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kfaclatens or the Miprtffic Court of Cartervs. thoState. Retailing liqnor With- i
Ueorlrla, Kcndcrol February 2I»t, | CMl license, from Faunlu.
ISSa. | G» ‘.wrohD, J.—L It is nnnecoewrv in an J
Abridged for Ike Telegraph. SM Messenger bg indictment for retailing liquor without U- I
II. C. Ptrplet, of ike Atlanta Bar.
'll. M. Bailey vs. J. T» & E. E. Bailey.
Equity, from Bibb.
Spxee, J.—1. Tbe'dueBttons made in this
cause were Kub-tuntially decided by this
court in the same case, decided at the Feb
ruary term, 188K> pampb. p. 15, and the
court committed error in not dismissing
thccross-billtfflsch sooght to re-open -them.
Judgment reversed.
Henry M. Bfiley vs. A. B. Rou. aflttibistra.
tor of dcs. B. Bailey. Kotfily from
Bibb. .
. Bpot.v.—1. When an tifcainUtrator
has, aftor complying with th*. - requisites of
!tbe law,'Obtained an erdrt to sell land of
his intestate, a court of ttmoary should
’not'inVrpose by injunction to restrain the
wale for reasons which eotrtii have been argod
Wfora the Ordinary.
*1. The cloud upon thttilte to the land,
’vrhtrh is pressed by-complainant as areasor.
’why the sale should tse enjoined has boor,
‘removed by a decisjta of thu court, emit
‘the order refosios4ho injunction will >nct
•be interfered With. Judgment affirmed.
'Bullard vs. Jcwesh"; Watson. Equity, 'from
; Telfair.
Cjuwpobo, J.- 1. The verdict is*ot sus
tained by the evidence.
2. Although * ururioui deed wtfc made as
security foraidebt, bond fordOesto recov
ery being giver, yet if the puttee came to
gether in Jabs, 1873, when There was no
law againsfrsary, and agrcedvneotfditioe-
ally that the land was to fat token by the
lender in payment of his ddbt, he delivering
to tho borrowers thsir note, m-T they deliv
ering to Mm his bond aad possession of tha
land, then the lender votnl :, haro a
good tide, allhongh the ncKriouvdeed was
not takes np and a new eto executed.
3. If the tender was to lake the land, nail
it, pay himself and twrn<ov«r J any balance
to the borrowers, andxotinroTr-s specified
within which this shodR! be dono,lh n the
lender was bound to ose snfah diligenco as
good faith require*. If '■he' failed to sell
without fault on his .pert and received dur
ing the timo any beodfit from the land, he
would be liable to-cecount for tue same.
Bo, on the other hand, 'he-was entitled to
finch allowances for'legitlmato expenses in-
• curred about the iperformanoo -- of his ob-
. ■ ligation, an were tooessary to make the
' land available forme as well as to protect
• its ownership aa£ .possession. --’Judgment
to S6t oat the names of those to
whom the liquor was sold, Judgment af*
fiYiaed.
ilts. Bertha Wolff vs. ’Central Railroad
and Hanking Go. Case, from Bibb.
8ns«. J.—U Tfce term “goods'’ tn sec
tion 2081 of the code does not ineltde bag
gage accompanying the passenger.
- 2. When two errmom railroads aroasso-
eltted together, and form a continuous line
for the transportation of psssngers and
baggage, each hiving the tight to seti
through tickets with coupons over said
line, thus bat gaining fttftranspo Ration
overwhole tine and receiving tha price
be divide'! bo
ot tho ticket*, the same to be _ .
tween them, mud railroads are severally lia
ble on su&h'hontrccts for trnnaportteta, and
It may be’that they are jointly so.
8. Hence it-follows that where a rassen
tfter. tmvcling with baggage on m through
tickclfrem New York to Macon.'found, on
her arrival at Macon, that her trunk had
bsea opened nod valuables token there
from. and brought unit for the lose against
-tha Oentral Railroad and Hawking Compa
ny,-B judgment of non suit Was improper,
it being shown that said company was one
dfthose contracting to oirry her, and the
‘valuables were suitable far her condition
Vod nlruniniWnr i In Ufa. Judgment re
versed.
' Francis et si. vs. Holbrook et a!. Rale to
enter judgment, from Forsyth.
Jackson, O. 1. it was error for the
court, to a caaeof caveat to a will, to en
ter judgment far oosts against legatees
or beneficiaries in whose behalf the will
was sought de fce propounded, when such
persons wore not parties of record, al
though they were active in the manage
ment of the -e.-iuso, employing attorneys,
etc.
2. If inch legatees or beneficiaries had
promised tooeimbnrso the pro pounder for
ooets, it might be that in tut action of as
sumpsit he coaid recover costs, properly
expended, of'them. Indeed it wand seem
that the eoete on an issue of devisavit
vel non, when snob issue is hi
and not fsaudnlently pressed, _
paid by the-estate, no matter how the
Is determined. Judgment reversed.
Bosworth tr Lumaden vs. West. Com
plaint from Lumpkin.
JacsscixpC. J.—1. bait being brought
against three as partners, ai_d the proof
showing that only one of the three signed a
note which was a large part cf the cause of
the actions (a plea of no partnership hav
ing been put la), a verdict against two leav
ing out the very person who signed the
note was clearly contrary t> evidence.
2. Although the verdict may be a just
one as against the two, yet they are inter
ested in its being also against the th<rd, as
his individual property would be bound, as
welt as theirs, to satisfy it. Judgment re
versed.
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
vs. Gunn k Reaves. Complaint, from
Clarke.
Jsckcos, C. J.—1. A charge of the court
that a bill of lading, general in ite nature
and applicable to nli manner of freight,
was notar ch an expLss contract as to take
the cue without the provision infection
2068 of the code, was not erroneous.
2. The last railroad company which re
ceives goods “as in good order,” is that one
of connecting roads liable for loss or dam
age, and this is true whether it be expressly
mentioned in the bill qi lading or not, for
if itbenotmentioned’thefact that it took
tho goods to transport them, and thereby
acknowledged them to be in good order,
would .fix the liability on such cot
Judgment affirmed.
Norfleet J: Jordan vs. Vaugh. Trespass,
-.from Telfair.
Jackson, O. J.—1. In tut nc’ion quare
claosneuffagit, if the original entry be
wrongful, every moment of subsequent on
cupancy is also wrongful, and damages as
well for, the retention and use, as for the
first tat ipg.Ate recoverable at least.up to
filing the writ if not up to verdict. Judg
ment affirmed. .-
Parker vs. Martin. Ejectment, from
.litimpkin.
Jackson, C.J.—f. Plaintiff in ejectment
must recover on the streng h of his own
HHTAtkS Ob' CUV till HALT VTCS-
rVHX b'KE-IIET.
i company.
title, and one claiming unuer a sheriff’s
deed shonldghow tit o in defendant in ex
ecution, or .possession by inch defendant
sinoe the judgment, in order to cast .the
onus on derendent in ejectment.
2. Testimony of a witness who hid been
in the court room during the trial but had
left, who wassailed and did not respond,
was not newly discovered evidence.
3. No continuance having been irovod
for because of ihe absence of such witness,
complaint is too late after verdict. Judg
ment affirmed.
Mitchell, Solicitor General vs. Gaines,
Sheriff, rule from Hall; end the same vs.
Brown, Treasurer : mandamus from Hall.
1. The Superior Court had no-power to
dispose of a fund in the custody of the city
court. If it had, under the act organizing
the city court of GainesviUe, laws of 1880-81,
page 558, the residue of’casts in said court,
after paying costs due op cases which
brought fines and forfeitures into court,
goes to the county treasurer and a rule by
the solicitor-general of the Western Circuit-
against the sheriff of the city court seeking
to subject such residue in said sheriff's
hands was properly discharged. •
2. Out of a fund raised in the city oonrt
the officers of the Superior Court bad no
valid claim for costs beyond costs incurred
in cases before they were transferred.
