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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1870.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Dk. W. O. Ciieney, of West Point, is
dead. > r
'Hi: learn from the Valdosta Times that
a difficulty occurred recently, near the
line of Berrien county, between Mr. Jas
per Ghldens and Calvin Hightower, in
which both combatants were severely cut.
Giddens ended the fight by freeing him
self from his adversary's grasp, and shoot
ing him fatally.
The safe of the steamer Katie, plying
between Augusta and Savannah, was
robbed during her last trip of nearly $400.
A man named Rufus Houston, whoso pas
sage money had been paid by a friend,
and who left the boat at Griffin’s landing,
“flush,” was arrested the day after the
robberj’ in Augusta, and $53 found upon
him.
It is the same old story, the cotton gin
and the human hand. Somehow or other
the gin always seems to have the advan
tage.
Blocker reports a case from a justice’s
Court in which A. sued B. for $20 and B.
plead a set-off of $120. The court sus
pended judgment on the case until he got
a good might's sleep, and then announced
a mistrial, with no costs charged. Botli
sides were much relieved, and the judge
went home happy. *
Sterling Ivey, Esq., of Warren
county, is dead.
A vagabond deaf and dumb negress,
who had enlisted the sympathies and
pocketed the contributions of the Madiso
nian*, got aboard the railroad train and
enquired the way to Atlanta.
The Broadaxe and Itemizer, having
failed in securing a turkey on Thanksgiv
ing day, lias one in training for Christ
mas. We acknowledge the invitation so
cordially extended us, and hope to be on
hand in time to share in the cranberry
sauce.
The only way that junior Athenians can
prevent sneak tliievesTrom stealing their
hats, is to keep their hats jammed down
over their “domes of thoughts,” when
visiting. Imagine the difficulty of kissing,
with a stiff brim shoving the young ladies
out of range. ——
The Albanians are now blowing their
fingers to coot them. Cotton futures.
Columbus received last Friday 1,00!)
hales of cotton. The receipts for the week
were 0,720. These are the largest amounts
ever received in one day and week, re
spectively, and the total receipts are over
3,000 hales ahead of any former year.
Mb. A. Wallace Hunter, formerly
of Savannah, died recently in New Or-
leahs of apoplexy.
The blue ribbon campaign opens in
Savannah on the 18th instant.
TnE enterprising police of Savannah,
place their “plain drunks” in a wagon and
haul the whole turnout to the barracks.
The Cocliran Enterprise publishes
Without comment, a full account of the
recent tragedy, in which Sir. Corbett lost
liis life. There is but little difference in
it and our first report. The unfortunate
affair is much regretted.
W. M. Brantley, a constable in the
♦ legitimate discharge of his duties, was
fired upon by L. D. Paulk and brought to
the ground with a pistol ball in the thigh.
Brantley, while lying on the ground, re
turned the fire, instantly killing his assail
ant. - So says the Berrien county News.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Last
Thursday night, about seven o’clock,
young man by the name of Augustus
Blackburn was found lying on the pave
ment on the corner of Campbell and Tel
fair streets. He was in a state of insensi
bility from drink, and thoroughly wet
from the rain, which was pouring down
in torrents. He was picked up and car
ried into a house near by and the police
were then notified. An officer conveyed
the man to the City Hall and laid him be
fore the fire in the guard room, in order
that his clothiug might dry. Everything
was done to make him as comfortable as
possible under the circumstances. About
half-past ten o’clock it was noticed that he
did not seem to be breathing, and exami
nation showed that he was dead. His
relatives, who live near the Augusta Fao-
tory, and the Coroner were notified. An
inquest was held at 2 a. m.fand a verdict
returned that the deceased came to his
death from causes unknown to thejuty.
We understand that Blackburn had been
on a spree for some time.
Daily Enquirer-Sun: When a railroad
company dies its lawyers ought to be the
heirs of the ready money assets. Some
such remark we heard a leading lawyer
playfully remark yesterday. Where the
“ought” comes in we can’t see clearly, but
the legal gentlemen somehow manage to
get the greatest share. Such has proved
to be the case at the demise of the Atlan
tic and Gulf Railroad Company at Sa
vannah. The courts do allow practition
ers enormous fees. After the court had
ordered paid $20,000 to four lawyers, the
master reported in favor of paying these
and three others, $90,000 additional. One
recommendation is for $00,000, and it is
thought all will be allowed. Broken
roads pay enormously the few who ad
minister on the remains. It constitutes a
splendid feast. While the funds are be
ing gobbled up in this style, laborers, to
whom the $120,000 are due remain un-
5 aid. It is a terrible hardship on them,
'hey depend on It for subsistence. The
work performed by the lawyers has been
too little for such enormous amounts to be
charged. The poor man must stand
aside and wait, and perhaps hopelessly,
while thousands are paid for legal ser
vices. Would such charges be made if
the business was tliat of individual—if
the dealings were with private parties and
not tlie representatives of a broken com
pany? Such actions—paying such fees be
fore the small claims of laborers—may be
law but it Is not justice. It looks like
fattening on the spoils.
Sumter Republican: Otter Skin
and Beavers.—Mr. Webb, from tlie
eastern part of Macon county, brought in
on yesterday an otter skin which he had
killed in or near Flint river. Oar streams
abound in these animals, also bearers, but
the latter Is hard to capture, as when
caught in a trap, if they do not fell iu-.
staidly in swimming water they will bite
off tlie limb which the trap clamps and
make their escape. A friend stated to us
a few days since that he caught one in a
trap and saw him caught, hurried to him,
but he bit his legoff while he was endeav
oring to kill him. He, however, at great
risk, seized the animal by the tall, slung
Lis head against a tree and killed him.
Columbus Times: A ludicrous trans
position occurred in the make-up of a
couple of telegraphic items in the New
Haven Journal and Courier recently,
which produced the following effect: The
first item read “A large cast iron wheel,
revolving 900 times per minute exploded
in that city yesterday after a long and pain
ful illness. Deceased was a prominent
thirty-second degree Mason.” This was
followed by the second item, which read,
“John Kadeif the well known, florist anil
real estate broker of New Port, R. I., died
in Wardncr & Russel’s sugar mill at
Cristal Lake, Ill., on Saturday, doing $3,-
000 damage to the building and injuring
several workmen' and Lorenzo Wilcox-
fatal ly.”
We Icam from the Thomasvillc Times
Biat the Fruit Growers Association re
cently held a meeting in that, city, in
vh many valuable ideas were ad-
v- - i' .ml discussed. Referring to th-
d : ploys it says:
Tlie display of large ripe Le Conte
pears, from the orchard of Mr. L. L. Var-
nedoe, and luscious strawberries freshly
picked fron the garden of Mr. John Stark,
attested our mild climate and the prolific
ness of these varieties of fruit in this seo*
tion. The trees from which these pears
were plucked bore heavy and paying crops
last July, and now have from one to two
bushels per tree of this second crop fruit.
While not so large nor so delicately fla
vored as the spring crop, these peats are
very eatable, and coming in after all
other fniit is gone adds much to the good
qualities of this pear. These pears will be
exhibited at the Tallahassee’fair.
