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ATLANTA, QA,, APRIL 0. 1878.
Far Secretary of state.
Major J. F. JoneaTuf Coweta, la a candi
date for Secrete!? of State. Major June*
was an officer of the Confederate army, and
last an am at Cbancellorrrille.
W* bid calb yesterday from Mr. Onne,
formerly of the Mmcrigevl'le Becorder, now
Hring in Sarannah. From Uon. Wm. P.
Price, our excellent represents tire in Con
gress. from the ClU District; and Colonel
Abda Johnson, of Carteraville.
ry The Sarannah News records the
death of a gallant comrade of the writer’s in
the war days. Captain Charles DanielL lie
went oat as a prirafe in the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry, Eighth Georgia regiment.
In the S-vcn Days Fights aronnd lUcbmond
be aerred as volunteer Aid on General
"TigeT Anderson’s stair. He commanded a
battery of artillery to the dose of the war.
lloqor to the memory of a true man and
•ftfiff soldier.
- Pathos out »f Joint.
The rniladclpbla Press hss a very pathetic
story stout Mtss PsullneMsrkhsin, the beau
tiful blonde, whose handsome proportions
hare cnutnl the New York Black Crook wor
shipper*. It ssys the glory of her buxom-
neta is gone, and She has faded into a poor,
emaciated consumptive on starvation in third
rate theatre parts.
Miss Pauline rurtu-s to the front and
knock* bit pathetic tale into smithereens.
She Is still rohnst and rosy, shines as a star,
flourish*; in lights and liosd, and haa dia
monds enough to feed he/ the balance of her
days. _
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
VOLUME V.l
nr. Belmont and the Committee.
There appears to be aome dispute whether
Mr. Belmont, Chairman of the National
Democratic Executive Committee, did really
confer in Washington the other day with
leading Democrats about what the Committee
should do. The paper* reported that all
agreed that nothing thoold be done until
after the Cincinnati Convention meets, and
that Democrats should take no pert in that
Convention. Mr. Belmont is said to have de
nied any such consultation. It is reasserted,
however, that such a meeting did take place
with the results above given.
As a matter of general interest at this time
we give the names of the Committee:
Chairman, August Belmont, New York;
John Forsyth, Alabama; John H. Harrell,
Arkansas; John Bigler, California; W M.
Converse, Connecticut; James Ponder, Dela
ware; C. E. Dyke, Florida; A. II. Colquitt,
Georgia; W. F. Storey, Illinois; Wm. K.
Niblack, Indians; Daniel Finch, lows;
Isaac E. Eaton, Kansas; T. C McCrcery,
Kentucky; JamesHcCioakey,Louisians; 8.
K. Lyman, Maine; Odin Bowie, Maryland;
F. O. Prince, Massachusetts; Wm. A. Moore,
Michigan; O. W. Nosh, Minnesota; C. E.
Hooker, Mississippi; C. A. Mantz, Missouri;
G. L. Miller, Nebraska; J. W. McCorkle,
Nevada; ]{. Brigham, New Hampshire;
John McGregor, New Hampshire, Thomas
Brag?, North Carolina; J. O. Thompson,
Ohio; J. C. Hawthorne, Oregon; Isaac
Ueister, Pennsylvania; G. Bradford, Rhode
Island; C. ILSimonion, South Carolina; J.
W. Leftwicb, Tennessee; John Hancock,
Texas; If. 11. Smith, Vermont; John Goode,
Virginia; John Hall, Wes4 Virginia; F. W.
Horn, Wisconsin.
DEC INIONS
—OVTXS—
IUP8ENE COURT OF GEORGIA.
Ddnered at Atlanta, Tuesday^ April 1,1878.
ig, execu
Equity, from Gordon.
WARNER, C. J.
In this case there was a general demurrer
to the complainan’s bill for want of equity,
which demurrer was sustained by the court.
The case was brooghljup to this court and the
judgment of the coart below was affirmed.
See King vs. King, 42J Georgia Reports, 512.
When the remittitur from this court was
about to be made the judgment of the court
below, and before it was made, the counsel
for the complainants made a motion to
amend their original Mil, and to make such a
case as would give to the court jurisdiction.
The amendment was allowed by the court
and the defendant excepted. It this was an
" ud question before this court I should
. that when a general demurrer had been
filed to a hill for want of cqoity and that de
murrer bad been sustained by the court be
low, and affirmed by the judgment of this
court without any directions as to the amend
ment of it, that the bill would be out of court
and coaid not be amended so os to keep it in
court when the judgment of this court wss
about to be made the judgment of
the court below. But the case of Sullivan,
Cabot to Co. vs. The Rome Railroad Com
pany, (83th Georgia, 39,) and the case of
Cothran vs. Scan can, (34th Ga. Rep., 555,) de
cide that an amendment may be made at that
stage of the case, and upon the snthority of
these two cases we affirm the jadgmen’of the
court below.
Judgment affirmed.
Underwa
error.
A. R. Wright & FeatberetoE, contra.
wood & Rowell, for plaintiff in
Our Washington correspondent has again
proved a true prophet. He predicted the
Radical victory in New H-impsliir ■, and it
happened. He predicted tbc Radical victory
in Cuuneclicul by VXt majority. It, hr
.resulted. He bad Letter adept political
prophesy for a vocation.
This victory confirms Ireyonil ail doubt
Grant’* reooniioation by lire Philadelphia
Convention. It will c*rry dismay to no true
Democrat, finch close shaves a* this Cot.-
nivticut defeat leave too snutii a margin tor
•liacnunrgcmcnt to determined men, and of-
forJ too much hope for resointe effort not to
inspire courage, go, for a harder tussle next
lime.
It remains to be seen hnir the Republican
returners will be effected. This we’ll soon
sec. ,
The Cast at Kndical Unto.
Tii* six years before the war the navy cost
437,073,584; the six years after, $111,807,-
0-8, or double It has 1,700 officer* to 8,500
men. The pay of th* officers Is four millions,
of the men two tnd a half millions. And
for all there men there are only #5 vessels in
service. Our worthless navy casts twenty
millions a year.
Thu army for the six yean before the war
cost $] 10,078,430; for the six years after,
$073,518^*8. TIHs don’t include pensions.
Last year It east $44 000,000.
Officen retired, whose rank in the regular
army wns Captain, liava been pensioned as
Major Generals, drawing$5J9*LIi>tnojdulfv|
and entitled to only 3,400.
The expenses on account of the Indians
have been nine millions more under Radical
than Democratic rule, though they! iravo di
minished in numbers.
Georgia Crap lewi.
The farmers working hard in Clayton
county, ssys the Timor. Witli a fair cbanco,
good crop'.
Wheat backward, lrat looks tolerably well
in Heard county, says ihe News. Dr. Peddy
has corn up and looking well. Farmers gen
erally behind.
Tm: DlTKEiuoiCK.—We saw passing our
offi.-e the other day two or three teams of
mules, wo were impressed with their ven
due appearance, ana asked: “ Whose mules
are those I* A bystander promptly answered:
•• They belong to Mr. O , and lie raised
the corn they are fed on." We saw other?,
and they looked—well, we won’t cay bow
they looked, bat were informed that their
owner Imoght his com In St. Louis, or somo-
wii/rcciac. No comments.—TattvtlonStand
ard. •
In Baker and Calhoun counties, says the
Bainbridge Sun, Ore planters ore buying fer
tilizers largely. Oaa-bslf of the low lands
under water. One-thlrJ ef Gu open lands
will be lost to the planters for farniing. N»
gr-b'* work wel* and planters are well euppikd.
In Milner county, farming impended. Plant
ers navigate their once dry land* in boats.
D.vatur county Hooded. Fanning stepped.
Cora will have to be replanted.
la Randolph county, says tho Appeal, the
large portion of the corn op is yellow and
sickly. Many farmers will replant Rain
damaged the faming interests greatly.
The Political Caricature.
Leslie's I Mattrated Paper has the most tell
ing political caricature we have seen yet
It is called " Oun Modes* Belshazzar,”
or tho people's handwriting on the wall.
In an iamenre building, swarming with
people, is a platform with a covering of a
throne; upheld by bayonets, anil marked
“ Despotism." Grant site m a chair, drunk,
holding up hr* glare to be filled. Behind
him Senator Cockling fill* the glass from n
Lottie marked “ 2d Term.” All around rit
an l lie, in different at ties of debauch, the
administration Congressmen, Morton, Butler,
Nye, etc. Lying around loose are the con
rapt jobs of tire administration, markedcon-
aplenotuly, from pup* act! bones to bouses
and Sense* stone swindles.
In front, on the platform, a horde of kneel
ing suppliants beg for imperial favors. In
the centre of the ball stand Schnrz, Sumner,
Trumbull, Brook* and ethers, pointing op to
tho will, where In a blinding blaze of light,
glare in terrible and ghastly ptophtcy, the
startling word* of Grata Brown:
“JJi* time* demand an upriting of Anna!
siliwastrsuvep/roCT jwvw.fiu men vtho prot-
titute At name of am honored party totetjuh
Seizure of the New Era Piusteio Of
fice.—The New Era printing office hna been
seized by the Sheriff of this county, and is
now in the liand* of that officer. The fob
lowing is a copy of the affidavit upon which
the proceedings are based:
Georgia, Fulton County, The Ssatb of
Georgia vs. John Kick.—Charles P. Mc-
CelD come: before the undendgacd, and’ on
0:1 tii s.-.ith that John Rice is indebted to said
State of Georgia in the sum of $23.30$,. and
tint Slid J /un Hire resides without lire limit*
of tire Slate of Georgia and has di frantic d
the said State to the aforesaid amount.
