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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1876)
glmmmeanft ifentmel, WEDNESDAY MAJ 17 > 1876 THE FALLEN MINISTER. So fallen eo loet' light withdrawn, Which once he wore 1 The glory from hie gray hair’s gone Forevermore. Bevile him not, the Tempter hath A snare for all! * And pitting tears, no scorn and wrath, Befit bis fall Let not the land, once proud of him, Insult him now ; Nor brand with deeper shame his dim Dishonored brow. But let its humbled eons instead, From sea to lake, A long lament, as for the dead, In sadness make. Of all we loved and honored, naught Save power remains— A fallen angel's pride of thought Still strong in chains. All else is gone : from those great eyes The soul has fled ; When faith is lost, when tumor dies, The man is dead Then pay the reverence of old days To his dear fame ; Walk backward with averted gaze, And bide the shame ! ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. I am dying. Egtpt, dying. Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast. And the dark Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast. Let thine arm. Oh Queen, support me, Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear, Listen to the great heart secrets, Thou, and thou alone must hear. Though my scarred and veteran legions Bear their eagles high no more. And my wrecked and scattered galleys, Strew dark Actinm’s fatal shore ; Thoagh no glittering guards surround me. Prompt to do their master’s will, I must perish like a Roman— Die the great Triumvir still. Let not Cs -ar'a servile minions Mock the lion thus laid low— Twas no foeman’s hand that slew lAm, ’Twas his own that struck the b.ow. Hear then, pillowed on thy bosom, Ere his star fades quite away. Him, who drunk with thy caresses, Madly flung a world away. Should the base plebian rabble Dare assail my fame at Rome, Where the noble spouse Octavia Weeps within her widowed home. Seek her- say the gods have told me, Altars, augurs, circling wings. That her blood with mine commingled, Yet shall mount the throne of Kings. Ann 1 for thee, star-eved Egyptian, Glorious sorceress of the Nile, Light the path to Stygian horrors Wi'h the splendor of thy smile. Give this Csesar crowns and arches, Let his brow the laurel twine, I can scorn the senate’s triumph, Triumphing in love like thine. I am dying, Egypt, dvmg, Hark the insulting foeman’s cry’. They are coming-quick my falchion, Let me front them ere I die. Ah '. no more amid the battle Shall my heart exulting swell. Isis and Osiris guard thee, Cleopatra—Rome, farewell. , W. H. Lytle. THE SPRING FLOWERS. A Few Hints tor the Ladles in the Manage ment of Thel* Gardens—When and Howto Prepare the Ground—Sow Dry and Plant Wet—Transplautl^jt—About Watering the Plane*, Arc. In a fow days now, when the ground becomes warm, all flowers except the more tender varieties, suoh as migonette, heliotrope, &c., may be safely transplant ed, and many of the seeds of the more hardy, or oven those termed half hardy, may be sown. Amatures in floriculture would do well to adopt the suggestions condensed from the instructions of one of the moat successful florist* of New York. Preparation oftho Ground. Dig or trench the ground at least twelve inches deep, adding where possi ble to do so a liberal allowance of rich, well-decayed manure or poudrette, in termingled well as tflp work proceeds, as for many of the more slender-growing and tender varieties the soil can hardly be made too rich. Annuals, like all quick-growing plants, require a deep soil and an open situation, being unable to bear checks in their growth. The ground should therefore be well pre pared; which time and trouble will be amply repaid by the increased duration and beauty of the flowers. Tim# and Manner of Sowing. Tue proper time for sowing hardy an nuals depends entirely on the period at which they are wanted to bloom. Asa general rule, the first uowing may be made dnring the month of April, and continued at intervals until the middle of June, the Latter sowings taking the plaoe of the earlier, as they become un sightly. “Sow dry and plant wet” is an old adage in gardening, and one it is well to bear always in mind, for many seeds, if sown in a wet, cold soil, will decay for want of sufficient vitality to resist the cold and moisture. When the Plant* May be Watered. If the soil be very dry and the weather annny it will be beneficial to water the seeds slightly with a fine rosed watering pot, remembering, however, that this if once begun must not be neglected till the plauts are well established, for when ever the seeds have begun to swell they are particularly susceptible to injury from drouth, and will speedily perish unless ths soil is kept in a moist condi tion-many failures resulting from