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FIT. ANNUM.
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Invariably is Advance
From the New York World.
lie form our Presidential
|j Elections
F.ven before the lamented death of
Greeley, which lends fresh inter
to the discussion, the most in
teliiiP at portion of the press of both
. 4r ti, s throughout the United States,
S( ,,ke with marked favor of the pro
>al of The World for coinprehen
s,vc amendments to the Federal Con
stitution rectifying the cumbrous
ab-iiml method of electing the Pres
. hut anti Vice President which has
n.n so long tolerated. The argu-
In nt has been considerably rein
f«,rce«l, or at least made more im
j i'essive, by having for the first time
„ contingency brought home to us
which had hardly occurred to for
,* r reusoners on this subject, I lie
death of a Presidential candidate
between the day of the popular vote
.'il the meeting of the Electoral 001,
, gc, has never happened to occur
before, and has been left out of con
templation in all previous arguments
.ir reform. In the recent instance
it was of no practical consequence.
1 tut it suggests dangerous, alarming
p.i.vihilities. If Mr. Greeley had
been entitled to a small majority of
tiie flee;oral votes, his death might
leave caused exciting, and perhaps
b.’oodr civil disturbances. It might
"■>. ii !i;uv led to a terrible revolution.
The way in which the Greeley Elee
‘ rs broke, and scattered their votes,
- painfully suggestive. If the pop
gar voice had given him a small tna
ntv (as it probably would if the
etetion had been held in August;
Lis death between the casting of the
popular vote and the assembling of
ti:e Electoral Colleges might have
[v ipitated the country into bloody
commotions. In such a contingen
cy, fi.e effective vote of the Electoral
('.'liege might have been controlled
1 • Federal influence or bribery.-
SS.npp.ise Grant to have been in a
g iall minority, in which the change
ufiuluen votes would have sufficed
I"elect him, it cannot easily be loubt
*d bv any person acquainted with
the corrupt state of our politics; that
I xums would have been found for
I '•'hanging a dozen electoral votes in
I P favor. As Senator Benton said,
I ins powerful speech advocating a
[ vh-iugo of system in 18‘2I, “ The
I Elector mav betray the liberties of
]h 'pie by selling his vote. Tilt* j
' is easy because he votes by j
ballot ; detection is impossible be- <
be does rot sign his vote ; the ,
straiiit is nothing but liis conscience j
: th* re is no legal punishment for
tls breach of trust.” In such a con- ;
fngeney as we have supposed (ieneval
brant would probably have been re- j
c ‘Wted by bribery, and the people i
“ * v ° been moved, by tlieir sense of
-‘ r 'ss wrong and injustice, to rise in
arms against the consummation of
1 fraud. The sudden death of Mr.
btVviov, and the scattering of the
T *c pledged to him, suggests.possi
b.iities so painful and formidable as
' greatly strengthen the urgency of
forming our method of electing
“ • President and Vice President.
s eason could be so opportune
1 r fteooin plishing this needed reform
u ' -e present Besides discarding
4 llSl b>s. cumbrous machinery of
-* vidor.t’.al Electors, it is desirable
| aunt the President to a single
1 ‘ m< 1 Vending it perhaps to six
' t ' u ' s ' a reform can never suc-
1 d during the first term of any
u nt; for we have never had a
n "-lent who did not desire a re
t■■•u, and the whole influence of
I .' would be wield
1J ll ' a ‘ t au amendment proposed
l^ 8 the fast term of a President.
v probable that, after Gen.
s dement, a President will
j. I’ 1 '' re-elected in thirty years.
< **" B " Hs re-elected in 1832. and
there was no other re-election of a
President till 1804—a period of thir
ty-two years, or eight Presidential
cycles. If thirty-two years should
again intervene before another Pres
ident is re-elected, a reform restrict
ing that officer to one term would
probably be deferred for that long
period. There is no hope of effect
ing it except during the second term
of a President, when the settled rule
against a third term takes away from
the head of the Government all
temptation to thwart the reform.
