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MACON, FEBUARY 3, 1660.
—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 hare spent more money
On floral decorations at social entertain
ment this season than ever before, and the
florists all expect to he 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 500 men.
—Frederick Hassaurek, the leading
German editor of Ohio, says of Grant’s
nomination: “The Germau Republicans
will vote solidly agaiilst him. That vote
would lose him Ohio and defeat him.”
—John Tompkins, reduced from wealth
to poverty, at Newport, 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 Timet of Wednes
day says the attempts to inaugurate the
future business at the Cotton Exchange
was yesterday a more decided failure than
on the previous day. The simple truth is
that people ore afraid to operate, because
it would be 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 Waslibume would be
the dark horse. .Watch him. Nobody
talks Washburne. He ' neither pushes
himself nor is pushed; but 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 coming 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 tho rag off the bush.
—A Lancaster, Pennsylvania, paper has
the fortune to be edited by two lawyers.
Recently the paper commentad 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 their editorial utterances, and are
making a warm figltf, 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,-400.56. 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 oommission 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 has been allowing claims there is
certainly 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 Hfgginson says;
“I am so 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—
Seelyc, of Amherst; Capen, of Tufts, and
Chadboume 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 bo nominated; I be
lieve in that case there are hundreds of
thousands of Republicans who, like my
self,tvould 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 Stort.—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
Jfldoline and Lockrane;” or the “Masks of
Cardlea Mansion.” The story is a
romance of the siege of Worcester by
Oliver CromwelL It is founded upon the
historical doubt as to who the assistant
executioner of King Charles the First of
England wtt—as many at the time sup
posed that person to be Olfver Cromwell:
The story abounds la surprises for the
reader, fin sub-plots, mysteries, and ex
traordinary-situations of the various char-
arters, and will be found quite historical
as well as sensational. Professor Peck
has great repntation as a novelist, and is
the chief attraction to the thousands of
readers of the 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
cempetent critic to be one of the very
best that he has ever written.
—General .Grant and party passed a
comfortable night in Havana, notwith
standing the shaking up by the earth-
v.. Loln/v tliA TTirirr’a ooini
quake. Thursday, being the King’s saint
day, there w'as a grand official reception
at the palace, Vice-Governor-Genera l
Callejas receiving the distinguished visi
tors In the throne room. The ladies of the
visiting party witnessed the reception
from an adjoining saloon, no ladies being
admitted to such official performances.
T »«t night there was a grand banquet to
the wliole party.
The Maine Quasi War.
Nothing additional up 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 barricaded themselves in
the State House, under the protection of
several companies of the “melish” and a
Gatlin gun. The Governor himself con
tinued to brag and say what he will 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
rendered their decision in the case.
The whole affair is a ridiculous farce
about on a par with the Dorr rebellion
in Rhode Island. We have no idea that
any blood will be shed 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 right; 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
be produced, showing the vast frauds per
petrated by the Republicans at many of
the election places, but 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. ; Supreme Court;
was jio\ appeal' at all, because not
made under the requirements of the Isl
and constitution. The wliole" affair Is
badly mixed and the end does not as yet
appear. Perhaps there will he 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 tlie United States, and
the Radical villainies which were perpe
trated in Florida, Louisiana and Sonth
Carolina to compass the defeat of Mr-
Tilden. This will place the country on
guard hereafter.
The Guano Trade Broken np at
Lobos 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. . J • ...
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 phos-
phat s, we have an unfailing suppty of
fertilizing matter, wliiqh, 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 ury or the
magistrate, arid 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 lor 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 few
days a body called tlie “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
Scratqhers’ ” movement that opposed Cor-
n 11 in tlie fall campaign. They will work
against Grant's nomination anil against
bun 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.
Moijey in considerable sums has been con
tributed since, and documents have been
printed to he scattered all over the East.
It is to be an open- figbt and in a head
quarters to which any one may run. 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 theman who would ;pefk|
even to eclipse Washington and Jackson,
by perpetuating his power as the Chief
Magistrate, arid 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
Hou^d. ’ ' i -
It will be a desperate struggle, and all
the elements, black, yellow and white,
will be invoked to his support. But 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
rule, and mayhap a kingly title. But
will the people assent to this? We trow
not.
