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' ’T t f -■> ’(pi'/; J >'j O i'i v JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. CLISBY & JONES, Proprietors. : THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS-POLITICS- UTERATUBE—AGRICULTUliJS—DOMESTIC NEWS, Ere—PRICE S2.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED!®- MACON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1880 VOLUME NO—LV OS A GIRDUB. That which her slemler waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind; No monarch but would give his crown His ann3 might do what this hath done. It was my heaven’s extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely dear; My Joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass! and vet there Dwelt all that’s good and all that’s fain Give me but what this ribbon bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round. —Edmund Waller. EADS’ PLANS. Seven Tliousantl Miles In Distance to be Annihilated—noiv a Steamship • Will JLook Perched Cp on Stilts. S. Yesterday, says the St. Louis ChrMil- cle, we gave an outline of what Captain E.ids proposes to accomplish in his trip to Mexico in behalf of his inter-oceanic railroad project for the transportation of shipping across the isthmus. The impor tance of tills enterprise may be understood from the fact that it would virtually bring San Francisco seven thousand miles near er to New York and London, so far as sea-going freights are concerned, and Ric saving oii the wheat shipments of Cali fornia alone, it is estimated, would reach SI,000,000 per annum. Such being the case, it will be worth while to look into the plan of tills already celebrated engineer ing project and examine some of the more interesting features oi the work. Briefly, it is proposed lo construct , a railway, or broad road-bed of easy grades, and with the least possible change of direction, across the isthmus of Tehuantepec. The road is to be equipped with im mense platform cars or trucks ou which the largest vessels may be taken, the cars being run down in a dock or loading dock in which the vessel can be floated over it and held in position as in a dry dock. Once loaded the ear is lo be drawn over the road by steam power. In Capt. Eads’office there is a hand some drawing of the car and vessel as they will appear in transit. If the reader can imagine a huge platform, more than a bloeklu iengtli, Covering more than a third of an acre in and:,- resting on a wilderness of wheels, and supporting the towering bulk of a massive ateanfaLip, whose graceful sides are everywhere shoved up as though on stilts, he will have a pretty accurate idea of wliat the queer vehicle and its load look like. Row lo load tills great weight, hold it in place, support it and draw it over the track were the engineering problems which Capt. Eads undertook to solve. Vac of the first objections presented to the mind by this plan is the great weight to be borne by the road bed. In answer to this, Capt. Eads stales that the “cradle” for a ship and cargQ weighing 6,000 tons would be about 350 feet long, and would rest on *12 rails lour feet apart. This would give a bearing 44 feet wide by 350 leet Jong, which is 15,400 square feet, or 7g0 pounds to each square foot of road bed. A trotting horse leaves but a slight track on a dirt read. Its weight is borne alternately upon two feet only. If we assume the area of each shoe to be 12 inches the weight of the animal must rest at each step upon but 24 square inches of earth, or one-sixth of a loot. If the weight of the horse be 1,000 pounds, lie would press the eartn at each step with ncarlv eight times as much foree per square foot as the largest ship to be trans ported. Yet it scarcely leaves the imprint of its shoe, though to the weight of the Jiorse is to be added the force or sudden Mow with which it strikes the earth. On each of the 12 rails under a cradle 350 feet long there would be 115 wheels. Eaeli rail wouid-siipport one-twelfth of the whole weight, or 500 tons, giving 4j ions t * each wheel. The drivers of a large freight engine at rest sustain a pressure of (! tons each, so no heavier tics and rails would be needed than on ordinary rail roads. As regards keeping (he rails on an even level, no greater inequality than one inch need occur, and this could always be guarded against and rendered harmless by placing over each wheel a strong spiral steel spring tliat would admit of several inches play. In relation to the oft-expressed doubts as to the possibility of carrying the ship over changing grades and curves without straining and opening her scams, the Cap- taiu says some of tho ablest engineers fn this country have declared unhesitatingly Hint loaded vessels may be thus carried in l>crfect safety. Many imagine tliat when in its element a vessel lias the pressure of lilts water constantly outside to counteract the pressure of the cargo within. In this they are mistaken. In a rough sea there arc times when every part of a vessel is subjected to a fa r greater stram than would ever occur ou a ship railway. There are times', too, when the resist ance of water is wholly withdrawn from different parts of the vessel; when first the how, then the stem is wholly out of water. A vessel that could not ride with safety on the proposed railway is unsea worthy. To avoid bending the ship in changing from one grade to another the cradle would bo run on to what may bq called a tipping table. This would rest on a fulcrum at the middle and on hy draulic rams at cadi end, so that the ends could be raised or lowered to conform to the different grades. To avoid curves, turntables would be placed at necessary points in tbe main track: ’ Captain Eads docs not thitik the problem of sustaining the ship firmly in the “cradle” presents any difficulties that would justify a re sort to llio plan of carrying it on a tank of water, as tliat would increase the weight to be carried fully one-halt, and the added weight would be very trouble some to manage by reason of its mobility. With a sufficient number of tracks and wheels there will be sucb a distribution of tbe weight that13ie largest vessel would impose no greater weight on the rails at aty given point thau those unposed a hundred times a day on fbe rails of every first-class road in;.the country. Each wheel would be made entirely separate and independent, so that in case of break age any whecj'couffl. 