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Newspaper Page TextLIFE AMONG THE DEADHEMt («»••! SBhicrlptlan: I r . .k. Tphafcon of the time for which pajmeLt uUN prwtonilr tcofirtd, the lutne rf the •heater wffl he etrieka from out boots, ggr Clibe of Tee $1100, and s copyof the paper Mtltelethearttar-ep. ATLANTA, TUESDAY, APRIL 15. Beet Beet Sneer. Ike tret attempts to manufacture sugar from the beet were dbutnmi failures, end % extended over about fifty yean. The iadnetrydidnot get on its feet tmtil the ware of napoleon reduced the French people to great extremities for the needful household rrrptfrH Four imperial manufactories were and fiotn that time, the business baa steadily increased. The last year’s crop vas the largest ercr known, and was distrib uted as follows: d» t jio i.too cm t (In rnt-h) CO *0.000 The areilable stocks at all the entrepots on the Md of February of the present year reached fifty-eight thousand one hundred tana, as compared with fifteen thousand seres hundred tons for a corresponding period In 1873. There are orer 2,000 m inufsctories in Brnope; and one-sixth of all the arable land in France is derated to the colliva ion of tnUs Nothing 1s lost or wasted in this Industry. The pressed pulp is eery raluabte for the fattening of cattle; (be refuse of all kinds Is rich In fertilizing material; potash Is made fhous the residue of the distilled mo’a ses; and the leaves of the beet work up admirably in the adulteration of leaf and smoking to bacco. The pulp usually sells for six dollars § ton. The avenge production of beets is six and one-half per cent of raw sugar. The refined beet sugar is fully equal to that made from <be cane, being, in fact, nodiatinguUhaUc in color or taste: The moats of manufacture here been so greatly improved that bcet-ror t sugar can compete with all other sugars in the markets of the world. This is an important branch of agriculture that can be successfully conducted in this country. The climate of California ii said lobe especially adapted to the business. The cli mala o f Georgia or of any State that lies be low the nine months’ frost line is equally la- ▼arable. Nothing bat enterprise Is lacking In enable us to grow our own sugar, and sorns to spare for our neighbors There is no mistake about it this time. The corporations and monied monopolists are astounded and alarmed at the gigantic proportions that the new secret order, “The Patrons nf Husbandry,” has assumed in so abort a time. Nor do the monopolists like the grangers open snnocncement that, if they cannot break the ruinous oppressions of the 'stags” in any other way, they will enter the field of politics, and seek redress through the ballot-box. Thebsnded robbers donotiancy this court of last resort They are willing toteet their strength before Congress or the State Legislatures, but the prople—that is an other thing. The strides of the farmers’ movement are I in Illinois. The first grange was agenlmd about two months ago, and yet Boca than 800 townships out of the 1,500 in the Stale here organized local clubs. The total number of such organirtlions in that Stale does not fall.below 1,100. with an avenge membership of 100. No estimate places the combined membership of the granges la Illinois by the Fell, at less than one half of the rating population of the State. In Iowa there are 800 granges, and the Legislature is filled with representatives sent there by the farmers to demtud the reforms that are the basis of the Order. Some of the recalls in this 8tate are of a very substantial character: one-third of all the elevators and warehouses are controlled by ti e granges; BfiOOfiOO bushelsof grain and enormous num bers of cattle and bogs have hern shipped through the agents of the Order, with in- created profile to the fanners; $305,000 hive been saved to its members by aciutl compu tation, in the purchase of agricultural inncUn- «ry and implun-nta; and not less than $100,- 000 will be invested during 1873 by thu granges of Iowa In eatablishing roanuficm- ries—thus creating a homo demand fur the products of the farm. The order is nearly as strong in tha other Western Statea; and, in fact, it vigor unsly g wishes all the way from Texts to Utine. The facte that we have given are sufficient to •bow the startling increase of numbers, and the intense earnestness of purpose that is fast uniting the farmers of the whole country in one Invincible self-protecting, self-advanc- tagorganixstion. The Western organizations, while they denounce the protective tariffs that compel them to pay double prices to that the East ern capitalist may enjoy dividends of 120 per cant; while they denounce the monopoly power that is enthroned in Washington, as the dispenser of subsidies to steamships and land grants to railway corporations, and cx duaive privileges to the pet banking system cf the government, etc; yet these Western men atgjke more particularly at the extortions of the railroad-stock waterers. Nor is it strange. The case of an Indians land-owner may il lustrate the deep importance of Ibis griev ance. He saye: On the 1st of July "sat, corn wss worth (on tbelud) 43 cents a bushel, and the price of a freight car to New York wss $90. The rail road advanced the price in September to $150, and recently to $2J3 a car, and com has be en depressed in price to 18 cents. Now, if the railroads can do a fair business at $90, they rob the farmer of 84 cents a bushel Had my land been cultivated In corn, at 75 bushels to the acre, my crop would have been 101,000 bushels, and they take from me over $25,000. The difference between $90 a car and $300 will make a difference in the value of every •ere or more than $100; but call it only $50 •ad the lota in the value of real estate is over $$400,000. The Radical politicians are, of course, hur rying to join the ranks of the cnemus of monopoly. It is flood tide. Bat some of the ablest thinkers of the oounlry are also en listed in the cause of the people. The pbilo- aophtc Frederick Hecker boldly says, "that railways are nothing but a licensed class of highways, bolding privileges which, in case of mismanagement and in the interest of public welfare, may be revoked. They were not privileged in the Interest of a few, but they .were licensed for the advantage of the people at large; and every violation of this doctrine is a bare-faced swindle." It b both right and proper that the fsrm- en of every State ahonld organize for the purpose of procuring just rates in railway transportation. Beyond that, is another and deeper remedy stilL The long lines of rails that stretch almost across a Continent can not be operated cheap enough to carry the superabundant products of the West to market, and leave a good price for the producers. It cannot be done—the distance is too great, and railway trans portation is too extravagant at the tret. The perfect remedy for their ills lies ta a short, broad and deep water way to eonnect the waters of the Tennessee and Ocmulgee riven. The farmers of ths great tar West have no other thorough and perma nent mode of relief; no other possible route to market that can csrty off a large crop without encroaching on the legitimate profits of the producers. Hay m cot, therefore, suggest to Governor Smith that the principal managers of “ The Patrons of Husbandry” ta the West, and especially io the Southwest, be personally invited to the grand conference of the VOLUME V.i ATLANTA, GEOKGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1873. INUMBER 52 The Doctor.’ Convention. We took a gr.ze at the Doctors? Conven tion yesterday, in teuton in the Senate Chamber, ar.d it wou'd lie d : !B*uti t together a finer l.-oking, uoie intelligent and dignified body of men. Their appearance indicated men of culture and character. Their deliberations were conducted with ability and decorum. There ii no profession that ranks higher than the medical; cone that requires more of the qualities of brain,heart, and manhood; none more vitally important to society, and cone to the credit of Us members, be it (aid, that have a higher standard of individual ex cciltnce and professional merit. We arc plcastd to have tl.esc gentlemen in oar midst. Atlanta poswsics a set of medi cal men of high standing, and the courtesy and respect the extend: to the worthy medi cal gentlemen riffling ua from the rest of the •Slate- constitute a like spontaneous emana tion of her characteristic hospitality and a testimonial of her earnest appreciation of the Ira'entity from a rccogui'ion of the excel lence of our own physicians. . We give these gentlemen a cardial welcome to Atlanta, and a hearty invitation to the hos pitalities of the Constitution office. The aarsery Bm&aew*. From an atliclc in a Richmond paper, vec learn that cue firm alone of thu city filled 15.000 orders during the past year, sending out 400,0(0 apple trees; 50000 pear tries; 25.000 cherry trees; 5,000 plums; 150,000 peaches; 8,6*0 apricot; 2,400 nc-ctaimea; 3.000 quince; 150,0C0crape; 147,000 straw berry; 6,300 raspberry; 7,200 blackberry; 15,500 goosebrry ; 8,000 currant; 16,800 as paragus ; and 3,700 rhubarb. No small part of tbc large shipments from' the Richmond and Norfolk nurseries comes to Georgia, in addition to tiicvart qnanities shipped to us from the more- Northern mar- a. And yet not one of these young trees plants are adapted to eur climate; they have- to undergo a process of acclimatization, that thins them out dreadfully, or leaves them in a weak impoverished condilun. let us grow eur own fruit-trees. Every con dition for tbcsucce sful pursuit of this lucra tive breech of busiaiss can be found on the hills that surround the city. The climate, soil and local demand are alike favorable. Entcrpri-iog men, who will lake advantage of these golden opportunities, are only lack ing. Who will lead Ihc way in producing trees and plants that are sure to live after they are t ansplantcd ? '1 lie Democracy. The iivelic.