Already themutterings 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.
Washington, Jammy 22—It lias
been decided to appoint ex-Govemor
Finchback, of Louisiana, as naval officer
at Nqw 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 Wheat Corner.
The Northern papers are quite confi
dent that the~Chicago wheat and flour
comer is destined to break in the course of
a few days, and mash the fingers of the en
tire brotherhood who contrived it, and have
been able for tlie past two or three months
to make every family in the country pay
a few dollars more for their flour and
bread. Keene’s scheme was very plausi
ble, but 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 tlie 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.
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 compelling mankind at
large to pass over your toll bridge and
drpp a dollar apiece in the box. As
there are many millions of them, the re
ceipts soon begin to count up. But when
ih the words of Mrs. Gammidge things go
“contraiiy” and the same people take
dollar apiece out of your box, it becomes,
damaging and 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, that prices will come down
“with a run,” as tbe sailors say, and the
decline wiil be much more rapid and
sweeping than the advance was.
There will be, in other words, an artifi
cTal plethora following an artificial scarci
ty— a manufactured glut following
manufactured famiue, which will work a
heavy, sudden and bold decline, and Mr.
Keene’s wings will be server;ly clipped,
That will not be deplored by maukind at
large, 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 fu
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.
Remarks by the Court.
Tlie point on which tlie court desired
the opinions of tlie bar was briefly this:
If a young lady marries on the 29th day
of February next, when will she be enti
tled to a silver wedding?
Also, whether to prevent a dog from
biting you is it best to “sit dowu on
him?”
Also, whether the auguries of the goose
bone which warn ; us to “look out for se
vere' weather about tlie middle of Febru
ary,” are to be relied on?
Tlie court also remarked incidentally
that when gentleihen of tlie bar laid “their
heads together” a purpose of concord and
agreement might naturally be inferred,
but, said the court emphatically, it is not
so with billy-goats. . ;
The court took occasion to lament
over the confusion of parliamentary law
incidental to the discords in the Fine Tree
State, and said that without a single call
for the previous question the Maine ques
tion was now being put every day and all
tlie 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 he willing to grant, and
mnch 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 tlie Chemi
cal Bank of New York had never sus
pended, but it might have been drugged.
He considered United States Treasury
notes or greenbacks, in ordinary, “honest
money,” but, after all, it depended -a good
deal on who got hold of them? In 187-3
the banks got hold of a good many be 1
longing to depositors and solemnly re
solved that they would riot .deliver them
up on call of the owners 1 What is stranger
still, said the court, the press pronounced
that action the “salvation of the country!”
while, if any private salvator had pre
sumed to act in the, same way he would
have been sent to jail for a swindler.
Zinc in East Tennessee.—The Knox
ville (East lennessee) Tribune, of the
23d instant, devotes a long editorial to a
description of the lately Opened zinc mine
at New Prospect, on Powell’s river, in
Union county. These deposits were dis
covered in 187^ by Prof. Henry E. Colton,
who was sent out from New York, as a
mineralogist and chemist 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 tlie spot, in June, 1877, and since
that time 5,972,984 pounds of roasted and
crushed ore have been shipped to New
York to be reduced—there being no mill
for reducing the ore as yet in operation in
East Tennessee, although one is being
erected at’Maftin’s Station in Virginia, by
a Boston company. In opening the New
Prospect mine the remains of very ancient
shafts were discovered. The yield of the
ore is found to be 67 per cent. . The mine
was bought by the Passaic Zinc Company,
of New Jersey, for $12,000. *., •
l Threatened Ice Famine;—The
New York ice companies are on the anx
ious bench In respect to A silpply (£■ ice
for next summer. Little has - been done
so far, but hope clings to a chance in
Februaty. The Knickerbocker boasts of
being able to store mere than forty; thou
sand tons a day, if the weather will only
give them a chance; but in tlie doubt
hanging around the case has advanced
wholesale rates from $1.50 to $3.00 per
ton. Tlie 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 Grain Blockade.
