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MACON, JANUARY SO, 1SSO.
The daughter of General Robert E.
Lee, who has just returned from an ex
tended tour In Europe, is visiting Mr. W.
W. Corcoran In Washington,
—New Yorkers have spent more money
on floral decorations at social entertain
ment this season than ever before, and the
florists all expect to be millionaires.
—Public meetings are held at Oberlin,
Ohio, for the purpose of driving the tobac
co dealers out of town; Liquor sellers
and billiard saloon keepers have already
been expelled.
—It is stated that Chicago capitalists
have offered $100,000 as a bonus for the
removal of an Eastern- locomotive estab
lishment to that city. The works will
give employment to 600 men.
—Frederick Hassaurek, the leading
German editor of Ohio, says of Grant’s
nomination: “The German Republicans
■will vote solidly against him. That vote
would lose him Ohio and defeat him.”. ■_
—John Tompkins, reduced from wealth
to poverty, at Np^jport, R- I-, sat down in
a chair with the intention of staying there
until he starved to death. He had been
without food seven days when discovered.
—Last month the Premier, ex-Premier,
and Primate of England became respect
ively 75,70, and 68, the two latter on the
same day. Chief Justice Cockbum also
attained his 75th birthday.
—Mr. Jay Gould has telegraphed to
Governor St John, of Kansas, to draw on
him _for„ $5,000, to be expended as the
Governor deems .best in ameliorating the
condition of the farmers in the frontier
counties of Kansas, made destitute by
the failure of last year's crops. Most of
the sufferers purchased their lands from
the Kansas Pacific Railroad, now under
Mr. Gould’s control.
—The New Orleans Times of Wednes
day says the attempts to inaugurate the
future business at the Cotton Exchange
was yesterday a more decided failure than
th f ,he Drevious day. The simple truth is
—— ^ * 1 *" 1 ——.fa because
it would he impossible to close out a con
tract in order to realize profits. Very few
who speculate in futures are able or wil
ling to handle the actual cotton.”
—We predicted long ago, says the Nash
ville American, that Washbume would be
the dark horse. Watch him. Nobody
talks -Washbume. He neither pushes
himself nor is pushed; hut he gently at
tracts attention to the fact that he is not
dead by coming out for Governor in Illi
nois. When it appears that Grant is dead,
Which is rapidly edining to pass; that
Sherman has the South, but no strength in
the North, outside of Ohio; that Blaine
can’t get the Southern vote, Wash
bume will take tlio rag off the bush.
—A Lancaster, Pennsylvania, paper has
the fortune to be edited by two lawyers.
Recently the paper commented severely
upon the action of a local court in allow
ing a criminal to escape for political rea
sons. The Judge has attempted to pun
ish the paper by having the lawyers dis
barred for their conduct as editors. The
editors deny the jurisdiction of the court
over then* editorial utterances, and are
making a warm fight in which they un
questionably have right on their side.
—The Washington Star says the
Southern Claims Commission have con
sidered claims amounting, in the aggre
gate, to $8,008,400.50. They approved and
allowed claims amounting to $241,611.22,
and disallowed $8,456,849.34. It is tedi
ous and difficult work to get a claim ap
proved by the commission. A prominent
lawyer from the South who has been en
gaged for some time in endeavoring to
Convince'the commission of the legali
ty of Southern claims remarked the other
day, at the capitol, “I’m going to write my
partner to-day not to receive another
claim. The business doesn’t pay the pos
tage required to transmit the papers to
Washington.” At the rate the commis
sion ha* been allowing claims there is
aeftainly no danger of bankrupting the
government.
—In no State is the anti-third term
feeling, stronger than in Massachusetts.
Following the prevailing custom of poll
ing papers and people on the Presidency,
the Springfield Republican is printing the
opinions of prominent Republicans, and
they are all one way. So great a Radical
-. as Thomas Wentworth Higginson says;
*'I am ao opposed to the Presidential third
term that I should object to it even if
Washington or Lincoln should be the can
didate.” Three college presidents—
Seelye, of Amherst; Capen, of Tufts, and
Chadbourne of Williams—write,in a sim
ilar strain, and James Freeman Clarke,
who is a leader in New England thought,
says: “My own objections to this move
ment are so pronounced that I can hardly
think it possible that I should vote for
Grant if he should be nominated; I be
lieve in that case there are hundreds of
thousands of Republicans who, like my
self, would either refuse to vote or would
vote for any respectable Democratic can
didate.” These are .very large straws, but
they were not needed to show which.way
the wind was blowing.
' —Flood, 'the owner of many millions,
has given his daughter who is to become
President Grant’s daughter-in-law in
February, $2,500,000 in United States
registered bonds. She will thus have
more than $100,000 a year for pin-money.
A New Stoby.—The Augusta Chroni
cle says the New York Ledger will begin
next week the publication of a new story,
by Professor William Henry Peck, entitled
•Udoline and Lockrane;” or the “Masks of
; .Uie Cardlea Mansion.” The story is a
romance of the siege of Worcester by
Oliver Cromwell. It is foundedupon the
historical doubt as to who the assistant
executioner of King Charles the First of
England was—as many at the time sup
posed that person to be Oliver Cromwell.
The story abounds in surprises for the
reader, in sub-plots, mysteries, and ex
traordinary situations of the various char
acters, and will be found quite historical
as we|i as sensational. Professor Peck
has great reputation as a novelist, and is
the clilcrattraction to the thousands of
readers of tha u Ledger. He writes
with great purity of style and thought.
The most fastidious critic or sensitive
reader will never find anything in the
writings of Professor Peck violative of
good taste or the most scrupulous morali
ty.- His new- story is pronounced by a
competent critic to be one of the very
best that he has ever written, j V
—General Grant and party passed a
comfortable night in Havana, notwith
standing the shaking np by the earth
quake. Thursday, being the King's saint
day, there was a grand official reception
at the palaoe, Vice-Governor-General
Callejas receiving the distinguished visi-
t®** in the throne room. The ladies of the
party witnessed the reception
admltu^'k'lnmg saloon, no ladies being
t ntri-'fi. * ucl » official performances.
— a grand banquet to
The Maine Quasi War.
Nothing additional "lip to 8 p. m. last
night has been heard from, the opposing
forces of the Fusionists and Republicans
In Augusta; Maine’s capital; The Davis
Legislature had hamcaded 'themselves hi
the State House* under the protection of
several companies of-the “melish” and a
Gatlin gun., The Governor himself corn-
tinned to brag and say what he wilt do
very soon, etc., etc.
The Fusionists had appealed to Con
gress, and were determined to hold their
own until the people’s representatives had
Tendered their decision in the.case. .
