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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884. thE attornev-ceneral-8 opinion. .H.isasthe Treasurer not to Receive H ® the Proffered Bonde. xb( . Attomey-General completed bt» ooinlon to-night In the matter o* U.e pay- Tnt to the State of Oio balance purchase “ , ev of the Macon and Brunswick Bail- “ & 3 'per cent. United Statea registered ”„ Js adhering to the decision already maJe' I send you the opinion in full: AtroaasY-GsMEAL’s Orricr, Atlanta, 0, February 15,1884.—lion. D. A', Fpeer, uau Trcanrtr, Atlanta, (7a.—Sib: At the L,. U cst of the attorneys of the East Tcif- e, s ce, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company, I havo reconsidered theques' tion whether you are authorized to receive United States 3 per cent, bonds in pay- nt 0 i the balance due for the purchase ot the Macon and Brunswick railroad. These gentlemen (Messrs. Baxter and locbrane) have appeared before me and have insisted: , That the act authorizing tlio „i the road and tho act Steadatory thereof authorizetho pur- tn pay the sura for which the road ^7d fnn,onev. or bonds of this State, or of the United States, at their option; acd that, if they elect to pay in bonds, the bonds are to be received at their market value and not at par. “ That the State is bound, under tho contract, to receive United States regis tered bonds, whether the bonds tendered were issued under laws of force when the contract was entered into, or not. meat* sulnnittci/and "the Tmtlioritjct d bv them. I feel constrained to adhere to oninian I have heretofore given you. The original act. after authorizing the lease of the road, provides as to Hows: '•\y| 10 n said railroad is built by said lessees (referring to the extension from Macon to Atlanta) they shall at the time of or before the completion of said road as above provided for, have the right and op tion ot purchasing the Macon and Bruns wick railroad tor tho sum of one million, one hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars, to be paid in the recognized bonds of the State of Georgia.” .... The amendatory net, passed forty days later provides: “That said lessees shall have the privilege of perchasing said road, upon the terms stated in the nbovo recited act at any time after the laase is made, and all payments required by said act to be made in recognized bonds of the State of Georgia may, at the option of the pur chaser, be made in UnltcdStatcs registered lam reliably informed that when the subject was under consideration in the Legislature, a proposition to authorize the sale of the road for one million, one hun dred and twenty-five thousand dollars in money was rejected. This fact clearly shows that the acta, under which the road was sold, were not Intended to have any such interpretation as that now claimed. But apart from that and looking to the acta themselves, they cannot bear the Interpretation insisted on —os to making payment in money for the following reasons: 1. They provide in plain and unraistake- abte language that tho sum fixed, as tlia price of the road, shall be paid in bonds. 2. The original act permits payment to be made "in the recognized bonds of this State" and nothing else. If the intention was to allow the sum specified, as the price of the road, to be paid In money, what is tho sense or necessity of the language, “to be gaid in the recognized bonds of this 2. If the originaljact authorized payment for tho road to be made in money, what was the necessity of providing, by the amending act, that tho purchasers might pay “eitherin recognized bond, of thlsState or in registered bonds of the United States?" It is a well known fact that the sole reason which Induced the Legislature to pass the amendatory act, was that by the original act, the purchasers could pay In nothing but State bonds, nnd it was feared that if they were thus restricted, they would be at the mercy of speculators in State soeurities. If it had been the pur pose ot the second act to allow pay ment to be made in money, why did it not say so In plain lan guage? Why did it still restrict tho means of payment and provide that, in lieu of State bonds, registered bonds of the United 8totes might be received. 4. If It was intended that theroadlhould be told for so much money, what was the use or necessity of saying anything about bonds of any description? I think it Is equally clear that the State did not intend to contract to receive either her own bonds or tboso of (lie United States st their market value, and that the sets under consideration do not bear any such Interpretation. Was the State willing to buy her bonds or those of the United States at a pro- mlurn? The propositi on Is utterly inad missible. If the State was willing to take her bonds or those of the United* States from the purchasers ot the Macon and Brunswick railroad, at tho premium they commanded in the market, why not have ■old the road tor money nnd, with that, have sent her own Treasurer out to buy them tor her ? Why employ persons, then unknown to her (whoever should happen Jo lease the road), to purchase State and federal securitise, rather than her own trusted officials ? Would the former be likely to procure them for licr on more favorable tarns than the latter? But. finally, why did she want to buy each securities, partic- ujuris-United States bonds, at all? How did she expect to profit by It? This brings mo to tho last question to be considered, vis, can bonds of the United States, issued by virtue of laws passed •tore the contract was entered into.be lawfully tendered In payment of the bal ance due tortile mail? It Is insisted that a note tor a specific jpmoftnoney may be paid In whatever is Uie lawful currency ot the country at the time it falls doe, ami the Istc-t decision of the majority of the Supreme Court of the Ujfitad States, in tho “legal tender case*,” jisvi.ilallace. 