neg lect of this Important precaution. A slight shade to the soil for a few days with branches, or even paper, will pre vent absorption by the sub’s rays and the consequent neccessity of frequent watering, which cakes the soil, ana of ten destroys seeds of slow growth. Most of the failures of the inexperienced arise from sowing the seeds too deep, the seedsman often having to bear the blame justly attributed to the sower. Large seeds, as sweet peas, marvel of Peru, “four o’clocks,” lupins, &c., may be sown about three-quarters of an inch ■deep; other varieties, as balsams, asters, phlox drummondii, &0., from one-eighth to one-half inch deep, according to the size or nature of the seed; while such fine seeds as portulaca, petunias, digi talis, &0. , require to be sown on the sur face, a slight pressure being all that is requisite. Indeed, for the majority of seeds a very thin covering is sufficient. TrantHplnmin*. A piece of ground may often with great advantage be used wholly for rais ing the best varieties of annuals for transplanting to the flower borders to fill the vacancies occasioned by bulbs or autum-sown annuals, &e. Successive sowings should here be made at short intervals, keeping the ground always oc cupied aud theseedings well thinned out so as to keep them “stocky” and in good o.rder for removal. By adopting this system the beds and borders of the flow e'r-g arden can be kept filled up the •whols' season with plants in full beauty. The plants should be taken up carefully, retaining as much soil about them as possible. -If the ground is dry at the time of transplanting the bed in which the plants are growing should have a good soaking with water at least twenty four hours previous. They should also be liberally watered after planting, mak ing a basiu around each plant, giving them a thorough soaking, then, af ter the water has drained away, drawing the dry soil close up around the nee* of the plant. Occasionally watering with weak gnano-water will heighten the co.- or of the flowers, and increase the vigor of the plants. Half-hardy and tender annuals should be sown very thinly and be covered with about their own thickness of soil, and crowded seedlings thinned out early, mere air being admited as the plant progress in size and vigor. After ger mination has commenced the soil should on no account be suffered to become dry. After Mammeiiieiit Tie Util growing varieties to neat stakes to prevent wind and rain from prostrating them. Remove decaying plants, and replace with young ones from the nurseiybed. Keep beds and borders free from weeds, and stir the surface occasionally to prevent evapora tion. _ UOW ROBESON RUNS THE NAVY DE PARTMENT. [From a Washington ljetU r*.J Two Summers ago, after he had been away from his Department several months enjoying the sea breezes, he took advantage of a cool September day to run in and look after matters. He ar rived in the city Monday morning, and foasd the weather quite close and sultry. About 10 o’clock he sent a messenger to the Navy Department lor the heads of the bureau* to oome to his house and re port to him, a# it was too warm for him to oome to the office, and he would leave the city that eveaiug. Now, imagine the effect of such a summons upon the pol ished Admiral Rogers, Commodore Jef fers, and the other veterans who know no heat, no cold, no unhealth fulness of climate when the duties of their profes ■siou call them to sacrifice pleasure, com fort and home ties. The rubicund Sec retary, in slippers and a cool robe de chambre, received bis subordinates, who in spite of the heat, were clad as respect for their chief required. Nothing was cool except the way in which Mr. Bobe con informed the gentlemen that when he he expected to stay longer, but it waa ao hot that he could not stand it, and they must not expect to see him until cool weather. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS IMPORTANT DECISIONS RENDER ED. [Atlanta Constitution.] Scaffold v. Wade, Executor. Illegality, from Morgan. Blackley, J. 1. Where the verdict is against both of the defendants sued, and finds one of them to be security only, a judgment entered np against “the defendant” is to be oonstrued as including both, the omission of the letter “s” at the termi nation of the word defendant being an immaterial clerical error. The judgment is not void by reason of failing to de scribe the security as security, but is amendable. 26 Georgia, 162, 26 lb. 363; 52 lb. 387; Hill vs. Mott, January term, 1875. 