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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1870)
®l)e lUcchln Constitutionalist BY STOCKTON & CO. OCR TERRS. The following are the rate. of BobscripUon: ©aut, one year M WmmtLLi, one year Coukfst Thou Mot Watch One Hour ? Thy nightia dark—behold the shade is deeper la the old garden of Getbsemane, f? ,m Toice awoke the weary sleeper, Oonld st thou not watch one honr alone with me ? O, thou bo weary of thy self-denials, And so impatient of thy little cross, Ja it so hard to bear thy daily trials, To count all earthly things a gainful loss ? What.if thou alteayt suffer tribulation ? And if thy Christian warfare never cease ? The gaining of the quiet habitation Shall gather thee to everlasting peace. But here we all must suffer, walking lonely The path that Jesus once himself hath gone : Watch thou in patience through this hour only, This one dark hour before the eternal dawn. The captive’s oar may pause upon the galley, The soldier sleep beneath his plumed crest, And Peace may fold her wing o’er hill and valley, a But thou, O Christian, must not take thy rest. Thou must walk on, however man upbraid thee, With Him who trod the wine-press all alone; Thou wilt not dad one bnman hand to aid thee, One hnmau soul to comprehend tby own t Heed not the images forever thronging From out the foregone life thou liveet no more; Faint-hearted mariner, still art thou longing. For the dim line of the receding shore. Wilt thou find rest of soul in thy returning To that old path thou hast so. vainly trod ? Hast thou forgotten all thy weary yearning To walk among the children of thy God? Faithful and steadfast in their consecration, Living by that high faith to thee so dim, Declaring before God their dedication, So far from thee because bo near to Him. Canet thou forget tby Christian superscrip tion— “ Behold, we count them happy which en dure?” What treasure wooldat thou, in the land Egyp tian, f l ' • Re pass the stormy water to secure? And wilt thon yield thy sure and glorious promise For the poor fleeting joys earth can afford ? No hand can taka away the treasure from us That rests within the keeping of the Lord. Poor wandering soul—l know that thon an -Mtfltlitf ‘Hi- oi 1 ••takxw* aMJittrutoo i Some easier way, as aU have sought before, To silence the reproachful inward speaking.— Some landward path into an island shore! The cross Is leSvy To'tEy human measure." The way too narrow for thy inward pride ; Thon const not lay thine intellectual treasure At the low loot-stool of the Crucified. Qh, that thy faithless soul, one hour only, Would comprehend the Christian’s perfect Despised with Jesus, sorrowful and lonely, Tet calmly looking upwards In its strife. For poverty and self-renunciation The Father yieldeth back a thousand fold ! In the calm stillness oi regeneration Cometh a joy they never knew of old. In meek obedience to the Heavenly Teacher, Thy weary sonl can only find its peace ; Seeking no aid from any human creature, Looking to God alone' for his release. And he will come in his own time and power To set His earnest-hearted children free: Watch only through this dark and painful hoar, And the bright morning will yet break for thee. [From Belgravia. The Nameless Dead. Whydo you wail, O Wind ! why do you sigh, OSea? Is It remorse for the ships gone down, with this pitiless shore on the lee ? Moan, moan, moan In the desolate night and alone; Ah, what is the tale Yon would fain unveil In your wild weird cries to me! A gleam of white on the shore l—’tis not the white of loam * . Nor wandering sea bird’s glimmering wing, for at night no sea birds roam. ’Tis one of tbadrowned—drowned Os the hapless homeward bound Last night in the dark, There perish’d a bark On the tar ; and ’twas bound for home! A woman’s cold white corpse—a woman so yonng and fair! .... See, the cruel storm has entwin’d with weeds the wealth of her weltering hair; And the little, the little hand Lies listless and limp on the sand. They had bound her fast To a wreck of a mast; But the wild waves would not spare! Look how they bound and leap—cast them selves far o’er the shore, Striving to seise on their stranded prey, and carry it of! once more 1 Oris it remorse or dread, Or s longing to bury its dead, That makes the surge On the ocean verge So incesssntly bowl and roar ? Where do they list for her step ? where do they look for her face? Where are they waiting to see her once more in the old familiar place ? Dead, dead, dead 1 In vain will their tears be shed, For not one of them oil, Alas, will fall On that bosom’a marble grace ♦ why do yon wall, Whydo yon marmur, in mournfnl tone, like things with a human mind ? Wall, wall, wail, Articulate ocean and gale I For the loneliness rare, So pallid and flair. Yon (lew le your fnry blind I Lot ns hear her away to a grave In the church yard’s calm green breast, Wbtro the sound ol the vied end waves In strife may new bar peace molest. Though we ooauot carve her