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TUESDAY. JANUARY, 31, ’»*.
TO POSTMASTERS.
■< When mfopapert arc not called for it Is made
he doty of .Postmaster*. under J he law to. notify
tlie proprietors of this fact. Cards, already print
ed, are furnished on application tstho Vostinsster,
whoee opit cluty will bo to 011 oat with the name
f tho psgly not getting the pa per.
cbwfoT'fils ax'd ybotectioo.
Tbe way* and means committee
of Congress have adopted a tariff
bill, audit favors a high tariff for
UfbMbtMD." The "bill as adopted
; by ?hd CoWmittce is a modification
the, Me Kin ley bill, and lie inten
tion is to meet a difficulty created
under Mils present statute by doeix-
.ions of the ...Treasury Department
condemning the duty to lie levied
on cotton ties. These tics arc
made from hoop iron which pays a
duty of 1$ cents a pound. The
ties have generally come in as
"manufactured,” net specified in
the hoop-iron section of the law,
at a duty of ‘15 per cent. A decis
ion of the Treasury Department
put the ties back under hoop-iron,
which doubles the duty. ' The hill
agreed upoa takes the same ground.
It Is. of course, general in its pro
visions, and raises the issue direct
ly Iretweon the protectionists and
free-traders. Under the bill no
■ MAnge in an article made from
-'Ifttl’Or steel’din reduce the duty
“toliif ariiffiMt-Wr *t leant thedu-
' l.y paid ]>y iron npd steel or the
component parts of the most value
J In its latest priorfonn.
:u! And yet wi ; , lin*e newspaper* in
tho South'Vno advocate tills kind of
tariff., ft k ey scorn to forget that
Liverpool controls the cotton mar
ket, and'that every additional bur
den placed upon the cotton raisers
of (jib Southcripples them in com
peting With the cotton raisers of
i i other countries.
''"Hit may be 1 said that this tax ou
cotton ties'Is but a small matter,
amounting to only a few cents on a
bale. .But lot us look a little closer
into tho matter and sec what our
■ 1 planters do really pay the iron
manufacturers of Pennsylvania.
At the full rule of 10 per cent, tar
iff on cotton ties the planters ot
the South paid during tho cotton
year of 1878-9, when the crop was
f>,073,531 bales, a sum amounting
in tho aggregate to over one mil
lion of dollars, or twenty cents per
bale. Of this aggregate amount
t^e government got only $1,227,
as there were few lies imported.
Tbe balance went into the pockets
of tho Iron manufacturers of Penn
sylvania, who by this infamous
class legislation were enabled to
placo 70 per cent, upon the legiti
mate price ot their manufactured
goods. Wo commend these figures
. to the editor of the Warren ton
Clipper, as allowing how u pro
tective tariff puts money into the
pockets of the manufacturers,
i This million ot dollars is paid
by the cotton planters out of their
bard earnings, and they are not al
lowed. It on the prico of their cot
ton and thus recover it, us the mer
chant does upon his goods, for
about two-thlrtls of all the cotton
grown iu the United States finds a
market in. the foreign countries;
and 1 under • sucb circumstances the
American planter is foroed to soil
his cotton at the price offered by
, oreign buyers, which price is de
termined by the rate at which the
cotton growers of India, Brazil, At-
‘ rica, Central America and the Pa
cific Islands arc wiling to dispose
of their products in the same mar-
ket. In other words, the cotton
ipinntcr is forced to sell his products
in the cheapest market in the world,
and not allowed to buy in the same
. .market. Tliiif high tux on cotton
, „ tics is simply legislative robbery.
• • •>,! Sw' m ■ —
The house committee has deci
ded in JjtVbr pf an apportionment
, . ou the basis, of 320 members, or
, , 040 member to every 151,28.7 in-
.- -'habitants. This ratio will give
Georgia ono additional rcprescnla-
- u t|W: ' The bill provides that where
“ the legislature lias made no pro-
'' vision for it, the election of the
additional members shall be by the
• itate at large, and where the mini-
‘KSr Ikltts than the present appor
tionment, the entire number shall
oqelected at large.
Keorlllc’s Reasons for Human liny n
>ew Trial tor (iiiiteau.
Southern Sews.