1 be Liken out with out affecting others. Aperailinont of the cars would be nextto impossible. The “cradle” upon which, the vessel rests may be called a dry dock placed ou wheels. This cradle or dock upon wheels will be backed.down upon the railway on a gradq of about one foot in ,100; until it reaches o sufficient depth of. water to eu able the vessel tm be floated upon in When the' ship is in position she will be safely secured over the. cradle, and thfen tbe car will be drawn slowly lorward. As the water becomes shallow tbe ves sel will naturally take Jier position upon tbe cradle. -The .support will then be movedraW against her hull while still afloat so that she cannot niove upon the cradle; arid she will- then be drawn up Uic incline to the level track. Here two engines will bo attached and the vessel will at onse be started on her journey. CaptaM-Eada says his information is to the effect; that by the Tebnautepec route, tho highest point to be passed is at an el evation of060 feet, about, twenty riffles from the Pacific shore. He is assured that a grade of ope foot in one hundred can be obtained, which 4s accounted a Reunion of Cntta’ Battalion. Aubiucus, Oet. 2S, 1880. Editors Telegraph and Messenger:- At ten o’clock to-day the surviving members of what was known during the war as “Cutts’ Battalion of Artillery,” assembled in the courthouse. The design of this meeting was of a twofold purpose. . First, to enable the survivors to meet .once again, and “together fight their battle o’er.” Secondly, to reorganize the “Sum ter Light Artillery.” Proper steps were taken to consummate the second part of the'programme at an early day. There were 120 members of the old battalion present to-day, and the hearts of many more were with them. Letters were received frofli Captain John Mil- iedge, Captain Robert Faliigant, Lieuten ant B. James and Sergeant J. J. Harris and others, expressing a desire to be present and take part in the exercises, but were detained by other engagements. Col. A. S. Cults’ address of welcome was earnest and touching. He referred to the past services of the command, their strug gles and trials and triumplis. While re ferring to those who stood shoulder, to shoulder with them—brave and noble companions—“who were not present but accounted for,” tears trickled down from “eyes unused to weep” on every side. The occasion was one of mingled pleas ure and pain. A pleasure indeed it Was, to meet so many living, after a separation of fifteen years—years • of vexation . and toil, and with many of the veterans years of suffering and bereavement. Neverthe less they rejoiced to-day, in pressing each others’ bands, and receiving the old sal utation, so familiar in other days. Anon, sadness would steal over their faces, as this one reported the departure of a comrade for that “pale realm be yond,” otvanothcr calling up the heroic death of one of their number during the war. After the exercises at the court bouse, the line was formed, headed by Colonel Cutts and the officers of the old battalion present, and the company inarched out to the fair ground where a splendid dinner bad been prepare 1 by G. B. Hare, Esq. The usual ceremonies at the table, with wine and jest, and repartee, closed the public exercises of the first reunion of the old command. The remainder of the day was spent in social interchange, and the relating of remisnisceucies of tbe unhappy War. It was a happy, joyous occasion. It was a matter of regret that arms and Jcnts could not be secured, so as to carry out ill? original intent of tins reunion. But the mosl nerststent efforts failed to secure them. I must close with a short ].“ttory of this ealiant battalion. Colonel Alien o. of Amcricus, early in 18C1, determined to raise an artillery company. This he ac complished without difficulty, but owing to the lack of equipments, the coropany was not placed in the field until July 1861. This was called, “Sumter Light Artillery.” They left Americus on the 6th of July, with 182 men for Virginia, and remained in that department until the surrender, at Appomattox, April 11, 1865. They participated ip the first battle of Manassas, on the 21st of July. Their first engagement was that of Drauesville They acquitted themselves with honor. In 1862, the Battalion was formed with Col. A. S. Cutis Colonel commanding. The command consisted of-Sumter Light Artillery as Company A, with Capt. H. M. Ross commanding, Company B, Capt. diaries P. Crawford, Company C, Capt. J. A. Blackshear, Irwin Artillery, Capt. John Lane. Tbe companies A, B and C, were composed almost entirely of citizens of Sumter county. The Irwin Artillery were mostly Irom Washington, Wilkes county. During the war, other com mands were added to the Battalion, no tably that of the gallant Capt John Mil- ledge. The command was attached to General Pendleton’s artillery brigade, and were either present actively engaged or held In reserve in the first year of the war, with Gen. D. H. Hill’s command, and during the latter part with the corps of Gen. A. P. Hill. It is to be set down to tire honor of tiffs battalion that they fired the last cannon in the late war on Saturday night. This gtin was fired by Sergeant W. 11. Fletcher, who iivesjust beyond East Macon. I am indebted for many of these facts to Captain T. H. Johnson. Jack Plane. o»o- THE SUPREME COURT. Decisions Rendered October 13, ISSO. Abridged for Hut Telegraph and Messenger by UiU US Harris. Attorneys at Law; Macon, Georgia. . ■ ; . Colquitt & Baggs. Y3. Stultz. Complaint, u : from Mitchell. • rL One who .receives collateral security is bound to the use of reasonable -dllt- genefr in connection therewith. If the collateral bo promissory notes or like evi dences of debt, he is bound .to use ordi nary diligence to collect them. Rut where stock, .worth about par, was deposited'as collateral security, the creditor was not compelled.-ou failure of tbe debt ors to pay tbe debt, to sell the collateral;, although fie.fiaff tbe. option to 3o so,,in tlio manner .provided, by tbe coiffc, §2,140. His not. selling, although he knewfhat the debtors’ had failed in business, and the subsequent depreciation of tbe stock con stituted no defense to an action on the in debtedness, it not appearing that the debt ors took any steps to secure a sale. 2. It did hot alter the case that the stock was transferred on the books arid pew stock issued to'tbe creditor.. No sale was claimed, and tie held only sub modo. A plea, to - all action on tbe debt which sought tp reconp because of the failure of the Creditor to sell the collat eral, not caused by him, was demurra ble. Roundtree et. ai. vs.. Rutherford, admin istrator. Distress warrant, from Hous- tom 1. Where a counter-affidavit lias been filed to a distress warrant, and tbe case returned for trial, the defendant may file a plea of bankruptcy, if it operates to discharge the debt. The affidavit is pleading in ■ such sense as to allow amendment by the addition of a plea of bankruptcy. *. (a). Tbe ruling in 55 Ga., 50, will not bo extended. 2. Whore a distress warrant has been levied, a counter-affidavit filed, and a bond given for tbe eventual condemnation money, the process becomes mesne, and tbe debt may be discharged by bank ruptcy. Tbe discharge of the principal would operate to discharge the surety. 