Cochran’s brass band is at a low ebb.
We presumo that the missing B flat note
book, so extensively advertised for, has
failed to turn up. When it becomes
known that a brass band can bo demoral
ized by tho stealing of a B flat note book,
even a missionary mlgbt learn to steal.
We commend tho project for the run
ning of a railroad from Dublin to Tennille
on tlie Central. Such a road, we think,
wonld pay.
The Gypsies are in Columbus telling
fortunes. When a Gypsy settles down in
a now locality, the only event of the future
he knows to a dead certainty, is that
somebody’s chickens will turn up missing.
Ip the foreign editor of the Constitution
assails us with any new Gallicisms, we
will write a parody upon some of his
poems. Tho “Colonel of Poetry” may yet
serve in the ranks.
W. J. Leonard, traveling agent for
Allen Bros., jewelers, of New York, was
robbed of his satchel containing $2,000
worth of samples, between Charleston and
Augusta. The thief is supposed to have
been a “professional,” who followed Mr.
Leonard from New York. A satchel, pre
cisely liko the one containing the samples,
was substituted for it during the voyage,
and the theft was not discovered until Au
gusta was reached.
Walter S. Lynchj sued in trover for
an express package containing $25,000,
said to have been lost by him some time
since, has been removed from the jail in
Augjsta to tho hospital, it having been
shown to tlie court that his health de
manded the change. Lynch was sued by
the Southern Express Company, as before
stated, In trover, and judgment was ren
dered against him. He will have tore-
main in prison until the package is pro
duced.
There was ice in Griffin last Sunday.
The Griffin fire department is hung on
a hair trigger. The Tribune admonishes
the wearers of red flannel underclothing
not to show themselves at the windows
after dark, lest they he mistaken for a
fiery glare.
Bob Moon, of Warren county, is one
hundred and seven years old. Fanners
in that section who have been waiting for
a new moon, so as to kill their hogs in or
thodox style, say that nothing but nitro
glycerine can reduce them—the hogs—to
pork now. Some of them are older than
Pinafore.
The steam yacht Henr.’ette awl her ten
der, the Follette, flying the French colors,
started from New York Thursday for a
trip around the world. Only Monsier
Henri Say, with his wife, child, nurse and
the necessary crew, oomprise the party.
The route announced is as follows, as we
learn from the Savannah News:
Off Delaware Bay the yachts will part
company, the Follette going . to Washing
ton and the Henrietta to Philadelphia.
From Philadelphia tlie Hemiette will go
to Washington, Richmond, Savannah,
Charleston, New Orleans, Havana, Kings-
ston, St. Thomas, Trinity, Martinique, Rio
Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, Valparaiso, Callao,
Panama, San Francisco, Sandwich Isles,
Japan, China, India, Suez Canal, Medi
terranean, Cherbourg, and Havre. The
Follette will keep ahead of the. Henriette
from three days to a week.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun : Frank Har
vey, a colored boy employed in this office,
lias a small box, which he keeps locked,
containing’ papers, letters and money.
About three days ago he suspicioned some
one of tampering with it, and trying to
get the money out. Ho moved the filthy
lucre to a more safe place, Thursday n! *
but left the letters in the box. Yester
morning, a drayman, while coming across
the commons, found the box, which had
been broken open. Tlie thief, Blinking
he had a bonanza, for Frank usually keeps
some ten or twelve dollars in the box,
took the box from the house, and carrier.
it out upon the commons, broke the loch,
and found plenty of “taffy”—love letters,
etc., but no money. He probably got
disgusted and fled. He should he made
to treat for having no better judgment
than to attempt to rob a newspaper office
employe.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Our count
shows that forty-seven gin houses have
been burned in Georgia since August 81st,
and twenty-five in Alabama. Their de
struction involved a loss of fully $100,000,
for with each, cotton was burned. Very
few wore tli« results of inceudiarics. In
Florida wo have noted the conflagration
of some six or ten. Wo do not wish our
northern admirers to imagine as they did
a few years ago, that these houses were
for the manufacture of gin. We mean by
gin houses places for ginning and baling
cotton. We remember a few years ago
thatsonio Massachusetts paper soundly
lectured the Southern people on their In
temperate habits. The editor judged
from the number of gin houses reported
burned.
Savannah News: Yesterday morning,
about eleven o’clock, Christian Ocsjelman,
a sailor on the German bark Mathias, ly
ing at the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway wharf, discovered in the creek
near the naval stores yard the body of a
white man, which he secured and landed
when he recognized it to be that of Luder
Weidcman, second mate and boatswain
of the bark. Information was at once
sent to tlie police barracks, and coroner
Sheftall was notified.
It seems that Weideman left the bark
on Saturday night, about seven oiclock,
intending to come up into the city, and
while crossing the bridge which spaiis the
creek at the naval stores yard, approached
too near the edge, there being no railing
to the bridge, and fell off into tbe water.
He cried out for help, and Arthur Brace,
who was engaged in making fast tho
schooner Cyrus Hall, rushed quickly in
the direction from whence the alarm
sounded, hut in consequence of the gath
ering darkness, failed to see the unfortun
ate man in tlie creek.
Yesterday afternoon the coroner held
an inquest at which the above stated facts
were developed. The jury rendered a
verdict that the deceased came to his
death by accidental drowning, and recom
mended as a protection to the public, a
railing be placed at the sides of the bridge
at the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway company’s wharf.
The deceased was perfectly sober when
he left the bark, at ten minutes past eleven
o’clock. He was a native of Viqisack,
near Bremen, where his wife and two
children are now living. He was forty-
one years of age, and was a good sailor
and worthy man.
Says the Brunswick Advertiser: “See
ing our little notice of the superiority’ of
the St. Simon’s oranges, Mr. Wm. R.
Shadman, of Cannons Point, on that
island, has sent us a sample of his. They
are equal, in size and flavor, to any we
have ever seen anywhere, which goes to
prove the assertions we have hereto
fore made, that there is no need of
going to Florida to raise oranges. The
soil and climate of St. Simon’s are just
good enough, and not only St. Simon’s,but
source of revenue to him in after years.”
The Atlanta Post publishes several
anonymous letters of a threatening nature
whi(iu have been produced by Mr. Drew,
tlie temperance crusader, by whisky deal-
era in Atlanta. They all complain that
tho temperance movement has deprived
them of some of their best customers, and
that if this crusade does not cease they
will he compelled to dose doors. There
fore they say, “Drew must go,” quietly if
ho will, but forcibly if necessary. Mr.
Drew, the Post states, will pay no atten
tion to these epistles, but will continue liis
work just tbe same as if they had never
been penned.
The depth of the Savannah river at the
bridge' in Augusta, measures 27 feet, 9
inches in depth'. "Result of the' late hard
rains.
The Americus Recorder says that the
colored people ye paying up their taxes
promptly. This is indeed a sign of pros
perity.
Santa Claus is having his little boom
now. If the children could have a vote
on the question S. Clau3 would reign for
ever.
A white man in Columbus, named
McAdams, used indecent language while
in a store, and a colored woman promptly
threw Urn out in the street.
There is a dearth of news in the
Georgia press. Nobody shot, nothing
turned, and aeddents entirely 'suspend-
id.