A new poit-office has boen'es-
Washington, January 28.—In ubilshcd at Alive, Jefferson coon-
le Oriinronl Court this.morning ty, Ala.
On drums, Li., will have a new
Jail, to cost $i2,ooo. %*■'"’ * r
It is probable the Virginia Leg
Miss.,
islature will abolish the chain
anil whipping [idst.'—*
At a sale iu Vickshur
recently, u plantation containing! |oe-»oeoiV,”«/*Hi'.
l.hOU acres brought only $2,225. i
Out of ninety convicts hanged in "rJJe/nS
the United States in 1881, Arkan- I;. 1 ,’'
sas heads the list with fifteen. Jgjj
There arc nine colored men in 1 , i
the .Mississippi Legislature, cigbt ‘lUu U—
iu the House one in the Senate.
A hog in Pink Hill township, 1 -
Virginia, is seven feet long, six
feet aromnl and will weigh 800
pounds.
A letter was mailed recently at
Peioucola, Fla., for Glasglow Scot
land, upon which $11 postage had
to lie prepaid.
Andrew lingers, colored, and
George ltiggins, bo'.li ch-.r^.'d with
murder escaped 1'iom the V'-.ii losta
(Ga.) jail a few days
The first cargo of railr
for the Midland North
railway lias arrived at ileaufort di
rect from Kngland. -Tjvo other
vessels are soon expected-.
A small boy at Buchanan, Va.,
looked into a loaded pistol, and.
when it went oil and tiro bullet j , , , (
SSSrsfSa“• "*i« arntm of m
A lia'.'dsomc monument of (Jilin
cy granite, twenty four feet high,
lias just been erected o'er'-i’ar-
sou llrowniow’s grave, iu the
Knoxville (Tenn.) cemetery.
Judge II. W. McGrorv, of tiie j
Common law and Clianeery Court I kM* Till:
of Madison county, Tenn., has re. mxi
signed and the governor lias n;
pointed Thomas (_*. Mu&c to fill lias
V it
vacancy.
Oitr On].Id. It !
; liTFcfifli 1
A young man in Grayson conn-
13' Va.,was working in new ground
wiien be dug up $1,000 iu .silver
and $350 in gold, supposed to have
Thc’A nrusiW
been bid b} r some one during or be
fore tiie war.
tli • I n *-irni
Gregory Strenoni, an Italian
G . £ nu'4iiiiii/ft
merchant of Petersburg, Va., wa -
oville and Ileid,counsel for Gui
ian, appeared, and the former in
quired ol the court in respect to
the form of his bill ot exceptions,
whether he would he compelled to
except specifically or whether a
general exception would suffice.
Judge Cox stated that, under the
practice of the court lie would have
to except specifically. Scovillc
then stated that lie lmd intended to
file his motion for a new trial, Imt
lie would like to have until Mon
day. Tho District Attorney ob
jected, and Scovillc staled that in
that case lie would file his motion
this afternoon in the clerk’s office.
Tho District Attorney asked that
tile court assign Tuesday next for
the hearing of argument upon the
motion, but upon representations
from Scovilie that lie would scarce
ly able to enter upon argument at
that time, tile court declined to iix
a day at present.
Shortly before live o’clock Ibis
afternoon Scovillc filed with the
clerk of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia the papers
upon wljich he liases his motion or
motions for the new trial. Not
being familiar with practice in this
district, Scovillc concluded to lib-
two motions to insure hiinselt
against the possibility of being de
prived through any legal technicali
ty Of the right of review by the
ccurt in General Terms. The papers
filed in support of the motion are
the prisonci'.t affidavit, an affidavit
ol Prcdcriet II. Snyder as to the
finding of a newspaper under cir
cumstances indicating that it hail
been read by the Jury; an affidavit
of J. W. (iuitean that lie is ac
quainted with the signatures ol live
jurors whose names arc written on
the margin of the newspaper sum
to have been seen by the jury; that
lie has seen them write their names,
and believes the writing upon said
newspaper to have liccn made In
the jurors named. The last affi
davit is that of Scovillc, setting
forth the newly-discovcrcd evidence
upon which lie bases his motion for
a new trial.