3. On the .trial of the issue formed un der a distress warrant, evidence was ad missible to show that the landlord agreed for the tenant to sublet at less than the original price agreed on; but statements of the tenant in tbe absence of the landlord were not admissible for that purpose. bad no jurisdiction of tbe case, there be ing no substantial relief prayed against him. FIRES NOT TO BE QUENCHED. Uallcman vs. ITalkfinan. Alimony, from Houston. ■ ' I; The act of October 28,1870, entitled }' “an act to extend the provision for alt- mony to the family of the husband, to provide for the custody of the children, and for oilier purposes co.nccted there with,” is not unconstitutional a3 referring to more than one subject matter, or as containing matter different from what is expressed in its title. An examination of the act will show that alimony, custody of children, etc., was tho only subject matter, referred to therein. i 2. There is no law wliiclr confined a jury in the allowance of alimony to the property owned by the husband at the date of the verdict. Tlie Verdict may cover any property mentioned in the schedule. 3. That the verdict allowing alimony to the wife, made no provision for the pay- raeni.of the debts of the husband, docs not render it illegal. Possibly the indebt edness of the husband might show the allowance to have been excessive, but the amount of such indebtedness does not any where appear. The decree will notjbe good r>-against the debts created prior to' the filling of the schedule. ■■ i ; 4. Uuder the peculiar facts of this case,, the admission of the copy note from Miss Bullard to the defendant was not error. He was shown to have been in possession of one note from her, and in response' tq ,the notice to produce he should have shown clearly that it Was not the one called for, and’also how it, came to.be- written over in pencil and blurred, so as to be unintelligible. Without such note, the network of cir cumstances surrounding defendant shows his relations to Miss Bullard to have been very suspicious, whether he actually co habited with her or not. His conduct, .’the amount of property brought by the wife into the coverture, her blameless life and reputation'all justify the verdict. Thanksgiving Proclamation. Washington, D. C., October 31.— The following proclamation was issued to-day: A PROCLAMATION. At no period in their history since the United States became a nation, lias this people had so abundant and so universal reasons for joy and gratitude at the favor of Almighty God, or been subject to so jrofound an obligation to give thanks for lb loving kindness, and humbly to im- ilorc His continued care and protection, leallh, wealth and prosperity through out all our borders; peace, honor and friendship with all the world; a firm and faithful adherence *»y the great body of our population to the principles of liberty and justice which have made our great ness as a nation and tx> the wise institu tions and strong form of government and society which will to pepetuate it— for all these : let the thanks of a happy and united leople, as with one voice,ascend in devout homage to the Giver of all Good. I there fore recommend that on Thursday, 25th day of November next, the people, will meet in their respective places of!wor ship to make their acknowledgements to Almighty God for his bounties and pro tection, and to offer to him prayers for their continuance. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at tlio City of Washington this the' 1st day of November, 1880, and of the in dependence of the United States the one hundred and fifth. [Signed] R. B. Haves. . By the President: " Wm. M. Evarts, Secretary of State. matielfa time. ill occupy alkuft three months The Revised Bible. New Yobk, November 1.—The Amer ican Bible Revision Committee have com pleted the revision of the English version of the New Testament and transmitted the result oi their labors to England. The British committee will meet in November for final action, and the University presses at Oxford and Cambridge are expected to issue the revised New Testament in Feb ruary, 1881. Tlie Old Testament will lie published two or three years alter.' The American revisers have given their time and labor for eight years without compen sation. Their necessary expenses have been provided for by voluntary subscrip tions, and any friend of tlie great under taking who will contribute towards ex penses $10 or more before February next will receive a memorial copy of the first University edition of the revised New Testament, handsomely bound and in scribed. Money must be sent to the president, Rev. Dr. Scbaff, or the treas urer, Mr. Andrew B. Taylor, Bible House, New York. Scott & King vs. Ayers. Complaint, from Houston.« The only evidence which conflicts with the verdict was tuat of the parties defend ant, who were witnesses materially i liter; ested. It is exclusively the province of the jury to determine the credit they tjfm" give to such testimony, ana having reject ed it as insufficient to overcome the efise made by the plaintiff, and the court be low being satisfied, with the verdict, this court will no’t interfere. Houser vs. Scott. Certiorari, from Hous ton. Where one, in good faith and under ad vice f r Gta. the ordinary, took up an estray. and bad it :"“*'«ffsed . and returned in compliance with the re.1"!- reaien ^ s ol code, and it was held in readiness to inSCt tlie demand of the owner, fie was not lia ble to quintuple damages. Subsequent irregularities on the part of the officers would not affect him. (a.) Where the whole conduct of the taker up of an estray was in perfect good faith, that the return was made on ' the sixth day after the appraisement will not render him liable. , (b.) Nor will he be liable because one of the appraisers was only a fieehblder to the extent of being interested in a home stead estate. Ilarvey vs. Boswell. Complaint, from Talbot. Where in an action for damages the wit nesses differ as to the value of the proper ty injured, the ordinary 'rules of weighing testimony, such as honesty, disinterested ness, opportunity for knowledge and in telligence, should he resorted to before at tempting to reach a satisfactory result by averaging the values sworn to. Fullington, for use, Killeo, administrator, ct a>. Complaint, from Houston. 1. Where suit was brought on a promis sory note, having several makers auff in dorsers, and judgment' obtained against two of them, they being only servdd, it barred another suit oil the note as to them.’ • j 2. Where suit against trito makers of a promissory note was-barred by reason of a former recovery, the residence did' not confer jurisdiction on the' Superior Court of their county, in a subsequent' suit against all of the makers and indorsers. Bell & Co. vs. Singer Manufacturing Com- i pany. Injunction, from Fulton. A court of equity has the power to on' join the publication and circulation of a Jibe!. Tiffs principle is applicable to equitable rights arising under' the patent Jaws of the United States, where the le gality of the patent is not tho subject of inquiry but is only collateral to the rdiiei sought. The Planters’Bank of Fort Valley vs. Kersh. Complaint, from Houston. The verdict being coutraiy to the evi dence, a new trial is ordered. C'oiot scrutinized, tlio evidence of the plaifiti rests entirely on the entries in his bank book, and if they are shown to be incor rect, his case, as now presented, falls with them.' Colquitt, Governor, vs. Smith et al. {For feiture of recognizance, from Masco-' Where tlie condition in a criminal re cognizance was that the principal should appear