-I old corpse wo believe it has ever been our fortune to hear of, as well as be a votary of, is the Democratic parly. It wou’l get dead. It has Ihc most obstinate tcnac-i'y of life. In the last election it was licked unmerci fully. In fact its decease was matter of plen tiful record. But some how or otlur the old concert! lias as many lives as a cat, and it comes to life, after a sound decease, on the very slightest provocation. Elections have taken place in the last tlay or two in Connecticut and Ohio. The old corpse of the Democracy has gone to kicking at a vigorous rate in boib States. In the wooden nutmeg State a Democratic Governor is elected and also a Democratic General Assembly substituted for a Radical one. Tbc Ohio returns show Democratic gains. After a Presidential election the winning party always loses ground the first year. This is a general rule. But this docs not niter the satisfaction that n sound Democrat feels recording demon- trations of the parly’s vitality. Tub Constitution is a Democrat from principle. It dots not withdraw its allegi ance to right liccau.-u of temporary defeat. It has abounding trust in thejiiytue and ul timate success of Democratic raj-ye?-. It therefore listens with no favor Tonic absurd propositions lor a disbandment of the Demo cratic organization. And it proposes to as- slstthe sturdy old corpse in knocking the daylight, yet, oV. of Radicalism. Tee t'nrmersi Nlovcmeut in Politics. A recent writer in the New York World ducusses the results of the late war upon the social end domestic economy of the South, at great length. A short summary must suf fice to show our outlook as seen through an intelligent Northern observer’s spectacles. He claims that the period of disorganiza tion is about past, and that the ntw period of crystallization, wherein the disrupted ele ments in obedience to natural laws are gather ing to their legitimate center*, has fairly be gun. The town is the prominent center in this new crystallization. The spirit of Southern civilization under the old regime wss eminent ly rural; but bad local government and social disorganization bos lamed the tide in an ur ban direction. A similrr movement bnilt up the commercial and Industrial towns of Eu rope at the close of the middle ages. The general disorganization of society has robbed the georgics of Southern life of more tban half their wonted attractions; and the difficulty of engaging labor and its unrelia bility at important ciises of the cotton crop, are little calcu'ated to keep the most enthu siastic p’anter enamored of a country life, or to adore young men to a home on the pater nal acres. Besides, the pleasures of the Sonthem planter, the freedom to leave the plantation for weeks in town or at a watering place, are practically gone. The war and its results have taken away the opulence that admitted of each indulgence. Consequently all, who can, find occupation in the cities, or if compelled to plant, reside as much as possible in the towns, where their families pleasurably spend the entire year; and this is in accordance with the agricultural economy of other parts of the world. In Northern Itlay, the richest agricultural region of the globle, the land-owers reside in the towns. The negroes flick to the centres of popu lation in great numbers, preferring odd jobs and a circus, with more or less hanger thrown , to the laborer’s weekly ration of hog and hominy. Negro labor that the planter can not entice to steady service in the fields, goes begging in Southern towns and cities. Bat there is no danger of any vital decay the cotton production of these Stales. The day of the small farmer and of labor-saving machinery has come. The negro labor has improved and will continue to improve es it ceases to hope for the great windfalls that tricksy politicians have promised. While cotton continues to bring 20 cents a pound it is certain to be raised in one way or another, and every year shows an increase in the quan tity produced. Largo plantations conducted by a single cipitalist and worked solely by negro labor will decline; and the representa tive Southerner will no longer be found in the proprietor of a country mansion sur rounded by a thousand acres of land and the cabins of a hundred negroes. The village storekeeper and the small traders are the gainers under the new system. r.nerly the planter bought bis supplies di rect from the manufacturer or wholesale dealer, and famished them to tbe slave in stead of wages. Now the laborer receives money-wages or else farms “on shares”—in eiilier case lie hastens to tbe village stores if lie wi bis to buy or sell. Tbc double ex change is a profitable one to the small deal- nartidpate in t 30th of May T atkara Lu<r Wtrihr •> Wollcu fur her Practical! jr. Thu Catoosa Courier contains a compti- iicu of Miss Sarah Howard, r of the Rev. C. W. Howard, or Kicg- ■fon, Georgia, for her interest and practical success in attention to fowls. Tbc editor paid a visit recently to Mr. Howard, and in terestingly describes Hiss Howard’s splendid pool try yard. 8he has derated much atten tion to improved breeds of poultry, and took a pw—twr of premium! at the last State Fair at Atlanta. She has Brahmas, Leghorns, and Bbek Spanish fowls. The two last avenge 900 eggs annually. The Brahmas average seven pounds at five months, and the roosters get to weigh eighteen pounds. The Conner thus closes: The Aylesbury and another species of dock, both of most approved varieties. Mis* Howard also hu; and her time is chiefly de voted to making poultry raising prove prof itable and interesting. 8och intelligent at. Nation and care will doubtless insure succe.u- By means of the above and many other domes tic industries the “true women of the South” are elevating and refining labor, making hemes beautiful and attractive, beside* te eming to themselves that proper independ- mm which they ever We tincerdy hope Miss Howard’* enter- prim will incite many others to similar effort. Late information reports consider hie flut tering among the Ridictl party-managers of the West. Ju the ficvcutccnlh judicial cir cuit of Illinois, comprising tbc counties of Mason, Mmaid, Logon and De Witt, a far mers’ convention has been cffled lo nominate ajudge for I lie district. The grunge: of Iowa are now discussing what action they will take iu the coming campaign, and outside pol itician; arc anxiously watching their move ments. The latter do not like the proposition to run D. W. Adams, of Allamakee, as a grange candidate for Governor. Carpenter is to be'tiic Radical candidate. Tbc leaders of tbe great movement in tbc West loudly disclaim all politicd intentions; and yet every speech that they make, every resolution tb it they pass, shows that they fully undirstand the situation, and will act accordingly. They know tint tbe best way to break tbe power of tbc corporations which oppress them is to attack the systems of law upon which they are founded, apd the policy of tbe government that is, and for a long time baa been, administered iu the inter est c f their oppressors. The granges are a unit in denouncing the subsidizing cf steam ship lines; tbc bestowal of the public domain on compinies of “inside” men to induce them to build railroads; the privileges con ferred on another class of favored individu als by the national bank system; the high protective (arriffs that let the New England manufacturer fix his own prices on the pro ducts of bis factory; and tbe navigation laws that abut out tbc competition of fereign- b-ailt ships tothe benefit of still another petted C'.ass. These monopolies owe their birth aid continued existence to the Republican party; and they comprise nearly everything that the managers of that party c m be relied upon lo fight for. When they are before tbe people they fight the war over; bnt once installed in place and po»er they go al most exi lusively for the very monopolies tbat the granges denounce. The farmers, mechanics and tradesmen in the great States of the Mississippi Basin are avare of the efficts of their action. The whole drift cf the new movement inevitably sets against the party of centralization and .monopoly rule. The creation of privileged classes cm only be stopped by changing tbe pol-cyof the government. Will moral suasion reform tlu- heroes of the Credit Mcbdier, and of tbc Land Grants of the lsst ten years The Western m-.n know better. Norare the Radical politicians deceived. Hence the de: perate efforts of the government party, the high tariff Republicans, to control the Illinois Convention at Springfield. If the movement githers strength as fast in the coming six mouths as it has in the same time just past, nothing can stand up r gainst it in tbe valley of the MisossippL As that goes, so goes the country. Spe.