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r« intend ah I in |h >r twit L Jccl-loii In
tlu gioup of cu es known mm Hm* Vir
ginia 0'<U|iOl| tax Cmm.'M, III volVilig (In
validity of the recent legislation <f
Himi himU-, with rtftretioc to tin* pay
tueutof state taxesIn <•• ii:»ohh of the
state bonds. Tno diMMion wm>
agalmt the h wto utul In ta vor of tIn
bondholders on all iimlt-iisl points
Tile oourt IioIUm lliut nil legislation of
the state which attempts
to evade the ohliga'iou uu-
tier which It reHtn, to receive
OoupoiiH of Kb bonds In payment of
the mIale Ih ui oonstt'uiloi Hi atnl
void, because It impure the obliga
lion of the contract; dial (he tux
payer having ouch mad*' due tender
of coupons in puyuiont of IHh tuxe.i
launder no obligation to pay such
taxes in money, hut tuiy rest tie
cur* ly upon Iiih tfjrut «> have the
Coupon a received when oil. ml, and
that the lax codec or w io attempt
thercufier io forcibly collect Ructa
taxea by levying upon taxpayers’
property ih not shielded by
the legislation of the slate,
but makes the attempt at.
Lih personal peril The court holds,
furthermore, that suit brought
against tax collectors for seizure of
taxpayers property after due of
coupons, is not u suit against the
Bt&.e but Ih a *utt against an individ
ual the treepassr acting vithou'
legal authority of the state Opinion
was delivered by Ju-tice Ma thewe,
chief Justice, auu Justice B r ad'»y,
Miller and Gray diss'tii'ed, Justice
Bradley delivering the dies* ui.ng
opinion.
This der ision was rende red in the
group of ei.sert known as the V'rgluia
coupon tax cases, wl.ich eland upon
the docket as follows:
No. 588, Thus. Puiudox'er R£*dus*
Bantu* i C Greenlow; N >, >89, VVm L
White H.auist tlie sunn; Ni. 690
Bitnucl B Carter egaicd tie Haim;
No. 826, B Brown Allen, auditor, a d
others, against the Baltimore and
Ohio railroud company.and N * 1,260,
R B C-afliu against William
A Taylor. No. 588 is from
tuehustings court of tin-city of Rich'
mood No 589 and 590, from the
Uuited Stalls circuit court for the
tanern district of Virginia. No 826
from the tatnecourt for tte wester i-
district of that state, and 1,260 from
the Virginia supreme oour o upptale
The fits', three of the above named
oases present dirtoily a question of
the effect of (he ten dir f>r tax* sol
coupons of the bonds of March 30 li,
1871, aud the right of tin
Virginia tux payer to bring
sui 8 for damages against
the tax collector for ii vying on hn?
propeity alter tender of ti e tax re
ceivable coupons
The fifth cast; presents a quoTim*
of the sight oi a oitiz-n of Virginie
to jay tiie liceiiHe tax inn o.-eu by ten
Bta'u e of that state iu .ttx receivable
CMitiODH of boudH of M trch 30 h,
1871. The fourth case pieseuln th-
quts Ion of the r»ghi <.
a lorn - resident tax payei
of Virginia, after a tcuder
of coupons for lax h t«* an injunc iuh
to restrain a levy on a..d the sole o
his property. Ti e prim ij al Y.ptuioi;
in this gr up of cu'O-a tin« trect r-tcr-
er.oe to No 588, Poind x j r against
G.eenlow. I. was pr* parol aud de
livered by Justice Ma Lev's, aud de
cides lire question pres u ed oy that
case as follows:
First—By terms of fi drug the
act. of tike s'ate o'
Virginia of March 30, 1871, and tin
issue of bonds auu c- up u i iu vlnut
of the same, a con tract wai made be
tween every coupon held' r ami the
state that such coupons should be re
ceiVible at and after maturity f.r all
taxes, debts, dues aud demands dm
the stale The right of the coup >i
bolder, under which he was to have
his coupon received for taxes when
offered and any act c f die state which
foibids the receipt ot ihete coupot s
for taxes is a violation of me con true;
and void as against the coupon hold
id, liqtl
»ilv*r, Uuiud Hubs tr<
•Iuhi, K I i,
**ury •
id# r tin
pt of It
A' t Of .
-"by
I noth-
forhl'hllnx
Kill* iH-ue«l
arch '30, 1871, In
r Although it in a
the p »vi niiue.it of
t a law of the Httttc
umo It ltii|a.iH the
contract aud In ad*
conNinutiou of the
*uil»o« i
lII MU 111
a iti* Ut r*frr*
Second—Tho faculty of being re
ceivable in payment ot taxes wuh the
essence of right as it c i.b tinted
self executit g rtme<ly iu the ham
of the tuxpajer, for it became
thereby the legal duty of ove.v
tax collector to receive sucl
coupons in payment of taxes upon hi
equal footit g and with an equal ef
hot as though they were money, am
afier the tender of such couj ous duly
made for that purpose, th« situation
and rights of the tax-payer, coupon
holders were precisely what they
would have been tf he had made i
like tender iu money.
Third—It »s well s ttled b:
many decisions of tin
court that for the purp« s
of aflectii g proceeeiings t<- enforce i h
payment • f taxes, a lawful tender *
ihe payment is tquivaient actua
payment, either in-irg pi llloient u
deprive the collecting i Hie? r d all au
tbority for further i ciiou and muku ^
every subsequent s ep Illegal and
void. The lour coupons ;n question
are not bills of credit iu the r ense ol
the constitution, which forlud-e th
state to emit bills of credit, because
although issued by the state of Vn
ginia on its credit, am
made receivable as the pay men
of taxes and negotiable, t»o aa to pasi
from hand to hand by d» livery
merely, they were not mteudtd to
circulate an money between individ
uals and between the governmeu
and individuals for the ordinary pui
poses of society. The transaction o
. suit brought by the tax payer, who
bos duly tendered such coupous in
payment of his taxes, agoinst w per
sou who, under color of i llice as
tux collector, and acting iu tl
enforcement of a void law
passed by the legislature
of the state having refund such
coupons, proceeds by seizure and n*le
of property of the plaintiff to enforce
the colleoiion of such taxes, au acii
or suit against him personally as a
wrong doer aud is not against the
elate with the meauing of the 11th
amendment to the constitution of the
Uuited States.