The whole affair is a 'ridiculous fafee
about on a par with the Dorr rebellion
in Rhode Island. ; We have no idea that
any blood will be sbed unless under the
Dutch courage evolved by that cask of
“red.eye” which the Rads took with them
into their castle.
All hands seem especially careful of
themselves, and not even a fisticuff has
disturbed the repose of the situation. This
is all rigid; but why such a pother and
fuss about nothing? The truth is that
neither Legislature are the fairly elected
representatives of the people of Maine.
There is any amount of . evidence ready to
he produced, showing the vast frauds per,
petrated by the Republicans at many of
the election places, hut that does not
prove • that Fusionists were duly
chosen, nor settle the legality of their
action in the premises. Again, the last
appeal of the “ Rump” Legisla
ture to the Supreme Court,
was no appeal at all, because not
made under the requirements of the law
and constitution. The whole affair is
badly mixed and the end does not as yet
appear. Perhaps there will be a little
fracas, and then “Rutherford” will step
In and ape the bayonet practice of his pre
decessor. We honestly believe that the re
sult will inure to the benefit of the Demo
cratic party in the approaching elections.
It will have the effect to revive in all* its
enormity the 8 to 7 partisan action of the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
the Radical villainies which were perpe
trated in Florida, Louisiana and South
Carolina to compass the defeat of Mr-
Tilden. This will place the country on
The Guano Trade Broken up at
Lotos de Afuera.
Advices from Callao of recent date,
convey the intelligence that the Chilian
ships of war have 'destroyed the launches,
platforms and cars at Lobos de Aufuera
and ordered off the ships loading with
guano.
No less than thirty-five vessels were
loading or had completed their cargoes.
All of these, it is feared, will have their
charters cancelled.
This proceeding is considered very ar
bitrary and unfriendly to neutral nations.
Happily, however, in the Carolina plios-
phat s, we have an unfailing suppty of
fertilizing matter, which, when finely pul
verized and treated with the proper chem
icals, forms a much more permanent and
valuable stimulant to the soil than the
Peruvian guano, which, when applied
alone, exerts a leaching effect upon the
land. _ _ ,
A Radical Change.—The new con-
stitution of California abolishes grand
juries, and, indeed, goes very far towards
:doiug away with the whole jury system.
The accused may elect whether his case
shall be decided by a petit uryor the
magistrate, and by consent, if the former,
the number of jurors may consist often,
eight, or only six persons. Glaring de
fects in the section regulating the issue of
marriage notices and upon other vital
matters have cropped out already, al
though the new fundamental law did not
go into operation until January.
A Campaign Against Grant
General Grant will not be allowed to
walk over the course in the race for the
Republican nomination tor President. In
the West a powerful organization has been
formed against him, and the people and
press are being systematically and dili
gently canvassed to show that he is not
the choice of the masses. In New York,
too, there has been organized within a Tew
days a body called the “IndependentRe
publican Association of the City of New'
York,” who will begin an immediate cam
paign against the Grant movement. It is
partly the outgrowth of the “ Young
Seratchers’ ” movement that opposed Cor-
n 11 in the fall campaign. They will work
against Grant’s nomination and against
Mm at the polls if nominated. They are
not alone in this fight. While Secretary
Sherman was here in the holidays he met
thirty influential Republicans, who ar
ranged to open a headquarters here and
begin a vigorous campaign against Grant.
Money in considerable sums lias been con
tributed since, and documents have been
printed to be scattered all over the East.
It is to be an open fight and in a head
quarters to which any one may ran. A‘
systematic campaign is to be begun, of
course in Sherman’s interest.
The truth is, that inevitable reaction
ary wave which always follows great
popular excitement, is rolling its sullen
tide against the man who would seek
even to eclipse Washington and Jackson,
by. perpetuating his power as the Chief
Magistrate, and perhaps dictator, of the
republic. With wonderful sagacity, how
ever, he has retired from the stage again
that he may reappear at the opportune
hour, and enjoy another popular ovation,
to be-followed up-by a sharp, incisive and
hotly contested campaign for the White
House. »■ 1 l
It will be a desperate struggle, and all
the elements, black, yellow and white,'
will be invoked to his support. Bnt we
have an abiding faith that Americans of
pure Anglo Saxon blood, and all who re
vere the Constitution of their fathers, and
love the Republic which was the out-
birth of a seven years’ bloody conflict,
will form in serried rank to oppose the
man who thousands honestly believe has
designs upon the liberties of his country.
Crowned with the laurel as a great mili
tary chieftain and conqueror, twice eleva
ted to the highest office in the gift of the
people, received on his return from a
voyage around the world with military
and civic pageants and honors such as
were never before tendered to any other
private citizen, what more can. he'Wish,
for? Nothing, certainly, save despotic
rale, and mayhap a kingly title.' Bnt
will the people assent to this? We trow
not. a •’ '• ‘; .
Already the mutterings of the storm are
heard which will overwhelm this proud
aspirant for a third term and absolute
power. Let him heed the warning in
season.'
The Wheat Corner. - The Graip Blockade. . •
The Northern papers are qnitc confi^j: In tbe.port of New..York, ii.is/»slini§ted
dent that the Chicago wheat and flour • that there are • 260 ocean sailing crafts of
corner is destined to break in the course pf 600 tons burden and over, awaitifig car-
a few days, and mash the fingers of theren-
tire brotherhood who contrived it, and have
been able for the past two or three months
to make every family in the country pay
a few dollars more for tlieir flour and
broad. Keene’s scheme was very plausi
ble, bnt founded on miscalculation. He
was sure the short crops in Europe would
soon deplete the supplies there, and there
fore he had only to play a grand game of
monopoly and engrossment on this side of
the ocean. " . '
But Keene overrated the European de
ficit. The rise in wheat and flour'unlock
ed the European stores to an’unexpected
extent. Importations from France, Rus
sia, Denmark, Holland, Italy, Egypt,
South America, Austria and other coun
tries crowded into Great Brittain to take
advantage of the advance,' and prices be
gan to recede, and are receding daily in
the face of an extraordinarily heavy sow
ing of winter wheat, and America:so
crowded with last year’s ‘grain that there
is little, room for more. .. ' : ; i . ..
. Now it is an excellent thing (speaking
after the manner of men) when in your
own interests, you can. force an- ad
vance of two, three or four dollars per
barrel on a good many million barrels of
flour.-.It is like cojnpelling mankindi at
large to passover your toll' bridge and
drop a dollar apiece in the : box. As
there are many millions of them, the re
ceipts soon begin to count up. But when
in the words of Mrs. Gammidge things go
“contraiiy” and the same people take
dollar apiece out of your box, it becomes
damaging ^nd tiresome and the natural
suggestion is that you wish you had de
clined the undertaking and not shown
yourself so sharp and greedy,
• The probabilities are that when Keene
is compelled to throw his immense accu
mulations into the market, upon the back
of large accumulations of European,
South American and African wheat,
which have been brought forward by the
advance, and saved up by diminished con
sumption on account of high price and al
leged scarcity, and also in face of unu
sually large crops of winter wheat, which
will be pressing on the market in early
summer, iub. . ..-:n AvniB down
“with a run,” as the snilors say, and the
decline will be much more rapid .and
sweeping than the advance was.