In the port of New York, it is-estimated
that there are 250 ocean sailing crafts of
COO tons burden and over, awaiting car
goes of grain. The Times says:
In the Produce Exchange there is,' a
strong feeling of indignation at the move
ment of certain Wall street men who are
controlling the wheat market and causing
the blockade in grain. Some of the mem
bers have suggested that an indignation
meeting he held in hope that some remedy
may be suggested
Wall street seems to control all the out
goings of trade and commerce in tbis coun
try. Even within the narrow confines of
a ten by six bank office, gigantic opera
tions and plans are matured, which in
volve the expenditure of millions of
money, and affect whole States and terri
tories.
This grain blockade is nothing more
nor less than a “comer,” which several
noted capitalists have created in tlie sale
and delivery of this important cereal, and
we sincerely trust that they will all come
to grief.
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 of 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, a large margin
will 'still remain on 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 tlie 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 the poor of the land.
Petroleum Tests.
There is a law of the general govern
ment which prohibits “tlie 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 lawfrohibits all oils for illumina
ting or hedting purposes “whiclvsliall emit
uninflammable yapor at a.tiemperature.he-
low 100 degrees Fahrenheit.”
The fire test is made by placing a bottle
of the dltiq' a smart 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
sncli 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 hut seldom.
Judge Bleckley Resigned.
Late advices from Atlauta announce
that Justice Bleckley, of the Supreme
Court, has resigned, and his resignation
has been reluctantly accepted. Governor
Colquitt has appointed in his 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.
Tills the Governor anticipated, by nam
ing Mr. Butt, of Marion county, as the
successor of Judge Crawford. Both ap
pointments arc 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 Ills profession, and a gentle
man, patriot, and learned scholar.
The New Senator-elect from Missis*
. sippi.
The Nashville American says:
Hon. James Z. George, the Senator-
elect from Mississippi, was born in Carroll
county, jn that State, and is about fifty-
two years of age. He is, at present,
Chief Justice of tlie State, having 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
remora a dangerous rival. He accepted
the situation with philosophic complaceu-
Some H6pe for the Confirmation of. Colonel Felton to the Front
the Contract of the Central with 1 T -** *>**?“*»‘ from
_ , , . _ _ , Seventh District has addressed a caustic
the Weatern and Atlantic Railroad, , etter tohig constituents, explanatory of
and the St Ionia, Nashville and his recommendation of Simmons to Presi-
Chattanooea Road—Georgia Rail- ; dent Hayes for a census appointment, in
roads Able in Any Event to Sns- which ^ auimadverts very sharply upon
♦otv. ' Senator Gordon. We print as follows, the
tern Themselves. 'most salient portion of the “address:”
The enterprising correspondent of the The ] c tt er of Mr. Simmons I never saw
Constitution,; “H. W. G.,” after repeat- before in my life, knew not a word of its
edly Stating in his communications thatj contents; it was written in Georgia while
the Cole-Brown-Wadley agreement was
certainly defeated, seems to have changed
his base on this question very materially,
as his last dispatch from Nashville will
show. It is as follows:
There are no developments yet as to
the meeting which takes place here to
morrow. The truth is, neither side
knows as yet what the other will give,or
demand. From Investigations all around,
£ can give you this as the ultimatum:
Colonel Cole will press the confirmation
of the contract with the Central. He will
go before the Louisville and Nashville
people and insist on tbis. If this lease is
confirmed, and satisfactoiy evidence given
that the grand scheme of the St. Louis,
Atlanta and Savannah line will he carried
out as he designed it, ..it is believed that
he will riiake no point on the On ensboro
and Evansville extension, and will make
no opposition to the Louisville and Nash
ville road. . He will, of course, in
sist that the cities along his line
will be properly guaranteed against
discrimination. These points settled,
his trustees will be satisfied, aiid be will
be willing to retire, having seen bis
grand scheme of development carried
out. It is said that the Western and At
lantic railroad will rest on this 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
Cole-Brown project of a line from St.
Louis to the sea will be completely carried
out. It need not be said that this sort of
agreement would virtually kill the Geor
gia Western. It would, at least, remove
all necessity for building it, and leave its
only chance thexunning of a branr
tllQ AaT Jo . Ami m
cy, without being blind to tlie scarcely
concealed purpose of liis rivals.
