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AOEICUMTmAL DEPARTMENT. ^ 1 BY TELEGRAPH
edited by I 0 f a ]j that adorns, elevates and purifies
GENERAL Wm. M. BROWNE, ■ mankind.
Professor of History and Agriculture in the
Umversity of Georgia.
Thoroush Cultivation.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: To
obtain the maximum of production at the
minimum of cost, and maintain the fertil
ity of the soil, is good farming. A crop
of which the cost of production exceeds
the market value, is poor Jarming, wheth
er the excess of cost over value of produc
tion arises front too much or two little
culture. The poor, fanning of which we
see the most frequent examples, is the at
tempt to'cultivate a larger area than can
he well prepared, well fertilized and well
worked.
It sounds well to say: “I have so many
acres in cotton, so many in com and so
many in wheat, oats, rye, etc.;” bu-. it
sounds far better to say “I have made a
bag of cotton, fifty bushels of com, forty
of wheat, seventy-five of oats, etc., to the
acre, and my laud is In better condition
now than it was a year ago.” It is not
the number of acres scratched, hurriedly
planted, inadequately manured and im
perfectly cultivated that makes the
good farmer, but it is the largest
production per acre with the smallest
outlay, the fertility of the soil being main
tained or improved. It is not to exten
sive farming operations to which I maka
objection. No matter how extensive they
may be, if the working force be adequate
for perfect preparation and cultivation,
and the amount of requisite fertilizers be
The Tehuantepec Railroad.
This long talked of enterprise is now
fairly underway, and is destined to be one
of the most important commercial arteries
in the world, nitlicrto, the great obsta
cle lias been the reluctance of the Mexi
can Government to bestow any rights or
franchises upon the company which
sought to construct the road. It is only
recently that the Mexican Congress has
granted a charter to Mr. Edward Learn
ed, and the work was commenced some
time in June or about the 1st of July, 1879.
By the terms of tills instrument the road
must be completed in three years, the
company being bound to construct yearly
to the satisfaction of the Government
section of not less than sixty-three kilome
tres until the whole line is completed.
The company is allowed to own and
work the road for ninety-nine, years. The
terms are as follows *
The company is bound to improve at its
own expense the harbors situated at the
extremities of the railroad; to excavate the
entrance or bar at the mouth of the Goat-
zacoalcos riTer to a depth of seven metres,
and to excavate a channel from the Pacific
Ocean to the Up jtfr Lagoon of a depth of
seven metres in the middle; being also
bound to construct in said Lagoon such
wharves, docks, locks and other improve-
sufficient, if the tillage be thorough, the menu as may be necessary for its use as a
^sultwi l be profitable. It is shallow I The: Mexican government binds
tTwrino done “ In a hurrv care- , itself to give to the company a subsidy of
fiTaflcr cultuil and iS*St | for each .kilometre ($1201060 per
manuring tint I condemn
“stale, fiat and unprofitable/
The theory of Jethro Tull, that manure
may be dispensed with altogether where
the land is deeply broken and kept well
stirred during the growing season, may be
extravgant, but there is a great deal of
truth in it. Where land, which may be
unproductive under ordinary scratch
plowing, (and all one horse plowing of
stiff soils is scratching,) is thoroughly bro
ken and disintegrated to a depth of twelve
or eighteen inches, it yie' !s large crops
without the application of manure, be
cause the soil has been exposed, as far as
it has been broken, to the fertilizing influ
ences of the atmosphere, and iu mineral
constituents made soluble and fit for plant
food. The cxpcrimcnU at Lois Weedon,
in England, some years ago, proved this
abundantly. There the spade was made
to take the place of the plow in stiff 1 clay,
and the soil thoroughly disintegrated
to m depth far below that reacli-
od in ordinary plowing. The result
was said to be upwards of forty bushebof
wheat, per acre on the same land for * a
succession of years, without any manure.
The reason of this is plain. The stiff
clay, never stirred by the plow, but natu
rally fertile, was pulverized, under the
spade culture brought under atmospheric
mile) of railroad which it may construct
and which shall have been approved by
the Bureau of Public Works. The gov
ernment agrees not to grant subsidy to
any other enterprise for prosecuting sim
ilar operations on the same line for
the period of twenty years: provided
that tills restriction shall not af
fect the right of the Mexican
government to contract for the open
ing of the Isthmus by means of a canal, to
which work this grant shall in no way act
as an obstacle. The stipulation is made
that the goverment will (endeavor to) pay
said subsidy on each section of five kilom
etres, upon completion of same and ap
proval by the board of public works, mak
ing such payment iu cash through the
general treasury of the nation, or in such
manner as may be agreed upon by the ex
ecutive and the company; but if from any
cause whatever the government shall be
unable to pay the subsidy promptly, the
company tliall never, nor for any reason,
acquire any other right than that of exac
ting full payment of the subsidy, upon
completion of the railroad, from the first
profits of the'road, which would belong to
the government under the terms of this
contract."
GRANTS OF FUBLIC LANDS.
It is further stipulated that the enter
prise may in any event export, free from
TTlunuUcTt «port duty, mobs equivalent to the subsi-
. a "SK “ suFPliedin r entitled to receive the same.
sufficient * quantities for several
years, to produce the alleged crops
of wheat. This theory may be
pushed too far. Successive cropping
! Of unoccupied public lands, the Govern-
• ment gives the Company such a strip as it
! may require for the line of the road, and,
pusneu ^ in Edition thereto, one-lialf of unoccu-
with Uie same crop will, m time, exliaust . d public ]an(Is 0iat niay be f oun d
the most JtotteflVweuUom- * ithb J one , caguc from each side of the
stituents of that crop, and those constitu- j on ]y throughout the whole ex-
enu nmst be artiMy restored, or it thereo ? 1<rov ided, that only such
will become *»»«& - lands shall b4 considered unoccupied as
°1'! “ m" LX? I shall not have been conveyed to private
very Valuable. ®*|0W3 the .. . .. j parties prior to or at the date of the ap-
thorough tillage, and shows that soils | * , **■,,,«. or UD a £.
said to be exhausted may be made to he ir Hhlg tolt^ to or It the ^
Nashville, January 15.— Collector
Woodcock lias received information that
W. A. Fowler, who was a guide through
Wayne county for Deputy Collector Da
vis on.a raid, was ambushed and killed
on Button creek, as is supposed by moon
shiners.
Louisville, Ky., January 15.—At a
meeting of the directors and stockholders
of the Louisville Savings Bank yesterday
to examines the condition of the bank,
they found so large a deficit in the ac
count of the cashier, J. H. Rhoder, that
they decided to close the bank and wind
up its affairs. In the savings department
all was found correct.
Mobile, January 15.—The jury in the
case of Daniel Crawford, tried for killing
Castello, a member of the Cleburne
Guards, after being out an hour and a
half, returned a verdict of not guilty.
Galveston, January 15.—The Court
of Appeal yesterday reversed the decision
in and remanded the case of Abe Botli-
cliild, charged with the murder of Bessie
Moore, near Jefferson, in 1877. The pris
oner was convicted of murder in the first
degree and senienced to be hanged.
