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att& Ssotmml & M^j&rumgsi:, <SMegrapij anil fttotngtr MACON, MARCH 23 O«0. • —Mississippi proposes to put a pre mium on matrimony by taxing batchelors three dollars a poll. Many ladies in Paris have abandoned the riding habit, and go boldly to the Bois in semi-masculine attire. The Hudson river being open to Al bany, boats began to run yesterday, which is nearly a month earlier than the first trip last year. —About 338,300,000 gallons of beer were manufactured in the Ujtfted States in 1879, and 1,245,500,000 gallons in Great Britain. —An officer of the New York Central Road has gone to England to instruct the Great Eastern lines’ employes in our system of checking luggage, —In a recent letter Mr. E. B. Wasli- buroe wrote: “I can, under no circum stances or conditions, became a candidate for President. General Grant is my first, last and only choice.” —An order has been issued in the Trea sury Department at Washington .that the game of fifteen shall not be played in the Treasury during working hours, so that the infatuated clerks can only resort to during their recess —The Beaufort News says: The phos phates business this year has been un precedented. One firm in Baltimore has applied to the Port Royal railroad for stor age next year for 80,000 tons, showing that manufacturers believe the rush will continue. —Some of the Washington correspond ents have just found out the important fact that the Treasury Department is pay ing out silver for interest on the public debt The Senate Committee on Finance seemed to be very much astonished a few days ago when it was informed about this, hut why should they is not so plain 1 the silver dollar must be started around. —It appears that Theodore Thomas, having quarrelled with the Cincinnati people, is making arrangements to go Chicago. As the two cities are very bitter in their rivalry, the acquisition of Mr. Thomas would give the Chicago papers a chance for a good long crow. —The statistics of immigration at the port of New York continue to furnish strong proof of the return of prosperty, The year ended with February, 18S0, shows a gain of nearly eighty per cent, upon the year ending with February, 1879, This does not include the arrival of re turning citizens of the United States, of travelers from abroad, but is the show ing of immigration only. —The Elizabeth City Falcon tells of young lady who was married under pecu liar circumstances. JShe was about elope with her lover, one Ivy from Per- quimines. Her father got wind of it, fired upon her lover, wounding him seriously in the arm. Taking in the situation at glance, the young girl fled from her room in her night clothes, joined her lover and in this garb fled to byman’s altar. —The proprietors of the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company in Franklin coun ty, Southeastern Tennessee, are soon to have one of the largest coke works in the United States, having two hundred coke ovens already in operation and two hun dred more building. The company in tend making iron on a large scale, and have bought forty acres at Cowan, on which they will build two iron furnaces at a cost of $200,000. The Cincinnati Excursion.—The Charleston News and Courier says a ma jority of the delegation of fifteen appoint ed by the chamber of commerce, and rep resenting the varied business interests of our community, commercial, agricultural and manufacturing, will find it inconven ient to leave their business engagement at this time; and it is therefore doubtful whether any portion of them will go, This is to be regretted, as some of our most prominent and intelligent citizens were upon that delegation, and the occa sion was a favorable one to bring the ad vantages of Charleston in view as the true outlet for Western products. A Shower of Worms.—A few morn ings ago the' ground In many parts of Charlotte, North Carolina, was covered with worms crawling about. The phe nomenon attracted a great deal of atten tion, .some suggesting that they had fallen with the rain. The Observer thinks that it was a repetition of the occurrence in Baltimore lately, but that in both cases the worms come out of the ground, and not out of the clouds. Towards evening they hkd nearly all disappeared, some of them returning to their natural abode ; while a large number perished on the top of the surface and dried up, as fishing worms will do when exposed to dry at mosphere. A Phemomenon.—The report comes from the mountains, says the Charlotte Observer, that “Mud Cut ” has again ari sen in its might to prevent the progress of trains on the Western North Carolina Railroad; it i3 a fact known to those fa miliar with the peculiarities of this curi ous place that the mud does actually rise from the pressure of the superincumbent mountain. The passenger train which started down day before yesterday morn* big swamped, and the passengers had to be transferred to the engine on which they were carried to Henry’s where ad ditional cars were provided. —The conspiracy to defraud the United States Government of the legacy of a million dollars left to it by the Hoboken miser, Lewis, by a pretended marriage and the production of a Mrs. Lewis, has resulted finally in the conviction of all the conspirators, who will probably haTC a chance to reflect upon their ingenuity in the penitentiary. The conspiracy was first detected by discovering the name of the engraver upon the plate of the mar riage certificate, and finding out from him that the plate had been executed several years later than the date of the alleged marriage. The conspirators sought to nullify this by producing three witnesses whose certificates, engraved from the same plate, showed marriages cotcmporaiy with that of the pretended Mrs. Lewis. But one of these witnesses, dying of consump tion, sent for the Government’s counsel, and revealed the truth, and thus armed it was easy to break down the case of the conspirators. Southern Vegetables in New York.