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TEE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITIGS-„LITERATURK—AGRICULTURE
—DOMESTIC NEWS,^Etc—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM*
GEORGIA TEL APH BUILDING
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ESTABLISHED 1826.
MACON, FRIDAX, MARCH 10, 1882.
VOLUME LYI-NO 10
AI.L BO VXD MX’MAT.
All ’round my hat, I vc*> a gTeen vfliow.
All 'round my hat, for a twelvemonth *'-d a
day. ,
If any one abould uk the reason vy I vear If,
Tell them th-t my foe love Is far, far away.
'Tws* a-going of my ronnd* In the streets I first
did meet her;
Oh, I thou eh t she was a hansel Just come
down from the sky;
And I never heaid a voice mote louder and
more sweeter
When she cried, “Come huv my primroeoa,
my primroses come buy "
All 'round my bat, eic.
Ob. my love she vos fair, and my love she vos
kind too.
And cruel von the Judge vot had my love l>
try;
For thieving vos a thin, what she never voe in-
dined lo.
But he sent my love across the seas, far
avay.
All 'round my bat, cle.
For seven long years my love and I are part
ed.
For seven long year* my love Is bound fa
Bad luck to that chap what 'ud ever prove false
henrted. —
Oh, I'll love my love forever, tbo’ sbe'a far,
far away!
All 'round my hat, etc.
.here is some young men so preciously deceit
ful.
A coaxing of the young gals they wish to lead
astray.
As soon as they deceive cm. so cruelly they
leave ’em.
And they now sigh and sorrow when they're
nr, far away.
AU 'round my hat, etc.
bh, I bought my love a ring on the very day
she started.
Which I gave her as a token all to remember
me;
Aud when she does come hack, oh, we'll never
more be parted,
But we'll marry and be happy, oli, forever
And A day.
All'round my hat, etc.
-O'.d Song.
“ONLY ANEWSBOY ”
“Here's your News!”
Over the head ortho little one whoso
sweet, sad, tremulous tones uttered that
sentence, scarce ten years had passed; yet,
brief as they were, featfyl were fbe traces
left of their presence.
Upon the low, expansive, swelling fore
head, darkened by burning sun-rays, heavy
wiud aud tain, aud shaded by tresses of
the deepest ithagiuable hue, which fell
iu reckless gracelulness over the frail
shoulders, were evidences of want, anxiety,
and suffering suflicient for threc-score
years. The purely delicately cut lips
wore lines—deep lines—cut by the un
mistakable band of soirow, and eyes like
aoutberu purple' seas, when wrapped in
the wondrous grsnduer of the moonlight,
held a look of hopeless longing that would
have beeu pitiable even iu age.
Many months bad this fragile boy
trodden the crowded thoroughfare, tbo
poor little unclad feet blistered, bleeding
from the scorching sun of summer or bit-
iug cold of winter; trodden it from the
early morning, with wear/, throbbing
bead and aching limbs, till cot ono pur'
chaser could be found. A
Bravely, without a-murmur uad he
horu the jeers, taunts, blows of the low
am! vulgar and tbe scorn, reproaches, and
bitter unkindness of the lofty. Often his
only sustenance had been a "cup of cold
water” and a morsel of bread; yet It was
■ not delivered in the name of the Nazarene.
k Uncomplainingly the heroic spirit bat
tled with tbo clouds of dispair which
threatened to enfold him—battled, while
ob, bow feebly, burned In bis life’s horizon
hope’s star. Sometimes adowu his cbeelfc
gorwn thin aud wan from disappointment,
trial, anguish, would course tears, so wild
and bitter, be wondered that their crystal
hue was uot crimsoned by his heart’s
blood; but, with a mighty will, worthy of
manhood, they were suddenly dashed
aside. She should not behold them—she,
bis beautiful, augel-like, invalid mother,
whose Idol, next to her God, he was.
Through her veins ran tbe fatal poison
of tbe destroyer, and with fiendish joy he
watched tbe ruin be knew would be in
evitable. The large, soft eyes, naturally
radiant, at times gkneed with splendor al
most unearthly; tbe lovely roses bloss
omed upon the oval patrician face, till the
child believed health returning to his be
loved one; but deceiving and valueless
were they, as the beautiful fruit of the
•still, still sea, and that form which had
glided through halls of wealtn and fame,
* Cynosure cf a!l eyes, had lost Us exquisite
-iindness, unless it resembled nearly as
gKeh an Inhabitant of tbo "city of the
it as the living.
• SJr.vw s crown of sorrow is remember-
happier things!”
, welling upon the bale) on past, when
* 1 deep as mortals know, was hers;
v.’.cn father, mother, husband, children
:1 watered about her fondly, her soul, In
Li most unendurable grief, bad often ex-
iuitued: . . ....
“My God! my Cod! why bast then
utsaken me?*’ „ . . .. .
The husband, on a far and gory field of
’ennesaee, after the desperately fought,
ictorious battle, in all honor exchanged
be beloved gray for tbo whlto uniform of
Jm who sa'd: “We will cross over the
iver and rest In tbo shade of the trees.”
Both parents and a lovely daughter soon
fter left for the “land of the hereafter,”
ud only ono stay was left her. A stay in
ls fullest meaning was that noble, self-
arcetting boy. * .. , „
Jly war and horrible injustice this deb
ase woman had seen her elegant home
iA Urge possessions torn from her, all
owerlea* to resist. Sometimes the mon-
t. r granted her a respite from severe suf-
liug, aud at such periods the dim light of
i-r miserable tenement room was extin-
uished only as morning’s brightness
rept through tho dreary window.
-The slender, wiry fingers, which were
jivit to execute with brilliancy tbe ravisli-
V» music of Mozart and Beethoven, and
c -.tle among the fabrics of Persia, now
•ashed and ironed filthy linen for corn-
son laborers. .
How could she have prevented it?
lould she have sewed for a livelihood?
[ad she done so, tho remainder of her ex-
itence would not Uavo lengthened into
souths. „ .. .
Where were the warm, influential
exits, ready, anvious to assist her iu
irning the tare geuius for music to ad-
ant Alas! many who at her board
ad "fared sumptuously every day, 1 and
coivcd fiom her'rich, lavish benefits,
x-.sed her with a distant bow or no recog-
ition. • . , v
During the terrible revolution numbers
id passed Into the silent land, who, htd
icy lived, would have been unchangeable;
imo true ones were yet on earth, but jeo
lattered that she knew not where to And
Tride would not listen toberaskmg
larity, and she suffered on in ilckness.
Her health growing more feebly daily,
arvation seemed almost at her threshold.
Her child bad often besought her to
•rmit him to go rs a newsboy, but tbe
lougbt of his doing so was cruelly plerc-
Ob, the humiliation! Her beautiful,
fted, sensitive darling ‘compelled to
averse the street to e*rn a sustenance.
■ ..son triumphed over feeling; the
ivolf’ was almost entering.
In» tbe world’* battle, with true, tm-
lit liing heart,rushed the youthful soldier,
i» banner emblazoned with “For Mothers
ike.”
"For mother's sake” did he answer,
villy, ml aud brutish queatlons, allow
i" fangs of hunger to pierce bim, rather
tan if*.-* for himself his earnings, and
nve to persuade himself he was not
■ a.v when overtaxed nature, in clarion
J '- '- was proclaiming her injured right.
