent to Kentucky by a number of prominent Whigs to gather material for o life of Henry Clay, then about to be nominated for the presi- dency. While in Louisville on this mission he was offered the editorship of a new daily paper, then being established in opposition to the Jackson Democracy, He accepted the position and was for the remainder of his life closely identified with the political and literary life of the south. He resigned the editorship of The Review, recommending as bis successor John G, Whittier. then an un- known poet, who had sent some of his first poems to The Review, Upon assuming the editorial control of The Journal, Prentice at once placed it among the most influential papers of the day, and made the political and literary departments alike shine with the light of his talented pen. It became the acknowledged organ of the Whig party in the south and west, and to the last the supporter of Henry Clay for president. Prentiéd and “Harry of the West” became fast friends, and Clay was the inspirer of some of the most brilliant editorials which gpposied in Ths Journal. bas it is not in- mded here to review the political course of The Journal under the editgrshiy of Prentice, though the life of the man and the paper are go closely identified that it is almost impossi- ble to separate them. In its editorials it was sharp and pointed, sometimes being almost eruel in its threats, but more often they were sweetened with good humor. Here are a few: r “Have I changed?” exclaims Governor P We don't know; that depends on whether you were ever an honest man. The editor of the — speaks of his “lying curled up in bed these cold mornings.” This verifies what we said of him some time ago: “He lies like a dog.” The Globe says: “Mr. Clay is a sharp poli- tician.” No doubt of it; but the editor of The Globe is a sharper. Messrs. Bell & Topp, of The Gazette, say that ‘‘Prentices are made to serve masters.” | Weil, Bells were made to be hung and Topps to be whipped. Mr. Prentice made many enemies by the course of his paper, and had not a few per- sonal difficulties, nearly all of which he came out of with grace and honor to himself. This was not an easy matter when it is known that he was a bitter opponent of the duello, which was at that time so popular in the south. His position is defined in a letter to | one of his challengers: “I am no believer in the dueling code. 1 would not esll a man to the fleld unless be had done me such a deadly wrong that | desired to kill him, and I would not obey his call to the field unless I had done him so mortal an injury as to entitle him, in my opinion, to demand an opportunity of taking my life.” One of his quarrels came near befrg fatal to | the poet, however. An editor named Trotter | became incensed at some of The Journal's | personal allusions, fired at Prentice on the street and wounded him in Though severely wounded, the post grappled with his would be murderer, and, after a flerce struggle, succeeded in throwing him to | A knife was given him by one | of his friends, and the crowd which had | gathered, seeing the blood which was flowing i from the wound in Prentice’s breast, shouted: | the ground. “Kill him! Kill him!" Bot the gentle poet released the subdued Trotter with the chiv- helpless man.” reading them can hardly wonder that the au- thor got into frequent trouble with the hot blooded men at whom they were aimed. a political paper, its literary department was to many its greatest charm. The gifted edi him. from the kindly poet editor encouraging him with advice. He praised without stint if it was deserved, but he was quick to see when the poetic gift was lacking, and he would then be the first to tell She aspirant of Bis | are exceptions, however; Senator Call, for lack. His name is associated with the first attempts of many of the most successful and | worst offender among public men against the gifted writers of the day. Among the con- tributors to The Journal, when they were yet unknown in the world of letters, were John | 3. Whittier, John Howard Payne, James | Freeman Clark, Mra Bigournay, Alice and Phoebe Cary, William Dean Howells, William | Wallace Harney and Forceythe Willson. The latter was one of the most remarkable of The Journal's contributors, and favorite protege of Prentice, He resembled Poe in the eccentricity and weird imagery of his composition. and he had that subtle and delicate genius which the poet editor liked 80 mach to encourage amd bad in so great a degree himself. Several years before the civil war Mr. Prentice made some reputation as a lecturer, both in northern and southérn cities, took a gloomy outlook, and predicted that unless some statesman arose equal to the oc easion there would be no resort left but war | lamented the | if Lincoln was selected. Ha desth of Henry Clay at this crises, snd in re ferring to it said: “Ulysses has gone upon his wanderings and there is none loft in all Ithaca to bend his bow," He supported Bell and Everett, and when | they werd defeated hie had no alternative but to support the successful candidate. Great influence was broulht to bear on him by the southern leaders to it his daty, and, to his great soul, that was enough. It was the greatess trouble of his life, and no doubt it hastened his death, + De troit Free Press . Didn't Hurt It Much. At