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GEORGIA PRESS. Jajies Morgan, the supposed wife aaurderer, of Columbus, after a two or days’ trial before a court of commit tal, was, on the 31st ult., discharged from custody, the prosecution failing to present giroof sufficient to commit Mm to jail to ;aw*it a trial before a higher tribunal. TiiH people of LaGrange are having a temperance boom, and over one hundred .signed the pledge and joined the Urine ribbon brigade on last Tuesday. "Waterman is happy, and great enthusiasm 31 re vails upon the subject. Tub Columbus fire company, Young America, has received an invitation from ~/)y. hrc department of Rome to visit that <jty, and participate in their annual pa- cade on the 11th of May. The Griffin News gives an account of the arrest of a guano thief by the name of James Craven, of Pike county, who swindled S. K. Dick, of Griffin, out of twenty-two sacks of guano. He is now in jail awaiting trial. Hu. Redden Smith, of Thomasville, T«« in his hot house a pineapple tree bear ing- The plant is vigorous and the apple well advanced. A novel sight m Geor- Captain Triplett, of the Thomas ville Tones, has returned, with an addi s'Jenal supply of pictures. He gathered tUtetn on his Cincinnati trip. TnK game laws of Georgia forbid the •scooting of game of any Mnd after to-day, April 1st, until October. The boys will cemember and keep their little shotguns ■jst. home. Of the financial condition of Ameri cas, the Republican says: The people of Americus may not be raware of the fact that they have cause to choice over the wise selection of Mayor ■and Coundlmen who have governed the interests of Americus with wisdom and -prudence for the last two years. Each member has exhibited a sacrificing spirit in personal Interest to promote the good •of tbe city," and. here is the result of the finances, a showing that when compared •with her impecunious condition several pears back, is most gratifying: 'Cash on hand and in bank, $8,190 08 Less mutilated city bills to b* destroyed, 1,400 00 Uteblic School Tax collected, 5?»id out on School Fund, 6,790 08 4,110 39 544 00 3,500 39 The Louisville Courier, of the 31st ul timo, says: While Willie Green and Napoleon Ber- ey, two small colored boys living in this place, were out hunting on last Thursday, they got into an argument about some ammunition, when the former shot the latter with a shot gun, the entire load en tering Ms forehead and killing Mm in stantly. The boy was arrested and placed in jail, and the Coroner’s jury found a verdict charging him with murder. He was arraigned before Justice Hayles, and at preliminary trial was held last Monday, when he wa3 committed for trial in the Superior Court. He claims that the shoot ing was accidental. \ We learn from the Albany Advertiser that even lawyers in the low country bor vow horses without any intention of re turning them. Somebody has possession of Dr. P. S. Hale’s horse, and the doctor is solicitous as to Ms whereabouts. We .suggest that they put John Thrasher on the trade. “He’ll fotch’em.” The Thomasville Enterprise discussing the relative strength of the two races in the second Congressional district, says: We were so fortunate as to receive, .since our last issue, a copy of the Comp troller General’s report tor the year end ing October 1,1879. By going over that carefully we find the following majorities as shown by the polls of wMte and colored ": men in each county: COLORED MAJORITIES. Raker, 381j Calhoun, 207; Dougherty, 1,118; Early, 109; Mitchel, 10; Quitman, 112; Randolph, 101; Thomas, 118. Total -colored majorities, 2,222. WHITE MAJORITIES. Berrien, 719; Brooks, 135; Clay, 03; "Colquitt, 350; Decatur, 292; Lowndes, 349; Miller, 241; Worth, 072. Total white majorities, 2,721. These figures show that the white polls exceed the colored by 499. Now, is it seasonable to suppose that there are more colored voters not liable to pay poll tax 4ban there are whites? These figures are Oaken from the official returns, and are therefore correct. Tile following reflection is from the Sparta Isfunealilc: , Bret Harte has been nominated to be United States consul at Glasgow. The tpeculiar characteristic which suggested Tils appointment to D. Facto was, doubt less, his great skill in stealing and pub lishing, as his own, the writings of other peopled He is as bad at that as some of tthe Grorgia editors. Tiie Americus Republican says: On Sunday the 28th instant, during the ab- jjence of the proprietor, Sir. Albridge Wil- Uixms, two miles northeast of Anderson- vilie, lie bad his dwelling, out houses, some stock and all his household. and kitchen furniture, together with all his supplies on hand, burned, supposed to be worth $1,500. Origin of the fire is un known. No insurance. "The Columbus Enquirer says of the Trinity (Episcopal) Church: The Easter offerings on Sunday amounted to $440— •quite a handsome sum. The choral ser vice in the afternoon by the Sunday -school was very beautiful. The music (was sweet and charming. The Marietta Journal says: Rev. .Martin Porter, who hasa mill near Dallas, PAulding county, on last Friday morning went to his mill to do some work. His prolonged absence from his house, in duced some of his family to go in search -of Mm. He was found underneath the xnill, in the water, dead. It is supposed that he accidentally fell and struck a xock, knocking him insensible, and that lie was drowned. He was about sixty- five years of age, widely known' and Jjighly respected. The Griffin News says: The South possesses every clement to xnike her independent of the world, and at will not be very long before outsiders ■will discover the feet. All we need to •Jevelop our resources is enterprise. Go to work, young man, and make your for tune. No age or clime ever presented fcettcr opportunities than the one in wMch you live. Albany Advertiser: The many friends •of Judge P. P. Clayton, of Morgan, Cal houn county, will be pained to learn of Siis death, which occurred on last Satur- •lay afternoon, after an illness of three or four weeks. Judge Clayton was the pro prietor of the Morgan Hotel, and a mem- 4xir of the mercantile film of Clayton & Tinsley. He had been a resident of Cal houn county for a number of years, and was universally esteemed for Ms many fiigh traits of character. The Thomasville Enterprise says: At a meeting of the Board of Directors «af the Fair Association, the time for hold- ing the Spring Fair was changed from Fri- Aav, the 7th day of May, to Saturday the 1st of May. This change was made in deference to the Decatur County Fair Association, they having previously fixed upon the 7th for the holding of their fair, *,fact not known by our Board when iViy selected the 7tb. The admission fee • or Sabbath School scholars was also nJmjiged from iiiteen to ten cents. The schools will, as first provided, enter as or ganisations in order to secure the benefits of tills rate. Warre.vton Clipper: Mrs.Thompson, am old lady living near Camak, is beyond doubt or.e of the sprigbtliest of her age in <It« State. Mrs. Thompson is about eighty-four years of age, aud considers it nothing to walk almost daily from four to five miles. She is about the oldest lady inhabitant of our county. Her husband was a soldier in the revolutionaiy war. The Sparta Ishmaelite says: Our com-* munity was filled with sad surprise on last Sunday by the death of Mr. Lavoisier Forbes. Although it was not expected that he would ever grow well and strong again, very few thought that he would pass away so soon. He was taken sick on the 4th of last July, since which time Ms decline has been steady and irresisti ble. At the time when insidious con sumption laid hold on him, he was a prin ter in this establishment. He gave up that job, and after months of confinement to Ms