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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1670.
—The London Spectator considers that
. Prince Bismarck has transferred the diplo
matic centre of the world from Paris to
- Berlin.
—The Prussian budget announces
deficit for next yefer, caused by extraordi
nary expenditure, particularly in public
works.
—On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmarth,
of New York, attended the “burying of
their dead” in their cemetery plat in
Greenwood. “Tbeir dead,” that time,
was a large Newfoundland deg.
—The Golos of St. Petersburg publishes
a letter from its correspondent in Odessa
to the effect that a very anderit and inter-
esting manuscript of the four Gospels,
written on 120 sheets of parchment, has
just been discovered under an old house
n Bulgaria.
It is proposed to construct immense
boats, similar to our railroad boats, to
make the transit from London to Paris in
eight hours. The train would go straight
through, and there would be no Custom
House or other delays en route.
# —.The two highwaymen who assailed
John Hamm, a thin, bent, consumptive
little man, near Vincennes, Ind., waked
up the wrong customer, for he drew a
pistol and shot one of them, and pounded
the other insensible with the weapon.
—The great preaching bishop In Eng
land nowadays is Magee of Peterborough,
translated from the Irish to the English
land—an almost unprecedented distinc
tion—by Lord Bcaconsfield. He is also
an excellent speaker. Dr. Magee is rather
Low Church.
—Bismarck is at his country house, suf
fering much from nervousness. His phy
sician tells him that his excessive smoking
is aggravating, and possibly Is the main
cause of the ailment, and advises him to
stop the use Of his pipe altogether, and to
confine himself to light cigars. But the
Chancellor defies the doctor and sticks to
his pipe.
—Cyrus H. McCormick, of Chicago, a
rich Western Democrat of Tilden sympa
thies, says in an interview that Tilden is
“in the hands of liis friends,” but shows a
readiness to withdraw in favor of some
other hard-money man which he has
never' before manifested. McCormick
suggests Bayard as the coming man.
—An unsuccessful attempt was made to
fire the City Hotel, of Tallahassee, Fla.,
ton Thursday night last. Fortunately the
fire was discovered in time to be extin
guished before it made much headway.
In fifteen minutes more the building would
doubtless liave been in flames and been
totally consumed. The incendiary has
not been discovered.
—In connection with the English Meth
odist Wesleyan “Thanksgiving Fund,”
the following recent donations are signifi
cant of the wealth of the body: One of
$50,000, one of $20,000, two of $10,000 one
of $10,500, seventeen of $5,000. The sum
•already promised exceeds $1,000,000. It
may safely be asserted that not* a single
one of those wealthy donors is, in English
fashionable parlance, “in society.”
—When ex-minister Schenck was in
formed of the scheme to get Hayes, Conk-
. ling, Sherman, Blaine, Logan, Washbume,
Edmunds and Evarts to write arond-
robin to Grant, asking him to accept the
Republican Presidential nomination, lie
slyly winked his diplomatic left eye and
remarked: “It’s a thin bluff. Grant
bolds only a king high, and a band like
that will never take a pot under the
American rules.”
CmasTMAS Gifts.—In the past few
days the mailing of foreign money orders
has increased 60 per cent, at the New
York post-office. Wednesday the depart
meat sent $00,200 in orders, principally to
Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland.
Tpe orders were mostly in small sums of
from $10 to $15, and were intended by the
depositors as Christmas presents to parents,
sisters, cousins and other kindred. Many
of the orders were addressed to persons in
the suffering districts in Ireland.
—A protective tariff does not appear to
lift Germany outof its business depression.
In Berlin, correspondents report “almost
complete stagnation” in banking and
business circles, one proof of which is seen
in the fact that not one-tliird of the small
houses belonging to building associations
are occupied. In Paris, meanwhile, build
ing is brisker than at any time since the
busiest days of the second Empire, and
1,200 new houses are in process of erec
tion.
—A New York letter of Thursday, allu.
ding to the rapid flucuations in the cotton
market, says: “The bears fought Decem
bers and Januarys (of which they were
largely short) vigorously, but they held up
well, while a large firm on William street
appeared as buyers of 35,000 bales of
Marches—said to be Tor account of James
R. Keene. His name causes fright among
the shorts everywhere, and the shorts in
cotton made haste to cover when it was
rumored Keene was buying. Liverpool
is being worked in connection with New
York, and a sharp fight for and against
cotton is going on, with the prospect of the
biggest gambling during tho remainder of
the season ever known in any article of
produce.”
—Walter T. Colquitt, the father of Gov
ernor Colquitt, of Georgia, and James
Bockmore were famous preachers iu that
State in former days, and this story is
told of an encounter which they once had:
Mr. Colquitt, while on Ids way to church
one Sunday, stopped at a peach orchard
by permiss ; on of tbe owner and ate some
of the fruit. Mr. Rockmore, riding by on
his way to his meeting, oalled out: ‘Never
mind, Colquitt, I’ll bear witness in heaven
against you for stealing those peaches.”
“Hold on,” said Colquitt, drawing Odank
book and pencil from a side pocket; “let
me take.your interrogatories; you won’t
be there.”
—For good sport Montana seems to be
the happiest huntingground. Two Scotch
gentlemen who are travelling over the
world, and everywhere looking for good
shooting, have gone to San Francisco after
several montlis’ sport along Montana
rivera. They say they were never in want
of something royal to shoot at, finding
buffaloes, elks, bears, deer, antelopes,
mountain lions, lynxes, wildcats, and
other game in abundance. They brought
as trophies magnificent sets of elk and
-deer antlers, buffalo heads, bear and other
robes. Twenty-eight bear, mostly griz
zles, fell prey to tbeir rifles. One of these
was estimated to weigh 1,200 pounds, and
measured tliirty-tkree inches around the
forearm. The robe, handsome and well
preserved, measures eight feet three inches
from nose to rump.
Bermuda Grass Seed—Ecce Signum
We have lying before us, a sample of
Bermuda grass pulled up by tbe roots ^md
fully seeded, grown and banded to us by
Colonel W. B. Johnston.
The grass Is over-ripe, and hence the
seed, if ever they had come to perfection,
have fallen. The writer is disposed to
doubt, from Ids personal observation in
the low country, whether the plant, which
he has certainly frequently seen in full
flower, ever matures its seed. He is not
prepared, however, to say that it does not.
It is barely possible, that like other plants,
however, such as the arrow root, common
wild eane ofthe swamps, etc., it is propa
gated solely by joints and rootlets.
