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The Teie^aph and Messenger
MACON, GA., OCIOBEB 22 1878.
THU GEOBGIA FBESS.
Atlanta is mrnoaming. "Buffalo Bill"
his cancelled his engagement to play in
that city, as his troupe positively refused
to come south of 'Wilmington for fear of
‘•Yellow Jarir.”
Captain “Tete” Smith having been
quoted as desiring Felton’s election, ex
plodes the canard as follows:
“Whatever my valuation and admira
tion of Dr. Felton as a man and legisla
tor, I prefer the regular nominee against
any “Independent.” Oar people owe
their present happy and peaceful political
condition to the solidity and nnity of the
Democratic party, and X am for party
organization and against party anarchy.”
A Young Traveler.—The Constitution
says a State Road train which reached
Atlanta one day last weelr, had among its
passengers an eight year old boy, who
had been shipped from Kalamazoo, Mich
igan, to Social Circle. He had a through
ticket, and made the trip entirely alone,
being met by his uncle in Atlanta.
The South Georgia Times mentions
what it calls a new feature in railroading,
which was the stoppage of a freight
train last Saturday at Lumber City for
half an hour, while the hands went ont
and nutwood for the engine.
A Horrible Outrage.—We find the
following ii?tho Eatonton Rroadaxe:
On September 22, Miss Jennie Haw
kins, daughter of Jack Hawkins, long de
ceased, and a lady of some twenty odd
years of ago, who lives abont two mile3
from the Half-Acre, in this county, was
seized and bmtally outraged by some un
known villain. •
Tiio particulars of this horrible and
mneb regretted affair, from ell wo oonld
glean, are about as follows: Miss Haw
kins has two brothers, who dwell abont
half a mile apart, and with whom ehe
lives, dividing her time Equally between
ihem. On Sunday evening, September
22], at abont half after three o’clock,
While on her way from one brother’s
houso to the otherV, and when hear the
place familiarly known os Rock Spring
Camp Gronnd, about seven miles south
east of Eatonton, ehe was suddenly and
rudely seized by a man seoreted in a cor
ner of the fenae near the road. She had
on her head when seized, what ia gener
ally termed, a fly bonnet. The villain
pulled (he bonnet over her eyes, and, af
ter blindfolding her with a pocket hand
kerchief lied over the bonnet, ho tied her
hands behind her and threatening to kill
her with a pistol he had in his hand if she
attempted to scream, canght her in
his arms and carried her off of the road
into & dense swamp abont two hundred
yards distant, and there forced her, at
the point of his pistol, to inhale ether
chloric, after which no accomplished his
hellish design. Report has it that he
told her ho had been lying in wait for her
sevetal days with the intention of raping
her, but had been prevented from carry
ing into execution his dastardly purpose
until _ the day named, as laborers were
working near where ho outraged her, and
he was afraid to make the attempt.
After satiating his desires, the villain
left her in the swamp. Here she remain
ed in an almost helpless condition until
abont nine o’clock at night, when some
of tho neighbors, attracted by her cries
for help, found her in almost a perfectly
unde state, and her person terribly out
raged. ' ; I
Suspicion first pointed to Tobo Brooks,
a man living in the neighborhood, as the
perpetrator of the diabolical crime, and,
we understood a few days ago, there waa
stiong talk of lynching him. He was ar-
resteiand carried before the much-to-be-
yitied victim, and was cleared in the
opinion of his neighbors by her own
statement.
The prevailing impression now is that
a low-lived tramp, who had been seen in
the vicinity a few days prior to the oc
currence of the crime, is the gnilty party.
I liberal reward will be given for tho ap
prehension of the perpetrator.
Tkerk are 299 cases on the civil dock
et of the October term of Chatham Supe
rior court. As an offset to this horrible
record, there aro now in port at Savan
nah^ eleven steamships, fonrteen ships,
twenty-nine barks, three brigs and fifteen
schooners. A larger number than usual
at these vessels aro from foreign ports.
Candidates vob the -Bench.—-The
Augusta Chronicle names them for the va
rious circuits as follows:
Thebe ate five candidates for Judge of
the Western Circuit: Messrs. Walker, of
Walton; Wynn,of Gwinnett; Estes, of
Hall;Rice, of Clarke; and Erwin of
Clarke. There are three in the Flint
Circuit: Messrs. Boynton and Speer, of
Spalding; and Floyd, of Newton. There
are three in the Oomnlgee Circuit:
Messrs. Bartlett, of Jasper; Reese, of
Morgan; and Lawson, of Patman. There
are three in the Maoon Cironit: Messrs.
Simmons and Lofton, of Bibb; and
Grioe, of Houston. There are two in
the PataulaCironit: Messrs. Hood, of
Randolph; and Hoyl, of Terrell. There
are three m the Augusta Cironit * Messrs.
Snead, Gibson and Jones, of Biobmond.
There are two in the Middle Cironit:
Messrs. Johnson, of Jefferson; and Wy
lie, of Washington. In the Brunswick,
Southern and Rome Cironits, Messrs.
Harris, Hansel! and Underwood are can
didates for re-eleotlon, end we do not
know that they have any opposition.
The Augusta News say a the now Geor
gia railway engine, “Peg Woffington
which made her first trip Monday, is the
largest in the State.' Sho can easily
draw forty loaded freight cars.
The Augusta Chronicle pleads this off
set:
A writer in the Savannah Recorder
asks if there is not something tho matter
with Colonel Nicholls’ "moral character.”
We understand that Colonel Nicholls has
been known to pnblicly chew tobacco.
But as Captain Corker is said to smoke,
the moral character account may be con
sidered balanced.
On Wedntaday night of last week, as
we learn from the ConyerB Courier, a man
named Hines attempted to board a
freight train near that plaoe, bat missed
his footing, and falling under the wheels
was so injured as to caueo bis death the
next day.
The Albany Advertiser has these faots
and figures abont Jndge G. J. Wright’s
farm near this place:
The farm, containing seventy acres of
open land, is two and a half milsB west
of Albany. In it was planted this year
40| acres of com, 12 of cotton, 4 of wheat,
II of oats, i of of an acre of cane, and %
of an acre of potatoes. Peas with corn,
and afterwards oats and wheat.
Its prodnotB were: corn, 1,851 bushols;
oats, 160 bushels; wheat, 58 bushels; peas,
300 bushels; potatoes, 250 bushels; 10
bales of cottcn, and $100 worth of cane.
Ont of II acres of corn, which was extra
fertilized, he made 91 bnsbels. From one
acre of cotton, he made 5-6 of a half; of
com on average of 88i bushels to the
acre; of wheat, 141 bushels; of oats, 13 J;
and of potatoes at the rate of over 300
bushels per acre. Cotton was cultivated
with seven furrows to the row only, and
corn was plowed but once after planting,
except half an acre, plowed three timee.
The Judge also sold from his farm during
the year $800 worth of oak and hickory
wood—his land being all oak and hickory
af the best quality. He also made enough
to supply his labpr.
