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GEN. JACKSON’S SPEECH annals of my Srate. TSBfaltogether sure tliat at tlie point of which I speak, liad I in Wblolt He Klo-' failed lo do so before, I should have _ . * disused my position from the minority to Kc-et Uon j t];e rija j or j t y of tliat convention. [Cheers.] I It is asked whether the minority, In to take this view of the situation, At Marietta, Ca, qneully A(lvacates the of Governor Colquitt. I thank you, Mr. President, for the fiat- terin.e expressions wliicli you have used in connection with my name, and to you, fellow citizens, I owe my grateful ac knowledgement for the kind spirit In which you have received them. I cneer- fullv respond to tlio call thus made upon me.' But I must beg to say, in the outset, that did I regard this occasion as purely political. I should not be here. Since the fall of tlio Southern Confederacy I have taken ho active part in politics. I mean I have only cast my vote. Not, however, because I have failed to realize the duty of a good citizen to serve his State by his voice as well as his vote, should occasion require it, hat simply because I failed to perceive that the occasion existed. And to-dav, did I sec nothing before me in the approaching elections beyond the duty of pronouncing my judgment upon purely political’ issues by depositing my ballot, I should go to the poll*, but I would not be hc-e. Unfortunately, however, I have la- bo-eel in vain to shake off the painful con sciousness that, in depositing my ballot in the next gubernatorial election in dis charge of my political duty as a citizen, 1 must a!so cast my vote as trier in a cause which is virtually criminal; the the trial of a man for offenses which if they had he >i charged against him in proper form at the time of their alleged commis- sio i. would have imperatively demanded his arrr.gnment before a court of exclu sive jurisdiction provided for that purpose by the constitution and laws of the State. It. therefore, became clear to my mind, ami free', dav to dav has grown clearer an 1 clearer, that if nuy such offenses were indeed committed, and the fact of their commission was known, or was believed upon reasonable grounds, by any citizeu who held public or quasi-public position, —stay ! by any citizen who did then as sume, or might thereafter assume, to guide or to instruct tlio people—there had been two delinquencies iu the discharge of public duty—first—tlie commission of the alleged offense by the official; second, the failure of the citizen, then and there, to prefer the charges and press the prose cution. [1 ppianse.] In such a pros«cntion the accused would have had the opportu ne v of making his ncfense,if any he could make; would have been allowed his day in court—that fundamental light guaran- ted to its every subject by every civilized government. Blit tlio opportunity of pressing such a prosecution in advance of the next gubernatorial election was al lowed to lapse. And his accusers have seen proper to arraign Governor Colquitt before the sovereign people of Georgia. Of these I am one—mere drop in the ocean, it is true; but without the drop there can be no sea, and if you fail to fix responsibility upon the drop you will look in vain for the ocean on which to fix it. This is one ot the inevitable results o* free institutions; and the man who re alizes ca I do that an emergency of pecu liar character is upon him and fails to come up 10 the full mcasnre of his social and political responsibility, not simply violates the divine injunction that he should ilo by another as he would be do le by, but shows himself unfit to be free. [ Applause.] I have come to realize most profoundly that 1 have been made, despite of myself, a iriei of a cause which involves the char acter anil personal honor of another. I realize yet more profoundly that unless he can have a trial before the people of his ij'.ate, be will never have had his day in court—that his antagonists have literally pat him upon the country.” I have fell that he was entitled to a full and fair hearing from me, and- that it was my du ty to render a fair and impartial verdict, in obedience to the oath which every hon est man must have taken before God in his heart. I was absent from my own county when he addressed its people, or I should iiave certainly gone to listen to him there. [Applause.] I have come to listen to him here. Yon are disposed to kne niv opinion •upon tbe case as it has been p coated. 1 cheerfully give it; be- cait'K upon the free interchange of views ainonv, j.i t>r» the rendition of enlightened \e tiv.s must always depend. i 'undue requires me lo pieimse that, had 11. *.! a member of llie nominating con- i should not have given my pref er • • e . ■> Governor Colquitt. There were in., .os omiccted with bis administration w ii . il did not accord wilb mv liute or my jitdamonu Nor am I prepared now to HUM' -.tin that, had I been one oi the ■m'l.i. v in that convention—subjected lo the i-.iiiie influences which operated upon tiicin, • <> the same disturbing forces which iw.ti .i 1 *v* sprang from a conflict so long Cun aineil. to the same impassioned decla im •u.'s which resounded inside and out side the hall in which llie convention assembled— I, too, might not have been s ..i jit by the same tenqiesinous tide to the sa ne extremes of thought, emotion and a on. No man has the ngbtlopronounce judgment iiy comparison upon others unle S i:e shall have been himself sub- jr • t«i to the same temptation. But it is ai o due in truth and to myself to say that 1 do no: think so. [Applause.] lihinkthat the e was a point in the history of that body when pause would have been given fo he current of my opposition. Wemust not forget that, before the balloting began,the organization had been perfected. Opium unity bad been given to deny ■.ii« ligli-of any delegation to a place in ti'.«;. uu<ly. Challenges bad been made. The issues thus presented had been refer red o aunropriate committees. The com- iii - . ees bad made their investigations and iqi'j.ts. Upon their reports the con- ition had acted; had selected its per manent officers; and had proclaimed to the world, as it were, by unanimous vote, that i's organic life was complete. Ira- posvhle, therefore, for any delegate who ie allied a seat upon that floor to intimate that i he convention was not a fair repre sentative of the entire Democracy of Georgia. [Continued applause.] Every su b delegate was forever stopped from denying that a majority of that convention fairly represented a majority of the Demo cratic party. [Applause.] The very first ballot made apparent the significant fact that Governor Colquitt was the choice ol a large majority of the Democratic party in Georgia. Tins fact, thus significant in the beginning, grew into yet greater sig nificance from hour to hour, and from day to day—in the tenacity with which his supporters clung to his name. At no time seriously diminished, that majority at one • time reached nearly two-thirds of the on- tire body. [Cheers.] Now, I think that at this point there would have been a halt in my opposition. “Think! ” is scarcely strong enough to express the tiuth. I may safely say that I know it. [Cheers.] So far as my own antagonism to him was involved I should have beguu to doubt the correctness of my own opin ions. So far as anything assimilating to persona] corruption had been charged against, him it could no longer stand in the way. The resolute determination of so large a body of intelligent and honorable mm to sustain him to the last must have staggered the foregone impressions of the most preiljndiced of his opponents. [Ap plause.] His own caliiily intrepid bearing was yet more potent toward that re^-’li. My observation has taught me that as a general rule, men who” are conscious of corruption are never brave. [Cheers.] At any rate, I should have said to