Perhaps it may be said that, inas
muen as the re-election of President
has, for the last forty years, been an
exception to the general rule, only
two Presidents bavin » been re-elec
ted during that long period, there is
no pressing need of reforming the
Constitution in this particular. This
is a very superficial view. The mis
chief does not consist in the actual
re-election of Presidents, but in the
uniform prostitution of their powers
during a first term to promote their
chances for a second. Almost ha
bitual failure in these efforts is more
pernicious than uniform success. If
our Presidents always succeeded in
getting themselves re-elected, every
second term might be devoted to the
public welfare, ihe constant re
election of our Presidents w ould di
minish the evil by one-half. But
when every President aspires to a
second term, and only a few ever at
tain it, we seldom get a President
who administers his office in any
other view than to promote his own
personal advantage. During second
terms there is no great temptation ;
but us most of our Presidents serve
only for a lirst term, we are deliver- j
ed over to a succession of abortive .
attempts by Presidents to elect them- 1
selves, without the second-term ad- j
vantages which would attend their !
success.
If the limitation is not accomplish
ed during General Grant's second
term, another opportunity may not
occur in the lifetime of men
now active in A re-elected
President has no motive to oppose
it, and a long period may elapse be
fore another President is re-elected.
The mere restriction to a single term
is not the important thing ; we could,
in must elections, trust to the hos
tility of the Outs to the Ins for that ;
the root of the evil lies in the possi
bility of every President being re
elected, and the consequent shaping
or every Administration to a selfish
personal result. It is of the first
importance to remove this great, de
moralizing temptation ; which will
never be done unless in the second
term of some President, a President
in his second term having no motive
to oppose the reform, as a President
in his first term intriguing for a sec
ond always has.
The contemptuous abolition of the
idle machinery of Presidential Elec- j
tors, in which the whole country
would unanimously agree, if this
branch of the reform could be
brought to a popular vote, would
not quite do justice to the intentions
of the framers of the Constitution. —
The idea on which they acted was
eminently sound. It reflected credit
on their wisdom and penetration.
They failed only in their methods
for carrying it into practical execu
tion. The seminal thought on which
they built their structure, was the
great danger of allowing the Gov
ernment to have any influence in the
choicetof a President. Their esti
mate of this great danger, against
which they undertook to guard, is
disclosed in this provision of the Con
stitution : “ But no Senator or Rep
resentative, or person holding an
office of trust or profit under the
United States, shall be pointed an
Elector.” There could not have beer ;
a more emphatic declaration of the ,
opinion of the framers of the Con
stitution that the Federal Adminis
tration and Federal office-holders
ought not to have the slightest influ
ence in a Presidential election. But,
in point of fact, the influence which
they tried .to shut out, is active and
controlling. The re-ehgibility ol
Presidents, and the packing of cau
cuses and conventions by their place
men, enable them to dictate the nom-
iuation, and frequently to control
the result. The framers of the Con
stitution were wise in their foresight
of dangers ; they were in error only
as to the efficacy of the means they
provided against Federal influence
on the election of the President. It
is for us, their successors, to accom
plish their aim by better methods.
Now the chief means by which
official influence (which they so care
fully tried to exclude) is brought to
bear on the Presidential elections, is
the re-eligibility of Presidents, and
the influence of official patronage in
packing National Conventions. In
pursuance of the original sound idea
of the framers of the Constitution,
we must cut up this system by the
roots ; which cau ouly be done by
limiting the President to a single
term.
The reforms which we propose,
and whose mei’its we desire to see
thoroughly canvassed by the press
of both parties, are these :
First. Abolishing the machinery
of Presidential Electors, and letting
the people vote directly for Presi
dent and Vice President.
Second. Limiting the President to
a single of (say) six years.
Third. Giving all the appointed
Federal officers a term equal to that
of the President, bat commencing
and ending at the middle of the
Presidential terms. This would en
able the President to become ac
quainted with the merits of each
officer, and to decide intelligently
whether the public service would be
promoted by his reappointment; and,
what is more important, it would
preclude appointments as the mere
reward of party service in the elec
tions, which is one of the most cor
rupting things in our politics.
Fourth. Requiring all the State
elections to be held on the same day
when the people vote for President,
and thereby facilitating an honest
expression of the public judgment,
uninfluenced by the estimation of
chances which degrade our Presiden
tial elections to the level of betting
on a horse-race.
We most earnestly desire that these
reforms may be discussed and push
ed ; and we will gladly follow the
lead of any statesman or any publi
journal that will take up the subject
with intelligent zeal.
Important Decision.
