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{ESTABLISHED LX TllE YEAR lHfip. -■ C. PROPRIETOR. j VOL. XIX. TWO JKAMOI S IH i:iA AT TIIH COI SST OF SIVUX. It was during Mr. Piereec's aduiin istration, (hat the subject of the annex' ation of Cuba to the I’uitcd States was the all-engrossing topic of the Jay; and Mr. Soule, who had warmiy sup ported the idea in Congress, was ap pointed by Mr. Pierce as Minister to This. appointment was so di" tasteful to Prance that Mr Soule, on entering that kingdom, en route to Spain, was subjected to much annoy ance, and slighted by the government fif Napoleon 111. It was not long after the .minister's arrival in Madrid, that it was made known to him, in various .ways, by the minions oJf Louis Napo leon, that his presence as ambassador was distasteful. This culminated in au affront offered to Madame Soule, by the French Minister, Monsieur de Turgot, at a ball, given at his own palace, to which, of course, the American Min ister and family were invited. \\ hen the Soules arrived, the marquis, with the D.uke of Alva, and others, were standing at the entrance-door of the ball-room. The Soules paid their .compliments of salutation to the host, and passed on. One gentleman remark ed, Loth upon the beauty of Madame .Soule, and her rich attire. D> you thiuk so?'’ replied the marquis, “'.veil I do net share in your admiration of this woman, for she strongly reminds me of Margaret of Burgundy.” So shocked were the Soules’ friends st such an insulting remark by the In t himself, of ,so estimable a lady, that M r Soule was promptly informed of it. Walking deliberately toward the marquis, he hunched him in the side with his elbow, and, giving him a significant look, from his splendid, but now fiery eyes, .quietly remarked: “I have heat’d, sir, of your indecent remark ; you shall also hear from me to-morrow and, rejoin ing his family, the Soule immediately retired. In the meantime, it began to be whispered abo.ut that the remark had originated with the Duke of Alva lie,being a younger man, Mr. Soule's son, Nelville Soule, promptly sent him a challenge nejtt day. This the duke at first declined, on the plea that he was not the author .of the insulting remarks a ,telegram soon came from Fiance announcing to him tht, unless he accepted the challenge, he was no more to call himself the brother in law of the emperor—the Duchesse of Alva and Eugenie, the empress, being sisters. This settled the matter at once. The challenge was accepted, and the duke being the challenged party, exercised the privilege of the choice of weapons. Being one of tbo best swordsman in Spain, ho chose broanlswords as the weapons for the combat. . his was awkwaid for young Soule, who had never handled a sword in fits life. Nevertheless, the choice was accepted and an instructor procur ed. Only one lesson, however, was the professor allowed to give, for he was a Frenchman, and was promptly warned of his likelihood of being sent to Caen, if he persis ted IFith this one lesson did the young champion of America enter the list, and as lustily did his sin ewy arms swy the falchion, that the duke shortly became detnoraliz ed, and, after receiving a wound in the neck, from which sangre azol poured very freely, the light was arrested by their mutual seconds, and satisfaction declared given and received. This being ended, Mr. Soule then challenged the French Minister, M. de Turgot, to combat also. The chal lenge was promptly accepted, and pis lots chuseu. The hostile parties met outside the city, in an open field, bound ed en one side by a high wall, adown which, was afterward remarked, de scended a line in front of which Mr. Soule was unwittingly posted. Upon shots being exchanged, the marquis fell prostrate to the ground—Mr. Soule unhurt remained immovable as a " s tone wall '-and it was found that Mr. Soule’s ball had inflicted a very painful, if not dangerous wound in the marquis hip. The fight was declared ended, and once more the “star spangled banner waved over the free and the brave,”.at the Amerisan embassy, where it con tinued to float, unmolested or insulted again by any power until Mr. Soule’s return to Ameriaa. So far from these duels gausing the Soules to become un popular with the Madrilenos, they be came the cvnosure of all eyes, and re ceived the most marked attention from the whole royal family, The writer of this, having remained in .Madrid the whole winter, was thus enabled, per sonally. to see not only what populari ty the Soules had gained by their courage, but, also, that Los Etados Uoidos were more respected than ever. Ex. —♦ 4Rmn. W ASH SKil'O.V IjETTEK* (From Our Regular Correspondent.) Both branches of Congress