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J- Tan* at •■kscrl»U«a< _„..3B3K2SMIS?uu£2 *,riUte«xpt»ritoeof tkettaefaewhkk ptjmt - - —--gof tkv iicon*tkim« ATLANTA, TUESDAY. APR-L22. A Hear Freae. Tar Coalmenox baa Jn*t other beautiful pr*»a to meet the Increaring demands of basinet* inoerjob department. Tu Conmnra caubliahment probably ha* a larger number of praam than any other lathe State, and ia prepared to execute any and all kinds of Job.work, from a almplecard to a well b ond boot We are now doing work for variou* parte of the Slate. Mar* Confederate AreWITe* *• *• of <70/100, Included in the tote IfltcellAoeous Appropriation bill for the avowed purpose of enabling the Treasu ry Department to InreaUgate claim* and fraudulent demand* ngalnat the government, b undentood be deatined for the purtbaae of a new batch of arehlreaof the defunct Confederacy. The <73,000 Inreated In Plck- etto' now historical trunks, though not roe- ceaafnlly placed in a political point of view, b alleged at the Treaaury to hare been al ready repaid in the conelnaire evidence dis covered concerning the transactions of cot- more 'plainly than in the improvement of Journalism. Nor indeed b there any anrer indication of the general pros perity of a country than that to ha found in the number and character of Us Caaapllaaeatary a* the Atlanta Preaa We take each and all of these worthy ca terer* for the public favor and the public good, and for the life of us. forsimuch as we are always Influenced by the declarations of a man aa to bb own condition and capacities, we areata lorn which to aay moat “fills the bin," unless, like a petit Jnror, wn should be carried away by the last speaker. 8p«ring no paflb,stopping at no expenditures, agent* tripping nil over the land, busy correspond ent! prying Into every crack and comer of tbe round world for news and edifying facts. Interviewing here and conjecturing th»n*. dailies, weeklies, and Sundays, from sixteen up to ninety columns, they crowd the eye, HU the ear, and hardly give one time to breathe. Swift-footed, like their fabled moth er, Atlanta, they defy ail competition in the race, and n* they apeqj along, each cries stood that all may bear, “ I’m ahead.”—CarlcrrcOU Vista a# Atlanta. ir there b a city In tbe South that tsem phatlcally n live town, it b Atlanta. She never does anything half way. Her public spirited citizens go the whole hog or nothing. We were in attendance upon the State Medi cal Association list week. This body has had many pleasant session* In the past, but tbe late one was far In advance of any other. Indeed, It was a perfect ovation. Her local profession, aided by her gen- determined to make tbe long to be remembered by tbe medical profession. Everything that could add to the pleasure of the large crowd of medical men there assembled was done. Tbe various receptions, huge entertainment at tbe Kimball House, vbits to schools. Roll ing Hill and Ponce de Leon Spring, each In their torn was well conceived and culminated in complete raacew. We coaid particularize, but the city papers, than whom none are to' be found more courteous, having exhausted tbe rabject, we can only add oar hatnble thanks and say from a heart still fail of pleas ant remembranets, God bless them.—flvaw- tJUPUrwt - Tka react Trad*. THE 0 VOLUME VI.I ATLANTA, GEOKGIA, TUESDAY. APRIL 22, 1873. INUMBER 1/ FACTS FOR FARMERS. Northern rin! with it* thirty fold more pop ulation. From .the various notice*, we select the few following one* as specimens: TBS ATLiHTlCOX3TITPTJOS—WHAT A GtCR-. - _ 0 - - gia wwaPAwa can pa. Agriculture In tbe So tub. We were both (treaty rarpriaed and greatly gratified at tb**r4endld display made by our cotemporary, Tns Atlanta Cojwrirunox, in its issue of Sunday lash Perhaps id nothing b tbe prograi of the age marked Systematic notation of Crops— DECISIONS Commercial Manures—Flori da In a Nut Shell- Increased Value ST7PRE91E COURT OF GEORGIA. DeUecrti at Atlanta, April 15,1873. Thomas Kile vs. J. G. Johnson. New trial, from Fulton Superior Court. The ConstitutionofJSunday morning was “jl far ahead of any thing ever accomplished in journalism in Georgia. It was a quadruple | ™ J* „ The peach-growing farmers of Maryland and Delaware are trying to secure markets for their fruit* without the intervention of New York si a distributing center. Tbe curious fact U developed that Dataware peaches reach Philadelphia and Newark via New York. Direct abtpmcnta to Boston have been tried.but alwayaYalled. The Southern farmers are desirous of getting into direct communication with the interior cities, anch as Albany, Buffalo, Scranton, etc, but it Menu Impossible to lift tbe coorae of trade out of the old ruts. Tbe New York dealer claims that tbe in terior towns want nothing but first-rate fruit; that inferior and soft peaches am found In nearly every crate that comes direct from the orchard; that these must be taken cut before roshipment to the other markets; and that there b m other town equal to the task of consuming such n quantity of inferior, half- decayed, weeded-out selections. The ro-as- ■ortlng in New York causes twenty-four hours' delay between the orchards and Alba ny, n material matter in the band log of e perishable fruit in hot wratbir. The taste for fruit ia rapidly growing, and the New York moi opily must Inevitably bo broken up. Tka Public P.later. Tbe Public Printer cannot but bo gratified at lb* kind manner in which the press of the State baa commented on the improper pub licity given to hb unadjusted account with tbe State. The paper* bare, at far as they bare *pok- r, g ncraliy expressed their con fidence in hu integrity, and deprecated the unfortunate publication of an unsettled mat ter u a way to reflect on a public officer, to whom was duo a suspension of publicity until a final adju-ument had shown whether aovthing was wrong, and that wrong h.d b en officially announced by the proper authority. Asa specimen of the comment, we give tbe following from tho Griffln Newt: It is to he regretted that these rumors were made public, without they had been proven, thus casting a suspicion upon tbe character of a gentleman whose integrity has always been above suspicion. We have no doubt but what Hr. Hemphill will demonstrate his ut most good faith in the matter, for we do not believe that he would intentionally wrong the State or any one else out of n cent. Tbe authorities here have all regretted the publication of the matter In its inchoate shape, aa It has placed them ia a false posl- ti-m. Tbe State press will have no cause to re gret it* expreatkn* of confidence In the Public Printer. Onr Canlensyararl*. wn Oar Grant n. Notwithstanding this, pm. notwithstanding our knowl edge of the wonderful strides in prosperity in tbe 8tate of Georgia generally, and tbe city of •Atlanta especially, have made, and not- withstanding oar appreciation of the enter* prise and resources of our friends of Taxi From tbe montby report of the condition Constitution. we could scarcely believe our of American Agriculture for March,published eyes when we saw before us “Atlakta Cos- by tbe Department of Agriculture at Wsah- Rirtmox, Sunday, Aran. 13, lb73—Quad- iogtoo, we cull the following information jpus sheet.” | with special reference to the status of Geor- It is needless for ns to say that we were gia. fully as much gratified as we were surprised. I rotation or CROP! We most cordially congratulate our cotem-1 _ . . oorary upon its wondeffnl success, and will I In18ooth CsroUna, Georgia, Arkansas, and tot it tell its own story in its own word*.— fa «U tbe golf b ate, systematic; rotation W***m&.C)J~rnaL ^"(gfumbSSy Tn« ATlA*ra CoxanruTtOT of Sundsy ti*dfmr phase of pefautaroptoion in the South: reaches our table hi quadruple form^ol nine-1 h the benefits following rotation ly-six columns, including nearly forty cote ^ acknowledged by the majority of farmers omns of reading, with amapof the city of nTthtosaJ^.yet ft ^practiced by conTiS?- Atlanta, it* tin and wonderful growth since fowTMaaythguS extLuve^ tbe war. It lay* over anytnmg in *be|^J^J >merd J does away with way of a newspaper we ever **w from a | lh(J neceasity for ^ UIIIuI change of crops, and the fertilizers need is selected with direct nxwifafer enterprise. | reference to the crop to be produced, and the „ „ . Bnn . crop is thus fed and grows by tbi3 outside The *"a**a CoirernuTiosr of^Sunday I bd p thus eepraenting too gnat a drain upon is a novelty in the history of .Sou^em jour- This creates an idea in the &! h Mtow ? 11 ^ y c fnU y minds of those who practice this system that an idea of this mammoth sheet that wecomd, the outlay 0 f money is* salve to the soils, and we copy It: . . to this extent not only preserves but increases .... „„„ itafertility; otiieis.maintain that this exten- I“d general use of stimulating manures, is not far profitable ti while. Tub , „„ I^e^drowti^ojrieto'ni™*^ ^ro 6101 **” ^ ta Ti “ dicaUon of this witi. ail tbe success they could wish for.