myself, 1 must now choose between two evils— Jlrst, tbe election of Colquitt to another term; second, the d feat of a perfect i:om- int'.ion by Ibis convention. Looking to the li.rt picture, it could not be ignored, that, if there had been defects, shortcomings, or a want cf effi- c'. „ry in his • first administration, that luimlo’sti-atlon having passing through the ordeal of the harshest and most scru tinizing criticism, the hope could be rea sonably entertained that his second ad ministration would be freer from defects; would be wise and more efficient. [Ap plause.] Looking to tbe oilier picture, ore could realize that the failure of a nomination by that convention would before tbe party and the Slate a fu- 'UiO full of perilous uncertainty.' [Ap ia justice, however, to the mi- failing . had no reasons to give for their action i I answer emphatically—Yes! indeed, they had. Such reasons were to be heard in every locality. They populated every current of the air. Analyzed, they amounted to this! Were our objections to this man based upon ordinary grounds; did they go simply to hi3 comparative want of ability and efficiency; did we simply think others more meritorious than he, or that a four years’ term in the gubernatorial chair was sufficient for any man; were our objections simply political in their cliaracter, we would yield our own preference to the preference of so large a majority so emphatically ex pressed. But, unfortunately, our objec tions run in a deeper channel; they are colored by a deeper hue. We do not be lieve that his administration has been al together honest. We believe that he has stained his office by acts not altogether pure. Was that a sufficient justification for their action? I answer yes! it was, provided they were correct in their be lief. The very convention of which they were members—nay, the Democratic par ty itself, which that convention claimed to represent—could only exist upon the assumption that its component elements were at least honest; that no dishonest person could be placed for nomination before it, and that no such nomination could possibly be made. To assume aught else than this would be to bring our entire political civilization into deserved contempt. But the delegate who, occupying as he did a public and quasi-official position, based his action upon his belief of the chaigcs already referred to, could but as sume a formidable personal responsibility —the responsibility of showing to others, and in the end to the people of Georgia, by satisfactory proof, that he l:a<l a right to the belief upon which his action was based; in other words, that the charges were just. [Cheers.] It is altogether clear that unless lie could impress his own belief upon his as sociates in the convention, he had no right to complain of them if they declined to share with him the responsibility of his action. Belief is never the creature of volition. Evidence is the only legitimate larent of honest conviction. The imgor- ity could very well respond to all ap proaches from the minority on that point by simply savipg, you are calling upon us to do something more than to violate the fundamental principle of Anglo-Saxon justice—“ Every man is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty.” [Applause.] You are actually insisting up on our assuming that a man has been con victed of guilt who lias had no oppor tunity to establish his Innocence, and that we proceed to inflict upon him a condign punishment. I ask every true-hearted man who listens to my voice, whether, if he had been one of that majority, and if he had believed in the innocence of his candidate, or even had simply believed that the charges against him were yet to he proved—whether he could have ob tained his own consent to surrender that candidate to such a fate ? [Cheers.] I am aware that it is not wise to indulge in strong words, and yet I cannot restrain myself from saying that the delegates who declared upon the floor that rather than do it they would “rot iu their seats,” com manded my cordial sympathy. [Cheers.] It has been contended by gentlemen, who possess my highest esteem, that Governor Colquitt’s supporters, having themselves adopted the two-thirds rule for the control the convention, and he having failed to ob tain a two-thirds vote, the .majority could not honorably recommend him for elec tion, and Governor Colquitt could not honorably present himself as a candidate to the people. This is a conclusion which I cannot accept. (Applause.] My whole nature rises up in resistance to it. If I be allowed to refer to myself, I have no hes itancy in saying that, were my name placed before such a convention, and were J[ to lose the nomination, not simply by failing to secure a two-thirds vote in my favor, but by a two-thirds vote against me, and were I to be satisfied that this re sult had been reached through the belief of charges involving my integrity or my personal honor, made falsely against me, I wouid unfurl my flag of resist ance, though it might seem to others the frailest of rags. [Cheers.] I would write my declaration of war, though the words might be traced on the sands of the sea shore. [Cheers.] I would challenge the jurisdiction of any nominating political convention to pronounce condemnation upon me unheard; I would, indeed, ap peal to my own people for a hearing; would call forth each of my peers to listen to iny words and to look an honest man in the eye; and if, after all, their verdict should be rendered against me, while the hair would grow whiter on my head and the wrinkles grow deeper in my brow, and the very earth upon the verge of my grave crumble and falter beneath my feet, I would at least sink into its embrace proud ly conscious of carrying with me a heart which had not beeu untrue to itself, which had not tamely yielded to the despotism of a lie. [Great cheering.] A man’s country may call upon him for the sacri fice of his time, his limb, his life; but for the sacrifice of his honor—never! never! never! [Cheers.] That is something be tween himself, his conscience, his posteri ty and his God. Let us beware that, in the excitement of temporary conflict, we do not trample upon heaven-born princi ples which must outlive the stars! The conclusion cannot be questioned that the minerity of the convention, by their action during its session, and by placing a candidate in nomination after its adjournment, practically resolved themselves into the grand inquest of a criminal court, with the prosecutor and the State’s counsel enrolled among their number, proceeded to prefer an indict ment before the people of Georgia. [Ap plause.] They have thus made of every voter a petit juror to try the issue of guilt or innocence. I have not failed to puisue the argument of the case, in some instan ces falling from the most eminent lips and yet wholly ineffective to control my con victions. I have seen that charges, in- volvihg absolute personal infamy, have been solemnly, and yet most remarkably made. The honorable withdrawal of such may indeed rectify the personal; I do not think it can wholly rectify tlie pub lic mischief. ^Despicable appliances have been resorted to which, as it seems to me, cannot fail to tarnish tlie char acter of our State abroad. No author can be found to father them; but unquestionably, the parties who engen dered the conflict, are practically respon sible for their appearance, [Applause.] Under these circumstances, the fact that I was myself at one time opposed to Gov ernor Colquitt; that I, too, had made complaints of him, never in public, but among my friends, lias made me feel the more restless, and the more anxious to repair any mischief which might possibly result from a word of mine. [Applause.] Before the wrongs which, in my judg ment, have been inflicted upon him, any thing of which I may have complained lias beeu constrained “to pale ns inei- fectuaUire.” [Applause.] And now, as the canvass draws’ to a close, so far.as I am capable 6f forming a correct judment the calm, exhaustive letter which he wrote at the /bjjjlnnkjg remains unau swered, and In all essentials is a good de fense. Therefore have I raised my voice here in his support, and will hereafter cordially give him my vole. [Great cheering.] Marriage.