at a particular term of court,] but it contained ntf provision as to appearing from term to term, or other'Iike provision,' the appearance of tlio principal at; the specified term was a compliance with the condition, and her failure to appear at a subsequent term to which the case • was continued could not subject the sureties to a forfeiture. Burn am vs. DeVaugbn, for use. Com plaint, from Houston. In a suit ou an open account the plain tiff testified positiveiyas to the correctness of the items; that the goods, the price of which was sued for, were furnished; tliat most of them were sold by himself, some by lffs clerk; that he knew the account was correct by the sales and by reference to his books, and that be could not tell exactly wbat amount ho had sold be cause his day-book was burned, but knew that he sold most of them himself; and knew the amount was correct because he kept the books himself. ! L Held, that tills testimony was; not ob jectionable as being secondary. , j A large party of northern capitalists will visit the valley and south western Vir ginia about Nov. 9 on a tour of inspection, with a view of making large investments. Munroe et al. vs. Phillips, administra trix, complaint, from Muscogee. Where in the year 1854 solvent poles were deposited with the defendant’s in testate for tho use of certain colored mi nors, by their reputed father, apfi the in testate shortly thereafter took out letters of guardianship for the minors as free persons of color, and managed the fund from then until early in 1864, wlien lie invested what remained in Confederate bonds without an order .of court- and on April 23, 1878, three pr said wards brought Suit for their share of the fund, tlio eldest of whom became of age in 1803, married in 1805, and became discovert in 1808 by. tlie death of her husband, the second and third reaching their majority in 1871 and 1872.respectiveiy; . Held, that the cause of action accrued to plaintiffs before June, 1805, and more than nine months and sixteeu days hav ing elapsed after their respective disabili ties were removed, before suit, the action is barred by the provisions of the act ol 1879. Davis vs McMichael et al. Equity, front Crawford. Where a bill was filed iu Crawford Su perior Court.by tlie wife against her guar dian, who was also tbe guardian other deceased brother, for an account of her and lffs estate, which went into the guar dian’s hands, alleging that tlie money had been invested in land in Upson county, where the guardian resided, and that the title thereto had been taken in his name, that this was done with tho aid and assis tance of her husband,who was made aparty defendant, and praying tliat the amount found to be due her individually and as heir at-law of her brother be decreed to They will also go over the 'line of! be a Hen upon Use said land, but contain-, tbe ‘ proposed Pittsburg connection ’ ing no prayer against tlie husband: with tbe James Rjver valley. The party j Held, that tbe Superior Court of Craw- will probably amount to fifty in-’number. ford county, where the husband resided, Riot in Denver. Denver, Col., October 31.—Denver has been in the bauds of a mob of rioters for eight hours, and now fully 1,509 rioters are in the streets. It was discovered a week ago that fully 8,000 illegal names were registered in the city, and immedi ately thereafter the streets were filled with strangers■ of the worst’Character. On Saturday night the Democrats had a pro cession, carrying transparencies with in scriptions and pqrtoons tending to excite animosity against the Chinese. A consid erable portion of the crowd became intoxicated and remained out ail night. This noon they made an assault upon tho Chinese bouses, tearing down tlie houses and beating and driving out tho Chiricipf' One was dragged from Shap Lee’s place with a rope about lffs neck, and his skull crushed in with boots and bricks. The police were called out but were unable to control the mob. The fire de partment was ordered to throw water on the rioters, but the mob attacked them and badly Wounded two firemen. Many Chinamen wore fearfully beaten. One was rescued by the police and taken to jail, which was immediately surround ed by a mob of about 1,000, who hurrahed ami yelled “lynch the leper." Tlie special police managed to keep back tlie crowd. The other mob remain ed intact in the lower part of the fcity. About d3tk they were entirely beyond control, and marched from -street to street gutting Chinese houses wherever they saw them and assaulting citizens. Many colored men were knocked dbwn and beaten. A special police is being sworfi in to the number of 300. The Chinese popu lation here cannot exceed 150 all told, and from tlio beginning of tiffs disgraceful riot, not a single incident is repor «<l of any one of them having resisted the on slaught. ‘ . Denver, October 31.—At this time, 11:30, everything is quiet, the mob having dispersed, but a large police force is pa trolling the streets and the militia ready frit* au! ■ nn u( e tiAtV/i All tlio for action at a moment’s notice. All the saloons arc closed, with orders to remain so until after the election. The rioters gutted every China.;house in. town iwitb two or three exceptions., One Chinaman was hanged over his front door, and' sev eral were badly, beaten with stories! and other missiles. Iff nearly- every instance the police rescued tlie Chinamen through back doors while the mob was forcing tlie front doors. Four or five rioters {were shglitly wounded and one seriously, he Laving been shot in tbe right side. ! Denver, Col, November 1.—The ac tive response of the citizens to tbe call of tho authorities effectually checked the mob, and by midnight a very perceptible improvement was developed, which lias steadily continued. Early this morning a squad of miscreants raado a disturbance • near tlie post-office, but within ten min-' utes it was estimated that 1,000 citizens, nearly all armed, were on the ground, and all the rioters at that point were arrested and sent to jail. Several hundred war rants have been sworn out by the officers,, and between 200'and 300 arrests have been made. The city is now considered absolutely secure against any revival of mob rate, and tbe Indignation among ail classes is intense and earnest. Should lawlessness show itself in any form or at any point, it will undoubtedly be checked by the sternest and most convincing means employed in Such emergencies; Tiie Hamilton estates, comprising 8.000 acres of important agricultural, .sporting and mineral property iu tlie North Riding of Yorkshire, were offered tho other day at auction. The property was offered in ten lots, bu -11 were withdrawn, tho bid ding being too lpw. There is certainty not over competition for farms in Eng-; land, and notwithstanding tlie unques- \ tioncil productiveneseof the year many ' Coal Mines TImt Have Burned for Years, Making a Desert or 'Largo -Areas. ; Pottsville, Pa., Oct. 24.