Sixth—Buch defendant sued as a
wrong doer who seeks to sub
stitute the state in his place
or to Justify by authority
of the state or to defend on the ground
that the stale baB adopted his act aud
exonerated him, canuot r<st on the
bare assertioiiofhiBdefei.ee, but is
bound to establish, aud as a stale Ih a
political corporate body, which cau
•ot only through agents and com-*
nuukd only by law, in order to corns
I*ii*<«n( thrriM
I gli'lM'tV. AC I
V'flftl.l*, It I* I
"f V'lginia, btc
• bliKM'luf. Ilf Id
ndtled by tht
UnltMlHtiteA.
K ghth—The s’ate ban p&f-hI rm
Hiitli law, hr it canuot do It,
ami what It cannot do
iu contemplation of law
it has unt done The couHtl’u
ton of the United BtateH and its own
contract, b«»ih irn-ptrahie by any hc*.
on ItM part uml ure tho lawn of Vir-
ginla, am I that hiw made it the duty
of the defendant ui receive the eou-
P'iUh tendered iu payment, and de
clared every step to enforce the tux
thurcafter taken to he without the
warrant of law, and therefore wrong.
Tills strips the defendant of his of
flcl.l character, and couvIcih him
of a pi rsonul violation of the
pluintifl'M right, for which ho must
personally answer.
Ninth —It is 4io objection to reme
dy in such cuses that statute, appiica
tion of Wulob in the parilcular case
ts soiigii 1 to l.e prevented, is uot void
on its saoe, but is complained of only
because its operations iu the
particu ar instance work a viola*
>n of the constitutional right,
for the cases are numerous where
Ihe tMX laws of the state, which, lu
licit general aud proper application,
re p< iftct, have l.^en held to became
void iu particular c-isen, either as tin*
nstitutiotial regulations of com*
eroe or as a violation of the con
fuci prohibited by the constitution,
r bt-cuuse, in Home other wny, they
perale to dt prive the party com
alnit g of the right secured to him
i>y the conslitutiou of the Uuited
Biates
Tenth—In cases of detinue, action
is purely defensive on the part of the
(duintiff. lisokjcct is merely to re-
ist an attempteu wrong,‘aud to re
store the Hiatus in quo, a) it was
when the righlto lie viudtcaUd was
vaded. It in analogous to prevent
even a remedy of an ltjuiic iou in
jutty what M at JuribUiotiou is iu-
■k (1, of which fitqueut txumpies
occui in caees to prevent illegal tuxa*
lion of national banks by state
authority.
Kitvcnih—The suit authoriz-d
by the act of the gen
eral assembly of Virgiuiu
of Ja inury 26, 1882, against the col-
r of tuxes reiusing to uccept a
tender of coupons to the receiver,
back amount paid under protect
is not the remedy at all for a breach
ul contract which requires him to
ceive the coupons lu payment
The taxpayer and couponhoider na-
right to B»y be will uot pay the
uouut the keoouil time and iuuicd
t>g upon ills tender as equivalent to
he paym-O', resist funner exuC'ion
nd tuut as a wrong doer the • flioer
vho seizes lus properly, to eniorct
[. Th« right to pay in coupons
.n’t be treated as a mere right of
tl-oli, wutcb in a part of the remedy,
ueie.y when given by geneiai law,
here o e t-ui j .ci to mi d ticuiion or
epeai, biCuus. the law which gave
is a.so a cip.raci and theietoie
m’t be changed wiihout mu.uai
onseut.
Twelfth—Nejther can It be con
sidered au ailiq .ate remedy, in view
I tlie buppo^ed nec^sity
»r summary proceedings iu mat-
id ot revenue and convenience
t ihe stale wt.icu requires tLai thr
prompt collection of taxes should not
d or embairaased, for the
rtveuue b>B em must yield to the
coutiaci wuicu 'he s>ate has lawfully
mude, and i bdgaiion of which, b>
tie cousit.ULiou it is forbidden to im
pair.
Thirteenth—The act of the general
»tnbiy of Virginia, of January 26,
1882, and the amendatory act of Maicn
13 1884, are unconstitutional and void,
UeCuuec liny impair the okt)eciiou ol
uoniiact • f the state with Hie cou
on holder under act of Mach 30Ui,
875, aud that being the main otj-c
r »ne*two acts, viz: which invaliuat
them, pervades them throughout ami
iu all their provisions, it is not prac
doable to separate those parts which
repeal and abolish the actions ol
trespass and the trespass ou the cast
and oilier particular forms of action,
as re im dies for tlie tax-payer, win*
has tendered his coupons in fayment
or tlie taxes from the objects of the
liich that prohibition was
(..tended to eiteciuale, ami
it follows that the whole
->f these and similar statutes must be
ihclareu to he unc institutional, null
ai.d void. It also follows that these
statutes can not be regarded in the
c urnj of tb* United B ates as laws of
tlie state to be obeyed, a« ruled of the
decision iu the main at comtnou law
under section 721, revised statutes, or
as regulating me prao'los of those
courts under section 914, revised
siau'es.
Fourteen—'The present case is not
covered by the decision iu Antoine
vt Greenlow, 107, United ritates, 700,
the points now involved being ex
pressly reserved iu judgment in that
ca-e
The poiu s of the decision of the
couit in the other cases of this group
are as follows : Nos 5S9 and 1 200 are
covered by the above opinion in
No 588 No 826 Allen,auditor, Bgainst
the Baltimore and Onto railroad com
pttuy, the court holds, first, that
otite-nAtilp of |»rti«», io i**• brought
in ih* ctn'Ult «ouftN of th* United
ht*u* to r*drrM d»pnvAtion ui.4*i
• -lor of • a , « Iaw of Any right,
privilege i,r Imiiiuuliy r^**re«i
ny in* oou«liUiti'/n of the Cmud
HmI*m In vioIaIIou of wl> l« u
1979 r*vp*«l Mt*tuhA, dean not •iii-
!-(■<!* an ion of ir*o|i*** on th*
cma*. in which Hi* pIaIijmQ «*» k« th*
ftMvivery ol d»riiAg«H agatnut tn* tux
onli*otloriu Virginia, who, havli g
n)w:U(1 Hj* tender of Hie tax recelva
I 1 • OOOpofM, lliosd u ii <1* r Ml of
M arcii yiltli, 1871, ***k to col Pet th*
tax for which they were tendered
hi relzuie and m*I* < f |M r^onal prop
erty < t the pint mill Becund—That
mI though the right to have Much cou
pe jh re eived lu payment of taxes is
I untied on a contract with th* state,
and that right is protec e l by the con-
H'itutloii of tlie United H a *h, by ar
ticle one, section ten, forbidding the
state to pvs any laws impairing
obligation of contract. Tne only
mode of redress in case of any
disturbance or dispossession
of property or other legal
rights based on such violation of
c mtracl is to have Judicial detenu
ination in a suit between ludi
viduals of the invalidity of the
mw under color of which wrong
haM been committed uo direct action
for denial of the right secured by
ntract will ilen another case, vs No
941 Pha u auts against Greenhow, is
cov* red by the above opiniou.
