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Newspaper Page TextHD?* d>*jscgra 3mt£«a£ Twins el lit® Ttlnrraph ®*“* n <«r. Postaqe free to all Editions. fatly Telegraph and Messenger. $10.00pergr .. ** 5.00 Itaoi la .. « «• 2J$0 3 mot. Daily Telegraph and Messenger and Southern Farmer's Monthly llMperyr Weekly Telegraph and Messenger 2.00 „ 1.00 6mot Weekly Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Farmer's Monthly MOperyr ISend by P. O. Order or Registered Letter. M. f. HMjg gSBSSS *tu (SeUflrapU aofl ^ttcjsjscucjcr. FRIDAY, JANUARY [20, 1882. Tbe leading editorials la some of our Tennessee exchanges would be called eruptions In tbe neighborhood of Vesu vius. - Wm Smith Clayton eels through his lecture on Oscer Wilde, Macon wants to employ him, costume and all, to distribute circulars for the Art Exhibition. A flagman on the Hudson road has succeeded in waving twelve lives into eter nity. Flagmen ought to be investigated eight or ten times an hour during the year. Aunt Jane Sivisshelm has all the instincts of a female patriot. She is one of the first liberal writers across the line, to feel ashamed of Grant’s military great ness. _■ Tue boy who leased all the pews in a Maine church, got no a revival and closed out at a profit of S500, ought to be put in jail right now to save his neck in the future. It seems Congress is to be called on to define insanity, for the safety of future Presidents. Is It expected that Congress Shall declare every man who slays a President sane?' South Carolina people begin to look upon tbe exodus as a sertot masquerading blessing. Tbe good darkies will make money enongh to return, and the balance they don’t need. The intelligent colored men of Arkan sas are indignant because they get no Federal office spoils.—Exchange. And their Georgia brethren are hump* ing their backs for a similar rdason. The Czar, os will be observed, has ex tended pardon to the Polish Roman Cath olic bishops. If the bishops will now turn round and pardon the Czar, we see no reason why a new deal could not be called. The Chicago Tribune is of the opinion that Gen Lee needs no monument, inas much as Benedict Arnold and Judas Is cariot have none, and are well remember ed! 1 ho Tribune then branches off and extends a welcome to Speer and Felton. One of our exchanges complains that when a man is hung, he suffers less than his family. We must infer from this that it would be more humane to hang the family and leave the criminal to wrestle With his conscience. Eli Perkins lias been beaten In his own profession. The Nashville World, reporting his lecture, Ogives a list of the anecdotes related by him, and asserts that the audience sat through it all and ap plauded. Eli never attempted such t monumental jawbone statement as that A CRT has gone up from a neighboring city for an ’‘Unfortunate Lover’s Club.” Macon has material to construct* very Successful organization of this description, and an admirable president might he obtained from wbat is left of the “Big Four.” Governor Colquitt very propsrly fined tbe lessees of the convicts on the Ma rietta and North Georgia railroad five hundred dollars for a violation of law, but the lessees have not paid the fine. Does Governor Coiquittowethem enough to set off the fine? Chadrand Lapham, chairman of the woman’s suflrage committee in the Sen ate, has appointed a male clerk. Too much beer with the Washington grisettes be- hind the scenes ot the Theatre Comlque, has soured the old sinner on the sex. The Tribune does not understand why Ben Hill should get excited if there is no Independent movement in Georgia. What a dunce that Tribune man must be. Ben got excited becaure people said them was —that’s all. Just as the Tribune gels ex cited every now and then when people Say there are political murders in the South. H. W. G. relies upon Smith’s ancient Atlas when he remarks that Florida is considerably larger iban Georgia. Smith’s Original Florida encroached upon the At lantic, the Gulf and Georgia, and reached out for Cuba. The uew census, however, got the State back into its limits again, and developed tbe fact that Georgia is the tallest girl in the Southern class, Texas excepted. When Beecher was told that a commit tee would wait on him in reiatiou to bis cruel charge againsWhe Brooklyn school inarms be complacently replied: “I can hear a great deal. My ears are long.” The public at large accords him the credit of possessing other necessary attributes of the homely but useful jackass btsidcs his long ears. If instead of letting Grady go off in search of early asparagus in Florida, Evan Howell had pul him on a mule and sent him to Washington after Ben Hill’s letter, Dr. Felton’s bleediDg corpse would have bee if trampled on ere the spring un joints itself. As it is, we fear the frost of next fail will have to wither him.' The death of W. H. Lock, ex-post master of Eufaula, affords another Instance of the deplorable results obtained by the careless handling of other people's money, on tbe part of officials now a days. Locke created a deficiency iuthe post- office accounts and was dismissed. He Was arrested by one of his bondsmen, ana wu to have been brought to trial, but en able to bear the disgrace, ended his career With an inverted pistol. OSCAB WlU>* 01 the opinion that Mgoly a few have learned the secret of big), bourn whpn thought is not.” This would possibly indicate that Oscar hM never whistled softly, knocked thrice, aad knocked asses at the door of a me- mmgaiia whew vHe boys wo-e wrestling with the tiger at bail-past midnight. He ddadve the fimale esthetes, but atfrletea will want to know bow it •inwiMfcpd Zionism uul IksBow Among the many curious Americanisms or the day, there Is none which must amaze the foreigner more than bossism. The boss is altogether an American produc tion. He seems to have been discovered divided and subdivided es brilliantly and successfully as electricity, and it is a sin gular State that cannot afford at least one boss. Indeed, even the large cities seem to feel compelled to keep on hand one or two of the breed, and in attemptieg to follow their example, some smaller cities have run themselves into difficult places, for the boss is frequently, if not always,an expensive luxury. We do not mean to say that foreign countries and communi ties havo not beeu bossed. Nearly all oi them have had usurpers and hereditary controllers with every instinct of a genu ine boss; but bless your soul, our boss— the boss—fs altogether a different crea ture. No bloodshed marks his ascending footsteps, no empires wrecked lie in bis wake, the sight of gore would