. There will be, in other words, an artifi
cial plethora following an artificial scare!
ty— a manufactured glut following a
manufactured famine, which'will work a
heavy, sudden and bold decline, and Mr!
Keene’s wings will be serverely clipped.
That will not be deplored by mankind at
laige, for it is among the deplorable things
of the present day and generation that all
the necessaries of life should become the
sport of idle capitalists who pile up wealth
by griping the bowels of the poor. But
we have a strong impression that the .fui
ture men are going to meet a regular
blizzard all around this spring, and sum
mer. The little ones lost all their pocket
money last summer, but it will be worse
by and by.
goes of grain. The Times says:
"Washington, January 22.—It has
been decided to appoint ex-Governor
Pinchback, of Louisiana, as naval officer
at New Orleans in the place of Colonel
James Lewis. The friends of the latter
are decidedly opposed to this change, and
it is likely that ■ a fight will be made in
the Senate on Pincbback’s confirmation.
Remarks by the Court
The point on which the court desired
the opinions of the bar was briefly this:
If a young lady marries on the 29tli day
of February next, when will she be enti
tled to a silver wedding?
Also, whether to prevent a (tag ’from
biting you is it best to “sit down on
him?”
Also, whether the auguries of the goose
bone which warn us to “look out for se
vere weather about the middle of Febru
ary,” are to be relied on? . '
Tlic court also remarked incidentally
that when gentlemen of tlie bar laid “their
heads together” a purpose of concord and
agreement might naturally be inferred,
but, said the court emphatically, it js not
so with billy-goats.
The court took occasion to lament
over the confusion of parliamentary, law
incidental to the disoords in the Pine Tree
State, and said that without». single call
for the previous question the Maine ques
tion was now being put every-day and all
the time. Nothing, said the court, could
be more fatal to law and sound usage.
As for the Grant boom the court said,
in its opinion, more was asked than the
public would be .willjng to grant, and
much that was doubtful taken for granted.
The court’s opinion on “honest money”
being asked, the court said it had. heard
of a few dollars. It was said the Chemi
cal Bank of New York had nevir sus
pended, but it might have been ' wruggei.
He considered; United States Treasury
notes or greenbacks, ip ordinary,, “honest
money,” but, after all, it depended a good
deal off who got hold 1 of them ? iln 1873
the banks got^hMdof a' good many be
longing to depositors and solemnly. re
solved that they .would not deliver them
np on call of the owners ! What is stranger
still, said the court, i^e^ress pronounced
that action the “salvatiqft’qf the country?’
while, if any private salvator had '.pre
sumed to act in the same way lid would
have been sent to jail for n.swindler-. I”**
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Zinc in East TenSessix.—Tho Knox
ville (East Tennessee) Tribune, of the
2:Jd instant, devotes a long editorial to a
description of the lately opened zinc mine
at New Prospect,, on ^oyjell's jriver, iu
Union county.»These < deposits wore dis
covered in 1876 by Frof. Henry E. Colton,-
who was sent out from Ndw. York,' as a
mineralogist and cjiemjst _to search for a
deposit of zinc in that county. He says
they are abundant in Upper East Tennes
see. The mine was opened, with labor
found on the spot, in Jiine, 1§1*7, and since
that time 5,972,084 pounds of roasted and
crashed ore have been shipped; to New
York to be redifeed—tlidre being no mill
for reducing the ore as yet in operation in
East Tennessee, although one is being
erected at Martin’s Station in Virginia; by.
a Boston company. In opening I the New.
Prospect mine the remaius of very ancient
shafts were discoreredf,. Tqe'yield of the
ore is found to be 67 per cent. The mine
was bought by the Passaic Ziuc Company,
of Neyv Jersey, for $12,000. ,. 1 |. . nr
In the Produce Exchange there is a
strong feeling of indignation, at the move
ment pf certain Wallstreet men who are
controlling the wheat market and cahsing
the blockade in grain. Some of the mem
bers have • suggested that ah indignation
meeting bo held in hope that some remedy
may be suggested. . , ..
Wall street seems to control all the out
goings of trade and commerce in this coun
try. Even within die harrow confines of
a ten by six bank office, gigantic opera
tions and plane, are matured, .which in
volve the expenditure off millions of
money, and affect whole States and terri
tories.
Thisrrgraje; WoGkade,’ isjtiotliing more
nor less than a “comer,” which several
noted capitalists have created in. the'sale
and delivery of this important cereal,.and
we sincerely trust that they, will all come
to grief. . I
Under the ruling of a benignant Provi
dence, the whole nation has been blessed
with fruitful seasons and abundant crops,
and never before has there been beheld
such an immense surplus iof com and
wheat in the United. States.
Enough has been grown to supply, our
own wants, and make up the deficiency in
the harvests of the old world-, And even
when this has been done, adarge margin
will still remain oq hand.; Why then
these speculative movements, and the at
tempt by a few mercenary grain dealers
to raise prices and correspondingly, dis
tress and oppress the consumer?
"We shall be delighted - to chronicle the
failure of these merciless “Shylocks,” who
trade in the “staff of life,” and
are ever striving to starve and grind into
powder thc pgy$f the land.
Petroleum Tests.
There is a law of the general govern
ment which prohibits “the storage or sale
of petroleum or kerosene, the fire, test of
which shall be less .than 110 degrees
Fahrenheit.” The .law is even more,
stringent in New .York city. There, a
special law prohibits all oils for illumina
ting or hekting purposes “whiclvshall emit
an inflammable vapor at a temperature be
low 100 degrees Fahrenheit.”
The fire test is made by placing a bottle
the oil in a small basin of water, then
heated to 110 degrees, when a flame is ap
plied, and if it is extinguished,' the* oil is
passed. The penalty in New York is $50
for each offense.
During the year 1879, there were 11,734
such samples collected and tested. Since
this vapor test has been applied, the num
ber of explosions and casualties from the
use of petroleum oil has steadily decreased
until such disasters occur but seldom.
Judge Bleckley Resigned,
Late advices from Atlanta announce,
that Justice Bleckloy, of die Supreme
Conjftb<“l resigned, and his .resignation
has been reluctantly accepted. . Governor
Colquitt lias appointed" in' Ids stead Hon.-
Martin Crawford, of Columbus. That
gentleman is now presiding in .the Cir
cuit Court of his district, and upon- his
retiring a vacancy would occur.