- ^ g^ gr)liQ| , nglr<ane> Qnjln Ana. sweet-potatoes, and a few other crops are stutDATs constitution. | grown according to prospective local or gen eral demand and often in exhausting succes- same land. Soil preparation ion are often entirely ignored, aeasgawsarag RiaaSiJaSBSstt: ShS£3S®a S gv'v't" b ““ ““pm-w SSSX^SSM? tSMSSSIZ atlaVw cated with corn, small grain, or grass. 'In I some districts the soil appears to bear this Tit* CoNtrrntmoN on Sunday came out in l strain with but little inclination. In other a “quadtuple aheet” so called, and aptly il- eases, however, the normal results of this lustrates its success in journalism by that of ruinous system an painfully apparent. In the great dailies in New York. These are Louisiana new-comers occasionally attempt startling evidences of enterprise in journal- io introduce improvements, but are unable to ism.—Maam Telegraph and Meaenyer. | rcs j s t tbe influence of universal example, and ultimately fall into tbe old routine. Dispatches Sent rtllhont an Instru- — ‘ I Experiments in clovering have been quite From the Cbicaio Tribune.) unsuccessful lately on account of the extreme Tbe lecture recently delivered by Captain I drought. Commercial fertilizers have greatly John N. Hills, b fore tbe literary association | disappointed expectations, but lime has pro of Ravenawood, was replete with instruction, I dneed very favorablexesnlta In North Caro- and kept theau iience intensely interested for lina some isolated efforts are made by inteili- more than an hour. One or two of bis own I gent men to improve their lands, but gener- expcriences in telegraphy are worthy of gen- Ally the idea ia entertained by few. As an eral publicity. Indeed, we remember having excuse for inaction it is alleged in some quar- reen a newspaper notice of these long before te.-s that crops are seldom housed till alter our acquaintance with Captain Hills, but the I Curistmas, and that tbe weather after that item was too condensed to give a conception p :riod is too cold for ont door labor. This of tbe matter. I fr.tm the latitude of North Carolina will sound On March 3d, 1853, a train on the Benning-1 o idly to Northern and Western farmers, who ton and Portland Railroad was snowbound ti d time for extensive and important about three qusrlers of a mile from Shafts-1 farm labors during each -winter. In bury. The weather was intensely cold; fuel I South Carolina the phosphates, of was nearly exhausted; night was approach-1 which large deposits have been log, and tbe situation began to look deeper-1 found in that State, are extensively applied, ate. Mr. Hill*’ two small children were wl h I but net always with intelligent reference to him, and, one of them, too young to be fed I their specific effects. These applications are wbh arguments, clamored for something 1 mostly made for tbe immediate results, and better. Tbe superintendent of tbe road, P. | not for permanent improvement, which ap- C. White, was on the train, but, strange to I pears to be but little regarded. Georgia say, the snow wouldn’t clear the track for a I makes an extensive use of commercial fer- reilroad king. In his helplessness be was tilizers upon cotton. Gwinnett connty con- entirtly at a toss for any means of relief,!aumed about 2,W)0 tons daring J872. In until Captain Hills, without instruments of] Franklin county they h&ve been applied at any kind, except the wire on the poles, pro-1 rates varying from 800 to 1.000 pounds per I>oeed, nevertheless to telegraph to Rutland lucre. In a few counties, such as Gordon, The superintendent was incredulous, but I clover ia railed in increasing quantities, and. Captain Hilla quickly cut the wire, and com- i n some cases, has been plowed under in full mnoicated with the officers of tbv road at I growth. Of the lands within ten miles of Rutland, merely striking the ends of the I railroad in this county, about XG per cent, are wire together—thus making sod bieaking I j n clover. The difficulties of recuperative the telegraphic circuit as be would have done I farming are thus stated by si correspondent with the key of an ordinary operating Lustra-1 in Talbot county: menu An engine was immediately sent to I Nothing is regarded by farmers so profits- biockaded train. But the | ble as cotton. The lands generally produce Our magnlfi cut quadruple sheet of Sun- pat’s Constitution has been commented upon inside and out of tbe State. As an ex ponent and illustration of Atlanta's enterprise and progress it was highly appreciated by our citizen*, who applied for thousands of copies to send off. which we could not furnish, not . anticipating the demand. Such n paper evi dences alike the prosperity of the city and the vitality and magnitude of her trade. Pro bably no other city of 85,000 people. South or North, could furnith inch a demonstration of advertising liberality as that Urge array of fifty colnmnt in our Sunday’s paper. Such showing does the city Infinite good abroad. The New York Herald makes a load and long boast over its quintuple sheet of ISC columns, with 78 columns of advertisements, ia a city of nearly a million of people. It thus moralizes: "We may. therefore, point to oar seventy- right columns of advertisements as a cnbject of coogratalalton for the people at large and M conveying aa inspiriting sod welcome sign to the wbele barium community. If they told only of the success of the Herald and of the vsst patronage it enjoy* we might not have felt at liberty to make them a theme cf comment. But inasmuch aa they indicate general prosperity, advancement and enter prise. we claim the right to direct public at tention to them, and to comment as we have commented on the morals they point." Atlanta certainly has outstripped the great metropolis. If New York shows her pros perity in famishing seventy-eight columns of advertising mutter with a million of citiaenr, Atlanta certainly ia largely ahead in propor tion, when with 85,000 citizens her business men can roll out fifty columns of Advertise ments, or only one-third lea* than her great WARNER, O.J. This was an action brought by the plain tiff against the defendant, to recover the value of a note given by the defendant to the plaintiff for tobacco, dated 12th June, 1864, and also, containing a count in the declara tion for the value of the tobacco. On the trial of the case, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff A motion was made for a new trial on the several grounds set forth in the record, which was overruled, and tbe defend ant excepted. There was no error in admit ting tbe note in evidence to the jury, it had a revenue stamp on it, as required by the United States revenue lsw, for the valne of which the plaintiff estimated it to be worth. There was no error in admitting evidence going to show that tbe plaintiff was entitled to recover for the note and the tobacco, more than one hundred dollars. It it true thut the dtintiff stated that he valued tbe note at one iuodred dollars when he pnt a revenue stamp on it, but that was a circumstance to be con sidered by the jury in connection with tho other evidence in the case, it was not conclusive as to his right to recover more than that amount This was a Confederate contract, and it was the province of the Jury to adjust the equi ties between the parties under the evidence in the case, which, in onr judgment, they have fairly done under the law applicable to such contracts. Whether the seven-thirty notes or bonds were received by the plaintiff in pay ment of the tobacco or only as collatleral se curity, the evidence is confl cling. The jury, however, thought proper to believe the plain tiff instead of the defendant, as it was their privilege to do. Let tbe judgment of the Court below be affirmed. • M. J. Ivey, L J. Winn, for plaintiff in error. E. N. Broyles, for defendant E Guthman vs. M. T. Castleberry. Distress warrant, from City Court of Atlanta. And the more especially was that not error when the Court added, “But let . cot the hour control or influence your decision or deliberations. Let not that consideration shorten or lighten Tour deliberation* one sin gle Instant- Examine the case carefully." In view of the whole case, we cannot say that the verdict is not sustained by the evi dence, and the law as to manslaughter hav ing been freely and fairly given m charge, this Court will not interfere with the judg. ment of the Court below refusing a new trial. Judgment affirmed. Gartrell & Stephens; T. P. Westmoreland; S. B. Spencer, for plaintiff in error. John T. Glenn, Solicitor General, for the State. —•«a*»-o»— Wm. Markham, et.ni.T3. Hagen & Son. Assumpsit, from Fulton Superior Court THIPPE, J. 1. If a draft be drawn on an individual, anil the drawee before its acceptance form a partnership with- others, and 'the partners Let the judgment of the Court below be affirmed. ■ . . . Collier, Hynatt & Collier, for luaintiffs in error. L J. Glenn & Son, for defendaut F. H. Hall vs. the State: Shooting at an other, from Fallon Superior Court McCAY.J. F. H. Ha'l was tried upon an indictment containing counts, one for assault with intent to murder andjone for shooting at another not in his (the prisoner’s) own defense. On tbe trial it was proposed to prove by the defense as a part of the ragatae, the prisoner’s statement, as to how he received a certain bruise on bis arm. Tbe statement was made some ten or twelve minutes after the shooting, after the difficulty wss entirely over, after the prisoner had been arrested, and wbilst be was in charge »f the bailiff on bis wav to prison: Held tbat it was not eiror •a tbe Court to reject tbe statement.'' Judgment affirmed. Girtiell & btephens. T. P Westmoreland, tor plaintiff in error. *•. J. T. Glenn, Solicitor General, for the State. James W. Craig vs. John D. Pope. • Assump sit, from Fulton Superior Court. McCAY.J. f- When a suit wss pending, on -an express contract, and the defendant, after filing a plea of the general issue under oatly withdrew his plea and filed same plea not under oath: Held, that under the Constitution of 1863, it was the duty of tbe Court to render a judgment for the plaintiff, on proof, of the allegations in the declaration, end it was error in the Court to permitthe defendant to introduce evidence in support cf,.his pica. Judgment reversed. -w Robe Baugh, Thrasher & Thrasher, f< plaintiff in error. L. E. Bleckley, for defendant w^ ne I gesTthaUho "fln*ding was''the"resuTtof 'im- te proper or illegal influences or motives. verdict and motion for new trial, from * jSd™ eBt „ ffln ned. McCAY J* 11 * 1101 C0Urt ” D.R & W. It Hammond, for plaintiff in When’a 'suit was brought against a rati Mynalt, for defendants, road company for damages $ju*ed to the I 1 ' plaintiff bv his falling Into an excavation SALVADOR lie highway had’ for years ran in a particu lar place; that on the approach of the rail road constracters to that place, the road had I Details of its Destruction by an been tamed so as to take a different route; ship the goods for the payment ol draft was drawn, and to pay for them, and they do eo. uso them, and the partner who is the drawee accept the draft for the partner ship, the acceptance is binding on the part ners. • ' c 2. Where the napae of the partnership is the "Republican Association," and whose sole business wss the publishing of a newspaper called “The OpiniOD,” and the acceptance is “Accepted May 24tli, 18G7, for the Opinion newspaper, (signed) W. L. S,” and- W. L. 8. is one of the partners, it is a sufficient identi fication of the partnership to bind the part ners. 8 Where a case is fairly submitted to the Ht and them ia positive evidence to sup- portthe verdict,and the Judge trying tbe u ’ case refuses a new trial, this Court will not interfere units* the verdict be so decidedly be now overcrowded, so I thought me of Mr. B h estate, “ Monte Christo,” which must be within a few miles. For this, then, wo traveled, some on horseback, others afoot, as on the night before, and clambering over the mountains, reached our destination in time for a 12 o'clock breakfast, wo entered their grounds in our unique style, some three on a horse, and nil be- grimmed with dost, good Mrs. B in dulged in a hearty German laugh, and, bid ding ns a warm welcome, added that they had just an hour before sent an express rider to the city with a letter telling us to como to them at once. And hero we are enjoying tho fine Mr of “Monte Christo” and the generous hospitality of the B s. The young lady yon saw in Philadelphia is with them, and she helps to take care of the children, who have intensely enjoyed the whole adventure. Yesterdav Mr. B and I rode to town and caw the President Tho templores yet con tinue, and again some tiles were ejected from the roofs. Wc will not return until tho dan ger has passed. San Salvador, 10th March. I open the let ter to add that although tbe temblores con tinue. not mnch additional damage has oc curred. Wo are all yet at Monte Christo, as it ia hardly safe yet for the children to return. 1 came in to-day to close my correspondence for. the steamer, and mid foiling roofs, and the debris of broken wall3 and chattels, write this in the legation office. The British con sulate is a literal rain, and many other houses. At 8 this morning there was another heavy earthquake. No losaof lives in the whole of them. The children continue enjoying the finest health and spirits at the hospital moun tain retreat where they have found refuge. WARNER, C.J. The plaintiff as landlord sued out a distress warrant for rent due him by the defendant, which was levied on the defendant's property. Tbe defendant filed an affidavit that the rent claimed by the plaintiff was not due. On the trial of the issue thus formed, the de fendant offered to prove that tbe roof of the store bouse thus rented was in a leaky con dition, and by reason theteof the defendant’s goods had been damaged three hundred dol lars. The plaintiff objected to this evidence, and the Court sustained the objection, unless it was shown tbat thee was a pre-existing agreement that repairs should be made on the store house before the defendant moved into it, whereupon the defendant excepted. The landlord ia bound by law (independent of any pre-existing contract to tbat effect) to keep the rented premises in repair. Code, XX58- If the landlord in this case failed to repair tbe roof of the store house, after no tice of its leaky condition, and the defend ant’s goods were damaged thereby, he was entilhd to rccovtr such damages from the plaintiff, and have the same dedueted out of the rent claimed to be dne for tbe store house, and if the damages sustained exceeded the amount of the rent claimed to bo dur, then the defendant did not owe the rent claim ed. Code sections2,848,i850and2,8#l. In our judgment, the evidence offered by the defend ant was admissible, and it was error in reject ing jt. Let the judgment of the Court below be reversed. B. 8. Weil, represented by A. W. Ham mond & Bon, for plaintiff in error. Jackson & Clarke, for defendant. that within a week or ten daya after the change, the plaintiff traveling the road with his waggon and team, had taken the old route, it being in the night,and had been stopped by tho cut or excavation; that he had got out of bis wagon to see what was to the front had :en fife thigh, so as the matter, and in passing fallen into the cut and broki Earthquake. Alarm of the Natives. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin pnb- Minnle Hauck to the Consti- tutfon-On the Opera and “Ouida.” Bliss Jeanio Patterson—Josh Uill —How Much Money tho South Got—’The Case of Sctnggs - Dots. VALUE OF LANDS IN GEORGIA. the relief of the . entire operation required tbe receivug, as such small crops of com that it wid notgpay well as the sending <>f messages. This was I the expense of tbe laborers we are obliged to the crndal test of Hills’ ingenuity, skill and employ, owing to the fact of their having nerve, and, until this was accomplished, bat little regard for loss of time, even when the superintendent and passengers felt they are interested in the crop; moreover, no assurance tbat (he messages sent had * n acre of land tbat witi produce eight bush- been intelligibly communicated to the offl- e is of com will produce one hundred and p es together, twenty-five pounds of tint cotton, which of he wrote to the operator of Rutland as fol-1 course ia much more profitable. \j. I ami The following, from Gadsden county, I will re-1 Florida, presents the case of that State in a ceive your answer through my tongue.” He I nutshell: touched the frosty wire to bis tongue, with The efforts in this connty axe rare and the same result, at first, as that enjoyed by I feeble. A few are impressed with theim- the b >y who undertook to lick the lrost from I portance of the subject, and are making some his state-steel, but found that tbe steel knew I efforts in the proper direction, bat the great mure about licking than bn did. I majority of pUntera have ignored it entirely. The wire wouldn’t let go nntil it was 1 Under tbe present system the land is either warmed, and then kindly took the akin off I rented to tho laborer annually for a specified •thened and I sum per acre, or he receives aa compensation as warmed, I for his services a share of the crop produced; Captain Hill* received tbe message, by pat-1 in either case his interest ceases with the ting one end