We are indebted to the Monroe Adver
tiser, the Union and Recorder and the
Georgia Register for complimentary no
tices of our new dress, and for compli
mentary mention of members of the edi-
rial staff.
Talbotton is bound to have a railroad
If she has to hammer away at the project
for five years. So says the Standard.
The Daily Banner, published at Ath
ens, came to hand to-day more than usu
ally brilliant. The Banner floats over
Georgia alone, and is devoted to her peo
ple and their interests. Long may It
the adjacent islands, as well as • much of ’ first margin was gone,
tlie main lands lying contiguous to salt! had fairly recovered another dispatch
water. We tip our hat and acknowledge came for $250 more, as cotton had declin
our indebtedness to friend Shadman for j ed still further. Then, as the Psalmist
the nico present, hoping that his orange * would say, “the heathen raged.” They
* crop maj never fail and . v»r provo a rich were mighty close on to being bea’.liens,
Augusta is keeping step in tlie grand
inarch of progress. Her manufactures
are world renowned, and her beautiful
streets, elegant residences and courteous
people make, her the favorite tarrying spot
of the tourist. There is much to see in
Augusta and much to admire. Thus do
we reply, when one of her papers calls our
own city an “undistributed middle.”
We have missed, for the last day or so,
the footprints of the versatile M. E. T, In
the Augusta Evening News. We It rust
that no eTil has befallen his soaring imag
ination ; for despite our pleasantries, we
like to read the breezy letterS’he sends out
from Atlanta. With some men, every
thing heard, goes in one ear and comes
out the other, hut with M. E. T., no mat
ter which ear anything enters, it emerges
from his pencil point. This, we take it,
makes the reporter.
When Mumford rested his gifted army
gun upon the fence and fired at Ids distant
target, a mule three hundred yards to the
right kicked np his heels and quoted the
well known passage in Hamlet, “a hit,
palpable hit.” The mule spoke the pas
sage feelingly.
Sylvania Telephone: Billy Warren,
son of a colored woman—Adeline—while
hauling a wagon load of furniture from
Herschmann’s Lake Landing for a Mr.
Garvin, an emigrant from South Carolina,
was shot in the foot by the accidental dis
charge of a gun stowed in the wagon
amongst the furniture. The load
tore off the sole of Warren’s shoe, and shot
off one toe and split another. Moral
Never haul heavy loaded guns in w agons
for anybody.
AjcericusV' Recorder: The Sumter
County Agricultural Society held, its
monthly meeting on the Ctli, Vice-Presi-
ient Wilson presided iu the absence of
Major,Farlow.
The membership of the body is not con-
.Sned to any county,' and among the newly
added members at the meeting we note:
Major William Eh Weems, of Lee; Major
£. S. Baldwin and Isaac Hart, of Schley;
Thomas G. Bryan, of Lee; Pierce Meyers,
C. C. Connors and John T. Connors, of
Sumter^
From tlie proceedings we make the fol
lowing extract:
On motion the Constitution was amen
ded, and the President required to observe
as far as practicable, parliamentary form
in the debate and proceedings.
The question of the day’s discussions,
“Tlie Clement Attachment,” was called.
A. A. Adams read an article on tlie sub
ject as requested at the last meeting,
Quite an interesting discussion, all favor
ing the new enterprise, ensued. Over $0,-
000 was offered by members present to
wards establishing an experimental fac
tory at the fair ground, and a committee
was appointed to receive subscriptions
and confer with tlie directors of the
Americus Fair Association on the subject.
The committee are J. H. Black, Judge C.
F. Crisp, William E. Clarke, J. F. Ross,
Colonel Weems, of Lee county, and Ma
jor Baldwin, of Schley.
Liberal propositions of sites and power,
steam and water, were offered and evi
dently nothing is needed to establish a
“Clement Attachment” factory, than con
cert of action.
The following delegates to tho spring
convention of tho State Agricultural So
ciety next year, were elected: William
B. Gueny, and William E. Clarke; and
for the flail convention, T. M. Farlow, J.
T. Howell and Dr. Thomas H. Stewart.
The Secretary of the Society Is ex-officio
a delegate.
Constitutionalist: Intelligence reached
Augusta l* ^ oning of tlie drowning’ of
Rev. Ba; * - Doyle, a Catholic priest,
and Ice Moynahan, head clerk in
tho _ | establisliment of James M.
Gra ' * of Athens, about ten miles
from c si place. Father Doyle, who was
in charge of tlie mission embracing
Athens, Lexington, and other points, un
der tbe direction of Father Colbert, of
Washington, Georgia, went from Athens
to Lexington, Snnday, in a buggy, in com
pany with Mr. Moynahan, to pay a sick
call, and the two' were returning to
Athens when the accident occurred. The
streams, usually low and easily forded,
were greatly swollen by tlie ■ recent heavy
rains, and in attempting to ford one of
them they were swept down by tlie flood
and both drowned. The bodies were re
covered yesterday afternoon and carried
to Athens. Father Doyle's remains will
be conveyed to Washington to-day, for in
terment at that place. Mr. Moynalian’s
relatives in New York have been tele
graphed-to as to fhe lHsposMuii to'benwKfef
of his body.
Father Doyle is a native of Ireland. He
came to this country a short time ago and
last December was ordained a priest in
Savannah, having completed liis theologi
cal studies in Ireland and Canada. He
was assigned to duty on the mission men
tioned above and has been there since that
time, closely engaged in the duties of his
office, having a large extent of countiy to
visit. He was only twenty-four years of
age at the time of his death.
Mr. Moynahan was from New York
City, a young man and unmarried.
We learn from tho Monroe Advertiser
that the negroes of Monroe county are
making contracts for next year’s labor,
and tliat the exodus boom is dead. Also,
that six of the good citizens of Forsyth,'
each having $25 of money for which he
could find no profitable employment con
cluded to buy 100 bales of cotton futures.
The. telegram to the broker was duly sent
and just about that time a break in the _
market occurred in New York, and the . Polhill, administrators of Reuben Atwell,
broker telegraphed for $250 more, as the I deceased.” The defendant, John. Scott,
first margin was gone.’ Before the six had filed his plea that tlie right of action
on said notes was not. barred by the stat-
from the emphatic way they ex
pressed themselves. The English lan
guage was inadequate and the Chinese
was employed. It was impossible to col
lect the six' together in one body. The
very sight of each other made them sick.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Tho
Citizens’ Association are determined that
thairrace meeting at the fair grounds,_ in
January;‘shall ‘be tlie most interesting
event of tlie kind that lias evertakenplace
in thia section. In addition to other at
tractions, it has been decided to have a
Roman hippodrome chime xace. All the
preliminaries have been arranged with
Sir. H. W. Hixley, now at Pontiac, Illi
nois; and he will bring his four horses and
the celebrated riders, G. H. Loft is and B.
T. Clieno, to Augusta in time for tlie ra
ces. The horses run in pairs, bareback,
the riders standing erect, one to each pair.
Around' the body of each horse is a chime
of bells. The riders will be in costume.