A ease of “ Civil Eights ” recently j
. 1
occurred in Washington which was 1
promptly and judiciously disposed
of by Judge Mac Arthur, of the Uni
ted States Criminal Court. A res
taurateur named Aman refused to
entertain and furnish refreshments
to a negro named Foole and a party
with him upon the demand of Foole.
Foole thereupon had him sum-.
moued before the City Police Court. ,
Aman gave bond and appealed to
the United States Criminal Court.
Upon hearing the case Judge Mac-
Arthur reserved the decision of the
Police Court, and delivering his de
cision said that the proprietor of a
hotel or restaurant was the proper
judge of who should receive enter
tainment or lodging in his house.
This decision of Judge MacArthur
was eminently just and proper and
indicates that the whole judiciary
within the shadow of the Capitol
will not be prostituted to base polit
ical purposes or subservient to the
accomplishment of partisan purposes
Judge MacArthur has sustained
the law and vindicated the right of
the citizen to control his own house
He deserves the plaudits of all men
who have a regard for decency, or
der and good government. We hope
he will not be decapitated for the
judicial independence and regald foi
law he has exhibited.
Josephine Mansfield Impover
ished.
It is stated that a gentleman re
cently arrived from Paris says tnat
the notorious Josephine Mansfield
appeared in that city some weeks
ago. She had about §37,000 in mon
ey. This she deposited in the bank
ing house of Bowles Bros. M hen
the failure of that house was an
nounced she wrung her hands in
grief, and declared that sue was
ruined. It is not probable that the
will recover a cent of her money.
FOB THE RIGHT—JUSTICE TO ALL.
BAIN BRIDGE GA- DECEMBER 21st 1572.
[Fn ni thn .Vln,»:\ Heiald.]
The Code.
On Friday last a duel was fought out
side of the city limits on the Peachtree
road, the account of. which we duly chron
icled the following day. As the report we
gave was not as full as it really should
have beeD we republish the whole affair
in full with some additional facts which
have since been obtained.
* •
THE PARTIES
to the duel were Mr. Carnard Thynne. an
employee of the Kimball Uou-e. some
twenty-five or thirty years old. and 0. M.
Van Valkenberg, a mere youth, some
eighteen or nineteen years old, also em
ployed at the same place. It seems that
the parties did not get along as peacably
as could be desired, but frequently had
their little spats, which fortunately term
inated at all times without serious conse
quences. On the day mentioned, early in
the morning the parties had
A QUARREL
or at least had a large amount of words,
that on the part of Thynne were more in
the manner of teasing Van Valkerberg.
The last named was angry in real good
earnest, and felt himself highly aggrieved.
The occasion of the dispute was
AN AFFAIR OF LOVE.
A girl was at the bottom of it. as it is,
alas, too often the case in a number of in
stances. Van loved not wisely but too
well and Barnard twitted him so much
about it that he could stand it no longer
but determined ro make a settlement of
the affair at once and forever under the
provisions of the rule=> governing gentb
men in a
QUESTION OF HONOR ;
and therefore the -note” was duly penned,
and the friend requested to hand it to Mr.
Thynne, demanding satisfaction or request
ing a meeting. Early iu the afternoon
the note was handed to the offending par
ty. who received it with no little surprise
and consternation. He was nut aware of
anything which called for an apology, and
was in no condition of mind to wash out
the insult
WITH BLOOD.
Whatever may have passed through his
mind had nothing to do with Van 's course;
he had been grossly trifled with and insul
ted, and he had sought satisfaction, and
satisfaction should he have. He was too
brave a spirit ro take advantage of his ad
versary. and lie thought too much of his
own honor to assume
THE ROLE OF A BULLY,
by attacking Thynne in a manner which
placed him on unequal terms as to weap
ons with himself. This the friend knew.
and he admonished Tliynue that if he
could not make a full and complete apol
ogy. the only palliation for the wounded
feelings of his principal that would be ac
cepted, was
A FIGHT OR BE TOSTED.
This dire alternative left but one tiling
to be decided, and that was to fix upon
some one who would act as his friend to
make the necessary arrangements for a
meeting. While this was being done, a
sensible idea was hit upon by the seconds
and accepted by Mr. Thvnne. which was
to go through the regular form of a duel,
using pistols loaded with powder only, leav
ing Van to suppose that he was going to
meet in
DEADLY COMBAT.
