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The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
Established 1826.
MACON, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1878.
Volume Uni-No
BY TELEGRAPH-
New Orleans, August 25.—Tho tele
graphers of Texts bare forwarded a hun
dred and sixty dollars to relieve the sick
New Orleans telegraphers. Manager
E. W. Barnes, of the 'Western Union Tel
egraph Company, and C. H. Smith, oper
ator, are down with the fever. F. B
Moron, operator. Is convalescent.
Fibs Island, N. Y., Angnst 25.—A ser
mon was delivered by Bev. F. Sobdell, or
New Haven, in the parlor of the Sarf Ho
tel, to-day, and a oolleotion of Bixty dol
lars was taken np for the Howard Belief
Association of New Orleans.
Yicksburo, Angnst 25.—G8 new cases
and sixteen deaths from fever in the
past twenty-fonr hours. Dr. Booth
is something batter this evening.
Among tho deaths is Bobert Eggelston,
the son of E. T. Eggelston.
Niw Orleans, Augnst 25.—The new
cos S3 are one hundred and aixtT-three,
and deaths thirty-three.
Indianapolis, Augnst 25.—The com-
mittee soliciting aid for the fever suffer
ers collected $1,800 yesterday.
Memphis, Angnst 25.—The yellow
fever record to-day shows adeoreaso in
thonnmber of new cases compared with
yesterday. Sixty.one are reported up to
6p. m. The death list is the largest of
any day sinco the fever made its appear
ance, the undertakers reporting twenty-
six interments. There is a scarcity of
nurses. The Howards and other relief
organizations telegraphed to Mobile,
Ala., and other points for them.
Members of the different associations
are doing a noblo work, in striking con
trast to the action of a few people who
have deserted friends and relatives in
their distrees.
Instances are known of parents desert
ing children and of children their parents.
The wife and children of a prominent
citizen were taken with the fever during
his absence. Ho was telegraphed for
and replied, “Take care of my family.”
His wife is dead, and tc-day the children
were conveyed to tho city hospital. One
has since died.
Gen. W. J. Smith is reported very low.
Captain John D. Elliott died this morn
ing. Alexander Waddell, in charge of
the Albany street branohof the dispensa
ry of the Howards, was taken sick this
• morning—tho third member of tho as
sociation in charge of the dispensary who
has been taken ill.
Sister Francis, of the Episcopal sister
hood, and two children m the church
home are among the new cases reported.
W. J. Taylor, chairman of the relief
committeo of tho typographical union,
calls on sister organizations for aid.
Jno. G. Lonsdale, Jr., treasurer of the
Citizen’s Belief Committee, is daily in re
ceipt of substantial aid and the poor of
the city ore being cared for.
Columbus, Ga., Angnst 25.—The Dem
ocrats of tho Font i h Congressional Dis
trict, after a four days’ session and 370
ballots for Congressmen without result,
adjourned on Saturday at midnight to
meet at Newnan on the third Wednesday
in September. The highest vote fer Har
ris, tho present Congressman, was eigh
teen out of thirty-fonr.
New York, August 25.—The trustees
ef the Teutonic Savings Bank, which
suspended a short time ago, were arrested
yesterday, and held tojbail in $1000 each,
charged with embezzling the fands of
the Bank.
Richmond, August 25 —The consecra
tion of Bev. John J. Keane, of Wash-
ington, as fifth Bishop of the Diocese of
Richmond, and Vicar Apostle of North
Carolina, took place this morning at St.
Peter’s Cathedral. It being tho first
time that a Catholic Bishop has ever
been consecrated in this city, the occa
sion created great interest among the
Catholics of the Diocese, crowds of
whom came from various points to wit
nets the ceremonies. Besides these,
many of other denominations were at-
tracted by tho novelty of the ceremony.
Largo numbers also were present from
Baltimore, Washington anu other cities of
tho Noitb.
The woathor was delightful. At ten
o’clock tho lino of esoort, composed of
delegations from various Catholic socie
ties, was formed along the sidewalk be
tween tho Eptsoopal residence and chnroh
in such a manner as to keep back the
crowd, and soon after the prooession of
acolytes, priests and bishops, with Bishop
elect ani conseorator Archbishop Gib
bons, and assistant consecrators Bight
Eev. Bishop Foley, of Chicago and Eight
Bev. Bishop KaiD, cf Wheeling, West V*.,
in the rear passed from the honse to the
CsthedrsL
Tho oeremony of consecration was then
began and progressed with great solem
nity and improssiveness. The consecra
tion sermon was preached by Bight Eev.
B. N. Lynch, bishop cf Charleston S. C.,
and was an able effort and occnpied one
hoar in its delivery.
Four bourn passed before the conclusion
of the solemnities, but they were of suoh
an interesting character that the congre
gation gave no evidence of being tired,
and remained quietly until tho procession
was formed at the end cf mass and re
turned to tho Episcopal mansion.
Daring the whole time large crowds
remained outside the Cathedral anxious
to see and hear all they could.
This afternoon Archbishop Gibbons
celebrated pontifical vespers,during which
Bishop Keane delivered his first eermon
to a crowded congregation. There were
present Et. Bev. Bishop Moore, of Flori
da, and Et. Esv. Bishop Gross, of Savan
nah. Also a large number of prieBts from
cities north and south, including several
from Boston, Baltimore and Washing
ton.
Buffalo, August 25.—A fire to-night
destroyed the planing-mill of Bettis &
Cardell. Loss, $20,000.
Portsmouth, Va., August 25.—The
United States steamships Congress, Sa
bine and Kansas, at this navy-yard, are
foond, on inspection, to be worthless.
New Oblxans, August 26.—Father
Doyle, C. M., of St. Joseph’s Chnroh,
died of fever.
Dr. Stone has returned from Fort Eads
and reports patients there, except one or
two, as convalesoent.
There are seven cases of fever at Bay-
on de Salmo.
An application from Grenada for more
nnrsos has been received by the Howards.
Dr. Veasev reports provisions short.
Dr. Hall and the Postmaster are prostra-
trated. No mails from anywhere.
The negroes are all getting the fever.
The deaths on Saturday night were as
follows: whites six, colored four. Pa
tients are dying for want of proper nour
ishment. Veasy reports himself well.