BBBVET LOVE 31A nr XU.
This, to him, had been a more than usu
ally miserable day. His mother had
become far worse recently, and he had
scarcely closed bis eyes in sleep for several
nights.
Tbo exacting physician declared that
were he not paid something for his ser
vices they should be discontinued. The
thought that bis mother would be without
medical aid wrs maddening to the boy.
Ob! how wildly he longed that the pro
ceeds of to-day’s papers might be sufficient
to satisfy the physician acd prevent his
neglecting his mother.
ThA August sun bad reached its merid
ian, the great globe was pouring down al
most streams of fire, and only two papers
bad been disposed of. How white and ex
hausted be looked. Even the lips were
forsaken by every vestige of color.
"Wbat’re you putting on ail those airs
for, you deceitful puppy ? Trying to make
believe you’re sick, I s’pose—needy, too.
I’ll bet you are as well as I am, an' have
got plenty of money. What you done
with all you made from papers?—been
selfin’ ’em a longtime. ‘You’re tryin’ to
beg, ain’t you ? Don’t beg me. I shan’t
help to sport you in your laziness. I’ve
S it no patience with low-down newsboys,
old yonr head up, or I’ll shake you!”
The elegant did not shake him—prob
ably he feared soiling his dainty gloves—
but be took the tip of his ruuy-set walking
eane and rapped heavily the bead, with
Its glory of ebony hair; the head where,
in years agone, had rested in pride, love
aid blessing, the bands of many of caith’s
greatest ana noblest. What cared he, tbe
banker’s son, for caning a newsboy ? He
might have repeated the act, and the eyes
of the police would, accidentally, have
been in another direction. A feeling of
suffocation came over the child; weird
shapes and shadows danced before bi«
eyes, and he knew no more. The gentle
man walked away, twirlinir, in apparent
satisfaction, li’.s artificially dark and curled
moustache.
ilGit up’in kerelrfggjffl&ipF v-n- „,t F « j ga w Port Republic nestling against
BY BEX D. HOUSE.
Ife leads her from the heated room,
Where bright the gasl'ght glares,
And In the dim cathedral gloom
They sit upon the stairs.
And when upon their chosen scat—.
As if for lovers planned—
Urged on by his strong sclf-conccit.
Bo takes her glove-cramped hand.
And soon his arm her waist begirt,
So boldly wooelh he.
tier fan the maiden coyly flirts,
And so in fact docs sne.
in whispered tones lie hints of love,
Scarce heard I above the hush;
She looks at her ten-b juo.tcd glove,
As though about to blush.
In fact her check with color glows
A red that really mocks
Thcbrightcst blooming summer rose—
Bought at so much per box.
He. tizhingllke a summer breeze.
Seeks now for looked replies,
But naught lieneatli her lashes sees,
Save “night shade’’ In her eyes.
At length the maiden finds her tongue.
And seems to talk incliued,
Till all love's changes they have rung,
lint feeling Koto's kind.
Hod Cupid out upon a raid
iKut overheard their “swash,’’
His exit he hod quickly made
Without adieu, save “bosh!”
Her wraps are sought—the ball Is o'er,
The “goose flesh” hid from sight;
He leads her to the carriage door.
And says a ‘‘soft'' good night.
But as ncath morning’s purpled skies
Each one W.sleep repairs.
Not either one more easy “lies"
Than while upon the stairs.
PORT REPUBLIC
How Jackson Held Fremont in Check
and DcfraPd Shields.
[Detroit Fret Press.]
u conn
Till that plcter-
iookin’ beauty o’ yours, an' take you an’
feed j u, an’ raise yu to do nothin’ ? How
dar yu take up the crossin’, an’ yu nothin’
but a i egged newsboy ? Git up', I say, cr
shore's ihy name’s Dave Brown, I’ll take
you to the lockup!'
Tbe man was executing his threat—was
half carrying, half dragging along the tor
tured little being—w hen consciousness re
turned. With wild and passionate elo
quence lie sued for release—told of his
feeble, lonely mother, suffering for even
tbe comforts of life, aud bis own un
feigned illness. With a lionibie oath the
man released him from his iron grasp, say
ing: "If he ever cotch bim’tendin’ter
be sick agin (be knowed he was jis’ tend
in') he’d wish he’d a never seed Davy
Brown.”
Did the boy weep ? IBs heai t was too
near breaking. Mechanically his swollen
feet paced the hard, hot street, keeping
time to the despair march his soul was
playing,
A .haudsomeiy-dtessed lady, accompa
nied by a youth, were nearing bim. Ncn-
cliantly tlie latter, lifting the boy’s tat
tered cap, and staring boldly, mockingly
into tbe fearfully white face, said:
“Umpb! you’d make a capital comic val
entine ; I’ve a mind to sketch you.”
The lady, flushed with shame and anger,
exclaimed: “How could you act so con
temptuously, so cowardly, Harry? I
shall punish you severely for this!”
Turning to the boy, she kindly apolo
gized for her son’s behavior, and deli
cately insisted on his taking some change
she held in her hand.
"But, mother,” returned Young Amer
ica, it docs not matter much ; he’s only a
newsboy!”
Tears, the first in many days, coursed
down the pallid face. Save his mother's,
these were tbo only -kind words ad
dressed tbe child in ob,so long!
Hope springs eternal in ‘the human
breast;” be forgot his mental and physi
cal suffering in the Lope of alleviating bis
mother’s.
Taking tbe first car (he would have
walked, but too much time would luve
been consumed), be was going to bis
mother.
"Such nuisances should not be per
mitted to disgrace our city cars! Raise
your dress, Julia, or be might soil it—
hateful, ragged little newsboy 1” The red
lips of twoVuperbly-dresscd belies curled
disdainfully, and they drew themselves
as far away as possible from the cause of
their remarks, lest be should contaminate
them.
"Do you not see you are bothering
these ladies, you chap? Get out there
with the driver, and here's a nickel for
you.”
The boy’s eyes, like artificial suns,
literally consumed tbe insignificant
wretch, who, astounded at seeing such
scorn anil pride in a newsboy, sat like
one stupefied, holding tho rejected nickel.
The persecuted little one went out with
the driver; the place was crowded, and an
evil looking, soiled striniing insisted hu
was taking too much room.' In vatn in?
protested he was using as little space as
possible. The radian called him a “lyin’
dog.” •
There was a dull, heavy, sound, as if
an object had fallen; a sudden stopping
of the car, and out on the quiet air went a
wail in wbicli was concentrated a whole
spirit's agony—a wail in which was but
one word. “Mother!”
Upon the stony street, bis lieaveu-iike
beauty annihilated by tbe horses’ feet, his
wild, tloating locks wearing redder strains
than the poppies knew, lay tire bright
young being.
"Right sad this,” said one passenger.
“Yes, rather,” was tbe rejoinder; but, to
U R the truth, there are so many trifling,
impudent shavers of his class, I’d like to
sec a number put out of tbe way.”
“Book here!” exclaimed a person to a
friend who sat near him, “I saw that
large boy push the other over.” “Did
you,” was the reply, “well, don't mention
it; lie was only a newsboy, and our valu
able time might be broken into. Of course
tbo others think be fell over.”
Two men took the mangled corpse to
its mother, felie spoke not, only sank
!ow upon tbe bare floor and remained
motionless. The men touched her, won
dering at her stillness.