General George was a private in the
First Mississippi Kifie Regiment in Mex
ico, commanded by Jefferson Davis, and
a lieutenant colonel of cavalry in tlie Con
federate service, ne was taken prisoner
at Colliersrille, Tennessee, while charg
ing on the entrenchment of the Federate.
As a lawyer General George ranks at
the head ’ of the 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
enljjre satisfaction to the bar and tlie coun
try. The' Senator elect was chairman
of the State Democratic Committee
during the memorable year when
Mississippi was' redeemed from Radical
rule, 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
tlie masses, by sterling integrity of charac
ter^ and by firm adherence to principle.
Delia's never wavered in his strict and
stern devotion to tlie doctrines of his party.
He was born for a leader, and the party
has acted with sound judgment in select
ing R man to tlie high otlice of Senator of
so much'dlsOTminatioiij firmness*, honesty,
and of such resources to plan and so great
courage to execute.
Henry Irving, the English tragedian,
lost half hisfalsc moustache while playing
Digby Grant (“Two Roses”) at the Bed
ford benefit in the London Lyceum, and
discovering tlie 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 marri’ge in Jack-
son, Mich., on Thursday week. Charles
Pratt, of.the Emma Abbott Company, and
Henry ,'G. Berger, of the family of that
name* were, married to Ella and Carrie
Wood, twin Sisters. - Tlie Berger family-
attended tlie ceremony en masse. Jack-
son is their, place of residence.
A man in a Chicago theatre cried
“Brava” at the. leading actress, and she
liked it, but when another and intoxicated
admirer shouted ‘Bully for you, old gal,**
and “You’re a daisy,” slie stopped acting
and demanded his expulsion. Four
ushers undertook tlie task, but he laid
himself on tlie. floor, put liis arms and
legs around the seats, and was immovable
until they pried him loose with a broom
handle.. . •
Georgia (State Grange.
Editors■ Telegraph and Messenger:
Please ai|nounce that tlie Georgia State
Grange will hold its ninth session in Ma
con February 9th. The meeting will be
an important one. The usual courtesy of
half rates haa been tendered delegates by
the railroads. ]We a*k space tq note an
exception. Ex-Governor J. E. Brown, of
the Western and Atlantic Road, unsolicit
ed, tenders Grange delegates equal courte
sy with those of the Stale Agricultural So
ciety. We honor tlie head and heart that
have inaugurated, in the United States,
this “new departure” in behalf of the
Grange. E. Taylor, Secretary.
—The American Union Telegraph
Company lias made a contract with the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company
by which tlie former obtain tlie right to
The best remedy for the wiplgtntgrpf i„ , . ... .. .
. _ ...... early childhood, is Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. 1 »»• P° !es of t,ie railro »d company be-
tlie Senate on Pincliback’s confirmation. | Price 25 cents. - tween Cincinnati and .Chattanooga.
the coal fields, arid this dependent 6n the
mercy of the Louisville and ''Nashville
road.
Will the lease of tlie Central be rati
fied ? This depends. It is certain that
tlie 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 entangle- themselves with it. It is
claimed, though, of late, that their views
have some what changed, and that they ap
preciate tlie importance of putting down ’
opposition, and gaining Cole • as' an ally
and Brown as a iriend. If this is true,
they may confirm the Central lease, es
pecially as it can be shown that the fixed
liability assumed under that lease is
$1,300,tXK) per annum, while the net earn
ings of the Central for t he 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 the Louisville
and Nashville may find itself in as big a
hurry to build the Georgia Western as it
was when it first bought tlie road bed.
The above is mere supposition, and tlie
whole matter remains in abeyance just
as vyq have reported it to be from day to
day for the last two weeks. It lias been
known all tlie 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 are disposed to regard tlie
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 prem’ses. Hence it is proper to
warn our fellow citizens and the public
generally, not to have tlieir expectations
too highly raised in advance. “Put not
your faith in Princes,” is tlie injunction of
holy writ, and this is equally applicable to
railroad princes, as has been time and
again demonstrated. Much then, as tills
railroad combination is to be desired, for
the benefit of our city and State, we must
be prepared if need be to get along with
out it.