THE DIHSKNTINQ OPINION.
Jus ice Bradley read carefully
the prepartd dissenting opinion
which the chief Jus-
tee, Justice Miller and Justice
Gray concurred. The opinion
reference pardcularly to case No 826,
Alien bgainst the Biltimore ami O no
railroad company, and the funda
mental grout d of dissent, a» set forth
by Justice Bradley, is that the pro
ceeding and all other procee lings on
these coupons brought here for re
view ar* virtually suits against th i
state of Virginia to compel the specific
performance by the state of her agree-
meut to receive said coupons lu pay
ment of all taxes, du*s and de
mands. However just such pro
ceedings may seem in the
abstract, however willing the courts
might be to sustaiu, if they were cou-
s itutional, yet looking at the case as
it really is, wo regard it as directly
repugnant to the llih amendment ol
the constitution, which declared that
the judicial power of the United
B’ates shall not be construed to
extend to any suitt in law or
equity, commenced or prosecuted
against any oue of the United States
by citizens of another state, or bv
ehizeuB or subjects of any foreigu
sates. r
The counsel for the bondholders
press upon our attention that the
provision of the constitution
which declared that no state
shall pass any law im-
pairing'the obligation of a contract
aud insist that the laws passed by
the legislature of Virginia forbidding
the receipt of coupons for tuxes, since
the passage of the act of 1871, by
which they were made receivable,
are unconstitutional aud absolutely
void, and that no cthcer or tax
collector of the state is r w
bound to regard, but on the I cutlon, and of determining her
general questions rising and
iigucd iu this cate are fu'ly dis-
(Mis-ed ami decided in Hie case of
PoiDdtx'er vs Greenlow, 588, tlie
scond Kandy by injunction to pro
vent the collection of taxes by dis
traint upon the rolling stock, ma
chiuery, cars and engines ami other
property of railroad corporations
After a tender of payment in tax re
eeivtib e coupons iH sanction* d by re-
peated decisions of this ooutt, aud
bfis become a common and unques
tinned piactice iu similar capes when
exemptions have been claimed by
virtue of the constitution of the
United States, the ground of juris
(fiction being that there is no ude
(mute remedy at law. In another
miied oust*, 127, Marys against Par
sons, the c .urt holds that the cou**
tract right of the coupon hold
u -der tlie Virginia act of March 3<),
1871. whereby his coupons are re-
ceivablj in payment of taxes, CiQ be
exercised only by the taxfayer, and
the bill m equity for au injunction
to restrain tux collectors iroin ie-
fusing to receive them when ten'
tiered in pay ineut of taxes, will uot
lie in behalf of the coupon
holder who docs not allege himself to
be also a taxpayer. Such bill calls
for a decree dtclarlng merely nn ab
stract right aud does uot sho* any
breach of contract or other ground or
J btit du*
bill* of ||,* * *U, *t»d pi* *4*
* * m/iikUik k(i»Hj.»Lt U» r*-
"lv* Lb’ii. f him U U'A mournf AOd
•sal* no f***fiiblare* U* moo*); ti U
■tini*ly a proa,!** lb* *t*ur for
(*•*.!.• oi it* 0*0 (1**111,** U» oouti* y
with it* •yr**(r4*of l roM* and form
and forbid* it* • fti era to f*o*lv*
o upon* in («aym*ni of lu* The
Oxp«y*r in».*t« that Ui« iUU iblil
now ply with it* agreement. All l»ro-
oevdlng* inati'uled by him
to enforce the r*c*lpt* of
coupon*, or to nb aln redtem
ng*i ri*t Hie collector for not re*
reiving th*rn, have this object alone
in view—to com pel I the ata-e to ful
fill iin agreement It U idle to'eay
that Hi* proceeding la only against
the ( file rs—that u a mere pretense.
The real object ia to coerce the state,
thrxjvhiiM officer*, to compell the
specific performance by the atate
of Its agreement. It ia
said that the government does not
represent tire state when It doee an
unconstitutional act nr pass** au un-
conatitutional law. Whllat tbla may
be averred when the government of
tlie state attempts to force the state
from its constitutional relations with
the Uuited Htales aud to produce a
dlsrupture ot the fuodata'tetal law*
of the national compact, and whiht
in such a case It may be admissible
to suy that the government of the
state has exercised usnrped authority,
this mode of spteeb is not admlesable.
In ordinary cases of legislation aod
public administration, inis state can
only by aud through Its authorities
aud it is represented hy them aloDe
In all ordinary exhibitions of
sovereign power. It may aoi
wrongly, It may act unconottlution-
ally, but to say that it Is not the
state that acts, is to make a misuse
of the terms, and tends to confound
all jnst distinctions. It also tends to
sedition, by inculcating a doctrine
that the government may be treated
and resisted as usurpation, whenever
a cit z?u in the exercise of his private
judgement deems its acts to be uncon
etitulioual, hut then it will be asked,
“H*s the citizen no redress against
unconstitutional sots or laws of a
state?” Ccrtaiuly he ba a . When
ever Lis life, liberty or property is
threatened, assailed or invaded by
unconstltutio: a> acts, or by an at
tempt to execute unconstitutional
laws, lie may defend himself In every
proper way—by habeas corpus,
by defense, to prosecutions,
by actious brought on bis behalf by
if function and by mandamus, but
all means »,f protection and redress
agalust unconstitutional operation
aud exaction are very different
things from the right to coerce the
ttate into a fulfillment of itscontracts.
One is au indefeasible right—
a right which c*unot be taken away.
The other is never a right,
but mav or may not be conceded by
the state, and if conceded, may be
conceded in such term as the state
chooses to impose. This is the first
Urns, we believe, since the eleventh
Bimndmeui wa« adopted, that any
state lias been coerced by judicial
proceedings at the suit of individ
uals lu the federal courts;
that this Is such case
^ems one of the plainest proposl
tlons that can be uttered. We have
thought It necessary, or proper, to
make any remarks on the moral
aspects of the case If Virginia or aoy
other state has a prerogative
FOREIGN NEWS.