—The following are the latest quo tations tor Southern vegetables in the New York market ^Green peas, Charleston and Savannah, per crate $3(83.25. A few green peas were recoived from Charleston via Norfolk in poor condition, sold at $2i@3 per box. Tomatoes, Nassau and Bermuda, per barrel, $800.50. Straw berries were in good supply; demand slow Last Week’s Cotton Figures. The New York Chronicle of Saturday reports the cotton receipts of the seven days ending Friday night, at 64,368 bales, against 78,490 for the corresponding week of last year—showing a decrease for the week of 14,122 bales. Total receipts of the cotton year to that date, 4,344,639 bales, against 3,993,320 to same date last year—showing a net increase of346,319. The Interior port business of the week to Friday night footed up as follows: Receipts 25,010, against 41,- 565 the corresponding week of last year. Shipments 38,293, against 47,766 last year. Stocks 289,996, against 156,618 last year. The Chronicle’s visible supply table showed on Friday night last 2,616,520 bales of cotton in sight, against 2,559,643 last year at same date, 2,814,116 in 1878 at same date, and 3,108,542 in 1877 at same date. These figures show an in crease on the visible supply of 1879 amounting to 59,877 bales, and a decrease on the supply of 1878 of 197,596 bales, and a decrease on the supply of 1877, of 492,022 bales. Cotton was worth in Liv erpool last Friday 7f for middling upland. Last year at the same date the quotation was 51; in 1878 it was worth 6 1-10, and 1877 at same date, 6 5-10. The Chronicle’s weather reports for the week ending last Friday from the cotton region report satisfactory rains all over Texas. In Galveston, 2.07; inlndianola, 0.55; in Corsicana, 2.52; in Dallas, 2.53; in Brenham, rains for five days. Corn planting was making satisfactory pro gress. In Louisiana, at New Orleans, there was a rainfall of 3.S9 during the week, and at Shreveport 2.32. At Vicksburg the complaint is too much rain. At Colum bus, Mississippi, there was 1.85. At Lit tle Rock, Arkansas, in five days 2.59 fell At Nashville, 1.54. No telegram from Memphis. At Mobile, the rainlall of the week was 4.97. At Montgomery 3.22, At Selma four days of rain. At Madison, Florida, rain on two days. At Macon, three days of rain. At Columbus four days, and 3.29 during the week. Sa vannah only 0.37. At Augusta heavy and' general rains, and a fall of 3.16 inches, It will be seen that the week was wet al most universally. The Chronicle appends the following to its table of receipts from plantations: The above statement shows— 1. That the total receipts from the plan tations since September 1st, in 1679-80, were 4,627,334 bales; in 1878-79 were 4,- 152,086 bales; in 1677-7S were 3,905,419 bales. 2. That although the receipts at the out ports the past week were 64,368 bales, the actual movement from plantations was only 51,085 bales, the balance being drawn from stocks at the interior poits. Last year the receipts from the planta tions for the same week were 72,289 bales, and for 1878 they were 59,435 bales. Moral Incendiarism. Ex-Governor Seymour. The World of Saturday learns from ex-Govemor Seymour, through a friend in Ut ca, whom that paper bad directed to call upon him, that the ex-Govemor has no recollection that he has ever stated to any person that he Would, in any event become a Presidential candidate. He has never in any way expressed or entertained the idea of allowing his name to be pre sented to the people as a candidate for the Presidency again, nor will he allow it to be so used under any circumstances whatever. The Salvation Army.—New York was entered last Friday by an advance de tachment of the so-called “Salvation Ar my” from Britain, which consisted of mate, commander and seven privates, con sisting of women—all in uniform. The entire Salvation Army has considerable strength in Great Britain. It lias an an nual income of nearly §100,000, and its organization includes 120 corps, 180 offi cers and 3,25G speakers. It holds 50,000 meetings in the course of a year, in 143 theatres and mnsic halls, besides about 40,000 open-air meetings. One estimate of the aggregate of the audiences places it at 2,000,000 persons. There will be doubt among sober, Christian people, whether such sensational performances are likely to work perma nent benefit to the cause of religion. The detachment made early application to the city authorities for the use of the streets to preach and hold religious ‘ services in, but it was anticipated that their re quest would be refused A mother who starrts out in the battle of life without a bottle of Sliriner’s Indian Vermifuge is like the warrior who march ed upon the battlefield weaponless. Both meet with defeat because they are not prepared ft X the battle. i ■ As to Rains.—Since Thursday, last q good deal of rain has fallen in and around Macon, which we suppose to be very gen eral in Georgia, but a friend said yester day that, up to a very late date, they had none' in Thomasviiie. Here, however, though there has been no great excess.it is undeniably wet. The river is high and swamps overflown. West of Georgia, as will be seen elsewhere, the rains of the last two weeks have been excessive. Mo bile reported for the week ending last Fri day night about five inches, Montgomery four. Mississippi and Louisiana are very wet. Arkansas has been saturated for a fortnight. The Mississippi river is high, and the levees are beginning to give way at some points. Mars and the Moon. It is predicted tb& on the evening of the 17tli of the present month a phenome non will occur among the heavenly bodies of a most beautiful and interesting char acter; that is an occuiation of the planet Mars by the moon. At about fifteen min utes before 0 o’clock Mars will disappear behind the dark side of the moon, and re main hidden till a few seconds after 8, when he will reappear on the western edge. At the moment of his emerging the contrast in colors, between his red light and the pale hue of the moon will no doubt be very beautiful. This spectacle can be seen with the naked eye, but a good telescope will increase its brilliancy, The occuiation of Mars by the moon is something to be remembered for a life time. The last occurrence of a similar phenomenon was the occuiation of Saturn liy the moon in 1670. _ The Tehuantepec Railway.