As a companion to this wo add the fol
ding from a letter of “Jack Plane’s” in
Monday’s Savannah Newt:
There is a farm near No. 10, in Jeffer
son coantyTknown aa ‘‘Old Town,” and
is now owned and cultivated by Messrs
N. P. Grant & Co., which will give the
reader some idea of the farming done
along the line of this road. The farming
operations ire under the immediate di
rection of the junior partner, Captain T.
J. James. The farm consists of twenty-
six hundred acres in cultivation. The
work is all done by convict labor, there
being from one hundred and seventy-five
to two hundred bands engaged. These
are walked in squads of from ten to
twenty-five, with a guard for each Equad.
The labor for the past year has been very
satisfactory, there being comparatively
bnt little eicKneBS among them. The re
sult of the present year is as fellows:
Corn, eleven thousand bushels; wheat,
seven hundred and twenty-six bnshelB;
oats, eight thousand bnBhels; cotton,
eight hundred bags, with the top ciod to
come in yet. They have been unfortu
nate with their hogs, the cholera having
killed two hundfe&hpad put of the five
hundred which they hhve' raised during
the year. ThiB report does not include
the hay crop, nor peas, nor sweet pota
toes, nor cane, all of which are said to be
very fine.
The Milledgeville Old Capital adver
tises for tho owner of a glass eye whioh
was picked np at a railroad crossing two
or three miles from that place. If any
of onr subscribers or readers bave ' lost
such an article, they will thank ns for
this information.
Ws give belovr the salient points of
Senator Hill’s letter, mention of which
was made yesterday:
In the first place, taking a general
view, let me say I cannot eeo bow any
party can bave a practical efficient ex
istence without an organization. I am
equally unable to See how any man can
promote the success of a party by fight
ing its organization. If, through the
arts of designing men, as is often the
case, evil springs up in the organization,
then the purification of the organization,
and not its destruction, is the only proper
or efficient remedy. I have therefore
always taken, and shall always take, my
place in the party and with the organiza
tion. Independence in the formation
and expression of opinions iB the duty of
all and especially of public men and lead
ers. No man has asserted this inde
pendence more feailaaaly or more fre
quently than myself. But it has never
occurred to me that I could promote my
opinions Dy fighting my party. On the
contrary, I have always thought that the
best way to promote thd success of cor
rect opinions is to do all I can to bring
the party to them. In this a min 'may
sometimes suffer temporary personal
injury or even wreng, but in the end ha
will be vindicated.
We hear much of “ring men” and “in
dependents.•’ The first denounce the
latter as ‘Traitors,” soothe latter de
nounce the firstasi'sbywtine’-f and.“trick
sters.” But, after-'all, whatTskfiO differ
ence between ring men and independ
ents ? i-Si
The ring man seeks to promote hi? per
sonal ends and ambition by getting art-*
ful control of tne party organization.
The independent seeks to promote his
personal ends and ambition by fighting
the organizations. In their motives and
ends they are precisely the same, and
differ only in the means they employ.
Both are the children of that mammoth
parent of many evils and ever growing
corruptions—self-seeking. The only real
remedy for both these evils is one which
was so familiar to onr fathers, but which
Is so unfamiliar to ns: that high congres
sional, judioial and executive position
cro places of service and responsibility,
that must be “neither sought nor de
clined.”
A true Democrat is he who is willing to
sacrifice his personal aims and ambitions
for the success of his party, which suc
cess he believes is the good of the' coun
try. He sticks to his party, and waits to
be called higher. He regards the offices
as places of seivice, and not as occasions
of pleasure or profit, or for tho gratifica
tion of personal vanity. In a word, he
neither seeks the high offices nor declines
them, if he is in a condition to discharge
thoir duties.
In the second place, let ns apply these
general views, which all must agree are
correct, to the political situation in j onr
congressional district.
Joel A. Billups is the regular nominee
of the Democratic party. I know he
neither sought nor expected the nomina
tion. The contending wings of the or
ganization both honorably agreed to bnry
their differences for the common peace
and good of the party, and selected him
as the representative and symbol of their
noble and patriotic sacrifices. He is a
good man. I have known him intimate
ly for thirty-six years. I do not known
better man, nor one more worthy of Con
gressional honors. He never sought to
use his party, nor to fight it. Hawa3
never a demagogue, and is incapable of
being one. He is an upright gentleman,
a true Democrat and an able debater. He
would not sacrifice either his convictions
or his party to secure any mero personal
end. He has neither sought nor declined
the office. He has patriotically answered
the united call of his party. Being a
good man and having been fairly—in
deed, most honorably—nominated, I do
think it is the imperative duty of every
Democrat in the district to give him a
cordial and earnest support. His nomi
nation is of the kind of nominations I
love, and I should regard his defeat as a
public calamity.
1 do not donbt (not meaning independ
ents now) there are some among ns, least
suspected by onr people, who are anx
iously looking and adroitly working for
certain combinations in 1880. I warn
them now they will fail. I do not know
a prominent Republican at the North who
is willing to make a single concession to
the South, on the Presidential ticket Or
otherwise, except on condition of affilia
tion with the Republican party.
The Sonthom man who, under any pre
text, shall be willing to affiliate with the
party which disfranchised the intelli
gence, virtuo and prosperity of the South,
and placed them all nnder the dominion
of ignorance and villainy; which used
the army to protect their villains while
they were robbing us; which is bow using
the patronage of the government to re
ward the guilty authors of a Presidential
larceny, and which is making sovereign
States but houses of refuge for the es
caping criminals of their carpet-bag crew,
may expect nothing bat his own political
dishonor, degradation and death.
With kindest regards to each of yon|
and with grateful recollection of you all,
and of those yon represent, lam.
Yours, very truly,
Bekj. H. Hill.
To Messrs. W. C. Mcisntire, T. W.
Ayres, and others, OarneB7ille, Ga.
The Constitution reports frost in Atlan
ta Sand&y and Monday morning, and the
Chronicle notes the samo fact as to Au
gusta Monday rning.
‘Fabmeb” Abnold’s song ns he goes
the ronnds of his osnvasa In the A.lunta
district:
peison of Pete Ltwshe to the ODion cause.
This company held a meeting and pa-etd
the following resolutions;
Resolved, 1. That this corporation be
known as the Bnngtown Rangers.
Resolved, 2. That this company do
never leave the eity of Bnngtown exoept
in ease of invasion.
Explaining why.Mr. Speer joined the
oavalry, he says : “Why, that is plain,
gentlemen. The enemy sometimes canght
the infantry, bnt they never oanght the
cavalry.”
He says that when Speer first entered
the camps he threw np his yonng arms
and said: “Whereare the yankees? Just
show them to me and I will kill them—
kill them every one.” He wes so smsll
that he had to be lifted np to the breast
works. He hastily aorambled baok, ex
claiming : “Let me down! Quick! D—n
if they haven’t got guns just like we
have!”
.He tells the following stories on Speer.
He says: “They say that one night Speer
oame plunging into camp, shouting:
“Getnp boys and fly! They're here !
They’re right behind me 1” An old reb
turned over in his tent and asked: “Is
Speer got his baton? “Yes,” was the
reply. “Well then the yanks ain’t in
sight. He always loeeB that long ’fore
they get in sight.”