M.« U.a» »till ».l . u Wf» Ik. I>»-
sire* lalvfaktl *•
vt* at*f
• Wr—***** mt mm KmrI
■ MmI. ... Ra.lu.
■^.I.M’a «..*• ...
LoMJOk, April 20 —A coutlmiou.
ir.UMciiiiiii«« of di.p.tcl.Mi bu l.^r.
kept up uric* H«lur<l»y betweeu E.rl
Granville, aecreiitry of etiite for
foreign .ff.io*, .nd M GeGier.. Ku»-
elkn foreign lulni.ier. J-diction*
»te .gain more w.rlike. Tn- lirewih
betweeD Ku'wl. knd England ie
widening *ud tb« |g>w.|p||ity of an
.mictile Mttlement I. coneidered
more remote then at any time during
the peet few d»y*. It |* c-JD*idered
•Iguiflcnt tb.t all member, of the
c.blnet remained la Lnndon over
fjunday,
THKKATKMNO NATIONALISTS.
Lonuo.nuerv, April 20 — Tnere I*
greet exuiiement id tble city over the
pnellug of piecerd* by the Ditlouel-
iate ebnounciog e counter demon-
Btretlon egeinm any expression of
loyalty and welcome that may be
mad" durlug the visit of the Prince
■bd Princes* of Wales.
A LESS FAVORABLE ASPECT.
It is staled lu liberal circlet tbst
negotiations retarding the frontier
question bave assumed a lees favora
ble asp et owing to a revival by Rus
sia of the que-tlon which bad been
regarded aB busily settled.
The Standard B.ys that d -spite tlie
apparent peaceful settlement of
tbe negotiatione there are Indications
sufficient to warn reasonable men
against the aesumpllon that tbe storm
baa passed. There Is no abatement
of Russia's nr lor in preparing for
war, aud the exultation of the Mus
covite papers lu reminding the
Brltlsb that their threats are futile,
suggests that their statesmen may
attempt to push their advantage be
yond the llmlte which Gladetune’s
oahinet even can tolerate.
The Times says that the hopeB of
peeoe are not founded on tbe impor
tation of any new element Into Eng
land’s treating with Russia. It is
•Imply knowu that In tbe cabinet a
cold fit has succeeded tbe hot We
do Dot learn, says Ihe Times, that
any defluite proposals oSerlng new
ground for an agreement have been
presented or sccep'ed by either side
Therefore It would be madness for
the government to suspend its activi-
y In preparing for war.
OKEAT BRITAIN’S EFFECTIVE
STRENGTH.
The Blue Book puls the efl ctive
strength of the British regular army
at 188 000 men ; that nf reserves at
47,0J0meu; that of militia at 12 500
men, and that of volunteers at 21,500
men.
THE PREMIER'S GUARDED ANS
WERS
Gladstone iu the house of commons
this afternoon made the fullowiug
o'ateineut: “The government on
Fiiday received a dispatch from Sir
I Hi* dsM-Afd- *t on
' • (A* inter*?-’
. i**Ay Hifl-fMl a
New Yo&x April 26—No inn j
defil interrupted the qute*. of tb* (
Grant household ia*t Tb* I
1 <ifbt wm turned v*ry I w in \te \
sick rxoi. A nur>*r a r d tbe eral’e |
son, Fred, were with him, ou' iteir
patient rented and slept tbrouirb tb*^
night on»ll 6:15 this rnomicjir T r *■
iaiiiily «lepi ail oigbr, a* did Dr
D.uglais, who remair.*d in tbe hou»--
The doctor left bb >u 9 a m. He w.ll
return at 2 o’clock, when it is be
lieved the general wilt go to drive.
Mirk Twain and Dr Ntwmau were
tbe only callers this morni- g.
THE GENERAL 1AKES A RIDE
At 2 u’cleck thiH aiieruoou Gen
Grant, accompaLi d by one of nis
sons and Dr D jug]a«. took a carriage
ride in Central park, lasting thirty
five minutes. He appeared drosed
much in hts uenal fashion, walked
down tbe steps of his house uoatded
aud on bis return ascend
them also without as
sistance. Hundreds of peo
ple had aasetLi led to catch a glimpse
of bioi, rumor having gut abroad that
he wou d take thin airing. To thene
General Giant seemed to look ful’y
well when he la»t drove out,
over a m^nth ago, and he lifted his
hat and smiled a greeting to hts
friends as he came down the steps.
GOLD AM) MILTER. *
Washington. April 19—Mr Bur-
chard, director of the mint, in ills
Bpicial annual report on the pr uiuc-
tlon of gold and silver in the U tiled
Biates for the calendar year 1884, cm-
tuna ten the production’of the coun
try to have been, gold, $30,800 000;
silver, computed at silver coinage
rate, $48 800,000; total, $79,000,000.
This shows an increase over the yield
ot the previous year of about $800 000
gold aud $2,400,000 silver. The pro
duct of the year and tho dD
position may approximately be
stated as follows : Production—gold
$30 800,000; silver $48,000,000, D sp >
Mtioti—Deposited, brs foreign g dd,
$30,000,000; silver, $32.800 000 Uu-
deposited exports gold, $116,000; -li
ver, $64,000,000 UodepoHited us'-d in
tbe arts—gold, $084 000; silver, $100,
000. Total—goid, 30,800,000; silver,
$48 800.000 Fifty-three incorporated
ctiupantes are working gold aud til-
ver miDes, and paid during the yrar
in 227 dividends $7 567 698 During
the same period some 207 assessinentH
were levied on 117 nnms, on which
it is estimated that over $100,000 have
been paid.
of exemption from Judicial prose* l Peter Lumsden, but tbe telegram
contrary ia bouud to disregard them
Bo we have no provision of the cju
s ituuou set up ai’niust the other and
are at>k*d to enforce that relating to
he contracts by regarding individual
dicers as real parties proceedtd
against, and iguoring the fact that in
me matter of receiving cou
pons iu payment of tax h
in hh (filters only represent
he state. By this technical device
it is supposed that tbe 11.b amend
ment may be evaded. In my opin*
ion, there is not a sounder, fairer in
terpretation of the constitu i »□, if tbe
coutract close and the 11th amend-
uieui comes intoco. fi ct. The tatter
i ns paramount force. It was adopted
au amendment to tbe o )nstitution
and operates as an amendment o'
very part of the constitution, to
which it is at any time f< uud to be
repugnant. Every amendment of tlie
law or constitution revokes, alters or
ad is something. It is the last de
dared will of the law-maker and haH
paramount force aud effect.
