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“ SOMUJIODrs LOVE.
HT Mm Ml.
•Somebody i'lvri* nie ! teiutifiil thought—
T**t coinc no matter whit will,
'There'* an inly form and a noble heart
That will tenderly lore me still:
Through the tear-drops Ot grief or cloud* of
despair;
This lore, like h halo of light. .
Shull *'\er surround me, dii-pelliug the gloom
l.'lr". m-.miTif' tli*' shadow of night
|* f, ,tline should Use with her flart.ni iug smiles,
And tin lives of my friendships kill :
1 .-an smile through it, all, for well do 1 know
Somf.hody novas ms still.
\Vii ‘ii tin uhapg ts of Time shall have brushed
ti'otn my olleeV
Tlie b Miitiful blnshe* of youth,
■1 lie hisse* he'il pre-s on my wrinkled luow
Will prove all Ills candor and truth.
And when through the dark shaded valley of
death
1 walk through mv iterkrus gloom.
I'll not. be alcne, for somebody's love
Will go with me into the tomb.
MISCEL L A N Y.
SUPREME COURT DECtsIdNS.
IUF..RTANT COINS DECII). D BY TIIK COURT
THK HOMESTEAD I.AW AGAIN—WHAT THE COURT
DECIDES —SOMETHING OF*INTEREST TO EVERY
CITIZEN —ITLL TEXT OF THE DECISION—OTH
ER CASES DECIDED.
Simmons vs. Anderson. Homestead frotn
Monroe.
Warner, C J.
f
This was a claim case, which was sub
iintteil to the decision of the Court with
'out tlie inter7ention ot a jury, on the
'following agreed statement of facts:
"‘That the defendant in Ji t'a., James M.
'Simmons, on the 27th day of March,
1873, executed to the plaintiff, W. W.
•Anderson, a mortgage upon one hundred
acres of land that said instrument was
signed sealed and delivered with all the
solemnity necessary under the law and is
In nil respects a valid in r I gage ; that in
said instrument the said Simmons waived
for Ifirrelf and fanvly all right to a
homestead to or- out of said bargained
and described (.remises: ihat said inort
gage has been f nvolose I, and Ji fa is
sued against the defendant, and levied
on said lan i : tlut the defendant, as the
head of the fanily. has since said fore
e‘osure and levy of said ji. fa. applied
for, anil obtained a homestead on said
land, accoiding to tlut requirement, of
the law, and has, as agent for his wife,
filial* his claim thereto.” Upon this
Mrlleul'uit of facs the 0 dirt, droili
Hiat the land was subject to the mori—
igago fi. fa. levied thereon; whereupon
flic claimant excepted.
The only question made here on the
Jo.ogoing statement of frets Was, whith
er Simmons, the and. femt uit in the inert*
gage /i. fa., could waive Ids right, as (lie
iiea J of h family, to claim A homestead
in the property described in the mort
gage, so as to prevent him from after
wards obtaining si homestead on the
Specific property mortgaged; and to
cljjjin the same iis a httttiestead b.tdinption
as the agent of Ilia Wife, from being sub
ject to that ntOtl*;lge and. fa. The 17.72.1
section of the tilde declares that “in this
.State tl)tt hhslMii is the head of tie fam
ily; and the wife is sillljbbt it) hiui; her
legal civil existence IS mergul in the
husband, except so far as the law rec
ognises Itbr sepefately, either for her own
protection; di ; tor her benefit, or for the
preservation of public order.” The Con
stitution ol 1868 declares that each head
flf a family, or guardian or trustees of a
family of minor children, shall be entitled
to a homestead o c realty to the value of
two thousand dollars in specie, ifco.,
which, when set apart, is exempt from
lev}' atid sale) except for taxes, money
borrowed and expended in the improve
ment of the homestead; or for the pur
chase money of tile same, and for labor
done thereon,- or material furnished
therefor, or removal of incumbrances
thereon; When the GonstitittiOtl de
clares that each head of a family shall
be entitled to a homestead in realty to
the value of two thousand dollars in
spoie, it was intended that it should be
compulsory on each head of a family to
lake out a homestead in his land, tVheth
<t he desired to do so ot hot. The ob
vious and fair cofistrtiction of this clause
of the Constitution is, that each head
of a family shahid be entitled to a home
stead, as therein provided, if he desired
to have one, and not otherwise. When
Mr Sinimous borrowed the money and
executed his mortgage .d.-ed to secure
its payment, he Stipulated under his hand
ana'seal that he Waived for himself and
family all right to a homestead in the
iMorgagetl premises j in other words, he
declared that, as the head of a family,
he did not desire to have a homestead
°n that land so mortgaged by him.
