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THE GEORGIA PRESS. 'Tax marriage ceremony of Miss Au- a daughter of Senator Lamar, and T. H. Heiskell, a rising and talented jasng lawyer, of tlio firm of Heiskell, Weatherford & Heiskell, of Memphis, was performed Wednesday evening at 3:30 -Vdock, by Bev. W. B. Marrow, at the Methodist Church, Oxford, Mississippi. The bride has many relatives and friends im Macon who will be glad to hear of ier nuptials, and send their congratula tions. The fight for the municipal officers in XmGrange is over, and the “wet” ticket <arricdtfae day by 113 majority. The ed- afior of the Reporter says ifthere had been -so illegal voting, the majority would not Slave been so large. Is Brother Water- aaan. so unsophisticated as to expect an election in these degenerate days without illegal voting ? Toe Savannah News has the following items of interest: Captain J. H. Rich- srdsen died on Sunday night. He was a well known and popular steamboat man, and noted for his kindly disposition and -.generous impulses. He was a native of .Newberry, New York, and about CS years A colored waif was found on the door- sAep of one Ella Miller. The Mayor com- neissioned Ella to take charge of the stranger until a claimant could be found. -James E. Whitman, colored, shot and drilled Memphis Jennings, in a saloon «fuarrcl on Saturday night last. The cor- -goer's jury declared it was a justifiable Srauiclde. Over one thousand dollars were eaised in the congregation of Trinity M. 2. Church, yesterday morning, as a '-“thank offering,” and devoted to foreign missions. The Savannah Rccorde- wants Gen- «cal LaFayette McLaws the popular P. if. of Savannah, to be P. M. G. Key’s successor. We would be glad to chroni cle the fact, however much we might dep recate the necessity for a gentleman to -get into such bad company. Columbus Times: Conductor Jim Web- Vbet, ot the Western railroad, repoits see- icg a wild turkey that weighed forty-seven rounds, which was k’lled by a young man •with a rock in the mountains near West Point, Ga. Captain Jim says this is no blowing, but an actual fact, which can be 'vouched for by some of the first citizens of ■the above named place. < Berrien County News: Coffee is now a temperance county, the sale of liquor hav- cag terminated there by law on the 1st in stant. We congratulate Coffee county. Albany Advertiser: We notice a great tSealofwool on the streets to-day. The -wool-growing business of southwest Geor gia is getting to be one of the most pros perous products of the whole country, and Albany is the best market this side of Sa- -raunah. Quitman Free Press says: The board of education for Brooks for the ensuing four years will be composed of elegant gentlemen, competent and industrious. ’The educational interests of the county •will not suffer in these hands. Four-fifths •of them are graduates of medical colleges, -and if the rising generation won’t take “‘learning” they know exactly what kind ' -of pills to fill the vacancy with. The Columbus Enquirer is excited aver the suit of Mr. Jessup against the railroad commission, which comes off on the Ktli inst. The editor says: •Certainly, the governor has engaged an array -of able legal gentlemen. Too much depends on this suit, for it to be tried by good justice court lawyers. Con stitutional lawyers are needed. Then, time should have been given these law yers. This, our astute governor has of -oauree done. It would be a strong charge against the executive, if by reason of fail- sire to properly protect the State against - the railroads, this suit should go against us. The people might object to being put under control of the railroads, and blame oar good governor. -Columbus Enquirer: The new chim ney of Die Eagle and Phcnix mills has Imen completed, and stands a conspicuous monument to the wonder working indus- trim of Columbus. This chimney was ne cessitated by the increased boiler capacity - incident to the new improvements of that 'company, and by the fact that the old chimney was too small, too low, and ’therefore dangerous. The height ol this ■aevr chimney is 140 feet, and is by.far the highest in the South. It is built upon the latest and most scientific principles, and in connection with the Jarv's patent setting. This system is justly considered She safest, most cleanly and economical -%nown. The Eagle and Phenix mills use Alabama slack coal, and have never any Aack of-etcam for every purpose. Widen an affectionate father of several grown daughters calls at a hardware store Tor an extra stout pair of gate hinges, 3t means that the spring campaign has ■opened. Savannah Recorder: The fast and commodious steamer H. B. Plant, under the command of Captain Fitzgerald, will make two trips to Tybee every day and vrill.sfibrd families and parties excellent •opportunitiesjfor several hours’ enjoyment. Tybee is certainly one of the best water- S places on the Atlantic coast add has the necessary adjuncts of a first-class •seaside resort. The accommoda tions are excellent, the tramway in fine -condition and the steamer all that can be desired for comfort and speed. The rates, round trip for fifty cents, will certainly stake the route appreciated by everybody. Albany Advertiser: Mr. W. O. Tift, ■of Tifton, shipped to this point last Thurs day night, by the Brunswick and Albany railroad, a basket of Irish potatoes, which raged nearly thirteen ounces to each potato. He shipped to New York yester day forty barrels. These are the finest potatoes we have ever seen. Mr. Tift is •one of the few who have had the patience to fully test the capabilities of the soil -«f this section for vegetable productions. Lumpkin Independent: Mr. I. M. 'Cox, for many years a citizen of Lump kin, died in Macon, on Saturday last. Ever since the war Mr. Cox has been en gaged in the door, sash and blind business in Macon. The deceased has many friends in this county who will regret to •Seam of his death. He was between 05 and 70 years of age. The Atlanta Post, speaking of the ob ject of the creation of the railroad com mission, that of “preventing unjust extor tions and unjust discriminations,” says: There would be some propriety in that •course. For when an individual claimed that he had been discriminated against or that charges had been extortionate, the committee might judge as to whether he ■was imposed upon or not, and provide a -remedy. But the commission has taken tbs bull by the horns, and without wait ing for anything more than the chronic growl which is always sent up against the railroads, has assumed to dictate precisely what the roads may charge. By virtue of the same pbwer by which the commission has acted, why not go a little further, and provide by law that the railroads slialljiuy cbeir locomotives from certain shops, at ■certain prices; or that they should employ ■anly certain men and pay them only cer tain prices. As to the matter of employ- -es, Uie State might as consistently assume to dictate persons and prices as to dictate . a freight tariff. One proposition is as necessary as the other, and based on as -g<»d logic. The Savannah News famishes the fol lowing information : Thomas H. Lyon, ab estimable citizen,died on Sunday morn- di(. lie was a member of the Chatham Artillery, and was buried on yesterday with military honors. A company of drunken negroes caused ■quite a commotion on the streets iastMon- -iay evening. The police succeeded in capturing only one of them. Sixteen cigar makers, recently brought <*ui from Baltimore to work in a factory in Jacksonville, reached Savannah in des titute condition. They succeeded Iri ma king arrangements to return to Balti c-sure. The Augusta Chronicle says