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Telegraph and Messenger
MACON APRIL 12 1870.
A. H. Stephens. — The World is happy
to learn that the fears recently entertained that
Mr. A. H. Stephens’s mind was failing are quite
unfounded. He did not state that Lincoln’s in
augural was one of the finest documents of its
land.
Reaction in Cotton.—Cotton rallied hand
somely in Liverpool yesterday, at least up to
noon, when an advance of a farthing was estab
lished with sales of 1C,000 bales. That is better
than bad luck.
State Fax.—The Chattanooga Times took an
excursion to the terminus of the Alabama and
Chattanooga railroad last week, and says the
connection at Meridian, Mississippi, will be
made on or before 1st January next. He says
they run so fast on the road that sometimes they
get ahead of the sound of the whistle, but we
don’t believe it.
The Courier Journal’s New York special, of
Thursday, says the Tweed charter passed that
day in the Assombly,and that it has pnt an end to
the lato local quarrels in tho Democratic camp.
Thoro exists no donbt that the Senate will also
pass this bill, and that the Governor will sign
it Of course, all sorts of charges are made by
the malcontents, bnt tho fact that sucH a large
nnmber of tho Yonng Democratic members
voted to-day for the third reading of tho bill
silences all unnecessary clamor. Peace reigns
once more in the Democratic household.
San Domingo.—Tho telegrams say General
Grant bos quietly surrendered to Congress on
the San Domingo question, which will save the
Bepnblio from another war—a war with those
terrible Haytien braves; which, after all,
with the yellow fever and a miscellaneous as
sortment of earthquakes thrown in, might be a
serious matter. The area of freedom will stop
short of the isles of the sea for some years yet.
A difficulty took place Friday, in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, between Hyland Randolph, editor of
the Monitor, and late a democratic member of
tho Legislature, and one Smith, a carpet-bag
ger. Randolph was wonnded in the knee and
Smith in the arm. About seven shots were
fired. A bystander was killed. After the shoot
ing, Randolph drew a knife, and Smith, Yankee
like, ran and halloed. Randolph may Ioso his
leg. Vaughan and Smith have both been ar
rested.
A Manifesto fkom Tilton.—Theodore Til
ton, of the New York Independent, issues a
manifesto to the American people greeting, in
which he begs every woman in favor of female
snffrage to send on her name postpaid, to him
U Captain General of the Great American Am
azonian party. “Sign at once,” says Tilton,
and editors please copy. Tilton, Train, Daniel
Pratt and Betsey Stanton are going to run this
country hereafter. Grant tried his hand at pro
claiming on the Fifteenth Amendment and
broke down. Tilton is the boy now, and let
him rip like a good ’un.
The standard weight of com is considered to
ho fifty-six ponnds to the bushel. The Cincin
nati merchants have been counting seventy
pounds to the bnsbel, but since the first of April
consider sixty-eight pounds as constituting a
bushel.
Can’t Take it Back. The Nashville Repub
lican Banner Annina over a shot by the Tele
graph and Messexgeb, but wo can't take it
baok, Roberts. Rnb the spot where it hit with a
little oil or cream, and it will stop smarting after
a while.
The Herald says a negro cadet at West Point
is a foregone conclusion, which will pretty ef
fectually drivo off every boy worth making an
officer. That is to say, this will be the effect
unless tho boys, as boys are apt to, shall decide
to settle this matter for themselves on the first
darkey that comes. West Point, indeed, will be
a very hot place for the pioneer nigger, and we
prophesy that he will resign.
Burlesque Sebmons.—A valued subscriber
re proves us for reprinting a burlesque sermon
some time ago. He is right. Nothing con
nected with religion or its ordinances is fit mat
ter for joke, and we have as little disposition to
hold np the denomination he refers to to ridi
cule as he has, and that is none at all.
The Miss Mattie Johnson, who ran away with
Cook, the New York Methodist preacher last
winter, is now in a very precarious state of
health, having had two hemorrhages from the
lungs, with other consnmptive symptoms. It will
be remembered that she was robust and rosy.
She is now said to be pale and wan, and to
weigh less than a hundred pounds.
Exploits of the Internal Revenue.
A circular comes to us through the Poet Office
which is a good deal ahead of the advertise 1
ment of Kish & Co. They fleeced the Internal
Revenue Tax payers on tobaooo some five or
six dollars apiece for a form book, which the
Department required them to purchase, and
then discarded directly afterwards; but this is
a scheme to amerce every manufacturer and ev
ery man who uses over a twenty-five cent stamp,
ten dollars for “Wheeler's Patent Canceller,”
and what will bo made out of that operation the
public can judge—probably five to ten millions
of dollars.
This circular, which, we presume, has been
distributed brood-cast through Georgia, is from
“Wm. A. 'Wheeler, Box 2488, post office, New
York.” It sets out with a circular from 0. De
lano, office of Internal Revenue, Washington
February 10, 1870, which declares that owing
to extensive frauds upon the revenue, commit
ted by the wasting, restoration and ro-use of
stamps, after cancellation, on and after May I,
1870, all adhesive stamps used upon instru
ments, documents, writings and papers men
tioned and described in schedule B, internal
revenue laws, shall be cancelled with the Ma
chine called “Wheeler’s Patent Canceller,” and
no other cancellation shall be deemed legal and
sufficient.
Thus introduced, Mr. Wm. A. Wheeler next
gallantly steps forward and announces that those
cancellers” will be ready for distribution on
the 15th instant, for ten dollars a piece, twenty
per cent, off to the trade. They will be deliv
ered in all cases by Express, C. O. D. Then fol
lows a warning not to infringe patent, and a
blank copy of an order for cancellers, to be filled
out by the unhappy victims.
If any body can imagine another so nice a
scheme to raise ten million dollars out of tho
loyal tax-paying pnblio, wo hopo ho will men
tion it at once, or forever after hold his peace.
The man who doesn’t “ come down” with his X
is certainly “ gone upfor the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue has decided that all stamps
of a nominal value exceeding twenty-five cents
mnst be cancelled with “ Wheeler’s Patent Can
celler,” and nothing else, on and after May 1,
1870.*’ Happy Wheeler!—he's got tho sover
eigns all safe for ten dollars a head! Happy
Delano!—how much of the profits does ho come
in for ? Oh, sacred Radicals!—you have got to
sweat here as well as the Democrats.
Blugliam Amendment—Close Collat
ing.