Boston, January 15.—A Lewiston spe
cial says the excitement last night was in
tense. The Fusionists openly boast that
they have six hundred men in Lewiston
ready to obey the orders of Mr. Lawson.
Over sixty Fusionists, every one reported
heavily armed, left for Augusta yesterday
by circuitous routes. The Lewiston Light
Infantry and one of two Irish companies
have reported that they will obey Law
son’s orders.
New York, January 15.—A Denver
special says Victoria and his Apaclie fol
lowers were"'‘overtaken on the 12th by
Major Morrow."
Advices from; Santa Fc state that the
soldiers came, "upon the Indians about
noon, after being closely pursued and
greatly barrassed-> for weeks by Mexican
and American 'soldiery. The Indians
halted where they supposed they would
be reasonably secure, at the head of the
Rio Perelia in the. Black Mountains.
They fortified themselves behind rocks
and prepared to resist the soldiery and
hold them in check, until they could se
cure rest.
Major Morrow with two hundred men
soon came up and the fight commenced.
Victoria held out well for five or six hours,
maintaining his ground against every as
sault, until sunset, when he retreated.
The bodies of seven Indians were found
on the battle field. One soldier was kill
ed and two wounded.
At last accounts the Indians had not
been overtaken. Major Morrow says he
given of a Fusion caucus-to be held this
evening. Attorney-General McLewellen
SUPREME COURT.
j in an attempt to escape.from the custody j
I of anlofficer, need not set out the individ- |
says helms been preparing a warrant for -Decisions Rendered January 13th,! ual na’ues of those composing the officer’s !
the arrest of Chamberlain. - | 1880—Hon Hiram Warnor Chief posse, and the State may prove that de- ;
Louisv^LE,Janua ! y ;1 5,-Thcdefol-; jSs JaXon and -
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Camilla has a payer. It is called the
fondant obstructed either of the posse ’ Dispatch.
§07,000. fiepositors will suffer no loss, j J^cfeson & Co. vs. Raincv. Injunction,
as the bank promises to make the deficit Bartow. ; * -
good. ■ • . . Bleckley, J.—-When a widow entitled
Mobile, January lo.—It is learned to doweris in possesion of-the dwclling-
from a reliable source that the exodus oi house, though the dower has not been as-
negroes to the North from Eastern Missis- j signed, she needs no injunction to restrain
sippi, has been over one thousand during a creditor of the husband from causing
the past three weeks. j a sale of the premises under execution, or
Petersburg, Va., January lo.—a i to restrain the sheriff, before any sale, of
hundred colored emigrants arrived here the premises under execution, or to re-
this morning from Goldsboro, North Car- strain the sheriff before any sale ;lias ta-
*■- t_.,i m. 1 ken place, from turning her out and put
ting the purchaser in. She can give no
tice, at the sale, of her rights, and pur
chasers will buy subject thereto; and if
they disturb her lawfut possession it will
be at their peril. ,
Judgment reversed,
T. W. Akin; Broyles & Jones, forplain-
tifis in error. --»**••
A. Johnson, by Jackson & Lumpkin,
for defendant.
olina, en route to Indiana. The party
consist of men, women and children of all
ages and conditions. Several hundred
more are shortly to arrive.
Vienna, January 15.—Specials from
Pesth, says serious disturbances have oc
curred here in consequence of the recent
fatal shooting of Herr Verlioraz, in a duel
by Baron Maithenzi. Verlioraz was edi
tor of a radical newspaper and very popu
lar with the masses. The people say
Maithenzi, who is the best pistol shot in
Hungary, was persuaded to quarrel with
Verlioraz and kill him, in order to silence
him, and last night a great crowd of stu
dents and workmen filled the streets and
neighborhood of the Casino Club, uttering
hostile cries. They finally stoned the
windows of the club house. The police
were repeatedly repulsed by the rioters
and finally two battalions of infantry
charged them with fixed bayonets. Many
persons were slightly hurt by stones,
sticks and bayonets. * About thirty of the
rioters were arrested.
Augusta, Me., January 15.—General
Chamberlain refuses to comply with the
request of President Cameron to diminish
the number of police at the State nouse.
If any change is made, it will be to
strengthen the force.
The following was issued this after
noon :
“ Augusta, Me., January 15.—William
A. Libby, Sheriff of Kennebec county:
Dear SirThe sirvices of yourself and
deputies are required no longer to protect
the public buildings. You will please
dismiss them at once. Respectfully,
“ Jas. D. Lawson,
“ Acting Governor.”
Sheriff Libby does not recognize Mr.
Lawson as Governor, and declines to obey
life order. He has ordered his deputies on
duty to-night. Mayor Nash has addressed
a letter to General Chamberlain stating
that he will keep at the capital such po
lice force as may seem necessary to pre
serve the peace; that officers shall not an
noy any one or interfere with any one’s
privileges, and hereafter admission to the
UUU11 uvcnasiiu. nwiur luwiun ■=, ,. ... .
will yet conquer and capture Wily, the buildings willJ*
chief, and liisliardy followers, itainfnre*- members elect and members claiming
largo crops.
Very few Georgia farmers plow, that is,
break the soil deep enough or keep the
earth stirred constantly during the grow
ing season. We do not comprehend, or
same
date.
Wharves and docks are to be construct
ed by the company at its own expense,
but the sites of the same are granted to
do not properly appreciate the value of at- - be m. ,
'Z3lS%S$S&£i &£& £5 i "» 1,, ,1» «. Win bo
deeply, in our hot climate, the earth is .onq‘ from taxa . n for twenty years,
loosened the more certainly will the ; or ; u r the space of thirty years shall any
growing crop resist the summer droughts, ! cb ,tj c3 on passengers or merchandise m
a.i.1. ..n.ww, l-lll liAnno At tlm I * °
which so often kill the hopes oi" the j
scratch-plowing fanner. W. M. B.
Red Clover as a Fertilizer.
Ii i i nv generally cu.; edcil that red
clovci v , ■Mnmprati.n ’). p!ywed under
in a green’ state, is one of the most valua
ble fertilizers that the fanner can em
ploy. But it is not as generally known why
it is. The fertilizing elements of all soils
are: 1, silica; 2, alumina; 8, magnesia, 4,
lime; 5, oxide of iron; 0, oxide magnesia;
7, potash; 8, soda; 9, oxygen; 10, hydro
gen; 11, nitrogen, 12, cabonic acid; 13,
phosphoric acid; 14, sulphuric acid; 15,
chlorine.
The folio.." ,ig analysis of dry red clo
ver shows why it is a good fertilizer:
Lime 0-59
Magnesia
Oxide ol iron d.OS
Potash 30.4o
C’hlondc of potassium 2.59
Chloride of sodium I-’*-*
Carbonic acid 23.47
Phosphoric acid - 0.71
Sulphuric acid 1-35
transit across the isthmus be levied by
the government. The following is the
schedule of freights and passenger fares:
For conveyance of passengers, for each
kilometer (0.621:15 mile) of distance trav
eled, and for each person conveyed: First
class, one cent and a half; second class,
one cent; third class, half a cent. Chil
dren under ten years of age shall only pay
half fare, and those under two years shall
pay nothing. The minimum fare for cadi
person, for any distance, may be ten cents.