name, Mbs will slumber all the aeme, And th« wild rose bloom •ball sorer her tomb, And (ha shall have perihet rsetl L'ul. Jn It Lyons, of Hulls toailfi owe of lie best Mid Must reaped lad I'ltlaeftl, died om tkd W il*«( July. Decisions of the Supreme Court of Geor gia. Delivered at Atlanta, Friday, July 29. [reported expressly for the constitu- TION BY N. J. HAMMOND, SUPREME COURT REPORTER. I Urbanus Dart w. F. H. Orme, ei. al. Equity from Glynn. Warner, J. When a bill was filed by the complain ants, alleging that they were the owners of certain lots in the city of Brunswick, which had been surveyed, marked out, anddedi cated to the public, for a city, in the year 1733, claiming to derive their title to the lots in said city under ancient grants made by the Crown of Great Britain, and the State of Georgia, and by pnrehase and pos session of the lots held under that title, and also alleging that in the year 1826, Davis and Dart, under pretence of authority under the head rights acts of this State, surveyed lots so dedicated and granted as vacant lands, and obtained grants therefor from the State, which survey of the lots is alleged to have been fraudulent and void without authority of law, and in violation of the law because said lots were not vacant lands; that the defendants are offer ing to sell the lots claimed by complain ants under their said fraudulent title, and have sold some, and are threatening to occupy the same; that the effect of such conduct is to cast a cloud over the title of complainants, and greatly diminish the value of their property; wherefore, the complainants pray for a discovery as to the fraudulent and complicated transac tioos alleged in the bill, and that the de fendants may be restrained from selling or taking possession of any of the lots of com plainants, and that they may be decreed to bring into court the alleged fraudulent grants, and that the same may be can celled and decreed to be null and void. To this bill the defendants demand, first, be cause the bill was multifarious; second, because there was no equity in the bill which entitles the complainants to the re lief prayed for, and have an adequate reme dy at common law. The court below overruled the demurrer which is excepted to here: Held, That as the complainants derive their title to- the lots from the same com mon source that the bill is not multifa rious : ‘ HM alto, That a Court of Equity will entertain jurisdiction when the remedy in the common law court 1s not complete or effectual, as It would Beth a Court of Equi ty, and that according to the allegations in the complainants’bill, the court hart juris diction to remove t|ie cloud east over the ered np and cancelled, as well as to prevent a multiplicity of suits growing out Os titles to lots held tinder them In the city of Brunswick: nM further, That in a controversy be tween Individual persons, a grant from the State may be Impeached before the courts for frond, and when the same Is void upon Its lace, or Issued without authority of law, or against a prohibition in a s'atute, or for property to which the State has no title'without making the State a party to the suit. The general demurrer to the com plainants’ bill for want of equity was prop erly overruled by the court below. Judgment’affirmed. James L. Seward, John M. Guerrard, for plaintiff in error. H. L. Bennlug, Harris & . Williams, for defendant. E. A. Rhodes ea. The (State. Larceny from Cherokee. Warner, J. When a defendant made a motion to con tinue his case on the ground of the absence of a witness who had been subpoenaed, but did not state what facts he expected to prove by the absent witness : Held, That there was no error in the re fusal of the court to grant the Continuance. When a motion was made for anew trial on the ground that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the evidence : Held, That there is'sufflcient evidence in the record to sustain the verdict, if-the jury believed the witness; that the credibility of the witnesses, and the weight to which their evidence was entitled, was a question for the consideration of the jury exclu sively, and this court will not control the discretion of the court below in refusing to grant anew trial. Judgment affirmed. W. T. Wofford, L. E. Bleckley, by Re porter, for plaintiff in error. 