Our dispatches state that Ben Porley Poore,
the Washington correspondent of the Boston
Jonrnal, says the Bingham amendment will pass
the Senate; and so says the Washington Repub
lican—while the “conservative delegation,
(Bryant, Bowles & Co.,) claim that it will pas3
by the casting vote of Mr. Vico President Col
fax. That is close connting, bnt as we have
pretty much concluded that the Senato will kill
tho amendment, this news is incomputably
better than our expectations. If the amend
ment fails, Georgia may as well prepare to take
account of stock every day thereafter for some
years to come.
Extraordinary Conduct.
Tho Radical papers tell a curious story of one
McCartee, an official at Washington. They say
somebody tried to bribe him with a roll of
$1,700 deposited in a bouquet of flowers sent
to his wife. From our standpoint it looks more
like an effort to bribe Mrs. Me., and Me.,
instead of rushing off to give Boutwell the
money, and get a pat on tho head for his extra
ordinary honesty n3 he did, ought to have rushed
for the sender with a five shooter. His conduct,
though, in giving np tho mouejr woo most ox-
traordinarv. If that fashion should be estab
lished it will beggar the noble army of “loyal”
officeholders.
Father-in-law Dent Speaks Iris Rind.
The Courier-Journal's Washington, special
says: There was quite a gathering in tho ante
room of tho White House whon tho message
and proclamation, relative to the Fifteenth
Amendment, were signed. Half the number,
however, were newspaper men.
An attache of a Washington paper begged tho
President for the pen with which the documents
were signed. It was handed him.
A venerable old gentleman who was in the
crowd cried ont when tho announcement was
made that the negroes could now vote every
where : “Well, gentlemen, you’ll all be damned
sorry for this.” The speaker was Dent, senior,
father-in-law of tho President
A New Hattxen Actocbat has been installed
in tho person of Nissaye Sagot, General of Di
vision, whoso term extends to May 15, 1874,
unless sooner killed. He was inaugurated Sun
day, March 20tb, with much pomp and color.
“ What money,” exclaims General Sherman,
“will pay Sheridan for Winchester and Five
Porks?” Yes, and what money conld pay
Sheridan, if he had a conscience, for tho small
pox camp of tho Piegans, with ninety women
and fifty children dead under his reeking sabres
and smoking rifles ? Let the country answer
that question, and pillory the butcher in ever
lasting shame.
Brunswick & Albany Railroad bonds, guar
anteed by tho State, were qnoted at Frnnkfort-
on-the-Main, on March 10tb, at 80}, an advance
of 1} since last advices. American railroad
stoaks all showed an upward tendency.
Another State.—The Territorial Committee
of the House of Representatives decided Fri
day to report an enabling act to allow New
Mexico to frame a State government and apply
for admission into the Union.
Statesmanship. — President Grant tells the
blacks, in his Fifteenth Amendment proclama
tion, that they “mnst make themselves worthy
ef their new privilege,” and negro snffrage
must be educated to be a “blessing and not a
danger.” Tho question arises whether this is
more complimentary to the blacks or to Radical
statesmanship, which confesses to have made
unworthy voters, and brought tho country into
needless peril, in the hope that tho voters would
make themselves worthy and something would
happen to avert the danger.
Db. Letheby, in London, has been examin
ing “tea” imported directly from China, and
found it to consist of dried silkworms, dost, dirt
and a solution of gam, the flavor being imparted
by tea siftings.
The Little Cobpobal is a sprightly youth’s
magazine, published by Alfred L. Sewell & Co.,
Chicago, at $1.00 a year.
Savannah Shad.—Wo see it stated that
ty-five thonsand white shad have been shipped
from Savannah the past season—most of them
North.
Fbobt at Tampa.—A white frost is reported
at Tampa, Florida, which has killed the early
vegetables.
The biggest shoes for women made in the
Philadelphia market go to Utah; the smallest
are ordered from Havana.
Tlie Chicago Tribune.
This paper fbig Radical) has a Washington
correspondent who will certainly get himself in
to trouble. He tells the truth and shames the
devil and the Radical party (perhaps), jastas
though he liked it. He actually speaks of sur
reptitious Senator Ames, as “Mr. General Adel-
bert Ames raised on tho shields of his soldiers
to be a Senator of a State where he has had no
residence except in barracks, and whence ho
never conld have been elected to the local Leg
islature except by his uniform and his.military
authority.”
But this is mild compared with his audacious
comments npon our lovely Georgia “loyalists.”
Just listen;
It is remarkablo to seo the sort of material
which is brought here to intimidate tho Senate
on the Georgia bill, and even more singular to
noto any Senator influenced by such canaille.
The Bollock gang is tho meanest and most
despicable gang that I have seon here in two
years. Bullock himsolf looks as ashamed of it
as Prince Hal of Falstaff’s band, and the whole
crew are carousing after tho fashion of Black-
beard's pirates asbore at Nassau, placarding no
tices of tho BiDgham amendment of this sort,
which I take at random from a local paper:
nhSflftf nf thia omaTirlmonf ia nlnr
The object of this amendment is clearly
and confessedly to restrain the loyal Legisla
ture of Georgia from construing for themselves
their Constitution and laws as to the proper
torm of office to which they are entitled under
that Constitution.”
That is precisely the object of the Bingham
amendment—to keep the reptillian age from
perpetuating itself, so that we may stand in
Georgia and know no more of tho prolific and
monstrous breeds which flourished amongst the
weeds and fens after tho war, than is afforded
by their remains. If Adam had been allowed
to “construe his own constitution,” there would
never have been any “Paradiso Lost.” But
the Georgia Legislature and Mr. Bnllock are
too hnman to be made nt onco a Supreme Court,
a Congress, a Legislature, a lobby and the
whole people. This might be Bollock’s govern
ment. but Hog’s interpretation of it!”
WSl the organ at Atlanta please copy, and
tell ns whether or not tho Tribune is Trum
bull’s organ also ?
The New Elec-tic for April has tho fol
lowing original articles: Some curiosities of
Virginianantiquity; T. J. S’s. CavalryCharge;
No. 4 of tho Dukcsborough Tales ; A Con
federate Prisoner’s Experience; Tho Comet,
by Rev. Dr. Bond; Woman Suffrage, or tho
New Era; After Trial; Fifty Years Hence;
Lord Lytton’s Horace, by Prof Qilderslieve;
and two Papers, by Wm. Hand Browne;
The selected articles are numerous. This is a
fine periodical. Turnbull & Murdock, 54
seven- gt re et, Baltimore. Price $4.
We have Peterson's Magazine for May, from
J. \Y. Burke & Co.’s. It is, as usual, good as
the best, and fall of the most interesting mat
ter for the ladies.