We should like to see the veritable seed
collected and tested in a hot bed.
Blaine on Legal Tender.
The Boston Journal prints an inter
view with Senator Blaine on the proposi
tion to take away the legal tender capac
ity of greenbacks. The Maine Senator
opposes it. He says the greenbacks are
only redeemable at the sub-treasury in
New Yoik, and that fact would expose
debtors at distant points to injustice. And
finally Blaine concludes with a declare
tion, which illustrates that amount of
sense embodied in the maxim: “Leave
well enough alone.” Says he:
“The country has just emerged from
prolonged and very severe financial
depression, and.is getting into good condi
tion again as rapidly as we could possibly
expect. Everybody is taking heart and
hope for the future, and I cannot conceive
a better mode of checking the rising tide
of prosperity than to throw the country
into another angry financial excitement to
carry out what is "at best bnt a theory. I
think if the proposition were ever expedi
ent in its life it would be an injurious time
to make it.”
The opposition of Blaine to this scheme
for pushing up gold will kill It.
The Cotton Trade.
A New York Evening Post Manchester
correspondent, surveying the situation of
the cotton trade there, indulges in gloomy
prognostications. He writes on the 12th
November, since when there has been an
important cliange for the better, but at
that time, of the 2,000 cotton mills which
cluster in an<j about Manchester, the
most were noiseless as the grave. But in
respect to the distant future, he quotes Dr.
John Watts, the highest statistical author
ity on this subject, as follows:
I see no possibility for a revival of the
cotton trade in the near future. The only
circumstance that can aid the manufac
turer is an increased demand for manu
factured goods; and where are your orders
to come from? I see very well the causes
of the revival in the iron trade. Many
cities are just at present building tram
ways on a large scale, and they consume
large quantities of iron; large orders are
coming over from America, both from the
United States and Canada; but where are
orders for cotton goods to come from? Tire
recent famines in China and India have
closed those markets almost entirely; the
>rotective policies of Germany and the
Jnited States drive away all foreign goods
iu the cotton line; the great failure of the
harvest in England has diminished to an
alarming extent, the home demand, and
the same is true in regard to France. The
notion that the present depression is a
fugitive one, is false. Only by a cliange of
national and individual policy can matters
be bettered. The rise of the cotton trade
must be very slow, and it will follow far
behind the advance in the other trades. A
return to prosperity in general will of
course bring up the cotton trade, but a
long time must elapse before that is
brought about.”
A Good Rule Which. Should he Ob
served by AIL
Begin cveiy day’s duties by reading a
portion of God’s Word, and supplicating
the protection and blessing of your Heav
enly Father. Even if not a subject of
God’s grace and a member of His visible
church, this acknowledgment of your Cre
ator’s sovereignty, and tribute to His tran
scendent power, mercy and greatness will
not be unprofitable. It will shield you
from the insidious approaches and evil
counsels of the scoffer and infidel, solemn
ize your feelings, and, mayhap, prepare
the way for the advent of the Holy Spirit
and the gift of salvation.
We can recall many instances of distin
guished men who read their bible regu
larly, and never rose or slept without in
voking the blessing of that Being who is
the author and finisher of every good and
perfect gift.” Of these men we are as
sured of one fact, they all had consciences
and acknowledged present obligations and
the dread responsibilities of an hereafter.
Who will say they were not more trust
worthy than those who make a jest of
holy things and boast of their neglect of
all the tcadiings of our blessed faith?
Hence the importance of early religious
training, which, even if not immediately
sanctified to the saving of yonr children,
will nevertheless exert a salutary influ
ence upon their lives, and even at tlie
eleventh hour may eventuate to their eter
nal benefit.
In other words, whether a Christian or
not, it is meet to reverence your Maker
and yield to Him that homage which is
due alike from the lofty and lowly.
Hissed the Hark.
Frank Leslie's Magazine,which at least
ought to be a true exponent of the facts
and events it heralds with magnificent
illustrations and picturesque surroundings,
makes a most woful and inexcusable mis
take in the account of the ceremonies of
“ unveiling day,” which precedes a well
executed cut of the monument. It says,
“the city was greatly crowded on the day
of dedication, both by civil and military
visitors,and Governor Colquitt had a most
appreciative audience while delivering his
second oration on the subject.”
The Governor did have not only an
“appreciative” hut the vastest audience
ever gathered on any previous occasion
in Georgia. But his role was confined
only to a few graceful remarks, introduc-
ing the eloquent orator and magnus
Apollo of the day, our gifted fellow-citizen,
Hon. Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
At the ceremonies connected with the
laying of the corner stone, Georgia’s
Chief Magistrate had previously covered
himself with glory in the masterly address
he then pronounced. Hence, we presume
this mixture of the two celebrations by
our illustrated contemporary. But justice
compels us to reiterate what was em
phatically said of Colonel Hardeman’s
almost extemporaneous speech at the un-
veilingjrf the monument, that it was par
excellence; the-grandest effort of his life,
and well nigh faultless in diction, as it
was in its soul-stirring sentiments and ut
terances. Honor to whom honor is due,
Mr. Frank Leslie.
Congressional Aid for Ireland.
Over seventy members of Congress
have subscribed five dollars each to a list,
started by Representative Kenna, of West
Virginia, to aid the suffering people of
Ireland. It is expected that ever)’ mem
ber not already on the list will give a like
sum, which will make the handsome con
tribution of over $1,500 by the members
ofthe House.
Another Tim in the Wheel ef Prog*
ress—Steam to be Sttperseded by
a New HotOr, the Bisulphide of
Carbon.
Messsrs. Williams, Smith & Milligan,
of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, have taken
out a patent, which is described as an
“improvement in the motors for machin
ery.” The process is the transmission of
a powerful and rapidly generated vapor
derived from a mixture of bisulphide of
carbon and petroleum from the chamber
of a condenser, to the boiler of an ordina
ry iron-condensing steam enginef.
The boiler being filled with water heat
ed to about 200 degrees, a pressure as
high as 200 pounds per square inch is rap
idly developed from the vapor thus gener
ated, and easily controlled. As more defi
nitely described in the letters patent, the
lighter or volatile portion of the petroleum
oil must be evaporated for the purpose of
separating the gasoline and benzole from
it prior to putting it In the boiler; then
apply the heat and charge the chamber of
the condenser; then open the valve so that
the bisulphide will be forced by the pump
gradually into the boiler! then, by contact
with the previously heated petroleum oil
and water, it is rapidly evaporized, form
ing a force or pressure proportioned to
the quantity injocted and the heat ap'
plied.