Governor Row’ inaugural ball at Aas any similar scene of feasting. In his confu- gion ke sat down on the hat of a senator, “Look here, sir, 1 don't like this,” said the “Don’t like what!” | “You are sitting on my silk hat.” “Well, darn cats, if 1 { mf They was, an’ never said A volume of the epigrammatical paragraphs | which gave Prentice so much trouble were | enllected during his lifetime under the titleof | #“Prenticeann,” and though many of them | have lost their point by the lapse of time, one | | typo's peace was the | He | | interview said: | prison a large number of children under 15 4 him to support seces | sion, but he remaindd steadfast. He thought RUSSIA'S SPLENDID MILITARY LrOW, Mow a Major of Our legular Army Got to See the Big Show. Maj. Upham, of cur regular army, who had been sent hy our government to France to observe the improvement in tactics, re- solved to po up to St Petersburg, When he got there be found that a splendid review, to occupy ten days, with sham battles, was about to take piace in the environs of BL Petersburg. He had left his uniform and sword Toy and to send for them would have required that they pass across several nations and be stopped at all their custom houses. Bo he applied to the secretary of legation, who was a Philadelplian and a very decent fellow, but slightly under the Euro pean morale, to go and see this review, He was told that that was a country of etiquette and that he might as well abandon the idea of seeing the review. A note was written to make that request in his behalf, and the answer was that he must appear in uniform and sword. [made that request for him, in fact, of the legation, as was my duty, being in the consular service, After it was refused I said to him: “Now, I have obeyed the regulations of ay office, and I will get you permission on tay own ac- count to go out there.” 1told him to say nothing to anybody else, 1 wrote to the gen eral commatiding ths camp. Word came back at once thei at the railroad station Maj. Upham would find his ticket. I went out there with him and was taken up to the room of the general. He was a rude, gray old man, who sat there with his vest off amd not very considerate about the cleanlivess of his shirt. He said: “Good morning, general, Where is your friend” 1 iutroduced Maj. Upham, Said he: “You shall have every opportunity to see what we are doing bere. If you want to take soldier fare with us in a tent you can hgve it. I wish [ bad my own hotel here to entertain you. But there is a little hotel down thie street where you can find fair accommo dations. Every morning at your door will be horses and onrlies Make yourself at home; ses everything: whenever you want to, join my staf.” This man was a duke; so we staved out there ten days and say nag nificent tactics. They had sham battles and | splendid cavalry maneuvers, and 1 think Up. bam had a first rate chance. When we came back to Bt. Petersburg the secretary of Jegation said that he was sorry Maj. Upham had not brought his sword and uniform, but there was no remedy under such a government of etiquette hy 3 EE 1 | we, “we have been out there ten days and had a first rate time. "—Oen. I. 3. B. Young in “Gath's” Enquirer Letter, A Duel Out West, Bill killed Dave Tutt? Well, 1 guess not. You must 's’ been quite ns kid then. Dave said Bill owed him money, an’, Bill's waich bein’ on the table, Dave picked it up and said he "lowed he'd keep the watch until Bill paid him the money. Bill said he didn't owe Dave no money, but Dave said he did, an’ stuck to it. Bill looked kind o' queer when he said, ‘Dave you'd better put down that watch,’ bus Dave laughed an’ said be didn't give a ne, Dave said, ‘Bill, I'm goin’ to pack that watch across the square at noon to-morrer,” and Bill knew that was a challenge. Tutt was an old soout an’ not ‘fraid o nobody, an’ could knock the eye out © an eagle on a dollar as far as he could see the coin. The next day at noon there was a crowd on the square, ‘cause it was a shootin’ match wuth seein’ “Jest at noon Tutt started to cross the square, an’ purty soon Bill was seen also on the other side. We was holdin’ our breath, | for it was life an’ death to two o' the bravest the breast | men that ever drawed. Tufts friends was i on one side 0 the square an’ Bill's on the other. Bill's near Tutt an' Tutt's near Bill When the men reached the middle o' the square, bein' quite a distance apart, though they turned to'rd each other, an’ both pistols went off at once, as though they was only one. Bill didn't wait to ses the effect o' his i shot, but turned to Tutt's friends, an’ throwin’ e | bis gun down on ‘em, remarked very quiet alrous remark: “I cannot kill a disarmed and | an’ gentlem'nly, ‘Are you satisfied, gentle nothin’ Just then Tutt, who had been standin’ still an’ movin’ his pistol as though be was goin to fire again, staggered a little an’ dropped without a groan. Bill's bullet bad caught him through the heart, while his ball bad | tors through Bill's lat, just raisin’ the hair | slightly i fergit 1 py" whole town w nS Though The Journal was to a great extent | You fergR 1s, 48310 Phaiip Bboy; That was a duel, now, an' don't onde There wast no business done until after it was settled, an' everybody agreed ¢ thing ' on the square tor gave his especial attention to it, and ip | that the thing was bang up an’ on the square, the midst of a great political crisis he would | find time to eomtribute to it himself and to | read and criticise personally the ntmerous | otical effusions which were submitted to | 4 oi Many a well known American author | readers employed in getting out The Cou has somewhere among his papers a letter | No pun intended. "Chicago Tribune Manuseript for The Hecord. 