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J. W. BUIIKE k CO.
Georgia Journal & Messenger,
J. TV. RIIKKE A' CO., Proprietor*.
a. tv. uei:se, ) _
, «. KOSEi ffcdltor*.
H \Tfc> OF KI HHfRIPTKW.
DAILY.
Ten dollars per annum.
Five dollars for six monlis.
Two dollars and fifty cents for three months.
One dollar for four months.
WEEKLY.
Three dollars per annum.
One dollar and fifty cents for six months,
one doliae for four months.
J. W. BURKE A GO.
WKDNKSDA V. DUX). 1868 4
THE Hit; STOCK SALE.
Upon this subject, tlie Savannah News,
of Monday, says:
V pr 'mature announcement was made on Satur
day la.-t to the etlVct. that the city interest in the
Atlantic ami Gulf Railroad umouiitiiig to one mil
lion and two hundred aud thirty-eight dollars had
l)ei!ii sold mid transferred to the Southwestern Kail
road Company. Siicll sale and transfer lias not
been made, nor can itTje until sam tioili and by Coiin
, il. Tlie preliminary arrangements for such sale
have heen peif, eted,'a!id tlie m...: ' will come up
utlfie r«ve of the City fa -U for con
lirn ■ • -> '■■■-* . \
- , i 1• 1 l;ti - .men
Tallied of for some tune, and us n»m\t canvassed. ;
Oil the part of the South'* uiti'i',l road, i; is one of |
lit? greatest “t.okes of financial strategy ever in- j
augifrated, or endeavored to be carried into effect, j
The oiler 1..- made to take the stock of the road ,
owned hy the citv at the same price paid for it hy I
the cite (if!2 lOiii-. we believe,) and the Company
to pay "off the bonds of the city, issued for the pur
pose of subscribing to this road as fast as they Ufa- !
lure, and also to pav the annual Interest oil those 1
bonds, amounting to a hundred thousand dollars j
per year. I
The objects of the purchase are very plain The j
manner of competition of the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad has heen ruinous to the Southwestern ami
other roads. The lines which are being opened !
will affect the business of the Central and South- I
western roads, and this piece of strategy is intend- j
ed to do away with that difficulty. It will he al
most a deathblow to tlie Macon and Brunswick j
road, and seriously affect the Albany aud Thomas- .
ville line. This stock will not give the Southwes
tern Company a controlling interest in the Allan- j
tie and Gulf l oad, hut it is understood that other j
holders will work with them, and thus give them j
the control of the road. We understand that this j
transfer, if made will not stop tlie extension of the j
Gulf road into Alabama, nor will it be used against, .
hut rather in the interest of Savannah, it will on- ;
able the. Central and Southwestern roads to perfect j
arrangements by which the trade of the sections of
country into which they extend will be secured
for Savannah, and il will work against the Augusta j
and Columbia (S. C.j road, and will secure even [
freight and passenger tariffs.
The city will he lid of a great burthen if tlie pro- j
jeet is carried out. and citizens appear to regard it ;
favorably. The high taxes at present in vogue can !
be reduced as soon the city is rid of the pay- j
ment of the heavy amount of interest mentioned j
above.
We make no comment upon this matter at pres- j
ent. It will be thoroughly canvassed hy our citi
zens during this week ; and when Council comes
to act upon it—it will probably act advisedly, and !
for the best interest* of the city. It is rumored in '
this connection, that at the next election for Presi
dent and Directors, a gcntlciuau of great ability,
and holdings promient official position, here, will
be made President of the road, should this arrange
ment tie carried out. The rumors concerning the
matter created considerable excitement on Satur
day. Atlantic anil Gulf Railroad stock went up
considerably, and some extensive purchases were
made by parties who wanted to speculate a little.
Wo are inclined to take issue with our
cotemporary as to the effect of this trans
action upon the Macon & Brunswick I
Railroad. True, with a controlling inter- j
eat in the Gulf Road, the buyer, whether
it be the Bouthwestern or Central Road, |
could forbid its Brunswick rival running
cars to .Savannah, and thus prevent its
competing for the freight and passengers
now passed over the Central, but the way
to tlie sea would not be blocked, and
Macon might find Brunswick a substitute j
for Savannah. With one or more lines of |
steamers between New York aud Bruns
wick, Macon aud her neighbors could
jiossildy get along very well without Sa
vannah. We have reason to believe that
when the Brunswick road is completed,
one line now running to Savannah and
working in harness witli tlie Central road
will be withdrawn, and put on between
Brunswick and New Yolk. Tlie North
ern capitalists who have put their money
in the M. & B. road, have deep pockets,
aud will stand a strong tug before own
ing defeat. We believe their project will
he entirely successful and that it will pay.
Os its advantage to this city and section,
there can be but one opinion. It is to
our advantage to aid it in every way possi
ble, without detriment to other interests
quite as necessary to the general wel
fare and prosperity of our State and people.
We have no war to make upon this or |
that road, except as they may, in our judg
ment, seem to be acting from purely selfish
motives, and without the slightest regard
to the consequences to other interests. Jt
has appeared to us that tlie Directory of
the Central Road, thought and worked
too much for Savannah, aud too little for
Macon anil other points and sections
whose patronage is no inconsiderable item !
in its sum total of profits. The people
hereabouts have had some share in build
ing upthatcorporalion, and their interests
deserve, it strikes us, proportionate con
sideration in return. Ret Savannah and
the Central road grow, and flourish, and
wax fat even to the point of bursting with
prosperity, but let not that prosperity be !
built upon tlie ruin of other cities and cor
porations- We bear no ill will towards
KavauDuh or her people, and none to riie !
Central road. We want both to do just as \
well as possible, without detriment to
other interests. Ret both be satisfied with i
the extraordinary prosperity they now j
enjoy, andgive other people a chance. We |
do now aud have always favored active
competition, hut never monopoly. Com 1
petition is life to Btate and people. Mo
nopoly is death aud ruin to both.
LIVELY TIMES.
We have not seen our principal streets
fuller of life and bustle since the war, than 1
they were yesterday. There was hardly;
room for people, and wagons and carts, j
too, and we judge a big trade was the re
sult. A great deal of cotton was waiting I
purchase, and other products seemed as !
abundant.
This is the best news our people can |
hear, or tell. Ret Congress and our ene- 1
ruies do their worst; so that these things
continue, and these signs of thrift and
stout-hearted determination to make tlie
old laud new, crop out, we are on the high
road to practical if not political inde
pendence, and satan himself cannot
stop us. Bun shine and shower, climate
and soil in this South-land of ours, all
hold, by Nature’s decree, tlie whip hand
of Radical malice at Washington. It can
not legislate them away, nor reconstruct
them to our hurt. With brave souls and
tireless hands we can make the victory
complete, and crown our homes aud
hearthstones with the laurels of a thrift
that owes nothing to fawning; a comfort
whose constituents are all of our own pro
curing; and an independence won with
out the spilling of a drop of blood—an
independence whose symbols are full
pockets, and whose result shall he tbe
servile bows of those who now despitefully
use us. Happy day ! It is ours to make
its advent near or distant, too When we
see such signs aa our streets showed yes
terday, we are loath to believe that it
stands very far back in the shadows of the
future.
—The Sheriff of Cumberland County, Kentucky,
becoming wearied of dunning a tax payer for his
dues, seized upon his splendid set of false teeth.
The delinquent had to gum it on “milk and mush’’
until he settled the reckoning.
[Correspondence Journal und Messenger, j
SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE—APPOINT
MENTS FOR tS6».
Albany, Ga. Dec. 22, 1808.
The South Georgia Conference closed its
second session, held in Albauy.Ga., Mon
day night. The Conference was well at
tended by ministers and laymen. The
session was, perhaps, the most pleasant
ever held in tlie State, and the kind peo
ple of this growing city will long be re
membered by the members of this body.
Surely, the services ot the Sabbath will
never be forgotten by those whose good
fortune it was to bear the sermons of
Bishop Andrew, at 10} A. M , Dr. R.
Pierce, at 0 p. M., aud Bishop Pierce, at
night.
Next Conference to he held at Cuthbert,
Georgia.
I herewith send appointments for 1809.
J. B. S.
Savannah District —Jus \V Hinton, V E.
Savannah. Trinity, Good N MacDouell.
Wesley Church and City Mission, D 1) Cox.
, Springfield, Win M Watts,
i Sylvunia, K 1! Uowren.
i Beaver Dam Mission, to he supplied.
Alexander and Bethel. 8 S Sweet, L A Ddrsey.*
I Waynesboro. N B Ous ley.