By the above comparatively simple op
eration, an immense motive power is crea-
ted, which can be applied directly to ma
chinery of every description, including lo
comotive engines, steam engines, steam
navigation, factories, and other branches
of industry.
The New York Bulletin says the key to
this success In generating power is found
in the special adoption of petroleum to the
object of bringing tho bisulphide into con
trol—in this respect comparable to the
success of Morse in “harnessing the light
ning.” Through tills agency the bisulphide
is held; it aids in its condensation, and
holds the sulphur of the bisulphide in
solution; it also deorderizes the bisulphide.
Thus the vapor does its work in the cylin
der entirely pnrc.
A most valuable advantage attending
this discoveiy, is the important fact that it
can be made applicable to any steam
engine, without the change of a single
screw or bolt. Nothing more is required
than the additiou of a condenser and pipes
to connect the exhaust and the escape.
Tho contents ofthe boiler, it is said, are
returned without waste in an unending
circuit, the action of the bisulphide being
in every respect the same as steam.
“The pressure is uniform, as it is gor-
cmad by the pump alone; otherwise, on
the amount of bisulphide injected into
the boiler, and not by the heat of tlie fur
nace." It is contended that this system
enables tlie engineer in any emergency to
obtain instantly from 100 to 200 pounds
pressure, or more if desired, without any
alteration or change of the fire.
By this new motor it is also claimed
that in consequence of the insignificant
amount of fuel consumed, a large addition
will be made to the freight carrying ca
pacity of ocean steamers, and the tenders
of locomotives may he entirely dispensed
with. It is estimated that 100 pounds of
the vapor will he equivalent to 16 horse
power, and as tlie bisulphide - now costs
bnt ten cents per pound, and can be made
much cheaper, and is also capable of be
ing used over and over for the same pur
pose, the cost of this wonderful motor will
be very little indeed.
The matter will'soon be thoroughly tes
ted, and if really successful in practice is
destined to work a great revolution in lo
comotion and transportation generally.
The agent is likewise said to be non-ex
plosive and perfectly safe in every way.
A Tribute to the Power of the Prets.
Wendell Phillips, in a recent address In
New York, as an illustration of the influ
ence which a newspaper exerts, said
He remembered a cousin of his who
was a bitter Federalist, when In the fierce
conflict after the war of 1812, a Democrat
and a Whig would hardly walk-on the
same side of the street, who subscribed on
the first day of January for a Democratic
paper—for the fun of it. He thought that
at his breakfast ho might be tickled with
the absurdity of what it said. On the 4th
of November following he voted the Dem
ocratic ticket. [Laughter.] Such was
tlie resistless power of repetition. Lord
Palmerston said in the very height of his
popularity: “I never dare contradict a
journal, no matter what the assault nor
how offensive the affirmation. I know it
has 300 days in which to repeat it, and to
make fun of me.” And so the magnani
mous and obstinate Premier remained si
lent rather tliau subject himself to the
sarcastic rejoinders of the press. Such is
the power grown so suddenly of late,
which was absolutely unknown 1,000
years ago. Human nature was, after all,
he said, very much identical now with
what it was in times gone by.
The press seventy years ago was noth-
rr Tl«o LntlIn Tvoforln/i flio n
New Ifceln.
The Abbe’s Temptation, by Emile Zola, |
translated by John Stirling; T. B. Pe- , - , . _
tenon & Brothers, Philadelphia. Price ^ weeks receipts at 234,870
75 cents, in paper. bates, arainst 220.521. for the same week
Last Week’s Cotton Figures.
The New York Chronicle of Saturday
ing. The battle of Waterloo, tlie grand
est event in European history for the last
hundred years, only gained one-third of a
column for its record in the London
Times. Imagine a broil of half a dozen
drunken soldiers and murdering Indians!
Tlie newspapers would give them two col
umns of it. The battle of Waterloo that
decided the fate of the world, did not have
500 words to record it.
He had had occasion to search for the
details of events that had taken place in
1830, 1834 and 1836, just previous and
subsequent to the great agitation, during
which Garrison was dragged tiirough the
streets by a mob, and he liad found it im
possible, with all tlie journals of the city
before him, to make out anything like a
detailed account ofthe event, which shook
the city while it lasted, so meagre were
the accounts of the journals of that day.
When he went back to the battle of Wa
terloo lie found the London Times consis
ted of nothing but advertisements. It did
not volunteer an opinion. It had no dis
cussion, no leading articles, no editorials,
Again, he remembered well when Harri
son died in 1840, an event Which, consid
ering its party relations, was exceedingly
critical and important in the history of
the country—and yet when the hews of it
reached Springfield, III., ten days after
the President’s death, it found Abraham
Lincoln arguing a ease in court, and he
denied it, because, he said, it was not pos
sible, if it were true, that it should be
known there so soon. [Applause and
laughter.] To-day, buy a newspaper in
the street, and you may read the words
that Queen Victoria is at that moment
spealdng to licr Parliament. They might
buy an evening paper at night and read
what Bismarck said before dinner. Sudi
was the enterprise and tho vast sweep of
tlie press of to-day that makes humanity
one. The man that reads had a telegraph
wire wliidi connected him with the world,
and the man that did mot-read might as
well he Robinson Crusoe on his island.
A Brainal” Sapper.
A good brainal supper, recommended
by Dr. Lambert, tlie New York physiolo
gist, comprises tbe following edibles:
First course—Toasted crackers and toast
ed cheese, in the Russian fashion, as an
appetizer. Second course — Oysters on
tlie hnlfAheil and cold cabbage. Third
course—Sardines in oil. Fourth couns-
Codlish and cream. Fifth course—Lobster
salad. Sixth course—Stewed tripe and
jreen peas. Seventh course'—Calves’
Drains oil toast. Graham bread and oaten
grits, wheat grits with cream. Dessert—
Baked sweet apples and baked sour apples.
Drinks—Cold water.
If, as some one lias said, “ a numerous
household is the safety of the republic,”
it might as well be proclaimed at once
that tlie remedy upon which such house-,
hold should he reared is Dr. Bull’s Baby
Syrup. Price only 25 cents. Always re
liable.- j
The above is the title ofthe latest pub
lication ofthe translation of the great
French Novelist, Emile Zolp, by Messrs'.