A New Proposition to Extend the
Area. The Herald says the Republic of
Liberia proposes to annex herself to the United
State?
The Georgia Press.
The Savannah Republican says of Gen. Lee’s
arrival there:
The great event of yesterday, in Savannah,
was the arrival of the illustrious patriot and
hero, GeD. Robert E. Lee, who comes to the
Sunny South with the hope of recruiting hiB
somewhat shaken health.
The hour for the arrival of the train bearing
Gen. Lee is 5:20 p. m., yet fully an hour before
that time the crowd commence collecting at the
passenger shed of the Central. Soon that vast
structure was crowded to excess. From some
cause the train was delayed three quarters of ad
hour, and when it rolled into its berth and Gen.
Lee made bis appearance on the platform, the
welkin rang with shouts and huzzas. So dense
was tho crowd that it was difficult for the old hero,
who was escorted by Gen. Lawton and two or
three other prominent citizens, to make his way
to the carriage. Cheer after cheer went np
from the vast, surging crowd as he passed from
the shed to the street where an open barouche
was in waiting, and when he entered and took
bis seat, before driving off, a lost, long shont of
welcome greeted the old chief. He recognized
the compliment by taking off his hat and bow
ing to the crowd, after which ho was driven to
the residence of General Lawton, at the corner
of York and Lincoln streets. The welcome was
wholly unpreooncerted and destitute of all for
mality, and yet as hearty a one as ever man re
ceived at the hands of his countrymen. Indeed,
the wildest enthusiasm seemed to animate the
vast crowd, which must have numbered several
thousands. A few soldiers from the garrison
caught the inspiration of the moment, and
waived their hats and shouted most vociferously
for tho man who is honored alike by friend and
foe. The colored people, also, took a lively
part in the enthusiasm of the occasion.
With the exception of an appearance of
weariness, General Lee looks better than we
expected to find him. .
General Lee is accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Agnes Lee, to whose comfort and pleasure,
we feel sure, the daughters of Bavannah will
cheerfully contribute to the extent of their
power.
Last night General Lee was serenaded at the
residence of General Lawton, by a large num
ber of firemen and citizens, bnt was too weary
to make his appearance.
The Republican says Savannah is particular
ly honored just now by tho presence of ex-Con-
federate Generals. It names them as follows:
Generals Lee, Johnston, Lawton, Lovell, Jack*
son, Sorrel, Kirkland, Finnegan, Anderson and
Dickerson.
William Martin, a seaman of the British ship
Chance, was murdered on Tybee island, on Fri
day night. Five white men are in jail at Sav
annah, charged with the deed.
The Savannah cotton statement for the week
ending the 2d inst., shows total receipts 400.-
140 bales of upland, and 13,117 bales sea is
land cotton; shipped 356,94G bales of upland,
and 9,G90 bales of sea island; leaving stock on
band, 33,194 bales of upland, and 3,427 of sea
island.
The Savannah maiket shows these figures;
beef 25 cents; poultry $1 to $1 50 per pair;
docks $2; turkeys $3 to $4 50.
The Columbus cotton statement for the week
ending the 2d instant shows total receipts, 62,-
073; shipped, 49,389; leaving stock on hand,
12.695.
Tho whale that was on exhibition here some
time since, was sold in Columbus, Saturday, for
§1.50.
The local of the Columbus Sun has seen the
mother of a family of thirteen children, whose
united height was seventy-eight feet. She does
not look over thirty-five, and hasn’t a gray hair
on her head.
The Atlanta Constitution mentions a rumor
current in that city, that Secretary Lewis, of
the State Agricultural Society, has resigned.
The Executive Committee has been in session
three or four days, with CoL Tom Howard act
ing as Secretary.
In the habeas corpus case of John Stephens,
a citizen of Atlanta, versus General Terry, tried
before Judge Erskine, Saturday, that omcial or
dered bis discharge on the ground that the
crime having been committed in Texas, no tri
bunal in Georgia had jurisdiction of either
principal or accessory, in Georgia.
Court was then adjourned for the term.
The Constitution gets the following facts of
the case from Mr. Stephens himself: %
On tho 14th day of October, 18G7, Major J.
A. Thompson, of the U. S. cavalry was killed at
Fort Mason, Texas. A man by the name of Tay
lor was charged with the murder. Taylor’s wife
was a niece of Mr. Stephens. He came ont here
last January and remained publicly several days
at Mr. Stephens' house. He left about the 11th
of January. Six weeks afterwards, Detective
Bell, who was a scout in the Federal army, came
here and represented himself as James Foster,
on his way to New York to purchase some goods.
He told Mr. Stephens that ho had §200 in
gold for Taylor, .which his (Taylor’s) father had
sent him, and asked where ho was. Mr. Steph
ens told him that bo had returned to Arkansas
by way of Vicksburg. He declined leaving the
gold, as Taylor's father said it must bo given
him in person. Mr. Stephens told him that
Taylor wonld be back soon. Then ho conld give
it to him. Mr. Stephens went to town last,
Monday was a week ago—returned on Sunday—
went to his usual business Monday. General
Terry sent a messenger down to the store re
questing him to come to Headquarters, which
he did in company with Mr. Finn, and he was
not arrested, os the Era stated, by a squad of
soldiers at the store.
The General wanted to know where he had
been. Mr. Stephens declined answering, as he
thought it was not bis business to know. Terry
made soveral efforts to get information, bnt
failing, telling Stephens at tbo same time if ho
did not answer he would arrest him, which he
finally did, as Mr. Stephens did not answer. He
was sent out to the Barracks, and was put in a
room 4 feet 2 inches by 8j, windows secured by
bars. It was cubed the dark cell. The other
prisoners were allowed to go out with a guard
of one, but two were required to go with him.
The soldiers and sub-offioers were very kind to
him. His fore was a slice of bread, soup and
coffee, at a mer.L Permission was granted for
bedding and provisions to be brought him by
his friends.
When he was first arrested, all of his private
papers were taken from him, among which was
private letter from a party in Texes, which
accused Bell of blackmailing citizens in Texas.
Gen. Terry wanted this letter as evidence
against these parties. Mr. Stephens was re
leased yesterday, as will bo seen by tho pro
ceeding of tho District Court, and ho returned
to hia family who were anxiously waiting for
him. He was in prison six days, because he
disputed the right of a Brevet Major General
to pry into private sffairs.
Tho Fort Gaines Mirror notes the catching of
rock fish in tho Chattahoochee river, at that
place, on Friday, weighing thirty pounds.