Thef§ will be one of these races on each
day. Tbefirsbtwo days there will be a
half mile doth and the second two, half
mile heats, Lest two in three. The horses
run abreast, and it requires much skill,
address and courage in the riders to main
tain their positions while the animals are
dashing around the track at full speed.
The^euime races have attracted large
crowds in the West wherever they have
beefi'ran, and will be a novelty in Augus
ta. The Association have added this feat
ure to their already attract ive programme,
at great expense.
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tre Supreme court.
Decifdosf Rendered December 16,
1879—Hon. Hiram Warner, Chief
Justice, Hon. James Jackson and
Logan E. Bleckley Associate Justi
ces; f vs
Weaver et at. vs. Thornton, Ordinary,
for use. Debt, from Greene.
Warner, C. J—This was a suit on a
guardian’s bond against the principal
therein and his securities, alleging as a
breach thereof tlio non-payment of the
sum of $456, besides interest, found to be
due the plaintiff by the judgment of the
Court of Ordinary. On the trial of the
case, the jury, on tlio charge of the court,
foiind a verdict for the plaintiff for the
sum of $503. Amotion was made fora
new trial on the grounds therein stated,
which was overruled, and the defendants
excepted. It appears from the evidence
in the record that the plaintill' introduced
the judgment of tho Court of Ordinary.
It also appeared that Alonzo C. Jackson,
the principal in the bond, was the admin
istrator on tho estate of John S.
Jackson, and that the plaintiff, Isaac
C. Jackson, was one of tlie dis
tributees of his estate, and that Alonzo
C. Jackson was Jiis guardian. It further
appears that on the 26th of Decem
ber, 1874, A. C. Jackson, as guardian, re
ceipted himself as administrator for the
sum of $1,300. The defendants Introduced
in evidence the returns of the guardian to
the court of Ordinary from which that
court made the calculation when it ren
dered judgment against him. The defend
ants also proved by the guardian himself,
that no property of any kind passed into
his hands about the time tlie receipt was
given, but it was given in order to wind up
the estate and release tlie securities on his
administration bond. The court charged
the jury, among other .things, that if they
believed from the evidence, that Alonzo C.
Jackson, as guardian of Isaac M. Jackson,
receipted himself as administrator for any
amount, andchargedliiniself with the same
in his annual returns to the Ordinary,then
he must be charged with such amount as
cash, and the securities on his guardian's
bond are estopped from proving that no
property of any kind passed into liis hands
when such reccpts were given, the securi
ties as well as the guardian being hound
by tlie receipts, whether any property
passed or not.” The court further charged
the jury “to examine the returns made by
A. C. Jackson as guardiau, and decide
from, these returns whether or not/tlie
guardian, or liis security, are liable, and
to ascertain from the Ordinary’s calcula
tion or from the returns whether or not the
Ordinary's estimate of the sum due is cor
rect, and if not to rectify the same.” The
judgment of the Ordinary’Jjased on the
guardian’s returns was only prima facie
evidence as against tho securities, and
hence the first part of the charge was too
stroug upon that point, bnt when taken in
connection with the latter part of it, we
perceive no material error in view of the
evidence In the record. There is no evi
dence that there was nothing due from
the administrator fdr which the guardian
receipted, that was not ^hat securities
attempted to, prove. When A. C. Jackson
as guardian receipted liimsi-if as A. C.
Jackson, administrator for the sum of
$1,300, that was such an act on his
part, tlie legal effect of which was
to transfer that amount from his
hands as administrator into his hands as
guardian, and he was properly chargea
ble with. tliat amount as. guardian,
whether any properly passed into Ills
hands at that time or not;-he had it al
ready in his hands in the 'Character of ad
ministrator, and receipted for it as guar
dian, and his securities as such guardiau
are prima facie liable for it on their bond,
and there is no evidence in the record to
rebut that prima facie liability, and there
fore the guardiau and his securities were
legally bound to account for it. It ap
pears, however, from the guardian's re
turns that he is entitled to a credit of $1,-
044.42 for cash paid his ward in January,
1876, and the ordinary only allowed him
a credit of $1,000 ip the settlenlcnt of his
acconnts for whlclithe judgment was ren
dered. The judgment of thq court below
is therefore reversed, unless the plaintiff
shall consent to write off from the’verdict
the siun of $44.42, and in'the event of his
doingso, then the judgment of the court
below to stand affirmed.
Judgment reversed on terms.
M.W. Lewis & Son?, for plaintiff in
error.
McWhorter Bros., for defendant.
Scott vs. Atwell et al., administrators.
Appeal from Jefferson.
Warner, C. J.—The hill of exceptions
and brief of evidence show the following
facts ; Tho plaintiff in error, John Scott,
on tbe 22d day of December, 1870, made
and gave to Reuben Atwell, deceased, his
six. promissory notes for the aggregate
principal sum of $579.75; all of said notes
are of said date and became due one day
after the'date thereof.
On the 28th day 6t January, 1875, Reu
ben Atwell died. Temporary letters of
adtninistration on his estate were granted
to'ricfendaufs in error, James Atwell and
John P. Hill, on the first day of February,
1875, and permanent letters of administra
tion on said estate were granted to them
on the first day of March, 1875. Said ad
ministrators brought suit on the six notes
Iu a justice’s court against John Scott, and
the original summons In each case was is
sued »y the justice of the peace on the
28th day of January, 1877, and was served
by the constable on February 2d, 1877.
At the judgment term of said cases in the
justice’s court, John Scott, the defendant
therein, appeared, and by his counsel,
confessed Judgment in each of said cases
with the right of appeal, and then appealed
said cases to the Superior Court of said-
county. —
When said cases came on for trial at t.i'.
May term, 1878, of Jefferson Superior
Court by consent of parties and counsel,
an ordcr'was passed by the court consoli
dating the six cases and directing that
they be tried as one case. Tho case, as
stated in each original summons, was as
follows:
Reuben Atwell, James Atwell, agent,
vs. John Scott.
And counsel for John Scott moved the
court to dismiss said case, on the ground
that there was no party plaintiff therein,
it being admitted on both sides that Reu
ben Atwell had been dead nearly two
ears before the suits werS,’, brought in
justice’s court, which motion was over
ruled bv the court, and the plaintiffs, on
motion'oftheir counsel, br&rc permitted to
amend said summons by striking there
from tlw name of Reuben Atwell and the
word agent,'and inserting in lieu thereof
tlie word “James Atwell arid John J.
The evidence submitted to the court
and jury on the trial of said, case showed
the following statement of facts, that the
notes sued were due on the 23rd day of
December, 1870, and that: tbe summons
issued in each case was dated on January
28,1877, tliat said Reuben Atwell died
either on tlie night of the 2oth or on tbe
morning of the 26th of January, 1872, that
temporary letters of administration on
his estate were granted to said adminis
trator on February 1,1875, and that per
manent letters of administration on said
estate were granted to (hem on March 1,
1875. The verdict of the jury under the
charge of the court was a finding for the
plaintifis of principal amount due on said
notes, with interest from tlie time they
became due.