The constitution still declare*
that no state shall pass any
law impairing the obligation of a
contract, but the effect of the amend
meut is that even if the state should
ouss a law impairing the validity of
isown contract, no redress can be
nad. Therefore, iu the fbderal court
II those who de U with tbe state have
full notice of this fundamental con
dition. They know that they
must depend upon the faith
the state just as if
uoconstitutiou existed and cannot
resort to compulsion, unless the state
chooses to permit itself to be sued
Moreover, the 11th amendment is uot
iutended as a mere jingle of words to
he slurred over by cunning suutlets
aud artificial methods of iuterpre a
Hon, so os to give it literal compli
ance without regarding its sub*
s’.antial meaning and purposes.
It is a grave and solemn
condition exacted by the sovereign
states, for the purpose of preserving
aud vindicating their sovereign right
to deal with their creditors aud others
propounding claims against them ac
cording to their own views of what
may be required by public faith and
necessities of the body politic. We
have no right, if we could b<
disposed, to fritter away the sub
s'auce of this solemn stipulation
by any neat aud skillful manipula
non of its words We are bound to
give it its full and substantial menu
iug and effect. AU this litigation in
reference to the V.rginia bonds aud
coupons is au attempt, through tbe
medium of the federal courts, to co<
tree tho state of Virginia into a fui
filJmeut of her contraot. There
is no question about the validity of
the taxte They are admitted due
The oili er is entitled to collect
them. His authority is undisputed
The coupoua are tenderad iu pay
rnent notes as money, for they have
no ejualiiy of money, but as a set-off’,
which it is insisted the state has
agreed to allow. The tax payer
stands on this agreement and seeks
to enforce it. All suits undertaken
for this end are, iu truth aud ieality,
suits against the state to com
pel a compliance with its agree
ment. The seteeff is nothing but a
ernes action, aud cau no more be en
forced agalust the state without its
cr.nseut than direct action can be
when set offs are allowed against a
sovereign.
It is always by virtue of some ex
press statute that officers have no
power but what the slate gives them
They act for and on behalf of the
state aud iu no other way.
To sue them therefore bes
cause they will not receive
coupons in payment ia virtually to
sue the state. The sole object is to
coerce the state. To say omerwise is
to talk only for effect, without regard
for the truth of thiugs. The tax is
due, no money was tendered, the tax-
payer only offers to set off ooupons,
own public policy, with regard
to the mode of rt deeming her obdga»
tious it is not for this court, when
considering the question of her con*
stituiioi al rights, to pass in judgment
upon the propriety of her conduct on
one side or other. The dissenting
opinion covers cases number 588,589,
1,260 aud 826.
FROII WAMHIRtiTOft.
frpecial to Emqmirtr Sun.
Washington, April 20. —The
president lias received the resignation
ofP D Barker, as collector of inter
nal revenue for tbe district of Ala
bama, to take effect on the appoint
ment and qualification of his success
sor. Barker resigns to go into private
business.
THE GEORGIA DELEGATION.
The delegation from G .orgia. con
(■luting of Gan John B Gordon, Sena
tor Colquitt. Hon N J Hammond,
McKiser, Wm T Newman, E P
Howell, H W Grady, W AlHemhhiU,
Jack W Johnson, C A Collier, John
N Dunu, Allison Green aod John A
Fitteu, called at the white house this
evening aud formally invited tbe
president to visit Atiauta, Ga, dur
ing the BLSsdon of the commercial
convention in the latter part of
May. Senator Colquitt and Gen
Gordon addressed the president
and Impiessed upon him the great
good to the south which would result
Horn a visit by him. The people
dowu there, they said, didn’t often
have a chance to see the chief ma
trate of the nation, and now tBat
they have one of thtir own ohoice
they were extremely anxious to bave
him among them, if only for a day,
so that they might become better ac
quainted with each other. General
Gordon said he wanted the president
tn come down south )ust to see how
they lived, aud to spc for bimseif how
colored people lived and were treated
by their neighbors.
The president received the delega>
tion very cordially, and told them
frankly that he wauted to accept their
invitation, hut was unable to say Just
at present whether or not he could
leave Washington at that time.He was
informed that all the members of his
cabinet had been invited to attend,
and it was expected Ib^t at least three
would accept. The president then
Bald he would lay the matter before
tbe cabinet to-morrow, and give the
committee a definite answer
Wednesday. Hs then invited them
to attend his reception lo-morrow
evening.
TREASURY DOTS.
Judge Durham, first comptroller
of the treasury, has given |an opiuion
iu a case coming from Cuarleston, B
C, on the question a9 to whether any
portion of the interest collected on
direct tuxes shall be refunded. He
held that under tbe decisions of the
court of claims all interest collected
for a period prior to the expiration ot
the sixty days immediately follow
ing the fixing of the tax shall be re
funded, and that the appropriation
made by section 3.689 of the revised
statutes is available for that purpose.
Daring the fiscal year claims are pre
sented to the secretary of the tress
ury and during the two fiscal years
thereafter.
The comptroller of currency to
day extended the corporal existence
until April 24th, 1905, ot the First
National bauk, of Ricumond, Va.
ALABAMA GETS AN APPOINTMENT
Cnarles J Campbell, of Montgom
ery, Ala, has been appointed national
bauk examiner, aud is to be assign-.d
to the southern district, which con
sists principally of tbe states of Ala
bama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Arkansas.
was not an answer to our enquiries
aod instructions dispatched to him
on the lOlb instant] It will be ne
cessary to await that answer before
we can make any statement. The
telegram received from Sir Peter
Lumsden on Friday tends to confirm
his statements. It certainly appar
ently coLflicted with General Kom-
arofl’s statements.” Lord Rtn-
dolph Churchill (conservative) a-ked
Gladstone how far Eogland was
complicated, and how far responsible
for tbe suppression of tbe French
newspaper B -sphore Egyptien at
Cairo. Gladstone replied that Egypt
had not acted alone in the matter of
suppressing the paper, and admitted
that England was not in a position
to disclaim all responsibility for the
act. Gladstone gave notice that the
government would introduce the ex
peoted motion for the vote of credit
to-morrow. The premier’s replies
concerning the B >sphore-Egyptien
and the Afghan incidents were very
guarded. He answered a number of
questions about tbe Anglo-Ru^sian
dispute with studied evasion, aud in
all he said in the house of commons
to-day he added little or nothing to
what had been already known. In
evidence of the present belllccse
feeling among the members of parlia
ment,it may be met toned that when
Gladstone unequivocally slated that
when Bir Per Lnmden’s telegram of
Friday confirmed his previous
accounts tbe fight at Penjdeh and
conflicted with those of the Fame
battle by General Kctnarnflg the
declaration was received with a low
ripple of satls'a'HioD which soon de
veloped into cheers. Fears are en
tertained that the Bosphore -Egyptian
affair is likely to lead to a difficulty
between France and England. The
situation at the close of tne session iu
parliament this evening was one of a
general feeling of uneasiness, border
ing on to alarm.