Mr. Scoville’H ap| lication for a
new trial Is based upon the grounds
of uncertainty of the verdict,
“guilty as indicted." The indict
ment consists of different, varying
and inconsistent counts, and the
verdict does not specify upon what
count or counts it is found. Also
tiie lack of jurisdiction, errors in
tlic rulings, in the charge to the
jury, in excluding some and reject
ing other evidence, misbehavior on
the part of tlic jury, ami new evi
dence discovered.
The main reliance Is placed upon
tho affidavit of Snyder. The latter
says lie is a resident of Jersey City;
was a guest at tlic National Hotel
iu December. During his stay
there lie passed through the cor
ridor, and observed tlic door of one
of tlic rooms occupied by the jury
open, and on tiie tabic within lay a
newspaper, which lie secured,
was a copv of the LVe/me/ CI'tfir
of December 19th, ami upon its
margin were the nnuics of several
of the jurymen, wiitten in ink.
Jno. \V. Gultcau in Ids affidavit
declares that these names arc l lie
autographs of tlic jurors named.
This newspaper was handed Sen-
villc with a statement ol the cir
cumstances. •
A country joimnniist enters tin-
liiild protect: "A doctor "ill sit
down and write a ineeription; time,
live minutes; paper and ink, one
fourth of a emit, and the patient | rk.tipi
$1, $2, $5, $10, as the ease may lie.
A lawyer writes tea or twelve lines . 1 . | .. |uis _,, ui
of advice, and gets from $ld t° *20 m-.uti-». ss
from his client. All editor writes.
a hall column puli for a mini, pays | The People's S'monie,
a man from 50c. to ?!. lor pulling , Wpfki} 1 ttrlfi'-ljni w . ; lt'SSi‘!!2'i I',
it iu type, prints on icvcrald. liars
worth of paper, semis it to several
thousand people, and then sur
prises the pulled man if lie makes
any charge.”
Terra alba it worth about hail a
cent a pound iu Georgia, lint il
brings ten cents a pound in North
ern sugar stores. A Nortln rn
, paper, mentioning this fact «ay»:
“Southerners never did appreciate
I their opportunities.”
1 A Cincinnati hospital doctor is
accused of striking a sick man in
I bed. Tiie St. Louis Republican
discredits the story, however, on j
| the ground that tho doctor, if he i.j;j l 'j
was mean enough to strike the
inan, woul l never have allowed
him to get well and tell about it.
Senator Hill lias written M.j
I Dwinell, J. 11. Martin, ami others!
of Rome that lie will address them
as soon as convenient upon the
political situation.
...'ifpn ft rrrntrj•
Itlotl f>tf tft
profrssin
p iio. <
tu.fr Ml .
li mit of Vital
, Xenons Frost rtf-
and fVmmlfs*
Frwrs.Ar 1
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-i ! Air^iistu Kmiijiu MU \! - ,f
Carolina: » ° ' I , flj
2is<icjscisrle 151 in siJ3 Things.
JtrtJjji IruibnfJk
! nimnivUnl ;uni l'ninsirnclo;]
j H.xr.-w
Oi: <•(NATION
s ^‘ (<’• i.*> TsWriinu’N^ *■. hits
HGJIOGERIES!
-T»i*!i!-NT AND IT,AT—
X\i 'v+/ Imi piT’V ; S
tried 5or rcei.’iving and selling lmiim-
(autured tobacco,knowing the same
to have been stolen. Tins jury louml
the accused guilty, and the court
sentenced him 1 o receive twenty
stripes fit the public whipping post .
Kditor Cowan, ol* the 7Vmcx,:md
Kdilor Ifculev, of the Inlcllijrnri'r,
ended a lU'w^paper controversy at
Waynesboro, N. (’.. by n street
listienll. Editor Cowan mud \
stick, but the blow was knocked
oil’. Editor Henley then jrot bis
opponent’s linger lx.*tween bis teeth
and bit it until bis wounded honor
Was avenged. Friends prevented
further bloodshed.
Go to Barrett Coker's
of Harues.-i you waul.
far any pitee
riyA’-^^ipPhMiu; Aiiuinr,,.
tv.i.sT.i ' - Nir. Frickers store lias
just umlorgoriS n rt‘jummtii-g
irtfio ifffki!.
.j*;#»•<< atown/TAA/ASi' to: • i n ■
! found _ iu .Agjfdf.us,. In flm
.Icyelry ('le]KU ; j ( ini , nt^.Tm j,-
j jfin^ul nil !■]ie liu^tAh'VflUA in
! s I i •••«.- i , . --
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NECK!