Dr. A, W. Calhoun, whose sickness lias caused great anxiety among Ids friends, last eve ning was decidedly better. Augusta News; Wm. G. Rivers, who was convicted of assault with intent to murder, at the last term of tho court, and sentenced for one year, has pecn par doned by Gov. Colquitt, on the applica tion of his attorney, G. A. Snead, Esq. Rivers is a one-armed man. Atlanta Post: It Is of no use talk ing about the building of the Georgia Western now. The existence of the rail road commission has killed it, for no capi talist will put his money into any such enterprise without liberty to manage it according to the dictates of his own ex perience. Augusta Ncivs : Macon compliments No. 8 with a delegation of firfimen, who came over yesterday to witness our pa rade and contest, and as representatives of Mechanic, No. 4, of that city, who re cently treated our boys so handsomely. -The partv is composed of Andrew McKen na, president: C. M. Walker, captain; and James Kennedy, Esq. The delegation have headquarters at tho Augusta Hotel, and are the guests of Citizen Fire Com pany during their stay. They were taken in hand by No. 8 on their arrival, and shown over the city. A prominent place will be assigned them in the procession on to-morrow, and everything possible will be done to make their sojourn pleas ant. Atlanta Post: Saturday night infor mation was received in Atlanta that Mr. Akers, a gentleman residing at Fairburn had been robbed of $100 in money. Of course a strict watch was kept, and to-day a negro maa who gave his name as James Graham, was arrested as the guilty party and taken to Fairburn. Augusta News: One of the strange in cidents of life occurred notfarfrom Amer- icus. Mr. Ben Weaver’s stock were drink ing from the trough at his well, prepara tory to going to plowing, when one horse by accident imbibed a bee, which had fallen into the water, from a number buz zing about the trough, and stung the horse in some vital part of the month. The horse made frantic efforts to eject the bee. Whether he succeeded or not, is not nec essary to this account. The horse was soon in convulsions from the pain, and in a short time after he was stung, died. Griffin News: In discussing the tem perance question in the Methodist church of this city a few evenings since, Mother Stewart stated that “she had learned since her arrival in the city, that there were twelve bar rooms and eight churches in Griffin,” and turning around to the pastor, Dr. Kendall, asked him “if it were possible that it required one and one-half bar rooms to keep up one church in this city?” The question was so pointed,that it was with difficulty that we could suppress a smile. We make the following extracts from an article in the Americus Recorder : Captain Raoul made a good impression upon Mayor Felder and Councilman Bnrkhalter. lie is not only a thorough business man, disposed to protect the in terests of the corporation he represents, but is instinctively a gentleman. Our city and people have undoubtedly some grievances against the Southwestern railroad, on account of unjust discrim- nations, etc., which it is our right to have corrected if possible and which we hope the railroad commission will rectify. The railroad commission is the result of the complaints made to the Legislature by the people of Americus and other points that have but one line of railway com munication. The schedule rates adopted by this commission went into operation on the 1st instant. It is yet too early to judge as to whether the result will be be.neficial to Americu3and other complaining points or not. We can only hope that it will. Captain Raoul thinks that by conform ing strictly to those rates, it will he ut terly impossible for the Southwestern and Central roads to ever declare a dividend, and that unless there are some changes made or some other compensating equiva lent granted them these corporations will ultimately hare to succumb. Gbiffin News: Our readers will re member the account published of the capture, in this city a few months ago, of Berry McCulloch, who killed a man in Jasper county several years ago, and made his escape. At the recent term of the Jasper Superior court he was tried and found guilty of voluntary manslaugh ter. Application has been made for a new trial. Columbus Enquirer: The Episcopal convention of the diocese ofGeorgia will meet in our city on the 10th instant. The body is composed of ministers and lay del egates from every church in the State. The bishop presides. - Columbus Times: We learn that an aged colored woman fell dead in the street in Eutaw yesterday morning. Her age was seventy years, and she was the wife of Allen Clapp. It is supposed she died of heart disease. Montezuma Weekly: We are pleased to see that Gen. Cook has suc ceeded in getting the committee on com merce to recommend an appropriation of $10,000 for the Flint, from Albany to Montezuma. Tho Georgia delegation have been working for their rivers in ear nest lately. The Albany Advertiser: Anthony Mc- Choun, a colored man living in Lee coun ty, on Mr. Shade Atkinson’s place, went to church last night, and left his two sons, aged eight and six years, and a child be longing to another family on the place, sleeping in his house, which he locked np before leaving. During his absence the house caught fire, and burned up the children and everything else within it. Also, that Alfred Kersey, of Lee coun ty, is dead. He was one of the oldest inhabitants, being cighty-one years of age. The Supreme Court of Georgia on Tuesday last reversed the ’ decision of Judge Snead, of the Richmond Superior Court, in tha case of Walter Lynch, the alleged express robber. WE see our friend Major W. J. Hous ton, of the Air Line railroad, is talked of by the citizens of DeKalb as a candidate for legislative honors. We hope he will not accept. He is too good a railroad man to be spoiled by any_such foolish ness. The Savannah News gives an account of a very pleasant and interesting affair on board the schooner “A. Denike.” The craft some time ago was reported lost at sea, and all onboard had perished. The captain was a man well and favora bly known inSivannali, and many hearts were saddened by the news of Captain Bohannen’s death. A few days ago, to the gratification and surprise of every one, the supposed ill-fated craft came up to the wharf in Savannah with the genial Boliannen at the helm as of yore. His friends on Monday last resurrected him in an old-fashioned way,' with a punch bowl and cigars. - The Savannah News says that on Tuesday there was a meeting of the lum ber merchants in the office ol Messrs. D. C. Bacon & Co. The object was self- protection In view of the complications of the freight tariff, which seriously threaten their interests. A railroad of their own was proposed, penetrating the vast pine belt in southwest Georgia. This is only to be constructed if found necessary. If proper arrangements can be effected with existing railroads so as to protect ^heir interests the project will never he pnt into execution. The Trinity Methodist Sunday-school celebrated their fifty-eighth anniversary on Tuesday evening last. Small was convicted of voluntary man slaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years, for complication with the murder of David McDermott. John Johnson, the principal in the murder, was hung in Savannah some time ago. Before his execution he proclaimed that Small was innocent of the crime and asked hia friends to seek his release. In respect to that request, Governor Colquitt has par doned him, and he is expected in Savan- uah in a few days. Sandersvtlle Mercury : A little ne gro in our town being dissatisfied at home ran away last week, and