Henry Mnrphey, of the Blvereldes
Bowing Club, was shot dead by Henry
Hahne, alias Lee, a Longshoreman.
HABnitnuEO, August 26.—Wm. Garvey
and Michael Alerny, charged with the
tiurdsr ot Wm. Callander, in Luzerne
county, on September Isst, hsve been ar
rested In ConnelsTille.
New Yore, Augnst 26.—Any donations
of supplies for the relief of the yellow fo«
T* r sufferers will be forwarded free over
tho Virginia end Tennessee Air Line Bail-
road.
Gueesbmee, White Sulphur Springs,
August 20.—Colonel Long, the
-orriesa explorer, delivered a lecture hsre
to-day, and the proceeds, about $200,
were forwarded to the yellow fever suffer-
era at Vicksburg.
Albany Augnst S6—A collision oo
enrred on the New York Central this
morning. Two or three locomotives and
several cars were damaged and the track
badly torn np. The engineer, Thornton,
was instantly killed.
Saratoga, August 26.—The first race,
a free handicap, of three-quarters of a
mile, was won by Bramble by eight
lengths. Lady Daroy second and Bonnie
Ward third. Time 1:19.
Manchester, N. H„ August 26.—Hor
ace H. Day, the rubber manufacturer, is
dead.
New York, August 26.—The Tribune
eaye Butler told a friend that the original
of the alleged “Sherman letterhad been
obtained—is in possession of the Potter
committeo and would be put in evidence
in October. He (Butler) had seen it and
has no donbtof its genuineness.
London, August 26.—A dispatoh from
Calohtta contradicts the report of the oc
cupation of the Island of Soootra.
Berlin, Angnst 26.—The statement of
the imperial bank of Germany shows a
deorease in specie of -16,000,000 marks.
Munich, Angnst 26.—An order has been
issued designating twenty-three pnblic
houses In this oity as frequented by So
cialists, which the soldiers are forbidden
to visit.
Geneva, August 26.—The Austrian po
lios have surrendered to the Bernese au
thorities a Swiss lady, who, under the
name of Bussian countess Oajewska, has
sold false jewelry to the amount of one
million frsnos daring the psBt three years
at Paris, Nice, Monaoo'and other fashion
able resorts,
London, Angnst 26.—Ssner Galvez,
Peruvian minister to England, is dead.
A Borne dispatoh says the religions en
thusiast Lazaretti, was seriously wound
ed, bnt not dead. His disciples are pre
paring to announce his resnrreotion.
A Paris dispatoh says the cabinet on
Saturday resolved to postpone.the distri
bution of prizes nntil October.
New Orleans, Augnst 26.—Forty-four
deaths and one hundred and twenty-five
new cases the past twenty-fonr hours.
Mbmthis, August 26.—From 6 p. to.
yesterday until noon to-day there were
76 new cases and 17 deaths. Among the
the sick are Sisters Dominica and Vero-
nico, of La Velette Academy, and Fred
Brcnnon, city editor of the Appeal. The
fever is spreading to an alarming extent
among the negroes. One case was
brought from ctmpJoo Williams this
morning, and fears are entertained that
the fever will break out among the ref a-
gees there. The work of depopulating
the city continues.
New Orleans, Augnst 26.—Dr. War
ren Stone, who returned from Port Eads,
Sunday, leaves for Grenada this eve
ning in response to a call from the How
ard association.
The Picayune says: By a private letter
it is learned that the fever at Plaqnem-
ine, Iberville Parish, has largely in
creased. The people are sadly afflicted.
They suffer chiefly from the want of phy
sicians and nurses and those who are in
good health are mainly employed in tak
ing care of the sick.
The Times sayt: The strong sympathy
shown to the afflicted of tho South by
their more fortunate sisters of the North
is something not to be easily forgotten.
On every side we hear of most noble ef
forts being made to raise contributions
in aid of the afflicted, while the North
with lavish hand is scothing the fevered
brow of Southern suffering. She is a mon
ument of gratitnde which will be lumin
ous forever. Mr. O. V. Shearer, a native
of Alabama, lately city editor of the
Times, died of the fever to-day. Deatha
include fourteen children under 8 years.
New York, August 26.—An appeal has
been issued from the headquarters of the
grand army of the Bepnblic in this oity,
asking contributions to aid the post at
New Orleans.
Philadelphia, Angnst 26.—The com
mittee having charge of the collection
and disbursement of the fand for the
fever sufferers has decided ta distribute
six thousand dollars at once. Two thou
sand five hundred will be sent to New
Orleans s fifteen hundred to Tickshurg:
fifteen hundred to Memphis, and five
hundred to Grenada. Subscriptions to
date amount to $7,747,
New York, August 26.—The relief
oommittee appointed by the Chamber of
Commerce, on Friday last, met to-day,
and made the following appropriation* is
aid of the fever suff^r-rs: Now Orleans,
$2,000; Memphis, $],«.*>, and Vicksburg
$500. Subscriptions were received to tho
amonnt ot $1,009.
Baltimore, August 26.—The British
steamship Yorkshire, Capt. Langley,
yesterday brought the crew of the Bussian
bark, Arvid Genvelius, from Bull river,
South Carolina, for Ipswich, with phos
phate rock, abandoned at sea, August
20th. The cook of the Arvid was lo3tin
attempting to get into the boat.
Saratoga, Augnst 26.—The second
race, a free handicap of a mile and a
half, Helmsman was winner; Kenny,
second; KUbarn, third. Time, 2}, G}.
The winner sold for seventy in the field
ih a pool of $685.
In the third race, a free handicap of a
mile and eighty yards, Nannie H. was
winner; Bhod&manthns, second; Hattie
F., third. Time, 1:5,1:3}.
The fourth race, a mile and a furlong,
Dank was first; Lucifer second ; Blcn-
del 1 , third. Time. 2:02.
Baltimore, August 26.—Judge John
A- Ingles, Chief Judge of the Orphans’
Conn of this oity died this morning, aged
sixty-five years. He was a native of this
oity, but at au early age removed to South
Carolina, where he was a very prominent
citizen. He relumed here after the war.
Nashville, August 26.—Commissioner
Baum has telegraphed Collector Wood
cock to employ alt the men necessary for
the suppression of illioit distillation in
this district.
