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An Important Deolnion.
JUDOE BRADLEY DECIDES THAT THE
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, OR WAIVE
OF SAME, IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE BANKRUPT
COURT.
Circuit court United States, south
ern district of Georgia. Before Brad
ley, justice.
In sr. Miles Bass, bankrupt. On
petition for review of decision of
district judge upon the petition of
John F. Picket, assignee of said
bankrupt, for an order to sell cer
tain property of said bankrupt,
specified in said petition.
The only property possessed by
the bankrupt in tliis case, beyond
the articles exempted by the bank
rupt act (amount.ng to five hundred
dollars in value) was claimed by
him as homestead property, under
the constitution and laws of Geor
gia, and therefore exempt from the
claims of ordinary creditors by the
state law, and it is conceded that if
this homestead claim is admisable,
the property is coverd by it. But
only one creditor has proved under
the bankruptcy, being a partner-’
ship firm, one of wnom was appoin- I
ted assignee. This debt is repre- i
sented by several promissory notes
of the bankrupt, each of which con
tains an agreement to waive and re
nounce the maker’s right to hornet*,
stead and exemption in his property
as aguinst that contract.
The assignee applied for an order
to sell the property in question, not- ]
withstanding the claim of the home
stead right, and free and discharged
therefrom. The district judge re
fused so to order on the ground ta
ken by the district court of this and
other districts, that the homestead to
a person by the state law is excepted
by the 14th section of the bankrupt
act, (Rev. Stat. sec. .5045,) from
the operation of conveyance made to
the assignee, and is not subject to
the jurisdiction of the bankrupt
court, hut must, he pursued by those !
who have claims against it, in the
proper state tribunals.
I think the position taken by ilie
district judge is correct. Not only
is all property exempted by state
laws, as those laws stood in 1871, ’
expressively excepted from'the ope
ration of the conveyance to the as.
signee, but it is added in the section
referred to, as it ex industria, that
“these exceptions shall operate as a
limitation upon the conveyance of
the property of the bankrupt to his
assignee, and in no case shall the
property excepted pass to the assig
nee or the title of the bankrupt
thereto he impaired or affected by
any of the provisions of this title.*’
In other werds, it is made as clear
as anything can be, that such exemp
ted property constitutes no part of
the assets in bankruptcy. The
agreement of the bankrupt in any
particular case to waive the right of
exemption makes no difference. He
may owe other debts in regard to
which no such agreement has been
made. But whether so or not, it is
not for the bankrupt court to in
quire. The exemption is created by
the state law, and the assignee ac
quires no title to the exempt prop
erty. If the creditor has a claim
against it, he must prosecute that
claim in a couit which lias jurisdic
tion over the property, which the
bankrupt court has not.
Nor does it make any difference
that the homestead was not ascer
tained or set out iu severalty until
after the proceedings in bankruptcy
were commenced, or until after the
conveyance to the assignee was exe
cuted. Whenever properly claimed
and designated the exemption pro
tects it, and the exception created
by the bankrupt act relates hack to
the conveyance and limits its opera
tion. Though not designated when
the conveyance was executed, it was
capable of being designated, and on
the principle that id certum est quod
certum reddi potest , it is as much
entitled to the benefit of the excep
tion as if it had been designated and
set apart before the bankruptcy oc
curred.
And here it is proper to remark
that the assignee in this case mis
conceived his duty and powers when
he assumed to judge that the bank
rupt was not entitled to a homestead.
That is for the court to say, and not
THOMASTON, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, 51 AY 2tl, 1877.
for him. It was his business to re
port to the court whether the prop
erty claimed as homestead was or
was not within tlie limit of value
which the laws of Georgia allow for
that purpose. Unless the court lias
this information, it cannot deter
mine wheth the property claimed is
fairly within the allowamce for
homestead or not, and whether it
has jurisdiction over the property or
not.
What equities might arise if there
w’ere several creditors, and some of
them had a lien or claim against the
homestead property, and the others
not, it is not neccessary to decide.
Those who had no such claim might,
perhaps, properly object to those
having such a claim being allowed to
come in for a dividend against the
general assets, until they had first
exhausted their remedy against the
exempted property, on tin* principle
of marshalling assets. This would
depend on the question whether the
equity of the general creditors is su
peiior to that of the bankrupt and
his family in reference to the right
of homestead and exemption. In
some case at least the equities might
perhaps he equal, in winch case the
court would not require the assets to
he marshaled. But even where the
right to marshaling existed the
bankruptcy court could not assume
jurisdiction of the exempted proper
ty and order it to he sold, hut coukl
require the favored creditor to pur
sue this remedy against such prop
erty in a form that could lawfully
reach it.