Of matters in Wilkes county, the Washington
Gazette says:
Tho weather for the last few days has been
remarkably fino and well adapted to planting
operations. Such of onr farmers as were so
forward, and we may say, so fortunate as to
plant com early are reporting a fino staud al
ready up. Wo are sorry, however, to hoar that
the peach crop of this section has been seri
ously injured, if not entirely ruined, by tho lato
cold weather.
Dick Taylor, a colored youth of 105 summers,
died at Cuthbert last week. He had GO living
children, 20 of whom were by one wife.
Mr. W. H. Palmer, of Brunswick, was drowned
in Turtle River, Monday, by the upsetting of a
boat.
The Rome Courier says:
We have heard great complaint lately in re
gard to the freight charges on tho State Road.
We regret to state that npon examination it is
found that there is ample cause for dissatisfac
tion. Wo have no space in this issue for a full
exposition of this matter, bnt a single instance
will suffice to illustrate what is true in regard to
all classes and localities so far as we have been
able to examine the facts. According to the new
freight tariff recently adopted by Foster Blodg
ett, first-class freight from Atlanta to Kingston,
59 miles, is charged $1 26 per 100 pounds.—
From Cincinnati to Rome, 574 miles, first-class
freight is eharged $1 46 per 100 lbs.
The Courier substantiates all the facts stated
in onr article of Saturday, with referenoe to the
wretched condition of the road.
FROM WASHINGTON,
The Destructives Taking; a Best—Bobb ami
the Federal OffitTals-Hill and Hiller—
San Domingo Treaty nnd the Bastard
Senntors—The Slander Mill, on«l so on.
Washington, March 30, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messekgeb: Georgia
matters remain in statu, quo. Blodgett and
Tweedy took advantage of the recess afforded
by the discussion of the San Domingo treaty in
the Senate to slip off to New York last week for
a little relaxation, of which they were doubtless
in great need. Blodgett has got his claim
through for some $5,000, back pay, while un
der suspension as Postmaster at Augusts, and
doubtless found opportunities in Gotham to rid
himself of a portion of it. It is reported here
that he figured in the cancan at the recent Pal
de la Grand Duchesse; but as Blodgett is
known to be a paragon of virtue, and in morals
as austere as a monk, the rumor must be set
down as scandalous in the extreme. Blodgett
says the people of Georgia have made a martyr
of him, and he expects his martyrdom to bo
crowned by a seat in the United States Senate.
Bullock, being shut out of the Senate by rea
son of continuous executive sessions, spends his
time in tho House, and moves about among the
members—but finds few disposed to converse
with him. The remainder of the Bnllock crew,
less brazen, or more politio, content themselves
with lounging upon the sofas against the walls
and listening to the interminable debate npon
the tariff bill. Bryant & Co. ore here, there, and
everywhere, as busy as bees.
CoL Robb, Collector of the Port of Savannah,
arrived here Saturday. It is announced that
his mission is purely of a private nature, and
has no connection with the Bingham amend
ment. That he did write letters to Senator Mor
ton and Bollook, opposing the amendment, is
now established beyond doubt; and it is farther
stated that he assisted Col. Avery in getting up
the false telegrams in regard to the difficnlty at
Brunswick.
I learn that all the Federal officials in Georgia
have been subjected ,to pressure from somo
quarter: forcing them to oppose the Bingham
amendment, under penalty of losing their of
fices. This has brought forth letters and tele
grams to various Senators and officials, to be
used in the interest of Bullock. His Caipet-bag
Highness is playing a desperate game; and it
must be conceded that he is playing it well. His
perfect nnscrnpnlousness, and the character of
tho men -he has to deal with, of course gives
him an advantage over honest men.
The Georgia Senatorships have been almost
entirely lost sight of for some time.
The Senate Judiciary Committee have before
them the credentials of Messrs. Hill and Miller;
but it is understood theyhavo not considered
them, nor will they do so until the State is ad
mitted. Then, as was the case with the Texas
bill yesterday, it is not improbable that the mat
ter will be taken ont of their hands. This com
mittee is too Conservative; has too much regard
for the laws and the Constitution, to please the
Radical majority of the Senate, who find it a
continual stumbling block in their path towards
anarchy and despotism. It is now a common
remark that whatever report the Judiciary Com
mittee may bring in, it is sure to be overruled.
Morton and Drake, who think they should have
been placed on this Committee never fail to abuse
its members whenever occasions offer. The action
of the Senate yesterday, and the absolute cer
tainty that Gen. Ames (upon whose claims the
Judiciary Committee reported adversely) will be
seated cannot but be regarded as presaging evil
to Messrs. Hill and Miller, and trinmph for the
“bayonet Senators.”
If the Bingham amendment is defeated I shall
abandon all hops for justice to Georgia. Then
will the triumph of the extremists be complete,
end the State at the mercy of a gang of cut
throats and thieves.
The San Domingo treaty is somewhat entan
gled in the meshes of reconstruction; and in
this way. ' The President and his Senatorial al
lies are moving heaven and earth to secure its
ratification. It is a forlorn hopo, apparently.
But the whip and spur of tbn Executive are free
ly used, and there is no telling what may be ac
complished yet. Votes, however, are in demand.
If it is thought that the Senators of Texas would
vote for the treaty, (I have been told they are
opposed to it) President Grant & Co., dealers
in earthanakes, revolutions, etc., will urge their
prompt admission, it it is round they a.** up.
The Augusta city taxes will foot up $170,-
184.73 this year, against $160,076.07 last year.
The real estate of the city is set down at $6,-
677,095 this year, against $6,300,600 last year.
posed to the treaty, the same powers will op
pose their admission. So with tho Georgia
Senators. Farrow and Whiteley are on the spot,
and no doubt ready and willing to pledge them
selves to support tho strongest party. This will
decidedly improve their chances of admission.
Gen. Ames, as a protege of the President’s, and
a creation of the bayonet, will of course favor
tho treaty. So we go. A huge lobby job on the
tapis, into which the President has been drag
ged, willingly or unwillingly; and while the
Senate wrangles over it, Georgia and Texas are
left waiting without the Union. More than this.
The claimants of Senatorial honors are to have
their claims decided, not on questions of law
and facts, but on declarations and pledges as to
how they will vote on this and other lobby jobs.
The Atlanta slander mill furnishes Forney’s
Chronicle, of this morning, with extracts from
editorials in the Telegraph and Messenger and
the Macon Jonrnal, of the 29th, as well as from
the Atlanta Constitution. The Telegraph and
Messenger is said to have “ the most violent
symptoms of rabid Ku-kluxism,” the Jonrnal is
styled “a new fledged Ku-klux organand the
Constitution’s political faith is denominated
“Bryant-Democrat” In another column the
Chronicle publishes correspondence from “Geo.