Mother and son were together in the
land where they did uot hunger or thirst;
they had “come out of tho great
tribulation; had washed their robes they caught the ripple of Jackson’s
and made them white In the blood of movingjiownupoti
the Lamb,” so white that the inhabitants
of those w ho once feared contact with
bim, compared with them, would be as
night unto morning; it was the horns of
Him “with whom there is no respect of
persons; ’ the home where, dinned in bis
ear, w'ould be no more “Only a news
boy.”
Our Two Bending Attractions.
Oscar Wilde to a Chicago Reporter.
Sarah Bernhardt told me that there were two
tilings in America worth seeing—one was Clara
Morris’ acting and the oilier was some dreadful
method of killing pigs in Chicago. She advised
;o go and see bout. I went to see Miss Mor
ris in in. c.tiaielv ux-i.n my arrival in New York
ll>-. hut the other I have deferred quite iudefl-
iltelr.
It'a Only a Joke.
Union and Recorder.
Editor lamnr lias got "01 te!e Iieincn*’ C
at Ih-i. Ye-. “Brer Rabbit i> tied dowi
ul tight »ith a cotton He. and all Ills, ]
■«» ul tin ciul. “Lnolc He lulls
motion, when he said the farmer eoul
rich hy putting ever-i many t ies on u *
hag- but alas! for “Brer kahb.t. liter
commercial law “agin that game. o.w
Mr. Harris, and say it’s only a joke.
alight
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rank.-
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(1 get
oltOIl
• is ft
it up,
Hshaggy mountains due September day
[in 1881, so it looked in tbe mellow days ol
June, 1802. It is a strange, wild spot, and
the country for miles around is full of
wildness and romance. Hero is tho same
Shenandoah across which Confederate
and Federal shells screamed and shrieked
—here the eternal hills which. trembled
as artillery boomed and musketry crashed.
These sooty-faced children playing on the
[door-steps know nothing of war, but tbo
S ^Hty-baircd woman bebmd them remem-
I rs the day when the fury of battlejstar-
tled them as never earthquake nor tornado
could.
JACKSON AT DAY.
Fremont had followed Jackson out of
the Shenandoah Valley. Shields was
coming up tbe Luray to close in. Jackson
hadseutoff his plunder and prisoners
through Brown’s Gap, and there was time
for him to follow. Either Federal army
outnumbered bis, but when the great Con
federate fighter reached Fort Republic he
turned at bay. They bad pressed Iiimi
close and drawn blood, and they meant to
do more. They would close in and make
an end of him. He must retreat or fight.
He would net re'rcat, and when Jackson
meant tight he meant to bo the attacking
party. In 10 minuft s after he understood
tbe situation bis men were moving,
HOLDING FREMONT.
Shields wa3 hastening up, but Fremont I
was nearer. Ewell moved out to Cross
Keys to check and hold him while Jack-
son cc uld prepare for Shields. What 5,000
Federals could have done at Strasburg
three or four days before, 5,0C0 Confeder
ates now accomplished at Cross Keys.
Two hours more would have taken Fre
mont to tbe Shenandoah, when he sudden
ly discovered Ewell In his front. Fre
mont waited—Ewell attacked. It is one
of the prettiest battle-fields nature ever
made, and for three hours it was one* of
the fiercest of the war. H Ewell could not
bold Fremont, Jackson must retreat. If
Fremont could not break through, Shields
might be beaten. Artillery was never
better used than at Cross Keys, aud from
an hour before no6n until 3 o’clock; tbe
crash of musketry was terrific. Fremont
could manoeuvre only 5,000 or G,0C) men
—Ewell had do more to manoeuvre.
Without a man in reserve—with every
man closed up and every musket speaking,
lie slowly drove Fremont’s left wing foot
by foot, crushing bis centre back on bis
right wing, and with another full brigade
would have won a complete victory in
half an hour more. But he had no more
meu, and he had to be satisfied withhold
ing his ground. This be did until dark,
when he was ordered back to Port Repub
lic with his main command. Fremonri
had been checked- -now for Shieids.H
“FIGHT AND FALL DACK.”
And yet tho road to Fort Republic was I
not to be left open to Fremont. A single
regiment was left in his front, and it wa3
to stay there. If driven back it was to
take another position. If driven from
that it was to take another, and if driven
to the river it was to fire tbo bridge. You
smile at tbe idea of a thousand men
checking lue impetus of au army corps.
Ride from Strasburg to .Cross Keys and
you will pass 50 places where a hundred
men could check 10,000. If tho advance]
of an army is a regiment, tbe army must
halt until that reciment breaks through
or rides over an opposing force. At the
turn of a narrow mountain road, shut in
by walls of granite which a fox cannot
climb, 10 men may hold an army until|
the 10 are corpses.
■ SHIELDS IN POSITION.
ISlilelds bad heard tho fight at Cross!
Keys aud hurried up. On tho night of
June 8, ho was near enough to see the
twinkle of the lights in the humble time-1
stained houses ot tbe villiago in the forks
ol the Shenandoah. Then he must have
learned that Fremont had been checked
on the other side of tbo river, aud that be
was face to face with Jackson. Banks,
Milroy, or Fremont would have retreated
—Sie!ds remained. If ho had failed at
Strasbuag, he was on hand now. Over
there is Cole mountain, where his left
rested, aniwhere his park of artillery was
so admirably posted. Down here is the
Sbenaudoab, where Iris right rested, and
between is a cornfield and poialo-patch.
No general could bavo massed bis army
to mote advantage, and Shields was to
prove that his men could fight better than
they could match. All night long bo was
getting into position and strengthening
the weak points, and scarcely had his
Imen snatched a hasty breakfast when
banners
Imoving down upottH
■ WAITING THE ONSLAUGHT.
B Jackson smiled grimly as be surveyed
the Federal position. He was again face
to face with the man who liadbeaten him
at Kernstown. Ho saw' that Shields
meant fight, and ho must have honored
him for it. He who had boxed Federal
armies about from end to end of tlie She-
ltaudoali now found in his front a general
who would uot give au inch. Over tbe
river a single regiment was lidding Fre
mont. Here, under tbe shadow of the
mountain, Sb.elds was waiting the on
slaught of ;Jackson’s wholo army. Tbe
preponderance of number* was with the
Federals, but counting only tbe men call
ed into the action it wrs au even thing,
though Jackson must attack. He coolly
and carefully surveyed every foot of tbe
Federal line from mountain to river, and
he could not discover a weak point. It
I was a short, strong line, and to attack
any point was to meet a cross-fire Shields
I would not leave such a position to attack
j Jackson—Jackson could not delay for
fear tbat Fremont would come up behind
I bim. Already tbe morning breeze brought
‘
to bis cars sounds which told him tbat
the single regiment left to fight and fall
back over the mountain road were berog
pressed. Shields was waiting the on
slaught.
THE ATTACK ON THE CENTDE.
Jackson had hoped tbat a grand dash at
tho Federal centre would break It. The
ground from mountain to river was then
a wheat field, with nothing to obstruct a
charge. The great Confederate fighter
picked oat fire regiments of bis best
troops and hurled tbemagainstthewheat-
lield with a shock tbat made tho earth
tremble. As sudden as a thunder peal,
artillery boomed, musketry crashed, aud
10,01)0 man shouted ar.d cheered. Over
tbe rolling ground—over a barren atrip—
into tbe waving wheat marched the 5,000
men in gray with ranks unbroken. A
double lino of battle waited their coming
with never a tremor. Then sheets of
flame leaped over tho wheat—down from
the mountain side—up from tbe river,
and a cloud of smoke covered it all. For
25 minutes there was fighting to kill.