The agreement was made, the place se
lected and carria. es provided to take each
of the parties and their seconds to the
battlefield, carrying a surgeon. Arriving
upon the ground about dusk, the toss was
made for positiou. and teas determined in
favor of Thvnne. The distance
upon was twenty paces, The principals
were placed in
POSITION*,
with the seconds about half way between
them on either side. Ihe w ord was given,
‘•gentlemen are you ready?" which was re
plied to. ready. "Fire. one. two. three.
Between one and three both parties fired.
Thvnne f-11. His second ran to his side,
and said that he was mortally wounded,
and the contest was ended. Ihe second
of I'hynne had in his possession a lot of
chicken blood, which he took out with him
and while he was apparently examining
the wounded man (.'j he skillfully smeared
the
BLOOD
over Th rune's clothes. By the time the
other parties came up to him the decep
tion was most perfect, aud \ an <vas luhy
impressed with the oelief that he had
done the work. The groans and ejacula
tions which came from 1 hynue carried out
most thoroughly the impression created on
Van's, mind that Yhyune was a
DYING MAN.
Thvnue was picked up and placed in his
carriage, and was taken off the ground
Van also got into his carriage, and rode
back to the city. Arriving at the Kim
ball Mouse, he immediately secreted him
self iu his room to await further develop
ments. He appeared to be
very cneasy.
, Several times during the evening after
their return, Van's second was sent to the
room in which Tliynne was iu. to inquire
as to his c mdition. The last time he
came, he bore a request that he. Van,
might be permitted to see him. Thynne’s
second informed him that he could "not be
1 allowed this privilege, that three doctors
were in attendance doing all they could.
1 That he could not live.”
HE WILL DIE.
This of course did not ally his uneasi
ness. Shortly after he received .tl> is mes
sage. A note from the Clerks office was
sent him saying:
| “The officers are hunting you. Mr.
Nicholls will have to allow the house to
be searched ; fie low, get up on the roof
of the house if you can.” Van was terri
bly alarmed now, anil attempted to get out.
on the roof of the Kimball House. Not
being able to succeed, he at length mau
j aged to find the man in charge of the laun
dry. who secretly took him through a back
way and hid him in
THE COAL BIN
|in the cellar. He remained in this place
' in the cold for some two hours, occasion
-1 ally receiving messages from the outer
! world,till at last he felt that his only safe
;ty was in flight. He was taken through
the cellar and coal bin. through the dark
ness, till he reached an outlet on the
SIEDEWALKOX DECATCH STREET.
Through this he emerged, and speedily be
gan his flight, at TO o'clock at night, on
foot, lie took the track of the Macon
And Western Railroad, walking towards
East Point. This was • the last seen or
beam of him imtil yesterday, wheh Col.
Nicholls received a letter, addressed: to him,
postmarked Savannah, which throws fur
ther light on.the subject, aud is publish
ed in full—to show what a decided sell
lias been perpetrated on him.
THE LETTER IS AS FOLT.OWS :
savannah, December 10.1872.
Dear Mr. Nig molls : 1 arrived here
this morning at nine o'clock, and have
failed to see Capt. Danforth, to whom you
so kindly referred me I stopped two
days at my uncle's, twelve miles north of
Macon, he brought me twenty-four miles
to the Mit BR E. It will cause me much
pain if Mr. Thynne dies, for 1 had almost
rather been killed myself than for it to hap
pen thus. I)o uot blame me for defend
ing myself, as 1 thought it the best way to
settle it, and as I could not have the cow
ardice to have taken the advantage of
him. My conscience is clear and I thought
I was doing right, and 1 have not discon
tinued my prayers, which I am in the hab
it of saying. If I have done w’rong I
hope God will in some way punish me, and
not place me in the hands of fiien that I
am not known to. * * * * * If
you think it safe for me to remain here,
and I can get ft situation. I will do you ail
the good 1 possibly can for your house, I
am confident of getting my old place back
again in New York, if I have to leave ;
but I do not care to leave this State, as I
claim it as a home, and feel that I have
a full right to remain, I hope Mrs. Nich
olls don't think 1 am a reckless boy, but
knows otherwise; for I was cool and so
ber the whole day as ever.