—The failure laf all the attempts to extinguish the.fire which has been raging in the Keeley Run colliery lor several weeks, it is feared, •Will add another to the perpetually burn ing mines that now exist in the Pennsyl vania anthracite regions. The greatest of these is probably tliat in tliei jugular vpiu, near Coal Castle, this county. This has been burning since 1825. Lewis F. Dougherty opened ;tlii3 vein iu 1833. The upper ~ drift of the mine was above water level, and-a huge fire was kept itia griitc at the mouth of tlie mine iji winter to keep tho water from freezing' in the guttera. One night in the above yCar'lhe timbers of the drift caught fire from the grate. When it was discovered the fire had been, carried down the air hole to, the lower df ifls,.nyd was beyond .control. Two miners entpred tlie mine, .hoping to recover their tools. They never 'came out. The mine was abandoned. No effort was made to mine any of tlie coal near tlie burning vein, although it was considered the best'coal in the region, un til 1850; Then John -McGinnis put' in a slope on tho cast side of It, below water level. He struck the vein at a place where the coal was so .thick 1 that two ’ miners could keep a large breaker supplied. When 400 > yards, of gangway had been excavated the heat from tlie burning Dougherty mine began- to bother tlie miners. .McGinnis attempt ed to'open an air hole. The heat became sogreat tliat tbe men were paid double to induce them to work. They worked, en tirely tinned, and, were relieved every ten minutes, Finally the heat became so in tense that work was abandoned. Tlio mine was flooded. After being pumped, men could agaiu work for a few days. The mine wa3 flooded nine times. Mc Ginnis finally failed, and the mine was tlien abandoned. The fire has been rag ing in the vein ever since. An area of half a mile in every nircction has been burned. No vegetation grows ou the surface. In places the ground has caved in, forming chasms a liuudred feet deep. There is but a thin shell ct earth over the pit of fire. At night blue, sul phurous flames issue from tlie crevices in the ground. It is dangerous to Walk across the spot. Several persons have <j‘2- appw.red Around iltere during twenty years. It is believed that in a majority of the cases they have fallen into the burning mine. Dougherty, the orig inal proprietor of the mine, attempted lo go across once. He sank to his armpits through tlio crust, and was only saved by courageous friends who ventured to his assistance. The stones on the grouud are hot, and snow never rests there. Rain turns to vapor as fast as it fails on the roof Of the burning mine. Million^ of dollars’ worth c.f iUs host quality of coal have been consumed by the fire. The .Summit Jlill mice, near Mapch Chunk, lias been burning for twenty-live years. It is believed that tiffs mine was k s<jl on fire by discontented miners. Thou sands of dollars have been spent in fruit less efforts to extinguish the flames. The Butler mine, near Pittston, has been burning three years. It'was set on fire by a party of tramps, who built a fire in the mine in 1S77. The fire is in the upper drifts. It is confined to an area of forty acres by an immense ditch forty feet wide, which was excavated between tlie burning drifts an! connecting one?. Tho digging of tho canal cost $50,000. But for that obstacle the fire would have commu nicated to some, of the most extensive mines in the Lacktiivanna Valley, and a subterraneous conflagration would have swept under the whole of West Pittston. Miners have worked in the lower .drift of tlie Butler mine sirre the fire broke out, but there are but forty feet of rock between them and the field of fire above. The water tliat trickles through the roof is scaiding hot. Ttie temperature is so high U&t the men cau wear but little clothing. A MYSTERIOUS BIRTH. called syrups represented as made from I pure sugar. • v 3. R is sold in_ immense quantities to 1>cath of a Formct . cul3Cn of o s le. manufacturers of .canny and all o[ber forms of confectionery. Instead of buy ing sugar largely made from glucose, .they now buy the glucose itself and make their wares direct from it. 4. It is sold extensively to be mixed j York Tribune: thorpe in Han Francisco and His .Strange Will. The following mysterious paragraph, a ffew months since, was found in the New a request that atlier papers copv,.and that a ire W r^£ r U’ lcd hU RsasBeucy, Gov. Alfred H. Colqt It. , , Ox motion, tlie meeting adjourned sine *«• ■ Q- L. Hazzard, James M. Lajiu, Chairman, bccretary. color and other respects witli that article, died recently, directed in lffs will that a It is mixed in the proportion of at least | monument, not to exceed Si,000 in cqst, one gallon of glucose to one oflioney, and , should be placed over bis grave, and for- the combined product is now not only i bade any society of which he was a mem- sold to consumers as honey, but also ex- ber, or any friends, to pass resolutions of ported to some countries in Europe, where, on account of its cheapness a3 well as flavor, It.is said to be finding an in creased market. .• 5. It is used in the east in tlie manu facture of sweet wines, and it is. used in all liquors requiring syrups. 0. It is used in preserves, and in fact in almost everything requiring sweets that can be Applied in a liquid-form. . The- extent to which ccm is used for the manufacture is only in its infancy, as condolence over his decease, or to commu nicate the fact to his friends .in the East." It is only in Oglethorpe county, Geor gia, where the histoiy' and antecedents .of Dr. nuff are known, that the motives which prompted this singular document, can be explained. Dr. Oliver Huff was the illegitimate son of Col. Richard Huff, once a wealthy land and slave owner in Goose Pond dis trict, who created quite a sensation’ beiore the war by liberating 100 slaves-and es- may. bo judged when it is known that the tablishing them in Liberia. In this band consumption of corn for this purpose dur- ] of colonists was a mulatto woman who 1878, by the one establishment to which we have referred, was 5,000,000 bushels. For a time the trade was con fined to a fijty.hands, but the patent pro cess has been sold to others, and at least orie large establishment is in operation at Buffalo, another in St. Louis, arid a third in Chicago—the latter having been put in operation quite recently. There is anoth er at otic of the river towns of Iowa, and possibly there may be one or two outside of Ne,w York city in the Eastern States. A Storm on the Sun. Observers of tlie sun found indications of intense commotion on tbe 11th, 12th, and 13lh of August. The sun spots were many, large, aud active, and protuberances shot up their rose-colored tongues with in creased force and velocity from the sur face. The e.arth made instantaneous re sponse to the solar storm. A magnetic disturbance suddenly began, accompa nied by an unusual exhibition of earth currents. Tbe magnetic variations were frequent and large, and the earth currents continuous‘and strong. It is years since jthe Greenwich observatory has Tecorded magnetic disturbances of equal magni tude, atui it sends forth a timely waruiug to telegraph engineers, and espe cially to those concerned in lay ing submarine cables, that earth