Each adult shall be allowed twenty-five
kilogrammes of baggage free.
For transportation of each ton of one
f.i,-u.--and kilogrammes (2,205 pounds) o
merchandise, for each kilotuctra ol dis
tance (0.62135 mile): First class, five
cents, second class, four cents; third class,
three cents. Baggage on passenger trains
and explosives on freight trains, ten
cents.
For each telegraphic message containing
not more than ten words, besides date,ad
dress
ice not ex •.•cling
For each Irilome-
sown with snring oats ana ora j..ea ornar- i us ucjuuu od, not more than
rowed in after the oats have been plowed j one cent additional. th nLTof
under, will in a little more than a year word, not to exceed one-twentieth part of
Zluce two tons of the best l.ay. This the rate chained for the first ten words of
material lias been chiefly derived from the the message for the same distance.
and signature, and transmitted to a
(in most lands, a gallon and a half or j distance not ex ec ling one lmndr. l kilo-
two gallons oi good clover seed to an acre, metres, fifteen or cat;
sown with spring oats and br.i .c i or liar- \ tre beyond on. . u' lred, not
atmosphere by tlie plants which have the
power to convert carbon and oxygen into
solid matter in their stems and leaves.
This they deposit in the soil when they
have completed tlieir growth and decay,
and In this way tons of fertilizing mate
rial are drawn from the atmosphere an
nually, and deposited just where they are
wanted for plant food for the next crop.
And we must not omit the efficient and
beneficent work done by the roots of clo-
Tliey are constantly pushing them
selves, sometimes as deep as five and six
feet (according to the Journal of the lioy-
al Agricultural Society, in some cases
thirty feet) into the soil, loosening it morg.
thoroughly than the best subsoil plow can
do so, pumping up moisture from it, as
well as the various minerals held in solu
tion, and yielding them up to the plants;
thus, together with the gases «’rown from
the air, making a conqiost of silica, lime,
potash, soda, magnesia, iron, etc., with
carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, etc., as food for
the next crop. The roots of an acre of
good clover, if washed, shaken out and
dried, are fully equal in volume and
weight to the growth above ground.
Thus, extracted from the atmosphere and
the ground, are prepared four tons of com
post for the use of the succeeding crop.
And not only this, but the soil has been
perforated and loosened in every direction
to a great depth, so that the air can pene
trate and warm it, and act upon the min
eral matters it contains.
Why, then, do we not raise more clover
than we do on our stiff red lands—the
best soil for it ? Because we wil‘ not wait
a year to obtain its results.-* Xv'e have not
patience, even though tlie certain reward
be a bag of cotton; thirty bush&s of wheat
or filty bushels of com per xers. Clover
is tlie manure, placed on tlie soil” where ue
need it, with Jio limiting, ndscalteriii
no cotton optionsyno debt totlieunerchant.
TIIE'USW OF-LIIH3. Gj '
Tlie use of litae W^^Told—WecTiani«rt j
and chemical. It ; iWs -niecbiffically In
loosening stiff idlls. Irm-
hie and more easy ft)®worJc, aim it a<fc
chemically upon the ‘Testable Matter of
the soil, and sets- free' ujinerttl substances
which, without it, aro-Voert^nd^ns”!.-^
It also neutralizes 'acids, in soils,
them useful to ve^tation, instead df
absolutely injurious, as they are in the
original State. On vet, undrairled land
the beneficial action of- lime is much im
paired.
It is provided that the enterprise shall
always be under Mexican control, and
that tlie company, though it he formed
abroad, shall always be regarded as
though now created in the Mexican Re
public, just as if it had actually been
therein formed and organized in accord
ance with Mexican laws.
The whole world will await with inter
est the opening of the famous link uniting
two oceans, and which will only be infe-
Beinforce-
ments have been sent to Major Morrow.
Washington, January 15.—In the
House, after having transacted some mis
cellaneous busines, the House resumed
the consideration of the bill requiring one-
lialf of the reserves of National Banks to
be kept in gold and silver coins of the
United States.
Mr. Price, of Iowa, has the floor; and is
speaking in support of the bill.
In tlie Senate, Messrs. McPherson and
Baldwin presented a petition from women.
seats in the Legislature with such other
persons as General Chamberlain may di
rect.
The bribery committee of tlie Fusion
House held a meeting this evening. Mr.
Clark, tlie counted-iu member from No-
bleboro, testified to an attempt to bribe
him with an offer of money and a place
in the Boston custom house, but he re
fused to give the name of the poison who
approached him. Alfred L. Kimball, an
attorney of Oxford, testified to whatt
j Swann had told him about tateUML
° ------ * He said Swann showed linn on Tuesday
“SlJ'SltalrfSs'ituItSStu-, on FI.!«« roll of bilk ho reedyod m-rnWliltc
that committee to report back a joint res-
says,
olution for tlie withdrawal of the compiil- j bought a draft on Boston wittithemoney
sory legal tender power of United States! received from White. At this point tlw
Treasury notes. The fpmmittee had ; investigation was suspended for the after-
madc verbal amendment to the resolution i RGon,
unanimously agreeing to it, and with that j
amendment directing him to report the
resolution adversely.
He understood there was a minority re
port to be presented, otherwise he should
Augusta, January 15.—This evening
General Chamberlain issued tlie follow
ing address to the people of the State:
Augusta, January 15.—To the people
of Maine: Believing I ought to do every
th rfirMs: she , m/ssfj
resolution. He asked that it be placed on ■ tlie citizens of tin. State, I hereby g
the calendar for the present. So ordered, j surance that up to this moment calm
Mr. Bayard, from the same committee, { councils liaie prevailed, and I see
presented the views ofthc minority as fol- present occasion lor public alarm. I re-
lows: “Tlie undersigned, believing the j S*® 1 thirtymessages should he sent lrom
industrial, commercial and financial pros- any quarter which bring crowds of men of
-- - - ■ • both political parties into this city, lliis
perity of tlie country, in order to be en
during and secure, must be based upon
money of actual and intrinsic value, and
that our government has no power and is
incompetent to endow its paper obliga
tions with such a value, and tlie United
States treasury notes in existence and in
circulation being now redeemable in gold
and silver coin,at tlie option of tlie holder,
do recommend tlie withdrawal of tlie com
pulsory legal tender power of such notes,
and the passage of tlie subjoined resolu
tion.
[Signed.] Francis Kernan,
Thomas F. Bayard.
Here follows Bayard’s resolution as fol
lows : That Treasury notes shall be re
ceivable for all dues to tlie United States
except duties on imports, and shall not be
otherwise a legal tender.
Admitting the principle of tlie resolu
tion as to the power of the Government to
make the paper a legal tender, 1 reserve
my action upon the resolution as to tlie
time of the withdrawal of the power given
heretofore.
[Signed] Wm. A. Wallace.
Reserving a right of amendment.
[Signed] Justin S. Morrill.
Tlie minority report was also placed on
the calendar.
Mr. Morgan presented the credentials of
Luke Pryor, appointed as Senator from
Alabama, until the Legislature elects a
successor to tlie late Mr. Houston.
Mr. Pryor was sworn in, taking the
modified oath.
