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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
POEMS YOU OUGHT 70 READ
FAREWELL! BUT WHENEVER.

FAhEW EEEi DO "''EH -' By Thomas Moore. Farewell! but whenever you welcome the hour That awakens the night-song of mirth in
 your bower, Then think of the friend who once wei
 comed it, too, And forget his own griefs to be happy
 with you. His griefs may return-not a hope may
 remain Of the few that have brightened his
 pathway of pain But he neer can forget the short vision
 that threw It's enchantment around him while finger
 ing with you! And still on that evening when pleasure
 fills up To the highest top sparkle each heart
 and each cup, Where'er my path lies, be it gloomy or
 bright My soul. happy friends, will be with you
 that night Shall join in your reveis, your sports and
 your wiles, And return to me, beaming all OCT with
 your smiles Too blest if 1t tell me that. mid the gay
 cheer, Some kind voice has murmured: q wish
 he were here!' Let fate do her worst, there are relics
 of joy, Bright dreams of the past. where she
 cannot destroy; Which come, in the night time of sorrow
 and care, And bring back the features which joy
 used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such
 memories filled. Like the vase in which roses have once
 been distilled You may break, you may shatter, the
 vase If you will But the scent of the roses will hang
 round 1t still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

The nearest railroad station to Cahaba is the little station of Tank, five miles dis tant, on a branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
 Several things contributed to Cahaba's fall, but the principal cause of the towns decay was it's unfortunate location. AL most annually the town suffered heavy property losses by floods. The Alabama river there never overfows, for its banks are high. But the banks of the Cahaba river, near its mouth, are low and the waters would frequently rise and back over these banks and flood the town. As a result much damage was done to prop erty and when the warm weather set in typhoid fever was prevalent and many deaths resulted from this disease during the summer and fall. Another reason for the towns decay was the rapid growth of its rival, Selma. Selma was laid out as a town soon after Cahaba and proved more desirable location for a town on account of the high banks of the Alabama river and it's security from floods. Selma lies fifteen feet above the high water mark of the Alabama river. Gradually Cahaba's river trade went to Selma, until finally the once fiourishing trade of Cahaba amounted to scracely nothing In 1926 the seat of state government was moved to Tusca- loosa and Cahaba's doom was sealed when the county seat was moved to Sel- ma in 1866. With the removal of the county seat many of Cahaba's largest business firms followed and many of the large brick business blocks were torn down and moved to Selma also. Cahaba property Appreciated in value very rap idly. As an example there was large brick block there that cost $100,0O0 that sold for 5000 after me removal of the county seat.
 During the year 1883 one of the largest floods in the history of Cahaba swept over the town and many buildings were either damaged or totally destroyed. This flood undermined the state house, and 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

flourishing city of Selma. It lies on the western shore of the mighty Alabama river, at the point where the Alabama and Cahaba rivers meet. It is in the very heart of the ''black belt" of the state There was time when Cahaba was one of the largest and most important towns In Alabama. During -tss palmy days 1t boasted of a population of something like 40OO people. It's river trade and farming interests were of much importance. It lies in the very heart of the most prolific cot ton section of the state and it's cotton trade was immense The town covered an area of about one Gnd-half square miles, Besides being the first permanent state capitol Cahaba was for a number of years the county seat of Dallas county. The town once contained number of sub stantial brick business blocks and many of it's streets were paved with brick.
 Today there are but a very few build ings on the site of the old town and there is nothing to remind the visitor that this was once Alabama's capital and the lead Ing town of the state. At this time near- ly all of the former town site is culti- vated in cotton and corn and the land Is owned by several parties and Is em- braced within their plantations.
 Cahaba never had a railroad. There was a time when the town might have had d railroad, but her people were indifferent and didn't want it. A railroad was once chartered to run from Cahaba westward to the Mississippi river. Men of wealth in Cahaba refused to subscribe a dollar, saying the road could not be built through the canebrakes and that the "cars would sink in the sands" As a result of this indifference the charter was changed and the road was later built to Selma, ten miles to the north. Today Selma has several railroads and is a city of much importance. Visitors frequently drive from Selma to Cahaba to view the his- torical surroundings of the place and during the spring and summer the drive sa ,Int11 nd ralaa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