claimed to be the mother of DtvHuff. But between her and tbe alleged son no friendship had existed for years. He al ways appeared to avoid the mulatto mis tress of his father, and wa3 encouraged iu this by lffs sire. Young nuff grew up in to a bright, handsome lad, and was sent by Col. Huff to tho first schools in the New England States. During vacations he visited home, but here liia society was marked,- Tho whites looked upon him as tainted with negro Wood, while from his bearing he scorned the suspicion. Hull graduated with distinction, and having expressed a desire to study medi cine his father sent, him to France,-from which country he returned wi.th the high est diploma. no located on tlie. plantation of lffs father; but his old troubles began again. The whites in the neighborhood had not forgotten the suspicious circumstances surrounding the young Doctor’s birth, and be was placed under tho ban of so ciety. Dr. nuff wa3 proud and ambitious,- and soon seemed to avoid association. At length the whites began to discover that there was not the faintest resemblance to the negro race in Dr. Huff, aud tFc ^ port got in circulation that his mother was a Caucasian, aud that the mulatto woman had been paid to claim and rear the infant as her-sfin. — After this the barrier of snojr.iy ^ e „ an IIOSrtTABLK MACON. Currents may now become freonent, as :.r«i w with tho quietness of recent £ Sjye way. A few whites recognized Dr. . Glucose, We have written several articles, says the Mobilq Register, on the subject of this miserable, uuwholesome product known as glucose sugar, a kind of syrup usually manufactured .from corn, by a chemical process in which suiphuricacid acts large ly as an agent. Nevertheless we feel that no apology Is due for repeating the dose, for it is a subject that ought to be con stantly agitated, especially among! the farmers of the lower South, who liaVe it entirely within"thelr'lpowe'r to produce their own sugar and molasses from the gen uine tropical sugar cane. And even where this cannot be done, sorghum ’may qome in as a substitute; a 1 poor one, it is true, for its product ls smiply glucose; stilj the use of sorghum molasses is : far better than to use the chemical article- manufactured from corn. As a general rule sorghum mo lasses is far' less wholesome 1 than a mo lasses manufactured from the' true South ern cane; still it is not a poison, which Is more than can bo said of the chemical glucose already referred to. | A prominent Chicago paper'says the. extent to which the- inanufacturcrofi glu cose syrup from corn has reached would astonish the country if. fully known. 1 Tho writer is not prepared'to give .figures indi cating the totality to which this business bas already readied. In fact,! the busi ness i3 at present carried on under a kind of secresy, the profits being immense, and tbe article produced being used, but not avowedly. One establishment in New York,--which for years manufactured starch from corn, pursued- cxperiiaients for along time under German chefnists, until the glucose in syrup form was pro duced. Since then this Xew : York estab lishment has been engaged-in a constantly increasing production aud trade. The ex-| leDLlo wliiclj, .cape sugar is being dis- dftCQd by .tiffs prpd uct is triftx astonishing; n fact, the j>eople Lavei no correct idea of it whatever. If we are not mistaken, the original glucose, now an articlo'of commerce, as a substitute for sugar, was able to produce say, throe gallons of pure syrup from each, bushel of corn. This syrup fs of goad color and good Saccharlrie power, ' aiid ftp liquid consistency: rendered it desirable lot- ipixing with other .syrup*.. As com^ pared with the imported syrup?, oif quftli, syrups madii wholly from sugar, its co?t. was Insignificant, thus enabling the pro ducer to- sell it at from fifty) to. sixty-five cents profit, and at the same time furnish a substitute for direct sugar nroduQtions at onedialf orlesS tliail their This ghtcOse enters' largely iiittf hearty all the finer molasses or. syrups now sold on tho general market, aiuLit. wholly, composes all.Uie cheapo? grades. They, have got-lo flavoringlt up and i.UHfyjpg it hi such a manner tliat one can rarely years. A superb exhibition of aurora ac companied the magnetic disturbance. An observer at the Stoneyliurst conservatory describes it as recalling tbe magnificent displays of 1809,1S70 and.1871; while the play of the magnets was'one of the most violent ever recorded at that conservatory. The auroral display was extensively ob- setved in England and Scotland. One observer described it as an outburst of streamers, appearing like wavy, swaying curtains from the zenith to near the hori- zotij with the loveliest green tints near ilie zenith, Another writes tliat the streaks extended from horizon to zenith, the color being principally pale blue with a reddish tinge. Another paints the display as a Huff and employed him in their ianxliw, but in a condescending . way that chafec i his proud spirit. Others spoke of him as tliej'nigger doctor.” He was once engaged to one of the first young ladies in South Carolina, but the report of his birth reaching her family' ears, the match was broken off. The beginning of tho late war found Col. Hnff dead, who left his illegitimate son a fine property, to revert to him at the death of the iawfui heirs. About this time Dr. Huff quitted the county, letting no one know his destina tion. But some of the soldiers from this county saw him during the war as surgeon in a Confederate regiment. His men were brilliant band of White light followed by | devoted to him, and our boys did not ex streamers, each streamer fading away be- I P°se ms history. fore the succeeding qne became very ,4 , r , e Huff was lost sight bright. Still another records a glowing - > but about five, years ago a rumor celestial picture of the northern horizon cotm^ tot he was seen in skirted by a bright white haze, terrain at- r rancisco. Cal., was dot Dg a fine ing in an ill-defined arch, from which i P ract ice and had accumulated quite a for- ° . . . : ' tunc finv nnnnln rncrreMnrl sprang a large number of broad stream-j JJ* 11 ! 11 Gur people respected the motives era. stretcliiu" toward the zenith. that occ_asioned his exile, and era, stretching toward the zenith. | ulat occasioneu ms exile, ana no effort The same phenomenon., was seen by i J'. 33 m ™ e to communicate with or expose American observers, although it did not | L? .^ ea r ^ f ,^- e receive tlie attention bestowed upon it by i news °f .?, circulated through his European ebservers. It is evident, how- | et . rau S6 w rth X he, very clause that was ever, tliat the epoch of grand auroras and preserve his history caused magrietic storms has rpturned, and that our northern skies for months to come will probably be lighted with auroral flames. More earnestly than ever arises the question of tue cause of the sun-spot cycle and its intimate connection with riosity to be aroused and an expose made. Dr. Huff bad never married. While he was recognized as a white man in the ‘Golden State, he always had the air of a hunted man. His life had been an unen viable one, and he doubtless hesitated to electric and magnetic phenomena. No | f ° lal l curse °/ suspicion that had fol- one doufits that the ’commotion in thq so- | °) ved him upon innocent ^heirs. His de- lar orb is reflected on the earth in the ™ ise 'Y 33 mourned upon the Pacific slope, flashes'of auroral light and tne erratic ■&°™,r nan ) va3 £ on . c . , movements of the magnetic nee . j , But the antecedents of this man have at die. , .We can see the cause and note i ' as .