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THE GAZETTE.
ESTAP.LISHFD 1859.
?N ew Series.
THE CIVIL EIGHTS BILL.
In the Supreme Court on the sth Mr.
•Justice Strong read an interesting c pin-
I ion on the construction of the Civil
! Rights bill. It seems that John Blyen
and Geo. Kennard bad been convicted
in the Circuit Court for the District of
Kentucky for the murder of Lucy Arm
strong, colored. They had previously
been held to answer in the State Courts
but the Circuit Court claimed jnrisdic
tion of the case, because by the laws of
Kentucky, the two persons who saw the
murder committed, as well as the vie
tirn, on account of their race and color,
were denied the right to testify in the
State Courts. The clause of the Civil
Rights act on which this claim was bas
ed gives the Circuit Court jurisdiction
of causes “affecting persons who are de
nied or cannot enforce in the Courts or
judicial tribunals of the State or locality
where they may be any of the rights se
cured to them by ti e first section of the
act,.’' A verdict of guilty having been
| rendered in the Circuit Court, a motion
I was made in arrest of judgment, on the
: ground that ‘‘the facts stated in the in
: dictment did not constitute a public of
fense within the jurisdiction of the
Court.” This motion was overruled and
an appeal was taken.
Mr. Justice Strong said:
We are brought to the question
whether a criminal prosecution for a
public offense is a cause affecting, with
in the meaning of the act of Congress,
persons who may be called to testify
therein. Obviously, the only parties
to such a cause are the Government and
the persons indicted. They alone can
be reached by any judgment that may
be pronounced. No judgment can.ei
ther enlarge or diminish the personal,
relative or property rights of any others
than chose who are parties, it is true
there are some cases which affect tiie
rights of property of persons who are
not parties to the record. Such cases,
however, are all of a civil nature, and
lie no of them touch the rights of person.
But an indictment prosecuted by tiie
Government against an alleged criminal
is a cause in which none but the parties
can have any concern, except what is
common to ail the members of the com
munity. Those who may possibly be
witnesses, either for the prosecution or
for the defense, are no more affected by
it than is eveiy other person, for any
one may be called as a witness. It will
not be thought that Congress intended ,
to give to the District and Circuit Courts j
jnr<K<iK‘ \n oven all et-wes*
and criminal. They have expressly con '
tint'd it to causes affecting cei tain per
sons. And yet, if ail those who may be
called as witnesses in a case, and who
may be alleged to be important witness
es, were intended to be described in that
class’ of persons affected by it, and if
the junsdiction of the Federal Courts
can be invoked by the assertion that ;
there are persons who may be witness
es, but who, because of their race and
color, are incompetent to testily in the
Courts of the State, there is no cause ’
either criminal or civil, of which those
Courts may not at the option of either
party take jurisdiction.
The State Statute of Kentucky pro
hibits the testimony of colored persons
in any civil or criminal cause to which
he may) be a party. If therefore they
are persons affected by the cause, when
ever they might be witnesses were they
competent to testify, it follows that in
any suit between white citizens, juris
diction might lie taken by the Federal
Courts whenever it was alleged that a
citizen of the African race was or might
be an important witness. And such an
| allegation might always be made. So
in all criminal prosecutions against
white persons a simi'ur allegation would
call into existence the like jurisdiction.
AYe cannot think that such was the pur
pose of Congress in the statute of April
9, 18(16. it would seem rather to have
been to afford protection to persons of
the celored race by giving to tiie Feder
al Courts jurisdiction of cases, the de
j cision of which might injuriously affect
them either in their personal, relative,
| property rights, whenever they are de
! nied in the State Courts anv of the
rights mentioned and assured to them
by the first section of the act. * * In
view of these c msiderations we are of
the opinion that the case now 7 before us
is not within the provision of the act of
April 9, 1866, and that the Circuit Court
had not jurisdiction of the crime of
murder committed in the District of
Kentucky, merely because two persons
w ho witnessed the murder were citizens
of the African race, and for that reason
incompetent by the law of Kentucky to
testify in the Courts of that State : they
are not persons affected by the cause.
The judgment of the Circuit Court is re
versed.