room gained strength enough to take a trip to Florida. But the disease had laid fast hold on him, and after a few months he returned home to die. Sun day morning, a few minutes alter eight o’clock, he bade Ms friends and relatives farewell, and went quietly out, as one go- etb to sleep. The Irwinton Appeal says that _ in Gordon, last week, some little sensation was created at the residence of Mrs. Lingo. A little dog belonging to Sammy Goode showed signs of being mad, and several of tlie boarders began to feel un easy when he came into the house. He commenced to bite everything he came in contact with, and he was promptly dis patched with a bullet. Several days since, Mr. Steele, a gentleman hoarding at Mrs. Lingo’s, was‘bit on the hand wMle playing with this same dog, and we learn since he left that Ms sufferings have been intense. Americus Republican says: The fi nancial and moral condition of Lee coun ty at this time is better than it has been for twenty years. The county is out of debt with a surplus of funds on hand, and there is not a prisoner m jail at this time. The jurors were all paid off in cash at this term of the court. The grand jury were composed of some of the most intelligent gentlemen of the county, The Republicans of Richmond county will have two delegations in Atlanta on the 21st at the State Convention. No, The denounces No. 1 vociferously. Prince of the party will address the party at some future time. TrrE following wail is taken from the Athens Banner Just think of it. there has not been a wedding in Athens since Christmas, and Athens "is considered the seat of learning, too. Athens may be the “seat,” but Macon claims to be the “head” of learning in Georgia. Mr. II. G. Bean, whose death we an nounced in our last issue, had an insu rance of $7,000 on Ms life. He leaves a wife and six children to receive this sum when paid by the insurance companies Barnesville Gazette: We regret to chronicle the death of George Bush, which occurred last Friday afternoon from the gun shot wound by Mr. James F, West. The circumstance is universally deplored on account of both families. Doctors McDowell, Perdue and Dickey did all in their power to save him but could not. lie leaves a wife but no chil dren to mourn his loss. Captain John C. Rutherford, of Macon, has kindly consented to deliver Ms celebrated lecture on |“Paris” for the benefit of the Perry Public Library on the evening of Wednesday, the 24th inst. ■Sandersville Herald says: An in fant child of Mr. B. F. Murphy was pois oned by its colored nurse, on Wednesday of last week by drugging it with nitric acid. Mr. Mmphy has been using some of tMs acid to remove warts from horses, The mouth of the cMld is badly crisped from the poison, and on Thursday refused to eat. Dr. Brantley, the attending phy sician, we learn, says there is no hope for tlfe recovery of the child. We learn that this nurse once before gave the child an overdose of paregoric, causing it to sleep over two days. It i3 certainly time one of such murderous proclivities should at least be placed where her fiendish nature can not be gratified. Cartersville Free Press says: A young couple from the mountains were romantically married on the depot platform the other day at the point of a shot gun wielded by the girl’s father. The young fellow was making for Texas, but as he will now have to provide for the purchase of two more tickets, Ms visit is postponed. Savannah News of April 1st: The adjourned annual meeting of the stockholders of the Savannah, Florida aud Western Railway Company, was held yesterday. Mr. J. H. Estill was called to the chair, and Mr. G. H. Tilley requested to act as secretaiy. After transaction of other business, the stock holders proceeded to-the election of Di rectors, with the following result: H. B. Plant, H. S. Haines, M. J. O’Brien, W. S. Chisholm, J. H. Estill, Henry San ford, G.H. Tilley. After the adjournment of the stock holders, the Directors met and elected the following officers: President—H. B. Plant. Vice President—W. S. Chisholm. General Manager—H. S. Haines. Secretary—G.H. Tilley. Treasurer—W. P. Hardee. Barnesville Gazette: Mr. Jeff Blood- worth had the misfortune to have his dwelling burned last Friday about noon. The fire was blazing up in the closet when discovered. The only solution to the fire is that the closet was left open and the wind blew the fire into it, and thus pro duced the fire. He saved the contents of the house and also the kitchen. Cartersville Free Press: George W. Patterson, a lunatic, was confined In our jail last Tuesday. He was sent from Gordon county to the asylum two or three years ago and returned to Adairsville, where his wife was living, on last Satur day, but his condition soon became such that it was’necessary to confine him again. He had, we learn, made threats and en deavored to kill his mother. His wife and father came to Cartenville with Mm on Tuesday, and a warrant was issued by J. H. Wilde, clerk of the board of commis sioners for Ms arrest and confinement in jail. Under the head of “No Steamer for Hawkinsville,” the Dispatch says: We learn that Judge M. L. Mershon has granted a temporary order to some of our citizens restraining the Council of Hawkinsville in the purchase of a steam fire engine, or against receiving it if shipped to Hawkinsville. The injunction will be heard about the eighth of this month. Some of the citizens are opposed to the levy of several thousand dollars in taxes for the purchase of a steamer. It is claimed that the purchase of a steamer, the digging of cisterns and the erection of an engine house would require an outlay of nine or ten thousand dollars, and that to levy this amount of taxes upon the property of the town for one year would be too heavy. The other side claims that the town' is at the mercy of. the flames, and that some efforts must be made to prevent and extinguish fires. The insurance com panies are becoming frightened, and will not insure a house and stock of goods more than twenty-four hours at a time, and then only while a big rain is falling. And it is now being “narrated around” that the chemical fire engine recently bought by the town council came very near being burned up the other night" of the fire, and that it would have been “to tally gone up” if it had not been for Dave McCormick’s.liand pump. Savannah News, April 1.—Yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock, some excite ment was created on York stieet, neal Lincoln, by a negro woman who was ter ribly under the influence of liquor. In the midst of her antics, Abram Davidson, a colored man, passed by, when the wo man, with an oath, staggered up to him, drew a pistol and leveled it, stating that she intended to kill him, as she had long been on the lookout for him. Davidson, thinking discrcttonthe better part of valor fled lip (lie street, anil Deputy Sheriff War ing Russell, who was in the vicinity and son six barrel, and every chamber was loaded. The woman being very drunk was allowed to be taken off by some friends. At.bant Advertiser: Captain Ed. L. Wright says the Albany Guards have de cided to drill at the Spring Fair for the two hundred dollar prize offered by the Fair Association, and he expects the Ma con Volunteers, Savannah Cadets and the Blues to enter the contest. -A good story comes to the surface at the expense of General Toombs. Daring the war, President Davis visited “the front,” and was at once assailed by General Toombs, who said: “Mr. President, I am a Brigadier General, and senior in rank to Brigadier General McLaws. Yet, he has 10,000 men under his commandwMle I have but 1,000.” “Is that so?" said Mr. Davis, and that very hour, he com missioned McLaws a Major General. Cedabtown Advertiser: Charles S. Johnson, a young man in the employ of the Estey Organ Company, and who has made this place his base of operations for more than a year past, has absconded, and his whereabouts is now r matter of much concern to sundry credi tors. Savannah News, April 1st, says: • The numerous frieDds of James Hines, Esq., will regret to learn of Ms death, which occurred on Tuesday after noon at the residence of Ms son-in-law, Hon. Rufus E. Lester. Mr. Hines was formerly of Burke county, but of late years had resided in tMs city. He was in his sixty-fourth year, and had been an in valid for about nine years, suffering from a paralytic stroke. He leaves a wife and three children, one of whom is the wife of Mr. Lester. His funeral will take place this morning, and the remains will be in terred in Laurdl Grove Cemetery. The Augusta Chronicle, of the 1st, says: Sister Cecelia, who has been the Moth er Superior of St. Mary’s Convent in this city for the past three years, has gone to Atlanta to take charge of a hospital in that city. She carries with her the good wishes, a3 she will always have the pray ers, of many people in Augusta, to whom her kindness, her gentle spirit and her Christian virtues are so well known. Alb ant Advertiser: A subscribe* writes us the particulars of a frightful ac cident, resulting in the instant death of Wm. M. Seats, near Graves’ Mill, at Mag nolia, on last Friday evening. Mr. Seats was a teamster for Mr. Graves, and was driving his log cart along the’ road, when he attempted to alight from Ms saddle without stopping his team, to get a drink of water. His foot became entangled in some way, and he fell to the ground, and before he could move the ponderous cart wheel caught him, first crushing his skull and then passing over Ms entire body Mr. Seats was a middle-aged man, a wid ower, and of good character. Augusta News of the 1st inst, says George Shaw, a well known colored man, formerly of this county, but now in Liberia, writes to friends in Augusta, warning the colored people not to go to that benighted region. He says the coun try is mountainous and sterile, and the climate very sickly. All the necessaries of life are very inferior, scarce and high in price. The letter farther say3: “Wrong statements have been made to the colored people of the South about Liberia, which cause many a poor soul to come here and suffer. Liberia is a certain death ibr all the American people who come here, and the natives, who think we are just out of slavery, look on us with suspicion and scorn. If the true facts about this coun try were generally known, it would save many a poor soul from dying, which a large majority do who land on these burn ing shores. There is no machinery in the country, and fanners cannot keep out of debt from one season to the other. The much talked of bread fruit is nothing like the bread you have in the States; it is a peculiar kind of fruit growing on large trees, and very insignificant.” We are glad to copy the following from the Americus Recorder : The report having obtained circulation in the State press that Mr. E. Brake, who was burned out by the fire on the 27th ultimo, aud who was quite sick at the time, “was so overpowered by Ms loss that he died soon after,” we desire to cor rect the statement. Mr. E. Brake, we are glad to state, is not only not dead, hut much unproved, with tair prospects of his recovery. Fort Talley Mirror: We learn that Mr. A. J. Burnett, of near Knoxville, re cently lost four stacks of fodder, a wagon body and several other articles by fire. He had been after coal, and left it in his wag on, which was trader the shelter with Ms buggy. There must have been some fire remaining on the coal, wliich ignited and burned the shelter as well as the articles enumerated. Being awakened and assis ted by liis neighbors, he managed to save Ms buggy and corn cribs by hard work. Columbus Enquirer: Some fears were expressed when the wires, for the telephone exchange, which is yet to be es tablished, were put up that there would be danger from lightning. People put lightning rods on their bouses to guard against lightning, and half the time the rods became uninsulated in a short while. A great many of them have no ground connections, and yet the occupants of the* houses felt perfectly safe if the rod is only there. Although lightning rods, when kept in order, are undoubtedly a protec 1 tion, yet when they are not so kept, they are dangerous. Now the telephone wire is a lightning rod with a guarantee that it will he kept in perfect order; it gives a multiplicity of ground connections, and the distribution of the electricity over the number of wires decreases the danger most materially. Columbus Times: For several days a crowd of carpenters have been busily en- jagcil in building a fishing smack which is to ran in the waters of the Chattahoo chee. Yesterday the boat was pronounced finished, and one of onr able judges was called upon to officiate in conducting the ceremonies of IauncMng. He suggested that it was necessary to have a bottle of wine to break over the boat. After a long consultation they finally agreed to compromise, on beer, and the beer was soon brought, t.nd the boat christened “A. W. McMichael,” as a compliment to our most excellent bailiff. saw the disturbance, hastened forward and succeeded in getting the pistol from the woman before she could fire it. The weapon is a perfectly new Smith & Wes Fokt Valley Mirror: The sad in telligence of the death of Mr. Thomas A. Harwell, telegraph operator at Feny, readied ns last night. He died about 5 o’clock in the evening, of congestion of the bowels. He was a rising young man of noble qualities, and bis many friends here will be sad to hear of his sudden death. His remains will he brought to tlfis place for interment. Americus Recorder : One of the prominent farmers of Schley county in formed us Thursday that he expected to have a barrel of new flour in the Americus market by the 20th of "April—that the grain had shed the bloom, and in fact, is almost “ready for the harvest.” Oglethorpe Echo: Abner Blount, the negro preacher who was arrested in Lexington for eloping with a colored sis ter, has been bound over to -answer the charge at Hancock Superior Court. It is now said that this scamp has never been married to the woman be owns as a wife. Quitman Reporter: Now that the wild land investigation has been brought to a close and left the Georgia Legislature with nothing to do during the recess, would it not be well for the Governor to call an extra session of that body, say some time in July, and have a committee appointed from among its earnest work ing members whose duty it shall be to in vestigate our Colquitt county friend’s (A. D. Tatterson, Esq.,) “Indian (?) Grants.” We are inclined to the opinion that there is a fraud, or some other screw- loose, about these papers, for we are sure the la mented Mr. Cobb did not, in his book of Statutes, authorize the procuring of grants from any such source; and, consequently, they must be null and void ab initio, and the cdurts will be in duty bound to so de cide. A correspondent of the Albany Ad vertiser, writing from Bainbridge, says: Last Friday Mis. J. W. D. Girtman, living in this county, undertook to bum tlie soot of a stack chimney with grass, fcjhe succeeded to her sorrow. Not only did she burn out the soot, but the dwel’- is only 25 cents a bottle. lng, smoke bouse and com crib. In fif teen minutes after the fire caught the. dwelling, every out-house was in flames Her husband and hands were at work in the field some distance from the premises, and before they conld get there nearly ev erything of value was destroyed. Girt man lo3t thirty dollars in money, nearly all the household and kitchen furniture wearing apparel, and all of his com, ba con, and syrup. He had just emerged from financial • troubles