457) has l,ecu cited to sup- Macon and Brunswick Railrosd (after wards purchasers) were required to rive to secure the faithful performance of the obligations of their contract. This bond had to be given or these registered bonds deposited Immediately after the contract was entered Into. Is it not clear, there fore, that the "registered bonds" referred to were bonds then In circulation? Tills same Macon and Brunswick Rail road Company issued soon after its organ ization, by virtue of an act of the General Assembly, certain bonds which created a first mortgage lien on its road and other property. Several years later it, by virtue of u subsequent act, issued other bonds v-liicli created a second mortgage lien on its road, etc,, and which were much less valuable than those first issued. .Suppose that intermediate the passage of the first and the second acts, it has entered into a contract to pay a certain amount In the mortgage bonds of the company, without specifying In wlint class or kind or mortgage bonds. Would any one contend that tho contract could he discharged by the tender of tho second mortgage bonds,Issued under the act passed after tho contract was made? Surely pot. That, in all essential particulars, is this case. To use the language of the Su preme Court of tho United States and of tills State also (4th Wallace 550, 16th do. 314, 38th Ga. 381) "the laws which exist at the time of the making a contract, and In the place where it ismadc and to be performed, enter into and make part of it This embraces those laws alike which affect its validity construction, discharge and enforcement’ It wav claimed, in the argument before me, that the deed executed by the Govern or to the purchasers of the road was the interpretation by the parties of the mean ing ot the act under which it was made, and that, according to the terms of the deed, payment may be made in money. I do not think the deed is essentially different from the act. t am cicarthatit bears no such interpreta tion as that contended tor; but if it does, the act of the Legislature must neverthe less govern. “In cases of public agents, the govern ment or other authority is not bound, un less it manifestly appears that the agent is acting within the scope of his authority. There is no hardship in requiring from -rivato persons, dealing with public ot- icers, the duty of inquiring as to tlieir real or apparent power and authority to hind the government. Story on agency Sec. 307 a. Very respectfully, Clifford Anderson, Attorney-General. Letter from 8ishop Pierce. Wesleyan Christian Advocate. Mr. Editor: The “golden wedding” has come and gone. It was a joyful occasion —rational, religious, Christian in its cere monies and its impressions. Itwasindeed a family reunion, and the number present ranks me among tjie patriarchs, or at least head of the tribe. We had many greetings and congratulations from friends far and near—present and absent—letters filled witli good wishes and Christian sentiments from Connecticut to Colorado. My daily correspondence I count as the hardest work I do. The late avelanche of epistles I have concluded to answer through the press. A month’s writing would not suffice, if I were to take them one by one. The notable event lias quick ened the poetic vein, too, like ,be breath of spring, and charming verses hare poured in upon us, from North and South. My muse has folded her wings long since, and rests voiceless In her re treat She caunot respond to her more youthful mates. 1 am shut up to siience, or to print It is due to say that !n my letter an nouncing days of birth and marriage, I only proixMcd to gratify friends, who de manded it ot me. My suggestion to Flor ida, Virginia and Georgia, as to the or anges, oysters and cigars was a mere tees of pi- :i-:u>try,whlchIthonghtevery ody would understand. Yet, to bo can did, I thought some of these might come. Beyond this I bad no expectations. I neither asked nor hinted. Bat numerous friends had other thoughts. They have sent us oranges, oysters, cigars, pres ents useful and ornamental, and money. The last perhaps the most important, because I needed it This no ono knew and never would, unless they had asked me the question direct I amsemetimesemptyliandcdand when bat supplied, bare never seen the day when I could not have used profitably and religiously more than I had. The gilts winch came in have been received with unalloyed gratification. I, wc, ac- a t them thankfully and nrizo them not y for tlieir intrinsic value, but_as ex- llow It was Treated In the West Indies— The Details of nn Adventuresome Trip—A Scrap of History-- Rlockade Running. haveelectecfhlmTo & THE STARS AND BARS. during both terms he has been an active, useful member, serving during eacli term on the finance committee. Ho is emi nently fitted, botli by education and expe rience. tor the office of State treasurer. . Conservative in opinion nnd wise in judgment, having correct and methodical ideas of bnsincss, and, withal, convictions of right, fixed and immovable, his irre proachable integrity and probity of char acter qualify him tor so responsible a posi tion ns State treasurer and make him a fit successor of our present treasurer. Hls i , , , election would secure to Georgia a treas- The other day when the sun had man- uier as good as the State ever trad. aged to force its way, after several days of Troup. struggling, through the dull leaden clouds, ANDREW JACKSON. wo were basking in its genial rays while propping a Cherry street awning-post. A Letter From Old Hickory Which Settles While listlessly watching the peojile as tho Question ot Hls Birthplace. they hurried along, our eyes fell upon the Washington Republican. well-knit figure of Captain Cad Beale. There bangs in the law office of Mr. T. J. As he was a well-known and popular Mackey, of Washington Citf, nn original railroad man the reportorial curl of an In letter written by Andrew Jackson, which terrogation point yanked him to our side, rcadsas follows: I “No nows!" Then the ears that had pricked "Hermitage, June 2,1828.