2. Where, upon an execntioD against both defendants, the sheriff en tered a levy in due time, as made upon the property of one (namiDg him), the entry kept the judgment from becoming dormant as to either for seven years from the date of the levy. 3. After such a levy had been disposed of by selling tbe property and paying out the proceeds to older fi.’fas. it was competent, by leave of the Court, to amend the judg ment by inserting therein the letter s and the name of one of the defendants as principal, and the name of the other as security, so as to make the judgment, in that respect, conform to the verdict. And i| was competent, by like leave of the Court, at tbe same time, to amend the fi. fa. by designating therein one of tbe defendants as principal and tbe oth er as security, thus making the fi. fa. conform to the judgment as amended. 4. It was no obstacle to make these amendments that an affidavit of illegali ty, interposed by the security, had pre vionsly been sustained, and a levy upoo his property dismissed—the grounds of illegality insisted upon beiDg the vari ances between the verdict and the judg ment and between the jadgment and tbe fi. fa., which the amendments served to obviate. 5. Such amendments were fav orable to the security, being chiefly in respect to matters intended by the law for his benefit. They were, moreover, waranted by the record, which imports absolute verity. That they were made without notice to him is, consequently, nothing to his prejudice. Before they were made, he complained by affidavit of illegality, of the defects which they remedied, and, by so doing, virtually demanded the correction of said defects, the same being amendable. 6. As be tween the parties to the action, amend ments to the judgment and fi. fa. made to establish conformity iißthe whole re cord, relate back, generally, and for most purposes, to the original dates, and take effect therefrom. 7. After a proper order to amend a judgment and fi. fa. it is not requisite to enter anew judgment or issue anew fi. fa. 8. Affi davit of illegality by the security being made, upon the grounds that no legal judgment was entered, that the verdict and judgment were dormant, and that no legal execution was issued, was prop erly overruled—the levy and affidavit of illegality being subsequent to the pro ceedings and amendments indicated in the foregoing notes, and within two years after the levy on the principal’s property referred to m note 2nd. Judgment af firmed. Woods, Ordinary, vs. Jones. Buie, from Morgan. Bleckley, J. 1. Generally, a judgment of reversal, embracing no special direction, simply vacates the judgment excepted to, and is to be followed by anew trial in the Court below. 14 Ga., 652. 2. After a judgment i favor of a creditor upon a money rule against the sheriff has been reversed, on the grounds that the credi tor’s lion is not superior, but inferior, to a competing order setting tbe fund apart for the debtor’s family under the homestead and exemption laws, the cred itor,upon the new trial, may still attack the order as void for want of jurisdic tion in the Ordinary when it was grant ed, that question not having been made in the first trial nor passed upon by the Supreme Court. Iu such a ease the validity of the order is not res adjudi ca(a, nut only its priority as compared with’the creditor’s lien. 3. There beiDg (as held ifl tfrp Case of Pate vs. The Oglethorpe Company, decided at July term, 1875), no provision pf jaw for set ting apart a second Of supplemental homestead, etc., the second Older of the Ordinary is without jurisdiction and void. 4. A first application which has been granted and approved is not void because the applicant did not allege, in terms, that he was the head of a family, when the application sbofys pn its face that it wan made “for the nae ajjd bene fit of bis family," end when tbe same creditor, who is now party before the Court, appeared aud filed objections on other grounds, but none on this ground. 5. The Ordinary’s approval at the close of the homestead or papers, as duly recorded in the clerk’s office, will be construed as applying to the ap plication, and not to objeotfijns filed by a creditor, although tbe latter be spf opt in the record between the application and the entry of approval. Judgment affirmed. Bleckley, J., having been of counsel in this case, did not preside, Sontherp Life Insurance Company, vs. Edward S. Kempler, Administrator. Equity, from Richmond. Jackson, J. An application for a policy of life iu surauce was made November 13tk, 1871; at the time of the application the pre mium was tendered to the agent of the company at whose solicitation the ap plication was made; the agent declined to receive it, stating that it would do when the policy was delivered, and that the applicant, if his application was granted, would be insured anyhow; on the 15th of November, 1871, the policy was issnied; on the 9th of December, 1871, a letter was received from the agent by the applicant, stating that he was insured—that he, the agent, had his policy, aud would be down the fol lowing