With the railroad system now in opera
tion in Geoigia, 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 tlie 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 tlie great cen
tral distributing point for all Middle,
Southern and Southwest Georgia. Wliat
an impetus would tiius 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 tlie
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 dilatoiy ac
tion of the commissioners. But these
gentlemen have no possible concep
tion of tlie immense labor which has been
imposed upon Messrs. Smith, Waliaco and
Barnett, or the exceedingly delicate na
ture of the mission they have consented
to undertake. -The very formation of an
equitable schedule of freight and passen
ger fares for every railroad in Geoigia, is
a Herculean task* and involves the most
patient research and careful investigation.
To do the work badly or hastily, might re
sult in infinitely more harm, than good to
all the interests at stiAe. When once,
however, the machinery! is successfully
pat' in motion, then thereafter it will be
comparatively easy to adjust differences,
remedy errors, and establish uniformity
as nearly as it can be done—throughout
tlie railroad system of the commonwealth.
These, schedules, of course, will vaty ac
cording to the length of any given road,
its amount of business, etc., and will be
very difficult to arrange. Hence, the ne
cessity for both time, 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
tlie interests, not only of the people, but
of the roads themselves.
Sad Cane of Suicide in Talboilon— No
Cause Assigned. ■'
Tat.rotton, Ga., January 25, I860.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Our
little town was thrown into a state of ex
citement last night about nine o’clock by
the announcement that Mr. Owen Mc-
Garrigal,-a highly esteemed citizen of this
town,;had 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 take the weapon from him, he refusing
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 tlie last of
itb kind to happen in our midst. A.
I I was in this city last spring, and I had
' no knowledge that Mr. Simmons had
ever written to the President until he ap
plied to me for a letter of recommenda
tion : in September last, which I wrote in
his 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
him 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 the Interior Department on
yesterday, and when I called attention to
the letter by Mr. Simmons’ request, 1 be
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 in my politi
cal record and my course during the late
civil war, is not a sufficient guarantee for
my fidelity to their interests, 1 cannot sup
pose that a letter written in Geoigia,
while I was in Washington, and which I
never saw until yesterday, can in any way
connect me witli 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 of the 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
the Assistant Secretary’s room, which he
did. He was alone until lie 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. Lawslie, of
Gainesville, but was greatly surprised to
l.earn 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 of the
State of Geoigia. The General will, no
doubt, oppose tlie confirmation of any man,
Democrat or Republican, who will not
submit to lus peculiar dictation. For
such method as he uses in liis 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 he will
fight Mr. Sitnmons because of his Repub
lican partisanship. While tbis 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 wlio
live in tlie Seventh District, that are
friendly to me, are to be defeated in the
Senate, because of their partisanship,
wliilc others outside that District can re
ceive tlie 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.
Social Circle the Proper Point on the
Georgia Railroad for the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad Exten
sion.
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 tlie extension to any other place. From
tlie Macon and Augusta railroad bridge
across the Ocmulgee at Macon to this
place via Monticello there is not a stream
that will require a bridge, and the deep
est cut and tlie highest embankment will
not exceed twelve feet.
Secondly. The line will have a scope
of country ten miles wider to feed from,
and that too through a section of country
as good as exists in Geoigia.
Thirdly. This is tlie favorite route of
all men who are familiar with the topog
raphy if the country through which the
line will run.
Fourthly. If tlie 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 tlian $5,000 per mile ’ more to grade
tliatv if it were brought to Social Circle—
making a cost of $180,006 in our favor.
Fifthly. If the lessees or purchasers of
the roiul should ever want connection with
the West by another line, it could be easi
ly accomplished via Athens, thi? North
eastern and Rabun Gap and Knoxville in
Tennessee. Ten miles of. tlier thirty-five
between tbis place and Athens will be
ready for the' care before the Macon and
Brunswick reaches Atlanta, and then a
small link 6f twenty-five miles to Athens
will connect Lula aud Brunswick. Thirty-
eight miles extension of the Northeastern
then will reach Rabun Gap,whidi extension
is liberally backed’ up by State aid and
which can easily be effected. These ex
tensions in the directions Indicated will
develop the best parts of the State yet
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 Geoigia 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 ijacon and Brunswick.