—Gentlemen: I up to catch the faintest sound of a news have had the Pleasure to receive your kind item resumed their wonted flap, and by de- letter of the twelfth ultimo, invitim; me to I . . . , . celebrate wfth the citizens of my native I fin" 6 ** we * oun( * ourselves drifting down a district the approaching anniversary of I current of conservation, our national independence. [ How it came about we do not remember. trern^f toe 1 ’ dS*”?Un^steVl'p";- b "|"® wer ®r" u't, 8 °' T “T" you, gentlemen, to offer to them the assur- "Do you know that I am the only sur- ancooi my heartfelt thanks. If it were in vivor of those who sailed in th- flret ship my power, nothing could be more grateful I that ever floated a Confederate flag? to my feelings than to comply with tlieir Now, no newsgathercr will ever allow a wish, but the distance to be traveled and “an who makre such a statement as that the various requisitions on my time at Ret away from him until the whole story is home compel me to say that pleasure must Wd; consequents the flaps of the repor- be delayed until some other period. torial ears assumed the pcnicndicular, and “Be pleased, gentlemen, to accept tor * nt0 , was the following fn- yourselves individually, and convey to 1 hut «ry of the first Confederate those yon represent, my gratitude tor your I **®8 that ever floated from a mast, tender recollection ol me as a citizen of When the wave of secession began Jo Lancaster. This obUgation is heightened [° u °\er the South, I was living in New by the consciousness on my part that ab* I hern. North Carolina, which is nowconsid- sence and time have not weakened the ar-1 etablo of a scanort town. My honored ft I father was one of the first to espouse the Guadeloupe, a French Island, arriving there the next day at the little town of Bastarre, where we took dinner. Our flag was highly complimented by tho French officers, consuls and others upon the island. "Nothing of interest transpired here. We again failed to sell our cargo advanta geously and sailed tor the island ol Nevis, a small island on which there are main- lino sugar estates, and v/hicli belongs to the English. Filling our casks witli FRESH WATER FROM WASHINGTON, The Currency Bill Discussed in the Sen- nte — Tho Mississippi Contest Oc cupies tho House—The Dan ville Riot—Notes, Etc. (TELEORAPHED TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, February 14.—The chair laid before the Senate a communication from tlie Secretary of the Treasury trans mitting, in compliance with a recent reso lution of the Senate, the testimony taken r^|8n*fi^n^Jsev—pother by a commission ot treasury officers Trelat- ing to tho iiertormance of the duties of the office of the supervising archi tect. The letter was ordered to he printed, , * , , and with accompanying papers referred to A,‘w^MSfWKS?! uSk tT" tee °" “ d the island. While making purchases fn the PVW® ™ a ‘ i » ’ market place with a negro boy whom I ^lehwredetatedhy Messrs. Plumb, had employed as interpreter, I was ac-1 *J“Yey and Sawjcr, and, after a costed by a well dresaed negro, speaking |Jteht^mdmenL oaraed^^arald- L'ssa flS/^tsSb •aSng'toVhe On answering him in t/ie affirmative, he I of th/bi'lf 1 Mr Mirrill then wanted to know if North CarMlna I lgD * t °.'. n .:* T . or ° t .T lt bUL. Mt.. Hatful we went to St. Kitts, which lies just oppo site. We had to Teach both these places tn our small boat, as about five miles from land our schooner got into a dead calm. “A breeze springing up, tve sailed for the island of Dominique, which belongs to the English, landing at tlie town of Roscow. Wo sold our cargo at a good price, hut we were compelled to anchor out and unload in small boats as there were no wharves. Our flag was much admired here and con siderably talked about. fifteen hundred dollars. This insulted liis I dignity and angry words ensued. lie in- K*®®?,®* sent to the vessel. INSULTING A DIONtTABT. dor of that sentiment which consecrates , .. ,, ,, ... the memory of that placo which gave me cause, « nd being a North tarolman I tol- birtli. I have tlie honor to be, gentlemen, lowed *‘ in >- 1 was his oldestson, and then yoor obdL servt., about fifteen years old. n “Avni'pw JAnronv l “Too yonnir to aid the cause, however; To James II. Weatherspoon, John Nis'bet, but full of love of adventure, I joined a John Stewart. Nathaniel Burlier, Jackcy school companion in persuading our par- Perrv, Samuel R. Gibson, Bartlett Jones, "its to let us take a voyage in one of the M. Massey, Sr.. J. Donovan, and William many merchant vessels that plied between McKenna Suit.” | Newoern and Northern ports and the West Parton dace of caste "'south Carolina,"which isnsVct'a I to allow them to goto Northern ports, remote spot, the fastness of which has I . Having many friends among the riety, never been invaded by a railway. Lan- half weeks we were there I became caster Is the birth place of two great men an, [ *°°. n b 7 Invitation, not assailfrs « ■ ■ M M -Andrew Jackson, ono of tlie greatest bllt as adventuresome youths, we proposed cn of Ills age, and Dr. J. Marion Sims, *° “ake a recently deceased, the greatest surgeon ol I votaqe to the west indies. his age. ...... I