The Senate took up the bill to re
lieve the United States Treasurer from
the amount now charged against him and
deposited with the several States.
Mr. Thurman opposed it. Tlie money
belonged to the Uuited States and should
be paid according to the original under
standing.
The morning hour having expired, tlie
bill.went over, and Mr. Morrill called up
for consideration his resolution instructing
the Finance Committee to inquire into tlie
rior in value and importance to the canal i practicability of refunding the public debt
““*• TeGMniiiLotSiioz. at a jggg rate of interest than four per
across tlie Isthmus of Suez.
AGLOW FOUR HUNDRED HOURS.,
The Time Which Edison’s Lights
Have Burned Without Losing
Lustre.
The New York Sun of Saturday says:
Workmen were engaged in Menlo Park
yesterday in further increasing the num
ber of lamp posts that line ths neat board
walk leading from Mr. Edison’s laborato
ry to the depot. These new lampposts
will be connected with the wire by which
those already standing are supplied with
the electric current. Mr. Edison says’
that before long he will have 800 lamps
burning night and day, all fed from one
dynamo machine attached to an eighty
horse power engine. The lights now
bu-ning necessitate the use of only two
generators, but one dynamo macbina
The amendment made by the majority
in the phraseology of the Bayard joint res
olution is merely a verbal one changing the
Svords “United States Treasury notes,” to
“ United States notes.”
\ In the House Mr. Price, in advocating
the bill relative to Bank reserves, declared
himself as opposed to any tinkering with
tjte currency, either as to quantity _ or
quality of the paper which is circulating.
<He was also opposed to taking away
the legal tender quality of greenbacks.
All prudent men spoke iu thunder tones,
and said: “Let Well Enough Alone!”
Mr. Lewis, of Alabama, followed with
a speech in favor of tlie bill.
Tlie morning hour having expired, the
bill went over without action. After a
long discussion of the revision of the rules
Committee of the Whole, in which Mr.
is a great embarrassment in preserving
the peace and in reaching tlie proper so
lution of tlie difficulty.
My attitude toward Hon. Mr. Lawson
as a matter of duty has been made known
in my reply to him. At the same time I
regard him as in a position to contribute
in a high degree to tlie efforts to save us
from anarchy and ruin, and justice re
quires me to say that lie lias, by all
means in liis power, aided in keeping tlie
field clear lor a lawful and peaceful solu
tion of the matters aud issues.
[Signed] James Chamberlain.
New York, January 15.—The Eve
ning Post says, owing to the breakage of
the carbon horse shoes in about fifty of
Edison’s lamjis at Menlo Park, two weeks
ago, aud tlie suspension of manufactures,
matters liave coine to a stand still at Edi
son’s shops. There are still titty lamps
burning, one of winch has now been in
use forty days.
London, January 15-—At the Cabinet
council to-day Irish affairs will come in
lor a large share of attention. All ac
counts agree that the situation iu the dis
tressed districts is becomiug extreme.
A correspondent states that sixty able-
bodied men, with their families, were
yesterday admitted to tlie Killarney work-
house. A woman applied for admission
on Tuesday with three children, one of
whom ivas dead in her arms from hunger
and exposure—the woman having walked
over forty miles.
Cincinnati, January 15. — General
Lewis L. Miller, of Indiana, who mysteri
ously disappeared iu this city on the (itli
instant, after leaving the hotel at three
o’clock in tlie morning for the depot, is be
lieved to have been robhed aud mur
dered.
A torn coat and hat, which have been
identified as those lie wore, have been
frund about midway between tlie Bates
House and tlie depot. It was not kuown
until yesterday that lie was missing.
Washington, January 15.—To-day’s
session of the House committee on com
merce was devoted to the continuation of
the argument by Albert Fink yesterday
in opposition to tlie Reagan Inter-State
commerce bill.
The Senate Committee on post-offices
and post-roads to-day authorized a favor
able report to be made upon William
Maxey’s bill.
standin" in the room, it is said, will sup-' 1 n 0 ; r, of Massachusetts, made a luunorous
- ---- " speech in behalf of tlie Committee on
Manufacturers, to which he insisted all
ply fourteen generators.
Some of theriiglits haVe now beenbum-
" ““ * Supposing tint ar-
ing about 400 hours. Supposin
titfeial illumination is Inquired six hours
per day, on an ’average, it ftas thus been
demonstrated tliat these" lights would
have remained ftnimpafred for two
.months: ’Nice tests have slioVh them to
be yet as bright aS when firsFsct'fip: '
Temperance^ Jewels.
This is’the title, "cf a new. to/npcrance
song t»ok by J. H. Finncy..i®d ReY. E. A.
Hoffman. It is handsomely gotten tip" by
tlie popular publishers; Oli^ei* Ditsbn &
Vo., of Boston. To Mr. J,~C. 4phpsqn,
the efficient manager of tlie firm who for
merly resided in Georgia, are we indebted
for a copy 5f ibis _ charming' Tittle" book,
which co;itaiins. "liincdy and W
WHAT is progressive aoricl iZtuke? ^fftliis' time when tlie “blue ribbon
It plows deeply, manures liberal: v, cul
livates thoroughly, seotfs carefully, drains
low land, lias clean feuco comers, keeps
good fences, lias aJ! the best implements
in the best order, Las ample bams, wen
ventilated stables, sleek cattle, fat stock,
r’. indent supply of eggs and poultrv. a
well filled smoke house and a well stocuea
rc-etable garden, com crib and orchard,
a tastefully built, comfortably arranged
dwelling, with flowers and shrubs with
out, and smiles, and contentment within.
It i3 love of God and our neighbor, mental
culture, honest dealing, good books and
papers carefully read, complete fj.edom
from debt, and pride in the wooer » pro-
tnen” under the lead of Mr. Drew are car-
rying everything before them, Uie appear-
ancs of these stirring anthems, hymns and some of 11
temperance songs is most opportun. .• their good
Doubtless they will soon be heard in t.
tlie temperance hr .. and cat-er.ngs “*
the country. Why "i t invoke the power
of music to promote the glorious cause of
temperance?
—51re. Grant is quoted as having said
tl at the happiest period of her life
and the General’s was when they lived in
Galena, “in a small brick house and kept
one servant.”
Other Committees Should report, the
House at 4:30 adjourned.
/- Augusta, January 15.— Fifty men
came from Bath last night under <»nir
niand of Captain Whittemore, alarmed at
tlie report that the safety of tlie capital
was endangered. There is good, ordor
this morning in every department. Tho
Daily Standard, the Democratic;, organ,
says, in reference to, the expected opinion
of tlie court: “V)'e have no concern about
questions or answers. The State authori
ties are quite indifferent as to both. They
will not influence the , action qf ■ the
properly constituted authorises of the
State. Neither the Governor or the .Leg
islature will retract of surrender tliq. fort
till it is bombarded by more effectual
missiles tlianpaper bullets. The Repub
licans will find out what seems difficult
for them to understand that they have got
to obey tlie laws and submit to- the law
fully ordained authorities of this State,
as well as other persons, and tlie sooner
some of them learn this fact the better for
Augusta,*Me., January 15.—Tlie Sen
ate met at ten o’clock and took a recess
until three o’clock this afternoon, without
transacting any business. In the House
the report of the committee on elections,
giving the seat of Donnells, of Westbrook,
(Republican), to Merritt W. Styles, (Dem
ocrat), was carried without opposition
and Styles was qualified, and took his
seat. A recess was then taken until half
past- four this afternoon. Notice was
—Quite a sensation was caused at
Shanghai, China, not long since by a dress
parade and drill of 250 sailors and ma
rines from the United States mcn-of-war
iu the harbor, accompanied by a hand of
music. They marched to the race course,
where they went through various ma
noeuvres in fine style.