The defendant, John Scott,-flled his mo
tion for new trial iu said cases, which
was bqsed on tho following grounds, to-
wit:
1. It appeared by the original sum
mons, issued iu said case by the justice’s
court, that suit was instituted in the
name of Reuben Atwell, plaintiff, versus
John Scott, defendant, and after both
sides had announced themselves ready for
trial, it being proven before the court and
admitted by counsel for plaintiffs that
Reuben Atwell had been dead for nearly
two years previous to tho date of said
summons, counsel for tho defendant
moved to dismiss said case, because there
Was no party plaintiff to the same, which
motion was overruled by the court and the
defendant now say that the court erred in
ruling.
2. The name of James Atwell, agent,
appeared in said original summons, and
counsel for plaintifis moved to amend said
summons by striking therefrom the name
of Reuben Atwell and the word agent,
and inserting therein James Atwell and
John J. Polliill, administrators of the es
tate of Reuben Atwell, deceased, so that
the plaintifis in said case, as stated in
said amended summons, would be James
Atwell and John J. Polliill, administra
tors of the estate of Reuben Atwell, de
ceased, which motion was sustained by the
court, and said amendment was made,
and the defendant say that the court erred
in said ruling.
3. After the evidence had been submit
ted to the court and jury, and both sides
had -closed, counsel for defendant moved
to dismiss said case on the ground that
the notes t the subject matter of tbe suit,
were barred by the statute of limitation at
the time that said suit was commenced
upon them in the justices’ court, which
motion to dismiss said case was overruled
by the court, and the defendant says tlie
court erred, in said ruling.
4. ^Because the court erred in its charge
to the jury, that the statute of limitations
was suspended and did not run as against
said notes (tlie subject matter of the suit),
during the period of time from the death,
of Reuben Atwell, the maker thereof, to
the granting of permanent.letters of ad
ministration on his estate.
5. Because the court erred in its charge
to the jury, that ou the death of. Reuben
Atwell, the statute of limitation in its ap
plication to said notes was suspended and
did not commence to run again at the
tiriie of the granting of temporary letters
of administration on the estate of Reuben
Atwell, but that said suspension contin
ued until the time of granting permanent
letters of administration on his estate, at
which time the statute again commenced
to run against said notes.
0. Because said verdict is contrary to
tho evidence.
7. Because said verdict is contrary to
the law.
8. Because said verdict is contrary to
the law and the evidence.
When said motion for new trial was
heard, counsel for movant submitted to
the court with the brief of evidence tie
affidavit of Bryant McDaniel, who swore
that he was an attending physician with
said Rcubcu Atwell during his last illness,
and that said Rcubcu Atwell died on the
26th day of January, 1875. Ou the hear
ing of said motion, the same was over
ruled by tlie court on each and all of tlie
grounds stated therein. jVhercupon the
defendant exempted.
The suits in the justice’s couit W re
awkwardly brought, bnt James Atwell,
one of the administrators, was a party
plaintiff, and the defendant had filed no
plea of misnomer in the justice’s court,
but had confessed judgment and entered
an appeal, and we will not control the
discretion of the court below in refusing
to dismiss the case and allowing the
amendment to be made as set-forth in the
record. The notes became due on the 23d
of December, 1870; the defendant had all
of that day to pay them, and the statute
did not commence to run in his favor un
til the 24th of December, 1S70. The suit
was commenced on the notes on the 28tli
of January, 1877. Counting out time dur
ing vyliich the statute‘of limitations was
suspended, from the death of Reuben
Atw nil, the intestate, on tho 2Gth of Jan
uary, 1875, to the graut of permanent let
ters of administration on his estate, on
the 1st of March, 1875, tho plaintiff’s ac
tion was not qnite barred according
to our calculation at the time of the
commencement of the suits on the
notes in the justice’s court but would
have been barred if the running of the
statute was only suspended for the time
of the granting of the temporary letters of
administration on the 1st of February>
1875, and the question is whether the run
ning of the statute was suspended from
the death of the intestate to the time of
the granting of the temporary letters, or
to the time of granting the permanent let
ters of administration. The 2928th sec
tion of the code declares that the time oc
curring between the death of a person and
representation taken upon his estate shall
not be counted against his estate provided
such time docs not exceed five years, etc.
Whilst it is true that tliis court has held
that a temporary administrator can sue in
certain cases, still we think that the
above cited section of the code contem
plated a permanent, and not a temporary
representation upon the decedent’s estate
before tlio statute will commence to run
against it and such is the interpretation
which we give to it. In view of the facts
of this case as disclosed in the record,
there was no error In overruling the de
fendant’s motion for a new trial.
Let the judgment of the court below bo
affirmed.
R. W. Carswell, by brief, plaintiff in
error.
Cain & Tolhill, by Z. D. Harrison, for
defendant.
BY TELEGRAPH
*peci«l to Tolesrsph ami’ Mcsienxer.J
Tallahassee, ' Florida, December
16.—Mr. James J. Tuten, a citizen of this
place and an employe of the- J. P. and M.
railroad, committed suicide last night by
shooting himself with apistol. Cause ex
cessive drink. He leaves- a wife and sev
eral children. F. M. M.
8p*dal ta th« T»l»*r»pli and HetMnger.J
Tallahassee, Fla., December 16.
The races here to-day were quite lively.
In the quarter race Zady Wade won, Lady
Lightfoot second, Kate third. Time 27|
and 27.
In the three minutes race Grey Buster
won in straight heats, Georgia Girl second,
and Bob Toombs third. Time 2:51,230
and 2:50.
The military display comes off to-mor
row and bids fair to be an interesting
affair. F. M. M.
Boston, December 16.—Dispatches
from Augusta, Maine, asserts that a count
has been made by the Governor and
council which will result in the delivery
of certificates to a sufficient number ' of
Democrats to give tliat party a majority
in both branches of tho Legislature.
There Is great feeling among the Repub
licans owing to this condition of affairs.
An Advertiser special from Augusta says
the Republican majority in both branches
has been counted out—the Republican
members counted down from ninety to
fifty-eight—Democrats counted up from
sixty-one to seventy-eight. It is claimed’
this is done on technicalities and infor
malities in the returns.
The Senate under the count will have a
Democratic majority of nine. The Gov
ernor and council count out three Sena
tors from Cumberland—one each from
York, Lincoln and Washington, and two
from Anderscoggin. The Democrats will
have a majority large enough in the House
to give a quorum if none of the Republi
cans take their seats. They have thrown
out the Republican Representatives from
Portland, Bath, Saco, Rockland and Lew
iston and other towns enough to make va
cancies in fourteen representative dis
tricts.
Portland, Me., December 16.—A
special to the Argus, (Dem.) says tho
council lias not completed the canvass. A
few districts remain unsettled. It is ex
pected a result will be reached by Wed
nesday. Democratic as well as Republi
can returns have been thrown out. It is
thought the House will be 77 fusion and
62 -Republicans with 12 vacancies. The
Senate, 19 fusion and 12 Republicans.
DesMoines, Iowa, December 16.—An
engine on the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad exploded her boiler at
Newton this morning, killing her engineer,
William Gibbons, and fatally wounding
the fireman, Alex. Jones. It is believed
to have been caused by a defective boiler.
Philadelphia, December 16.—Gener
al Grant arrived at 9:20, and Mayor Stoke-
ly and other officials entered the car and
formally welcomed the General to the
city.