stole a ride upon the cars seated astride of a bumper. He went from Tennille to Toombsboro where he fell off between the cars on to the track, and the train ran over him. Strange to say be was unin jured, except a few slight bruises, the re sult of the tall. His friends went after him and brought him home. The Americus Recorder, speaking of the removal of Capt. J. N. Bass, says: Wc are sorry to learn that Americus will soon lose the services and citizenship of Capt. Bass, it having been decided by tho Central railroad authorities to trans fer him to tho agency of the company at Montgomery. During his residence among us, he has made many friends, not only by his social intercourse with our people, but by his manifest fair dealing and polite attentions in his official ca pacity as depot agent. His wife has also made many friends in our midst. We un derstand that the Captain will move to Montgomery about the fiist of Jane. Cedabtown Advertiser: Old Grant, the negro from the convict camp, who has been for some time in charge of the council’s dump cart, has been caught stealing and sent back to his old quarters. The marshals having noticed the rapidity with which the corn pile at the council’s stable was disappearing, began to inves tigate. Their efforts disclosed the fact that the old negro had been making a reg ular business for some time of slipping the corn in small quantities and selling it. They found one place where he had dis posed of five bushels. Americus Recorder: S. W. Small, the well known newspaper man, was pain fully cut in several places about the face in a billiard saloon in Atlanta on Friday night, the 7th instant, by Charley White. The difficulty grew out of some dispjrte over a game of billiards being played by Mr. Small and Mr. Culberson. Sparta Ishmaelile: We would prefer Gunby Jordan to any other man in Geor gia for State Treasurer. Gunby is a Han cock boy, and we know him. The proba bility is that he wouldn’t have the place, having a much bettor paying office in Col umbus. But there isn’t a better man for the position in Georgia. Atlanta Post: Public sentiment at first seemed to be rather favorable to the law creating the railroad commission, but the people have been enlightened on the subject by the Post and all the leading papers of the State and public opinion has changed. Columbus Enquirer: The people of Hamilton are very desirous of having tel ephone connection with this city, and it is thought will subscribe liberally towards erecting the line. The Columbus and Rome railroad will also aid in the matter, and it is now very probable the line will be built. It would be a great benefit, while the cost is comparatively small. If the Hamiltonians will take the matter in hand, they can, with the assistance which the road will probably give them, have the line built. Monroe Adtertiser: We hope and be lieve the rate of freight established by the commissioners will be of immense advan tage to Forsyth. Our merchants can compete more successfully with Macon in selling com, bacon, flour, etc. And next season the reduction in freight on cotton to Savannah will amount to an eighth of a cent per pound. More complaint is made in some quarters about the new rate, but we believe the work of the com missioners will be immensely satisfactory to all the people, and at the same time will give the railroads remunerative prices for the work they do. Augusta News: Mayor May lunched with the Pioneer bov3 at noon to-day. Also, Councilman Kennedy, of Macon. Mayor May occupied the floral chair at the head of the table, with Councilman Kennedy on his right and Councilman Denny on his left. Mr. Tom Henry, as a caterer, cannot be . surpassed; the table was loaded with good things and lots of Hook and Ladder punch—that mild but effective decoction. Atlanta Post: Colonel J. E. Bry ant does not concede that he has lost his ip on the Republican party in Georgia. A. Pledger, the negro who succeeded him as chairman of the State central com mittee, is known to be a friend of Bry ant’s, and it is also known that the latter tossed Pledger lots of taffy during the late convention. In the plastic hands of Bry ant young Pledger may yet be moulded into a useful piece of pottery for the scheming white Republicans. Columbus Enquirer: Mr. Foute S. Grimes is agent of the Pensacola and Sel ma road, and also the Montgomery and Selma road, under the Louisville and Nashville system, at Selma, Alabama. He is a thorough railroad man, and will fill the position to the satisfaction of eve ry one. He succeeds Mr. James Lauder dale, who will succeed Mr. Charles Phil lips as agent of the Western railroad in this city. Mr. Lauderdale is a railroad man of twenty years standing, and is a gentleman who has many friends in our city, all of whom speak of him in the highest terms. The Injunction Suit of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad. Whatever may he the final result of these injunction proceedings, there is such a thing a3 regulating the tariff of railroads without violating the Constitution of the United States, and if either our State constitution or the action of our legisla ture, taken under the provisions of that constitution, are in violation of such su preme law, then the people of Georgia will frame another law, conforming there to, and under which they can secure their rights in the premises; for- they have al ready spoken, and are determined upon this question. It is, therefore, in our opinion, a mistaken policy upon the part of the Savannah, Florida and Western railway, or any other railroad in this State, to make warnpon the railroad com mission. This commission may have made some mistakes in the programme first adopted, hut it has kept open doors to the rail roads and the people alike, and is correct ing these mistakes and doing justice to every interest as fast as circumstances will permit. The commission is composed of able men—men who have certainly al ready shown a desire to hear the com plaints of all, and do justice to everybody, and the sooner the railroads accept the situation and go to this tribunal or board of arbitration, representing, as it does, both the interests of the railroads and the people, the- better it will be for them; for they will find this commission is a much more formidable institution than they have ever bad to deal with in this State before.—Albany Advertiser. Statistics of tha X. E. Church South. After much tell and travail I have edited the minutes of the annual confer ences of 1879. They are ready for the prin ter. Here is the numerical result*: Traveling preachers (including supernu meraries), 3,540—increase, 02; superan nuated, 318—increase, 12; local preachers, 5,833—increase, 71; white members, 814,- 301—increase, 31,091; colored, 1,202—de crease, 226; Indians, 4,923—increase, 225; total ministers and members, 830,126—■ net increase, 31,264. Iniants baptized," 28,011—increase 2,962; adults, bap tized, 49,795—increase, 11,727; Sunday- schools, 8,941—increase, 1,679; teachers, 5S,52S—increase, 3,661; scholars, 421,137 —increase, 29,844; collected for confer ence claimants, $66,833.62—increase, $6,- 407.91; for foreign and domestic missions, as reported through conferences alone, $129,713.47—increase, $19,162.30. The preachers who were discontinued (37) and those who were located (63) are not counted; those who were admitted on trial (233) and those who were readmit ted (28) are counted among the traveling preachers, though many of them are also reckoned with the local preachers. Our col ored members have been nearly all ab sorbed in the colored M. E. Church, and other organizations. T. O. Summers. New Zealand had in 1877 a popula tion of 417,622. The