—Mr. William J. McAlpine, the eminent engi neer, has arrived at New York from Mex ico, where he went several months ago to survey the route for the proposed Tehuan tepec railroad, which is to stretch 150 miles across Mexico and connect the At lantic with the Pacific. He reports that the route is perfectly feasible, with no greater engineering difficulties than hard frequently been overcome in this country. The natives are eager to work upon the road, and can be had at fifty cents a day. Mr. McAlpine says the road will make a much shorter route to the Pacific, as the long run down to Aspinwali, Panama and Cliagres will be avoided, and from New Orleans the run will be a very short one the new port on the bay at the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos river. Then, after 150 AN IMPORTANT TOPIC REVIVING IN NEW FORCE. The arrest of Kearney in San Francisco, charged with misdemeanor in violation of the city ordinance against the use of profane, indecent, abusive and incendiary language, has given rise to a lively debate in the newspapers about the propriety and policy of the act—some pronouncing it unwise and others sustaining it. The subject has a wide and vastly important practical bearing, which does not seem to be appreciated, and, in fact, is not even alluded to in this discussion. if oral incendiarism—what is it? An artful, tongucy and unscrupulous man puts himself in a community much excited on questions of class or trade, or political, or school, or any other interests, and, es pousing one side earnestly, or, with simu lated earnestness, sets himself to work by violent and abusive harangues—by la bored misrepresentation—by devilish suggestions and by coarse and unstinted malediction, to fan the difference into an actual collision, which may lead to a bloody catastrophe, or, as is actually the case now, in San Francisco, produce such a feeling of public insecurity and appre hension as to arrest the progress of im provement, and almost totally obstruct the course of private business. Is he not justly responsible in the one case for the violence that ensues, and in the other case, for the personal loss and anxiety? Must his ignorant tools, in flamed to madness by his vituperation alone be punished? No! he represents the hand and the fire applied to the gun powder and in a moral sense he may also be charged with being, in part at least, the gunpowder and the engineer who lays the mine. He is, in fact, the life and soul of the explosion, and although he may craftily avoid legal liabilities (under the laws as they stand) he is in fact the responsible author of the mischief. In the case of Kearney he was in viola tion of the city ordinances, but he had steadily defied them with impunity for two years or more. It was a very tardy prudence and justice which brought him to account at last, and it is a very clear suggestion of the times and the situation in the North and West, that the laws on this subject must be amended and Improved, This is a land offree speechl Granted: but a man must beheld to a safe use of his tongue as well as his hand in relation to the rights of his neighbor and the general interest of society. The moral incendiary is often a more destructive foe to both than •ny mere material incendiary can be. In the case of the destructive riots in Pitts burg, which destroyed fbur or five millions of property and disturbed the peace of the country, no doubt that community could now, by conamen consent, point to one or two, three or four mischievous moral en gineers of that great scheme of destructive violence, who are morally responsible for the mischief. Will any one plead the con stitutional guaranty of liberty of speech as sound reason why they should not be held to a proper responsibility? No! it won’t do at all. Those very guaranties demand trumpet-tongued for more rigid provisions of law that this lib erty shall not be abused to the injury of others and to public disturbance. And now the question arises, why this plain and manifest suggestion has not been heeded ? Why are there so few and lackadaisical provisions against the abuse of this freedom of speech and the press in America, which permits demagogues and other unscrupulous people to set a whole community by the ears, and endanger the public safety with entire impunity to themselves, unless a man will sue them on private account? The reason is very plain, and exists no longer; but we will point it out to indicate the fact—to show why common sense, in this particular, has been ignored, and that now some proper provision for public or der, peace and safely, can be maile. The reason grew out of the existence of Afri can slavery in this country, and the efforts of one section to assail, and the' other to defend it. Notwithstanding the fact that slavery was universal throughout civiliza tion until within two or three hundred years, that it was sanctioned by the old Testament, and recognized and regulated by the New, and was protected by our laws, it was held and treated as a wrong and crime by the other section, and so earnest and persistent were the efforts to protect and keep wide open all the aven ues of moral assault upon it, that the ma jority sections pushed the doctrines of freedom of speech and press to a danger ous and foolish extreme. The right to asr sail slavery, or practically, in other words, the peace of communities tolerating it, through mischievous emissaries and vio lent, abusive, and inflammatory docu- meuts.became the most precious deduction from “freedom of speech aild press” to the Northern breast, and the only fundamen tal idea they were careful to insist on. They did insist on and exercise it, till they harried us into secession, freed the slaves, and .whipped us back again. But now, that .slavery, is dead,-it i is Manifest they will all have < to come -back again to common sense. Speech is free— the press is free and./?re is free,' but only for a proper and safe Use. There ia-noth- ing we have got from the liand of Godor man, that we are not bound: to use with due caution, and the mere we have got, the stronger is this obligation. The North now, with her labor questions i ffdtroubfe, her crowded populations, aild the thou sands of unscrupulous demagogues and tramps, with the gift of speech and black guardism, bumming around to get a liv ing out of excitements aild troubles, his got to abate her nonsense anAprovide for her own safety by laws to put Birestraiiit on moral incendiarism, and" the’sdbtier 1 6he discovers this fact the safer she will be. There must be something to hold every man to a plain responsibility for i ‘ assaults 1 on the public peace, and, unless this -is done, iq these great aggregations of inter ests, tlie result will be as it was : in Pitts burg, Pa: • Property and liffiViirbecome the-sport of bummers, and properly at last pay in taxes tlie damages.