Washington, November 16.—The Sig
nal Station, 147 milles south of Ports
mouth, North Carolina, report! ship Ja
cob Trumpy a total wreck. The crew arc
taking out provisions and private prop
erty.
Washington,December 16.—'The Sen
ate Finance Committee agreed to recom
mend the passage of the House bill to
authorize allowances for leakage of spir
its. Tlie bonded transportation commit
tee’also decided to report favorably upon
Bayard’s bill to exempt from custom du
ties all competition prizes won by citizens
abroad.
In the Senate, Mr. Bruce introduced a
bill to provide for the investment of cer
tain unclaimed pay and bounty moneys
now in the Treasury, and to facilitate and
encourage the education of the colored
race.
Mr. Davis, of West Yirgiuia, introduced
a bill to relieve tlie Treasurer of the
Unitod States from the amounts now
charged to him and now deposited with
tlie several States. Referred.
Mr. Windom offered an amendment to
tlie resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Voorhees for the appointment of a com
mission of five Senators to investigate the
causes of the exodus of blacks from North
Carolina to Indiana. The amendment in
structs the commission to, if it finds the
colored people have been deprived of their
rights, to consider the expedience of ap
propriating for the use arid occupation of
such persons as may desire to emigrate
from their present homes in order to se
cure their constitutional rights such ter
ritories as may bo necessary. Ordered to
be printed and laid on tlie table.
Owing to the large number of bills in-
trodiced yesterday (about 200) the read
ing of the journal was not completed un
til 12:50.
Mr. King, of Louisiana, offered a reso
lution for the appointment of a select
committee of eleven, whose duty it shall
be to examine into the subject of tho
selection of a suitable route for an inter-
oceanic ship canal to which all petitions,
memorandums and reports relative to
such canal shall be referred, and which
shall have authority to report at any time.
Adjourned.
The Spoaker then proceeded to call on
th co amittee for reports.
Calcutta, December 10.— General
Roberts telegraphs from Cabul that one
mountain gun was lost during Sunday’s
Thrman Ratiiifr
Woritf. *oi»iica.ian rain#
It rapiliy hull XJicew.ou
chaffingEoond.illabtogftiei 5nR.£*»»H-
in.ci.ffteiiona ttat hsra br“ the tSffReh-
h/etime. thus affording unaprakabl* ££01?* *
tion 10 thonaaada; Barm. vEm? wJSS 8 ®;
Festers; all Itching and fcbTBraS22 d \*? 4
Skin, and allAtfrrtiona ofiha
losaot Hair. likSYhS’
every external aH-rtlou. At everv
•bjy aaaijted by Cnticura S^ap, Vhi&
ol lttoM EMdinnallj and at the fanutima^S?-
refresSnl 1 ?^^
bath and Nunery Soap in exit ten™
«^a^S!ffl3t5sse!Brss
poisons, c*u«edby
the virus of scrofula, eanser, canter, malarial or
SESWirSK-
SALT EHEUM.
Lila
engagement. Goncral Roberts estimates precedented fall of snow and scarcity of
tho number of tho enemy at 30,000. transportation.
«S0OO men, to be sent out immediately, is |
probably Untruej/as the Viceroy of India '
telegraphed yesterday that he had ample
wrees at his disposal. *
Augusta, Ga^ December 16.—A man
named ^lartin vas run over and killed at
Langley, near Augusta, this moruing, He
was walking beside the track and sudden- THE SHEA T RT7T M nrmx
lysteppedin front of the engine. A1IU VTUXtAl CltlN CURE.
Richmond, December 16—The Gen- T ’ ’
eral Assembly to-day voted for a United
States Senator to succeed Senator With
ers, whose term expires March 4th, 18S1.
The vote was taken in the two House
during separate sessions. In the House
the nominees were Hon. Robert E. With
ers, General William Mahone and Gen
eral W.C. Wickham. The vote resulted
as fellows: Mahone 56, Withers 40 and
Wickham 2.
In the Senate the only nominees were
Withers and Mahone. The nominating
speeches, which were marked by the
usual political crimination and recrimi
nation, occupied the attention of the Sen
ate until 3.15 p. m., when a vote was ta
ken, resulting in Mahone 23, Withers 13,
Wickham • 3, John W. Daniel 1. The
joint vote was as follows: Number of
votes cast, IBS; necessary to a choice, 70,
of which Mahone received 79, Withers 53,
Wickham 5, and Daniel L Tlie two
houses will meet in joint session to-mor-
row, - -
London, December 16.—The Attorney
General has granted a fiat for a writ of
error in the case of Arthur Orton, other
wise known as the “Tlchbomo claimant,”
on the ground that la*; hhve been put be
fore him justifying the discussion of the
point whether Chief Justice Cockbume
should not have made two sentences of
seven years penal servitude, one of whiMi
has just expired,concurrent instead of suc
cessive.
Washington, December 16.—The
joint committee ou the completion of the
Washington monument in tliis city, sub
mitted a detailed report to the House,
showingthat the amount of appropriations
unexpended and available for carrying on
the work is $100,000. To continue the
work till October 31, 1881, will require
$100,000 additional, and to complete tbe
shaft to the proposed height, 500 feet, will
require $677,221. It is estimated that the
entire work cau be accomplished by the
spring of 1883.
The House Committee on Mississippi
levees to-day agreed to report to the House
a resolution authorizing and directing
them to make a trip down the Mississip
pi about the 10th of November, 1880, for
the purpose of gaining more accurate in
formation iu regard to the subjects within
the purview of the Committee’s jurisdic
tion.
The House Committee of Ways and
Means to-day designated January 27th,
29th and 31st, for a hearing upon tho ques^
tion of revision of the tariff upon sugars.
The hill introduced in the Senate to-day,
by Mr. Bruce, appropriating the interest
of $510,000 unclaimed pay and bounty of
colored soldiers to aid in the education of
the colored soldiers, is similar to the bill in
troduced in the Senate by Mr. Bailey a few
days ago, except that Mr. Bruce’s bill ex
tends the proposed benefits to twenty-two
colored schools and universities, located
in fifteen different States, while the bene
fits under Mr. Bailey’s bill, are conferred
upon only five universities and normal
schools.
Washington, December 10.—In the
House tlie Committee on Naval Affairs
to-day, through Representative Gibson,
introduced a bill to amend an act to en
courage the establishment of marine
schools, so as to extend its provisions to
the cities of Wilmington, Charleston, Sa
vannah, Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston,
and Baton Rouge. Tlie hill was adopted.
The public lands Senate Committee to
day took favorable action upon tho bill in-
trtKluced by Mr. Paddock at the extra
session of Congress, providing for the pay
ment of what is commonly known as the
“five per cent, claims” of various States,
including Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama,
Mississippi and Florida, whose enabling
acts of admission into tlie Union contained
a stipulation for the fSayment'to tnem or
five per centum on all sales by the United
States of tlie public lands within their
boundaries.
The executive departments of the gov
ernment have held that this stipulation
was intended to ajiply only to cash sales.