Again he sayB: ‘‘They say that onoe a
Yankee cavalryman “flushed” Speer near
Jonesboro, and that he started him at full
ran np the railroad traok towards Atlanta.
A freight train was right behind him, bat
lc never drove him off the track. He
beat it to Atlanta so badly, that tbe en
gineer never bad to blow his alarm whis
tle.”
The Atlanta Republican says the Rad
icals of that district have tendered the
nomination for Congress to Judge McCay,
and urged his acceptance on a hard
money platform.
A Georgian Murdered in North Car
olina.—We find the following in the au-
gnsta Chronicle:
Abont tho middle of January last, a
man named George Littleton went up
the Georgia railroad in quest of work.
Dr. A. H. Randall, who lives near Union
Point, gave him employment on bis farm,
and ho worked there nntil the 28th of
September. He said hi3 home was near
Wilmington, North Carolina, On the
29th of .September, Mr. J. P. Bsndall,
sen of Dr. Randali, a young man about
twenty-two years of age, left Union
Point for Wilmington, where he expected
to go into business. Littleton deter
mined to go with him, for tho purpose,
he said, of returning home. Dr. Ran
dall heard from his son on the 30th—he
was theD at Columbia—but received no
intelligence from him since.
On October 7th, during the progress of
a protraoted .religions meeting at Wag-
man Church; near Brinkley, N. C., a sta
tion on the Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad, the attention of the
people was attracted by a number of dogB
and buzzards at a branch abont two hun
dred yards Isom the residence df Mac-
Lane Littleton, who is a brother of
orgeLfltfleton, and who has charge of
i pHttitotion of G. N. Summerali, at:
timt plMdt : Oa investigation they dis
covered the-body of a than who had been
shot througb.the temples. It was lying
which you allow correspondents to speak
of holy things and Christian gentlemen.
And you tco, sir, allow your pen too much
freedom'oa thefesme~8qbj*ct._ There are
limits t6sll thiigja,' and whenever the hu
mor strikes .you'- to publish such things
agam, you can strike my name fiom
your subscription list without further
notice. . Yours, in earnest,
Justice.
BfNow, my dear “Justice,” we have
known you a good while and have “gl-;
lowed” you. We don’t .expect to “pub
lish such things again*’ unless it will
force you, and two or three like you, to
come up and pay your subscription ar
rears for the “little sheet” to date. Yonrs
is just three dollars and fifty cents. Walk
up.
Bullock ooncty makes a healthy show
ing this year. She has only three law
yers, six dootors, and no dentists.
Sam Gabdnxr lately lived in Liberty
county, tint has now joined the majority.
He owed Simon Osgood some money,
and paid part of if, for whioh no credit
was given. This made him mad, and he
went to Simons houso to .express himeelf
accordingly, when SimoD, his four-sons,
ana one daughter Bet upon and beat him
to death. They now board in jail.
Fbanx Fltnt, of Griffin, son of Colonel
T. W. Ftynt, pioked 704 pounds of oof ton
one day last week. At least the Griffin
News says so. But is the News sure it
hasn’t got the first fignre wrong?)
A Sad Case.
Philadelphia Times. J
The sad case of the late Mr. Milton
Sayler, of Cincinnati, solemnly suggests
that no stateeman can safely become a
candidate for Speaker before he has been
elected to Congress.
What (bey Iteaily Meed
Philadelphia Times.J »- 1
When tbe Nationals out West, next
make a platform they will probably have
the thoughtfulness to put in a plank de
manding an increase of ballots ss quite as
essential for a new party as more circula
ting medium.
Where They Missed It.
Boston Herald Ind.l
Those telegrams come very near to
poor old Tilden. If (he Republicans had
allowed him to be President they might
be moving for his impeachment now and
making heaps of pchtioal capital. They
made a mistake—8 to 7.
Tbe PrlniasDoaue.
Robert Burdette. I
Clara Louise Kellogg bit herself with
a rat while returning from Europe. Well,
that isn’t much, but it is better than noth
ing. But it won’t do to neglect the other
one. Miss Cary, please ma’am, shall we
scratch your back with a cat ?
I'm Farmer Bube, of Doerland Park,
J blow my horn and the grangers bark
As I summon them all to quick embark
In the fiat cart of the farm, ch!
Cborus 11 never raised acr hay or corna
Nor milked scow with a crumpled horn
And I’m mnning a race that’s all forlorn,
Because Pm lost on a farm, oh 1
And then he runs home and pals those
diamond Binds baok iu his shirt bosom
and aajra: How I do fool those green
horn grangers I
Huuons or the Canvass in the Ninth
District.—We find some specimens
thereof in the Constitution. They tie
quotations from speeohes nude by T. W.
Booker, a bright yonng lawyer of Athens,
in answer to claims made by - Speer’s
friends, based on bis war reoord:
Touohing Speer’s service, he says:
The eompany to whioh Mr. Bpeer attach
ed himself was, I expect, organized like
the Bnngtown Rangers of Iowa, that no
ble State that oontribntsd a sutler iu the
... inquest
testimony showed that George Littleton
was at his brother’s, on a visit, in January,
and left for Georgia during that month;
that on the first of October he returned,
and stated that he Rad been m the em
ploy of George StantonJ at Union Point;
that he stated he came by rail to Brink-
ley’s station, and from that point walked
to his brother’s house, which he reached
about 12 o’clock; that upon his arrival,
he looked so confused that his brother’s
wife asked him if he had not murdered
somebody; that he answered nc, and
laughed; that he said he had been en
gaged to a young lady of Social Circle;
that he visited that village on the 4;h
Saturday of September, and saw her in a
grocery store; he did not speak to her,
bnt Tisited her the following Sunday, and
having an opportunity,' asked the yonng
lady “if she intended to make a
fool of him,” and that the lady
stepped to a room, got a pistol,
and shot herself through the left breast,
and died immediately, only Uttering a
few words thatshe died for lovo or that
she lived to love and died to be loved;
that he remained there nntil after the
funeral, and left the following Sunday.
In the pocket of a coat given to Mac Lit
tleton by hie brother waa found a bloody
handkerchief. A pistol given by George
Littleton to Mac, was produced at the in
quest. The body of the deceased when
found had nothing on bnt a part of a
shirt and a pair of drawers. No name
could be found on either garment, and
nothing but three pearl buttons, two
large ones for cuff3 and one small one
for collar button. The evidence farther
showed that a ball of abont the calibre of
the pistol already mentioned entered the
temple and passed straight through the
brain. A shirt worn by George Littleton
had been given to a woman to wash.
Both sleeves were very bloody, and near
tne cuffs were fall of black mud and clots
of blood. Littleton and a yonng man
whose description suited that of Peter
Randal), the missing man, got off the
train togother at Brinkley’s.
Littleton was arrested and held for in
vestigation.
Messrs. J. M. Mitchell and H. C. Ran
dall, the latter a brother of the deceased,
passed through the city yesterday after
noon, on their way from Union Point to
Brinkley to attend the investigation.
The stock of the Commercial Bank of
Augusta sold on Tuesday for $85 per
share.
The Augusta Chronicle man who does
the sampling for that establishment, has
been tisling a remarkably fine banana
grown in that city. He forgets, however,
to add whether or not it was by the
owner’s permission.