If the extension is carried to Covington
besides the $180,000 mentioned above, the
road will have a scope of country to feed
from ten miles less, with no possibility of
connection with tlie 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—Tlie Joint
Executive Committee of trunk 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, 45 ; 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 YoUk, January 22.—Bidsfor 250,-
000 sliates 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 135.
Don’t delay, always on time, for pre
vention is better than cure. All coughs
and colds and such affections of the 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.
BlecklKV, Justice, having been of
counsel, Judge Hillyer, of Atlanta circuit,
was designated by tlie Governor to preside
in his place.
John Price vs. the Georgia National
Bank. Complaint, from City Court of
Atlanta.
1. Where tlie 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.
3. Where a bank held demands secured
by collaterals against its customer for
loans and advances, part of which de
mands had 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 acccunting between the parties,
and an accord and settlement in which
the collateral securities were divided be
tween them, tlie 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 hook of the bank:
Held : 1. That this transaction on its
face would operate as a payment and
cancellation of the demands held by the
bank against the customer, except as to
said balance for which the new note Was
taken. j
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 tlie burden of proof were on
the debtor, a charge which submits to
the jury, whether “the circumstauces 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 be sufficient.
Judgment reversed. -iV r-» j
(uticura
From the Hon. Wm, Taylor, State
Senator of Massachusetts.
Ifisass. Vaasa k Porraa: Gentian** t
raj that lam 0atefcU.ta«ty a Poore,^r?.7, To
ot toy but it i, t v e *fat word Trfn l,10n
for 1 can feel it >n ertry »eme ot iho » ord i fiSt
been a arrat tuil.-rer » di BB 0
last twelve te«r». My head wiSS?.**
►red with wee, I could not res*, with thn s25*
in* h.«t end itch,c* of the carte “ickd ,’^
wticonfined tomj home for weeii
My disease h«» been celled E zras, o*» «?*"
rratated type, by many plus-cars, tnt i
if ever iully underst on oy »n of them n —
more hVea combination of -evtral skinhif-,™
I have spent much mouey /eekmc a ivn
1887 I w<nr to Europe, a-d cor sul-A so ®'
best ph» tician* m London. I received irS,^~
rrielefonly,form the tentglt
out win as bed a. ever. When I££££?*
Boston. I was t-11 by many fr ends,, v to
(whose reputation lor the euro ot those dii»TT'
was of th highest order) cou d cute mo S
el on toe doctor; he prescribed for me I taiiM."
ed his sd ice fur tix ao-.ths, and i'csni»f.*«
*;y. without any lmpr v-me t. I tr.edothe’
e’Ba*
Griffin vs. Cleghom, Herring & Co.,
Complaint, from Fulton.
Warner, G. J.—This was an action
brought by the plaintifis against the de
fendant upon two guano notes for $70
cacli, the notes contained tho 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 inspector whose brand is
on every sack, said inspector is hereby
constituted and recognized as my agent,
and I agree to be bound by bis inspection
as made and indicated by his brand on
each and every sack.” The notes were
signed by tlie defendant. The defendant
pleaded the worthlessness of the guano,
and that the notes were fraudulently ob
tained by the false representations of the
plaintiffs 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 of the notes with
interest. A motion was made for a new-
trial on the grounds therein specified,
which was overruled, and tile de
fendant exoepted. There was no error in
admitting in evidence what Stanley said |
in tlie presence of defendant and plaintiffs
agent when tliey were talking about the
gnano previous to the sale thereof, to-wi£ :
“That it wa^> good guano, that he had
used it.” This was admissible as part of the
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* tlie
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 tho statement in his affidavit, will
substantially corroborate the statement
of tlie defendant as to the manner in
which the notes were obtained from him,
The difficulty in the way of the defendant
obtaining a new trial on this ground is,
that the evidence of Smith is only addi
tional to that of the defendant himself,
merely cumulative evidence of that which
was offered by the defendant in relation
to the same point on the trial of the case,
and, therefore, is not a good ground for a
new trial—code 3716.
Let the judgment of the court below -be
affirmed. <
S hy«iclni:s, aid noor* them Dr.