give him tbe nightmare for a fortnight and burning powder would startle him as badly as brimstone did Faust. He will occasion ally risk the penitentiary as did Kelly, when the risk is remote, and occasionally land in it as did Tweed, when he strains bis moral suspenders too severely. But risk his neck—never! He is not that kind oi a boss. Intrigue is his weapon, and the lobby and byway his field; and whether he be descended obliquely from a royal Lothairo of the 16th century, or straight from a Melbourne convict of the lOtb, or from poor but naturalized pa rents, be never grasps a different weapon, or ventures beyond his boundaries further than the summit of a stump. He revels in newspaper notoriety, but there is a chill about a court room that makes the Joints of ids backbone rattle like beads intlie hand of a penitent monk. Bossism is developed very early in life, and tte first step into public 7iew is gen erally over an outraged ballot box, or through the doorways of slander and defa mation. This step, be it remarked, is by far the most important In ue lifeoia boss. Unlike the weavil, he is not bom in tbe grain, but, like the weavil, he be gins to feed around as soon as he knows he is there, to gather strength for another pillage. And it is right here that the counterfeit fails and the true boss stands forth. H he fades into Insignicance, he is a counterfeit; if he advances he is a boss. It is very much as tbe Frenchman said in showing how a mushroom could be distinguished from the toadstool: "You must sat the article In doubt, and if you die, it was a toadstool.” Georgia has been too poor to afford a boss. Several have tried the climate but it was unfavorable fora happy growth One hy one they faded away, followed by the municipal bosses, until—we blush to admit it—there is now no genuine, un adulterated, simon-pure boss in the State. Officers elected by and ably representing the people we have, and men of power, but bear in mind these men are not bosses. The boss never represents anybody but himself. That is the cornen-stone in the ethics of his profession. He must learn at the outset how to climb upon the dashboard, assumo control of the lines and forget not only that the ends behind him are bel J by anybody else, but that anybody else is behind him. Because the office is empty at present, however, it must not be supposed that there are no aspirants for tbe boss’chair. If we have conveyed that impression, we beg leave to pause and blush for our powers. It is a well known fact that Dr. Felton is already back upon the dash board, from which he slipped last year, and the fact that he tell astrad dle tbe longue, and has jolted along with the Georgia band wagon in a painfully hurried gallop so long, has not dimmed the lustre of bis eye, nor shaken the bow of Jove from his manly brow. The prin cipal trouble with tbe Doctor now, is that he has climbed up with his face to tbe rear and must execute a coup de grace on tLe narrow nm oi the dash board before he can find time to get hold of the lines. In tbcmeanwhile, the laughter of the driver and the catcalls of the passengers bid fair to interfere with his equilibrium. But, bless your souls, the Doctor is not the only man attracting attention. There are Speer and Thornton, each with a desper ate grip on the bridle of a steed; the first vainly wrestling with the momentum of the nigh wheel horse, and the latter being being jerked up and down like the broken piston rod by the ofi leader. The voice of Duggar, vainly cllngingtothe gray mare’s tail, is heard amid the rout and confusion, while Buck and Bigby shout up from among the springs for somebody to head the . procession into a fence corner. Far in the rear we see the red face of J ack Brown, as he struggles along puffing after the tail board, and down in tbe sand is Pledger with his stick. Scattered around among the wheels and undergearing are others not necessary to enumerate, as they are out of sight, their encores to Felton yielding the only indication of their whereabouts. There is no lack of candidates for the po sition. Nor is there any doubt as to where the good old Slate will bring up If she concludes to indulge iu the luxury of a boss. The reins once in the hands of Felton, and the wagon halts just long enough to let "tbe boys” get aboard, then off it goes to serenade the administration camp. Wa give way to the supposition merely to complete the metaphor. There is in our mind no doubt as to Georgia’s course, nor is there a quiver anywhere along the press line except that produced by merri ment and good nature. The State never suffered from a boss, but it snffered from the bayonet. The hands that twisted the pointed steel from the gun and tore the uniforms from onr rulers have not lost their grip. There is no cancer on the tongue of Georgia; it is strong, active, willing, and her voice is clear and sono rous. Brain has placed the bottom rail in position again, and brain will keep it there. Tbe treasury is locked and tbe key is in the people’s pocket. Prosperity greets the rising sun, progress strides be neath his midday smiles, and contentment sleeps in the shadow oi his departure. The good old State has long since folded away her evil days, and in the brightness of her future there is no shadow to shield a skulking "boss.” Nevertheless, we pro pose occasionally from sheer hilarity to lift our born out of the depth of the band wagon, and serenade tbe boys who trail along under the wheels. a remarkable one for a man not supposed ' cries were now issuing less frequently. to be compos mentis. It shows that he very properly rates the value of Reed and Sco vllie’s arguments, the gravity of his own The Iron rang upon tbe metal and timber. Holes were forced in and glimpses of the ruined and flaming Interior began to ap pear, but in spite of the efforts of all, the situation, and realizes to the fullest extent fir3 closed over all and tbe onlookers saw Osilou'i Ipecsb A synopsis of Guiteau’s speech appears in our telegraphic columns this morning. He has, as hs once before stated, spoken to fifty million people, if not to the Jury, tbt high boon- bad any! and doubtless his vanity is gratified. | Taken in all it bearings, tbe document the effect of his crime upon the country at laige. He betrays the possession of a fine memory and a correct judgment. His arguments are connected, his refer ences to legal cases and to Biblical prece dents clear and woll founded. In sbqrt, there is not a line in the document indi cating that it emanated from any other than a sound mind. The only evidence of lunacy about it is its production. It Is sufficient pf itself to hang the author. Cotton. * • The Financial Chronicle of Friday last makes the receipts of the week ending that day 114,608 bales, against 129,004 bales same week last year, and 129,459 bales srme week in 1680. The total port receipts from Septemper 1st were 3,444.