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The Gainesville Eagle Published Every Friday Morning Y REDVV IJf E & HA M Tts.nl S fflcial °/# aB 01 Banks, Towns, of “ T, and Dawßoß counties, and the city Uas a la -S general circulation in tZnllnn er . Coß ? tieß ‘n Northeast Georgia, and Two counties in Western North Carolina. r*>itorial eaglets. A school girls mighty oath—Buy Gum! The Burlington Hawlceye contin ues to fail to reach us with provoking regularity. Talmage’s trial is in full blast and Brooklyn Presbyterians are at a white heat of excitement. Poor Poe. Will they never let him rest? The London Spectator says now that he was not a poet. A barrel will only hold sixteen handred oysters, which goes to prove that some men’s stomachs are larger than a barrel. The Black Crook is raging in New York, and hundreds of the old bald heads are compelled to go down to the office every night. Brorson’s comet is coming right toward us, and is only 125,000,000 miles away. Here Bridget, put up the front blinds and say wo are out. The evidence in the Cameron-Oli ver scandal case, shows up the widow in a very ugly light. She appears as little better than a common pros titute . What with walking matches, the Black Crook, Simon Cameron and Talmage, the sensational New York press is not without pabulum on on which to feed. Newbury, S. C.,has a rooster which it is said, will come to his owner when called, like a well-trained dog. He absolutely refuses however to cjme to a Methodist preacher. The old and popular Danbury News is on our table, but somehow we are of opinion that, Bailey is off on a lecturing tour. At all events it does not sparkle as is its wont. The time is near at hand when the ioe cream venders will perambu late the streets yelling “ice cream, ice cream !” and the innocent coun tryman will sympathizingly enquire, “What do you scream for.’’ Somebody writes to the Detroit Free Press to know “how many pins )flee * Victoria in her dress on her wedding day, and where were they bought, and where are they now—any, all, or someone of them. 1 ’ In a household where nine o’clock is peremptory bed-time, the musi cal tinkle of a clock’s bell sounds like the crack of doom to the boy and girl who are occupying the bow window aud keeping each others lips warm. There is not perhaps any other period in life when a boy feels that there is such fearful responsibility resting upon him, as when he ascends tho rostrum at a school ex hibition and sees his ma and pa in the front row. A parson can live next door to a man who is trying to learn to play the fiddle for months, that is if he is a good parson, but unless he is a su perlatively good parson, there will come a time when one or the other will have to move, The democrats iu congress do not seem to have compromised after all but will insist on the full repeal of all the obnoxious laws, as amend ments to the appropriation bills. It is claimed that Hayes will veto them. If he does then will come the tug of war. The democrats will re main firm and probably adjourn, leaving Mr. Hayes to run the govern ment as best he can. Blaine got into what he doubtless thought a large hornet’s nest the other day when he tackled the demo cratic senators about the election of officers and accused them of revo lutionary motives. He was almost used up by Eaton, Beck and others, but when that boss hornet, our Ben, let fiy at him he struck him a sockdolager between tho eyes that completely put the blatant Maine demagogue hors du combat. • • ♦ Hon. Jefierson Davis has been in terviewed by a representative of the Boston Herald and expressed himself pretty freely ou various subjects. He shows himself still the noble man he has always been. He says that so far from his feeling any animosity towards the North he is very much interested in the people of the whole country and desires the prosperity of every section. Of the negro he doubts the wisdom of trying to edu cate him, and does not think him capable of an intelligent use of the ballot, but still he believes tho race now in accord with the Southern people and that no barm will cumo from his enfranchisement. Mr. Da vis tells the repoiter to assure the people of the North that he is not the devil they have painted him und instead of having horns and hoofs he is very much one of them selves. The Gainesville Eagle VOL. XIII. Tahnage’s Trial. The trial of the~Rev. DeWitt Tal mage before the Brooklyn Pr|sby tery was begun at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon. After the regular pre liminaries of a trial, the charges against the great preacher were read as follows: The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D , stands charged by common fame with falsehood and deceit. Specification I—ln that he acted deceitfully and made false state ments, which he knew to be false, in the matter of his withdrawal from the editorship of the Christian at Work, in the month of October, 1873. Specification 2—ln that at various times he published, or allowed to be published by those closely associated with him, without contradicting then:, statements which he knew to be false or calculated to give a false impression in defense of his action and statement referred to in the first specification. Specification 3—ln that he repeat edly made public declaration, in va rious and emphatic forms of speech from his pulpit, that the church of which he was pastor