—Marry, let.the risk be what itinay; it gives dignity to your profession, inspires confidence, andcomiffands rhsjfect With a wife, the lawyer is me re trusty, the doctor more esteemed, tlio mechanic throws the hammer with increased power, and shoves tbeplane witli^a' more dexterous hand; the merchant gets a bet ter credit—in short, a man without a wife is no man at all! .Sho nurses while sick, she watches for him in health. Gentle men, get a wife—a pretty one, if you like them best; a good one, when she is to be fuunJ; and a rich one, il you can get her THE SUPREME COURT. Decisions Rendered September 21st. Abridged for the Telegraph and Messenger by Hill & JIarr.s, Attorneys at Law, Macon G-.orgia. ' Oliver vs. the State. • In a criminal case service of the hill of exceptions upon counsel employed to as sist tlie State’s attorney in the prosecution is not sufficient. The writ of error will be dismissed for want of proper service. Colne vs. Tift& Co. Claims, from Dough erty. 1. A levy on “all the crops on the Ball place” was sufficiently specific to prevent its dismissal; especially at the instance cf one who had interposed a claim, to the property so levied on. 2. Three mortgages were executed, one iu April and two in May, 1870. The de scription of the mortgaged property in each was as follows: “As an advance on my crops of cotton, corn, oats, etc., growing and to he grown in the year 1879, the same being now planted, to enable me to make" my said crops, and I do hereby give them a mortgage on all my said crops, to take effect as soon as my said crops are planted.” It appears that all of the crops levied on were planted when the _ mort gages were executed (except possibly a little cotton). Held, that this court was right in refus ing to dismiss the levy thereunder, because the description was too vague, uncertain and contradictory. Lowe, guardian, vs. Burkett. Claim, from Twiggs. Process returnable to the April term, 1873, of Tsviggs Superior Court, was served fourteen days before the beginning of the term. The names of counsel were marked on the bench docket as appearing for the defendant, and the following en tries were made by the presiding judge: “Oct., adj. 1873, appearance term of term.” “April T., 1874, put to heel.” “Oct. T., 1874, judgt.” The judgment was by default: Held, that, under tlie facts of this case, the defect in the service was waived, and a levy founded on tlie judgment so ren dered should not be dismissed on the ground that it was void. use.] . , , . ity of that convention, I must say in . V. is that I did not myself at the [ pretty and good .•am of the results which have fol-I Iv'u action. I did not conceive] New York.—'Tbe Sun says New lor . deplorable a mark would have j will give a larger majority for Hancock .i ■ 'laced upon the character and the ; than it did for Tilden Ilayes vs. Pittman, executrix. Non-suit, from Thomas. Suit was brought by Hayes against Mrs. Pitman on the following receipt: “Keceived, Thomasvillc, January Gth, 1871, of Joshua Smith, one hundred dol lars for James H. Hayes, the same to he credited on note held "by James II. Hayes, against said Joshua Smith. [Signed] J. G. Pittman The only evidence produced was the receipt itself, and the testimony of plain tiff's son tliat Pittman had several claims belonging lo his lather for collection, but he knew nothing about this particular ndte. ncld, tliat a non-suit was properly awarded. Simmons vs. Camp- Injunction, from Gwinnett, A judgment at Jaw in favor of one nety against his cosurety on a draft for itribution, will not bar a bill by such surety' to enjoin, the judgmentifor equitable reasons involving new issues and new parties which were not before the court iu the common lawsuit. Powell vs. The Stare. Murder, from < Telfair. 3. An Objection that the judge, in a miirder case, failed to amplify his charge on! the subject of reasonable fears will not work a new trial, where it appears that no request to charge on tijat point was made, and 'that fhe charge as given contained substantially the amplification cefeired. * ■ , • •• * j it. Counsel may read and comment on the law to the jury in a criminal case, During the argument ho may invoke the opinion of the court upon any. principle of'ia'w involved in the case, and the court may rule upon it in his charge or at the time, if his mind is settled in regard to it. 3. Where a motion for a new trial was set for a hearing during a certain session of the Superior'Court, and was heard at that time, the court had the right to with draw his decision for further consideration without any order for that purpose, Shackleford vs. Hooper et. al. Claim, from Dougherty. 1. Where a judgment was rendered in favor of “K. P. Hooper and his wife, for the use of L. P. Hooper” a fi.fa. in favor of “It. P. Hooper and Louisa P. Hooper” did not follow the judgment, and was il legal. T 2. Recitals in a deed under a tax sale are primafacie evidence of the acts of the officer wllo made the sale—sucii as the advertisement, place, manner of salp, etc, but not as to the authority to sell. 3. Whilst excessive levies are not to be made, yet the mere fact that property sold for taxes did not bring its value will not raise a . legal presumption tliat the sale was void. . - Seisel & Bro. vs. Register. Complaint, from Dodge. Where land was sold under a fi. fa. t which tlie sheriff delivered to the clerk with his deed to the purchase, for the pur pose of recording both, a sufficient foun datiou for tbe introduction of parol testi mony as to the contents of and entries on the fi. fa. Is not laid by allowing that neither the sheriff nor clerk can now find it; the purchaser should he inquired of concerning’ it, he being a witness in court. Jones vs. Ehriick. Garnishment, from Dougherty, TTeagan. Complaint, from Dougherty.- . 1. Where .an.qmploye fail? to obey; or ders, to comply with the contract, was in competent for the position he had assum ed, or his conduct was such that he was injuring the business of his employer by selling at a loss, or by driving off the cus tomers, in case of his discharge, he can not recover for the time he did not serve, and whatever damage his employer has sustained, he can recoup against what wages may be due the employe. 2. Such conduct would authorize the discharge of the employe. The jury must determine whether his. discharge was really caused thereby, or; whether It re sulted from the dullness of business. A slight mistake, working no injury, that would ordinarily be made, would not be breach of the contract. ■ Osborn vs. Elder. Ejectment, from Oco nee. 1. The following is too uncertain to be a levy in legal contemplation: “Levied this fi. fa. on one hundred and twenty- six acres of land as the property of M. O. Elder. This January 13,1877. “ Signed, A. Cnow, “ County Court Bailiff.” 2. The principle that one who by his acts or omissions has induced another to change his circumstances, without fault on his part, applies to all sales, and this whether without such conduct the pur chaser would have acquired a good title or not. Georgia Penitentiary Companies Nos. 2 and 3, vs. Marietta and North Georgia Railroad Company et. al. Injunction from Cobh. ,1. While it is the privilege and right of counsel to ask permission of this court to review and reverse a decision of this court, though unanimous, still the judg ment of the court rendered in the case reviewed is not affected thereby. The judgment of affirmance or reversal by this court of tlie judgment of the court below, is not the subject of review by this court. 