-.j, utoUe'i vW and prices easy; Charleston, per quart, miles of rail traveytto-traveler gets on 15025c. the steamer for San Francisco, r . A New Bankrupt Law. ‘ The enactment ofanotherbankrupt law is greatly exercising'the trade centres of the country, and the measure appears to be assuming definite form and shape. Nu merous memorials from mercantile asso ciations and Individuals have been pre sented to Congress and the question has been agitated to such an extent that at length Jndge Lowell has been designated to draw np a suitable bill covering all the necessities of the case. This he has done at great labor and pains, and the paper will be submitted to Congresss for its con sideration. If passed, it will be tbe fourth bankrupt law which has been ini opera tion during' the last eighty years. The following is Judge Lowell’s own summa ry of his work, so far as it relates ’to tbe mercantile interests of the country, which WC clip from the New York Bulletin: The powers of registers are increased, and their sessions are to be beld at stated times and places convenient for tbe suit ors. Provision is made for composition; but the rights of creditors are guarded by the mode of proceeding aud by requiring oue-third of the composition to be paid in cash, and the remainder to be amply se cured; and of debtors by giving them a regular discharge as soon as this is done. The amount of property exempted from the operation of the decree is made sub stantially uniform for all traders through out the country. The honest debtor will obtain his discharge more readily and at less expense than under the old law. The right of creditors to have a debtor made bankrupt is substantially like that oi 1867. To me'et a kind of fraud and op pression, which is but too common, it is made a crime in a creditor to take pay ment for any act of forbearance in tlie course of the proceedings, or more than his share of a composition. We believe that it is generally conceded that a bankrupt law in some proper shape is almost indispensable to tbe operations of commerce. In the mutations of trade, it not unfre- quently occurs that the best merchants and firms suffer collapse from untoward circumstances over which they have no control. A disastrous fire sweeps away their goods and places of business, storm at sea sends to the bottom their rich argosies, insurance companies do not come to time,business obligations mature, and failure is the inevitable result. Yet in many instances no possible blame or negligence attaches to the un fortunate sufferers. But if in the list of creditors, a single enemy or man ofBjlial can be found who steels his heart against all accommodation, there is no chance for the ruined man to rise again and resur rect his broken fortunes. Unhappily, in all the past history of this country, how ever, there never lias been a bankrupt law which did not form an impenetrable cloak to knavery, while the instances of relief to honest men were “like Angel’s visits— few and far between.” Tbe last act especially, became a very stench in the nostrils of tlie people, from the barefaced corruption and fraud tyliich were so often practised with impunity under its wretchedly Imperfect provisions. Better far have no statute of the kind whatever. But it is said that England has a bank rupt law in operation which exerts a sal utary influence upon the community. Why not, then, study its features, and seek to engraft upon our own statute all 1 * that is salient and commendable in that of our British cousins? If all men would act squarely and justly, those cases requiring the interven tion of a bankrupt law could be amicably aud easily adjusted in the agreements aud compositions between debtor and creditor, But, as stated above, one unyielding cred itor may effectually mar every attempt at settlement, while it is but too true, also, that preferred debts defeat or render un satisfactory many of tbe business compro mises of the country. To sum up the whole matter, then, we need a bankrupt law, if it can be based upon just and equi table principles. Otherwise better have none at all. What will be tbe fate of Judge Lowell’s bill remains to be seen We trust it will be thoroughly ventilated when introduced into Congress. The Meeting of the State Democrat* io Committee. ’< It will be seen from the accompanying call of the Chairman, Colonel George N, Lester, that tbe Executive Committee of the Democratic party of the State, has been summoned to meet in Atlanta on Tuesday, the 30th of March. Doubtless the necessary action will then be taken for tbO calling together, at an early day, of a general Convention of the Democracy for the purpose of selecting delegates to the National Democratic Convention, which meets In, Cincinnati June/ 22d. An address may also be issued to the people of the State, and divers questions of im portance to the interests 6f the country come tip for discussion. Georgia will be au important factor in tbe pending Presi dential struggle, and we trust she will move off with even tread from the very outset, and do her whole duty in behalf of liberty and constitutional government The call is as follows : , Marietta., Ga., March 15,1880.—The members of the Democratic Executive Committee of the State are hereby called rto assemblo in the city of Atlanta, on .Tuesday, the 30th of the present month, for the transaction of important business connected toifothe interest's of the Demo cratic party and the people of the State. Matters of prime importance are to be considered and acted upon, and it is, tnerefore, desired.that there should be a full meeting of the committee. Let us have no proxies, but Jet every member be personally present, ready and faithful to discharge the duties imposed upon him by the preference and confidence of his party friends and associates. Tlie place of meeting will-be the commodious and ele- ;aut breakfast-room of,the Kimball louse, which the proprietors have gener ously tendered for tlie accommodation of the committee. . The hour of meeting will be fen o’clock, a.m. k : I append hereto a full list of the com mittee. /Geo. N. Lester, Chairman.., E. YV Clarke, Secrctaiy. For the State at ialteeJ H. P. Bell, Forayth county; John C. Nitholls, Pierce county; J. L.. Warren, Chatham county; E. Y. Clarke, FuHoii comity. First District—J. J. Jones, Burke couhtyj Josephus Camp, Emanuel coun- ijLi,. :> v • •' • -I r Segopd[, ;District—A. T. McIntyre, Thomas' county; W. A.'Harris, Worth cqonty.**' ,5: ‘ '' " 1 [Third Districti-James P. Hinkle, Sum ter county ;-Maraliall J. ' Hatcher, Macon county. i Fourth,District—if. II. Blanford, Mus- "s county; J. T- Waterman, Troup Diitrict-^W. T. Trammell, Spald- ingeounty ; W^L. Gunn, Houston coun ty--bibbr -,u • „ .Pace, Newton Putnam county, w Seraifh District—P. M. B. Young, Bar- If you have a friend with a cough or cold, fell him to try Dr, ‘Bull's’ Cough Symp.