was a free church, and Li at the sittings were assigned without reference to the dollar question, although he knew such declarations to be false Specification 4—ln that in the matter of 1876 7 he falsely accused J. W. Hathaway of dishonest practices, and afterwards denied that he had done so. Specification s—ln that in the ear ly part of the year 1878 he endeav ored to obt in false subscriptions toward the payment of the debt of the church, to be deceitfully used for the purpose of inducing others to subscribe. Specification G—ln that in the year 1878 he acted and spoke deceit fully in reference to the matter of the re-engagement of the organist of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Specification 7 —ln that he public ly declared on Sunday, Feb. 2, 1879, that all the newspapers said he was to be arraigned for heterodoxy, and used other expressions calculated to give the impression that he expected to be arraigned on that charge, al though he knew that he would b arraigned ii at all, on the charge of falsehood, thereby deceiving the peo pie. Dr. Talmage’s answer to this charge was read by his counsel from manuscript, the gist of which was “not guilty.” Exceptions were ta ken to the first, second and fourth specifications on the grounds that the book of discipline distinctly sta ted that in cases of scandal process must issue within year after the act is committed. The Moderator deci ded in istVreuce to these three spe cifications that the act had in them a violation of the statutes of limita tion inasmuch as they were over a year old; and the first, second and fourth specifications were ruled out. The tali form of Talmage loomed up before the moderator and the voice that has furnished sensations for the world said: ‘1 feel very thankful for the coun sel I have bei-n permitted to retain on this subject. It seems to me that ihey have proved conclusively that this Presbytery has no right to go beyond one year on this question. I have received letters from Presbyte rian ministers ail over this laud pro testing against the outrageous vio la ion oi church law contained iu the action. of this Presbytery, I am glad ecclesiastical law is on our side, as you, Mr. Moderat >r, have deci ded; but in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose I am and whom 1 serve, I demand an inquiry into all the specifications, and the matters contained in them. What do the mass of the people care about a rule that is in that book ? Suppose I wake up m the dead of night and find three assassins in my room. I don’t stop first to decide whether they can so in the iront way or in the back way, op from the cellar or down from the sky-lot c. The only ques tion for me is how to put my hands on the assassins’ throats and put them out. It is known the world over that an attempt nas been made to assassinate my character, and and daggers have been lifted to do it. Ab I want to know now is, who are the assassins Then down with all technicalities. There is another court in which I am interested. It is the court of public opinion. No man can be indifferent to the opin ion of the world if he has any hope of usefulness. The jury is empan elled, and I waut all the facts to come out before them I’ll have the facts come cut either through the Brooklyn Presbytery or the Kings County Grand Jury. I want some how to have this first specification put in shape until I can blow it to atoms. I did no wrong. I made no mistake. I simply took the precau tion that every man would avail him self of.” In concluding, Dr. Talmage said that he would adopt a suggestion the Moderator had made in his speech in reference to the proper way to bring out the matters in the specifications excluded, and after this trial he would avail himself of that privilege. A violent debate then arose among the Presbytery as to the Modera tor’s right to amend the specifica tions. The end of the battle was the questiou whether or not specifica tions first, second and fourth should be stricken out was put to a vote of the Presbytery. The result was that they refused by 11 to 29 to strike cut the first specification; by 11 to 23 to strike out the second specifica tion; and by 13 to 27 to k strike out the fourth. These specifications were accordingly left intact. Sev eral members in voting to have them remain said that they did so at Dr. Talmage’s request. After this action the Presbytery took a rest until the following after noon. Princeton College, Ivy., is to be sold to pay creditors. GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 4,1879. Old Times. There’s a beautiful song ou the slumbrous air, That drifts through the Valley of Dreams; It comes from a clime where the roses were, ■ And a tuneful heart and bright brown hair, That waved in the morning beams. Soft eyes of azure and eyes of brown, And snow-white foreheads are there; A glimmering Cross and glittering Crown, A thorny bed and couch of down, Lost hopes and leaflets of prayer. A breath of Spring in the breezy woods, Sweet waft3 from the quivering vines— Bine violet eyes beneath green hoods, A bubble of brooklets, a scent of bads, Bird warblers and clambering vines. A rosy wreath and a dimpled hand, A ring and a slighted vow— Three golden linkb of a broken band, A tiny track on the snow-white sand, A tear and a sinless brow. There’s an echo of grief in the beautifnl song That sobs on the slumbrous air; And loneliness