2. Where an act of tlie General Assem bly contains the following provision: “Before any disposition is made of the convicts, the Governor is., authorized to furnish to tbe directors of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad Company, upon their application for the same, two hundred qnd fifty convicts, or as many thereof as they might desire, without charge, for the space of three years, upon their giving satisfactory obligations to feed, clotbe and provide for tlie same, un der such regulations as the Governor inight require for their safe keeping and progress”: Held, that the same is not such a “do nation or gratuity” by the State, within the meaning of the constitution, as re quires that such act should have been passed by a majority of two-thirds of each branch of the General Assembly, and the yeas and nays on its passage to be entered on the journals thereof. Messrs, manors, li e iremoorauooraws tin , lod thr0llgh ;, ab ; t or f as i lion an(i we Convention nominated me by acclamation read that iu Japan, while the ladies eat a* their candidate for State Treasurer. Mr. - - ’ - - - J. W. Renfroe has recently flooded the State with a circular charging that if I,am elected I “can put Uu-Btate’s money in the bank at LaGrange.” He presumes tliat I will violate the law, and divert the public funds from the State Treasury, be cause I happen to own a small interest in said bank. On the impeachmenttrial Mr. Renfroe plead ignorance of the law,and now he suggests that I will violate the law (see Georgia Laws 1870, page 32) wliich declares such use a felony, punishable by twenty years in the penitentiary. This charge comes from Mr. Renfroe who, ■when elected Treasurer of Georgia, swore to support the constitution of the State, which reads (par. 5.): “The Treasurer shall not be allowed, directly or indirect ly. to receive any fee, interest or reward from'any person, hank or corporation for the deposit or use in any manner of the public funds.” Yet after the impeach ment trial, the Georgia Legislature declare (see Ga. Laws 1870, pages 431-2, approved by Gov. Colqnitt, Oct. 10, 1870) the conduct of J. W. Renfroe, in receiving, himself, and allowing his sureties to re ceive and appropriate to his and their own irivate use and benefit, $22,108.65 of 'nterest on the State’s money in his hands as! Treasurer, “illegal, corrupt, and in open violation of the plain provisions of the constitution” (that ho swore to obey). Chief Justice Hiram Warner says “he offered to pay back a large sum of money if they would not prosecute him, but the committee thought it was not proper that he should buy himself out in that way. I have never heard of his pay ing that money back.” Let Mr. Renfroe explain this conduct fo the people of Georgia. The citizens of Troup county, in mas3 meeting assembled, presented me to the people of Georgia m worthy of their confidence, and pledged me to the doctrine that “the public purso should be used for public purposes only.” I will stand by that pledge. Respectfully, D. N. Speer. (Perils of Ballooning.—Cariotta, tbe lady aeronaut, who made a balloon ascension from the Chenango county (N, Yl) fair grounds at the recent fair, found herself in rather an unpleasant situation before she reached the end of her ride, She first landed on the farm of Simon Turner* irr Preston, some five miles from Norwich, after a trip of about half an hour, during which she reached bn eleva tion of two miles. Encountering a cloud of. rain she threw out ballast and every thing in the basket, but the balloon be came heavy from rain, and, descending, dragged upon the tops of forest trees finally lodging on the top of a basswoot tree eighty feet high. A party of men who were out hunting discovered her per ilous situation, and proceeded to the res- cae, which was no slight task. A long ladder was procured, and upon ascendin^ the tree it was found necessary to cut limbs from it, and the lady was with dif ficulty rescued, after remaining in the tree-top for an hour and a half In a drenching storm. Reverence the Old Man.—Bow low the head, boy; do reverence to the old man. Once like voii, the vicissitudes of life have silvered the hair, and changed the round merry face to the worn visage before you. Once that heart heat with aspirations coequal to any you have felt; aspirations crushed by disappointment, as yours are perhaps distined to be. Once that form stalked proudly through the gay scenes of pleasure, the bean-ideal of grace; noSv the band of Time, that withers the flowers of yesterday, has warped that fig ure and destroyed tho noble carnage. Once, at your age, he possessed the thou sand thonghts that pass through your brain—now wishing to accomplish deeds equal to a nook in fame, anon imagining lite a dream that tho sooner he woke from the better. But he lia3 lived the dream veiy near through. The time to awake is very near at hand; yet his eye kindles at old deeds of daring, and the hand takes a firmer grasp of the staff. Bow the head boy, as' you would in your old age be reverenced. Tiie parish priest of Montanaro, a vil lage in Upper Italy, was very much in need of an alter for his church hut could not induce tbe male members of his flock to contribute to that end. He then re solved to experiment upon the softer na tures of his female parishioners. Ascend ing the pulpit after high mass, one Sun day morning, he concluded an eloquent sermon by exhorting the women present _ j to devote their hair to the sacred purpose Under the constitution "of 1808 and tlie ho had so frequently and unsuccessfully code §2010, cash unset be invested before it is finally set apart as an exemption by the ordinary. An exemption of money is void as against a debt prior to 1227. Tillman et al. vs. Morton. Complaint, from Brooks. L A plea of set-off should plainly set forth the liability claimed to exist on tbe part of the plaintiff. An avcimcnt that plaintiff is indebted to defendants for mon ey “placed in his hands] December 27, J876,”is not sufficient. Nor is il aided by an amendment which' states that the sum claimed was paitLby one of tlie defendants to plaintiff on a promissory note, not knowing it was with out consideration, and how the defendant was ignorant thereof. 2. A plea of usury shonld distinctly set out the usury, its amount, date and time. Where interest on a certain snm is due, and payable by contract at a specified time, on failure to make such payment,! interest accrues on the amount so due. 6X Ga., 275. Northeastern Railroad Company vs. Bar rett et al., executors. Injunction, from Clarke. Injunction will not be granted to re strain an action at law where tho grounds ntged therefor can ho readily beset up as a defense to such action. To warrant In terference by injunction, it must appear Unit tlie remedy at law is not complete. The concurrent jurisdiction of courts o. law and equity has been greatly enlarged 1 and the court first taking jurisdiction will retain It, unless some good reason can be given for the interference ot the other. Ayers vs. Lamb. Landlord’s lien, from’ Pulaslri. The plaintiff in execution may, of his own motion, without any action of the cdurt, dismiss-a levy, though an issue may then be pending thereon. A subse- quent levy is not thereby invalidated. Weliicrn vs. rihirlry. Possessory warrant, from Habersham. The office of a possessory warrant Is to restore the possession of a chattel to a‘. claimant from one who lias obtained it by frand, - seduction, etc., or when the property has been taken without. bis con sent. It deals with posseasiaownd-Mt ti tle. ft'1s : therefore not the proper retne- 000,000, dy where tlio defendant obtained the chattel in dispute ih'exclmtfgefbf ’another, even, tlio ugh false represeataUon* nay have been made in the negotiation lead-* ing to the trade. ' * recommended to the attention of their natural protectors. So saying, he pro duced from the bosom of his cassock pair of large sharp scissors, and retired to his sacristy, impressively somiuoning 'matrons and maidens alike to follow him thither. No fewer than two hundred and twelve submitted their lock3 to his pasto ral shears, and when the sacrifice had boen iully accomplished the female pop ulation of Montanaro found itself as short of hair as a well worn blacking brush. Important Telegraph Applian ces.