Tbat;centro would not give an inch. Again
aud again tbe lines in gray hurled them
selves forward, until bayonets drank
blood and blue and gray died together;
but each time they were forced back, and
every moment the cross-fire grew hotter.
Tho Federal artillery used nothing but
grape acd canister, and every gun had a
fair range.
DIIIYEN BACK.
All at once the fire cf musketry slack
ened, and wild cheers were heard above
the sullen boom of caution. Jackson’s
5,C30 were- falling back! They had struck
the Federal centre, but they cuuid uot
break it. More than 4CD dead men were
left lying on the trampled and bloody
wbeat-field as tho Confederates fell back.
When the gray lines retreated the blue
advanced. They met three fresh regi
ments, and yet they- were cot checked.
Like a great wail of fire those lines swept
on through tho wheat, driving the foe and
capturing such artillery as was not burned
off. Jackson was being driven!
“YOU MUST TAKE THOSE GUNS!”
The Federal infautry fire was terribly
hot—tbat of tho Federal cannon a hurri
cane ot death. Unless tbat patk of artil-
was not war upon that sj»ot. It was
paudcmonmmof cheers, shouts, shrieks
and groans, lighted by the flame from tbe
cannon and musket- -blotched by frag
ments of men thrown high into trees by
bursting shells. To loso the guns was to
lose the battle. To capture them was to
win It.
TAKEN AND RETAKEN.
In every great battle of the war there
was a bell spot. At Port Republic it was
on the mountain side. For au hour meu
ceased to be men. They rbeered and
screamed like lunatics—they fought like
demons—they died like fanatics/ Long
enough before Jhay reached the guns, each
one of those Confederate regiments had
lest over a hundred men. Once- -twice—
thrice their battle lines hare pushed for
ward to be literally wiped out. Tho
Seventh Louisiana finds itself opposite the
Seveutb Indiana, and there is a duel
rush—a grapple. In fifteen minutes tho
Lonslanians have lest more than one-
third of their number—thv Hoosien scarce
ly less. In the little valley across which
the Confederates ntshed for tho guns,
there are four hundred corpses leftbenim.
tbe living. The Federals do not letreat
their guns. They stand bj them, and
many are shot, tbrnst with the bayonet,
and backed to pieces with sword and
sabre. There is a whirlwind of blood
and death sweeping round and round the
guns for fivo minutes, and then Jackson’s
men have won. They raise a cheer, but
it dies away in a scream. Tbo Federals
gave way only to rally and return. They
advance with a rush that sends the enemy
whirling over tho corpses—across the
valley—back into the thick undergrowth,
and a minute has hardly passed before
thogun8 are again throwing grape and
canister at Jackson’s left, now being slow
ly pushed by the Federal right. If Shields
dallied on tlie march he is making up for
it now. H he failed to reach Strasburg
on time, he is showing his mettle here.
Across the river a single regiment is hold
ing Fremont in check. Here on this field
of blood Jackson’s best troops are being
pushed back and his Louisiana Tigers
find their match.
And now they come again! Tho cheers
fiom the Federal left have nerved those
six regiments until they would charge
hell itself. They reform under a terrific
fire aud rush with an impetus which even
the hand of death cannot stop. They reach
ed the guns again, and again men shoot,
stab, cut, back—aye, thoy grapple and roil
under the wheels of the cannon so hot
tbat they would almost blister. There
are no wounded. It is a grapple to the
death. For the second time the Federals
are pushed back, and for the second time
the guns speak under Confederate bauds.
Will it end here? No! Panting like dogs--
faces begrimed- nine-tenths of them bare-
liL , avl<:il--t!ie Federal wave rolls back on
tbo guns, aud now there is a grapple such
as no other battle ever furnished. Men
beat each others brains ont with muskets
mlnch thoy have no timo to load. Those
who go down to die think only ol revenge,
and they clutch the nearest foe with a
grasp which death renders stronger.
Down where the Federal right is pushing
Jackson they hear this pandemonium of
shrieks and screams on the mountainside,
and they bait. It is a sound ton times
more horrible than the whistle of grape
or the hiss of canister. Men cease firing
to look up. They can see nothing for tbe
smoke, but what they hear is a sound like
that of hungry tigers turned loose to tear
each other to the death.
A FATAL ERROR.
If Shields had had two more regiments
in reserve behind his guns they could uot
have been taken. When the Federals
were driven forjtbe third timo they were
□ot disheartened but wiped out. To re
cover his artillery the Federal commander
detached a brigade from bis right. Weak
ened only by that much Jackson could
drive it.' He divined where other Gen
erals had togropo. In the same breath
he ordered reinforcements to the men
holding the gnns and a charge on the-
Federal centre and left. From that
moment the battle of Port Republic was
decided.
DYINO GAME.
Shields must have realized it, but he
would die game. With his own artillery
pouring death into his ranks, lie shortened
his lines, and for half an hour held Jack-
sonjwith a fire of musketry “so hot that
meu advancing against it were struck by
five or six bullets at once. It was his last
effort, Foot by foot he lost ground—foot
by foot Jackson advanced—aud when there
was no longer any hope the Federal army
faced about for the Luray and acknowledg
ed its defeat. It was not a panic, but
Shields was .routed. He .was pushed for a
couple *f miles and then left to pursue
his wiy toward the Potomac with only
cavalry to sting his rear guards and keep
him going.
TOO LATE.
When Shields was out ef sight of the
battlefield Fremont came up. He had at
last brushed the Confederate lly from 1:1s
path and reached the’river. Fremont was
ou one side, Jackson the other and the
long bridge spanning tbe stream was on
fire* If Fremont bad fight iu him he bad
come too late. Next morning be began
his retreat on tbat Mecca of Federal pil
grimage, to be beard of in the valleys no
more.
A SQUARE FIGHf.
Port Republic was one of tbe equarest
fights of the war. Shields had the ad
vantage iu acting on the defensive, and
lie bad every reason to believe tbat Fre
mont would come up in time to participate.
Jackson had less artillery, but bis troops
were nerved by tbe knowledge tbat Fre
mont would be held, aud that victory at
Port Republic would clear tlie valleys.
A SINGULAR FACT.
After Jackson bad passed Strasburg and
was on bis way to Port Republic, Fremont
felt In behind bim. It was known for a
fatt tbat Shields was hastening up tbe
Luray to reach Port Republic first. There
was a plan to get him between the two
armies. How could he say that he would
defeat it? How could he know tbat he
was to check one army, whip tlie other
and clear the valley of both? And yet
Jackson so calculated.. On June 6, with
Fremont at his heels, Shields hurrying
up, Ashby dead and tbe Confederates
pushing at tbe top of their speed, he sent
a courier to Johnson at Richmond with
tbe message:
“Should my command bo required at
Richmond, I can be at Mechanics’ Run
depot, on tbe Central road, tbe second
day’s march.”
He did not meaiftliat be would leave tbe
valley in possession of the Federals and
hurry to the spot named, but he meant
that be would have finished both armies
by tbe time Johnson wanted his com
mand.