As the head of his family and owner of
the land, lie could have made an absolute
“ale of it, and thus hav<? defeated all
claims of his family to a homestead ort
•he land. Why, as the head of his lam- j
dy and owner of the land, could he not
stipulate that he would not claim a 1
homestead on it, the more especially if
he did not desire to have one 1 B* sides,
it does not appear from the record in
this case lmt that the defendant, Sim
mons, bad plenty of other land than
that mortgaged on which he could have
taken a homestead exemption as the
head of a family. The obtaining and
claiming a homestead exemption in the
mortgaged property by’Mr. Simmons, as I
the agent ot Ins wife, after wipulating in i
tlie mortgage, as the head of his family,!
that lie waived for himself and family
all rgbt to a homestead in the morl j
"ed piomises, doe-, not. -yn regre* to
Siodidalc Iraistej.
say, exhibit a very high standard of
either his legal or moral obligation to
pay an honest debt. In view of the
facts as disclosed in the record, we af
firm the judgment of the Court below.
Judgment affirmed,
OBdRGtA "AND ILLINOIS.
Mr. T. Moore furnishes the Atlanta
ton’with some statistics, which
makes a good showing for our State, and
furnish an attractive lesson to those ot
our people, black and white, who wish to
leave Georgia and seek a fools’ paradise
in tlie West. His figures are derived
trtmi the agricultural reports of Illinois
.did Georgia tiff die rnoffths of January
.-inti February ot the present yetlf, and
may be accepted as official. They are as
follows:
GFOJR4I.VS AVBR:
AGE YIELD;
CORN.
10 )nish. per acre
price 86cts, ...$8 fiO
WHEAT.
7 1 bush, per acre
price $1 50... 11 25
RTE.
bush, per acre
price s.l 50.!. 9 75
HAT.
1J tons per acre
price sl7 60... 26 40
OATS.
11 bush, per acre
price 90 cts, 990
BARLEY.
12 bush, per acre
price $1 75,....21 00
BUCKWHEAT.
14 bush, per acre
price sl. 14 tit)
POTATOES —IRISH.
68 bush, per acre
price $1 20. .. 81 60
POTATOES —SWEeI.
64 bush..per acre
price fit) ct5....38 40
TOBACCO.
550 lbs. per acre
price 23 cts.., 126 50
MOLASSES —SORGHUM.
68 galls, per acre
price 60 ct5....48 80
Total $.333 20
It will thus be seen that the culture ol
all the principal agricultural staples pays
a great deal better in Georgia than in 11
linois—though l linoi* is justly consider
ed the garden State of the West. Men
who aie wi ■ iit g to work, ami who know
ho a* Lo work intelligently can make inotv
money in Georgia than they can any
where else.— A ayustn Chronicle.
HOWTO GET ALONG.
lloii t stop to tell stories in business
hours.
If you have a place of business be
found there w’hen wanted.
No mail can get rich by sitting around
the stores and saloons.
Never fool on business matters.
Have order, system, regularity and
also promptness.
Do not meddle with yon
know nothing of.
Do not kick every stone in your path.
More miles can be made in o >e day by
going steadily than by slopping.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor respects his words as
he does his bond.
Help others when you can, hut never
give what you cannot afford, because it
is fasnionable.
Learn to say no. No necessity of
snapping it out dog fashion, but firmly
say it and respectfully.
Use your own brains rather than those
of others.
I.igiru to think and act for yourself.
Keep ahead rather than behind the
times.