- Ho will thank yoU for ffliir aff * vice. The price is only 25cents. ?> | iw' Coast Fortificatio^.—Senate committee has largely.’ . foe. House appropriations for ^ayfc fortiflqa- tion. .^be domafo of too extensive to be fenced in radnpt.gu^- siders jn,foat way.. fho coast jfoie of foe United States is about ten thQufotjffjnfosji, long, and we yrpvXl l%„t£$afp.fo[e Congressional brethrep.ifeure up, ait thoir leisure, w^ethep; fog_iinpej$£t ^tem qf fortifieation whiciialonejl^jp^jiygj the expense of repairs and garrison*, fow county; J. A. W. Johnson, Whitfield would not cost amount of damage sustain for want < * ' best. ’ . NIntlfpistpcfc—G. M£Netlierland, Ha- bersbapi, county, deceased; W. E. Sim mons, Gwinnett county. Democratic papers of tile State please ■popy. .r The Cincinnati Celebration. Georgia will be numerously and nobly represented in tbe grand convocation of business and professional men who will represent every guild and class of the community at the grand gathering in Cin cinnati this week, to commemorate the completion and opening of her great high way to the sea. It is an important event in the history of both sections, and will go fartowards breaking down every harrier that exists between them, Many of the principal merchants, not only of Macon,but all the interior cities of the State, have gone on resolved to be come personally acquainted with their correspondents, and not a few of them will make heavy purchases from . their Wes tern brethren before returning home. This is especially true of some of our Ma con firms. Indeed, the opening of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad Will in augurate an immense trade from this whole region with that flourishing city, and divert much business from the more distant North and East. And this is but the beginning of what may confidently he expected when St. Louis and Louisville, under the late combina tions of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, begin to pour their commerce through the new channels which have been opened up to tbe seaports of Geor gia, South Caroiina, Alabama and Flor ida. For the first time we shall see tbe grain and other produce of tbe West seek ing European outlets from Southern cities through a region in which railway and river transportation is never blocked up or even obstructed by deep snows or icy barriers. That a new and decided impe tus to the prosperity of Georgia in partic ular will be tbe result of these railroad combinations, there is no reason what ever to doubt. Cincinnati has made every preparation to receive with royal hospitality her thousands of Southern visitors. Squarely to the Point The Herald says: So far as we are aware nobody disputes that tbe constitu tion permits an indefinite number of re- elections. If tbe ex-Fresident should be re-elected in November, and thereafter at regular periods of fbur years during bis life, aud if bis oldest son should then be elected as bis immediate successor, and perpetually re-elected in like manner, and bis oldest son in the same way, keeping the office in the family for successive gen erations, we freely concede that there is nothing in tbe constitution to forbid it. But whether perpetual re-eligibility is wise, expedient or safe is quite a different question, of which tbe negative seems to us as evident as tbe affirmative of tbe other is incontestable. Perpetual re-eligibility might, as in tbe case of General Grant, mean an empire, a crown; a dictator. Better let tbe unwrit ten, but nevertheless sacred law ol custom and precedent, which has obtained since the foundation of tbe Government, con- inue to have sway. Why should Grant preferred to Washington and Jackson ? HE ROBERTS’ TRAC Awaiting Trial. iterday morning a reportci/of tlie GRAPH AND MESSENGER /ailed at e jh.il to see Mr. James Roberjfs, who is there awaiting bis preliminary trial for tbe killing of Mr. Sol Roberts in this city last Saturday, an account of which has already appeared in these columns. Tbe prison er was calm and collected,speaking freely of the incidents attendant upon tbe trag edy, but showing an unwillingness to en ter into any tiling relating to family troub les. In response to questions put to him by tlie reporter, be said that be had no idea of creating a difficulty; that some weeks since be bad bad some trouble with tbe father of tbe deceased in this city; that he bad since then gone to liim aud made it up; that upon tbe day of tbe first difficulty, Sol Roberts (tbe deceased) bad run him out of town, and that his object in approach ing him in front of Cannon & Co’s, store was a peaceful settlement of all differen ces. “I called him aside,” continued tbe prisoner, “and asked him why be had run me out of town. He cursed me and said, by G—d he’d do it again, at the same time drawing his pistol, drew mine, and stepped back until I reached the wall, he following me, when I raised my pistol quick and fired. He did not know I could fire so quick, but I happened to have a self-cocking pistol I did not see him fall; didnot know he was shot, because I sprang round the cor ner expecting to get shot before I could getaway. Iam sick;have been under medical treatment for a year, I am twenty-four years old, about five feet nine inches high and weigh 140 pounds. Sol was over six feet and weighed more than 200 pounds. H6 was . considered one of the most powerful men in the country, am married and have two children, fired to save my life. This is the prisoner’? ’ atement, as elic ited by many questions. In appear ance he is quiet and peaceable, having rather a pleasant expression about his face, and conversing without embarrass ment. The friends and relatives of the deceased have becq in town all day, holding fre quent consultations with Mr. C. J. Harris, who lias been retained by the defense. The commitment trial will take place to day,’ if 1 all foe witnesses can be secured. A Statement From the Other Side. In Tuesday’s issue we gave a detailed account of the late lamentable tragedy by which Mr. Sol Roberts mot his death in this city. We published the facts as re lated to us by the prisoner without com ment, leaving it to the public to form its own opinions. It will iu all matters of this nature be the policy of this paper to sidewithneitherparty. We propose always to give only true and unbiased account of occurrences, where the rights of the vari ous actors therein are to become subjects of judicial