Judgment affirmed.
Chamberlain <fc Co., vs. Beok, Gregg & Co.,
et cl. Illegality, from Dawson.
Jackson, 0. J.—1. To foreclose mortgage
on personalty the affiJarit may be made be
fore tho clerk of the Superior Court, and
execution issue without any order from the
judge of such court.
• - 2 The execution commands n sale bo-
panse it requires the sheriff to make the
money oat of the mortgaged goods.
3. A mortgage given to distinct firms,
to soenro distinct debts, but on the same
goods, is one instrument and one foreclo
sure of it as to both debts is not obnoxious
to section 3256 of the code.
4. Execution was proparly returnable to
thp next term after the money could poasi
bly be made by levy and pale, accl finch is
the meaning of section 9696 of the coJo.
6. The pie i of recoupment, being an at
tempt to engraft anew stipulation by parol
on the mortgage, was not avai able. Judg.
meat affirmed.
Hall vs. Gay. Ejectment, from Lanrens.
Ckawfokd, J.—Title by posse-sion of
lands for twenty years can only be extend
ed over such land as to which there was ac
tual possossio pedis, evidenced by aots of
adverse occupancy as to the who e tract.
Judgment reversed.
Cincinnati, February 20.—A beery
rain lias been fati ng all this morning.
The river at 11 o'clock was fifty-ffve fact,
ami rising two inches an boar. AH the
celtere below Third street were deeded,
practically suspending business tn that
part -ef the city. A great force -is kept
busy removing ‘good*. IT mu stroe: pas
senger station fa inaccessible, and trains
deliver passengers at Wood street. Mad*
dos*k Halbert’s distillery and the Globe
rolling mills Lave been compelled 9o close
■operations. -The former have driven
away -all their stock, and other distil
leries in the same locality wiU be com
pelled to bloce to-day. If the rate should
step, it is -estimated that there will be
<Sve feet -more of rise, and what will
come with more rain would make the
highest water ever known. The same
extraordinary rise of water is reported
•all along the river.
St. Lw’Jis, Febrnarj-20.—Cate has fall
en pretty steadily and heavily here. Since
Saturday morning nearly six ladies have
fallen and considerable damage has been
done. All trains were from four to eight
boars late in arriving this morning. At
Cave Cliff, on the Iron Mountain railroad,
there is an exteusive washout, and two
passenger trains which left the Union de
pa tost night were obliged to lay over oil
night at Carondolet and are still there.
The river has risen about ten feet since
yesterday. Tho rise was so unexpected
that -co-.Jving on the
t.'K.—— t —j-
petty has been moved
further up the bank or taken away alto
gether tc-day so that no further damage
cau be done. The eastern bound t.-aln
on.the Ohio and Mississippi railroad and
the western bound train on tbe Missouri
Pacific were the only trains which de
parted to-day. .AU trains on o'lier roads
hare returned on account of washouts.
A special from St. Charles hays that
three temporary spans and two wooden
piers supporting the middle trestles ot the
St. Charles bridge were carried away at
2 o'clock tbis afternoon. Tbs eastern
.Howe truss spans and supporting piers are
still-stauding. The river is rising rapidly
and fain is falling continually.
Sr. Louis, February 21.—The weather
turned very cold about 2 o’clock this
morning and tbe mercury sank several de
grees below tbe freezing point be
tween that hour and daylight. Tbe
ground is frozen very hard. Tbe river
has risen over live feet since last evening,
and is now twenty-seven and a half feet
higher—a total rise since Sunday of about
seventeen feet. Tbe rise is much slower
now than yesterday, and the water will
probably begin to fall by to-morrow.
Railroad travel Is stiH very much inter
rupted. Tbe only roads which sent out
trains this morning were the Ohio and
Mississippi, Cairo Short Line, St. Louis
and San Francisco and Vandal ia. The
last named use the -Ohio and Mississippi
track to Odin, and thence by tbe
Illinois Central to its own road.
The only train from Chicago this
morning arrived .over the Vandalia
road, aud the only eastern train came
in by tho same line. Incoming trains on
ail the other roads were either abandoned
or have been indefinitely delayed. Tbe
Chicago and Alton, Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, and the Indiaua, I’eoria and
SL Louis trains are stopped at Wood
River, about twenty miles from here, aud
these roads hava washouts, bad bridges or
overflowed tracks at various other places.
Tbe Vandalia and Louisville and Nashville
tracks are flooded at Silver Creek and
Other places. The Wabash and Eastern
division has trouble beyoud Alton, and
the Western division has a bad land-slide
between here and the Missouri river. At
St. Charles, on the Missouri Pacific,
there are several land-slides within fivo
miles of tho city, aud constd»rable of the
track is overflowed. The Koekuk ana
St. Louis road is also under water in
several p’aces. The Irou Mountain road,
besides the land slide reported last night,
has an extensive washout about sixteen
miles below the city. The St. Louis and
San Francisco has suffered no serious
damage, and trains hava not been stop
ped. Tbe ns} in tbe river here Is said by
the oldest steamboatmen to bo unprece
dented. No such amount of water was
ever known to coma down so suddenly.
Tbe ram fall amounted to within 17-100
of an Inch of as much as the average fall
for the entire winter for the past eleven
years. The telegraph lines west of here
are still prostrated.
Cincinnati, February 21.— t’he Ohio
river is now higher than it has been since
the great flood of 1847. At 11:30 it was
fifty-eight feet six inches, and rising half
an inch an hour. High winds prevailed
this morning, accompanied by colder
weather, with light snow. This will
check ,1110 rise, though not at once, as
tbe river Isstill rising rapidly above. Tho
wina has had a most injurious effect on
railroad embankments. There are fears
that the track of tbe Cincinnati and Bal
timore road will be seriously injured. It
is already abandoned, owing to injury to
abridge, all freight business being practi
cally suspended. The Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton, tha Cincinnati Sontbern and
tbe Cincinnati Northern are the only roads
whose tracks are free from water. Tbe
obstruction of oth-r tracks and flooding of
tbe side tracks of the Cincinnati Southern
restricts business to the running of passen
ger trains. Tbe wind tbis morning blew
down many telegraph wires, and the busi
ness of tho telegraph office Is consequently
in great confusion and business much re
tarded. The most serious loss this morn
ing is the breaking away of eighteen
barges of coal from Collier, Budd & Co.’s
landing. There being no steamers ready
to pursue them, the chances are th'y will
be lost. All the coal yards are submerged
and obliged to suspend business. Great
uneasiness is caused by tho flooding
of the first floors of the strolls along the
riverfront where yesterday only tho cel
lars were inundated
Memphis, February 21.—A special dis
patch from Helena, dated last night, says
the situation remains unchanged. The
rl-er has been at a stand for the past
twenty-four hours. The water In the city
continues rising and Is cow over North
Main street, at the Presbyterian Church.
Ail the mills and workshops in the lower
part of the city have suspended operations,
and many laborers are thrown out of
employment. A few more days of such
distress will leave many in actual waut.
Weatherby vs. Hardeman. Complaint,
* from Clarke.
Cbawtobb J.—Where a note was given by
n firm which was afterward d-seharged in
bankruptcy, and oco of the firm, after said
Ul'-cbnrge, promised to pay the debt, soch
premise was fiutlicient to sustain a recovery
on tha note against him. The debt of a
firm is as much the debt of each partner
until paid sa it ii the debt of the firm, so
that defendant’s promise to pay the r ote
w:is not a promise to pay the debt of an
other, either in whole or in part, but to pay
a debt of hia owu. Judgment affirmed.
The only means of communication be-
Boall vs. the State. Simple larceny. From t W een Main street and West Helena is by
tho City Court of Clft-ke County. j akin's, for which there Is a great demand.