—Not a rivulet can he found on the Is
land of Fierro, one of the largest of the
Canaries, yet there is a specieg, of tree,
tlie leaves of which are narrow and long,
and continues green through the entire
year. These trees are continually sur
rounded by a cloud, which is condensed,
and .Jailing in drops, keeps the cisterns
pjacej]. under them constantly full.
J —Tiie_ Pope's new paper, the Aurora,
sells Tor twenty ccntesimi, or four cents,
ami is .prijjtod on whiter paper than .any
other, jmlrnai in Italy. The leading arti
cles are Vrittep by men of European rejv
utation, and refer ^chiefly to social anjl po
litical topics connected with religion. The
type is very, large, like that of thajjld
Ohscrratore Dginano, the organ under
Pius IV.'
—Sir Walter Trevelyan", Bart., of Nor
thumberland, who was a furious teetota
ler, has just died at the age of eighty-
three, leaving among other things a mag
nificent collection of wines not disturbed
by him for half a century. His exeeutor,
Dr. Ricliardson, also a teetotaler, in de
spair is trying to get a Scotch institution to
buy the wines “for scientific purposes.”
He has been offered for “practical pur
poses” not less than four guineas a bottle
for the Tokay, of which there is a large
quantity and which is over one hundred
years old.
Beard vs. Dean. Guardianship, from
Madison.
Bleckley, J.—It is not obligatory up
on the ordinary, or upon the Superior
Court, on appeal to‘Supersede the mother
as natural guardian- ot- a daughter over
fourteen yearn of -age, aud appoint as guar
dian the person elected by the latter. And
where the mother, though no longer a
widow, desires the guardianship and offers
bonds and satisfactory security, and
she is not shown to be unfit, morally,men
tally, or otherwise, to bring up her own
daughter and manage her estate, a judg
ment rejecting the nominee and appoint-
im; the mother will not be disturbed.
Judgment, affirmed.
G. Nash; J. B. Estes; W. G. Jonson, for
plaintiff in error.
J. M. Mathews; Samuel Lumpkin, for
defendant.
Hawks vs. nau-ks. Claim, from Ogle
thorpe.
Bleckley, J.—The act of 1S74, mak
ing the specific exemptions of the code
liable for purchase money, does not affect
exemptions which had been set apart be
fore tlie act M-as passed. The facts of the
present case entitle the family ofthe debt
or to protection against the judgment
for purchase money of the land in ques
tion.
Judgment reversed.
Samuel Lumpkin, for plaintiff in er
ror.
Pope Barrow, for defendant.
Morton vs. Sims. Appeal, from Ogle
thorpe.
Bleckley, J.—1. In issuing a com
mission to examine a person alleged to be
imbecile from old age or other cause, and
incompetent to manage his estate, and in
appointing a guardian for such imbecile
person o:i the report of the commissioners,
the Ordinary exercises a special or limited
jurisdiction. The proceedings are summa
ry and must be construed strictly. They
should show on their face such facts, es
pecially touching tlie giving of notice, as
M’ill authorize tlie judgment appointing a
guardian. 9 Ga., 188.
2. If the nearest adult relatives of the
alleged imbecile are themselves the peti
tioners for the appointment of a guardian,
tlie ten days’ notice provided for in section
1855 of the code should be given to three
of the next nearest, or if there be no adult
relatives within this State except the peti
tioners, then, in order that the spirit of the
section as well as the general law
may be observed, the Ordinary should
cither require tlie ten days’ notice to be
given to the alleged imbecile himself, or
else designate by order a guardian ad libi-
tem to receive tlie notice for him.
3. A commission issued without the re
quisite notice, and neither proceeded nor
followed by the appointment of a guardian
ad libitem, is not aided by the presence of
tlie imbecile and his representation by
counsel, even u'here the counsel gives his
consent to tlie judgment appointing the
guardian, it appearing that the commis
sion was executed on the next day after it
M-as issued, ami that this judgment fol
lowed immediately. Tlie object of the
notice is that there may be due warning
to make objection for legal cause to the
commission, or any of tlie commissioners,
as M'ell as to prepare for adducing evi
dence on tlie main question.
Judgment affirmed.
Samuel Lumpkin; W. G. Johnston; H.
K. McCay, for plantiffin error.
McWhorter Brothers; John C. Reed; J.
T. Olive; Phil Cook, Jr., for defendant.
riatt vs. Sheffield, sheriff, et al. Injunc
tion, from Miller.
Jackson, J.—Equity M’ill not interfere
to set aside or restrain the collection of a
judgment regularly obtained in a court of
law between the same parties and sub
jecting tlie same property tothe payment
thereof, where the entire trouble ofthe
complainant was caused by lii'sou’n laches
unmixed with any fraud on the part of
judgment creditor.
Judgment affirmed.
II. C. Sheffield, by Jackson & Lump
kin, for plaintilf iu error.
No appearance contra.
Freidenbuig vs. Jones et al., executors.
Case, from City Court of Savannah.
Jackson, J.—1. Ajiulge trying Dy con
sent a cause as judge and jury, and after-
M irds overruling a motion for a new trial,
M’ill not be controlled in tlie exercise of
bis judgment in applying legal principles
to the tacts as he finds them, if contested
or disputed; therefore, u’hile a landlord is
bound to a tenant of rooms ou a lower
floor for damage done by the improper
construction of bath rooms above, yet
when the evidence is conflicting in respect
totlie construction, this court will not
control the judgment of the judge finding
them properly constructed, there being
evidence to that effect.
2. In order that the landlord shall relieve
himself from liability to the tenant below
caused by the overflow of water from a
bathroom above, though properly con
structed, and remit the tenant to an
action against the co-tenant above, he must
show that said co-tenant had the exclusive
right of possession and user of the bath
room; and where such bath room was un
questionably, at the time at least, as much
under the right to control and occupy it,
ofthe landlord of the co-tenant, the land
lord Mill be liable for damages to the
tenant below.
Judgment reversed.
W. S. Chisolm; R. T. Envin, for plain-
tills in error.
J. R. Saussy, for defendants.
while the prisoner was attempting to es- j The Marietta Journal is fourteen years
cape, though his name be not set out in j ol(L It witb increasing
the indictment.
2. The offense charged is a crime, not, 5" cars
an attempt to commit one, and therefore j Cobb and surrounding counties have
this case is not affected by section 4674 of lost much meat by the mild weather.
the code.
3. The attempt ofthe prisoner to escape
continues as long at least as lie is fleeing
aud the officer and posse in sight and in
hot pursuit, and the act of impeding the
pursuit by the holding or obstructing any
of the posse so in pursuit, is within the
offense described in section 4483 of the
code.
