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: Athens Banner hears of some sales
Kortboaatoni railway stock at $-10 a
j aud thinks the Georgia railway is
OVSiag tr* get control of a majority of it.
Jci>dk Si’ekr, of the Supreme Court,
9tai $103.50 stolen from Ins pockets last
Tiidi; night, at Atlanta, by a thief who
w concealed himself under the bed.
Twat Augusta Chronicle, of Sunday,
-sag* a negro, name unknown, was run
•ear by a train at Cainak, on the Georgia
tuI In: Saturday, anil killed. Both bis
fegs were cat off.
Tn sa»uc paper has tbo following: Of
tk the uncertain things in the world,
oatfciag appears to be more uncertain at
-.* • * i . I. ^ t 7 II ■ ■ni ■» nml f’aiiIm! vail.
started in Atlanta at no very distant day.
But I tell you positively that such is the
case, and the enterprise is to l»e backed by
strong men with plenty of brains and life.
‘ It will be a live sheet. Atlanta lias tbo
promise of another big cotton factory, and
it is whispered that all the stock lias been
subscribed and tbe presidency tendered
Air. Samuel M. Inman, and that everything
Ala time than Georgia and Central rail
road stock. Last week Georgia railroad
stock kept climbing until it began to be
•doubted whether it would ever cease.
But it is a long laue that has no turning,
audie it proved in the present case.
Wednesday tbe market broke and tbe
Stock, which had beeu as high os 1-13, fell
to Central came down with it from
IMle US. Friday, however, tliero were
Sjsnptotns of a reaction, and yesterday it
tame with a vengeance. Georgia opened
WJM sales at 138 and rapidly aose to 134,
JUt, 130 and dually to 140, sales of 2 000
-•Aares being made during the day, a large
■fwtion at the latter figure. The high
pnee caused the market to be flooded
miih stock, and in the afternoon there
were numerous offe.ougs at 140. The
jaarket closed at 189 bid, 140 asked.
Ontral opened at 110 bid and closed at
IIS bid, 110 asked, with sales of five bun
■died shares during the day,about three liun
•tired shares at 110. The cause of this ex
traordinary advance is a mystery, unless
tie mere presence of Air. William AI.
Wadley is sufficient to send up the two
davorite stocks. Air. Wodler and Air.
Jffc&ei-, receiver of the South Carolina
railroad, arrived in Augusta yesterday
-atorniug and remained during the day, iu
oonferrnee with President Pbinizy, of llic
Getrgic railroad, the greater portion of
Has time. It is said that their presence
Sere was for the purpose of concluding
a tel perfecting the arrangements for the
tripartite alliance betweeu the Georgia,
Central and South Carolina railroads,
and tliere seems to be no doubt in tbe
aduds ofany one that tbe alliance will
be consummated. Air. Wadley keeps his
owu counsel, but lib recent visit lo Au-
•gusia, then to Cliarlestou, and liis return
to Augusta so soon, lead to the conviction
that ever}thing is in propert trim and the
aUiauce may be looked upon as a certain
dad. Whether it is this feeling which has
caused Georgia railroad stock to advance
'lea .'ollars a share, or that the friends of
tire Central desired to buy more stock iu
order lo render security doubly sure, is a
?roUein that has not yet been solved
Gooreia railroad six per cent, bonds, de
spite the excitement iu Georgia and Cen
tral slocks, have been in active request.
The Messrs. Cohen have sold the whole
eSthe $JG0,000 that they obtained from
tiie Georgia railroad, and have since pur
chased back §100,000 of those tiiat they
originally sold in New York. The price
of iltese bonds lias been advanced to 108.
Memphis ami Cliarlestou railroad stock
advanced yesterday. Bales were made at
18, and we quote the slock at 43 bid, 44
•sained.
Wb learn from the Constitution tl:a'
fusdl eating Thornton, of Atlanta, lias
aoeai appointed to a clerkship in the pen
skm bureau on condition that “lie shall re
tom to Georgia next year to give his aid
Vt Uw Republican canvass and to lead iu
tie lifth district in peison as a candidate
-fee- Congress."
Ok tbe fire at Butler last Staturday,
‘the Columbus Enquirer-Sun has the fol
lowing: Yesterday atlcrnoon at one
a-’ciocic tbe cotton warehouse of Alessrs,
Miunfort «& Fryerson, at Butler, Georgia,
fas discovered to be on fire. The alarm
was given, and efforts made to stay the
progress of the Haines, but to no purpose.
The entire building and contents were
txmsumed. In tiie warehouse there was
-noied'about one hundred and fifty bales
of cotton, several buggies, and a quantity
Of fanu implements. Tbe loss which is
-estimated at $5,000 falls heavily upon the
planters who bad their cotton stored in
the warehouse. Our ii.'.ormant was of
“the opinion that there was no insurance.
The telegraph operator, who had bis office
-iu the building lost all his personal ef
fects. Tbe firm also lost all their books
aim! papers. The fire is supposed to have
originated from the pipes of two negroes
who were seen smoking near the cotton
-hiring the forenoon.
Two storehouses at Ochlockonee, in
-bomas county, were burned Jast week.
Tides, $4,000, and no insurance. Air.
Ta. Ueudy was the principal loser.
Bstli were set on fire.
Tins trouble has commenced over the
receut failure or the bank of Rome.
Attorney-General Anderson is present
^presenting the State. The case is W.
W. Seay et al. versus the bauk of Rome
and Reynolds, receiver, bill for injunction
and receiver.
Rome Tribune tells the following:
Yesterday a juryman who liveain the
ooninry, told us the following in connec
tion with the failure of the Bank of Rome:
One of his neighbors who had three hun
dred dollars, his all, deposited in tbe
bank, was speaking of this fact, and
lament big the bank’s failure in the pres-
-eace or au old lady, was abruptly stopped
by the old lady ejaculating: “Good
£ ickma! didn’t have but three hundred
Bant and put that in a bank! Why if I
Lad bad three hundred dollars I never
wwftfd'navc put it in a bank. I would
kave put it and kept it in ray stockings,
and ! know they wouldn’t a busted—for I
■Jcnifetn myself.”
jtx» Bill Arp norates this in connection
with the same institution: One good la-
4? Lad $650 iu there and when she heard
•Ibal tbe bank was a little shaky, she told
In- husband to take it out, but lie put on
maeroua airs about it and said it would
%e wrong—it would show a lack of confi
dence—that it was confidence that sus
tained banks and kspt ’em from breaking.
A few days afterwar is the bank broke
and be went home a sadder man and got
demoralized and went to bed sick and
took on araazin, and woulden’t eat and
couideu’t sleep and groaned and tumbled
about on the bed aud called for morphine
and &ually bis wife told him to si i up a
simile, aud then site showed him a pack
age of money marked $600, and informed
- bus aba took tbe money out iierseif before
the suspension, and lie got well immedi
ately, aud danced all around the room,
■Mai kissed her forty times without stop
ping, and on looking at the package again,
“WBr,’* says he, “this is only $600, and
wa bad $630." “That’s so,” said his wife,
-“I took ont $000 for us and left $30 in
there for confidence.”
Tubus is weeping, aud walling and
plentiful “cussin” about Dahlonega just
. now. Parkers warehouse was burned last
wedt, and 1,000 gallons of whisky with
Tub last grand Jury of Floyd county
-must have beeu -bossed by a meddlesome
«ld maid. In proof of wliicb, we submit
this extract from their presentments:
Whereas information having come to this
jury that marriage of a secret and clan
destine nature have been cousumated in
lids counly (which may bo legal under
♦be laws of tbo State) but which we con
sider tending to the demoralization of so
ciety aud cannot result in good to tbe par
ities, we therefore condemn such a course
■on the part of any ofliaial, who may sol
enmizc sucli marriages and keep the same
from the public ami call upon ail good
-citizens to condemn tbe same.