Washington, Aagust.2G.—The treasury
made its Bixty-ninth call to-day for the
redemption of five millions of five twen
ties.
The coin balance in the treasury to-day
was 5237.000,000.
The, President and family will leave on
Friday on a Western trip to be absent
about two weeks.
The President will extend his trip as
far West as Bismarck, Dakotab. He
will visit Fremon’, Ohio, Minneapolis,
St. Paul, MadiBon and several other
poinlB.
The next session of the Potter Commit
tee will be held In this oity in Ootober.
The Internal Bevenne offioe is advised
that the trial of the Bedmond gang at
Greenville, South Carolina, resulted in a
verdict cf gnilty. Bedmond refuses to
surrender.
The Chinese embassy will arrive on the
15th proximo and present credentials to
the President upon his return from his
Western tour.
London, August 26.—The Times' d s-
pateh from Constantinople says as soon as
the Bussian troops have embarked Tod-
leben intends to go to Adrianople for a
short time, after which the Rassisn
headquarters will bs removed to Varna.
It was intended that a large number of
troops should embark for home at Boar-
gas, but in oourequence of the prevalence
of malignant fever, which already has
dissbled more than one-half of the garri
son, the intention his been abandoned
and another point trill be chosen. As
soon as the neighborhood of San Stefano
is evacuated the British fleet will proba
bly leave Princess Islands, but will not
go beyond Gallipoli, nntil the Russians
shall have retired within the boundaries
of Eastern Boumelia.
London, August 26.—Two shocks of an
earthquake was felt this morning at jSlber-
feld, Cologne, Qsuabruok, Bostnier, Bonn
and Doaseldorf.
New Orleans, August 26.—The How
ard Association has received tho follow
ing dispatoh* s: Grenada, Mississippi,
Augnst 26.—Fer - heaven’s sake send a
few nurses. It is untrue that the mate
rial for the disease is exhausted. Nurses
are worn out. Two of the most eminent
physicians have just been taken down.
PhyBioians are needed with the names,
bnt not without.
[Signed.] B. P. Anderson.
W, T. Waltham.
Grenada, 12:10 p. m. Your telegram
joAt reoeived. Dr. Veazie is not sick.
One of the New Orleans nurses is siok,
but is walking about te.day. We need
all kind of nourishment for the sick. We
need twenty-five nurses more then any
thing else. The material is not exhaust
ed. A nurse for Holly Springs has passed
op. For Gok’s sake send nurseB if yon
oau. Will pay five dollars per day.
[Signed.] B. P. Anderson.
Grenada, 12:25, r. m.—Try and get
Dr. Mandeville to come back. If not
possible, get some other physician. Only
two local physicians are on duty. They
will be down soon. Nurses, or help of
any kind, are wanted. Some families
have not a well person to writ on them.
Eight deaths last night—six whites and
two blacks.
In response to the above telegram the
Howard Association sent Dr. Stone with
fonr burses, also supplies of ale, cham
pagne, fresh meats in ice, cracknells,
etc., and authorized those in authority at
Grenada to draw on the Howard Associa
tion, of this city, for all needed supplio3.
A special to the Times, from Jackson,
annonnees the death ot Judge Thomas
Walton, at Grenada, of the fever.
London, Augnst 26.—The Times tc-
day, in ah article on the desire of the
United States to negotiate a reciprocity
treaty with Canada, on the basis of the
economical doctrines prevalent in the
Union, says: “ Canada is within the op
eration of England’s commercial treaties,
and could not establish a reciprocal
treaty with the United States without
transgressing the most favored national
clause in those treaties.”
The Times concludes as follows:
" Whether apart from the question of onr
treaty obligations, there would be any
disposition in Canada to assent to the
proposal is most doubtful. The mind of
Canada can be freely expressed in tho
Parliament of the Dominion, and we are
willing to abide by its free declarations.
There is no disposition to fetter Canadian
liberty of action, even if the re-establish-
ment of a customs union with the United
States was the result of it; hut the pros
pects cf the scheme are at [east doubtful.
When the subject was raised, some fonr
years since, tho Dominion Government
protested that it would never listen to
any suggestion for the admission of the
manufactures of the United States on
more favored terms than those of the
United Kingdom, and we have no reason
to suppose that any change of sentiment
has since been developed.”
The Constantinople correspondent of
the Times denies the correctness of the
Beater’s telegram of Augnst I3th from
Constantinople, stating that Minister
Layard had abandoned some demands
concerning the reforms in Turkey, which
the Ports considered as trenohing upon
its authority. The correspondent says
foiIdler: “What has really been done is
this: Minister Layard presented a mem
orandum to the Porte, reoommonding the
immediate organization of an efficient
corp of gens d’armes to ensure th9 protec
tion of life and property; the creation of
Courts of Appeal with Earopoan assessors
at certain central points, and reforms in
the methods of raising of taxes. In-
tead of offering any opposition, the
Grand Vizier declared that the Saltan
was most anxious to introduce these and
other neoessary reforms, but there were
grave difficulties in the way, chief among
whioh was the want of funds, end the exe
cution of the reforms in question would
require the expenditure of a million
ponnds.
London, August 26.—A dispatch to
the Times from Constantinople says: Tho
repoit of the Bhodope commission was
signed on Sunday at Buyukdere by tho
British, Frenoh, Italian and Turkish del
egates. TheJRusaian and German dele
gates refused to sign it The Austiian
delegate was prevented from attending
by illness.
Chicago, August 26.—No formal re
ports have been made by the committees
appointed to raise subscriptions for the
fever sufferers. No installments have
yet been sent South. The Yonng Men’s
Christian Association will send to-day
$106 to the Christian Association of New
Orleans for the benefit of the sufferers.
• New Yore, August 26.—Charles H.
Marshall, shipping merchant of this city,
was before the Labor Congressional Com
mittee to-day. He said the shipping
trade was in its deoadenoe. The inorease
of foreign tonnage daring the last seven
years was 123 per oentnm, whioh gave
employment to 350,000 foreign sailors,
leaving that number of oar seamen unem
ployed. The tonnage of the ooaBtwise
trade had also decreased largely.
Pottsvillx, Pa., Angnst 26.—Jno. A.
Reilly was arrested at Minersville this
afternoon, charged with forging names
to his own bonds as security for the tax
collectorshipof Cass township.