have shown decided evidences of life this week. The Senate has had under consideration bills reported from vari ous committee?, a.nd the 7/ouse has vigorously attacked and den tht whole Pacific pooling combinaL' de claring in favor of the immediate fur feituro of unearned land grants with only eighteen opposing votes. In a meeting of the JI• use committee on public lands, some inside facts con cern ing the giant monopolies were dis cussed It was explained how the Atlantic and Pacific railroads is con trolled Lv the Central Pacific west of tbo Colorado, and by Mr. Gould east of it. How the Central Pacific and the Union Pacifio with Mr. Gould’s connections east of Omaha control the middle route. By subsidizing the Pa cific mail, the Central Pacific keeps the water route under control The Northern Pacific is not only in a “’pool’’ with the Central, but there is an agree ment between them whereby they have divided the territory of the great north west in regard to transportation, as though ownership of the country follow ed the building of railroads into it ,1/r Holman of Indiana introduced a set ot sweeping resolutionsaga nst these corporations, which were adopted, and in the debate following, Mr. Retford of Colorado said he did not propose ihat four or five cattle kings should own the west as four or five railroad monarchs owned the east The House abolished the ‘-iroD clad” oath of office, and passed among other bills one for the relief of the Greelay arctic expedition. Friday and Saturday it debated the F l,z John Porter bill and hopes to get a vote on the latter to-d iy at tour o'clock. Many new and important measures were introduced in the House under the cal! of States. Among them, was one to prevent lobbying, by Mr An derson of Kansas. It requires cv*ery ex-member of Congress, before being entitl and to the privileges of the floor, to obtain an order from the Speaker, which shall bo only issued by the ex member declaring, upon his honor, that he is not interested, directly or indi iectly. in any corporation, or person having a pecuniary interest in the de feat or passage of a measure before Congress, or the committees and pledg ing that while, the House is in session. he will not communicate with v member respecting any may effect the welfare of any corporation, or person ha. T ; .a in terest in legislation. In case of the violation of this pledge, tho committee on rules shall declare the ex-member forever deprived of the privileges of the floor. The recent annual discussion in the Seuate over the proper limitations of the liquor traffic in the Capitol build ing drew fivtn Seuator Blair the decla ration that the only way t > exclude intoxicating liquors from the Senate and the Ziouse restaurants, was to prohibit manufacture or sale in the District of Columbia. A bili has recently been introduced in tho Senate to effect this purpose. It is probable the great temperance sentiment of the country will concentrate its strength to secure the adoption of a stringent prohibitory law where alone in the whole country the national authority to act on the subject is unquestioned. Advocates of prohibition have long sought to get the question into nati >q Devoted to the Cause of Truth and Justice, and the Interests of Ihe People. GREENESBORO’, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1884. a I politics and in the petition of the Woman's National Temperance Union to lie presented to presidential nomina ting convention next fall, prohibition in the District will be n prominent feature of their demands The tariff question continues to agi tate political circles and if it is not the only “living issue” it seems to have more life than any other. A quiet ef fort still continues also, on each side to set the other en the wrong side, in an ticipation of the coming presidential contest. The republicans hail the is sue gladly. Nothing would delight them more than a square fight this year on the tariff. The democrats however uo not admit of tariff differ ences in their party that will uot read) ly yield to harmonizing influences. Last Sunday I attended the dedica tory services of the Gaifield Memorial church on Vermont avenue. Long before the opening hour the edifice be gan to fill up, and by eleven o’clock every part of the auditorium was crowded. Among thost present were President Arthur, Secretary of State Freiinghusin, many Senators, i Representatives and other public men. The church was tastefully ae.