Live Oak, Florida has a philosopher,
according to the statemont of the 'limes.
Trie editor says: The oilier morning,
afte" the big freeze, we met our old
friend, Geo. C. White, humming in his
quiet ay “Ft'aise Goi> from whom all
blessings flown” Knowing the “Major”
had planted vegetables for the centenni
a>< we inquired hoar his crops were.
With a grin smile he replied, “Dear sir,
dead ! early dortl beans, Irish potatoes,
with some fifteen ricifes of melons, all
dead as Hector.” “But,” be continued
with a twinkle in the fnTth corner ot his
left eye, “I lirive been looking for this,
aud now have another lot of seed in soak
to re-plant, and, with the blessing of God
I’ll be ready for the centennial.”
♦
Prof. Davies, eminent mathematician,
conversing with a young friend of his
upon the importance of system if; study
ing as vt’eil US iii everything else, tooK a
piece of paper find wrote off for him the
following nilcs:
1. Learn otie thing at a ‘lffie'.
2. Learn that thing well.
3. Learn its connections, as far as
possible, with all other things.
4. Believe that to knOvv evertbing of
something, is better than to know' some
thing ofeVerthing.
The Washington Republican insSlts
tlfo people of the United States by say
in that “In spite of tiiisfßelk'nap’s steal),
however, the people will eliftg to tlie
party which represents the principles
they love," The Republican may love
corrupt and disgraceful principles, but it
is simply an outrage to charge the peo
ple of the United Stales with any such
enormity. —Courier Journal.
“It is better to yield a lidtfe,” says
some cheap philosopher, “than to quar
rel a great deal.” He should have said,
and would have said had he been a true
philosopher, that it is. better to yield a
great deal than to quarrel a little. The
husband and wife who bear this con
stantly in .mind may* be happv, even
without a baby.
CONYERS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY, APRIL (, 1876.
ILLINOIS’ AVER
AGE YIELD.
Corn;
31 bush, per Acre
price 34 cts .sll 56
WHEAT.
19 } bnh per acre
price 91 ets 9 55
161 bush per aero
price 61 ct5....10 10
HAT.
1 40-100 tons per
acre at $9 75. .13 65
OATS,
331 biisii pel Sere
price 28 cts 9 38
BARLET.
26 J bush per acre
price 70 cts.... 18 55
BUCKWHEAT.
15 bush, per acre
price 80 cts.... 12 00
POTATOES —IRISH.
130 bush per acre
price 32 ct5...41 00
POTATOES —SWEET.
97 bush, per acre
price 92 ijtm...B9 24
TOBFCCO.
550 lbs. per acre
price}? cts 38 25
MOLASSES —SORGHUM.
95 galls, per acre
price 55 ct5...52 50
Total $306 do
GRATA'S OF THE BOOTHS.
TIIK ItURIAI, PLACE OK TIIK liUKAT TRAOK
DIKB, JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH, AND TIIK
ASSASSIN JOHN WII.KKS BOOTH.
Baltimore., Feb. H.—A short dii
tnnee from the entrance to the lovely
Greenmount cemetery, at this place, out
comes upon a plain marble shaft, stand
ing ifpon it High pedestal, fornfijd of
rough-dressed granite blocks. The eye
is arrested by the name “Booth," in
large letters, near the base of tlie marble
column, and at this familiar mi ne one
turns to it for closer inspection. '] he
side next to the path bears upon it a
bas-relief portrait of Junius Brutus
Booth, surrounded by a laurel wreath.
Beneath are the following lines .
“Behold the spot wlieie Junius lies ;
O, drop a tear where Genius dies.
Tragedy the mighty chief j
■ . / by jidvler til please surpassed belief,
Hie Jaeet—the matchless Booth."
The poetry is a little sha.ly, but the
sentiment will do; Another side of the
shaft has cut uptifl it, ‘‘Died NbVember
80, 1852. " ’i'iie remaining side has upon
it, ‘‘Sacred to the memory of the chil
dren of Junuis Brutus and Mary Ann
Booth ; John Wilkes, Frederick, Eliza
beth, Mary Ann, Henry Byron.”