of the past, and had everytMng needful to raise a crop without running in debt. All perished in the flames, leaving him penniless, aud his family naked and homeless. On Saturday last a fearful cyclone struck the western part of our county, traveling from due west due east, leveling fences, tearing down trees, unroofin dwellings, blowing away outhouses am killing cattle. TheHemry County Weekly says: The most antique rencontre thatwehave heard of took place at the Fayette county poor farm, last Saturday afternoon. Bob Gay, aged 86, and Peter Gay, aged 79, got into a dispute wMle shucking com, winch ter minated in a regular old-fashioned knock- do im-and-drag-out fight. Peter bit off Bob’s thumb, which Bob resented by smoothing the wrinkles out of Peter’s countenance with a brick, and was pro ceeding to maul Mm in true pugilistic style when the overseer came upon the scene and put an end to the struggle. “Age ain’t nothin’—blood will tell.” Oglethorpe Echo: About the poor est paid class of humanity is ladies who teach country schools. But for the public fund, they could not pay for their scanty fare. We heard of one young lady from Lexington who walked three miles often to school, and one of her piratical old pa tronspaidup his tuition with three old hens. A man who would thus defraud helpless female, deserves to be burnt at the stake. The editor of the South Georgian has been to Macon, and has this to say about us: While in the city we visited the office of the Daily Telegraph, and Tound that some very important changes had been made on the editorial staff. The senior editor, Mr. Joseph Cushy, after an active and useful editorial career, has divided 1ns labors with Rev. Mr. Sweet, the “Jack Plane” of the Savannah News, whose fa die pen has made much reputation for that paper. His duties on the Messenger are chiefly devoted to its Weekly, and we have no doubt that under its manage ment the “old and reliable” journal will gain a rich harvest of wealth and fame, The former local editor, Mr. J. H. Jones, has retired from the management of that department, and his duties are now per formed by Mr. H. C. Edwards, whose rich humor and sparkling sketches have won for him as “X. I. E.” no small amount of fame. Bat we must .bid adieu to Macon, and return to onr little dty refreshed and inspired by our visit. Oglethorpe Echo: TMs is amatter that farmers should not neglect. Besides giving better grazing for stock, it has been discovered that many of the diseases of late years prevalent among animals are occasioned by their swallowing a parasite that inhabits unburnt pastures. In old times the woods and uncultivated fields were fired every spring, and then we heard of few diseases among live stock. Savannah News: Mr. Edward Coyne, an old employee of the Central Railroad) died on Wednesday and was buried yes terday. The decedAd had been an em ploye of the Central Railroad from the date of its inauguration until within the past few years, when, on account of Ms old age, he was retired on pay. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, as a faithful, employe and Ms funeral was largely attended. Mb. Patrick Murphy, the oldest man and also one of the oldest employes of the Central, died suddenly yesterday morn ing at breakfast, from a stroke of paraly sis. The deceased was a native of Ireland; was eighty years of age, and was twenty years in the employment of the railroad About six months ago, he lost his eyesight and became incapacitated even for the humble position wMch he then occupied of porter in one of the shops, hut Colonel Rogers, the superintendent, kindly kept him on the pay roll until his death. The deceased was well thought of by every one who knew him,and his death, though his life was extended through many years, ismourned by his fellow employes. His fu neral will take place this afternoon at four o’clock, from his late residence, ■ comer West Broad and Jones streets. The Savannah News gives us this about the worthy Postmaster of that city: During the late war General McLaws was riding down his picket line, and en countered a genuine son of the Old Pine Tree State on duty, who had taken his gun apart with the intention of giving it a thorough cleaning. The General halted in front of Mm, when the following con versation ensued: .“Look here, my man, are you not a sentinel on duty ?” “Well, y-a-s, a bit of a one! ” “Don’t yon know it is wrong to take your gun apart while on duty?'” “Well, now, who the d—I are you ? ” The General saw his chance, and with a sly twinkle of his eye replied : “I’m a bit of a General.” “Well, Gineral, you must excuse me. You see thar is so many d—n fools ridin’ ’round here a feller can’t tell who’s Gin eral and who ain’t. If yon will jist wait till I git Betsy Jane fixed I will give you a bit of a salute.” The General smiled and rode "on, firmly convinced that that sentinel would prove equal to any emcgency. From Hon; Andrew Cornwall, Ex-Member op Legislature, New - York" State. Alexandria Bay, January 3, ISS0. H. H. Warner A Co.: Gents—I have been troubled with kid ney difficulty" for the last three years, and in October last had a very severe attack. I then commenced taking your Safe Kid ney and Liver Cure and obtained relief at once. I have’used two bottles and felt as well 1 as ever, and I shall always keep a supply of Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure in the house. Yours truly, mcli30 2w. ... A. Cornwall. As to the double-edged platform on which Grant is running, the Tribune dej livers itself as follows: The third-termers are getting their is sues mixed. General Grant is creating something of a Democratic boom for him self in the South by saying that the coun try needs as little government as possible. Whether unjustly or not, this is construed in the South to mean that he is no longer in favbr of a “strong government.” Mean time, in tiu. North, he is urged as the “strong man” who can be depended upon to keep the Sonth in check. He can’t fill both these characters, and the only point to decide is whether he or his friends are the more accurate interpreters of his own views. i v'" It is no wonder that so many mothers praise Dr. Ball’s Baby Syrup. We heard one of our best physicians pronounce it to be the only safe remedy for children. Raising Frogs.—The American Fish Cultural Association was,by last accounts, in session in New York, and the not&3 on papers read before it are novel and inter- esting.Setli Green, tlie veteran fisb breed er, digressed in one of Ms fish speeches, to remark as follows: ‘One thing the writer was greatly sur prised at, was that fanners did not give more attention to raising frogs. If a farm er made a small pond, twenty-to thirty feet square and from four to five feet deep, and surrounded with a tight board fence, he could raise enough to supply his own table and have some left over to sell. The farmer who learned how to raise frogs on large scale, could make more money than by his agricultural products.” Very probably, with a market like New York, a crop of frogs could be profitably disposed of, but they would be of slow sale in Macon. . A fanner told us the other day that be would not be without Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup if it cost five dollors a bottle, it Not"only must be a wonderful remedy. The price WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington Citt, March 80, I860, SENATOR THURMAN’S sudden illness yesterday wMle replying to some of Jim Blaine’s impertinent inter ruptions, created a scene in the Senate that was almost dramatic fora short time. Before he had fairly risen to his feet, he was observed to suddenly put up his right hand to Ms forehead, clasp it firmly for a moment, and then withdrawing it, dip it in a goblet of water on his desk, and then slowly to apply it to Ms forehead. Then he sank slowly back into his chair, Ms head drooped on Ms breast, and he seem ed suddenly to lose consciousness. Eaton, of Connecticut, who sat near, raised Mm to his feet and supported Mm to the cloak room, where he was laid on a sofa and medical aid summoned. Senator Withers, of Virginia who is a physician, quickly responded, anc. applying some simple remedies, soon re stored Mm to consciousness. His first thought was of and for his wife whom he directed should not be informed of his ill ness. After a short while he was able to walk down stairs to his committee room, whence lie was driven home. It is said he is subject to vertigo, and has been for many years, and Ms physician said last night that he would soon be able to re sume his duties. 