The Chief Justice was not present at
the argument, and he has taken no part
1 in the decision.
♦
A certain ju’ge, whose pompons and
officious ways tempted some of the law
yers to acts which his honor construed
j to mean contempt, lined them *lO each.
I When thej r had paid their fines, acer
| tain dry and steadily going old attorney
| walked up to the bench, and very grave
ly laid down a ten dollar bill. “What is
that for?” said the judge. “For con
tempt, your honor,” was the reply.—
“Why I have not fined you for con
tempt,” answered the judge. “I know
that,” said the lawyer ; “but I want you
jto understand that I cherish a secret
' contempt for tins court all the time, and
II am willing to pay for it!"
ELBERTON, GEtpciA. OCT’R 20. 1075.
A NEGRO WITNESS IN A GEORGIALAW
SUIT.
[\V. P. Reed in the Independent.]
| It was a peace warrant case, bet vecn
a couple of colored gentlemen, before a
! Georgia justice of the peace. I raun
i tered into the courtroom just injtime'
|to hear Uncle Zip, the grizzly-lie Med
' old darkey who was prosecuting? ffclie
case, give his evidence from the waness
! stand.
In response to a question from the
. Court, old Zip gave his trousers an extra
hitch and turned loose.
‘■Yer see, I w..r a set tin’ vvid Tilda J an’
she war a settiu’ wid me ; an’, ef dafloof
be tole, we uns war bofe uv ns a sillin'
togedder.”
‘•Go on,” said the Court,
‘•Yassnr,” replied Zip. “Well, Alijrse
J dge, it war at T Ida's house. I wqr a
settin’ in de do; an’ Tilda war a solitin’
indedo; an' l war a settin’, as I |ole
urn afo’ ”
“Nevermind about that,” said jthe
Justice, impatiently. “Go on with ypnr
story.”
“Yassnr. Well, den, yer see, Tilda,
she war a settin’ in de do; an’ I were a
settin’ in de do”—
“What happened next?” asked His
Honor.
“Why, miffin neber happened nary
time,” said Zip. “Yer see we uns war
bofe a settin’ togedder”—
“Oh ! bother!” interrupted the Court,
impatiently. “Go ahead and make out
your case. Confine yourself to the ques
tion."
“Yassnr,” said Uncle Zip. “Well, ef
yer mils’ nab it, I war a-settin’ between
nm”—
“Between whointerrogated the jus
tice.
“Between who? Oh! yassnr,” con
tinued the witness. “I got nm now.
Yer wants to know jes’ who I war a-set
tin’ wid ?”
“Bless your soul, yes,” said tiie court
em phatically
“Well, Marse Court, dat sorter mixes
up tings. Unuerstan’ me now, I’sem
tellin’ yer de troof. Deacon ob .de
Baptist church I is, an’ 1 cuddn’t tell a
lie ef I wanted to. Well den, Tilda war
a-settin' ”
“Mold iq)!” crie l the court, seking£a>
ponderous law book. “You’ve got*
stop that everlasting ‘settin’,' or i'll awh
ile you. Tell me at once how mauJSfl •
you were at tiiis woman's house.”
“Dat s jes’ what I am a eomiiiv%|t;
now, said old Uncle Ziu._ vggiv
.-V .... i;?,
da”—
“Good !” remarked the court.
“An’ Tilda, yer see, war a—dat is, I I
mean she war in de do. An’ dar war i
me next. I war a—l war iu de do, an’
we war bofe”—
“Dry up !” said the court. “Now tell
us where the defendant was.”
“Dunno whar he war,” said old Zip, ■
scratching his head doubtfully. “I
spec' . i
“Do you mean to say? asked the jus- \
tice, with a rising inflection, “that the
defendant wasn’t present !”
“Sartiuly." replied Zip. “Ain’t got
ter dat pint yit awhile. Ise takin yer
back ter de beginnin’ more’n two yeah
ago; an’ as I war a tell in’ yer, we war a
settin’. and a-settin”—
“Mr. Badiff, adjourn this court!”
shouted His Honor, purple with in- |
dignation. “And make the parties ,
settle’ their difficulty out in the back
yard.”