I MlfV-u 3TIU-.••.!), i- o<s ..<|’|#tlea.
\ Louisville, it F Evans, .) T Johnson.*
j Gibson, Win M C Conley.*
Washington, <' •) Toole.*
Sanders' file, T 15 Lanier.
Daristioro Circuit, S G Childs.
Macon District— C R Jewett, PE.
j Macon, Mulberry St, J S Key.
j “ Citv Mission, James Jones, J\Y Burke.
“ First St, J Blakely Smith.
Jeffersonville K W Flournoy.
Irwinton, W Lane.
' Gordon, C W Smith.
i Uemulgee, to he supplied.
Ilaa kin.-'iilu, Mission, W F Robison.
l’ulaski and Wilcox, to be supplied by K A Hindi.
l-’ort Valley, E A H McGehec.
Perry, W Knox,
llayueville, W W Stewart,
i Montezuma and Vienna, -fames Harris.
« Swift Creek Mission, James Spence.*
Macon Circuit, W C Bass.
Knoxville Mission, James Dunwoody.
tV F College, -J M Bonne!!, I’res’t, C W Smith.
“ W C Bass, Professors.
Editor Southern Christian Advocate, E H Myers.
Coi.cmiu s District K B I.sstkh, P K.
1 Columbus, St Luke, Jus K Evans.
) “ Si Paul, A M Wynn.
( Girard and Wesley Chapel, J It Littlejohn.
Muscogee, S 1) Clement.-.* one to he supplied.
Pleasant Grove, B F. L Timmons.*
Butler, R F Williamson.
Cedar Creek, W W Tidwell.
TalhuUou, T T Christian.
Talbot, R J Corley, il P Myers.*
Hamilton, W A Parks.
Lumpkin, D It McWilliams.
I Buena Vi-tu, Geo T Embry.*
I Juniper Mission, to be supplied.
Cusseta, I) O Driscoll, V F Tignor supernumerary, j
Florence, S R Weaver, Henry C Fentress.*
Amkkk ns District—J B McGwire, P E
Americas, It W Dixon.
Betlml, M A McKibbeu.
Magnolia Springs, J M Marshall
St irkvilie Mission, to t>c supplied by T L Speight.
Cuthbert and Georgetown, J O A Cook.
Spring Vale. Geo 8 Johnson.
Dawson, B F Breedlove.
Terrell, C A Crow #ll.
Weston, J W Mills,
Oglethorpe and Ellaville, F J Iletjtz.
i Albany, Ii I) Moore,
j Flint River M siou, Hastings Packet.*
Bainc.rioob District— Geo. Clarke, P. E. j
Buiuhridgc, A -I Dean.
Decatur, W M i) Bond.
Spring Hill, J T Ainsworth.
Thoiuu-viile, .1 M Austin.
Camilla, W 8 Baker.
Ockloence Mission, P C Harris. One to bo sup
plied.
Morgan, C F. Brown.*
Colijuit, to lie supplied by l) C. Stanley.
Spring Creek Mission, to be supplied by W M
Russell.
Trinity and Blakely, Geo I. W Anthony.
♦ Fort Gaines, It .1" Baldwin.
'( Grooversvillc, J W Talley.
BrcXsxvii k Distict—J. W Simmons. P. E. j
Brunswick and St. Mary’s, C A Fulwood.
Centre Village, J L Williams.
Wayncsvillc, J M Potter,*
Wuivsboro, W T Mc.Micliaci.
Doctor Town Mission, W M Kennedy,
li'iim -svtile, to lie supplied.
Ocinulgee, A P Wright.*
Coffee, lobe supplied by K B Finley.
Stockton, J I) Maulden,
Valdosta, J M Hendrey.
Quitman, O L Smith.
Morven, -T -T Giles.
Moultrie Mission, M TI Fielding.
Berrien and Irwin Mission, to be supplied by N
Talley.
Altamaiiv District—L. I’. Pains, P. K.
lliucsville, J E Scnteil.
Darien ami Mclntosh, W M Hayes.*
Bryan Mission, to be supplied.
Statesboro, to be supplied by D Roberts.
Swainsb >ro, N D Morehouse.
Dublin. -I J Morgan
Oconee, C C Hines.*
Jacksonville, J G Worley.
Bcidsviilc, I) Crenshaw.
Alfamab'a, D G Pope.*
Professors in Emory College, J O A Clark, 1 T i
Hopkins.
Agent for Emory College, F F Reynolds.
Sunday School Agent, 1. Pierce.
Agent American Bible Society, R H Luckey.
S Anthony, Superintendent ot Colored People.
James A Wiggins, transferred to tlie Florida
Conference.
Geo Bright, lran-ferrCd to Missouri Conference.
C P Jones, “ “ St Louis “
John P Duncan, transferred to North Georgia
Conference, and -tntioned at Dalton.
John II Harris, transferred to North Georgia Con
ference, and stationed at McDonough.
Deacon* or Licentiates.
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Notti iibkn Judicial Purity as Pou
traywd by Beecher.—From a recent
Heim- n by Beecher, the following is an
ext met :
“I ; community is so low in its moral tone that
imiL nation cannot rise hi thunder against them.
I ,i, .i.uce of the courts, I repeat, is rotten, rank
ami foul. I say wo are in more danger now than
before slavery'was wiped away; for truth, justice
and honesty have departed. Our most sacred lib
erty and institution* are being destroyed. _ Money
rules supreme and our courts of justice atiuk with
corruption. We are in more danger now than by
being overwhelmed with slavery. Money is our
danger and tlie corruption which follows ii.”
Considering that these courts are presid
ed over, for the most part, by those “loil”
even us B. himself is, and that this picture j
is of u civilization that vmiateth itself far
above that of any other known land, we
may well say toour reviiers: Go to and tug
with might aud main at the huge beam iu
your own eye, ye hypocrites. We have
“rebels,” and “traitors,” and Ku-lvlux
and all shades of “disloyalty” down here,
but justice is not “rotten rank aud foul,”
nor do our courts “stink witli corruption.’)
In all the black catalogue of our sins, no
sucii damning accusation finds a place.
Death of Gen. J. W. Ar.mstong.—
We regret to record the deatli of our late,
and highly respected fellow citizen, Gen.
Armstrong, who died at his residence in
Bartow county, on the 21st iust. His re
mains are expected to arrive here this
morning, and his funeral io take place
from tlie Presbyterian Church, at 3 o’clock
this afternoon.
Alex. TI. Stf.i’hens, it is said, is about to ac
cept Hie chair of belles-lettres in a Georgia college.
Collegiate professorships seem to be tlie refuge of
the shattered lenders of the rebellion, from Lee and
Semmes down. J ust what the effect of this w ill
be on the future of tbe country, evary man can
beet eausider for himself.
i I'hiladdphia Prev, lkermber 14.
Poor Forney is shocked that “the shat
tered leaders of the rebellion” are compe
tent to take belles-lettres chairs in South
ern colleges, and therefrom evolves terri
! b!e tilings to the future of the country.
But how about the country aud the rising
generation if some of the as yet unshat
j lered leaders of the loil —such scholars as
I Bprague, Candler, Wade, Wilson, and
even Forney, whose belles-lettres chairs
might be founded upon the infamously
celebrated Jamison letter—were to assume
professorships in some of our Northern
colleges? The Prat* oelieves in commit
ting tlie government of Southern States,
1 the enactment of laws, and the drafting
of constitutions to swamp negroes; but
, happily reconstruction, with all its power,
lias not been able to prevent the Southern
people from committing the education of
their children to cultivated and scholarly
i men.— World.
i ' ~
—Ptttfen#or Brutke has been appointed Dean ot
i the medical faculty to tbe Univeruity of Vienna,
i He is tbe first Protestant elevated to this position
1 sauce the foundation of the University.
Heller than a Wolf Trap.
; There is no man in this broad land that doffs hit
j beaver quicker to native shrewdness —especially if
I exhibited, by a lady—than the writer of Wiese few
| fines.
I Our suggestions on the “Goose Question,” pub
fished yesterday, we acknowledge to lie crude, and
tlie eminations of a school boy’s brain, when com -
pared witli what we are going to relate. Even our
miniature PGuy Fawke’s Plot,” gotten up against
the peace and dignity of colored society, and with
a special object of “raising” some darkey’s chicken
pot or domietie by “loading” sundry sticks of
wood, does not weigh an ounce in the balance
with tlie brilliancy of til# idea carried out by a true
und noble old matron, of this city, whose wood
pile suffered from nightly raids.