Two days before Cross Keys—thee days
before Port Republic—tbat strange man
planned what would happen and what did
happen. He had a strange power of Intui
tion, shown in a dozen instances. He
never halted nor hesitated nor groped—
he divined. Was it a gift? His men say
yes; his enemies cannot say no. Once
more, when weJind him hurrying through
Thoroughfare Gap to strike Pope’s army
m the rear, wo shall see evidences of an
intuition which startled those who shared
his danger and knew him best. M. Quad.
svrrtJBJiE couter of ufohuia.
.Decisions Rendered March 7th, 1883.
Jjfported for the Telegraph and Messenger Sjr
U.C.P.epUs, of the Atlanta Dar.
.Lee Hillsman vs. tho State. Barglary,
from Crawford.
Jackson, C. J.—L In an indictment, for
burglary"it is a sufficient description of
money, alleged to have been the object of
larcenous intent, to set it forth os "thirty
dollars in money of the value of $30.1
Tbe gravamen of the offense of burgla'y
is the breaking and entering with intent to
commit a larceny, and if that intent was
to steal any sort of money of tbe value of
thirty dollars, it is enough. Indeed, it
seems from 51 Ga., ICG, that no description
at all of tbe goods intended to be stolen is
neoesenry, for proof that any are in the
hou-e, it is ruled there, is sufficient to sus
tain conviction.
2. The evidence sustains the verdict.
Jndgment affirmed.
Day vs. the State Carrying concealed
weapons, from Houston.
Cbawfobd, J.—1. There being no proof
of venno in this case, it most be sent back
for new trial, although there was no spe
cial ground taken* in the motion for a new
trial, as to failure to prove vouue. Uudrfj ■
the vfueral grounds that the verdict is con?n>
tra3 > £> law and evidence, failure to prove
venue will be considered and ruled upon.
Judgment reversed.
Andrew Gorman et al. vs. Rachel A. Wood.
Ejectment, from Bibb.
Cbawfobd, J.—Money whs claimed to
have been made by the wife, prior to 1861,
by keeping a public house for the enter
tainment of boarders, and to have been
paid for the land in controversy. It ap
pears that the land wa3 bought in 1SG0 by
tbe husband, part of the purottase money
pcid, bond for titles taken in the name of
tbo hnsbnnd, the property given in for
taxes by him as tiis own up to the year
1876, and homestead sought therein by
him before 1876; tbat in 1874 he became
seenrity for another, judgment was bad
against bim in November, 1875, and the
land sold under execution issuing thereon,
and that a deed was made to the wife in
1876 by the obligor in the bond'for titles
given to the husband in I860.
Held: 1. That money mado ns claimed
by the wife, was not such earnings of the
wifo as became her separate property prior
to 1861, and the act of December 1866.
2. The fact that under the act of 2861 al
lowing the wife to deposit her earnings in
savings banks, controlling it, disposing of
it, etc., may be constraeJ in favor of the
wife’s right to invest iu land, cannot affect
this case, as the pureba-e and payment
were made before the act was passed.
!!. Even if the money invested iu tho
land beiongod to tbe wife, it would be in-
equituble 'tud illegal to allow her secret
equity to be asserted after her husband
bad gone into possession of it under appa
rently a porfect equity, after be had ob
tained credit on tbe land, and after judg
ment heirs had fastene Ion it. Judgment
reversed.
Paschal vs. the State. Assault with intent
to murder, from Muscogee.
Jackson, O. J.—Where it is oliarged in an
indictment that an assault was made with
a oertaiu weapon likely to produoe death,
tlie fact must appear either from the weap
on itself, the blow or other satisfactory
proof, and it is error in tbe oonrt to refuse
to ebargo that it must be proven to the sat
isfaction of the jury that the weapon used
was of a character likely to produoe death.
Jadgment reversed.
about* or in the ooonty. Jadgment af
firmed ,
Ivey & Ivey vs. Hammock. Certiorari,
from Marion. ^
Jackson,0. J. —1. There was sufficunt evi
dence to sustain tbe finding of the court be
low that the property in dispute was fraudu
lently taken from tbo possession of defend
ant in error.
2. Though ordinarily one parlntr cannot
maintain a possessory warrant against
another for partnership property, yet,
where by the very term; of the partnership
the possession necessarily is fixed in him,
and ttat possession is essenti-t! to carrying
ont tbe partnership contract, he may do
so. Judgment affirmed.
Cleveland vs. Treadwell. Ejectment from
Butts. .
Jackson, 0. J.—1. The refusal to grant f.
Ltw trial was not by the judge who presiiV
ed on the triai oefore the jury, therefy-'$
the usual deference to the disci etio</of
the presiding judge is not culled for
case. Ail that was known by ths^Tudge
who refused tho new triui, or that SWV>uld
have known, is known to tkis/ufltrt, and
hence we approach tlie case inJgs absence
of all intervening discretion ciSus part.
2. From tbe evidence in tv record it is
clear that the processionegySmarkcd an il
legal lire, sot foilowirkjeTnst which the
grantors of the re-peefl J/partie;. former
ly in tlie occupancy o f JK adjoining tracts,
had agreed upon, a/BSagh tlie marks of
each agreed lines rK? still standing and
were identified. /Sue judge obarged the
jury that the linaJjfin by*' the proces-ioners
is illegal if ruiuS&ithout reference to the
marked line ajfeed on by the former oc-
tracts. The verdiat of the
. the iiue run by tho proces-
herefore contrary to evidence
irge of the court,
es, or those under whom they
to nave acquiesced in and oo-
_____ the line agreed on for more
than seven years, and without regard to
written claim of right or color of title. This
acquiescence, and the aots of oocnpancy
manifesting it, established the tree, legal
'dividing line between these adjoining land
owners. Code 33‘8. Judgment reversed.
Bryant & Locket vs. ihe Southwesto.n Rail
road Company. Case, from Sumter.
CBAwroBA.J.—1. Acontract.underwhicli
a car loatfiof mules was shipped from
A Jiuta to Americus, and .vhich stipulated
tbat neither the Central railroad, non/uiy
road receiving the mules from them, sli3Bld
be liable for any attention, feeding or wa
tering the stock, will not relieve tho Soutt
western Railroad Company from responsi
biiity for injury caused by the car
being carried to Dawson instead of to
Americcs, and by the detention of the
males at Dawson withont care and atten
tion until some of them were wholly lost
and others greatly damaged.
2. Under the contract the Central railroad
aud its connecting lines were bound to
transport tbe live stock to Americas and no
farther. If they were carried farther by a
connecting line and damage occurred to
the owners thereby, such connecting line
is litible therefor.
3. Although a mistake mav have been made
at Atlanta in shipping the muie9, by an
agent of the Central railroad, yet such mi <-
take would not relieve the Southwestern
railroad from liability under the facts of
this case. It was a party to the contract.
4. The charge requested by plaintiffs in
,irror tbat “it the defendant bad the mules
In its possession, and while iu its possession
they were injured by tbe gross negligence
of tbe agents and employes of said company
in not feeding and watering them, then the
defendant would be liable,” was properly
refused, as it was not confined to tbe negli
gence of the railroad company daring tbe
time when the males were beyond Ameri
cas at Dawson. Judgment reversed.
Hall vs. Mntthows, et al. Complaint for
land, from Talbot.