And right here my memory fails to far- Mr. Mackey, the owner of tho letter, re- „ish mo with the details of that prepara- lates many anecdotes of “Old Hickory.” tion. Mr._ Mackey's father was n warm Iriend of -on the 5th day of March, 1801, the Jackson, and was captured with him schooner rear!. 217 tons burthen, sailed by tlie British when they were hoys and from Newborn, loaded under hatches with taken to Camden, S. C. It was here white oak staves, and with a deck load of that Jackson obtained the sear on Ills I lumber. She was a flat-bottomed schooner, forehead tor refusing to black a British two masts witli centtc board. Her sails officer s toots. The revenge which the I consisted of a mainsail, foresail, standing great warrior resorted to when he became I gib, flying gib and gibcuLtwo gaff top- renowned is one of the most touching 1 9a ils and staysail. Sbewasownel byThe- of moral lessons. It was at New Orleans odore Hughes and commanded by Captain when, after the battle, Jackson took I Bob Robbins. Her crew consisted of one the valuables from the persons of the stain mate, white; five seamen, negroes, before British officers and returned then! to the I the mast, and a cook who was a free ne- commander of the enemy, siwlogizing tor »ro, John If ail, who was my companion, his inability to find an epaulette which I J n d myself, was losL The supposition that “Old Hick- ] “At our main top-mast we had unfurled, ory” was an ignorant man, states Mr. we claim, the first Confederate flag that Mackey, is ail erroneous one, as several oi ever kls«ed the breezes of the Atlantic, the the letters which Jackson wrote give ovl-1 design of the flag having been adopted in donee of bis learning, which was covered 1 Montgomery on March Sd and telegraphed and hid away by bis modesty, several 1 to all points. imc-i wlier questioned about the origin of “On March 9th. 188f, wc went over tho the scar alluded to, lie replied that lie had bar at Hatteras inlet, and headed tor the received more severs scars than that in hls island ot Demarara. On the 12th wo struck life- I a gate that tasted four days and nights, . . “ 1 during which time we were compelled to Merited Success. reef ail sails except the standing gib, and The popularity of Neuralgine is from ] scud^trader bare poles. When the galesub- and Headache, it docs what it claims, ris; relieves pain. Sold by all druggists. cept only . pressionsof love and goodwill. Friend ship, thank God, is not all a name, the poet to the contrary, notwithstanding. We have many friends, and have had all along, who are faithful and true. In any exigency. If need be, I would go to them tor help with as much confidence as in childhood t went to my parents. 1 have given a long Uie and hard labor to tlie church and my native State, and to them I devote the remnant ot my days. I have simply tried to do ray duty. I claim nothing, deserve nothing, and feel amply remunerated In the respect, confidence and love of my brethren and fellow-citizens. In tills respect, at tho late event developed, I am richer than I knew. My Interest in the kind wishes of the good and tho pray ers of the faithful, is an investment from which I shall draw dally consolation. Now to gratify curiosity in part, and to forcstal rumors, let me say I cannot state precisely, the value of things received and would not If I could, but will add, we have been very pleasantly helped though not largely endowed. To all concerned, with no complaints and ten thousand thanks and prayer* tor aU. Yours^truly^^,^^ port the proposition. That court hail pri- viously decided (nth Wallace 003) that a note giren prior to the passage of what Is known as the “legal tender act” of Feb ruary 2>, isi,2. could not lie discharged by I the tender of treasury n-ites ot the United V i' 1 ’'-r i-f anything civ-,e\» ept money --f the same nature and value as that inar- cuution at tlie time tlie contract was I nude, vis: coin or its equivalent; and this decision impres-es the legal profession of tlie country much more favorably, as.-, sound exposition oi tlie law on tho sub- je«, tton tiie liter one In I2t!i Wallace, i n stli Wallace at page 012, tin- court "ta'es to-.-question, under consideration, to be ‘ could the plaintiff be compelled * * ?o “rove | n payment a currency ot c a.erent nature ami value from that which was in contemplation of the parties when the contract was nude?” and, nftcr a very elaborate discussion of it, announces its judgment (on page <ajj as follow-: We are obliged, therefore, to hold that -the defendant in error was not bound to •receive from Uie plainUffs the currency tendered to him in jiayment of tlieir note made before Uie passage of Uie act of Feb ruary IBlh. 18U2.’' In 7th Wallace 230 and ngain in 12th Wallace 687 Uie same court decides that a n °t®. Payable In coin cannot be laid In anything else. But there Us nuMHHM a note or oUier contract, payable in money, end one payable in commod ities or specific articles, anil this distinction IS ml! v rewnlid M^aaasaaB hut advocated PPW «..n iiugi » nuiua iu- | . - ,, __ r w ^jjgV,' 1 " formed me that he was the Governor's "J. IS""** Ahhtejz. \est, secretary and an official of the island. He aflameta&e^S" '° ramoraann r erUmt Unull^.at^ton^are ""‘-Such language, MKiken'by^ to a go- used a, security f or the national Southern hov mv Irp *nn f went I hflnkinj circulation. Mr. I luinb was for my knife to cut my way through the bv'tSpnmmS 1 w 1 !pr?'th!