Peterson, of Philadelphia. The present
work stands out in striking contrast to
L’Assamoir, received a few days since
Toere the scenes depicted arefound in pla
ces where harsh lines cannot bnt he seen,
and places described which are full of
crime and degradation.
The Abbe’s Temptation, however, while
dealing with lowly life with hardly the
rustic of a silk dress or the flash of a dia
mond about it, though depicting tbe de
graded condition ofthe French peasantry,
paints, in the hero of theltork, a charming
picture of purity and teaches a lesson well
worth the learning. The general reader;
who iS-batilightl/ acquainted -with the
genius of Mi Zola, wonders that he is the
author of hoth.
The Abbe Mauret is the devoted cure of a
poor village whose people are steeped in
vice and degradation. He leads a blame
less life. Arduous toil and midnight vig
ils dethrone his mind and he is taken to
a deserted village, where he is placed in
charge of a half wild neice of his uncle,
Dr. Pascal. Here his mind is gradually
restored, and with it come3 strength and
love. The remainder ofthe hook should
he read to fully appreciate its pure, simple
and pathetic love passages.
A Ltgal Quibble for once at a Lis*
count.
We learn from a late dispatch to the
Pest and Tribune that in a case of convic
tion for tho sale of liquors to minors,
which wiys taken to the Circuit Court on
the ground that when the hill was en
grossed the word minor was spelt miner,
Judge Huntingdon decided that tho inten
tion of the Legislature was to prohibit the
sale to minors, not miners, and the law
should he carried out. And so the guilty
party was duly punished. We only wish
that the same good sense and regard for
justice could always obtain in our courts
of law, where the most trivial omission or
quibble is often made the ground for the
discharge from custody of tlie guilty crim
inal and disturber ofthe public peace.
The Haine Count.
The attention of the country is drawn
just now to the official canvass ofthe late
election in Maine by the Governor and
Council of the State. Governor Garcelon
and liis Council are all Democrats—the
first Governor and Council Maine has had
of that kind for many years.
In the election last September there ways he short ofthe actuality,
was a sliarp contest. The Democrats
polled comparatively few votes. The Re
publicans were confronted mainly by the
so-called Greenbackers, who had won the
fight tlie year before. The Republicans
put forth Herculean efforts, for they were
confessed to be in mortal peril, and their
defeat was regarded as far - more than
probable. The fate of Blaine as a candi
date fertile Presidential nomination in
1880 was confessed to hang on the result.
He himself has bden repeatedly stated to
have paid thirty thow&nd dollars out of
liis own purse in election expenses. TJ^e
air was full of stories of bribery, in*
timidation and other contrivances of per
version, of an extraordinary character
These stories were so unusual that some
ofthe Boston press sent a commission
into the State to inquire into them, and
their report astonished the country.
Under these circumstances it is not at
all wonderful that when tills election
should bo legally sifted by the Governor
and council, the Republicans should feel
themselves hurt. They were bound to be
hurt badly if justice was to be done; for
we presume, as a matter of fact, no in
telligent man doubts that Maine was car
ried by tlie foulest violations of law.
Has justice and no more nor less than
justice been done in the premises? ‘Has
the canvassing board simply maintained
the supremacy of law and right in their
action, so that the closer tlie inspection
the more apparent will be its rectitude?
This is the question. The temporary
gains of a fraudulent canvass are but tlie
spoils of thieves, and will never result in
any solid or beneficial acquisition. No
party can afford to be guilty of unfairness
—to say nothing of fraud in the canvass
of elections.
When* are the Members of the “So
ciety for the Protection of Dumb
Animals f
Yesterday we saw an old negro driving
a dilapidated horse attached to a . wagon,
laden with a bale of cotton, evefy wheel
of which seemed to be making frautic
efforts to travel in the opposite direction.
They wired in and wired out, creaked,
screamed and appeared to he in the great
est agony. ,
But the vehicle was by far the best part
ofthe “turnout.” Don Quixote’3 Rosi-
nante could furnish no parallel to tlie
condition of that unfortunate beast.
Of its four legs only three could be uti
lized at all, the other swinging to and fro
like a pendulum, and seldom ever touch
ing the ground. The otiier three were
stiff and cranky, so that the wonder was
that the poor creature was able to move
at all. Of flesh it had not an ounce, and
the bony frame was covered with a muti
lated hide almost hairless.
A more pitiable and miserable object,
we venture io say, was never seen in a
civilized community. And yet the old
Ethiopian brute plied the lash with re
morseless vigor, urging the suffering ani
mal along, though every step looked like
it would be its last. We related the cir
cumstance to Mrs. Rutherford, who is
about the only surviving member of the
S. F. D. A., and it was edifying to wit
ness licr righteous indignation.
Indeed, the incident so excited the indig
nant sympathy of this excellent lady, that
she has resolv&l to make one more effort
to revive the noble society which once ex
isted at least nominally in our midst.
We trust the young gentlemen ofthe
community will lend their aid in this no*
hie undertaking.
Who can forget the visit of that pure
spirit, Miss Louise King,now translated to
brighter sphere? Her whole heart was
enlisted in the work of alleviating the
misery of the brute creation.; The several
drinking fountains erected by Iter bounty
in various cities, our own included, are
mute testimonials to the unselfish worth
and charity of this exemplary woman.
We trust her counsels and labors will not
be foigotten, and that Mrs. Rutherford
will. be ably and numerously supported
in her efforts to revive the association
which owes its existence to Miss King’s
unselfish efforts.
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A matter of choice:—Whether to suffer
uninterruptedly with a cough, or to invest
25 cents for Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup and
cure it. !
hales, against 220,221, for the same week
of last year. Total since 1st September
last^586,041 agatust 2,171,273 for the
codMPbnding period of last year;—show
ing an increase of 414,768 bales.
The Chronicle’s table of interior port
business shows—receipts 138,341, against
106,194 last year. Shipments 109,992,
against 254,129 the same week of last
year. ,
The Chronicle's visible supply table
shows 2,228,205 bales of cotton in sight
last Friday night, against 2,125,508 bales
at same date last year—2,005,294 at the
same date in 1877, and 2,706,477 at same
date in 1876. These figures show an ire
crease of 102,697 bales on the supply of
1878, and 222,911 hales on the supply of
1877; and a decrease of 478,272 bales on
the supply of 1876.