The decree of the district judge is
affirmed with costs.
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Washington D. C.
The people of Richmond county
arc to be congratulated upon the ac
tion of the nominating convention
last Saturday. The gentlemen nom
inated as delegates to the constitu
tional Convention will reflect great
credit upon their constituents. At
the head of the delegation is Charles
J. Jenkins, the jurist, the states
man and the patriot—a man whose
whole life has been devoted to the
service of his country. Mr. Adam
Johnston was chosen as the represen
tative of this county outside of the
city of August, but he will he also a
faithful representative of the city’s
interests. He is a man of exper
ience and talent and comes of that
sturdy stock to which dishonor is
unknown. Messrs. R. H. May and
Geo. R. Sibley' tire prominent citi
zens of August, and will vigilantly
guard the business interest of the
State in framing an organic law for
the people. They have flue talents
and strict integrity—and they are
live men. The people of Richmond
have a ticket presented them which
they should feel proud to support
and the people of Georgia have an
assurance that an organic law fram
ed by such men will he worth living
under. Citron & Con
The World of Saturday says the
markets for cotton and breadstuff’s
yesterday indicated a revival of ap
prehension that England will become
involved in the contest between Rus
sia and Turkey. The Cotton Ex
change was startled towards the
close of business by the intelligence
that five thousands hales had been
purchased for Russia. This was, of
course, a prudential operation in an
ticipation of the possible closing of
the Baltic ports I \ the superior na
val power of Gret.i Britain.
“War was declared in my house a
week before the Cza. thought of the
thing,” said Mr. Johnson, “and all
because I happened to get lip first in
the morning and help the hired girl
about the tire. Poor girl ! >She
crossed the Prutli a yard ahead of
my wife into the next-door neigh
bors and now she’s working in an
hotel.”
For a wondor and for the first
time in many years we hear a favor
able report of the growing peach
crop in Deleware. The estimates
place the probable yield at 7,000,000
baskets, which will be 25 per cent,
greater than was ever known in the
history of peach culture in Delaware.
A SPECIAL CONSTABLE.
BY CHARLES REA DE.
Two women—sisters —kept the
toll-gate in Yorkshire It stood
apart from the village, and tliev of
ten felt uneasy at night, being lone
women.
One day they received a considerable
sum of money, bequeathed to them
by a relative,*and that set the simple
souls all in a flutter.
They had a friend in the village—
the hlahksmitli’s wife ; so they went
and told her their fears. She admit
ted that theirs was a lonesome place,
and she would not live there, for
one—without a man. Her discourse
sent them home downright misera
ble.
The blacksmith’s wife told her
husband all about it when In came
iu from dinner. “The fools,” said
ho, “how is anybody to know they
have got the brass in the house ?”
“Well/’ said his wife, 'They make
no secret of it to me; hut you need
not go to toll it to till the town poor
souls !”
“Not I,” said the man : “hut they
will publish it, never fea \ Leave
women folks alone for making their
own trouble with their tongues.” ■
There the subject dropped, as man
and wife have other things to talk
about besides their neighbors.
The old women at the toll-gate,
what with their own fears and their
Job’s comforter, began to shiver with
apprehension as night came on.
However, at sunset the carrier pass
ed through the gate, and at sight
of his friendly face they brightened
up. They told him their care, beg
ged him to sleep in the house that
night.. “Why how can 1?” said
he. “L'm due at . But I will
leave you my dog.” The dog was a
powerful mastiff.
The women looked at each other
expressively. “lie won’t hurt us,
will he?” sighed one of them faint
ly. “Not he,” said the carrier
cheerfully. Then he called the clog
into the house, told them to lock the
door, and went away whistling.
The women were letf contempla
ting the dog with that tender solici
tude which apprehension is sure to
excite. At iirst he seemed stagger
ed at this off-hand proceeding of his
master ; it confused him ; then he
snuffed tit the door; then as the
wheels retreated, he began to see
plainly lie was an abandoned dog.
lie delivered a fearful howl, and flew
at the door, scratching and harking
furiously.
The old women fled the apart
ment, and were next seen at an up
per window screaming to the carri
er, “Come htick come hack, John !
lie is tearing the house down !”
“Drat the varmint!” said John,
and came hack. On the road he
thought what was best to do. The
good-natured fellow took his great
coat cut of the cart and laid it. down
on the floor. The mastiff instantly
laid himself on it. “Now,” said
John sternly “let us have no more
nonsense ; you take charge of that
till 1 come hack, and don’t let no
body steal that there, nor yet it
wives brass. There, now,” said lie
kindly to the woman, “1 shall he
hack this way breakfast time, and
he won’t budge till then.”