- 225, againSte,G94,433 f*r same time last year, and 3,445,630 bales for same date in I860. This indicates a decrease in re ceipts to date, as compared with last year, of 250,213 bales, and a decrease compared with same date in*18S0, of 1,005 bales. Stocks at interior towns, were 435,050 bales, compared with 309,550 bales at same date last year, which shows an increase, according to tbe Chronicle’s statement, of 11JL424 bales. (We do not understand liowftfiey get tbe result, as 309,550 bales, tbe Lrfrior stock of 1881, taken from 435,050Vales, tbe stock last.Fnday night, would sliV/r an increase of 125,550 bales, which is tlh^inereaso if tho aggregate in terior stocks Vo reported correctly.—Ed.) The total, visible supply was 3,090,808 bales, against 2,713,981 bales iu 1881 aud 2,521,039 bales same date in 1880. This indicates an increaso in the visible supply as compared with 1SS1 of. 376,887 hales, compared with 1830'of 5(/i£29 hales aud of 737,240 bales compared T 1879. Middling cotton in Liverpool’s! Friday was quoted at 01140 against o£\\*ue date last year. ~\ 1 be Dnugers of Travel. I*. Invention lias well nigh cxliaustaf'^’t- selt in perfecting our traveling iW.h- ties, but there yet remains in th dinar/ railroad journey a tremei and unabated element of danger, from the risks which tbe traveler ruj being burled into eternity by broken collisions, broken axles and del- bridges, exists still another horribl- ger, that of being burned aiive. The pal ace cars now upon tbe roads are all that their name implies. Every possible comfort <*1^81 ingenuity and invention can supply have been added to the interior. Nothing is wanted but safety, and it is being frequently demonstrated that safety, above everything else, is most difficult to be secured. Tbe patent palace cars of the day are veritable death traps in a catastrophe in tbe winter season. Tbe double sections, double wipdows and double seats,which fit away so snugly when everything is iu order, become factors of confusion and delay when a dis aster hurst the even seams asunder; and the oilea woods and comfortable stoves brought into contact soon make up a horror to be cried abroad in the press, wondered at for a week and then forgotten. Added to these is the want of proper appliances for smothering cut the flames, or clearing away a wreck. The possession of half a dozen buckets and axes would have averted a most hor rible calamity in New York on Friday last, tbe outlines of which- have already been telegraphed to the .Southern press. Even a garden engino, with twenty feet of hose, might have saved a dozen lives. Tbe Chicago express from Albany came to a sudden stop in a railroad cut hy the sudden working of the airbrakes, and the Tarrytown express crashed into the two rear sleepers, the Empire and Idlewiide, Twelve people lost their lives by being burned alive. The Ilerald gives the fol lowing description of the scene: Finn’s dreadful havoc. In a breath fire hat^added its horrors to the other dreadful accompaniments of the disaster. The overturned stoves and the dropping ashes from the railroad furnace had done their work. The wood and up holstery had burst into flames and a blaze was now leaping up above the wreck ami sweeping along as If toswallow it. Dread- ful cries rang upon the air. The hoarse Alls of meu were mingled with the hor rible shrieks of women and there was a depth of agony about the tones that be tokened too well how keenly those who uttered them felt the sense of the fate that was overtaking them. All along the train the lights had been put out by tho shock ot the collision, and now the long line of forward cars lay dark and sullen with tbe engine snorting in front, while they disgorged from platform and window a throng of terrified and be- wildeered beings. Tbe glare of the fire brought all swarming to the rear. Train hands hallowed and went rushing wildly about in a futile quest for buckets. The more cool-headed passengers lent a hand where it could hoof service. Assemblyman Robb crawled through a window and was much bruised. Senator Drawing, shut up ra a compaitmcnt of the Empire, smashed tbe window frame and took out with him a couple of ladies imprisoned there. MIRACULOUS ESCAPES. Bold acts and miraculous escapes every where marked a few moments which will never be forgotten by lie actors in that dreadful scene. Meantime the residents of the neighborhood, aroused by the infer nal glare in the railroad cut and the wild hubbub that arose from it, came throng ing down ir dozens, ready to lend what assistance they could. But their appear ance was of no avail whatever, although they sbowe 1 an earnest of tbe best inten tions. The train wm hopelessly devoid of any appliance that could quench the flames. Buckets were unknown; vessels of any kind were unheard of. Conductor and brakemen bustled about, aud made furtive sallies in quest of axes which did not ex ist and iron utensils which could not be found. Tbe passengers stood about in groups, utterly unnerve 1, or wandered about seeking in all sorts of improbable places some method of relief. Many big, stalwart man utterly lost control of them selves and went storming about like mad men, and some of tbe cool-headed lellows who sit iu legislative halls and keep per fect rein on their tougnes and tempers were as impotent as children to act in tbe emergency. A tew gathered abont the blazing vehi cles and crowded up to them through the suffocating vapor, hoping to reach some of the many arms that were stretched to them io supplicatingly. But dri\*fen back by the outburst of flame, they had to join the rest in tbe hunt for buckets or axes or slaud tamely by while tbe fire did its murderous work. And now the people of the neighborhood set au example which illustrates better than anything else how destitute they were of resources for aiding the perishing. They turned tbe thin film of soow covering the ground to account. They rolled it into great balls and hoped by flinging them among the flames to quench them. Some of the passengers aud tbe trainmen joined them in this vain task, while others scoured the neighborhood for buckets. And all this time tbe water of tbe Harlem river lay within easy reach, the appealing arms stretched from the windows shrivel in the flames and buru to a crisp. The Recent Chance of Reporter of the Supreme Court. The