Middling upland sold in Liverpool, last
Friday, at 6 15-16. At the same date in
1878 the price was 4f. In 1877, at same
date, 6 9-16, and at same date in 1878, the
same. * , ’
Tlie Chronicle's weather telegrams re
port a rainy week pretty generally. Texas,
as usual, was light—.98 fell in Galveston,
.26 in Indianola, and .70 in Corsicana.
None in Dallas and Brenliam. It rained
five days in New Orleans—the fall reach
ing 1.28. Rained two days at Vicksburg,
apd three days at Columbus, Mississippi—
the rainfall in the latter place being 3.85.
Little Rock had .45 Of rain. At Nashville
it rained six days out of the seven—the
fall being 8.77. Nashville reports three-
quarters of her crop marketed. At Mem
phis there were five days of rain, and tho
fall was 3.99. The cotton at Memphis was
coming into market with a rapidity be
yond all precedent.
At Mobile there was 1.29 of rain in the
week, cotton moving freely. Montgom
ery had 1.67 of rain on three days. Sel
ma and Madison, Florida, not reported.
Columbus, Georgia, had rain one day and
1.82 of downfall. Macon had rain one
day—but plenty the next two, which did
not count in that cotton week. At Savan
nah the downfall was very light. At Au
gusta 1A0. Crop all picked.
Tiie Chop Estimate.—The Chroni
cle reasons and speculates at length over
the December reports of the cotton ex
changes. They indicate, according to its
figures, a gain of 333,910 bales, and a loss
of 318,050—in other words, a net gain of
15,860 bales and a crop about the same as
last year. But the Chronicle reasons that
in the nature of the case, with no design
to under-estimate, the fore cast will al
The main
pointwillbetlie length and character
tlie picking season, and on these points
the year has been almost unprecedented,
. .
El Secreto del Estrachio, or the Se
cret Strait.
The above is the term that the Span-
■iards applied to wliat was supposed to be
a narrow opening of water somewhere on
the coast of .-North and South America,
connecting the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. In 1500, Vincent Y. Pinton dis
covered the mouth of the Amazon, and
that broad river for some years was sup
posed to be the passage way between the
two oceans. But Balboa, in .1513, crossed
tlie Isthmus of Panama, ana from a lofty
eminence beheld both oceans. Since
that period many attempts have been
made by the Port ugese, Spanish and Eng
lish to discover some water communica
tion between them without' success. At
length it became known that no such pas
sage existed, and then the expedient of
canal began to be entertained. In Ills
history of the Indies, as early as 1551, this
was proposed by Gomeras, through one of
tliree ofthe identical lines now under
consideration.
The government of Spain however did
not encourage the scheme, wishing to ex
clude the world from entering her newly
acquired territories. It is related however,
that William Patterson, the founder of the
Bank of England, towards the end of tlie
seventeenth century, actually did found
Scotch Colony on lhe Isthmus of Darien
where they “could reap the gains of
trade from both oceans.” Patterson thus
wrote of liis project; “The door of the
seas and key of the treasure, Darien, with
any thing of a reasonable management,
will enable its proprietor to give laws to
both oceans.” But owing to the opposi
tion of the Dutch West India Company
and we suppose the insalubrity of the
site, the settlement was abandoned. Af
terwards during the premierslilp of the
elder Pitt another attempt was made hy
him in cooperation with General Miranda
of New Grenada, and other States, to
open up the proposed navigation between
the oceans. But the attempt proved a
faiiiire. Iu 1814 the enterprise was again
revived hy the Spanish Cortes, but in con
sequence of the revolt of the American
Colonies it was abandoned.
Next, ip 1842, Mexico conferred upon
Don Jose de Garay the right of building
this inter-oceanic canal, and a survey was
actually made, and tlie necessary funds
sought to be raised for that purpose in
England. At the conclusion of our war
with Mexico, this grant was transferred to
P. A. Hargares, of New York. Then fol
lowed tho survey of Major Barnard, U. S.
A., in 1851, hy the way of Lake Nicara
gua. At this point, all further operations
were suspended by the revocation of the
grant on the part of the Mexican govern
ment.
Grants, however, were again made in
1857 and 185S, and the surreys renewed
and completed.
The three different routes deemed most
practicable are as follows: First, the
Isthmus of Darien; second, the route by
Lake Nicaragua, and, third, the Tehuan
tepec route.
Almost insurmountable difficulties in
terpose themselves to the completion of
either Of these routes.
D. Farrand Henry, an eminent engin
eer, in a recent paper read before a scien
tific association in Detroit, treating of the
various proposed canal routes, says:
The principal points selected for a ca
nal on the Isthmus of Darien are a. fol
lows:
First, from the Gulf of San Beas to the
Bay of Panama; by tlie walling of the
Chepo or Bayano rivers. This canal
would be twenty-seven miles in length
and the whole route thirty-five miles. But
as there is no water at tlie summit 372 feet
above the sea level, to feed locks it would
have to be at the sea level and would re
quire a tunnel .ten miles in length.
Second, from Caledonia bay to the junc
tion of Sueuhli and Chucunagua rivers,
thence to tlie junctien of the Sara and Sa-
vana rivers to the bay of San Miguel. Tliis
route is advocated by Dr. Cullen. Fine
harbors are found at each end of the
route, hut no water at the summit, so that
it would have to be a through canal, hav
ing a length of 35 miles and a tunnel of
about 7^ miles, tho entire route being
about 90 miles. This route is celebrated
as being the only one traveled by Bnlbao
in 1513, and also the wilderness which
witnessed the suffering of Lieutenant
Strain and party, so.graphically described
in Harper’s Monthly -some twenty years
ago. At 3| mileS'from Caledonia bay the
ditide has an (delation of 360 feet. The
summit is 1,000 feet. The third is Com
modore Selfridge’s route up tbe river
Atrato 150 miles, to and up the valley of
the Rio Nappi, ■ and thence by canal to
Chiri-chiri hay on the Pacific, 28 miles
long, in all 178 miles. This would re
quire a tunnel of 3 miles in length, pene
trating a ridge 660 feet high, and 23 jocks
with a combined lift of 240 feet. The
fourth route ascends the Atrato river to
Caricaca pass and thence to the head wa
ters oftlie Tuyra river and down the
latter to the bay of San Mig
uel. The lowest point on the divide
is 410 feet, with no water for the supply
of locks. The fifth route is the “Rospadu-
ra canal,” so called, which was found on
many old charts, and alleged to have been
an ancient canal connecting the liead
waters of tlie river Atrato with those of
the Ran Juan. This is now disproved, but
the Indians may have had a canal portage
by this route. The sixth route is a route
to tlie west of tlie Panama railroad, lately
advocated by M. Iiesseps. Here the sum
mit is about 300 feet above the sea level,
and a through cut would require a tunnel
ten or twelve miles long and one tide
lock. If a lift canal, a cut through the sum
mit 170 feet deep would have to be made,
and twelve lift locks on each side, with
one tide lock on the Pacific, the whole ca
nal being forty-five miles long, with a via
duct across the Chagres four and three-
quarter miles long.