Tub Barnesvllle Erics announces the
lieatli in that place, last week, of Airs. J.
F. Redding, daughter of Rev. J. P. Dan-
can, and a graduate of the Wesleyan Fe
male College in the class of *Jl.
As Atlanta correspondent of the Co-
h. tubus Enquirer-Sun sajs “Ileury GiaJy
itaa made another handsome t trn in
stock sjieenlaiioii.” The same corres
pondent says:
1 notice that some of the State exchanges
^pa\ believe that a $100,000 daily is to be
f ion lias Us bands full when It tries to con
vince people that Iu telegrams are what
tin-y might lo he."
This Horten County Argus reports tl
following case recently Irlod In Schley
county: Iu the proceedings of Schley Sit
perlor Court still bo (bund toe mention
depends upon Ids acceptance. If he con- j of tbo ease of Robert W. Wllksrson, of
chides to tsko the position tho factory will
be erected during tho year. Tho matter
has been kept exceedingly quiet, lor tbe
reason tiiat should Mr. Inman decline, tbo
capitalists interested will not care to von*
ure.
Tub Forsyth Advertiser estimates tho
total loss by tho fire in that town last
Sunday morning at $8,000 lo $10,000 abovo
insurance. It also says tiiat Wes Pye and
Stephen Winn, negroes, wore ancsted
Monday and jailed on the charge of being
tho incendiaries. They are accused of
having set fire to Uill & Center’s barroom
where the fire first appeared.
A Cumromiraui letter to tlio At
lanta Constitution says Mr. Amos Elling
ton, of the former place was “found dead
in the woods near liis house last Sunday,
with a bullet bole in bis head, and au
ugly cut on tbe right side of his chin,
wliicb went through bis jawboue. He
has bad a turbulent career. Over fifty
years ago bis fatner was killed in a fight
on tbe streets of Crawfordsvillc. Amos
was then quite young, but of course this
made a deep and lasting impression on bis
mind. His mind, naturally weak, seemed
to have been impressed by tbe occurrence,
with tbe idea tiiat a similar fate awaited
him. Some twelve years ago lie became
casually engaged in a street tight and re-
e rived four pistol shots inflicting very
painful and ‘dangerous wounds. He re
covered from tucse wounds, and somo six
years afterwards lie was waylaid on going
home one night from a neighboring house
and shot with a load of buckshot. He re
covered from these wouuds. These repeat
ed eflbrta upon liis life, of course, only in
creased liis apprehensions of it violent
death. He lived in complete thraldom of
his fear. He was a butcher, and lived
entirely by himself, on a farm of about
four hundred acres, which lies partly in
the town corporation. His house, though
within the village limits, was a dreary,
lonesome abode, shut out of the view of
cowii ami the public road, which run near
it, by a heavy grove of pine trees. Here
he lived, annost isolated from the world,
liis bouse had but one room, and was
built of liewed loss. It is said that lie
always went heavily armed, and that bis
house was always strongly barricaded, aud
tiiat every access of danger was most cau
tiously guarded. It seems that on last
Thursday evening about 2 o’clock he was
engaged‘alone in hauling rails and repair
ing oiie of his fences which runs up iuto
town. The last seen of him alive was
aboue tiiat hour on Thursday. He had
thrown out liis load of rails aud went back
for a second load, when it is surmised lie
was killed. He was found lying near tbe
front wheel of liis wagon, which was un
loaded aud near his rail pile, from which
lie had been hauling. His poor steers were
found hitched to the wagon, and quietly
standing as if awaiting the commands of
their master. They had remained in this
position from Thursday until they were
found Sunday morning.”
Judge UxdeuwOod has denied the
motion for an iitfuuclion and receiver in
the case of the Bank of Rome. Tbe Con
stitution says this will leave the State a
preferred creditor, and the State’s execu
tion will proceed.
Tub Berrien County News sa» Mr.
Fender, one of the oldest citizens of Clinch
county, has “had his coffin ready for
years, has the place in the graveyard se
lected iu which he wants to be buried,
aud Las the palings ready to enclose it. Ill
is his desire to put his friends to as
little trouble as possible in burying
him.”
Master Geo. F. Cooper, of Americus,I
lias been recommended by General Cook
as cadet at the Federal naval school at
Anuapolis.
The latest sonsatiou at Atlanta is sell-1
ing a horse by weight. Eight cents per
pound was paid for one last Saturday,
just fifteen cents more in all, than the
first offer made.
Gossip from Grady.—Wc judge “II
W. G." is responsible for tbe following
in tbe middle Georgia edition of tbe At
lanta Jie-Dater, ol Monday afternoon,
really, but dated yesterday: “1 met Air.
Joun James Saturday on the street car.
He wore an inscrutable smile, but opened
up with charming frankness when I
asked him what lie thought of Georgia
railroad stock. “Every man who has
sold a share of stock will regret it before
many days,” he said. “You mean those
who sold at low figure.” “1 mean those
who sold at ail. No matter what he got
for his slock lie will regret in a few days
having sold it." “Why?” “I can’t tell
you, except to say that it will go higher
than it lias ever been yet, and you may
pnt tiiat in tbe paper and say I said it. I
can’t give you my reasons fur thinking so,
but you buy the stock at 135 and you’ll
make money.” As be gave no reason for tbe
faith that is in him. I print tho above
simply for tbe benefit of those wbo take
Ids opinions without questions or doubt.
Air. Ferdinand Pbinizy told mo the other
day that the directors oftlie Georgia
road offered Gen. E. P. Alexander $12,-
000 per aqnum if lie would remain on
that road. He felt that be roust decline
even this flattering offer, and went to the
Louisville and Nashville. 1 bare just
beard that Air. John White, of Alliens,
lias been stricnen down with paralysis
and is in a critical condition. Air. White
is one of the most remarkable men iu
Georgia, and probably with the exception
of Air. Pldnlzy, is the richest man in the
State. He is an Irishman and came to
this country as a youm; man, going into
the Georgia factory, lie lias made most
of his money in manufacturing cotton in
Georgia, but lias been successful in alibis
incidental ventures. He founded the
Athens National Bank, wliicb,with a cap
tal of $100,000, has paid 10 per cent, per
annum dividend and has $100,000 sur-
plus*
There are one hundred and seventy
one cases set for trial at the April term
lot Stewart county.
I The Down Gbade.—Our level headed
friend Harrison, of tho Lumpkin Jnde-
jfendenf, illustrates that quality iu the
following article: #
“Just at this time wc venture to point
out the road wliicb leads to bankruptcy.
It Is readied by a direct route, mostly
down grade and macadamized. It passes
through warehouses, supply stores and
the clerk's office. It is usually traveled
by improvident fanners in the spring,
they remain at home during the heated
season aud foil—without tiie stimulating
influences which encourages tho llirifty
p] an ter. Early in the fall the same route
is traveled again, hut the traveliug is then
uphill and with loaded teams and heavy
hearts. This treadmill business don’t
fatten tho farm or enrich tho farmer.
Like tbe running of oats through
threshing machine, it may appear to be
doing a big business, but it fails to fatten
or improve tho thresh. How Ion" our
farmers can stand this fanning mill pro
cess, is a problem. ' Go slowly on this
road, my friend, unless you are willing to
work for notldug anti board yourself.
Hoff said.”
Tiie jieopie of Lumpkin counly are
buying Western hay which costs $1.81 per
hundred pounds laid down at Dahiouega.
The Signal says this is the first time it
has ever know this to be done.
The Cartersville Free Press says Dr.
Felton lias never asked Garfield for an of
fice, and tiiat he can prove it by Air.
Stephens. Also tiiat be will certainly
make the race for Congress next year.
The same paper says Bsrtow county
fanners were damaged not lessthan $100,-
000 by the recent rains.