Here, then, lies the brilliant genius
wht) fttr thirty years delighted our Mill
ers arid grand fathers with his marvelous
renderings of Richard 111., lago, Sir
Giles Overreach, Lear, Shylock and
Othelio, and whose eccentric!ics were
as famous as bis genius. A man ot
splfchdid talents; which lie but partially
improved, his life wa* a Stibc'feSSioh b'f
brilliant successes aftd humiliating frill
ures.
He came to Arneiicii in 1820, when in
the zenith of his fame in England, and
thenceforward nfade liis home hero.
The traditions that have come down to
us of this great artist tliat resent him as
one whose instant and tremendous con
centration of passion in his delineations
overwhelmed his audience, and wrought
it into such enthusiasm that it partook
ot the fever of inspiration surging through
his own v't'ms. Be was not lacking in
tlie power lo compfehefid and pot tray
with marvelous delicacy tlie exquisitely
subtle shades of character that Shake
speare loved to paint, and his impi is dil
ations were a delight to the nil/fed
scholar as well as the uncultivated hack
woodmen who crowded to his perform
ances.
In person he is described as being ot
short stature, but bearing the ’seal Of
royal dignity and power in every look
and action. IJis face Wns Cast originally
in the antique I’otitSii frtOld ; its uuiline
was classic in the highest degree, and
many saw in it a strong resemblance lo
the portraits of Michael Angelo. An
admiring biographer says ot him :
•‘No language can do more than recall
to those who have seen him in his most
vital moods the terrible and beautiful
meaning of his look and gesture, or the
charm of his massive and resonant voice j
for voi/p, gesture and every fiber of his
wonderful organization were subordina
ted to a genius which laid hold of and
expressed, with absolu e sincerity, the
radical elements of character, and gave
play to its minor manifestations with
spontaneous freedom and variety of na
ture.
The bane of this great genius was
intoxication. He was absolutely a s'ave
to the demon 8f alcohol, and tvlieuever
the master eliose to exert his power
Bootli yielded, in spite of firm resolves,
high pride, strongest pledges to friends,
and important business engagements.
Despite all this he retained his popular*
ity to the last unabated.
In 1824 bo purchased a (arm at Bel
Air, thiity miles 'from Baltimore, and
lived for a while upon it in a retired and
frugal manner, supporting himself and
family by selling eggs and milk in Bal
timore. Among the ether eccentricities
was an extreme veneration for animal
life ; he believed in metempsychosis as
devoutly as any Brahmin, aud would not
eat animal food, not neriuit it to be used
in bis family. An eminent clergyman
tells an affectitig siory of being summon
ed by Bootli to his room one night, tthd
on arriving fund hiui in an agony of
woe over several hundred pigeons which
had been slaughtered at a match that
day. Booth asked the clergyman to
read the burial service oYer the slaugh*
tered innocents) which the reVereUed
gentleman declined to do; and then
Booth himself did SO; in all the pomp of
his glorious rhetoric, and delivered a
most affecting discourse Upon the inhu
manity of m/tii to tlie animals oVer whom
he had been given dominion.
He died of the cholera in 1852, while
on the way from New Orleans to Cin
cinnati.
On two opposite sides Of the foot of
the monument ate fiewly rffade gratesj
covered with a dense matting of gtow
ing ivy, w-liieli straggles over on the
surrounding sod.- There are Neither
head nor foot stones to the graces, pieces
of lath ftt each end doing duty as such.