Chickens twenty and twenty-five
cents, eggs dull at twenty cents, and
sweet potatoes at seventy-fire cents per
'bushel, are figures that maketh the soul
of the* Augusta housekeeper torejoioe.
In Trouble.—An Atlanta letter to the
Griffin Newt says:
j I must state, that for several days
among oertain parties, it has been ru
mored that Mr. Wm. Goodnow, who was
by the courts appointed receiver of the
Sccfield Rolling Mill Company, and has
advertised himself as general manager of
the ocncern, is a defaulter to that insti
tution in a very large amount of money.
Some say to the extent of twenty-six
thousand dollars, bnt the experts who
have the bcoks of the mill under exami
nation, have found, thus far, only
eighteen thousand dollars. Mr. Good-
sow, to whom, by the way, I do not wish
to do an act of injustice, says, as I under
stand, that he thinks he cm account for
it. Tho mill is still running.
Judge M. L. Bivins, one of the old
est and best oitizenB of Marian county,
died last Saturday of paralysis,
A COXFANT of Columbus capitalists has
bought the North and South railway, and
will push it through to Cbtpley without
delay.
We find the following in the Montezu
ma Weekly
Sad —There arrived in Montezuma, on
the down accommodation train last San-
day night, a ’ woman and a child. The
wosmb guvs Use name of Carrie Hamilton
or Hampton, and states.that she has been
North With her 18valid husband, who
died a few days ago. She wm on her
way to ber.hame.ia Montioello, Florida,
when her child became too siok to travel,
and she stopped over at this point to
have her ohild oared for. The ohild
lived but a few hours after reaching the
hotel. Tbe town authorities burled the
ohild, and the mother is still at the hotel
withont means to proeeedon heir jonraey.
Macon Co., Ga., October 7, 1878.
Editor Weekly—live: Place allow me
space in your little sheet to (xpresB my
entire disapprobation of the manner in
liable to Reconsider It.
Cincinnati Enquirer.l •».;
’ 'Blaine is receiving enough encourage
ment in Iowa to'almost persuade him to
try it again in ’80. There was a time
when Jim was willing to stand aside in
favor of Grant, but now he is liable to re
consider it. :; -• ,
- Platonic WbatwYouaLall-It.
Ashland (Kj.) Eoviow.J
Henry Watterson went up to Cincin
nati last week to Bee Clara Morri?. When
a married man goes a hundred and fifty
miles to sea a woman in the samo fix, it’s
time for the parties of the other part
to ask some questions.
Flat Majorities—Why Not ?
Philadelphia Ledger.]
If money can bo made by “fiat,” why
not make “fiat” majorities? The Green-
baekers should have thought of this be
fore going to the trouble dt voting in
Ohio or lows. They should have in
structed one of their number to cast a
ballot with this device: ‘‘This is a ma
jority of all the votes cast at this elec
tion,” and so have ended tho matter at
once, without tho bother of a count or in
quiring whether the ballot had any value
or not.
The HreenbacK Collapse,
N. f. Herald.]
The Western nationals were, after all.
playing what they would call a “bloff
game,” and soared the weak-kneed Dsm-
oorats on a very “thin hand.” A com
parison of tneir positive published
“claims” before the eleotlon and. the net
results makes their movement ridiculous.
The greenback national organe’olaimed a
hundred thousand votes in Indiana and
three Congressmen. They east in that
State, where they are strongest, cnly
thirty thousand votes, and with the help
of the Demoorats, not by their own votes,
elected one Congressman. They claimed
ono hundred thousand votes In
Ohio, and thrre Congressmen, and
they cast, as nearly as we can tell
from imperfeot returns, lets than
thirty thousand votes and elected no Con
gressman. They claimed a Congressman
in Weet Virginia, but elected none. Hav
ing made a combination with tbe Demo
crats in Iowa, they claimed four Congress
men, but, with the help of Democratic
votes, managed to elect only two. and it
ia clear that if they had stood alone they
would have got none.
That is to say, they had not in Indi
ana and Ohio, tho two States where they
have the greatest strength, s third of the
vote they claimed, and if ithad not been
for Democratic help tbey would sot have
elected a single Congressman anywhere.
It is absurd for them to talk any longer
of a great popular movement. The tide
is setting fast against them, and they
have made their largest showing, and that
amounts to just three .Democratic Repre
sentatives elected by the assistance of
greenback votes; That is all, and it is a
pretty poor "second fiddle.
To the Legislators Elect—Judi
cial Elections.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: You
recently reprinted a suggestive article
from the Atlanta Oonstituiion^n reference
to the election of judges by this Legisla
ture, and in reference to the best mode
of ascertaining the wishes of the bar, and
citizens ef the several circuits, so as to
relieve, as far as praetical, the members of
that body from embarrassment, growing
. out of the contest of candidstes. The
tenor of the article was inviting to tbe
consideration of the matter through the
press, and as understood, by your corn-s
pondent, favoring tbe plan of adopting
the ohoice of the members and bar from
the several circuits.
It is in a spirit of fair discussion of the
most important matter now before the
people of Georgia, the judiciary for tbe
next four years, to the end that the good
of the State may be promoted, that I
venture to offer this article, addressed to
the Senators and Representatives elect,
under whose eye it may chance to fall.
It is of the first importance that the
legislative, executive and judicial branch
es of the Government should understand
the tetter and the Bpirit of the new Con
stitution, which thoy swear to support,
and begin early to pnt all its conserva
tive and prohibitory provisions in fall
force and effect.
The plan of appointing judgOB by the
Governor, approved by the Senate, hod
been in recent practice, to the infinite
trohble of the Executive and the wide
spread disaffection of aspirants and their
friendB. It was the purpose of the con
vention to abandon that mode.
The plan of electing by the people of
the circuits—the only true Democratic
system under ordinary circumstances—
was rejected in the convention for obvj-
ous reasons.
That of electing by the Legislature was
adopted as tho least of the three eVilsi
That now is the Constitutional policy of
this State; and whether it is the wisest
and best, is -sot now the matter under
consideration. It is the mode nnder which
one-half the judges of this State are to
bo .chosen by the Legislature soon to
convene.
No member of that body can cast a
vote' for judge, except under the same
oath that binds his conscience on allother
subjects. He cannot shield his conscience
by eltiwrl shutting his eyes and voting
blindly and'without informing himself,
or by accepting the representations of in
terested; mqii who may form rings and
combinations, for other offices, or their
special friends in the lobby, though not
lobbying,‘ in .the sense of the new Consti-
tion, • «'• •
The Constitution no where intimates
that the bar of a circuit 1 , or the members
elect from a circuit, nominated and cho
sen as they have been, withont the re
motest reference to this partionlar sub
ject, have any moro rightful control over
it,'than any other equal number of intel
ligent citizens. The purity, integrity,
honor and efficiency of the judiciary is
confided to the wisdom and prudence of
tbo whole body of Legislators. And
those who have accepted membership,
cannot rid themselves of tho responsi
bility the oath of office imposea upon
them.