Charles P. Mt Calls,
Sworn to before me, this ISth day of
March, 1872, W. M. Butt, J. P.
It wns not issued at the request of Gov
ernor Smith. Ho signed a bond for $G0,0GO
with George P. Burnett as security.
On March fi-illi, the Sheriff levied on threp
acres in the 4th Ward, and on the 27th on
the type, presses, etc., of the Era office.
Wc learn that Mr. Scruggs contemplated
publishing a paper with the material—lobe
Ctlied the Atlanta Whig—in foe*, the paptr
was nearly ready for the press.
Suicide—Yesterday evening, about sun
down, a man by the name of L BrcitcnGcld
committed suicide near the entrance of Mc
Pherson Barracks, by piecing the muzzle of
his pistol in the left nostril and flzfag it oft
Tho left eye was destroyed and death ensued
directly. He was a native of Baden, Ger
many, a shoemaker by trade. He bad atbop
near the Barracks gate, where he carried 00 his
trade. He served for three yearsin theanny,
and was discharged on the 13th of February
lost. Tire cause assigned for the rash act is a
love disappoirdnjen t. lie wanted to marry a
girl and her parents rtiitinj, ;o it is said, to
permit her to marry him.
A Caret.
One hundred gcntiemesi haying subscribed
twenty dollars each to defray the expenses
of Mr. Howard’s mission, he will leave for
Europe about the 1st of May. It is obvious
that the extent of liis success will veiy much
cepend upon the extent of the means at his
disposal. A small sum will limit his field of
travel and debar him to a great degree from
the use of the Press. It is hoped, therefore,
that the names of many other pnblicspirilcd
gentlemen will he promptly added to this
list. It is a matter of surprise that several
of our largo ejties and towns are not repre
sented by a single nan;?. They cannot, there
fore, expect that any special advantage in the
way of investment In them will be presented
to European capitalists by Mr. Howard,
while he will represent the whole Stale gen
erally ns offering admirable opportunities for
■ — ’ ‘ed by **- *~
InvestnicnC Jl is cxnccti
defray the expense of hi'
Joseph M. Humphreys vs. Tho State. Mur
der, from Bartow.
WARNER, C. J.
The defendant was indicted for the crime
of murder and found guilty by the jury. A
motion was made for a new trial, whicn was
overruled by the court, and the defendant ex-
cep cd. There was no error in the charge of
the court in relation to Ihe iosanitv of the de
fendant, according to the repeatet] rulings of
this Court. In our judgment, the weight of
tires evidence contained in the record was in
favor of the sanity of tho defendant. Al
though there may have been error in the
charge of fhe court as to the assault of the
deceased upon tjje •'cfardunt (there being no
evidence of any such assault) Mill, that error
would not he sufficient to net aside the vefdict,
in view of the facts of the ease. The theory
of the defendant’s counsel is. that the defend
ant'was jealous of his wife, and knowing
that K lichens'was in the house of his father-
in-law, where his wife W03 stopping, intended
ATLANTA, GEOBGJA, TUESDAY. APEIL 9. 1872.
INUMBER 1
, granted | UIIK WA3H1NOIOX LEl'I’KK
at his instance, cspeciilly where, on' looking . r- ' — _
to the whole record the verdicthi not so di?**® *•» Cs«*v#ss~Tariir
MstlsriMirlal Equlllr_A.u>-
Ml.i.n.
ddediy against the weight of evidence as to
warrant the Court in setting it aside.
Judgment affirmed.
D. A. Walker, for plaintiff in error.
McCntchen & Shumate, contra.
Mary H. Barge, et a), vs. William T. Burge
Administrator. Equity, from Polk.
MONTGOMERY, J.
Equity wilt reform a marriage contract,
after the death of the husband, at the in
stance of his child by a former marriage, if
it is made plainly to appear that at the time
of the second marriage, it was agreed be
tween the parties that the property of each
should be settled on its owner for life, with
remainder to the children of anch owner by a
former marriage, bat the draftsman of the
contract omitted to insert the provision as to
the husband's property, and-both parties
signed under the impression that it was
inserted.
Ignorance of the omission on the part of
laluuband, with knowledge of it on the
port of the wife, and concealment of it by
her from him, at the time of signing the
contract, would be a fraud upon him, and on
this ground equity would reform the contract.
If the husband is informed, after the
arriage of the omission, and says he will
rectify it by his will, bat fails to do so, though
he lives for twenty mouth3 thereafter, he
cannot be said to have have acquiesced in the
instrument as written, so as to prevent
equity from reforming it, especially whe/e
there is no evidence of acquiescence on the
uart of the remainder man, who was a minor
at the death of the husband.
4 It is not error in the court to say to the
jniy that in common parlance the word heirs
means children, where he gives the legal
meaning at the same time.
5. The verdict is sufficiently sustained by
the evidence, and not contrary to law.
Judgment affirmed.
Underwood & Rowell, C. D. Forsyth, for
plaintiffs in error.
Warren Akin.T. W. Alexander, contra.
S. S. Boone vs. Augustus and William
Morgan. Inj unction, from Sumter.
MONTGOMERY, J.
t The allegations in the Ml in this case
are too meagre and indefinite to warrant the
Washington, March 89,1872.
A Urge majority of both Houses of Con
gress is composed of lawyers. This includes
some professional politicians, who made
Blackstone a stepping stone to political pre
ferment At the first glance it seems quite
proper that legal men should be delegated to
make the laws of a country. This impr
sion is not borne outon investigation. 1111
is J too much law-making by Congress, and
despite the dominance of the legs]
clement-—there laws are often ambigu
ous and Inoperative simply confusing the
statute books* A When we come to financial
questions the dkUaary lawyer, unless he has
read up for thejorpose, is as ignorant as a
male. He knows no more about the tariff
than ho docs ahbut the Koran or the Chaldee
manuscript. Though he may proftsa to be a
free trader he Soften found voting with the
protectionists, a$4 this is because he is Igno
rant of the subjeaj nodes discussion.
son, for plaintiff
C. E. Broyles,
those who
# , his mission that his
spccLaUitentionwiIlhedcyote,'jto the promo
tion of their interests.
t «» SO". (W had traded for the note,
>r pas
sion arising from jealousy of his wife. There
is no evidence of any improper intimacy
between Kitchens and the defendant’s wife
at any time which would authorize the de
fendant to be jeaions of ,l>im. The family
were ail sleeping on the floor in the only
room of the house (being poor people) when
the defendant, about day-light, pointed his
gun through the window and shot his son
who was covered with a quilt. It is true
Kitchens was there also, sleeping on the floor
with the rest of the family of Buigcss,six or
eight feet from defendant’s wife, her father,
mother, and son, being In the same room.
After reviewing the evidence in this case, and
the charge of the court to the jury, our
judgment is, that there is no error in the re
cord which will authorize this Court to inter
fere and set aside their verdict Let the
judgment of the court below ba affirmed,
w. H. Dabney, K. W. Murpliy, J. C.Bron-
-— * laintiff in error,
Solicitor Genera], contra.
William T. Rnssell vs. William T. McCarty
and J elm II. BalL Complaint, from Whit
field.
WARNER, C. J.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff
note
The
.the note
was executed under duress. On the trial the
jnry found a verdict for the defendants. A
motion was made for a new trial on several
grounds specified in the record, which was
overruled by tbc court, and the plaintiff ex
cepted. The evidence shows that in the fall
of 1SG4, McCarty, the principal maker of the
note, was in llie" Confederate service in Ten
nessee, that he was one of n squad of ten
men who trpre surprised by the Federal
army and lost their hbrsos, tho; Cajitr.ip Ab
bott, who was in command of the squad, ad
vised them to mount themselves as best they
could, that he took a horse from tho stable of
one Worm tck and rode him off. After the
surrender in 1885, lie was told by one Cook
that Vofm^ck had threatened to p oseculc
him for taking hishiqae, when b,=cave his note
to Wormack for tho horse, rather than be pros
ecuted. Wormack traded the cote to Russell,
the plaintiff, for cattle, in December, 1889.
Plaintiff presented the note to McCarty in
January or February, 1888, in this State,
whore be resided, for payment, who said he
T
example will be followed by other Railroids
and corporations in the State. It is very de
sirable that Mr. Howard should lie provided
with $5JiOU to ewwhig Lira 10 accomplish fully
tlie purpose of his no.-v.oi..
Those gentlemen who have subscribed or
will subscribe 10 the fun-.l, are requested to
forward $29 each, without delay, to Hon.
John H. ionics, Banker, Atlanta.
The same persons ;pbo have property that
they deaircMr. Howard top*c*p"t tor sale or
who wish to secure tenants on their lands,
are requested to open an immediate corres
pondence with him at Atlanta.
Wc presume it is pretty generally under*
stood that Sir. Howard goes to Europe at the
instance of a number of gentlemen to
seek to direct the attention of European capi
tal to Ihe favorable opportunity for its in
vestment in agriculture, wild land, water
power, mining and mannractures in Georgia
Papers in the State which are favorably
disposed toward the mission of Mr. Howard
are respectfully requested to give this card
an insertion.