of the wire above ana the other I housing of the crop, under bis tongue and letting the electric cur rent pass through it, when be was able to read DV the succession of sharp and somewhat I Hart—Good farms since 1865 have, in isinful electric shocks. His success was per-1 many instances, doubled their value. Poor tet—and he not only received messages for hands, thousands of acres of which are turned the superintendent bat for several of the pas-1 out, have not increased in value since that aengen. The only ill consequence of the ex- time plidtwia the total loss of taste which Captain Marion—In 1860 farm lands were worth ' :erward. I from <10 to <39 per acre, at present from <7 act stated in I to <15. a the theory I Forsyth—Worth 60 per cent more than in hem lights, 11860, and 25 percent more than four years caojes. On I ago, and still are low, ranging from <3 to <20 ora. Captain I per acre. ceiving din-1 Brooks—Lands that sold freely in 1860, at in tbe night I <20 per acre, are upon the market now in i Burlington, I large quantities, at low prices, say <3 to <5 options to per acre. disconnec- Wilkes—Certainly decreasing in real value, r and rs-1 land, under the present system, their becom- ator to do I icg entirely worn ont and worthless ia only h more even I a question of time. From tigfatnes in money with the at-1 matters, mostly, lands generally will hot tanyconnec-1 command as good prices as two or three iea. As soon I jeara ago; but within a few miles of town r diminished, I or railroad communications they are much alar batteries higher than in 1880. thus pkinlyl Franklin—Farm lands worth <10 per acre; if cause and wild lands <1 to <3. the electrical I Douglas—Increasing; 20 per cent higher I than in 1860; bat timber lands 20 per cent n theory that cheaper. which, in all I Effingham—Not improving in value; seen passing worth from <1 to <3 per acre: latitude, are 1 Cobb—Increasing; average valne equal to n and nega-1 that of I860, or <10 per acre. In some cases port of this land that sold in 1867 and 1863 at <5 per »ith the mar-1 acre, would now sell for <30. rs attracting I Bartow—Increasing; notwithstanding the : the needle— I ravages of the war and consequent impover- it and left al- ] jsbing of our people, their lands are ail 10 unsafe during I per cent, higher than in I860, and very much I* entirely by | higher tban in 1866. uos or narrow ] Gwinnett—Increasing rapidly; one-third higher. Carroll—Increasing on account of new « - *• «=“ - 18T y: 100 Professor Wilder, of Co-nell University, I Pickens—Have decreased in value, uplands says Moore’s Rural New Yorker, gives the at least 100 per cent, compared with I860, the following short rules for action iu cases Know of nothing tbat will temedy ns except of accident, which will be found useful to 1 a railroad. We have one of the lineal coon member: I ties in the State, abounding in iron ore, mar- For dust in the eye*.avoid robbing; daab ble, and inexhaustible, never-failing water water in them: remove cinders, etc, with power. All we need ia to hare our resources the round point of a pencil. | developed. Remove water from tbe ear by tepid water; never pnt a bard instrument in theear^^H If any artery ia cut, compress above the wound; if a rein bent, compress below.h If choked, get on all fours and cough. ■ For slight burns, dip the part in cold water; ■ tana Wham Grant Par4**<4 Oat •( Ik* Albany Penitentiary. Wuhtagteo Letter to the SfrlngSefd Republican.) I witnessed a singular spectacle on Perm it the skin is destroyed, cover with Tarnish. I sjIrani* avenue the other day—that of a Smother a fire with carpet*, etc.; water I gentleman geyly dressed and driving n fast will often spread horning oil and increase j team, and evidently in excellent spirits. Yet the danger. Before passing through smoke j this gentleman b just out of the Albany peni- ttkn a long breath, and then stoop low; but tenUsrv, and be, only a short time ago, stole if carbonic add gas b suspected, walk 1 hnndrcdt of thousands of dollars from the erect I Treasury. It was Major Hodges, the tkkf Suck poisoned wounds, unless your mouth ] who, by the interference of the President b sore; enlarge tbe wound; or, better, cat was not punished for taking a vast amount of oat the part without delay; hold the wound- the people’s money. He b warmly welcomed ed part as long as cm be borne to n hot coal by many of hb old friends, which shows that or end of a cigar. _ I the American people care not much for theft In case of poisoning, excite vomiting by I in itself, so that it b done in n respectable tickling the throat or by warm water and 1 and gigantic fashion. There can be no quo- mustard | tiou as to the facts in this case. Major For add poisons, give alkalies; for alka- Hodges robbed the Treasury of tens of thon- line poisons, give adds—white of egg is good I sand* of dollars, and be bnot punished, In most cases; in n csss of opium poisoning. I simply because hb social g was high, give strong coffee, and keep moving. If he had stolen a watch or a diamond pin he If in water, float on the bock, with the nose I would still be in the penitentiary, but to steal and mouth projecting. I a hundred thousand dollars b a safe and re For apoplexy, raise the head and body; for apectsblo crime, and that b the lesson hb life tainting, lay the person flak I teaches to the boys of America. M. IT. Bridwcll, administrator, et. nl. vs. F. Brown, ejectment from Fultnn.Superior Court. WARNER. C.J. Tbb was an action of ejectment, brought by the pialntiff against the defendant to re cover the possession of part of a city lot in the dty of Atlanta. The defendant filed an equitable plea, setting forth that the premise* in dispute had been sold by the plaintiff’s-io- tcatste in the year 1853 to one Dnbler (under whose title the defendant claimed) tor the sum of <300.60; tbat tbe lot at the time of the purchase was enclosed by a picket fence; that the plaintiff's intestate sold to Dublerial- the land included within that fence; tint tne deed to said premises was written by the plaintiff's intestate tbrougb mistake, and de scribed therein the line on a certain alley as being only fifty-one and one-half feet, when it should have been eighty-six feet; that the deed does not in consequence of said mistake speak the truth and intention of the parties to the contract. Theonly issue made and sub mitted to the jury on the trial, as certified by the presiding judge, was as to tbe mistake in the deed as alleged in the defendant's plea. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and the plaintiff excepted. There was no error in admitting the answer of Eisenh&rt to tbe question “Was it (thelol) not sold byBrid- well, as it stood in tbe enclosure at the time?'’ Tbb was a circumstance going to show what was the intention of the parties at the time of making the contract If the plaintiffs intestate sold and Dubler purchased all the land in closed within the picket fence, and the deed therefore specified a less number of feet than wss actually embraced within the limits of the enclosure, the evidence was admissible as s circumstance, from which the jury ought infer that there was a mistake in the deed. The question for the jury to decide was, whether all the land included within the pic ket fence wss sold, and if it was, did the deed speak the truth as to the number of feet sold according to the contract and intention of the parties, or was the description of the number of feet mentioned in the deed in serted by mistake or frand ? There was no error in admitting the answer of tbe witness Ebtnhart to the twenty-first cross interroga tory put by the plaintiff* in view of the facts disclosed in thb record. The witness in bb direct examination had testified as to the sale of the tot by B idwell to Dubler, and to the circumstances nnder which that sale was made. The witness had stated on hb direct examination, in connection with other facts attending the sale, that BridweU bad first induced him to go sod see the lot and bay it, but as be did not care mnch about purchasing it, he induced his lartner Dubler to toy it Dublen took the ot and he advanced the money to pay for it To weaken the force of the testimony of the witness on fab direct examintion regard to the sale of the lot, embraced within tbe enclosure of the fence, the plaintiff's counsel on cross examination asked the witness “ where wss the trade made between BridweU and Dublen?” “BridweU offered me the tot in my shoe shop on White- haU street for <300,Qo, the trade was not made then. They then left and Dnbler came hick afterwards and told me he had bought the lot I don’t know what they said when they were out Dubler said he had to throw in a pair of footed boots.” The answer haring been drawn out by.lbe plaintiff, we see no material error