Jackson, C. J.—The homestead pleaded,
having been taken in 1873 for tbe benefit of
a wife and depondont grandchild, did not
terminate on the death of .the wife, the
grandchild beiDg still a minor, and such
Homestead exemption could be set up by
tbe head of tho family as against a deed
mado by himself and wife after homestead
was set apart. Jadgment reversed.
Champion vs. Champion. Alimony from
Stewart.
Jackson, C. J.—1. On a question of alimo
ny,pending a libel for divorce,and passed on
in term timo, this uonrt will not scan close
ly the ruling of tbe oourt below in refasing
to contiuuo the hearing because defendant's
counsel had been notified of tbe applica
tion only a short time before tbe term, and
one of the defendant’s witnesses was ab
sent. The record does not show that the
presiding.judge abused bis discretion in
this mat:or.
2. The alimony allowod seems reasona
ble and proper, and no legal ground is
shown to disturb the judgment. Judgment
affirmed.
Brady et al. vs. Brady, guardian. Claim,
from Sumter.
Jackson, O. J.—1. There was no error -in
the oourt’s refusal to allow the claim in
this case to be withdrawn, it being the
second claim by the same party as against
the paino execution. 61 Ga. 470. Judg
ment affirmed.
Robinson vs. the State. Simple laroeny,
from Eirly._
Jackson, 0. J.—1* The ovidenoo of a de
ceased witness on the commitment triai is
admissiblo on the subsequent trial before
tbe jury for the offense. It is a continuous
prosecution for the same offense and the
parties identical. Snoh evidence could be
> roved by parol, although it may have been
teld that what the magistrate took down
in writing would have been better evidence
of what the witnee^8woro, sinoe it was not
shown that the evidence was taken down
in writing in this case.
2. There was sufficient evidence to
sustain the verdiot. The fact that
the name |of the ownor of
the stolen property is set out in the indict
ment as Joel W. Perry, and tho owner is
spoken of in the evidence simply as Col.
Ferry, and by one witness as father, is not
material. A jury of tho vicinage usually
know all about the relationship of parties
and witnesses and their familiar titles, and
there is no shadow of proof that anybody,
other than Joel W. Ferry was called Col.
Ferry, or that any other Perry lived tbero-
Rutherford administrator, vs. Rountree,
Distress for rent, from Houston.
Spkeb, J.-—1. A discharge in bankrnptoy
will operate as a good plea in bar in a pro
ceeding for rent due, the debt having ac
crued before tne discharge, and ihe court
did not err in rejecting ordors by the bank
rupt court, giving plaintiff leave to pro
ceed to judgment in the suit penainr
against the defendant, as irrelevant. Sail
orders were admitted to have been granted
prior to the discharge of defendant and
pending the bankruptcy proceedings. The
object of the orders to proceed was solely
to determine the amount dne, and which
might be proved in bankrnptoy. U. S.
statutes, section 5106. This being so, the
plea of discharge was a good one, notwith
standing the orders offered in evidence.
Judgment affirmed.
Harris vs. Smith. Money rale, from Ran
dolph.
Cbawfobd, J.—1. Right of action against
n sheriff by a defendant in fi. fa , to recov
er money raised bv sale of such defend
ant’s property under execution, and in ex
eats of said execution, is barred by tbe
statute of limitations in fonr years.
2. Snoh a right does not fall under the
aot or 1855-6 (rode, section 2918), declaring
that all suits for enforcing rights arising
under statutes, acts of incorporation or by
operation of law, shall be brought in twen
ty years after the right of antuo aocruee.
The Legislature was dealing with rights ac
cruing to individuals under statutes and
acts of incorporation. In some of the
oases growing ont of both the statutory and
charter liability of parties, it was held that
obligations arose which were a quasi ex
contractu, and imposed by operation of
mere law (18 Georgia. 341). But tbe right
in this case clearly falls under section 2918
of the code, and the oonrt was right in so
holding. Judgment affirmed.
Trammell vs. Wooifolkv Foreclosure of
mortgage. From Harris.
Cbawfobd, J.—1. A plea ot usury most
set forth the sum upon which it waa paid,
or to be paid, the time when the contract
was made, when payable, and the amount
of usury agreed upon, taken or reserved,
and should be complete and perfect in it
self. It appearing in this case that the
plea of usury filed could only be made cer
tain by reference to tbe note, to secure
which the mortgage was given, it wisprop-
erly stricken.
2. Tbe aot of 1878-9, p. 184-5, cannot be
invoked to aid plaintiff in error here, as it
was not submitted to the judge below, and
consequently no ruling thereon was made
by him. Jadgment affirmed.
fabb et ah vs. Collier. Ejectment from
Early. ,
Cbawfobd, J.—1. Where a year's support
has been set apart by the ordinary, the
same vests in tbe widow and children, and
if tbe same be in land and tbe widow, bv
the approval of the ordinary, sells it and
appropriates the proceed* thereof to the
support of the heirs at law, they cannot re
cover the same, because there is no express
power given the ordinary to order the sate,
or because the approval of the ordinary to
such sale was irregular. 50 Ga. 268.
2. Tbe principle that a year’s support
had been enjoyed by the family before this
waa set apart, should have been invoked
before the final jadgment of the ordinary
had been prononnoed _ setting it apart.
Kvery presumption is in favor of their
jadgment nor are they to be collaterally
attacked. Judgment affirmed.
Flournoy A Epping vs. Williams. Com
plaint, from Talbot f
Spkxb, J.—1. The sayings and admis
sions of one of an alleged partnership, not
in the presence of the others nor brought
to their knowledge and assented to or rati
fied by them, are inadmissible to bind the
other party or establish tbe existenoe of a
partnership.
2. Toe charge requested was not sup
ported by the evidence and waa not perti
nent.
8. The evidence sustains the verdict and
tbe law was fairly given in oharge. Jadg
ment affirmed.
Garlington vs. the State. Stabbing, from
Early.
Spekx, J-—-The evidence in this ease de
mands the verdict. Jadgment affirtned.
Henderson vs. Sledge. ’ Equity, from Ma
con.
Sfbbb, J.—It has been the uniform ruling
of this court not to interfere with the first
grant of a new trial by tbe presiding judge
on the evidence, unless the verdict was
demanded by the evidence. We see no
reason in this case to uepirt from that
ruling. Jadgment affirmed.
Tha Western Union Telegraph Company
vs. Blanchard, William- A Co. Assump
sit, from M ubcogee.
Spkxb, 4.—Defendant in error delivered
to plaintiff ir error at Columbus, Ga., a
telegraphic message to bo sent to New
York, in these words: "Cover two hun
dred September and one hundred August;”
the message as delivered by plaintiff iu er-
ror ia^mw York was: “Cover two hundred
SeptftJp&er, two hundred August.” By rea-
soqiVthe error defendants in error suf-
fiqjar damage, for which they brought
k It being shown that tbe message sent
jK defendant in error was changed in iu*
transmission, the burthen was on plaintiff
m error to show that it hod exercised
proper diligence about tho business of such
transmission. In this ease the agent of the
telegraph company shows by his evidence
that tbe error was bis own, and ihe resalt
“of the operation of uuoonso ous mental
aotion.” Against such “unconsciousness”
the law gives redross when loss results
therefrom.