The investigation came to an abrupt
close, and the last I saw of old Zip he
was complaining loudly because he
could not till the entire history of his
case.
POVERTY AND POISON.
Air. Thomas Fiank Stark and his
wife, of Troy, recently made two at
tempts to poison themselves. Stark is
about fifty years old, and weighs three
hundred pounds. His wife weighs
about tw’o hundred pounds. At the
second attempt, on Saturday, the wife
died, but Thomas survived. Air. Stark
sa cl:
I was out of work eighteen months
out of twenty four. When a man don t
work three quarters of the time he will
not have any money. I would not take
charity, and my wife, Aladeline, would
not either ; that was out of the question.
AYe talked about it a good deal. AA r e
c< uldn’t see any chance to get any mon
ey by work, so we talked about dying.
Aly wdfe and r>e said we had no fear of
the other world, and were only afraid ve
wouldn’t get out of this. So three
months ago I said we would take poison
and go where we would have no trouble.
A\ : e intended to do it three weeks ago.
I and would have done it, only my wife
| said that we should wait and see what
we could do. So, to give every thing a
fair chance, we waited. On Thursday I
! got two ounces of laudanum at Dr.
I Gnadenroff s. At nine o'clock we took
it, and went to bed. I took twice as
mlie ■as my wife, because I thought I
needed more than she did. Friday
morning my wife and me wasn't dead.
At noon I went to Hutchinson & Cul
leu’s drug store and got one more ounce
cf laudanum. AY hen I awoke my wife
: was dead.
A gentleman slid to an old lady who
had brought up a family of children
near a river, “I should think you would
have lived in constant fear that some of
them would have got drowned. “Oh
no," responded the old lady, “we only
lost three or four in that way. "
THE PENALTY OT MARRYING A RE
PORTER.
Last week, young Paddington, a re
porter on the Meatex, got married. The
next morning his bride availed herself
of a wife s dearest privilege aud went
through his pockets. She found some
very interesting letters from tailors,
boarding misstresses, and washwomen,
but these received only a passing glance.
She scorned the writers.
But what fascinated her attention was
; his private memorandum book. She
read there a number of items which re
vealed to her pure mind a degree of deg
radation and duplicity which racked her
innocent breast. This was what she
j read, “Molly Maguire deserted Septem
i b„-r 9th “Annie Eversham jealous of
Ida El wood drew pistol 14 th, missed,
; exposure prevented by compromise, no
information;” “William Maulerjpromises
revelations of secrets of counterfeiting ;”
j 19th mem— “How to make money Easy
; —splendid article;” “Miss Martha Med
ytater—back gate 11 30 p. m.—arrange
| meats for elopement—parents discover
! ed plot, true love crushed in bud;”
j “Michael Manaliow, murderer threatens
|to confess to morrow afternoon—hush
money wanted—must see him and of
! such borrowing deeds and assignations
with the wicked did she read till tears
blinded her eyes, and, broken hearted,
she silently slipped from the house, and,
taking the first car to Alleghany, was
soon sobbing on the bosom of her fath
er. She could inly say she had been
betrayed by the brute Paddington, who
associated only with counterfeiters,
blood-thirsty outlaws, and other awful
people, the worst of her sex ; and the
old man patting her on the head, took
down his double-barreled gun. He
reached Paddington's room before the
unsuspecting monster was out of bed.
He was aroused by tiie entrance of bis
frantic father-in-law, who tilled the
calves of both legs with bird shot as the
young man sprang to an upright posi
tion, and * blew a hundred bushels of
corn husks out of the mattress, and set
the b‘ and clothing on fire, when he rush
ed out, followed by the reporter crying
“Muder!” The two womeuwho were
scrubbing the stairs knew the bride had
been murdered by the two maniacs, and
tlKiy threw’ the buckets of water, chunks
®f soap, and scrubbing brushes after
them, and yelling for the police who
were dozing against the telegraph pole
0m the corner. It lias all been explain
iSSt'i ig’ia AWRbni/t- ,H. yvbo M•’ “‘-nlV’
mnyaniT-is laid up with both legs band
aged, has given out that lie has gone on
a visit to Philadelphia.