This the Governor anticipated, by nam
ing Mr. Butt, of Marion county, as , the
successor of Judge Crawford. Both, ap
pointments are eminently felicitious and
satisfactory', though the entire legal fra
ternity of the State will regret the retire
ment of Judge Bleckley, who was an or
nament to liis profession, and a gentle
man, patriot, arid learned scholar..
The New Senator-elect from Missis*
: . • sippi. ‘ *
The Nashville American says : ' r ;
Hon. James Z. George, the, Senator-
elect from Mississippi, was bom in Carroll
county, in that State, and is about fifty-
two years of age. He "is, - at present,
Chief Justice' of the State, haring been
elected to that high position about two
years ago, both on account of his pre
eminent fitness for it and that he might be
laid on the political shelf by the shrewd
and scheming politicians who desired to
remove a dangerous rival. He accepted
the situation with philosophic complacen
cy, without being blind to the scarcely
concealed purpose of his rivals;
General George was a private In the
First Mississippi Rifle Regiment in Mex
ico, commanded by Jefferson Davis, and
a lieutenant colonel of cavalry in the Con
federate service, ne was taken prisoner
at Colliersville, Tennessee, while charg
ing on the entrenchment of the Federals.
As a lawyer General George ranks at
the bead .of tj« bar in Mississippi, always
eminent for,, learning, ability and elo
quence,' and the only office he ever held
before being elevated to that of Chief Jus
tice, was that of --Attorney General of tlie
State,'in which he acquitted himself with
entire satisfaction to the bar and the coun
try. The Senator^ elect was chairman
Of the State Democratic Committee
daring -.the memorable year when
Mississippi was redeemed from Radical
rale, and in conducting the campaign of
that year,' displayed remarkable sagacity,
conservatism and judgment. The enfran
chisement of.-Mississippi is-attributed to
his masterly skill and solid, ability. As a
politician, he has always been distin
guished by deep, devotion to the cause of
tli« masses, by sterling Integrity of charac
ter, and by firm adherence to principle.
He has never wavered in his strict and
stem devotion to the doctrines of his party.
He was born for a leader, and the party
has acted with sound judgment in select
ing a man td the-high office of Senator of
so milch discrimination, firmness, honesty,
and of such resources to plan and so great
courage to execute.
Some Hhpe for the Confirmation of
the 'Contract of -the Central with
1 the Westem and Atlantic Railroad;
and the St Louis, Nashville and
Chattanoocra Road—Georgia Rail
roads Able in Any Event to Sus
tain Themselves. ; :r
The enterprising correspondent of the
Constitution, “H. W. G.,” after repeat
edly stating in his 'communications that
the Cole-Brown-Wadley agreement was
certainly defeated, seems to have changed
Ills base on this question very materially,
as his last dispatch from Nashville will
show. It is as follows: ' ‘"'" i -
There are no deyelopihents y£t as to
the meeting' which’ takes place here to-
riiorrow*;! -The truth is, neither.-side
knows a^.yetAvhat the other will give or
demand. From investigations all around,
I can give you this as the ultimatum:
! Colonel Cole will press the confirmation
of the contract with the Central., He will
go before tlie . Louisville and Nashville
people arid insist on this; If 'this lease.is
confirmed, and satisfactory evidence given
that the grand scheme of the St. Lonis,
Atlanta and Savannah line will be carried
out as he designed it, it is believed that
he will HJ«e no point on the Owensboro
and Evansville extension, and will make
A-, Threatened Ice Famine.—Tlie
ious bench in respect toa snpply of -ice
for next summer. Little has been done
so far, but hope clings to a chance in
February- The Knickerbocker boasts of
being able to store more than forty thou
sand tons a day, if the weather will only
give them a chance h but in^ the doubt
hanging ' around the, case has advanced
wholesale rates from $1.50 (o $3.00 per
ton. The New York ice company’s re
tail rates have advanced from;twenty-five
to forty cents per one hundred pounds.
They look for cold weather in March.
The best remedy for the complaints of
early childhood, is Dr. Ball’s Baby Syrup.
•! Price 25 cents.
Henry Irving, the English tragedian,
lost-half his false moustache while playing
Digby Grant (“Two Roses”) at the Bed
ford benefit in the London Lyceum, and
discovering the' loss by a titter in the au
dience, bravely pulled off'the other half,
and finished the act with a bare upper lip.
. There was a. double marriage in Jack-
'sott, Mich., ori Thursday week. Charles
Pratt/ofthe Emma Abbott Company, and
Jlenry .G. Berger, Of the family of that
Tiaine, were married to Elia and Carrie
Wood, twin sisters. The Beiger family
attended the ceremony en masse. Jack-
son is thelf place of residence.
; /A mail in a. Chicago theatre cried
“BnnW* at the leading actress, and she
liked it; but when another arid intoxicated
admirer shouted “Bully for yon, old gal,”
and 4( You’re a daisy,” she stopped acting
ana' demanded" his expulsion. Four
ushers undertook the task, bnt he laid
himself on the floor, put his arms and
legs around the seats, and was immovable
until tliey pried him loose with a broom
handle. J
Gcoixia Rtate.Gnmsc.
Editors ■ Telegraph and Messenger.:
Please -announce that the Georgia State
New Tork/ice companies are onlhe.Mix- Grange will hold ita ninth session in Ma
con February 9th. The meeting will be
an important one. The usual courtesy of
half rates has been tendered delegates by
the railroads.: We ask space to note an
exception. Ex-Governor J. E. Brown, of
the Western and Atlantic Road, unsolicit
ed, tenders Grange delegates equal courte-
have inaugurated, in the United States,
this “new departure” in behalf of tlie
Grange.. E; Taylob, Secretary.
—The American Union Telegraph
Company has made a contract with the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company
by which the former obtain the fright to
use the poles of the railroad company be-
- tween Cincinnati and Chattanooga.
no opposition to the Louisville and Nash
ville road, v, He will, of- .course, in
sist that the cities along his line
will' be properly .guaranteed against
discrimination. These 1 -points settled,
his trustees will be satisfied, and he will
lie willing to re tire , having seen his
grand scheme of. developriient carried
"out. It Is said that the Western and At
lantic railroad will rest onthis settlement,
Colonel Cole and Governor Brown agree
ing perfectly that what will satisfy one will
satisfy the other. So that if the Central
lease is confirmed and Cole satisfied, the
CoId-BrOwn project of a line froin St.
Louis to the sea will be completely carried
out. It need not be said that this sort of
agreement would virtually kill tlie Geor
gia Western. It would, at least, remove
all necessity for- building, it, and leave its
only chance theranningof a branch line to
the coal fields, and this dependent on the
mercy of the Loriisville and Nasliville
road. ■* •*' ’A ITi? .