7 CntwroiiD, J.—L The evidence suBtams - y u3 i ness j s at a standstill, and there are
the verdict. _ . ! no transactions in mercantile circles ex-
2. Anything detaohed from the realty be- , . .«•„.! necessities of life.
comes personalty instantly on being so de- j '-T points between this city aud
t inned, and is the subject matter of la-ce- 1 AJ. many points oeiween uns city ana
ny even bv tbe person wrongfully detach- i \ leksburg the nver is twelve inches
nig it. We construe section 4407 of the 1 higher than was ever known before. Tins i
code to mean that theft or larceny may be 1 is accounted for by the fact that the Mis- ,
committed of anything which savors of tbe ■ sissippt river has overflowed its banks
really, or of any fixtures thereon. I above Oseola, Arkansas, ninety miles up j
3. The difference between simple larceny • t j ie r j vcr) AU( i a large volume of water i
and trespass aa to personalty is a dinenn-e • ^j Urs through that country into the head
of intent; oco la a fa'fky* “jjwaters of the St. Frances river, and again (
/{“HSafeT* withODt mites SfaStetoS. “hire “. i
Frances river empties into the Mississip
pi. Every plantation between Memphis
and Friar’s Point- Miss, Is submerged,
and the water extends back from either
shore fifteen miles. Planters are endur
ing great hardship from the loss of stock
by drowning. In nearly all the ovei flowed
sections, stock is suffering, and what
were saved are kept huddled together cn
hastily built platforms.
V/AStnN’OTOJf, February 22.—Dispatch
es received at a trie hour last nightsaystho
great storm has reached Chicago, and the
'weather tamed much colder. Tclegraito
communication lu all direction is seri
ously interred with or entirely cut off.
Bridges hrro been washed away and trav
el on several railroads is smt,pended. The
freeze an has checked the’flow o* water
from the ground Into the little streams,
and the creeks are faliiag.
C'Bf iAno, February CL'.—Reports from
points throughout tho West all tell* tbe
same story of flood and disaster. The
rate has been general in many p’aces,
accompanied by wind awJ sleet. The
telegraph wires lest night in every direc
tion were down, and many railroads bad
ly washed <mL The tesnlls, however,
except from the river Mood, will not foe
disastrous. Tho most serious Inconve
nience is from the -suspension of traffic
along the Ohio and lower Mississippi.
However, the effect di tbe floods seems to
be iPcreasiNg.
CiNcss*ati,'February 22.—The iriver
has fallow nearly two feet from the high
est msrkxnd-is still falling rapidly. J
weather -is dear and cold. Advices from
up the river -Show that tbe river is still
rising, and -it may rise again hero,font tbe
cold weather gives promise that the worst
is over.
VfiCKSBORS, February 22.—The Even
ing Oonumrdktl publishes tlw following :
From Colonel D. G. Pepper, a passenger
on the Anchor Line ste inter from Helena
this inorusne, we learn discouraging par
ticulars -concerning the devastation and
wide-spread ruin caused by the-breaking
of the levees along the river from Mem
phis to Greenville. The latest hreaks in
Tunica -county, Mississippi, are at
Trotter and Gordon,. a tulle and
half below Yazoo pass, and inGoohoma
county at Ward’s lake. At the opening
4a La«Ps ewamp a large volume of water
is going through to the Sunflower bottoms.
There was a temporary levee at Trotter
Ridge, which is all gone. Tbis levee
j dned Cite main one on Col. Ed ward Rich
ardson's place above Hushapubtaa. From
tbe latter place down to (he break above
the Hotrods place In Bolivar county, the
water is higher than ever known, and in
many places above the main tend it is
ou'y kqpt out by small ridges being
thrown up on the outer edges »f the levee
with dirt taken from the inside portion of
the levees. The levee at the Mounds
place gave way Monday night.
Special weak points are iu the Robiusvilie
levee, a short distance below Quchapu-
kana, Lake Charles, at a point just below
Concordia, aud near Bolivar Landing. At
all of these points the water has been run
ning over the levees, but was stopped by
the use of sand bags and small ridges of
earth thrown up on top of the levees. The
break at the Mounds place will overfle w
the Deer creek section.
From the officers of the steamer Kate
Dickson, which arrived at 11 o’clock to
day, we learn that a tclegrun was re
ceived at Hays’ Landing yesterday. Slating
that the Bolivar levee had also broken.
From'Greenville down on the Mississippi
side, the levees here are still intact, and
it is hoped they will be able to stand tbe
heavy pressure.
The ofllcets of tbe steamer City of
Greenville confirm the report published
concerning the sad cvndition of affiirs
now existing throughout the Mississippi
valley. * Thousands of men are on con
stant guard along the levees, aud are
usiug every po siblo means to strengthen
the power of resistance and elevate the
crests of the levees to prevent the water
from inundating the whole country. The
Greenville brought several thousand sacks,
to be used by filling with earth, to
aid in strengthening the
embankments. Twenly-five hundred
sacks were put off at Bolivar lauding,
where the danger ot a break was immi-
nedt. Washington, Issaquera, Bolivar,
Coohoma aud Tunica counties, Mississip
pi—in fact the whole shore line between
Memphis and Vicksburg in Mississippi,
and tbe whole eastern shore ol Ar
kansas are either under water or threat
ened with inundation. Tbe inhabitants
of tbis vast area of country are in
great distress. Many have been
forced from their homes and
are subsisting as best they may on rafts,
and some on knobs or parts of old levees.
Tbe destruction of live stock is beyond
calculation. The navigation of the river
itself is regarded by scameu as dangerocs
at its present stage, on accouut of tbe
great expanse of water iu many localities
and the billowy character ot the water
when the surface is swept by heavy gusts
of wind; also because of the great difficul
ty of getting to safe ports. Tho govern
ment lights along the river are maintained
with admirable regularity. These lights
prove an incalculable benefit to steatn-
boatmeu now, since all bank landmarks
have disappeared. Arkansas City is
completely submerged. Not a single
house In that city is free from the pres
ence of ihe muddy flood. The water’
there is represented as being eight inches
higher than the floods of 1870. Tbe
houses were built so as to be above the
high flood level of that year, but it} all of
them there is from seven to eight 'inches
of water.
Memphis, February 22.—Between Cairo
and Memphis the following points of land
only aro visible above the surging flood:
The bluffs at Columbus, tbe bills back qf
Hickman, the laud on the Tennessee side
opposite Island No 10, New Madrid, Point
Pleasant, Tiplonville, Fultou Bluffs, Ran
dolph, Richardson’s Islands Nos. 35 and
36 and Dean’s Island above the bead
of Centennial cut-off, fo-iy miles above
Memphis.
FROM WASHINGTON.
She ( linneett tbo Pack.
Salt Lake Tribune.
Some of the old saints who can’t hug
tho young girls of Zion In balls, and have
abolisheJ round dances in consequence,
have now invented a new kind of pedro,
which gives them more of a chance. They
start carl parties at tbe evening socials,
and whenever anybody catches anybody
else’s pedro, the party winning has the
right to kiss the other five times. The
game is played with an equal division of
the sexes,and it is rare luu for the old elders
of Israel. Tho other evening old Bish-p
fixed up a pack ot cfards with nine
pedi'os and started a game right among
some of the prettiest girls of the ward. It
happened, however, that the girls antici
pated his little game and had a pack all
ready without any pedros lu. They rung
In the cold deck on the old fellow and
started the game. The old fellow made
some big»blds, expecting to capture some
pedios, and got set back every time. All
this time the girls kept exclaintlrg, “Oh,
tIn’t this a nice game; so exciting.” After
p'aying an boar the old fellow didn’t
see the color of a single pedro, and
the glances' and giggles ot the girls
caused him to suspect jthat the daughters
of Zion were rather getting tho best of
him. He finally got so far off the board
that he was, comparatively speaking, out
of sight, and finally gave up tbe place to
a young man \S1io was seated near by
watching the game. In a twinkliug the
girls transposed the packs again, and for
the next two hours the smacks that
young man won could be heard all over
the room. Tbe old bishop who begau to
drop on himself was the maddest man in
all the land, and is now pulling up a job
to find out the girl who changed those
packs and cut .her off from the church.