*, * >e ? n c’caiqd. It is said that his tlie effect. But'no ope, if the theory of the ; mother is a white woman and belonged to disturbing influence of the great planets j one f lrs - families in Virginia, ishe is rejected, has found the ciue to the se- w ??. a near . Golonel Huff, and cret of sun spots. We' cari only grope in darkness while wc wait for persistent searchers to solve tho problem, and ad mire with mingled reverence and awe the mighty power with which the sun sways his pathetic chord by which each planet in the system reflect in auro ral, light and disturbed magnetism the ab normal condition of thegreat central orb. —Providenee Journal. 1 j The Sandwich Island Sugar In dustry.—Refcrrjng to the sugar industry; of the San.dwich Islands, the San Fran cisco Commercial Herald says: “A few- yehrs'since it Was pretended that 25,000,- 000 lbs was the limit of production there, but it has ndw advanced to 70,000,000 lbs, and there i* practically,-‘ as far a3 we are concerned, but little limit to the produc- 1 tion. At 2 tons to the' acre, 500 square niilps wohld produce 040,000 tons, or 1,303- 000,000 lbs—over two-thirds of tbe total consumption of tlie United States at pres- '6nt.' It may bo seen, therefore, that; tihe islands are, in the riot distant future, to become an important ' source of supplies for the whole of tlie United States. Su- gar yrill doubtless be cheaper here, but the - 'damandfor. it will be greater, and San Francisco will become tho great entre-- pot of the coast. . There are vast fortunes to be made both in growing it, selling it and refining it, and it will be more’ of a bonanza to this city than ever any on the Comstock was, because it will be endu ring.” "! . while on a visit to him in this county an unnatural intimacy existed between them, which resulted iu r tlie birth of a son, tiffs same Dr. Oliver nuff. To hide the shame of the girl; a mulatto woman was hired to claim it as her off-spring. ; ' . There arc over 1,000 acres of fine land in this pounty,' the titles to which are vested Ih' the hero of this sketch. As there are do'ibts about bis ntother, and he leaving no heirs, it is claimed that this property will revert to the State. , 1 We give the story as related to us.— Ogibthorpe Echo.' ” COCHRAN INDIONANr. Thousands ol people, who are afflicted with a diseased liver, indigestion, heart burn, waterbrash, sour, stomach, or a gen- 0 f citizens' at the many atrocious~crimes orally intolerable biliousness, as it is tenn- have heretofore been committed An Eflfirt Mwle lo Snpj.re-is Crime. Mpetins of tbe Citizens. „ CocLtpAN, Ga., Oct. 30—The citizens of Cocliran held an impromptu meeting to consider tlie importance.of doing some thing to suppress crime andjtlie frequent violation of. tlie criminal law in rour midstY' ' ■Upon motion Quin L. IIazz.trd was 'called to tlie chair and James M^ Lamb requested to act as secretary. The chair man explained the object of the meeting, urging upon the citizens the necessity of their prompt action in the matter. Upon motion tlie chair appointed a committee of five to draft resolutions ex pressing the indignation,of the citizens at tho killing of I. H. Hall in our town, on the night of the 28th inst. The .commit tee immediately retired and returned with the following resolution, which wa3 unan imously adopted: We, the committee appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the indignation er, you can get something else. and that juln, of Dodge county; and we, aslaw- something clsq is Simmons’ Liver B4gma- ! abiding citizens, believing, and knowing tor. ' It is equal IQ power to bltlC'inaSS, tiet noanft' ftnfl (nnrt nWlAr itf ftfinrliirirA tn equal in power to biiieunass, Dhu peace' and tood order is conducive to and without any of its raj W ous effects. { th< . prosperity of any place or community,' and believing in the rigid enforcement of the criminal law- of our State, urge 4w Mil TnoMA9 nuonr.a cast.’a djcideu ! upon our elder magistrate and judicial gloom over his 'protectionist' auditors ‘at . officers the rtecCksity of this rigiil enforce- the Academy of Music,.' iu >Fifilaae]phiii,' inent and due diligence In bringing Whilediscussing!the conrpa'rativoi cost,of"'the offenders to punishment; therefore living-in dff3 country’ aud England. H6 hejt told them that “an English shilling ek-\ Resolved,.That wc appeal to tho mayor pended in England’ would; bring him' !;atid aldermen ofour town to offeraKberal jetter returns than an American; dollar reward for (lie apprehension of theguilty expended-in- America.’!.'; Whereupon,' says party, and Also appeal to tbe citizens of the Record, of that city, “the bland bevy this town ami surrounding,country to ol- of-protectionists by whom Mr. lluglies far a reward iti addition to the one that was'surrounded HST iai * • shut’rill their, sweet-' maybe offered by the enial orator as dandelions corincjiJ; and also further, ness from- tlie g< plosc up tlieir blooms When scorched b the iriorhirigsun. ,x ~ - 'M . Governor and town more dtmgerous lest of long use, which J stech rails,, has made , > -? * j srcuu rausyAuu maije a calculation, ac* ‘ • 1,1 - ,,n dy-T’V’a. <>r at least cording to which the average duration of r. n % sold,,to ; steel rails, where twenty-fan* trains P v - tlie manufacturers for the fnltamiixi I : .. , - . .. . I English landlonls do not think it compen- the manufacturers for the following,pur- j over .them cvery ; • - ,1- 1 rj rr ‘ sates for three bad years, and^Jike-Lord-l PQSC£ t Bcaconsfield, who has - found., time from ! 1. It is sold, as was proved before the ' s’-venteet? the composition of “Endymion”, to' re- Congressional .investigating committee,' rails accorditi member bis tenants, are making rcduc- J in iiimiense quanUies to sugar refiners. ' bfour.timesAs Iona as iron nails altbou R is sold to at| manufacturers of so- they iro,but one-third more expensive. uoV.il . .1,1 , wTrootfz tions of 15 and 20 per cent, in their.rents. 1 Resolved, That the chair appoint committee of five to appeal to rise Gov ernor and request him to offer a reward that tlie guilty party may be apprehended and ptihished for tiffs atrocious crime. ., .'.The chair appointed the following calculatipn, 3 c i named citizens On that committee: Sam uel Msrt-er, I’. 1,. Peacock, Elias Herman, ..... J, A. D.