The last of these routes is the one the
presidency of which has been tendered to
General Grant. To judge from tlie obsta
cles in liis path M. Lessep3 will not only
require the services of the General who,
after breaking the heads of his legions so
often against the serried columns of Lee,
still resolved “to fight it out on the same
line all summer,” but a very large slice of
French capital.
Tlie salient question is, how will the
canal which will cost even by the estimate
of the projector over $140,000,000, ever pay
remunerative dividends?
To the United States government the
present railroad to the Pacific and the
speedy completion of at least one more
line across the continent, will be amply
sufficient for all freight and military pur
poses, and moreover, passing through our
own territory can never be intefercd with
by outside nations.
Again, according to the plan submitted
by Mr. Eads, and that ef Engineer Henry
himself, a marine or ship railway can be
constructed across the Isthmus" for about
$50,000,000, which would entirely super
sede the necessity of a canal, and prove
far more expeditious. The plan proposed
is the building of huge water-tight cais
sons, into which the ships could be placed
and floated, the whole to be ran upon an
ordinary railroad track, and be pulled by
powerful steam locomotives.
This project appears to us to bo by far
the most feasible yet offered to the public.
It will probably have the effect of flank
ing M. Lcsseps, and his great card and co
adjutor, General Grant.
The Railroad Convention—Bruns
wick Aroused and Enthusiastic.
The following dispatch shows that the
people most directly interested in the
lease and future extension and success of
the Macon and Brunswick railroad,are re
solved to have a voice in the disposition
of this important State property:
Brunswick, December 16th, 1879.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—A
large and enthusiastic meeting was held
here last night, at which Hon. J. B. Ha-
DerSRam presided, ana JUr. vr. E. Kny
acted as Secretary. After tlie delivery of
several speeches, ten delegates were se
lected to attend the proposed railroad con
vention, to be held iu Macon on the 30tli
instant. Brunswick is thoroughly arous
ed to the importance and necessity of
prompt action upon this vital subject.
Other equally pronounced responses from
various communities and respectable indi
viduals have been received, evincing the
intense interest felt by Southern and
Middle Georgia in this lease question.
Why should foreign parties, perhaps
inimical to the best interests of tlie
people of South Georgia, he allowed to
intervene and obtain possession of a road
which ought to be owned and controlled
by the proprietors of the soil, the towns
and villages which it has called into ex
istence and the terminal cities thereto ? If
such should prove to he tlie case, whom
will we have to blame hut ourselves ?
The time is getting short, and we trust
soon to receive the pleasing intelligence
that every county interested in this road,
or its proposed extension to Covington and
Atlanta, will be represented here on the
30th instant by its best and most substan
tial citizens.
If themselves, unable to lease the road,
their influence, at least, will have a poten
tial effect in the decision of -the question,
In any event, it behooves us to see that
our rights and interests are not suffered to
go by default.
Farm for Sake The home place of
the late Samuel B. Hunter, Esq., on the
Forsyth road, is offered for sale. Sea ad
vertisement.
A Very Doubtful Story.
Tlie Washington Star says: “It has
been reported in political circles for some
days that Tilden Intends at an early day
to issuo an address to the National De
mocracy defending the course he has pur
sued, announcing that he is not a candi
date for the Presidential nomination, and
declaring Ins preference for that nomina
tion to be Speaker Randall. Whether this
report be true or not, it is credited by
many Democrats in Washington.”
Having used Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup
for tho last few days, to my gratification I
find it did me a great deal of good. Iliad
a veiy severe cold, which it cured in a
few days. C. C. Robertson,
139 Main st., Lynchburg, Va.
. Fire.
This morning at half past one o’clock,
an alarm of fire was sounded by the city
bells. A few moments previous, officers
Fennell and Murphy, who had come on
duty at twelve o’clock, discovered it
burning at the side or alley door ofthe
store of Mr. R. S. Wynn on Third street.
The blazo had just reached the inside
of the store and was fast gaining head
way. Enough could be seen, however, to
show that the fire was set from the out
side, the wood work of the door being
saturated with kerosene, and cotton also
saturated being used freely.
They sounded the alarm, officer Mur
phy ran to the Court House, but found
the bell rope cut.
Mr. Wynn, brother of the proprietor,
was sleeping in the second story, and was
awakened and called down. Two alarms
were rung, and the department called out
in full force.
The store and the one adjoining, occu
pied by Mr. Morris Elkan were opened
andtlieircontentsplacedin the street. The
firemen did some heroic work, and after a
great effort the flames were controlled.
Muck damage was done to both stocks of
goods hy water and moving.
A circumstance that rendered the work
of the firemen more perilous was the re
port that on last evening ten kegs of pow
der were delivered -by Mr. Wynn by the
city magazine keeper.
SUPERIOR COURT.
The Burge Case-A Hung Jury.
Yesterday in the Superior Court the
taking of evidence for the defense was re
sumed,
Mr. F. T. Abel was sworn and testified
to the general diaracter of Mr. Toler, tlie
deceased, and represented liis reputation
as being veiy had. He had had a dif
ficulty with him once himself.
Mr. D. W. Durret was also sworn for
the defense and testified to having been at
the scene of the homicide immediately af
ter it occurred and testified as to the po
sition in which the body was lying. He where all the circumstances of the' SinS 4
was not present at the time of the firing, 5 11 ,abandoned and malignant "i,,.!!!?
but heard the pistol and went there im
mediately after. When he next saw the
body the position had been changed from
the position in which he had first seen it.
It appeared as if it had been turned over.
Mr. W. H. Jones, who was indisposed
on Monday, was placed on the stand for
rebuttal by the defense, and gave evi
dence as follows: [Some of the circum
stances ofMr. Jones’ testimony, which
have been published in the evidence pre
sented yesterday, in which all witnesses
agree, are omitted in this report.]