8. C. Johnson, Solicitor Genera), by Jas. M. Brown, for the State.' A. T. Calhonn vs. E. B. Kellogg. From Muscogee. Statute of Limitation. Brown, C. .I.' The retroactive ordinance of 1865, and the constitution of 1868, confirm the acts of the illegal legislative bodies which met in this State during the war, where not in aid of the rebellion, and not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States. But these acts of confirmation are uot to divest vested rights, but they are to be construed as acts of peace and to prevent injustice. Under this retroactive legislation, the acts passed during the war, suspending the statutes of limitations, are made valid in all cases, where the legal statutes in exist ence at the commencement or the struggle had not fully ran In favor of the defendant, before the passage of the ordinance of 1865; but thev do not revive a right of action that was barred by the legal acts In exist ence prior to the passage of the ordinance In 1865. Judgment reversed. McOat, J., concurring. I concur in the Judgment overruling the judgment of the court below. The statu tory bar bad, as appears from the record, completely attached before the acta pasaed daring the war soapending thcitatntas of limitation had been made valid by the con i Htatao. all of whom were free to aoe In our 1hu daring the war. Persona who were ! not resident within aw It#** during the war were prohibited by aet of well ae by our own laws then In aeausl op eration mu it suing, and ilia statute dldsoj. lln my Judgment. »••*"* t,MM * •• •" 1 util'ihe war wwud. , ***£®* I *lN*h r I where thee* plilntlFh resided during the AUGPsFA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1870. | is that they resided n Georgia, or do now reside here, I concur l m the judgment, with this qualification. Warner, J„ dissenting. is peuiiin 8 0,1 an open accouut to which the statute of limitations was plead in bar of the plaintiffs right to re cover, and it appearing from the facts In the record that the right of action was not barred up to the time of the passage o f the act of 14th December, 1861, suspendin'- the of the statute of limitations In this state: Held, That the act of 14th December. 1861, suspending the running oi the statute, although passed by a legislative body not recognized as lawful under the Constitu tion of the United States, still, as it was an act regulating the remedy on contracts made between individuals, and not passed it °L the late rebellion against the io«o ec L btates : aud the constitution of 1868, having recognized and ratified all acts passed by any legislative body sitting In this estate as such, since the 19th day of January, 1861, for the purpose of protecting afi rights, privileges and immunities which may have been vested in, or accrued to any person or persons, or corporation, in his, her or their own right, or in any fidu ciary capacity under any act of any such legislative body (including that body of laws known as Irwin’s Code) which was intended as well to protect the rights of parties when plaintiffs in court, as when defendants therein ; that said act of 14th December, 1861, had the legal effect and operation to suspend the running of the statute of limitations in this State from the date of the passage thereof, in accordance with its terms and provisions, and that was the true intent and meaning of the consti tution of 1868, In ratifying and confirming the several acts of the Legislature, passed . j the war, which were not passed in aid of the rebellion, in order to restore peace and quiet to the country, and to pre vent injustice where parties had regulated their conduct in obedience to the then ex isting laws of the State; and in this view of the question the plaintiffs right of ac tlon was not barred, as was held and de cided by Mthls Court in Brian vs. Banks, 88th Ga. Rep., 300, and there was no error in the ruling of the Court below, on that point lu the case, or in not ruling out the plaintiffs interrogatories. R. J. Moses, for plaintiff In error. L. T. Downing, for defendant. • William M. Anderson, plaintiff in error, o». Thomas L. Taylor, defendant in error. Award from Pulaski. Brown, C. J. 1. When the arbitrators failed to famish the party who objects to the award with copy.aa reqnlred by* section 4188 of the re vised C!°de, bnt the party appeared at the he was taken by sarpriseror lost any right by not having notice of the award, be is not Injured by the failure of the arbitrators to furnish the copy, and the award will not, on that ground, be set aside. 2. An award will not he set aside for un certainty, when it is capable of being made certain. 8. The award in this case is not so out rageous as of Itself to constitute conclu sive evidence of fraud or corruption. Er ror in judgment in the arbitrators is not a snfflclent ground for setting aside an award. Nor will it be set aside on the ground that it Is contrary to evidence, if there is any evidence to sustain it. 4. Arbitrations are favored by the courts; and he who attempts to set aside an award must comply strictly with the requirements of the statute, so he will not be heard. Judgment affirmed. Eli Warren, Lanier & Anderson, for plaintiff in error. A. T. Burke, S. Hall, by Lochrane & Clark, for defendant. The Equitable Life Insurance Company vs. Catharine A. Patterson. Assumpsit from Chatham. McCay, J. 1. The utmost good faith is required in an application for a life Insurance, and any misrepresentation of facts affecting the na ture or extent of the risk avoids the policy. 