—A new electrical invention has been devised by Mr. S. F. Vanchoate, by which rapidity in telegraphing is Increas ed fourfold. It consists uf a submarine repeater to be sunk at mid-ocean, and constructed of material supposed to be able to resist the action of salt water for ages. By the use of this instrument a cable of any length may be divided In the centre in two circuits, thereby establishing the working speed at the rapidity before men tioned. The relays, transmitting and re ceiving, to be used in connection ith the submarine instrument, are on an entirely new principle. This important discovery will probably revolutionize the system of telegraphy. Tine new armory of the New York Sev enth Regiment, just completed, cost $450,000, and the finish of the interior en tailed an expense of $150,000, $140,000 of which was realized as the proceeds of the great fair, while the remaining $10,000 was paid from the regimental fund. The expense of the building itself was covered as follows: Subscriptions of citizens and ladles, $100,000; regiment, $80,000; vete rans, $27,000; banks and other corpora tions, $33,000; loan, $150,000; miscella neous, including grand ball, $00,000. Cecil co Tlwaah'Jr^s. I3hUn|, ; ^oyi A deed to-fimd,'X)rti WH “Of bMto per sonal property, given to secure ,a dpbt, passes the title and protects the property against all liens created bv contract or judgment thereafter, 1111(1 Uifs whether the wife’s consent was previously obtained, or whether the conveyance was recorded. LaGrange, Ga., September 30. Messrs. Editors: The DeinocraticState North America are to be ranked in the same class. -In races not so abject, a cus tom commenced through necessity is con- Planting Fruit Trees. In traveling through the South, the im pression made on the minds of those ac- eiistomcd 'to the customs aud habits of the older countries, is that we are a restless, roving and rather shiftless people. Many a farm house, with its surroundings, sug gests the idea of sojourning—a mere tem- jorary occupaucy by-the tenants. Tlie mbit of wearing out lands and “soiling out”—to buy again and repeat the process orer and over, has been, perhaps, one of the characteristic features of Southern farm life. Emigration from Europe and our Northern States, to the West, is chief- lyidue to the crowded population ot those countries. It is the spreading out of the tidal wave of population that seems ever rushing towards the setting sun.' But we had started to write about plant ing fruit trees. There is nothing that so impresses us with the idea that a farmer feels “settled” than to see bis house sur rounded with orchards of fine fruit trees. The growing of fruit—at least to the ex tent of supplying the demands of his own family—should never be neglected by the farmer. We arc satisfied that there are no articles of cultivation on the farm so refining in their influences on the house hold as those of fruit. It occupies the same relation to the crops on the farm as that of flowers to the cultivation of kitch- en'vegetables. The cultivation of fruit— evfin on an extensive scale—has much of recreation about it. It is pleasant as well as profitable. We believe tlie indifference to tiie growing of fruits is due to a large extent to the fact that farmers do not "consider thim as an important source of food sup ply. They enter, to a very limited ex tent, in the ordinary daily bill of fare. During the entire growing season, mats— in some of the varied forms in which they ■nay be prepared in addition to tiie nat ural form—should hold a leading place on our breakfast and dinner tables. Our clijldren should be encouraged to eat the ripe fruit at meals, to the utter exclusion of meat and grease of all kinds. They can easily be taught this by placing tbe frqit on the breakfast table when they are young and before their really natural taste for fruit is made to yield to the or dinary demand for something heavier and stronger. time fob planting. The time is near at hand for planting all kinds of orchard trees, in tlift climate. If we were asked to designate the most natural and proper time for setting apple, pe >cli, pear and plum trees, wo would say the month following the fall of their leives, which, in this climate, is Novem ber. Tho sap is then perfectly quiet and the tree at rest, and if removed to new quarters, a tree will have al. the winter to become settled and firm. The roots that art, to some extent, unavoidably mangled by the operation of removing from the nursery, will avail themselves of the quiet of winter to form the callus and throw out new rootlets, long in advance of spring ti me. The trees so early planted will push into vigorous growth in the spring, and a much smaller percentage will fail to grow than if planting be deferred till spring. It is much better and safer to buy trees frdm our own nurserymen, or their duly accredited agents, than to patronize North ern or Western nurseries; and of those m our own section it is advisable to purchase from the one nearest tlie locality where the trees are to grow. It is to their inter est to sell trees that will bear satisfactory frait. to those who will naturally be their chief customers. In order to be able to do this, it is an imperative duty for him to study the wants of his immediate sec tion, tbe peculiar general character of the soil and climate, and the varieties of fruit best adapted to it. The nurseryman is also usually the safest guide and best au thority on the method of preparing the tries. Although there has been a decided im provement in respect to the quality of l'ruit grown on many farms in Georgia, there are many so called orchards—or a laj-ge percentage of the trees in them— that are almost worthless. Such trees camber the ground, and the “axe should ba laid at the root” of them, and their places supplied with improved and ap proved varieties. A large number of varieties of tbe s&ine fruit is not best—either forborne use or market. Two or three'ripening at the same time, and a constant succession, from the earliest to tlie latest, will an swer every practical purpose. We have thought that nurserymen would find it very profitable to give special at tention to collecting and selecting an ex tended list of the best seedling peaches in the country. They almost universally give better satisfaction—in points of hard ness to resist frost, borers, rot, etc.—than those varieties that require to he propaga ted by bndding or grafting. But as it is not to tbe interest of the shoe merchantto sell shoes that never wear out, so we pre sume tliat the tree mail liuils it more prof itable to sell those trees tliat cannot be propagated with' certainty except by a process that requires more skill than is possessed by ordinary fanners.