area of New Zea land is 104,900 square miles. There went under cultivation in 1877 959,528 acres. The crop of cereals for 1*77 was 6,336,309 of wheat, 6,029,962 bushels of oats and 596,823 bushels of barley. The wheat crop of that colony, harvested in Feb ruary, 1880, was large. It is estimated there will be a surplus from it available for export of 100,000 tons of 2,240 lbs, equal to 3,733,333 btuhels. New Zealand advices of March 2, 1880, state that at Fort Lytttletonaione 19 ships had been en gaged to load with wheat for London at 50s per ton freight. Yet this is the country where before the missionary landed cannibalism and idolatry prevailed. Charge this item to the benefit of foreign missions. The Railroad Conuniuion. Editors Telegraph and Messenger- Deeming it no less a duty than a privi lege, that every citizen should fully ex press his views on all questions affecting the material interests of our people and common country, I would beg the use of your columns, to a limited extent, for a few thoughts touching the railroad com mission,which are suggested by thepinpor- tance of the measure as well as by the op position with which it is met in some sec tions. Whilst I am to a certain extent an advocate of the railroad commission, yeti would not be understood as being in favor of a wholesale redaction of the aggregate income of our railroads. In endeavoring to cure the patient I would not be guilty of administering poison. Our railroads have rights which should he respected and protected. And I believe they should he taught to respect the rights of the people; they should be taught to look upon the people as “customers,” whose reasonable wishes should be entitled to some regard. The injustice and irregularities of our railroads should be attacked, and by ap propriate remedies corrected. I am strongly inclined to the doc trine that no State legislature has or can constitutionally dispose of tho sovereignty of the people by contract with incorporate companies; that theory has ex ploded; the sovereignty of the people is inalienable. Their right to require every individual, company or corporation to obey the law, cannot be sold by the legislature.. All are alike subject to limitation and control by the sovereignty of the people. To say that the people of the State cannot, by law,pre vent unjust discrimminations by public carriers, is to say that the people are inca pable of self-government. And to go further, we might, with equal propriety, characterize as unconstitutional the va rious enactments of Congress, regulating as to the construction of vessels, the num ber of passengers each may carry, where the freight and baggage must be stored, the quality and kind of food to be given passengers and crew) and how it shall be cooked, etc. Yet some writer* who oppose the com mission, are disposed to characterize the demands of the people, as unjust and un reasonable. Such writers are but poorly informed or willfully ignorant, and mis take the animus of the people. Their com plaint is not the fattening of the railroads on exorbitant rates of tarifls, when considered in the aggregate, but they do complain of the unreasonable and unjust discriminations practiced by our roads. That there are real griev ances and real evils, no sane mind that is not purposely ignorant can deny. And the people would have these rectified. They would have a better and more eqnitable division of* rates; they would have our railroad managers thoroughly conversant with our common school arith metic, and particularly that portion treat ing of ratio and proportion, etc. Your correspondent “Macon,” in your issues of the 7th and 9th instant, says he is so unfortunate as not to own either stock or bonds of any railroad; yet the “lines” have fallen to him in pleasant places. He evidently has been enjoying a “goodly heritage,” and is now becoming solicitous about his future. He is certainly too bit ter in characterizing the action of the leg islature in establishing this commission as dishonorable and impolitic. Doubt less our legislators expected such opposi tion,and are not surprised that such writers should charge them with acting dishonora bly and in a manner calculated to bring reproach upon Georgia’s fair name. He denies the necessity of such interference by the State, and asserts that the peoplo that paid the rates—according to his ob servation—did not ask for such interfer ence. Does he expect the thinking men to be satisfied with such a bare assertion? Not by any means. He says he has been a large shipper of goods, and at no time could he honestly have said that the rates he paid were ever more than adequate to service performed. On this point we shall not raise issue with him, for we are in clined to believe that he utters the truth. But if his experience be taken as a test caso, then we object, for we, too, have been a large shipper of goods the past dozen years, and can honestly say, we have frequently paid unjust and unrea sonable rates. In other words, we had to pay a high protective tariff to enable the railroads to give Mr. Macon such satis factory and reasonable rates. Whilst your correspondent disclaims any connection whatever with railroads, yet lie fails to say that he has never been the recipient of rebates and ruin ously low rates, that had to he made up by equally ruinous high rates to other points. Perhaps if the freight charges paid by your correspondent “Macon,” and those paid by us were equalized according to equity and justice, we both might honestly say we pay but just and reasonable’ rates. But as Mr. “Macon” enjoys the benefits of a protective tariff, he would characterize our commission as a disgrace to the State, and have it obliterated, with its support ers; and have our railroads free and in dependent of the people, to continue their ruinous and unjust discriminating rates. He would say, let the Central Railroad Company continue to charge a merchant in Fort Valley for the service of transportr ing a car of corn from Macon to Fort Val ley, a distance of 29 miles, the sum of $47.36, and charge on the same car load of com from Atlanta to Macon, a distance of 103 miles, the sum of $17.52. We who paid such discriminating rates only last month ’can give exact figures. Bacon and other produce shipped from the West have had to pay the same, and some article? even a greater differ ence than the one particularized. With : such unjust and unreasonable discriminating rates wo ale not surprised to hear your Mr. “Macon” say that he has handled goods largely. We, too, under like circumstances, might do the same and not do violence to our con science in saying we are not paying more than adequate rates for the service per formed, provided we are careful not to say that the rates are fully enough. But enough. We will ail find this to ho a living question, and one that must and will be settled sooner or later. More auon. Fort Valley. love in Fa’s Kit Mr. M. was a retired manufacturer and possessed a-considerable fortune. He also had a daughter, nineteen years of age, of great personal attractions. What wonder, then, that she should have made many a young fellow’s heart beat quicker who tried to gain her virgin affections? But “papa” M. took care of his treasure as if she were the pupil of his eye, and many were the unhappy mortals who left his hospitable table never to return. “Plenty of time,” said he, “when the right one comes, and I approve,” etc. Bnt the right one had come long ago, only papa didn’t know it, and he bad come in the person of a young engineer, who had formerly had business transac tions with papa M. The young people had seen each other,spoken to each other, looked at each other, and a