action of the Supreme Court ot tte State in the recent change of the officer delegated to report its decisions is calcu lated to strike the geuoral public with surprise and the profession with regret. Captain Jackson, who bad enjoyed the profits, honors and emoluments of the responsible and distinguished position for a numbur of years, and who had per formed his duties with an integrity, abili ty and diligence which inures' to his credit, found the demands of au increas ing practice incompatible with the duties of his official position. His resig nation followed, was accepted, and before his chair lipd time to cool, ayounggeutla- man, a relative and for years a partner, and a connection of tbe Chief Justice was installed in his place. The only knowl edge that the court, the bar or tbe people had of tbe young gentleman alluded to was as lias been above detailed, except that he bad assisted in the detail aud cler ical work necessary for the preparation of the reports for tho hands of the printer. It is not necessary for the purposes o this article to enter into an argument to show that the Reporter of the Supreme Court should he a ripe scholar, a finished lawyer aud a man ot mature judgment aud experience. Tho position itself sug gests all of these even to the unprofes sional mind, and its history only confirms it. Tho first; reporter was Tbos. R. Cobb, the father-in-law of Captain Jack- son and Benj. Y. Martin and Geo. N. Lester and Nathaniel J. Hammond followed in the succession named. These gentlemen carried to the duties which devolved upon them iu an eminent degree all the qual ities of native ability and cultured ac quirements which it demands, and the administration of each recoivsd the en dorsement of the Court, tho bar and the people. They bad . made reputations at the bar which were guarantees of their fitness for any positions iuthe line of their profession to which they might aspire. Mr. Lumpkin, who succeeds Capt. Jack- son, has not yet won his spurs in such a field. We havo no desire to disparage his character, ability, or strict in tegrity, but the fact stands that the expe rience he has had at tho bar and in the mere clerical preparation of the decis ions of the judges does not clothe him with that experience aud judgment which should stand on either side of one who is to put into permanent form tho dicta of a court pressed to the last possible point by au accumulated and growing business which takes in its scope the lives, liber ties and property of all of the people of the State. Upon this statement of the case we might be well content to rest the impropriety of this appointment, but there is something to be added. The cilices created by law are for the benefit of all the people, and not for a privileged few, aud while a party caucus may see fit to raise one to a position to the requirements of which he is une* qua), a court of judges could find no worse precedent to follow. The hasto in which this thing was done cOfmot be sup ported by any plea of necessity.. Captain Jackson must have known before the Christmas vacation of the court what course his’growing practice rendered nec essary. He should have communicated it to tho court, aud the court in turn should have seen to it that the bar and tho public were duly notified. The claims of every lawyer in the State who was qualified to fill the vacancy, and who aspired to it, should have been as calmly and impartially considered as a case in volviug human life or thestability of fun damental law. Tbe people of the Slate will falter, and justly falter, in'their re spect for and support of a court which makes nepotism rather than service, experience and ability the qualifications for the patronage at its disposal. The clannishness ot kith and kin may always l>e excused in & popular election; in a ju-. dicial election, never. We are almost ashamed to say more, but having but uewly come to our present position, we are still aware that iu these latter and worscr days the outgivings of tho press and individuals have become to.bo sus pected of some motive not shown to the public. We do not know of any gentleman who who coveted or does covet tho position be stowed upon Mr. Lumpkin, hut we do know of many far more deserving and better qualified, and wc can but regard the action of the court at this particular juncture in our affairs as unhappy aud un fortunate beyond expression. And, so thinking, we woaid have been derelict in duty to the court and tbe people not to have said so. Nor do we find fault that Atlanta has received another plum of patronage, for if the appointment had taken a different di rection Atlanta would still havo gained another honorable and usefuT citizen These observations we are fully aware are calculated to severely startle' some who mayper chance read them. The high court of appeals is, as It should bo, so far removed from the domalu of political discussion, that the unthinking who con- nectadaily press only with apolitical wrangle may deem and adjudge us guilty of sacrilege in that we have dared to lay violent hands on the judicial ermiue. We are content in the consciousness of duly perfmmsd and sustained by tbe knowl edge that the gentlemen who have evoked this article are one and all among our most esteemed and personal friends. All men are open to the appeals made under the guise of long and close associa tion and friendship powerfully re- enforced by the ties of olood, but no one kuows better than the eminent and saga cious Chief Justice himself that in tbe performance of a public and judicial trust, these things should be put far, very far away. Our Supremo Court agrees with all other courts in the particulars of main taining its own jurisdiction ami sustaining the consistency of its decisions. But in this csss it may well make au exception. Mattel s hare not gone too far, but that it may retrace its steps, and an opinion of reversal and a reopening of the ease will commena the court to. all who wish that it shall stand with unimpeachable integri ty, holding the scales of justice evenly balanced between power and the people. Eli Perkins lectured in Nashville Monday night for the benefit of the TbeJPMtlM Flajeri. The inhabitants .of Oberammergan, a small village .in Germany, while suffering from a plague many years ago united In a vow if the affliction were removed tjiat thereafter once a year they would represent in the shape of a spectacular drama the pas* sion,suffering and crucifixion of OurSaviori Jesus Christ, consuming such time ju its performance as is usually embraced in what is known as Holy Week. These honest and simple-minded