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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: DECEMBER 25, 1877.
OEORGIA L VND GRABS.
!!<iw tin* Malt* ami Ihf Land fltinrn arr Both
Swindled bj I lie Sharks.
Marietta, Ga., N«v., ‘29, 77.
Editors Constitution—There is
•i great wrong now going on that
every paper in the State should pub*!
iish, and try to get t he Governor to
pat a stop to it.' Now, here comes
the text:
State of Georgia, Fulton county—
Gy W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller-
General of said State: To all and
singular, the sheriffs of said State,
erecting: You, and each of you. arc
hereby commanded to levy "p,„, and
sell according to law lot of wild land
the sale once more, until a meeting
of the Legislature, and many a widow
and orphan would be made happy.
I will, however, suggest that, should
the Governor submit to a sale of
these lands, that lie keep control of
the State's fi. fas. and have these
amis advertised in every county in
the State, that all parties may see
what numbers may be sold, and when
and where, that they may bring their
valsc. I think there are over ten
thousand lots. They ought to bring
a hundred or t wo hundred thousand
dollars it fairly pat upon the market;
and, in all conscience, I must say, in
conclusion, that should tl eState take
them from the widows and orphans,
No. 912, district 4, section 1, county let the tax-payers of Georgia have
of Dawson, so that you cause to he I the benefit, and not land grabbers.
The Eastern Question.
TURKEY RESIGNED TO ITS .mmOACH
ING KATE.
T
made the sum of Oli-lOO dollars, the
same being the State and county tax
on said lot. for the year 1875, with
lawful oust. And have you, ?.t the
Comptroller General's office, in At-
laiita, Georgia, within sixty days,
-ai l sum of mr.m-y and this writ,
w ith your actings ami doings thereon.
Given under mv official >ignnture
:his li»s day of October, 1877.
{Signed ] \V. L Goldsmith,
Coiiiptrolh r-Gt neral.
On the b n-k r f said fi. lii, it lias
inis endorsement: “ Con.plroller-
General’s Office, Atlanta, Georgia.
October 1, 1877. For value received,
I hereby transfer an l control the
w.ih.u wild l..ud tax ii. a. la W.
A - dersou,
W. L.
G I owe.
and bv some a<—uie>' 1 was in *le-
tanlt. I paid the taxj six cents, and
fifty ei ill * for thee si of issuing
fi. fa. There is nothin.; wrong in
making every man pay his tax, hut
here is the wrong: Any man can go
to the Comptroller G-neral and get
just as in mv of these fi. las. as he
has mon-y lo pay for. whether he
o-.ru* the land or uoh For the phi-
la! sum ol* from >ix cents np lo a do!-
. lar-or two, the State gives ihe control
, tl f kiT 6. fas. to a man who hfct »«
liiisrc nterest JiiyJwth^n tihs-j 1
WM. P. Andkrsox.
A Pathetic Parting.
While on onr way to Lii coin last
week wo witness d a most pitiable
sight, viz: that of a man with shack
les on iiis feet, and a wife and five
children, ranging from two to three
months to ten years, clinging to him.
The circumstances are as follows: A
short time ago an emigrant wagon
was wending its way with its load of
living freight toward Colorado, and
one night went into camp near North
Platte.
It appears that H J. Smalley, the
prisoner, and head of a'fimily. a
1
f 0„V o-enty. [Signed ] I his ,,n » ,1,er » ® beardless youth of per-
,, ... I, ~ .... jhaitsui u-teen war-*, hud started
Goldsmith, Goinptroilcr-1 *
and there to swmdSTYlHS tmi*
of the land and the State. Iffthe
■Comptroller General had refused the
■control of these fi. fas. to any one,
uud only accepted the amount cf the
dues tVjiu the true owners of the
land is satisfaction of saifl fi fas, and
liter, marked them satisfied, and all
of the fi. fas that were not so pai 1
and satisfied placed them in the hands
of the different sheriffs of the State,
the several hundred lots would have
brought iuto the Treasury of the
State, at Sow figures, over a hundred
.thousand dollars. The
•control of these fi. his. to any
who pays the tax, will defraud the
Slate out of thousand- of dollars, be
sides putting the true owners of the
land to a world of trouble. If I find
-that one of my lots has been adver
tised, at .d I go to the Comptroller
and say to him 1 want to pay the tux,
of land ber, taking with them the prison
vi*s faih.ly. About the lime they
reached Not th they had some
r trouble, and the prisoner " anted his
’ brother to leave and go by himself.
Bat. the boy did not intend to go
without money, and took, during the
night, from the prisoner’s pockct-
bo«>k, which contained about sixty
dollars, the sum of seven dollars and
fifty cents, and left. In the morning,
when the taking of the money was
discovered, the prisoner went after
the b»y, Jind caught him about ten
miles fnyn camp and brought bint
they imc tfmore trouble, ajijtl tile pris
oner shot the boy with an old musket
which had in it a heavy charge of
liuckshot, blowing the boy’s head to
fragments.