Wallace, Senator from the 20th District of
Georgia,” to show that H. M. Turner and Ed
win Belcher, of Macon, oppose the Bingham
amendment. This important announcement
will, of course, fill the heart of Mr. Bingham
with sorrow; overwhelm Bryant & Co. with
deeper grief; and plunge all of Georgia’s
friends into unmitigated mourning. He has on
ly to say to Messrs. Trumbull, Edwards and
others who favor the amendment, that Turner
and Belcher have declared against it to complete-
ly unnerve them. How conld Turner and Bel
cher do such a wicked thing ? They might have
known that the action of Congress only awaited
their verdict; nnd so restrained themselves. I
hope they won’t do it again.
The House passed the Texas bill to-day,
agreeing to the amendment made by the Senate.
The bill was then sent to the President, and ia
less than an hour a message was received an
nouncing that it bad been approved. This
caused faint applause. Soon after came a mes
sage addressed to both Houses of Congress and
accompanying it a proclamation announcing the
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. They
wero rend by the Clerk and received with ap
plause from the Radical side of the House.
Tho proclamation includes the States of New
York and Indiana. Messrs. Wood, of New
York, and Niblack, of Indiana, took occasion to
say that neither of those States had ratified the
amendment (Voice from the Radical side—
Wo think they have.'*)
The Senate having transacted some routine
business, went into executive session .on the
San Domingo treaty. Dalton.
SUNDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Review for Week Ending 2d Instant.
The Pope’s Infallibility.
the new article.
The following is the full text of the addition
al
large falling off. Receipts at all points were , •
46,581 bales, against 53,169 last week, and 44,-
866 the previous week. Receipts this week at
all points, for expired portion of cotton year,
are 2,406,346 bales, against 1,349,440 last year.
Exports for this week 72,525 bales, against 64,-
092 for Bame week, 1869. Exports, thus far in
the cotton year reach 1,541,409 bales, against
1,096,500 last year. Stock at all ports 432,296
bales, against* 375,589 last year. The market
“Chapter to be added to the decree on the su
premacy of the Roman Pontiff, stating fiat the
Roman Pontiff cannot err in the definition Of
matters of faith and morals :
“The Holy Roman Chnrch possesses the high-
est and complete supremacy and predominance
over the whole of the Catholic Chnrch, which
she truly and hnmbly recognizes to have re
ceived with, the fullness of power from the Lord
daring the week has been comparatively quiet, Himself, through St. Peter, prince of apostles,
aua devoid of any special feature. whose successor is the Soman pontiff. And as she
Money MABTO—The import of specie during is bound to defend before others the truths of (be
the week of 5,600,000 francs, or about $1,400,- faith, so also any question which may arise re-
000 by the steamers Hammonia mid Bremen, garding faith must be defined by her judgment;
created considerable talk on the street. In re-1 because, moreover, the words of our Lord Je«
gard to this import of specie we may mention ! sus Christ, saying, Thou art Peter’ etc., are
the fact that some time since a Southern Rail- not to be passed over. These words have been
road Company negotiated its bonds to the extent
of §4,000,000in Europe. Exchange againstthese
bonds was drawn when the exchange market was
greatly depressed, and at its lowest point. Bills
could not be sold unless at a great sacrifice, and
bankers drawing them ordered gold from Eu
rope. This is the explanation of the present
flow of gold from Europe.
Trade.—The general trade of the city was
dull during tho week, and this dullness was in
tensified by tha annual occurence of the April
settlements and in the interior by the agitation
of the funding bill and the announcement that
the Supreme Court had re-opened the legal ten-
dor question. The country needs rest and the
sooner Congress sertles tho funding question
the better lor tho legitimate business of the
country.
Tho spring season thus far has been nothing
but a season of losses. Foreign commerce of
week is not heavy—imports wero §5,882,712 in
dry goods and general merchandize, and about
§1,400,000 in specie, while the exports were
$3,559,558 in produce and merchandize and
§206,952 in specie. The sub treasury receipts
were §2,916,229 of gold for customs daring the
week and disbursed §264,942 on account of coin
interest. Tho bank statement is very unfavor
able, loss in legal tender reserve is §5,000,000.
Some currency has been sent to the interior but
heavy loss in legal tender has given rise to an
impression that there has been a lockup.
confirmed by subsequent events, for the Catho-
lio religion has ever been preserved immaculate,
and its doctrine has ever been celebrated’ in
the Apostolic See.
“ Hence we teach, with the approval of the
Holy Conncil, and define as a dogma of faith,
that, by the Divine assistance, the Roman Pon
tiff, of whom, in the person of St. Peter, it has
likewise been said by onr Lord Jesus Christ, * J
have prayed for thee,’ &o., cannot err when;,
acting as the highest teacher of all Christians,
he authoritatively defines what should be ad
hered to by the whole Church in matters of
faith and morals; and that this prerogative of
the incapability to err, or infallibility, of the
the Roman Pontiff, is equally extensive with
the infallibility of the Church.
“ If any one should presume to contradict
this our definition, which may God avert, let
him know that he thereby falls away from the
truth of the faith,”
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Senate Judiciary Committee Sick.—
It is rumored that the Judiciary Committee will
resign. And it ia stated rather loosely in this
connection,that the recentdefeatsof this commit
tee resulted from a conspiracy to reconstruct it,
whereby Norton and Drake will have paces.
President Gives up San Domingo.—The
President is reported as expressing the belief
that the Senate would not ratify the San Domin
go Treaty, and deprecating a further struggle.
The Senators soy a vote will never be reached,
bnt tho treaty will be allowed to fail by general
consent.
A Sharp Darkey.—At a. negro meeting to-day
a colored man said he was beyond Mr. Sumner
in his claim for equal rights for the negro, for
he would not rest “until the colored man could
safely rote, the democratic ticket/” [Sensible
fellow—that.]
DOMESTIC NEWS IN GENERAL.
Incendiary Fide at Portsmouth.—An incen
diary fire occurred at Portsmouth, Va., Sunday
morning, at the corner of King and Middle
streets, which destroyed six buildings, including
the Postoffice. The letters and Postoffice books
were saved. The loss is § 18,000—partially cov
ered by insurance. -
The Richmond Squabble.—Ellison still holds
tho City Hall, and Canby Las not yet sent his
military to aid the U. S. Marshal in ejecting
him. It is understood, however, that the mili
tary will be sent on Monday (to-morrow,) when
Ellison will retire to other quarters and continue
to act as Mayor.