* 1 C s!m! 1 cordon of natives that by thls time had m T , a - been draw* around me. To my great joy, ft*® ^ ant '’ w, cn i saw Capt. Robbins and Hall chmlng to- thc doore “opened, adjourned, ward me. They had come ashore, and, house. seeing thc crowd, came up to see what was Mr. McKinney, of Ohio, presented a tcl- golng on. The Captain managed to ex- egram from Cleveland, O., detailing tlie I plain matters and beg me off. 1 was then | destruction occasioned by Uie Ohio floods ^■and recommending that Congress increase t<3 $1,000,000 thc appropriation for tlie re lief of sullerers. ami it was referred to the wm Missis- inpi, tho Senate bill for the construction suited by a youlig Southerner. 'fliUcauscd I ?L a s “ b ‘“F c , n ,V* P l r0 “ me somo uneasiness, ns I feared my n h “ * lcferr<!d Uie “™- SST 1 ™ The 0r0 .rtielc gave® me* .,?£ The HourelSS. remtmed consideraUon not so. rue article gave “® . ,10U £ of the contested election case o.’ Chalmers » I becSme nc- *g»in« Manning, quaintest with aU theofficials of the Island. .“*• eat promises to return. These promises 1 w y. honest and hoPQrable mm were never fulfilled, however, and Bow. ftea* easy as »n um ^Creole beaut^hraprobably forgotten | me by this this time. having another Acuity with a ns ' ah take off my from the mast head. .^^^"by & 1 jority oi the committee en elections. WUHC u-uure unu came on uutuu mull, unu I . n f,’I-/™ 11 ^^1 15 » C 1Jhe refused to wash off the decks. The wcath- W an “ “ 5 , er , tcd ‘ ha ‘\ hc F. 0 ™? 1 . 1 * merit. *^Recommended only tor Neuralgia | aided we had been blown entirely off our course. After repairing the damages nnd reloading tlie lumber tnatnad been washed off the deck, we found that our gallant lit- 1 tie vessel was taking in considerable water by reason of leaks caused by the HW! _ . ’ , . , furled and cverj tlnng we George E. Blaine, Ringgotd, vehicle The first land sighted in I spring; Thomas S. Bowles, Atlanta, tray- the island oi Antiego, whit eling sign tor cars. English and which, of c< • >1-7. A mil.- p: ic articles or comm l in them or tin ir • i tbedhehor .*.1 by th. 12774. The conti Unitcl Htates (to U4e tl authorities already cit « >nt* rnplatlon of Um pa Manifestly, tho.** then *»u-Ui nil.-lit U: i--tii laws. This U made atU fact that the sum mill bonds, also t iat * r>yistCfed bond? »,s t I--;.-.Ml.-.1 ill bond torfftOMwkb |a Hon. R. C. Humber. LaO range Reporten Mr. Editor: It is universally conced ed that Troup county furnished to Georgia one of the best treas urers Uie State ever had in the person of Maj. D. N. Speer. Hls unwillingness, as it is generally understood, to become a can didate tor ro-elccUon, is a matter of regret to bis friends, and deprives the State of the services of a most faithful and efficient officer. On account of the rumored determina- Uon of Maj. Speer to retire from tbo office, at Uie explraUon of bis term, the names ot several gentlemen, In different parts oi tho State, havo been suggested in the public prints, and otherwise, as suitable persons tor hls successor, but no one thus far has been mentioned tor H>» office whose candi dacy will more heartily meet the approba tion of the people of Troup county than that of Mr. R. C. Humber, of Putnam county. We arc not informed, however, whether Mr. Humber desiree the office or not.l I ( tic does, we feel confident that we ex- S tlie sentiments of many in ourcoun- lenwesay that Troup will do lier i towards makiug his candidacy suc- Mr. 'llnmber to an old Troup county boy, and, while be to not “to Uie manner born," yet he rpent .part of hls boyhood ami early manhood in our midst, and is well and favorably known by our people. He wae “the printer’s devU" la the old Reporter office, in thc days of “auld lang ,... , syne.” In hls youth, be was a student at H™ '’, a “ old “llrownwood,” and, iri’er graduating “,,, .'1^ at Athens, studied law undkr the direction . “^ “ of the Hon. B. li. Hill, was ad- ll ‘ niitted to Uie bar at our court, and t: began the practice of his profee- J* slon in LaUrange. He was elected to the IT Legislature by tlie people of Troup county, V before Ibe war, filling the unexpired term , I of that knlglitly Roman, A. B. Fannin, I anil having as his colleague the tote Dr. 1L A. T. Rlgley—an honor, both In its coali tions and beetowraent that rarely fall* to Uie bit ot so young a mar., evidencing thz consideration and confidence of the peo ple of Troup, in those grand old dayi. He h<-She served as a legislator with credit to hlra- , , j self *n 1 constituency. When the tocsin of ■I’*," - war sounded, lie went witli his company— ffiaSiscSsssPiai the war. when I.- he ..t-l l’Ut.lilll !.” ha l liT**-l cv>. lu o. Ceorgla Patents. Mr. II. N. Jenkins, solicitor of patents, I Severe strains which she had undergone” Washington, D. C., officially reports to the This discovery compelled us to keep up Teleosai-h and Memenoer the following «taa pumping, and right here our complete list of patents granted Georgia dkJ lonlc praying for boys of our age. Inventors for the week ending Febuary 12, “The leak stopped, the sails were un- 1881: * | furled and everything went along lovely. In three weeks was which belongs to the of course, we hailed with delight Wc act our colors for a pilot Our State Fair. I that we might enter the harbor of St. When will the commute, be amund to fc^r” htoh V&nSSfi recriye subscripUon. tor the State fair?" ! cahe a shot This quesUon was propounded to u. yes- whkh meant , terday by a dtlzen who had $200 ready tor and we The commander of the tori them. . I came out to us in a small boat, and when And there are many oUiers just like him. aboard demanded to know where we were A half hour 1 * walk around the city the {{X™- ,nd wb,t i*® wa * tbftt » w ® other day brought upwards of a thousand Informed him that we hailed from dollars to the surface, to form part of the North Carolina and Uie flag wss that of $3,000 wanted by the society. the anticipated Confederacy. He told us The following kind mention from thc | that lie had sighted Uie Hag as wd were Columbus papers is appreciated: coming In. but could not make it out, and "The State fair would be worth thou-1 had consulted the map of all nations and sands to Macon. Tho next gale that I Hags but found nothing llkelL lor that sweep, from Uie east will doubtless bring I reason he had eauswl us to lay to. to our ears the clinking ot the $3,000 re-1 "After complimenting the flog, he gave qulred ot them to secure it. What others I his permit to enter tho hart»r, getting in fall to do tor Macon, the doe* tor hcrsoll." I about midday. Hera we lay in the stream —£n.7tiirf!