Say*the Darien Gazette: “Tbe Constitu-
Scbley county, vs. Han-old, Johnson &
Co., of Americas, but the importance of
tbe derision makes a more extended no
tlce appropriate. Tho facts are, Mr. Wll
kerson borrowed BOOH from tiie firm of
llarroUt, Johnson & Co., and iu about
five years tlioreaflor they closed out a
mortgage which they held on his place
and took possession of it. Mr. Wllkorson
now brings suit against tbo firm claiming
tiiat they extorted from him more than
lawful lutcroat, and therefore the title
which they hold is void on account of
usury. Tho court was engaged iu the
case nearly four days. Both sides had an
array of able lawyers. Dul’ont Gueiry,
of Americus, Colonel Mark Stanford, of
Columbus, aud J. N. Scarbrough, of Ella
Title, represented Mr. Wilkerson. Haw<
kins A Hawkins, B. T. Hollis, E. G. Sim
mons, of Americus, and J. B. Hudson, of
I'rcsion, represented Uarrold, Johnson &
Co. Tho jury rendered a verdict in favor
of Mr. Wilkerson, giving him back bis
place and $200 a year mesne profit for six
years,
Seriously Stauukd.—We find tlio
following in tbe Screven County Tele
phone:
On last Saturday night Mr. James Wll
liatus, familiarly known as “Jim Texas,’
was badly cut by a negro in the abdomen,
at Red Bluff. Tbe particulars, os far as
we can gather, are about os follows: On
Friday Mr. Kit Williams and a darky,
K>t Evans, were about to trade horses,
when a second negro advised his colorec
brother not to swap horses with Mr.
Williams. On Saturday night Mr. Wil
flams met Kit at the store of W. S. Blitch
& Bro., and asked him what the other tie
gro had said to him. Kit replied: “If
none of your d d business.” Williams
said to Kit, “I want none of your slack.”
Kit then repealed bis former remark and
added, “if you want anything you can get
it.” Mr. Williams then got a weight off
the counter to strike Kit with when Kit
rushed up to him and cut biin across tbe
abdomen, severing two of bis intestines.
Mr. Williams was in a precarious condi
tion when last beard from, aud is hardly
expected to recover,
A Tender Plant.—Says tbe Cochran
Enterprise: Last week Mr. Tboina3
I’ugb, a number one fanner living three
miles from Cochran, bad some barn yard
manure to move to Ids field, and set one
of liis men to moving it in a wagon. Af
ter hauling a load or two he informed
Mr. Pugh that lie would not haul that ma
nure becBiise it had fleas in it. Mr. P.
told him to get oil tiie wagon and he would
haul it himself, aud proceeded to do so
during the entire day. The next morn
ing the man came back aud told Mr. P.
that lie did not want to quit and was
ready to go to work. Air. P. told him to
take the wagon then and haul tbe manure,
He said he could not possibly do tiiat.
His wife liad told him if he come about
her with fleas on him siie would quit him
and he had rather quit work than to have
bis a ife quit him, and he accordingly left
Mr. Pugh’s employ and is now hunting a
place where there is no fleas. Judge
Weaver says the fellow didn’t inlndtbe
fleas but be was too lazy to scratch.
Mm Henry .Higgins, of Butts ccun
ty, was seriously hurt last Monday by be
ir,g knocked down and trampled upon by
a runaway horse attached to a plough.
The total value of exports from Savau]
nail last Monday was $200,364.36.
The steamship City of Savannah lias
just made the run from Philadelphia to
Savanuab, in fifty-one hours and forty
five ml rates.
Ex-Mayors Stokeley and Fox, of
Philadelphia, were registered at the
Screven House, Savannah, last Monday. I
Clarke AIust Go.—We have not shed
many tears over the following, which we
find in a Washington letter to the Savan
nali News: “It isa3 definitely settled as
anything can be, without official
nounceraent, that Clarke must go. He is
not a good man for tiie place, the Presi
dent is satisfied, unless he wants to make
Clarke boss of the whole Federal concern
in Georgia. Clarke has himself to thank
for tbe bounce that he is iu a fair way of
receiving. If lie bad been content to run
his own office be might possibly bavu
saved bis scalp. But he wauted to boss
everybody in Georgia that was Republl
can, and to practically control every other
office-holder. Naturally, lie got’himself
disliked-’ One tiling more than another
tiiat has operated against him was the
conspiracy which he organized to secure
the removal of Marshal Fitzsimons. Tiiat
was a shameful piece of work. Clarke
managed to keep the true slate of the
case from the government officers here
until the near close of Hayes’ administra
tion, then they became known. President
Garfield kuows them. President Garfield
has also seen those nice liule affidavits
concerning the character of the meu em
ployed under Clarke, which the ever ju
bilant Farrow arrayed against luiu. Clarke
will go; his departure will not be Imme
diate. That he will walk the plank,
however, before many months is as certain
as fate.
The Augnsta News says the Georgia
Railroad Bank has cleared $41,000 the
current fiscal year. It also ha3 the fol
lowing items about Georgia railroad
stock:
Twenty-five or even fifty thousand
shares of Georgia railroad stock would
hardly cover tbe transfers made during
the recent stock excitement, and between
ten and twenty thousand shares have
been bought by ‘parties at tbe North.” _
The stock books of tbe Georgia rail
road show Mr. John H. James to bo the
largest stockholder of the road. Over 2,-
000 shares staud on the books of the coiu-
i.Tiiy in his name. Mr. James is a broker,
lowever, as well as a director, and may
be holding some few shares for the
“Northern" buyers.”
The Alabama RaUroad Commissioners
are in Atlanta, for the purpose of confer
ring with tbe commissioners of ibis State,
on matters of interest to both.
We find tbe following in tbe Atlanta
Post-Appeal: A gentleman called at this
office this morning and gave information
which may lead to the discovery of one of
tbe most peculiar escapades on tiie part of
a young lady on record. Some weeks ago
a gentleman named Whiting, from
Charleston, West Virginia, came to At
lanta in search of a young lady who was
missing from Petersburg, Virginia. For
obvious reasons the name of tho young
lady is not given here. It appears that
she was the daughter of one of tbe
wealthiest citizens of Petersburg. She
lias a sister living in Richmond. In Janu
ary sbo started to see this sister, but did
not-appear in Richmond. The sister bad
not received notice of her
coming. About two weeks after her depar
ture her parents wrote the sister in Rich
mond and mentioned the daughter’s sup
posed visit to her. This was tho first
intimation the sister had, and of course as
the visitor had not appeared the parents
and all became aware that sbo was
missing. Detectives were al once set after
her. SIio was traced to Atlanta, from a
letter which she wrote,in which she stated
tiiat she had married a man by tbe name
of Cook. Sbo registered alono at tbe
Kimball House as Airs. U. L. Cook, and,
remaining a day or two, left. No trace of
the young lady could bo found beyond
this. Tbe parents are heartbroken at tlio
absence of their beloved child, and would
spend thousands of dollars to find lier.
They can divino no reason for leaving
her home, Unless it bo from temporary
insanity.
Bismarck Brown is quoted as saying
to a Washington correspondent of the Sa
vannah News, tiiat if any attempt was
made to unito the Radicals with the so-
called “Independents” . in Georgia, “it
would drive all the latter,- including Speer
aud Follon, back in tlio Democratic
ranks.”
Mus. Rtcu.YitDsox, the oldest resident
of Schley county, as we learn from tho
Amorlmi* Recorder, died last week, aged
ninety-four years. r J
The Alliens H'utthman, as wo learn
from tlio Banner of that place, has “been
put Into tlio bands of Mr. E. J. Christy,
as receiver, with Instructions to publish
tho paper until tho regular session of the
Superior Court next month, wlum the
question of its future will bo decided.”