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■ /Mi i1 s *
'E\H ISIXWS,.
TltlUnUFe
j SimeinHes-of till kinds and iti-
| slniim'iilii to ttx-l .your eyes mul
j ooriioofeiit men !o seli-cf Sjiec-
haeli's ■ besr ‘ Tulomed 'to vour
nle aver" injuring 1 their • eye
sight by . iislug. -0(1111111011
e-j.oittaclos, or thrtsc not pniji-
orly. adjusted to their eyes.
: U<j/ 8iiy(gnit,i;<v fSlfQOXS,
J Oj: A'X h'X! i ’ES. Q. 1 /,'!)
yfA xm oriwdmmtiri s,
AhV/ i / ; ;,V, XAEKIX
EINGE, nVl kinds of ense
g, -.-is, etc., do. In l'Jeetvo-])];i-
led tvtire, a ittli line of 1?:■< d
end l-arion’s g-cds' which I
and harder uir.Mial lhait any
oilier make (if goods, t]it only
uijmcrii thcii ly>h tiie,only iirsi-
c.i^.s' pr Vt: ,■!; \i; "Fr.dd' _ ,\
pari ini Tsi' -.-ol'mlKW*- TfF-ds
cemjnises (-'ti-'Mv*,-' Cake 15ns-
" rry Disliefi, Ejjorgns,
tiunU, I’lotver Stands,
•fs. Wailers, Goblets,
■qiiioii-L/i.lot's,. Svrii|>-
’ui'ci'-;!i : ’i( s, l’ickle-
Forks, sphons,
- o si-, sold at tiie
_ rlees that yotf would
; «•!■!' a - I'd: line (X goods
■ X o f lK , rri;nnufiietnrerB' ! jif: iiio
I it!- .> i.reu a fine line of
I Gold i’r.:--, '\VnlKing'emics J ple.
! Tbi.s nssj;. I v. ill hate (lie
| • and' most vafied ‘stoc-K
of (;!iii|a \ uses, jL'oilet t.efs.
■fardinieres an'd fimey f'dods
licrtilly. ever brought (<>
fids nmrKef. ■ . fj
In my Made T)ei>aifnx*ni 1
nr.: a Jan? Fi»>eK «!' JPitmos
aus, V*min*ttCi#yi , fM l '‘Rai>
^rlCi u1Uv.w>Xa-Sk Tanilioui'jues,
I Turps, Initni ction Uoiijcs.^ttc.
■ lii my -T\vhi5 uyirluhcl.jh -
jiiu'tniefit rfdrlid fouRdj'aila'n."'
lot ( I'Daviii', WilliatltsAVTcd-
-(V utu! WiLam and otln'r §pw-
iMpft'dlJSI! i
needies and-."«iil-- nm-
ciiiiici v. Mv woijed.'pawas lit
is the me-c C(;mp«-re.>ri«a the
wirtPttwk mu-
,-liii.e.s and material in the
. . Seinli * tMtMfcfth’k,
jeteeii v i'i .'lairing;- eiuek--is -
jValriiH' ir .d km piiiting- -»tv-
img machines in thorougly- < r-
der. Mijtidysnir any new paris
!ieedod„t to.' '1*1 a> clans "f w ri
done here is suprrioi^ to timt
oi any mhiy estahlislimont
oj,,, - yC i o/* %k :e et-j. . . - -
Itliew; g'uods.’tt ('nil
land !aKe. a ioi,K throuirh my
stoeli ni'u lior -you' -wish to
porch:.so or not and and -<>■
tiie: place wln ie von can m t
tvilaiv-u u;
t itSier in K . eds
1 nnv-
ytidug
uaiantood as re.presi nied.
or worK 'via n van m
thin” n!‘ rliA girt'd. Fv
f’ ui*J tn-vrs r* lUbls Ur { Gn’ICi In tv«
r'-.'wn m Wc ril, % ipecUttr ef »cpj !j
I’itthn,TrvA&(Sir,l Mvle,0 S r4»,rk AR>n,
, D. M. FEE2Y & CO., Detroit, Mich-
iTAMES FillCISSFj
Under' UfirTt-Xv* Hotise-