week with the policy, according to the agreement; on the 15th Decem ber, 1871, the agent was at the town of the residence of the applicant with the policy; the applicant was sick, but an agent of his tendered the premium to the agent of the company, who declined to receive it and to deliver the policy unless the attending physician would certify that the applicant was in no im mediate dangerj the certificate was given, handed to the agent, and the money again tendered aud the policy demand ed, which was again refused; the appli cant died on the 17th December, 1871. Held }. That on a bill filed for the recovery of the amount of the policy, equity will consider that done which ought to have been done. That under the circumstances it was the duty of the agent of the insurance company, who had received the policy from the com pany as the agent also of jibe applicant, and who had himself waived the pay ment of the premium when the applica tion was made to him and had assured him that he would be insured anyhow, and had agreed to make the application for him, aud had written to him that the polioy was issued and ready for him aud he would deliver it the neat week, to comply with bis promise and to de liver it oa payment of {he premium by the applicant or his agent* and that it would be inequitable tor the insurance company to refuse to pay the amount of the policy under these <eii*iuatances.— Held 2d, That the issuing the policy on the 15th of November, 1871, and its de livery to the agent of the company, who was -|" n then acting as the agent of the applicant, ?vas a delivery to the appli cant and bound the applicant for the payment of the premiums and the corn puny ou the policy from Uusdate of suoh delivery to the agent Held i} l, That the Court did not err on the facts herein before stated in declining to charge: ••That after the deceased bad become seriously ill it was too late for him to bind the defendant by a tender of the premium, and the de fendant was not bound to issue the policy after such a change in the health of the applicant; “nor was it error in the Court to charge “that if the deceased made an application for insurance in regular form, and the aame was accepted by defendant, and a polioy of insurance issued and placed in the handa of an agent for delivery to the insured upon payment of the premium, and said pre mium was paid or tendered by the in sured, or any agent for him, the de fendant is bound for the amount of the policy, with interest from the time speci fied in said policy of insurance.” Held, 4th. That in such a case us this the principle that any change in the health of the applicant between the time of the application aud of the issuing the policy, would relieve the insurance com pany from consummating the contract, does not apply ; that the delivery to the agent, under the facts, was a consum mation of the policy, and that, with the other facta proven, show a consumma tion of the contract under sections 2794 and 2821 of the Code. Judgment af firmed. W. H. Hall, for plaintiff in error. Hook k Webb, for defendant. E. D. Garrard, administratrix, tr*. A. H. Coates. Mechanic’s lion, from Put nam. Jackson, J. 1. A memorandum on an account arid application for a mechanic’s lien not re corded with the lien, and with no proof in regard to the person who made the memorandum, or of it* truth, im no evi dence at all. 2. When the verdict of the jury bas no legal evidence to sus tain it) anew trial must be granted. Judgment affirmed. Thomas J. Woolfolk vs. the Macon and Augusta Railroad Company. Appeal from Justice’s Court, from Jones. Jackson, J. 1. Though in all cases where stock is killed by a railroad, even in a pasture which encloses the road, the presump tion of negligence is against the compa ny, and the burden ia upon the company to show the absence of negligence, and that the accident was unavoidable, yet when evidence on that subject is be fore the jnry and the lsfw has been cor rectly given in charge, and the jnry has found for the company, this Court will not control the discretion of the Judge who presided in the Court below in re fusing to set aside the verdict and grant anew trial. 2. When the plaintiff in er ror does not fnrnish in the record the entire charge of the Court belpw, this Court will presume that the Circuit Court charged correctly, if the con trary be not manifest from the por tions of the charge given and ex cepted to. 3. A request to charge to the effect “that the failure to keep the right of way clear of bashes is negligence on the part of the road and its employees, and if the cow was killed by the failure to see her on account of the bushes you should find for the plaintiff” was prop erly refused; because if such charge had been given it would have taken the question of negligence from the jury, and left it entirely to the Court; “negli gence is a question for the jury; the Judge has no right to determine what constitutes negligence.”