A DREAM THAT PARTED MAN AND
WIPE.
Bundy has been married two weeks
and has left his wife. Bundy is a little
man, and his wife weighs '240 pounds,
was the relict of the late Peter PoLts.
About ten days after marriage Bun !y
was surprised on awakening in the
morning, to find his better half sitting
up in bed crying as if her heart would
break. Astonished, he asked the cause
of her sorrow, but receiving no reply he
began to surmise that there must be
some secret on her mind that she with
held from him, that was the cause of her
anguish, so he remarked to Airs B. that
as they were married she should tell him
the cause of her grief, so, if possible, he
could avert it, and after considerable
coaxing he elicited the following from
her:
“Last night I dreamed I was single,
and as I walked through a well lighted
street I came to a store where a sign in
front advertised husbands for sale.—
Thinking it curious, I entered, and
ranged along the wall on either side were
men with prices affixed to them, some
for SI,OOO, some for SSOO, and so on to
$l5O. And as I had not the amount I
could not purchase.’’
Thinking to console her, B. placed his
arm lovingly around her, and asked:
“And did you see any man like me
there ?”
“Oh, yes,” she replied, and a.ving away
from him ; “lots like like you. They
were tied up in bunches, like asparagus,
and sold for ten cents per bunch.”
Bundy got up, and went to see his law
yer if he had sufficient grounds for di
voree.
INNOCENCE IN A PICTURE GALLERY.
Everett’s art gallery is graced with a
fine oil painting of Shakespeare, which
hangs from a centre column at the
back of the store. The other day a
lady from the country'came in, glanced
about, and inquired of Air. Everett,
pointing to Shakespeare’s phiz :
“What minister is that?”
“That is Shakespeare,” replied the ur
bane Everett, with a playful smile on his
lips.
“Oh, it is, hey. Where does he
preach now ?”
“He wasn’t a minister, madam. He
was a poet.”
“Oh! Ah! Yes. Seems to me I’ve
heerd on him somewhere. Did he write
any pieces for the Free Will Baptists'
hymn book?”
Air Everett politely sought to divert
the lady’s attention by showing her a
picture of Jacob kissing Rachel, when
the old lady innocently inquired, after
studying the engraving curiously:
“What be they wrastlin’ about?” After
asking when there was to be a circus in
Troy again, she left the gallery highly
pleased.
Vol. IV.-No. *25.
COL. JOS, T. SMITE.
j The Atlanta correspondent of the All
I gusta Chronicle has this to say of one of
! Elbert’s noble citizens :
j Col. Joseph T. Smith, of your city,
j long a member of the late fii’n* of Jeu
j mugs, Smith &Co,is in the city. Col.
j Smith was born and reared in Elbert
! county; and in Elbert, Hart, Ogle
| tborpe, Greene, Lincoln and Wilkes
! counties, he enjoys the highest reput -
j tion for strict business integrity and the
| best of habits and conduct every war .
| The firm failed last Spring but did so
J honorably. As soon as they saw they
, were in a condition where their assets
! wonld not more than pay out, they
j stopped at once and made an assignment,
j I was told some time ago that among
I their numerous patrons—who were far
mers all over the counties named and
i others—not a single one lost a cent All
; were paid in full to the uttermost far
thing, and their assets are believed to be
sufficient to pay all their other creditors
in full. I have not the pleasure of know
ing any member of the firm except Col-
Smith. Such high honor is characteris
tic of him. He is continuing the busi
ness on his own account, and I am glad
to know is receiving the patronage of
those who formerly employed his firm to
sell their cotton—among them some of
the heaviest planters in Georgia. 1
did not learn these facts from Col.
Smith, hue mention some of them as a
remarkable instance of business inregri
ty during times “that try man’s souls.”
Freckles, says the Herald of Health,
are not easily washed out of those who
have a florid complexion and are
much in the sunshine, but the fol
lowing washes are not only harm
less but very much the best of any
thing we know. Grate horse radish
fine; let it stand a few hours in but
termilk, then strain and use the wash
night and morning. Or squeeze the
juice of a lemon in half a goblet of wa
ter and use in the same way. Most of
the remedies for freckles are poisonous
and cannot be tired with safety. Freck
les indicate a defect in digestion, and
consist of carbonaceous or fatty matter
beneath the scurf skin. The diet should
be attended to, and should be of a 11a
turn that the bowels and kidneys will do
their duty. I) dly bathing with much
friction, should not be neglected, aud
the Tu kis'i b th la en occasionally,
if convenient.