Will the lease of the Central be rati
fied? This depends. It is certain that
the first idea. of the Louisville and
Nashville people was that of opposition to
it. They did not believe in it—did not
see the necessity of it, and did not intend
to cntaugle themselves with it. "It is
claimed, though, of late, that their views
have somewhat changed, and that they ap
preciate tlio iinnortance of putting down
opposition, mid gaining Lulo as ^ a n y
andBrowuas a lriend. If this is true,
they may confirm the Central lease, es-
pecially as it can he shown that the fixed
liability assumed under that lease is
$1,300,000 per annum, while the netearn-
ings-of the Central for the last year was
$1,208,000, leaving only $92,000 of mar
gin, to be filled by the increased business.
If the Central lease is not confirmed I
predict that we shall see some lively work
in the next few days, and tlie Louisville
and Nashville may find itself in as big a
hurry to build the Georgia Western as" it
was when it first bought the road bed.
The above is mere supposition, and the
whole matter remains in abeyance just
as we have reported it to be from day to
day for the last two weeks. It has been
known all the while that the rate of in
terest to be guaranteed to the Central by
Colonel Cole’s road was no more than
that corporation is actually earning at this
time. But we arc disposed to regard the
whole affair as still involved in great
doubt and uncertainty.
Not a word has officially transpired by
which an intelligent opinion can be formed
in the prenrses. Hence it is proper to
warn our fellow citizens and the public
generally, not to have their expectations
too highly raised in advance. “Put not
your faith in Princes,” is the injunction of
holy writ, and this is equally applicable to
railroad princes, as has been time and
again demonstrated. Much then, as this
railroad combination is to be desired, for
the benefit of our city and State, we rnjist
be prepared if need be to get along with
out it.
With the railroad system now in opera
tion in Georgia, if odious local discrimin
ations can all be removed and equitable
rates of freight based at least approxi
mately Upon the table of distances be sub
stituted, we believe the people will be sat
isfied, and the country prosper, even with
out a great through trunk line.
Let that line, as proposed by Colonel
Cole, be constructed, however, and Macon
would undoubtedly become the great cen
tral distributing point for all Middle,
Southern and Southwest Georgia. What
an impetus would thus be imparted to the
wholesale trade of our city? Failing in
this as a dernier resort, we have the rail
road law to fall back upon, and the intel
ligent assistance and co-operation of the
able Board of Railroad Commissioners.
It is to be regretted that some of our con
temporaries are disposed to find fault
with what they term the dilatory ac
tion of the commissioners. But these
gentlemen have no possible concep
tion of the immense labor which -has been
imposed upori Messrs. Smith, Wallace and
Barnett, or the exceedingly delica'te na
ture of the mission they have consented
to nndertake. ' TheTery formation" of an
equitable schedule of freight and: passen
ger fares for every railroad in Georgia; is
a Hercnleah task, and involves tlie most
patient research and careful investigation.
To do the work badly or hastily, might re
sult in infinitely ffioro harm, than good to
all the interests at stake. When once,
however, the machinery is successfully
put in motion, then thereafter it will be
comparatively easy -to adjust diflerences,
remedy errors, and establish uniformity
as nearly as it can be done—throughout
the railroad'systom of the commonwealth.
These, schedules, of course, will vary ac
cording to the length of any given road,
its amount of business, etc., and will be
very difficult tq arrange. Hence, the ne
cessity for both rime, and the most careful
deliberation, on the part of the commis
sioners before taking any definite action
concerning the -weighty matters under
consideration. Let us await their move-
ments in patience,, with the full assurance
that they Will labor zealously to consult
the interests, not only of the people, but
of the roads themselves.
Colonel Felton to the Front .
The Independent member from-the
Seventh District has. addressed'a caustic
letter- to his constituents, explanatory of
his recommendation of Simmons to Presi
dent Hayes for-a census appointment, in
■which he animadverts very sharply upon
Senator Gordon. We print as follows, the
most salient portion of the “address:”
The letter of Mr. Simmons I neyer saw
before in my life, knew not a word of its
contents; it was written in Georgia while
jLwas in this city last spring, and I had
no knowledge that Mr. Simmons, had
ever written to the President urit il he ap
plied to me for a letter of recommenda
tion in September last, which I wrote in
Ids presence. In concluding this letter,
Mr. Simmons requested me to call the
President’s attention to his application,
which he thought had been overlooked;
and especially desired me to ask the
President to read it again. My letter
was marked private, only to insure the
President’s personal attention, and he did
not consider it a confidential letter, and
therefore placed it in the public files,
which he told me himself yesterday, when
I laid both letters before him for exami
nation.
The President says he never saw the
letter of Simmons’ until I carried it to
lum on yesterday. General Walker de
clares he never saw it.
Therefore, it had no influence whatever
on his appointment. I have already re
peated that I saw it for the first time in
the files of tlie Interior Department on
yesterday, and when I called attention to
the letter by Mr. Simmons’ request, 1 he;
lieved it to be only an application in
usual form for the place.
If my devotion to the South and to
Southern men, as illustrated *iu my politi
cal record and my course during the late
civil war, is not a sufficient guarantee for
my fidelity to their interests, I cannot sup
pose that a lotter written in Georgia,
while I was in Washington, and which I
never saw until yesterday, can in any way
connect me with its sentiments.
It is necessary, also, that I should ex
plain to you the publication of those let
ters in the Atlanta Constitution, and give
the name ofthe person to whose attention
and manipulation I am indebted for that
publication. ‘
The Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Department, and Mr. James F. Hood, a
clerk, gave me the facts, which I proceed
to place before you: Mr. Hood states
that General Gordon came into his office
and asked to examine these papers. He
then stated that he would take them into
tlie Assistant Secretary’s room, which .he
did. He was alone until he left the Sec
retary’s room, where he was joined by
some man who was unknown to the Secre
tary but he (Gordon) returned alone to Mr.
Hood’s room.
General Gordon did not say to either
official that he intended to do this work;
and I leave the plain facts to your consid
eration and impartial judgment.
It is proper to say that during all this
contest Hon. Mr. Speer was pressing our
mutual friend Colonel P. Lawshe, of
Gainesville, but was greatly surprised to
l.carn that General Gordon protested
against the appointment and would con
sider that appointment a personal insult.
General Walker told me that the Sena
tor strongly protested, in the case. So we
see very clearly that the only Democrat
who was favorably considered was proba
bly defeated by the personal hostility of
Senator Gordon to the independents ofthe
State of Georgia. The General will, no
doubt, oppose the confirmation of any man,
Democrat or Republican, who will not
submit to lus peculiar dictation. For
such method as he uses in his warfare, he
has full permission to exercise against
me. If the Senate of the United States
can stand the effect, I shall not complain.