The Americus Recorder publishes the fol
lowing : From Mr. Pierce W. .Locke, of
Dooly counly, we get tho following par
ticulars ot a terrible atiair, which It Is re
ported occurred ou Monday last in the
extreme eastern portion of the county.
Air. Locke does not 7ouch for tho correct
ness nor accuracy^ (as to details) of tho
rumor, but gives them as coming from
parties resident iu tbe neighborhood iu
wbicb tho affair is said to liavo occurred,
It seems that Miss Mary, youngest daugh
ter of Mrs. James Bradshaw, was scut by
bermotlieron an errand to a neighbor’s
uot far distant. Failing to return in due
time, inquiry was instituted as to her
whereabouts, when it was discovered that
she had not beeu to the house of the
neighbor where she had been sent. Tbo
family now became thoroughly alarmed,
and with the assistance of tho whole
neighborhood, a search commenced,
Bloodhounds were procured, and tiie
young lady was tracked from lier father’s
gate along tho path leading iu tlio direc
tion she had been sent, aud finally to au
old well iti a field about a milo away,
Hero site was found at the bottom of the
well, with her head beat almost to a jelly,
and other marks of violence were visible
upon her person. No cine to the
perpetrator of the crime has beeu obtained,
aud tbe affair is shrouded in mystery,
Baldwin McGill and Silas smith
both of Webster county, have certainly
made their mark in that couuty. The
former has twenty-three, and tho latter
twenty-four children. So also has Air.
Jack Hicks, of Floyd county, who 1s tbir-
.ty-eigb’ years old, and the father of twelve
children, including four pain of twins,
We clip the following from the Monte
zuma Weekly:
The Immense Fruit Cboil—Riding
considerable distauce into tbe country
last Saturday, we were thoughtful enough
to take notice of the fruit prospect. The
plum crop is successful so far, tlio apples
are still uiiliurt and tiie peach trees are
literally laden with fruit. If the fruit
that is now op the trees remains we will
have a super-abundance of it. We hope
that the blackberry crop, which is so es
sential to au editor’s summer diet, will
be a success also.
Does it Rain Fish?—A gentleman
near Drayton reforms us tbatou last
Friday morn, succeeding tbe heavy rain
ot tho night before, he was walking in his
plautatioii, when lie found a fish differing
from any he had ever seen before. Tiie
fish weighed two pounds, its head const!
tuting the principal part. It bad a reddish
color and two large paddles on eacli
side, which could not be denominated
fins. While in a natural position its tail
rested flat on the ground, being turned
conversely to other fish. It was also des
tilute of eyes; they scarcely being percep
tible, while it liad natural appendages for
its ears. The gentleman wants some
scientist to explain where this strange
creature came from.
AIil W. A. J. Hal’., of Dooly, has a
liule daughter that is a treasure. She
was only six years old last fall, and
picked him eleven hundred pouuds cf cot
ton in ten days.
A tree blew down on a man near Vien
na one day last week, and killed him al'
most instantly. He was driving an ox
cart at the time. We failed to ascertain
the name of the man.
Among Columbus tax-payers the fol
lowing pay tax on real estate assessed at
$10,000 and over: J. Rhodes Browne,
$30,250; D. It. Bize, $10,150; A. J. Be
Ihitiie, agent, $41,530; J. II. Bass, $57,030;
A. Gammet, $10,000; J. Hauserd, $37,0(K
Mrs. M. J. Barscball, $19,250; W. R
Brown, $28,500; P. J. Diggers, $17,050; N,
J. Bussey, $10,500; Hiudes, l’rcer As III
gess, 12,000; B. T. Hatcher, $10,500; M
AI. llirsclt, $16,00); John Hill, $12,000; J,
II. Hamilton, $12,000; A. lllges, $70,625;
M. Joseph, 14,500; X. Joseph, $29,400;
L. L. Cowdery, $11,000; Chattahoochee
National Bank, $10,000; J. R. Clapp, es
tate, $10,125; T. C. Dempsey, $29,800; L
T. Downing, $42,000; H. 8. Estes, $17,-
000; J. N. Embry, $10,650; II. II. Ep-
ping, $25,000; W. U. Gara d, trustee,
$40,500; Columbus Iron Works Company,
$27,000; Georgia Home Insurance Com
pany, $81,000; AI. J. Crawford, $19,500;
Cardwell, estate, $10,000; D. L. Ilooher,
trustee, $14,050; S. It. Jaques, $10,000;
B. F. Coleman, $14,500; W. L. Clark,
$15,750; Jordan & Bussey, $15,700; e».
tatc Jas. Kivliti, $19,300; C. A. Kiiuk,
$35,400; Jos. Kyle, $48,850; S. & J. Kauf
man, $11,309; C. M. Ktnsel, $14,250; Jas.
A. Lewis, $31,850,- B L. Aloit, $20,200;
R. li. Alurdocb, $10,750; Airs. 11. V
Meiggs, $18,500; Muscogee Alanufactur-
Ing Company, $62,000; Mobile ami Girard
Railroad Company $45,000; A. C. >lc-
Uclice, trustee, $17,000; W. S. Needham,
$10,200; T. J. Nuehol Is, $31,030; T. J,
Pearce, $31,000; P. Freer, $18,750 ; John
Quinn, $17,000; F. Reich, $17,000;
Agnes Rankin, trustee, $147,200;
C. A. Redd, $10,500; Mrs. R. H. Sammis,
$12,000; Airs. J.B. Slruppa, $14,700; G. P.
Swift, sr., $32,200;U. P. Swift* Co., $20,-
000; I. G. Strupper,$40,560;F. A. Stanford,
$10,000; S. W. R. R. Company, $55,000; F.
J. Springer, $90,000; Mrs. W. L. stilisbury
$41,000; W. L. Tillman, $14,750; C. B. Tal
iaferro, $12,000; G. U. Thompson, $16,COO;
T. S. Tuggle, $10,600; J. E. Webster, $48,-
800; George W. Woodruff, $:!0,000; J. T.
Warnoek, $18,000; W. R. K. of Alabama,
$50,000.
A BUSTED BANK.
THE CITIXEX'S JSAXIt OF AT
LANTA CLOSES MTS JtOOIts.
3MVKUEIIEO ASH .ItAXVLEO.
Horrible Scene Witnessed on tlio
Sfncun nail Brunswick Uallrond
Yesterday aiorulnw
Sunday morning as the up passenger
train approached Number 12,' j on tho Ma
con and Brunswick railroad, the engine
struck tho prostrate body of a man lying
npou tiie track and in a few moments
maiigio.l it in a most horrible manner.
The body was dragged about fifteen yards
mid ran over threo times. The skull was
crushed off, tho body mashed, one foot cut
entirely off, and tho other torn nil
to pieces. The track and cross-ties wore
covered with brain and bones from which
tho flesh was stripped clean. Tho train was
stopped and a party soon surrounded tho
remains of the unfortunate young man
who proved to bo Air. Bart Bawyars. His
father and sistors who lived near by Boon
orrivod, when ensued a scene too harrow
ing to be described. Mr. Dick Harris, con
ductor npon tbo train, rendered every pos
sible assistance and enrolully gathered up
the fragments of brain and replaced them,
very fortunnte act as it afterwards
proved.
From tho storekeeper ot tho station, it
was learned that two young men, Messrs.
Billy Hargrove and Charlie Judge, camo to
tlio storo with Snwyars a few minutes before
tho arrival of tho train to buy cartridges
for tiieir pistols. They were sober, but had
been off on a frolic and hud had a difficulty
with somo negroes. They left tho storo to-
getiier, Sawyars' pistol being tho only one
loaded, tho other?) cot- suiting tho styl0)of
cartridges kept in stock. Soon a’ftor leav
ing, shots were heard. Then nothing wus
known until tlio train came up.