Wolf traps, spring-guns, policemen, have no
terrors for a darkey on a night raid. But there is
one tiling more potent than maiming, ball or guard
house, in tbe mind of the co.ored man, and what
that is, will be seen in tbe sequel:
Due of tbe colored population called, a day or
two since, at tlie City Hail, and with evident ter
ror depicted upon h*rcountenance—-her teeth chat
teririg and eyes something less tluwi a dinner plate
in size, and so prominent that yon might have
hung your hat on them-informed the “powers
that be,” “datdere was a ease o’ sroal pock in Col
linsville.”
His Honor, with his accustomed activity and
\ igilance, immediately had one of the city phvsi
i 'fetus notincn, and iihtrf " « re hunt it q«t irk
the meantime making active preparations to have
it immediately removed to the Hospital.
Away hies our energetic M. D , and going into
the lot designated, found it not there. Gut was
pointed out by some of the colored resident* to a
lot not far distant.
Proceeding to the house indicated, “Mr. Bolus,”
after rapping quick und sharp—in true professional
style—was confronted bv the smiling and benign
countenance of a venerable Southern matron.
Assuming liis mo»ti»evere and authoritative look,
the Doe. demanded to see the small-pox patient !
Fora moment the old ladr seemed dumb founded,
tlieu holding her sides, to catch her breath b< tween
the pauses of laughter, the Ijiiy led the nonpin-sed
doctor through tbe bouse iuto tlie yard, at tile ex
treme end of which, and surrounding the fence
which overlooked her wood pile, were tacked up
miniature red Dannel flags.
The medical gentleman looked obfuscated, but
lie was not tong left iu doubt. The old lady very
blandly relieved him of tbe stage of “diaguo-is”
into which he had worked himself, by simply Mating
that in order to prevent nightly raids upon her
wood pile, she bad concluded to hoist the “iied
tlag!” Since doing so, nary a stick had been dis
turbed.
Comment is useless: but this may serve us a Hint
to others of our readers.
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THE OGLETIIROI’E «4H M I IUKIIIEHI HL
UOtERY OF A LARGE POHI IOA OF l ilt.
MISMIYG MONEY, AMI * il’TlfU: Ol IRE
THIEVES.
On the nth inst. the liotise of Mr J< « bd'-m,
in Ogielhrope county, Georgia, wa- robbed of s io,.
000 in gold, United Stat s currency, aud bank
notes. The follow ing are tbe part ■ mart
A young qnm by the mom: of William Sim; son,
who reside# in ar’this city, had been at the hnu «•
of Mr. Dalton frequently in the ; ’ n- < > -i\
weeks, and by some Bn-ana discovered that Mr.
Dalton had a considerable tin•• out of ui<>u<-r in a
small desk, which sal on a table in the room a I
joining tbe one occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Dalton
as a sleeping room. After getting the •••-.act loca
tion of all things inside the I Simp; on -! ft
that place and came to Atlanta. At th.s phi. • he
met with a cousin by the name of'l homas Weaver.
Simpson informed M caver wiial discoveries h
(Simpson; had made, ami prevailed oa VS - aver to
go down with him after the money. Vi <s" er went,
and upon his arrival at Mr. Dalton’s ;-i-,, . him-, if
off as a traveler, and obtained perm mm to stay
all night. At the usual hour the family ..ml We., er
retired. W eaver occupied a room iu Urn bum. art
#f tlie house. Between ten nr . i o'clck
Weaver stole from bis bed, pas-wl through tic par
lor Into Mr. Dalton’s slec|>ii)g r ~un, uni Worn
thence into tbe room where Hie m»n*-y was, p.« k.-d
up tlie desk, pas-, and out through Mr. Deft m’sroom
into tlie parlor, and from thence to the rod. H
went up the road about a quarter of a mile, where
he found Simpson, who bad been v.aii: .g f-.r him.
Both of them*then went into a pine tli k-t by the
roadside and broke tho box open. They gathered
up a great many of the papers, and, as well a- they
could, U'-lp.q,'.shed them from tbe n.ouea', v,
w as eueloscd iu large express envelopes.
They carried oft a great many of tue papers, and
(as they report) three of the envelopes and tec -r.etr
of gold. The rest was left (c- they report , -..i.e
in the box, and the Other* -eatte ed oil tin- ground.
After waiting a few days Mr Dalton sent f.n < uj.;.
John C. lioid, a lawyer of Lexington, Ga am! put
the ease in bis hands. Cap*, it-id, with the
shrewdness characteristic of nimseif, questioned
certain parlies and obtained information aa to who
tlie robbers were and ' they lived. »'apt.
Reid came to Atlanta last V» edm>day evening, ami
in Lieut. Johnson ot the police had t-an rc. me
mendwi to liiin as being a No. I detective, ( apt,
Urid found Lieut. Johnson, and being acquainted
with officer Wooding, he iiicid iulornuil these
two officers what evmence Ii bad cunr. uir.g tlm
robber, anil all three of them (K id, Johnson ..tit!
Wooding,) concluded to ascertain Urn wiicreabout
af Simpson and Weaver. In order to more fully
get the information dcsireri, officer Vtootiirtg, with
the advice of t ’ ipt. Reid and t.i at. Johnson, called
on a gentleman aud obtained information sufficient
to start iu search of Simpson and Weaver < apt.
Reid and the two police officers went into the
country aud found win rc tbe fath i of Simp -m
lived.
After getting to the house, a young man who was
acquainted with tin- family was sent up in inquire
if be could get a baud to do some work for ( ’olotiel
J. M.C. lied. Old Mr. Simpson came Iw t ii door
and talked with Hn- young n. m ; in tile im antime
Captain Reid, Lieutenant Johns n, and (itiicer
Wooding stationed then:-. I" s n<-m the house so
as to licar what was said, and not iaeng .-atisbcu
witli the advances of tbe young man at tlie door,
concluded to go in themselves and fee what could
be diseovcri-d. Lieutenant Joimson enter, and tirrt,
and discovered a young mini in bed, ami said:
“How are vou. BillAt thi instant ( aptain
Reid and Officer Wooding entered, amt Simpson,
upon being informed what was the matter, Surren
dered quietly. Simpson had f!*00 in greenbacks
and over flit*) in bank note.-. Simpson eonh-ssed
tho whole thing; aud after securing him, the party
started in search of Weaver, who wu- found at
home, seven miles from tlie city, ami w ilk him v. as
found $798 in greenbacks and wjtki 5» in gold.
After securing Weaver, the party start'-d for the
city, where they arrived at suuri-e.
Officer Wooding was sc.it down to OcTctliorj'ie
county, with Captain Reid, iri ebarg of the pris
oners. The officei returned Saturday evening, and
reports $4,900 more of the money had he n recov
ered in tlie woods where tlie box was first opened,
and that, ill alt probability, the rest would be
found, as the box was carried a considerable dis
tance through the woods open. A thorough search
will be made by Captain Reid and others, tho pris
oners for guides. Simpson and Wcaver deny e'er
seeing any of the money except what was found
with them and a few dollars they had spiut.
Lieut. Johnson and Officer Wooding received
au equal proportion of tlie reward. None more
deserve it. —Atlanta Jnldliyaicci', ff’L/.
Causes of Sudden Death.—Very few
of the sudden deaths which are said to
arise from diseases of the heart do really
arise from that cause. To ascertain the
real origin of sudden deaths an experi
ment has been tried in -Europe, and re
ported to a scientific congress at Strashurg.
Bixty-six casesof sudden deatli were matte
the subject of a thorough post mortem ex
amination ; in these eases only two were
found who had died from disease of the
heart. Nine out ot sixty-six had died
from apoplexy, while there were forty-six
ca es of congestion of the lungs—that is,
the lungs were so full of blood they could
not work, not being room enough for a
sufficient quantity of air to support life.
The causes that produce congestion of tlie
lungs are, cold feat, light clothing, costive
bowels, sitting still until chilled after
being warmed with labor or a rapid walk,
going too suddenly from a close room in
to the air, especially after speaking, aud
sudden, depressing news operating on the
blood. These causes of sudden death be
ing known, an evidence of them may serve
to lengthen many valuable lives which
would otherwise be lost under the ver
dict of heart complaint. That, disease is
supposed to be incurable; hence many
mav not take the pains they would to
avoid sudden death if they knew it lay in
their power.
| The First Cotton.—The first shipment of cot
ton from Vicksburg, Miss , through to New York,
i over tlie Charleston route, passed through this
city yesterday. It consisted of dO bales JU.s is
one of the wholesome results of tlie meeting held
bv the general freight and ticket agents of this city
some davs ago. This route is largely patronised
and is becoming more of a favorite daily. Wo
understand that freight H delivered in Liverpool,
from Charleston, at savea-sixteentks of a penny.--
Mum Timm, IWA.