00O was established at Cahaba. under the act of the state legislature of the preceding year. This bank fourished and when 1t was moved to Tuscaloosa. with the seat of state government in 1926 more than 900 of it's notes were in circulation.
 During the year 1921 General Lafayette visited Alabama and was entertained as a uest of the state by Governor Pickens at Cahaba.
 The state government. during these years that Cahaba remained the capital was most satisfactory and tho state grew in population and in wealth. Steamboat companies were chartered and travel on the Alabama and on other rivers of the state became more rapid and comfortable than in former years. The schools of the state were much improved and churches grew in numbers and the church membership increased rapidly. Cotton raising occupied the attention Of almost the entire population in those days and the people then had no knowledge of the great timber and mineral wealth of the state, which has been developed during the past decade and which has made Alabama one of the wealthiest and most influential states of the union today. number of new counties were establish- ed in the state by the different sessions of the legislature held at Cahaba.
 But i1 1926 the seat of state government was moved to Tuscaloosa, and the State bank was also moved there at the same time. Notwithstanding the fact that much important state history was enacted with in the first state house of Alabama. Ca haba Is today but a memory of the past. On the spot where the state house once stood, and along the once well paved streets where rested stately brick busi- ness blocks. today cotton Is growing, and instead of the sound of statesmen's voices, emanating from the old state buildings. the music of old plantation melodies Is waited on the evening breezes from tho lips of negro plantation hands, as they labor in the fields of cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
THE LAST JOURNEY.

From the New York Sun Over the hills and far away
 An endless throng Is going; Onward they press, and hand in hand They march as to kings command, { Their journeys end the shining strand That lights the edge of sunset land Oyer the hills and far away.
 Their golden homeland glowing. Over the hills and far away,
 Beyond the furthest hollow, While twittering birds at twilight call, And evening shadows longer fall, Onward they march till one and all Are hid within a wrought pall Over the hills and far away,
 Where every man must follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
WHEN CAHABA WAS ALABAMAS CAPITAL

}NowN upon the western shore of the Alabama river, where the A> waters of this mighty stream are 3 entered by those of the Cahaba river, there was erected almost & hundred years ago the first state house ever built in Alabama. The building was a large two tstory structure and stood not more than "a hundred yards back from the banks of |the Alabama river. The building cost al- most S40,OO0 and during those early days 1t was considered a magnificent structure. IL was the best public building in Ala bama at that time and was the equal of tmany of the capitol buildings of other lnew states of those days.
 r3ut today no trace of the building re- Emains and there Is nothing to mark the spot where 1t formerly stood Today only Va few of the older citizens of that neigh borhood have an recollection of ever hay Ing seen the building.
 Some of the most famous men that have ever claimed AlabG.---a as their home met and mingled together within the halls and 1 corridors of this historical old building. 1 Within the senate chamber and the hall , of representatives and the supreme court chamber many noted speeches were de- livered by sons of Alabama, who in after years became men of national reputation. Some of these were future governors, Judges of the supreme court, congress- men, United States senators, and one of them was for a brief period vice presi- f del. of the United States.
 ] But few of the many passengers who travel past old Cahaba on the Alabama river steamers of today ever heard of the interesting history connected with the place, and give the old town but little thought as they ,lze on the enchanting scenery along the banks of the winding river, as it wends its way to the Mexico gulf, like a silvery thread. among the vast fields of cotton and of corn.
 Cahaba is situated in Dallas county, about ten miles south of the present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

the house, as he always does, he shot way over the heads of nine-tenths of the mem bers to whom the thing was all Greek, and that Is why the speech died the day after 1t was made. Old Joe never paused in his czarism and made a requlsition that very night on the white house for addi- tional raw material for congressional leg islation, if the white house was in fur- ther need of that sort of stuff. If the iropeachment of Andy Johnson had not failed the house of representatives, in- stead of being in the subordinate position it now occupies, would have become, what if was intended to be-f1rst in the gov
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

THE government of the American
 house of representatives is an abso-
 1 lute despotism yet its czar is elec- tive, and that gives the thing sort or a democratic tinge. There Is plenty Of speech making in the house, but there is no deliberation. What the speaker de- crees the house affrms. Tom Reed s body is moldering in the grave, but his rules are marching on. Debate In the house Is on issues already determined. Bailey's speech in the senate the first session of the f1fty-ninth congress con- vinced Hale, and that made the way comparatively smooth for the rate bill. Nothing like that has occurred in the house of representatives since the time of Henry Clay and John Randolph if the matter under discussion happened to be political unless 1t was upon a contested Election case, such as Patterson vs Car mack: but an issue like that appeals to 4he personal interest of each member, who may himself be party to an elec- ton contest in the succeeding, or other future, congress.
 among the leaders of congress whether on the side of the majority or the minor jtv Character is the main thing; but other qualities are requisite-intellectual capacity, tact, eloquence, loyalty, indus try, love of justice, sincere regard for the public veal. Humphrey Marshall would have been our greatest "common- er'' If he had not been deficient in char acter. Tom Marshall served but a single term in congress; but he would nave been first man in body that numbered among its membership John Quincy Adams, DIX on H. Lewis, William Pitt Fessenden, Ca- Heb Gushing, Robert c. Winthrop, Willard Fillmore, Joshua R. Ciddings and Henry "A. Wise if his genius had not been so err ratio Notwithstanding the waywardness of his character and the intemperance of his habits, he was the first orator in the twenty-seventh congress and the match for the greatest in forensic de- bate Sometimes men do not take the rank they might attain in congress be- cause of an indifference to the fame ex- cellence in such a body brings. Proctor Knott was such a man, and so is Carter Glass, member at the present time from Virginia Sometimes man in congress gets Q bad start and never overcomes the adverse impression ne makes. Cyclone" Jim Marshall of Virginia was one.
 { But it is a great senate, that house of representatives, and mainly because there ie no royal road to preferment there. No akill will turn sow's ear into a silk purse, and no preferment will make statesman of one nature designed for a tater-digger. A mans excellencies may be obscured in that house. but his de- fects will stand out brazen in the beams of the monday sun. It was said of Flu sana Hale that he owed his prouinence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