peasants at that time, no doubt, only entertained the desire aud intention of carrying out with religious ceremonies the solemn vow they had taken. In the course of time this “Passion Play” began to attract the atten tion of travelers and tourists, and now thousands of visitors are annually attract ed to witness au exhibitiou which to say the least of it is novel and startling. Many of these visitors havo given to the reading public the impressions made upon them by this realistic reheaisal of the grandest and most serious drama known to tho civilized world. The most of them have been very gravely aud deeply impressed by the sad andsoiemnspectacle and some have indulged in elaborate and highly laudable criticisms of the actors engaged. Only last vearMrs. Lander, formerly Miss Jean Davenport and Edwin Booth were specta tors of this remarkable performance. They wore beyond doubt the very best ' representatives and critics of American dramatic art, and ’ hey were both deeply impressed and pleased hy what they witnessed. Two or three years since a theatrical managrr ot San Francisco, California, conceived the idea of transplanting this custom to Amer- ca, and thus turning a nimble penny out of a new and extraordinary ssusation. After witnessing tbe performance himself, he wrote from memory and fil'ed up with his own invention when memory failed a passion play similar in all respects, but greatly condensed as to dialogue and length, aud presented it iu Sau Francisco. It attracted crowds aud some people were deeply affected by it. The leading actor, James O’Neill, who represented the lead ing character, was himself overcome In grief and tears by the load of mimic soirows and humiliations put upon him. But it shocked the sense of propriety of the people, tho authorities interfered, the play was withdrawn and the theatre closed. In the fall of 18S0, this same manager prepared himself to produce the play at Booth’s theatre, in New York City, aud the people were wild iu expec tancy of it, but the authorities positively forbade its production. Many years be fore that a Frenchman named Keller had exhibited a tableau of the crucifixion, which was said by tlioje who witnessed it to have been most solemn and impressive > but he, too, had to cease at the mandate of the law. We do cot know, but per haps the simple peasants of Oberammer- gau have been to some extent demoral ized by the gold oi their visiting audi ences, and perhaps the “Passion Pla7” now is controlled more by the receipts o the box office than by the memories of a vow taken long ago. A writer in the Springfield Republican, who witnessed the play, returned to the village some time afterwards. His experiencs is simi lar to that of all who have been behind the scenes of a theatre. The painted ac tor* and actresses, with their cheap jewelry, tinsel aud tawdry finery, tho close air, dark corri dors, tho rough scene shifteis and tho smell of paint and paste at once dispel, aud forever, the delusion of the scene when witnessed from the front uuder 'he garish blaze of the gaslights and the crash of the orchestra. The King’s breata smells of cheap whisky, the Queen has certainly dined on a dish flavored The Tariff Commission Question. It will be remembered that tte Morrill tarifl commission bill, reported from the Senate finance committee by Mr. Bayard the other day, provides tliat the President, with the consent of the Senate, shall ap point nine commissioners from civil life, one of whom shall be president of the commisrion. Mr. Williams, of Kentucky, proposes to amend so that the commission shall consist of lohr members of the Sen ate and five members of tho House, ap pointed by the presiding officers of the two bodies, who In making said appoiat- ments shall cause to ho represented on said commission the views of those who favor a tariff for protection to domestic manu facturers n those who favor a tariff for revenue only. This amendment em bodies the views of tho tariff reformers generally. Senator Harrison has made a report totbeSenato committee ou military af fairs in the matter of donating condemned cannon to the Society of tho Army of the Cumberland for the proposed statue of Gen. Garfield, setting forth that all the cannon available for this purpose have al ready been given away to bo used in the erection of monuments to otho heroes of the wer. Ip point of fact, however, the metal has not beeu actually cast into ctatues, but has beeu sold, and the money appropriated to the purchase of more suit able material. The committee will re port a bill authorizing tho Secretary of War to set apart $7,500 from the money derived from the sale of condemned property for the Garfield statue. "The leaven Is working down In Dixie, and every day brings word from some new conversion among the political leaders. There is Atkins, of Tennessee, Speer and Felton, of Georgia, Coke and Jones, of Texas, Mackey of South Carolina, and Ellis, of Louisiana, who all express their belief that (he Democratic party South is in the very throes of dissolution.”—De troit Post. Strike Atkins and Coke from the list. John Ellis’ brains have caught the strabis mus from his eyes. The regular tri- weekly announcement Is made that the juvenile Mr. Haralson is so independent that he is compelled to havo ilr. Hammond’s scat in Congress. Our political vision may be getting dim, but If the last time we sauntered around the milking peu, we did not sse a bull year ling tugging at au organized hind teat, then Dr. Calhoun can cut us lor cata ract. . One of our Independeut-Malione ex changes pokes a little diluted fun at the Teleqbaph’s editor, because bis pone- t rat ing vision has detected new and rosy vaccinations upon their busy arms. The editors plead guilty. It is not sa'e to handle Independent-ilabone exchanges until the handler is protected hy vaccine. Greenville Set es: "Marcellus E. ThorntoD, the Georgia apostle of Mahone- ism, achieved fame by eating thirty quails in thirty days on a bet. After t!