ItathluR Sew I'adcr tbe San.
.Voter and Queries■
Will not the modem aesthetes be somewhat
surprised to lenm that this, their j>ct shibbo
leth, ts, after all, only an old provincialism re
vived? In Kay's “Complete Collection of Kng-
iish Proverbs." fifth edition, Ixmdon. I find
this proverb, "Too too will In two,” (Cheshire),
with the explanatory note “Strain a thinz too
much and it will not hold.” A still earlier use
of too too is to be met in—
“Since which, those woods, and all that goodly
chase
Doth to this day with wolves and thieves
abound;
Which too.too true that land in-dwellers sittce <
have found."
— 'Iptnter't "Legend of Constancie."
fBy Telegraph.! f
Washington, February 2d.-—In the
Senate, Mr. Hale from tho cemmitlee an
the census reported back the House «p-
pcstioument bill and asked unanimous
consent for ite Immediate consideratfoe*.
Mr. Cockerell objected, but afterwards
withdrew Um objection, and Mr. Hale
gave no tic j that he would renew Ws mo
tion later in the 'day. ’
The Senate ^proceeded to fte calender
and Hr. Logan asked to have taken «p.
as first in orcer the bill to place Senurai
Grans, on the re’ired list. Objection was
made by Mr. ^est, who wished to-sjeak
U|ton tbe bill. Mr. Bayard gave ndtfce of
a-substitute civing retiring pensions 10 all
•sc-presidctK?, which would mdude'Grant.’
Tho hill was finally taken up ■and tho
amendment of the committee thereto
adopted without objection.
Mr.Test then took the floorda opposi
tion-to tbe bill. RcferringtOtheSebate up
on thaproposition to place General Shields
upon tho retired list, he quoted from the
speech Af Mr. Edmund an illusion to the
effort of Gen. Shields 10 secure the place
of doorkeeper of the Democratic House—
his >or.nd’dacy for the ;place having
immediately proceeded the unanimous
passage by tbe House of the bill placing
hitmen the retired list, • ia >visw of which
•Mr. Edmunds construed tbs measure as
an :*ttempt to compensate a beneficiary
from the treasury because-iff his defeat in
the>House. This speech, Xir. Vest said,
was what lawyers called a statement of
the «case, and he would trow make that
statement applicable to the present case,
upon tho assumption that Che retirement
of Grant was a measure of compensation
fori;is defeat at Chicago. The discussion
was continued, uotwit!:sta«*ling the expi
ration of tho morning nour. Mr. Login,
lo whom unanimous consent -was given
for reply to Mr. Vest, argued that there
were abundant preeedentS'for the bill.
K*. Logan eulogized General Grant’s
civil end military services, and contended
that Abe exceptional value his achieve-
incuts in the field was such as to entitle
him-so retirement on that account, not
simply as a civilian. This was the
grouud of his objeetiou to Mr. Biyard’s
proposition to cover the case by a provis
ion fer the retirement of ex-Presidents.
He charged that prejudice existed in the
chamber against this illustrious leader
because of what he had done for his coun
try. There was no reason for it upon any
other assumption. He (Loeanj regretted
from tbe boftom of his heart that gentle
men oa the Democratic side stilt cher
ished their prejudices against the man
who had -done so much to preserve the
union of tho.States. If notthis, be would
ask the other side what it was that in
cited their opposition. * .
Mr. Butter interposed to express Iiis
disapprobation.ot Mr. Logan’s strictures
upon his own pcs it.’on and that of his party
associates. He said ho disliked to lie
charged with prejudice against Grant. He
regarded -the reeasurc as one for bun
combe. Ho did not.tlink Grant wanted
retirement nor Utat be needed any such
provision in his 4teh$tf, nor that it would
be any additional honor fo him. The re
tired list, in bis opinion, had been reserved
for disabled officers. He thought Grant’s
friends were humiliating him by putting
him in the attitude of a beggar. He would
vote *100,000, or $500,000 If necessary, to
save Grant from want, but, for reasons
stated, lie could uot favor the bill.
Mr. Logan replied by asking Mr. Butler
if he had ever-known a case in which an
officer bad been placed on the retired list
because of necessitous circumstances.
Mr. Butler instanced the case of General
Shields, who, he said, at the time of his
application, had been compelled to pawn
his sword.
Mr. Logan replied that the statement
published that Gen. Shields had pawned
his sword was wrong; that Shields him
self bad denied, the story. Tho gentle
man seemed to be afraid Gen. Grant
might be humiliated. The friends of that
gentleman, he thought, • cught to h? the
judges of that point. As one * such, he
would say that as a recognition of the ser
vices of tho distinguished beneficiary, bis
retirement would be considered by hiin
an honor.
Mr. Butler suggested that upon tbis
consideration a similar provision should
he made for Generals Franklin, McClellan
and other distinguished soldiers.
Mr. Logan admitted the entire propriety
of any proposition to that effect.
The regular order, being the pension
arrears resolution, was proceeded with,
and Mr. McPherson offered aud advocated
a substitute declaring that the Senate
adheres to the principle that pensions shall
be computed from tbe time of disability,
and directing the pensions committee to
bring in a bill by which f'e business of
the pension bureau may be expedited and
frauds detected and punished. Messn.
Platt and Harrison discussed the subject,
which was pending at the executive ses*
- : od. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal, Mr. Hewitt, of New York, rising
to a question ot privilege, denied all con
nection with tho Peruvian Company, and
said ho did not know Shepherd and never
saw him. Under the call of the States a
number of bills were introduced aud re
ferred.
By Mr. Vance, to refund to the North
Carolina. Railroad Company all moneys
assessed against and unlawfully collected
from it by the United Steles. Mr. Call
offered a resolution which, at his instance,
was tabled to be printed, reciting that the
interests' of peace between nations, and
tho obligations and rights which are re
ciprocal between the United Slates of
America aud all other peoples aud gov
ernments of America, as well as the com-
tneicia! interests of the people of the
United States, render it proper that the
government of the United States in some
propsF form adopt measures to settle the
controversy between Chili and Peru, and
prevent a forcible dismemberment of
Peru; and that a congress, to be convened
in Washington city and composed of rcp .
resentatlves from tho people and govern-
kzients of the different Northern, Southern
and Central Americas, for the purpose of
agreeing upon some just method of settle
ment of all tho questions now existing or
shall hereafter arise between tbe govern-
roents, would be a wise and beneficial
measure.
By Mr. Robinson, of New York, a reso
lution extending sympathy to the labor
ing classes In Ireland and ‘heir represent,
stives now in prison. By Mr. Raudall, of
Pennsylvania, providing that all public
buildings shall be constructed ot material
found in tbe State where the buildings are
erected.
Mr. McKinley, from the committee on
ways and means, moved to suspend the
rules and pas. a joint resolution author
izing the refunding to the American re-
visers of the New Testament the duties
S lid on the importation of the copies of the
ew Revised Testament for the use of
said company. Mr. Speer, of Georgia
aavocated the passage of the joint resolul
lion.
Mr. nammond, of Georgia, from Aha
committee on Ihe judiciary, movpd to sus
pend tl)e rules and pass the bill to estab
lish District United Stales Courts, and
offlceis thereof, In the Northern and South
ern districts of Georgia, which was agreed
lo. •
Mr. Townsend, of Ohio, from the e;m-
mi’.tee on commerce, moved to suspend
tho rule* and pass the bill to promote
the efficiency of the life saving service
and to encourage the saving of life from ’
shipwrecks. Motion agreed to and bill 1
passed.