1 sincerely trust this may he the case. The American Democra cy can illy afford to lose Mm just now. He is one of their ablest and mo3t trusted leaders and if the eternal fitness of things coulcl determine the question, would live in the WMte House for the next four years from the 4th of March, 1881. fie is, and has been, since I came to know him, my es pecial candidate for- that position. I would rather vote for Mm for President than any other living man. What" a fu ture for the country and the party his elec tion would secure I BUSINESS IN CONGRESS gets on very slowly, as you have doubt less noted. There is too much gab in both Houses. If there were one two more Congers on the Radi cal side, and the same number of chatterers whom I could.name on our side, I do not see how a wind up would be possible short of next March. If a half dozen men in each body were to get sick and stay so for a month Congress could adjourn by the last of May easily. But they are the very ones who never get sick, and never ask leave of absence. Other members may come and go, but they go on forever. THE GORGE OF SCANDAL with wMch Washington has been sick ened this winter, continues to grow. The latest concerns a clerk of the Executive Mansion namedChapman,whom Mr.Hayes has been compelled to boot out of that building this week for undue familiarity with young women who went in search of government positions. The story goes that Chapman, under pretense that he could secure such appointments, has ruined several of them. It is also alleged that he has an interest in a house of bad repute in this city which has afforded much food for gossip lately. It is also al leged that he had a partner in the latter business in the peison of a Western M. C. happen to know Chapman, and my knowledge of him strongly inch’nes me to take considerable stock,in these reports. He was appointed to hi3 present position by Grant and retained tfy Hayes. The Christiancy scandal rests in its rot tenness, awaiting the venerable Isaac P.’s arrival. His friends say he will make things hum when he gets here, and that Mrs. C. will be everlastingly smashed when he un folds bis tale. She is still with her dear mamma, hut doesn’t dash quite so much as she did some time ago. It turns out- that one of her flirtations was with her step son, Dr. Christiancy, who wrote her some exceedingly picturesque letters which will doubtless be made public dur ing the divorce proceedings. THE GRANT BOOM. For bounce and bluster, and a magnifi cent capacity for claiming everything, the Grant boomers “bate Banagher"’ as our Irish friends phrase it. I go out very seluom at night, and see very few people, but occasionally drop in at Willard’s, aud never without encountering some of these boomers. They almost persuade me sometimes that no other name will be heard at Chicago but Grant’s, and that before the Convention meets all oth er candidates will have withdrawn from the race. I have heard a good deal of that sort of tMng in my life, but never anything to equal this. These people ei ther know their man has a dead sure thing, or they are the biggest liars and blow bards that were ever known. I still hang to my belief that Grant will win at Chicago, but not like they claim. I don’t suppose, however, it makes much differ ence to Grant how he gets the nomina tion. He will take it at the end of the hundredth as eagerly as if by acclamation. Mrs. Grant yearns to re-arrange that fur niture in the White House, which Mrs. Hayes so ho rribly disarranged when she came in, and that will settle the business if her husband should be disposed to put on any frills about the manner of his nomination. MR. BLOUNT introduced yesterday a hill authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to Govern or Colquitt as a loan 150 stand of light breech loading rifles, with the necessary accoutrements for the use of the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural Col lege at Milledgeville, and also a bill to designate Atlanta and Macon as ports of delivery, both of which were read twice, ordered to be printed and referred to the Military Affairs and Ways and Means Committees respectively. These things take time, however, to push through, and, therefore, patience is A very necessary virtue lor those who are interested in Congressional action or mat ters of this kind. Mr. Blount lias his hands and time fully employed by reason or his place on the Appropriations and other Committees, hut his capacity and disposi tion for steady, hard work are co-equal, as his constituents fully know and appreciate by this time. A. W. R. Religious Persecution.—It is curi-^ ous to see' Republican France following so closely the example of Bismarck in the warfare against the Jesuits. The re vival of the obsolete and almost forgotten laws against “unauthorized religious congregations,” is just-now the most ex citing subject in France, and the decrees wMchbave just been promulgated, are likely to produce as much disturbance in their enforcement as the unauthorized congregations ever produced when let alone.—Philadelphia Times. Query: Would not these “unautho rized religious congregations” do far less harm if they were left undisturbed in the enjoyment of their peculiar tenets ? Per secution is certainly the best plan to mul tiply tlioir adherents and bring them into notice. If otherwise law-abiding citizens why not let them alone ? As to Mgh water ahput Montgomery t the Advertiser of Wednesday says “a train left for Mobile yesterday. As yet transfer has to be made by boat between Tensas and Mobile. The water is over the track for a considerable distance, but as the winds have lulled from the bay, and the rivers fallen, the superabundance of water at the lower end of the line, will soon disappear. No damage has been done to any part of the road. The train did not go out last night, but will go this morning, and the one due at 8 p. m. did not arrive until after midnight. Eve rything will be on schedule again in a few days. How is the baby ? is the question often put to a mother, and many an answer comes, “thanks to Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup, much better to-day.” General Toombs on the Railroad Commission. Washington, Ga., March 23.