The States contend that it is equally ap
plicable to lands located under tlie vari
ous classes of military scrip and land war
rants Issued by the United States from
time to time. The bill which was to-day
agreed to by the committee (and subse
quently reported to the Senate) adopts
the latter view of the question, and di
rects the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
the claims.
.Nashville, Tenn., December 16.—
The Tennessee Legislature met to-day in
extra session in accordance with the Gov
ernor’s proclamation, to clothe the local
government of Memphis with additional
powers to execute proposed sanitary im
provements for the protection of the city
against yellow fever. The Executive mes
sage stated that the Legislature was need
ed to allow Nashville to make similar im
provements. Bills were introduced cover
ing all objects for which the Legislature
was convened.
Washington, December 16.—Secre
tary Schurz to-day received a telegram
from General Adams, stating that Cfuray
had left for the camp of the White River
Utesto hurry up their movements and
was sending in the Indians designated by
tlie Commission, He says he regards
their surrender as an accomplished fact,
although General Hatch may be delayed
in bringing them on on account of the un-
ilia knfruiin
In this Uulbb Dursti.
Iirlh”
SaSSS**" "■ h- «irS?
a buri™n Io'me. W;,1 ^ d *** helpleu—my Tery ,gj;
■ * hive used ewTthlry ft, th# xhtpsof
rise, both external »nd 1. t-rnal, but with“otf.
I tried it* and 16! It wai as i» a mW-.v j
b##u performed, t.r I will taki J n :Ki. 9 “d
may be tome >ne ahnfarly afflicted and
would earned adriaehii to giro o u «cJwl
Youra. raff thankfully.
Tetter or Salt Rheum
ca tbe Baade Cured. A Cratrfapltter.
. Heim Yibki ft ?OTTXK—Gentlemen* Bar.
♦I£»aV» r wi! >!edtM3nnwith tho T «*-
and epent n>anr a hard-earn
ed dollar. I wwgmn a trial of your Cullcun,
and, thank God, »y hand* ara well. I never bad
an»thine do me good liko that.
Toumtypmt thia in the pirer and we’cocca
and may't do aome other poor -offerer the stmt
eoodit has done me. I arT. well known here.
haringhvedherealmoat mte»n yurt and kept
boarders for a Iirio/r, ard rometimet my heart
was aore. ihinkiog I would hare togireupaho-
aelber with my .-or# hand-, and hiring a small
family to take e-r« of; bui oh. thank God. my
handa rre well *01 ajain return thanka.
Youra reapoclfully.
BLIZkBETH BUCKLEY.
Littleton. N. H., Hay 39, 1878.
Tbs Cnticura remedies are prepared by Weeks
ft rotter.Ohemlstand Druegiits. SiO Waihinston
street. Mnaton. and are for sale by all drugriits.
Urea of Cutirnr* small bores 50e; large
boxa*. co»taioing two and one-half times the
eiaatltr *' small, (L Resolvent, 31 per bottle.
Cntirura Soap Xlc per cake; by miiljle: three
cakea75c. declaim
<*(YLL1NC» Place! over the centre
^VlLuny 0 j j] i0 nervous forces, the
HHge WWnmmfdot >ho stomach, they
Htt UWIHD furnish the absorbents
Piie-rCfift with that marvellous ri-
•wlQi 11™ talizing and restorative
as on ay. electricity, united with the curative
P>o»erliet of our own fragraLt B-ltams and
Pins. Per Weak and Sore Lung*. Palpitation of
tho Heart. Painful Kidneys. Liv,r Complaint,
Bilious Colic, Weak Stomach ai d hawtls. .Rheu
matism, NturaUia. and-?cia:ica, they are the
-best remedy In t' , e wo-'d. ae 181m
ute of limitations when suit was instituted
upon them in the justice’s court, and on
the issue thus made the case proceeded to
trial.
Lee and Grant
Lee’s sttrrendor to Grant was a ceremo
ny simple 1 enough, and-will probably nev
er be a scene put on canvas. Colonel
Scliaffner, who was with General Grant,
said to a writer in the Courier Journal re
cently that when on the road to Appro-
mattox, he found an occasion to ride be
side Grant, “and,” he adds, “after much
circumlocution I said to him that as the
surrender would be formal arid ceremo
nious, as I supposed, I wanted to have a
sketch made At tlie timeitt orderfo have
a large painting made of it for the 1 Capi
tol. Having listened to what I had to
say, he very quietly and with some senti
ment remarked that ha would not like to
see such a picture, nor was it his inten
tion to have a surrender with ceremony.
He continued for some minutes, stating
among other things that “these are our
people,” and It' would have a bad effect to
humiliate them. “They are not foreign
ers, hut they belong to us and we to them;
and all we want is for them to stop fight
ing, and for us all to live at peace and as
a Union.” I made a slight effort to change
liis views upon the subject, and expressed
tlie opinion that future generations should
see the end of an attempt to destroy the
Union. He answered tliat the traces of tlie
annies left evidences more than sufficient.
* . * t After the'surrender had been
concluded, Lee requested Grant to inform
him if the terms of his letter permitted Ids
'private soldiers to take with them their
private property. Grant examined the
letter and said he thought not. Lee re
sponded tliat he so understood it, and that
lie desired to kuow, as all his cavalrymen
owned their horses. Grant then very
promptly said I10 did not know that, but
he would give orders to allow them to take
their horses, as they would be needed to
cultivate.their crops: Lee answered, “I
thank you; it will have a good effoct with
tlie people.”
Their fire he says was severe. He is con
fident of his ability to restore British au
thority in Afghanistan; but says rein
forcements are necesary to enable 1dm to
act vigorously.
London, December 16.—The Indian
government has asked for reinforcements
of 570,000 men to be sent forthwith.
A Dublin dispatch says there is no
truth in the statement that the prosecution
of Davitt, Killen and.-Daly will be aban
doned.
Claude Eitenne Minie, inventor of
many improvements in fire-arms, is dead.
New Orleans, December 10.—Steam
ship Hanover, from Bremen has brought
333 immigrants, mostly bound for Texas.
Washington, December 10.—The Sen
ate resinned the consideration of the hill
reported by Mr. Maxey, from the commit
tee. ' '**•
After a slight amendment the bill pass
ed at 1:20 p. in. The Senate went into
executive session, and, .when the doois
were opened, adjourned.
In the House the Speaker proceeded to
call tlie committees for reports. Money,
of Mississippi, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Post-offices, and Morse, of Massa
chusetts, presented a joint resolution, now
before the committee, jiroviding for the
abandonment of legal tender.
Washington, December 10. — Tlie
Senate in executive session to-day, con
firmed the following nominations: Ed
Gutliridge to be United; States Attorney
for tlie eastern district of Texas; Charles
Lemon, Collector of Customs for tlie disr
trict of Mississippi and George E. Bowden
to be Collector of Customs for the district
of Norfolk.
Postmasters: Boberts, Tallcdge, Ala
bama; Bringe, Casbry,'North Carolina;
Mary Carpenter, Gainesville, Texas.
The Senate committee on military
affairs, decided to postpone action on army
nominations, 110 iu number, until after
Christmas.