The House also passed, under saspnn.
sion of rules and amid applause, the bill'
in relation to tho Japanese indemnity I
fund. It authorizes the payment of
the fund known as tha Japanese Indem- 1
mty fund, amounting to $1,770,314, 10 '
the Japanese government, with the cx- 1
ceplion of $254,000, which shall be paid
to the officers and crew of the Uuited
States slop Wyoming. I
A resolution was adopted miking the
bill to limit the immigration of Obis t
nese a special order for the second Tues.
day in March, and from day to d:.y un
til disposed of, subordinate ouly to apt
propriation bills. j:
The House at 4:33 p. m, took a recess*'
until 7’30 p. in., when a night session will
be hold for the consideration of the Dis- .
trict of Columbia code bill.
Washington, February 20.—Repreeen* .
talire Dunn, of Arkansas, introduced a ;
resolution tn the House to-day author
ising the Secretary of War to grant im
mediate relief by issuing rations to tbe
destitute citizens ot Arkansas and con-
tiguowe territory of Louisiana embraced
in the Red river valley. The resolution .
was referred to the appropriations commit
tee, with instructions to make an early j
•report lo tho House. Mr. Dunn says
relative to tho urgency of this matter,
that while the State of Arkansas is accred
ited with lifty-utne pec cent. Of an average
crop, the planters an* farmers of this sec
tion, owing to drought, made hardly more
than twenty per-oeiit., and that several
hundred thousand persons are already in
a destitute condition; that the recent over
flow of the river has flooded four million
acres Of land an* driven back upon a sec
tion already impoverished thousands more
of starving refugees, fie estimates that
at least 300,006 persons will require im
mediate assistance to prevent great desti
tution aud actual starraiiou.
The House -committee on improve
ments of the . Mississippi river
to-day appointed n sub-commit! ee,
consisting of Messrs. Thomas of Illinois,
Gunter of Arkansas, King of Louisians,
Moore of Tennessee,and Carpenter of
Iowa, to draft a hill embodying the recom
mendations of the Mississippi river com
mission asAebinitted to Congress by the
Secretary ot War. The > committee also
extended an invitation to Captain Eads
aud Representatives -Gibson and Robert
son, of Louisiana, to address them on
Friday next.
The grand jury, as the result of a
week’s inquiry, has sent down to tho dis
trict attorneys a presentment against
twelve persone for conspiracy in the star
route cases. The transactions of tbe
geaud jury were secret, but it has been
ascertained that among those presented
for indictment are ex-Postmaster-General
Tiros. J. Brady, ex-SenalOr Stephens
W. Dorsey- his brother. J. W. Dorsey,
his private secretary, M. C. Berdell, Jno.
C. Miner, oi the firm of Miner, Yale &
Co., Capt. W.il. Turner, formerly clerk
in live Postofi'Ms Department, and Major
J. W. Peck, brother-in-law of Senator
Dorsey.
In tbe ease rff-C. P. Brown, J. E. French,
F. P. Lillie, tL. W. Vale and J. H. San
derson whose names, have been connected
with tbe star rente transactions, and some
of whom have already been before the
court or Halted-Stems commissioner, tbe
charges were .virtually ignored and dis
missed from consideration. There was
only one presentment but it covers a uum
ber of routes and contracts.
Chaucestcn, February 20—Charles
K Jackaon, the colored x^istant poituias
t«r at Orangeburg, shot at a white man
named John D. Andrews to-day, wound
ing him iu tbe cheek, and -then shot him
self. Jackson had been gambling, and the
report is that he tried to raise .money and
failed. He then shot Andrews .and him
self. Jackson’s wound h mortal.
Memphis, February 10 —A special dis
patch from Helena says there Is no abate
ment of the disasters that have .overtaken
the planters of the Mississippi Vailey,
caused by the overflow of the Mississippi
river between Memphis and Vicksburg.
For three weeks it has rained almost daily
until now there Is but a dreary, w aiery
waste extending fully fifteen miles inland
from either bank. There have been in
numerable breaks in the levees, and the
outlook for the present is anything but
hopeful. Cattle and bogs have been
drowned by hundreds. Barns have been
swept away and their contents wasted.
Tire less to planters by these mishaps can
not but have its effect in cramping llrelr
facilities for putting In crops for the year.
This condition of affairs exists to an
alarming extent in a number of tho larg
est cotton growing counties iu tbo Mis
sissippi Valley. In Arkansas and Missis
sippi starvation is threatening many poor
peoplo whose homes line the banks of the
streams that have overflowed. In some
cases cabins can be found in which are
negroes, bogs aud mules, ail gathered un
der or.e shelter awaiting the receding of
the river,
Washington, February 22.—In the
Senate, Mr. Frye, in presenting a memo
rial ot the New York Chamber of Com
merce in favor of a tariff commission, said
tire representation that the so-called high
protectionists favored the bill for delay
was a fallacy. As one cf the class, he
heartily favored a general revision of the
tariff.
Mr. Lapbarn presented resolutions ot
tbe New York Legislature upon the ne
cessity for a tax in the form of bead money
for tbe inspection of the hundreds of thou
sands of immigrants landing from foreign
ports in the New York harbor.
Mr. Morgan offered a resolution, which
was adopted, providing fur an adjourn
ment from to-day uutil Thursday as a
mark of proper and becoming respect and
bonjr to the memory of George Washing
ton.
Ot motion of Mr. Hale, the Senate, at
1:45, took up the House apportionment
bill. Mr. Morrill expressed-tbe belief
that tbe increase of the number of Repre
sentatives would impair the efficient trans
action of business, and suggested that with
an increase at every decade it would be
uhimately impossible to provide a hall cf
sufficient capacity to hold tbo House. He
did not, however, feel at liberty to oppose
the bill. After similar remarks by several
Senators, the bill passed vita voce.
Tbe pension resolution came up again,
unfinished business. Several short
speeches were made, and' amendments
offered or notified, when finally a motion,
by Mr. Hawley, to lay the whole subject
on the table was carried—yeas, 26; nays,
23. The following was tho vole : Yeas
—Anthony, Bayard, Beck, Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin,
Cockrell, Coke, Conger, Davis of West
Virginia, Gorman, Hoar, Jackson, John
son, Jones of Florida, Lapbam, Mitchell,
Morgan, Merril*. Platt, Pugh, Ransom'
Roliins, Sawyer, Slater, Vance and Win-
dom— 26. Nays—Allhson, Blair ,‘Brown,
Butler, Call Dawes, Ill, Dawes,lGorver
Hampton, Harris, Harrison, Ingalls,
Logan, McDIII, Mexny, P^urub, Saun
ders, Teller, VanWyckc, Vest, Voorhees,
Walker and Williams.—23.
The Grant retirement bill was taken
up ar.d laid ever as unfinished business
for Thursday.
After a thirty minutes’! executive ses
sion, the Senate adjourned till Thursday.
HOUSE.
Mr. Cassidy, of Nevada, presented a
resolution of the Democratic central com
mittee of Utah, stating that tho Demo
cratic party deprecates any affiliation with
the Mormons. Referred.
On motion ot Mr. Steele, of Indiana,
the Senate bill to enable the postmaster-
general to delegate to the third assistant
postmaster-general authority to sign war
rants, was taken from the Speaker’s table
aud passed. The business of the morning
hour having been dispensed-with, the
House, at 12:35, went into committee of
tho whole on the post-office appropriation
btil.
The clause under consideration was
th*.t appropriating $10,035,000 for the
tranaportattoo by railroad routes cf the
United State/mails. Thera were three
proposed amendments pending, the first
being that offered by Mr. Robeson, of New
Jersey, providing that the mails shall be
carried without extra charge upon the
fastest trains run over the railroad by
which they are carried whenever the Post-
ttia-der-General deems it desirable. To this
Mr. Cannon, i f Illinois, offered an amend
ment providing that it the railroad com
panies shall tali to carry the mails on
their fastest trains their compensation
shall be reduced titty per cent. Mr. Cau
tion's amendment was accepted by Mr.