Philadelphia, Augnst 26.—The two
cases of yellow fever which were discov
ered in this city on Saturday are doing
well. They are in the municipal hospi
tal, together with the other members of
the family who are all from Vicksbnrg.
No other cases hare been developed.
There are minors of several, however.
Cleveland, O., August 26. — The
Cleveland police force donated five hun
dred dollars of their Life and Health
fand for the benefit of the fever sufferers.
The total given sa far by tho citizens is
$2,600.
Washington, Augnst 26.—The Demo
cratic campaign committee met in this
city to-aay, Chairman Blackburn presi
ding.
Salt Lake, August 26.—A Mormon
with two wiveB took them before the
Third District Court of this oity to-day,
asking for naturalization papers for hiB
eeoond wife. She answered affirmatively
the question whether she was living in
polygamy, whereupon the District Attor
ney objected, that Bhe was not of good
moral obaracter. The objection was sus
tained.
The Evening Niks, the Mormon chnroh
organ, advises polygamous wives hereaf
ter, in any matter in whioh the law of the
land is oonoerned, to call themselves by
their maiden names, and in any oonrl to
take the position of an unmarried woman.
Savannah, August 26.—A large meet
ing of oitfsens was held to-day at the
Couuoil Chamber, to oonslder the means
of relief for the fever sufferers at New
New Orleans and elsewhere. One thou
sand dollars was subscribed on the spot.
A oommittee was appointed to solicit far
ther contributions. Mayor Wheaton pre
sided.
THE GEOBGIA PRESS.
Wx learn from the Constitution that
the Hon. J. D. Matthews, ot Oglethorpe
county, died at the White Sulphur
Springe, near Gainesville, last Friday,
ef inflammation ot the bowels. Mr; Mat
thews was one of the moat prominent
lawyers and politicians of that section ef
the State, and was elected to Congress in
1865, bnt denied his seat by the Radi-
cals.
A young man named Brand, originally
from Gwinnett county, but late of Mem
phis, died of yellow fever in Atlanta oc,
Saturday, in the office of Dr. JobnG,
Westmoreland, who: was unable to get
him a shelter anywhere else in the city.
We find the following particulars of the
affair in the Constitution:
On the night train by the Itate road
from Chattanoogo, arriving here at 10:15
o’clock, there was found a passenger whe
had fallen suddenly ilL As he hailed
from Memphis an alarm was at once
raised upon tho train to the effect that
the man was
SICK WITH YELLOW FEVER.
The man was at once isolated, and in
that manner brought on to the city.
Upon the arrival of the train he was
assisted out upon the platform and left
there. Several persons approached him,
bnt had no desire to linger when the in
timation was made that he had the yel
low fever. Thus virtually abandoned
and helpless he remained in the depot
more than an hour when some one went
in search of a physician. Dr. J. G.
Westmoreland was found at his office on
Lloyd street and at once went to the re
lief of
THE STEICKEN STRANGER.
Dr. Westmoreland found him lying
upon the platform and suffering from a
raging fever, having all the symptoms of
yellow fever.
Ac once Dr. Wesimortlaad had the
man removed to tho Fulton Hbusoon
Lloyd street. The doctor explained to
the landlady tho condition of the sick
man and the necessity for hie having a
bed and shelter. She kindly consented
to admit the patient and he remained
over night, attended by Dr. Westmore
land.
SIGNS OF A STAMPEDE.
When the boarders Of the Fnlton House
learned yesterday morning of what had
occured they gave unmistakable signs of
panic and insisted upon the immediate
removal of the sick man. The matter
became so urgent that the landlady was
compelled to yield and to reqnire the
change.
Dr. Westmoreland and two others made
search throughout the city for accommo
dations for the sick man, but after several
hours of earnest pleading were unsuccess
ful. No one would permit the introduc
tion of the sufferer under bis roof. Dr.
Westmoreland even went to the trouble
of hiring a vacant room upon a floor that
had been long unoccupied, but when it
wa3 learned that he designed to put his
patient therein
AN ENTRANCE WAS REFUSED 1
Nonplussed at this treatment Dr.
Westmorehnd determined to faithfully
remain by and care for this unfortunate,
thrown, as by Providence, upon his hu
manity. He at once arranged for him a
bed in the rear room of his Loyd strest
office and removed the patient to a com
fortable position there. During the day
the doctor gave him almost constant at
tention and has arranged to see him
properly nursed.
WHO THE PATIENT IS.
Tho yonng man is named Brand, and
ie from Gwinnett county. Ho ie a
•tone-cutter by trade, and want to Mem
phis to work there.
He remained after the fever broke ont.
He lived in tho most infected part of the
city, and, becoming alarmed at the mul
tiplying deaths, determined to return
home. En ronto ho was stricken with
the fever and underwent the treatment
we have detailed above. This is, we are
reliably informed, the fourth case of the
kind that has come here this season.
Many cases were treated here during the
Savannah epidemic of 1876. There can
be no danger from such a cause, and it
seems senseless to create a panicky feel
ing about it.
A HOLD PROPOSITION
was made by some persons, we learn, to
have tho sick man removed even from
Dr. Westmoreland’s office. They seemed
to have an idea that hi3 presence there
was dangerous and they could force his
removal. Tho brave old doctor, however,
thinks differently, and remarked to onr
reporter:
“He is here and will not be taken ont
nntd he is enred or dead, unless ho is
taken ont over my dead body 1”
Of the effect of the news in the city,
the same paper sayt:
When the news ot the death spread
over tho city there was considerable feel
ing manifested and no little fright shown.
Knots of men gathered upon the street
corners and discussed the matter. Many
were of tho opinion that the case was no
worse than numerous others of a similar
nature that had been brought t» the
city. Others insisted that it was a dan-
crons occurrence and attempted to arouse
a sentiment in favor of the immediate
disposal of the corpse. Even before the
death of Brand, Mayor Angier called
upon Dr. Westmoreland and said he
the Mayor) had authority to order hie
removal from the oity. Dr. W. believed
differently, and so informed the Mayor
in unmistakable terms. The Doctor or
dered all persons not interested off his
premises, and annonneed his determina
tion to keep and care for the patient to
the end.