Mr. Harris pickod up Sawyars’ pistol
where tho body first lny. No chamber had
boon discharged. Ou the following ihorn-
ing the companions relumed. Both were
wounded with*buck&liot, one in tho neck
end tlio other in tiie hand. Their statement
was to the effect that when they reached tlio
wood rack, they were fired on by a party of
negroes with shotguns; that being unarmed
and wounded, they lied in different direc
tions for their live3, not knowing tiiat Saw-
yarn ana shot, but supposing tiiat ho throw
liimself down to avoid tiie guns. An ex
amination by a physician shewed several
buckshot in the brain of the dead man, A
fact which corroborates tho story as told by
his comrades.
B.
Tbe Liabilities Upward* of 0000,000
—The Blsle, the City of Atlanta aud
tbe Western aud Atlantic Uallrond
tbe 1‘rincliMtl Losers—Au Excited
Crowd About tbe Boors—Heck I
Speculation Maid to Have Caused
the Failure.
Special lo Telegraph and Nettenger.
Atlanta, April 13.—The Pjst-Appesl, this
evening, gives fall particulars ot the failure
of the Citizen’s Bonk of Georgia, one ot tho
Stato depositories, in which $103,000 of tho
State’s money was deposited; $18,000of the
Western and Atlantio railroad; $11,000 of
the city of Atlanta, deposited by Treasurer
Goldsmith; $:!3,UUJ of the city of Atlanta,
deposited by Tax Collector Diggers; $11,000,
JohnSilvey; $8,000, A. L. Holbrook; $8,200,
a widow lady; and many others, making
tbo total liabilities nearly half a million.
Many lost all tho hard-earned savings of
lifetime’s work. A big crowd was around
tho bank all day, and very much excited.
The nssots are unknown, but they are
believed to be small compared with tho lia
bilities.
Yesterday Treasurer Spoor gavo tho Con
gressman elect a check for $800 on the
bank, which could not be paid this morn'
ing and tho bank closed doors, making im
mediate assignments to L. J. Hill and W.
S. Thomas. The State has a fifty thousand
dollar bond given by B. B. Crew, Ferino
Brown, V. B. Flournoy, H. C. Leonard and
L. O. Jones. Tho paid up capital was $1G0,
000, with Perino Brown as president, W. H
Patterson, cashier; M. C. Morrill, H. C,
Leonard, Joint Stephens, L. C. Jones, W,
H. Patterson, Perino Brown and B.
Crew, directory.
IN MACON.
Tho news ef this disastrous failure came
to AIncon by telogram, at twelve o’clock, to
I. C. Plant & Son. A reporter for the Tel-,
egbafh got upon tlio track of this lively
item and worked it np at long range. Gen.
W. S.Holt received a telegram later in the
day from W. C. Morrill, treasurer of the
Western and Atlantic' road, summoning
him to Atlanta. Interviewed, Gen. Holt
stated that he know nothing of the failure
other than was contained in the first tele
gram, bnt anticipated a loss by the road.
He was a stockholder in the bank but sold
outandsaccededin having the road’s depos
its removed. Lately tho deposits had been
returned and he feared a loss. From Judge
Gresham it was ascertained that State
Treasurer Speer sometime since having
ascertained the amount of the .State do>
posits to be $800,000 in the Citizen’s Bank,
had remarked that the sum was too
largo for the bank to carry and had reduc
ed it to $90,000.
Tho Citizen’s Bank of Atlanta was re
garded as the second strongest in Atlanta,
Its capital stock was §1GO,009. Passengers
from Atlanta put out many ramors, somo
of which may be true. It was stated that
the crowd which surrounded tbe empty re
ceptacle of their hard-earned funds was
swayed by the wildest excitement; that
threats against the officers of the bank
were openly made; that Joe Brown drew
out bis deposits upon tho day preceding
tho crash, and tiiat the cause of tho failure
was wild speculation on tho part of certain
bonk officials.
Tho blow falls heavily upon Atlanta it
self, $49,000 being tho sum involved, but it
is upon the small depositors, the men and
women whoso littlo hoard represented
years of toil and labor, the scant savings
around which their dreams have hovered
that the t>low fulls heaviest No fluc-tua
tion of legitimate business Ins produced
the catastrophe. Tlio legitimate banker
never fails. There is a revelation to come,
Wo shall await it before farther comment
is mude.
FMHEVEX'S HA 1*.
Wlio are Coming and What Should be
Bone.
As tho 20th approaches it becomes more
and more apparent that the firemen’s anni
versary of 1881 will bo tbe most brilliant
one in tho history of the
department. The entire conntry
below Alacon, and a largo section above
have been aroused to a deep interest in the
occasion, nnd crowds will throng our streets
to witness ths contests. Tho companies
that have sent in their official acceptances
are six in number. Tb8y are tho Young
America No. 1, of Columbus; Pulaski No.
1, of Hawkinsvillo; Wide Awako No. 1,
of Americus; Jeff Davis No. 1, of Barnos-
villo; Stonewall No. 2, and Griffin No. 1, of
Griffin. Added to our organizations,, those
will make twelvo in the procession and
elevon in tiie contest.
Preparations are being made to make
these firemen have os enjoyable a trip as
possible. A giand banquet at the park will
close the day’s fun, and the park is to be
decorated with colored lanterns. Music
will be on hand for the daucers.
The citizens have now an opportunity to
receive their friends hospitably. Let tbe
day be made a general gala day, aud the
stores bo decorated, especially along the
line of march. An advertisement in another
column points ont a means of decorating at
small cost. Run up and hnng up your
flags.
Three bauds in the procession will enliven
the streets, and we hear of several nobby
uniforms preparing for the day.
—Agnes Herndon will visit Macon with
her troupe on tbe 19th and 20th inst.
GirnntI unln D.-iy
Is in storo for tho ladies, for nothing do
thoy enjoy more particularly than looking
nt pretty goods, which opportunity they
will have to their hearts’ content at Juhnn
& Co.’s to-day.
Iu addition to tho handsomo display in
tlio millinery parlors, dross goods in all tho
new importations will bo on exhibition,and
ladies mast not forget tbo “modiste’s” de
partment under tbe chnrgo of Miss Kurated,
who is giving such universal satisfaction to
all tho patrons of the houso, not only in
her style of work bnt in tho affable mannor
in which sho treats each and every Indy,
and takes ploasure in imparting any infor
mation pertaining to her department. A
large forco of exporioncod workers is now
omployed and drosses can bo manufactarod
in very short order and satisfaction guaran-
toed.
1 nngliter or Childhood •
A celebrated public lecturer thus dis
courses on this subject:
“The laugh of a child will mnko the ho
liest day more sacred still. Strike with
hnnd of fire, oh, weird musician, thy lmrp
strung with Apollo’s golden hair, fill the
vast cathedral aisles with symphonies sweet
and dim, deft toucher of tho organ keys;
blow, bugler, blow, until tby silver koys do
touch nnd kiss tho moonlit waws, and
clinrm tlio lovors wandering mid vine-clad
Mils. Bat kuow, your sweetest strains are
discords all, compared with childhood's
happy laugh tiiat tills the eyos with light
and every heart with joy. O! rippling
river i.i laughter, thou art tin- hlv.-cd
boundary lino between the beasts nnd men,
and every wayward wave of thine doth
drown somo fretful fiend- of care. Oh
laughter, rose-lipitd daughter of joy, there
uru diniplfa cnoofm in th, cheeks to catch
and hold ai'.dglorit jUua tears of grlof.”
Rev. Jolua C. Eeelaatou, D D., nod HI*
Lecture**.