Judgment affirmed.
. G. Nash; Samuel Lumpkin; J. B. Estes
& Soil, for plaintiff in error.
Seabru Reese, solicitor-general, for the
State. ......
Boyer vs. Osborne Osborne. Non
suit, from Hancock.
Jackson, J.—A promise in w-iting to
pay for a colt on tliQ 1st of November
thereafter, with a stipulation that the ven
dor retained title until paid for, and yet
vendees n-ere liable to pay “in the event
said colt should die,” is prima facie a
promise to pay for the colt at that date,
even if it die before payment and while
‘title is in the vendor, and not a promise
to pay only if the colt should die; and,
therefore, a non-suit, because plaintiff did
not prove that the colt was dead, is error.
Judgment reversed.
J. T. Jordon; F. H. Neavy, for plaintiff
in error.
Seaborn Reese, for defendants.
DuBose, administrator, et al. vs. Ball'
Ejectment from Wilkes,
Jackson, J.—1. A paper signed by the
heirs at law of an estate authorizing the
administrator to settle certain land sales
of the intestate, was properly admitted in
evidence to show authority in the admin
istrator to receive from one of the purchas
ers the purchase price of that portion of
which he was in possession and which he
had improved, and thus to vest a perfect
equity in him against that heir, being stri
juris, to whom this part fell in tlie divis
ion oi the estate.
2. Minors of the estate were not inter
ested, because the lands had been divided
and this share fell to another who was sui
juris, and the court was right to instruct
the jury that if this party assented to the
settlement by the administrator, she was
estopped from setting up title against the
settlement so made by her consent.
- *3. Where the plaintiff purchased and
went into actual possession of four acres
of land, aud fenced in the same and erect
ed a dwelling thereon, and paid the pur-
chase money therefor to the administrator
ofthe vendor by consent of the heir at
lau’towhoni it fell on division, he will
acquire a perfect equity thereto against
such heir at laM’ and those acquiring title
under her during his posses: V.;, anu may
recover thereon In ejectment. _ j
Judgment affirmed. j
- D. M. DnBose; W. M. & K. .1V Reese; I
D. A. Vason, for plaintiff iq error.
, 1 The A. 51. E. Conference.
The Conference of the- African Metho
dist Episcopal Church, which convened
in the city last week, adjourned on Wed
nesday evening, after a very largely at
tended and harmonious session. The
number of delegates in attendance was
said to be the largest the body has ever
known. They presented a fine appear
ance and embraced a good deal of the in
telligence of the colored population ofthe
State. Before adjournment tlie Presiding
Bishop announced tlie following appoint
ments for the year 1880:
Atlanta District—Rev. A. W, Lowe,
Presiding Elder.
Atlanta. City Station—Rev. R. A.
Hall.
Atlanta City Missions—J. S. Hamil
ton;
Madison-Station—W. H. Harris. .
Decatur Circuit—George Chapel.
Newton County Circuit—R. Richards.
Lithonia Circuit—U. D. Bush.
Belton Circuit—N. J. McComb-.
Fulton County Circuit—S. S. Lestre v
DoraviUe Circuit—Shadrack Brown. *
Madison Mission—J. T. Belsliaw.
St. Paul’s Mission—T. B. Peters.
Jefl'erson. Mission—A. S. Jackson.
Elberton Missions—-R. N. Smith.
FloM’e:y Branch Mission—H. W. Madi
son.
Augusta 1 District—Rev. George Wash
ington, P.-E..
Augusta City Station—L. S. Smith.
Eatonton Station—A. Brown.
Sparta Station—J. B. Lofton.
Warrenton Station—J. A. Davis.
Richmond County Circuit—J. D. Hall.
McDuffie- County Circuit—Martin
Wright.
Warren County Circuit—Nathan Berry.
Hancock-County Circuit—E. Wimbush.
Hancock County Cireuit—Rev. Richard
Butts.
Baldwin County- Circuit—Levi Walker.
Putnam County- Circuit—William
Abrams.-
Jones County Circuit—Ralph Lawson.
Putnam County Circuit—Matthew Tay
lor.
Thomson Mission—J. J. Belt.
Macon District—Rfev A. J. Miller, Pre
siding Elder.
Macon City Station—W. J; Gainesh.
Clinton Station—S. B.-Jones.
Forsyth Station—-R. Graham..
Thomaston Station—Augustus Jones.
Monticello Station—Hi Lestre;
Jasper County Circuit—G,-Jones.
Clinton Circuit—Washington Camp
bell.
Indian Spring Circuit—Evan Davis.
Ocmulgee Circuit—Aaron Roblhson.
Flint River Circuit—Robert Strickland.
Upson County Circuit—Ji D: Hall.
East Macon Circuit—H. C. Boyd.
Macon Mission—John Kelly.
Monroe County Circuit—Homer Shaw.
Bamesville Circuit—J. T. Brown.
Sugar Hill Circuit—E. Penniman.
Marietta District—Rev. D. G. McGhee,
Presiding Elder.
Presiding Elder.
Marietta Station—J. B. Warner.
Dalton Station—O. A. Warded;.
Cartersville Station—E. A. Shephard.
Acworih Circuit—W. A. Pierce;
Kingston Circuit—C. S. Greene.
Calhoun Circuit—A. Doozier.
Rome Circuit—A. McGhee.
Cedartown Circuit—G. H. Holtaes.
Cave Spring Circuit—S. A. Bush.
Ringgold Circuit—A. Pace;
Powder Spring Circuit—Henry Redd.
Woodstock Circuit—John McGhee.
Stilesboro Circuit—J. H. King.
Crucy Bend Circuit—Wm. Darkness.
Douglassville Circuit—Perry Simon.
Marietta Mission—II. Crittenden.
Griffin District—Rev. A. Gonickey,Pre
siding Elder.
Wood’s Chapel—J. A. Wood.
Griffin Station—Robert Anderson.
Jonesboro Circuit—James Johnson.
Campbellton Circuit—David Pinkard.
Palmetto Circuit—H. T. Cargill.
Newnan Circuit—H. D: Brookins.
Sharpsburg Circuit—M.N. Nelson.
Hogansville- Circuit—Rev. Joel Ste
phens.
Flat Shoals Circuit—John Waters.
Bowdoin Circuit—L. G. Gary.
Franklin Circuit—Renjamin Franklin.
Fairbum. Circuit—Jordan Jay.
Fayetteville Circuit—Burl Davis.
Whitesburg Circuit—J- M. M. Duram.
Coweta Circuit—H. M. Holloway.
Griffin Mission—John Tolliver.
Milner Circuit—Henry Redd.
Greenville-Circuit—Isham Drake.
Athens District—Rev. P. McClain, Pre
siding Elder.
Athens City Station—Rev. R. Harper.
Washington Station—C. W. Warren.
Greenboro Station—M. E. Cox.
Greens- County Circuit—-Burgess John
son.
Greene- County Circuit (2)—W. L,
Bowdry.
Penlield Mission—Henry Pitts.
Wilkes County Circuit—R. Dillard.
Lexington Circuit—A. Blount.
Oglethorpe Circuit—Peter Cruse.
Madison County Mission — Anthony
Johnson.