A Puppyish Publication —Under this
head we find the following in the Consti
tution of Saturday:
Day before yeetorday the 8troets cf onr
oity were flooded with a small dodger
headed “Editor Jones’ Cowhidiog
Scrape.” Tne circular went on to state
that the National Police Gazette, of New
York, in its next issue, would contain “a
full acoonut of the cowhiding of Col. H.
H. Jones, of the Maoon Telegraph and
Messenger, by a lady, on the principal
street of Maoon, Ga., for publishing an
article slandering her father, with a
grapbio illustration ’deploring the eoenes
of the editor’s unfortunate encounter
with the plucky young lady.
The distribution of the dodger was in
tended to arouse public interest in the al
most forgotten affair and oreBte a de
mand, through mere curiosity, for the
paper containing the account and graphic
illustration of the encounter. In that
ic is more thaa probable that the publish
ers were succeBefnl, as we learn that one
firm aloneJJ-told over two hundred extra
copies.
When the paper arrived, and ita sen
sation was examined, it was found to be si
most dugu»ting failure. The story of
the encountor wss a brief but wholly
gross misrepresentation of th9 facts, and
the “graphic illustration” a most miser
able abortion. The extravagant char
acteristics of the picture excited ridicule
from all who saw it. The picture stand
ing for Colonel Jones in no wise bears
the faintest resemblance, and without
the explanatory line* below the cut would
never have been recognized as beating:
upon any transaction in the State oi!
Georgia. An indignant feeling was the
reception accorded this publication.
None of onr citizens approved of the
rocxlgM effort to revive into a sensation
an occurrence now bo thoroughly and
satisfactorily understood. Colonel Jones
is a gentleman whose personal and pro
fessional character is so well known and
esteemed that to attempt to make him
notorious through the medium ot so
scandalous and slimy a journal as the
Police Gazette was met with the scathing
contempt it deserved.
That paper is the organ of the prurient
and degraded populace of the alums, and
if the person who instigated this publica
tion, with the view to hurting the good
name of a gentleman who adorns private
and professional life, is satisfied to cater
to snoh patrons, he has achieved an in
evitable feat. By all honest men he will
be heartly dispised.
The Fourth district Democratic Con
gressional Convention, after a session of
four days at Columbus, adjourned late
Saturday night, without making a nomi
nation, to meet again at Newnan, on the
4th Tuesday in September. This propo
sition was made by Mr. Harris’ friends,
and was oaxried by a vote of seventeen
and one third to sixteen and two thirds.
The closing soenes or the Conven
tion were marked by muoh disorder and
bad feeling, hisses and harsh words. The
Oolnmbus Badioals are jubilant.
“Bill Arp” is at it again in Sunday’s
Constitution. We quote him as follows:
A few days sgoDr. Felton said a little
speeoh at-Comberiand Shed, in the eouh-
ty called Murray, and told the goqd peo
ple in those union diggine “that he vo
ted for secession and was sorry for it, and
wouldent have done it if ho badent been
under the control of this same oorrnpt
Democratic ring.” How’s that? What a
sad catnpatrae! Aint it the oldeBt oase of
bnlldczin you’ve beam of! I reckon the
parson was mighty nigh 50 years old then
and in the prims of hie mind and metal,
and if he oould be intimidated then what
will he do when some big thing comes
along and squats like an elefant upon
him? Do yon reckon he could stand the
Grant pressure and never flinob, consid
erin' the obligations he’s under to the
Badieals in this district.
Newton eonnty sends the following
delegates to the Congressional conven
tion at Milledgeville: Messrs. J. J. Dear-
ing, O. S. Porter, O. T. Rogers and J.
G. Paine. They are uninstrncted.
Hon. Thob. G. Lawson, writes to the
Eatonton Broad Axe that he ie not, and
does not intend to be, a candidate for
Congress in this district, and addB:
Whilst I esteem it an honor to be chos
en to fill any office, from the lowest to
the highest, and do now gratefully ap
preciate the confidence implied in the ar
ticles referred to, yet, if I were allowed
to choose the station in which I would
serve, I would prefer the one for which I
am an avowed candidate, viz., the judge-
ship of the Ocmnlgee Circuit. This of
fice is in the liae of the profession to
which I was bred, ia more congenial with
my tastes and habitudes, and one whose
duties and responsibilities are more fa
miliar to me. I trust it doaB not evince
egotism to conclude, on these grounds,
that I would be better prepared in this
than in any other office to render efficient
and valuable service,
Ihb Borne Courier is having lots of fun
quoting Borne of the Felton editors. Its
last viotim is Ur. Willingham, of the Car-
tersville organ. Here ie what that festive
soribe said in 1876:
Ftlton is dependent upon negro votes
and each Demoorats as he oan slab off
from the party candidate for an eleotton.
—Willingham, Oat. 19, 1776.
He who would tear down organization,
wonld break the .shield of liberty and
forge the chains of politioal slavery.—
Willingham, Oat. 19,1876.
Decisions «C the Supreme Court
ef Georgia, Delivered August
SOtfe, 1878.
Abridged from the Atlanta Constitution byN.
E. Harris, of the Macon Bar.
(Note —The August term 1878, of the
Supreme Court began on Monday the
12th inst. The following u an abridg
ment of the decisions rendered, for the
first week of the Court. N. E. H.)
Pierce vs. Peek et. aL Mandamus,
from Lumpkin.
Two Judges. — Bleckley, J.—17
Where, in 1876, local trustees chosen by
the teacher and his patrons (conforms,
bly to a system established by the county
board of education) dismissed the teach
er for cruel treatment tc pupils, and
thereupon the matter was brought by
the the teacher before the board, who,
after hearing evidence on both aides, ap
proved the action of the trustees and
passed an orded, not revoking his licence,
bnt expending him indefinitely as a
teacher at that particular place, the de
cision of the board was upon a matter of
“local controversy in reference to the
cbnBtrnotion or administration of the
school law,” and not being appealed from,
was binding upon all the parties. Code,
section 1259.
2. For teaching done in defiance of
such decision, and pending a possession
of the school house acquired by force, no
right whatever acorned to compensation
ont of the pnblie school fund.
Judgment affirmed.
Hudson vs. Speir et al. Removal of
County School Commissioner, from Cher
okee.