This eminent divine, who comes to this
city at tho invitation of the officers of tho
Christ Church guild to deliver a series of
lectures, has received tho indorsement of
the leading literary men aud divines of the
country, aud of the press generally. Hi«
lectures are four in number, and of that
class which is es]>eoially interesting to au-
dienoes—descriptive lectures. The sub
jects are:
“Westminster Abbey—Its Monumental
and Legendary Lore; or, tho Era of the
Gothic.—Legends of the Abbey. Exterior
and Interior. Tlio Jerusalem Chamber.
Shrine of Edward the Confessor. Henry
III. Edward “Long Shanks.” The Stone
of Destiny. Coronation Chair. Omens of
Coronation Day. Chantry of Henry V.
THE SVTHEME COURT.
nodal*
Sundered March BS. 1MJ,
Abridged for the Telegraph and tteeeenger bg
JJill A Harris. Attorney, at Law, Haean,
Georgia.
Churchill vs. Bee * Co. et al. Equity,
from Chatham. Practice in the Su
personally concerned in such neelltmnt
j use. Judgment affirmed. °
|/ '
Pdae ys. Pease. Year’s support, from
McIntosh. Practice in Superior Cou-t
New Trial.
Si'ekk, J.—A motion for new trial most
,,,, r t be made during tiie term when the decis-
preme'court. Practiced 'the* Superior of w “ Nu^ered, and a
Court. Snwnr. Ailmlnittninn and brief of the evidence must be hied under
tho revision and approval of tbe court If
InOlttOrl of (VilMiiinn tl.n .. *
Court. Dower. Administrators*
executors. Attorney and client.
Jackson, C. J.—1. Exceptions to a de
cree iu equity bring before the Supreme
Court the record proper to the cause, that
is, tbe pleadings iu tbe case aud tbe ver
dict of tho jury in answer to questions
propounded by tbe court when the case is
so submitted to tbe jury; and the writ of
error will not be dismissed because tbe
bill of exceptions does not contain or ex-
The Murdered * Princes. The Glorious i testimony in the case.
Chapel of Henry VXL Tomb of Queen
Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots. Tomb
of Edward HL Poets’ Corner—Chaucer,
“Rare Ban Johnson,” Shakespeare, Milton,
Spenser, Dryden, Garrick, Addison, Ma-
cnulay, Thackeray, Dickens. Statesmen’s!
Cornet^—The Earl of Chatham, William
Pitt, Peel, Palmerston, Charles James
Fe . Wilherforce. Buxton. Isaac Watts,
Tb.. Wesleys. Sir John Franklin. Living
stone. Lady Augusta Stanloy. The States
men of Eugiand, British Commanders,
Kings nnd Mighty men, tho Queeas and
Noble Women, appear and melt away on
the diorama?
“Historical Stadies in Canterbury Cathe
dral.”—The Independence of tiie Early
British Church. Arrival of Augustine and
his Forty Monks. Baptism of King Ethel
bertandhis Subjects. The Contest be
tween Henry U. and Thoma3-n-Becket.
The Arch-Bishops of Centorbury. The
Martyrdom nnd and Shnno of Becket. St.
Thomas of Canterbury and Henry VIII.
Canterbury Cathedral—interior and exte
rior. “Augustine’s Chair.” St. Martin’s
Church. Tho Ancient Font Tomb of
Henry IV. The Black Prince and tho “Fair
Maid of Kent.” The Battle of Cressy. Tbe
Battle of Poitiers. The Death of tho Black
Prince. Erasmus and Dean Colet nt tho
Shrino of Becket. Tiie Old “Tabard Inn."
Chnucor trad “Tho Canterbury Pilgrims.’
“ Sb Paul’s Cuthedral, London, Old nud
New: or tho Era of tho Renaissance and
tho Reformation.”—The Temple of tlio
Druids. Melitus nnd Soibert, the first
bishop and Kingof London. OldSt. Paul'
(709 feet long, spire 600 feet high), tho
wonder of architecture. Beautiful views
copied from Dagdale. Great personages
buried in Old St. Paul’s: Dean Donne,
Dean Colot, Sir Philip Sidney. Fau-simiio
of a note Sidney wrote to his physician
while bleeding to death on the fatal fiold of
Zutphou. Desecration of Old St. Paul’s
Tho “Great Fire” of London—graphic do
scription and views of it Sir Christo
pher Wren and tho New Sb Paul's. Mag.
nificent views of interior and exterior. Thd
Tho Dome. The Lantern. Coutrasted
with Sb Peter’s Rome, and other buildings.
Statues and Monuments round the Wails.
Howard. Dr. Johnson. Bp. Hebar. Reyn
olds. Turner. Ashley Cooper. Military
and Naval Heroes, including Nelson and
Wellington: Interesting Incidents in their
Lives, and Anecdotes.
“The Tower of London—'The Palace
Fortress and Prisons of England.”—This
lecture is the result of carefal personal re
search—on the spot—and close historical
study. It is illustrated by over seventy
views, many of them beautifully colored,
including everything of interest connected
with the tower, its walls, prisons, chapels,
keepers and regalia. Mach care has been
taken to procure antbentio portraits of the
most illustrious prisoners, and those who
have been imprisoned “ or al
located in the tower, including:
Tho Princess (afterwards) Quoen Eliza
beth, Anna Boloyn, Lady Jane Grey, Cath
arine Howard, Duke of Northumberland,
Robert Dovereux, Earl of Essex, Sir Wulter
Raleigh, Cardinal Fishor, and Sir Thomas
Moore. Many copies of historical paint
ings, illustrating the lives and sufferings of
those historical personages, are projected
upon tiie screen, and leave an indelible |
impression upon tho tnind.^^^^^^|H
Tho first of these leuture3 will be given on]
tiie 22d inst.
SX.IES.
—Col. A. G. P. Dodge, of Eastman, was
at Brown's hotel yesterday.
—Among the Brown House arrivals last
night wore: Mr. T. S. Lewis, Hawkinsvillo,
aud F. B. Gordon, Columbus.
—Au excursion party from Atlanta to
Jacksonville passed through Macon last
night.
—Mordecai Edwards, Esq., of Athens, is
in tho city visiting his son, Mr. J. M. Ed
wards, superintendent of the Macon and
Brunswick railroad.
—Judge E. E. Brown and wife, who have
been spending some time in Florida, re
turned on yesterday.
—At Brown’s National: T. H. McGuire,
Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. Judge Stock, Atlan
ta; J. B. Wilson, Baltimore; John L. Tye,
McDonough, Ga; Mrs. W. H. Felton, Mrs
M. J. Hatcher, Miss V. Walker, Marshall
villo, Ga.; R. C. Parris, Reynolds.
—Number 1 will have a practice at six
o’clock this evening if it is not raining at
that time.
—Tho Floyd Rifles’ picnic occurs on Sat
urday the 30th, at Adams’ park, with tbe
usual ceremonies.
'. W. Burke & Co. are engaged in get
ting ont the State Fair premium list. It
will mako its appearance on or about tho
25th instant. a
—Wo learn that John White, Esq., pres!
dent of the First National Bank of Athens,
is very ill and not expected to livo,
—It is stated that one of the early results
of the triple allianco will be a fast mail
from Charleston to Montgomery via Au
gusta, Macon and Columbus.
•Mr. Junks Knott was in the city lost
night.
-Tho woman who was found dead near
the park on Tuesday was buried yesterday.
It was docided that hor death was caused by
heart disease, nnd a verdict to that effect
was rendered by the coroner's jury.
—A gentleman, on owner of stock in the
Georgia r tilroad, camo in on the Augusta
train yesterday and stated that be bad been
offered 150 for his stock, but was holding it
for 175, as that was tho figure expected to
be reached.
—Held for post3go,one lotterfor Hon.
Thomas G. Lawson, Eatonton, Ga.
—'The gentlemen and ladies arranging
concert for tho Macon Vonnteors held a
mooting last night, aud rehearsed. Miss
Maraio Littlq will sing “Brightly the Sun
light,” and Miss Jessie Hardoman will also
contribute somo fine vocal music.