AfcbanlHan.
ADVISING THE AMEER AGAINST WAR
Lond in, April 20 — N"i«nleoo r
erumeut is drilling 12,000 Goorklms
id auticipaliou of Ibe Indian govern,
meat’s acceptance of their oiler of ss
Niatance. It is rumored among the
Berlin diplomats that Lumedea la
hoou to be recalled. Tne ktiau of
Bakhura baa writteu to the ameer,
who la bis sondudaw, advising him
against war with Russia.
Calcutta, April 20 —While the
ameer was at Riwal-l iudl lie ex
pressed confidence In the ability of
the Afghans to repel Ihe Russians
without ouletde aid, aud iu deference
(o his wish orders to tlie KnglisL
officers to fortify Herat were rescind
ed Preparations for war, however
ooutlnued unabated The troops
wblob were assembled al Uawal
Pindi have returned to their nspret
lve depots, but are held lu leadiuee.
for aollve aervlce. The movement of
field Bloreg at Pisblu aud Quetta con
tmues. Fears are expr.sbid that ihe
Bugllah cabinet will concede Penjdeh
to Russia, thus giving Russia a dipl -
malic triumph Popular feeling in
Afghanistan is more friendly to Kug
land now tliau it has betu at auy
time since the last war.
Dying 1'Mlll* In ail***url*
St Louis, April 19 —A dispatch
from Fui.on, Mo, nays the people of
Galloway county at e becoming greatly
dlhoou raged at the failure so fur to
stamp out pleuro-pueutnouia among
cattle in that county. The disease is
constantly spreading, not only iu
Calloway oouuty but in tbe adjoining
counties. They feel that no adequate
measures are being taken to eradicate
it. It is said that over one thousand
cattle have either become discard or
have been exposed to the plague,
and that it will not be loug
before this number will
doubled. Money is being raised to
buy and kill exposed cattle, but it
oomea In too slowly to be effective.
The oounty executive committee will
worthy of a cue
■ rut.
oat
etehf er cit.i
clara’ion of
ac ept the unqualified
*h*- president ina f *•» f
in his r»ower, he wi'l held every'cabi
nM t ffi *r in bis f iff .1 family un tl
tbe 4 U of March, 1889. He wuh re
minded that Mr H*ves m-d* a simi
lar avcwal it lb"?, ebortiy after he
occur iei the m.i'.e h u e, ardyet
that he rarted company v;n Here
t*ry McCrary in the »- ird year, and
P’.s ujHHter-Generul K v ar d Secre
tary Tfiomj sun tuwarJ the close of
bin term.
“ ‘Nevertheless,’ said Mr Cleve
land. ‘the record shows Lia cabinet
did remain intact nearly three years,
and that four members continued to
tho end of their term. I hope to
have the name honor that Mr P'-rc?
enjoyed ar the end of his teini of
< Hi e—that of retiring to private
lilt, and parting company with the
seven gentlemen who through th
entire four years had helped b> mak*
the yoke of his pre-identiul life its
burdensome to bear.’ ”
a If*W CAtfeulle Rlabop.
Baltimore, April 19.—Monsignor
A J Glorteux waa to-day cuseorated
in the cathedral iu this city as bishop
iu partibus infi lehum, and apostolic
vicar of Idaho. The rile was con
ducted with all the ceremony and
pomp possible. Tbe cathedral pre
sented a magnificent appearance.
Natural white fi>wers, interwoven
with similar Hnd rare tx uic phots,
decorated the high altar, which shims
resplendent in the light of numerous
candle*. A white silk banner was
suspended from a golden rod, and
draped to partially hide the taber
nacle, and two chapels were erected,
one for the consecrator and one for
the elect. Many priests in their gdte
tering robes were seated in the sanc
tuary, and tbe sacristy was orowi-d
with seminarians. Arch hi* hop G b
bous waa the consecrator. Very Rev.
A Nagrien was the attending priest.
The ceremony was most impressive.
A Wlf* Devolved.
Erie, Pa, April 19—Mrs Julia
Aueistein aged twenty one yearo.
was found hanging this morning, hut
was cut d ;wti before death. Grief
over the presumed death of her hus
band occasioned the deed. She ar
rived lu this couutry six mouths ago
to join her htislmud ut Cleveland. A
friend informed her that Aueistein
was dead, took her to a cemttery and
showed her what he said was her
husband’s grave. He also took umn
ey from her to erect a tombstone It
now transpiies that the husband is
notd*al. but bus married another
woman aud wus a party to Ihe de>
ception.
tlvuiptil* U*ert,
£»«eUJ U Enqw!
Memphis, April 20—This was the
opening day of tlie aui ual spring
meeting of the new Memphis Jockey
club The attendance numbered
About 1 500. The truck and weather
wa-* unfavorable.
First race, purse $300 divided,
three quarter mile cash—Meoua
won, with Pink Cottage pecoud and
Lors Clifton third; time 1:18.
Bec>ud race, G'.etou hotel stakes
f-»r two years old, one-balf mile—
Hattie D wou, with Pat Hpccdy sec
ond and Strong Batter third; time
0:51J.
Tnird race, Memphis Oiks for
three years old fi lies, one and on
eighth miles —Ida Hope won, with
Henry second and E leen third; lime
?:01
urth race, handicap steeplechase
of overshort course—King Dutchman
won with Auielian p-oond uud Rjw
dy Boy third; time 2:35i,
Tbe Urr»i Uraudfetbei of tbe Prcil-
deui
Philadelphia, April 14 — Tbe
R v Aaron Cleveland, who died in
D r Franklin’s hou?o on August 11,
’57, was buried in Christ church
graveyard. His grave has been uu-
uoiict d for nearly 128 years, but it is
now known that he was the great
grandfather of Grtver Cleveland
pnsidentof the Ueited Bates. A
member of the presideut’s family was
in the city yesterday and visited the
grave. O 1 the tombstone the name
is spelled Cteavolaud,
Rcllfi* or a DUailcr 200 Your* A*
Quebec, April 19.—-Advices from
P.jiule des Monts, says that a mini
her of cannon, some measuring ten
and others four feet iu length, were
washed up near the shore at Poiut
aux Augl ds by tbe laie great storm.