felt in the festive thivug Sinks down on the heart as it trembles along From a clime where the roses were. We heard it first at the dawn of day, And it mingled with matin chimes; But years have distanced the beautiful ray, And its melody floweth from far away, And we call it now Old Times. Aid from the Region of Spirits There comes to us from North Ga , a story that must excite the pro founndest interest. For mauy years there has lived in one of the most flourishing towns of the upper part of the state a family of people highly respected and esteemed. The fa ther is a man of high character, of strong common sense, and of good business ability, and has the coufi ilence of all who know him. Among the children is a daughter that at an early age developed strange powers as a spiritual medium. She is a beautifnl, quiet young lady of charm ing habits and lovely character. When a mere child it was discover ed that she had unusual powers as a medium, and she would frequently mystify her family and friends bv messages received from the rapping table when it was under the influence of electric or spiritual excitement She was very retiring and modest in hor demeanor, and always shrank from any publicity being given to her powers in this direction. Occasion ally, however, someone who had seen the famous mediums would on a visit to her father’s house see her managing the table for the amuse ment of her friends. Thess persons were always struck with the marked influence she had, and they said that she seemed to have more power than the most celebrated mediums. The writer can testify that some of the results obtained from the table under her manipulations were absolutely incomprehensible, and were quite as startling as what he has seen at more famous seances. The young lady made no pretensions to any power or ability. She was simply a shrinking quiet girl who rather avoided than encouraged the discussion of her pe culiar gifts. In her personal appear ance even she gave promise of being a powerful medium. She is a bru nette of the deepest type—with drowsy black eyes, lustrous dark hair and vivid complexion. A day or two since we received in writing, from a gentleman of highest authority, the following stories (which he obtained direct from her father) for publication. It appears that some time ago a gentleman who was a man of property and a friend of the young lady died. A short time ago the young lady received a message from him stating that if she would go to a certain place in the garden and dig in a certain way, she would find a diamond ring. Asa mere experiment the young lady followed the directions given, accom panied by friends went to the garden and told them where to dig. Her instructions were complied with, and at the very spot indicated a diamond ring of fine pattern was found. It was unearthed, given to the young lady and was valued by an expert at $125. A short time after this a second message was received from the dead man saying that if the young lady would follow his directions she would find a diamond ring of even greater value than the first. The directions were more complicated than before. The main point however, was to go to a large oak tree, with a hollow in it. The young lady was instructed to put her hand within this hollow, and hold it there for some time. She did as directed, being as before, accompanied by spectators. She put ber hand in the trunk of the tree, and after holding it there a moment withdrew it hastily saying, “I’ve got it.” She fell back very much pros trated and opening her hand showed a glittering diamond, being of more than doubli the value of the first. It is said that just before she with drew her hand a rumbling heavy sound was heard within the tree, being plainly heard to the people standing near. We are perfectly aware that these stories will be called incredible, and that they will be laughed at by many. It comes to us however, through the most authentic hands. Col. Acton, of this paper, received the stories direct from the father of the young lady, and he says that the father is absolutely certain of their truth in whole and detail, and conveys the cheering information also “that he will whip any man who don’t believe it.” It is said that the young lady has received a message stating that when she is 19 years of age she will be crowned queen of the spiritual world. There is no room to doubt that the young lady is a medium of marvelous gifts. She has developed powers already equal to the strong est of the mediums who have mysti fied the public for the past ten years. We do not know that she will ever consent to give the public any exhi bition of those powers. She is mar ried most happily to an excellent gentleman, and may prefer to devote her life to the household. She has rare gifts however and could doubt less make both fame and fortune were she to consent to grant a public seance. Until she does this we re spect the proprieties and withhold her name—only assuring our readers in conclusion, that we have written the stones as they came to us. Thousands of readers will recognize and locate them.