in the Court allowing him to answer it The witness b merely atatiog hb reason* for knowing where the trade was made. On tbe redirect examination of tbe same witness he wss asked, if previous to the consummation of the trade between Dnbler and BridweU for the tot sued, for you and Dnbler and BridweU were on the tot examining it, did BridweU point the lines out, and, it so, by what were they marked? The witness snswered,'“iVe were present on tbe lot previous to the cosumma- tion of the trade examining it: tbe lines were pointed oat by BridweU and marked by the fence then around it” Thb was also objected to, but in our judgment it wss properly ad mitted, as going to show what m as the inten tion of the parties to the contract and rele vant to the question of either fraud or mis take in the execution of the deed. It b true that the mistake io the deed must have been made at tbe time of its exeemioo, and al though the charge of the Court b not set forth in the record, we will presume that the Court cha ged the lsw correctly in relation to that point in the case, especially as no ex ception wss taken to it There is a good deal of evidence in tbe record going to show that the words containing tne number of feet expressed in the deed wss entirely incon sistent with the expressed intention Of the parties at the time of the sale of the tot, the conduct of the parties thereto st the time, and the tcqniescense of the plaintiff’s intes tate for many years after the sale, added to the fact that Dubler, the purchaser, wss sn ignorant Dutchman, who could neither read or write, we feel constrained, to say. in view of aU the iseta disclosed by the record in this case, that there was no error in refusing the motion for a new trial. to cause him great pain, expense, and loss of lishSs tbe following private letter from a gen- time, and so as to lessen his effectiveness as tleman in San Salvador, Central America, to a workingman one fourth, for life, and so a genileman in that city, giving thofirat-de- as to shorten hb leg by ihrce^ivchc*: taUs of the recent destruction of that place by Help, That the burden o'f ’ showing that an earthquake: the route of the road had been legally j San Salvador, March 8 — For a few diya changed, was upon the defendant, and thb slight shocks of earthquake had occurred, could only be shown by production of the but no teri jus apprehensions were enter- order, or by proof of such long established tained. It was on the afternoon of the 4th usage ns to justify a presumption of such of March, after an early dinner, at which I order. bad taken aglasa of sherry to the inaugura- 2. The measure of damages in such a case tion of President Grant, at about 4.80, tho i* the actual injury suffered. Thb may in- children merrily romping in the grounds, elude bodily and mental s-rifeiing. And Mist S. and Maggie suporintendin'g the re- wheu the Court added to thi* a charge that I moral of the dinner table, and a quietly tbe jurjr might include “the injury to hb smokiDg a cigar upon onr porch, when with- pridc, his manhood:” _ in thirty seconds, not only our house, but a Held, That whilst the totter language is great part of tho city, wib reduced to little not strictly accurate, yet, as the proof shows more than ruin. Suddenly, in a twink that the plaintiff was permanently delormed ling, the ground heaved, as the deck of by being lamed for life, the jury may well a ship in a gale, terrific thunderings have understood the Court, si referrfug by I burst from under foot, walls tottered and hb words to thb deformity, and sa the ver-1 we re rent in many places with wide crevic is, diet is not excessive, thb court will not dis-1 roofs sank, and tiles, etc , were-precipitated tuibit. - to the ground; lamps, pitchers, basins, glass, The verdict b not contrary to the evidence j etc, were overturned and broken. Three so as to justify the Interference of thb Court, violent shocks followed in succession, and Judgment affirmed. I the servants commenced to scream piteously, L is. Bleckley; John Collier, for plaintiff and could not be pacified. The most singu- in e:ror. I Ur effect was that upon the dumb animals. Peeples & Howell; P. L. Mynatt, forde- Wild birds flew to the houses, the horte. fendant. grew in the stable 1 , and the dogs howliug. I slunk toward us for prate .lion. Although I Jane Carter and Amanda Merriwether vs. | was not conscious if personal fear, it was the State. Misdemeanor, from Fulton Su- noticeable tint every one’s face grew ashy perior Court pale It might have been the intense excite- Tiiipnv t I ment, and from the fact that no human means a lut-a-js, J. f 0r preservation were available If tbe evidence contained in the record Miss S , with admirable presence of mind, does not show where the offense was com- seized tbe children and hurried them to the milted, of which a defendant is found gnilty, “patio,” or open com t-y- id. Maggie added, and there bs assignment c'. rrror tbat the | with prayerful ejaculations, and I am afraid verdict was contrary to law, a new trial wilt j that I fired something of a volley of word* be granted. at the native servant*, who ytlled, as I Judgment reversed. thought, beyond-human csptdty. Every Thrasher* Thrasher, for plaintiff in error, few minutes shakings of less violence oc- J. T. Glenn, Solicitor General, for the curred, and I made a dash for the street The State. scene beggar* description. Rained houses, — •’ panic stricken people—men, women and John Tate vs. the State. Misdemeanor, children—fleeing to the fields with valuables from the City Court of Attanta. hastily collected Then the ringing of the TRIPPE, J. alarm bells and beatiog of drams, calling all The City Court of Atlanta has no power the soldiers underarms—for here murder and under tbe Act organizing said Court to grant pillage accompany tho confusion of great new trials, nor can that power be derived earthquakes, and aa the frightened citizens OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. THE GE0BGLA. BING. CLARK FOOLED THE DEMOCRATS. Fisher Tickled at Fcruggs 5 Defeat. HOT WHISKEYS FOR ALL! Honor to Whom Honor is Enel NO COMMISSIONS WILL RE ISSUED. Hon. Jolxn A. Bigby to be XT. S. District Attorney. Racy, Rader, Bac'eit. • - - Washington, D. C., April I2lh, ’<3. Washington, April 13, 1873.—I went to hear Lucca last -week. The Opera was “Faust.” I did not like her Marguerite as well as that of Kellogg or Nilsson.— Marguerite ought to be a blonde, and Mbs Kellogg always we-.rs a yellow wig when she takes tho part; but Lucca, appeared in her owd dark brown hair. Then she is too small, it scem9 to me. She b a wee, delicate little, thing. She has a powerful voice, but it i* not sympathetic, and the audience remained very cold until the close of tho last act, when she was heart ily applauded. M. Janet, aa Mephuto, was splendid. Hb make-up was good, hb acting excellent, and he has a magnificent voice. He was encored in the first act, and received nearly all tho applause of the evening. The tenor sang falsetto in one song, but none of our sharp artiste seemed to have no ticed It The chorus was not by any means a fine one, and the oichestra was much too prominent, but the Theatre was crowded, and I suppose the manager was happy. Why will people act so like boors when they go to places of amusement? ABOUT OUIDA. I confessed to a liking for Ouida’s novels, and thb is what alady friend has to say of them: It's just tike yon to Iiko these impious uovels. That Ooila is too killing for any thing hum*n or divine. It ever there was a woman on earth capable of enacting the role of Satan, she i* that indentical female. She i* said to be v- ry plain-looking, otherwise I should pity all her male admirers. “She b the very ■ . But, ahem? Can’t she write? And can’t she use the most glowibg, intoxicating—(well, I won’t use any more adjectives, though I know several that would be.yery applicable)—language possi- ie conceived of ? * ' from that provision in the Constitution allow-1 leave tbe town, duiky Indians prowl for prey iug writs of error from the judgments of City into it, only checked by the bayonets ot the Coarts. government troops. These were posted in Judgment affirmed. squads al short dbtances all over the San Salvador, and a special guard posted in the Thrasher & Thrasher for plaintiff in error front and rear of tbe legation. John T. Glenn, Solicitor General; Howard 1 Gen. Bustamente, who happened to be in Van Epps, for the State. town, rode to me and said, “Senor, yon must leave with your family. I very muen fear the Isham B. O'Neal vs. the State. Murder, from whole place will be leveled in the night.” Fulton Superior Court. And what was to be done? The mostper- m DT ppp r ilous place was under a roof. Darkness near , .... at hand, and the country all in terror. The 