New Steam Plow. —We are glad to record tlie
invention by a citizen of New Orleans, Mr. J. C'.
Deiavigue, of a must important implement in agri
culture. it is a steam plow, not like that of Fowl
i er, exhibited at our Fair, which consisted iu two
engines placed on opposite sides of the field, and
drawing the plows back and forth, but running
with its work through the field, and being, there
fore, far more simple, less weighty and less costly,
both to operate aud to purchase. ' It ia an ordin
ary portable steam engine, placed upon a platform,
of’which it becomes tlieniotor, and which supports
the operators, who guide it from the engine and
! attend to the plows, cultivators or harrows, which
i can be attached in the rear. The simplicity of the
i arrangement is greatly in favor of it,and we trust tlie
I inventor will have an curly opportunity of show
-1 ing its effectiveness, —AV* Orkmm Picayunr,
MACON. GA.. *f ’©DAY, DECEMBER 29, 1808.
MUVGULYR t lIU t VIKTAX K.
Solution of a MyHtery and Identification of a Cerjiw
by Kuiencc.
Among the victims of the recent heart
rending and terrible calamity ou the beau
tiful Ohio, were Mrs. Commodore Thorn
sou, a young married lady of New Or
leans, on her way hack to the Crescent
City, and » companion named Mrs. Grif
fin, who had resided in the same place.
The day following the awful night of the
accident the bodies of both these ladies
were found, as it was thought, and taken
i charge of hy grief-stricken friends for in
terment. They were placed in the Epis
j copal church at Madison, Indiana, not
far from the scene of the wreck, und tbe
ladies of tlie parish very kindly rendered
tlie remains every proper attention, aud
prepared them for the grave Their fu
nerals took place in Christ Church, Bev.
James Bulled, D. I)., officiating. The
graves were prepared, and the interesting
funeral services had progre-sed nigh to
an end, when a message was received from
Commodore Thomson, directing that the
bodies of his wife aud Mrs. Griffin t:e for
warded to Philadelphia for interment
there. At the .-aine moment Mr. Wolff',
cousin of Miss Fahnestock, who was also
lost iu the disaster, appeared in the church
and laid claim to lire supposed body of
Mrs. Thomson ns that ot Ids unfortunate
relative. The friends of Mrs. Thoms >n in
sisted that iheuchajied corpse belonged t a
ner, ano • reorder to prove itiat L*
not mistaken produced evidence snow
that their deceased friend wore
a plain gold ring on her fltigei trt'h the
mime “Grace” engraved inside, aud it
was by this ornament that they had sue
ceedtd in identifying tlie body. Mr.
Wolff was surprised at this announce
ment, as it was on just such a ring of that
identical shape and hearing tlie very same
simple legend “Grace,” that lie depended
on making good his claims to the corpse
as that of Miss Fahnestock.
He had positive knowledge of her own
ing and wearing such a ring in life, and
was doubly assured of the fact by tele
grams from Pittsburg a-serting that while
here, ju-t a few days before her terrible
i dea’h, the young lady had on her linger
such a ring. Here was a dilemma. Tbe
friends of Mrs. Thomson were equally
jKtsitive with those of Miss Fahnestock,
that tlie ring found on the corjise had been
worn by her and beyond doubt fixed ideu
. titicarioo. Alter a caitn discussion the
| friends determined to forward the b<siy to
Philadelphia and there endeavor to solve
the mystery. 'Lite two lost ladies were of
about the same size aud build, and as tlie
clothing had all heen burned away and
the features horribly mutilated, the eon
; fusion arising from tlie remarkable coin
; cidence of both having rings on their fin
gers of exactly the same kind and hearing
! the same legend, was quite natural, and,
of course, sorely distressed the respective
friends. The corpse arrived in Philadel
phia, and the question of identification
sill! remained unsettled. Asa iaet resort,
several gentlemen of the medical profes
sion were railed to bring science to sol ve the
perplexing problem. A post mortem ex
amination revet* ed the fact that tbe dis
figured body was not that of a married
Judy, and the friends of Mrs. Thomson
willingly arquit -ced in the decision, aud
the corpse was surrendered for burial to
the relatives of Miss Fahnestock. The
coincidence of tlie ring) was very remark
able, and hail both tlie lost ladies occupied
the same relations in life tlie identification,
perhaps, never could have l>eeo m de,
unless, indeed tire body of Mrs. Thomson
he yet dragged from tlie river In suet: pre
ser atiou a-to render tlie features u .-og
uizabic.—JsOu w’We Courier Journo’, 1 V /(.
Y CRA< K IN A HOG TROUGH.
Tlie following frmti a recent numbo, of
the Prairie Parnor is almost equal to
Fraukliti’s storv of the whistle:
A lew days ago a /riend sent me word
that every day lie gave nearly twenty pails
of buttermilk to a lot of shoals, and lliey
scarcely improved at all. Thinks I, this
is a breed of hogs worth seeing. They
uiujjj he uildn* blsetl iron kind, tip I. caii
ed on him, TVearlTtitS.fepeal themouiufUl *
story, and then vieised the sty, in order
ly get a better view of the miraculous
swine. ! went into the pen, and, ot)'dose
examination, found a eraek iu tlie trough
through which most of the contents ran
away otider the floor. Thinks i, I.era is
the type of the failures of our agricul
tural liretliren.
When I see a farmer subscribing for a
half dozen political and miscellaneous pa
pern, and spending all his time in reading
them, while he doesn’t read a single agri- j
cultural or horticultural journal, thinks I, ]
to myself, poor man, you huve got a large j
and wide crack in your hog trough.
When l see a farmer attending all the :
political conventions, and knowing every !
man in town that votes his ticket, and
ye*', to save bis neck, couldn’t tell who is
President of his County Agricultural So
ciety. or where the fair was held last year,
1 “unanimously” come to the conclusion
that the poor soul baa got a crack in his
hog trough.
When l see a farmer buying guano, but
wasting as lues an and ben manure, trying all
sorts of ex|>erimentß except intelligent
hard work and economy, getting lire
choicest of seeds regardless of eo-t, then
phintingVihem regard let-s of cultivation,
flowing the variety of fruit called Sour
fart Seedling, and sweetening it with
sugar, pound for pound, keeping tlie frout
fields rich while the hack loin are grow
ing up with tiiieties, briers and elders, con
tributing to tlse Chocktaw Indian fund j
and never giving a cent to any agricultur
al society ; such a man, I will give a writ
ten guarantee, h s got a crack in his hog
trough, and iu his head also.
When I see a farmer allowing loose'
boards all overhisyard, fencedown hinges
oifthegate, manure in the barnyard, I
com# to the conclusion that he lias got a
large crack In his bog trough.
When I see a farmer spending his time
traveling in a carriage, w hen lie lias to sell
ail his corn to pay the hired help, and his
hogs are so lean that they have to lean
against the fence to squral, I rather lean
to the conclusion that somebody that stays
at home will have a lien on the hum, aud
that some day the bottom will come en
tirely out of his hog trough.
\ HIGH OLI) TIME.
Closing Scene ut the Army Iteiiuion in Chicago.
i [Special Telegram to the Cincinnati Commercial.]
Chicago, December 10.
There was a stormy scene at the ban
! quet to-night. After the eatables were dis
| posed of, a terrible raid was made on bot
tles, and negroes who dispensed liquor re
' fresh men ts were almost frightened out ?>T
t'»eir wits, as they were be.-ieged on every
baud by eager and excited wearers of
shoulder-straps, champagne corks flying
as thickly as bullets iri a battle, and necks
of bottles were snapped off’ iu every di
' rectiou by those who were too thirsty to
J wait for corkscrews aud waiters.
In vain General Hheruiau essayed to
bring his subordinates to ordeiq His
] march to the sea w r as an easy task when
1 compared to au attempt to restore quiet
among that army of Generals. lie
rapped, shouted, and finally mala himself
heard hy a few, and announced that the
1 regular order of proceedings would corn
: m euce.
The poem by Colonel Pierce was not
: finished, and tlie remainder of tlie pro
| gramme, down to the response of General
Logan, was, after vain attempts, ahan
; (toned by the incessant riotous conduct.