— Constitution. Our readers will doubtless recog nize the subject of toe above sketch. The Bushman and the Lion- How the Hunted Turned Hun ter. Captain Aylward tell a droll story of a recontre between a bushman and a lion. The narrator was ac quainted with the man, and has no doubt of the truth of the story. The bushman, while a long way from home, was met by a lion. The ani mal, assured that he had his victim completely in his power began to sport and dally with him with a feline jocosity which the poor little bush i man sailed to appreciate. Th bon would appear at a point in the road and leap back into the jungle, to re appear a little further on. But the bushman did not lose his presence of mind, and presently hit upon a device by which he might possibly outwit his foe. This plan was suggested by the lion’s own conduct. Aware that the brute was ahead of him, he dod ged to the right, and feeling pretty sure of the lion’s whereabouts, re sorted to the course of quietly watch ing his movements. Wnen the lion discovered that the man had sudden ly disappeared from the path, he was a good deal perplexed. He roared with mortification when he es pied the bushman peeping at him over the grass. The bushman at once changed his position, while the lion stood irresolute in the path, following with his eye the shifting black man. In another moment the little man rustled the reeds, vanished and showed again at another point. The great brute was first confused aud then alarmed. It evidently be gan to dawn upon him that he had mistaken the position of matters, and that he was the hunted party. The bushman who clearly recognized what was passing in his enemy ( s mind, did not pause to let the lion recover his startled wits. He began to steal gradually toward the foe, who now in a complete state of doubt and fear, fairly turned tail and decamped, leaving the plucky and ingenious little bushmau master of the situation. Preventing a Marriage. On Sunday night Captain Norman Crane, of Washington City, was dy ing at Meyer’s Hotel, in that city. Tne Captain was worth about $20,- 000. Ho bad lived five years with a woman named Mary Crane, and had introduced her as his wife in soma of the most respectable circles in the district. No marriage eeremooy had, how ever, been performed. When Cap tain Crane was dying he desired to make Mary his legal wife. The Cap tain’s sister, Celia Crane, was vio lently opposed to a marriage, there being, it appears, no will. The clergyman, the Rav. Dr. James G. Addison, was sent for, and was will ing to perform the ceremony. Dr. Townsend, who was also present, thus described the scene in an inter view with a Post reporter: “The sister kept her place by the side of the bed, and as I asked the question first to prove his conscious ness. ‘Do you know me?’ he indi cated his reply by an affirmative nod of the head. Then I asked, ‘Are you willing to marry this woman ? ’ but before he could nod, his sister patted him on the cheek, and said, ‘Don’t answer them, my dear broth er.’ In bis weak condition he would at once relapse, and after several at tempts and failures, both I and Dr. Addison gave it up.” Tne marriage was thus prevented, and after the Captain’s death the sister took possession of his person al property. The alleged wife caused the arrest of the sister on the accu sation of larceny, but on the witness stand the complainant acknowledged that there had been no marriage ceremony. The Police Justice there upon decided that the sister, being the natural heir, was entitled to the property. Washington. We have found no boy’s composi tion of late which seems to put the Father of his Country on a stronger moral basis than this one. It serves the still further purpose of showing that where there is real, irrepressible genius, great ideas somewhat precede the mere knack of spelling: “george Washington was a little boy what onct lived in Yirginny what had a nax give him by his old man. When george he got the nax he cutted a tree what had cherreys up on it and eat the cherreys he and a nother boy. Wen georges old man foun out what george and the nother boy done, he called george to him and he ses, george Washington who cutted that ofen the cherry tree? george sais i did The old man sais you did george sais i did and i cannot tell a li. Wy cant you tell a li sais the old man Coz sais george if i teli a li this here feilerl bio on me and then ill be spanked twict. thats rite sais the old man wenever yer get in to trouble tha esyist way out is tha best.” As Rowell and his trainer sat in a box at the Union Square Theatre, a gentle tap was heard. “Come in,” said some on ?. The door opened, and Miss Sarah Jewett, with a little girl, appeared. “I must,” gashed the lady, “I must shake hands with Mr. Rowell on our American soil, and so must my little daughter.’ Rowell was non-plussed. With an effort he roused himself, extended his hand, and saying, “I’m glad to see you ma’am,” relapsed into his natural taciturnity. After the party had reached the hotel, Rowell said all of a sudden, “I wonder ’oo the bloomin’ ’evens that young voman vas and vot she wanted. Yas there h’ever sich a thing, you know, h’in h’all the world be’fore ?”