Maine Ice Gorge.—Tho ice is passing out of
the Kennebec river, without damage.
San Francisco Mint.—Tho coinage during
the month of March is nearly a quarter of a
million. For the quarter ending with March it
was nearly five millions.
Forgeries.—St. Louis, April 3.—Forged
drafts have been sold East, on Samuel A. Gar
land & Co., of this city, and sent here for col
lection by the banks. It is suspected that spu
rious drafts have been sent simultaneously to
other cities.
A Wreck.—Savannah, April 3.—TUe schooner
Fabers reports that in latitude 33 deg. 49 min.,
on the south edge of the Gulf Stream, she fell
in with the ship Tamatare, of Nantes, France,
with five feet of water in her hold and aban
doned. She was loaded with sugar.
Sickles upon another Spanish Crisis—Des
patches received from Gen. Sickles, minister to
Spain, indicate that a crisis is rapidly approach-
in Spanish affairs.
Sailing of the Steamshia South Carolina.—
This commodious and elegantly appointed iron
steam ship left her dock yesterday afternoon
with a fair amount of freight, including 714
bales of cotton, and about forty passengers,
mostly from Florida, Aiken, S. O.; and the
West, even as far as Chattanooga, was also rep
resented on her splendid promenade deck as
she steamed off. Both the South Carolina and
her consort, the splendid Tennessee, have ex
perienced some of the worst of tho bad weather
which has prevailed on tho coast daring the past
three months, and both ships have come out of
tho raging elements in safety and good condi
tion., In size, construction and material these
iron steamships have no superiors on the Atlan
tic coast; and the admirable arrrangement of
the cabins and saloons, which are all on deck
and newly furnished, are justly attracting the
attention of the traveling public. Another con
spicuous convenience in these popular vessels
is their draft of water, which enables either to
cross Charleston Bar at mean low tide. With
this important advantage the agents are able to
fix the hour of sailing, without regard to high
water or low water, and they announce that the
hour of departure will be five o’clock in the af
ternoon during the month of April, which ena
bles travelers leaving Augusta, Aikin or Colum
bia by the morning trains to reach Charleston
in good time and make closo connection, and
gives to the Florida traveler a day in Charles
ton, dining on board at aix r. m.
With tho advent of April wa may expect
genial weather and smooth seas, and sojourners
in our sunny South seeking their Northern
homes, and wanting a comfortable way pointed
out to journey by, we recommend them to take
Charleston en route, stop and see tho historio
points in and around the city, and take passage
on one of the splendid New York steam fleet for
home.—Charleston (£>. G.) Courier, April lsf.
Decisions of the Snprem«
Georgia.
DELIVERED AT ATLANTA, WEDNESDAY, m-.,
Alex- Reed, Root, etaL, plaintiffs’isTH
The Eatonton Manufacturing
al, defendants in error. Eqnih?**'
Putnam.
Brown, C. J.
1. When neither the charter of a eon*,
nor any general statute, imposes onthl*
vidual members a liability to pay its d e -^
liability cannot be imposed by a by.]«» '
corporation. And the fact that the iad ^
members of the corporation may h&va
sented to the pnblio that they were so f
will not bind them as stockholders- J.
equity entertain a bill against them’J 01
holders, under such by-law, or on ac *
such representations. If they have
liabilities as individuals, disconnected *
corporate capacity, they should be pr,
against in their individual character
their capacity as stockholders. ’
When the charter of a manufactures
pany imposes no personal liability on th? '
holders, the creditors trust the corporation^
the faith of the capital stock, as the onlv
of repayment. And they have no right*'
the corporation is dissolved, or h&g beL *
solvent, by reason of the destruction *
property by an army during the war t
upon the stockholders to account for diV
made in good faith, in the regular tran/
of the business of the company, from l.
comes arising from the sale of article
duced by it, at a time when the comnst ’
prosperous, and its property held as ,
stock was considered ample for the ’
all its indebtedness.
3. If the parties who used the factor*
year are due anything for rent to themnL
tion, a judgment creditor of the corporS
an ample remedy at law, and may restioi
process of garnishment. 11 ■
Judgment affirmed.
Wingfield & Capers, A. Reese forpwj
error.
Nesbitts & Jackson, T. G. Lawson fed
fendants. 11
Catherine B. Patterson, executrix, pUitJ
.error, vs. Charles H. Trumbull, defend®]
error. From Chatham. Attachment ...1
Brown, C. J. ’ M
The interest of one partner in tho i
ship property, is not subject to lew aad ?
under an attachment. It can only be t
at law bv process of garnishment.
Judgment affirmed,
Jackson, Lawton & Bassinger, by 1
Jackson, for plaintiff in error.
R. E. Lester, fcy George A. Mercer, |
fendant.
NEW YORK NEWS.
The Supreme Court and the Legal Tenders.
—The New York World, of Saturday, deem?
the reversal of the Legal Tender decision by the
Supreme Court as certain, and charges that the
Supreme Bench was packed with a particular
and especial view to this result.
Stocks.—Saturday Evening’s Express says
the railway market was weak and lower at its
close—tabes here heavy and declined to 86}
owing to heavy amounts of borrowed stock be
ing unexpectedly returned. North West Com
mon and Rock Island were the strongest stocks
among Western shares. North Western sold np
to 73^ and closed at 72 J. Rock Island at 117
to 117i ex-dividend, equal to about 1201. The
miscellaneous and express stocks wero dull and
without any feature.
Tlit' Devil in the Gallery of the Hon.se
Don Piatt lately fell in with old Split Hoof in
the reporters’ gallery of the Honso of Repre
sentatives at Washington, and heard him solilo
quizing as he looked down on his family below.
Wo append an extract to prove that oven Satan
is not a liar always, by any means:
“ Ahsaid the Devil again, “ there goes my
good friend, the Hon. Montezuma Brick. Hear
his rounded sentences as he denounces the de
gradation of polygamy. He does not tell us
what I know, and that is of the half-starved,
wretched woman he keeps, down a back alley,
hid away from his ordinary social life. Now lis
ten to the earnest eloquence of my excellent
friend, the Hon. Wesley Puff. He sold his ca
detship in such a cunning manner the commit
tee has not found it out. He sells his vote
every day for cash. What a precious fellow he
is. His soul is heavy with wrath at the iniqui
tous Mormons—of course it is. And here they
come—mine, all mine. We have turned the na
tional halls of legislation into engines of high
moral reform. All the thieves, all the rascals,
all the sharpers and debauched, soulless hypo
crites, are here, busy os bees, covering over
their wicked designs with a gloss of morality.—
The old shad-bellied, hook-nosed fathers of the
Government said the foundations of the Repub
lic were based upon the virtue of the citizens,
now the poison welled up from cesspools and
drains undermines the fabric, while all that is
destructive is done under the name of high mor
ality.” • V ,
Buffalo has e ghost, a first wife, who comes
around and tucks np her ohildren every night.