One of these graves, has a painful inter
eot for the American people, since in it
is laid all that is mortal of tlie miserable
assassin whose murderous hand sacrificed
a kind, beneficient ruler, and plunged a
nation in sorrow. There lie moltktitlff
tlie bones of John Wilkes Booth, the
recreant, renegade son of the great actor,
brought hither to quietly slumber with
those of a lather and family whose name
he did his best to coter with ignominy
for all time. llow great the brotherly
charity that thus.sought owt in his dia
honored grave the body ot him whose
whole life was the shame of his noble
name, and gave it decent burial among
kindred 1
The story of WflkcS Booth’s a®-a sin
ation of Line In is a painful, vivid rec
ollection to the American |ieoplp, and
hoHe of thf m #lll ever forget the keen
pang that rent their hearts at the intel
ligence that the beloted president, se
renely cnlitf Iff the fcb'tivletlon Unit, his
great iask had at last Ikvii accomplished;
was brutally murdered while sitting in
the midst ot family atfd fliends. ,by one
whose sole end wrid Id achieve tot liim
self an enduring notoriety, like that of
the youth who burned the temple of
Kpltt-SitS; Then came the swift 'pursuit
ot the assassin. Tifeuty miles south
of Fredericksburg, lie was overtaken
and brought to the hay in a barn, which
is fixed to drive him out, and Boston
Corbett, a sergeant in the pursueing
squad, ends the story by putting "a car
bine bullet through tlie wretch’s brain.
The dead body was brought back to
Washington, and, after identification,
buried in the arsenal grounds. Some
two or three years ago I tie Government
gave Edwin Booth permission to remove
the remains, which he has done, and
interred them, as above stated, at one
side ot the monument over his father’s
grave.
WISE SAVINGS
None but a fool is always right.
Some men, like pictures, are filter for
a corner than a lull liglrt.
Jo most of men, experience is like the
stern light ot a ship, which ilhumnated
only the track it has passed over.
It a man do not erect, in this age, his
own tomb ere lie dies, lie shall live no
longer in monument than the bell rings
alia the widow weeps.
’J here are many men who, appear to
be struggling against adversity and yet
are happy ; but yet man who although
abounding in wealth, are miserable.
Friendship is the only thing in tlie
world, concerning the usefullness ol
which all mankind are agreed.
Show me the man who has warm
friends and bitter enemies, and I will at,
least show you a mail of character and
manhood.
He who will not reason is si bight—
he that cannot reason is a fool—and he
who dares not reason ts a slave.
Men will wrangle for fellgi.ui, write
for it, fight fur it, die for it—do any
thing but live for it.
Never join w i'll your friend when he
abuses bis horse or his wife, unless tlie
ft: st is abotfl iU U(i Sold and the last
buried.
* Cunning is art invention of wise men,
to keep fools at a distance, ami good
bfrhdiWg is rin Crpedieiq to make fools
; and wise frifcli cqrials.
11 you hear a person slander another
mark that person ; the same will slander
you in a 'ike manner when occasion of
fers. The slanderer always speaks evil
ol those whom she hates, t*e they Sti iri‘
or devil.
Beware of tlie man who makes a dis
play. I e makes a disply of his piety
lit 1 is a liypod/ite. If lie makes a dis
play of his charily, lie is a miser. If lie
makes a display of punctuality in pay
ing his debts, lie would swindle his
creditors if lie had a chance. If he
makes a display of Iris honesty, lie is a
knave. In brief the man of display is it
tliam—all he appears to be is unreal.
CAPTURING OSTRICHES.
Tlie greatest feat of an Arab hunter
is to captnre an ostrich. It is tltc larg
est of living birds, aud piobably tlie
swiftest of all living auiufals. Being
very shy and cautious, and living on the
sandy plains, where there is little chance
to take it by surprise, it can only be
captured by a well planned and long
continued pursuit witli tlie swiftest hor
scs. The ostrich lias two curious habits
in running when alarmed. it always
starts witli outspread wings, against the
wind, so that it can scent the approach
ot an enemy. Its sense ot smell is so
keen that it can detect a person at a
great distauce, long before ore can be
seen. The other curious habits is that
of running in a circle. Usually five or
six ostriches are found in a company.