Smalley is a simple, inoffensive
looking man, and innst have been in
an awful passion t> commit such a
deed. Tire sheriff from North Platte,
front whom we learned the facts,
stated that if his wife and children
had not staid by him faithfully he
would have been hung. It seeins
that on tlieir account his counsel was
e act of giving ab,e to " ork ,, I K,n ,he sympathies of
fas. to any one 1,10 W to . s,,cb :ln cause
them to bring in murder in the second
degree, which places a man in a liv
ing grave for the balance of his days.
Although he had committed the most
horrible deed in the catalogue of
crimes, it was impossible to look ntt
| moved on the scene. A man taking
Constantinople, Dec. ^The
news of the fall of Plevna wa9 received
here with calmness and fortitude The
journals urge resistance, to the last!
The Turkish parliament was opened
to-day by the Sultan. AH Turkish
dignitaries and foreign embassadors
were present. The speech from the
throne was reserved in tone- and al
ludes neither to place uor mediation
No overtures for mediatiom^ave yet
been mad- t-> any fureign^Ttuhassies
here. Cbakir Pasha who^was ap
pointed to displace MehemeS^di, has.
resigned his command on. account of
ill health. i
Edingukgii, DecemW*r-\3.—The
Scotsman’s London corresps^ent tel
egraphs as follows : Frjytv flie most
infiuential quarters a suggestion has
been laid before the BritfeJv<Cabii et
that Constantinople be mane a free
city, under the guaranty withe Euro
pean jiowers.
London, December lgjphg^eTurks
seem to have renewed offensive opera
tions in the neighborho^of Rusts-
chuk. A report prevailed^ Constan
tinople last night that a great battle
has been fought between Methcl ka
and Rust chuk, the resist/of which
was unknown. Thus favr however,
uu fit ’a’ reports..-frrmi Turkish head
quarters only nieution aq affair with
.-ix Rus.-i.in bat Ini wild. ^
A Per# dispatch ilawd yesterday,
says, the fall of PlevauPi- still un
known to the Turks generally, so it is
impossible to estimate tli^eflect upon
the population, which However, will
probably maintain its usual calmness.
Chicago, December*!?}.—The fol
lowing appears in tansy’s Chicago
Tribune: Loudon.' Preember 13,
further reports from Plevna do not
materially differ from tuy account
cabled Monday night At three a. m.
Monday the Russian iiue^ from Radi-
chevo to Breseovex, «n& ordered for-
ward. The 1’ouma-uQgis being also
tion is regarded as ominous of war, or
at least very decided action on the
part of Great Britain.
Lord Beconsfield went down to
Windsor Castle by a special train
previous to Council and spent two
hours with the Queen. It is believed
(hat he favors war at once, although
the most of his colleagues and country
at large are not prepared to go so far.
Hence prorogation of Parliament im
plies that the National Representatives
are not to he allowed to exprese their
Seutiments in Parliament until the
Premier has had more time for such
individual executive action us may
make war unavoidable.
he simply looks to his book and says
4olm Doe, Richard Roe, or some
•other land shark, has bought the fi.
.hi. against that lot, uni I have given
■him control of it. Well, now, l.rnv
tun I to pay the ti. fa. uiul release my
laud ? I may live in Savannah ; my
land may be in Hahershant, Ilall or
Union, ami Jotm Doc, Richard Roe,
or whoever has the fi. fa., .may be in
New York, New Orleans, or even
•somewhere in Georgia. How am I
to find him and get that fi. fa. settled?
How cm I. kee;» him from holding it
sintil ha t n see some way lo swindle
sue? Now, I propo-c a way out of
this difficulty. Parties who own lands
and have paid ff. fas. against them,
that settles it. Those who have paid
fi. fits, and do not own the land they
are against, should be ordered by a
proclamation of the governor to re
turn them and gijht tlieir money. Il
it is not done, the State will be
swindled out of thousands of dollars,
and our citizens much annoyed by
these fi. las.
I am not prepared fully to say
w hether it is best for the State to sell
these wild, unclaimed lands. They
are mostly owned by w idows, orphans,
idiots and lunatics, who are not fairly
represented; and if I was Governor
of this great Slate, I would postpone
final leave of his family in utieh a case
is indeed an effecting sight. As the
train neared the station he took his
children each in turn, from the oldest,
a girl of ten, to the baby, in his arms,
and, with tears streaming down his
face, gave each a farewell caress, and
held them to his bosom for the last
time.