’ Shouts and screams were continuous;
! alleys were choked by a surging crowd ;
tables and floors were strewn with glass;
! champagne bottles were stuck into boiled
hams, and anarchy reigned supreme.
Governor Oglesby begged the assemblage
to be quiet.
James H. Bowen called on the Chair
man to urge the police to tlie faithful per
formance of their duties. A dozen Gen
eral and staff officers rose simultaneously
l to plead for order.
Six military personages were arrested
for endeavoring to carry bottles of wine
from the hull, aud conveyed to police
! headquarters.
Gen. Logan asserted that tlie riotous
demonstrations at the south end of the
hall were studied marks of disrespect to
the President elect of the United Htates.
General Thomas sprang up and rapped
! vehemently w T ith his gavel, asserting, in
; the firmest of Dunes, that he would not
speak until Genera! Logan was heard, and
General Logan spoke, and thus gave order.
Out of Chaos finally came a sunbeam of
peace, and General Thomas, who was re
ceived with the wildest cheers, was per
mitted to complete his address without
' serious interruption.
SOME TOWIYItM EAUE*’ OF F'SHT I. UFA A .
KTTK, VRESIIIEVT LINCOLN AND lilt. SEW -
ARM: BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
The Louisville Courier-Journal of the
9th iust. contains au article ipspired hy
the recent burning of Fort Lafayette, and
signed with the well known initials “G.
D. P.” We quote the narrative portions
of the article as follows :
I have some peculiar reminiscences con
nected with Fort Lafayett*. In 18ul, three
distinguished gentlemen, Hon. Win. M.
Gwiou, who had served many years with
distinction in the Senate of the United
Htates; Hon. Calhoun Benhain, who has
been United Htates District Attorney iu :
California, and Mr. Brent, who had been
a prominent lawyer in Baltimore, and
was then a very prominent lawyer of Cali
fornia, embarked on a steamer for some
point in the East. General Hunmer was
on board the same steamer. When she
was near the isthmus tlie General made
thorn his prisoners. He simply deigned
to tell them that lie arrested them on sus
picion that they were intending to fight
against the United Htates, a suspicion per
fectly preposterous in the ease of Dr.
Gwitm, who was an infirm old man of
about seventy years. When they de
manded the ground of his suspicion, lie
only answered that he entertained it, und
was not responsible for his suspicions
The three victims were conveyed to the
( J tetri o.u-vrmrs-'tl, »«»•' Mr. M- ,v»r,(,
secretary of Htate, ordered them, without
tut interview, to Fort Lafayette.
’As one of the three prisoner* wa* my
near nmi very dear relative, I hajueneil
very soon to'Washington to procure their
release. 1 had written and telegraphed
earnestly to the President for the release
of Governor Alorehtad, Mr. Uurrett, and
others, blit, when a member of my own
family was a victim of oppression and
tyranny, i felt that I should give nay per
sonal presence to the effort for deli reran ee.
I arrived at the capital long after dark,
and called immediately upon Air. Lincoln.
He received me with the greatest cordiali
ty and geniality’, though he g*-ntly inti
mated that lie rather thought that 1 had
heeu a little unjust to him. i asked him
for the discharge of the three Fort La
fayette pri-oners, Owmn, Beobani, and
Brent. He inquired what were the
charges agaiust them. Os couise I told
him that 1 didn't know, and suggested
whether it wasn’t more hi« busines.- than
ours to know. He answered “Well, I
don't know about these tilings, but 1 am
and sposed to do u hat I can tor you, and
will give you a letter to Seward.” I took
the letter aud called at Mr. tie-ward's of
fice the next morning. The distinguished
Secretary received me with his accustomed
amenity, hut, in regard to the matter in
hand, talked quite dtpioinaiieaHy It was
about my tirat experience of a tegular di
ploinatist'a conversation, i didn’t much
admire or understand it. Mr, H. invited
me to take tea with him that evening. I
did. After tea 1 renewed my apidieutiou
for the release of my friends, and argued
the matter a well as I could, lie had
only tins reply to make ; - "1 am
ering the matter, and I ehniibe very glad
to aee you at tea or breakfast or dinner
every day, and we will udk tire subject
over.”
Oue evening, when I had been a!»out
four days in Washington, I ventured to
urge my request very strongly upon the
."Secretary, and lie said, “ Gall at my office
to-morrow morning at half-pasi'lcu, and
I wili give you ttn prder for the relea->* of
your friends.” Os cour-e 1 was punctual
to the minute. “ Fred,” said tie, addn »*-
ing ills sou aud assistant secretary, “ give
Mr. Fieutiee the document t uireeied you
to make out.” The Assistant (score'ary
placed it in nty bands i read it. it w»»
not an order for the discharge of the vic
tims. It was only au older that I should
have the privilegeof seeing them in iheir
piisou wle-u 1 pleased. *• Why, Mr. f-rw
urd, tiiis i» not what you pr mi»ed me
yesterday.” “No, tt i* not,but 1 specially
desire that you go to New York and talk
with your friends, and ascertain their
feelings gad tnleiiuons and report to me.”
s\tild him in terms a little brier, porsibiy,
Uiat he certainly could not txfs ct me to
visit tny frieuds in prison aud enter into
Conversation with them as a Government
spy. “ Weil,” lie said, “do me the favor
to go and see them, and write to u.e aa
you like.” I sain “Yes” i went, and
wrote to him every iluy as strongly as J
could In favor of the release of the prison
ers. My first tluee letleis were unan
swered. In reply to the fourth I received
a dispatch saying that my friends were
“paroled to. Washington forexpiauntion.”
Os curse I considered that dispatch us
implying a discharge I went immedi
ately with J)r. Gwuiii’b wile and daugh
ters to Fort Lafayette, exhibited the order
to the prisoners, and advised them to pro
ceed to Washington immediately. “Go
with us,” said they. 1 told them thai it
wouid be exceedingly inconvenient for
me to go with them. They were appre
hensive of deceit and treachery. “Go
with us,” said they, “ or we will not ge.”
I wen: wit . them. Ou arriving at Wash
iugtoo 1 called upon Secretary Seward in
their behalf. He required that they
should either take a certain obnoxious
oath or l»e remanded to prison. 1 asked
them what they would do, and they ugreed
that, as there were no charges against
them, aud as they had committed no
crime, they would sooner go buck to their
bastile than take any oath- All my appeals
to the Secretary were of no avail.
Then my appeal wa-i to President Lin
coln. At my second interview with him,
he said, “I will set your friends free. They
may go as much at large as any other citi
zens of the United States.” I asked him
if lie would grant them permis- ion to go
to Euro e. lie replied that none of our
people had a right ogo to Europe without
passports, noteven himself, and that there
fore he could not give pa-sport a, hut that
iuy friends should he just as free as lie or
any other man under the government to go
and come at pleasure. I requested him
to put this declaration in write g. lie said
”'No, it is a very delicate subject, ami Sew
ard will lie very mad about it. 1 will not
touch peu to paper in regard to it. Tell
your friends what l have told you, aud
tell them further that i shall he glad to
see them. All of them, I believe, cttUftl
upon him aud expressed their thanks,
though whether thanks were due, under
all the circumstances, is, I think, quite a
question.
In 1865 Dr. Gwinu, who had not taken
and could not have taken any part in the
war, went from this country to Mexico for
Ida own private purposes, whatever they
were, and 1 have reason to know that
Vhey were right and proper. He went and
took others with him to make money, hut.
on account of the miserable condition of
Mexican affairs, they failed. Dr. Gwinn
came back to Lire United States in the full
consciousness of right and the expectation
of safety. He had done no wrong to oth
ers, and be anticipated no wrong to him
self. But upon his arrival within the
Federal lines, then kept up for no useful
or proper purpose, lie was snapped tip
upon not even a pretext, and thrust into
Fort Jackson, below New Orleans. Sev
eral of his frieuds were thrown into Fort
Jackson with him. There they were kept
for many months. They were kept incar
cerated, but perhaps not very badly used.
I went to Washington to get them dis
charged, and succeeded, although in oppo
sition to all tlie diplomatic efforts of Sec
retary Seward in the opposite direction.
And in an interview on that occasion, Mr.
Seward had the very intense coolness, fifty
degress below zero, the point of liie ther
mometer where the mercury freezes, to say
to my face that he was tlie man who had
discharged my free friends from Fort La
fayette and given them ail their subse
quent liberty.
Gkipfih Cotton Factory. —Tlie prospects of
this enterprise are now exceedingly flattering.