From your most obd't serv t, C. M. V.
the finale.
We have given, we believe, the full ac
count of the most practical joke that
could have been perpetrated on any one,
leaving out the fainting scene as witnessed
at the Kimball House on the night of the
affair. We can not help but admire the
coolness and bravery of the young man,
but we must admit he certainly appears
in the aspect of being - mighty greeny
but when it is known that he was kept in
the most profound ignorance of the joke,
we think that he can be excusable, and
should not be run too hard if he comes
back to the city.
Not the one Wanted. — Pittsburg
has had a modern comedy of errors.
A Young wife suspected her lord of
too great an intimacy with the come
ly mulatto cook, and so one night
when he acted suspicious, she laid
for him. Sending the cook off, she
covered her head with a shaivl and
waited in for the confir
mation of her suspicions. Some one
rapidly eniered, shortly after, and
she felt an arm around her waist
and warm kisses on her lips. Then
she threw off her disguise to trans
fix the villain on the spot, but in
stead ofter husband, she beheld the
biggest, blackest negro in all that
city. It was the cook’s sable “par
ticular,” and lie had kissed her. Oh .
She no longer suspects her husband.
A Bamesville youth, after carry
ing his sweet-heart to her father's
door and faltering out a tender good
night, was escorte 1 to the front gate
by the deep-mouthed watch dog.. The
voting man says it is impossible to
shake himself entirely free from the
suspicion that the old man was hid
out in the shrubbery.—[Red Top.
Startling 1 Exhibit of Crime in
New York City.
The criminal records of new York
city show’ a startling array of crimes.
Since the first of January 1870, there
have been one hundred and thirty
nine Cases of homicide within the
city limits. Os these mau killeds,
six committed suicide at once, ten
were discharged by the coroners;
twelve concealed themselves beyond
finding, and two although known
were never arrested, and one died of
wounds after being arre Ted. Os the
one hundred and eight remaining,
whose cases came before the District
Attorney, one was sent to the House
of Refuge, and a second to the insane
asylum; sixty oiie have been brought
to trial, of whom seventeen were
acquitted and forty four convicted-
Os those convicted tw T o have been
awarded new trials, two have been
executed, four are sentenced to be
hung, but are now awaiting the de
cision of the Court of Appeals. Three
have been sentenced to the State'
prison for life, one for fifteen years,
and the other for less than seven
years. Iu sixteen cases indictments
have never been found; in eleven
other cases indictments have been
found, but no trial has taken place,
and three it is said have been dis
charged on bail aftor indictment. In
the abstract of the records, sixteen
cases of those sent to the District
Attorney have never been heard
of since. Their names do not
appear in any official paper, aud
what has become of them no one
knows. It appears from the records
that the average punishment for kill
ing a man iu New York is throe years’
imprisonment in the State prison.
Brevities.
If you want to know whether a tree is
hollow or not, ax it.
A brilliant daughter makes a brittle
wife.
A Danbury girl has married a poet and
carries her own coal.
A gentleman in a Boston horse car was
heard to remark that lie knew upwards of
firty native Americans who bad tartars for
wives.
An old lady bearing that the shock
ing condition of the fireman’s hose had re
sulted in the destruction of a large amount
of property’, sat up nearly all night to put
her husband's socks in complete repair.
The Hon. Leonard Myers has introduced
a bill in the House giving the widow of
General Meade a pension of $2,000 a
year.
Maurice Daly and Cyrille Dion, the
present champion billiardists of America,
will contest for the championship and one
thousand dollars in a game of fifteen hun
dred points carom, at Irving Hall, New
York, on January 2d. Knights of the
cue are looking forward with much inter
est to the event.
President Grant has just received from
Harvard his diploma as Doctor of Laws -
It is to be hoped that this purely honor
ary distinction will not induce him to
make further attempts to doctor our laws,
as his previous performances in that line
have not bef*n particularly satisfactory.
Moses Kimball declines the Republican
Domination for .Mayor of Boston. Ilarri
bal I did the same thing in Atlanta once,
Jas. L. Orr, the South Carolina rene
gade, already Well rewarded for his base
desertion and betrayal of his State and
people, is now to have his cup filled to
overflowing by being appointed minister
to Russia. The president has sent ?n his
name and we suppose the Senate will con
firm .