1. Where a defendant on trial for murdsr, children behaved admirably, bright and objecte to evidence showing tbat he killed cheerful all the time. Santa Tec)a,or New James’Lutie, on the ground that the indict- San Salvador, b about ten miles distant from ment charges him with the murder of James the capital. It i* 800 feet high and was Lutie, and the presiding Judge on inspection thought to be more exempt from “templores.” held the name tobe James Lutie^nd all the tea Here I determined to seek refuge with the timony provedjthatto be the name of the party children, and asking Maggie and Miss 8. to Btoin, thb court will not by an examination collect necessary clothes, and to send money of the pnginsi indictment overrule the juHg- a nd valuables for deposit to the iron safe in the ment of the Court below. The testimony in British Consulate, 1 went to the only livery “*»conviction U made a jpart of the lUb |e to see if I could hire a stage, or record in the case, and had the defendant eTen a bullock cart, to carry us to Santa Tec- been acquitted, and af erwarda been agsin ia. B ut not a horse or mule, donkey or ve- puton tnal for the murder of James Little, hide of any description could be obtained the introduction of the whole record would for ) ove or money, and the lengthening snad- havesustamed the plead of autrefof acquit owg B h 0 wed that the tropical night was nesr. 2 Under the same rule, thb Court will j obtained, however, one extra horse, and I not overrule the judgment of the Court below suggested to Miss 8. and Maggie their getting refusing to arrest the judgment on a motion 0 n thb together, but they declined, saying founded on the same ground, to-wit, “that they coaid not ride, and would prefer to walk, the name of the deceased in the indictment B ut we had to be off ao m, for the tremblings was Lutie, and the evidence was, that the I were portentous. We then putColly and Sim person killed was named Little.”- on the same horse, Sally on the little bay 8. Defendant s counsel reqaested the Court pony Bn a Elsie and Harry both on the creun- to charge the jury. “That if they enter- ^o-Vea t0D y,and Miss a, Maggie, and I were tamed doubts aa to the tow, the prisoner b on foot My large white horse was loaded justas much entitled to the benefits of those with blankets, sheets, clothes,provislons.etc., doubte as if they applied to the facts. Tost [„ 0 f need and onr being compelled to if they entertain a reasonable doubt as to encamp in theopenair,and Itold u y servant whether the evidence b applicable to the tow Francisco to ride him, aa he was lighter than as given them in charge, then the prisoner is j. and I preferred to walk at the head of the entitled to the benefit of that doubt, and it I children with Miss 3. and Maggie, would be their duty to acquit.” And the \y e left the house, leaving two native Court does not charge the written request; wom ?n to take care of it, who could sleep to but does charge that the jury are “exclusive u, e open »ir for safety, and commenced our judges of the testimony. You take the tow pilgrimage, but hardly had we traveled a few from the Court, the testimony from the wit- wb en my horse, who had always been nesse3£ee what it is and apply one to the other, perfectly gentle with me. became utterly un- You judge of them and they enable you to manageable, backed by Francisco. Perhaps arrive at the troth,” and alao farther charged, I the excitement caused by the temblores had a • the mind of a jnror must be convinced so 1 great deal to do with it, lor hecommenced that no reasonable doubt remain* of defend- faring and plunging, and at last dashed ant’s guilt, tbat b to say after yon have im-1 frantically off, sending Francisco, blankets, partially, carefully and solemnly examined e tc_ etc., high over bb head I As we i aw and weighed all the testimony to the case, t he poor fellow fall with a heavy thud to th 1 if your mind Is still unsettled, wavering, not | ground and remain mo iialess, we at first at real, it would be yoar duty to acquit the thought him killed, but he was only stunned defendant, for that b the doubt of the law.” I god badly braised. We carried him to tbe Held—That the defendant was was not I hou-e, bathed hb bead io camphor water, entitled to the first clause of tbe written re-1 i e ( t him in bed in charge of the native women, quest, and though thesecond clause may cor-1 w jth the white hone in tbe stable, hb load reedy state tbe law on tho potot contained in I divided among other animab, and at dark it, still a new trial will not be granted, be-1 recommenced onr journey. Luckily the cause it was not given incharge jostjasit was I moon had passed its first quarter and the wiitteD, when the charge that was given, gave eight was clear. I wish yon could ail have the defendant all tbe benefit heconld have seen tbe weird semblance of onr little party claimed under the principle invulvcd to that gg Wa wound np tbe mountain road with tbe portion of tbe written request, which was le- moonlight as our guide, and ail still save the g»h cry of the night bird—Miss a, Maggie, and 4. Where the Court- charged the jury that f bravely trudging to front; and the little if there to a theory on wnich the case can 0D ea merry on bortebick. be placed, and all of the witnesses speak the On we went for more than an honr, up, up, truth, that b ue true theory, and it uyonr up> the whole-time; my strength at tost be- duty to adopt it. If there b a bast* on which ggQ to give ont, so transferring the children you can put tbe case, and all tbe witnesses to the ponies, and as neither Mb* S. nor Msg- speak the trato, it b your duty to adopt that gi e could be induced to ride, especially with as true,” and immediately ad is. “but if this g gentleman’s* saddle, I to read her books.' Bat what impertable men . and women she picutures. Nothing in this world is so bright and happy as she makes it appear, though I do believe it b as full of the “ Diavalo.” My, wouldn’t I catch it If only knew I wss patting her note to prink But she □ever will know—I can keep a secret, if some people can’t DON PIATT’S “CAPITAL” has become downright stupid. It don’t have society news now, and b not a bit funny. Don b going to Europe to spend the summer, and then I suopose hb paper will be more stupid than ever. _ , _ mounted the horse: cannot be done, and the testimony cannot be I Then we struggled up for another boor. It to reconciled, then look to tbe witnesses was now nearly 10, and aU were giving signs See what b true and what false. You are 1 0 f exhaustion. It seemed impossible to exciunvejudges cl this, and to passing upon it reach Santa Tecta until long after midnight, yos judge it not to deiacaed portions, bat de gnd we hardly knew where logo when there, termine the truth or falsehood of each fact I for we knew well that the little ah-.nty called by the light of all the testimony in the case. a hotel wi uld be crowded with fogitives. Take each witness as he appear* and b pre-1 We were nea: tog a little Indian farm on a seated to you by tbb recoad—by thie ttsti-1 slope of the volcano, and were sainted with mony—as he appeared to you on the stand, 1 g round chorus from yelping corn. But tbe and u hb statements appeared before you, hospitable hoatcordially received us. and from other witnesses to the case, deter- The Umfllorss had been bad there also, miue who is to h ■ believed, what portion b I and for safety they were sleeping tolheopen to be believed and vtat rejected.” I air. Tbe children and onr women-kind were . Held, That thi, case was not error; and I a t last safely stored away in something be- it plticed no illegal limitation on the light of j tween a cow shed and a kitchen, and the the jury to dL-b.lieve any testimony or any boys and l dared the inside of the dwelling wiiLcs?, which nni«r t!ie law and the evi* I house with the door open. And thus the deuce they had the privilege to reject as un-1 night safely passed, with eccisional earth woriny of credit. I q U *kes and the arrival of other fugitives from 5. Where the chug.