-Su«. at author and took samples of our stores “The State Agricultural Fair will be held I ashore to sell th* cargo and consign our In Macon next fall. It wai wise In the ex-1 vessel to Johnson <t Son, an English com- ecuUve committee to determine to hold . I mission firm. fair, and wiser yet to select Macon as Uie] “As may be imagined, our flag created place for holding it. Macon Is the natural considerable excitement. AU about u; nlacctorsueba fair, geographically con-1 were small schooners from the banks o. sidcrcd. She is centrally situated, and Newfoundland amt Nova ScoUa com- bristles all around with avenues of ingress | manded by New England captains and andegraas, and beside* ahe has Uie pluck captains In the fishtrade.aml they coro- and funds to make it, what it should be, a menccd to talk about it, calling it the credit to to the agriculturists of the State slavery flag. Mr.Jonnson, Junior, asked as well as to the State Itself. The society permission to take it ashore to show it to may rest easy as to the result, ifit does its | tho governor of the island. The requret part—tor Macon will surely do hers.”— was granted, and th. governor compU- Times. 1 mental it. "When Mr. Johnson ratsgd It on a flag pole in front of bis office, threats were made by these New Englanders and bribes Offered to cut th* flag's^halyards and bring Burnett's Cocoalns, The Rett and Cheapest Mate Orating. It kills dandruff, allays Irritation, and I it dowiTbut Hall Tind myself, aided by promotes a vigorous growth of tho Ilalr. | young Johnson, kept the naUves and all Bumrtft Flavoring Extracts are invaria- othen from attempUng to do so by swear- bly acknowledged the purest and besL Ing that we would shoot the first man who t - laid hands upon the halyards. CREAT BRITAIN. theS^S dkcocsciso the goverjwekt • zaYrTUX 1 erenlne we accepted a very kind invitation f 01 * 16 *® I from ftr. Johnson to dine with him be- Lohdoe, February 18.—A mas* meeting tween tl»e hour* of fire and six, as is the was held this afternoon at Princeaa Half, Hnslish custom. While at <linner we were PicadiUy, for tlie purpose of denouncing I informed that our tUg had been cut down, the Egyptian i*olicy ol the government, and we loat no time In rushing to ita pro* The iMdi was thronged wllh people, aud so toctlon, eren though it was on a foreign many came who could not tind placet that | shore. To our horror wo found the mob i.ler of .Sneaker of the Home place men on the* com interest in the public Id li-!c then aakea him to writing, nnd he would | atlon. This, he sari, be did, n a list of ftbout twentv names l Ing them in thc letter, lie * however, any intention of j» committee. Dr. Hamilton's statement 1 •' ’ lit in !'i.- ..mm ’t : ' 1 1 . "! Mi is*!.' ■ that he had been spoken to l>v and told him that he declirn but that the Speaker had n appointed him, nnd h now, if tlie committee I asked that lie oe uMio t<X)k an : tliat Mr. Cx.r- this refjuest in it due (Min.Mid r- ider ids of the clerk ^ ! S io wanted me to aeat him when he was elected, and in whUe 7n th “StoS 'he tace of the fact tost Jfanning had con- — leased tie nau no case. Mr. Itajr, of Sw^HlBgto, opjposcd ^th^b^gedlor | K ,v argi. p - to the notice of contest! #rriv B lm^ ttt , 6 \ T „ homss,a ueaviifll iSizAMD, 1 se ntation. That was true, but was it not nnd used a9 a coaling station for English J significant that his admissions were of a and American steamships. We spent I piece with tho testimony going to show he week here, and finished I was not entitled to the scat, and to say in oar cargo with coffee and view of the circumstances of the caao salt. While here we lost the leader of the that the decision should be con mutiny by his being knocked overboard by fined to tlie certificate would be t. the boom gibbing and drowned. j insult the intelligence and honesty of the] "While at 8t Thomas our Hag received House. He did not propose to stultify many compliments and many wishes for himself by voting against the half down .he success of our new government were essential facts that were known to him. expressed by the noble Danes. We left Mr.Clardy. of Missouri, figured that the island snth giad hearts and a fair wind, I there was nothing contained in Manning's homeward bound. Nine and a half days admission that could militate against liis out from Kt. Thomas we made the land of I prime facie right to the scat, but even ad- Hatteras. We bore down to the Inlet and I mitting that Manning had confessed his set our colors for a pilot to take us over the case, it would have no bearing on bar. With our glasses we could see thc I thc decision of the question. The fort erected there since we left, with the I idea of invoking the doctrino of stars and bars llying. The blockading estoppel in this case was mere absurdity, squadron was then off the bar, though they The legality of tho certificate was not for were not very fast steamers. Manning but for the House to decide. ••Finally we saw one steaming down on Mr. Cook, of Iowa, supported tho resolu- |us. Now our excitement was great. Could tion for the seating of