- corated with potted plants, and on. the left of the pulpit was the late Presi dent Garfield’s pew that had been brought from the little church ha at tended. It was draped in black, cov ered with white flowers and, boro a silver plate engraved with the dates of the birtn and death of Garfield. I lie LiiTi of ILoitt Property J What ought the fiuder of a lost uttide to do? Most people will give a ready answer. He should do his best to discover the owner and restore the lost property te him. But this standard of moral duty being imperfectly recognized by the law, it will be interesting to review-the decisions on this sub ject. 1. The finder need not take chargejof the lost property. There is no legal duty en him to do it; but if he <joe3 take it into his pos session, he then become? a deposi** tory. and is bound to keep it lor the owner and rcsU.re it to him when known. How long he must keep it, or what efforts he should make to find the owner, have not been laid down. 2. If tho finder does not restore the property upon discovering the owner, does he commit theft ? This depenis on whotber lie knew, cr had reasonable means of knowing who the owner was at the time of fi (ling, It has been held that the finder of a pocketbook, having the owner’s name legibly written on it, is a thief if he coi ceils and appro priates the. money ; but if there is nothing to indicate the owner, he does not. become a thief in law by so doing. 3. The owner m y at any nine reclaim his property, and if the finder refuses to give it up, can recover it or the value of it iron him. But as against any one but tho woer the tinder’s title is good. 4 When is a thing to be con sidered aa lost ? It has been said in sever?, cases that money er oth er property laid down and forgot ten is not lost in the legal sense of the word. The proprietor of the shop or bank, or place wbe.ro it is loft is the proper person to take charge of it, and these who pick up the property have no right to keep it On the other hand, it has been held that where a conductor found money in a railway car whose owner could net be asoer tained, he had a good title to the money. 5 Is the finder entitled to be paid for his trouble and expense ? He need not take charge of it, and it seems that if he does so he must look only to the gratitude end good feeling of the owner for re ward. fi. What if a reward be offered 1 There is no doubt tb it any one who. seeing the otje r, sets to work to find the property, will, if he sdccool, be entitled to tho reward, anff may even retain the property till it bp paid. But if be alrei y has the missing articlo in his pr • session when the reward is offered or ba9 withheld the property in the expectation that a reward would >e offered, the rule is the opposite.*— Ex. Jt The New South says: Col. Janies Edward Calhoun who lives ju9t across the Savannah river fron Elbert, is a brother-' in-law of John C.Calhoun, fie is ninety years old, perfectly erect,, rides horseback twenty or thirty miles, speaks a dorm languages fluently, andj'has never used spectacles. IS 84 THE 1884 Constitution. The DAILY CONSTITUTION has come to be a necessity to every intelligent m-yi in the range of its circulation. For the next year i,t will be better than ever. Nearly SIOO,OQO is now being inves ted by its proprietors in anew building, presses and outfit, in which and with which it can be enlarged to meet its increasing business, and improved to meet the oe mands of its growing'constituency. 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If W;t lOh'T, .lan. 2d, 1882 .Augusta, <3a (ii;mlmn's Sale I>V virtu of an Order from the Cour| ) of Or dinary ol (beetle County. will he -old before the Court House in (.beetle* on i. (ia ,on the firs' Tuesday ii> January, test.’One House arid Lot in Crecncsbor* ■•nine ning on hulfncre, more or leas, ad joining the Lot of James Burk. Sold as the Prnpertv of James lb, Charles 11. and Wi lit L. Williams, minors. Terms on tbs day of sale, HENRY P. WILLIAMS, filmrdiaa of :s;d minors Km ember 22nd, )88:;. * //> ATTEND THE//7) /Zf l^mwzeimzzl:'rug# Of Keutooky Ut-irrorsiLy, LEXiNGTBId. Xf. T i ; tf> r b;|i!-’tr the Ku'l Dipirtma Huineid Cotrv gbMt J.i ".tks. To;; l riat, Including Toit'cQ. ll> "its, StWtttftttf ,l, ' ir{ * *' ■ ‘ TeVera*.! >• fiuir!if. IXt Atf i.t ont year i! draire i. free. Nrat ty 4<>J itUuein Trail ’* * *** *'•• • ; V” ’•cation. Fail MnK Le. i.i' -.•pti-tni.. r 10c. }••■ ivci u!i*ri. a'.Jr*** .j^ W/ILSUR R. SMITH, |f. i s:oiiu4 •( > recne County. ' I E ,it M. Philips, Administrator oX the Estate of Maty A. R Philips, applies for Lettois of Hismbdon, and such letters will be granted on the first Monday iii 'nil, 1884. unless good objections are til ed v 00El. F. THORNTON. Ordinary December 18, 1883.—list Monday, Ap^ji 1 wr,nt fi, ' e * n A ’v (lilt \ <( iwcntjjtoungheiV 1 e: s. front Itoß ve irs i lt|. j.i \ J AS. L. BkOWi= January 11, ISB4.—2ts. NO. .1