kind of un derstanding had been come to. Yes, and the affection was deep enough to last,even when Mr. M. retired from trade and the young gallant had no further excuse for coming on business. Then there was a succession of dark days. But love is in ventive, and in this instance also proved to be so. Mr. M. was in the habit of visiting twice a week at his hairdresser’s to have his beard and wig looked after; and on this fact love built his structure. One of the younger assistants was taken into confidence, and consequently, considera ble attention was paid by the young man to Mr. M.’s liat, re ceiving it on his entering, giving it a careful brush, and hauding it back on de parture; and in this wise poor, dear “papa” became, unconsciously of course, the postilion dCamour between his daughter and her-swain. Thus things continued for fonr long months; but the best silk hat—let it he ever so carefully brushed, wants an iron now and again. Mr. M.’s hat was several years old, and jost about Christmas' it wanted ironing badly. So Mr. M., in stead ot proceeding to the hairdresser’s as usual, went to his hatter’s and presented Bis hat for renovation. Mr. Hatter says, after inspectingit: “Is this hat too large for you?” “No; why do you ask ?” “Because you put paper inside.” ““Paper! Paper! Not I; how does it get there, I wonder?” Not long did he wonder, for on careful ly . unfolding the paper, he read: “Don’t he;down-hearted, dear Edward; my father is good and generous of heart; let us speak openly to him of our love; he will not say no, if we promise to make his old age happy. On my knees I will confess my love to him. Besides, onr correspondence cannot last much longer, the continued brushing ha3 so worn papa’s hat, that I fear from day to day that he will have to have it done up,” etc. Mr. M.’s hat having been refreshed, he went as usual to his hairdresser’s, having previously .carefully replaced the letter.' -< In tha saloon he kept a steady, though covert out-look on the officious young assistant, and found his surmise correct. The operations finished, he gravely re ceived his hat, handed the assistant as usual hi3 pour boire, and departed. Before returning home, however, he took occasion to inspect his liat; and ex tract and read, a missive from no other than the engineer. Among other things, the young man swore that not apenny did he want of Lis love’s father—-his position, thank goodness, bringing him more than sufficient to live happy and comforta ble. “Well,” said papa, “lie seems £b be an honestly disposed young man, and i£” etc. For some time he allowed the corres pondence to go on, reading regularly and watchfully the letters from both sides, un known to them, of course, until one day, when the letters had been particularly desponding and good, he put an end to it, and made them happy, as may he seen by thb cards sent to all whom it may con cern. * Supreme Court Decisions. Washington, May 10.—The following decisions in Southern cases were rendered by the United States Supremo Court to day: Fzra Wheeler et al. vs. the Factors and Traders’ Insurance company. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court for the district of Louisiana. Decree reversed and cause remanded. The Nashville and Chattanooga rail road company vs. the United States. Ap peal from the United States Circuit Court for the middle district of Tennessee. De cree affirmed. Tlir Piedmont and|Arlington Life Insur ance Company vs. Nannie A. Morgan. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for. the middle district of Alabama. Judgment affirmed with costs, interest and $500 damages. The Western North Carolina Railroad Company vs. George D. Drew, Governor of North Carolina. Notion to vacate or der allowing the western division of the Western North Carolina to perfect its title. Appeal postponed until the case is heard on its merits. Motion to vacate su- percedeas bond and to vacate approval of bond denied. John B. Stone, et al. vs. the State of Mississippi. The question presented by this case is whether a State, after having chartered a lottery company and entered into a contract with it, still has a constitutional right before the expiration of the company’s charter, and in the absence of any default on the company’s part, to pass laws making the conducting of a lottery, whether author ized or unauthorized, an offense against the State. In the present case the State brought suit to suppress the lottery known as the Mississippi Agricultural Educational and Manufacturing Aid Society, chartered by the State in 1867, but forbidden by article twelve of section fifteen of the constitution of 1868. The Circuit Court entered a judgment of ouster against the respondents, which, upon appeal, was af firmed by the Supreme Court of the State. This court holds that although the lottery compauy of plaintifis in error was duly chartered by the State, the Legislature which granted that charter had no authority to bargain away the police power of the State—that is, the regulation of all matters affecting the public health and public morals; that lotteries are de moralizing in their effects, no matter how carefully regulated, cannot', in the opin ion of the court, be doubted. There is now scarcely a State in the Union where they are tolerated, and Congress has enacted a special statute, the object of which is to close the mails against them. This being the case, there can be no question that lotteries are proper subjects for the exer cise of the State’s governmental police power. Contracts which the Federal constitution protects are those which re late to property rights, not to governmen tal rights. Lotteries belong to the latter class. They ar? a species of gam bling, and wrong in their influences. They disturb the checks and balance of a well ordered community. Society built on such-a foundation would almost of ne cessity bring forth a population of specu lators end gamblers, living on the ex pectation of what chance might award them from the accumulations of others. Certainly the right to stop them is governmental, and to be exercised at all tunes by those in power, at their discretion. Anyone, therefore, who accepts a lottery charter does so with the implied understanding that the people in their sovereign capaci ty and through their properly constituted authorities, may take it back at any time when the public good shall require, and this whether it be paid for or not. Ha gets,, in legal effect, nothing more than a license to cont|nue on the terms named for a specified time, unless sooner abrogated by the sovereign power of the State. It is a permit good as against existing laws, but subject to fu ture legislation, or constitution control or withdrawal. Decree affirmed with costs. The opinion was delivered by Chief Jus tice Waite. The Railroad Bill. (NO. L) Editors Telegraph and Messenger: What have the railroad commissioners accomplished, and what can the people of Georgia hope to receive from the results of the railroad bill? The framers of the constitution of 1877, and the legislature of 1S79, have made grave mistakes con cerning railroads, and the burdens of those mistakes, grievous and costly, must at last be borne by the private citizen. The entire tone of legislation upon this subject is so harsh, so vituperative, that one is struck with, wonder at finding the conservatiye expression of laws supplan ted by epithets indicative of vengeful feel- ingJ Added to this, wc sec these laws and the enactments which are said to au thorize them, established in the very teeth of a solemn declaration denouncing class- legislation. We further see that the con stitution on this point levels a blow only at one class of