The second wife is not very cordial to her.
The American Siberia.—-The New York Post
wants Alaska made a penal colony for convicts
from all the States.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Great Indignation Meeting in Dublin.—An
immense indignation meeting was held on Sat-
nrday night in Dublin. Speeches were made
and resolutions adopted repudiating the peace
preservation bill,-as threatening to destroy the
remnant of liberty yet remaining to the Irish
people. A committee was appointed to wait
upon Mr. Gladstone, and represent to him that
the polioy of the Government in this respect re
ceives the censure of all classes in Ireland, and
earnestly urge him to modify his views. Reso
lutions wero also adopted, urging a repeal of the
anion existing between England and Ireland, os
the interests of both countries were antagonistic
to its perpetuation.
The Irish Force Bill has passed both houses.
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race re
sulted in six to four in favor of tho Oxfords.
Parliamentary Crisis in France.—A third
Parliamentary crisis is at hand. The Emperor
desires to snbmit the new order of things to a
vote of tho people, nnd the ministers are not
willing to permit a discussion of the senatus
consultant by tho Corp3 Legislatif. Nothing
definite on these points is known now, but de
clarations from the Cabinet are expected to be
made at the opening of the Chambers to-mor
row (Monday).
It is reported that Prime Minister Ollivier will
ask for a vote of confidence, and if this is re
fused, he will resign.
Princo Pierre Bonaparte is still in Paris, and
it is said he will go to Belgium.
Affairs in Spain.—Madrid, April 3.—In the
Cortes yesterday, the new Colonial Minister, in
reply to a question from a Unionist deputy, said
his polio; in regard to colonial reforms would
be the same as that of his predecessor. He ex
pressed his disbelief in the rumors of disastrous
events in Cuba and discredited the report that
there was any diplomatic arrangement between
tho United States and Great Britain on tho Ca
ba question.
The motion to postpone the consideration of
the now constitution for Porto Rico was defeat
ed by 103 to 13. Tho Unionist deputies left the
Chamber before the vote was taken.
Gossip About Women. r
A pattern woman—Mme. DemoreBt.
What is the greatest cariosity in the world ?
A woman’s.
a lady physician in Indiana returns an in
come of §2,500.
A woman got a divorce in St. Lonis, after
having but three weeks’ experience of married
life.
David R. Dillon, plaintiff in error, vs. L
der C. McRae, defendant in error.
Chatham. Certiorari from City Court.
Brown, C. J.
1. If a principle of law is clearly njJ
tinctly read by counsel in the present*?
hearing of the jury, and the Judge iafcise!
says: I charge you that the decision ji
is the law, without repeating it in the 1
of the jury, this is not error.
It is sufficient if the law is given in ch%I
plainly that the jury can have no diffical
understanding it, whether it is repeated it*
■hearing by the Judge himself, or read I
other, and sanctioned and charged by t
read.
2. Where ono partner borrowed money ini
name of the firm, and promised to p&ynsnria
interest, the other partner cannot setup/
illegality of the contract and thereby defeat j
right of the creditor to recover back from?
partnership his principal and legal iota
Under onr law the contract is illegal to f
tent of the usurious interest only.
Judgment reversed.
Geo. A. Meroer for plaintiff in error.
T. W. Norwood for defendant.
Nice girls who attend the Presidential levees
think Father Grant’s style of kissing them too
boisterous.
“Marion Harland” lives in a neat, attractive
wooden house in the most aristocratic quarter
of the city of Newark, N. J.
An Tnwa paper states that Mrs. Coles, a half-
sister of Vice President Colfax, is to have an
appointment of Postal Clerk on a train of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
Amherst college claims the honor of being
the first of Xjw England educational insti
tution? to admit women to study and graduate
o.u the same terms as men.
Serious objection is made to woman suffrage
in England, on the ground that if women voted,
a majority of them would be entirely influenced
in their opinions by the clergy.
Over one hundred yonng women are at present
studying law in this country—many in the uni
versities, hut more in lawyers’ offices, where
they pay the fees by writing.
Tho bridegroom of an approaching nobby
wedding in New York has found tho money to
pay for §125,000 worth of diamonds and pearls
as his gift to his bride.
The Methodist Church has grown vastly in
popularity with the progressive women since it
struck the word obey from the marriage formula
and opened its colleges in Iowa to girls.
Fanny Fern says: “If one-half the girls
knew the previous lives of tho men they marry,
the list of old maids wonld bo wonderfully in
creased.” Whereupon the Boston Post asks,
“If the men knew what their future lives were
to be, wouldn’t it increase the list of old maids
still farther ?”
M. G. Phelps vs. J. H. Porter. Exempt^
Personalty. Prom Morgan.
McCay, J.
The exceptions in the homestead proviso:^
the Constitution of 1868 apply as veil t
personalty as to the realty set apart, j
the specific property is capable of idsli:
tion.
Judgment affirmed.
B. H. Thrasher for plaintiff’in error.
T. H. S. Brobtson for defendant
Harris Gresham vs. James Morrow, ad
tor. etc. Assumpsit From Jones.
McCay, J.
Where A. held a note on B. and B. as j
promissory, which note was given for &cj
and in foil discharge and satisfaction of:
note. A. took a note for the same amoaiij
B. as principal and D. as security; tins i
novation—the original debt ceased to exist,sj
the consideration of the note on B. and D.*
not slaves, but the satisfaction of the note4
B. and O.
Judgment reversed.
Isaac Hardeman, Lyon k DoGraffenrieij
Geo. A. Mercer, for plaintiff in error.
Geo. T, Bartlett, by brief, for defendant. I
Assigned!
-up
state Senator Wallace, of Georgia who is now
in this city, has received a dispatch from Hon.
James Porter and others, dated Savannah,
Mareh 29, as follows:
Do, for God’s sake, defeat the Bingham
amendment, or Republicans cannot live in Geor
gia.— Washington Chronicle, 1st.
Well, this is only one more lie. But say it is
true, and it is very certain that Georgia can live
without any such “Republicans" as Porter &
Co. In fact, the live-lier their exodus, the
heathier the body politio in all its parts.
The Citizens’ Movement in South Carolina.