-d ihe dty when class rule and corruption shall be buried ta one grave. Wesend greeting to our Western brethren.with tbe assurance tbat we shall be found in tbc front ranks in the coming battle against tbe monopolists. HP The New York public markets, thir teen in number, in 1873 produced an income of $383,683, while the t .xpenses amounted to $69,678. The receipts in 1870 amounted to $373,384, and the expenses to $33,41'. Tbe receipts of the markets during the ten years from 1873 to 1373 inclusive, amounted to $2,919,768, and the exp -odiluns to $345,074, leaving and revenue of $2,074,694. which is equal to 8 45 per cent, per annum on a valua lion cf $4,217,374. Three of the markets are recommended to be sold, as the expendi tures on them largely exceed the revenue: WT It is a significant fact that nin -ty-nire out of every one hundred mechanics in tbe large cities of the United State* are foreign ers,whore earnings now average from four gve dollars ; cr o»y, while any quantity ’-gentlemanly” young American men, tie product oi business colleges and high schools, can be got to keep book* or do any kind 11 genteel writing from six to ten dollars per week. 1 he trade of the cities bos changed. In stead of tbe articles of elegance and luxniy formerly demanded by the planters, a new trade has sprang np in luxuries of a lower or der,such as calicoes, dollar-store jewelry, and shoddy finery of every description; and (he country merchants have nearly . ceased to. make semi-annual pilgrimages,to New York, resorting to tbc local centers of trade. The aggregate of business done by the cities is larger tban ever. The increased nse of fertilizers, improved implements and labor-saving machinery gives employment lo a larger urban population. They really transfer a large portion of tbe labor of crop-raising from tbe fields to the workshops of the town. The commercial spirit, now active among those to whom agriculture has become dis tasteful, finds expression in the construction of railways for opening np new sections and far the cication of new relations with other producing communities. This new internal traffic has brought many of tbe interior cities of the South Into a turprising prominence and importance Among these, Atlanta, Go., is conspicuous for a rapidity of growth hither to unprecedented in the South. The war, while it crippled the nascent manufacturing industries of Virginia, Geor gia and Alabama, by physic illy destroying many and financially ruining others, yet had beneficial effect ia developing tbe capacity both of tbe people and the country for many industries; and it left npon tbe Southern mind tbe strong conviction tbat agricultnre was not be depended npon as tbe sole meats of production. Its aspirations for commer; e and manufactures are, in some sc: lions, solidifying into achievement, and manufac tories are silently mnllipiing in very many parts. Everywhere the man, who possesses an available water-power, considers himself more fortunate tban one who holds the title- deeds to a beautiful farm. Iu the absence of definite statistics it is hard to award tbe palm to any State, but Virginia is certainly first in tbe variety, and Georgia second only, if second at all, in Ihe magnitude of its manufacturing interests. Richmond is tbe champion industrial city of the South. The cotton and iron industries are larger tban any other except agricnltarc; but it is tbe number and variety of small manufactures based more up in enterprise and - labor tban npon capital wh'ch one comes npon some times in tbe most out of the way places tbat speak most encouragingly for the success of this new departure in production. The very isolation of many of these establishments, the gradual expansion of their operations, tbe slow bat steady additions to their num bers in spite of tbe drawbacks of imperfect machinery and established competition show that manufactures at the Sooth are a health- fol economic growth rather than the sudden execrcsccnce of a fitful discontent with other employ men's. DECISIONS scpaEUE cor::v of Georgia. Dittoed at AAi.-.u, April 6,1873. John L. Dixon administrator, ct ah, vs. Lewis H. Edwards. Complaint, from Merri wether. WARNER, C.J. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant as administrator of Hall, and as the surely of said Hall, the in testate, on a promissory note for $200, paya ble to the plaintiff, dated August 29,1861, and due one day after date. The de-endant filed a plea alleging under oath that the note lets executed by his intestate for the illegal pur pose of aiding and encouraging the rebellion, as provided by paragraph 2, section 17 of tbe 5th article of the Constitution of 1863. On the trial of the case the plaintiff was sworn and offered *3 a witness in his own favor for the purpose of proving tbat if it was tbe inten tion of Hall, the defendant's intestate, to use the money for which the note was given iu aid of the rebellion; that fact was not known to him. Tbe defendant objected to tbe plain tiff being sworn as a witness on tbe ground that Hall, the other party to the contract, was fiead, and that the sail thereon was against him as administrator of his intestate. The Court overruled the objection and the defendant excepted. The 3794th section of the Code, which providi-3 that parties to the suit may be witnesses in their own behalf, makes the following exceptions: “Where one of the original parties to the contract, or cause of action in issue, or on trial, is dead, or where an executor or administrator is party in any suit on a contract of his testa tor, or intestate, the other party shall not be admitted ta testify in his own favor.” Hall, one of tbe origiaal parlies to tbe contract sued on, is dead, and Lis administrator is a party to the suit on that contract of his in testate, and the statute declares in express terms, in such cases, tbat the other party to the contract shall not be admitted to testify in bis own favor, and such has been the con struction given to the statute by this Court. Leaplrot vs. Robinson, 44th Geo. Rep, 43. The fact that (he defendant, who is sued as administrator of the intestate, signed the note as security for the intestate, and is sued as sach in the same action with the admin istrator of the intestate, does not alter or change the rule.' It was said on tbe argu ment that to exclude the plaintiff from testi fying in his own favor in this class of cases, antler the provisions of the Constitution of 1868, where the defendant makes oath to his plea, and thereby devolves the burden of proof on the plaintiff, will operate as a great (mid ship on him, tbat may be so. bat it is not the business, or duty of the Courts, to make the law, their duty is to administer and enforce it, as it exists. 'The statute does not make this particular class of cases au excep tion toils operation when one of the parties to the salt i3 dead, and the Courts cannot do so. When a staute speaks in plain umambiguoas language, it speaks like a tyrant, to be obeyed by Courts, and people. In our judement, the Court below erred in admitting ibe'plain- tiff to testify in his own favor :n this case. The defendant then proposed to prove Ly himself as a witness in his own behalf, and by John W. Park, Esq., who was also present, that in the fall of 1SS2, he tendered to the plaintiff the money due on the note (the record does not state what kind of money) and tbat plaintiff declined to receive it, defendant stating to tbe plaintiff at the same time, that he knew tbe money was borrowed to enable Cel. Hall to buy a liSise, and military equipments, for thu service ot the Confederate States, that the horso and Hall were,both killed defendiog plain tiff’s and witness properly,eta, and he thought plain tiff ought to take the money. Plaintiff never denied the purpose for which the money was borrowed, but’stated that he did not then need the money, that defendant could keep it until the war was over without interest, etc. This evidence was ruled out by the Court, and the plaintiff excepted. In our judg ment, that portion of the evidence which charged the plaintiff with a knowledge of the purpose for which the money was borrowed of him by Hall, and not denied by bim at the time, was competent evidence to have been submitted to jury. Code, 3737. The plaintiff was cwUltal iQ-kava the whoUA f. of the conversation that took place betwida the parties at the time given in evidence, so tbat the jury might judge of its weight und effect The evidence was competent for what it was worth in the estimation of the jury, and it was error in the Court in ruling it out. The other testimony of Dixon, the defend ant, which wss ruled out, as specified in the record, was competent, so far as he proposed to state facts within his own knowledge per tinent to the issue on trial, but not as to facts derived from Hall,liis intestate, or as to what he told him. If the previous evidence of the de fendant and Park had been admitted, as, in our jndgment.it ought to have been, then this lat ter evidence of Dixon would have been ad missible for the consideration of the jury in connection with that other evidence as to the knowledge of the plaintiff as to the purpose for which the money was borrowed. Wc express no opinion as to the weight or effect this evidence should have with tiie jury: all that we decide is, that it was competent