Rokekta. Jusass,
W. S Walker,
A. II. Colquitt,
John H. Jakes,
Ricrard Peters,
u.‘H. Abai",
Ben. C. Yaxcev.
iccl the note in this State’(f lie w
him a few month's time he would (five
new note with security, which was done, and
that is the note now sued on. Duress which
will avoid a contract must consist of threats
of bodily or other harm, or other means,
' •’ of
Tariff Reduced.
The Catted States Senate has taken this
atspu It has abolished the income tax, the
duties on tea and coffee, gas, and the stamp
tax on medicines, matches, etc, and bos re
duced ten per cent., the duties on cotton,
woolens, iron, earthenware and glassware,
fearing the tax on banks, distilled spirits,
fermented liquors, snuff, tobacco, and cigara.
Tbc matter unotr with the House of Rep
resentatives.
It is roundly calculated that the taxation
will be reduced fifty millions by these
Some ides may be formed of how Radi
calism has taxed the country by the state
ment that duties have been imposed on three
thousand articles. The cost of collecting
these duties, under a corrupt government, has
l«*n a bordeu_of exhausting wrighti. The-
truth u,lfKT(Iff enat pas been a* tliucn as the
government re TUB IK. The government has
received only two hundred mffitons from
duties, while the people have paid double
'■NM amount, showing that the expenses of
colMcliafi true half thb receipts. An awful
fact!
’ But it is not the duty and the coat of its
guUecth.n alone that hardens the
The rawed corn of manufactures to
earner, from cutting off foreign competition,
imposes a tax that tuns to millions. On cot
ton goods alone the increased con to the
consumer from the duty, is forty per cent on
$170,0 JO,000 of cotton goods used in the
, or a bonus of $58,000,000 to the
U|tl Intelligence '
In the Supreme Court at Jackson, Hiss., a
few days ago, a decision was rendered that
Confederate and cotton money paid into the
State Treasury daring the war on account of
the indebtedness pf the virions railroads in
the State, was no payment, nnd all such sup
posed payments must now be made in cur
rent funds. The court also decided that citi
zens burning cotton by order of the military
authorities during the war,cannot be held for
damages by .the owner of the cotton.
Chief Justice Chase has rftcptly delivered
an opinion in the Supreme Court of the
United Stat s, in the caaeof Steinback against
the Relief Fire Insurance Company, cf New
Tort, which is of importance to dealers in
«R.eracker*. The action was brought on a
nolicr of '"sttrauee oa thg plaintiff’s stock of
fancy goods, toys it'd Other artiejej in bis line
of business, as aGermin jobber and importer.
It was stipulated in writing that he should
he privileged to keep fire-crackers on rale. It
appearing that at the time of the fire the
E laintiff nod fireworks in bis store for sale,
,e offered evidence that fireworks were an
article in bis line of business as a German
jobber and importer, for the purpose of show
ing that they were covered by the written
words of the policy, "other articles in his
line of business." The court rejected the
evidence, and the judgment was for the com
pany. The higher conrt affirms the jodgment,
ng that there can be no doubt that the
lenee was properly rejected.
evidence contained in this record is not suffi
cient in law, to avoid the payment of the
note on the gronnd of duress. Let the judg
ment of the coart below be reversed.
McCtyohqo and Shumate, for plaintiff in
error. * ’ ” ’ ~ "
J. A R. Hanks, contra.
Daniel S. Printup, Agent, etc., vs. The Chero
kee Railroad Company. Injunction, from
Bartow.
McCAV.J.
The State of Georgia cannot be qrade a
arty defendant in a suit in any court eicept
ly consent of the proper authorities, nor can
this be done so as to affect tho rights of
'■ "• - ‘ ‘the State
and any
_ it cannot affect tho
is of the State or affect its position.
Judgment reversed.
Prjntnp & Fonche, for plaintiff in error.
A. Johnson, Wofford, contra.
ims ue cone so os to anect me i
the State ly making the agent of tl
appointed by its adihorities a party,
judgment against such Kent cannot s
It i* time to reduce Uc£
msceilnaeons-
The total growth of the madder plant js
calculated to amount to 43,000 Ions, having a
value $10,500,000. _
The total value of property, real' »tv\ jyv-
eonal, in Chicago previous to the tire, was ~
timated at ?820,090,000.
her
2,035. The number grant:
According to General Pleasanton, who col
lected the tax on them, there were 1,
000 agar* used in the United Stales j
Four thousand persons bought
the mam noth cheese recently s^kUndfimneil
Hail. Boston. The aggregate of the
amounted to $831 40.
One hundred and u n convicts of the Mich
igan State prison have decided to exchange
their tobacco rations this year for as many
copies of.the’—*’
injunction granted. Neither are then) proper
parties to the record. All tills is, however,
proper subject matter of amendment We
therefore, reverse the judgemnt granting the
injunction.
2. A judgment of the Judge of tho Su
perior Court overruling:! demurrer to a bill
i* not a proper subject matter for the con
sideration of this court, on a hill of excep
tions brought here under the provisions of
the act of October 29,1870.
Judgment reversed, so far as the injunction
was granted.
Elam & Hawks, for plaintiff in error.
W. A Hawkin', contra.
Samuel B. Sloop, Guardian, vs. Larkin Nonce
and Samuel J. Hinton. Ejectment, from
Whitfield.
MONTGOMERY, J.
1. Where a will directs realty to be sold,
and bequeaths the proceeds to minors and the
executor, who j* also testamentary guardian
of the minors, has such realty set apart as a
homestead for his wards, he cannot after
wards sell the homestead at private sale, even
with tho consent of the Ordinary, although
the will gives him power so to sell tho land.
When the land wss set apart ns a homestead,
the title was vested in the minors.
2. The objection to the admission of the
judgment against the executor, os such, in
evidence was well taken, os it was entirely
irrelevant to the issue. ‘
3. Minors, who have a guardian, may sac
by next friend, when their interest is adverse
to that of the guardian, under Revised Code,
section 1812.
Judgment reversed.
MpPqtchen 4 Shqmate, foy nlajntiff In
error.
W. K. Moore, contra.
Mary A Redwine, administratrix, vs. W. D.
Hancock, ct al. Dismissal of bill to en
force vendor’s lien, from WhitfMM.
McCAY.J.
In a suit by an administratrix on a debt
contracted before June, 1885, where it is
made to appear -that there arc no debts, and
that the porno;,j entitle;’ tp th? (’Stale are a
widow’ and ihiffor children, the cose is within
section 14 or the Act of-October 18, 1870,
and 110 proof of payment of taxes is required.
J ndgment reversed.
W. K. Moore for plaintiff in error.
McCutcben & Shumate contra.
From Washington.
Blair, of tho Senate, remarked that the
Senator Mr-BJfifWiS lj«|, |R fbo sginp de
bate and at the shine limo'chargcd that lh£
counsel employed to defend the prisoners in
South Carolina, the Hon. Revcray Johnson,
and the Hon. Henry Stanbeny hail become
disgusted with the crimes which were proved
against their clients and had abandoned the
case. He then sta?t to the desk to be rciid, a
letter of dafe February lipli, 1872, addressed
by Mr. Johnson to General Wade Hampton.
In the letter, Mr. Johnson refers to the state
ment of Mr. Edmunds, which he says is
utterly incorrect and unfounded. So far
from having abandoned the case, he says that
Mr. Stanbeny and himself remained at Co
lumbia until their mission wa3 consummated
He also says that there was neither the slight
est t&ljinbby bor susptftofl la soanec) the
three gentlemen to whom allusion was made,
*3 having any concern with tho Ku-Klux
movements, and ho is satisfied that Mr. Ed
munds, whom be knows would not conscious
ly do an injustice, has been grossly deceived.
Edmunds said that common report had said
that Ifessis. Johnson and Stanbeny had
this session to pfevent their interest* from
being touched. They proposed to put tea
and coffee on the five list. Let us give rich
and poor alike, a free breakfast table they
said. This fallacy had a wonderfully capti
vating effect on 'Certain Democrats, who
thought it would N?well to have it announced
in their Districts Cat they had aided in giv
ing the pcop’o ..
“A FREE BREAKFAST TADLE.”
A ftee braakfalt table, forsooth I Why
tea and coffee .comprise a very small
fraction of the eqiflpago and edibles for the
morning repast. The cutlery, the crockery,
the sugar, the salt, and many other
articles, are *hea»ily taxed in the in
terest of a few manufacturers and pro
ducers. Tho catch-penny phrase of “a free
breakfast table" prevailed, however, and
the House pat tea and coffee on the freo list.
Later, the Senate adopted a similar measure.
Tuesday to take up and pass
bill repealing tho duty on tea and coffee.
This would reduco Cite revenue, ho said, near
ly Iwcity millions, which was all the reduc
tion that could be mode at pre-ent, and it
would not then be necessary to make any
further changes in the tariff. But Mr. Sher
man reckoned without his host. Those who
hod formerly voted for freo tea nnd ci-ff-e
sawthe trap into 'which they had fat'en,
and instead of acceding to Mr. Sher
man's proposition,, they began to of
fer amendments. Free coal and Sait
were voted down. Then the free list in the
tariff bill was adopted,as an amendment, to
which was added th* second section of the
tariff bill, reducing thoduty on certain textiles
and manufacturers of steal and iron ten per
centum. -
anEmiAN disgusted.