W e learn that more than half the stock necessary
Vo start this enterprise has been subscribed by tlie
inost responsible parties, and tlie money is ready
to be paid in. There is a great deal of surplus
money among the planters of the country, and they
are afraid to loan it to their neighbor* who need it,
on aceouut of lack of confidence, Homestead
laws, etc.
, This is a sure ebanc# for safe investment at good
interest. We expect to see operations commence
for the necessary buildings in a short time.
~ | itfar, 22 i1.
The SormiEUN Branch Mists. —The director
of the l nited Slates Mint at l’hiladelphia says : "11
[' a fact, proved by experience, that coinage can
be executed at the principal mint at less expense
than in any other part of the country, and as the
means of safe transportation have greatly multi
plied of late years, there is no reason for reviving
coinage operations at either of the three branch
mints formerly in operation in the Hon them States,
and he therefore recommends that those establish
ments be disposed of.”
HANGING IIF THE SEYMOUR EX PH Ess
ROIIHERs.
1 A New Albany dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune, dated December 12th, gives some
additional particulars of the hanging of
\ the B* no brothers aud Charles Audersou
at that place on the 12th iust., by a Vigi
lance Committee from .Seymour, Indiana,
of which the main facts have already been
leceived by telegraph. It is estimated
that the mob was not in the jail more than
five minutes, and the actual lime taken to
hang the victims was not over three min
utes. The dispatch says:
Frank Beno vaa tlie first victim. His
cell was in tbe northwest corner of the
upper tier. When the mob entered the
jail ho was in bed, but the noise made
waked him. He comprehended thesitu
ation at once, and secreted himself under
liis bed. His cell was unlocked and a
rush made for him. The Vigilante seized
him by the throat; be cried out, “What
in the name of God are you going to do
witli me?” No reply was made, but he
was dragged out of the celi and a rope
placed around his neck. Two men on
the Corridor drew him up, while three or
four caught hold of his body and lifted
him, and when he had been raised to the
distance ueoMwmy, the ro;»c was tied and
the body left dangling in the air. It was i
Frank Ber n’s neck and face that whs m>
much swollen. The last words of Frank
were. “Lord have mercy u}*on my poor
wouA.il •' - . - • -i
Mfmeoo K*en<> was tno victim.
When the mob went to his ceil he said to
them, "Keep out of this cell. Do not
come in here.” lie had torn off the lid of
the privy sink, and witli this he attempted
toiiefeuu himself. He hit one or two men,
but tbe nmt> knocked him insensible and
apparently lifeless, with slang-shots. Be
fore he was overcome by blows he prayed
God to have m rcy on him. He wa s
nearly’, if not quite Head, when hung up
Wru. Beno was next taken from his
ceil. He said to the mob, “Gentlemen,
what do you want to hung me for? I had
nothing to do with the robbery.” He was
apparently terror striokeu aud died with
“God have mercy upon poor me” on bis
lips. He ha« always protested his entire
innocence of the charge against him, aud
ills declarations have been strongly reiter
ated and endorsed as true by his brothers.
He is now before One who will judge him
impartially.
dial !>» Anderam was the last one bung.
V. hen the mob leached Iris eell lie begged
earnestly for a few minutes lime in which
to pray for God's noeicy. The mob re
p Led: “Hush up; we don’t want a word
imt of you. Its too ia’e for prayer now.”
1 lieu they seized him and placed a rope
around his neck, and soon he was strug
sriilig with death. Jus! u* they wue about
laisinghfm up he exclaimed, in the great
est apparent mental agony, “Oh Lord,
b!et-s my |s-or old father and my sisters.”
Ihe mot) had scarcely fastened Inc rope
when it broke and the terrified, wretched
man fell to 'he stone floor Leiow. He was
soon taken up, ■nofti*Trope placed around
bis neck and then commence 1 an aw
lut sti::; _,(< for breatli. it lasted for some
time, bui finally suffocation nut an end
to it.
Iu hanging each man, rxecit Hi mean,
three or four ol rise mob would seize hold
of tbe body, und throw their whole weight
u|kmi it, in order to break the heck of the
victim. The bodied and faces of thedead
jR-rson- presented a trickin' right. Tire faces
and necks of Simeon Beno [not Frank, as
stated in nutr extra,; and diaries Ander
son were quite pale, and not at all swollen;
the f ces and hecks ot William aud Frank
Beno were very much distorted.
Frank Beno and Charles Anderson were
married men. Their wives were notified
of their u-iribic fate by telegraph, and ar
rived here early this morning. Theocene
that ensued when they ver’admitted to
thejail to see tbeuead bodies o r their hus
bands was beyond ail doeriiiiiou. i'tie
[•••or bereaved creatures were frantic v. fUi
giieT. They embiaetd tlie dt-ad bodies, ‘
kissing Ifae bloated and swollen faces, and
uttering the most heart-rending lamerita
lions. Tim scene wua ,oue that touched
eyes. The sister of the l ean brothers. .
who had stuck to them with ali the d«-vo i
tion of a true and loving heart, was ineon- j
soluble in irer grief.
The Beno family has long been notori
ous foritsbtd nameaud deeds. For years ;
they were a terrorto tiie people of Jackson
county. ’They have l»een engag' din }
many daring robberies, and it is believed,
murders Nearly all the burglaries, mb- j
beries aud murders iu aud about .•seymour
Rockford and Brooinstown, of lute years, ,
ara charged upon she Renos, Oneo Uie]
brothers is now Confined in the Missouri j
Penitentiary, serving out a fifteen years’ ■
term for a most dating robbery and at- '
tempt to murder. There is no doubt but )
that they weie engaged in all tbe express j
robberies that have of Sat-years been com- i
milled on the Jefferson Vi l.'e and Ohio aud j
Mississippi Baifronds. Andersen was .
equally noted as a daring and successful
thief und burglar, iie was a tail, well j
developed man with an intelligent and ;
prep's-sesring face aud fine head, with i
liign and benevolent looking forehead, j
The Beno brothers were short, heavy set, !
and rather dul! and brutish ’ookoig men,
the animal predominating in their pliyei
ognomy. They were men ofiimited edu
cation and intelligence. They were, how
ever, adepts in crime, and up to the time
when they were recently arrested, Dave
managed, from them es ofcrimiuat prac
tice iu our courts, to escape conviction.
:
FIRST BREAD, THEN t LOTHING, AND LAST,
ARTICLES FOB EXPORT.
in this brief heading we have summed
up the entire domestic ecomony of a na
tion. Let a people produce what they may
for export, however remunerative it may [
prove in dollars and cents, they are still J
in a state of dependence and at the mercy 1
of others. And we may go further, and’
add, that the people who produce within •
themselves the means of subsistence, are,
as a general rule, the most prosperous and
ha, j.'V. The immediate yield may not be
so great as it is from other sources, but it
is steady and permanent, and in tlie long
run is more certain to establish the wealth
and independence of a nation. The dis
regard of this rule by the Southern people,
and its disastrous results, are the subject
of a timely and judicious article in the
New Orleans Picayune. Referring to our
almost exclusive devotion to the cotton
culture, to the neglect of the cereals and
manufactures, it says:
“But it may readily be seen that while
a large portion of our labor might have
been profitably employed in raising thest
articles for export, tlie exclusive devotion
of the South to them, its and failure to first
produce its own food, and from its own
textiles its own clothing, made is staple
products the means o, conquering, im
poverishing and enslaving it They pro
duced vast sums of money, but they pass
ed through the hands of the planter with
scarce a moment’s detention, iuto those of
Lite Northern farmer and manufacturer,
and built all tlie great cities and vast and
thickly peopled provinces and unindebted
agricultural communities, which begin by
making their support, and end hy selling
their surplus to those who do not!”
We trust the lute war has taught our
people a valuable lesson on this point.
Their devotion to articles for export cost
them their independence in that struggle,
and if still persisted in must render them
forever dependent upon the capacities or
avarice of others. Our present condition,
fortunately, has removed some of the
temptations to err in this regard. While
we may vet he guilty of the folly of buying
our bread, meat, clothing, and work ani
mals from others, the great hulk of the an
nual pro eeds of labor cannot, as formerly,
be sent to Virginia and Maryland for the
purchase of negroes to make more cotton.
