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The Tariff and 'he Trusts. We extract the following utter ances of Judge Samuel Lumpkin from his charge to the grand jury of Wilkes county: He said: “Gentlemen, there are three offenses known to the com mon law, called forestalling, regrat ig and engrossing, widen you will not lind described in ©nr code, but which a> - e, nevertheless, offenses against the laws of Georgia. The law against them has stood for years practically a dead letter, and I doubt even now if tho courts of this state have the power to pun ish these offenses, because they are perpetrated by persons and corpor ations residing in different states of th# union, who can. probably be reached only through congression al legislation and federal courts. Although this may be true, I will venture perhaps a little beyend the exact line within which this charge should be confined, because the law aghast these offenses suggest reflections upon a subject of the very greatest importance to the peo pie of this country. Taken collec tively, these offenses* consist of any sort >f combination between capit alists, tho purpose of which is to increase the price ot the necessities of life beyond what that price should be, under fbe law of supply and demand. The truth is, of En glish ancestors on tho other sileof the Atlantic centuries ago, had naore wisdom upon this very sub ject than our law makers have, ev en in this boasted day of learning and advancement. They deerped and adjudged those who were guil ty of this offense unworthy to live in their grand old island, and trans ported them to Australia, to India, and the remote islands of the sea, as criminals and felons; while on (he other hand, in this country, such men may be found in the sen ate of the U aited States, and in oth er high stations, and even as min isters from this government to the coflrts of other nations. Yj u had an illustration ot what the evils of these offenses means to the public when what was called fhe bagging trust was perpetrated upon the far mers of the south. In the name of all that is decent, what a' misno mer to call J liia combination a trust! The word trust, as we commonly understand it, carries wit!, it the idea ot a high obligation, but as us ed in modern parlance, it means a trust organized to rob. Gentlemen, lha people ol this country are op pressed every day by combinations nr less wicked, but not so plainly perceived, as this bagging trust, Such combinations are possible on ly, because of the present tariff sys t cm. It is not my purpose to make a political speech, or to discuss the tariff question, but I simply allude to this -••abje-t to arouse yor atten tion to this great question,- and to awaken through you the people ot this country fo the assertion of their rights. There arc more than sixty raillir- people ia the U, S.. of wh ps eighty perch arefanre ing nothing but raw mat' n which they have no pro ■ ~j, and paying either to the government or to a fa vored class an enormous tax upon | every manufactured article they j use. Relief will never come until .congress, by suitable legislation, gives it to the people. You have | the power to demand this relief, and you will receive it when you I > J demand it in the right way. Ido not mean to assert that the people of Georgia, by themselves, can bring about the result; but I mean to say that whenever the agricul tural masses of this country, from the takes to the gulf, and from the Atlantic to where fhe Pacific meets the setting sun, in the magnitude ot their power, demand through the ballot box relief from their griev ances, it will come like the mighty waves of the sea. It is said that if the tariff be thus revised, the man ufacturers ol this country will be ruined, Ido not believe this. But even if it were so, the farmers of this country will surely be ruined, beyond hope, if fhe present system continues. Th® question therefore is, shall the vast majority be utter ly wrecked ter the sake of a small minority? I wish the people to be aroused upon this matter, and to sea the day come speedily when the many shall cease to bo hewers of wood and drawers of water for th© favored few,” The New Justice—His First Job And a Long Ceremony. Messrs. Editors:—The sum was just sinking to rest a few evenings ago, when a neighbor stepped up to where I was plowing my new ground corn, awd says, “How yerdo, Sqar!” You know the good people of my district saw fit in the dispensation of offices to make me justice of the pearce. “Weil, there is a couple down at my house that want t® be jined to gether. Can yer do it?” “l'es, I guess lean,” says 1. ‘•Well, Squar, the fellow that’s going to marry is sorter scary, sol would drufher you wouldn't bring a crowd with you.” Now, that just suited me, for lam