At this stage of proceedings, Mr. Sherman
8 W mt meat in Athene
To the Ladies' Memorial Association of
Clarke county will btlong the honor of hav
ing erected the first costly, durable and appro
priate monument to the Confederate dead in
Georgia. The beautiful structure which, un
der their auspices, is shortly to be erected in
Athens in honor of the soldiers of Clarke
county, who fell in defense of "the soil that
gave them birth and reared them men," is
thus described by tho Athens Banner of Sat-
oriQi
The monument is now nearly completed,
and by the first of May next, will be ready
forcrection. It is an elegant work of Art,
constructed after the best models as to style
and finish, and thoroughly free from every
thing that would detract from its n.cuniug
os a memorial of the dead. Good taste has
been shown in avoiding ail ornaments or
showy embellishments, while the character
istic feature* of a Cenotaph—simplicity,
chaateness and classic beamy—have been ad-
mirably preserved in the fora end ornamen
tation of the week. .
“ The base of the monument is of granite,
formed bv e series of steDs, on which rests a
tall marble column, so divided as to combine
solidity aad grace. Flags, wreaths, and mil
itary symbols adorn tbc upper portions of the
pedestal, while above them are urns and flow
ers. Tho n mes of officers and ^soldiers of
Clarke county, who foil In the Confederate
struggle, are inscribed on the lower facades.
Over this section of tho monument rises the
main division of the column, with its Impos
ing scroll-work, containing four inscriptions,
one on each side: One of the fronts simply
inscribed to the Confederate dead; the sec
ond records the name of the Ladies’ Memo
rial Association, while the third and fourth
hare the following inscriptions, viz:
Georgias Agricultural, Mechanical
aad miliary Institute.
Superintendent and Professor of Military
and Civil Engineering—Unfilled.
E. P. Cater—Professor of Mathematics,
Anci-nt Languages, and Natural Science.
Colonel A S. Atkinson—Professor of
Mathematics, Astronomy and Political
Economy.
Rev. D. L. Buttolph—Professor of Moral
and Mental Philosophy and Belles Lettrcs.
Rev. W. E. EPPE&—Ancient Language
W. J. Land—Professor of Analytic...
Chemistry. Applied Mechanics and Metal
la—
(IXiCBIITtOX OX THIRD HDR-]
True to tho Soli
That gsva them Birth ud retrod thrra Ken;
nellowe^MVorih’;
" r Principle,
Alike by In, tact end b;
>yrri
;Ume;
became disgusted, and grid Ue should aban
don the whole thing, and gq on with the tariff
bill reported by the Pinsi|ca Oqmmlttcp of the
Senate. Tola will corputgo a good deal of
*ime, as may bp scon from Wednesday's
lehato which tyru pntisjy iterated 'to dis
charging the salt question. As tho Home
alone has authority to originate measures af
fecting the finances of tho country, this pro
ceeding on the part of the Senate will prove
utterly fruitless. Tho House, meanwhile
will discuss its new tariff b U, which will go
to the Senate, there be amended, and finally
a committee of conference 3- will he
appointed to rcconcilo the differences of the
two Houses. Then there will be another
contest over tho conference report This
must necessarily protrscr- the pcssiqn. IJad
Mr. Sherman canted his point on Tuesday, it
is probable both Houses j would have been
ready to adjourn on the 28 h of May. tho day
fixed upon by the Senate.*... •
8°9|Af, EfJOAjjJTf.
The Arlington i3 supposed to be oar crack
hotel. Its prioes are higher thin those of
any other establishment in the city, and with
in its walls does swelldom most congregate
Yet, at present writing, it has a tailored guest
—none other limn Pindiback, the Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana. I am told he pays $30
a day for a parlor nnd bed-room which
may satisfy the propriclors, but has nothing
to do with reconciling the traveling public to
abandoned; the' cash,'Hhd'hp believed R then,
aud with ail deference fie believed it now;
Concerning his statements as to the three
persons alluded to, ho had been creditably ur-
formed that evidence to criminate them was
in the possession of the officers of tho gov-
er;am-pt cgd would be produced at the
Allison, Anderson & Co. vs E. D. Graham,
administrator. Scire facial to revive dor
mant jnd| - - -
McCAYIj.
That a plaintiff is now a non-resident of
the State is not of itself sufficient to excuse
the filing of the affidavit of taxes paid under
the Act of October 13th, 1870. It most appear
that bs teas a non-resident at the contracting
of the debt, and has to oontinned, so that no
taxes could have been diie on the same to
this State. **
Judgment affirmed.
Montgomery. J, concurred, hot furnished
no vritlcn opinion.
I. G. Jackowmy, J. A W. Johnson for
plaintiffs in error.
E. D. Graham contra.
WARNER, C. J., dissenting.
The act of 13th October, 1870, outlawing
] fiaintiffs from the courts, and denying them
the right to sue therein upon any debt, or
contract, or cause of action, mode or implied
before the 1st day of Jane, 1865, untd they
flptij have mode on affidavit that ail legal
taxes chmgeabje by law have been duly paid
thereon for each year priof !o the passage of
act is, in my judgment, cncoRStitiitias: *
viod, f or the reasons heretofore express*
a Act of 1S701* part and parcel of a con
cocted scheme of unconstitutional enactments
calculated to debaneb and demoralize the
people, and which ba* culminated in the
wholesale plunder of the public funds and
pqblig property of the State. A corrupt tree
cannot bring icrUj good fruit, and unconsti
tutional legislation, width tempts the propie
to indulge m the dangerous luxury of dtsbba-
Mty, sever did ana never will produce
healthy st te of public * * ‘ J
oily so lnn» s*s4sj**>
ttoufetBiSsas-is public
sooner tnfo putrid caroms of
legislation shall be buried out of sight liy the
coastitutional judmehts' of the courts, the
bettcr.it will be for all honest people, and for
the honor and credit of the State. I
lair was satisfied that there was no such
evidence, and these gentlemen had come to
Washington demanding to be confronted
with the charges.
Edmunds only repeated what he bad been
informed. If the gentlemen could prove
duties on tea and coffee. M01
mont, said the resolution of tbc House was
an extraordinary one, and be would not now
move to refer it to the Finance Committee,
because the Senate might wish to discuss it
before refering it He therefore moved that
it go over and be printed, which was agreed
fit sirs Condensed.
A cubic inch of gold is worth to-day just
about $180.
They have a thriving toothpick factoiy in
the town of Canton, Maine.
Gronnd has been broken for Frank Aikin’s
new theatre in Chicago, to cost $100,000.
Daring the past four years the Erie Rail
way bM^ brought^ 43,CM,000,000 gallops of
It is represented that there are 50,000
children growing up in New York city, be
tween the ages of eight and sixteen, in idle
ness and vagabondage.
H’lla Carious Patti contemplates
a concert tour around the world, 81
visit the United States in September next, on
her way to Australia via California.
The amount of gold produced in the Pacific
States and Territories in 1809 and 187$, was
between *70,000.000 and $75,000,000, each
year. It is estimated that the amount pro
duced in 1871, reached $80,000,000.
Billiards were i
abo'utthe year 1 “
r a French artist,
The first bank was established in Italy in
the year 803, by the Lombard Jews, of whom
some settled on Lombard street, London,
where many banks have since been created.'
Chocolate, the flour of the cocoa-nut, was
first introduced into England from Mexico,
iatta y»r 1520, and soon after became a
favorite Beverage fa tfie Logfidj}. coffee
houses. .a.- c-: .ct j
The most stupendous canal fa the world is
the one fa China, which passes over trio
thcnsKticffte, and ’to forty-two. cities.' ‘ If
was commenced as far back as the tenth
century.
Women never appeared npan the stage
nong the ancients; their parts were raj
sented by men until as late as 1682, w]
Charles II, first encouraged their public ap
pearance.
there
fore dissent from the judgment of the; court
in this case: ,<'•-’1
< ■ - 'su
mj. K.” Green' vi: Hie Southern' Expr&s _
MONTGOMERY, J. ~
In a suit against a common carrier for the
loss of a trunk, there being evidence going to
show that the shipper placed a value
the mink, at the tune of shipment, mui
titan the amount of the verdict in favor of
The export of wool from Australia to the
United S'ates daring the month of December
was 8£71 bales.
The stock of wheat in the leading markets
of the world^jannuy 1,1878, was estimated
at 51,583,8001
Civil Rights bill, if $J0 a day can in
duce a hotel proprietor to intrude a ne
gro upon liis white guests. Among the
Democratic Congressmen now domi
ciled at the Arlington, ate Messrs- Cox,
Williams Perry, Townsend and Warren,
of New York, Herreford, of West Virginia,
and Winchester, of Kentucky. If they have
any respect fop themselves or farthai* oon
stituo.its, they wifi find other quarters with
out delay, and let tiie Arlington look to ne
gro gnests solely for its patronage.
COXGRKSSIOXAL NOTES.
On Wednesday, Mr. Price presonted to the
House tho petition of John riejt^, of Lump-
political disabilities. Also, lira memorial of
Sarah A. Burch, widow of Wm. Burch, de-
ceised, of Lowndes county, asking fora pen
sion.