, - -•-♦ .. s*
Twelve years ago, m Cattaraugus Cos.,
New York, two boys, then about fifteen
years of age, became engaged in a dis
pute, and one of them was badly whip
ped by the other. They never forgot
their fight, and the one that was beaten
was especially bitter, but they kept on
speaking terms. Last week the van
quished one invited his conqueror to
meet him on some law business at a
} 1 ice a mile out of the town of Gowana
t’a, where both lived, and there shot him
four times and beat him teriibly with a
club, killing him. Then the murderer
went to his home and committed sui
cide l>y cutting his throat with a ra
zor.
♦ <r ♦
An Ec iUESTitiAx Statue or Lee—The
Governor, heads of departments and oth
er officers and employes of the State at
the capitol. have signed a paper direct
ing the auditor to retain one day’s pay
of theirs during the month of October,
to be appropriated to a fund for erect
ing an equestrian statue to Lee. It is
proposed to circulate a like paper
among officers and employes of the city
government. With proper efforts dur
ing the next four or five weeks it is not
doubted that at least 650,000 iu cash
can be raised. The Ladies’ Lee Memo
rial Association have already in their
treasury about $12,000.
[Richmond Dispatch.
♦
Hydrophobia communicated by a
pasteboard dog is the latest medical
novelty. Two months ago a mad dog
was killed in a house after having hit
ten at nearly everything in the room.
One of the things in wliinh lie buried
his teeth was a little boy’s toy dog, made
of pasteboard. Subsequently a man
used this pasteboard dog to stop the
blood from a cut in his hand and so the
virus went into his wound and he died
Educated cows infringe on flower
gardens about here by opening gates as
expertly as a person. Tlivy raise the
latch with their horns and step in like
invited guests feeling that they are “mon
arch of all they siuve.y,” if unnoticed by
the owner. We move they be sent to
the centennial.
“There was an old family fuel between
them,” is what a witness in a Chicago
murder trial said to the jury. The
1 judge asked her “if she didn’t mean
| feud” and she asked him who was tell
ing that story.
| A Scotch peddler completely cowed
| an irascible Welchman, who insisted on
j fighting him in an inn kitchen, by going
down on his knees and imploring par
don for having killed two men already,
j and oeing about to kill another.
♦ <&> ♦
A Wyoming jury composed of seven
men and five wome . were shut up for
! two days and two nights and yet they
couldn't agree. It is said that if they
| had remained out for seventeen years
there would have been no verdict;, as the
five women talked the seven men deaf
the first six hours.
IN TEE 10R OF A CHINESE HOUSE.
A tourist in China gives the following
interesting account of a visit he paid to
one of the most ancient and wealthy fam
ilies in Wel-hyon. “Chin GVial bio” is
the name'on his visiting card ;
I “His house is n markable —the first l
have seen in Cl.ilia. The reception loom
is furnished with ancient turn chairs at
least lime Let wide ill the sent, like
thrones. The pliue of honor hud a
beautiful drawing of a bamboo grove in
the wall, We never saw such a tiling in
China. Before it a huge porcelain plate
on a stand TOO years old. On one side
is a bronze vase of ‘Chen’ dynasty, or
<>oo yeais before Christ. The old mail
introduced his grandson, a charming
boy ; on our request to see some old cu
riosities, he wont to his room and
brought a sacril cia. luonze cup on three
legs, wieli belonged to a noble family
1,100 years before Christ, just an
one sets pi in ted in the books of the an
cient Chinese classics
“It wus more curious and it seemed to
say, ‘I show you a thing which was used
by my ancestors in their worship nearly
3,000 years ago.’ In fact, this was con
temporary with Solomon s Temple, and
was made before Romo was built. Ho
only showed us that, as if all the rest
was too modern for our admiration. In
this grand room, where he received us,
were his library of books, in beautifu’
cedar cases, and his family banners, of
silk, with gold letters on thorn, which
are borne before the coffins at their in
terments. I also saw another fine house
—‘Yaiig’—• and I am much pleased with
my visit here.”
