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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.
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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.