>e next State election he will proceed to eat nine ty crows in two weeks, which will be lets appetizing and less remunerative, but more healtbfui.” The mixed drinks ot Washington were too many for Roisi. In the last act of “Othello” he mixed his Italian and Eng lish lingo fearfully. The latter had a strong Milesian flavor, when he denounc- Iago as “a murtherin spalpeen” and a ‘dhurty baste intotrely.” The newspaper critics have concluded that Keifer is very stupid and rain. If his uew honors havo not made him ac quainted with a barber, a bath tub, a bootblack and a washerwoman, they may but there was no vessel to make it of j Young Men's Cbristisu Association, avail. At last some people' came about I jjj ere j S in Nashville evidently a sliong Snd“tuJ£u^h U th“ d hen‘o 1 f CU tha‘ ! ™lval of the doctrine that the end justl- fiery prison, from which those agonized lies the means. with garlic, and Hamlet himself is a con- truthfully add—very dirty ceited and ill-bred snob: This writer 1 says of the acto.j in the passion play: “The woman who acted tho Virgin Mary he loun-l digging potatoes In a field, barefooted, dishevelled and filthy; Mary Magdalen was on her hands and knees scrubbing a floor, and presenting an un sightly appearance; and the personator of Ghrist was carving ornaments which had been ordered by tourists who had seen and admired him in the play. "A mug half full of beer was ou a rough bench within h's reach, and as his cbiiel was nimbly tracing and forming the intricate and delicate designs on the piece of wood before him, he was at the same time vigorously puffing a hugo German pipe that hung down over the red shirt tfikt covered bis bosom.” But something still more disenchanting was seen in the village inn, kept by Herod. “Nicodemus, Pontius Pilate, St. John, St. Peter, St. Matthew, Barrahbas, aud two or three of tho centurions were making merry over their beer mugs. They were in a discussion of the Passion play, there evi dently being a division of opinion as to how certain parts could ho acted with the greatest effect. John and Judas were in half-maudlin state, and were singing snatches from some of the choruses of the play.” Onr Supreme Court Reports. We commence to-day tho publication of abbreviated but intelligent reports of the decisions rendered by the Supreme Court. They are prepared by Mr. Peeples, a careful and competent gentleman, and will, wo trust, be acceptable to our pat rons of tho legal profession. They may be looked for with certainty every week during the term just as soon as they cau be prepared and put in tho bauds of the printer. Whenever energy, enterprise and the judicious expenditure of time and money can add a feature of interest to our columns, we shall give our patrons and friends the full benefit that may fol low the employment of these ageucies. In the coming campaign the bush whackers, free lances aud political bum- mere will not bo permitted to draw ra tions from the commissariat of both camps. It is much cheaper to fight this gan^ than to feed them. The suspicion is creeping about in pis catorial circles that the German carp is a second cousin to a mudeat, and-that he is greatly given to’intermarrying with any and all of the fish tribe, not excepting the oleaginous cel. , Old Conger got his born filled with smoke and cinders during the Michigan fires. But he blew out the flanges the oth6rcay and rose aad demanded the yeas and nays. He did not get them. __ Pat Walsh Is having a Petersburg packet gorgeously upholstered as a private yacht to take the press gang up the canal in\he spring. Pleas Stovall has a single- scull gondola of his own. Smith Clatpon, iu knee-pants and msthetic paraphernalia, is to lecture in Atlanta on Oscar Wilde. Clayton is one of the few men in Georgia who would set off an icsthetic costume. It is said that in 1SS0 the Irish pesple paid more money to liquor dealers than to landlords. / Their liquor bill was larger than their rent bill by nearly S10,000,000. No wonder that there Is trouble over there. Guiteau is unwilling lor the best man iu America to close his "case.” He wants the worst man to close it. It is prob; able that bis wishes will be complied with. We are enjoying a sesjiou of what tho late Judge, now Mr. Justice Woods, was accustomed to denominate in his Western patois a "Nashenul” court with a gi gantic N. . . Gen. Grierson used to raid ou the corn cribs and smoke bouses of the .South. His son has just raided on tbe furniture ofaChiatgo hotel. “A chip of the old block.” Within the Presbyte^an sjnod of Kansu* the gospel is preached in eight different languages—English, German. Bohemian. The Grant fund of $250,000 and Jones, the bolder of it, appear to have been mis laid. The Tribune is very much annoyed at the incident. Grant has not been heard frem. Sam W. Small (Old Si), has become associated with th* Post-Appeal. Small is one ot the brightest journalists in Geor gia, and can make himself a power when he chooses. Decisions Rendered by Site Supreme Coart of Cicoral® Abridged for the Telegraph and Messenger by U. C. Peeples, of the Atlanta Bar. Arthur vs. County Commissioners of Gor don county. Illegality from Gordon. Jackson, C. J.—1. County commis sioners have authority to have execution issued against defaulting county treasu rer summarily. They take the place of the ordinary aud the ordinary of the in ferior court. 2. As to matters of account running through several years, exceptions to an auditor's report should be specific, and if not so may be properly stricken by the judge. 3. What connty treasurer said in his otvu behalf is not admissible simply be cause he said it when he turned over his books for examination. It could not he admitted as part of the res gestae. Judg ment affirmed. for Pausch vs. Guerrard et al. Action damage, from Chatham. Jackson, C. J.—1. Where ono defend ant to an action against several persons has died since the trial in the Superior Court it is not necessary to make his representa tives a party to the bill of exceptions, as the action might proceed against the others. 2. A constable of tho county of Chat ham, living in the city of Savaunah, is to all intents aud purposes a constable of the city of Savannah. 3. Whore plaintiff and his landlord agree! that the latter might lease premises occupied by former to auotber for a term of years, lie is estopped from recovering damages for being dispossessed that new tenant might be put in possession, over a month after he had so agreed. 4. Where complaint was that officer re fused to accept a bond tendered,it was in cumbent on party complaining to show that the security offered was solvent aud responsible. 6. The act of 1678-9, p: 145, requiring three days’ notice to be given to tenauts holding over and intruders before they are dispossessed, is applicable to the city of Savannah, notwithstanding a local law iu existence previously, which pro vided that dispossesses warrauts were to bo executed immediately. Judgment re versed. . — Bones vs. the Natiouai Exchange Bank of Augusta. Dower, etc. From Rich mond. Jackson, C. J.