!o*ton, and Dr. — . of city prontr bm.n
to no purpose. They did me no *ocd-iheir rrm L
ediea -ere to inrffei-tual that at to time dint
feel that a cure would result from thsm 1
11 are iwallow. d fire hunt r d arseirc nil!.
S 2) (train, and taken bottle >-f'er bo.tlj of i tLil
nal remedie , besidM a 1 the external iddI^L
tioLS I have used, but the effect was ib.. same I
beoame satisfied ih*t I cou u net bu curi*f w
ml*bt be kept from cettine worie. ’
New, abiut three months t*o, Mr. Meehsn a.
gentleman writ known to Ro tzn pe-pM called
my aitentio. to your Cuticurii, and prom srd.
woede ful re-ultsi' I would only m koatiUi
He told me of bisownrxperi n «*-;;■ and so
par levered on me that I weut »iih him to a drur
itore and boight two large b-ixe* tf "ufeurt
and some Cuticura Soap, and comnenced to use
it aceorcin*. to directions. Them wa, so much
humor lodged within the skip, thr* - soon u t
eommeueea the use of Ovttcurn n came to the.
surface aud festered, until *ast qumtitie- had
coma out and greatly int-n lfled .offerUr*
for about two weeks. But 1 di' not mind this
at 1 felt that I was going to g t rid of the humor
when 1 saw it ootuir g to tbo suriseo in such larre.
quanti'its. after tho first two or three wreltr
nae ot thi remedy, I was gre* ly ccc~-*aged by
a gradual les enirg of the lnfi-mms 1 ‘ ■ _ of a cum.
ber of pamful so-es. I careful-y. rahhfulij and.
cheeriully followed tho dir-ct uuto:bel tter
feeling eachw-ek nearer a cure, u th* pre
sent moment, after throe months use of Cuticura
and twelve ) ears if as comthM uT.: w is
ever endund. I can say that i am rn-ed, and
pronounce my case the most r murk-" eon rec
ord. 1 have beenso elat-d with u.y ruccets that
1 have stopped men or. the >t<-eet who were sf.
tfl cted, sou told them to wot tn,- Outrun aid it
would curetbem. This is why J am to srateful
to you. for I believe it to be th-tbs . ‘greatest
discovery of the age, and Xbsi. >t wm cure all who
are suSrring with these direarei. I may add
that 1 took no internet medic ns „ut tho Cuticu
re Resolvent.
WILL: * '■ .uilOE.
Boston, August S3,1878
Cuticura
’ Cuticura Resolvent is the most rc—r-fpl Blood
Purifier and L'ver Stimulant ever compounded-
Cuticura ia. the great external .'medy total!
Humors cl the Scalp and 8. in. uicerr. aud Old
Sore-. .
Ci.iicura Soap is an elegant toiler rand medics,
nal assistant to Cuticura for cxieiual iffee-
tions. ’ i J.
Prepared by Wee's A Po.ter. Chemists and
DrugKxis. J6J Washington »tr .o uo-ton, Uu>,
and ipr sale by all'Drugifts am*. Dealers. Price
o(Cuti'U»a.Mn»ll buies. to icnta; large botes,
containing two acd one hall time* themantty
of small, $1. Resolvent, SI p-r bottle. Cuticu
ra Soar. 25 ant* per cake, y mail. SO cents;
three cake*. 75 cents. ' -* -
ddfTll C IRfdta Hundreds of little nerves
ppuJiiy and muscles retpond to
TOT*cOe«»"S?„ , 'tt3i„*ii£S4'
A* iorCdS the moment t*-ey are ap-
•nSlt™ pil 'd. They instantly an
nihilate Pain. Strentthen Weak and Painful
Parts, Draw Poisons from the blood, Prevent Fe-
ypr and dgue, Liver and Ki 'ney Complaints.
..sfapfi •
CUTICURA REMEDIES
can be had at ELLIS’DRUG STORE, Triangu
lar block. - nov23
Pease vs. the State. Keeping open tip
pling house on Sunday, from City Court
ofAtlftnts.