These cannon are supposed to be
relics of the disaster to the English
fleet which occurred nearly 2<>0 years
ago, aud from which Point aux
glide derived its name Disc veries
of fireuruis, swords aud bayone
have been made in the locality, aud
efforts have been made from time to
time to recover a large treasure sup*
posed to have been lost there.
Th* An*l|aiu*ied .l*4oelulloa.
SpecUl to Eoguirur Sun.
Pittsburg, April 20. — It w
learned to-day that the amalgamated
association of iron and steel workf n
at the scale convention ou Saturday
instructed the conference committee,
appointed to meet a similar b »dy
from the manufacturers’side, to de
mand $5 50 per ton for boiling and t<
allow a reduction from tbe present
scale of wu<es iu some of the finish
ing departments. If thiti cannot be
obtained and tlie committee is thpilly
convinced by tbe rnanutac urers that
the iron trade will not warrant tl
soils of wages, they were instructed
to accept a reduction of 10 per
all round. If this offer be rejected a
strike will be ordered by theamalga
ma ed association. Tho conference
will probably take place next Silur
day. It tbe strike in ordered nearly
100,000 men will beall 'Cted by it.
A at. Lout* a**l||uaiei»t.
Spoolil to Bn<]ulri<r«San.i
8t Louis, April 20-Foster & Co
made an assignment to R D L
caster to-day, transferring their i.
of tobacco aud cigars and also a h»rd
of Jersey cattle, tho propel ty nf R 1
Foster. Astetts are sworn to tie al
$125,000; liabilitbs $200 000.
cuuseof the failure is allegt-d to be
tlie pushing of east- 'u creditors.
91ur*er*d tier lluibaud.
8pmotal im Bmqmirtr-timu. \
Petersburg, Va, April 20—On
Saturday night a difficulty oc.tu
at Heaourd station, ou the S aburd
and R auoke railroad, iu this stale,
between Henrietta Ramsey and her
husband, during which the former
shot the latter iu the he^d, killiu r
him iustautly. The murderess flee
and at last accouuts had not been ur
rested.
Dovffl-** *al<((liM (lft»l**4
Washington, April 18 — Mr
rederiefc D uiflaes in an address to
the colored men, a tacked tbe re
publican party and stated that in
the la-t c&rnpa'gn it bad ceased to be
.e party of great moral Ideas and
sought victory on grounds f-r below
s ordinary level. Mr D luglaas
ubgzd President Cleveland and
aid that the word-* of bis inaugural
were as good as ttiose in the iuaug-
orals of Lincoln and Grant. Mr
D lUglass bold.) a feueral office.
A Good Mother —"Oae good moth
er,” fays Gsorge Herbert, “is worths
bundr-.d sckoolmaaLers. Ia the home
abe Is bmdntnuo m b! 1 hearts and load-
to all eyes.” Imitation of her la
oonatant- lmiiatlon which Boron likens
» a “giobo of prec pte ” It la in-
tructlor ; ills teaching without words,
ibn exmnplilv‘ng more than tongue
oan tescb In thetaceof bad example
best precepts are of but little avail.
The exurnpie is followed, uot the pre
cept* Indeed, precept at variance
with practice is worse than useless, in
asmuch as It only serves to teaoh that
moatcjwurdly of vices--hypocrisy,
Lin* an Old Creaky Wlndiw NhaUer.
Tnat is th > way a man's rbe'unatlo
tuts aoine'hnes are. Hinges old,
ru*ty and worn, and badlv need oiling,
Tne trouble is in tbe blood. ▲ man
who is of any account la worth repair
ing. The repairing can be done by
means "1 Brown’s Iron Bitters. That
enriches aud purities tbe blood, drives
the pairs, and works oompleie
restoration. Thousands testify to it
from hapov experience. Mr C H
Huntley, 9.8 North Sixteenth street,
S. Lou s, says, “I used Brown’s Iron
Hi ters for rheumatism, gc-nvral detail
ed prostration, with the best re
sults.”
A Dr*truei:v« WMmv Wave.
Special to Kojalior-Sau.l
Galveston, April 20.—A special
to iheN'*wo Iroru Li red o say h : Yes
terday morning a wave eight fee
high came rushing d r wu the Rio
Grande with terrific (oro«, enrr.
awav a portion of the Mexican Na>
tional railroad bridge. In a few
hours the water in the river run
elve feet, then rapidly subsided
The high wafer resulted from a great
water spout which Mi some inllei
above the city A large quantity of
drift in the river indicates that there
has been great destruction to ranch
property above.
F*nr Pprmm llarued to l>**th.
Reading, Pa, April 19 —At
o’clock this morning a fire occurred
in the two story frame building on
the Alsace truck farm, owned by
Augustus L Weutzel, and situat
stveral miles from this city, in which
four persons, Harry Wentz I, ug
eleven years, Charles Wentz*!, a^e*J
twenty-three, sons of the proprietor
aud Charles aud Fred Hetzioger
brothers, aged sixteen and twenty
six, respectively, were burned to
death.
A Double TrMucdj.
facial to F*QHtrw-bnn, J
St Louis, April 20.—A special to
the Post-D -patch from C uMtanoog
Teun, says: At Oakdale Junction
near Chattanooga, yesterday, Pat
Cain, a hostler, and J:m First, a note'
desperado, became engaged in a bit te
juarrel iu a aaloou, when First drew
* pistol ai d shot Cain ti*rough ti'
breast As tbe latter was falling he
fired at First, the bullet Ukii.g efl
iu his abdomen and causing a fatal
wound.
Thomas Stevens, tho famous bicy
olist, who rode it bicycle from Nan
Francisco to B stco, sailed from New
Yoik for Liverpool on April 9
wills a-: from t»>H last named city tc
travel n bn bicycle through K irope
and A-d«. It he could wheel him
on a wheelbtrrow hu would *»t.
more attention ir: ]£ur< po.
ue*s of tbe (
v ■ »o*t w»*k, *- d tbsy
O' lu9 to t- ma darii’K
a* W9 ore now
v rn cow a* work on the
r' sd a rt< v*ry favorably
mb tb « *frcidon of oar
*y tzp*-ct*4 to fl n d tbls
a* oy country with b%d
•n:y ' f coi !« and rno«qai«
are b*«hlv p with
aod the produo-
nty.