- »a< given on Sa'ur- me rained city. UIS3 SEAMS PATTERSON arrived here last week, and was cordially greeted by her many friends in thb city. She will probably give readings before a Washington audience at an early day. The Capital says of Mia Jeanie: “Shehas been making* very successful tour of the South, winning, if we may judge from our exchanges, golden opinions. Miss Patterson possesses that rare gilt of genius, equal power to pathetic or humorous delinea tions, and unitesnith its charming face and manner that make her exceedingly interest ing. She has hosts of friends here whoonly want the annonccrment ot her reading to crowd the house." is rr pair? I don't know much about politics, except that 1 hate Radicals, but I heard a gentleman tell brother Tom tbe other night that out of two hundred millions of dollars appropriated by the last Congress, the South only got twelve hundred thousand dollars—less was was given to both Wisconsin and Michigan,, to clean out their rivers, liar bo rr, etc. Why, said the gentleman, that b more than the whole commerce of these States b worth. Then out of twenty-five public buildings pro vided for but four are to the South, and these to cost only <50.000 to <100,000, whUe those to the North are to c at all the way up to millions. Is it not shameful t Tom’s friend said also tbat the report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shows that the great bulk of tbe revenue comes from the South. It’s a downright swindle, I declare. SENATOR RILL— I can’t help calling him Senator—has bought him a fine residence hire, the piper* say, and I suppose he intends to make Washington bb home in the future, lam glad of iL I like Sen-tor Uill, and I don’t think he b one bit of-a Radical. If he was lam sure I should hate him. I can’t help wishing some time that he had been re elected, and then I think of brave General GordOD, who fought so gallantly for us, and feel tbat 1 could not spars h m. Well, they are both good men. TBAT RR ECBUGGB, or Shrugs, (what a horrid name) tbat—the Senate refused to confirm as MinUter to Colombia, baa been again appointed by the President. Now wouldn't it be m good joke if afier Mr. Scruggs, or Shrugs, had gone out to the scene of bb duties, bag and bag gage, the Senate should again refute to con firm the appointment Then Hr. Scruggs, or Shrug', would have to come home again, bag aod baggage, and wouldn't he feel afpalL Bat I suppose tbe Georgia ring will take care of him—that is if be paya them well for it He must be sure to do that Do tell him so, that the poor man msy not have a long jour ney all for nothing. SOCIETY CUT CHAT. Neliie Grant bnol engaged to Tom Mur- phey’a son. People shouldn't take too much for Grant-ed. ’ Secretary Robeson b to have a cottage at Long Branch tbb season. How we apples do swim t Congressman Beck, of Kentucky, ia gotog to Vienna. Hb wife and daughter accompa ny him. “ Old Probabilities” predicts (privately, not officially.) that we shall have a cool summer. How nice. A Washington correspondent wss called to a Cabinet consultation on an important na tional question, the other day. Hb name has not leaked out. The President has appointed a female lob- byiit Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition She writes Washington letters to some of the papers over the initials “ H. M. B.” Minnie Haucr. - KBKEwi ttevvmlCaaVr, General Edward Richard Spigg Canby, of the United 3t)m Army, whqbas Wn, ac cording to our, dispatches from the seat of war, killed by the Modocs, was born to Ken tucky to the year 1512, and waa consequently to the flfty-founh year of hia ago when ho lost his life.. He graduated at West Point in 1839, and served 1a the Florida war from tbat year to 1842, and was made Assistant Adju tant General with the rank of captain March 3, 1847, and was distinguished at Cerro Gordo. He waa brevetted major for his conduct at Contreras and Chcrubusco, August 20,1847, audbrcveited lieutenant colonel for gallant conduct at the ,Bdcn Gale September 13, 1817, and appointed captain of the Third infantry Junori8fll; and major of Tenth in fantry March!) ISM- .He was made colonel Nineteenth infantry May 14,1861, and briga dier general of volunteer March 31.1802. He servedin the Utah expedition under General A. 8; Johnston, and inlS59 and in I860 com manded Fort Bridge, Utah. When there- hellion broke out ha was to New Mexico and exhibited great skill and judgment in defending the Territory against tho rebels. Ho afterwards served in the War Depart ment at Washington, and commanded tho troops in and around New York citv at the timoofthe riots in July, 1SG3, and resumed hb posttothoWarDepartmentNOY.,lS03. May 7, 1804, he was made Jlajor-.Guncral, . com manding the district embracing tltn depart ments of Missouri, Arkansas and the Gulf. He commanded the expedition which cap tured Mobilo April 12, 1865, and May 4 re ceived the surrender of tho rebel General Dick Taylor and hb army. Ho waa appointed Brigadier-General United Slates Army July 23, ISOS. During tho reconstruction cam paign ha commanded successively tho Fifth and First Military districts, and was, at time of hb death, in command of tho Department of Columbia with headquarters at Portland, Oregon. Aged millionaire*. Commodore Vanderbilt mjAA^Ttglcwart each lack but two year* of fourscore. George Law Is morintafiThiffc score and ten, but he attends failhfuHV^B’hS immense interest, including .tha £ Dry Dock Bank and tho Eighth Avenue Railroad. Moses Taylor b nearly seventy-five, and b reputed to bo worth $10,000,000. He has, as it is Baid, <1,000,000 invested in bonds of Pennsylvania coal companies—but just sco how in dustrious ho is. I speak of these exam ples because many young men look forward to the time when they shall bo released from labor, and they have au idea that our rich men lead indecent liTCS. Adi of our success ful uteri continue hard workers to the last. Thar* Art some rich men who have inherited wealth, and who may, vueesfore, yield to idleness or dissipation: but their history gen- Edilort Comliltition: Muko room once more orally illustrates ibool ■ saying that “ihefool for the appointees of the Georgt* Ring. Set and tiia money tiro scon parted.” Our rich out slew ehair* for toero honeat ap.cimens of tho truly loyal, and lot each tell his story a dr0n0t jf WC aUh be left to him, soon lose* was told by them in thb City. Clark, who ] it. Even James Lenox, whoso inherited had the honor of being named wealth must bo equal to <10,600,000, labor* for tho Savannah" Post 1 Offl*, -d naming was, of course, equtva-1 York Letter. lout to an appointment,aa no ono would dare oppose the ring’s suggestions, was charged I Banbury news Items, among other political offences, with being an A Daubury giri> w Tto asked her lover if ho avowed Democrat. At the mere mention of would like to sco tho lamb3 feed, was sur- hb charge he became indignant, and with a prised to hear him say ho had rather scs her sarcastic curl of tho lip, said he had attended I brow£(c.) tho Blackshear Convention, whichncmtoatcd . Danbury school-boy remarks that whim n.—i. ri„ •„' I his teacher undertakes to show him what to Riwls for Congress, .n order to fool tho I wh&t, he only flndif out which is switch. ■Democrats; and that through hb exertions Thcrc u ^ honest man to Danbury. Ho fifteen hundred Iona fide Democratic voters [3 a to hacconbt who has put out a sign read- had been kept from the polls. I tog: “Imported cigars of our own manufac- Whoa I comber life, “*Us ala cheat, > | tUTO." For fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.” Just here wo realixo tho fact that “ man’s I inhumanity to man etc.” robs Clark of the I for a large country town. Highest wages." Post Office. A msseeneer from Savannah , arrives, and with him comes a document, "4“??*??nf-i signed by the moat prominent Democrats of ^ a : 1 hJe ?^y! lt L t °~f qlCC .u f | i yi CO i DC ?!? Chatham connty, fa which.it b stated that mt down on » dozen egga, and hatched out Mr. Clark has been known to them for many -SuJtaM indirf years as an ardent Democrat, and farther,! ]?i5,ro® 10TCd debris with tho bald end ot that ho voied for Charles O'Connor for Pres- * broom, ident ot the United States. Upon tho con-1 tents of thb document leaking out, Clark at I onco made hb arrangements to leave for I A Minnesota paper believes that one tiiou- home, but before hb departure, informed one I sand two hundred pcoplewcrc frozen todcath of hia friends that he had been robbed of a ti* the United States tost winter, large sum of money. (Your correspondent . _ .. .„„„ does not know whether Mr. Clark intended . Petition* *« ‘ restoration or capital pan to be understood as having paid thb amount '"hmom arc fl .odtng the courts of luode Is- for hb position or noL Wo con only judge, lan “- from the facta before us. “Leaded Matter” i* what the papers call it Belcher, of Augusta, the aspirant for the I out West wlica detcribtng one of thoso Macon post-office, was confident of success. 