A HEART MOVING SCENE.
One of the grandest spectacles ever
witnessed was put upon the sage of
the Masonic Temple, Louisville, during
the session of the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons. The hour of adjournment arrived,
and Grand Alas ter Jones announced
that the body adjourn without signs, as
lie had reason to believe eavesdroppers
were behind the scenes. He urged
the members to femain, and all re
tained their seats. The gavel sounded,
the bell tinkled, the curtain suproso,
and before the astonished Grand Lodge
sixty orphans stood, wards of Ala
sonic charity. The effect, was electric
The very sight of these fatherless ones,
moved strong men to tears, aand many
eyes unused to tears rendered a tribute
to this silent appeal. A welcome song
was sung, the sentiment of which touch
ed every heart and tears fell down manly
cheeks tike rain. There were other ex
ercises, speeches, dialogues, songs, etc ,
all of them adapted to the occasion, a> ,vi
each in succession intensifying feeling
until the pent up hearts could obtain no
longer,, and sobs war® audible all
tinoigh the vast hall- When the txcr
cises concluded there >vas a spontaneous
call, loud and prolonged, from six hun
dred brethren of the auditorium to send
the gills down for a collection. It was
taken, and the treasury of the “Home”
was handsomely reinforced. All opposi
tion to this institution was disarmed,
ana every one turned away resolved to
do something to build up and render
permanent an institution whose first
fruits were so rich.
KEfILEY AMD HIS MOTOE.
Kceley is not dead, and his invention,
though in abeyance, does not slumber.
A private exhibition was given of its
power, the other day, before many
prominent gentlemen, including a Vice-
Admiral of the English navy. The
Times says: “Mr. Keeley showed to the
satisfaction of all that he had the power
of producing in a few moments, and out
of the simplest elements, very considera
ble elastic force: so great, in deed, that
being applied to a bug lever heavily
weighted the unprecedented pressure
of 1,750 pounds to square inch was in
dicated by the gauge. But as this force
was not continuous in its action, as was
shown bylthe fact of the gauge declining
from 1,750 pounds to 500 puiinds in half
an hour, the suggestion was made by
one of the British naval officers that
possibly this force could not be made
constant, arm therefore would not be
calculated to do aefud ‘work.’ The
English officers declined to express any
opinion, for the reason, as they declared,
that they knew nothing about it; they
simply saw certain results, but were ut
terly unable to account for their mode of
production. Mr. Keeley declares that
as soon as lie gets his new machine, the
last piece of which is promised within a
week, he will be enabled to renew the
mysterious power developed at the ex
hibition, and, indeed, increase it forty
fold, if necessary.”
The Verdict.— A jury is supposed to
represent fairly the general intelligence
of the community from which it is taken.
The guilt or innocence of a party, the
value or worthlessness of an article is
established by its verdict. A verdict
has recently been rendered by a jury
composed of the best men taken from
every country on the ghbe; ihe evi
dence was clear and impirtial, and thou
sands of witnesses gave their testimony.
The trial was a long one, occupying ten
yeais, and the jury have at last brought
in a verdict which was, “That Dr. Tutt’s
Pill’s poseesed greater power over dis
ease th n any medicine invented since
the foundation of the world.” It is pro
nounced by all a righteous verdict.
Oc2o 2t.
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The experimental air ship of F. W.
Sliroeder is being built in Baltimore a 1
the corner of Boundary and Madison
avenues, where the lot has been fenced
in and over a dozen me.i arc at work on
the ship. The vessel will be hung to r
balloon, and is to be ninety feet lon,
and shaped like a life boat. The ril ■
and stays of the keel are of two inches
thick, and the frame to be covered wit’
water-proof canvas. Rosen field & Cos.
have thirty girls and sewing machines
at work making the balloon, which it is
said will be ready in three weeks Tlia
balloon will be capable of lifting 1(1,000
pounds.