investigation Yesterday we called upon Mr. Jack Roberts, the father of the deceased, who with his two remaining sons are tempora rily in town, to obtain if possible, the facts as understood by them. '.We. found Mr. Roberts much affected over the sad scenes through which he has passed, yet perfectly williug to state every circum stance connected with the tragedy. He regards it as his duty now to vindicate his son, and to place upon record every fact that can do justice to his memory. He denies most emphatically the truth of Urn statement made to us yes terday by the prisoner, so far as it related to'there having been any difficulty be tween the deceased and his slayer. He declared that ‘ the difficulty originated in James Roberts, (the prisoner) who at tempted some weeks since in the city to entice a laborer from the employment of his sons; that he remonstrated with the negroand afterwards, while in the door way of F. 8v Johnson’s Sons store, was purpose only a few minutes previous; that he thrust his assailant from him and warned him away. “I did not want any fuss,” he continued, “and would not let my sons have anything to do with it. Jim Roberts went to Can non & Co.’s store and tried to borrow a pistol. Failing to borrow one, he went on around to Carhart & Curd’s to buy one. I kept both my sons with me, cross ing the streets several times to avoid meeting Jim. When we reached Can non’s store, I would not let them enter until Mr. Wilbonm came out and told us Jim was not there. Sol, the deceased, never run him out of town, never spoke to him that day, never was within half a square of him, even. Witnesses will testi fy that our whole effort that day was to keep from having any fuss: This was two or three weeks ago. To-day my two sons are with me in town. I have been avoiding the other party all day long. I have crossed the streets time and again to keep out of their way, and have just sent to the Chief of Police for a guard to protect me while I am here, for I am afraid they mean mis chief.” Mr. Roberts asserted that his dead sou had not only been a peaceable man, but a pious one, aud that his char acter as such was known throughout Jones county, and in this. Tlie commitment trial will probably be held to-day. There has been some trou ble in getting tbe witnesses subpoenaed. Mr. F. S. Johnson, a very important wit ness, is with the Cincinnati excursionists. We were shown yesterday an old map of the city dated 1826, when Mocon was In its Infancy. It is curious to note from the plots and surveys, the expectations of the original planners. Evidently the town ba3 grown away from where it was in tended it should remain. The streets that were numbered, began at First street and ran down to the Eleventh, the latter street ending at the river where it is cross ed by tbe Macon and Augusta railroad bridge below tbe park. The streets that were named were Wharf, Walnut, Mul berry, Cherry, Poplar and Pine, the latter being the southwest boundary. “Church Square” was the name of the old ceme tery ground; “Court House Square” in cluded the entire square upon which is now located the Lanier House, and had the city been built as originally bounded, tlie centre of trade would have been around tbe old court house square where Mulberry crosses Fifth street. The pres ent park and swamp lands adjoining, would have been covered by residences and stores. The map shows at the corner of Fifth (or Bridge) street the name of Eli Shorter, tbe other three comers are marked Rob ert Coleman, Thomas Napier and Farrish Carter. The spot occupied by Asher Ayres’ residence was owned and improved by Sam’l Tompkins; that of Dr. Roose velt’s by John Nesbit, and the residence I of Mr. W. W. Wrigley stands on ground then owned by John T. Lamar. Where the depot now stands, improvements were made in 1820 by John Chambers, D. F. Wilson and John W. Roberts. Bullock & Wells occupied the site of the Ralston Hall building. A house belonging to David Ralston stood on the site of D. J. Baer’s store, and Josiah Freeman occu pied Nussbaum & Danuenburg’s comer. A note on tlie side of tbe map states that owing to the uncertainty of the compass, boundaries must be determined by the posts. KELLOGG AND HILL. How the Carpet-bagger Tried to En snare the Georgia Senator. The Washington correspondent of the Sim gives the following story, which has been current at the capital for several days: Senator Hill, of Georgia, is preparing the report of the investigation of the Sen ate Committee on Privileges and Elec tions iu the Kellogg-Spoflord case. The report will recommend the unseating of Kellogg, and tlie swearing in of Spoiibrd as Senator in Kellogg’s place. The re port prepared by Senator Hill will de-, clare that the investigation has proved that Kellogg resorted to fraud to secure his election, and that he bribed a fraudu lently elected Legislature to return bimto the United-States Senates It is believed that Kellogg has endea^dred. to intimidate Senator Hill, and it is now suspected that the Senator from Louisiana was one of the authors of the recent attempt made by a woman named Jessie Raymond, to blacken Mr.'.Hill’s personal character. Several weeks ago a Senate door keeper came to Mr. Hill while on the floor of the Senate and said that the driver of a carriage had requested him (foe door keeper) to say to Mr. Hill that Mrs. Kel logg was in a carriage on the dnveway under foe Senate Chamber steps and would like to see him. Mr Hill told the door keeper that there must be some mis take. He did not know Mrs. Kellogg, and it was probable that a mistake had been made. The doorkeeper was positive that Senator Hill of Georgia was the person Mrs. Kellogg wanted to see; Mr. Hill then called another doorkeeper and di rected him to go down to the carriage and tell the lady that he .would ses her m the Marble'Rooin. To Mr. Hill’s intense astonishment the doorkeeper led into the Marble Room a person whom he recog nized as a divorced .woman formerly from Georgia, who is repute d to be the friend of the Republican Senator of Louisiana. He held a short consultation with the woman, who seemed pleased at the success of the trick to become acquainted with the Sena tor from Georgia. She told him that very bad stories affecting his character were m circulation, and insisted that he should visit her at her rooms, where she would give him full particulars. He promised to pay the visit, but, of course, has never done so. This circumstance, occurring just before Miss j Raymond made her scandalous