Neither House Is in session to-day. At an
early hoar yesterday, they adjourned over
till Monday.
NUasoN
attracted last evening the largest audience
that’evev aisemUed (ftilnn the' tvalls r 'nf the
National Theatre. The opera "was Faust,
and it was splendidly rendered throughout
Tho President occupied -a private box and
nearly all the members of the Cabinet were
present Tommt IIaucx.
Cleanings.
Boston haa 763 lawyer*.'
Pittsburg employs 80,000 operatives. ;
Chicago is putting up $18,000,000 worth of
hotels.
Thcr? were nineteen executions in (Jer-
manjf last yeaz,'*
Rutland, Vermont. 13 sending marblo to
Rome for statuary.
The fish trade of New England amounts to
$90,000,000 per year.
New York has twenty-eight orphan Asy-
jnms Wifi) ittndtnoijsancj jjjmitfetf.'
From four to five thousand women and
children find employment in London making
artificial flowers.
According to Boerhave, the healthiest chib
dren are born in the months of January, Feb*
ruary and March.
Alnjjanis IVsvys Items.
Mr, Simon Lubb,oH?eny county, ia degd.
Gadsden is crying for bniter to Itxbrioate its
And the Attiytaucs I
A*
One and |.t»MSrable:
Tress Heroes,
Oa s in the Uahy or Hlood,
Oar- ta the tl I yof 1'etfioU.nt,
Straggled for ih.- Hishle of State*
As Held
By
’’ he Fat 1 .,--* «r the HepaU c
Aad
By the Father* a* a Ratted TrU't
(Taut th at IkqaeeUted.
(ciscturnos ox ruvitra sin* ]
The at a?are at th try an
. SaddcaljrCoatplcted.
The ratal I*, aes of Battle,
rtvach.-d the cotuatnmEfon of Earthly Glory
fait aad njlioat otffce Jf I|aiB«B 11 Jejlty
Attesting their tTr.ce;I:j,
Ytmttnilti thrir haa- A
Sealing their^ntesrtty,
They won their Ti(io
AqfatAWr
LOVE AND KSVERBSCE.
This beautiful monument will ha between
thirty and forty feet high. It is the work of
Mr. T. Mark-waiter, of Augusta. The nob! o
women who have toiled for several years to
accomplish this work, havo now the supreme
satisfaction jof seeing Uio completion of their
patient and self-denying labors; ami no words
that can be written or spoken can express
their praise half so eloquently a* (fils silent
memorial of their t'Loy.p. a$q Rhysrescs’!
for the glorious Dead.
Raltaek • Mean* to Hair* !flfcC|tv -
Pl>l‘f jitsllfco.'
Maj. W. G. Atkinson—Professor of Ge
ology, Mineralogy, Mining, Civil, Mechanical
ana ^Topographical Engineering.
Captain V.E.Magnet—Modern Languages.
Superintendent of Experimental
Board can be had in private houses on the
premises at $18) per month, payable monibly
in advance—and from $121 to *17 in the
City. -.pt.
tiltoc—Collegiate ■ De^dtraut*.
i*; Academic $50; lutermuliate $10
Primary $30.
Tuition, for each session, payable in ad
vance to Wm. D. Anderson, Treasurer.
First session ending the 3d day of July.
Commencement 3d day of July.
Rov. D. L. Buttolph, Chairman of the
Faculty, to whom all correspondence should
bo directed relative to terms, admission, etc.
Persons desiring to communicate with
Board of Trustees will address John G.
Campbell, Secretary.
William Phillips,
Chairman Board Trustees.
Jons G. Campbell, Secretary.
Th* Georgia Western Halt road.
Yesterday the Directors of thU road met
Present, Campbell Wallace, President; John
H. James, Vico President; W. P. Orme,
Secretary; and Directors John Collier, J. A
Hayden, E. Y. Clarke, George W. Adair, A.
W. Mitchell, W. J. Garrett, F. P. Rice, and
0. P. Cassia.
The survey of the engineers was adopted.
This line follows the State Road half a dozen
miles, crosses the Chattahoochee below tho
State Ro id bridge between two and three
miles, through Reid’s Gap, up Niekajsck
Creek a considerhlc distance, then going
west.
It was determined to push tho road al once.
Six sections are to be put under contract at
once.
Tho purchase of the l(*lmg and Deane
property for $11,509 far j catjun depots,
etc, -vyua po ifjrmed.
ISqrke’a Sopr-em Sfltqol Gooft*.
That enterprising publisher. J. W. Burke,
of Macon, has an advertisement in our coi
umns to which wo taka especial pl.-usuie fa
calling attention. It Involves an rnterpri.-o
of deep moment to the Sou'li Mr. Burro
has published a series of school hooks for our
Southern schools of tho most valuabla .'e
scriptiotL Tbo series comprises twenty,
ranging from primary letter book; to the
' est readers.
lousandsof dollars are sent North to bey
school books. Let us keep that money home.
Let us patronize such cnP rprising men as
Burke, who furnish us better hook* far oar
money.
This scries of hooks is by Prof, llichtrd
S'erling, and they have bteq adopted In- tiie
leading educators of tho South.
From Lsndgtt,
I.QXDny, April 3—The Glohg to day oails
attention to a puflor of an estraurdiuury
The students of Howard College swarm
the streets of Marion in their new and bean-
tiful uniforms.
Hon. Robert Hatcher, formerly State Sen
ator from Dallas county, is dead. Dr. B. G.
Cobb, of Dallas, iadead.
The Qadsdsn Times ssys all the money
that can be raid'd dddsdrapedtfp fa this ©—
ty is being sent to the West for com
bacon
Applications have been made by about
twenty negroes for admission into the ranks
* '■ volunteer failitja cpmpsnie of
Political Discussion.—The following is
a portion of a debate between two colcred
men on the subject of a national wealth;
Abe Music,—"I toieyon Jim, dis country’s
heap poorer now ’an it was afo’ de ws.’
Jess look at my ole mars. He’s plumb strap-
1 and ain’t wufl a dolls,’ an* afo, de wa’
owned a bund’ed nlgga’s ’at was wuff a
thousand dolla’s apiece. I tell ye de coun
nigger owns bissclf, an’ dar ain't one on ’em
'at could be bought for ten thousand dallaV
January 4,1971.
I/on. B. B. B'gh*vn, Lad range :
#*•••*
The vacancy c^sed by the resignation of
Ex-Governor Brown has been filiod by the
appo'ntment of Judge Lochrane,who has con
sented to accept the position of Chief Jus
tice, temporarily, and ho will doubles hold
through the next two terms of the Duprome
Court, and when tho Senate meets and are
prepared to act upon nominations, I presume
I shall flud it proper and agreeable to present
them the name of Judgo HcC.ty as Chief
Justice.
»****»
Very truly Tours,
RUFys B.' ByLLOCk.
The above letter shows that Governor
Bollock had it in his “mind, eyu" to reword
Judge McCoy with tho Chief Justiceship.
In this connection it nyiT not i>^ unitercst-
fag to state that among Governor Bullock's
jeltets is pnq tp. Coloncj' icssp A- Glenn,
qotifiyfaghlmqf tl)e qppiqtmeqt of Judgo
Lochrane as Chief Justice, and seeming to
bo a reply to a request for appointment to
that high office from Colonel Glenn.
Also among bis letters we find one to Judge
Gibson, which reveals that Quvcrnnr Bullock
had given to Judge Gibson a blank order for
tbc aiipofa'men) of t* Sqffcttoi general for
the Augusta Circuit Builoek, however,
withdraw the blank and appointed U. Clay
Foster.
A good many interesting liltlo facts are
embodied ia the Governor's epistles.
Tub ^-actuc "karattQuakr.
Tbo earthquake reported on the 80 th of
March on the Pacific slope appears to have
been a very serious affair.
Tho sceno of the convulsion was four hun
dred mil?? 60t;Uica;t (jf Can gransisco. A
th asm was opened In the valley thirty-five
miles long and from three Inches to forty feet
wide. The towns of Cerro Gordo and Lone
Pine were ruinously damaged; tho whole
population nearly being buried fa the ruins
i for three hours the ground was in pocypl
lion. v £he Indiana allied the country; bear
ing the traditional earthquake of hundreds of
years back, when a chain of mountains sunk
and created the Owens river valley.
Over three hundred distract shacks were
felt in three hoars, and a thousand in twenty-
four. Tho killed number tjundraii- At
’Pibbatl'a ran8he, aboyo Independence*' forty
acres of ground sankseTcnfeek In the Lone
Pine valley innumerable graoks were made,
and In the town one side sank oigbt feet, leav
ing a wall three miles long where was a level
plain. Big Owens Lake rose four feet, Kern
and Owens rivers turned and ran up stream
for several minutes, leaving their beds dry,
and frailly flowed 7,1 th doa'de volume:
me Agricultural Land Scrip,
Tllose of our few contemporaries that are
complaining of Gqvpril 0 ! Smith’s disposition
of the fand scrip, fapjouato that he allowed
himself to be oyerperauadyi by lire influen
tial and distinguished gentlemen composing
the Trustees of the State University, includ
ing surh men as ex-Governor Jenkins, Gen.
Toombs, Chancellor Lipscomb.