corporations, as if some master spirit of the convention had in fused his individual rancor into the or ganic law, to glut his private crotchets. Blinded to the genuine interest of the people, the last legislature hastily framed a hill purporting to carry out the consti tution. And this is the bill which we now propose to discuss, fairly, and it is to he hoped somewhat to the purpose of ex posing its errors and its unconstitution ality. Before however, touching upon any of the legal questions arising in the discus sion of this subject, it certainly can be said that theseissues between the State and the railroads are very unhappy issues. The commissioners themselves hesitate to use the plenary authority with which they are clothed. Such an admission on their part demonstrates how repugnant the law is to the principles of oar institutions. Re publican governments declare that those who govern shall possess the minimum of authority necessary to enforce obedience to laws. In the present instance, the offi cers of the law insinuate that their power burdens them in the just execution of their office. From a case now pending in the Federal courts, we learn that the rail road bill, as well as the constitution au- thqfizing it, will be attacked upon the ground of antagonism to the Federal con- stitutioh. * This case will ultimately be passed upon by the Supreme Court of the United States; and so onr law makers, our constitution makers, will give partisan bench another of stamping obnoxious cisions and doctrines which the conunis sion must adrance in support of its exist ence, are those which every schoolboy knows to be subversive of States’ rights. For these reasons, and for others hereafter to be noticed, it may with great propriety be said, that tho law makers of the State of Georgia haye- precipitated an issue which, in its final results, must be of great detriment to the State, politically and fi nancially. The law makers seem to have for gotten that railroad coiporations are not mere lines of railway between given points, and that large numbers of the State’s best citizens are directly and vitally concern ed in the welfare of such coiporations. True, in one sense,' corporations are not citizens; hut for the purposes of this dis cussion, from the people interested in railroads, and from the vast reach of the connections which exist * be tween railroads and the people intimate and important, we will not go far wrong in styling railroad cor porations citizens to this extent. They are entitled to an equal protection of law with all citizens, when they comply with their charters. Now a citizen has no ex press contract with the State; his resi dence in the jurisdiction, is an implied promise on his part, that he will obey the law, and a guaranty on the part of the State that he shall be protected in life, liberty and property. A corporation,how ever, is called into existence by its char ter,which is its civil creation; and when so called into being, the State declares that by the covenant of the charter, such cor poration shall he likewise protected in life, liberty and property. Any enact ment, therefore, which violates these fun damental rights, or which seeks to violate them, attacks the vital principles of good faith which are the basis of the relations between the State and the citizen. Cer tainly the railroad bill does this and more. It substantially abrogates every railroad charter in the State, and embarrasses, to a degree which may ultimately destroy it, over fifty millions ot valuable property. This alarming situation calls for prompt and energetic action on the part of all who are concerned in the just administra tion of government, and in the protection of private property from the crude severi ty of misguided legislators. Lex. THE FLIES PREFER SUGAR FLOUR. Uncle Ned on tlie Chicago Convention. Yesterday while sauntering along on the hill, we came upon old Uncle Ned, the wood cutter, a veteran politician of the colored order, and asked him for an off-hand statement of his ideas on the presidential campaign. The old fellow rested his axe on the ground, and leaning upon it to give his bent leg a brief holiday, cast his eye toward the sun as if to calcu late how much time he could devote to the subject, and delivered himself as fol lows : “Hits mussed up, boss, hits mussed up bad, cn dars no tellin’ whar hits gwine ter end. Sum er de hostages to de con- venshun es ’structed fur Mister Grant, en sum is ’structed fur Mister Shummun, en sum is,’structed fur Mr. Blaine, en den dars a passel er fellers as aint ’structed ’tall, but jess turned loos fur to graze whar de grass is highess.” “■Well, what do you think about it Un cle Ned?” “Do Lord only knows honey; sum ses cs how Mister Grant es er trabeller, en kin wurk de patch bess, cn sum ses es how Mister Sliummun es er soger, en bin hope de nigger mos’, en sum. ses dat Mister Blaine es er Hardshell an pay lies dets mos’, en so ’long. Dey don’t strike me squar noways dey ’scribes em; dis chile’s watch’n out fur de man wats gwine ter set up de forty akers en de mule, en hit ain’ no use fur enny uther can’det ter roost on de fense, en try ter ’splain hisself. Dats de flatfonn I’m sittin’ on; but ’bout dees hyah hostages,” continued the old man, shouldering his axe and turning away, “yer need’nwace no time calk’latin on enny uv de lot; hits fly time now, honey, hit tis, en de man wat spreds de mos’ shooger in de convenshun es gwine ter ketch de mos’ flies. Hits nigh onter sebbenty yurs sence de Lord open’d up dees ole eyes, en dey ain* never seen er fly lite on er floor barr’l wen de leds offen de shooger dish.” So. 3 in Rome. Nothing in the way of news was receiv ed from No. 5 yesterday, except the fol lowing brief special to the foreman in this city: Roue, May 12. We leave here this evening; will arrive in Macon in the morning. Did not cuter the contest for engine prizes, hut defeated the best distance made.” The Rome paper has nothing to say about the claim laid to the reel prize by No. 5, or about the company being ruled out of the engine contest. We learn, how ever, that the Romans claimed that the engine of No. 5 is third instead of fourth class. In conversation with the engineer of one of our other fire companies yester day, we learned that No. 5 is a bona fide fourth class engine, and the only one in this city. Nos. 1 and 3 are third class; Nos. 2 and 4 are billed as fourth class, but are really between third and fourth class, being double engines. No. 5 ft a single engine. The following we clip from the Rome Tribune: RECEPTION. Early in the morning, at the Central Hotel, Mr. Seaborn W. Wright, Esq., a rising young lawyer of Rome, gave a cor ral address of welcome to the visiting companies, which was replied to in a highly appropriate response by Mr. R. W. Patterson, of the Defiance Company No. 5, of Macon. THE CONTEST OF THE ENGINES. For some cause we could not learn, the contest of racing for the prize offered came off at an earlier hour than the pro gramme published m our last issue. One hundred and fifty yards were marked off, and at about noon Defiance, No. 5, of Macon, made the first run in 37£ seconds; the Mechanics Company, 2d division, Au gusta, in 38J; Marietta No. 1, in 45; the Rome Mountain City in 38, and the Rain bow, of Rome, in 36J seconds. The time was adjudged by Dr. P. King, of Tunnell Hill, Ga. THE RAINBOW WINS THE PRIZE. When it was ascertained that the Rain bow had made the time in less seconds than any of the others, some of the com pany became wild over the victory. Cap tain Shanklin fairly danced upon. the platform for joy, and was gathered by his friends and carried on their shoulders amid shouts of most enthusiastic