gress, enacted December 22, 1922. An act to provide for the printing of the laws and journals of Alabama, enacted Decem- Der 25, 1922. An act to prevent free ne- groes and mulattoes from selling spirit uous liquors, enacted December 26, 1922 An act to establish the Bank of the State of Alabama" enacted December 20 1923. An act to provide for the choosing of presidential electors, enacted Decem- ber 26, 1923. An act to regulate the sale of slaves by constables, enacted Decem- ber 24, 1924 An act to provide for the payment for slaves executed by law, en- acted December 2i, 1924. An act to provide for the appointment of clerk for the supreme court and for no other purpose, enacted December S1, 1895 So kar as the records show this was the only act pass ed by the general assembly in the year 1925. An act establishing the seat of state government at Tuscaloosa, enacted Jan uary, 1926. An act prohibiting the fur ther licensing of gaming tables, enacted January "A, 1926. An act providing for the holding of two terms of the supreme court and for no other purpose This was the last bill passed by the general assembly, while the seat of state gov ernment was at Cahaba This bill was passed on the 14th day of January, 1926
 In October of this year the eighth ses- sion of the general assembly was held in Tuscaloosa, which town had now be- come the seat of state government
 The last session of the territorial leg islature which met In old St. Stephens in November, 1918 made Cahaba the per
 manent capital of the state and Hunts vile the temporary capital until state house could be erected al Cahaba. It was while the seat of government was at Huntsville that Alabama was admitted into the union as state, and William Wyatt Bibb took the oath of office there as the first governor of the state and the first state legislature convened there. The United States congress had donated 1920 acres of land at the confluence of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE

From '"rhe Forest" (From the Greek of Philostratus. Trans
 lation of Ben Johnson.) Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave kiss but In the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise. Doth ask drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine I sent thee late rosey wreath, Not so much honoring thee As giving 1t hope that there It could not withered be; But thou thereon dldst only breahe And sentst 1t back to me; Since when 1t grows, and smells, swear, Not of itself but theel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
CHAMP CLARK OF MISSOURI

produced, not even in John Marshall. Clark gets his stalwart physical develop ment from the Robertsons, and much of their intellect went with 1t. His father was farmer, and Clark was put to work as soon as he had the strength to per form the lightest share that is a part of farm economy. Thus he Is of the soil,
 of the farm, of the cornfield, of the to- bacco patch, of the hemp brake. He shot squirrels for recreation and hunted pos sums for excitement. He had a penetrat- ing mind, and thus he could read, write.
 and cipher before ordinary boys were half through the old blue-back Websters spell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
BILL AND JOE.

By Oliver Wendell holmes. Come dear old comrade. you and l will steal an hour from days gone by The shining days when life was new, Anu all was bright as morning dew The lusty days of long ago, When you were Bilf and l was Joe. You've won the great worlds envied
 prize,
 And grand you look in peoples eyes, With H. o. N. and LL. D. In big, brave letters. fair to sec Your fist, old fellow! off they go! How are you, Bill? How are you Joe? And shall we breathe in happier spheres The names that pleased our mortal ears In some sweet lull of harp and song, For earth-born spirits none too long Just whispering of the world below, Where this was Bill and that was Joe? No matter; while our home is here No sounding name is half so dear; When fades at length our lingering day. Who cares what pompous tombstones
 say?
 Read on the hearts that love us still, Hic jacet Joe. IIic jacet Bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