2. When one, as the agent of his reputed wife, represented to an Insurance company that she was his wife, and effected an insu rance upon his own life in her name, as.her agent, for her benefit, and the truth of the case was that the marriage was void by reason of the reputed wife having a former lawful husband living at the time of the second marriage: Held, That the policy Is not void by rea son of the illegality of the last marriage, unless it farther appears that the said re puted husband and wife knew, at the time the policy was effected, that at the time of their supposed marriage the lawful husband of the wife was liviDg, and the marriage illegal, and failed to inform the company of the fact. 3. When In a life insurance policy there was an exception, that the company was not to be liable in within to years, the as sured should die by his own hand : Held, That if the assured drink to intox ication, and while in this condition, by ac cident or mistake, take an overdose of lau danum and die therefrom, this Is not a dying by his own hand in the sense of thosp words as used in the policy, even though the mistake or accident be in some sense occasioned by the drunkenness; but if he take the laUdgnura with intent to de stroy his life, though it be but the Intent of a drunken man, this in a dying by his own hand. Jadgment reversed. Jackson, Lawton and Basscnger, for plaintiff in error. T. E. Loyd, llartridge and Chisolm, for defendant. Abel Johnson m. Yeomans O. Strickland. Contempt. From Clinch. McCat, J. When, after a trial on a promissory war rant and a Judgment, the court delivered the property to the successful party on his giving the bond and eecnrlty as required by section 9050 of the Code, and the case was earrisd afterwards to the Superior Court by eerUetari ami the judgment re versed, but before the reversal tbs party re ceiving the property has sold the same end cannot j* reduce It, It In error In the court to attaeh him for contempt In fill ling to obey Its order to deliver the properly. Judgment reversed. i James L Meward, A. I*. Wright, Look ram< and Clark, for plaintiff lu error I No ippearaiK* for defendant, dulla^- Mtichell, et a!., plaintiff in error, vs- The Mayor and Council, defendants in error. Arbitration and awai and, from Glynn. Brown, C. J. In an affidavit filed to prevent the award of arbitrators, which has, by order- of the court, been entered upon its minutes, from becoming the flual judgment of the court m the cause, it is nos sufficient to state in general terras that the award is the result °f accident, mistake or fraud, or is gener ally illegal, the affidavit must state such facts oi fraud, accident or mistake, or designate such illegality, as that the court may see that the mistuke, etc., did, if the statement be true, occur, aud that it was material to the issue. The affidavit must be such as that, If the other party should not deny it, the court can Intelligently pronounee that the award was the result of the fraud, accident, mis take or illegality charged, or no Issue can be formed upon it, and no judgment of the court rendered setting it aside. J udgment affirmed. Warner, J., concurred. McCay, j., does not dissent from these head notes, hut said this judgment was wrong for special reasons. Law, Lovell & Falligant, Nesbitts & Jackson, for plaintiff in error. Jackson, Lawton & Bassinger, B.F. Har ris, for defendant. General Johnston on the Pending War. General Johnston, some weeks * since, went away to the interior of Virginia, to one of the many pleasant and retired water ing places In that section. He went for health.and repose no doubt, but a reporter of the Richmond Dispatch has pursued him, and extorted from him at the point of the pen the following opinion on the pending war: One of os said, “ General, they seem to be very slow about getting to business over the water.” “ Oh, no,” he replied; «two powerful natioas, such as France and Prussia, require time to prepare ter a war. Each side must concentrate its forces before out efficient force and material to sustain an Invasion. I suppose the leader who first finds himself with the larger force will be the one to cross.” When asked about the relative merits, of the troops he said that the French had generate been snceepsfnl in their combats #Prussians, but this was much doe to thei? Stcellent generalship and the con feT-no 1 ? ttsstsMttm knowledge waslmore widely diffused among the people of Prussia than of France, be cause the Prnssian conscript was enlisted for three years only, while the French were enlisted for seven years. Thus the Prus sians were more constantly changing, and military knowledge was diffused among a greater number of men. As to the generalship of the two armies, the General expressed the opinion that France had the advantage in point of ex perience. The French generals had been tried In the Algerian and Crimean and Italian wars, and their merits proven. The merits of the Prussian generals could not be discussed, as they had never had an op portunity as yet to display them. The short campaign of 1866 was devoid of military actions