—The action of tMs commission attracts a great deal of public attention. It seems to meet with much approval and some discontent. This is very natural. The question of transportation by railroads, especially in the agricultural and exporting States of the Union, is scarcely less important than production itself. Hence, it deeply affects the business and interests of a large ma jority of the people of the United States. The Railroad Commission had its origin in wide-spread complaints that the rail road companies of this State claimed and exercised the power to make their own tariff of rates, fixed their own schedules for the transportation of passengers, freights and cars over their roads and to discriminate against persons and places, and to combine at pleasure with each other to prevent competition among themselves and thus toll, at their own pleasure, every article produced and every article necessary to production which had to be transported by them, as well as all passengers using their roads. These charges seem to have been well sustained, as the Constitutional Conven tion, the great majority of the people of the State and the Legislature all took prompt and efficient action to redress the evils complained of, and to these ends, among other tMngs, established this Rail road Commission, clothing it with author ity and imposing upon it the duty of regu lating railroad freight and passenger tar iffs, preventing unjust discrimination and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tolls. All civilized nations have found it ne cessary to regulate by law the tolls of common carriers. All human experience has vindicated the necessity and wisdom of tMs principle under all circumstances. TMs necessity is greatly increased in this age and country by the fact that the great body of the transportation of the countiy is under the control of huge corpora tions, practical monopolies, clothed with sovereign exemptions, rights and powers. It would violate the princi ples of eternal justice to permit either party to fix these tariffs for both par ties, and justice can only be done and rights protected by interposing a compe tent and impartial tribunal to decide,‘in the first instance, all disputed questions with the right of appeal to the judicial de partment of the government. This is just what the Legislature has done by enacting the law in question and establishing the railroad commission to give’it full effect. These railroad tarifls can neither he uni form nor fixed without injury to the pub lic or to the carriers, and, therefore, ought to be altered from time to time as provided by the constitution. The real cost of transportation is the primary ele ment in making a fair, reasonable and just tariff of railroad rates. The cost of transportation is not uniform, the topog raphy of the country through which rau- road3 are constructed,the different grades, the amount of travel and traffic upon them, besides many other things, greatly affect the actual cost of transportation, even at the same periods of time; hut the most potent of all the causes, affect ing all the roads alike, are the marvelous discoveries and inventions wMch are be ing constantly made by this generation of men. These discoveries and inventions have reduced the actual costs of transpor tation by railroads probably not less than seventy-five per cent. These discoveries and inventions do not belong to railroads. Saving the rights of discoverers and in ventors, they are the common property of the human race. For these, among many other reasons, the commission has fixed the schedule for the present, with the lights now be fore them. This schedule is by no means perfect; nowise man expected it to be perfect; but it removes great evils, rectifies many grievous wrongs, and it also uses the power granted it by law to correct its own errors from time to time by inviting all complainants on either side to come before it and submit their complaints with such facts and arguments to sustain them as may be in their power, and thus right the wiong, if any is found to hare been done. The public have abundant cause to be thankful to the commission for what it has done. Its services have been very valuable to the public, and let us hope that all parties will meet the questions submitted to it with fairness and candor, and rely upon the power of truth for the proper solution of the great est economical questions of the nine teenth century, R. Toombs. Decisions of Supreme Court RENDERED MARCH 31.ST, 1880. {Abridgedfor the Telegraph and Messen ger by Hill & Harris, Attorneys at. Law, Macon, Ga.) Davis, Adm’r. et. ai. vs. McLester. Equity, from Stewart. Where, in a proceeding to reform a deed at the instance of a daughter against the vendor and the administrator of her deceased husband it appeared that the father of complainant paid the purchase money and the deed was made to his son- in-law, and the question was whether or not it should have been made to Mm as trustee for Ms wife, the death of the son- in-law did not prevent the father-in-law who paid the money, from testifying as to instructions given by Mm to the decease A in regard to the manner, of taking the title, wMle the latter was acting as Ms agent forthat purpose. Judgment affirmed. Dendy vs. Gamble & Copeland. Home stead, from Harris. • An indigent sister and her children, though mainly dependent on the appli cant for support, do not constitute a fami ly for whose benefit he can take a home stead. To constitute one head of a fami ly witMn the meaning of the homestead clause of the constitution, there must be some legal obligation on him to support its members. Judgment affirmed. Cannon vs. Dnnlap. Bibb. Attachment,from Where an attachment is sued out against one partner on a partnership account un der §3270 of the code, the declaration in attachment need not be against both part ners, but only • against him who is thus subject to summary process. Judgment affirmed. Mayor, etc., of Griffin, vs. Powell. Cer tiorari, from Spalding. The ordinance of the city of Griffin pro vided that “no person or persons shall keep a livery or sale stable, or let out horses or mules or other stock, carriages, buggies or other vehicles * * without first obtaining a license • * • provi ded that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to allow any person to run a dray for Mre.” Another section provided that “no person shall run a dray, cart or other carriage in the city of Griffin for the purpose of hauling for the public goods, produce, wares or merchandise of any description, without a license.” Held, that one who had taken a license as the keeper of a livery stable might hire out two-horse wagon by the day for the pur pose of hauling lumber without obtaining a license to run a dray. Judgment affirmed. Waters et al., executors, vs. Perkins Equity from Taylor. 1. ; If a defendant has a legal defense to an action at law, he must then make it, or he will be concluded; and equity will not relieve Mm unless ho failed to make the defense by the fraud of the other party, or by accident, and with out fault in himself. But where the de fense is equitable, aud requires the intro duction of new parties, the defendant will not be concluded by his failure to plead it to the actiou at la w. He may assert the same by bill in equity after judgment. 2. The general rule in considering a demurrer to a bill in a equity is to look only atr the bill and exhibits. When, therefore, a general demurrer was filed, considered and overruled on the basis of the bill as originally brought and amend ed, with all the original parties, and the writ of error was sued out on the same ba sis, tMs court will consider the case so made, although an order appears on the record dated some four years previous to the judgment complained of dismissing the bill as to two cf the defendants, their names not having been actually stricken, nor the attention of the presiding judge otherwise called to the fact that they were not parties. Judgment affirmed. 