1 affrays wherein Colt's navy lakes n leading Nothing could baffle hb chances. But as ] parte days passed by and fio action was taken by Bonner it worth more than <1,000,000, and the Senate,he began to give down. -To one I tic has expanded mure than half that sum to he promised that Wbiieley should leave advertising. He has paid <3,000 tor a stogie town *0 soon as he waa confirmed. To advertisement, und <40,000 for a week’* ad- another a clerkship, while to others he of- yartiatog. fered free passes to Georgia if they would I - only keep handa-off to hb case. Bat to those leaumte Mows, whom ho made these offers, let the credit _ ,. „,T7T . . T given of hurling them back with contempt. -jKLffSjJSjLSS?. &2L“ in It ia said that during the last hour of the S2!!?iSiS22ilK5S-iSfIS* iSn sersion of the Senate these nominations were rushed through, and probably ’tbeo. It was really affecting to see WhiieJey and Belcier J counties. See map of Slate for cxplast' embrace and shower congratulations upon 1 Irons. What does tho man mean by hb adver- | tbement: “Wanted—A healthy wet curse General Nem Iten ae & Te^S^V^phUtleated. Hove ncwr 0 f I ^^l-^turprcvabnt to tome portion. “3o much, hlih God, do'Ji innoxnot embrace.” I Ninetv-two prisoners arc within the wallfl Whisky cockuila were resorted to, and the 0 f the Shelby county jail. Pggjqy * The receipts of the Nashville and Chatta- Uro most affectionate c^’that h^ vtatied durin S lMt month »». his establishment in some lime. I U4 * “ We’re met since then, bnt’trm not tiuu\ 1 Building Notes* 1 Twu las count jr to#n* | Fechter’s new theater, in New York, is comDleted and is nroDounced*one of the most Fisher, of Augusta, b and has been an as-1 finished structure* to the country. S irahl for a foreign mission, some say to _. „ T „,, span, and in order that bb wbhes might be . Thelndnatiwi Ateodatiw, gratified, it was necessary that CoL Scruggs, ?'!?,’ 8 - ' be beheaded. Tbb w« » le l“ fo . r ‘ h ® ‘“P The Industrial Association, of New York, ‘ * * Brill take immediate of your city, aboul J be beheaded. TV.Uwra I ^ESS*.JwVttMiSn Th * f an unDlessant duty to per.orm. and espe* I cos * “ cs ^ ima ^ e< ^ $10,100,000. daily to Mr Freeman, to whom waa assigned I The list of building permitafy the burnt the task of striking ilia fatal blow. The district of Boston embraces 170 house*, memory of hb former visit to Washington The rate of <33,333 per acre has recently to the interest of Mr. Scruggs, and the man- been made for 33 acre* of land on the old ner ia tdach ho came, waa Bull fresh batore Bloomington road, seven and a half miles him. He surra* from the duty, but Wblur I from tbe City Hall of New York, ley came toith and demanded Scragg’s m » & head, and the Senate gave it. So soon! Ilearile..JUetoil. aa tbe news rescued tbe St, James Hotel, | tbe abode of Slotn and Fisher, hot whiskies I A smart yonng tody, at a social gathering w^oSmr« uS.'ssr-SK | too much for the wouid-be member of Con- J" 01 !? l . c .™mil? greta, who, at thb time was Buffering with louc ^ w {“® “‘T®f . S’—®.;,. *? erydplas to the head, (» new name for il) and which a bmdliM wretch replied . G iris that fro r^ ff £v“. f “n“ThekuTw^do^t £ffl With the ptou. jri2£e .ftg would-be directors of pu lie (kurouago la ' mSrchrak^That bit of amartness seated Georgia, he at once gave Col tfcrugg* hia 1 thcir'dteHa. That bu or .martnoa aralal T^SiSion. Too muen credit (inuui ] l* 1 ®J^man afate. He won t *ucad the be given by the honest Republicans of nex * social- M m r ^ H «j- J "““ B ’ to Uo ^ Cohn vontue Sourm-Tbe St Loub Re- *in tobis exer- {publican siys: “The four State* of South Joshua Hill Jell Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama arc SSterttom ■Sfe competed to buy .boat 50,000.000 bushel, of Rnrriptt ftnd Snvder grain from the northwestern producers every of Lviffikiife-itart ro SfeSt “»® people of tbe consum- cindaLwin in^fewdavB I log Stales par over the amount realized by biftenderetUo Hon. Jotot A Bigby, tote mem! ber of Congress from your State. This looks I companies. That a how the money aa though the President is determined to have I S 008 * , none but honest men in office to your 8tate, JIoDgIj OnrrUAnr.—“Died, on the 17ih and I am confident your readers will give ult - Mr JlCob j„ mct mnch «,peered by him credit for tbe same. New appoinmcntsl ^ w ho knew and dcgll with him. As a rain to some of the Georgia post-offices may be ho waj gnjjahlc, aa * hatter upright and looked for. Hon George I’. Burnett is apo- raoderatc . Hu virtues were beyond ail price, m of to connection with the Atlanta office. , )is b „ avcr hats were only twenty-four Heave to “Thomas Hauck,Esq,” the duly t hii:in_-a each. He has left a widow tode- of informing your readers how one of your lore 1j!b p,,, Md large stock to be sold member* ot Congress came to Washington ” u fdr jj,, of h i» family. Ue was last December, or thereabout, and hoping sna , c *hBd to the other world to the prime of that “may you live long and he happy,” lifc-and Ja*t as he had concluded an exten- 1 remain your*, I gi, e purcuaa; of felt, which ho got so cheap Jakes Wolf, Eaq, J. r. | uiat the widow can supply hits at * more Georg’s state Agricultural Sactcty. reasonable charge than uy other house in town. His disconsolate family will carry on the business with punctutiitv. secretary's office, Macon, Ga., April 14,1873. To the Eaton et the constitution: day evening, it was not error tor the Court to say to the jury, “If you should make up your verdict at any time before 12 o’clock to night, let the sheriff notify me and I will come to the court house to receive it" None of u* having undressed, we were all up and about at dawn, when a council was held aa to what was next best to do. Tbe majority of the population hsd Sed from 8an Salvador, and all arid that Santa Tecta would E3T Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe speaks of motherhood to * pretty way when she says: “ It would sometimes seem aa if motherhood were a lovely artifice of the Great Father to wean the heart from ae fishnera by * peaceful and gradual process. The babe ia seif in an other form. It is so interwoven and identi fied with the mother’s life that she passes by almost insensible gradations from herself to The Health of the Molt Father. Oar latest advices from Europe give us to understand that the Holy Father, who for ... - . . some daya was so indisposed as to ctuie Bering an article to your paper of 13th to- gjjjftj to friend., ia recovering. The riant, in reference to the Etate Fair by I pope has all bat completed hi* eighty-first Utility* warm friend of Agriculture- year. For'nearly twraiy-aeven yeanIk* has which, inasmuch as he has unintentionally ^ be^ U preti“c£l* fallen into some error, ns to the facts or the | jj 0 S [ 0 gi 0 Pope has ever before witnessed to caae, I deem it my duty, as acting Secre-1 maDy revolutions, all of which have aff*cted tary, to correct. The premiums for racing ] more seriously tho Apostolic Chair, (both for horse and ooatj ore not offered by I jjoly Father has borne his burdens the Agricultural Society, hut by the city of l bravely. It will no doubt rejoice the hearts Macon, and the advertisement to stated; it I of miny ^ OTr readers to know that tbe being announced at the head to large letter*, I health of the venerable Pontiff ia improved. “ Premiums offered by the city of Macon.” _v, u y or t ITcrahL 6IA. Please publish this cord in order that “ Util ity” may ba properly informed and lhe i Railr *ad Tjgg—A recent lumberman’* Agricultural Society set. right, and oblige I pi^gr number of railroad tie* yours very truly, * _ . in brwent use in the United States at 150,- Malcolk Johnson, AastBec’y. | 000,000 A cut of 200 ties to the acre i* above rather than uader the average, and It there fore baa required tbe product of 75,000 acres of well limnered land to furaiah tbe supply. The State Press Association is booked to I Railroad ties fast about five: years; cone- meet to Birmingham on the 8th of May. I quently 39.010.030 tics are used annually for I repairs, taking the Umber from 859,000 acre*. Birmingham is to nave an amateur min-1 The mMa fgcturc of rolling stock dispose! of etrel company. the entire yield of 359,600 acre*, and a full The Radicals of Selma have elected a ma- supply of nearly 609XJ0JIi acrai more ctray lorit, of the city council. Sri^SSSSa^ M «2S£ of 1,000,000 Religious revivals arc going on nearly all ^ pe r annum; and their demons are over the State. rapidly increasing. Mrs. Marlowe, of Jacksonville, who had just returned homo from the lunatic asylum I general Grant.—You wouldn’t think it at Tnjkrioosa, where she had been confined, 1 10 at him, hut President Grant to the suddenly relapsed to insanity, cut her threat I mos t testier3 tnanin tho country. He ia last week. always on the more. There is only one place A death in Selma of a negro from small- he can stick to, and that i3tbe Presidency. Alabama News, pox a day or two ago. E&*Bendigo, the notorious English prize fighter, has been converted to total ahsli- fonnerauastates. But you can never find him anywhere. To day he ia at Washington, to-morrow inNew York, the next to Philadelphia, tho next at Long Branch, then back again at Washing- nence; and goes around lecturing among bis ton, etc. In a word, now you see him and row ye* don’t— SrapMc.,