Bleckley, J.—Where, npon the face
of the bill of exceptions, it appears that
the recommendation of the grand jury,on
which the judge removed the plaintiff in
error from the office of county school
commissioner, was made on the petition
of the county board of education, and
where the president of the board was
served too late with a copy of the bill of
exceptions, the proceeding in the court
below cannot be treated as ex parte, so as
to render dne service of the bill unneces
sary under section 4260 of the code. The
removal having been recommended on the
official petition of the board, the board
stood in the relation of a substantial par
ty, and would be entitled to be heard in
the supreme court.
Writ of error dismissed.
Williams vs. The State. Certiorari,
from Clarke.
Bleckley J.—Section 4527 of the code
makes it penal to carry about the person,
unless in an open manner and fully ex
posed to view, any piBtcl exoept a horse
man’s pistol. The mainspring being
disabled so as to render a discharge of
the weapon impossible in the ordinary
mode of using fire-arms, is no exonse or
justification.
Judgment affirmed.
Jackson vs. Langston & Crane. Appeal,
from Jaokson.
Two Judges—Bleckley, J.—l.When
fertilizer is purchased and acoepted
with warranty by the Beller “as to ita ef-
feot on crops only as to the analysis of
the State inspector as evidenced by his
brand on eaeh and every paokage,”
the purchaser cannot, after using the fer
tilizer, avoid paying tho stipulated price
if the packages were aotnally branded in
the way contemplated by the contract.
.Judgment affirmed.
Lust Week’s Cotton Figures.
THE CROP SITUATION.
The Chronicle reports the receipts of
the seven days ending last Friday night,
233 instant, at 5,699 baler, against 2,644
tbe corresponding week of last year.
Total ieeipt8otthe cotton year to that
date, 4,275,515 bales, against 3,965,305
to same date last year—showing a gala of
308,210 bales. But eight days remain of
tbe cotton year 1877-8, and owing in
great part to the disturbances resulting
from the prevalence of yellow fever, the
receipts will probably bs ten to twelve
thousand bales short of onr anticipations.
The Chronicle's repoit ot the interior
port business is aa follows: Receipts 3,-
115—last year 1,630. Shipments of the
week 3,393—last year 3,152. Stocks 6,-
999—last year 17,600.
Tho Ohonicle's visible supply table
showed 1,188,732 bales of cotton in right
last Friday night, against 1,818,101 bales
at tbe corresponding date of last year,
1,903,322 the year before, and 1,915,469
in 1875. These figures show a decrease
of 624,369 bales as compared with the
supply of last year—714,690 as compared
with the supply of 1876, and 726,737 m
compared with the visible supply of 1875.
The quotation for middling in Liver
pool last Friday was 611-16—at same
date last year, it was 516-16—In 1876, at
same date, it was sixpence, and in 1875
73-16. ••• -
The reports of the maturing crop by
telegram on Friday are generally favora
ble, but there are exceptions. In East
ern Texas the crop is still suffering from
excess of rain and worms. The caterpil
lars are doing much harm and bolls are
rotting. From Coraioana aooounis are
good, bnt in Galvostoo, ludianols, Dallas
and Brenbam muoh damage is appre
hended from worms. Poisoning is only
partially effioaciooF.
In Louisiana, Shreveport reports muoh
damage from boll-worm.
In Mississippi and Western Tennessee
there is muoh dittraotion from yellow
fever. Very little picking Is done, and
the country.overrun by refugees.
In Alabama and Florida the crop Is de
veloping well.
In Georgia, Columbus reports muoh
damage from caterpilUts, Bavannah and
Augusta give good account?, and from
Maoon there Is not a word.
Improper article ot rood often came
the blood to become loaded with foul hu
mors, Cleanse the blood with Dr. Bull's
Blood Mixture and be healthy.
Wilson vs. MoMillan. Certiorari from
Gwinnett.
Two Judges.—Bxcklsy, J.—A father;
though insolvent, may oonsent to his mi
ner ohild’s receiving the proceeds of Us
own labor. A Iona fide hiring of the ehild
by the father to aid in making a crop, to
one mode of giving suoh oonsent The
faith of the transaction to a question for
the tribunal trying this fact. A reasona-
S ) part of the prospective orop, in a fair
d honeat contract, may be promised the
obild at the time of the hiring, as oompen
sation, and auoh part will not be liable to
the father’s debts.
Judgment affirmed.
Davis ts. Wilson. Appeal, from
Gwinnett.
Two Judoxs—Bleckley, J.—Where
the summons commencing suit in a
justice’s court for a debt to duly iaeued
and served, and specifies the time and
place of trial, the case will not be dis
missed, in the superior court on appeal,
on the ground that there to no descrip
tion whatever of the demand sought to
be recovered—no amount, date or con
tract specified, no account, note, or other
instrument mentioned, and no copy at
tached or set out. AU these things, if
necessary, may be supplied by amend
ment.
Judgment affirmed.
Burns ve. Chandler. Appeal, from
Jackson.
Two Judges—Bleckley, J.—Home
stead proceedings pending in the Superior
Court on appeal are amendable, though
commenced before the Ordinary as early
m 1875. The omission of the surveyor. t<>
make affidavit to the correctness of the
plat and the value of the premises may
be supplied by amendment.
Judgment reversed.
McMillan vs. Nichols. Appeal, from
Habersham.
Two Judges—Bleckley, J.—That the
county judge, before suit wm brought in
the county court, was the plaintiff’s at
torney to collect the note, and that aa
such attorney he brought suit thereon in
the superior court and withdrew the
same, did not so disqualify him to ren
der judgment on the note in tbe county
court aa to make his judgment void, it
not appearing that. lie had any concern
with the note or the plaintiff, as attor
ney or counsel, at or after the com
mencement of proceedings in the oounty
court. The objection to his competency
is not available by affidavit ot illegality,
if stall.
Judgment affirmed.
Doyle vs. Martin. Appeal, from Hs-
bersham.
Bleckley, J.—1. Where an aooount for
lass than one hundred dollars ia set apart
by the appraisers to the widow as her
twelie months’ support, Bhe has sufficient
title thereto, from the time theAppraisers
make their return to the ordinary, to
maintain an notion on the aooount in her
own name. Bhe need not wait nntil the
time allowed by seotion 2573 of. the oode
for filing objections, has expired.