It is due to Governor Smith to slate that
his decision was made before the application
of the Trustees, that it was entirely uninflu
enced by them, and was based solely npop
careful consideration pf (he jaw and the
facta. Tho Trqsteca had ito agency wl atever
in forming-bis judgment. They simply fy-
gejycq it formally af ey flis falad bad
mafia op-
rharut'.cf, which ba? obtained currency here
that tbo caso of the American Government
before the Geneva tribunal estimates tbo
losses of citizens of lira United States, by
the capture and destruction of American
ships and cargoes by Confederate cruisers,
built and fi ted out' in Euglisli waters,
at fourteen million dollars, rod tho
expenses of the United States Govern
ment in punning said privateers at $200,-
800,000. The Globe f.omtnehta tome
severity vjppq tills' itaUuuent, and expresses
the hope that Gladstone will be speedily
called upon in Parliament for an explanation
to its troth or falsity.
The Echo of to-day contains an article
upon the subject of union of Canada with
Great Britain, in which it hints strongly that
tho connection between the two countries is
merely artificial, and lnt|tsa’.i* that Lord
Ditffrin is possibly the last Viceroy of the
Dominion.
Tho well known tavern “Hole in the
Wall," having been used as head-qu-trtcra by
the Republicans of London, has refused
license by tito authoriflaj. hiew rooms have
been secured {or thtir meet tugs by tire Lon
don Patriotic Society.
John'Smart Mills basset a let ‘<r to the
President of tho Association iucioei'-e twen
ty poqn'tls as a contribution towards its
change of quarters, and expressing bis ap
proval of tbo resistance of the org mizstiun
to an attempt by the Government to prevent,
by indirect means, the discussion of subjects
which it is thought too hazardous • o openly
suppress
Scandal forjjj? »
A skopkoeper recommending a piece of
silk for a gown, told his customer: " Ma'am,
it will wear forever, and make a pet icoat'af
terward.”
Miss Laura C. Redden complains that the
American women cat too much horse radish
and too many picklesatlunch. entailingtino-;.
elbows, thiq calve*, ar.-j ted no*ea.
Thompson is not going to do anything
" ~ ’ his
This stoi
one evening tea
Sunday school'
teeu'th chapter of Matthew, wherein is rela
ted :Uw ; parable of .a maitcic
who went about sowing tares;
“What.is a tare? Tell me, my son, what
s tare isf asked the anxious parent.
“You had ’em."
“Johnny, what do yon mean,” asked the
father, opening his eyes rather wide.
: "Why, last week, when you didn’t come
home for three days,” said Johnny, “I hi '
mother tell Aunt Susan that 1 yon was'i
tare.” - -_ji ;. .-'
Johnny was immediately sent to bed.
t3f~The Columbus Sun, Macon Telegraph
and Savannah Republican emphatically in
dorse Gov ~
land scrip.
more fa conundrums. He recently asked
wife the difference between his head and a
hogshead, and she said'thero was n me. Ue
says that is not the right answer.
A young man in love speaks of rival a*
having long, greasy fate of uncertain color,
clothui to thatch, and that he w -uld have
been sent to the insane asylum long >go if he
had brains enough to get crazy with.
A country editor’s sole editorial in one
week’s issue of his paper was fa Ihe effect
that if anything will make a man feel
about the heart, it is to
sky colorefl eye?, '
Governor Smith haa not been mentioned.
The law of Congress donating the scrip holds
the State responsible for the successful dispo
sition of the money, with tho condition of a
return of the funds, unless the project is car
ried out fa accordance with the law. The
" -TemprJ&t ijgmiglled to select with a view
hja finite jjiij ^tate ever hay
_ = torrotorq.the scrip through* a' failure of
the enterprise 'or.its diversion, to improper
nses.it would be a matter of Very great Im
portance that the Stats have'security fa tbc
endowmentral a responsible institution, able
to answer in.case of a demand of forfeiture,
and under the State's control.
.•urriJ >;
"ti 'era-.
Consul- Ions seem the order of the day. St.
Lonis has just had a lively tornado. A large
market place was blown away full of people.
Of the hundreds, not more than a dozen were
MUsd and hart.
Sunday School Convention.—Decatur,
Qa, March 30,1373.—In accordance with the call or
Executive Committee of the S»bMth School Board of
the Georgia Baptist ConvealiOD, -Wg.vct from the
churches composing S'.onsMonnlaln IRp'.Itt Associa
tion met in the meeting hooso of the Btptith church
in this pises at 10 o'clock a. *. After lntrodectoy
exercises were had hr Rev. R. W. Fuller, Elder E. W.
Warren was called to the Chslr and J. .M. Briltaln re.
quetted to act as Secretary.
On calling the'roll of the ehurc-hce. the faUbwittg
delegates reported thenudrce: Fleet Church, Atiantr,
Elder B. W, Warn-1-, R. W. Falter. D It. Beaton, M
D„ A K. Scagj; Second Chores, Atlanta, AT. Spald-
tng, D. D., J. n. Calloway; Decatur, Rev. M. W
Sammi, Wm. Henry StrieUani It. W. Swann, W. R.
Webster; Indian Creek, John Minor, Wm. Shumate,
Jos. Walker, J. R. Hadaway; Lithualii. J. It Born
Conjora, J, M. Brittain, E. F. Edward?; Peachtree,
S P. Haluie, Wo. E. Carter; Zloa, n r.R L. Grant,
R. T. Hall, Jaa. W. Loyd; SwMf trci.-;T. : A Glhiu;
South River, JeaseDcLoach; Corfagion, L P. Ch?ay.
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Thopaljlluhoil pro.ramxie was teheu up and the?
diene* were greatly luff,oettxl In >1- o^droea oa
Givat Impoefauec or \tw WsJifr ?u-.day Achoolr,
bf A T. Spalding, D 1). The tuhjeel was handled
ia a nis-terly mannor, at d dcabilce i deep impressions
were made on all present.
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Tto Best Method or Sa-talnln; Sabbath Schools in
the Country —The ap ( Inter, Col. \V. L. Goldsmith,
being absent, tbr q icatlon was promoted for the di:
cueetou of the body.
Br tth.-r J. H Bora gave some facte of Interest in
tbia line, attribotlrg the difflcnltice. In part, to tie
apathy of the majority of the membership of tie
eharchea, especially the old once.
Brother T. A GlbW epoke or the want of nab n
and co operation among the church members, their
segregation, etc.
Brother Win. Henry Strickland gavoae a reason of
theuidlc allies:
First, The monthly system of worship among
country churches, whereas they should return to Ihe
apostolic mode of meeting evory Lord's day and halt
ing worship.
Second y. The had condition of mcctiag-hc
the cwintry—they being open, cold, not famished
with etovee, etc.
Thirdly. Iragifarity of Icaclicre.
Brother A Verde tt, an o'd lea-her, made son e
practle 1 enggcdloas, founded oa the experience if
thirty years.
Brother it. L Great thought that pastors did not
preach on the ruhject anfficienily.
Brother Walker gave tome worieof encouragement
1 experience of forty years in the
stotalkyeWetlivqMirof
by moonlight fa a olover
Burglaries.
We see a remarkable nnmber of burglaries
reported fa different sections of the State.,
and nearly all by negroes. ArS 0 ?# ™t r Slat?
exchanges on qqr tatyft yretqday \e find at
least a dozen burglaries mentioned, and the
perpetrators in every case nro negroes. The
SaTannah News and Cutlibert Appeal re
count a number of very bold attempts, while
the former shows the existence of a daring
skillful and very determined gong of black
burglars who are preying broadcast fa (5ft-
Yftnn&h.
This is a very alarming feature of -the
time* and needs prompt, thorough c- Traction.
It Is the legitimate out-cropping of tiie la(t>
Radical rule, whose wholf tenfle^vy watt to
spoil black labor and corrupt the negro ele
ment. ^t ia hut oqe of the many pernicious
lt-grow ths of Kadical teaching.
The cure mo3t be summaiy in (U charac
ter and stem fa its penalties. Wa point onr
Northern friends to the result of Radical
handi-work, and call upon them to help the
country to a better regime.
gleaned from
work.
Brother R. W. Ful’er believed tint the ladies could
advacco thU ctn»e, •• h-y had la muy other#, at d
nrgfd 'hit as tho brethren had proved recreant, that
the «U'cr» bo enlisted.
Brother Samms «ild, '* Voa must make Uio Bondar
Scliool t ttricily. if yon exp vt surecra." Moved >s
(o low? I •*» e wracrtly recommend to a'l the chnrchcs
•cd rchoota compoeing UiU Convention th»t they re-
Uhltah mtm'on reboots at the rert!c.t le wtibio diy ”
Adopted onaplmhus'y.
A T. SpildiUg then Epoke cf the f»ct that mil.y
fiithfal. oEraret woman con’d he employed tide way
w |ta great sncccra. Referred to the rchoole of Men-
c e?t<T. Koginod, end the mie*lou Mchoole of Mr
Spurgeon, cf London.
Ur. T. U. Mo-gen dwelt on the thoa-ht that ihe
Suudey School he eoroxienrl, e «Ith ihe church.
- Adopted the following: “Rerolved, That St 1* the
eenre. f hi? Convention that it le both the duly end
privilege of every member of the church to he a mem-
her of the Sucday S- hooU
Atj urned to 3. p. a.
xrxxiKf} axsnoy.