Then, handing the baby to his lit
tle girl, he took his wife, who had
been faithful till this worse than death,
in his arms, as a fond lover might his
lady. With her head pillowed on
his shoulder, they neared the station,
where they must j»art forever. Such
is the faithfulness of a true woman,
whose marriage vows are to her
something more than a form of words
that will give her a home. In the
face of these facts, who dare say that
a woman is 'iilse or fickle ?— HicJcol/s
County (Nielh) Herald.
Cold, piercing winds and driving
rains seldom fail to bring on a cough,
cold or hoarseness at this season, and
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup should be
kept in every house. For sale by all
druggists.
Girls who nrn not handsome hate
those who are, while those who are
hrnd8ome hate one another. Which
class has tho best time of il?
The Queen ami the Mother.
Vlrtnrla** Rrspon-e lo Mr*. Staunton’- Appeal for
fcrr Children.
The Lon Ion Touchstone, a new
theatrical-journal, is responsible for
the following^tory in connection with
the reprieve of the Staunton brothers
who had l».*en sentenced to death tor
the Penge murder:
On the Sunday preceding the
Tuesday, the day fixed tor the exe
cution of the S muttons, the mother
of the two nirti traveled alone to
Balmoral in order ;•> obtain «:i inter
view with the Qiecn, and beseech
clemency for her wretched seas. On
'reaching Rallater, after leaving Ab
erdeen, the last station, some twelve
miles from Balmoral, the poor wo.
mau sought Bootc co-itcyancc lo lake
her the remainder of the journey
NotIt'iig 1-o dd bv* obtained, an*l the
people, o.i hearing tin- melancholy
mi-sion of tiie iiulorrunaie mother,
showed their sympathy by obtaining
her a seat on the mail-bag in the little
cart, which contained only one seat
for the driver. The mail-bag „was
thrown into the cart, and thu poor
woman was allowed to seat herself
upon it. She traveled through the
cold and dismal ni-jrht the twelve
dreary miles to Balmoral. On reach
ing the li-xi formidable difficulty
that met her was that of obtaining an
audience nf.t ! e Queen.
tuned the reprieve which she had
traveled so many miles to obtain.
Such is a simple account of tut epi
sode in the life of the Queen, well
harmonizing with ali that her sub
jects already know of her.
:—_o—
Rows on the Rio Grande.
The Jli-xtcsn* Frying to (Jet l*p s Run on the Tex**
Frontier—Art ion nt the fulled Stall* An-
thoritie».
Washington, December 15.—The
news of troubles in Elpaso county,
Texas, and the telegram of Governor
ilubhatd to the President, calling for
assistance from United States troops
for the purpose of r •m , ’I1'u * invasion
of Texas territory by the Mexican
force, caused some excitement in this
city, but the advices in possession of
our Government do net warrant the
impression that any difficulties, other
than merely local troubles have pre
sented themselves. There is no idea
whatever, that the Mexican Govern
ment is making any possible demon
stration, but so far as can be learned,
the'tinfriendly movements aie of the
same nature as those made the sub
ject of attention at the War Depart
ment some months ago when qu s-
licns of the proprietorship of certain
salt pits in Elpaso county caused
much disorder in that section. The
Government does not consider that
the troubles reported to-day are in
any degree international. The dis |
paid e- were, however, promptly re- i
ferrod to the Secretary of War, who, |
after consultation w tli General Slier- j
111:111. gave directions for the muster
ing of our forces in Texas in such
positions as to give whatever aid may
be necessary to preveut assaults
upon American citizens or their
property.
Havana, December 15.-The
steamship City of Merida brings tbe
following advices: City of Mexico
December 5.—Mexican troops con
tinue to inarch to the Rio Grande.
More than one thousand cavnlty are
between Sam Luis Potosi and Saltil
lo, and others are following in the
same direction. Several battalions
Ahead of .AH
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oosly. Osman Paslm beA$ a inoffensive
movement towards thl north, intend
ing to pierce the line at Atrppni, with
2,000 picked men. Hie success at
first was very encouraging. Two
lines of earthwork) were carried, but
the stubborn resistance by the Ros
sian grenadier guard# enabled the
reserves to meet the Turkish onslaugh,
and soon Osman was surrounded
What followed was almost exactly a
cuunlcapart of Sedan: Plevna had
already been surrounded on a level
plain, while the enemy's guns poured
death upon them from every hill. To
continue fighting was madness, hut
still they fought. About two o’clock
Osman was painfully, but not serious
ly wounded, and gave the order to
cease firing, and surrendered his sword
to General Gravetsky, saying, “ It is
to.the Emperor, through you, that I
surrender my sword and army. On'
being informed that Osman had sur
rendered the Czar remarked: “ But
the war is not thereby ended.’’ A
report conies of a great battle between
Ali Suleman Pasha and the Czarwitch
between Kutschuk and Metchka, hut
details can’t .be learnedias yet. It is
probably an effort of Suleman to de
feat the Russians before reinforcements
car come from belore Plevna.