If it is truo in any circuit, that a man
without mental and moral qualifications
—withont experience, age and practice—
without learning and proficiency in his
profession, by reason of wealth, family
influence, or aDy cause whatsoever, has
the favor of the members or bar, or both,
of his cironit, without these qualifications,
and the will of the moral and intelligent
people of the circuit, then it ia the duty
of the fair and impartial Representatives
and Senators from other parts of ’ the
State to protect tho people of that-cir-
cuit.
If it is true-that the legislature of any
circuit is composed of aspiring men, and
their candidate for judge is of the trading
class, and if rings have been formed
since they were elected, and slates made
up to dispose of the public offices m fu
ture, without taking the sense or con
sulting the wishes of the people, then the
members at large ought to break the
slate into the smallest pieces, and pnt a
atop to that sort of traffic. A judge who
may have been tempted to enter into a
corrnpt bargain to get in, is a sold man to
bis obligors, and can never be trusted on
the bench whenever the proper amount
of indccement or temptation is offered
him.
It is our theory, one whioh will be pnt
largely in practioe soon after this election
for judges, to alternate and hold courts
for each other, in consequence of the dis
ability the law imposes to preside and
try their own cases. The people efa
circuit, the bar and members thereof, are
not tho only persons interested in elect
ing judges of the eeveral circuits. All
the people of the State have au interest
in the election in every circuit. The re
spect of the people for their judges is, to
a large extent, the measure of their re
spect for law. And no imbecile or drunk
ard. libertine, or infidel, dishonest bar
gainer or trickster, should be allowed to
put ou the judicial robe.
Of (lonrse He Didn’t.
Philadelphia Timcs.l .. "
The .newspaper correspondent .who
started the atrocious story that the Pres
ident had declined t° attend ; a fair in
Maryland didn’t know what he was wri
ting about, it seems. Mr. Hayes him
sell has not declined any * invitation! of
that kind as far as he recollects, and he
hasn’t authorized any newspaper corres
pondent to do it for him.
Only this and Mottling More.
SprirKheld Republican.!
Daring Conkling’s speech at Ithaoa a
voice asked, ‘‘How is Rutherford B.
Hayes.” Mr. Conkling answered, “Oh,
l am not his keeper.” . Thu was the
only allusion to the administration.
All Bonn.
Cincinnati Enquirer.l
Senator Thurman is recovering faster
than any sick man we ever knew. Tbe
nonsensioal story about his having had a
stroke of paralysis is all bosb. The na
tional banks will have the best evidenee
that he ia a good subject for- a life insur
ance policy.
A Seasonable Suggestion.
Philadelphia Times.]
If Commissioner Ls Duo has any good
posthole seed in his department he might
make friends of several Congressmen by
sending them some. A good many. Con
gressmen need postholes as a kind of
refnge at this uncertain season of tbe
year.
Tbe Only One.
Philadelphia Times.]
The Springfield Republican now caste
Its eaglo fja over the field and observes
that Thoufas A. Bayard, 'of' Delaware, is
the only Presidential candidate of either
party who remains perfectly erect on his
lege. As to the Republicans, it thinks
their man; will have to be grown in tbe
ntxt twoyeare. :
Mot Ont of tbe Woods, Yet.
'Washington Star]
Senator Yoorhee?, after all, is likely to
meet with some opposition to his election
to the Senate by the Indiana Legislature.
It is stated that William H. English, a
banker in Indianapolis, and who has a
son elected to the Legislature, will be a
formidable rival for the place, and that
in his canvass he will be assisted by the
national banks, who prefer his election to
Voorhees, who is known to he inimical to
the continuance of the national banking
system.
May an A December.
Y ashlngton Star.]
Commodore CorneliuB K. Garmon, a
New York millionaire, was married at tbe
Windsor House, in that city, Thursday,
to Miss Letitia W. Randall, of St. Louis.
Commodore Garrison is seventy years of
age, whilst the bride iB only twenty-five,
young and beautiful, and was the hello of
the season at Saratoga last summer. A
marriage portion, ropoited to be from
$200,000 to $300,000, was settled upon
his intended wife by the commodore prior
to tho marriage.
Sad Fate oi LeDnc's Birds
Cincinnati Gazetted
A gentleman m the Agricultural De
partment relates a failure of great nation
al effort qn the part of General LeDuc to
suppress grasshoppers. It seems tbat
he accidentally heard that rooks would
eat them, so he decidod to start a nation
al rookery. He drew on tho contingent
fund for $1,100, and on England for one
hundred rooks. Beforo he got them
through the custom house all but eight
had died from the ocean voyage and the
custom house regulations. These
reached Washington-alive, and were put
into a rookery. A few days since,
through some mistake in giving them an
airing one chilly day, they all died bat
one. He still lives, bat the expectation
of having grasshoppers devoured next
season are no longer entertained by the
Commissioner.
Decisions of .tbe Supreme Court
«1 emrgta, Delivered October
8.1S7S.
Abridged from the Atlanta Constitution by N.
B. Harris, oi the Macon Bar.
Jordan, administrator, vs. Parnell. Ap
peal from Houston.
Wabneb, C. J.—There ia no law in
this State which allows an administrator
to carry on tbe business of the deceased
for a longer period than the current year.
An' administrator, therefore, who even
under an express order of tbe Ordinary,
continued tbe farming operations of his
intestate for some years and a loss oc
curred to the estate thereby, is liable to
the fines at law for such loss.
Judgment affirmed.
SERENADE.
O, wind, blow (ott to-night i
With tender trembling tonrb
Ki» her fair brow to ni K ht
And stars that oetm with such
A loving, living light,
Look in her eyes to-night
And. this much -
He dreams ot thee to-night I”
Exchange bank vs. Butrioe & Edge
worth. Complaint! from Houston.
Warn au, C. J.—The exchange bank
advanoed money oq a note belonging to
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar, taking the note
as collateral security. The amount ad
vanoed was eighty per cent, of the face
value of the note. To a suit upon the
note the defendant pleaded failure of
consideration: Held, that the exchange
bank was a bona fide holder of the note to
the extent ot the money loaned, with the
lawful interest|dne thereon, and for whioh
the note was transferred to It as collateral
seonrity. And the plea to this extent
woald not lie,
Judgment reversed. * *
Varner, et al. vs. Gunn, et a). Equity
from Houston.
Warner, o. J.—Gray devised lands in
trust for the sole and separate use of his
two daughters, Ann and Jane Gray, for
and dazing their natural lives, and after
their death to their children, but if they
should die leaving no obildrcn, or repre
sentative of children, the property eo
devised, to revert to his estate and be
eqnslly divided between bis other ohil-
dren.inthe same manner as befers direct
ed.” The daughters married and their
hnsbands who had been appointed trus
tees, petitioned the oonrt for an order to
sell the trust property, whioh was granted
and the property Bold to Gann in 1859,
the trustees making the deed. Gann and
others olaiming under him were in pos
session to time of Buit, more than seven
years. Jane married and died in 1867,
without children. Ann mairied Varrnr
in 1855 and has five children who sue:
Held, tbat under taesa facta the defend
ants had a good ‘prescriptive title to the
property, and the complainants are bar-
red.