charges, naturally has created suspicions in Mr. Hill’s mind unfavorable to Mr. Kellogg. and permits appraisers to be appointed and to make their return into court, the administrator has no right to take the land to pay the debt of tbe heir at law, as against the judgment creditors of the heir at law. Judgment affirmed. Dozier vs. Allen. Certiorari,from Schley. FPhere a defendant is sued in the Jus tice’s court of a district which has no ju risdiction of his person, that is a personal privilege which tlie defendant had the right to waive so far as he was individ ually concerned, but not as to the rights of other persons—14th Ga. reports, 589. Judgment affirmed. . Lewis vs. Armstrong,administrator. Mo tion from Sumter. .Under the decision in this case, in 61 Ga. 608, there was no error in the refusal of the court below, to submit to a jurv the question of the dismissal of the case, by which the security claimed to have been hurt, nor in refusing the amendment of- ferred. Rhett, trustee, vs. Georgia Land Cotton Company. Claim from Dougherty. In 45 Ga., 585; 46 Ga., 389; 49 Ga., 274, and 58 Ga., 451, it is ruled that the pur chaser at adminislrator’s sale gets a good title over any judgment lien, especially where the estate is insolvent, even over a judgment obtained in the lifetime of the intestate; and that the lien is transferred from the property sold to the proceeds in the hands of the administrator. And in 69 Ga., 516 the same rule is applied to the specific lien of a mortgage. So, where land is sold at administrator’s sale, as the property of the husband, pending a bill filed in another county by the wife to subject such property to the wife’s equity on the ground that her money paid (or the same, and before any .decree thereon, the purchaser at such sale acquires a good title. Nor does the pen dency ol such a bill operate as such au equitable levy as to bring this case witin foe ruling in 58 Ga., 451, that the lien of adjudgment actually levied was not de- ' ;ted by such sale, udgment affirmed. Alston vs. Wilson. Claim from Web ster. The special lien of the landlord for rent of produce raised on the land, is superior to an agreement between the tenant and his sub-tenant as to the ownership of such produce. Judgment affirmed. Spann vs. Commissioners of Webster. Equity from Webster. M A tax for expenses of jail is equivalent to a levy “to maintain and support prison ers,” and is authorized by the 2d para graph of the 6th section of article 7 of the constitution of 1877. The tax for incidental expenses is not authorized by either of the paragraDhs ci ted, nor by any other clause of the consti tution of 1877, of which we are aware, or to which our attention has been directed; it is a very loosely worded item, under which many expenses incident to what is' not specified, and is impossible to he as certained from the language used, migh be incurred and paid against the spirit of the present constitution by taxation, which the Legislature, since the adoption of the constitution of 1877, could not delegate to any county; and which, therefore, as all taxing power must flow from the General Assembly, no county can now impose. Code 516,518. The levy of 22 per centum for iron safes is not mentioned in the purposes enumer ated in said 2d paragraph of the 6th sec tion and 7th article; nor are there words therein which, without much latitude of construction can be construed to authorize the tax. Besides, the purchase of these safes is the creation of a new debt since tbe adoption of the constitution of 1877, and expressly prohibited by the 1st para graph of the 7th section of article 7,“with- out the assent of two-thirds of the quali fied voters of the county at an election for that purpose, to be held -as may be pre scribed by law.” At tbe last term in the case of Hudson et al. vs. mayor, etc., of Marietta, this construction was given to this paragraph of the constitution, and the city of Mari etta was enjoined from incurring a new debt since the adoption of the constitution of 1877, for the pmpose of a steam fire engine forcity purposes. That case cov ers the item of taxation in this case, and the principle ruled then by two justices of this court is affirmed by a full bench. These safes might have been bought on a credit and a debt incurred therefor prior to this constitution—Code 497-502; and they may be bought still, if the county should have surplus funds from any source to pay cash for them—Code 528; or if the debt be incurred with the assent of two- thirds of the voters of the county, but not otherwise. We think, therefore, that the injunction should be granted to stay tbe collection of the tax for incidental ex penses and for the iron safes. Judgment reversed. . (uticura Bicod and Skin Humors THE SCOURGE OF MANKIND—OLD METTT odsoptrkatmbntandbhk- EDIKS A FAILURE. Cuticura Beeolrent, the Great Bicod Pn,ie». 'hirer Stimulant, it the cleansing and pnrifrimr aront ,?*A i It may be blotd and urine in forty minutes after takin^lu’ fry** 8 ! showieg that it hat entered isgugjg sSsSs&SS tion of uuicura, the Great .-kin Cni caret Scrolulova Ulcers tnd Old Seres' uni. Psoriasis, Tetter, Ringworm. 8o3mHmS’ Eczema on the Scalp. B REA8T AND LIMBS CURED. Missis. WxiksA Porrsa: Geutlemen-Ic.n. • ct reirtinfiom «ddhg n y debt of grttituda tn jouror having pieced within my re*!n t“ e wo£ derfni Cuticura Remedies, which htve lecdered unneceranrj tll lurtherexp rlment of phjsicitna ana in a remarkably short spaco ot time Have rid me ol u leathtouie ditea-e. I dispensed with til physicians two years a«o, believing the- aid me no grod. Ike Cuticura has stopped this unsatis- r»o ory expense—even it it wore necessary and I h»d the coinage any longer t- lollow tteir advice tnd brought the long-looked-Ior cure tnd happi ness. " I have been afflicted with Eczema cr 8aR Bhe- nmou my sc-lp, bresst.tip limbs for five years, during wnich time 1 htve been under the treat ment of physicians, or at mineral springs, or tak- lrg somo kind ol medicine. I htve been treated b> Drs. — of — , Dr. — of — , and visited su’pbur springs snd taking numbers of nstent rneo Icints, all without the faintest approach to a cure April lit last, I began the nte of Cuticura. which was immediately euccesslul in case, entirely curing ae. I htve no! htd a desn scalp lor 15 years until the use of the Cuticura entirely healed it and left it clean and healthy. The oth er pin* of my body were aft cted in a more tg- travaled foim, but are now completely healed. I believe my>e:f completely cured. I shall con tinue tbe Cuticur* Besolvent as directed, for its wondirful action on the stomach and bowels and ccoliUK influence on the b.ood. It will afford me plrasnr*. ail base done in many cases, to urge the rffl cted to use these wonderful remedies. Tours, etc., hTKPHrSN CROWELL. New Bedford, Sept. 30,1878. A Running Sore. OU RED IN ONE WEEK. Messrs. Weeks & Potter.