—1. Where two cases, oue a suit for rent by an administratrix, and the other au application for dower by the same lady, were heard together by a Hi'S' 1 oi' ibe Superior Court, audit appears that the causes were distinct, ami, 2. Where tho judge ordered that only ono brief of evidence be filed, and ono bill of exceptions bo used for both cases: Held,'that the order was unauthorized, and the coses coming to tiffs court on one bill of exceptions will be dismissed. Writ, of error dismissed. mm Larrabee & Co. vs. Lewis. Equity, from Fulton. Crawford, J.—1. A word indicating simply tho name or quality of an article, such as "snowflake,” canuol be appropria ted by one manufacturer ef crackers or biscuit, to the exclusion of another. Words which designate tho true origin or ownership of au article sold will be pro tected, but words which all may use with equal truth as to the nature of a fact which they are bound to signify, will uot be. 2. It is necessary under our statute to charge, in a bill seeking to enjoin the pi racy of a trade mark, that the wrongful use of the trade mark is made with intent to deceive the public. So it is necessary to prove such au inteut before injunction should bo granted. 3. If the word "snowflake” cannot be protected as a trade mark, ueither can it bo protected uuder our statute, endo 318L as a “name,” if obnoxious to the same oh- jec^ons. Judgment affirmed. Guill vs. Northern. Ejectment, from Hancock. Crawforu, J.—Where deed was made conveyiug property to Mrs. Nancy Guill f r her use during life and at her death for division among the children of ler husband, the grantor, and the deed furth- ther recited that the said Nancy was au thorized at any time, in her discretion, to sell the said property, provided tho pro ceeds of such sale were invested in other real estate for tho uses expressed: Held,that die purchaser from Mrs. Guill was not bound to look to tho application of money paid her for the property. The obligation of a purchaser to sco to the ap plication of the purchase money,generally depends upon the intention of the settler at tho time of the execution of tbe instru ment. Tho general rule in this country is that tho purchaser who in good faith pays the purchase money is not bound to look to application. Judgment affirmed. Spencer vs. Fuller & Doolittle. Illegality, from Fulton. Crawford, J.—A bailiff who has levied a justice’s court fi. fa., on real es tate may .on the day ot sale and before the sale, while he is still in office, amend his official entries so ’as to mako them conform to the facts of the case at the time of sucli entries. This may bo done without an order of court, although such entry is a nunc pro tunc entry. Judg ment affirmed. McBride & Co. vs. Beckwith, trustee. Motion to set aside judgment, from city court of Atiauta. Crawford, J.—The bill of exceptions recites lhat “Responients in resisting the motion showed tbatthe trust estate was created as follows.” Then follows a ct jj Of a deed creating the trust estate. The judge’s certificate to the bill of ex ceptions states that the deed was not ten dered iu evidence on the hearing in the ccurt below, aud with this qualification the bill was true. When tbe case was called counsel for defendant in error movod to dismiss it ou the ground that the bill of exceptions was not a true bill, and cited code, sec tions 4252, 4257. The case was dismissed, the court hold* mg that it appeared from the certificate of the judge that tho bill of exceptions was not true. Col. Whitelaw- Reid i3 tbe para- graphers’ latest subject, and thoy are lay ing it on in a way that leaves us no alter native thau to call him Col. Outlaw Raid. President Arthur seems to besitatb about the appointment of Sargent to-the Cabinet. If he esn hesitate long enough for Sargent to be lest so much the better. The rumor is abroad that General Gartrell is hovering about the ragged edge of the Independent movement. “Fain would I climb, but that I fear to fall.” The possum crop of Georgia la the smallest since life war. The pointers aud setters were showing off at the exposition during the best of the season. We have no remark to make upon Mr. Stephens’ seventieth birthday until wo learn wbat the old gentleman means by smelling administration bouquets. Atlanta has solved the question of water supply. She has only to filter the mud out of it, aud there is water suffi cient for Kimball’s canal. Baltimore, a Southern city, lias given George Washington one monument. A half dozen are .already projected for Garfield. Guiteau got the drop on tbe President, French, Welsh, Cherokee, Choctaw, and j ^ f -^ e P®°P' e get the drop on Gui- Nez Peroee. ' leRU ’ Couley vs. Poole. Quo warranto. From Fulton. Jackson, C. J.—The act of 18S9,~page 508, crehting tbe board of commissioners of Fulton county, is not in conflict with article 11, sectiou 3, paragraph 1, consti tution of 1877. Uuder that paragraph local laws ap pointing commissioners may be enacted, but. when enacted they should be mails uniform m operation iu those counties which shall require them. 2. Although three commissioners were appointed by the board of commissioners to lay out a new militia district, aud to report on tbe expediency of creating it, and a majority reported it inexpedient, still as the law made it the duty of the board itself to determine tho question of expediency, its action iu overriding the majority report will be sustained. Judg- meut affirmed. Juchter vs. Boehen, Beudbeim & Co. From Chatham. Crawford, J.—1. Neither malice nor want of probable cause Deed be alleged to sustaiu an action for damages from wrongful foreclosure of a mortgage be fore the debt was due. 2. Tbe right exists to sue in all cases of malicious abuse, or use of legal pro cess without probable cause. 3. If one have a right to enter upon the land of another for a lawful purpose, yet if he exceeds his authority, lie is liable for consequential damages arising therefrom iu au action of trespass quare clausum fregit. White et al. vs. Rowland. Ejectment, irotn Chatham. Si’eer, J—Where an item of a tes tator’s will provided that certain property should be held by. the executors” in trust for the sole aud separ ate use of my-daughter, Catherine E. Barnard, for and during tbe term of her natural life, and from and alter her d»sth, in trust for such child or children as she may leave, his, her or their heirs and 1. That only such children of Mrs. Barnard as were living at the time of her death look tbe estate iu remainder, aud that a child who died before her death, as well as the issue of such child (though suen issue was living at the time of Mrs. Barnard’s death), were excluded. 2. That the said item did not give color of title to the husband of tbe deceased child, who claimed to have held posses sion under it, as, properly construed, it is wriUen evidence against his claim. 