Judgment affirmed.
fP* spoilti.oaats.ttowmb«•
Cook vs. Rainey. Appeal from Hous
ton.
Blsoklet, J.—One of the modes ot
giving the ordinary’s consent to the ex
penditure of more tnan the annual profits
of the ward’s estate for the expenses ot
maintenance andedaoation, is by approv
ing the regular annual returns of the guar
dian when the retnrns show on their face
that the expenses have exceeded the in-
oome. 15 Ga. 451; 20 lb. 235; 20 lb. 582.
The code in sections 1,824 and 1,825, Is
not substantially different from the prior
law.
judgment reversed.
Campbell & Jones vs. Murray et aL
Equity from Houston.
Blecklsx J., 1.—When an individual
Mr. lllden’s Answer.
New York Sun.]
TUe pnblio await with profound inter
est the arswar Samuel J. Tilden will
make to the attempts to oast odium upon
him by reoent publications of what pur
ported to be cipher telegrams and their
translations, addressed by and to intimate
friends of bis while the decision of the
Presidential eleotlon was pending. , ——p-
love of fair play, the love of. justice, 10 creditor designate the very security re-
-deep and strong in the Amerioan heart,
and neither Mr. Tilden nor any one else
is going to be permanently oondemned
no justly. Some impatienoe has been ex
pressed beoanse Mr. Tilden has not
spoken sooner, if he hsB anything to say.
Perhaps he preferred to see the whole
indiotment before pleading to it. This be
should be permitted to do. If the Tribune
has any more telegrams, or what purport
to be telegrams, apparently involving
Mr, Tilden in any unquestionable trans
actions, now is the time to lay them be
fore the pnblic. When Mr. Tilden shall
have been heard in reply—if he sees fit
to speak—then it wilt not probably be
difficult to form a correct judgment of
the whole matter. If Mr. Tilden comes
Give""os' the I oat nnsoathed, the sympathy for
ermine 'with the dignity, purity, and wronged leader inatinotive to generous
ability that will guarantee pnblio confi
dence. Private Citizen.
An Aubtfebous Meteor.—A remarka
ble specimen of meteoric iron, moro like
steel, has been brought in here from the
Mohave desert. It weighs about aponnd,.
and carries free gold, of whichnearly a
dollar appears on its surface. It is not
magnetic, and has successfully! resisted
simple and compound baths of ^id. In
this respect it resembles specular iron,
but in no other. One of its surfaces
shows a fracture that reveals a rtyatalline
structure, the. color of which is a steel
gray, tinged with yellow. It has defied
the best cold chisels in the blacksmith
shop, and haB not broken or chipped
nnder Jieavy blows. If its composition
can be imitated, t> ere wi’l be produced
the hardest and toughest alloy known.—
Tuma Sentinel,
* A Hundred Years Ago.—One hun
dred years ago not a pound ot oca!, not a
onbio foot ot illnminating gas, bad been
burned in thiB country. No iron stoves
were nstd, end no contrivance for econo
mizing beat employed nntil Dr. Franklin
invented tho iion frame flreplaoe, whioh
still beers his name. All the cooking and
warming in town and country wore done
by the a d of fire kindled in the brick oven
or on tbe hearth. Pineknots or tallow can
dles furnished light for the long; winter
nights and sanded floors supplied the plaoe
of rugs and carpets. The water used
Tor household purposes was drawn from
deep well, by the creaking sweep. No
form of pump waa used in thiB- country,
so far as we can learn, until after the
present century. There wero no fnotiou-
matches in those early days by the aid of
which a fire conld be easily kindled; and
if the fire “went out upon the hearth”
over night, and the tinder was damp, so
that the sparks would not catob, the al
ternative was presented of wandering
through the snow a mile or so to borrow
of a neighbor. Only one room ii any
house was warm, unless soma of the
family were il'. In all the rest the tem
perature was at zero many nights ia the
winter.
Baby Shows are the rage Everywhere,
and we understand that the universal
remedy used to keep the little ones (met
is Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrnp. It contains
no .opiate. Fiice 25 cecte.
Senator Tborinan.
Cincinnati Bnquirer.l
■ The New York limes and other Re
publican journals affect to believe tbat
Senator Thurman has been destroyed bb
a Presidential candidate for 1880. Tho
idea is almost too ridiculous for serious
notice. We say, affect to believe,.for
auoh a journal as the Times is too intel
ligent, and too well read in the book of
human nature, not to know that Senator
Thurman is as formidable as ever, and
that nothing has occurred to mar or in
jure his prospeots for the Presidency
His moral oharaoter is above reproach.
He has never been gnilty of official or
private misconduct. He has never even
been accused of any deviation from the
path of rectitude. He stands, therefore,
on unassailable gronnd to begin with.
And his ability is as incontrovertible as
is his integrity, while both, with hia ex
perience in public affairs, stamp him ss
a safe, wise and able statesman. He has
no superior as a Senator, and few equals.
Bat possibly the Times draws all ub in
spiration from the faot that in Ohio the
Republicans at the reoent election car
ried their State ticket by a small major
ity over the Democratic ticket. Few
oared about the State ticket. We hardly
heard it mentioned daring the canvass.
It was the Forty, fifth Congress that en
gaged the attention and the efforts of
Senator Thnrman. It was there that he
did good and able service, that entities
him to the gratitude of every Democrat.
The Repnblicass, in making a noise over
the eleotion of their State ticket, are
tooting through the small end of their
horn. They lost the main fight through
the efforts of Senator Thnrman.
Xke Greenback Theory of Prei-
perons Times
Bob I tiger- oil at Mtlone, N. Y1
Now they say the way to got bock—the
way to have prosperous limes again—is
to again go in debt. Suppose I bought a
farm for 15,000 and gave my note for it;
and then I bought horses and wagons and
gave my note; and then I bought a
piano for Mary and gave my nots, and
sent James to sohool aud gave my note,
and they all ran a year. What a magnifi-
oert time I oouli have for that year!
Then when they oamo aronnd and wanted
me to pay tho note I would say, ‘T will
give you little notes for the interest, and
let them ran another year.” What a
splendid time I could have for another
year! Finally, when they ooma and say
they have got to bave the money, what
would yon think if I were to say to them,
“I never bad a bettor time in my life than
when I was giving those notes? AU that
is necessary for universal happiness and
pesos Is to let me keep right on giving
my notes.” I say to them the reason of
hard times Is beoanse they bave lost con
fidence In me. They e*y the reason they
have last oonfldenoe is that I have not
(he money.
Important.—Do not let your Drusrgiat
palm off on you any new, cheap remedy
for colds when ycu inquire for Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup' or you will be disappointed.
Prioe, 25 cents a bottle.
hearts wiU arouse as enthusiasm in his
favor such as he never kindled befere,
What is a Dollar?
Jim Blaine’s Definition.!