—Philadel phia Times. S3IALL BITS. Of Va, ious Kinds Carelessly thrown To. Cetlier. The innocence and purity of child hood brings bitter heart pangs to the sin-hardened man and worldly wo man. How contagious is the laugh of some peopl ; how jarring that of others, ilka playing on a worn out piano. We can tell Mr. Shakespeare what’s in a name. If it is one of those Ras sian fellows the whole alphabet, is in it. —Syracuse Times. The reason why a lady has never become famous as a paragrapher is that a two-line paragraph with a ton line postscript is a failure. —Keokuk Constitution. In committing suicide the man at to die for love will aim at the heavi, where his trouble is. The in sane man will shoot at his head New Orleans Picayune. A gentleman down east, seeing his pretty maid with his wife’s bonnet on, kissed her, supposing it to be the “real one.” He discovered his error through the assistance of his wife. “You bachelors ought to be taxed,’’ said a lady to a resolute evader of the noose matrimonial. “I agree with you perfectly, ma’am,” was the reply, “for bachelorism certainly is a luxury.” A benedict, on being asked wheth er ho was seriously injured when a steam boiler exploded, replied, “that he was so used to be blown up by bis wife, that mere steam had no ef fect on him.” An unmarried lady, on the wintery side of fifty, hearing of the marriage of a young lady, her friend, observed, wil-L a deep and sentimental sigh, “Well, I suppose it is what we all must come to.” A man being asked by his neighbor how bis wife did, made this answer: —“lndeed, neighbor, this case is pitiful; my wife fears she will die, and I fear she will not —which makes a desolate house.” “Sue here, friend, you are drunk !’ “joruuk? To be sure I am, and have been these three years. You see, my brother and I are on a tem perance mission. He lectures, while I serve as a frightful example!” The following is a copy on an ad vertisement in a country paper: “Made their escape, a husband’s affection. They disappeared name diately ou seeing his wife with her hands and face unwashed at break fast.” A native of the Emerald Isle was asked the other day, how he couid tell when a man was drunk. “Faith,” answered I at, T’J '.ever alter saving a man was drunk at all, with out I saw him try to light his pipe at a pump.’’ Why will the children of men from genetaaion to generation go on re marking that nothing succeeds like success, when it is the easiest thing in the world to get out of the rut by asserting that nothing fails like fail ure. —Boston Journal. At a dinner of a provincial law so ciety once, the president called upon the senior solicitor present to give as a toast the person whom he consid ered the best friend of the profession. “Then,” responded the sly old fox, “I’ll give you the man who makes his own will.” The day before a Turkish girl is married she is taken to the bath by ber lady frinds and lumps of sugar broken over her head as a forecast of the sweets of matrimony. A year or so afterward her husband breaks the whole sugar-bowl over her head. A Baltimore photographer adver tises to take “thirty-six beautiful pictures of yourself in four different position, only twenty five cents.” and yet there are families who spend their last cent for bread, and haven’t a photograph in the house. Fact.— Norristown Herald. This is the way they enjoy them selves in Storm Lake, lowa, at socia bles, according to the Sentinel: “Ten cents to hug any one between the ages of fifteen and sixteen; five cents from twenty to thirty; one dollar to hug another man’s wife; old maids, two for a nickel, with a chromo thrown in. The old maids will suf fer when tho editors attend; two for a nickel is about the size of their pile every time.” “I say, old boy,” cried Paul Pry, to an excavator in North Shields whom he espied at the bottom of a yawning gulf, “what are you digging there ?” “A big hole,’’ the old boy replied. Paul was not to be put off in this fashion. “What are you go ing to do with the hole ?” “Going to cut it into small holes,” replied the old boy, “and retail them to farm ers for gate posts.” “Young man, do you believe in a future state ?” “In course I does— and what’s more, I intend to enter it as soon as Betsy gets her things ready,” “Go to, young man, you are incorrigible—goto.” “Go two? If it wasn’t for the law against biga my, whip me if I wouldn’t go a do zen. But who’d suppose, deacon, that a man of your age would give such advice to a man just starting into life.” A master, in illustrating on the question, wav the fingers are not of a length, made his scholar grasp a ball of ivory, to show that the fin gers are equal. It would have been better, ssys Sir Charles Bel), had he closed his fingers upon his palm, and then asked whether or not they cor respond. The difference in the length of the fingers serves a thous and ends, adapting the form of the hand and fingers to different purpo ses—as for holding a rod, a switch, a sword, a hammer, a pen, a pencil, engraving tools, etc., in all of which a secure hold and freedom of motion are admirably combined. Tlie Folly of Virtue. Avery good and pious looking young man applied for a position in a well known store last week. After he had introduced himself and made known his wants, the proprietor in formed him that he would like to have a clerk if he could get one that would suit him. “I suppose you go to church, eh ?” he commenced. “Yes sir.” “Do you drink?” continued the merchant eyeing him sharply. “Never!” “Do you use tobacco in any form ?” Here the young man pushed the quid into the roof of his mouth, and replied with a smile that was child like and bbrnd: “I never use the weed and never did. I consider it the lowest and most shocking habit tuat a mLn can be addicted to.” “Do y; ; -a frequent policy shops?’ “No sir;never!” “Do you go to the National Thea tre, dog fights, or boxing exhibi tions ?” “Never was at any in my life,’’ was the emphatic reply. “Can you tell the ace of diamonds from the king of clubs?” “I know nothing whatever of cards!” “Do you ever bet?” “No sir I don’t!’’ “Suppose,’’ said the merchant “a man should offer to bet SI,OOO to $lO that a three legged goat could out run a grey hound would you take him?” “No sir!” “Then you won’t do for this estab lishment; we don’t want you—we never hire fools ! ” That youth won’t be so good next ime. —Hartford Times. ‘‘Sectarianism.” Two strangers, both under the in fluence of liquor, got into a quarrel ou Fort stree; east yesterday, and a policeman selected the one whom he thought was making the most racket and marched him off. The prisoner was hardly locked up when his com panion appeared at the station and enquired: “Did you just lock up a man with a double chin iu this bastile?” “I guess we did,’ was the captains answer. “Well that man is a friend of mine. We were having a racket, and I was just as much to blame as he was.” “Well, I can’t he;p that.” “Well, I can! I either want you to let him go or else lock me up too.’ “I guess I’ll lock you up.” “Very well,” said the man as he followed the officer, “if there’s any thing I hate it’s sectarianism, and you can’t play it on me while I know myself. He was placed in a cell nnd he at once went to work to make himself at home. GENERAL PRESENTMENTS Of tlie Grand J ury, Marclt Term, 1879, Hall Superior Court. FIRSTWEEK. We the Grand Jurors empanneled and qualified for the first week of the present term respectfully make the following Gen eral Presentments: By committees from our body, we have examined the offices and books of our Or dinary, Clerk of Superior Court and Sheriff. These offices are in good condition, and books properly kept aud exceedingly neat. We think these officers worthy the commen dation of our citizens. We inspected the books of our Ccunty Treasurer, and find them splendidly kept, backed up by proper vouchers, the county is out of debt, with $1,155.97 in the treasu ry- We commeud with special pleasure the manner of keeping the Book of Records b y M. P Caldwell, County Surveyors, in which he enters the field notes of all surveys and other important information. We consider it a valuable record to our county. W. A Brown, School Commissioner, made a report to our body of the business of his office for the year past, which was entirely satisfactory to us. We have examined the dockets of the va rious Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public, aud find them kept in the main as the law directi. We examined the jail in a body, and find it unsafe and unhealthy, and that it cannot be repaired without a heavy expense, and therefore recommend our Ordinary to take steps at once to build a good new jail com mensurate with the wants of our county. We recommend the Ordinary to have all needed repairs done to our court house. We find the public roads generally in pretty good condition, except one in Big Hickory district, and the bridge across Limestone creek, near New Holland. We recommend the Ordinary to levy such a per centum on the State tax as will defray the current expenses of the county for the present year. We have selected W. H.. Quillian, J. R. Boone, and W. H. Deaton as School Com missiouers for the term of four years. In consequence of the great evils growing out of the use of intoxicating liquors, we recommend our Ordinary to grant no more retail licenses. In taking leave of his Honor, Judge Er win, we tender him our thanks for the able and impartial manner in which he dispatch es business and dispenses justice to all par ties, and to Solicitor General Mitchell, for his kindness *to our body and faithful dis charge of his duty. Our thanks ate ten dered to It. B. Davis, our faithful bailiff. All of which is respectfully submitted. We request that the papers of Gaiuesville publish these presentments. Davis Whelchel, Foreman; Wm W King, ‘ Benj C O’Kelly, W B Owen, Sr., Alex P Smith, John W Hargrove, C L Simmons, Thos B Loveless, Daniel Quattlebaum Jas L Phillips, T B Montgomery, P T Reynolds, G J Rogers, W G Henderson, L P Harris, Albeit Hope, P J Roark, Joseph A Elrod, Geo W Lathem E C Barrett, A J Davis, Marcus Roper, J R H Luck. Ordered by the court that these General Presentments be published in accordance with the recommendations of the Grand Jury, March 20, 1879. A. S. Ebwin, J. S. C., W. C. SECOND WEEK. Ia obedience to a time-honored custom, tho Grand Jury for the second week of the present term of Hall Superior Court, beg leave to submit the following General Pre sentments: We have examined into all the matters given us in charge by his Honor, Judge Er win, as well as our limited time and inex perience would permit; and we are happy to state that we find the books of the Ordi nary, Clerk Superior , court, Sheriff, County Treasurer, County School Commissioner and County Surveyor neatly and systemati cally kept, reflecting credit upon the incum bents of the different positions. Our county we find out of debt, and a balance of $872.97 in the treasury to meet current expenses, which affords abundant evidence of the fact that our financial affairs are in the hands of true and faithful officials Our public roads are not in such condi tion as would reasonably be expected of a community containing the intelligence an and material prosperity enjoyed bj ours, and we urge that more care be