Warner, O. J.—Tlie defendant was
indicted for the offense of misdem'eanor,
and charged with “keeping open a tip
pling house on the Sabbath day.” On the
trial of tlie 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 under our law is allowed
to make his statement, but the samo 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.tli the evidence. Tt would not he : right
for you to give that statement such force
as to set aside the evidence that convinces
you beyond a reasonable doubt .that the
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 guilt)-, you
should not give such h eight to tlie state
ment as would upset that conviction in
your minds. If the ovidence, therefore,
satisfies your mind without a reasonable
doubt, 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. Yau may, if- the evi
dence is of such a nature to allow you to
give tlie statement force and effect, resort
to it-for the purpose of seeingwhether .it
would, in connection with the evidence,
raise upon your mind a reasonable doubt,
and if it is of such nature that y6u can
consider the statement, aud if it raises such
doubt it would be your duty to acquit him.”
This charge of the court was an error, inas
much as it limited and restricted the jury
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 &Uo. vs. Thompson. Rule against
. constable, from Fulton.
Warner, C. J.—This was a rule 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 uuder the home
stead law. Tlie candy, nuts and fruits ex
empted by tlie ordinar)-, were sold by'Ad
en rsinl as a merchant without anv order
tlie proceeds invested in other candy, nuts:
and fruits. This change lias been,
made two or three times since the
property above named was exempted, and
before the constable was ordered to levy
on tlie property named. It is further ad
mitted that the constable was ordered to-
make 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 bo
discharged, on the ground that under tlie
agreed statement of facts tlie property is t
not subject to lev)- qnd sale, oven 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 the
homestead estate may complain, but the
creditors are not injured. Let the rule be
discharged. Whereupon the plaintiff ex-
aaMd!
Tbis case comes within the ruling of
this court in Johnson vs. Frank Whitney
decked 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 wmch did not affirmatively
appear to have been purchased with the
proceeds of the exempted property.
Lei the judgment of the coutt below be
affirmed.
Terrible Suffering in Ireland—More
. j Relief Needed.
A cable dispatch from Dublin announ
ces on authority of the Lord Mayor of
that city, that there is scarcely 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.
Cah the the inhabitants of this favored
land where food is so cheap and plentiful,
realize fully the meaning of this sad iutel-
ligence? Think of the harrowing scenes
of want and wretchedness which a whole
natioin is undergoing iu this enlightened
age and in the very heart of Christendom !
Should the spectacle not arouse to action
all the philanthropists of bptli hemis
pheres? In tius country as yet, butlittie,
comparatively, has been contributed to
the/sufferers. Macon has given more
probably iu proportion to her population
than Jany other city in the Union. But
still there is room tor additional effort on
her, part, and she can spare a few hundred
dollars more and never be the worse for
it, :
A movement is on foot in Philadelphia'
to raise contributions in provisions, which
may. be transported across the ocean at
pierely nominal charges by the American
Steamship Company. Such men as the
great merchant John -Wanamaker, ex-
Minister John Welsh, George W. Childs
and A. J. Drexel liavo the matter in
charge. Tlie firm of which the latter is a
member gave $1,000 towards the object in
cosh; ■ - ■: 1 : * ill M _ <
„ All the principal grocers have agreed to
give and receive contributions in provis
ions in aid of the famine relief fund. We
doubt not that, with proper effort, large
amounts of-com, flour and other edibles
could be collected iu , various parts of the
Uuion, and sent to appease the hunger of
the poor Irish. No time, however, should
be lost in the premises: 1 * ]
Tilden’s Taxes—Some -months ago
the government filed in New York a bill
of discoveiy against Hon. S. J. Tilden,
propounding several hundred questions as
to his incombbi Mr. Tilden demurred,
Jndgc Blatchford decided against him,
and Mr. Tilden appealed to the Supreme
Court. Sixty days have now elapsed,
and Mr. Tilden, holding that it is not nec
essary for him to answer until the appeal
is decided, District Attorney Woolford
on Monday moved before "Judge Blatch
ford for further order compelling Mr. Til-
den to answer the interrogatories at once.
The case will be argued next week.
•Rev. Mr. Hayden, on trial at New
Haven, Connectieul, for the murder of a.
servant girl, has been admitted to bail in
of the judge, in the course of trsdO| and * tli sum of $5,600 and released.