—Wo are requested by tho firemen to nsk
parents generally to keep their children
away from thoenginos and cisterns when
the companies are practicing. It is a dan
gerous place evon for men. Every evening
crowd of boys assemble about tho cistern
ou Mulberry street, and not only interfere
with the firemen, bnt place themselves in
position to be seriously injured, By an al
most unavoidable acoidoat, afino littlo boy
had his arm broken yesterday.
2. The decree should follow tbe verdict
so far as the facts stated on the issues
preseuted by tbe questions propounded,
and the decree should be based thereou in
connection with tho facts admitted iu tbe
pleadings; but deductions of law, if mads
by tbe jury, will be disregarded by
the chancellor, who will, front the
whole of the facts found and admitted;
deduce and apply the law, and so frame
the decree.
3. Where a testator bequeathed his eu
tire estate to his widow aud only son, and
appointed them the executors of his will
and the widow alone accepted the trus
and qualified, and as executrix as well as
individually, sold a part of the realty,
making a deed thereto, with warranty in
both capacities, she wilt be held not en
titled to dower in such realty so conveyed
aud warranted.
4. Where In like manner she sold an
other portion of the realty and bought it
herself at a certain price, and paid the son
a portion of the price and mortgaged the
property to tbe son to secure him in the
remainder of his half of the purchase
money, she will also be held to have elect
ed to take under the will and not be en
titled to dower iu tbe land so conveyed
and mortgaged.
5. The entire property left by the testa
tor is a trust fund for tiie payment of his
debts, aud tbe executor is tbe trustee
faithfully to see it applied to tiiat object;
and if the widow be the executrix, that
fact does not absolve her from the obliga
tion of so applying tiie fund. While tiie
fact tiiat she is executrix will not impair
any right to dower which she may pos
sess, yet acts of hers as executrix in so
disposing of the realty as not to consist at
all with tho exercise ot that right should
be construed to manifest her election to
take under the will in lieu of dower, nor
will site be permitted to set up her ig
norance of the condition of an estate
which she obligated herself to administer,
or of lier right to dower therein, to show
that such election was uot made freely
and knowingly.
6. Whilst a court of equity, when it lays
its hands on an estate, may filially admin
ister it aud should make a final decree
thereon, vet if in consequence of priorities
not fully exhibited in tiie pleadings aud
verdict, the chancellor sees fit to remand
the details of those matters to be adjusted
by the administrator with the will annexed
uuder tbe supervision of tiie court of ordi
nary, this court will net intcrfe.e, esje
daily whore tiie ends of justice would
seem to be advanced thereby, and more
especially where counsel for plaintiffin
error dues not insist here on this point
made in his bill of exceptions.
7. The widow, before she can claim the
paymeut of the sum set apart as a year’s
support, must account for funds of the es
tate in her hands, and if she has paid
debts of the estate therewith as executrix,
it should appear that these debts were of
such dignity as to be prior to the claims of
the creditors in tiie pending cause-
8. The amount of fees of counsel for
bringing the money in court, should be
fixed by the Jury on proof of the value of
the service, and the chancellor on their
verdict should decree the payment there
of; but where the chancellor has decreed
them without such verdict aud the amouut
is reasonable, this court will not set aside
that decree, especially where tbe counsel
for plaintiff In error decliues to press this
poiul here, though made in tbe bill of ex
ceptions. Judgment affirmed.
Instead of pursuing tbe course prescribed
by strict law, a party enters iuto a consent
order for the brief of evidence to be filed
within a specified time, and to argue the
motion in vacation, time is of the essence
of tiie contract and,the movant must abide
by his bargain. Where the order passed
in term time provided for the filing of a
brief evidence within sixty days thereaf
ter, and tho brief, though filed within the
time, was never agreed upon, nor was
presented to the court for approval until
several mouths after the prescribed lime
had elapsed, the judgment of ilia court
dismissing the motion on that ground will
not be reversed. Judgment affirmed.
Dean, executor, vs. Feeley et al. Eject
ment, from Chatham. Parties. Prac
tice In tbe Superior Court. Ejectment.
Administrators and executors. Minors.
Spkkr, j.—Where pending a suit the
plaintiff died, aud an order was taken
wliicb recited that death had been sug
gested of record, motion to make parlies
made and notice given to the opposite
party, and which ordered tbe suit to pro
ceed in the name of the legal representa
tive of tiie deceased, objection to such or
der on the ground that the motion was
not in writing,should have been made at
the time; where the case proceeded to
trial aud iio objection was made uutil a
second trial at a subsequent term, it was
then too late to raise the point.
(a) In tbe present case, If there was
any defect In the original order, it was
cured by a motion lo writing and order
based thereon, made after the court had
ruled tho original order insufficient.
2. Where pending au action of eject?
ment by a minor, she died, the action din
not abate, but her legal representative
could be mado a party aud proceed for
tbe recovery of the land aud mesne profits
as well as costs.
3. Upon the deatli of a minor plaintiff
iu ejectment the declaration could not be
amended by adding demises in ibo name
of her guardian and legal representative.
Judgment reversed.
Williams vs. Gunnels ct al. Slander
from Madison. Verdict. Practice in
Superior Court. Slauder. Justification.
Skkkb, J.—1 Where sevctal pleas are
filed by a defendant, a verdict in his favor
should show upon which of tbe pleas It
was rendered; and a general verdict bav
in" been returned for the defendant, upon
objection by plaintiff’s counsel, the jury
slio ild be required to retire and return a
verdict specifying upon what plea or pleas
it was based.
2. Iu a suit for slander for words im
puting a crime, to support a plea for jnsti-
iication tiie same degree of evidence is re
quired as would be necessary to convict
the plaintiff on a criminal prosecution for
the offense. Judgment reversed.
VICTUALS AXH VALOR.
Allot Rend
Night before lost, about three miles from
Griswoiilville, ou W. J. Blocumb's place, a
quarrel about a woman occurred betweeu
two uogroes. One of them seized a chair
and struck tho other, who responded by
drawing a pistol and soooting his assailant
deai^p liis tracks.-* O.d. K. C. Grier, of
Grii'.woldviilo, justice of tho pence for tho
district, was sent for and held an inquest
on the body of tho doceased.
Leases.
Yesterday tho theme upon the streots was
tho leoso of tlio Georgia by tho South Car
olina railroad, and many jests wore uttered
upon what was termed the spoctado of tho
tail wagging the dog. . Late in the day it
was rumored that tho Brunswick road had
loased'tho Central, and finally about dork
it wns whispered that tiie Macon street rail
road had leased tho Brunswick. The mar
ket for jokes closed on this
Notice.
Tho nlumnra of tho Wesleyan Female Col
lege are most earnestly requested to meet
in the Philomuthean parlor this (Thurs
day/afternoon at four and a half o’clock.
This is the year for the regular triennial
celebration, nnd tho object of this meeting
is tu,mnko arrangements for the reanion at
tbe approaching commencement; also to
tako some action with reference to tho
princely donation to the college by Mr-
j George I. Seney, of Now York.
| Steel Ralls.
Two schooners, loaded with 875 tons of
steel rails for tho Macon and Brunswick
railroad, are now at sea. There are 625
' tons more being loaded at New York.
Gunn ot al. vs. Wolfolk. Injunction*
from Houston. Levy aud sale. Equity
Illegality. Injunction. Principal aud
surety.
Jackson, C. J.—1. Where a cause on
affidavit ef illegality to ail execution is
pending between the parties, and leave is
panted to withdraw the execution lobe
levied upon other property of the defend
ant, and that levy is made and tho prop
erty is advertised for sale:
Held, tiiat as tbe first illegality was uot
disposed of but pending at the time of tho
second levy, sale uuder the second levy
may bo arrested by another affidavit of
illegality without conflict with the 31st
rule of the court.