Opened with payer bf ttr> tht?r T. A. Gibbs.
Hl-Unlfoim Lceeon System expkloed aad ca-
foiccxl by R W. Warren.
He oi Jeered to the question Book System :
1 B ecueelt tame louweea the mind of the teacher
an.l the wo 0 or (tod.
* it coatee between the popii and the word <f
God,
Uodrnomiaetodthe question Books as "crnlePci.»
U. W. Fuller conld .ec lltllj difference hotywfoth*
phmof Uniform Lci'toLrendqn'estlonpepere
accompenjlng tScm and tho o!d Qneetion Books,
from Which lie i.adicarnel eo much and so wclL
Brother Strickland considered the national scries
of le eona es Impractical—too herd for tho average
teacher' cf onr schools, much sown set for the pupil?
—thought more vjojVI be accomplished by question
book- pat forth by such mm et Carson, Stow, Day-
ton, liegno and ethers,
A K. Sergo, epoke qf the ucoers of the uniform
eyries fa the First BapUat Church and offered reasons
I or preferring them.
A. T. Spalding th ught it wrong to abandon a study
berate It Is hard-gave sound, forc.bio lllaitrelions.
Brother Gibbs thoujht that there were advantages
in both systems.
ty,
Bort Meth d of Toxra'nr.—Hopes much good wm
*2* <U eddrcee, Ue brought e speech np to the
ttonveatlon, hot had beard eo much that he had al
most forgotlea hie own Ie glsd (hat ttthera before
him havenn tholr discussions lid. his field. Thinks
teach era ere bora—tpat made.
1. Ateagh— matt have a thorough knowledge of
ih* subject.
9. Power of adaptation.
A Teachers rauat epp nv grnvee.d sober In pres
ence of their clasiji. Must hold hp "Rock of ages”
cUis.
Adj mnioJ to 11:30, a. Sauday morning.
SECOND DAT.
Fuxdat ilonxiNo, March 3J—9:30 a x.
The ConrcnUon was very much entertained by the
cxerdfes of the Decatur ISsptUt Sunday School. The
Superintendent, Her. Wm. Ileury StrickUnd, ana
offl.'cr?, are lira men, end the school is x )ivo school.
The sch^l was a4 Irc^scd by T. A. Gibbs end J. M.
in t,W hsppy mumcr
Toe pulpit wa« filled At 11 o'clock, by R. W. Puller,
who, After a forcible sermon of Perfection of Christ's
Suffering*, presented the claims or the Georgia
Baptist Orphan's llcme, received, in cash. £32 05; in
notes, $190
In the afternoon J. M.BiHtalaprrAc.ed-subJcct
‘Last JodgraenV 1 *
^pt^TCfttioa Wdss again called to order.
On motion the folio* log delcgites were appointed
t> represent os in the Geor-U Slate Baptist Sunday
School Convention which Is to meet In Macon, Geor-
vla, on Thamday proceeding the 4th Lord's Day in
April next, viz:
Wm. Henry SlricUead. M. W. Femme, T. A. Gibbs,
. P. Edwardc, a W. Warren.
An fcnecnlivc Oemmlttoe wm appointed to arreage
for anothe r meeting or Ur’s body with tho Ltthonla
Baptist Church o* the Mb a*d SOth tf Jaamaty Best
The Execntive Commltce conalete of R F. Edward?,
J H. Born, J* M. Brittain,
On motion of brother Sammi a committee of three
be appointed the cna'ide? (he enbjoct of eniublencee
of bgnk* com prying one Sxbhaih School litcretnre,
infireportet the next meeting of this body.
Too Convention adjourned Hnt die.
At sight Rev. Wm. Henry 8trick!?nd preached.
Soblect—Doom of Belrhexzar.
Tbe meeting wm largely attended, end Hr is hoped
that much good hM been doco ia the Sabfa'h School
ra. J. M- Bptrrnm, accrelxry.
F(¥TH Baetist Church.—Hon. John H.
^eme? pnrchaatd, not l> ng eipco, a tot on Bril street,
peer Feck’s Planing Mill, for $1,100, end expects to
great on It shortly, an rill flee-for the Fifth Bap
tist Church, tt a cost of about *9,900 more. The
*"eburch will be SOxCO feet, and will (cat about five
hundred perron? treat fall Rev. J. F. Edeoi started
a Sabbath School there. NowhehMaoaraSfty
hereof therbnrch,about ooc-half having brahap-
rixed by hipo W. leant that there an alx or eight for
■ttplirm apt Sunday.
Accideut.—We regret to learn that Mr.
Robert Win.htp yesterday, egddeatlRy. feU while
toomiting hit haras, end broke hie left arm r
n fiat, and tpr-ilncd hie right hand.
Sent TO tiie Lunatic Asylum.— 1 The fol-
ptw|dg pxrttea adjtrdged to bo 1 erratic!
Ue Lnartie Atjlom yesterday: Lewie Poweil, W.
Slxtieriy end Sarah Jins Hetterlie. The Utter ta
adjudged a tana tic January 10,1871. but owing to the
crowded Condition cf the Asylmn nr not received.
Atlantic and Gf.eat Westers Canal.
There wm meeting of the Board of Directors of this
company held yeeterdey w the Kimball House at
which all (he Direatora aava oae were present.
MOB reaotvedtoopen books of subscription at the
pfinclpel points along tin-11. c, aud wtilrcerelr hope
the people will com. foesard aad fW* a 1 bend -sup
port to tMa grand euterprUe Daenotiocof theopen-
TUB FACES IfB MEET.
Oh, thoT.'cee we meet
With SESZSg o'rXlrwMrera-
Ab tkej harry BwLfdy by.
1*4 pwo atc ficN as nr
A» the xrtvcp thxt pUj
On 116 Fanny tsnd of an iaiet^ mw •
* ?^«»*fcey«*AAbrigirt ’
Tha; falison ttehliw c?hqaeem’
t fa ' There are (reMsiot hair
i_. i zoldeoanare,
Aad .hey ce-c, many h, .re. in their rmahas
Thcroare locks like the nkht-
Jtte tke day *t*r ocralds the dAwn. - 'C
■ ■ I-SSS
-'‘"Sld 1 brc^ i , V :"hj. r e" t , ’ i “P~ t
wall jiff iBfilSlUfau. .-«£ «-■ r
mere are lips whore mile,
,without re slice or cnUe. ^ — vs*
Light up the face at th. aurfilghti the tea ■
e -Jjcdlipe "hero a sneer ’
With care-worn brow*or with gUdaome #ia
picrnivs of life, mlde
... and Fhadc/ • r**
thty Pam u- *7rfUy by.
ABO XJT PRINTERS,
^ printer. •
I really do, iudeed,
u printer*
Get everything thcr niai
(Except money.)
Aitffnrjpr hind/of a
. ' (liy giving An equivalent.)
T.V V. bag will ap** to thma
‘(Krifcrt* rr,n,to *
At ladlea' fair* they're almoat bopmA
*r^ y Rlrlri, yon know*
cnck eT «7thlng
(B t Uly) h " et0,hO,r -
^^fftut^BwhAt'e the matter.)
SATMjWnM.florarag^h rarafaro,
Sut. Denuisoeftitymet at SZjTSSSXS*
ivim’rot'n* w 0 l dOdc A ' <0 - d * T ' A b* il »Ora
Pretid-ntDr. R Paroona of Stvennah, in th. .n-e-
The fo.lowing membera answering to their rsamaar
PraJ. r.Oftap. R Pareoi?, of S.W.S
rfamSfn’ ^ thcns; K * ^ McDonald, Griffin; G. p.
Campbell, Barncavllle; A. C. Ford, L. D. Catm®.
8. BUlups J. fi. Muiphy, Samnel n.p^
¥* 114 Thomaa » Monroe; B. M. Allen, Ma-
rtetta, aud wquoram preaent. the reguUr order nf
buiincM was eu-pendod for tho consideration of appil.
cations for membership. ™
.Committee, were elretad activ*
nembem of this Boclefyi Dr. Wm. Grenahaw. Al-
'*»*?*■< Dr * ^ S. Morse,Forsyth, Ga.; Dr. A Biaa-
^^Rome, G*.; Dr. Rafo Waldo Thoraton, thiWf
further rnepended aad ■
reaonraon offered and adopted to appoint a Commit,
tee on l*nbUcaiion. Dra. Hampton, Carpenter *
Ford, were appointed by the Chair.
On motion, Ihe Sc dety adjourned until 8o'clock,
- L. D. CxornsrEB. Recording Sreretorr.
ArTKRXOON SESSION. ’’ ' ^
Sodetymat according to adjournment. ^
Dr. E. Parsons, Presldcntv In the Chair.
The report of the Execntive Commitle# Wtar f*ror-
rtfaontho nemre of Dr. McBlheny. W«t Point, Gm;
R B Mar-hall, Atlanta; K. B.A.»a«r, Gaiomvllla.
0 duly elected activo members of this ao
SQn moUon Dra.. J. m. Lonqaist anlT.P. Smith
were Invited to a scat with this body during this m*
Kcxt In order were read and confirmed the minutes
* previous meeting.
ltegn]ar order of business was hen suspended fer
the purpose of hearing the nsoal opening addrcea
from the President, Dr. K. Parlous, uf Saraanah.