That much of our income, at ieast, we are
now compelled to keep at home and devote
in part to the improvement and beautifying
ol our estates, and in part to manufacto
ries and other local enterprises that con
tribute to the public wealth aud conve
nience. And just here we find the germ
of Southern prosperity. Weave struggling
to escape from the clutches of poverty
now with uo great amount of surpluv after
expenses are paid, but it wilt not always
be so At an early day in the future tlie
waste places will been repaired, labor will
be productive «ml tho annual incomes ot
our people sufficient to Justify them in at
tempting almost anything in the line ol
progress. We pray tbattheume may soon
arrive and that by energy and frugality,
the people of the Bouth will early enter
upon a course of industrial greatness aud
independence that will make them the ad
miration of the world.
DECISION-* OF THE M I’HEWE COURT.
Uultvnrtil al Atlanta, Dec. 1.1,
fPrOisftlit? Atlanta Constitution.;
i*. W. <). Lazenhy, administrator, etc., vs.
James B. Wilson—Complaint from Co
lumbia.
Warner, J.
When a cause has been tried before
a jury, involving tlie value of Confed
erate money, under tbe ordinance of
the Convention, and a verdict rendered
in favor of tbe plaintiff, and there being
evidence in the record to support the ver
dict, and no error alleged to the charge of
the Court, such verdict will not he set
aside aud anew trial ordered by this Court,
unless the same is manifestly contrary to
law and the principles of equity tlie more
especially as the presiding Judge before
whom tlie case was tried is satisfied with
the verdict.
Judgruent affirmed.
E. H. Pottle, by L. .Stephens, for plaintiff
in error
A. B. Wright, by tho reporter, for de
fendant in error.
Win I). Green, et al. v-. John Jones, etal.
Motion for new trial from Lee.
Warner, J.
A note was made in December, IHU4,
payable the first of January thereafter * iu
currency, and should the currency deore
... ..to b-y„ini ,i„ ocii t> value it Is to Is
estimated at Its present value and so paid.”
There were two credits marie on the note,
one dated 28th December, 1804, and ooe-ou
theiioth February. 18*15. The Court below
charged the Jury that “the credits on the
note were ail absolute and full extinguish
ment of tho debt to tbe amount of the
credit;” held that the charge of the Court
was right upon this branch of the case in
the absence of any evidence U> the con
trary, and that there was uo error in the
refusal of the Court to grant anew trial
upon the evidence as disclosed by tbe
record. Judgment affirmed.
W’e«t, Goode, Vason and Davis for plain
tiff's in error.
Kimbrough, W. A. Hawkins for defend
ants in error.
Beoj. F. Fimms vs. Southern Express
CVmpany Assumpsit From Rich
mond.
Warner, J.
, From the facts presented by the record
iu this case, this court will not control the
discretion of the court below In granting
anew trial.
There was no error in the court below
in refusing to charge the jury as request
ed by (iefendant’e counsel “a- to the law
of the place where the contract was made,”
I according to the evidence presented hy the
record. The charge of the court should
. tie based upon the evidence before i tie
court and jury ami not upon an assumed
state of facts not proved. Judgment af
firmed.
Barnes and Cummings for plaintiff in
error.
W. T. Gould for defendant in error.
Wright Brody, administrator, etc., vs.
Furiow, Price, and Furiow. —Equity—
From Sumter,
Warner, J.
When the complainant!* in an equity
atise made a motion in the court uftow to
nave tlie cause set down for trial, which
application to the court was resisted on
the ground that the several claim- of the
plaintiffs in that hill, had been adjudicat
ed by a former der ee of the court in a
esuse in which the complainant#, with
others, were parties, and the court upon
inspection of the record not being satisfied
that the claim of ’lre complainants had
: been settled and adjudicated by that fortn
i er decree, oidercd tne cause to be set down
, for a hearing, to ascertain that fact, which
’ order of the court wa- excepted to and
brought to this court. Held, that the de
-1 01-ion complained of by the ptaintifrin
error, was riot such a final disposition of
the cause as would on! Mb* him to bring op
the decision of the court below to this j
resttti Ufrrati •» Oilt of rAOrjsfGjOrt fhcfeCO, ’
under -41915 t section of the Code; the cause
being still pending in the court below, in
accordance with the express terms of tho
order of the court, to w hich exceptions are
taken.
Judgment affirmed.
R. Hill, for plaintiff in error.
Cobb .V Jackson, Elam, for defendants'
iu error.
James T. Roberts v-. James Mansfield. ‘
Assumpsit from Mitchell.
MoCay, J.
When A is tbe owner of two promisorv
notes, due at different Units, aud of a
mortgage on real estate Securing them,
and transfers one of the notes to P», enter
ing at the same time into a written con
tract that tie will, in a specified time
transfer to K and hi-assignees the mort
gage to secure tbenote. and B transfers the
note and agreement, the note being still
not due, to (J, and A afterwards refuses to
transfer the mortgage except upon condi
tions, which Ci» not bound to accept. A
has still tlie legal title to the mortgage,
tint be holds it for C’s use, and if, by the
tree of that mortgage, he collects from the
| property mortgaged motiey sufficient to
j discharge Ufa note, € may sue for and re
i cover the same from A. Judgment re
veistd.
B. F. Lyon, S. D. Irwin for plaintiff in
' error.
Vason & Davis for defeudai.it in error.
Bank of Commerce vs Barrett, Carter A
Cos. —Complaint from Richmond.
McCay. J.
The fact that the consideration of a note
is set forth on its face does not carry with
It notice of the failure of consideration, if
it has failed, to a person taking it Ooua
fide, nor is he iu such a case, ipso facto,
put Upon inquiry, and hi mid to inquire if
the consideration has or Ui not failed.
Judgment reversed.
Barne* et Cumming for plaintiff in
ercor.
W. T. Gould for defendant in error.
Byrd & Coker vs. H It. Johnson et Cos.
Equity Irom Humter.
McCay, J.
A contract between a factor or commis
sion merchant aud a planter, giving a lien
! upon the crop Os tbe latter for provisions
1 furnished to :i ake it, is not required, by
tbe act of the 15th of December, 186 G, to
i be in writing. Tlie lieu is a good one be
tween the [ arties, and their agents aud
purchasers with uotice, though it be only
in parol.
A bill filed by the factor and sanctioned,
i granting a ne exeat against one charged to
nave a portion of the crop in possession as
agent of tlie planter, and requiring him
, to produce tbe same, that it may be stib
jected to said lien, ought not to be dis
charged on tbe coining in of tiie answer
not denying the plaintiff’s equity, except
on information ami belief, even though
supported by an affidavit setting up title
in the affiant to tiie crop, especially when
the affidavit does not deny notice of the
lien. Judgment reversed.
W. A. Hawkins for plaintiff iu error.
Goode & Carter for defendant iu error.
John B. Perry vs. Wm. IF. Hoduelt —As-
sumpsit from Calhoun.
Brown, C. J.
I 1. A and IF made aud delivered to C
their joint aud several promisory note,due
j twelve mouths.after date. C afterwards,
for a valuable consideration, agreed with
i A, without the consent of B, to extend
tiie time of payment twelve mouths long
er. C endorsed aud delivered the note to
D, after it was due, with uotice of the ex
tension of time of payment. D, after said
time expired, sued A and Bus makers and
C as endorser, ami obtained judgment. B,
who was then ab.-ent in the military ser
vice, returned, after the rendition of judg
ment, and entered an appeal within tiie
time allowed by the ordinance of the Con
: vention of 18(15, and set up the defence
that he was only a surety for A, aud had
na interest in tiie consideration of the
note. A, who had entered uo appeal, died
before the trial, and was not a parly to the
issue on trial. Held, that on tlie issue
between 1) as plmutiffand Bas defendant,
B was <t competent witness under our
statute to piove that he was only surety to
tbe note. In a suit by A’s representative,
after payment out of A’s estate, again-! B
! for contributions, Amid 15, wlm were par- j
ties on the same side ot the origii a! con
tract, would-be opposing parties to the is
sue on trial,"and B would beau incompe
tent witness.
2. Tbe evidence ttaatß. was only asure
l ty and that C knew that A was to pay the
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debt, "a, *'■ kleient to sustain the finding
!of tlie jury and the exteusio.. f fife of
paymeut given by Gto A, withe tL j
; c< nsent of B, the sui “tv, rd earned bine
a. A motion was up J ieh tlie l >urt
agreed to consider in cmW mien with the
record, to dismiss this case, on the ground
; that tlie new Constitution of ttie Btate,
adopted since tlie trial in tlie court below,
denies to tlie courts of tiiis .State jurisdic
tion to enforce any Contract, the consider
ation of which was a Slave, it appearing
from tlie record, that the note in suit was
given for slaves. Held that the judgment
which tiiis Court pronounces upon tlie
points made by the bill of exceptions, ren
der it unnecessary to decide the question
raised by the motion.