—Christian Index. cakes made with red clay for the purpose of fattening themselves, the men use the same diet to produce the opposite result. “ General Taylor Never Surrenders.” To the. Editor of the Sunday World— had occasion not very long since to write out an answer lo one of your “Queries” as to the true version of “ a lit tle more grape, Captain Bragg,” and re lated the story as I heard it told by Gen eral Bragg himself. Your publication of ray communication has suggested the idea that it might not be uninteresting to your Sunday readers to have the real account of “General Taylor never surrenders ”— another episode of Buena Yista, and which I also heard from the lips of Gen eral Bragg. It was on the evening preceding the battle, and a number of officers had as sembled, and were holding a council of war in the general’s tent; i mean Gener al Taylor’s. Tho absolute knowledge that the Mexicans would attack the next morning in overwhelming force was present to the minds of all, and though no shadow of fear threw its wing over tho b •are hearts of the warlike assembly, it was natural a feeling of intense anxiety shonld prevail. While this deliberation was in progress, it was announced that a messenger from the : hostile camp wa3 without. “Show him,” said the American commander; and accordingly the Mexican envoy was ushered in, hlindifolded secun dum moron. The bandage being re moved from his eyes, he proceeded to dis charge his duty and his message—which in fact, under the circumstances, w«3 one oiily to be expected—that the American general must be aware of the overwhelm ing odds arrayed against him, that resist ance was useless; that he was invited by Gbneral Santa Anna, by a timely surren der, to avoid the useless expenditure of bmod wnicli must be tbe result of a re fusal to do so. All this was delivered in Spanish, which Taj lor did not under stand, and he stood chafing with irrepres sible impatience while tlie stately senten ces rolled from the lips, of.'the envoy. “What doe3 he say, Major Bass; what does he say ?” the General constantly in quired during the progress of the demand, his eyes flashing aud his lips quivering with an impatience which he was at no jaiins to conceal. The story done, Major 3Hss translated it word for word to his restiess superior. Whereupon the General fle w into an appalling rage, and turning to tlib astonished Mexican, lie blurted out (hfe was wont to stutter frightfully when excited): “W-w-ill you t-t-tell General Sant-t-ta Anna, f-f-rom me, to g-g-go to liell ?” There was a momentary pause, and Bliss gravely questioned:. “Do you desire me, General Taylor, to send that answer ?” “N-n-no, sir; youmayp-p-put it in p-pron- erilanguage.” ••Tell General Santa Anna,” said Mr. Bliss in Spanish, turning to the Mexican officer, “that General Taylor never sur- refcders,” an answer as tame and com monplace as he could well have hit upon, artd utterly lacking the spirit of Taylor’s roflgb but gallant defiance. I think that Major Bliss must have had in mind at the moment tlie historical an- ir of Oambronne at Waterloo, when mooned to surrender. “The Old Guard er surrenders,” says the polite and fastidious Cambronne of history, but the fiefee Cambronne of military tradition returned a reply which, if not so refined, was infinitelj - stronger and more express- ivm Such is the reliance to be placed in history. Senex. A significant evidence pf the rapidly increasing prosperity of tlie country is found ill the growth of the railroad traffic. Ail the important lines appear to be do ing an enormously increased husness at remunerative rates. ThS Pennsylvania Railroad, for. example, reports that its earnings east of nttsBurg'and Erie for the g ht months Of 1680 show an increase of 84*,026. The gain of the. Western lines for the same time is set down at over $2, The New'York Hews gives the follow ing reasons for thinking, that Hancock will be elected President: “We do not hear of one man that voted for Tilden that t will not vote for Hancock. And Til- dan was fairly elected. It does not re quire much of an arithmetician to come to a conclusion as to the result.” Pleasure and pain have come to Mr. Sturgeon paired; his fifteen hundredth sermon has been translated into Japanese, and his old malady, rheumatism, has set tled in his knee. Remarkable Deceease in Mabbia- oesin Massachusetts.—'The Boston Ttkiceller is calling attention to the re markable decrease of marriages in Massa chusetts during the last ten years. In IfcJO the rate was one in 35.54of the popula tion. In 1878 it was one in 00.19. Last yekr the ratio of white marriages in pro portion to tlie white population of the State was one in 60.94. The noteworthy fact is mentioned by the Traveller that “the decrease is found among the wealthy clas ses, where it would not be expected to octur.” Young men also, we are told, “Who spend more annually than would be-required to secure domestic felicity, assign as a reason for not marrying that they cennot support a family.” In old times the Puritans were a prolific race, biit in this respect they have greatly de generated of late, if tbe testimony of phy sicians are to be taken in respect to the few children that are now born among the native population, and especially in house holds where the means are ample for maintaining large families. The reluc tance to marry on the pait of the young men of Massachusetts may arise from the desire so many of them entertain, and not a few gratify, to be free to migrate to other States in search of fortune, and conse quently to have no such clog on their movements as a wife and perhaps children might be. Whether this be so or not, the Traveller repeats that the marriage rate is rapidly diminishing in Massachusetts, and is puzzled to account for it. A promising youth of only seven sum mers, who had been accused cf not always telling the truth, thus cross-examined his father: “Father, did you use to lie when you were a boy?” “No, my son,” replied the father, who evidently did not recall the past with any distinctness. “Nor mother either?” persisted the young Jaw- yeh “No, bat why?” “Oh, because, I don’t see how two people who never told a lie could have a boy who tells as many as : I do I” Rather Havermans, the oldest and wealthiest Roman Catholic pastor in this country, is making a tour of Europe. In a letter to the Freeman's Journal, he says that he finds the clergy of Ireland “very much united and brotherly among one another, and beloved by the people, hut the landlord system keeps them all in misery,” that in Belgium there is “great difficulty on the account of the infidel Free Mason government, whose aim seems to he to banish religion out of the country aiid make it «la Ingersoll, in the United States, infidel;” and that Holland “seems to prosper and piety keeps pace with pro gress in worldly prosperity.” The national debt of New Zealand now exceeds S1SO,000,000, while almost every oqe of its principal towns >s also heavily in debt to England. Altogether New Zea land owes England nearly $175,000,000, which, at 5 per cent., is $18.30 per head per annum interest on its population, tak ing that at -5.j0,000 souls. London finan ciers look grave over these figures, espe cially in view of the falling off of fhe land sales. An Aztec vi Ua, in a remarkable state of preservation, a sort of Mexican Pompeii, is said to have been discovered by IL Desire Chamay, the head of Lorillard’s exploriiig party, in the neighborhood of Tula. This town is on the site of Tollan, the cap'tal of the Toltec empire, and the ruins are said to be more completely Asi atic in cliaracter than any other American remains which arc known. , 4 Curious Japanese Custom.