and movements sufficient to prove the military ability of their gene rals. “Yes, but General, there Is Von Moltke ; Is not he a great general TANARUS” “Ho has that reputation; but not de servedly, I think. He had the luck to de feat an old and Inefficient general at Sadowa; whereas if ho had had a general of any tact or ability opposed to him he would have received a terrible whipping. From the only historical version of the battle In English that I have seen it ap pears that he started two columns from two different points to advance upon Benedek. These two columns were not in communication with each other. Benedek Calmly awaited the attack, and while cn f;nged with one column the other took him □ the rear of his right But what good leader would have waited for these two columns to have come up on him? Na poleon the First, or our own Jackson, would have advanced raptdiy upon one of the columps with his entire army, defeated it, and then have returned to take the other one in Its turn.” “ His reputation, then, General, was as deserved as that of Grant, and he deserved about the same credit for his strategy.” “ Oh no,” rejoined the General, evidently mistaking the drift of the remark, “ Grant would never have staid there like Benedek. He would nave advanced upon one of the advance columns and engaged them sepa rately.” Touching the subject of American sym pathy with opposing nations, he expressed the idea, with a slight Indication ol disgust, that politicians would doubtless play upon their sympathies for Prussia in the ap proaching elections, in order to tnflnence the German vote. He could not nnder stand it, why the press of the Sonth was so unanimous in Its sympathy with Prussia. In Savannah, where he lived, there was hardly a day upon which the papers did not make an attack upon Napoleon. The im pression seemed to be that Napoleon was a despot and King Frederick was not. He considered this a great mistake. Napoleon was a wise and sagacious ruler, and France was one of the freest countries in the world, and nowhere could a man find better pro tection for bis life and property. The Prussian Government was one of the most despotic of Europe. The Germans were great Red Republicans, and In this country bad almost as a man fought and voted against the South. As to the Interests of Europe In the struggle, he thought that they should be with France, for lr. France were defeated Napoleon would lie de throned. Such an event as this would con vulse France, and there would be no peace In Europe for a long rime. A woman In lowa dropped an egg Into a flour barrel a few weeks ago, forgetting the Incident altogether, until she was sur prlaed by the peeping of a ohlolten, which had hatched from that Identical egg. The hot weather hed done the buelneee, and the chicken te alive and doing well. Oviedo-Bartlet—Sequel to the Dia mond Wedding.— Tour readers most yet remember the Ovledo-Bartlett diamond wedding of New York, which, within a V«ar, has been twice brought to notice by the World-- first, by the engagement at Gnanabacoa between Senora Oviedo nee Bartlett, aud the Spanish police, in which the lady was gloriously triumphant; and second, by the and ;ath of Senor Oviedo It befalls me to bring the affair a third time to notice, as it Is passing through Its cul minating scenes. The old Senor died with out making a will, and without leaving be hind any legitimate children, his lovely American wile never having blessed their union with either boy or girl. Under the Spanish law the widow is only entitled to a certain per centage of the Scnor’s vast wealth, while the remainder is to be divid ed among his nearest helrs-at-law. Now for this remainder, which amounts to gome thing like *8,000,000, there are already thirty-four claimants, including ten bastard children, male and female, who by law are under contingencies that are said to exist In the case, entitled to a part or the whalth. I am told that ten more bastard children are on their way from Europe to also claim shares of the $3,000,000. Thus, most-com plicated litigation is not only to result from Senor Oviedo’s having died without m iking a will, bathe Is also shown to have been previous to the diamond Wedding a very licentious. Immoral man. Most of the bastards are » free persons of color.”— The share of Senora Bartlett-Ovledo of her husband’s wealth, I am told, Is valued at from $600,000 to $1,000,000, enough truly to enable her to find many men willing to succeed the defunct lord In her affections and marital relations, should she have a mind to reweddlng. The lady, still only thirty-four years old, and in beanty and grace equalled by few of Havana’s many belles, now resides In a palatial mansion on Oficlos street, but lives quite retired, yet wearing deep black for her old deceased husband. Dr. Livingstone’s Fate—New Light Shed on the Cause of ms Disappear ance.