When discovered, part of the hunters,
mounted on fleet horses, will pursue the
birds, while the other hunters will gal
lop away at right angles to the course
the ostriches have taken. When these
iiuuteis think they hare gone far enough
to cross tlie path tlie birds will be like
ly to take, they watch upon some rise
of ground lor llieir approach. If the
hunters hit the right place and see tlie
ostriches, they at once start in pursuit
with fresli horses, and sometimes over
take otie or two ot Hie birds, but often
two Or three of fleet horses fall,
completely tired out with so sharp a
chase:
W*Mt Comes oK Goort Talking. —Any
I one who has command of Iris own lan
guage has a marked and ever sei viceablo
talent; lias a eouspictfods atail over one
lacking such command.- lie Has fuller
confidence in himself; broader stiope;
larger power of persuasion, augmented
strength of every kind.
Take a tcorce of business rrteii; ritfd
the one who talks best, even though lie
lias less ability than the others, will be
most likely to succeed. By talking best
is not meant talking most, for all well
regulated persons have a fear of a
tonguey fellow and early close their
doors and their heats against him. They
think Of him in the Words ot Swift:
“No wi and beast is more to be dreaded
than the communicative man who has
nothing to communicate."
I eliteness is hut.kind feeling towards
others, affd acted out in oitr intercourse
witb them We arc always polite to
those we respect and ot rim
PAPER BARRELS.
Among the numerous novel uit*B to
which paper is now-a.days put, is the
manufacture of barrels for tlie carriage
o| such materials as flour, sugar, etc.
These barrels are made ot successive
layers of paper board cemented together,
and subjected to enormous procure, the
result ot which is a compact substance
wi*li great resisting powers. , The pa
per is made of straw, thus fh'lhd rind
converting, into a merchantable artiflej
wliat, in most sections of the country; is
regarded as refuse. Tlie barrels are uer
leblly Cj liiillric-fil It) forth, dvhioh gives
them an advaritiige of twenty-five per
cent, in storage over wooden barrels.
Their weight is About halt that of a
wooden luirre), so that in a car load a
saving of nearlF one thousand pounds
in freight is made. It is calculated that
they will Si-inti four times the pftssui'c
tliat a wooden barrel will. The inven
tion was patented *a few months ago,
and two factories are now engaged in
tlie mniiiifacture--one at, Winona, Wis.,
and biiu nl llldiol'.fh, lowa. At the hi.
ter factory, 1,600 barrels per day are
turned out, with n consumption ot five
tons ot paper. It is claimed for them
that they can be made twenty per cent,
cheaper than wooden hart els. They
may be rendered absolutely air-tight,
and it is claimed that they will resist
moisture foiled' than they are likely ever
to he exposed to it. They afb mride in
quarter, half, and fill! sizes. The inven
tor is sanguine tliat, they are destined
entirely to sup ercede ti e wooden bar
rel.
4—4 t
LETTER PROM DAVI CROCKETT.
TIIK OBKiINAL IN THE l’KohcSslON 01 A
GALVESTONIAN CROCKIT§ OI’INION OF
ANDREW JACKSON CANDIDLY EXELKsSEI).
[Galveston (Texas) News, Tuesday, Mmv.h 7.]
Galveston, March 6, 1876.
Editors jVews : Reading the two ar
ticles in your issue ot yesterday, one (a
special dispatch) in reference lo the relics
of Genera,-il Washington, and the oilier
by the Rev. Mr. Thrall, about the fall of
the ill-fated ‘Almo’ and its heroes—Trav
is, Crockett, Bowie, etc.—reminds me
that I have a, relic of David t rocks it
(who was a illative of niifth), hi the
shape ot a letter, which I herewith in-
close you. Should Igo to the Centen
nial I will add it to tlie list of curiosities
exhibited. Yon can publish tlie letter if
you ebonite to do so, as it may tfdl be
nninterefifiiiff to your readers.
You will observe that 'he It-ller was
addressed to my father in May, IB‘t4,mi(i
written by Crocketl himself, in not a
very fancy hand, but in very riricildc
langnage; which was characteristic ot the
great stateman and he to.
Respectfully, etc., J. E. Wai.eis.
Wasiunoton City, 20th May, 1534.
J\ j nr far : Your favor of 11th ii.st.
came safe to hand by the Irtril rrtail, and
I will hasten to answer its coiilents.
You reqriest me to say to you at what
lime I will visit White Sulphur Springs.