joy. The enthusiasm spread alike among the Ro mans present, and their vociferous excla mations of joy made the welkin ring. The Dental Luminary says: Among the graduates in dentistry of the Nashville Dental College we notice the name of Dr. W. L. Smith,.of Irwinton, Georgia. We see that he was made salutatoriau of his class, and had prepared the salutatory, hut on account of illness another gradu ate delivered it. He was also awarded, for proficiency, the first prize—a dental engine. The doctor certainly had honors showered upon him. He has our warm est congratulations, and we wish for him a career of usefulness and prosperity wherever he may go. A VERDICT REACHED AT LAST. Early A Lane, et, al., n. Oliver A Nor ton, et al. The big fight which was continued in - the court house through the latter half of last week, in the case ofEarfy & Lane, et. al., vs. Oliver & Norton, et al., culmina ted yesterday morning in a victory for the plaintifis. The case went to the jury Saturday, and they remained out upon it until Monday morning, when the verdict, or more properly the findings as given be low, were handed in. This case, by reason of the number of parties interested, the laige array of coun sel employed, and the importance of prin ciples sought to be established, has exci ted much attention throughout this city, and in legal circles. It began in the fall of 1878; the firm of Oliver, Douglass & Co., was succeeded by Oliver & Norton,which firm afterwards,in settlement of the claims of John A. Doug lass, it is_afflrmed, executed a mortgage covering their stock. When Oliver & Norton failed, their stock was transferred to settle the mortgage. After several le gal modes of procedure had been tried, a bill, to which, in all about thirty were made parties, was filed by the creditors against Oliver & Norton, and a special prayer asking relief against Douglass was added. Upon this bill the fight has been made, and the jury’s findings obtained. A decree will now be moulded from the jury’s verdict, and it ft likely that a fight will be made as to how far the decree should operate. It ft a disputed point be tween the counsel for-plaintifi and defen dant, as to whether a decree can be moulded from the verdict that will bind Mr. Douglass; this point will be argued. The amount embraced in the bill is $19,- 500. The following is the verdict as ren dered by the jury, the first division relating only to amounts, is omitted : 2. Did Oliver & Norton purchase any goods from complainants on a credit, and were they solvent or insolvent at the time of the purchase? Answer—They did buy on a credit and were insolvent. 3. Did Oliver & Norton purchase goods from complainants on credit with an in tention not to pay for them? If yes, which complainants did they purchase from with intention not to pay? Answer —Yes. Charles Nobles & Company, and others. 4. Did Oliver & Norton obtain goods from complainants by false and fraudu lent representations of their solvency, made for the purpose of obtaining credit, and was the credit extended because of such false and fraudulent representations? If so to which o'f the complainants or their agents were such representations made? Or did Oliver & Norton make any statement in which they innocently omitted the debt they owed to Douglass, and were any of the complainants misled by it, if so which ones? Answer—L Yes. Ratlibone, Sard & Co., and others. 2. Yes. Charles Noble & Co., and oth ers. 5. Did Oliver & Norton commit any fraud upon the complainants by conceal ing their insolvency or otherwise when they purchased the goods in question ? If so, upon what complainants ? Answer— Yes. E. Ketchum & Co. and others. 6. If you answer that Oliver & Norton did purchase any of these goods with an intention not to pay for them, or that they obtained any of them by false or fraudulent representations; or that they committed a fraud upon the complain ants or any of them, then say whether John A. Douglass had any knowledge or information of the intention not to pay or of the false representations, or of the fraud, or did said Douglass have any grounds of reasonable suspicion of either? Answer—Yes; from evidence he did. 7. Was the bill of sale made by Oliver & Norton to Douglass made with an in tention to delay or defraud their credi tors? If so, was such intention known to John A. Douglass, or did he have grounds of reasonable suspicion of such -inten tion ? Answer—Yes, he did. 8. Was the debt claimed to be due John A. Douglass by Oliver & Norton a bona fide debt? Answer—No. 9. Did Oliver & Norton sell him said goods in good faith to pay said debt? Answer—No. 10. How much of said debt was the old debt of Oliver, Douglass & Co., if any? Did Oliver & Norton sell to Douglass for money, or to pay a debt they owed him? Answer—First, we cannot say the amount. Second, to pay a debt they said they owed him. 11. Did Jno. A. Douglass make any false statement to the complainants, Charles Noble & Co., or their agents, upon the faith of which they were induced to sell the goods sued for by them, to the defendants, Oliver & Norton? If so, were such statements made by Douglass, knowing them to he untrue, and were the said Charles Noble & Son deceived thereby? Answer—Yes. 12. Did complainants know Oliver & Norton were .insolvent? Did Oliver & Norton know that the creditors were ig norant of their insolvency, and kept si lent? Answer—1,. Yes. 2, No. 12. 'What amount of goods obtained from complainants, or either of them, were a part of the stock of goods bought by Douglass from Oliver & Norton, and fromwliich of said complainantswere such goods obtained? rinsicer—Wilw:: Manu facturing company, $107.04,' 'rand other complainants. opinionSt^thrclS^is^ite® s ^ however, ft not the orlnmn TV S? ch ’ True, the child was light in shade 'but'u was the whitish hue of the youne latto, rather than the rein marked white" ness of the Caucasian. The testimoni t0 866 was not su PPOrted by the Childs appearance. In weight it must have been of at least fourteen pounds and there were circumstances not neceWm mention going to show that thed&d wascertamiy not less than a week old There is one thing, however, that there is no doubt about, and that is that the sooner a child murderer is brought to punishment in this community, the Quick er will the morals thereof be strengthen- ed. Case after case of this kind homes to light, creates a sensation and ft forgot ten, and the human ghoul whose savage clutch has caused the wreck, wanders among us unsuspected, unpunished. Can it be possible for a child to be born, mur- <fered and buried in a city of twenty thousand iq|ahitants, and no one save the mother know it? We say not. As sure as the sun shines, at least six persons car ry in their breasts a knowledge of the per petration of this most foul occurrence. But how find them? is the question asked. A detective has followed a victim round the world, the clue In his hand, though spun to gossamer, never lost or broken. Here, wo have part of a pillow case, part of a shawl, a newspaper, for which there are but lew subscribers in this city, a newspaper with a date, a newspaper with the agent’s name upon it— but,above all,the sickness of the wretched mother -whereever she may he—known, necessarily known, to the immediate neighborhood, the nurses and the servants. Let the deed be uncloaked, and the guilty brought to justice. • MURDERED AS HE SLEPT. A Crawford County Negro Dies for One Dollar and Eorty-Hvo Cents. The courts have their whist, parlors their enchre, society its poker, but the ne gro’s game ft seven-np, it matter not where played. It may be that the antag onists straddle a log, lie upon the fodder in the loft, or gather in the humble