Why it iB juBt as absolute a thing
as a pitcher, a table or a hat. A
dollar is of so many grains of gold or sil
ver, defined to bp so in the statutes,
written by Alexander Hamilton, of Con
gress, on hiB recommendation, signed by
George Washington, as President. When
the government promised to pay two dol
lars they promised to pay exactly two
dollars like that, a defined and well un
derstood thing as much as if you had
agreed to pay a man ten bnshels of
wheat for two barrels of pork, and of
course when a man talks about making
this two dollars by saying “This is two
dollars,” he is talking in a language of
idiocy, lunacy or ohildhood. If by say
ing “this is two dollars,” would make it
two dollars, there would be no longer
any use in etopping the money-making
here. What is the use in making it two
dollars when you can make it twenty dol
lars just as well, or a hundred? Why
waste both sides of it? You might make
this side one dollar and on this one hun
dred, or put a thousand dollars on this
side of it and a hundred on this. If you
want to pay a man a thousand dollars pnt
ont the thonsand-dollar side; if yoawant
to pay him one hundred dollars turn this
side up. If yon want to pay him eleven
hundred dollars, let him take both sides.
Yon must meet nonsense with nonsense.
Yon cannot argue in the domain of good,
strong, common sense.
Tbe negro insurrection in the little
Danish island of Santa Crns, in tbe West
IndieB, has been suppressed, but it was a
bad affair. It is known to have cost the
partial destruction of tbe town of Fred-
erickssted, tho burning of more than a
hundred plantations, aud the loss of a
number of livos not yet clearly stated.
The Danish gevernment has never kept
a strong garri on on the island, and tbe
force that was there happened at the
time to be concentrated at Christianized,
en the northeastern coast. The labor
question was the source of all the trou
ble. When slavery was abolished, the
fretdmen were still required to make
engagements to work in the sane-fields,
and the employers were to furnish them
with provisions and clothing. Last year
this system gave way to a new one, un
der which the hands were to feed and
olothe themselves. Quarrels broke out
concerning the rates of wages to be paid,
and the result was this revolt. Fortu
nately, the return of troops to the scene
of conflict and the aid given by war ves
sels In the adjacent waters ware sufficient
to stop the riot and rapine, although not
nntil after some sharp fighting. Race
conflicts in the West Indies have almost
invariably been fierce and bloody, for
the negroes are ignorant and brutal, and
the mixing of their blood with that of
white Bettler has further demoralised
them.
The opinion of the people has been
folly confirmed by wide spread experi
ence that Dr. Bull’s Coogh Syrup is the
beet and oheapert remedy for Coughs,
Colds, Sore Thro*’, Asthma, etc.
farmB upon the land of other persons
withont their oonsent and against their
objeotion, and contracts debts in his own
name for advances aud supplies to oarry
on tbe business, tbe debts are his own,
and not those of the owners of the premi-
8 is. This is true, though the owneis may
be his wife and her sister, and though
he may intend the profits for their ben
efit.
2. A conveyance of the wife’s land to
secure the husband’s dsbt is void.
3. If a man’s sister-in-law, ot fu'l age,
though residing in his family and looking
np to him for proteotion, becomes his
surety, and conveys her land to bte credi
tor to farther secure the debt.she is bound
just ss any other persons performing tbe
ilka ects would be. Any fraud or mu rep
resentation praotioed by him to influsnoe
her action would not affeot the oreditor,
unless the oreditor participated In the
wrong or had notice thereof.
4. A debtor ia not the agent of hiB
ereditor in procuring seonrity, thongn the
L**®!??* * Teet ahore.
•? Itl r-*hinin* leaves,
Bl r? lt j e low > "Oh; «weet, oh, lore!
lre *“»9f «?*> and wive,
AU thoughts in oae-t-tny love: 1 *
°> wave, that plaeh below,
a?s.«'fesiar u “=.
O.bird,thatflieth put
tireleu, noiseleu v ing—
FI I ? y Io v<d.«ne fait ^
.And tremulously «i n -
Frctn one who»e heart tbcu hut.
FJy fut, oh. bird, fly fast.
Tbe spider and tee fly.
Come hither, new, my hUl Q , on . and look mo la
T ° U U ^ b ^kind.
And lUten to the story ot -The Spider and tie
A cunning tpider made a web, and when the veb
the^W 63 eiEtl l0Sfi: - K n P t<:) view it in
‘That spider must be awful smart i” ridim-t
most every one. ■■
“O, workingfliej.” the gpidor aid. “o w,.
handed flies, ,
Don’t lie ten to the other buf 8, ti^ej’jj only tea
But choose me for rcmr' Governor—tph win ir
you are wise f u
To circumvent the bnttorCios, thoto proud tri,
tocr&te; a
Destroy the busy beer, and put a head noon th.
gnats,” ^ ""
“Hurrah,” cried out the little flies, “let’s nak.
him Governor.
'Withhim aronnd to give advice wo won’ll*
caught no more
By sticky papers on the shelves or traps tpc-
“O splder,"said a captions fly, “I hear yon nai
yacht •
While w e are poor—that won’t go down." It.
claiv ed tho spider: “Hot 1
I sold it last year to my eon. Excuse me. I ii
not.”
“Say. spider,” said a doubting fly, as filthy u i
floa,
“ ’Jis said that you invest the funds yon hold u
atrustee
In lecherous bonds. Tbat will cot wuhvitl
inserts such as we.”
“O, flies,” the spider said, and wiped a tear-drop
from his eye,
"How many foes a spider has I That yam ii ill
a lie!”
"Ot course it ini” exclaimed the swarm, ad
squelched the doubting fly.
Somohonest money hugs who triad tho little Sin
to tell
That, apitoof all his specious ways, Ho spire-
was a sell,
Wero styled by a blaspheming fly ss “alimy Sap,
of hell I”
“You lop-eared pelicans,” went on this Kearntl-
minded fly, .
You educated bilks: gtt ont 1” and all the dirty
fry • “ 1
Of bnzzers clapped their horny-bands, and sail, I
“How’s that for high 5”
All round about tho web they darfcc<J,and when
the day was done, - - ...
Ten thouiand of their corpuses.wcro nleachii!
in the »un.
“Sold I ’ cried the apider. “What a gag! Bold!
every son of a gun!” - r * •
quired, and furnish to the debtor the in-
strnmentsof writing which he demands
be executed by third persona as a condi
tion precedent to granting indnlgenoe on
the debt.
5. A deed dated, signed and attested
whilst the usury laws were in foroe, with
ro intention of tbe parties to postpone de
livery, was not relieved from the opera
tion of those laws by the absence of the
grantee from the plaoe of execution, and
tne failure of the deed to oome to their ao-
tnal possession until after eaid Jaws were
repea'ed.
6. Though a deed be void for usury,
equity wilt not decree its canoellation
withont payment or tender of the princi
pal and lawful intsrest. Whoever would
have equity must do equity. 4 Ga., 239,
240, 241; 9 lb. 137; 10 lb. 339; 1 Story’s
Eq. 64 e, 301, filler oa UsnrJ 435, et
seq.
7. In polling the jnry, the better form
of question is, “Is that or is it not your
vrrdiol?” 31 Ga. 661. Did ycu consent
to that verdiot, and do yon now consent? ’
is not substantially different from this
form. An answer from a jaror to the ef
fect that he had agreed to the verdict in
the jnry room, but that he did not think
it waa exactly right, should not be taken
aa committing him to the verdict abio-
lately. Assent in the j ary room, where
there is to be an iqpaediate delivery into
conit, ia not snffiotent. It ia neoesssry to
abide by snch assent and adhere to it nnw
til thejverdiot is no longer in fieri. When
one or more of the jurors oannot face the
parties and the pnblio with the finding,
there should be farther deliberation.