taken to put our highways in better condition. We recom the Ordinary to use all means in his power looking to this end, that our roads may, at the earliest day possible, be brought up to the condition contemplated by the road laws of Georgia. We would, therefore, urge upon him the importance of keeping no one in position as road commissioner who will not do his full duty as such, including the putting up of sign-boards at all cross ings, and substantial, well printed mile posts at the end of each mile from the court house, which posts should contain the nec- essary figures, well shaped. We have by committee examined the poor house of the county, and find it as well kept as could be expected under the circum stances. The inmates are well fed on plain, substantial diet; they have common cloth ing made of cotton goods, and comfortable beds. The sanitary regulations of the insti tution are receiving, we think, very fair at tention. We recommend, however, that the inmates, and more particularly the old and infirm ones, be furnished with enough yarn clothing hereafter to keep them warm jn winter. We also recommend that the Ordinary make some arrangements for oc casional religious services at the poor house for the benefit of the inmates. We think there are two persons —Mrs. Whitmore and Miss Candell—who ought to be placed in the Lunatic Asylum of the State; and we recommend the Ordinary to take such steps as will secure their being conveyed to that place as soon as possible, provided they are found, on proper and competent examina. tion, fit subjects for the institution. Our jail we find in an unsafe condition; and if it were ever so secure, it is an un healthy dungeon, infested with vermin and covered with filth; with no means of venti lation, and no chance f or cleanliness or comfort in cold or hot weather. For these reasons we heartily concur in the recom mendation of the Grand Jury of last week that the Ordinary take immediate steps to build a jail, with jailor’s residence attached, commensurate with the wants and require ments of our couuty, and so located and constructed out of good, substantial mate rial as to be safe, healthy and moderately comfortable. We also recommend that the Ordinary, in his discretion, and after con sultation with the commissioners hereinafter named, be authorized to sell at public or private sale, the jail lot, including the jail, and any other property on the same belong- ing to the county, and reinvest the proceeds in a more eligible and public location. We would further suggest to the Ordinary the propriety of acting in conjunction with four commissioners that we hereby name, viz., G. G. Thompson, John D. Simmons, W. R. Bolding and P. F. Lawshe, in making any sale, selection of new site, plan for new building, selection of proper material, let ■ ting the building contract, levying the tax to pay for the same, etc.; and we respect ful y request the gentlemen named to act with the Ordinary in the duties devolving upon him in the premises. We also rec ommend that the tax levied to pay for the jail be collected in two installments—the first in 1879, and the second in 1880, with the State and county taxes ot those years. We cannot pass the charge of His Honor to this body on the subject ot carrying con cealed weapons, without expressing to him our hearty approval of his efforts to sup press the pernicious and dangerous habit. We promise our earnest co-operation in the work and in doing so, we believe we reflect the unanamous sentiment of all the good people of Hall County. And in this con nection we would call the attention of our immediate representative in the general as sembly lo the fact that more rigid laws, with heavier penalties attached, are needed on this subject, and we ask him to use his best efforts in the passage of any, and all laws looking to the suppression of this species of crime. This body having been petitioned to make recommendation in regard to running anew the line between Hall and Jackson counties, would respectfully remind the ordinary to act in conjunction with the ordinary of Jackson and have said line run and definitely established, provided the ex pense to this county shall not exceed fifteen dollars. We recommend that our representative in the general assembly vote for 51.50 per diem as pay for jurors, on any bill that may come up at the next session fixing said pay generally in the State. We request his Honor to appoint J. F. Kendrick Notary Public in and for the 385th district, G. M., there being a vacancy in said district. His Honor, Judge Erwin, has, during the present term held the scales of justice be tween man and man impartially, and is entitled to all the credit due a faithful aud impartial officer. We return thanks to So licitor General Mitchell for his courtesies to our body during this week. We return thanks to our efficient Bailiff, R. B. Davis, for bis attention to this body during the week. We recommend that these presentments b 6 published once in the Eagle and South ron of this city. Mabtin V. Ebxes, Foreman. John F M Rives, P F Lawshe, A J Munday, Elisha Chamblee, A S Whelchel, John F Dorsey, A W Caldwell, W F Hooker, William R Reed, D H Fraser, E S Wiley, R Palmour, A J Thompson, D S McCt rry, W L Byers, W H Baker, John J Head, Henry B Latimer, L C Carter. Ordered by the Court that thf- General Presentments t -> to J cordance with tb* s pass t Grand