The Senator announces that lie will
fight Mr. Simmons because of his Repub
lican partisanship. While this distin
guished statesman was nosing about the
Interior Department, to find my endorse
ment of a Republican, why did he over
look his own strongly written endorse
ment of Mr. Charles R. Johnson, who was
nominated as an active and pronounced
Republican ?
So it appears that Republicans who
live in the Seventh District, that are
friendly to me, are to be defeated in the
Senate, because of their partisanship,
while others outside that District can re
ceive the strongly written endorsement
and support of this Democratic Senator,
who stoops to indulge his personal preju
dice in this elevated position.
Very truly, your obedient servant,
W. H. Felton.
sy with those oftho State Agricultural So; ^
ciety. We honor the head and heart that to take the weapon from him, he refusing
Sad Case of Suicide in Talbotton—No
Cause Assigned. |
Talbotton, Ga., January 25, ISSOi.
Editors Telegraph and Messetiger: Our
little town -was thrown into a state of ex
citement la3t night about nine o’clock by
the announcement that Mr. Owen Mc-
Garrigal, a highly esteemed citizen of this
town, liad committed suicide. A crowd
soon gathered at his home and found him
lying on a couch. He was dead, with two
pistol bullet holes through his heart,and his
pistol lying on the floor by the side of the
couch.' His wife states he returned from
up town about’ nine o’clock, intoxicated,
and entered the room with the pistol in
his hand. She immediately endeavored
to give it np and threatening to kill her.
She at once ran out of the house, and he
then committed the rash deed. He was
well thought of by the entire community.
He leaves a wife and two children—-one
an infant two months old. No one can
tell why he committed the deed. He was
about forty years of age. The effect on
the community was quite stirtling, and
all hope the occurrence will be the last of
its kind to happen in our midst. A.
Social Circle.the Proper Point on the
Georgia Railroad for the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad Exten
sion. i
From an able railroad article in the
Walton county Vidette, we extract the
following:
“In the first place, we claim for Social
Circle superior advantages as a terminus
of the extension to any otherplace. From
the Macon and Augusta railroad bridge
across the Ocniulgee at Macon to this
place via Monticello there is not a stream
that will require a bridge, and the deep
est cut and the highest embankment will
not exceed twelve feet.
Secondly, 'f lie line will have a scope
of country ten miles wider to feed from,
and that too tlirough a section of country
as good as exists in Georgia.
Thirdly. This is the favorite route of
all men who are familiar with the topog
raphy c.r the country through which the
line, will. ran.
.Fourthly. If the line is not built to
this point the lessees will have the Alcova
river to bridge, six miles from Covington,
at an expense of $150,000, and a section
of country to traverse that will cost not
less than $5,000 per mile more to grade
than if it were brought to Social Circle—
making a cost of $180,000 in our favor.
Fifthly. If the lessees or purchasers of
tlie road sliouldever want connection with
the West by another line, it could ibe easi
ly accomplished via Athens, the North
eastern and Rabun Gap and Knoxville in
Tennessee. Ten miles of the thirty-five
between this place and Athens will be
ready for the care before the Macon and
Brunswick reaches Atlanta,, and then a
small link of twenty-five miles to Athens
will connect Lula and Brunswick.! Thirty-
eight miles extension of the Northeastern
thcnwill reach Kabun Gap,which extension
’ffi’lltfer&lly backed tip by State aid arid
which can easily be effected. These ex
tensions in tlie 'directions indicated will
develop the best parts of.^the State yef
undeveloped by railway' enterprise,
and will be liberally supported by the
people who are to be benefited by them.
Unless these connections are made all the
freights of Northeastern Georgia will
come and go via Augusta east/and the
Air-Line and connections north and west.
Social Circle is the key to unlock all
this treasure to tlie Macon andBrariswick.
If the extension is carried to Covington
besides the $180,000 mentioned above, the
road will have a scape of country to feed
from ten miles less, with no possibility of
a connection with the Northeastern at
Athens, except at a cost of nearly a mil
lion dollars, and any other route thence
would cost four times as much.”*
New York, January 22—The Joint
Executive Committee of trank lines
made some changes to-day in the cotton
rates from Western river ports, as follows:
St. Louis to New York 47 cents per one
hundred pounds; Cairo, 47 cents; Evans
ville, 45: Louisville, 43; Cincinnati, 40;
cotton received from steamer from East
St. Louis, 49 cents; from Cairo, 49; from
Evansville, 47; from Louisville and Jef
fersonville, 45; from Cincinnati, 44.
New Yobk, January 22.—Bids for 250,-
000 shares of New York Central stock, re
cently purchased from Vanderbilt, were
opened to-day by the syndicate commit
tee. Two hundred thousand shares have
been disposed of in London and New
York at prices ranging from 131 to 185.
Don’t delay, always on time, for pre
vention is, better than cure. All coughs
and colds and such affections ofthe throat
and lungs as lead to consumption, are
cured by Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
The twenty-five foot boiler of the At
lanta breweryjexploded on Monday. . No
damage was done except to the "boiler.
Loss, one thousand dollars.
THE SUPREME COURT.
Decisions Rendered January 27th,
1880-'Hon. Hiram Warner, Chief
Justice, Hon. James Jackson and
Logan E. Bleckley Associate Justi
ces.
Bleckley, Justice, having been of
counsel, Judge Hillyer, of Atlanta circuit,
was designated by the: Governor to preside
in his place. ... , ■ • , ; -
John Price vs. the Georgia National
Bank. Complaint, from City Court of
Atlanta.
1.. Where the- record contains no judg
ment on demurrer, this court will assume
that there was no such judgment.
2. The declaration in this case is not so
defective as that a verdict thereon would
be necessarily illegal. Its defects are
amendable and would be cured by ver
dict. ;1 .- •< < - • . . id
3. Where a bank held demands secured
by collaterals against its customer for
loans and advances, part of which de
mands bad been liquidated by note and
there had been a course of dealing be
tween the parties, embracing these ad
vances, and also deposits made with the
bank from time, to time by the customer,
and where there was evidence tending to
show an accounting between the parries,
and an accord and settlement in which
the collateral securities were divided be
tween them, the amount of collaterals
falling to the bank credit on the gross
sum of its demands, a new note taken for
the balance and the old notes all canceled
and surrendered and entered paid on the
discount book of the bank:
, Held : 1. That this transaction on its
face yrould operate as a payment and
cancellation of the demands held by the-
bank against the customer, except as to
said balance f or which the new note was
taken.
2. That if the bank allege the contra
ry, the burden would be on the bank to
prove it.