evi dence to have been submitted to them. If the evidence improperly ruled out had been admitted, then we should have held that the charge of the Court to the jury was error; bat if that evidence had been properly ruled out, we should not have reversed the judg ment for error in the charge of tbc Court do Ihe statement of facts then before the jury when the charge was given. Let the judgment of the Court below bo reversed. Geo. L. Peavy, G. W. Park, for plaintiffs in error. A. H. Freeman, Wright & Dent, for de- femlsnL Code. This land held by the defendant un der his bond for tide, might have been at tached as his property. Coda 4223. The defendant might also have sold.tfie land as his property and transferred his .tend for ti tie to the purchaser. In Barnes vs Shinholster (ttab Si. Rep’i 131) it was held that when a p-riy enters upon land under a contract for ttrkqjurchase of it, such a contract destroys ib: relation of landlord and tcn&n’, and is entire! - inconsis tent with it. In view of theisms qf this State definihg the relation of i'-jjldrd and tenant, there was no pretense holding that the defendant, under the fasts disclosed by the record in this case, was a ioaanl at ’.he sufferaace of ths plaintiff, acd -At. .bis to be turned out of the possession cf land as such by the summary process tyorided for by the 4C05lh section of the Coin: ■ Let the judgment of the CoEjSTbslow be reversed. M. iff. Tidwell, Q C. Grice, Tiguer, i. D.'Harrison, for plaintiff iu cru--. ' ‘ “ J. S. Blalock, represented by*Wa Ham* tnond & Son, Peeples & Howe wior defen dant. F The Savannah, G. and N. A. ifiilroad vs. .Wilcox, Gibbs & Co. Trtjjrer, from Coweta. McCAY, J. 1. The liability of a common f?<jirler ceases if tbe goods are taken from Li* possession by legal process. 2. A possessory warrant, v it instates that certain cotton, having been lastly in tbe peaceable and l?gai T y-acqtiircd possession of A. B, has been illegally taken catsof hi3 pos session by some person unknowo^ind placed on the cars of the G. and I^N^^Raiiroad Company, and directing tbe sefl 5 * 3 *®'** property and the arrest known person when foun< a void warrant. It ia a warrant B. is thecoinplainant-7the R. R. fcnd’nt,and it sufficiently charge to be in the possession of the H? out lawful warrant The order tw arrest the unknown person and the failure M-direct the arrest of the Company, do void, if the property be in fact taken. * 3. It is not the duty of acommotv carrier to keep bis doors locked find to refa-e entrance to a sheriff, who comes to seize irop.:rty iu the possession of the curler irjthe sheriff have legal process. 4. Wnen goods delivered to vq common carrier for transportation word seized by legal process and taken out of hf* possession by the sheriff, and tho_.ee: forthwith cave notice to the consignor :;rl<rconsignee, and they made no reply and toot no further notice of the proceedings: * Held, That the carrier lnd aright to pre sume they had abandoned ihe property as subject to the legal process which had seized it. f Judgment reversed. B II. Hill & Sans; 3. Freeman; for plaintiff in error. > A. D. Free aim, for defendant; Atlantic and Cleat Western Cti We present oar readers the official report of the committee on commerce in the House of the last Congress on the Atlantic and Great Western canal. It seems a perfect so lution of the great question now before the Western States, in the interest of whhb so many “granges” are organized and farmers’ conventions are held. The report will repay the time acd attention to digest it The Republican has maintained tbat water transportation is absolutely e*ss tal to relieve the pent np produce the West has been wasting for want of an outlet, and has frequently shown—what any newsboy in the commnniry can see when it is pointed ou'— that the Mississippi river improved and these water-ways to Atlantic opened are all that are needed, acd when it is known tbat no mul tiplication of railroads can affect, by compe tition, a reduction in fnights to correspond to the difference between the rates *»y canal and rail, since the eott by rail b ab ut three times aa much as by the proposed cun’, the facts stated in this comprehensive report will be seen to be very forcible. We learn that tbe committee on water lines in the Senate has been instructed to sit during the recess for tire purpose of gathering addi tional facts relariag to tbe important subject they have under consideration—Minovrilic- publican. _ Mrs. A. IL Stoddard, of Savannah, died Sunday. 6 th instant. Dr. W. 8. Green, of Muscogee county, died April 7th. W. S. Brown vs. W. H. Fentons. Proceed ings to dispossess tenant, from Fayette WARNER, C.J. The plaintiff in the Court below sued out a warrant t’* dispossess the defendant from a tract of land in the county of Fayette, trader tbc 4005lb section of the Code, as a tenant at sufferance. Tbe defendant filed his coun ter affidavit denying that he held the posses- sioh of the land, either by lease or rent or at will or by sufferance or otherwise, from the plaintiff. On the trial of the issue before the jury it appears from tbe evidence in the re cord that the plaintiff sold the land to the defendant for the sum of $1,200 the defend ant paying therefor at the time of the pur chase the sum of $300 in cash, and giving his two promisaiy notes to the plaintiff for the balance of the purchase money, one due 25th December, lfcCS, the other due 25lh Decem ber, 1869. The plaintiff executed his bond to the defendant conditioned to make bim a title to the land if the notes specified therm should be paid when the same became due. Tbe defendant went into the possession of tbe land under this contract of pnrehsise and bus made improvements thereon to the value of $170. The notes were not paid at matnrity. The Court charged the jury *‘that where one party gave his bond to another for title to lands conditioned to make title to said land when the purchase money should be paid, and that upon failure to pay the purchase money by the obbligec when the money be came due, be became a tenant at sufferance, and liable t> be'removed b/ the obligor by summary proce s, and also liable to the obli gor for double rents from the time of demand or notice.” Under this charge of the Court the jury found a verdict iorthe plaintiff. The defendant made a motion for a new trial on the ground cf error in the charge of the Court, and also upon other grounds specified in the record, which w<ts overruled, and the defendant excepted. The choree of the Court to the jury was error, in view of the facts of the case disclosed hi- t The 2253 section of the Code defines the rela tion of landlord and tenant i-i this Sta When the owner of lands grants to an »?! sirop’y the right t.» possts* an i vi j-»y *.iit i of fcuoh lands, either for a fixed time, or the will of the grantor, ami tLeicaant acce the grant, the relation of Lnd ord and ’en; exists between them. In tnvh cases the t ant has only ansufract wLL-h he ana *t o vey except by the landlords consent, and which is not subject to levy acd sale Toe defendant was net in the possession of the land in question and^r a grant from the plain tiff simply-* to possess and e .joy th«* use of the land for any fixed peii *d of time, or at the wi 1 of the plant;! as his tenant, but was i r . p *sses«oi. .d. Po land as a parch *ser thereof from th * *d m lift under a contract made betwe n i.Vnm.ir tbesaleof the land, and the bind so pur chis^d by the defendant and h; Id by him under a Ii -mi f*»r title, a pari of the purchase mo’jty h ring been paid, w*ssubject to levy and sale in *au-sfaci:on ot ju Jgments ob“ si nr d against bim as liis pr-*iK-rty. Code 352L Beside?, tbe plsi-itiff could have sued the de fendant on tne io:e', when dup, for the un paid purchase raon*y; obtaioed judgmert thereon, filed a deed iu the Clerk’s office, acd sold the land as the property of the defeo- A. C. Schaffer & Co., vs.. T. B. Hunewell & Co. Refusal of information,-irom Deca tur. J McCAY, J. E, van in cases whore the-Jfui charges fraud, if the Judge be faatis&ii from the answer, or exhibits, or by afiUnrits, tbat the equity of the bill is disposed of,-und dissolve or refuse an injunction, this e^irt will not reverse the judgment unless i^appear that the Judge lias erred, oti some..