Jadgment reversed.
I am that spider, little son; the workingman's a
fly,
Just follow me, and you will go-to Heaven when
youaia: : ,vi :
For though mj cjitic's cocked, my son, there'!
no green injmy pyi.
- “ - —Harvard Lampoon.
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THE SPINNER.
TRANSLATED PROM TUB GESNAX.
I sat and spun before my door,
A youth along the road came swaying;
His hazel eyes a deep smile wore.
And blushes on his cheek were playing.
My glance was from the distaff won;
I sat abashed, and spun and spun.
In friendly tones, “Good day!” he spoke.
With timid grace approaching Higher;
Startled was 1, the thread it broke:
My foolish heart leapt high and hightr;
The thread once more I fastened on.
And sat abashed, and spun aud spun.
He clasped with tender touchmy hand.
And vowed none could with it compare—
The very loveliest in tbe land,
Bo swan like, plump, and dainty fair.
As with his praise my heart he won,
I sat abashed, and spun.
Upon my chair he laid bis arm.
And praised the finely wroughten thread,
8o near his mouth, so red and warm,
How gently, “sweetest maid,” it said.
The while be gazed my face upon
I sat abashed, and spun and spun.
His handsome fees toward my own.
Meantime he bent, with glances winning.
It touched by some odd chance unknown
My head that nodded in the spinning.
He kissed mo, this audacious onel
I sat abashed, and spun and spun.
I turned, reproof in earnest tono
Upon his forwardness bestowing,
He clasped mo close, and bolder grown.
He kissed my face with blushes glowicg,
O, t»ll me sisters—everyone—
Is it strange that now no more I spun:
Ohio Intercepted Dispatches,
Special to the Cin. B r.J
Although slightly incremable, beans, Copoti-
gen,
Eight to Robinson seven,bought Syracuse
Useless usufruct Cronin and twenty-six
Seduce damkelly’s scalp fixty Tammany mom-
Harlamv*. Campbell & Jones. Claim
from Houston.
Jackson, J„ 1.—Daring the eontina-
ance of the homestead estate the remain
der or reversionary interest in the head
of the family is subject to levy and Bair,
Jolly vt.-Lofton, decided the present tern-,
2. Tbe homestead estate does not ter
minate so long as the wife lives as a
widow, though there be no family bnt her
self. '
3. a levy upon “the remainder after
the termination of the homestead estate,”
admits the validity of such estate, and on
the trial of the issue whether snoh remain
der is.sobjeot, the validity of the home
stead oannot be questioned.
4. Where Bhother dlatinct tract la levied
on and tried in the same claim case with
the remainder after homestead, and the
jaryhaafonnd that traot snbjeot and the
presiding j edge approves the finding, end
the evidsnoe is sufficient to support and
sustain the finding, this oourt will not in
terpose to grant a new trial in regard to
that portion of the verdiot—tbe issues and
evtdenoe being distlnol and separate as to
he two tracts of land.
5. The parties, as well aa the subject
matter ot the former trial, mtut be sub
stantially the same before the testimony
of a witness siuoe deceased bed on the first
can be used on the second trial. Ocde,
3,782.
Jadgment reversed.
Everett vs. tbe Planters’ Rank; of Fort
Valley. In eqnity from Houston.
Jackson, J.—Where a bill wss filed.on
the 21st of April, 1876, to act aside deeds
to lands on the ground of usury in tbe con
sideration thereof, or to reoover back the
naury received by the lender: and where,
on the 29Jt of January, 1874, the lands
were received by the lender ia payment
of the debt, and tbe oaury was then paid
by the borrower In said lands:
Held, that the statute ot limitations of
1871, prescribing that suits for the recov
ery baok of usury most be brought within
six months of the date of the payment
thereof, ia applioable to tho bill so
brought, and that the bill is barred by
tbat limitation aot, said limitation in tbe
aotof 1871 not being repeated by tbe aet
of 1873 on the snbjeot cf usury.
Jadgment affirmed.
So professor snnke Mcscs, star,, punchute H*-"
And BonButler six lea-spoons, ex-ldognop?
"While Bam Cory, big wind bag, eight. Bag BUJ
colic.
And sell Iowa cheap, exit Maine diabolic.
Then Ohio sal soda, cheat Greenbacker ton* I
Nihil Hasuaurek schooners, half barrel f-
Darkly Thurman, vomlto, salt Hondncxslnic- J
And dead busted myself, if we get licked to-av j
GEScTPABK.N^Y,Ortv7.W^ |riai
Bob Jngorsoll on Stingy Meri
I despise a stingy man. I don’t • I
hot? it is possible'for a man to dia wer>j
$5,0W,000 Or $110,600,000, in a city fall«
want, when he meets almost eveiy®|J
the withered hand of'beggary, and
white lips' of famine. How
withstand all that, and hold in ttecfc*' I
of bis hand 520,000.000 or $30,000,(W
is past my comprehension. I do uo.k”
how he can do it. I should not thior
could do it any more than he conla
a pile of lumber when hundreds » I
thousands were drowning in the sea. " I
yon know * have known men rho «
trust their wives with their Starts aid tte-
honor, but not with their pccket-fcoo*^ |
not with a dollar. Wien I see
that kina, I always think he*nowsw^
is most valaablo. Think of iwkmgy^
wife a beggar l Think ot
every day for a dol'ar, or to humWj
for fifty oents. "What did yp^d ^
ifniiftp T von? Xhinko ,
tegawite that iaira.d of you!
kind of children do you expert 13 I
with a beggar and a EWm*****^
mother? Ob, Ite]l you.3°“^“ 3t u
a dollar in the worii, snd yo Q 1
spend it, spend It like a king; p
though it were a dry le«f
owner of unbounded foresti- 30 M I
way to spend it. I had rstberbe*^
gar and spend my last dollar h*® I
than to be a king and
like a beggar. If it’s got to go, j” Ja I
like a beggar, n „ s — o -..
Get the be^tyoueanfor jonria® ^#1
look ss wtll as you can ycnrse.l' f3 (|
vou used to go oouiting, h0 , <f . h ‘. "»o31
looked! Ah, your eye was biign.^i
step was light, aud you just p - (
very best you oonld. _ Do yon * M
u»i juu uuu-u. — - y- nts w
it ls insufferable egotism in J
pose that a woman is SP 10 *™
always, looking as bad ss you
of it I Any woman on earth w ‘ ^
to yon forever when yon do J
best.
Cofv«i.-M. tioyex’8 mo.W gjj}|
coffee - is as follows; He puts ^
WlADtJ » mm aw..*--.
coffee in the pot, stars it wh ^ |
then pours the boiling of ,
which is a quirt ^one onnee®^
and seta the pot whew it wia ^
but not boil. It stood® k
when it is ready for dru» k *“JL seffl
cream cannot be had, bolle . • g«^ |
well as a rubstitnfe in »«“’*■
cup of coffee.