Oconee Circuit—George Parks.
Jackson County Circuit—James Ricks.
G reene County (Ridge Grove)—William
Ivey. :
J. P. Campbell, Bishop.
Richabd Harper, Secretary.
—Some one lias thrown down the stone
mile-post which marks the third mile on
the Jeffersonville road, leading out of the
city into Twiggs county. , ,
—A submarine diver was in one wagon
of the Grant procession at Philadelphia,
He stood on a platform wagon, wearing
liis huge brass lielmit, rubber suit,-and
heavy leaden plates. The weight jv’as
very burdensome in the air, though.-just
the thing for water, and he has since died
from the effects of it.
—Frec^men emigrants from Texas to
Kansas, according to the Dallas (Texas)
Herald, are returning in considerable
numbers, and some of them report inhos
pitable treatment by the citizens of Kan
sas and much suffering from the cold
—TliC-Difcliess of Abercom, to "encour-
V.talin trade of Ireland, ordered
S/ IB mfdetoitafsims !Cihubriek, for u ? black Issue to be maCp for
defendants. ' " : 1'liu-^ and it is profiofmced an exquisite
’’ oi ■’■' “ ’ picric. American ladies who waut to’help
. Perry vs. the State. Aiding and assist-; Xi’-iland end get a pretty tiling at tlie same
SSm 10 45Scapo ??“. • tuno^ier* better their ordera to Dub
Jackson, J.—1. An indictment for tlie ,Un. The BucheSs is renowned for liOf
crime of aiding and assisting a prisoner good taste
The entire wet ticket was elected in
Marietta last Monday, with Edward Deu-
mead, Esq., as Mayor, ; and the boys will
still have the privilege of advancing to the
counter and calling for rock and rye with
out jeopardizing the gentlemanly bar ten
der.
The Hincsville Gazette claims for Bul
lock county the boss hog of the season.
It was seven feet, six inches long, seven
feet in girth aud weighed seven hundred
and twenty-six pounds.
With a waltzing dog and an entire wet
ticket elected, Marietta seems, in tlia
opinion of the substantial, to be gradual
ly drifting toward perpetual summer.
The Leap Year party fever has strick
en Athens.
The Southern Watchman approves
Hon. Emory Speer’s bill prohibiting brass
band playing and dress parades on Sun
day.
- The name of the Newton nouse in
Athens has been changed to the St.
James.
Mr. Lewis, ofthe Ishmaelite, of Spar
ta, breathes one fervent sigh for a Leap
Year party.
Dr.H. L. Burt, au estimable citizen of
Sparta, is dead.
The Augusta factor)’ warehouse has
been burned. The loss, besides the build
ing, Wfis fifteen hundred hales of cotton,
all of which was mostly covered by insu
rance.
Henry Perry, in McDuffie county,
was seriously injured by a horse iu that
county last week. The mules of the
county do not seem to be living up to
their privileges, aud are evidently losing
their grip on their monopoly.
Miss Emmie Burt, near Pleasant Hill,
in Talbot county, has sold six dollars’
worth of pecans this season from one tree.
S [Athens Daily Banner: Mr. J. P. A.
uPout, editor of the Okefenokean, at
Dupont, in South Georgia, and Mayor of
the town, figures in a highly sensational
society scandal now convulsing the towns
of Quitman, Valdosta and Dupont. We
always thought that young man had more
name than was healthy.
Mr. R. II. Flanders, of Macon, was
in Americus on Monday last, and organ
ized a council of the Royal Arcanum,
with eighteen charter members. It will
be known as Sumter Council No. of
Royal Arcanums.
At a recent memorial service held in
Atlanta for the late Bishop Gilly Haven,
more familiarily styled Zion’s blood
hound, Colonel Gcorgo S. Thomas, late
assistant Uuited States Marshal, whom it
fcs said that he sold his political birth right
for a mess of pottage, delivered a glowing
eulogy.
A correspondent of the Griffin Hews
notes: Referring to the United States Dis
trict Attorneyship for Georgia, tlie com
mission of Colonel Farrow, tlie present
incumbent, and who has held it a long
time, will expire shortly. Already rumor
has several very strong applicants for it,
chief of whom is Colonel Farrow and
Judge McKay, of this city, Judge Bigby,
of Newnan, aud Andrew Sloan, Esq., of
Savannah. Colonel Farrow’s record as
au officer has been made up, and is
familiar to the country, while either of
tlie other gentlemen spoken of,
have ability and learning enough
fo discharge the duties of the
xdnee efficiently.
A runaway marriage between Mr.
Idus N. Drcwry and Miss Willie Gassa-
way, occurred in Griffin on Tuesday.
Irwinton Southerner and Appeal:
The planters of lower Twiggs are begin
ning to make extensive preparations for
the present year’s crop. The rather high
price of cotton daring the winter is acting
as an inducement for a large acreage in
the fleecy staple.
Tne Milledgeville Union and Recorder
pays a graceful compliment, in speaking
ofthe dailies ofthe State, to the corres
ponding editor of this paper.
Interesting Relic.— Albany Ad
vertiser: Oneofour citizens, living in
one of the oldest houses in the city, while
rummaging a few days ago through au
old desk, an heir-loom left by some ten
ant years ago, came across a small pack
age carefully wrapped in an old piece of
white paper, on which was written; “Sup
posed to ’be the hair of Washington.” On
opening the littte packet he found a small
locket contain ing probably a dozen or more
hairs of an iron-gray color, enclosed in a
small scrap of black silk. Nootlierproof
ofthe genuiness of the relic exists than
its ago, and the very evident care with
with which it had been preserved.
In the same repository was found a very
ancient looking jack of diamonds, on the
back of which was endorsed: “Jack’s ser
mon. Sermon l.—Eccl. xh, xii. Sermon
2.—Eecl. xii,xiiv. Sermon3.—Matt, xm,
xvi.” We have not had time to hunt up
the above texts, and cannot lay before our
readers tlieir full significance. In the hope,
however,so often reverently expressed that
they may be the means of inducing some
not often, we fear, so disposed, to “search
the scriptures,” we have been induced to
publish them.
Both these remarkable and interesting
relics have been deposited in the Library
by the finder, together with another pack
age from the same source containing some
$10,000 in Confederate money and bonds
of the earliest issues.
McDuffie Journal: A Sad Occur
rence.—On Saturday evening the 3d in
stant, two sons of David Mumford, of Lin
coln county, aged respectively thirteen
and eleven years, had occasion to cross
Little river, about three miles above Ho
gan’s mill. The youngest testifies that on
their return he crossed in one boat and
was standing on the opposite side when
his brother pushed oft" in another boat,
and, when about the middle of the stream
he dropped his paddle and fell over in the
water, and he did not see him any more.
The alarm was soon given and the friends
made search with hooks and drags until
9 o’clock at night without effect. Tlie
search was resumed iu the morning, and
about ten o’clock they found and dragged
the body to the top of the water. It was
borne to the residence of his grandmother,
which was soon a house of mourning,
where the tear of grief was dropped upon
the lifeless body.
In its last issue the McVille South Geor
gian announces the retirement from its
editorial management of R. S. Burton.