It would give me pleasure to say Id you
what time I could he Lift \f , c have
set no day for adjournment rif (Jdifgft'Ss.
and until tliat is done it Wotfld be mi
possible for tne lo say to you that I
would be there on any particular day,
and, again, I will be compelled to go
immediately home when Congress ad
journs. I will then.make my arrange
ments, and come up and see you. I
have some business that will require (fly
attention when we adjourn. My post
office is called ‘Crocket’s post-office,
Gibson county,' where, if you write to
me at home, i will get it immediately.
I have no idea when Congress will break
up; but, if it does in time, I wiH be at
the Springs in August or the Ist of Sep
tember. If I come, I have no object in
view, more '.han lo enjoy myself. lam
electioneering for nobody in the world.
It I can hack the political Jupas, Martin
Van Buren, I will do so, for i think him
a perfect scoundrel, and, in fact, he is
like the balance that Jackson is sur
rounded with. The truth is, he is sur
rounded by a set of imps of famine, that
would destroy the country to promote
their own interest. They do not care if
JadSon was at the devil, so they gel
the spoils of victory.
The truth is. they have prompted the
poor old man by singing g'oi iftoritlufff to
him until he believes his popularity is
able to break down the Constitution rind
laws of the country. In fact lie lias
come to the conclusion that lie can make
the people believe that no mittt ever (fin
understand the Constitution until lie
mounted the throne. He' h;t:1 do me to
the conclusion that not even the ni.'ii
that framed the Constitution understood
it. In fact w may say with propriety
that we have the gotefftitient of one
man. -<.
Andrew Jackson holds both the sword
and purse, and claims it by the Consti
tution as the arms and aminunitrioti and
other 'public property, and lie has
and slaves tb Iris party enough to sustain
liifrt in the House of Representative**.
But we bate 6/ie hope. The Senate will
Bate the Constitution and laws in spite
of Bing Andrew tlie First.
We have fiad a warm session, and I
expect it will get no better until Con
gress elosos. We are getting Iris poor
lickspittles almost ashamed of them
selves.
1 must close, and remain your obedi
ent servant, David Crockett.
Josiii! Wallis.
Anew kind of door hinge has been
invented. It’s peculiarity is that the
floor not only shuts quickly lord noise
less ness, but it hits the person wh >
'caves the door open :t fierce blow ou bis
back.
KCVDVEH-R DOG CASE—A NICE LEGAL
QUESTION.
A man came into the office of Jndgfe
X., the well known luwycr, the oChci da};
and when the Judge h ,and time to listen
to him he said :
“Judge, my name is Sctlddef. I oidl
ed to see you about a dbg ease that
kinder bewilders me, and I lliotfght may
be you might tliiow soitfe light on her—7
might just give nit* tlie law points bo's r
know whether it Was worth while suing
dr not. Yo.i see rife and a man named
Foils went into JltlrtuHshlp on a dog.
lidttglit fiitti: He was a setter, and
me riffd Felts vfrtift shares on him sj’s (o'
take Him out a hunting. It was never
definitely settled Which half of him I
OvVHed and Which halt belonged tri
Potts; but solffeliow I kinder formed a I
ill eft in my own tfiihd tliat tlie hind end
was Sendder'S fflid tile front end Fotts’s.
OonsecpiHirie ws tliat, when the dog
barked I always said; ‘There goes Foils'
half exercising itself;’ and when flic
dog’s Vail wagged I always considered
that my end was beilfg rigituted. And;
of course, when one of mv hind )ges
scratched one of I’otls’s ears or one of
his shoulders, I wits perfectly satisfied !
first, because th.it soft of thing was good
lor the dog J and; sicond, hi cause the
tiling would get about, even when l’otts's
bead Would reach around and bite a Ilea
off my hind legs or snap at a fly. Well,
things went along filnooth enough for a
While; until otfe day tliitt dog began to
get into the habit ol' running around al
ter his tail, lie was the foolisliest dog
about that I ever seen. He used id
chflSe his tail round and lottud until her!