2. Even If the last affidavit were a sec
ond affidavit in the sense of that’rule, yet
the advertisement and the sale of the
property could be arrested by such affida
vit os illegal, because sucli advertisement
and sale would transcend the authority
to withdraw the execution in order to levy
only, and that order being long subse
quent to the first illegality, any ground of
illegality founded thereon could not have
been known when the first ilegality was
taken.
3. The facts that the first illegality has
been long pending in court, and that the
transactions between the parties cover a
considerable length of time, will not give
equity jurisdiction so as to oust that of
tiie common law court already acquired,
if tbe Issues be such as can as readily be
adjudicated at law on the pleadings made
or which by amendments can be made by
affidavit of illegality.
4. Questions whether complainant bo
surety or guarantor, and whether dis
charged or not by the conduct of tbe
plaintiff in execution, are purely questioos
of law and may be as well decided at law
os iu equity.
5. So whether complainant ho dis
charged or not by the conduct of the plain
tiff in the bankrupt court, and to what ex*
tent, or by tho failure of tho plaintiff to
record the judgment so that another may
have required priority of lcin, aud the
amount ot that lien, can os well be ascer
tained at law as in equity under the facts
made by this record.
0 The writ of injunction, always^ to bo
cautiously granted, tho eflect of which is
to arrest a cause pending at common law
in tho courts where the judgment was
rendered and to transfer the venue to
another county, should be used with
greater caution, aud should never be
granted except on a strong case and In a
pressing emergency ;aud where the strength
of the case ami tho pressure of the emer
gency rest on athrealened sale of property,
which can as well be stopped by an addi
tional affidavit of illegality as by resort to
injunction, tho latter remedy sbouliTnot
be granted. Judgment reversed.
Bank of \Yashington Vs. Ellington. Ap
peal, from Wilkes. Verdict. ’Charge
of Court. New Trial.
Crawford, J.—It was error for the
court to charge that the Issue was mainly
one of law, when in truth the issues of
fact were such as to control the case.
Judgment reversed.
Dean et al. vs. Healy. Quo warranto,
from McIntosh. Pilots. Officers.
Crawford, J.—Pilots are not public
officers so as to l>e subject to writs of quo
warranto. Their licenses, as well as the
requisites to obtaiu them, are but safe
guards for the protection of the marine
commerce of the State, aud are similar to
other licenses. Judgment affirmed.
Jones et al., Executors, vs. Freidenburg &
Co. Case, from Chatham. Landlord
and Tenant. Damages. Negligence.
Crawford, J.—Two rooms were sit
uated o:i the fifth floor of a building, and
had a batii room and water closet appur
tenant to both. One of the rooms was
rented to and in the exclusive possession
of a tenant, tiie other was not, but re
mained in the control of the landlord, al
though he allowed the tenant to carry tho
Decide*!}- With His ir<*r<jr.
Cwricr Jo nr inti
“It is tho misfortune of Senator Cous-
, - . ling,” says the New tork Tribsmo, "tha^
key to a door winch opened into a hall- j g quite wiilingto have the jieopie run
way common both to the occupied and In that position, Goukhng is dom-afldiyw 11 ?
unoccupied room. Damage occurred to hie party, who, alter the people elected «
leuants <*» dttirs beneath by careiesa us# ; president ia l»7o, nullified their
ol tho batii.room: i by a stupendous frauTpnt a man in the
Held, that under the decision In 63 Ga.,! Hoosa who h “ d 5)0011 defeated at
612, the landlord was liable, although not P 0118 *
Patriotism Not tiie Only Incentive to
Bravery iu Battle.
Detroit Tree Press
Patriotism is uo doubt a powerful lever
iu urging a soldier to take desperate
chanocs, but the late war proved that
there were other re vers of equal force. A
New Yoik lieutenant aud thirty-four men
held possession of a block house along the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad in 1862. Ons
morning & scout came in and reported that
a force of 130 rebels was advancing to
capture tho post. The lieutenant or
dered the men in line and thus addressed
them:
“Soldiers, the enemy is advancing upon
us! He will be here in half an hour.
We will be outnumbered four to one, but
I appeal to your patriotism—to your love
of cotintry—to your respect for that dear
old flag, to defend this post to tho last.
Will you do it ?”
“ Leftenaut,” said the sergeant, as he
stepped forward after an ominous silence,
“we are too few and tho Johnnies too
many. We shall all be killed or captured,
and the men won’t stick. They go for
evacuating right away.”
• “Patriots aud heroes,” continued tho of
ficer, after drawing a long breath, “we
have just received fresh rations of coffee,
sugar and bacon. We haven’t been to
breakfast yet. If wo evacuate we have
got to march twelve miles on empty
stomachs. If we remain and defend the
post I'll Issue double rations as soon as
the lost reb is driven off. If you don’t
want to fight anil defend your country*
let’s fight‘for a good, square meal-”
Every hat was thrown up and every
man cheered, and twenty miuute3 later
when the enemy appeared he was greeted
with such a hot reception that he soon
sounded tbe retreat.
When the Union forces under Nelso
made their stand at Franklin the Confed
erates had been tight after them for seve
ral days, aud it had been a march of
empty haversacks. As the Confederates
formed for battle many of tho regiments
had been without food for twenty hours.
Their first attack, after a patriotic address,
was speedily repulsed. Clebum led a
part of tho forco making the second ad
vance. As he rode along the lines he saw
the men chewing leaves from the cherry
and apple trees, aud he said:
“ Brave Contcdcrates, there is the ene
my. Behind I hose eailliwnrks are can
non aud muskets, and tiie men who know
how to handle tiicm. Behind tiiose is a
big wagon train whh heaps of rations.
We’ve got to lick tho enemy to get this
train, and if wo don’t get Ills rations we’ll
have to fill up on grass, for there isn’t a
Confederate hard-tack within twenty-five
miles of Franklin. Follow uio to glory
and—rations!”
They followed him to the earthworks
and over them, but he was killed and the
lines driven back. His men, however,
were the only ones who mounted the
earthworks during tiiat desperate battle;
and it is an open question whether an ap
peal to a soldier’s hunger wou’t make him
fight as well as an appeal to his senti
ment.
THE GEORGIA LEASED
To the Owners or SheHonlh Carolina
Bnail, Who Aicrec to Pay 10 per
cent ou the Capital Stock and In
debtedness of the Cleoixin, nnd tu
Deposit $1,000,000 na Security.
Augusta, April 12.—The board of di
rectors of the Georgia railroad have
leased that roa.l to the owners of the
South Carolina railroad, consisting of
William M. Wadley, John H. Fisher,
Moses Taylor, Samuel Sloan and others,
the lease to take effect from April 1, 1SS1
and to run for ninety-uino years. The an
nual rental to be paid the Georgia Rail
road Company is $ X 0,(XKl in semi-annual
payments. Tins is 10 per cent, on the
capital stock of the Georgia railroad am.
its bonded indebted ties*. Messrs. Wad-
ley* Co. deposit $1,000,900 in United
States bomb, or bauds of as good value,
as security. The Geor^ia Railroad Com
pany is to retain possession of its bonds
and stocks in other corporations, but is to
give tlio dividends and voting power to
tiie lessees. The lessees are to pay in*
ts-rest on tiie debt of the Georgia railroad
and tl* ' Maoop:'Augusts ran*
road, Slej r*f*in .the banking
department aim *ali real estate of the
company essential for railroad purposes.
The oreanjeattotfuf the company is to W
inaintaTneff.' 'ffe iAves hrh'to keep the
property in good comutiou, and ani r) t0
place no encumbrances oh tho same. Tb a
lease is uot to be subiuit&ed to the stock
holders fiM efiiHiJiljosfi but simply
the sigdBfciwofThtf flbofraetlug parties re
go into effect.