cabin, hut it is always the same old game,and the players hum its' accompaniment as they deal: “My name is Handy-Dandy, Six-seven-up an’ hard ter beat; Lay yer money down An’ don’t yer pick it up, Go way from the game Called 6 and 7 up.” It was just such a party as ibis, we im agine,that gathered in a cabin near the old Agency ferry in Crawford county last Sunday afternoon for the usual game of seven up. Among the party were two men by the names of Golden Carutbers and George Radford. Tho game drifted along; the sun set, darkness'fell, the stars came forth, and hour after hour glided away swiftly into eternity. Gradually as the night advanced, the players dropped out of the game, broken,until face to face, only the two men we have named re mained. Fortune was against Radford; dime by dime, his earnings glided across and took refuge in Caruther’s pocket, un til the last cent was gone. With the reck lessness of the gambler, he drew off his - shoes and staked them upon the game only toseethem lost. Nothingnowremainedto him but liis coat, and after a minute’s hesitation, that, too, was laid upon the table, staked and lost. The game ended, and here in this city the clock struck three. Side by side the gamblers lay down to sleep, one flushed with fortune’s favors, seeing not tlie shadow of death above him; the other, brooding over his losses, and plotting in secret for their recovery. As they lay, Caruthers sunk into a sleep from which lie never more would wake. His left hand was in his pocket grasping his plunder, his head rested upon the shoes, and upon lift back was the coat. Silence fell upon the scene. Suddenly the sleepers, all but one, were awakened by a dull thud, and sprang to their feet. In the dim light they beheld Radford swinging a terrible lightwood knot into air, and twice again the deep, dull thud was heard. Then the murderer sprang out into tlie night, and was lost. Caruthers lay on the bed, his head smashed to pieces. In the left hand, still tightly grasped, was six dollars and forty-five cents, five dollars of which was in Macon & Brunswick railroad bills, worth nothing. The winning of one dol lar and forty-five cents had cost him his life. IN THE TOILS. —Prof. George L. Vose, of Bowdoin Col lege, Maine,who is regarded as an authority upon such subjects, says that over 200 railroad bridges have fallen withm the past ten years. He attributes these “acei- opportunity ! dents” either to the selection of bad ma- r o impressions terials, faulty construction, and imperfect upon the relations of the State to the gen-' supervision, or all of these causes com- erai government. And the very law, de- bined. MTR ANGLED WITH A CORD. Tlie Work of a Macon Thug. Yesterday morning the evidence of a most horrible crime was brought to light in this city. In the rear of a boarding house on Second street, between a small outhouse and the fence, was found a mys terious package containing the remains of a male child. About the neck was a hemp cord tied so tightly as to be partly imbedded in the flesh, and producing a contortion of the features, frightful to be hold. The body was wrapped in a copy of a pictorial weekly, known as the Gol den Days, around which was tied the fragments of an old black shawl. The whole was pinned up in what might have once been a pillow case. The body was discovered by a negro servant early in the morning, who called up a witness and showed him the con tents. The coroner was then notified and empannelled the following jury: D. \. Reeves, Foreman; D. H. Howes, L. R. Longhnrst, William Case, J. B. Golden, W. II. Bowers, W. B. Chapman, W. H. Whitehead, Geo. S. Fish, J. E. Russell, W. T. Bone, J. A. Adair. . The following is the evidence as elicited, and the verdict: Frank Coley, sworn, said: “As I came down the back stairs this morning, I saw something white lying beside the fence. I went up close and saw it wa9 a baby. Then I called Rufus Pearce, and he came. He (Rufus) unpinned It and looked at it. He said he did not know who put the body there. I do not know whether it was dead or alive. Think it wa3 dead.’’" Rufus Pearce, sworn, said: “Frank galled me there to look at a baby. I un pinned it. I felt it and found it was cold and dead. I don’t know whether it ft a white child or a black one.” The jury rendered the following ver dict: “We, the jury, find that the infant found, name unknown, came to its death by being strang’ed with a cord around its neck. We agree that, in our opinion, the child is of white parentage, and ft a male, and came to its death by parties un known.” A large crowd of whites and negroes assembled and viewed the remains, —— -- ‘ ... in . better which were inclosed in a coffin, and bur- rafted in Spam which __ ied by Coroner Chapman. The body was found about the centre of the square, bounded by Poplar, Plum, First and Second streets, known as square 41 on the city map. A Daring: Attempt at Crime and Cap ture of the Criminal. Monday a most audacious and reckless attempt to commit a crime, was made in Rutland district, some four or five miles from Macon. No tidings of it, however, reached the city before yesterday morn ing, as the general attention of the Rut- landers was directed toward the capture of the desperado. About 10 o’clock Monday morning, a negro by tho name of Peter McCrary went to the house of Mrs. A. M. Calhoun, the section-master’s wife, and attacked her with a stick, beating her severely. The lady resisted him and screamed for assist ance, the call being responded to by a woman working near at hand. In the meantime the negro had drawn a pistol and snapped it several times within a few inches of his victim’s breast, the weapon, however failing to fire. Seeing the other woman approaching the villain fled. It ft a question as to what was the ne gro’s intention. By some it ft asserted that a nameless crime was attempted, and that murder was a second consider ation. By others it ft said that the negro approached and demanded to know where Mr. Calhoun’s money was, and that the pistol was not loaded, but used to frighten the lady. There ft no doubt, however, hut that he struck her several blows with his stick. A party was at once organized and the dayand night spent in pursuit ol McCrary, resulting finally in his capture a long dis tance from the scene of his attempted crime. He was carried back to Rutland district and will have his commitment trial to-day, if, as a gentleman signifi cantly remarked last evening, he does not “escape” during the night. The word “escape,” used after the commission of a heinous crime, in connection with tho disappearance of the criminal, has but one meaning. It signifies only that the piftr oner has escaped trial; generally he ft found suspended to the limb to which he escaped. We are no advocate of mob violence; it ft better always to let the law take its course. There never was an untried criminal that a mob was justified in hanging, for the simple reason that the crime for which he suflered had never been proved upon him. A hundred men may have witnessed the deedTbut that need not necessarily prove his guilt; behind the mind that di rects the hand in the commission of an illegal act, may lurk insanity,and no mob can pass upon the mental condition of a prisoner. We do not believe, however, but that the good citizens of Rutland will turn this criminal over to justice; his h> tention may have been only robbery, and no aggravated circumstance short of mur der, would Justify even the courts in m ing it a capital offence- —-Immense quantities of iron are now plight than she has been for many a year —for the English market. Very nearly 20,000 tons of iron ore arrived from Spain at Cardiff lu one week last month.