-question of law, or 13 grossly mis taken in liis judgment on the facts. Judgment affirmed. Wbitely & Donaldson, r ■piesenteij by Jackson & Clarke, for plaintiliV.n error. v Flemming & Rutherford, (ot defendants. A. B. Ilill, executor, vs. E/zibffh M. Clarke. Dismissal of bill, from Coweta. TRIPFE, J. A testator directs his execu ? -v “to pay an mini sum of live hundred dollars to his wife, out of the net income of his estate, in semi-annual instalments.” In another item of his will he refers to this bequest as an ‘‘an nul y devised to his wife.” N othing else in the will defines or limits the krm of years during which it is to be paid. In four several items of his w:il he further ive3, after deducting the foiej iicg annuity, no fourth of the annual incom^arising from his estate to four several set’, of legatees. For three of said shares in tho income trus tees arc appoirted. The fourth share i3 to he paid on certain condition*, ; *rtli a remain der created therein. No appointed ttc-di iTiiiuii&tT/» tim pay ment of any share thereof, except as to the income. The widow applied for dgwerin the land and the same w is assigned to her. Subsequently she executed an agreement with tbc legatees whereby she relinquished her dower “ to the estate and legatee?” on condition that the legatees paid her during her life the annuity given her by the will, and agreeing tbat the estate lnulit be distributed, hut the relinquish ment to be void if the C >urt3 would not de cree a distribution. This the legatees and the trustees appointed in tbe will agreed in writing to do. The executor wa3 one of the trustees. The bcnefic : arie3 of the trusts are femes covert, and their children born and lo be born. The executor filed a bill in Chancery al leging the foregoing facts, furl he rotating that the conditions on which the fourth share in the annual income was to be paid had hap pened. and asked the direction of the Chan cellor as to the execution of the will, that the property might te divided and turned over to the legatees and trustees “on the same basis, terms, conditions and limitations as the an nual income had been given” Ac, and that the right of the widow to the annuity might be secured by a proper decree. To this bill the widow, the trustees, Ac., were parties, and their answers admitted the facts as stated and joined with the executor ia asking the decree prayed for. On the hearing, the Court, after the read ing of tkcvtill and answers, dismissed the bill for want of equity: Held, That the rights of tbe annuitant, under the agreement, and the liabilities of the respective shates for ts pay me at, the condi tion attached totiieiedaquislnnentof dower, and the beneficiaries of said relinquishment and of the estate being mostly femes covert and children born and to be born, and who take* the estate through tiustecs, make this a proper c se for invoking the aid aud direc tion of a Court of Equity in order that the rights of all parties may be finally adjudica ted, and all doubt as to the proper construc tion of the will, and as to the time when the distribu’ion of the estate can be made, may bs removed, this Court holding that the gift or bequest of the income carries with it tbe corpus, under tbe limit Aliens provided in the will. Judgement reversed. Lucius H. Fc itbersto-*, for plaintiff in error. Samuel Freeman, for defendant. acd a landlord to make s crop for one year, by which the landlord was to furnish the land and stock, and the frtedraan to work the same, and to receive -one-half of the cr* p uitde thereon, such a contract did not make them partners. Held, That this case comes within said de cision. 2 . L: 3. There being sufficient ^evidence to au thorize the verdict In this case, and the Court below refusing & new trial, this Court will not interfere on that ground. Judgment affirmed. W. F. Wright, W. A. Turner, for plaintiff in error. J. B. & Davis, for defendant. Strallonla, m Han. John Thomas was relating his experience in the Conway House, and among other things he declared that he could eat a man whole. “Bah!" cried Tom Staples, a led faced woodsman, weighing at least two hundred; “p’haps you could swallow me?” “ Yes.” “ I’d like to see yon do it.” “I can do it” “ I’ll bet yon fifty dollars you can’t.’ “I'll take that bet.” “ Then let's sec you begin.” “Not now. I have just eaten my sapper. I Will do it to-morrow morning, in the pres ence of as many witnesses as you may choose, and it sbiati be done in the square in front of the hotel.” - This was agreed to, and the money was put up. By the following morning the news that John Thomas was to swallow Tom Sta ples whole had become widespread, and-a vast concourse, embracing men, women and ess the won- l ? c children,.had assembledtowitnesi ! uK; derful Tact. . At fho appointed time Ihe chief actors ap peared ia the square. John was smiling con fidently, as though sure of success, while Tom locked timid and unetsy, as though not quite at rest concerning what was to become of him. “Arc you ready ?” asked John. “AU ready,” answered Tom? “begin ns soon ns you please.” “Will you have tho goodness to take off your hat?” “Sartin.” “Now your boots.” Tom removed his boots. “Next you will remove your coat. Those big brass buttons might stick in my throat.” Tom took off bis coat, and aa he laid it upon the ground one of the cooks came out from tbe hotel with a pail of meltc i lard and a big whitewash brush which he deposited by tbe side of John Thomas. “Now,” pursued John, “you’ll take off your stockings and then remove your pants and shirt.” Eh? D'ye mean mo to strip stark naked?” queried Tom, aghast “ Of course I do. The agreement was that I should swallow you. You are meal, your clothes arc not, nor were they in tho bond. If you will strip I will give you a thorough greasing, and double the bet if you wish. I know 1 can swallow—or, at aU events, I can try!” Tom gave up the bet, aud inyited hi! friends into tbc hotel. PARLOR 1 MATCHES. The Berrien County Agricultural A asocial ion Blazes Away Against Their Use as Injurious to the Public Interest. At the February meeting of the Berrien County Agricultural Association a committee was appointed to investigate the subject of the parlor match and report the same to the next regular meeting of this association. ItSPORT OT COMMITTEE. March 23,1873. GcnU of the Association : Your committee appointed to investigate the subject ot the parlor match, at our last meeting, ask leave to report: That while they arc free to admit the parlor match for common family use is far superior to the old sulphur match of a quarter of a century past, yet, any new in vention must stand or fall from tbe general benefit derived from its use to mankind. Taking this view of it, we are forced to re port unfavorable to its use. — 1. Because it ignites so easily care must be taken to prevent much destruction in the hands ot careless parties. 2. Their use has become so general that no cabin or cottage is withoutthem. 3. They arc so cheap that it invites care lessness in the liaDds of all who use them, rather than care. 4. We present stubborn facts for the con templation of all classes of our countrymen, to show that their use, is n* tended with more loss and mischief iu u. . c i..i <, 'liau all the benefits to be derived from their su periority as a family necessity can possibly award us. From the best sources of information at our command we learn there lias been sixty- two gin-houses destroyed within our own State, during the last season, traceable to the use of the parlor match. This alone would compel your committee to report unfavorable to their use, and es pecially when our own coucty has suffered more than its pro rata share of this great loss. But when we turn oar minds to other losses by the s tme means, wc are astounded at their immensity, and wonder that the subject has not been looked into before by the wise and prudent of the land. Cities have been con sumed, towns destroyed, villages burned up, factories laid in ashes and thousands of fami lies have been made homeless throughout the country; bnt few of us who have not seen the smoke curl up from our own cottage door by this destroying element. In view of these facts your committee beg leave to submit the following resolutions which they hops will be adopted by the Association: Resolved, That we earnestly entreat the merchants of our county to buy no more parlor matches, and if they cannot procure the old sulphur match to leave us again to our primitive way of procuring fire—by flint and steel; and be it farther Resolved, That we invite our agricultural organizations of the State to pass Bimilar resolutions, in order to put a stop to the losses daily occurring in our midst; this done and we feel assured but few gin-houses will be destroyed another season. “A hint to the wise is sufficient." AU of which is respect- A ROBBER’S DEATH. Terrible Tragedy in fiewtew-, Long Isis itd. A Robber Shot Dead by a Citizen Who Discovers Him tax Ills Yard—Three Burglaries In One Night. Frcm the New York Uciald] Newtown viUage, Long Island, was the scene of a terrible tragedy yesterday morn ing. A burglar was shot and killed by a well known citizen, who caught the criminal n the act of entering his store. The encoun ter lasted bat a few minutes, bnt the robber is now a lifelets corpse and the brave citizen who shot him is suffering from two wounds. Mr. William E. Furman keeps alaige store in Broadway. He is forty-nine years of age, tall, weU built, with hair and beard prema turely white, large, bold eyes, and an expres sion of singular frankness and manliness. He has always cnioyed the reputation of be ing an excellent shot Twice before have burglars broken into bis house. Some eight years ago ha shot at one, who made his es cape. Ever since he has always slept with a revolver under hispiUow, BEADY FOR AKT'EMEaGKNCT • that might arise. On Thursday night he re tired somewhat earlv. Ho was tired and slept soundly till half-past two o’clock. He awoke, and, as usual, stepped to the window to look into his yard and sec that all wassafe. It was datk. Themoon had disappeared be hind the black clouds. He strained his eyes and scanned every oblect in the yard. All was quiet. Dark shadows seemed to fill tho air, but there was not a sonnd. He started, all at once. What was that? The figure of a man, and right beneath the window cowering on the ground. The stranger’s head was bent forward