2. A life estate in money with remain der over may be created. Money roar be lost, but it cannot be destroyed in the 2. There being no ambiguity or uncer tainty m the provisions of a will, thei r constructionjs for the court- and not fo? the jiuy. All parts of a will are to be ta- ^^Sethcrand given effect. If this can- not be done because of a conflict in the different parts, then the law must p£ Judgment affirmed. Embarrassing Impediments. The ex-Khedive of Egypt, who with his harem, is residing at Resina, would do well to provide Mmself with an extra supply of patent locks, bull-dogs, broken bottles, cat-teasers and Ethiopians with rolling eyeballs and curving scimitars. Not long ago one of the beauties of his harem eloped with a young Italian artist, and now a fair Circassian, Miss Nasik Missak, who is rising sixteen, lies fled to a mansion opposite where lives a young gentleman “who,” says the report, “had fallen in love with her from seeing her in the window and with whom she had managed to carrry on a pantomimic woo ing. It seems that the young man’s affection is sincere, for he has now ap- ilied to the municipal authorities of lussia to publish the notice of Ms intend ed marriage with the interesting young fugitive. But the authorities are much embarrassed by this request, for the Ital ian law demands that all strangers wish ing to marry must produce a certificate from the authorities of their native coun try, that there exists no impediment, and as this young girl, now only sixteen year’s of age, was sold in Cairo when a mere baby, no one knows to whom to apply.” Who can be sure that the wily ex-Khe dive, if not openly offering a chromo for each elopement or stimulating the export trade of wives and bayaderes by a liberal system of bounties, is at least t ipping the ■wink to the ferocious eunuchs whom he puts on guard and leaving the front door carefully unbolted at night. The charms of unlimited female society might commend themselves to a despotic ruler in Egypt, where the inmates of the harem could be kept secluded and beyond the influence of Frankish fashion plates, and where, if the worst came to the worst, lie could remove to another of I to do, and have made the sale accoSing- liis palaces or try the water cure upon 1 ■ — - • — - - — - - the Obnoxious females in connection wi;h a sack. But in Italy, with a fixed income, a comparatively narrow house and no possibility of extinguishing summarily the lights of his harem when they begin to flare up, it is so clearly to the ex- Khedive’s interest to make reductions in tlie stock of spouses he is carrying that we shall not be surprised to learn by and by that, with true Oriental cunning, he has been conniving at the elopements he pretends to condemn. Moses vs. Watson. Equity, from Musco gee. SV-M 1. A bill in equity was brought by a married woman against a manufacturing company, her husband as her trustee, two non-iesidents, and their attorney in Geor gia. It alleged that stock of the company was held by her trustee, that he, without her knowledge transferred the certificate in bank to pay 1ns own debts, that the transfer was to one of the non-residents, who has since transferred to the other,and the latter holds for his own benefit or for his creditors, that their attorney had the certificate in his hands and has notified the company not to pay dividends to her, although the certificate (which also con tained power to transfer stock on the hooks) showed the trust on its face, thus interfering with her rights. The object of the bill was to enjoin the payment of div idends to the attorney, to have the certifi cate delivered up, her trustee removed, and a new certificate issued to her: Held, that the hill was not demurrable for want of equity, or for misjoinder of the attorney with the company. 2. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction, although the attorney •lived in another county. 3. It appearing that one of the non residents had died, and no representative of the estatei being made a party, and the other had not been served, but that the attorney in this State who was in posses sion of the stock certificate had been served, there was no error in allowing the case to proceed to final decree. Judgment affirmed. Pitts vs. Flournoy & Epping. Injunc tion, from Muscogee. A bill filed by F. & E. alleged as fol lows : P. had a fi. fa. against K., F. & E. had two fi. fas. against him, one older, the other younger than P.’s, but the younger was founded on a mortgage containing a waiver of homestead. All were levied on certain cotton. To defeat P., K. had the cotton set apart as an exemption, and filed a claim with F. & E. as securities. The mortgage fi. fa. was proceeding; K. ap pealed to F. &E. not to sacrifice the cot ton at sheriff’s sale at Lumpkin, but to take it at a fair valuation of $400, carry it to Columbus, where it could be sold, and if it brought more than that, to give Ms family the benefit of it, this they agreed A 91,000 Guarantee. Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure ill positively cure Bright’s Disease and Diabetes; and it is guaranteed that it will also cure 09 per cent, of other kidney dis eases, 95 per cent, of all liver diseases,and will help in every case without injury to the system, when taken according to di rections, and the sum of $1,000 will be paid to any person who can prtve that it has failed to do this.—H. H. Warner & Co. 2w at' couid be hugged ou all sides at once. The Great Civil War. Washington, March 29. — Colonel Robert N. Scott, who has charge of the preparation for publication of the Union and Confederate records of the rebellion, reports to the Secretary of War that ex cellent progress is being made in collect ing tlie Confederate records. These are widely scattered over the South, many of them are in the hands of prominent offi cers, and these have beengenerallyplaced at the disposal of the Government, at least §o for as to enable it to procure cer tified copies of originals, which answer all the puiposes of publication. Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pemberton, the cavalry officer, General Wheeler and some others of prominence, have placed their large collection of papers at the ser vice of the Government. A general dis position is manifest to contribute such official material, as is in their possession, to this history of the war. Aside from tliis report of Colonel Scott, it is known that the general feeling among the cx- Confederate officers here is very favorable to the publication of their records. In fact they take a deep interest in it, and will doubtless vote for all needed appro priations for the publication of both of the Union and the Confederate archives. Their feeling is that when the histories of their campaigns are accurately presented and judged as military operations alone, they will take equal rank with any of the Union campaigns. —A woman was the inventor of tlie hay press. She got the idea from wishing she ly. The claim of K. under the P. fi. fa. was dismissed without a trial, and K. re' fused to interpose another claim. He and P. are kinsmen, and have colluded, etc.; both are insolvent. P. has notified them to produce the cotton, and they will be subjected to suit on their bond; discovery was waived. Defendant’s answer denied collusion with K., and charged that the claim itself was the result of fraudulent collusion between K.andF. & E. to delay Mm: Held, that, under these facts, the chan cellor did not err in granting an Injunc tion to restrain P. from proceeding until the final hearing. Judgment affirmed. Saulsbury, Bespess & Co., vs. Blandy. Illegality, from Libb. ‘ 1. A motion which has been settled by a verdict cannot be again raised affidavit of illegality to tbe fi fa. founded thereon. 2. Even if it be allowable by affidavit of illegality to go behind the judgment and inspect the verdict, still the reason able interpretation of a verdict in favor of plaintifis for a stipulated amount, would be that such finding was against defen dants who had been made parties to tbe case, and no others, and a decree against such defendants only would folio w the verdict. 