The Charleston News of Saturday says;
The work goes bravely on 1 At a meeting of
Citizens” held in Colombia on Thnnday to
prepare for the mnnioipai eleotions, a commit
tee of ten white voters and ten colored voters
was appointed to canvass each ward. Camden
is running a straight-out “Citizen’s Party” tick
et for intendant and wardens for the ensuing
year.
The newest style for dressing the hair is called
the Cleopatra. ” The hair is brushed high off
the forehead and braided low in the neck, sur
rounded by a large imitation unafcy which is
coiled around the head.
Gen. Jackson and the Indians.—That great
and gallant Indian fighter, General Andrew
Jackson, did not carry on his operations in the
manner of Sheridan, by slaughtering women
and children. In his battles, on the contrary,
he discriminated between warriors and women
in a way at once honorablo to his humanity and
his soldierly qualities. At the great fight at
Horseshoe Bend, Ala., in 1814, the Creek tribe
■toolr position,-with their women and children,
determined to make a last desperate stand
against the enemy. There were a thonsand of
them all told, over 600 of whom’were warriors,
and about 300 wpmen and children. Jackson,
with his troops, attacked tho Creek camp. They
fought with desperation, refusing to surrender;
and consequently nearly 600 warriors, or tho
whole fighting force wero killed. Did Jackson
then fall to and batcher the women and chil
dren? On the contrary, they were taken pris
oners, and pnt under tho authority of the Uni
ted States government. This was tho work of
Andrew Jackson. BntPiegan Phil is another
sort of man.— World.
The frequency of prelates at Home jmt now
was of great advantage to a poor fellow the
other day. A. Capuchin friar was preaching
in the Pantheon Square, when suddenly a sol
dier forced his way through tho crowd, ex
claiming: “Father, give me absolution. I
am dying.” The man was at first believed to
be insane, but when _ he knelt before the friar
blood was seen flowing from a wouud. in his
breast. The preacher then pronounced the
formula of absolution, the spectators kneeling
and repeating with him tho prayers for the
dead. The unfortunate soldier had been
stabbed by a political enthusiast.
Randell & Co. vs. L. D. McLain.
taohment From Chatham.
Warner, J.
It appears from the record in this case t
F. was declared a bankrupt in theDistrictC
of Sonth Carolina about the 1st of Jana
18C9; that R. & Co. had obtained
against F., in the District Court of South (
lina, for a debt due them by F., the ban'
on the 21st of August, 1864; that R. & 0
out an attachment in this State against F,
bankrupt, based upon the judgment obUi
against him in the District Conrt of South 8
olina, which was levied by a garnishmentEerj
npon B. & M. as garnishees. The atta '
was taken out on the 7th of December,!'
and served upon the garnishees the samiil
about one month prior to the time F. waj
dared a bankrupt. M., the assignee off
bankrupt, moved tho court to dissolve ib]
tachment, on the ground that the sa&ef
been taken out within four months _
time F. was declared a bankrupt. ‘ The e
sustained the motion and dissolved the
ment.
Held : That the judgment obtained M
District Conrt of South Carolina could n*|
enforced in this State, except by suit then
common law, or by processor attachment:
that in either case, the proceedings institnt
enforce tho judgment in the courts of thisSi
was mesne process, nnd that inasmuch t
14th section of the Bankrupt Act of IS
clarcs that the title to the property of the h
rapt shall vest in the assignee,' although^
same is then attached on mesne process, s>“
property of the debtor, and shall dissoln t
such attachment made within four mouths
preceding the commencement of said pK
ing; that there was no error in the judgme
the court below ordering said attachment v
dissolved.
Judgment affirmed.
Fleming & Lester by George A. Merce:^
plaintiff in error. J
Jackson, Lawton & Bassenger byHewj* 1 ]
son for defendant.
* As a melanoholy interest attaches to every in
cident that possibly may afford a clue to the
fate of the City of Boston, the following, from
the log of the brig Iaboatia, at New York, from
Femambuoo, is worth placing on record:
“March 22d, at 6 P. M., passed through a large
quantity of wreck stuff, consisting of panel
works, deck houses, etc., which sppeared to
have been not long in the water. Also passed a
boat, bottom up; the boat was varnished. The
wreok stuff extended for a distance of two
miles.” Regret is expressed that the eaptain
did not make an effort to secure the boat or ob
tain some other proof of identity.
At a meeting of the Maryland Democratic
State Central Committee, last week, the follow
ing resolution, which will be formally submitted
to the Legislature, was adopted:
Resolved, That the registration law of this
State should be so altered as to oonform to the
provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment, and
enable all persons who shall be entitled to reg
ister under the laws of the State to register, and
avail themselves of the privileges of the elective
franchise.
Martha Caldwell vs, Benj. M. Hammons
Equity. From Jonos. ,
"Warner, J.—"When » bill was filed tj.
complainants as remainder men against tk
fendant as tenant for life, praying for tf*
junction to restrain her from committing
alleging in their bill that James Cald«*;j
consideration of marriage, executed a <k*1
gift to the defendant to a tract of land, b? *
he “gave, granted and conveyed the said ■
to her, and to heirs and assigns, to bw^
same during her lifetime, and then said ^
revert to my heirs, both of her and my,
wife: provided she shall have all she b^j
her own each year, to dispose of as sfce
and to hold said land in any manner, bewjj
as aforesaid.” The bill was demurred to
ground, that, by the terms of the deed, an* ,
lute fee simple title to the land was
the defendant, and not merely a lif® eS
The court overruled the demurrer.
Held : That the demurrer was property*!
ruled; that, by a fair construction of ft®*
deed, it was the intention of the grantor W
vey to the defendant a life estate only in
and that such is the legal effect thereof 1
the provision of the Code.
Jndgment affirmed.
Jas. H. Blount for plaintiff in error.
Isaao Hardeman, Lyon So DeGraffenrt® j
Geo. A. Mercer, for defendant. . .... L
Atlanta Consul
Mormon converts have appeared in Alabamr.
The Oolnmbns (Miss.) Index says that a few
days ago the train bore away from the depot at
that place an emigrant party of about thirty
persons, big and little, bound for Brigham
Young’s dominions. They hailed from Sand-
ford county, Alabama, and wero all converts to
the Mormon faith.
A great bill is now before the British !
of Commons. It iaa bill for amsodwS,
consolidating the acta relating to
navigation, and is bo eomprehem
brace everything oonneoted with si
try, masters ana seamen, accidental
goods, liabilities of shipowners, wredr
vage* pilotage, UghJkouses, harbors,
dues, oximes, etc,, forming a eompM**
code. It fills two hundred.and?
and oantain* a
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