get so giddy lie couldn’t bark. And
you know I was skeeled lest it might
hurl the dog’s health, and as Fotts didn't
seem to lie willing to keep his end Iron!
oitcuhUing In puisuit ot nfy end I made
up ifiy mind to Chop the dog's tail off;
so's to make him reform and behave. So
last Saturday I caused the dog to back
up agin a log, and then ! suddenly drop
ped an ax on his tail; pretty close up;
and the. next minute lie was booming
arduitd that yard, howling like a boat
load ol fvild eats'. Just then Fotts came
up, and lie let on to be mad because I'd
cut oil that, tail. One word brougnt on
anotlnn, and petty soon Fotts sicked
that dog on me—irty own half too, mind'
you —and the dog bit, if**! in the leg, bit
u piece out. Sec lieu • look at that leg!
Ahout lirtlt a potted gone ? et up hy that
ddg. Now,- what 1 want to ecu yoif
ahout, Judge, is this : Can’t I recover
damages fbr assault mid battery lrouf
Polls? What J clfobp td Off belonged
to me, recollect. 1 owned an undivided
halt cl' that setter pup, from the lip ot
his tail clear up to his third rib, nud I
had a light to cut away as much of it if*'
I’d a mind to j while Potts, being sole
owner of the dog’s head, is responsible
when lie bites anybody."
“I don’t know,” replied the Judge,
musingly. “There haven’t beer, any an d
cisions cu cases exactly like this. Ituf'
what does Mr. Polls say upon the sub
ject ?”
“Why, Potts's view is fKftt I divided'
the dog the wrong way. When he
wrtifts iti map out his halt he draws a‘
lint* front the Middle ot the nose, riglft
along the spine; rtnd clear to the efftf of
the tail. That giveS me one lilnd teg
and one fore leg and imfke's Irirn joint
proprietor in the tail. And he Styffthatf’
it 1 wanted to cut oft my half of fh’e'
tail I might hare done it, and lib’
wouldn’t have cared; hut what made
him mad was that I wasted his properly
without consulting him.”
MEN’S WIVES IN WASHINGTON.
Wlicn an ambitious tt’Wni'en Undertakes
the role of a politician at Washington
she is almost certain to attain some'
measure ot success. It she is married
she can do things which her husband,
could not ami would not dare to do. If
she is single she can be even more auda
cious and reckless. Women who love
power and the emoluments which polit
ical influence secures, find Washington
an excellent place for their activity.
Even those who were supposed to know
nothing ot business and politics; aftef
living in Washington a While,- begin to
take an interest in C'Otff facts, claims, and
bills for improvements. Moreover, a
woman (if Codsmdate tact has ceftahi
decided advantages tftet the male politi
eian. She is not held accountable! for
v+liat she does, Ptity j when was a wo
man ever arraigned for attempting to
bribe or corrupt a Congressman ? She
disl'tir e's money, appeals openly and
privately to Legrsltttu'fs to support her
bill, it:d hardly ever gets a point blank
refusal. 'I he chivalry of men shieds her
Irom open rebuke and olten from a blunt
denial. She extorts, promises, ap| Oils
to sympathy; .rirgttes her ease well end
wi'h Hu adv,Outage of knowing after a
while all tire ins and outs of politics.
She is often reckless because in many
instances she hAs noilring to Use. fhio
is not to he a Candidate for any office;
and often her social position will rather
be helped iFrau prejudiced by her success
in pastin g through her elite'prises.
Tlie feirtrile politician is brilliant, per-'
suasive, and often triumphant. But, otf
the whole, she h not si success. She is
dashing and reckless,- lucking secretive-'
ness; reticence, and the sagacity of oblit
erate evidence which nfay, at some fur
tire (lay, he fitrnrd against her.- It would
be far belief if wfie would set up as a
•‘sold trader/' A domicile stored with
fnhoin aiiffg pfftvder can hardly be more
dang* rons mail tile wile of a Congress
man or cabinet officer who subjects
| domicile and husband to the dreadful
explosives of schemes which she has se
cietlv managed. \\ illiams and Belknap
arc not tbo only victims.—A’cni J'ran
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