2. In a suit on the aooonnt egainst tbs
debtor, the widow is a competent witness
In her own behalf.
Judgment affirmed.
Phillips, et al., vs. The Mayor and
Council ot Stone Mountain. Injunction,
from DeKalb.
Bleckley, J.—No injnnotion or order
in the nature of injunction will be grant
ed to restrain proceedings in a criminal
matter. Eden on Inj. 66; 2 Vessey, sr. (
396; 30 Ala. 135; Hilliard on Inj. 2; 269;
Kerr on Inj. 2; 53 Ga. 675.
Judgment affirmod.
Farrow vs. Patton, exam tor, and Puck
ett. Ejectment, from Lumpkin.
Two Judge?.—Jacebos, J. Ejectment
on the demise of an executor cannot be
defended upon a leaee by the executor to
the defendant,'where suoh lease doeB not
cover the premises in dispute.
Jadgment affirmed.
Officers ot Cherokee Superior Court vs,
Wyatt. Motion to reduce and retax coats,
from Cherokee. .
Two Judges.—Jackson, J.—1. Where
four defendants are jointly indicted and
jointly tried, the Clerk of the Court, un
der seotion 3695 of the Oode, Is only en
titled to five dollars coets.
2. In Buch a cose, under section 3696,
the sheriff is not entitled to oosls for
taking the four appearance bonds, no
provision being made in said section or
elsewhere for such coats.
Jadgment affirmed.
Jone8vs. Holcomb, Appeal, from Gwin
nett.
Two Judges.—Jackson, J.—Notes
given In 1876 for excess of intereat over
seven per oent. npon money loaned in
1873 npon a verbal oontiaot to psy eigh
teen per oentnm per annum, are without
a legal consideration, and cannot be re
covered.
Judgment reversed.
Green vs. Rogers. Illegality, from
Habersham.
Two Judges—Jackson, J.—1. Where
goods in a store are mortgaged, and the
mortgage, after enumerating certain
goods, states that it is to coverall other
articles of every description contained in
the etore and “all future purchases, which
he may purchase, or goods which he may
become possessed of hereafter in said
store,” snch a description of property is
certain enough to enatain the validity of
the mortgage as between the mortgager
and mortgagee.
2. In an affidavit of illegality whose
effect is to suspend the process of the
court, the grounds should be set out in
anch manner as to show clearly that the
execution ia proceeding illegally by the
conduct of the plaintiff or of the officers
of the law.
3. An affidavit of i legality to the
effect that the plaintiff had agreed, in
consideration of the payment of thirty-
five dollars and the delivery of sundry
notea as collateral security, that “indul
gence for thirty days from that day
should be given upon said fi. fa.” is in
sufficient under the principle rnled in
4 th Ga., 185.
Bonds et al. va. Siriokland and Vaughn.
Claim, from Gwinnett.
Two Judges.—Jackson, J.—Where
homestead was set apart and sold by con
sent of the Ordinary, and the proceeds
used for the family, tbe purchaser ac
quires an equity, and if the debt be snch
as could not sell the. homestead in the
hands of the family, it ought not to sell
it in the bends of those whose money has
been used by the family, and in suoh a
case, the wbolo homestead law being
anomalous, the claimant may invoke tbe
title of his vendors to proteot hia claim
and induce a finding of not subject.
Jadgment affirmed.
Camp vs. Simmons. Illegality, from
Gwinnett.
Two Judges.—Bleckley, J.—1. Where
sight draft, payable generally to the or
der of a named peiaon, was drawn by a
corporation on itself, and by itself ac
cepted, and was indorsed in blank by sev
eral persons, and suit thereon was brought
by the cxeeutors of the payee against the
corporation m principal and the others as
endorsers (the payee himself never hav.
ing indorsed the instrument so aa to take
the position of first indorser), and jadg
ment was rendered in behalf of the ex-
eontors against tbe defendants; and
execution issued aooordingly, the so-called
indorsers, though described as suoh in tbe
declaration, judgment and execution,
were not suoh technically or aabstantially,
bnt under the act of 1826 (Cobb’s digest;
594), were sureties for the corporation to
the payee. They were denominated in
dorsers in a loose, not in a strict sense,
and the miadesoription is, after jadgment,
immaterial, rinee their true eharaoteria
apparent on the face of tbe record.
2. Though tbe draft was. drawn, ac
cepted ana indorsed prior to the Code,
parol evidence is admissible in a contest
between the so-called indorsers, to show
their actual relation to one another and
to the consideration of the draft.
3. One of them having paid off the
execution, and having had the fact of
payment properly entered on the same,
ie is entitled to control the judgment
and execution as provided for in section
2167 and 2170 of the Code.
Judgment reversed.
Hawkins Bellamy, Executors, vs.
Taylor et al. Equity, from Clarke.
Two Judges—Jackson, J.—1. A mort
gage given by a trustee to hia cestui gue
trust conditioned for the faithfnl execu
tion ef the trust, can not be discharged
by his paying the money to himself j and
it not, it can not be discharged by s pur
chaser of the property mortgaged paying
the money to the mortgagor himself.
2. If one of the cestui gue trusts be a mar
ried woman of full age, and after .the act
of 1866, whioh made her a femme sola as
to her separate estate, she assign her in
terest and that of her minor ohildren in
the mortgage for valuo received by her.
self or an agent, the assignment is void
as to tbe children, but good as to herself.
Jadgment affirmed.
Brand, administratrix, vs. Garrett, ad
ministrator. Debt from Gwinnett.
Two Judges.—Jackson, J.—The bill
of exceptions in this oase not being signed
by the party plaintiff or the attorney ao-
oording to the code, seotion 4251 most be
dismissed. The endorsement of the nsme
of the attorney on tho back of the bill ef
exceptions is not snoh signing it u is con
templated and required by the code.
Oase dismissed.
Row te FayJt
Washington Correspondence Baltimore Bun.1
A proposition has recently been made
that the National debt Can now be paid
off by tbe imposition of an annual tax of
$20 on **Generals,” $10 on “Colonels,”
and $5 on “Majors.” There is no doubt
of this. The enormous revenue that
would accrue from such a source would
in a very short time wipe out the entire
debt. After thia it oould be applied to
the settlement of the labor problem, aa
the fund would be sufficient to make a
handsome distribution per capita for the
whole country. It ie a wonder that
General Bntler and Mr. Kearney have
not thought of this before. It would be
no use to impose a tax on any title below
the rank of “Major,” for Captain Vance,
the appointment clerk , of the Treasury
Department, says that so far aa he can
disoover, he ia the only “captain”, left,
either ot the Union or Confederate armies.