^ On motion the address was received and a rote of
thanks tendered the President. •
Tho Committee on Iliatology^Phyfiekgp ^
tal ChemUtry, not fcciug present, oa motioa, akle rab-
Ject was passed over. .
The Committee on Operalive Dcnti^y made aver-
report of much information, thro nek their chafe.
mao. Dr. P. Y. Clark.
WmoiK>u the' report was received aad preceded
for diacu;.«iou. . . ' - £
The Society then adjourned to 7# p, at, **
monT session.
The Association ihct at 7^ o'clock, Dri E. Parsons.
President, in the chair.
The question of OperaUvc DenUstiy was a»hi te-
kca op, and after quite on elaborate diacossion hr
Drs. Clarke, Ford, Alien, Parsons and ethers, wee
continued for further consideration to-morrow.
A^resolntion was off-red and carried, that we havw
divic exercises on to-morrow at g to 30 o'clock a. m.
Operators "-Die. Hampton, Thornton and Carpenter.
The Society then adjourned until 10 o’clock a. m-
to morrow.
L. D. CanriNTtn, Recording Secxeury.
Tub “Wood** Cask.—Tho counsel on. both
aldee In the great seductJon caee In DeKalb Fnperter
Court, dosed their arguments at a late Lour yesterday
evening, and we will not be able to give the vsrdiet
of the Jury until to-morrow. Colonel G. T. Fry aad
Captain J. T. Glenn made arguments for the 'State j
and Hon. M. A. Candler and Colonel G. N. Letter, foe
the defence.
QThe evidence ia too sickening and dlsgustlac te be
given to the public, especially where it te Mhtly to-
falLinto the hands of the young. To bslteve theUe*
tlmony ^>T the yoang lady preferring the charge
against Iter. XL D. Wood, of redaction, one Is com
pelled to bcl.eve tho accused & moral monster—m
whited repulchrc—an adept in scoundrdism.^
To give crcdenee to the testimony of the deftae*
one most brlicvo the accuser equally aa bad as the
accused. The mind is bewildered aud conf osed, and
faith in humanity is almost obliterated if one shoald
believe both ; and the mind falters ia selecting the
side to believe. The securer is a yon ng lady ef re
markable intellectual development and cullers; flew
pcrsonells; and on tho witness stand the equal of
any lawyer. Tbc accused bore the reputation ef am
earnest, xcalons and eloquent divine, of rare probity
and piety. His walk was circumspect. That these
two should appear In the character of accuser and ac
cused, and develop facts so Ucart-rendlLg; that they
should for so long a time carrj on their eril conduct,
and give no outward Indication of their Inward de
pravity-passes our finite conception. Tims will give
os ah explanation of what lsj now a'aystery. Mr.
Wood made a statement to tho court denying. all the
allegations, and asseverating, ia the most solcsen
manner, his entire innocence of all the charges.
VThe counsel for the State conducted their part of
the case with skill and ability; and the Solicitor Gen
eral displayed great “sifting” powers lnthqrxaa-
I nation of witnesses. The counsel for'the defense ful
filled thtir whole duty to tho accused. Never havo
we teen counsel display more zeal, earnestness and
ability tiran Urey 814.
Tenneeaee Seva.
Memphis races begin on the 29th.
Olive Logon lectures on “Girls,” at Knox
ville, on the 9th.
West Tennessee pfotfat* spill pirn. I cotton
he»vi!y this yoa?. .
‘They axe going to have .nationalcamp tag or t»* book. a» tubccriytiau wui be gim
xnmd at Knoxville. tbrougb live ire tr*. TL? .r-rrey of Ura wbolo line
A railreafi from Wfipffle. ln±, to Jock-1
¥V., Tenn., is talked of. j
A six hundred one farm new Chatter u-ri-a ^, ngs ot „w before Cai-praJ^
•old for $20,000 lR5*Satqraay. ingaid to this great woik, and that iu rnecessienow
Kimbpou/h g.»t a verdict Of $12,000 itgfilist M .crod beyond a donht let those who drsire to see
the city of Memphis for the lofts of liis u\rtkux t it trssecd forward vlgwowly subscribe liberally to
'thestoek. It will not ottlyonhamee the vshmef prop
exty m the city, bat will prove a good investment, as
it caa never have a rival* *
Ltermof DeKalb tupnlor Coart adjonroedj^sterday
evening. ;tj> , ■ - • .] M '
aQojaotMa «fihe. SPliciter General the line cf flO
I Imposed npnn W.*Q. Whidby. for, as woa allied,
laughing in court, was remitted. It te Jmt justice to
state that he waa not guilty of the charge, and that
the whole thing was an April fool. .
?oiir a Hcriiy.—Some of the neighbors!
ths Gvrman who committednuld.de sear the Barracks
on Monday test administered xm his estate without
the sanction of Jndee Pittman. Justice Butt issned
a warrant for the parties and secured all the property
but the money.
Atlanta and New Orleans.—Freight is
now brmfaht tbronxh from New Orleans te Ma city
Mattel tetefMf MM
boat by a snag in front of that ctiy.
Joseph M. Gravemer, of Philadelphia, fell
from a car of.ih^p^ytowg$fi«.->’irrfofa:
and Georgia
ing CbDUanopijjlhaJsJrKy 5133
mstantiykfllijjiSteHwJfJ.^ ^
. The Alabama Insane Hospital building, in
Tuscaloosa, 1 is an jaWMEg" and beautiful
gtructure. 'c- * •
The i'csSSenco of tiafifc .English;
business manager of the Sclini ‘Times, waa
dtatroyeaVy fire,'ohi8«tm4tef%l$ht last i-
Hom^H’P; Grair^^fiiufTWrMnT, ta pre
pared to pay the interest on the State bonds
for the month of May.—Adccrtiter.
Tuscaloosa has one of the best river wharfs
fa the State. The Faculty ot tho University
have elected Prof. W. 8. Wyman Historian
ft Sn Institution.
Fish Culture.—The culture of fish ta at-
t*actlng considerable attention. W. J. Houston, Hon.
XL A. Candler, John Bryce, and Col. R. A. Alston, at
Decatur, have fine ponds. X W. McCurdy,' IL P.
Wccten, and J. T. Willingham, at Stone Mounts!*,
also have fine ponds. They all speak encouragingly
of their efforts. Wc learn that they anticipate exbib-
Ing fish from their ponds at DeKalb County Fair, ud
ths State Fair, In aquariums. Those who cannot
have ponds, can raise gold and silver fish In aqua
riums euccceefolly. Mr. B. Van Goldteaoven, In the
Capitol bniiding, has met with great success So rais
ing them, scdw-IU checrf ally give information cn this
subject te all who call cn him.
Yesterday's Sales.—The Sheriff aoid a
imter of lots for taxes. He also sold a half ahare
in the lease of the State Road (owned by H. L Kim
ball) to B. U. HID for $20L The fnrnltnre in ths un
finished portion of the Kimball House was bsqght by
an.mil for $AGI, and a quantity of sash, blinds,
fine grates ar.d other loo?e property for $135.
Messrs Wallace A Fowler 'sold the J5dwordy prop
erty at fair pi Ices.
Colonel G. W. Adair sold a lot on McDonough street,
100x300 feet, for $1,060. He also sold the Denny prop
erty, containing 70 acres, to Thomas Alexander for
$100 per acre. _
Attachments.—Attaclimcnta hare been
issued in the name of the State agatafit ths follow!
partie*, for tbo sums rpccificd, and levied upon their
property:
fccofieid Settles Mill Company, $57/58 00; Foeter
Blodgett, $50,009 00; John Rice, $^,500 00; V. A.
Gatklll, $15,548 15; N. P. Ilotchkiw, $14,039 14: A.
L. Harris, $$.4S6 O; Jsmes Mullens, $6,867 31. This
mikes a total of $181,385 KL In the Scofield Rolling
case the property or the company, and the Indi
vidual property of Louis Scofield, W. D. Cook and A.
I*. Harris has been levied on. ‘J. - .
Hohoh Well Bestowed.—A Society has
been organized at the WesTejan FcmGe Institute at
Stanton: Virginia, under the name of the Lee—Jack-
son Literary Sodefy. Tho principal officers were
elected from Gdbrgla ladies. Miss Aurora £. Walker
of Pickens county, was elected President; Mlfs lUgina
H. Rambo, of Clay county, Vice Presl lent; aoq Miss
Lucy P. Harris, of Atlanta, Correipondlng 8serelary.
It U quite an honor to belong to a society presided
over by officers of such high character and intellectual
culture. j ________ i
;j Commendable.—The town of Decatur is
evincing a spirit of improvement that is to bs highly
commended. The streets are being putjn fine order
necessary improvemerts hate been made to the pub
lic buildings ; a town p»mp bss been put up. aed the
public square Is to bs enclosed and beautified. fTh* y
have a live Mayor and town Council But we, think
the Mayor of a town ought to be a married ‘man.
The digni-y of the office demands it.
Dekalb Sdp*eioii C: cut.—Judge JIop-
klns vesterday sentenced XL D. Wood to the penlten-
ttery for ten years-jostone-half of the time of the
former eeateoce. The case will be carried up to the
Supreme Court.
A negro man plead guilty to assault and battery on
j.y.noirtrt,
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