- Some three or four Weeks ago I ordered a box of Cuticura for a tad ca,e of Salt Rh°um. The back of one of my wile's bands was a running sore- In one week from the day it arrived her hand was Weil and his remained to up to to day. _ E.P.DAGGBIT. Milford. Me., June 10, 1878. Noxs—Btader, don’t you thick these cures re markable ? Cuticura Soap. MEDICINAL AND TOILET, Is prepared from Cuticura in a modified form, and is positively indispensable in the treatment of b> in and Scalp Diseases. We rec impend it to- tbe preservation of the skins of infants, for gentlemen who shave and are troubled with ten der tacei.for those who desire a clean and whole some Skin and Scalp, and for all purposes of the toilet, bath and nursery. Its delightful and re freshing fragrance equals or surpasses the Ccest Parisian Soaps. THE CUTICURi REMEDIES are prepared by Weeks A Potter, Chemists and Druggists. 960 Washington street. Boston, Mass, and for sale by all Druggists and Dealers. Price Of Cntirura, small boxes. E0 conts: largo boxes, containing two and one half times the Quantity of small, $L . Resolvent, $1 per bottle. Cuticu- raSoar, 25 ctnts per cake; by mail. So cents; three caktt. 76 oenta. COUHV* JKsZiZZftRZS me SS P» iavfffS Weak and Painful Parts; **n5 » cure Chronic Ailment* snd Diset:es of tbe Lirer and Kidneys; absorb Poisons from the Blood, and thus prevent Fever and A»ue, Malarial and Contagious Disrates; stimulate the btxmsch and Digestive Organs when plsoed over the pit of the stomach, and prevent Dyspepsia, Bilious Colic, Crsmps and Pains. leb£6 :18tb. Popular Mont ly Drawing ot the Commonwealth Distribu tion Co. AT HAOAULBT’8 THEATRE, In tbe City at Louisville, on . ^Wednesday, March 31st. Thi-se drawing! autborixed by act of tbe Leg islature of 1889 and sustained by all the courts ot Kentucky occur regularly, .on the last day ol every month (Sunday* excepted) and- are aupek vised by prominent citizens of .the 8tate. The Management call attention to the grand opportunity presented of obtaining, fOrcafy II, any ot « THE FOLLOWING FRIZH8. I intS-mwiH, H, til nin,,Mi<,ii»ii.i,i»,,ini,i$ tlMO I Prise 10,000 1 Pvlw. -:■■>■■ ■■ 5,000 to Prises $1,000 each 10,000 to Prises 600each 10,000 100 Frues 100each< ,,,,,, 10.000 $00 Prizes 80 each 10.000 <00 Prises Sftaaeh l*,O0C ..000 Prizes 10 each. 10.000 » Prizes 300 eath, ap'raximat'n prim J.700 9 Prises *00 each io do LSOt 9 Prises 100 each do 900 Decisions of Supreme Court RENDEBED MABCH 16TH, 1880. (Abridged for the Telegraph and Messen ger by Hilt £ Harris, Attorneys at Law, Macon, Ga.) • >ii - ‘ ’ DuBose, administrator, vs. Clegliom, e£ al. Claim, from Sumter. In Georgia the title to real estate de scends, at tlie deatli of tlie owner, to the heirs at law, subject alone to the rights of tl-e administrator to use it for the pur poses of administration to pay debts or to sejl it for the purpose of distribution to Ihfe' heirs. If the administrator has ad vanced or paid to one of the heirs at law an amount of money or personal property greater than his interest in the estate, hav ing a charge against that heir at law, after a division in kind of the real estate, and after a return by the commission setting apart this land to the heirs at law, then the administrator cannot retain that as against an outstanding judgment against the heir at law. If he. has any charges against the heir at law for advances made to him out of the estate to a greater amount than his interest in the personal property of the estate, he must sell the whole estate and take it out of the money arising from that sale, and he would have the right to sell the real estate aud take the money out of the amount coming to attacked by James Roberts with an ope^, this heir at law, but after he goes forward UfiOPricea . .. IIUW Whole Tickets, $1. Half Tickets, $L t , • I? 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Hail*, Tetter,Malt MOOenwo, MhenntatUrm. Mmr- e, t rial r»tuar.*tW, also CasaKpsHssi tftr*prp»*a, I»dt- aemtion. Sour Mssi a eh, BatMiHM of Urine, at*. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT. TEBSOWICHEKCALCO BALTIMORE, Md. HUNT, RANKIN & LAMAR Wholesale Druggists. Macon. Ga. SHERIFF’S NOTICE. G EORGIA. Baker County.—On and after this date until further not e*. the legal advertise aents ol the Sheriff cf Baker county will be pah lathed. In the Albany News. ' J. H. aoWBLL, #horiff. Newton, March t, IMi >]|> CUTICURA REMEDIES ranbehsdat BLLLS’ DRUG STORE, Triangu lar block. nov22 HOP BITTERS. (A Medicine, not a Drink,) COXTAtSS HOPS, Bucnu, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, AXP THE PUIUBNT AND BEST MEDICAL Q3AXXXXE3 OF all onus Betters. rgcsr curb All Diseases of tho Stomach, Bowels, Blood, liver, Kidney;, and Urinary Organs, Nervousness, Sleep- Mid especially Female Cozcpl&ints. ► 91000 IN GOLD.' _ be paid feracase they wEl not cure or help,or for anything Impure or injurious found In them. 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For sals by all Druggieta and Dealers gear •rally. merit lm trash mock of Hoatottei'a Bitters Bit r» deS * * ELLIS*DRUGSTORE. GRAY’S SPECIFIC MEDIOIE TRADEMARK. THB greet TRADE NrgHth rein. " *dy. An/nu-i hailing are for Seminal eak* seta, Spermat orrhea, Impo* W ncy, and all diseases that^ _ . — ■folow se- — BeiOW Takingqneneo of self After abuse; as a lets of mrm„fy, universal lassitude, pain in the back, dimnsss of vision, prematura- old sge. at duway otht,. - disease* that lend to in sanity and consumption and a premature grave. Full particular* in oar pamphlet, which we oe- riretoMndiieebr soail to every one. The Spa* _ _ Miey ,- the GBATNBDICINB OO, No U> Mechanic* Bleek, Detroit. Mich. Bold in Macon sad every whereby all draaciate. octJtdawly. For sale by HUNT, RANKIN A LAMAR, • ... Macon. Ge. riMJRGlA, BIBB COURT*.—Wtamraf jamia T. Bay has made appliraHdhfor Jet* tersof dismieflon »• edminiatrwor from the «*- tuteojValentine Nub,late of a*id,rounUl<le C< Tbte*re therefore toefte “dadmonish person* see oerned $e be and of Ordinary ef said esnaty on tbe flrat MoadW “ aafli&aa-syia’B’asJS- 3”“ *' “"t'.-gSaira oriM" . S!2U0HiIi§