Robeson, and Mr. R-beson’s amendment,
as thus amended, was agreed to by 85 to
tip. The cUtlSO appropriating $800,IKK)
for inland tnm.-porlatiou by steamboat
routes having been reached, Mr. Single
ton, of Illinois, offered a rroviso prohibit
ing the discontinuance of the steamboat
mail service on tbe Mississippi river be
tween St Louis, Miesriiiri, and St. Paul,
Minnesota, so long as tbe navigation of
that river remains open. Alter a long
discussion lire amendment was ruled out
ou a point of order.
Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, offered an
amendment providing that tbe I’ostmas-
ter-General shall not liave power to dis
continue any mail service on any of the
rivers of the United States unless the ser
vice can be better performed by railroads
or s’ar routes. Ruled cut on a point of
01 dor.
IX-GOV. J.i.m.S If SMITH i iieve birnself from the charge of willful
j and deliberate trearon against the party
I'ninuk? Dr. w H Felton. Mid Holds whose principles he pretended that he ha*
Him m» to 1'nMtc View. ! a!wa y 3 , aud maintained.
CoLliSinus, February 21
Editor Enquirer-Sum: I have been pre
vented by sickness iu my family, and by
He Is (
scions that ha stands before the people
who have honored him, with a reputation
he
The clause in relation lo the star route ■ business engagements, from giving earlier
transportation having bt-en reached, Mr.
Updegraff, of Ohio, offered air amend
ment providing that when a ma'l contrac
tor refuses to perform his contract tho
Postmaster-General shall have authority
to make a temporary contract without ad
vertisement. Ruled out on a point of
order.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, offered an
amendment providing that whenever any
contractor shall sublet bis contract
for the transportation of the mails on
any route for a less sum lliau he con
tracted to perform the service, th3 Post
master-General may declare the original
contract at an end aud enter into a con
tract with tbe sub-contractor to perform
the service on tbe terms which he Las
agreed with tbo original contractor to
perform the service.
Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee, moved to
amend Mr. Holman’s amendment by tire
addition of the following: “Provided,
that the cub-contractor shall enter into
good aud sufficient bond and tbe original
contractor shall hot bo released from his
contract until a good and sufficient bond
has been made by the sub-contractor.” He
argued that this would have the effect of
breaking urr the practice of subletting con
tracts. 11“ knew a man in Washington
who bad beeu discharged from tho post-
office, and who-a few years ago was an
assistant dog catcher, but lie knew too
much and Ire finally got to be contractor,
and to-day had 525 contracts and anblet
every one of llrcui.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, offered a sub
stitute providing that it shall be unlawful
for any contractor to sublet his contract,
but be shall be required to fulfill the same
according to law.
Pending further action the committee
rose. Mr. Lacey, of Ohio, from the com
mittee on post- offices and post-roads, re
ported back tbe bill to establish a postal
savings depository as a branch of the l’ost-
offiee Department.
Several motions to adjourn over until
Thursday were made, but the Republicms
refused to vote, leaving the house without
*.quorum. Motions to adjourn wore slur
itarly defeated by the Democrats. Con
siderable time was spent in filibustering
and endeavoring to reach an understand
ing, until, finally, Mr. Hlscock (Step ), of
New York, moved to adjourn till Thurs
day. Agreed to, and at 7 o’clock tbe
House adjourned.
Wash/kokov, February 21 Tbe
president to-day nominated P. J» s,
Pinchback to be surveyor of customs at
New Orleans.
The Senate confirmed John C. New,
assistant aecretary oi the treasury; Joseph
attention to the communication of Dr.
Felton which appeared in the columns of
the Atlauta Constitution ot the 14lU in
stant. There is really hut one issue be
tween Dr. Felton ar.d myself. That issue
ia
HAS HE IN FACT JOINED TDK BEPUBLt-
^ CAN PARTY?
can dl-
iir puolic from his
Sling am! li-.rowine
•ii than himaeif.”
ink? ill" water w.*d
iu;v: purv.!i'„. Just
withered and blasted
vert the attention of
own treachery by ass.
I dirt upon “better in
Like the cu'.t.e fish lu
t then seeks thus to o
here I have
A PROPOSITION
! to nraxe to the Doctor. If lie will frank-
j ly conre forward, acting once in lea iifo
1 like an honest ami truthful man, avJ coa-
J foss that he‘s a Democratic rcuega-’o iu
i the Remtbiican camp, as all tb - proof
upon the evidenee. Tbe Doctor, «w is • W hich he
well known, has frequently been a candi- i expressly
trict as an independent Democrat. Iu hia
last race, however, ho suffered a crushing
defeat, which very much increased his bit'
customs' at New Orleans; Audrew
McClain, United States attorney for the
middle district of Tennessee, and Augus
tus S. Seymour, United Stales district
judge of North Carolina.
lji the trial of Sergeant Mason to-dav
for shooting at Guiteau, the Judge Advo
cate, referring to Guiteau as “tbe prisoner
Guiteau,” tbe president, Col. Miztier,
directed that the term “the assassin Gui
teau” be substituted.
Tha Comptroller of the Currency to
day authorized the First Nuional Bauk
of Baton Rouge, La., to commence with a
capital or $100,000,
The House committee on elections
voted to-day to dismiss without prejudice
the contest iu the case of Smith (Rep)
vs. Robinson (Dem.), the sitting mem
ber from the sixth district of Louisiat.a
Dibble, the successor of O’Connor,
deceased, from the second district cf
South Carollua, to day filed affidavits with
the committee setting foith that the evi
dence taken In the cats by Mackey, the
contestant, had been systematically tam
pered with by Mackey, who had secured
the signature of tbe notary public before
whom the evidence w«* taken to what
purcoried to be copies of the evidence,
when in fact said documents had been
subsequently prepared by Mackey him
self, or at his direction. Upon these af
fidavits W. H. Payne, counsel for Dibble,
asked tho committee to strike, out all of
the evidence taken In behalf of the con
testant. The case will come np for con
sideration by the sub-committee on Satur
day.
Tgttu, “The Terror.
A"bang Journal.
Quietly swinging a tremendous sieage
hammer under the rude sheds at tbe west
end of the new Capitol grounds there has
been at work this winter amro whose en
durance and skill in sparring rank him
among the foremost exponents of the
“manly art” in this couutry. His name
is Dlck.Bgan, and one glance at hi* pro
portions convinced our reporter that he is
indeed, as his companions style him, “a
terror.” Egan is not the sort of a man to
do any boasting of his own prowess,
but be has perfect confidence in himself
just the saute. Some lime ago
Sullivan appeared In Troy one even
ing to give an exhibition of bis skill. Dick
was present ts a spectator at tbe perform
ance in question. Sullivan was easily
the “cock of the lot.” He cleaned out
every man who appeared egainst him on
tire stage, and anally It was announced uy
his hackers that there was fifty dollars In
greenbacks deposited with tho manage
ment to lie handed over to any individual
in tbe audience who would stand up for
just five minutes iu front of the baked
bea-s pugilist. Egao, who had not in
tended to take any active Dart in tho ex
hibition, could not sit quietly In his place
and see this locality bullied. Advancing
from behind tho wings, “The Terror”
appeared before the - footlights and
announced that he wa* ready to contest
for the prize. There was a moment of
breathless suspense; but anxiety was
quickly relieved to give place to indigna
tion. Sullivan took one hasty glance at
the gigautic muscl-s of the new come.*,
and immadiitely declared that It might
“cause unp'easantuess” if he should con
tinue the entertainment. Eacan allowed
that he “meant hus'ncss,” at least to the
extent of $50, but .it was no use.
The pride of BescdTi Hill <1 d not dare
to cope with his doughty • halleogcr,
A similar story might 1 e related of one
of the bullies among the new Capitol
stonecutters. One of this class in partic
ular, who is a prominent member of the
Albany “Grant Club,” recently spoke dis
paragingly in pnhtrc of Egan’) abilities,
but no sooner did “The Terror” taue hint
to task thau the fellow wilted, and took
everythingback,declaring that he wouldn’t
fight under. any circumstance?,
even with a child, as he disap
proved cf the practice on prin
ciple. Thus Dick has had uo opportunity
to try lii3 mettle up-u any of his own
race, and has been obliged to content
bimseli with practicing wit:i -sledge ham
mers aud ssinl bags. Many incidents are
related t-f “ThoTerror’s” achievements in
athletics, but some of them are so remark
able as to tax credulity. He is said to
strike a ma sive blow with his heavy ham
mer and then stop the rebound instantly
while in mid-air. lie is said to bang at a GOO
pound bag suspended from a beau;, which
swings up aud touches tl>e limber on re
ceiving a lnnge from his colossal paw.