Judgment affirmed.
Lyon and deUruffenreid for plaintiff in
error. .
\V. A. Hawkins for. defendant in error.
Vena Thomas vs. l iie State of Georgia—
Murdei —From ."Sumter.
Brown, C. J.
The hill of indictment contained hut
one count, which was for murder. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty of‘•invol
untary manslaughter,” which was re
ceived by ti»e Court, and the jury dis
charged. A motion wu-made in arrest of
judgment on tiie ground that there are
two grades Ol invoiu at a; y mtt nulling liter —
one punished as a felony, the other by
les-er Ptl ;i c-.y.n.-,al ... 1 ...-.a t i.ui a..- ft..,.-
tin u xnould have been sustained by the
Court.
Judgment reverse”.
W A Hawkins lor plaintiff in error.
Solicitor Gtnctal Barker for defendant
in error.
S. S. Boone, vs. Wm. Sirrene, administra
tor.—Equity from Sumter.
Brown C. J.
I wo partners rented a store-house for one
year from Both November, ISriT, tlie rent
to lie paid quarterly, and soou after dis
solved the partnership, and one of them
continued the business on bis own account
fora time, and died. His administrator
obtained an order from tiie Court of Ordi
nary authorizing him to continue the bus
iness for the balance of the y ear.forthe ben
efitof theestate. The widow applied for the
year’s support allowed by law for herself
and children, and the appraisers allowed
her £2,700, which was made tho judgment
of tlie Court of Ordinary aud which left
tiie estate insolvent. The other partner
was also insolvent. Tlie landlord filed a
bill praying an injunction against the ad
mioistrator, to restrain him from turning
over the estate to tlie widow, or otherwise
disposing of the same till hie rent wa.-
paul. iield. that the dissolution of ti.e
firm diu not affect the rights of the land
lord, as a teuaut cannot under our statute,
transfer hi-lea.se Without the com- ut of
i tiie landlord; and tbe lease go far a* the
landlord'srightswere eoncei tied, remained
partuendiip property aud forms no part o:
, tlis estate of tiie deceased partner till the
! rent is paid, and that the landlord is eu
■ titled to his rent cut of tbe proceeds of the
business dene in tbe home, or the stock
in trade, for tin? 'ime tbe administrator
; used tbe premises before the eitaie is
1 turned over to tilt- widow of the deceased.
Judgment reversed.
C. Elam, for plaintiff’in error.
\Y. A. Hawkins, for defendant in error.
Finny & Johnson vs. Kobert J. Rowe and
Jsjac Levy, r-beriff. Buie, etc. From
Jviebnioud.
Bf.ow.v, C. J.
While the statute known as the slay-iaw
was considered in force, the.piaiutiff’ in ti.
1 fa. notified the Hberitrthat the judgment
uas recovered again- 1 the defendant as
i bailee, which was one of tlie excepted
cases in the statute, to which it did not
apply, and directed him to proceed to
nia-te tiie money by levy. He refused to
<l.» so, an ! in response to a rule, claimed
that he was not bound to levy under the
notice; because the li. fa. did not show on
its face that the case was within the ex
ception. This was net a eieu.-.
He should have made the levy under tbe
notice and left, the defendant to his affi
davit of illegality or other proper remedy,
if tiie facts were not as stated in tiie no
tice, and having failed to proceed wkh
the fi. fa. he is iiabie.
Judgment reversed.
Frank H. Miller by VV. Hope Hull for
plaintiffs in error.
Hook and Carr for defendants xa error.;
A Pai.l'aßLE Hit.—The Baltimore
Episcopal Methodist has the following
palpable hit:
Au extraordinary occurrence is said to
have happened at Petersburg, Ya , which
many will think incredible, but we pub
lish it we find it. Kev. Mr. Wingfield
lias twice refused a euil to a church in
New York, (vavated by the lamented
death of the Bev. Dr. Hawks,) where the
“ field of Usefulness ” isequal toten thous
and dMiars a ytar. This Mr. Wingfield is
| a tough man anyhow. We remember be
; was set to scraping tne streets in Norfolk
i under tiie benign dictatorship of Bs’ier,
hecan-e of some inflexibility of conscience.
1 but still we had no idea that, being re
i eently married aud without worldly for
j tune, he would refuse a providential entl
t> a ricii city congregation. If his exnm-
I pip could only be fol owed, tiie rich wor
! Kbippers in city temples would lie taught
| a lesson they very much need. As things
i are, men are continually confirmed in be
lief that wealth is profitable for ail tilings,
and tiiat deposits in security-Itoxes are
akin to riches in heavenly places.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
An important decision was made by the Supreme
Court yesterday morning, in the case of Aru-mus
Could r*. Jonathan Miller, from Richm rulcounty,
iu 1862, Miller borrowed from Could $3 (lot) Li
Confederate Treasury notes, for which he gave his
note payab’e “three years after date.”
The defendant sought to get rid of the payment
of the note, on the ground that the. considerate mi
(Icing Confederate currency')'was illegal.
The Court te’.ow overrah’d tbe defense, anil held
that the note could be recovered mi, supn c-t to tie
provisions of the ordinance of lsdo, allowing Con
federate contracts to be sealed.
Tlie Supreme Court was not unanimous in its
opinion. Justices Warner and MeCav affirming the
judgment of the Court below, and Chief Justice
Brown dissenting.
It maybe proper to remark that the Chief Justice
put his decision upon tlie 2d paragraph of tlie 17:h
section of the otii article of the-new Constitution
of the State of Georgia.
This decision of Justices MeCav aud Warner is
in the very ttvth of the present State Constitution,
and contrary to the United States Constitution,
and in conflict w ;Lh tiie decision of tiie United
States Courts' on the same subject.
We predict tt;i- decision will t-o overrule.!—tie
| United States Constitution ami hues now being
i paramount. Disagreeable as this paramount an-
I thority may be to many of u-. we mud submit t<>
! it, and-make tin-hc.-t o£it.— AtlautLl, 'h/-.■ t- .
j More Optraoes in Arkansas.— Mnu],h \ Dt
r I'.l. —Tbe m/nec/a’* l.ittlo Rock special to
j nigtit says, reliable information states that un the
I morning of the 10th, four companies of militia,
! commanded by Colonels Gray and Williams, from
|Koaneaud Matthews counties, tbe latter colored,
entered Louisburg, shooting in every direction,
marched to Hie store of Brceam A Casey and set
I it on lire, after pouring tlie coal oil on the floor.
I Howard A Wells’ store was also burned. Roseau's
! store was saved by great exertion. During the
: lire, Mr. Casey was shot down audios body tl I row'll
i into the flames after rilling his pock-tc
The town is still occupied by militia, who go
[shootingand shouting through tiie streets. No
one "as permitted to leave w ithout a jws.- All is
I ijuiet at Augusta, ft is »aid that prominent c-iti
i zem prevented an attack on the militia The peo
ple desite tin-interference of United states troops
in their behalf. A large meeting was held at
[ Hatcsvillc to-day. All parties participated, declar
iug for peace under any circumstances, promising
support to the civil authorities and calling on other
counties to hold simiiiar meetings. The arre-t of
I William Mcrriweather, a prominent Radical of In
dependence eountv. bv Genera! L'phuui, at Augus
ta. on the charge oCdiscouraglng enlistment iu the
militia, creates some sensation.
Two DIEKK ELTIES IN STEWART COI NTV—BoTTI
on tub Same I)av.— On the ldth instant Capt. J. C.
Byrd had a niiiuiiderstandi ug with Me-=rs. John
and William Beall, about some settlement of rent,
which resulted in the killing of Captain Byrd by
the Bealls. Three wounds were indicted upon Capt.
Byrd, from which he died in a short time. William
Beall has been arrested, and is now in jail, but John
Beall effected liis escape.
On the same day a difficulty occurred between
llanic! Horton and J. X. Arnold and a son of -Mr.
Arnold.iu which the latte r wasghotaudso seriously
wounded that lie has since died. This difficulty,
like tlie one between Byrd and the Bealls, grew out
of a settlement of busiues.. ami at Mr. llortou’s
bouse Mr. ilorton has not been taken inly cus
tody, although the cas.e wa* being investigated
w hen •uriuforuwat loft.— thlumbu* Eru/airer, 'i-i-l.
—lt is said that in on -of the late action* in
Japan, Japanese “Tommy,” who attracted so much
attention from the American ladies in the days of
the Embassy, was killed, lie was shot through the
breast aud leg, but died lighting for ins chief.