as though be were watching him. Who could it be ? A thief, a robber—perhaps a murderer? “ Who’s that?” Mr. Forman cried, break ing the stillness of the night Not a sound. Mr. Furman saw a shadow passing back towards tho rear of the yard. The man—for it was Ihe shadow of the rob ber-glided quickly past the gate and disap peared. Mr. Furman's blood tingled through his veins as he rushed to his bed and GRASPED TBE PISTOL. The window was open. The sky was dark, and through the house the bleak wind whistled mournfully. He ran back to the window. There was tho shadow again. It rushed past him. Hr. Furman raised his pistol and pointed it at the man. He paused and ran back. “Ho cannot escape me,” Mr. Furman thought. He knew very well that tho burglar would try to cross the yard, jump over the fence and gain the street. He fairly jumped into his pantaloons and dashed into the street. As he passed the comer ho saw the man again. He was leaping from the fence. The clouds had swept by by this time and the moon shone faintly down. The burglar’s burly form was now clearly visible. Mr. Furman thought the man would flee, bat he stopped and looked at his pursuer. They met face to face. There was no escape for the robber. He mnstjUe or surrender. “Stand,” Mr. Fnrinan cried, and his pistol was pointed at the criminal’s breast. The robber drew his pistol. One moment more and only one OF TBE TWO UIQIIT BE ALIVE. The moon burst now through the last clouds that obscured it, and there they stood, some ten paces apart, each staring instant death in the face. It was one of those mo ments tbat can never, neven be forgotten. The still night, the dark sky, the pale moon, the fierce winds, and there was the rebber before him, his eyes flashing with rage and terror, and his hand quivering as he held oat his pistol before him. Mr. Furman was cool aad self-possessed. A moment before and his brain had whirled round, and his form had been shaken by violent emotion hut now he was comparative- lycalm. A-fl53h—two shots—smoke wreath ing above the ground, and the robber rolled into the gutter. Mr. Furman fired another shot at the prostrate form of the burglar. The latter was wounded and writhing with pain, but he had still strength enough to fire at his adversary. Five shots followed in quick succession. Mr. Furman was wounded in the right hand and had received another wound near the left hip. He staggered, but only for a moment. The robber's pistol dropped to the ground. “tihoot him 1" he shouted as loudens he. e uid, “he’s killed me.” These words seemed to bo ADDBESSED TO SOME HIDDEN COMRADES. “Good God!” a voice cried from the dis tance, “he’s shot. We'UkiU the murderous sooundreL” There were sounds of approaching foot- _.eps; and Mr. Furman, nothing daunted, rushed back into his store for his gnn. His three boys had been roused meanwhile. The youngest boy—a child of eleven—clung to his father and prayed him not to go out. What mortal agony the child seemed to suffer as his father leit him again. The spot where he had shot the robber was now forsaken. He looked in vain for the burglar aud his comrades. One of his neigh bors came to the assistance of the brave man, and, after half an hour’s search, they found the burglar in Howard place, a distance of 100 yards from Forman’s house. There were no traces of blood on tho way. It was evi dent that the other members of the gang had carried him to the spot, and then left him to his fate. The neighbors were by this time all awaked, and the excitement in tho village was in tense. It was found that two other houses had been BEOKEN INTO DDRINO TBE NIGHT. The carpenter shop of E. L. Van Winkle had been entered by burglars, who had stolen all his tools. There was another shocking discovery. Mr. Shelling, a tailor, had been chloroformed, his shop had been broken into end a quantity of clothing stolen. spread his cheeks, his eyes became glassy, the mnsclcs of his face and neck stiffened, his breast heaved, and tt;eu he gave one ;6mg, lung sign of un.-pcsab'e anguish. It •vailed his soul before his Maker. His head fi ll back'; ho stirred ii-.v more ; he was dead. A Herald reporter who vi-fied Newtown . '-oorday saw the corpse: The robber was a Glia' of thirty five, about--five feet eight inch.a tall, thickset, with sandy mustache, dark hi i- large Roman nose and.high fore head. i -''■atnrcs were apparently those of an American. The body presented ti terrible spectacle. The shirt and clothing WEBB CLOTTED WITH BLOOD, and the face was of a ghastly whito. Tho expression was one of i Meuse suffering. It was supposed tit • . the man was some Williamsburg robin r, out nono of the inhab itants of Newtown were able to recognize him. Detective Guidon, of Police Headquar ters, and ono of tho most efficient detective officers of this city, was sent for to identify the body. This he failed to do, showing that the man was not an importation from New York. Mr. Golden carefully examined all the articles found on the nun’s body.— There was a gold hunting case watch, worth at least $150; a latgo glazier’s diamond, a heavy pocket knife, with a plate on one side; a number of skeleton keys, a bunch of trank and watch koyr, a pocketbook, containing $10 85 (a new $10 Treasury note;) • plain, neat gold ring, evidently a present from a lady, with the figure 8 and the letters A. T.; a small dark lantern, several scraps of paper, two or three tom newspaper extracts, and a pawn ticket, which will probably LEAD TO. ms IDENTIFICATION. The ticket was as follows: "■"No.'iii.' : ReSlMTSON & CO:, ; 195 Boweryj opposite Spring street, : November, 1373.. S. H. Ambler. ; $5 00' S. H. Anchor. ; One of the scraps of paper contained the address, “230 East Tenth street,” and the word; “Bihia,” and on tho other side were the words, “Beider Morton.” The name, C. Lebcwieker," was written on another scrap of paper, and on a third, “Patent cement, 541 Sixth avenue.” It is supposed that tho name (S. H. Ambler) given on the pawn ticket is a fictitious name. One of the most significant reminiscences of the dead burglar wis a little newspaper extract, “A Rambler No More,” a very pa thetic poem from the Sunday News. Two elegant gold sleavo buttons, with enamel figures of flowers, evidently foigct-mo-nots, were also found on his person. At ten o’clock yesterday morning Coroner Tewksby, of Long Island City, held tho in quest. The following named gentlemen COMPOSED THE JURY: G. J. Grfrretsen, Foreman, Gustavos Bay- lies, Thomas Warrin, C. A. Anderson, Chas. F. White, Augustus Boa-rum, Joseph A. Lawrence, Jr., Daniel Rapclyc, Cornelius Rapelye, Aaron Howard, John Howard and E. Deacon. The first witness examined wa3 William E. Furman, who recited the facts above nar rated. George Burley, Mr. Snclling, the tailor, and Joseph Holman wire next examined, and the inquest was then adjourned until Monday, at five p. m. The local authorities have strong hopes of identifying the dead robber and of tracking his associates. It is supposed that they were the same gang who committed tho numerous small robberies which have occurred during the last few weeks. Detective Golden is positive that they did not come from New York, but were Williamsburg thieves, and the Newton anthoritie3 concurred in this opinion. The excitement in the viUage is at fever heat. Mr. Furman is the hero of tho day, and many are tho good and peaceable citizens who crowd round the robber's coffin and view him os one who had but met his just fate. _ An Hour In General Lte’a Boom, fully submitted. L. E. Lastixoeb, H. B. Peeples, M. F. Moboan, Wm. Betiiune vs. The State. IJrrqlary, from Coela. TRIPPE, J. 1. An indictment for bu glary, charging the offense to have been committed in the night of a certain day, is sufficient, and it is not necessary to allege the hour when the burglary was cominittel. 2. Burglary m.iy be committed iu a house which is “ the place of business of another where valuable goods, wares or produce, other articles of val tie are contained or stored." if it be not the “ mansion or dwelling or store-house” it is sufficient if it be proven to be “the place of business of another where valuable goods, etc, are contained or stored,” althought that “ business” may not be of the kind which is carried on in conducting a “store-house.” 