Jury. pros- n RATES OF ADVERTISING Transient advertisements will be inserted at SI.OO per squire for first, and SO cents for subse quent insertions. Large! -pace and long time will receive liberal deduction. Legal advertisements at established rates and rules. Bills due upon first appearance of advertisement unless otherwise contracted for. NO. 14 news in general,. Hon. Daniel M. Bates, late Chan cellor of Delaware, died in Richmond Va., on the 28th. Edison announces that all difficul ties have been overcome, and his electric light is a success. McCoskrey, the disgraced Bishop, is living quietly at Dresden, Germa ny- He keeps aloof from all Ameri cans. Col. Tom gcott’s absence in Europe leav< s the Pennsylvania Legislature like a ship without a sail or a shift without a t—l. Miss Fannie Breckinri ige daugh ter of the late John C. Breckinridge, was recently married in Versailles* Ky., to Hon. John Andrew Stelle. Gen. Grant is at Singapore, visit ing the King of Siam. He is a lion among the elephants over there, but the Siam se don't know like we do. King Humbert has commuted the sentence of death against Giovanni Passanant.e, who attempted to assas sinate h.m, to imprisonment for life. Ex-Congressman, H. Y. Riddle committed suicide at Lebaunon, Tenu., on the 30th, by shooting him self through the head with a pistol. The Licking county, Ohio, court house was burned on the 29th. It was valued at $200,000 and insured for only $20,000. The county records were saved. In a late accident on the N. Y. Elevated Riilway, Mrs. Peck, wife of Prof Win. Henry Peck, of Atlanta, was one of the injured passengers. She had just arrived in New York. injuries, while severe are thought not to be dangerous. Senator Kellogg gives out that he has been fairly declared entitled to his seat in the Senate, and that he does not fear Spoffords contest for the place. He says that there is no precedent for unseating him, and chat if Spafford urges fraud against him, he will find that two can play at that game. Miss Katie Hope, a beautiful young lady of Franklin, Ky., poisoned her self, because a fellow named Porter, after seducing her, deserted her to marry another girl. In a letter writ ten just before she committed the fa tal deed she left this message: ‘"Teach both my little neices never to trust a man.” A covered wagon, stained and worn out from travel, drawn by a yoke of small oxen, occupied by an individual of the lengthiest propor tions and an entire brood of white headed children, followed by a train of yellow dogs, and placarded as fol lows, passed through Waco, Texas, the other day— “ Last yere from Hackensack— Tbis yere we’re rackir back,” The Duke of Connaught, when he went down the yacht to meet his Prussian bride gave her a frank kiss, which was loudly applauded by the plebeian crowd on shore. Then he kissed his prospective mother-in-law, and there were more cheers. The tall young Princess with her homely face, hazel eyes and nut brown hair, might well, it is said, be taken for an Englishwoman but for her pale com plexion. The murderer, Thomas Buford, who assassinated Judge Eliott at Frankfort, Ky., has been trying to manufacture testimony, to the effect that the killing was the result of sud den passion and unpremeditated, but the evidence on the other side is too strong to be overcome. It is appa rent that he was mad with all the Judges who had taken part in the trial of the oaae about which he shot Judge Elliott, and it was pure acci dental good fortune that prevented the killing of one or two others. The Washington Republican, of Wednesday says; About five o’clock yesterday afternoon, as Mrs. Senator Gordon was passing the corner of Ninth street and Pennsylvania aven ue northwest, a small colored boy picked her pocket of a purse contain ing $23. The little scamp was seen by Mr. Guy Thompson, who caught him, recovered the pocketbook and money and returned it to the owner. The prisoner was taken to the Fifth Precinct Station, where he gave his name as John H. Lewis As Mrs. Gordon refused to prosecute him he will be held as a suspicious charac ter for Judge Snell to deal with. Hon. Samuel J, Randall is filling his third term as speaker of the house. This honor has only been enjoyed by five other gentleman— Nathan Macon, of South Carolina; Henry Clay, of Kentucky; Andrew Stevenson, of Kentucky; Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana; and James G. Blaine of Maine. These gentlemen occupied the chair three terms in succession. Henry Clay had six terms of the speakership, but not successively. He was speaker of the twelfth congress and the first session of the thirteenth. Ha was chosea speaker of the fourteenth, fifteenth and a part of sixteenth congresses. He presided also over the eighteenth. A sanitary policeman who had business on Division street yesterday had his attention attracted to the conduct of a towheaded boy of 10 who dodged out of a house, crossed the street and returned and went over the same route several times. The officer asked if his mother was sick, and the lad chuckled and re plied: “Not very sick 1" She’s mad at the woman over there, and I’m carry ing telegrams between ’em. Mother first asked her to take it back, but she wouldn’t, then mother dared her out, but she wouldn’t come, then she called mother names, and now I’m going over to tell her that mother says that her sister is in the Work rr~— 1 -t- .< ■