New Orleans is to have another
line of steamers to Liverpool and
London, consisting of five large
steamships, and the city is now mak
ing a strong bid for the Western
grain trade, of vtbich it will doubt
less secure a large share. It is in
tended to ask the government, this
winter, for an appropriation suffi
cient to clear away the bars at the
mouth of the river, which has long
been a serious annoyance to the
commerce of New Orleans.
A judge of Milesian extraction,charged
a jury as follows : -Gentleman of the ju
ry, you must find that the defendant in
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. A rea
sonable doubt is such a doubt as will con
vince a reasonable man that the defendant
is cot guilty.’’
A Savannah gentleman, having set a
steel-trap to discover what became of his
j chickens, found his mother-in-law griev
ously lacerated next morning. Since then
I the demand for steel-traps is said to be
something unprecedented in the hardware
trade of Georgia.
nr advanc*.
PROFESSIONAL CA PBS.
W. O. FLKMIN’U. J, c. RCTIIKI fWM#
Fleming A Rutherford.
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW.
BAIKBRIWJK, ua.
T. B. Huuewell ,% C#'
store. liuktt 2&-7-3-U.
HURLEY A liUSSF.LL.
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law
OITTOK IX COURT lIuL'HH,
fc.UNBISIDGE, CtGOKGTA.
Will practice iu the Pataula
South "Western Circuits.
September 21,1872. 14-lt
c g Campbell]
ATTORNEY AT LA t
bainbmdgh, ga
All business entrust oil to iu/ cal*
promptly attended to
Office in the tSa^ib->rr* buildu p
July 13, iSTIi. 1*
B. B. EOWLB W. H. CIUWFqKJJ
BOWEB& CA> WFORO.
ITTOBSEI’S AT LtW.
B.Ub bill LG if. LA.
J|ioF*OrncE in the Couit IIous«.
Kept 7th 1872-Om.
C. C. CREWS. A. L. *LAt*
CREWS & PRATT'
COTTON FACTORS
—AXD
COMMISSION MERCHANTS;
Bay Street, Savannah, Oj4.
B6OF Orders promptly attended to. Con
signments solicited
Oct. 5, ’72. IG-tf
A. M. SLOAN. J. H. SLOAN,
A. M. SLOAN &CO ;
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission
MERCHANTS.
claghorn i ccnninobam’s bangs,
Briy Street, Savannah, Ga
Bagging and Ties lowest market price
Liberal cash advances made on consign
raents for sale in Savannah or oh ship
ments to reliable corret] undents in 1 iver
pool, New York, Philadelphia, or B<i
more.
Oct. 5, ’72. lti--3tu
Till Will,
Cheaper than itl« Cheapest 1 i
H E COURTNEY*
BAINBRIDGE. ttfcORGM
Would respectfully inform the citwrtrtr 4ft
Decatur county aud the public generally
that he has on hand, a very large stock of
mm rar mm v muz mm 9
tin ware,
SHEET IHOV,
COPPER
And many other things too numerous t*
mention.
»«k,Job Work done at the shortest nttfie*
WANTED
For the year 1873, A posititaon as Book-
Keeper or Book Keeper and Salesman
combined. Apply to
J. W C CBRlftfiEli,
At L. M, Crillin s StofiK
Nov, 16th-4w
FERRY XT BELLEVLri, CHAT
TAHOOCHEE RIVER.
(hereby notify the public that the '‘Dell
vi/e Ferry,” situated on the Chattahoo
chee river, at Bellevue, is now open to tl »
traveling public. Tbe flat is jtrfectly new,
and the Tanks and road on either side of
the river are placed in the best condition.
L. PEACOCK.
Bellevue, Nov. 13.1672.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
The undersigned hereby give* notice
that be has filed his petition with the Or
dinary of JtecHtar County* to be discharg
ed from his Executorship on B. F. Pow
ell's last will and testament ou the Ist
Monday in Jan. 1873.
Wx. Powell, Ex r B. F. Powell.
GEORGIA — Decatur Cofinty
On the first Monday in Jan nary nett,
I will apply to the Ordinary of said cood
ty for leave to sell for t{ieu>urpose erf dis
tribution. all the real estate belonging to
Duncan Nicholson of Said eoaftfer deceased.
WTT Ex.
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