3 It is not necessary in order to tu-l-iia the charge of burglary, to prove the hou-e broken into and entered, wss • he “place of business, etc,” used for the pnyose of containing or storing the iroods alleged to have been stolen, If the goods were in fact contained or stored in sucti a bouto a’ ihe time, it is sufficient to support the indictment, and this i3 also suffi cient although the t,«. incss done in the house : nntciriied on wi or in the articles or nods stok-ti 4 The jury liaii ig by thi ir verdict found in the Oetcndiint did commit the offence i.urged against bim,and there being strong on to :unp i t the vir itet a new trial iro: n lie gritite i on the ground that the ■ r tret is rouirari to the evi Icuceorthe law. Judgment affirmed. Suit'd 2b Brewster; W. F. Wiigbt, for plaintiff in error. A. H. Cox, Sotiaitor Jencr.i, for ihc State. B. F. Whittington, W. H. Lastingeb, H. T. Peeples, Committee. On motion the above preamble and reso lutions were unanimously adopted. On mo tion of B. F. Whittington, Unsolved, That a copy of the above pre amble and resolutions De sent to the South Georgia Times, Atlanta Constitution, Mil- ledgevilio Union anti Recorder for publica tion, that all papers friendly to the cause in the State be requested to copy. H. T. Peeples, Prcs’t. L. E. Lastingeb, Sec’y. A Card. At tbc last term of Walker county Supe rior Court I Dad a conversation with C. T. Clements, the Solicitor General of the Rome Judicial Circuit, in reference to certain re ports and charges against him, which were being circulated. In the course of the conver sation Mr. Clements asked me to investigate said Charges and reports, and if l found him to be guilty of them to let him, the said Clements, rest under them; but if I should find that said charges were unfounded he asked that I shonld simply say so. Now after a thorough investigation I find that the charges are not true—that ia con ver3ation with his associates he was misun derstood, and that the grossest charges against him were entirely without founda tion. It is a pleasure to me to state that Mr. Clements is guiltless as to the charges made against him and referred to in a letter writ ten by myself to Col. R. M. Young, of Gordon county, daring the late session of the Legislature. Col. Yonng will excuse the mention of his name in this connection as he disclaims any knowledge of the charges personally, and only stated them as he had received them from others. J. J. Wood. La Fayette, Ga., April 7,1873. „ ___ „ three or four burglars, in a wagon, had entered the village at nightfall. They bad evidently gone from one place to another until the death of their lealer had compelled them to flee. There was no clew as regards the direction they had taken. As far as they were concerned the three burglars were com plete mysteries. Were they lo be unravelled by the statements of their dying leader? Furman and his friends had found him in the mud bathed iu blood. As they gazed upon him the robber’s heavy eyes opened for a moment. Furman’s eye met his just as the robber recognized the man who mortally woundedhim. Heshotanjevilglance at him and turned his face away. Two physicians were called. They ordered THE REMOVAL OF THE DYING MAN From the Lexington (Ta) (Butte ] In strolling around, the first spring day, we stopped at the Memorial chapel and passed through tho rooms particularly associated with the memory of General Lee. Tho guard—a student of the university—walked With us through the apartments. Over the marble elib in the centre of tho library room, are wreaths of flowers, crosses and crowns of immorUUet in a circle of autumn leaves. The marble is inserted in the floor and over the vault. From this room a door leads into the of fice once used by the Secretary of the faculty. This Is now bare and empty. From this apartment a door opens into a small hall and then into the “General's room,” as it is called. It is well known that its furniture has never been changed. It remains as left by General Lee. The round table in the centra of the room is still covered with his papers—all orderly arranged. The scraps of blank paper were kept in a systematic manner. A professor took a piece for a memorandum, when the general handed him a fragment from another lot. He had intended the first sheet for an other purpose. AU bis writing was done at this table. He used an arm-chair with leath er seat and on rollers. He wrote rapidly, rarely interlining or omitting words. There were no such things as rough drafts. He fin ished at a single heat whatever ho had in hand. When his feelings were enlisted his pen never paused down to the last period.— His “ orders,” or rather addresses to the stu dents, and important correspondence were finished with the ink wet on Ihe first lines.— He never dictated, and used the official secre- tarv sparingly. His favorite pen was a large gold one of a curious modcL It was almost as broad as it was long. It was heart-shaped. A firm in Baltimore owned the pattern. The first pen of this kind used by bim wi’ accidentally injured. Tbe writer, at the request of Gen. Lee, carried it to Baltimore, while on a Northern trip, and another made from tbe original die. The inkstand is still on the round table. The ink is raised by atmo pheric pressure applied by a screw. The inscriptions on it directed the ink to be lowered when not in use. He never failed to turn the screw and let the mk down into the stand before leaving the office. One of his secretaries noticed bis regularity in this particular. There was a lounge in the room; but he never was known to rest himself for a mo ment on it There never was a pair of slip pers or a robe de ehambre in his room. It is needless to say no cigars or pipes were there; he wasn't friendly to tobacco. But once was be known to violate tbe smallest propriety of his position. During a doll routine of “Fac ulty meeting," in warm weather, the Presi dent dozed for a few minntes. He sat, as usual, erect, bnt his eyes gently fielded to the heat and humdrum. His colleagues, with courtly grace, let the business pause till the brief nap ended, and then started with the lsst words the chairman had heard. This triumph of Morpheus was not alluded to. ear As a rule, women in English society are remarkable natural—negatively natural,! mean. English girls arc particularly simple and unassuming. They are innocent of all effort to impress or astonish. As all woman kind should do, they in.lie themselves as pretty as they can; but as to peismal superi orities, their educators do not lay enough stress upon such things to mike them ambi tious in this way. All young ladies are taught IV. A. 8 i . M»-es La- Alabama New a. No, I hav’nt.” was the reply. And the robber winced under the intese bodily pain. 'Can I do nothing for you ?” 'Yes; the best favor you can do me,” he gasped wildly, “is to pat a ballet through my head and to end my misery.” The men who stood round him looked at the wretched man with something ALMOST AKIN TO PITY. j'l dant as provided by the 3001(h section of the when a contract was Building is on the increase in Montgomery. Quite a revival of religion is going on in Huntsville. Tbe meeting of the S ate Press Association ii at Birmingham May 15th. D. h Sonthwick hasb*n elected chief of t ie liie department of Eufanla. A through line of steamers is to be estab- li,'i. d between Selma and New Orleans. , An attempt was male on Sunday night to so, where tue Ii rn the court house of Lee county, at Ope* saihoriz: tile l.ki _ i Tiie Decatur News says reports from differ- 2. Iri 42 Ga. Ib p., 326. the Court held, thaj ent parts of the State, relative to the wheat cf Ihe Oiur oveirulinr Ii in the mih.u verifying tin of errorin be as to entitle lit: and the more es pleadings i:i _ib issues raised i 1 bid of ( Vi- p bins C'in- «,f .be grounds t-.keu iu r trial, and tb: judgment •v is a general j ('ament, i*’0, ami noibiag »pi«Krs ron or bill of exceptions ..is - rrue. no assignment !.i d ... such ground’s* this G.iur ; . e ■!. by a freedman crop, a: e discouraging. Mow Congressman Flflmiljfl*—I Ills Pacific Railroad PMMfc A neater ot Grant's —tora afl gq|i Ho TTerka Armlst far a Pickpocket. PAYING HIS FAJOS; Correspondence of Ihe New York Sua.) - Q * ■Washington, April#, MIL A story has been told me about the war Congressman El dredge lost hk IhicMe MmL- road passes which is too good to be 1M. It seems that 8. P. Brown, who ta aaMte. ber of Grant’s Board of Public Works a partner of A. G. Cattell in all Navy Dm. ment jobs, wanted to make a trip ts tka Pacific coast lsst summer. There wars cer tain little jobs to be manipulated at tka Man Island Navy Yard, and Brown was to attaafl to this business for the Navy Departaaat Ring. Ho is aprovident man. and bdhra with Poor Richard that If _yoo taka care of tho penco, the pounds will taka car* of themselves. He accordingly mada tr> rangement with Charley EIdridreL ths B«P- resentative of tho Board of Podoo Was from Wisconsin, whereby he was to hmfll use of his passes over the Union and OifiM Pacific roads. Eldrcdgc'was quite wflBag to accommodate his friend Brown, far ha Sad, along with other members of the Board at Works, done him many little favors Is Ike way of letting him into sundry street p»*«» and paving contracts. It is true that Chalky had returned a quid pro quo tor these favor* by acting as the attorney ot the board vtat the Committee on tho District of Cotaahta, of which he is a member, was inquir ing into certain irregularities alleged nM the Board of Public Works. However, Shepherd, Cooke, Brown and others of the District Ring had agreed to main jChartay largo advances of money out of the DlMriet Treasury to enable him to secure hit renaat* nation for Congress, despite the efforts at ton Board of Public Works: 'lita was tlS| rest fevor, and of coune Chartay taUMU irown his railroad passes in order that ha might deadhead himself and wife over the various roads from Washington to baa Fnm- B DYING CHEAT TICKETS. In duo time Brown and wife started far thu Pacific coast. They were accompanied by two gentlemen, who were interested with Brown and Cattell in their operations at Kan Island Navy Yard. Brown had agreed to bear the expenses of tho gentlemen to ta Francisco and back. Here again he showed his appreciation of poor Richard’s advtau about taking care of the pence by pmchMtar at different points from hotel clerks railroad tickets for his two friends, which had only been