3. Factors to whom the drawer of a draft for the purchase money of a steam engine for ginning cotton, was in debt, and when agreed to accept it in order to facilitate their collection from the drawer out of his cotton, did not stand cn the footing of accommodation acceptors, but were original contractors. Phillips, administratrix, vs. Creus et. al. Assumpsit, from Muscogee, 1. Where the remaimler-men brought suit against the administratrix pf the life tenant for $000, allog'ng his receipt there of, his life estate therein, his death, and her refusal to pay, and the evidence sus tained tlie averments of the declaration, a motion for non-suit was properly over ruled. Porter & Mumford vs. Gorman. Com plaint, from Talbot. ^ onx 1. When action was brought for breach of covenant,, and a recovery is sought upon an alleged agreement not Jfound therein the plaintifis must allege that such was the’ real contract, that the omission was caused by fraud, accident or mistake, and that one or both parties intended its in sertion. 2. When a business is sold, a stipula tion is necessary to prevent the seller from carrying oa the same occupation in that town; but the mere purchase of the “good-will” will not compel such result Judgment affirmed. Phillips versus Lindsey. Equity f rom Spalding. 1. Whilst the bare conclusion of a wit ness as to an agreement made between parties should be excluded, yet after stat ing the facta connected with the transac tion, the witness may give his understand ing of it as he heard it from the parties themselves. 2. The examination preliminary to the Introduction of secondary evidence of a lost original is left largely to the presiding judge, and where he is satisfied and ad mits the secondary evidence, it must be a clear case of abuse of discretion to require the interference of this court. 3. Where the case made by the com plainant involved only the conduct of the defendant as to the excess of certain notes turned over to Mm after satifying com plainant’s indebtedness, wMlst that made by the defendant was that ail of the said notes were placed in Ms possession as col lateral security to certain fi. fas. against complainant held by him, it was not er ror in the court to charge the jury gener ally as to the duty of the holder of collat- rals, and not to confine its instructions on ly to the duty of the defendant as to the excess of such notes over and above the indebtedness of the complainant to him. "Judgment affirmed. Anti-Third Tenners Gaining. The Chicago Tribune says: The anti-third term shows signs of great activity m all "directions. In New York State club meetings are held almost night ly in the different Assembly Districts, and it is estimated that there are more than 50,000 Republicans in the State who will vote fora Democratin the event of Grant being the Chicago nominee. In the ad dresses issued by the Independent Repub lican Association in New York City, the keynote of opposition to a third term is sounded in the declaration that the nomi nation of General Grant would he a step toward defeat. In New York,*as in St. Louis, the anti-tbird-termers are burning their bridges behind them, and rendering retreat impossible. They have begun by acting withing the Republican party wMle yet there is time for their efforts to accom plish the object for which they have or ganized, and it rests with the party itself to determine whether they shall remain Republicans or be driven to the fulfill ment of their determination to support the Democratic nominee as against General Grant. Since 1509, when it is generally suppos ed that the duration of English Parliament was first extended beyond a single year, only four Parliaments have existed for seven years, and eleven only have lasted as long as six years. Taking one Parlia ment with another, the duration of each since the accession of Henry Yin does not exceed three years, even including the “Long Parliament” of Charles I, and the still longer Parliament which Ms son, Charles II, kept in existence forsevent/wn -jesrsi—xEe'tww-oironesi' Parliaments since the accession of. George IH have been that of 1S0G-7, wMch lasted only four months and fifteen days, and that of 1830-31, which lasted only fire months and twenty-eight days. " V! Actors who have reached the ripe age of one hundred are rarely to be seen ac tively engaged in the exercise of their pro fession. According to the Paix, however, one of these rare birds, may now be seen nightly at Toulouse. He is a comic actor named Graffetot; was born on tbe 2d of July, 1780; he came out at fifteen years of age, when the revolution was at its height, and appeared successively at Bobino, at tbe Montansir theater, at the Gaite, at Nantes, and at Toulouse, where he settled for good. He is said to be still a very amusing actor. . A Partner’s Individual Name to A Note.—Fred. Leuckel, a butcher, of Lehighton, furnished meat to workmen who were engaged by William R. Maffet & W. T. Rhoads to build a section of railroad near Lehighton. Mr. Rhoads conducted the business of tbe firm. Ho occasionally borrowed money of Leuckel to pay tbe bands on the road. In Novem ber, 1860, he gave a noie to Leuckel for $200 and signed it with his individual name. Leuckel subsequently brough suit against Maffet & Rhoads, asserting that the debt for which the note was given was a partnership debt. Maffet contended that he ought not to be liable; that the taking of the individual note was proof that the debt was contracted by Rhoads for himself. The Court below decided against Mm and this judgment the Su preme Court sustains. Wonderful Early Growth of Fruit.—The Eufaula Times says: ■ “We are told that there is a single apple tree on the premises-of Mrs. W. Toney, a few miles north cf the city, which bloomed in January and has fruit on it as large as guinea eggs. It was never known to bloom and fruit so early before, and strange to say all tbe other fruit trees on the place are more backward than usual. All the trees of the orchard having been subjected to the same climatic influences, this marked difference in advancement seems quite unaccountable. “Brandy, brandy, bane of life, Spring of torment, source of strife, If I could half thy vices tell, The wise would wish you safe in li—1.” Such is the refrain from the lips of the poor deceased toper, who would fly from his enemy if possible. ‘Recollect it is a diseased liver that craves relief. Instead of brandy or any other stimulant use Sim mons’ Liver Regulator, and it will afford relief. mar3Q lw The End not Far Off. A Washington dispatch to the New York Bulletin says: It seems agreed that the action of the Ways and Means Committee in placing a rider in the interest of ftee admission of all articles entering into the manufacture of paper on free bili for bichromate potash augurs well for the speedy relief from pa per monopoly. Some free traders have tried to think it only a trick of the protec tionists, but this is denied, as Mr. Kelley himself proposed the most sweeping amendments. The sooner this can be done the better. It is a shame and disgrace that the press, the most laborious branch of industry in the country, and, we may add, the most essential to true progress and the mainte nance of tlie liberties of the people, should be made tlie special object of persecution by the Representatives of a Radical Con gress, through the medium of an unjust tariff for protection. We trust tlio harvest of the paper monopolies will be brief. Free trade is wbat the consumer desires, the world over. Reliable.—It is useless to deny the great curative effects of Simmons Liver Regulator. Its virtues are attested by thousands who have used tbe medicine, and it is now largely in demand. It com, mends itself to the public by its compo nent parts, being entirely vegetable, no in jurious effects from its use, being pleasant to^the taste, and Us operation upon tbe liver being perfect, at the same time so imperceptible that it interferes with neither business or pleasures. mar4 lw