2. Any rule or regulation of tho tele
graph company which seeks to relieve it
from performing its duty, belonging to
the employment, with integrity, skill and
diligence, contravenes public policy as well
as the taw, and under it the party at fault
cannpt seek refuge. If it became uecessa
ry for the company in transmitting mes
sages with integrity, skill and diligence to
secure accuracy by having said messages
“repeated,” then tho law devolves upon it
the duty of repeating them.
3. To say the tympany shall only be lia
ble for the amount of tolls paid ont is
practically to excuse them altogether.
4. 3 he plaintiff in error is a foreign cor
poration, and we think that a presentation
of the claim for damages within sixty days
to tlie resident agent of the company at
Columbus, who made the contract and
transmitted the messsage, is a sufficient
compliance with law, and with the rule that
such claim should be presented within
sixty days to some agent of tlie company
authorized to exorcise its corporate powers
in relation to the snbject matter of the
claim. /
□5. The' message, according to tho proof,
was an ordinary commercial message, in
telligible to those engaged in cotton deal
ing, and we can see no special purpose, in
tended by tho sender, which was unknown
to the company, so as to vary the rule of
liability. There was at least enough known
to them to show that it was a commercial
message of value attached to the me a sago,
and that is sufficient.
6. The agents in New .York who bought
and sold the cotton (and presumably were
bound for it),oonld reoover ot the plaintiffs
the amount of the !o;s paid for them. If
eo, plaintiffs on paying that loss,
sustained a legal injury, and the telegraph
company who caused the injury are liablo
for it, although the contract of soiling fu
tures in cotton be contrary to cur law.
Judgment affirmed.
Yonugblood & Horns vs. Eubanks. Ap
peal, from Fike.
Speeb, J.—1. Fixtures annexed to tbe
freehold by the tenant may be severed
therefrom by him and removed while ho re
mains in possession of tbe demised prem
ises ; be may remove them notwithstanding
the expiration of his term if he remains
in possession of the premises under the
lessor, but the possession must be held un
der a right still to be considered the ten
ant of tho lessor. Bnt where a tenant af
fixes shanties, etc., to the leased premises,
and after the expiration of his lease leaves
them there, and the landlord re-enters and
oontinues iu possession for four months tie-
fore the attempt is made to remove the
fixtures, the tenant’s right is lost, Jadg
ment affirmed.
Gunn vs. Brown, defendant in fi. fa. and
MoMichael, claimant. Claim, from
Randolph.
Cbawfobd, J.—1. Where the record shows
acknowledgment of service twenty days
before the term to which a case is mado re
turnable; tbat such case appeared on the
court docket in its regular order at the ap
pearance and trial 'terms, as well as upon
the minutes of the oourt; and that there
was a confession of judgment at the proper
term, it was error to rnlo ont the fi. fa. be
cause tbe clerk bad omitted to endorse the
day of the filing of the declaration on the
back thereof. After acknowledgment of
service and confession of judgment, it was
too late to make each objection. The suit
and the record thereof were notice to third
parties.
2. When the fi. fa, for a mere irregulari
ty was rejected as evidence, and the plain
tiff was obliged to abandon his effort to
oond8mn the property, it was an error to
allow a verdict for the claimant, finding the
property not subject. The levy should have
been dismissed. Judgment reversed.
Hays vs. Hamilton. Complaint, from
Muscogee.
Cbawfobd, J.—1. There was no merit in
the motion for a continuance. The ab
sence ol defendant was not n good ground,
the case having been set for over a week
and notice given. Tho nun-return of in
terrogatories was not available because
they had been sued out within twenty days
of the session of the court, the time of
their being mailed was “before tie court
convened,” bnt when, does not appear.
Counsel could not state what the witnesses
wonld swear, nor that they were to have the
interrogatories executed.
2. The exception that the instrument
sued on was allowed to go in evidence
withont proof of execution, tho same being
under seal, was withont merit, there being
no plea of non est factum, and tbe invest
ment being a cotton option note under tbe
hand and seal of the maker.
3. There was no error in the refusal of
the oourt to recall the jury and allow the
defendant to testify, defendant having
come into oourt ju«t after tho jury had re
tired. Jndgment affirmed, with damages.
Hordee vs. Brown, defendant in fi. fa., acd
MoMichael, claimant. Claim, from Ran
dolph.
Si-exb, J.—Claimant b mght land claimed
from defendant in fi. fa. before the date of
the jadgment, paid part of the purchase
money, giving his note for tlie balance,
and took bond for titles; aftwlhe judg
ment he paid the balance of jha purchase
money and received a deed.
Held: 1. That a charge to the effect that
nrder these circumstances the claimant
had a perfect equity and the land is not
subject to the judgment, though tbe pay
ment of the purchase money was not com
pleted until after tbe rendition of the
Judgment, was error. We do not hold
that the whole of the land would be sub
ject, but plaintiff in fi. fa. would have a
right to call for the amount of purchase
money remaining unpaid at the date of the
judgment, the legal title at that time being
: in defendant in n. fa.
2. A oharge that “if claimant was in pos
session under bond for titles, and had
paid part of the purchase money, and “iv-
en his note for the balance before rendition
of the jndgment, then claimant had a pt r-
feot equity and the land was not subject,
though the payment of the purchase mon
ey was not completed until after the rendi
tion of the jnngment,” left the jury no dis-
cretion as to their verdict, and was error.
J udgment reversed.
MoMichael vs. Hordee. survivor. Claim
from Randolph.
Speeb, J.—X. There bung a variance of
only three cents between the amount of
the verdiot and the amount stated in tits
judgment, and that varianoe being in the
matter of interest on ths principal sum
claitjud, such variance will not be allowed
to affect the judgment attacked. The
jadgment would bo amendable, if need bo,
on motion without prejudice.
2, The suit was iu the name of John L.
Hordee. survivor of U. A. Hordee i Co.,
and tim process was in the name of u. A.
and J 8. Hardee, as partners under the
firm name of U. A. Hordee & Co. The
oourt al owed the plaintiff iu fi. fa. to take
an order “nunc pro tunc” suggesting the
d««th of U. A. Hordee, and allowing the
ease to proceed in the name of J. L. Hor
dee, survivor. We must presume that
there was sufficient evidence before 4Be
udge, questions ot law and fact having
jbeen submitted to him, tg^atiafy him that
the order to Amend lutd keen previously
allowsd by tlie court, and there was a fail,
ere to outer the same on the m.nutes. This
being so there was no error in allowing
the “nuno pro tuuo” Older.
3. The third ground of error assigned is
not verified by tbe presiding judge. Judg
ment nffirmeJ.
Matthews vs. Bivens, executrix. Complaint
ft cm Chattahoochee.
SrEua, J.—The evidence in this care sus
tains tbe verdiot, and the verdict is not
oont.nry to l tw. Judgment affirmed.
A French Fire Sc ark.— It took place
at the Theatre de la Renaissance in the
midst of tbe opera of Le Soie. Capoul,
as the hero, was in tbe act of partaking
of a cup of coffee, reclining mesuwiflle
luxuriously upon a pile of cushions, when
suddenly au explosion wav' heard, and
cups, cushions and Capoul simultaneous
ly went up into the air. Many of the
spectators thought that this was a new
scenic effect aud began to applaud, but
the cotifusiou of the actors aud the vol
umes of smoke that poured from tbe aper
tures in tbe stage changed their approba
tion into terror. Capoul picked himself
up from the wreck, aud coming forward
did his best to reassure tbe audience, but
there was a general stampede into the
lobbies. M. Brissard, Commissary or the
Police, tried his hand iu pacifying the
spectators, aud succeeded iu persuading
them that there was nothing really
the malter,and above a!i no danger of fire,
so by tbe time tbe three-quarters of a a
hour necessary to repair tbe damage had
elapsed, people were settled once more in
their places, aud the performance proceed
ed without further interruptions. The
cause of tlie scare was the explosion of a
bag of oxygen gas iu-the cellar immedi
ately under the stage. One unfortunate
lady was terrified literally out of her wits.