London, December 10.—An acciden
tal explosion of blasting material occurred
in the Wilhethsgluce Saltmines, by which
twelve miners were killed and sixty were
injured. Disaster occurred from first at
tempt of the miners to open the door oufc-
ward’instead of inward, and the mine ex
ploded. 1
London, December 16.—The Times in
leading editbridl tills morning says:
“News from Afganistan indicates'beyond
a doubt that the crisis has been readied in
our military operations in that country,
and are more important than aViy through
which we have passed since tlie commence
ment of the invasion. Happily the posi
tion we occupy and the resources at our
disposal apipear to render us better able to
meet this emergency than any which has
yet proceeded it, hut our strength is being
tested more than hitherto. The statement
of the Central News that the Indian Gov
ernment Las asked for rcirfor?em?ntg of
Washington, December 16.—An in
formal meeting of the members of the
National Republican Executive Commit
tee was held here this morning and was to
discuss the selection of a chairman in
the placo of the late Senator Chandlsrand
to compare views as to tho time and place
for holding the next National Convention.
It seems to be virtually settled that Came
ron will be the chairman, and that the
Convention will he held in Chicago some
time during the last of May or first of
June.
Philadelphia, December 16.—Gen
eral Grant arrived here to-day, and was
received with the most demonstrative en
thusiasm. It is estimated that there were
30,000 persons in the line of the proces
sion. including tlie military force of about
7,000, and an equal number from the
Grand Army of tho Republic. To-night
the city is brilliantly illuminated.
London, December 17.—A Caiml dis
patch states that David Shah, who was
Commauder-iu-Chief of the Afghan army
and who was sent by the Ameer to quell
the _ revolt during the massacre of the
British at the embassy, has been arrested.
A Cabul dispatch dated the 15th says
the nlbst difficult position of tho enemy
was gallantly carried" yesterday. Later
in tlie day the troops lost a position which
they had before taken.
A Koliat dispatch announces that Gen
eral Tytberlias attacked and captured
Zawa, which was stored with grain of all
the ZaimahaL-tribes. The. enemy left
largo number of dead on the field! The
British loss was four wounded.
London, December 17.—The Viceroy
of India telegraplis to-day that communi
cations with General Roberts are now in
terrupted.
Paris, December 17.—An official de
cree has been issued pardoning 150 com
munists.
London, December 17.—The Daily
Standard says the cantonments of Sliirpur
are surrounded by high brick walls, loop-
holed with an outer ditch behind the
walls. Earthworks are thrown up adding
to their strength and raking the platform
for the defenders to fire from. At corners
and at intervals along the walls are bas
tions for guns. ■*
Against a position such as this, held by
five thousand British troops with abund
ance of artillery and munitions of war,the
rash of a savage mob could do nothing,
anil their numbers, however large, wouid
add little or notliing to their aggressive,
force.
The troops now on the way from Jellnla-
bail and Gaudamuk, number two regi
ments of cavalry, seven regiments of in
fantry and two batteries of artillery. Such
a force as this once free from the’ defiles,
should be able to give a good account of
itself and make its way forward, however
large a force Mahmed Jan may deliCch
from Cabul to arrest its advance.
Little Rock, December 17.—Chancel
lor Carroll, of the Pulaski Chancery
Court, to-day decided the case of tlie State
vs. the Mempliis and Little Rod: Railroad
Company et at. The suit was for fore
closure of mortgage to secure a loan of
9100,000 made in 1861. The decree is for
the State and orders a sale or the rum 1,
rolling stock, etc., unless the debt and in
terest amounting to over $202,000 is paid
by a day named. The case will probably
be appealed.
Panama, December 6.—Advices from
Lima to November 25tli state that Gen
eral Bimdia attacked the Chilian array on
the 19th ultimo, at a place called San
Francisco, on tlie railway which stretches
inland from Pisaqua, and that the Allies
were forced to retire demoralized, and
with very heavy loss. The Chilians were
entrenched.
Augusta, Me., December 17.—The
council were engaged to-night in issuing
the remaining certificates which have not
been sent out up to tliis time (midnight.)
Members of the Council say the official
list will n*tbe given to the public till to
morrow. They say the House will stand
61 Republicans, 7S Fusionists and 12 va
cancies. The Senate will stand 20 Fu
sionists and 11 Republicans.
Later.—The Council have completed
their official report. It confirms the fig
ures in the previous dispatch. No decis
ion has yet been reached upon the county
officers.
St. Jean, Port Jalique, December
17.—The court house was destroyed by
lire tliis morning. Three persons were
burned to death and ten injured.
Altoona, Pa., December 17.—The Al
toona City brewery was burned this morn
ing. The loss is forty thousand dollars.
Insurance sixteen thousand.
Several men sleeping iu tho building
escaped by jumping from the windows.
Washington, December 17.—In tlw
Senate, Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, in
troduced a bill to repeal all permanent
annual appropriations. Referred.
Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, offered tbe
following resolution: That tlie continu
ance of the existing volume of treasury
notes, with their legal tender preserved,
and the maintenance of their equivalence
in value with coin, is demanded by the
present necessities of trade, commerce and
industry, and that the full restoration of
the silver coinage to an equality with gold
is necessary to secure to the people of the
United States a permanent and sufficient
supply of money to maintain our nation*
prosperity.
Mr. Morgan, in speaking to liis resold
tion, said that it might be unwise to pr
cced too rapidly towards the consuming
tion of a policy which was thBQgjflaP
acceptable. Our present w»i«!Hty wu
likely to prove temporary. Should we 1«*
obliged to buy largely abroad, we would
need all the good, sound money we pos
sess and probably more. It was unwisi
to withdraw any of the currency.
Washington, December 17.—In the
Koute the Banking and Currency Com
mittee decided this morning to substitute
Mr. Price’s hill for Judge Buckner’s bill,
requiring one-half of tlie National Bank
‘reserves to be kept in coin. The bill will
be reported to the House after the holiday
recess.
Mr. Morton, of North Carolina, intro
duced a hill for the establishment of *
National Steamboat Service.
Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, offered 1
resolution of inquiry as to what legisla
tion was necessary on the subject of Chin
ese emigration. .’Referred.
. Mr. Ballon, of Rhode Island, introduced
a bill restoring the legal tender curreno
to constitutional requirements. Referred.
The text of tlie hill is as follows: Be it
enacted,-etc., that section 3588 of tlm Re
vised Statutes, making United Stag*
notes a legal tender in payment of
debts, public or private, except for dutii -
on imports and interest on the puj*£
debt, is hereby repealed, and that."?**'■
ter gold and silver coin only slum 1*
tender in payment of debts. ,
Also repealing the stamp tax on tiau
checks. Referred. -v
Chicago, December 17.—The e ,u '
ployees of packing houses held a ,uee “?»
last night and decided to strike. lo
calise of tlie determination is the »*>-
charge by various firms of one tiiousau
union men. The uni on demands
tii’Siid are ready \ , .... .. .
from Chicago rather than submit to. In*
dictation of the union. A number «
houses did not buy any hogs yesterday ai-
Washington, December 17.—The R>
publican National Committee at its meet
ing to-day elected Senator Cameron
permanent chairman, and decided that
the next'National Redublicau Convention
ball be held at Chicago on June