Toler came to my store and asked for
Mr. Burge. He said he wanted to give
liim a piece of his mind. [The circum
stances ofMr. Toler’s calling Mr. Burge
to the back of the store, and the talking
between the two men at that place, was
repeated substantially as published.] To-
lersaid he was not armed and would
whip him (Bulge) anyway he wanted.
Toler had liis hand on "liis kip as if he liad
a pistol. Mr. Toler followed Burge to
the door, and told him: “Clear out, you
infamous, cowardly scoundrel,” or some
thing like that. He never spoke after he
was shot. Jack Roberts called to me:
“Let’s part them.” When shot Toler
sprang on Burge and downed him. We
then went forward to them. They were
on the floor. Both rose up and Toler fell
almost on me, tlie blood flowing from his
mouth, nose and ears. When the shoot
ing occurred they were not three feet
apart. I did not leave the store until af
ter Jack Roberts and I searched him. He
had some sewing machine needles, a
pocket-hook and a pocket-knife. It was
shut. I was nearest to them; not three
feet away, except the space of the coun
ter. Jack Roberts, when the pistol fired,
was in the middle way of the store.
Cross examined—I believe Binge
would have run out, if the side door liad
been open.
Objection made and sustained.
Q. Tell this jury what Tbleris conduct
was toward getting up a difficulty.
Witness—Burge haa to walk a ’ound the
table, and Toler prevented him, and told
him to “stop, you cowardly scoundrel,
till I tell you a piece of my mind.” Bulge
finally got around, and made for the door.
I expected a difficulty between them,
Toler abused liim all along for a cow
ard, scoundrel, low down vagabond and
such like epithets.
Did you not state on the former trial
that you would not have stood the abuse
as long as he did?
Objected to and objection sustained.
Toler tried to keep ahead of Bulge
while he was at the table in tlie back part
of the store.
Mr. William Foster, sworn in rebuttal
for the defense, testified that he knew Mr.
Toler three years, and that he was a quiet
man as far lie knew.
Colonel J. B. Cumming also testified
that he never had heard anything against
Toler as a peaceable man.
The State here closed.
Tire prisoner was put on the stand and
made liis statement substantially as fol
lows:
On or about the 20th of February, 1873,
I liad the unfortunate difficulty. I went to
Mr. Jones’store. Smith and Toler were
standing neartWe door. I said, “Good even
ing, gentlemen.” I went back to get some
water, ana srartca out. xoier stooa witn
his hand behind him. I anticipated no
difficulty. I saw he was very excited, and
told liim that he was excited, and I would
see him another time; that I did not want
to talk to a man about business when he
was so excited, but that I could explain
the matter at another time; that the mat
ter between me and his brother was ami
cably settled. I had just taken out the
attachment, I made out the account and
Mitchell issued the attachment. I tried
to leave the store. Toler would catch me
violent manner by the lappel of my
coat, and say “Stand! I want satisfaction.”
He called me a “puppy,” etc. I tried to
get around him. Did get ahead of
him near the door. I said
did not want a difficulty with a man who
had liis hand on a deadly weapon. When
near tlie door, he struck me in the back
with liis left hand, shoved me around and
I thought that was my time and shot. He
was a more powerful man than I was, and
I was afraid of him; he intimated that all
he wanted was to get me outside of the
store to finish me. I knew his character
for violence; lie had several difficulties in
East Macon and killed a man elsewhere;
I gave liim no provocation; I acted purely
in self defense,
The case was opened by Solicitor-Gen
eral Bartlett.
Colonel W. A. Lofton followed in a
close, compact and forcible argument of
an hour and a quarter for the defense,
in which tlie law and tho facts were both
argued to the jury,
Judge Clifford Anderson followed for
the defense in one of those clear, forcible
speeches for which he is so well known
and which have won for liim tlie reputa
tion of being one of the first criminal law
yers in the State.
Mr. Bariett closed for the State in c
speech of fifty minutes, and made a re
markably fine argument. Every circum
stance was reviewed, the facts collated, the
law in all of its bearings applied to the
facts and the argument closed with a fine
peroration. His speech evidently had
great influence on the jury.
Judge Simmons delivered the following
clear charge:
You have been sworn and empanelled
to try John W. Burge for the crime of
murder. The indictment which you have
before you, charges and accuses said Burge
with the crime of murder, in that he on
or about the 20tlr of February, 1S7S, shot
and killed one, John C. Toler, with
malice aforethought. Bulge pleads not
guilty to the charge; and that is the issue
for the jury to try under the law and tes
timony in the case.
Burge does not deny that ho shot and
killed Toler; he admits that lie did so,
but says he was justified in doing so, be
cause he did it in self-defense, to save his
own life. This is the issue for the jury to
try under the evidence. Before you can
come to a proper conclusion in this case,
as to whether the offense is murder, man
slaughter, or justifiable homicide, it is
necessary for you to kuow the law’ upon
these points.
It becomes my duty to give you that
law in charge.
' Harder is the unlawful killing of a
human being, in the peace of the State,
by a person of round memory and discre
tion, with malice aforethought, either ex
press or implied. Express malice is that
deliberate intention, to take away the life
of a fellow creature, which is manifested
by external circumstances capable of
proof. Mojica shall be implied when no
considerable provocation appears, and
when all the circurnstauees of the Trilling
show an abandoned and malignant heart!
To constitute tlie crime of murder,
there must be an unlawful killing, and it
must be done with malice aforethought.
A certain state of the mind constitutes ma
lice. Legal malice is not ill-will or hat
red as is generally supposed. It is an in
tention to kill under such circumstances
as would hot justify, or in any way excuse
tho killing should it, the killing, take
place in pursuance of such, intention.
Whenever a killing by unauthorized
violence is shown, the law presumes that
show that it was done tv if .
then devolves upouYbe ***«, it
“ay be removed by proof F^ SU “ Ilti011
ice, as I b ave tnU V’ , ■ • m»t_
intention unlawful)!!'’*!? , t,l l at delib erate
life of a fellow-el^, 1 l akc a ' r ay the
feted by external^-’ lr . Lldl is “ani-
of proof, such as lvin- ^ tanccs “Pable
previous grudges, threats,
nutting tlie act, etc. Ifexnrp«™ r com ~
not shown, the law DW5 ‘' e is
no considerable provocation 1 -,!!;^
where all the cireumsUnc« SS,? 1
The and “alKntfe
The deliberate intention to kill ^
exist. If it does not exist at
the lulling, the offense is not murder 11 ”
It is not necessary that this delfemn,
intention should exist for any partSr
length of time prior to the killing/
ISBlf "■‘■•'k uniSg,R
These are the rules of law which should
govern you m coming to your conclusion!
whether the accused is guilty of munlS
or not. Look to the evidence and sav
whether a case of murder is made out.