“And he won’t hurt ns, John ?”
“Lord, no. Bless your heart, he
is as sensible as any Christian ? only,
Lord sake, wom-t ii, don’t ye go to
take the coat from him, or you’ll he
wanting anew gown yourself, and ;
may he a petticoat and all.”
He retired, and the old women
kept at a respectful distance from
their protector. lie never molested
them ; and, indeed, when they spoke
cajolingly to him, he even wagged
his tail in a doubtless way. lint
still, as they moved about, lie squin
ted at them out of his boodshot eye
in a way that checked all desire on
their parts to try on the carrier’s
coat.
Thus protected they went to bed
earlier than usual, hilt they did not
undress ; they were so much afraid
of everything, especially their pro
tector. The night wore on, and
presently their sharpened senses let
them know that the dog was getting
restless; he snuffed, and then he
growled, and then begot up and pat
tered about, muttering to himself.
Straightway with furniture they
barricaded the door through which
their protector must pass to devour
them.
But by and by, listening acutely,
they heard a scraping and grating
outside the window of the room
where the dog was, and he continu
ally growling low. This was enough.
They slipped out at the back door,
and left their money to save their
lives. They got into the village. It
was pitch dark, and all the houses
black but two. One was the public
house, casting a triangular gleam
across the road a long way off, and
the other was the blacksmith’s house.
Here was apiece of fortune for the
terrified women. They hurst into
tlieir friend’s house. “Oh Jane the
thieves are come r” and they told
her in a few words what had happen
ed.
“La !” said she, “how timorsome
yoh are; ten to one he was only
growling at someone that passed by.
“Nay, Jane, we heard the scra
ping outside the window ; oh, wo
man, call your man, and let him go
with us.”
“My man—lie is not here.”
“Where is he then ?”
“I suppose he is where other work
ing women’s husband’s are—at the
publiC'dionse,” said she rather hit*,
terly, for she had her experience.
The old women wanted to go to
the public-house for him. hot the
blacksmith’s wife was a courageous
woman, and, besides, she thought it
was most likely a false alarm. “Nay,
nay.” said she, “last time I went
for him there 1 got a fine affront.
I’ll come with you,” she said. I’ll
take the poker, and we have got our
tongues to raise the town with I
suppose.’’ So they marched to the
toll-gate. When they got near it,
they saw something that staggered
this heroine. There was actually a
mail half in and half out a window.
Tliis brought the blacksmith's wife
to a standstill, and the timul pair
implored her to go back to the vil
lage. “Nay,” said she, “what for ?
I see hut one —and—hark ! it is my
belief the dog is holding him.” How
ever, she thought it safest to he on
the same side with the dog, lest the
man might turn on her. So she
made her way into the kitchen, fol
lowed by the other two ; and there a
sight met their eyes that changed all
their feeling, both towards the rob
ber and toward each other. The
great mastiff had pinned a man by
the throat, and was pulling at him,
to draw him through the window,
with fierce but muffled snarls. The
man's weight alone prevented it.
The window was like a picture frame,
and in that frame there glared, with
lolling tongue and startling eyes,
the white face of the blacksmith,
their courageous friend’s villunous
husband. Site uttered an appall
ing scream, and flew upon the dog
and choked him with her two hands,
lie held, and growled, and tore, til .
he was till hut throttled himself ;
then he let go, and the man fell.
But what struck the ground outside,
like a lump of lead, was, in truth, a
lump of clay; the man was quite
dead, and fearfully torn about the
throat. So did the comedy end in
an appalling and most piteous trag
edy; not that the scoundrel himself
deserved any pity, hut his poor,
brave, honest wite, to whom he dam
ed not confide the villainy he medi
tated.
The outlines of this true story
were in several journals. I have put
the disjointed particulars together as
well as 1 could. I have tried to
learn the name of the village, and
what became of this poor widow, hut
have failed hitherto. Should these
lines meet the eye of any one who
can tell me, I hope he will, and
without delay.
Tlic l*e*l. of* flic Bioii*eliol<l.
And a iew means by which
THEY ( AN BE EXTERMINATED.
The lack of cleanliness and care
are supposed to he the cause of the
troui>le-somi insects that infest ma
ny domiciles, and housekeepers in
general are loath to acknowledge the
presence of them in their own par
ticular province. * However this may
he, whether from the personal short
comings of the housekeeper herself,
or those of former occupants, the
fact is oftentimes so palpable in the
appearance of the intruders them
selves as to demand immediate ac
tion. Buckle on your armor, my
ftiend ! Let your watchword he
“War to the knife !” For after the
enemy has once obtained a foothold,
eternal vigilance alone is the price
of immunity.