He is succeeded by Messrs. S. A. Fack-
ler and C. C. Smitli, who will do all they
can to make the paper live, newsy and
readable.
On Sunday, January 4th instant, at 9:21
o’clock p. m., Joseph Williams died at the
residence of his son-in-law, Judge Thomas
Stokeiy, in Cartersville, aged ninety-six
years, seven months and thirteen days.
Tiie Ware correspondent of tlie Val
dosta Times says: “ On December 31st
Steve Homes, colored, jumped from the
Eastward bound passenger train near No.
Q-J, Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way, as the train was going at full speed.
He missed his fooling and fell, getting
one of his legs under the train, which
was so badly mangled that it had to "be ’
amputated above the knee. Having re
ceived int%nal injuries in tlie fall, death
relieved him from his sufferings a few
days after.” • ' - • -
“We learn,” says the Valdosta Times,
“from parties at Naylor,, that two boys—
Jesse, son of Mr. John J. Carter," aud
Pick, son of Dr. Dirkland—got Into a
boys’ fight a few pays ago, and that the
former stabbed the latter under the shoul
der and gave him a serious wound. At
first it was thought to be fatal but at iast
accounts the injured boy was getting bet
ter. The affair 13 greatly regretted on
bttti sides.” , . y
The Augusta Chronicle thus tells a
story-0? an old pocketbook:
A few days since a citizen of Augusta
was riding in a railway train. In one of
his pockets was a pockctbook rather the
worse for wear, and in the pocketbo'ok. was
a considerable sum ot money. During
the day the gentleman had occasion fo
put his hand in his pocket, and. to his Sur
prise, discovered that his pockctbook was
gone. The money, however, was all
there. When the thief pulled out tho
book expecting to make a good hafll, tlie
money slipped'through a hole in one end,
remaining in the pocket, while he got
notliing but the worthless case. That
was one time that it paid to liavo a torn
pockctbook.
Mr. H. R. Simmons, the amateur pe
destrian who walked off from the Augusta
race track. with a" 820Q watch, which ho
had borrowed to “keep time,” was arrest
ed at Waynesboro Saturday niglit and
brought back to Augusta. Tho watch
was recovered.
—Switzerland is this winter almost ono
mountain of snow; trains; steamboats,
and telegraphs have been in a chronic
state of interruption.
—A pile of straw was left under a third
story window, of the Louisville House of
Refuse, and seven young girls escaped by
jumping down to it from being burned.
—Two wealthy and respected young
men of Memphis agreed to settle tlieir
dispute by a duel with fists. The meet-,
ing was in a ring, with seconds and a ref-
fferec,- and the rules of prize fighting.
There were seven rounds, each ending
with tlw same fellow being knocked down;
but finally a t low broke his antagonist’s
thumb, ending the fight with a nominal
victory for tho whipped pugilist, for the
other would not come to time.
—In tho District of Saratoff, Russia,
two Tartars were lately seized in the act
of stealing a sack of flour from a bam
and were shut up all niglit. Early next
morning the whole population of the vil
lage assembled and condemned the" two
culprits in a mauncr which would have
done credit to the ingenious torture in
ventor. The unhappy men were first
bound to poles and beaten with clubs till
their amis and legs were broken. Then
the poor victims were tied to the tails of
horses and thus dragged- over the frozen
fields until dead, their bodies being after
wards flung over a precipice.
—Tiie Funeral of Frank Leslie—
The funeral of Frank Leslie, the well-
known publisher, took place Sunday morn
ing from the Rev. Dr. Chapin’s Church.
Nearly all the persons employed in Les
lie’s establishment were present. Tho
chief mourners were Mrs. Frank Leslie,
with Mr. Leslie’s brother and the latter’s
wife, and Alfred Leslie, son of tho de
ceased, with his wife and family. The
pall-bearers were Govomor Rice, of
Massachusetts, Sinclair Tonsey, -John Mo
Keon, General Graham,- E. -S. Kiipball,
Isaac W. England, Whitelavv.Reid, Justice
Fitch, Senator Anthony and, Uenry ; F.
Gilling. - Vv q .
-Harper’s Weekly has at last come to
the point of attacking Grant’s nomination
as unwise, because many Independent
Republicans will vote against him, hut
Editor Curtis emphatically declines to say
whether lie will support Grant or not if
the nomination is made. “We shall
not,” says Harper’s Weekly, “cross tho
river till we come to it.”
CONSUMPTION CUBED.
An old physician, retire 1 (nm practice, her-
dk hud placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedv and permanent curefo “
Consumption. Bronchitw,C&tArrlu Asthma, iTQ
all Throat and Lung Affections, also a jx slUva
and radical cure for Nervous Debility ana all
Nervous Compuiot*. after having tofcted the
wonderful curative powers in tboinandaof cases,
has felt It his duty to make it known to all
suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and
a desire to relieve human sufferings 1 will send
free of charge to all wh j desire it, this recipt,
with full directions for preparing and using, in
Gorman. French or English. Seat by mull by
addretFuv/ith stamp, naming this papt-r. W.w.
SiliRA! i R Kochiwter. N. Y.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. MeXiANE’S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
ox
VERMIFUGE,
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
T HE countenance is pale and lead
en-colored, with occasional flushes,
or a circumscribed spot on one or both
checks; the eyes become dull; the
pupils dilate; an azure semicircle
runs along the lowers-eye-lid;-the
nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes
bleeds; a swelling of the. upper, lip;
occasional headache, with humming
or throbbing of the ears ; an unusual
secretion of saliva; slimy or furred
tongue; breath very foul, particularly
in the morning; appetite variable,
sometimes voracious, with a gnawing
sensation of tlie stomach, at .others,
entirely gone; fleeting pains in the
stomach; occasional nausea and vom
iting ; violent pains throughout the
abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costive; stools slimy, not unfrequent-
ly tinged with blood; belly swollen
and hard; urine .turbid; respiration
occasionally difficult; and accompa-
nied by hiccough; cough sometimes
dry and convulsive; uneasy ami dis
turbed sleep, with grinding of the
teeth; temper variable, but generally
irritable, &c.- " ; - , - ;
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exi^t, - ,
DR. C. McLANE’S VERMIFUGE
vill certainly effect a cure.
IX DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepa-
ration, not capable of doing the slightest .
injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine Dr. McLane’s Ver
mifuge bears the signatures of C.
McLane and Fleming Bros, on the
wrapper. —:0:—
DR. C. McLANE’S
LIVER PILLS
are not recommended as aremedv .“for
aft the ills that flesh is heir to,” but jn
affections of tlie liver, and in all Bilious
Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Head
ache, or diseases of that character, they
stand without a rural.
ague ani> fever.
No better cathartic can be used prepar
atory to, or after taking Quinine.
As a simple purgative - ' they are un*
equaled. - * * ’**
BEWASH OF OTATIOSS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box, has a red wax seal on -he
lid, with the impression Dr. McLanr's
Liver Fills.
Each ."Wrapper bears the signatures of
C. McLane and Fleming Bros. O
Insist upon having the genuine Dr.
C. McLane’s Liver Pills, prepared by.
Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pn, the
market being full of imitations of the
name McLane, spelled differrttlyhe^.
same pronunciation.