partially used. This woiked vciy w«U until on the return trip he purchased of «~ny Jews at Ogden tickets to Chicago far hta companions. Now it seems that a few days before the arrival of tho Brown party at Ogden n pickpocket had gone through m eastward bound train and relieved u nuabvr of passengers of their pockelbooks aad rail road tickets. The tickets were sold to tha Jews, and two of them passed Into the pom*-' sion of & P. Brown. Two of tbe passengers who had iufttud from the skillful operations of the thief wen methodical business men, and had taken thu precaution to make a note of the number uf their tickets. When they discovered their loss they immediately notified the deteefivee at Omaha to be on tho lookout for the tUif or thieves, and they were particular to (tali tho number of their tickets. The detectivsu were accordingly on thejuiriwforthelight* fingered gentry, and kept a regular watch ou all the trains coming Into Omaha from the West. They had an arrangement with the conductor by which one of their wwta always accompanied him through the train while tickets were being taken up jut before reaching Omaha. FINDING THE HOLDERS. They had not long to wait, for on the third train they went through in this way they discovered tho identical tickets in the pos session of 8. P. Brown; and making luro that they had the thief or his accereorta, they arrested him and his friends on the spot. Of course a P. was very much surprised, and indignantly demanded what au this meant He was coolly informed that he and his friends were thieves, and had stolen ths tickets aforeoaid. This was too much for tha virtuous member of the Washington Board of Public Works. He had no objection to aid in robbing the people of the Dhtrtat of Columbia by wholesale, and it would not have troubled his virtuous soul an instant to have been charged with that sort of oflaoro. But to be classed with common pickpock ets and low thieves was more than he could stand, and, his great soul swelling with right eous indignation, ho struck a belligerent atti tude and in thunder tones demanded ot tbe detective if he knew who he was talking to. The detective intimated that he didn’t care a continental who ho was, he must go aloog with him to Police Headquarter*. “Go to Police Headquarters l” thundered ha. “Why, I am S. P. Brown, a member of the Board of Public Works of Washington City, and aa Intimate friend of Secretary Robeson and President Grant 1” TAXING FULL FARE. By this time a crowd had collected iu thu car, and among the number the conductor, who had passed on into a forward car. Ila was in time to hear this declaration coming from a gentleman whohe supposed wee Con gressman Eldredge. It was now his turn to speak. He did it qnietly and with the ut* most urbanity, by requesting Mr. Brown to repeat his name. This a P. did with much emphasis. “Then.” said the conductor, ”1 would like to take another look at the free pass you have been riding on.” This, of coarse, took the starch right out of Mr. Brown, and ho would fata hurt made a little explanation, bnt the con ductor was not in the humor for explsnetfcmu and demanded the pass. With a|rery shMp- ishlook 8. P. produced Charley Eldredgrs loss, and seeing that this made thing* loeka title bad for bim ho produced other docu ments to satisfy tho conductor and the de tective that he was really & P. Brown tad not a common thief who had stolen Chartay Eldredgc’s pass as well as the railroad tiofcata. Tho resnlFof this little matter was tha rnule cation of the free pass by the conductor, aad the payment of fail fare from San Franctaoo to Omaha by Brown for himself and wife. Dully Condensation*. An Indianapolis hen thinks two eggs a day something to crow about. There are six and four-tenths persons to every house in Philadelphia. A fascinating widow of eighty-five iu In diana lately captured in matrimony u thought less youth of only seventy-two. An accepted suitor ia California last week sold bis interest and good will in hta efflaurod to a rival for tho price of a new coat. Eighty-four per cent of the population of- the New England States, who are under twenty years of age, have three or non to the conet houtc: There his bloody form was deposited on a stretcher. His face bore an .expression of wild rage, and he pressed his hands upon his breast, as if to stifle the ogony he was suffering, his features looked scarcely human. He was shot in the abdo men, just below the navel, and there wes no hope of recovery. “Where ere yun wounded?" Dr. Gayler mildly asked. “in the groin,” the dying man answered, with a piteous groan. “What is your name? There was a pause, and a strange light gleamed in the robber’s eye. A groan of , . „ ,• pain was stifled on his Ups. “It’s noimaieri- Shelias hardly her,equal anj where? Bat the aL” he gasped British maiden is taught that ambition in “Have you any friends with whom you character is not adisir.ble thing. The nat- wonld like to communicate?’’ the Doctor nralaess sad prop;uty which accompany this asked. a certain mode of deportmen<|wbich is excel lent so far as it goes. The chief precept of the code, whether inculcated or by the silent feeling of society, is that each young lady mist do as the rest. That “young English g rl,” jwlo is)'he theme of tho novelists and the magazine bards and artists, easily merits aU the adulation she receive*. Does not all the world know, it it not almost an imperti nence to say, that for digriiy, modcaiy, pro state of mind are not particularly admirable. E. S. Xddal, in April Atlantic. Butler's Three Cents.—Since his fa mous response to one of bis constituents with'regard to tbe salary steal, Ben Batter baa been in daily receipt of letters from others of his constituents, requesting him to forward to them tbc three cents which he admits to be due to the lix-paycrs on this account „ . . . . , . Buffer reglies promptly in each instance, but Nota word was spoken for several minutes, of franking the letters places • The silence was only broken by the moans of sUmp Tho letters are the dying man. L OI .pdo ihn,. “Is there no hope at all, doctor?” he asked w AprU 1,1873. “‘“No” the doctor repUed, Badly, “your y<rar **•* c “ t ‘ wounds are of so fatal • character that you on the outside of this letter, can live bnt a few hours more." The robber’s lips quivered, bat he spoke not a word. He seemed to form one word Csnnublalltlea. with his quivering lips and to repeat it in cessantly. It was the word -death." Yes, Yours, truly, B. F. Butler. the Angel of Death was near him. “Do you wish to see any clergyman, Protestant or Catholic?” the doctor panned. His Upe moved. “No, I don't wish for one,” was the answer; “ he could do mo no good.” He folded his bands across his breast, as though in prayer. A deadly pallor over- A domestic broil makes an unsatisfactory meal. A beau of much experience says that “Ihe time for a fellow to leave is when a young lady asks him how the walking ia.” The scientists have discovered that the reason a woman can keep • lover by her tears is because love, like beef or pork, * best preserved by brine. Pelham, New Hampshire, hat a wosaaa who was not married till sixty yean of ago, bat his had four husbands since, and ta Mow widow. Paris, Kentucky, tho county teat of Bour bon, and the place where the best whtakv iu the world is made, has so many total sseti- ncnce people that it Is proposed to prohibit Ihe sale of liqnor within its limits. This ta not the only case where the prophet has lacked reward in his own country. IS* We have great respect for tho Lafay ette Journal—it tells a snake story to wen. Says the Journal: “On last Friday a eitirou of Danville, Illinois, was buried. After tha funeral cortege had started a snake at tho bine-racer species wss observed folk)wing be hind. It continued thus to follow until tho cemetery was reached, when the aerpoat jumped into the grave and coiled hliiooif around the box containing the eoffla. It there remained until tho sexton dispatched it and laid it ont npon the ground. A baud Of music headed the procession, and the qateiou is whether it wa^that or some other CMOS which led to the singular conduct ou tho part of the snake.” Danbubt News Items.—Muskrats tan their tails to the north when thinking, which is said to be a sure sign of something. Two people in walking together will al ways avoid the path. One will walk on each. It shows how unselfish we are as a people. Good clothes and talent do not go together. If yon have good clothes you most he con tent. Our clothes arc not very good, although we did not notice the fact when wo con- mcnced ibis item. JT The Rochester Democrat ta i . ble for the following: “One evening loot week, at the opera house, as the play was ap proaching the crisis, a gentleman in on* of the orchestra chaiis became so much excited that when Miss Fermin exclaimed: “Gnat Heavens 1 what have I done?” he raised fa his scat and shouted with a denunciatory gesture, “You’ve raised hell I” fyjfr. Eugece Beebe, of New Yovkcfcy, hat received a letter from the Han. Goo. * Pendleton, in which he says: “I am whin ly awaiting the result of Mr. BoatwriF* poli cy, for if he can carry it to its legitimate con clusion without a crash, a new on hn dawned in the financial hirtoty of thu ,wodd.” IinOISTINCT PMNT

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, April 15, 1873, Image 1