—A letter has been received in this city from a Detroit lady now sojourning in Syria, which assumes to abed some new light on the mysterious destruction of Dr. Livingstone in Africa. The writer made the acquaintance of Capt. Bnrton, British Consul at Damascus, a man noted tor his travel both in the New World and the Old. and In a position to be well informed as to the tribes of Central Africa and Dr. Ltvlng- Ingstone’s adventures among them. He the Doctors recent stay of two years or thereabouts, like all other troubha, had 'a woman at the bottom of-it Ha- was first his topographical Investigations ; hTslbnd father-in-law and mother-in-law interposed such strong objections that he was virtual ly kept a prisoner, and thus It happened that the honeymoon was so ontrageonsly prolonged. The Captain says the reason this feet has never been made public is that the Doctor’s friends, feeling outraged by the transaction, have succeeded nntll recent ly in keeping it secret. The letter adds that “Capt. Burton hlmaelf married the handsomest woman in England,” so that he can hardly be moved with envy towards his fellow-traveler, and as he speaks four teen different languages, his capacity for telling the truth Would be considerable. \ Detroit Post, July HO. The “ Nigger Cadet.”— A West Point cadet writes this to the New York Stand ard In regard to the deeply injurned Smith: If the white plebes were fin guilty In im l pertinence to the drill master and officer as he Is, they would be confln- and to their tents for two weeks, with no liberty except at meal times. His officers are actually afraid to use the same language to him that they do to others for political reasons, and he 1b treated far bettor than any boy at his entry hns ever been since West Point was found ed. The few trials ho has endured have raised a terrible storm, and any one who has conversed with a cadet can understand what terrible trials the new students are compelled to endure, compared with which his are pleasures. Effect of the French Drum.—A letter writer says: “ What impressed me moat of all, however, was the French drum-beat from that Score of drums shaped like great cheeses. Mars and Bellona I wbat a rattle and a ring.! How thundering, yet how waspish I what power and what spite I It seemed to me that I had never heayd the voice of war before, and this fierce sound Is now to wake up the more fearful din of the musket and cannon npon. the beautiful Rhine.” Startling Contrasts at Loro Branch. —A Tribune Long Branch letter says: The most “stunning” equinc-and-vcrhlc ular exhibitions are made by James Fisk, Jr., and after him follow Lester Wallack, John Hoey, the great believer in printers’ ink—Hem bold (occasionally)—and various others, who are anxious to advertise their fondness for spending money for the sake ol show. Several blacklegs are conspicuous In the evening drives, and their manners are so much better than those of men who would not recognize them, that an experi enced eye would suppose the former to be socially superior. No one familiar with the society down' here would regard It os other than cosmopolitan. Some of the best dressed men are fiuo dealers and grad uated bar keepera, andfoome of the airiest women so delicate of reputation that a breath of truth would blow them to pieces. I am glad Asmodeus Is not among our guests. If he were, he might Induce tome censorious Don Cieofas to behold the un roofing of Long Branch, and present to hie Coze such a vision as would shake even the trie faith that le left at the bottom of the most skeptical skeptic’s heart.” In Savannah, on Tuesday, a negro named Beaulieu Pritchard made a murderous as sault upon Polly Cooper,* mulatto woman with whom he lived, with a elub, striking her three severe blows, two upon the bead and a third on the forehead above the left eye, about three lacbes In length, and pene trating to the skull. The woman wae knocked lnMualble;for a time, when a police man stopped the murderous assault by ar resting Pritchard. VOL. 29. NO. 33 Prickly Heat.—This annoying com plaint, known by the learned as ZteAsa tropicus, is more or less common In our climate during extremely hot weather, and is especially distressing, since, as It arises solely from too great heat of the skin, it adds a further burden to person? already worn and debilitated from the effects of a heated term. Dr. A. K. Gardner,ln Frank Leslie's, discourses feelingly on this subject, and offers a few timely suggestion*?: “ Prickly heat,” he says, *• is tbe result of a prolonged overheating of the skin, and accompanying sweating of those not ac customed to it. Thus, foreigners coming from a cool temperature, and suddenly ex posed to the Intensity of a tropical atmos phere, are speedily afflicted; more especially If covered with flannels, the skin l« thereby irritated. J “ The sick lying on hot beds, and con stantly bathed in their own perspiration are peculiarly subject to It. This over stimulation ortho sweat-glands Is sure to result In a more or leas extended crop of prickly heat. Evidently the most natural relief Is to rednee the temperature oi