She sat on a chair in the foyer, rigid and
motionless as a statue, giving vent, from
time to time, to tbe exclamation, "O, moa
Dieu!” followed by *a piercing shriek.
He; husband and sis'er, who were with
her, could do nothing to pacify or to.
arouse her, aud she remained in tbe same
condition throughout the remainder of tbe
evening, much to the delectation or the
rest of tlie spectators, who all took little
trips in detachments to the foyer to iook
at her. She was finally, with some diffi
culty, placed in a cab, and taken borne.
Bwpllalnsr AbCbee
AVtc York Sun. *
Ah Chco, a young Chinaman, was baptized
lost evening In the Raptlst Church, in Fifty
third street, near Seventh avenue, by tbe Rev.
Dr. Samson, the pastor. A number of Ah
Choc's countrymen sat in a group among tho
^T^o^ung convert, dressed In a black robo
bound at the waist by a cord, sat on iheplat-
form at tlie ride of tbe preacher. Ub queue
was tucked in atthc neck of the garment. Ho
looked intelligent, serious and •atf-pCasessaa.
On cither ride of him sat Kara Slug, tlie sexton
of tha church, who is studylug tor the min
istry, and Mr. Kapriclan, a young Armenian
preacher!
At tho conclusion of the regular services Mr.
Kugrielan made n brief address. AhChee, be
ing culled upon by the pastor, also began to
mako an addrv-s m Euglbh. lie epokefiuent-
Iv, but it was imiwssible to understand him.
lir. Samson interrupted him and asked him to
finish lib remarks iu Chinese, which he (ltd.
The pulpit wav then removed and tbe convert
stepped into tho marble font with bare feet,
where the immersion was effected.
Ah Uheo Is one of a school of forty young
MOW. Including a number of Chinese and Ar
menians, who uro taught by Dr. Samson.
Worrying a Michigander,
Detroit f^ost.
When tho war broke out. North Carolina was
called the Union State of the South, because
tho i*coplc w«ro very generally in favor of tho
government. It bus been discovered by the
rebel archives now under examination at
Washington, that up to isfil site never cast more
th«n no,000 votes, out that she gave l'-l.uoo
rebels to light tho Union. It a Union State of
the South shows such a record as that, it is
enough to make one shudder to think what it
might have done 11 it had sympathized with the
rebellion.
Mr. Deb's Bequest ol tbo PnsMeat
Vincennes Sun.
It Is an old German custom to have the Em
peror stand as godfather to the seventh son of
any royal subject. Mr. Ifcnry A. Eseh thought,
of ilii- the birth of Ins seventh s*>n. a few
days ago, ami In lieu of an Emperor, wrote to
President Arthur, nuking him to become god
father. Hb Excellency replied, dejWiWBg
Postmaster W. D. Lewis, as the government
representative here, to act in hb stead, and tbo
old custom was observed aa in Faderlaud.
Ob RtulBCM. ,
Xorristmcn Herald
A man accompanied by an undertaker was
seen entering a Washington newspaper offleo
the other day. It is supposed tho man's busi
ness was to “demand satisfaction," and the un
dertaker to take hb measure.
.Unthetle Journalism In Delaware.
Senator Saulshurg'sDelawa-ean.
Men of Delaware, descended from a long line
of honorable ancestors, wa addre-- to you to
day a few words honestly uttered and gushing
from a heart warm, -inecre and sensitive to
your dearest and nearest interests.
A Fab) Lows.
Philadelphia Record.
Many were the sins of omission ** well as of
eommusion laid at the door of exT'revident
Grant's administration; yet few people are
aware of the grave eonsMMOMBOf the api>o!nt-
mentof Genorai Schcnck as roinbter to the
Court of St. Jamcv. It is well known that tho
General, one hapless day. introduced to a par
ty, at which the I’rinco of Wales was present,
the subject of that mysterious game of cards
familiarly known as “poker," more affection
ately denominated by '.lie devotees os the “tit
tle game of draw.” Ills Royal “Nibbs” con
fessed tbat he had never heard of tho game.
He was assured by the doughty General that he
could never understand the supreme confl :
deneoof a Chibtian man when fortified by a
hand that held four ailcv unless he became
j*os!cd. Wales was further enlightened as to the
modus operandi of the American game.
Whether lie proved an apt pupil under his
competent instructor the puldlc has never been
informed; but the fact that tlie Prince of Wales
played drawt>okcr was tho shibboleth for itv
popularity. And now the London journals tell
us that. tne “craze” over the game is wilder
than ever before attended a popular amuse
ment, flndinglb victims among women as well
as men. amt reaching every grade of society.
In short our English cousins have become
thoroughly demoralized. Although the ex-
minister may have been the direct Instrument,
vet die cx-lTesident must shoulder the respon
sibility for thb sa<l state of affairs. He did not
invent poker, but he sent a representative to
England who knew more about poker than di
plomacy.
U EORGIA, BIRR COUNTY.—Whereas, A. B.
Kov*. administrator of the estate of Joseph
l-——if— —l.) county, deceased, has
j. , deceased,—
made application for leave to sew alt the real
estate belonging to said “state.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
wwnat concerned t- ■ lie and a; pzar at tho
April term lv*_=, of tho court of ordinary of said
county to show cau-e, if any they can, why
said application should not in-grunted.
"Aitm-ic my hand and official -ignature,
March r,. 1S-L J* A. McMANLS.
martlawlw* Ordinary.
/GEORGIA. BIRR COUNTY.-Whereas. A.
(TProudtit has made application for letters of
guardian-hip of thej-er>on ami property Julia
M. Ever ami Aline IIudzklns.mtnorchtMx.-n of
John Hodgkin:*, d*-ceased.
These tire therefore to cite and ndmonts.i au
por-om concerned -to be ami appear at tne
April term, 1of the court **■ ordinary of
said count'* to show cause, if any they can,why
said application should not be granted.
Witness my hand and official e |§ 11 '“i 1 J? I \¥* rc k
g J. A. JIcMAMS,
mazTUtrtw* ordinary-
GEORGIA, BIRR COUNTY.-Nolice is hereby
■riv.qi to til! person'concerned Ihut .tobt tree*
man?bite of raid county, deceased, .tied testate
and one Harriet B. Fulton, having been duly
appointed bv the court of ordinary administra
tor d- bunis'mo with tlie will annexed, who
ImVr.WXptmed thi, life before fmlsnlng the
a mill -tniuou of Robert hr.-cman s estate,and
i , lia .. ,-died for tuuiuisUiiliouof said
estate tiitu ‘ administration do bontn
mm cum testament*. annexo wl)l
& vested in. tho c>rk of the Sujft-
rior Court or »oibc other tit proper pcr*OB
after the publication of this rttdtloiiUfwiV at
the April 1 term. !■*&!, ofthe courtof onliwy o
su'd county unlesa valid objeeUou is made to