Grant has never used his tongue very
muite. and the one he has may last him
lor some lime lon(te%
YOITND !KK.*I 1-RE4D THIS.
The V"LTAio Belt Co, of Marshall,
dob, off r to semi tbelr celebrated
12lkotro-Voltaio Belt and other
K.e> trio Appliances ou trial for thirty
d..ys, to men (Young or old) afflicted
wi h nervous debili y, loss of vitality
and mHubood.ami ail kindred troubles.
Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, paral
ysis, and many other diseases. Com
plete restoration to health, vigor and
manhood guaranteed. No risk is in*
eurred, as thirty days trial is allowed.
Write them at once for llluauated
pamuhlot free.
dec!7 tn.th.sat.seAwly
The one great btessiug that colored
people do not appreciate is their exclu
sion Irorn bar rooms where white men
gat drunk aud muke beasts of them
selves.
dullelu ti. Cod Liver Oil.
Dr Q, linan, the leading authority of
Great Britain on luna diseases, says,
while one ol his pa leuts gained on y
seven p unds by -he u-e of cod liver
il, she g-iined over thirtoon by the use
of muliein. The old field mullein
made into a lea and onm-
nined with sweet gum presents
in Tavlor’s Ohorokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullein a pleasant
and efieotive cu e for croup,
whooj ing-eough, colds and consump
tion. S>ld by all driibglsts at 25o and
$1 rer bottle. Send two-confc postage
stamp for Kiddle book. Walter A Tay
lor, Atlanta, Ga sat,so,tnAw
B 'girdus earned the name of be
ing a crack shot by cracking glass
bails.
Au Old Field Weed.
Tho old fijld mullein has been a
socmiugly outcast lor many years, bnt
now it has suddenly attracted the at-
touth.n ot tho medical world, who now
recognize it to be tbe best lung medi
cine yet discovered — when made
iuio a tea aud combined with
sweet gurn and muliein presents
in Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Swce* Gum aud Mullein a pleasant and
effective cure for croup, whooping
cough, colds aud consumptioi. Sola
ny all druggists at 25c and fl a bottle,
S.rnd two-cent postage stamp for Rid
dle Book. Waiter A layor, Atlanta, Ga,
8at,se,tu<fcw
Tho promises of a tn iu In fail may
bu pero jtly good, but be canuot carry
tbcw out.
Is t iking the load of ail oilier bloo-
pur.fiors with a-tontshlng rapidity.
It richly deserves and ia rapid y win
ning tho confidence of tho pubiio.
Asa blood pnrifidr, it is eb into y
without an equal. In the care of
Nyphillfl, in any mage, Hon.tula. Fczo
mu, Ulcers, Rheumatism, White Swel
ling, Ulcerated Sore Throat, and other
Biood Diseases, or Hkin Diseases Irorn
Impure Blood
Di F A Toomor, Perry. Ga., says: ‘T
have used itiumy praoti. o iw^itv-tive
year* I' is a perfect blood purlxier,
ar» lufa !lble specific lor the diseases
for which i' is rceniuur mled
Perry, Ga , Sep .t inUir l, 1884 —The
O I. C. GeuiLn.ei] : I . ad lueoccasion
recently to wc h the eff ct of O. I. C.
(Old Indian Cure) on one ol those
horilblecasos nf blood poisoning. Al
ter two v-ooks treatment, tho imtlent
was fullv restored toL* atih. Yours is
oertainly a wonderful medicine. J um
not I oa <>f ru thing into public notori
ety, but kuowiug what I do with re
gard to your remedy, I feel fh t to
withhold that kuow!edge from sr.ifer•
lug humanity would be an lnrxciM'ble
wrong. So g--cat is my oonfi-icnce in
*1'- curative p* werofyourbl- -t puri
fier, I freely comtom that you make
such use of ibis statement as you see
fit. Respectfully, e
J W OOLYER,
Sheriff oi Houst- n County.
If you sillier from any blood dise iso
or akin dlseu o ir"m impure blood,
a cert dn, pi* oeant aud quick euro la
within roach.
In conclusion tho proprietors say
they have yot to meet with the first
failure ol O. I. C. to do all that is
claimed for It. Price $1.60 Pur Bot
tle.
Sold in Uoiumbus, Gu.. by City Drug
Store,Geo. A. Bradford, Manager.
auglidly
ADVICE TO MOTHKRS — MBS. WINS
low's Soothing syrup should always
be used when children are cutting
teeth. It relieves the little sufierer at
once; it produces natural, quiet sleep
by relieving tho child from pain, ana
the lltilo cherub awakens as ''bright au
a button.” It is very pleasant to Luste.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
illays all pain, relieved wind, regulates
toe bowels, aud Is the best known
remedy lor diarrhoea, whether arising
from toothing or other causes, Twen-
ty-five cents a bottle* my23 dwly
O id Fellows are to have a day at the
ox H u'it‘ou Evory old bachelor in the
city should turn out.
kiucli Nluluiueni* um ilil* m'mrry tVcIglit
In August, 1S81, it was discovered
that my *ou’s wile was iu the last stages
ol consumption. 8he was coughing
incessantly, and at times would dis
charge quantities of pus Irorn her
'•unys, could not sleep or retain any
th: -g on her stomach, and wo thought
only a questicn of time when life
ould be compelled to give way
to the fell destroyer. Alter all otbei
rcine<*ies had tailed, wo got Brewer’s
Lung Hodoior au*l began it lu very
small .loses, as she was vorv weak. She
soon began to improve; continued the
remedy aud was restored to lile and
health, and is to-day utter than she
has ,.»r been before I regard her
restoration nu nearly a miracle, ior
which she is indebted to Brewer’s
Lung Restorer, K W Bonner,
udewtf Macon, Ga.
Of two i vils onoose thn least. When
icon quarrel over au office the presi
dent takes homo other man.
uiimiAmn.
Although a practitioner of near
twenty years, my mother influenced
mo to procure B B B for her. Sue had
bec*n confined to her bed several
mouths with rheumatism, which bad
stubbornly resistt-d all the usual rem
edies. Witb'n twenty-onr h u s after
commencing U B B 1 obs« rvad marked
relief, Sue has just eouimenuud her
third bottle a id is nearly as active as
ever, and lias bm<n 1 • tho front yard
with “rake in hard,” cleaning up.
Her improvement is truly wonderful
aud immensely gr.vifving.
C H Montgomery, M D,
Jacksonville, Ala., June 6, 1884*
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