3. Money voluntarily paid cannot bo- recovered back simply because the party paying thought he was bound iu law to pay. Judgment affirmed. if A K’AI.Vs riJULK -VOTES Incidents by tbe Way •••Improve* uients and Prospects. On Monday morning last I took the cars for our sister city down the Ocmul gee, Hawkinsvillo. The cars on the Brunswick road were crowded, aud it was with difficulty that a seat could be obtained. Some were returning homo at tho various stations, alter having done their shopping and spent the night in Ma con. Olliers were on their way to Flori- Ida, some to Savaunah, and one or two to Charleston. In conversation as to this route to Charleston, I was surprised to learn lhat it is the quickest from M&con to tlii^ gallant old city by the sea. You leave Macou at 7 o’clock a. in., dine at Jcsup and take the cars of the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad, aud then without further change you arrive In Charleston at 9:15 p. m., ten hours in ad vance of any other route. The present schedule*on the Brunswick is the fastest ever run over that line. The track, however, is in good older, and the equipments first-class inevery respect, and Conductor Hale as careful 3nd attentive an officer as ever carried a train out of Macon. Nearly all the conductors on this line are young men, active aud ambitious for a good record. Hence, self-interest, wilHnsure attention to duty and the com fort of the traveling public. A more po lite and courteous set of uiou cannot be found anywhere. At Cochran, we found the Hawkinsville' car overstocked. They were Lot looking for such a crowd. But court week always brings out tbe natives. It was a short ride, and quickly over; so no ons was weary for want of accommodations. Hawkinsville continues to improve. The boys are putting up an elegant build ing for their steam engine. It will equal if not surpass, In architectural beauty and finish, everything of the kind In Macon. It Is nearing completion. Tim Odd Fel lows’ Hall will also he finished soon, as well as Minor Hall, whicli is to be a miftn.iiil public hall for amus This Uawkins\iiie has Tacked, and Major Minor, of Montezuma, has come to their relief, and is providing a liaudsome building. Some tasty- dwel lings are also being built in different parts of the city. Dr. A. R. Taylor has remod. eled his residence, and it now presents one of tho most attractive points in the entire town. Woods has moved h sD/s- pat-h irto his own new building, and with a new dress the old paper is taking a new hold upon the affections of the people, and a new lease on life. The * •Yeica is in the old quarter* of the Dis patch, but it is newsy, and bright, and cheerful, and is winning its way in pub lic confidence, and success has already been attained. Oonra ly, oi the Aries, has been quite sick, aud looks badly, but he was out on the street, and Iaai giadto note that he is improving. Hawkinsville 1 is destined still to grow. Uer citizens are , enterprising, and are willing to risk tbeirl money on tiieir belief iu its tu'.ure.J There is nolWi^small shout the place, ‘ not even John Rosser’s collards. I found several citizene-ole interested in our Art ExpositioC tribute to make the e| Two or three ladies ready by October for ^ An extra term was called for t some criminal, opened court juries were/ The case of f der was calif not ready. October, 1SS0, name ofHail at on bond, and tbe i the spring term. In the afternoon. the juries, butf hear motions, < Tho farmers commence their sp is only now and] what a sufficient been secured. 01 apparent—the ing guano asl ever may be t blessing to the7 Another evidel of money orpnl they are r.ot purtj did last year, principal dealer that up to this c in Uawkinsv'dlel but t’ffs year he! dispose of two cal mules and less guauo^ next year. I did not amount of ccm and meat] season. The receipts of much less thau they suppes is more difficult to be s< farmers. The usual limit < a one-horse farm is from i proportion for larger farms, and only a few, farmers arc their cotton for better price. The town was cousidersbjj on account of the city i place last Saturday. Tv gentlemen contended The contest, while u. J and resulting in onljj J. H. Dyches. Mr. tor, served notice thJ be contested. W he til carried out, I do net k^ gcofll tore the new council metSo*-^. citizens on both sides were endel prevent such a piece of folly, test ever amounted to anything, of temper, good feeling and money citizens would be satisfied with gentleman, and the city's hit* rest not suffer in tbe hands of either, following were elected aldermen: lf| Ilallilmrion, (J. E. Chaney, J. V. Wat Dr. W. N. FieelwoOd, J. J. Jelks, Golem ait. My visit was short, but a very pleasan one, aud I am under obligations to f members of tbe press and Dr. M. P. Jelks ~ for courtesies and attention. Jack Plank. A Union of Pork ahd Painting— Even the butchers are becoming mstbetic, and the expert of the butcher knife de light in ornamenting the estvsises of the animals they slaughter with uuciful de signs. The Salt Lskc Tribune, in de scribing some art of this description in its local market, rays : Thu designs iu raw sheep consisting of figures cai ,ed on the back ot mutton and landscapes on the posteriors of pork are from lire versatile cleaver of Parley Burroughs, late of tbe Butchery academy of Cincinnati. The pictures are made by smearing blood on the back of the animal to make the back ground, after which the design is cut iu while. Au Italian sunset aud moonlight study by Mr. Laupan himself excites the envy of all inferior artists. Olftac ntmsnrlt A«»y K% r. Sun, Matoohilike, or Brave Bear, who lias just been senUnoed in Yankton to be hanged by tbe neok till dead for the murder of Joe Johnson, was serious and qoiet throughout the trial, but a* gravely cool when tbe sen tence was interpreted to him at at any other moment. When aakod, in that appa rently merciful yet cruelly hopeless formu la of death trials, what he had to say, Brave Bear cast down his eyes, thought a little, and then, tapping his forehead, said: "I have brains and intelligence, end know better than to point agan at a white man.” Poor Breve Bear gave tumself dead sway as a barbarian atonoo by this answer. Had he been aiviiiseg}, he would here tapped hit forehead to show its emptiness, and instead as signs forever, but if my said daughter, Catherine, shaii die tearing no children j Sf‘touting ST tbi'eqofpois of hls„ cr child, then to my right heirs living at; would at the very least wive pleaded the time of her death," heid; I ttaati insanity.