Egan weighs 230 pounds, which he pro
poses to reduce to 210, but no less. His
biceps are 1GL 'inches; chest, 43J; waist,
42J; hips, 4o|; thigh, 20 J calf, IU*. Ho
has W3*ked hard since boyhood a.td not
wasted his substance by dissipation. Re
membering the incident at Troy, aul
knowing something of his capacity,
the friends of Egau are very desirous to
arrange a match,
i judiciary of the bt
i Uon referred to, 1
and corrupt
ter feelings towards the organized Democ- it was done with :!
ad
iaUle&diri£
ored poop
racy. Some time ago he formulated a polit-
ictI platform, and first published It in a I ignore
Ghicego paper. In tho many ounlesta | but that is more none
which he had in bis own district, ho had undcrlaito ft 1 ™'; 2 * 10 ..
never before found It necessary to do such purpose of deceiving u
an act. About the tim&th's platform ap
, then I un
dertake
lhat every
charge
Iq&I mjsel
f. either
Jo,is ius.licl
ous aud
rth r. that
the as-
ie upon th
e whole
in his com
mur.ica-
dono with wicked
»n hU pa
rt: that
filing
ralscly lm
pressing
s no one c
t whom
ft ttm& hta
isclf. 1
mis-
fsentpen
wmm r representing myself ts
.red lie had a secret conference at The ! itentiarv lease system, -he hM dvgreds*
.u.rkiiaiu House in Atlanta with a uum- 1 even himielt by making a f »!•: quotation
ber of the most influential members of the from my interview, which he fow ,
Republican party in tbis State. None to be answering. I w»l show f.irtht
but Republicans jrere present at this that he intemioually maligr.iu Jud,
but Republicans' .were present at th|s
meeting. It was at once charged tbroug h
the newspaper press that tbe conference
had beeu held for the purpo» of forming
a coalition between Dr. Felton and the
Republican party In Georgia with a view
to controlling tho approaching elec
tions iu tho State. The Doctor sent out
appointments to address the people,
aud about the same time, or soon
thereafter, the State executive commit
tee of the Republican party met in the
city of Atlanta. At this meeting it was
resolved that the Republican party in
Georgia would have no candidates at tho
fall elections for the principal office or
offices of the State, but would go’ before
the people upm Dr. Fe.tou’a platform.
Tho charge was made through the press
that this action of the committee prored
couc’uslvely that Dr. Felton and the Re.
publican party oi tbe Slate had come to
a “capital understanding” that they would
act together on this platform, aud that the
“coalition” tints formed would be support
ed and aided by tbe iufiueuce aud moi.ey
cf the national Republican party. All
these facts were well kuown to tho Doc
tor when he made
uded
irther,
Uiilyer, one of tfce purest, and most
Intelligent men who ever w ro the er
mine in Georgia, by willfully suppress-
ingtlre truth with begird to the girl con
victed and sentone >d for simply taking,
a* Felton alleges, flay cents. I under
take. further to show that ho has
falsely attempted to mislead the public
with regard to the convict lease system by
misstating the facts and suppres -i , the
truth in the Rattaree case. Now, Faison,
step to the , front. You,
who like Mr. Cbadband, are
ever grinding oil out of your palm*
and prating about tbo- “tew-ruth,” con
fess tfce treachery «>f vrtfich you stai d con
victed already before the public,. h u
you will have some claim tocrit.-irot .c
conduct of others. Uutil you perform
this one act of honesty, you can never put
me upon explanation, or induce me to de
fend myself agaiust your charges. The
Doctor says that ho
never Girzw men in office.
That seems to bo oue of bis regrrlr. ift
Is saddened by lost’opportunlti, ?, putslbly.
If he should ever'git in again we will
never thereif-er bear a similar coxqpfalnt
from him.
Ills AUGUSTA SPEECH, . 11VU1 unu.
yet upon that occasion he did uot, so far ] He says, iu effect, but that f. r :uy
as i have ever learned, attempt to explalo advocacy of Norwood's candidacy the
away their force and effect, but contented latter would have swept North ^'tar-
assistant secretary ol tbe treasury; Joseph b i mselfbysim^rt*taUug that bo bad gia. He here unintentionally r ms
H-. ^Hecta^cnuZ.^S?’ * D^.Lfe^ompUorext. I bad never suspected
Florida; P. B. S. Pinchback, suryeycr o? ° r wn *« lau ,B **
eaj that he wouTU Afirt cast could have exercised so mu ': inita
This was tbe case as it stood when 1 sub- j ence. In tbis connection, it occurs to
milted to the interview in tho Atlauta me to invite tbe D<;clot T ? Ulcnlion to &
Constitution, of the lust. Tbo un- J sweeping which did happen in North
contradicted l aeis in the casi satisfied me, Georgia just after Mr. Norwood’s «
Why-
Home Ucnrt Advice to Uilitt
JJy David Da2is.
i! jH-rmil VMirM’Ivus to r
as they did ail reasonable men, that the
Doctor had ceased to be a Democrat, aud
ha:l committed his future fortunes to the
keeping cf the Republican party. I cer
tainly felt no malice against him on ac
count of this act. I thought then, as I
still think, that li<’ made a great mistake,
but that ii was one which cmld,
under li.e circumstance*, do but iittle or
no Injury to the Democratic parly. Let it
bj borne in mind just here that this charge
constitute! the whole case against the
Doctor. I! he was innocent his dereuse
was a simple one. If, in fact, ho had not
become a renegade Iron his party he baa
only to show that his platform, published
at the time and under the circumstances,
was not significant of treachery tc tbo
Democracy. He had it in his power to
show that the Markham House confer
ence wa? merely a social visit by his nu
merous leading Republican friends, who
felt solicitude for his health, and that
they just happened all to meet, for that
purpose only, in his private room
at the same moment. He could have
shown that on that occasion no'.hing was
done or said about his platform, or which
looked, directly or indirectly, to his join
ing or acting with tbe Republican party.
Surely the kiud friends who felt such a
deep interest in the Doctor's health would
not have hesitated to relieve his character
from any unjust imputation on accouut oi
ilreir visit. It was equally iu his power
to show that tire adoption of his platform
by tbe Republican committee was un
warranted. He might easily have dis
proved tbo
EXISTENCE CF ANY UNDERSTANDING
under which funds and influence were to
be furnished by the national Republican
party to secure the success of the alleged
“coalition.” He might h ive denied in
in this Augusta speech that any saeh coali
tion existed. But has tho Doctor ever
attempted any of these things? He has
uot, aud simply for the rccson that he
dared not. If innocent, he knew very
well what his line of defense ought to be.
If not guilty, he knew that the proofs of
his innocence were at an easy command.
He has not produced, nor has he attempted
to produce these proofs, because of a con
sciousness of guilt on his part. Instead
of meeting tbe charge fairly and honestly
with a plea of not guilty, and meeting
the evidence against him with proof sus
taining that plea, what Is the character or
the defense he has attempted to make ?
In his communication reierence to this
charge of treason to his party is met by
the simply statement that
11E KNOWS OF NO “COALITION”
except an honest uprising of the inde
pendent people. What independent
j'ocple djes he mean ? Who were tire in
dependent people closeted with him at
the Markham House conference? So far
as I have ever heard there was but one
independent Democrat besides himself
present during that mysterious interview,
ar.d he left before anything was said upon
the subject of polities. I repeat, who
were the independent people present at
that conference? So far as any one
know?, no one except Dr. Felton and
bosses and leaders of the Republican par
ty of Georgia. General Longs!reel was
there. Is he an independent Dem
ocrat ? Colonel Farrow was present;
Mr. Buck was aiso there, and a large
number of others, wjo, as I have al
ready intimated, belonged to the organ
ized Republican party of this State.