3. That if in such case the court so
charge the jury as in terms or by reasona
ble implication to impose the burden of
proof touching such point of the customer,
a new trial should be granted.
4. Even if the burden of proof were on
the debtor, a charge wliich submits to
the jury, whether “the circumstances as
demonstrated to them by the evidence is
of such a nature as to raise the implica
tion—that it was taken in payment,” puts
the case too strongly, and demands more
than the law -would require to overcome
such burden of proof—mere preponder
ance of evidence would he sufficient.
Judgment reversed.
Griffin vs. Cleghom, Herring &Co.
Complaint, from Fulton.
Warner, C. J.—This was an action
brought by the plaintiffs against the de
fendant upon two guano notes for $70
each, tlie notes contained the following
stipulation: “It is expressly understood
that said Cleghom, Herring & Co.,
sell said commercial manure as to its
quality and effect on crops, on the analysis
of A. Means, the iMpector wUosa brand is
on every sack, said inspector is hereby,
constituted and recognized as my agent,
and I agree to be bound by his inspection
as made and indicated by his brand on
each and eveiy sack.” The notes were
signed by the defendant. The defendant
pleaded the worthlessness of the guano,
and that the notes were fraudulently ob
tained by the false representations ofthe
plaintiff’s agent as to the stipulations con
tained therein. On the trial of the case,
the jury found a verdict in favor of the
plaintiffs for the amount ofthe notes with
interest. A motion was made for a new
trial on the grounds therein specified,
which was overruled, and the de
fendant excepted. There was no error In
admitting in evidence what Stanley said
in the presence of defendant and plaintiff’s-
agent when they were talking about the
gnano previous to the sale thereof, to-wit:
“That it was good guano, that he had
used it.” This was admissible as part ofthe
res-gestce—code 3773. By the terms and-
stipulations contained in the notes, the
defendant was bound to pay for the guano,
and the only question in the case was
whether the notes as written were fraudu
lently procured from the defendant without
his reading, or knowing what was in them.
In relation to this point in the case, the
evidence was as conflicting as it well could
be. The jury thought proper to believe
the plaintiff’s evidence. .The defendant
now seeks to obtain a new trial on the
newly discovered evidence of Smith, who,
from the statement in his affidavit, will
substantially corroborate the statement
of the defendant as to the manner in
which the notes were obtained from him.
The difficulty in the way ofthe defendant
obtaining a new trial on this ground is,
that the evidence of Smith is only addi
tional to that of the defendant liimself,
merely cumulative evidence of that which
w» offered by the defendant in relation
tothe same point on the trial of the case,
and, therefore, is not a good ground for a
new trial—code 3710.
Let the judgment of the courtlhelow be
affirmed.
Pease vs. the State. Keeping open tip
pling house on Sunday, from City Court
of Atlanta.
Wabneb, C. J.—The defendant was
indicted for the ofl'ense of misdemeanor,
and charged with “keeping open a rip
pling house on the Sabbath day.” On the
trial of the case, the jury, under the
charge of the court, found the defendant
guilty. A motion was made for a new
trial on the grounds therein stated, which
was overruled and the defendant excepted,
The court charged the jury, as follows in
relation to the defendant’s statement
made at the trial.
The defendant underourlawis allowed
to make his statement, hut the same law
that says he may make his statement says
the jury shall give that statement -only
such force as tliey think right. Hence,
you are to apply that law to that state
ment, and give it such force as you think
right. In coming to a conclusion as to
what is right in regard to the statement,
you have to look to your sworn oath in
connection with the evidence, as you have
sworn to render a verdict in accordance
w.th the evidence. It would not be right
for you to give, tbgt statement such force
as to set aside the evidence that convinces
yon beyond a reasonable doubt that tlie
defendant guilty, but if the evidence is of
such a nature as that you are not so con
vinced,and you find it proper to give force
to the . statement in connection with
the evidence, you can resort to it
for light. If -the evidence, how
ever, convinces you that he is guilty, you
should not give such weight to the"state
ment as would upset that conviction in
your minds. If the evidence, therefore,
satisfies your mind. without a reasonable
donbt, and the statement is in conflict with
that evidence, you are to give preference to
the evidence; if it does not satisfy your
mind, you are to consider the statement
and. give it force in the light in: which I
have charged you. Y*u may, if tlie evi
dence is of such a nature to allow yoti to
give the statement force and effect/resort
to it, for the purpose of seeing whether it
would, in connection with the evidence,
raise upon your mind a reasonable doubt,
and if it is of such nature that you can
consider the statement, and if it raises such
doubt it would be your duty to acquit him.”
This charge ofthe court was an error, inas
much as it limited and restricted the iury
in their consideration of the defendant’s
Statement, whereas .the statute declares,
that the statement shall have such force
only as the jury may think right to give it,
and that is a question for them in view of
the evidence.
Let the judgment of the court below be
reversed.
Dodd & Co. vs. Thompson. Rule against
constable, from Fulton.
Wabneb, C. J.—This was anile against
a constable for failing to . levy on certain
described property of the defendant, on
the following agreed statement of facts:
“It is admitted that Accorsini, the defend
ant, has an exemption under the laws of
personalty; that the candy, nuts and fruits
that Thompson was ordered to levy on are
not the identical candy, nuts and fruits
that the homestead of Accorsini embraces.
They are the proceeds of the sale of candy,
nuts and fruits exempt under, the home
stead law. The candy, nuts and fruits ex
empted by the ordinary, were sold by Ac
corsini as a merchant n'itliout any order
uticura
From the Hon. Wm. Taylor, State
Senator of Masiachusetts.
Msssas. Waixs tt PoTTSa; Gentlemcn—To
ray tbat Iarajn-atrful.isonly a poor expreition
o! my faerinrr, but it ir tte * cat word I can use
for I can feel it. >n every sense of the word. I have
beenasreat sufferer with sJtin diaeises lor the
la,tt« else tears. My head, end fare bem* cor-
crei with sores. I could not rest with the burn-
in* hist and itchicx of the parts affected, and
was ccnflned to ray house (or weeks at a time.
M y d isea&e haa been called S zero a, o! a mc.it a*,
(unrated type, by many phi 8ic:ans, bnt I conbt
if ever lully underst oa by an, of them. It was
mo-elikea combination of -everal skinhnmori.
I base spent much money reekm* a cure, and in
18671 Wtm toEoreps.a'.dcorsulted some o! the
best phtstcians m London. I-received tempora
ry i el ef only, lor in the spring it uonld break
oat agvinae bod a*, ever. When 1 ramo back to
Boston. I wm t. li by many trends that Dr. —
(whose reputation lor tbo cure of these disease!
w as of th highest order) cou d cure me. i wait
ed on toe doctor; bo pn scribed for mo. I follow
ed his ad-ice for slxmoi.tbs, and 1 cansafe'y
s-y, without any impr. vnnert. 1 tr.ed other
physicians, and among them Dr. —, o' Bast
Boston, and Dr- —» of city proptr, but all
to no purposo. They did me no good; their rem
edies wcieso ineffectual that ai no time did I
feel that a cure would result irom them.