not fond ot gathers, nohow, and it always makes mo a leetle shaky to pertorm a duty for the public any way, so I told him I wouldn’t. After I had put on ray best coat and rubbed up a leetle, I tucked my Georgia form book uader my arm and started for the appointed place. When I got there I found the house full, the yard full and several scattered about in the woods, all wanting to see the new justice perform, I put on my most dignified look and walked right in After I had procured a good torch holder, I opened my form book and soon found a place that I thought would do, then I told the candidates to come forth, and be gun: “I John Doe of said state and county, being of setind and disposing mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament—and give— About that time the gigling had be come immense, bo I paused to turn round to give the crowd a look of re buke. Just then a young, upety looking teller whispered to me and said. “You are ia the wrong place." Well l thought I would please him eo I turned over a few pages and begun Ail t ravelers Whether by land or sea, who are liable to ho out of reach of drug stores and doctors, would do well to have a supply of Ayer’s l’ills at hand. For this purpose, tho Pills aro put up in bottles as well as boxes, and may bo conveniently carried in one’s pocket. Six of the most distinguished physicians of Syracuse, N. Y ; , in giving their joint testimony as to the excellent medical combination of Ayer’s Pills, make this point: “ Their beautiful coating of gela tine and sugar is a great advantage, in that it protects them from change by time or climate, and renders them pleas ant and even agreeable to take.” “ During the twenty-five years I have lived on tho frontier,” writes John MeDowall, of Sweetwater, Col., ‘‘Ayer’s Pills have been my best friend. I have lived, mostly, where there was no doc tor within twenty miles, and have been hard sick several times. I always kept Ayer’s medicines on hand, and with, them, and the Almanac, have pulled through. I have also doctored others, and believe I have saved some valuable lives by the use of Ayer’s Pills.” * Ayer’s Pills, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Cos., Lowell, Maes. Sold by all Dealers in Medicine. again. VWhereas, fciaum Still lias made oath before me that he rented to one William —.” That same spider leg says "you are wrong again.” I says to the candidates, that as they looked fatigued, we would take a re cess for a few minutes. Now that young smasher plundered round end found a little black book whijh he called a Methodist Bible, and told me I Would find it in there. I had noticed that (be paper what the ordinary sent me said sonaeihißg about fioleiMniaing the affair. So when I opened the little black book I seed I had the place at once, so I begun, (after asking the candidates to take their place, in a solemn, dignified man iwr.) “I am the resurrection and the life, he that believeth in me, though ho were dead yet shall—.” Just here that same annoying chap whispered to me—“ Squire they ain’t dead.” I know that, says I, but if we keep them up here much longer they will be. Mr. Editor, like Brutus, I am a plain, b hirst man, and Siy what I think. That young man was the most ignorant fool 1 ever 6eed, but remem bering “that it is hotter to please a fool than to be plagued with Lira.” 1 hand ed him the book and told him to find the place. Well ha found the place (and 1 reckon it was the right one for ho found no farther objections,) so soon they were linked together. Af ter all the interruptions which 1 en dured, 1 found that 1 had only been a fraction over one hour and a half on the job. Party quick for a job that is likely to last a lifetime—eioo’t you think?—[New Justice in Franklin Tribune. A Peculiar Wound. Mr. James M. Wiley ot Gwinett county, who applied for his allowance under the maimed soldier aet a few days ago, has a peculiar wound, from which he still enters acute pain at times. He was a member of Com pany H, 11th Georgia regiment, and rt the battle of the Wilderness, May 6th, 1864, a minnia ball pierced the muscle of the back of hi3 neck, plough ed under the skia and imbedded itself in the aule of his right jaw hone, di rectly under his ear. The bulk of the ball became encrusted, and for 2© years he has carried it in the point of his jaw bone. The but of the ball slightly protrudes, and may be plainly seen. The Wound still suppurates at times. The ball is firmly incased in the clinging caitbilage, and tbo doc tors say that to extract it would load to decay of the jaw-bona sad probably ieeult in death. Mr. Wiley enjtffa fair Leal'.h, auu will probably g > to his rrave with the bullet in his bone,— [Atlanta Constitution. A Yfcok's KeadinQ Free! 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