Manning, ©ontend- S ^ou have seen the coolness otour gallant ing thalHhe committee on elections was jttle captain, he would have commanded restricted in ita examination to the I your utmost admiration. He said: ‘Men, question of who had been returned, ami Mread canvas; the Pearl will show them a | the only evidence bearing on that question ^■wasthe credentials ol the Governor of Manning had committee spoke upon thc subject Hamilton said he did not believe the com mittee had been packed, but he wanted to show that an attempt hod been made, lie said, further, that tho appropriation for local boards of health was a corruption fund, and that it was understood that these boards were to support tin* hands that fed them. Dr. Hamilton defended tho quarantine service, especially the Brownsville quarantine, and submitted af fidavits and statements of citizens of ltio Grande City, Santa Maria, Brownsville and other places, that thc work had been satis factorily performed. lie attacked the work ~ g the National Board of Health, referred the sinking of thc hoard’s tugs on tho Ohio and Mississippi rivers, nnd said that tlie old board of health at Pensacola had been presented for negligence nndwftalad- ministration by the grand jury hunting, on authority of tho ox-mayor of that city, that after tne epidemic had entirely ceased a requisition had been mad*- on the Na tional Board of Health for $2,001), which r. *,position wa* honored and the money distributed among friends of that ho.trd. He presented documents in support of an assertion made by him, that the responsibility for the introduction of yellow fever into Pensacola in 1&K2 rested on the local board of health, a protnje of tlie National Board of Health, and that the grand jury of Escambia county had so found. He charged that they had em ployed Mr. Waring, ita secretary, to write 1\ - «»n the pri ventinti of the' introduc tion of sewer gas into bonnes, etc., while at the time Waring held several patents on that very subject. Ho read a list of the patents to the com mittee, witli the date of their issue. 11• -.lid th it dm in_* tie* Brownsville epi- leniif, while the people were dying doily and everybody was looking upon tlie bul letin boards for the names of friends, and state of general excitement prevailed— while Dr. Murray, of the marine hospital service, with his corps of assistants, were doing tlieir utmost to relieve tie- suffering of Die sick, etc.. I)r. Smart, secretary of the Board of Health, was writing letters to v\hoiu h«* dt-i iut’d inimical to the quarantine sendee to find a Haw in its ad ministration—to find out what the ser vice had not done, rather than what it had done. He also stated that Dr. Ver di had received $:J0Q for writing an essay of eight and one half pages for the Nation al Board of Health; that three and one- half pages of the essay were made up from an editorial from the London Tim>-.< and tli* figures from the Bureau of Statistics, which the Surgeon General thought was a somewhat high price for essays. He also spoke of the barge Zelder. which was pur chased by tlie National Board of Health at iG-toffUMi, wlifn the barge itself was rotten old canal boat, ami entirely worth less. _ A Druggist's Story. Mr. Isaac C. Chapman. Druggist. New- hurg, N. Y. writes us; "I have for tlie past ten years sold several gross of I)R. WIL LIAM HALL’S BALSAM FOR THK LUNGS. I can say of it what I cannot s. iy of any other medicine. I have never heard a customer speak ot it but to praise its virtues in the highest manner. I have recommended it in a great many cases of Whooping Cough, with the happiest ef fects. I have used it in my own family for many years; in fact, always have a bottle m the medicine closet ready for use." lean pair of Keels. They shall not have ray vesael, but I cannot risk Hatteras I Mississippi, certifying that M; without a pilot. I will simply hug thc I been elected. shore and risk Okracoke.’ *1 Mr. Adams, of New York, said there e captaix. I were three reasons why Manning was not -a I entitled to the seat under tho certificate: AFtr»t.bec«a»#lt was fraudulent; second 1 1 ixSTXZl^ because it was issued in violation of an in- A BRAVE CAPTAIN. Boom! came a . thePe.rl. Hall and . _ Capt. Robbins to run up the stars and tripes • - • - were ' amid ***** disagreement had spread through thc Th.ra£v b 2.rntuUf Horn*. As to tire purpmo ot tire II Jose in Tireoanrs* wax I Dreadandotir little rre rc ferrins this matter to them, it was clear ml,™tf tas wonldjnmp frota the tlut M ^ elK) dr omrht to represent tire tec- t ?:_ qg°Pi c y™ jPfr.y^iondfltatetet of MD.Izstpi-S, nn.l while lie TO?uSiSSft! n nSUmmJh I conraded the majority ot tire committee patdnqattanUon tojt Whsnoppoalta | hld fairly ami honestly nn.l to it. .t it^fibestJudEtnent, he Drought that it wool. Ik- far wiser anil more satisfactory that “3 ““ “ k I tl.u qtreati. .11 shonld be recommitted un.ler Si. Aldtanlre th.t... “>« resolution ot Mr. Curtin. No Injustice Bfer 1 * hen f ;r 5Sm»feto^S^'to r iSS5SSi .eribo' thJ 'UtS^^re* h»4 abo^ff the Pearl that night. Next morning we u.u hurn° of d Iowa 1 tl crossed tlie sound and entered the mouth bv Ube river tor home, where we arrirrf case lucre parchment com hLo to boo wlietli on fraud or mis- an overflow meeting was organuetl in St. I of negroes, incited by the crewt of the fish- Jamrj Square. Baron Bartliawick pro-1 ing vessels, had raised the »hl*rl. The most prominent ConserraUTes STAES AND STRIFES J,"* liftlS above It. fired pistol ball, throngh It, then pS >l bfwrh irh pulled it down and tore it into ftrips which tostGlarlsteSrwtmld hwrefter°b.P'known SS as “Sinkat” Gladstone. Sir Robert Peel ?^^!r82?ti,iSfwrta offcrcl a resolution, which was carried, to12!