tottered and soon tumbled into a shape less mass. The structure was never re- built and the material used in the build ing was soon disposed of and moved from the place.
 The seat of state government was moved to Cahaba from Huntsville in 1920 and during the six years that 1t re- mainei the capital many events of his torical interest to the nation as well to the state transpired there. In those days the general assembly of Alabama convened annually meeting on the fourth Monday of October. Thus it will be seen that there were held at Cahaba six ses- sions of the general assembly. During these sessions many important laws were enacted. Many of the laws enacted dur ing those days would be regarded as strange laws at the present time The first staute enacted by the general assem- ply at Cahaba was passed on the 7th day of December. 1920, and authorized the governor to dispose of the public arms of the state.i The sessions of the gen eral assembly held at Cahaba enacted many statues regarding slaves and the organization of ''pataroles." A few of the many laws passed by the sessions of the general assembly held at Cahaba were as follows: An act fixing the standard of measures enacted December 16,1820, An act establishing the state university. en- acted December IS, 1920, An act regulating the admission and practice of lawyers. An act organizing the militia of Ala bama, enacted December 20 1920. An act authorizing licensed ministers to perform marriage ceremonies enacted January 13, 1921. An act incorporating the grand lodge of Free Masons, enacted January 16, 1921. An act taxing nonresident for selling goods in the state, enacted January 16, 1921 An act prohibiting duelling, enacted December G. 1921. An act establishing court of oyer and terminer for the trial of slaves, enacted December 13, 1921. An act to divide the state into districts for the election of representatives to con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
NATURE.

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. As a fond mother, when the day is OCT, Leads by the hand her little child to
 bed,
 Half-willing, half-reluctant to be led, And leave his broken playthings on the
 floor, Still gazing at them through the open
 door,
 Nor wholly treasured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which though more splendid may not
 please him more; So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the
 hand
 Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing If we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcends the
 what we know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

ernmental system. Take the constitution and read Article I and see the vast pow CTS conferred on congress, and to the house was given the purse, without which the government would die.
 Champ Clark was born in the blue grass region of Kentucky the very day Daniel Webster made his masterly speech on the compromise of 1850. His father was John Hampden Clark, and his mother was Aletha Jane Beauchamp. Collateral ly she was not a distant relative of George Robertson. whose superior as jurist the American bench has not yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
ONE-AND-TWENTY.

By Richard Kirk. in Lippincotts. One days worth, at one-and-twenty, All the other days together; All the days of want to plenty,
 Summers sun and winter weather And if forty seem December
 (And at forty frosts are plenty), Cheerily, my ladi-remember
 You, once you, were one-and-twentyl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-04
Dnels In PAWS.

Paris, Jar. T. Paris apparently ia
lighting mad. Two duel, within twenty
four hours. ore OF them The most serious
fought in France in years, bear out this
statement The affairs Of honor have
greatly aroused the city.
Ia loday's encounter lean Gungl and
Mcrrice Del Pratt. noted duelia!s, met
and fought with swOrds The enclosure
at the Great Wheel was The scene of the
battle. Ia the third round Gungl was
wounded in the hand.
Lieutenant SplzsF, The victim Of yes
terday's secret duel near Versailles. is
dying al a private hospital. His oppo-
nent, Lieutenant Andrea, escaped un-
hurt. The preparations for the duel
we're extremely unusual. The Ameri
can custom was resOrted to, and each
combatant was supplied with twenty five
cartridges al thirty PAGES. Six shots were
exchanged before Lieutenant Splitter
fell. Splitter and Andreal, both of whom
rank we'll in the army, have always been
regarded as bosom friends. A woman
ia said to have caused the duel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-04
FRIDAY EVENING. JAN. 4. 1877.

CAPTAIN HoB5oN, of Merimac nosoE-
ietv. is exhibiting the japanese bcgg-
man for the purpose Of inducing this
country to expend more Of its millions i"
ifouclads. Iaa receut lecture in San
Antonio &c said:
Tue Japanese will create prelext IL
necessary and they can easily capture
the Philippines and ;be Hawaiian Is
lands. md exclude us from the Orient.
Orr navy at present is totally inadequate
to COPE with the situation and Japan
tnlly appreciates this condition. The
niltd States should double its lighting
strength on the sta without unnecessary
delay
Mr.. W. A. Graham CLARK, a south
ern man. doubts the ability Of Japan to
maintain its position as one of the fore
most nations of the world. He recently
went abroad and his observations are
worthy of considerable regard. Mr..
Clark in recent report TO the Derarl-
mont Of Commerce and Labor said
japan is possibly facing a financial
crisis The national debt ia now given
81 s99l 600, 900, one 'ixth OF the total
value Of AL Japan, and on which there
must be nsid every year $50, GOO, GOO 10
tere3t. This debt does rot include the
cost Of removing the army from Man
cburia and other special disarmlngccast''
The Japanese government realizes that to
carry thi. load without stumbling not
only the government but the people
must be economical and buy az few lux
urics as possible. aud at the same time
increase their exports ss much as posi-
bic. As illnsiaiing this, he points out
shat the minister Of finance publicly dis
,ountcuanced the practice Of the soldiers
giving feasls 10 their friends in return
ior festivities given upon their return
from war.
It has been suggested several times re-
Gently that the Mikado will seriously
consider the consequences before he
wantonly pr)vokes var with any nation
equal to cope with him.