Which of tho “independent people’’ were
present at the meeting of the Republican
executive committee participating in tli6
adopliun of the Doctor’s platform in be
half of the Republican party? Who has
risen up to stand on that platform with
the Doctor for the purpose of purifj ing
tbe government ol the State except He-
publicans’.' Is it uossib’e that the Repub
lican patty of Georgia has become inde
pendently Democratic as auorganization?
Has the national Republican party
giver: up Us Republicanism aud come
forward as an organization and given
in i's adhesion to the Doctor and
become entirely, along with him, Demo
cratic as lie pretends to be? Are Presi
dent Arthur, Conkliog, Grant and tha
other ten thousand stalwart Republicans,
whose business for years it hfs beer, to
wave the “bloody shirt” ami oppress the
Southern people, independent Democrats? . .
What a great political evangelist ha? Dr. genius. One day, iu a rapture t/
Frl'.on become! Ha lias succeeded in I composition, inis groat ar.jst >
If I remember aright the Doctor was then
a candidate for Congressional honors him* -
self in North Georgia, and iu which d;?-’
trict I made the only speeches delivered
by me In that p»rt of the Kiate duri :g tic.
Norwood and Colquitt canva-s. “The in-
dfgnatbnof the people had become fa
tigued,” as Mr. Toombs would say,
with Ihe Doctor’s demagogi?m arid
methods generally, and they were deter
mined lo settle with hint once for all.
They placed a whip oi cords fn the ba:. ia
of young Clements, who scourged the
Doctor out of office and Into permanent
retirement. 'The “mene, raene, tefcel"
o? the Doctor, Clements recorded in
stripes which have not yet healed: The
effect of this beating the public
to perceive. '^0 Doctor is a political
Pariah, aa outcast Irom all decent party
associations, and hence
DE IS SEEKING REFUGE
and companionship in the Republican
party. Tbe Doctor Intimates that he da-
sires to lead the honest young men to the
redemption of thy State. Dees he snppose
that any honest man, young or old, will
follow him? What have men, ag,':d
or youug, to promise them-
selves Iron, the Doctor’s bompanRmjhlp?
This is simply the bezgar’s whiue upon
the part of the Doctor. He aj* 1 is go
ing down the shady side of Ifte; pity tis
he did not learn something cf the 1 aloe of
truth and honesty whllehc was as v;
the sunny side, He calls attention i > tb
fact that
1 Bold An ojmefe.
True to his instincts, he fiid tbis with the
Intent to make a false impress; on upon
the public. The office which I Id Id v. aa
never sought by me. Felton reverb'-IJ
an office that be did nut seekv Gov. C >i-
qultt, at tbe instance and upon the p tr
iton of a very laiye numberof membets of
the Legislature, saw fit to lender me a
position upon tbe Railroad C. mmlssiou.
Until the tender was madcIIAd no knowl
edge of the fact that tbe Governor had been
petitioned in my behalf} tl*- Governor
had certainly never been applied to by
me for the place. AIL these facts I r.m
sure Dr. Felton knows tote true, anu I
am yet to bear of the first man in Gcor-
S ia r.bo objects lo the manner in which I
ave performed tbe duties ot p>y office,
i have ever thought it an honor to r old
office when the iucambent does his duty;
yet 1 have never desired it so much as to
betray my owu party, and go into tire Rad
ical ranks to seek it. With a kindness
characteristic of him, the Doctor reminds
me that I was once • •
A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE,
and failed to be elected. Well, X perhape
fell the usual amount cf niort ideal ion a
defeated candidate experience.'-', and natu
rally, like all candidates for office do, X
possibly thought bird of somebody for
my defeat; but r.o amonnS Of mortifica
tion which f experienced, and no resent
ment which I felt ever drew me into tbe
Republican patty. Can the Doctor ray
as much for himself? For the present
I HAVE DONE WITH TilK DOCTOR^
I kaow that his purpose j to advents*
Himself ti Republicans by assailing Dem
ocrat; nevertheless I announce that 1
have u°e l but a small portion of the am
munition laid away for him. If occasion
should seem to demand a lur-
ther expose of hi* political treachery.
I have the material hand and -.vill
be ready to use It. Let me advise him
that he hereafter devote himself to tbe
performance of duties imposed uud'-r a
commission higher than can he issued
from any authority upon tl:is eaitii,which
he professes lo hold.
Doctor, au revoir.
Jami.-c M. Smith.
Hoy Macaroni Got 1i> Name.—
Macaroni i: eaten with relish by all civil
ized European peoples. At the com
mencement or close of a dinner, in the
chaiacter of sweet or of savory alik-:, it 13
deservedly a? popular wi.iaa.n as within
the frontiers ol its native laud. But the
incident which originally gave it its name
is, we venture lo b-d.ave. known to few
of those, even in Sicily, i's birthplace, wh'
h >Id it iu Uie highest esteem. Ouce upr
a time a weal hy 1’tlermil.ui ta ble ov
a cook not only accomplished b*
compaie in .lie practice of Ids prop
hut lifted by nature with an ii
making everybody outside of the o^auiz
e«l Democracy independent Democrats
and patriotic p ople. The question is not
whether
THE DOCTOR KNOWS OF A C0.U.1 TIOX
with the Republican party, out whether
be is acting and intends to act with them.
farinaceous tubes which all 1
! and the succulent accessor!
j sauce and giated 1’armcsal
j 0) those woo bare part.sk/
j roni al siigo'’ in southern It/
: filled a mighty china Ivi
j delicious compound, he sfo
the L'u
rs of 1
am in
bi
ll, wiicra Ur
eia-rs
ix-Kiring
an- thoii.-and- ready i.i
und ll^ht you for t-v.
You all la.ik im. ilic.-ut
out and learn to lns-.m
chainl>orm;iid>, if y.,:-.
w ill be <-criiifh of ii v
ence. I’e-vle will the;
instead •»> you tunning
sition of n rusnoeutble si
is one infinitely to lie preferred to that of han„
lug to some Is-jaarly o®ro, dependent 00 the
whim nr will of sonn bureaucrat.” TLe ladies
are sold to have "flounced out” when the old
10:11c and indc|>c
- running after v
cr them, and flic
sit in » rood fur
[ man had got thus fit
Ho deceive., r.o one by pretending 'dial the j bis lord—a gourmet of
whole Republican party has come to him * !1< - stood by, in deferent
to join with him in purifying the govern- w-d-h toe cnect ofh
ment ct '.lie country. Have the Republi- i moutblui elicited
cans g vsu up their organization, or u the
Doctor acting iu concert with their organi
zation? \Vh it soldier who deserts his col
ors in the face of the enemy but may apt
up tli“ same plea as the' Doctor does’? Did
the British army g-> to Benedict Arnold?
Did they embrace ins opinions, or did
he go to them? The pretension which .
the I)oc'or sets up is an insuit to | with j o fm emotion,
the intelligence of all men of every
color in riie iind. and yet this is
al! tbe defies j to the charge of pany
treachery that the Doctor can make.
He can produce no exculpatory evidence,
glib as be Is on the tongue, lie cannot,
even upon bis bars unsupported word, re
lief-!, most snpremei
; paiUnvely excellent
1 tai tribute to the m
I covery, he uuwi tin;
I upon that a loiiral
nek to U over
first mouthful eln
“Uari 1” idiomatically cqf
celb’it" in KugUaL, froiA
epicure. After s-.vallow:2‘al
icuiii, he exclaimed, \d»
lent, inde d," Freseblld
the toufltsomo mess gr ft ® Jjpa
enthusiasm ross 10 ’**
and ha cried out in
semld ’
,td - „a s-i-