‘ We «re mid a^tfiaaftswr.M sSAftasiSdStsir*- uproar. “We failed to sell our careo in 8L _ .* Johns and decided to sail tor an- BauBher's Bonanza. other port next morning. We were Kinsley (Kernes) Mercury, Saturday. Decent. | constantly eyed by the mob, who bet 2*. 1SSK said If we raised another each flag they Some time ago. E. D. Baugher, . black-1 -^^e T^l. ’tor csqHatn for the South. <’apt Robbins afterward ran tS^ktavoStha the blockade several times aboard >team- , g* Ul ° — trhre wtdch SLMS!» 3^lL^ W ’ UdMd ’ “ Me tbe ncgt0 *' American mmple. lie woulli n,ltl.« vote •Ms for myrelf I served my country to to i?J ta . man un ,' lcr * certificate when that The house committee on public health The cast, .no Ph.nl.. ; t.’.luy y.._w- an t.. 8„r K e..n Phenlz Manofactaring Co., for 1883, which I against that committee last week has ju!t bren mad. pnb^ m.kes a ^e ^ and^ndor^^rt Ca, showing tor that great concern. Its as- -phase chi “ ‘ “ ** smith of this town, commenee.1 Investing lin the Henry College Lottery of Louisville, Ky., and last Satuniar be obtained the welcome inteUigence that tbe ticket he held hrd drawn tbe second cash prize of $10,000, the lucky number U-ing Ujlt Mr, Bau- ghertaan industrious working man and |one of our roost respected citizens. ■^^|tiie rtlz* rxoMVTLT rain. lloi-uviLL*. Kr., Jan. 4, 188L-Bectived ■aid prize ticket drawing ten thousand dol- d owned by E. D. Baugber, thuugh a Down-Easter by birth, married in tbe South, and was as true a man to Die Southern eanse a* ever lived, said the Pearl should fly tbe star* and bare, and If necessary, sink wiUi his vessel In defense of 1L "Leaving the vessel under watch ot a guard (the mate and three seamen) we determined on haring a new flag made. Home Knrhch ladies volunteered their ser vices, and by rapid work of fair hands It was not long before we had a flag made of hunting. Our own flag had been made of calico. Before daylight tbe stars and ban were again unfurled from tbe main I reek of the l’earl. “When daylight appeared we unfurled _ our sails in full view ot everybody In and , around Die harbor. Our crew of negroes yesterday In thc . had ean^b^dnr spirit and were as reou^to Esq. Two wareb , , „ , ,, General Hamilton, ot the marine hoq.it The annual report of the Eagle and I .ervice, to reply to tbs charges mat . .. . - - ■ ■ ■ *- - wkby Cot C.-dtc-ll an. of Health _ argot were Uiat Dr. Hamilton ha. •eta amount to $3,187,736.71, and ita sur- been unskilful, injudicious and unsuccess plus of ass* ts over liabilities Is$l.lW!,823.<». ful In Us quarantine work, and thattn hls Its profit! tor 1883 were $03A»,0S. Two f®>rta to control pnbjle mid official opln- ^ nil-annual dividends of tour per too he, had been guilty of mtarepresenta- cent each have been declared for L-cM. tion. In regard to tbe charges that ho was one payable June 30lh and tbe other De- unskilled iu Us scientific work, the Sur- ccmber 3lsL ThUU one of the best p»n General today read a letter from the muuq^d establishments in the South and National Beard of Health, written shortly wdldoubtlets continue to prosper. after their ormnireUoo.uking him to 1 give them thc benefit of his experience In « irantino matters, lie also stated t the first regulations prepared l v the Acircolar Uaued by the Southeastern | board for the signature of rre**t<lent Ilaycs From a Prominent Lady. 1 have n<»t been able In two jri»(irs to itnn'l without Buffering frr**«t |*aln. Si Inc Dr. Motley's Lemon Elixir I can w flowif i ■tblmr lik.- it (or J. H. Wllkerson. dnnU write*: lA*inon Elixir in c Aonderfnl cure*. There I* he fH^caies (or which you r A Prominent Minister Writes. Da. n. Mozlf.y—Dear Sir: After ten ye great suffbrlng from tallgestlon or dr*p< with crest nemniN prostration ami bi ness, diaotfievsd kblneys an.l eoustip&t havo bee u cored by four i»>tt!>” of your L Elixir, nml am now a wi ll man. No. •& Tatnn.ll: Dr. Mozley’* Lemon Elixli riu •■tori*. Ill" lilt* hall tire It cure* all bllloitsncaa, c< gcatlon. headache, malaria, fever, chill*, impurities of t appetite, debility and nervou Elfty cenU for one half pin druL’iflfts cent rally. “ leby L ". * sKINA LAMAR. |)0SISTE»i Sitters Tnr.r who work early ami late the year rouml need, nevasioually, the heathful .stimulus inipartei] by a wliolesome tonic like Hostetter’s Stomat h Bitters. To all its purity ami etlleiency a-* a remedy and preventative of disease eomiuond it. It checks incipient rheumatism ami malarial symptoms relieves constipation, dyspepuia and bUiousne**.*, arrests premature decay of tho physical er.er^iei, mitigates the in firmities of age and hastens convalescence For sale by all drujr^i.’ds and dealers gen erally. NSW diAI mK | FI 1m tight f of us; and for thin Tariff Association, at Atlanta,has been re- were so unakillfully drawn that the Surgeon 1 General was forced to disapprove them. ... , . i . ,.i and presented as evidence of this a letter cular Is In reference to the Improvement ot (rora the board accepting the correction, cotton warehouses, by which lower rates He denied the charge that lie had sought are made, thus benefiting communities •» control public opinion, and, dropping and Individuals. The association meats 1 dstenstva andI ayunhat Uftnrive, on tbe 19th, at Charieeton. to decide on e ' Sar F«J th »' S ** k * > £ Hr*" 1 °" , ® al ! 1 schedule of rata* and requirement* for c.,t- k^»ou» cornmit- b 'tocompUanee with th* reqenst in th- ;>l‘--'n'«r. wfittento tlif.F™tleman sletter U J *tKrir nM>*da**mm.li * - *“ AMERICAS CHIEF STOMACHIC DYSPEPSIA. NEUTRAlflZINC CORDIAL D. Cabell, who was re«i> utI .tod UdDfUkt > hand4oJq«d—cotretor. fi • - • wc saih : ’. t: • harbor f I Mr. Carlisle shortly ' ; l • t’» he became u unu: hook. Office, 70 Maiden fcaae.