‘Coley and Dr. T.F. Walker. . v . - lav ’ is thirty years, Uftofi motion, the proceeds:; s of this wluls, that of iron,ran'?, with traffic of meeting werd*ordered to bo furnished the trains, is eleven years.. Steel Cochian E,.Urj,ri-c, Hawkinsville J)i.s- to this calculation, last patch, Eastman Times, Dublin Gazette, ;h TELijqKAPir vnd Messenger and the Daily Const Wliat Oar Western Vliitoi-s Have to Say Abont L'«*. ;Tlie following extract from the Janes- yille Recorder will lie'read with interest by the citizens of Macon. Following it is a letter from Capt. Smith, of tbe Guards, to a friend in this cityf We give it to show the impression produced upor. onr visitors.’ Perhaps the recejition tendered by ila»n may result iti brining into Georgia many valuable citizens :'”’ In the afternoon, on invitation of the citizens of Macon, the Guards and Rifles started for a visit to their city) Arriving there about seven, they found the city afi wilt, with expectation. Bonfires were burning, canno«3 were belching forth their :oud voice of welcome, fireworks, rockets and Roman cahdies were in the hands of apparently • every man, womau and child, and- front the depot to the ho- tel ana the hotel to the armory tbe ni^ht vvas as bright as day, and the continual cheers of the Vast crowds on the streets ■satisfied all tnat the 'welcome tendered was a genuine one, and one tliat came from tho hearts of those who were glad to do tlieir Northern visitors honor. After stacking arms- in the armory of the Macon Volunteers, the Masonic Hall was thrown open and for an hour the blue and the gray mingled in jbyous greeting. Saturday morn ing the carriages of the whole city were turned over to the boys.and until 3 o’clock they were driving in all directions, seeing the sights of a genuine Southern city. At four o’clock the visitors sat downto'a ban quet tendered them, and a royal.feast it was, too. For over two -hours "the tables were surrounded; speeches, and toasts fol lowed each other. The menu was printed on satin, and was of exquisite design. The citizens of Macon are proud of the fact that this was the finest and most elaborate banquet ever served iu Georgia. As the time for leavin* “ seemed "Pi— Impossible . for the boys to bid good-bye to tlieir friends, and at the depot, just as the train started, the hand shak ing and hugging reminded one of a lot of girls bidding each other cood-bye for a summer vacation. At Griffin, on the wey ,to Macon, representatives of the two com panies there boarded the ‘train and left as their compliments a large tub of punch Which was highly appreciated. ' ■ Headquarters Janesville Gcards Janesville,. \Vis., , .October/ 30, 1880.— A. A. Sharp,'Esq.; Dear Sir—-Letter and papers received; accept thanks. I was telling my wife of the kind reception we met, and also of the glorious climate you were all enjoying, and the first thing she said was, “Sell out,'and go down there.” Of course, tlffs'ean’t be done just yet; but, in connection with the thought, I can’t help but express my surprise at so many people going west -and. north to settle' up a now country, when the fair South, with, its rich mining interests, beau tiful soil and fine climate wants settling up. If I ever move away from Janesville I shall strike for the southern clime. Remember me kindly to those I met iu hospitable Macou. Yours truly, j. H. Ai Smith, Captain Janesville Guards. The Rockford Rifles at Home. The Rockford Register of the 2Sth ult. gives tlio fallowin': account of the return of the Rifles lo that city: ■ - ■ After the disappouitment of yesterday afternoon, the absolute appearance of the returning Rifles on the eight o’clock train aroused a double enthusiasm-from the citizens. A large crowd awaited their ar rival at the eight o’clock; train, conspicu ous among whom were tlie lone widows who woefully-waited and waited in vaia at the afternoon train, their faces beaming with certainty of realizing their deferred hopes and greeting each their individual Rifle once more. Then the boys were all out noisy and numerous, in imagination picturing the day when they would he the joyful bearers of glory to their Rockford homes. When the tram polled' in and the weary, welcome alighted, the assembly raised a cheer, which the boys responded to by firing SALUTES FROSI THEIR POCKET PIECES. The band piped up the music of “Dixie” and the line of march was taken up, thQ white hats of the “honorarics” looming up behind the hand, by no means minor fea ture of the procession. As they marched down West State street the sidewalks and store doors were thronged with citizens who gave the token of welcome by aloud clapping,of hiinds-and shouts of applause. The Rifles stepped up briskly and with elastic tread as if tlieir long journey and theattcudant marches and drills bad been but a bit of pleasurable prafctice instead of a continual strain, and tljere-was about them a prouder, firmer military hearing than tfiey had ever manifested before. At the armory the crowd pressed upon them that entrance wa3 almost impossi ble, and tlie rooms were'filled with de lighted friends pouring' forth a continuous stream of curious queries and hardly able to contain themselves to receive the re sponse before darting upon another equal ly interesting subject. Very little satis faction could be obtained last evening however, as the boys were in a perfect be wilderment of recollections of glorious treatment, levees,, receptions, banquets, toasts, complimentary speeches, military maneuvers, and as a co nse< l uence verbal accounts were incoherent and chaotic, and only tlie general impression was ganed that the boys had fared most sumptuously and been feted and feasted until THEY REVELED IN LUXURY. Everywhere it was the same. At Macon they were furnished with 3 banquet with every delicacy that mind could imagine. Tlie bilis of fare were printed on white silk,"witli words indicating that the ban quet was complimentary to “Our Western visitors, Rockford Rifles and Janesville Guards.” At all points along the route, going and returning, crowds gathered and welcomed the boys with cheers. Often, at'stations where the train stop ped but five minutes, local companies of soldiers‘were assembled, witli bands and banners, and 1 palatable drinkables were provided of infinite'variety and' delicious flavor. There was 1 a strong pressure brought to bear to induce the company to visit Jacksonville, Florida, but the boys felt that they could not take more time. The Gazette, published in the same city, says: , Our traveling “millionaires,” who went marrtffDg through Georg’a ’ with flying colors, have returned home and are cir- cuia'ing among us plebeians who re mained at home the same as of yore. eriously, they all report they had a pleasant time, and so radical a Republi can as C. M. Utter says now that he thinks the Northerners are doing the ex- •ebels injustice. Mr. U. speaks in warm raise of tiie generous hospitality of the people there, especially at Macon, where, m six hours’ notice, eleven libndred dol lars was raised to entertain the Rockford and Janesville Guards, and cvfcere a uagnificent bill oi fare was laid be- :em.. The rebel General Cheatham e was glad the North succeeded in tlio fate war; that lie was now satisfied it as the best thing for the country. They ai! declared themselves to be 'now as strong Union men as any map in the '■ion for publication, with North. fore - ■ Hi i