In Vienna there is no expectation
that peace is at hand. Count An-
drassy's speech last Monday, shows
that Austria has no intention of inter
fering with the Russian plan, and
even ServU will he allowed to declare
her independence without any diplo
matic remonstrance.
A dispatch from Berlin is to the
same effect, that Russia will be per
mitted to do as she pleases.
The Russiau demands are said to
include the transfer to Russia of Up*
l>er Armenia, including Kars, Bayazid
and Batoum, the free passage of Dais
denelles and Bosphorous, the destruc
tion of the Danube fortresses, the
autouomy of Bulgaria as a vassal of
the Porte, and a iedification of Servi
an and Montenegrin frontiers
A meeting of the British Cabinet
Council was held at Windsor Palace
to-day, and the Parliament has been
prorogued to January 17. This ac-
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■wiL.t^ -he T1 . iyf infantry are.-on the road to the
rview —ofi-Uwuijm UIUU1MWI' TKfliL-. v —.
last, obtained an interview with Sir
Thomas Bidd. Iph, who, after pa
tiently listening to what she had to
say, promised to let the Queen irn
mediately know the object of her
being at the castle. With little de
lay, the Queen, setting aside all eti-
quitte and formality, enterted the
apartment iu which Mrs. Staunton
was seated, and, with a true sover
eign’s and woman’s heart, listened to
the appeal and humble prayer of one
of her subjects in her deep distress.
The poor petitioner prayed for mercy,
and ihat the lives of her children
might be spared, TI:o Queen, no
doubt with aching heart, could only
explain that she was entirely iu the
hands of her responsible Minister
The painful interview ended, the
petitioner, grateful for the conde
scension and sympathy of her sover
eign, sought how to return to Bul-
later, heart-broken that the last hope
of saving her wretched sons had
failed her. The s rvauts inquired
how -he intended getting back the
twelve miles to Ballater. There was
no conveyance, ami they painfully
saw the poor woman was quite inca
pable of walking the distance. Again
the Queen w;ts informed of the cir
cumstances, and with that con idera-
tion so characteristic of her nature,
she ordered that one of her carriages
should bo got ready to take Mrs
Staunton "back Scarcely had the
poor mother left the castle, when the
mail bag containing Her Majesty’s
letters and dis]mtehes were opened,
and, to the gratification and relief of
the Queen, the Home 8»cretary*a
dispatch recommending the reprieve
was among the number.. The lonely
mother went on her way back worn
out and dejected. With the instinct
of kindness and charitab e feelinr*
the Queen nt dice instructed a spe
cial messenger to proceed on horse
back and tnko the glad tidings to her
sister in sorrow. Such deeds require
no comment, but raise the monarch
to the highest eminence. Mrs.
Staunton on reaching Ballater was j 7 '®.T7 .
instantly informed of the glad tidings, out of a tight placc had ^ a
and that the mail bag on which she 1 . -
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trv and some artillery wifi be sent by
sea from Vera Crnz to Matauioras.
Troops are said to be well officered,
and armed with improved guns.
Beautiful Alegory.
Crittendon, of Kentucky, was at
one time engaged in defending a man
who had been indicted for a capital
offence. After an elaborate and pow
erful defence he closed his effort with
t’ e following striking and beautiful
allegory : “ When God iu his eternal
council conceived the thought of
mams creation, lie called to him the
three ministers who wait constantly!
upon the throne—Justice, Truth and
Meicy—ami thus addressed them:
“ Shall we make ?” Then sa«d Jus
tice: “Oh, God, make him not, for
he will trample upon the laws.’’
Truth made answer also: “Oh, God,
make him not, for he will polute thy
sanctuaries.*’ But Mercy, dropping
upon her knees, lookjng up through
lu-r tears, exclaimed: “Oh, God,
make him, 1 will watch over him
with my care through all ihe dark
patiis which he may have to trend!’’
Then God made man, and said to
him: “ Oh man, thou art the child of
mercy; go and deal with thy brother.”
The jury, when he had finished,
were drowned in tears, and against
evidence, brought in a verdict of not
guilty.
It is said that the kind mothers
down East are grown so affectionate
that they give their childfieD chloroform
previous to whipping them.
Near Roubnix, France, lost month,
a deliciously fattened rabbit, carefully
fed up for a coining fast day, excited
the evil gastronomic j assions of a
neighbor, who made a raid ’one night
and captured it. The owners, find
ing their cherished dainty gone, were
in ‘despair at first, but cheered up
when they found that the thief had
dropp-.nl in tho straw his purse, con
taining thrice the value of the animal.
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