1 imagine that the compositors and proof groasional Record will breathe a sigh of rp fief, now that the last number of that infer. esting publication is about to appear. They | have muechito contend with, though the copy | furnished to them under ordinary cream stances is remarkably clean and legible. There instance, has the reputation of being the His copy is uniformiy in lead pencil, and sometimes almost impossible to decipher. In revidng the reporter's manu soript be makes it an invariable rule to fill up the blank spaces, whether the interpolated matter strengthens his arguments or not Senator Beck also corrects the official re ports with a blunt lead pencil, but his elab- orate chirography is plain as type writer copy. Senatorelect Daniel writes a fine woman's band and always omits to cross his [Us and dot his “i's" This little omission is | often very confusing to the compositor | Judge Holmans handwriting is bold and rugged. Senator Edmunds, whose long com | plicated periods rival Senator Evarts’ inval ued sentences, rarely touches the reports of bis remarks, and in consequence the printer is ! often at a Jom for a key. The New York senator is sustaining his reputation for long periods, having in a recent lwue of The Reo ord delivered himself of twenty eight lines with no longer patse than that afforded by a comma. Cor, New York Tribune A Behool for Crime. Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, in a recent “1 notice that there is in ho years of age. It is ashame that Tennesse should not have some place of reloge for these poor little creatures and not place them among hardened criminals, Judges and jury WHAT 18 THE CAUSE? A quarter of & century ago in most | parts of the country, sofiening of the brain, paralysis, heart disease and complaints of & kindred character were of very rare occurrence. Now they are quite frequent. Stout, active business men are sricken down almost without warping aod either carried to their graves or rendered helpless for life. What is the cause? We are living too fas, or throwing too much of life's labors upon ove portion | of the vital forces, and thereby ex- haustiog or weaken the other parts of | the system. Are the brain and ner vous system overworked to such an extent that thay give way at once and close the days of usefulness ? It would look that way, Iu the olden time men managed mooey by man's trol millions. The business largest houses in the principal cities and town was then confined to single counties or very iimited extent of country, now it extends from the At lantic almost to the Pacific, ing the expenditure of millions of money, their must be one central head to direct every movement, The re- sult is days of unremitting labor, and sleepless nights passed in thioking and planning. The pressure upon the brain becomes to great, and like an overcharged engine the fabric gives way. This it would seem to every one is the reasonable conclusion. It will be noticed that the man of moderate means aud engaged in lim- | ited business, who has time to spare | for rest and recreation, does not fall “Praps you don’t remember when Wild | a victim to the direase mentioned. His ailments are ordinarily brought on by exposure or excess of some kind, or the system gives slowly and gradually away, all the vital forces decaying in equal proportions. This is the result of close observation, and will be probably confirmed by medi- eal experience. - on om— HOW CHOLERA TRAVELS The disease is best know in Europe under the name of cholera, cholera morbus, Asiatic cholera, since the epidemic of 1817 to 1819, in which the English army, under the com-| mand of the Marquis of Hastings, during a war againt the natives, was | rendered unfit for fighting and almost sonihilated. Bat cholera has never visited Europe until the present cent. tury, when in 1830 it appeared in Russia and spread to Poland, where war was prevailing. Since that time, s smetimes at looger and sometimes at shorter intervals, cholera hes appear ed in Europe. The question why cholera remained in India a thousand | years bx { re it first began to migrate {« oe of the great interest, but one which cauvnot be satisfactorily answer- od. The principal consideration ap. Pp ats to me that the event happened a the time when intercommunication in all directions, both by land and wate, had become more rapid. The first stenmehip appeared in the Indian waters at the beginning of the decade of the present century. By land also {ntercourse was greatly accelerated. The Russians possibly took cholera from Iodis, Arabia, Afghanistan or Persia, through couriers and stage coaches. It soon became clear that cholera, the specific cholera germ, was in some way or other propagated along the path of human intercourse, | aud it also becatne evident that unless the germs found a suitable soil within a certain time they did not flourish. Observerssoon discovered that cholera was more prone