Because of their cuhning instinct,
the stratagem which they display in
their proceedings, we consider the
moth to he one of the most formi
dable foes with which the house
keeper, has to deal. “Forewarned
is forearmed,’’ and, as the season is
approaching in which the little white
moth millers make tlieir appearance
it is well to he on the watch for
them. Dark closets and unused
rooms are tlieir favorite resorts,
where they will not he liable to he
disturbed by broom and duster,
and can pursue their evil doings in
darkness and solitude. The tiny
moth miller is in itself harmless
enough ; it simply seeks a place of
safety in which to deposit its larvae
having fulfilled its mission dies, and
the little worm which is hatched
straightway begins an attack upon
whatever fabric it is fastened to,
feeding upon it, and spinning for it
self a covering in which it moves
freely, and in due time emerges
from itschryalis again a moth miller
leaving behind sad traces as its rav
ages for the dismayed eyes of the ex.
ploring housekeeper. During May
and early in June the insects lay
their eggs. Before this time all
furs and winter clothing should he
thoroughly beaten and sunned, then
smoothly folded and put into news*
paper bags securely pasted up, or
laid in boxes, the seams and cracks
of which tire pasted with strong pa
per. If oiR is so fortunate as to
possess a cedar chest and the articles
are put into it, they need feel no fur
ther apprehension ; if not, lay them
in a tight trunk or chest and if they
tire well cleaned when put away they
will need no further care. An emp
ty liquor case makes an excellent
packing case.
Articles which already
attacked are best kept out, and sould
he beaten and aired as often as once
in two weeks, and gum camphor
wrapped in paper laid with them in
the final packing.
The dark corners of dimly lighted
parlors arc choice places for the moth
to work in, from which, if uncheck
ed, they soon spread round the room
and uniler the carpet. In this case
take the carpet up, have it beaten,
and befuv putting down have the
floor washed with water in which is
some turpentine, and sprinkle i>ow
dered borax plentifully around the
edges, I)o tween the cai pot and jaj)or.
After the tacks arc drived, dip a
strip of cotton cloth ($ of a yard or
more in width) into high-wines, in
which has been dissolved some bo
rax and gum camphor, lay this on
the carpet, (while wet) and with a
hot iron press until dry. Proeecd
in this manner all around the edges
of the room, and wherever the moths
have heeu at work. The colors of
the carpet will not be m the least in
jured, and the fumes of the spirits
will effectually kill all remaining
larvae. Frequent sweeping, and
plenty of air and light will prevent
further trouble. Heavy window
draperies should be frequently brush
ed. and all upholstered furniture re
ceive esj>ecial attention.
At the risk of offending ears }>olite
wv would say in regard to the festive
bedbug, there is nothing that is more
disagreeable to his constitution than
oil of cedar, in lieu of this, the fat
fried froui*salt pork will answer.—
Wash tl e bedsteads thoroughly in
cold water using plenty of soap ; dry
and apply the dippings with a feath
er to every crack and crevice Keep
the fat on a pan of coals as it must
be used while hot. Wherever it is
used they will not appear again Ex
amine often. “An ounce of pre
vention is worth a pound of cure.”
Mix equal parts of rye flour and
plaster of Paris with some grated
cheese ; use no water: place it on
boards where rats and mieed will
fird it. They will eat, then drink,
which will cause the plaster to “set”
and put an end to all further mean
dcrings on their part. We will not
vouch for the foregoing as we have
never seen a “set” rat, hut have
known of plenty of houses being be
set by them. Perhaps the best rem
edy for the evill is the keeping of a
good cat or a rat terrier. This will
he effectual and highly satisfactory,
unless the zealous animals should
feel it incumbent upon themselyes
to rid the place as well of all birds
and young chickens.
Tomato soup.
Place 2 quarts of tomatoes in a
porcelain kettle, with two onions,
one carrot, one turnip, two hay
leaves, sour cloves in the onions, six
pepper-corns, as many cf allspice, a
stick of cinnamon, a blade or two of
mace, two heads of celery, or some
bruised celery seed, a knuckle of veal
salt, pepper, I teanspoonful of white
sugar, and 1 gallon ot' water ; let all
boil slowly for three or four hours ;
strain through a sieve, pressing so as
to obtain the pulp, hut not the seeds
wash out the kettle, and return the
soup to it ; let it simmer until it is
of the consistency of thick cream,
then add a little tomato catsup or
cayenne pepper and vinegar, and
serve with croutons (bred fried) as
directed for potato soup. Use only
a wooden or silver spoon for stirring
tomato soup.