I lave swallow, d five huncr d arsen'o pills,
8 2> grain, snd taken bottle -fter bottle of inter
nal remedie. besides al the external applica
tions I have used, bnt the effect was the ssmo. I
beosme satisfied that I coukmct bo cured, but
raigi t be kept from setting vror-e.
Now, about three months ago, Ur. Meehan, a
gentleman well mown to Bo-ton people, called
my attention to your Cuticura, and prom-.sed
wonde-fui ro>ulu i> I would only m ke a trial.
Htatoldmeoibisownrxperiin o with is. and so
persevered on me that I went with him toa drug
store and height two large boxes cf Cuticura,
and tomeCuticura Soap, and comtreaced to use
it accord in* to directions. There was so much
buiuor lodged wittuctho skin, that as soon as I
commenced the use of Cuticura it came to the
■urfaee and festered,. until vast QU-ntitlff* had
como out »ud greatly inb-n ified my sufferings
for about two weeks. But I dn not mind this,
as 11 ell tb»* l W*. woiug to a t rid of the humor
when I saw it comit g to the surface in such largo
quank'Us. After the first two or tiireewteks*
use of thi remedy, I was grea ly encaoraged by
a gradual les-enirg of the inflammation of a num
ber of painful sores. I carefully, faithfully and
cheerfully followed the .directions to the litter,
feeling each week nearer a cure, until at the pre
sent moment, after three months use cf Cuncura
and twelve years of at constant suffering as was
ever endured. 1 can say that I am ou-ed, and
pronounce my case the most r m&rkab o on rec
ord . 1 have been ao elated with my succor* that
1 havo stopped men on the street who were »f-
ffl cted, and told them to set the Cut'cura ord it
would cure them. This ia why I am so grateful
to you, for I believe it to be the best an f greatest
discovery of the age. and that it will care ail who
are suffering with these diseases. 1 may add
that ltock to intern si medic ne but the Cuticu
ra B« solvent.
WILLIAM TAYLOR.
Boston, August 22,187S
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Cuticura Besolvent ia tho most powerful Blood
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Cuticura ia the great external remidr for ail
Humora of the Scalp and 8»in. XJlceri. and Old
Borov. .
Cuticura Soap is an elegant toilet end medici
nal assistant to Cuticura for nUexte.ual affec
tions.
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Druggists. S«o Washington street. Ho.ion. Mass,
and lor sale by all Druggbts and Dealers. Price
of Cuti'-usa, sm«U bores. CO routs: large boxer,
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rsftLLiiV o, Hundreds ot little nerves
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can be hod at BLL1S* DRUG 8TO RE, Triangu
lar block. nov22
—Rev. Mr. Hayden, on trial »t New
Haven, Connecticul, for the murder of It
•errant ciri, has been admitted to bail to
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of tlie judge, to the course of trade, and * th Burn of $5,000 and released.
the proceeds invested in other candy, nuts
and fruits. This change has been
wade two or three times since the
property above named was exempted, and
before the constable was ordered to levy
on the property named. It is further ad
mitted that the constable was ordered to
Wake the levy as set out in the traverse.”
The court rendered the following judg
ment: After argument in the within case,
it is ordered by the court that the rule be
discharged, on the ground that under the
agreed statement of facts the property is
not subject to levy and sale, even though
not identical with that originally con
tained . in the schedule, but proceeds of
the same and substituted for it. If irreg
ularly substituted the beneficiaries of tha
homestead estate may complain, but the
creditors are not injured. Let the rule be
discharged. Whereupon Ore plaintiff ex
cepted.
This case comes within the ruling of
this court in Johnson vs. Frank Whitney
decided during the present term (not yet
reported) and is controlled by it, there be
ing no evidence that the present stock of
candy, nuts and fruits levied on exceeds
in value that of the original stock exempt
ed. This case differs from that of Smith
vs. Turnly, in 44th Ga. rep. 243. “In that
case, the defendant, Smith, had “a large
lot of other drugs and medicines” added
to his stock winch did not affirmatively
appear to have been purchased with the
proceeds of the exempted property.
Let the judgment of the coutt below be
affirmed.
Terrible Suffering in Ireland—More
Relief Needed.
A cable dispatch from Dublin announ
ces on authority of the Lord Mayor of
that city, that there is sc&roely a county in
Ireland where terrible privation -does not
exist, and that unless prompt assistance
be given, tens of thousands of people must
die of starvation. ff
Can the the inhabitants of this favored
land where food is so cheap and plentiful,
realize fully the meaning of this sad intel
ligence? Think of tlie harrowiqg scenes
of want and wretchedness which a whole
nation is undergoing in this : enlightened
age and in the very heart of Christendom!
ShouliLtlie spectacle not arouse to action
all the philanthropists of botii hemis
pheres? In this country as yet, hut little,
comparatively, has been contributed to
the sufferers. Macon has given more
probably in proportion to her population
than any other city in the Union. But
still there is room lor additional effort on
her part, and she .can spare a few hundred
dollars more and never • ho ^the worse for
It- ;i.m ■>..
A movement is on foot in Philadelphia
to raise contributions in provisions, which
may; be transported across the ocean at
merely nominal charges by the .American
Steamship Company. Such men as the
great merchant. John Wanamaker, cx-
Minister John Welsh, George W. Childs
and A- J- Drexel have the matter in
charge. The firm of wliich the latter is a
member gave $1,009 towards the object ia
cash., »■ >.
> All the principal grocers havo agreed to
give and receive contributions hi provis
ions in aid of the famine relief fund. We
doubt not that, with proper effort, large
amounts of corn, flour and other edibles
couldjbejcollectcd in various parts of the
Union,-and sent to appease the hunger of
the poor Irish. No time, however, should
he lost in the premises.
Tilden’s Taxes—Some months ag<>
the government filed in New 3 " or ™.* 1
of discovery against Hon. S. J-Tilden,
propounding several hundred q®**“®*®*i
to his income. Mr. Tilden demune j
Judge Blatchford decided agaiMt hmi,
and Mr. Tilden appealed to toe Supreme
Court. Sixty days have now eiapsed,
and Mr. Tilden, holding toat it is not nec
essary for him to answer until the a; pe
is decided, District Attorney Wofford
on Monday moved before Ju^Se
ford for ftwther order compelling Mr-TU
den to answer the inteirogatones at once.
The case will be argued next week.