—A Correspondent of the Japan Mail has wrlt- . tep a fetter to that paper giving some infor mation about a peculiar kind of earth which was taken from the small valley oi Tsitonai, In the island of Yesso, and which Is used by tho Ainos, or Hairy Men of the northern part of the island, as food, or rather as a substitnte for food. This earth is of a light gray color, and is made into a kind of soup, with lilies and water. It is naturally eaten only by the most ab ject ol the poor, a3 no appreciable amount of nutriment is found in tho clay itself, and the utmost it can do is to allay tbe. cravings of hunger by distending the stomach. A great many uncivilized, or semi-civi lized races of ineir, have been compelled by tlie sad condition of their lives to re sort to eating dirt. The Javanese eat a clay which- very much resembles that used by tbe Ainos, but is richer in silica. In Lapland a micaceous earth is made into a substitute for bread. Iu the south of Persia, a kingdom which is to-day stricken with famine, a clay is found containing carbonates of magnesia Some Chinamen fitted up boats and made a contract with the canning firms to fish for salmon off British Columbia. The boats drifted empty ashore on the day after, and the Chinamen were never afterward seen. The white fishermen had murdered them. WhyTueyTook Down the Banner. The Cleveland Flaindealer says the Leader took down the banner it had stretched across the street because the wind had torn tbe letter “J” out of the James, and the banner read: “Amts A Garfield for President.” A new process for using hp old steel has lately been patented in England. By it a new metal of extraordinary strength and ductility is alleged to be introduced which is expected to prove of great value. Steel remade on this plan has sold readily at $225 a ton. Tbe Fatal Bloody blurt. The Philadelphia Times, reviewing Grant’s speech and attitude at Warren, Ohio, on the 28tli ult., wherein he charac terizes fourteen Southern States as sub stantially still in rebellion against the Federal government,and comparing It with his speech in Bloomington, HI., on the 17th April last, wherein, after recent per sonal inspection, he declares the Southern States as loyal and peaceable as others in the Union, distinctly charges Conkling, Grant & Co. with bad faith to Garfield. Says the Times: It will not escape the notice of the country that Grant, Conkling, Logan and Cameron were the leaders at the Warren meeting; that neither Grant nor Conkling named General Garfield In their speeches, and that tlie Grant leaders thrust sectional hate into the struggle after it had lost Maine and aroused emphatic protests from the best journals and leaders of the party. The impassioned sectional speech of Conk ling, delivered recently in New York, has cost the Republican party the favor of such journals as the New York Herald, the Evening Post, the Springfield Repub lican, the Boston Herald, the nation, the Philapelphia Ledger, and tlie Evening Telegraph. With one accord the abler newspapers of the party and the independent journals of the country have denounced the sectional issue as a fata! one for Republicanism; and with Grant’s unequivocal vindication of tlie South staring him in the face, with Maine lost and with the best elements of the party alienated from the cause by the mad appeal to sectional-' ism, what can Gratt, Conkling, Logan and Cameron mean other than tbe utter defeat of Garfield ? If that is their pur pose there is method in their madness; if they mean aught else, they are mad with out method aud invite dishonor with de feat. Twelve years ago General Grant ac cepted the nomination of the Republicans for the Presidency, and he gave the battle cry ot the campaign in tlie brief but elo quent sentence—“Let us have peace.” What he taught and meant then, the peo ple teach and mean now, and they will overthrow any party or any candidate in 1860, to write indelibly on the escutcheon of the Republic—“Let us have peace! ” Notes on the Cnmimlgn. The election is nigh, and space permits me only to deal briefly with tlie remaining charges against Governor Colquitt. The charge about Colquitt’s failure to correct General Gordon’s error in his speceh at Sandersville, about Colqnitt’s owning an interest in the convict Jease (made in the catechism,) about his oppo sing the ownership of land by negroes, about his fighting under the black flag at Olustee, have been denied and set right in the public prints by Gordon and and Colquitt respectively. Their state ments will be received by all except those who worship at tbe altar of Sam Small, the new apostle of truth 1 COMPTROLLER GOLDSMITH. To charge Gov. Colquitt with tbe mal feasance of this officer is the height of ab surdity and injustice, when it is remem bered that a legislative committee, after continuous investigation for several weeks, came near reporting that Gold smith was without fault. It was the Hin ton Wright blunder tliat precipitated the impeachment. The General Assembly is responsible for the wild laud laws, which they enacted. The collection of the taxes was suspended two years. During that time the Legislature failed to change, and thus ratified them. If Gov. Colquitt had suspended them for the third time, his ac tion would have been a reflection on the Legislature, and would have been de nounced as sneb. A pathetic article in our cvenifig paper weeps over the wrongs inflicted on the widows and orphans by the wild land laws. The article shows too much information on the subject to permit any one to believe that the writer was ignorant of the fact that the Supreme Court has decided that every sale under those tax fi. fas. teas void, and therefore no widow, or orphan, or unrepresented estate, or grown man in Georgia has lost one solitary right thereby. : CONVICT catechism. Gov. Colquitt’s statistical reply to Mr. Norwood’s first campaign ebarge on this subject satisfies the keenest hunger for “facts and figures.” Facts are stubborn and figures are truthful; both concur in showing that under his administration the evils of the system were five tirae3 less thin under the previous administration. AS to Nelms, the bitterest prejudice may be'conciliated by the reminder lhatNelms was not permitted to introduce witnesses to meet the charges against him, nor to cross-examine the witnesses of the prose- ecuting committee. Gov. Colquitt allowed Nelms this right, heard both sides, and re tained Nelms. _ MURPHY FEE. ' , , Driven to abandon the insinuation that Colquitt had an interest in the Murphy fee, Colquitt’s enemies now say that Mur phy openly told him he had a fee in the matter, and that this was wrong. But Murphy's labor in getting up the necessa ry array of legal opinions to convince the judgment of the Governor, was perfectly legitimate. The opinions, not Murphy’s connection with them, were the basis of Colquitt’s action. BARGAIN AND SALE. It is said that Gordon had no right to resign, and even give Colquitt a chance to appoint such a bad man as Joe Brown. But the Norwood men swear bv Judge Warner, and Judge Warner says he re signed in order to give Colquitt a chance to appoint a corrupt judge on theSupreme bench. Judge Warner admits that he threw aside the trust of his high office for a corrupt purpose, and with the object of bringing a danger and a disgrace to the judiciary. Which is woise, the charge de nied by Gordon, or the fact confessed by Warner ? It is sail Colquitt “acted a part” in tel egraphing a request to Gordon not to re sign. This telegram did not express any surprise at llie information, and was only designed to he what General Gordon was entitled to—a public recognition of his Senatorial services to Georgia. Gordon s intention to resign was known before that time, for Mr. Norwood had gone to him and begged a recommendation; but even Mh Norwood, if he had been assured of the succession, would not have begrudged a public compliment to Gen. Gordon. It is said that Colquitt appointed Joe Brown, because it would help him in bis election, and in the next breath that.Col quitt ought not to have appointed a man who was r.ot popular with tlie people. These charges are so contradictory that even Norwood blindness might see it. If Brown was not the choice of the people, his ap pointment would not help Colquitt. If he Was tlie choice of the people, then the appointment was not wrong. No-Axe. by rain m .wo, and ravages by worms in r WO ‘ ,„ ler ® 3 a falling off in the yield of from 10 to 20 per cent, in three counties oO per cent, in one, and 75 per cent iu one’. Labor is scarce in one, and generallv sat isfactory in the others. J TEXAS. Reports were received from eleven dis- tncj, in all of which fine weather for picking has prevailed, and here is a gen eral improvement in prospects over pre vious reports. In nearly ail there is iT gOttodafelHng