Does the proof show that Burge intends
to kill Toler? If it does, Xs k S W
that it was done under such circumstance*
as would justify him, or in any way excucA
him for the killing ? If it does, then sa v
it is not murder. If the proof shows that
he had a deliberate intention to kill
Tolar, and it does not show
that he was justified, or in any way excus
able, then you would he authorized to find
him guilty of murder.
You must determine these questions
from the evidence.
If, after an impartial investigation of
the evidence, you come to the conclusion
that the defendant is not guilty of mur
der, then it will be your duty to ascertain
whether he is guilty of manslaughter or
not. Read sections 4324 and 4325 ofthe
Code.
Now look to the evidence and see
whether it makes out a ease of voluntary
manslaughter.
“An assault is an attempt to commit a
violent injury upon the person of anoth
er.” Did Toler make an actual assault
upon Bulge, or did Toler attempt to
commit a serious personal injury upon
Burge? Or were there other equivalent
circumstances to justify the excitement of
passion, and to exclude all idea of deliber
ation or malice, either express or im
plied.
If you believe that either one
of these things happened, then you would
be guilty of voluntary manslaughter, pro
vided that you do not believe that be was
justified in the killing under another sec
tion of the code, which I will presently
read you.
Read sections 4,330, 4,331, 4,333 of
code.
Felony means an offense for which the
offender, on conviction, shall be liable by
law to be punished by death or imprison
ment in the penitentiary.’ Now, does the
proof show that Toler manifestly inten
ded or endeavored by violence or surprise
to commit a felony on Burge. Did he in
tend or endeavor to commit a crime which
would have sent him to the penitentiary
or taken his life if he had succeeded? £f
you believe that Toler did this, then
Burge was justified in killing him. A
bare fear of any of these offenses would
not justify liim. The circumstances must
be sufficient to excite the fears ofa reason
able- man. Not the fears of an
unreasonable man, or of a poltroon,
but of a man with reason sufficient to
judge ofthe circumstances with which he
is surrounded.
It must appear that tlie danger was so
urgent and pressing at the time of the
killing that in order to save his own life
the killing was absolutely necessary.
Now, gentlemen, look at the evidence
on these points. Were the circumstances
which surrounded Burge at tlie time of
the killing sufficient to excite the fears of
« «>«eonal)1e man, and did he act under
lhe influence of tnese rears, ana mm in <
spirit of revenge? Was bis danger so ur
gent and pressing at the time of the killing
that it was absolutely necessary to kill
Toler to save liis own life? If you an
swer these questions in the affirmative
from the evidence, you should find Burge
not guilty. If they are not true under
the evidence, you should not acquit him,
hut find him guilty of such offense as you
believe the evidence shows him to have
committed. There are some rules which
should govern you in considering the evi
dence, which I'desire to give you before
you go to your rooms. One of them is,
that if the testimony is conflicting you
must reconcile it, if you can, so as to im
pute perjury to-none' of the witnesses. If
you cannot reconcile it, then you may
give credit to that witness or those wit
nesses who, from their position, had the
best means of knowing what they are tes
tifying about, and the least inducement to
conceal the truth. You may also look to
their manner of testyfying on the witness
stand, their interest, if they have any, and
their relationship to the parties. Tlie law
also allows the defendant in all criminal
trials to make liis statement to
the jury, the statement not under oath,and
allows the jury to give that statement just
such force and effect as they see prtper.
You may believe the statement of the de
fendant in preference to the sworn testi
mony if you see proper, or disbelieve it if
you see proper.
The defendant begins tliis trial with
the presumption of innocence in liis favor,
anti that remains until removed by proof.
The proof must show that he is guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt. His guilt
cannot be shown to an absolute certainty,
that cannot be done by testimony in
court. But liis guilt must be made plainly
to appear. You must Jiave that degree
of mental assurance before which a
prudent man acts without hesi
tation in reference to matters
of the highest concern to himself. This
doubt must he a reasonable one, growing
out of the testimony or the want of testi
mony. If, pfter honest and impartial ex
amination of the testimony, the mind of
the impartial juror is wavering and unset
tled, unsatisfied, that is the doubt of the
law, and he should be acquitted. If that
doubt docs not exist, it would be his duty
to convict.
If you believe liim guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt of murder, say so by
your verdict. If you do not so bolicve,
pass on to voluntary manslaughter, ana
see whether he is guilty of that. If 5 0U
should so find, you can express it in your
verdict. If you find him not guilty is
murder or of manslaughter, acquit him.
The punishment for murder of
death, unless the jury trying the
case should recommend to the
mere f of the Court. If the jury so recom
mend, it reduces the punishment from
death to imprisonment for life.
If, therefore, you believe the defendant
is guilty of murder, you can recom
mend liim to mercy and imprisonment for
life.
At a quarter before six the case was
given to the jury. Up to a late hour last
night no verdict had been rendered, and
the impression was gaining ground that a
mistrial would be the result.
The following are the names of the ju
rors engaged in tho case: N. B. Ousley,
Virgil A. Marshhum, Moses Tucker, E-
C. .Pierce, E. M. Davis, Sargent Thom
as, Geoige W. Findlay, L. M.
Fred Ingraham, William Stephan, .v«° n
Thomas, J. C. Van Syckel.
The case has been in the courts near y
seven years. It lias been once tried, an
a verdict of voiuntaiy manslaughter rea *
dered. A new trial was granted by Judge
Hill, not by the Supreme Court, and tha
case has been continued several times. It
was thought at one time yesterday that
the case would have to he suspended, on
account of the severe sickness of one ot
the jurors, Mr. E. C. Pierce, but he fortu
nately recovered sufficiently to^continuc
Tlie Superior Cointwril nc~ Imm'W .
morning for tho transaction of civil bus:*
, „ - . . ness, and we are authorized to announce
it was done with malice aforethought, and that iurora who havs been summoned are
calls it murder, unless the accompanying | discharged.
jroof shows that it was done without nial- j The case of Bllir Gus Roberts, charged
ee. if the unauthorized killing be shown with murder, has been continuedjupdi
and the accompanying proof does not the April tonn ofthe court.