to appear in certain regions and to effect certain localities, while it shunned other districts ; and, again, that other regions were only visited at intervals of many years: It is also a fact that Asiatic cholera never yet appeared ats place which had not previously been in communi. | eation with a region where cholera prevailed ; and, further, that the die- ease from su infected locality never yet passed on to another place If the journey lasted a certain time without interruption. The large intercourse between India and Europe, more par- ticolarly England, by means of ships which sail around the Cape of Good Hope, had never succeeded in carry ing cholera from India to England. Young pigs clover pasture. Those intended for early market should have extra feed: the | { thousands ; now they direct and con- | of the | And for | each of the gigantic enterprises involy- | _fpssrmms fn Hy require litle beyond a A Terrible Tragdey. Macor, Aug, 7.~The horrible tragedy. twelve miles from thie city, have just Lein made pubic A well to.dy Wooliolk snd his six fr nnr usted children Tne bed as usual! Friday night. Bibb county, fumily went It mn wulng Wonlfolk. his wife and the discovered early | that Mr. yesterday them were miniks fod le {that they were (Le That all ¢ »HNUWIL viens of were play. mnrdered dure |ing the night there can be po doubt | { whatever, An ] tragedy was reported the horiible the i we ‘sy ' { ment people began visiting the Wool BOON AS in seitio | | folk homesie ghastly confirmation of the rumors, A GHASTLY DISCOVERY. The old {stone dead, and man awd his wife teovered with blood, and the beds on | which they were killed were besputier- fed wih Ou the gore, bodies of the man and wounds woman The «xcired {pot where to look jor the were frightful prople Kw murderers, ns they had no clue to the perpetrators {of the deed, Is was supposed that | burglars bad entered the house nnd | had been resisted by Woolfolk, snd | they killed him ; {log witness they killed one after the then to leave no liv- { otber of the family. Upon examiva i » y : | tion it was seen that no robbery bad | been committed, Valvables Jay around the room uutouched. This further mystified the people. Thoma J. Woolfolk, the oldest son of the i | murdered man, was apprised of the | killing. | excite the suspicion of the neighbors, | {Tn the afternoon he was arrested and | placed iv jail charged with the muor- | { der of his father, mother, four sisters and two brothers. He was indignant at the arrest, aud indignantly denies the accusation. FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS, The funeral of the victims of Thos J. Woolfolk took place today at Rose Hill Cemetery in the presence { of three thousand people. The ser. |vices were orought to an abrupt | termination by the arrival of Mrs | Edward's own sister of the murderer { who was in Athens at the ime of the | commission of the crime. Heartrend. | iog scenes followed bringing tears to | the eyes of every spectator. Wool {folk was carried to Atlanta early this | morning for safe keeping. He con | tinues to deny his guilt. _- Railroad Accident Garvesrox, Tex, July 31. A railroad wreck occurred on the East Line, four miles west of Farmersville last evening. The rear coach attached to the train ran off the track and fe mized 1 down an embankment and was totally wrecked. There were eight or ten passengers on board. The following persons gwere W. H. Mills, a former, was seriously injured internally may die; Mra, W, H. Mills his had her right arm sand hand fractured bad- ly; G. H. Mason, hurt seriously in the neck and hurt : and wife, a young man, Was back; H. M. Ramsey, of Baltimore was bruised about the neck and face: A. Rowell postal clerk received severe bruises, E. J. Pile, of Farmersville has his and one of his arms bruised; R. J, Leachman, of Dallas, was bruised on the side. The engine pulled out fof Farmersville as soon as the accident | occurred snd took back head several physi- cians to the scene, The injured persons were brought to town and given every attention, The train was running at the rate of eight or ten miles an hour. The engineer and conductor say the accident was due to the eondition of the track. — — Tir H's on Record Puavenenia, July 31, ~The lest day of the month was no exception in the matter of hot weather and the month goes 64 record as the hotiest ever known. There have been but two cool days and these were only cool in com- parison with the sweltering days that had already been endured. The highest number of deaths on any one day was thirty-four on July 10, snd there have been but a few days when there were none reported, the numbers ranging from three to a dozen. To-day there was eight deaths and three casos of prostration, A heavy shower accom- panied by thunder and lightening pass. od over the city during the afternoon d evening, which afforded atmosphere became heavy and op- wfrosh brend and rolls in time for breakfast every morning at Jacob's. ¥ detnils of a | Richard | lived § ina sparsely settled neighborhood in Lo | was » pix children wey ded, Ou each of oul | Fisre they saw a | H were | the six children were | He acted so strangely as to SECHLER & CO, Groceries, Provisions, FOREIGN FRUITS and CONFECTIONERY. MEAT MARKY in connection. 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