SMOTHERED CHICKEN'.
(Jilt a nice plump chicken down
the back as for broiling, bend and
break the breast bone, so that it will
lay Hat. Place the chicken in a
dripping pan on it some slices of
salt pork, and put a couple of tab
lespoonfuls of water in pan ; place
in the oven and invert over it an
other pan of the same size or larger
let it steam for half an hour, then
remove the upper pan and brown
the chicken (basting frequently with
the drippings) and lastly with a lit
tle melted butter. When done, re
move the chicken, place the pan on
top of the stove, and pour into it a
cupful of boiling water ; to this add
one teaspoonful of corn starch dis
solved in a little water ; pepper and
salt to taste ; stir constantly, and
when it boils pour through the gra
vy strainer onto the chicken.
GRAHAM BISCUIT
into 3 cups of Graham Hour mix
thoroughly 3 heaping teanspoonfuls
of baking powder and l teaspoon of
ealt. Cut into this a good teaspoon
ful of butter, and with sweet milk
make into a dough as soft as you
can handle. Knead only enough to
smooth it and roll out inch thick
or less ; cut into biscuit and bake
immediately in a raging hot oven.
BOSTON' BROW N BREAD.
One pint of Graham flour, 1 pint
of corn meal, 1 teacup of molasses,
1 pint of sour milk and 1 teaspoon
of salt. Beat all well together and
last of all add 2 teaspoon of soda dis
solved in a very little toiling w T ater.
Steam for two and a half hours and
put in the oven for oue-half hour to
dry off, or bake for an hour or long*
er in a moderate oven. The tincans
in which fruit has been put up make
very nice brown bread pans. This
measure will make two loaves in three
pound c.ins. Clara Francis.
The New York beauties walk out
with their pet dogs attached to
strings, and foreigners wonder at the
number of blind ladies going about
A Kansas City woman pretended
to faint away in a crowd in order to
hear the comments of the men. One
of them yelled out: “Oh ! what an
enormous foot !” and the ladv came
to and tried to kick him.
The Empire of Japan has been ad
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after June Ist, and Brazil and the
Portugees colonies from July Ist,
1877.
In front of the post office yester
day, a darkey told another that he
heard dar was a tussle wid Turkey
somewhar, an’ all he axed was a
chance to “tackle a goose.’’ He was
hungry.— Ex.
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A 11l SHAMh JOkC
HK BRINGS HOVE A COFFIN To 11!"
FAMILY
[From the San Francisco Chronicle.]
At No. fi69 Howard street lives
a man named Greenwood, with hi"
wife and family. He ate Ins sup; or
as usual last evening nud then went
out alone. About 8 o’clock he re
turned, accompanied by quite a
small army of curious people, who
had boon attracted by a full-sized,
rough, wooden coffin, which lie car*
lied upon one shoulder. Arrived at
his domicile, he set the coffin on one
end in the entry, carefully excluded
the crowd, took up the coffin again
and marched selemuly up stairs into
the presence of his family. Ilis ad
vent very naturally created consid
erable surprise ; his wife arose, re
treated into a corner, and the chil
dren sought refuge behind her am
ple drapery. Thus intrenched, the
wife ventured to ask what it all
meant Greenwood, in the mean
time, with great deliberation had oc
cupied himself with unscrewing the
coffin question gloomily said “You’ll
know what it’s all about before
morning. ” Visions ol a slaughter
with herself and children as the vic
tims, immediately were presented to
her imagination. She was equal to
the occasion, however, and detach
ing one of the youthful Greenwoods
sent him down for an officer while
she watched her husband. He was
still busy in preparing the coffin a
for an occupant when officers \\\l
-and Clarissey entered in
an unceremonious manner and de
manded the meaning of his actions
and funereal preparations. Green
wood, with an apologetic smile, re
plied that it was all a joke, and he
would like to know if he hadn’t per
fect right to perpetrate it on his
family if he chose. The officers re
plied that cither he was a fool or :i
rascal, and informed his wife that
she had better watch his actions.—
Before she had definitely decided
what course to pursue there was no
more cofliu, for the officers had re
moved their overcoats, drawn their
clubs, and, according to the manacl
of arms of the police department,
were vigorously assaulting the box,
which in a few moments resembled
a pile of material fora match facto
ry. Donning their coats the officer
with a last warning to the wife, de
parted, leaving, the family alone.—
What the animus of Greenwood'.-
proceedings was did not transpire,
but the probability is that lie is :i
fit subject for the lunatic asylum.
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Mr. H R Stbvbns :
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