This is sad, bat in lisa of “Captains,” a
tax might be paid on “Judges.” Even
in the present dull times there are not
less than two thousand “Judge*” in
Washington, alone, and the “Generals”
and “Colonels” are simply countless.
Prejudice often roles In the physical
treatment of Babies. They are allowed
to Buffer and scream with pain from Col
ic, Flatulence, Bowel Disorders, etc.,
when some simple, reliable and safe rea
dy as Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup, would give
ahnc8t immediate relief and perfect ease
to the little sufferer.
A Bine Old Dgy.
Washington 8t&rJ
And now the lawyers are holding a
convention,—for mutual protection, or
something of that sort. When they con
clude to “pool their issues” it will be a
blue old daT for the rest of the people.
The IMF’s Maine.
Baltimore GazetteJ
Webb C. Hayes ia now at the fa rally
home in Fremont, Ohio, and will not re
turn to Washington before next winter,
if then. Early in the Call he will be
married to a yonng lady of Fremont.
The lady’s name is not known in Wash*
ington outside of the White House, bnt
we can say in confidence that it is Mias
Hannah Boggs. Her father ia the owner
of a saw mill in Fremont, and is in
reasonable circumstancee. Miss Boggs
loved Mr. Hayes before his father was
counted in.
A. SomnambnUit’s Remarkable
Escape.
N. Y'- Times. I
Wheeling, Angnst 21.—Last night
Jesse Waite, of Williamsburgh, New
York, went to sleep in a sleeping-car, on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, about
forty miles east of this city, and while
the train, the fast express, wm moving
at the rate of about forty miles an hoar,
be arose, and, while aaleep, walked off
the rear end of the car. The train stopped
about a half mile further on, ana the
conductor went book to find the man,
whom he met walking along the railroad
track, following after the train. A few
scratches were all the injuries he had
sustained. .
Tbe Snltan’e Folly.
Baltimore Garotte.]
The Sublime Forte ia penniless. If
General Sam Cary could have half an
hour on a store box in Constantinople he
could_ convince the supporters of the
Turkish government that financial failure
over there has been brought about by a
reckless disregard of the most important
principle connected with a paper money
system. The Turks have persistently
printed their paper money on common
white printing paper with black ink,
when any fool knows that no paper mou
sy. can be long maintained which isn’t
printed on a substantial back-ground
of green.
President Chadbourne, cf Williams
has written a solution of the labor ques
tion for the September number of tbe
International.
Jesse Pomeroy’s latest trick was to
make a saw from some article in his cell
and nearly cut his way out of prison be
fore he was discovered;
The Mennonites are increasing rapidly
in Nebraska, Kansas and Minnesota,
owing chiefly to the immigration of the
Russian Mennonites who are allowed by
the Russian government nntil 1889 to
leave Russia to avoid military enlistment.
There are about 70,000 of thia sect in
America, about one-tenth of them in
Canada.
A New York letter elates that during
all, the hot weather in that city Mrs.
Lord, nee Hicks, haa remained shat np in
her Fourteenth street house. Occasion
ally she haa ventured on a carriage
ride to the park, bnt she has never ap
peared on horseback. Her husband,
Mr, Thomas Lord, ie now bedridden,
and it takes three servants to put him
in a carriage.
In the City ot Faria, writes Prof.
Silliman to the New York World, gas is
sold to consumers for $2 SO per thousand
feet, bnt tbe city pays only half that sum
In consideration of the monopoly. After
the gas company pays ten per cent, en its
original capital, half of all earnings in
excess of ten per cent, are paid over to
the city. The annual revenue of the
city from this source is $1,700,000.
A recent number of the Eepubligue
Francahe gives an account of the great
publishing house of Hachette & Co. Ac
cording to the writer this firm .has the
largest bookselling business in the world,
tons over some 15,000,000 francs, pub
lishes a book a day, employs 5,000 per
sons, and exports yearly 200,000 pack
ages.
Reflections on Codfish.—Take .cold
boiled potatoes, minoe them with an
equal quantity of codfish, and fry them
in lard so imperfectly heated that it will
permeate and aodddta ther mass with
grease, and yon have one of the most ex
ecrable, unpalatable and unhealthy
dishes ever set npon the table. But take
fresh Irish potatoes, boil and peel, then
mash while hot—mix with them about s’
one-fifth of thus bulk, of finely-desaioat^-’
fish, whiiflt. has been boiled, and thev .
in well-heated butter or lard,
have a delicate, healthy and pa!. 0 *^, 9
addition to your breakfast. < 9
A Philadelphia doctor, citing f 9
foot that the poisonous germ of yell;
fever is killed by froet, offers the suggt
tion that ioe*making machinery a!
apparatus be employed ih hospitals ai
elsewhere to reduce tbe temperature j
the air below thirty-two degrees. It
objected to tbis process that patien
would die from the suddenness ot t]
change, but it could be gradually effe
ted, and doubtless with good rt“ u .. —■
If the yellow fever germ is killed at a
temperature of 82 degree*, there wonld
be economy in subjecting infected cloth
ing also to the freezing temperature.
We do not know.that the artificial low
temperature theory has ever been tested,
but the suggestion appears to be a rea
sonable one. ' .
The celebration oi tbe silver wedding
of the King and Queen of the Belgians
beganjin Brussels on the 231 inst., with
an army review and a serenade Dy torch
light. On the 24th there wm a review
of 30,000 children otthe primary schools,
and a night festival in the Zoological
Gardena. On the 25th there was an ex
hibition of gymnastic societies, ahorse
race, general illumination, and fireworks.
On the 22d presents were delivered which
had been purchased through a five-oent
public subscription by women. Over a
million contributed, and their names
were inscribed in an enormous album[
which was presented at the same time.
The gifts were a silver crown studded
with brilliant*, and a magnificent train of
lace, on which wm worked the ooatsof
arms of the nine Belgian province*.