the body and remove the source of irritation. Take off the flannels, move about slowly so as not to get so Intensely heated, diminish the quantity of fluids drank, especially of stimulants, and thus make no unnecessary work for the emnnctorlesto perform. “ Frequent bathing In cool water hr very serviceable. If convenient, add a quart of wheat bran to the ordinary bath. If bath ing is not convenient, a towel and a quart or two of water will serve to cool the-skin of the whole person, aud, ussd night and morning, will do much towards curing the complaint In a few days. OhiMren should be cooled down frequently by par tlal bathings. A tablespoonfhl of saleratus in t quart of cold water will materially allay the often intolerable itching. If this is not effectual, try a teaspoonfUl'of hydro cyanic add In a pint of cold water. It must be remembered that this acid Is a deadly poison taken Internally, and must not be placed where children can get at it, or it may be accidentally ;< • “ There' Is little utility in any medication other than that derived from a seldlttz aperient. A form of the same com plaint Is seen to teethtnrf children. It acorns to have frequently no attend ant Itching, and is sympathetic with the general Irritation, and away as the teeth appear. Don’tkeep such children too graoh heated by flannels in warm weather, and wash them frequently, as already directed, with the saleratus water.” ,v;, w ■ t 000 worth of property, as it was generally supposed, to his only daughter, the wife of a highly respectable citizen. But after the burial had taken place the will of thedend man waa brought to light and read to the daughter and a number of those who Wire employed by the testator during his life time. It then became evident that the father had out the daughter off without a shilling, and that he had bequeathed all his vast ostate to persons who had been bis employees, his companions, ten. Whsn the wilt was read, and the daughter learned that she had been robbed of her Just Inherit ance, she flew into a passion, and Baiting the will, tore It In pieces. This action caused considerable consternation; and our informant states that the grand jury of the county being in session, the matter .was Immediately referred to them, and the daughter Indicted for her hasty and Im prudent action, Our Informant aays that tea or twelve: years ago tho daughter married her. prw n ? husband in opposition to the wishes of her father, who swore that he would never for give her, and while laboring under his pas sion he made his will. The coolness be tween the father and daughter lasted for several days, and then a reconciliation took place, and the one act of disobedience was forgotten and forgiven. The daughter and her husband been :ie frequent visitors at the old man’s house, and were with him during his last Illness and when he died.— They, as well as others, supposed that the will disinheriting the daughter had been destroyed, but It appears that the fUther had either forgotten or neglected to tear It cp.— Frandtoo Californian. Donn Platt, who corresponds for the Com mercial, of Cincinnati, In bis last, mentions that he was robbed In Washington of a check tor one thousand dollars, payable to his order. He stopped its payment, but was quite Irate that any one should rob him, and proceed! to hunt np the thief. If he la caught, Donn proposes to punish him by. compelling him to listen to the debates In Congress. In this connec tion he thus naively compliment# congres sional integrity: “I employed a detective. He Aas an honest, capable officer. I said to him; ‘ 1 have had a check of one thousand dollars stolen from me this day/ "He mid—did this guileless detective: • How can that be, when Congress has ad journed and most of the Government left Washington?’ “ Then I said to him—to this deep detec tive: ‘ Some low-minded, miserable crea tures are imitating their masters.’ “ Then responded my hope: •If It has not been taken by the Government offi cials, or the lobby, we may hope to get it again.’ “ And on this forlorn hope we went to work.” ' Coleman Yejlott, Esq., of Baltimore, died In LeeSburg, Va., at h!s father-in-law’s (General- Rost) last Saturday. Upon the breaking out of the war In 1961 Mr. Yellott became a firm supporter of the rights of the Month, and at the extra session of toe Legislature held In Frederick la May, 1861, he was appointed one of the peace commis sioners to visit the President of the South ern Confederacy to lay before him the Maryland peace resolutions and urge a sus pension of hoatllltles, etc. He visited Mont gomery, Ala.. In the discharge of this doty, bat did not return to Maryland till after the close of the war. He served as major In the Army of Northern Virginia, nnder General Lee, for three year*. At the close of the war In 1866 be removed bis family residence from Leeeburg to Lexington, Va, and renewed his practice ol law. I* De cember, 1800, he again removed to Balti more, and resided there until bie death.