off in yield of from one- halt to three-quarters of a crop. Ship- ning 13 ° f cons:derable v °luine are begin- ARKANSAS. four counties show fine weather m three and continued rain in i n , tb ® latter > however, improve ment had begun. There is no material change ia the estimate of the yield the las- report being a falling oil of 25 per Cunt, and in two counties, and an increase over last year m two. Llabor is reported scarcein one. r GEORGIA. Reports from three points denote fair wea,ber In two and no change iu one. iLefewUl bean increase compared with tvo counties equal to from 10 „o 20 per cent. This result is due to Jhe .use of fextilizeis. FLORIDA. One report from this State shows a bet- ter conotfoB of the crop than previous® advices indicated. An increase ofone- tLmd is expected over laslyear. TENNESSEE. One report received. Weather favora ble; labor sufficient; yield about two- thirds of a crop. The Great Eastern is soon to depart from Liveipool for New Orleans, on her initial trip in the cotton trade. The of ficers and crew are to have a public wel come on their arrival at New Orleans. _ Sallie imiGGiNS, one oi our rural sisters, had her picture^ taken the other day, and the likeuess was wonderful to behold, but no remedy like Portaline, or Tabler’s Vegetable Liver powder has ever been prepared. It will cure you. Price 50 cents. For sale by Lamar, Ran kin & Lamar. jul 16 Macon, Ga., .March 23,168O.—Messrs. Lamar, Rankin and Lamar: Dear Sibs. I have used your consumptive preparation, for vertigo, and have never been troubled with it since using tlie medicine. I can not say too much for it, and cheerfully recommend it to all who need relief from vertigo. Yours truly, lw J. B. Abtope. The mints of France belong to private corporations, but coin money under the supervision of the national authorities. Any one possessingsilver or gold can have it coined. The five-franc piece in silver is the only standard national silver money, the other pieces being mere bullion for market convenience. . The Voltaic Bolt Company, Marshall, Michigan, will send tlieir celebrated Electro-Voltaic Behs to the afflicted upon thirty days trial. Epeedy cures guaran teed. They mean what they say. Write to them without delay. »«*?’ Shbineb’s Indian Vermifuge saved three thousand children from disease and death. It is the wonder of the age. It will not deceive you. ienatob Conkl ing pretends to he very much frightened at the imaginary dangers threatened by the solid South. But it is all pretence. He really fears a single lit tle man over in Rhode Island more than all the Confederate brigadiers in the South. The shot gun of Canonchet is more danger ous to Conkling than all the shot gnus of the South. The Biblical Society of London, hav ing cope to the conclusion that the papy rus discovered in a hermit’s cave, near and calcium. In Africa, war and poverty Jerusalem, is really the work of St. Peter, having left the deepest traces, the negroes ' have offered $100,000 to the hermit’s heira are clay eaters, and the savage tribes of for the work. The offer was refused. The Cotton Crop. New Oueeans, October 2 The Dem ocratpublishes to-day reports from fifty- nine prominent points in Louisiana, Mis sissippi, Alabama, Texa3, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida, showing tlie condition of the cotton crop tip to Oc tober 1st: LOUISIANA. Reports received from fifteen parishes say that in ten of them fair weather for picking has continued, and in the other five the recent rains have injured the crop. Picking is progressing rapidly and satisfactorily in seven. There will be a slight falljng off In three, from 20 to 25 per cent, in six, aud about the same as last year in four. No serious complaint on account of labor is reported. MISSISSIPPI. Reports were received from nineteen counties, in eighteen of which the weath er is reported as favorable for picking, which is progressing rapidly. There Is a falling off in the yield in sixteen of from 20 to 50 per cent, as compared with last yoar, and about the same in three. There is only one complaint of labor, and that is in consequence of hands having a disposi tion to leave ofl’ work in the busy season, j Cotton is generally coming in pretty free ly, though in some places farmers are holding back for better prices. ALABAMA. Reports were received from eight dis- ' tricts, in three of which the weather has been favorable. Picking has been retarded Tuskegee, Ala.; July 28,1878. Dr. C. J. Moffit—Dear Sib: Justice to you demar.d%that I should give you my experience with your excellent medicine, Teethina. Our little girl, just thirteen months old has had much trouble teeth ing. Every remedy teas exhausted in shape of prescriptions from our family physician. Her bowels continued to pass off pure blood, and burning fever contin ued for days at a time. Her life was al most despaired of. Her mother deter mined to try Teethina, and in a day or two, there was a great change—new life hail returned—the bowels were nearly regular, and thanks to Teethina, the little babe is now doing well. , Yours, etc., D. W. McIyep., Editor and proprietor Tuskegee (Ala.) Hews. For sale by Lamar, Rankin & Lamar Prtttj juul Yon ag in every feature but the hair, which had grown white from fever. This lady at 35 writes ns: “I ]iave used ,F a ri £ ® r ’® Hair Balsam six months, and am more than pleased with it. It has restored the natu ral brown color of my hair, and given it a silky softness, nicer than ever before. There is no daudruff, no falling hair, and it leaves the scalp so clean and nice and cool that I am ever so much pleased, aud I feel and look like myself again.” The beautiful, fresh and vigorous hair it pro duces, together with its -property of re storing gray or faded hair to the natural youthful color, and entirely freeing the head from dandruff and itching, surprises no less than it pleases. Sold in large bottles at only 50 cents and $1.00 by all first-class druggists. For sale by Roland B. Hall. Eminent Dr. W. C. Cavenaxb, Memphis, Teennessee, writes: “For weak digestion, consumption, general de bility, aud want of appetite, I cheerfully recommend Colden’s Liebig’s Liquid Ex tract of Beef and Tonic Invigorator. Sold by all druggists. sep28-lw Continued Cutting of Rates.— A New York letter says: - “There is good authority for siting tliat, notwithstanding the recent action of the trunk railroad managers ordering the Western lines to re store and maintain schedule rates some of tlie fast freight lines continue to cut rates and "to give special inducenents to favored ship pers. At the Produce Exchange the fact, would seem to be well authenticated, and what is more, there is but little effort to conceal it. It is an exceedingly difficult matter, even to the colossal railway sys tem, to maintain tho combination princi ple against the natural law of competi tion, and unless the companies keep faith with each other, there w;ll be no alterna tive but a return to the latter, no matter what interests mav be hurt.” TUTT'S SYMPTOMS OF A A TORPBD LIVER. Loss of Appetite. Nauaeaj boweia costive, ciination to exertScmpTEogGrornuad^rn; tabiUrTfTTenroerJT^irsgjj^LiSjus^ He? inv- at th i Hoart [ Dots before the eyes, ?elTow*S1SnrT?eadache. Kestliwinvs at night, faigMyoolore^Ung®. EF THESE WARNINGS AEE UNHEEDED, SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED- TUTT'S PHIS especially iulapte41* ■act, run. one none c>eeuwdiartu|> ■ffnllis m to MUnUt ilieMimf. A Noted Divine says; Dr. TUTTDoar Sir: For ton yaus I have Um a martyr to Dr»pep«a.CcMtipafcwn aad W**. I£* tfariwHtcur Pi?k wwa waanaeadfld 11 mm teas. I an now a vrol l man. have ffood appeiit*, direction yrfac^rapiar stools, pilot *on«, and DaT«(fain*a and cacse tfca body to Take en Flesh, thus the system Is neerished, aud for their Taste Actios otto Dlceative OnoakBwalar S*erfa»reP»- daetd. Priced cents, gSMarray Y, Ghat Ham G K1S