—34 Ga., 330. Judgment affirmed. Samuel H. Blackwell vs. John A. Broughton. Homestead, from Jasper. Jackson, J. 1. An application for a homestead al leging that the applicant is the head of a family, consisting of his indigent daughter and her children, dependent upon him, is not demurrable on general demurrer, and shonld not be dismissed; if the allegation be not clear that the daughter was a widow, it was amendable and on special demurrer it could have been so amended. 2/ On such an appli cation the true issue is whether the ap plicant was bona fide the head of such a family, whether this widowed daughter was legitimately and honestly, and with out regard to this debt, a member of his family, or was fraudulently made a member thereof to avoid the payment of the debts of the applicant; if the former, he is entitled to his homestead; if the latter, he is not; and this issud is for the jury on the appeal from the Ordinary. 3. it was decided in Marsh vs. Lazenby, 41 Ga., 153, tbat’the head of a family, consisting of a mother and sisters, was entitled to a homestead; the principle there decided covers, in reason and spirit, this case. Judgment reversed. Adams and Son vs. Reid et. al. Execu tors. Assumpsit, from Putnam. Wabneh, C. J. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs as the executors of Alexander Reid, deceased, against the defendants as partners to recover the balance of a sum of money alleged to be due by de fendants at bankers, on deposits made with them by their testator in his life time. To this action the defendants pleaded that the debt had been paid and satisfied by one of the partners, D. R. Adams, giving his note therefor to Z. B. Reid, one of the executors after the tes tator’s death, and that there had been a novation of the original oontract. On the trial of the ease, the jury under the charge of the Court found a verdict for the plaintiffs for the sum of $575 42 with interest. The defendants made a mo tion, for anew trial on the several grounds therein set forth, which was overruled by the Court, and the defen dants excepted. It appears from the evidence in the record, that on the 13th of November, 1872, D. R. Adams made and delivered his due bill to Z. B. Reid, executor, for the sum of $575 42, and also delivered to fiitn a note on Carswell payable to liim, Adams, as collateral security, who, at the time of the trial, was shown to be insolvent, but was sol vent at the time the note was taken by the execator. The evidence in the rec ord as to whether the due bill was ta ken ip full payment of the debt was con flicting. The defendant requested the Court to charge the jnry in substance, that if the duo bill was made and deliv ered by D. R. Adams to G. B. Reid, ex ecutor, as payment and settlement of the debt sued for under an agreement to tfipt effect, that then they shonld find for tfle dPfehdV't't an d also requested the Coqrt to charge that if the due bill was given for the balanpe of the debt sued for, originally due by G. R. Adams & Son, under an agreement with the ex ecutor to receive the same in lieu of the debt sued for, leaving out the other part ner, then it was a novation of the origi nal contract, and they should find for the flefepifonts, which request were re fused, but to fhe coijtKjry thereof, the Qourt pliajrged tfle jury Btflqt if they believed frqni'f'h o that the claim sued on was a flue fly U- R- Adams & Son to Alexander Reid at the time of his death, then the Court charges you, that the executor of Alex ander Reid could not legally aocept the note of D. p. Adams in payment of said claim Vitfiput If rat qbti|iuiug an order from the Qrflinary having jurisdiction of said estate authorising them to flq so.’’ The charge of the Court, in view of the evidence contained in the reoord, was error. The evidence does not show that there was any attempt to compromise the debt due by the defendants to the plaintiffs’ testator, as contemplated by the 2537th, 2538tb and 2539th sections of the Code. The alififofl agreement recognized the full amount Qi tfie debt claimed to be due; there was no proposi tion made or accepted to reduce it in any way tof the purpose of effecting a settlement thereof. The question in the case was whether the executor, with a full knowledge of the fact that tjie de fendants were partners, agreed to take D. R. Adsme' note, with Carswell’s note as collateral security in payment of the debt, and whether that ?r*ngei9Cut at the time it was made was for the henp fit of the estate? If the taking of D. R. Adams’ note, with Carswell’s note as collateral security, by the executor in payment of the debt was so taken in good faith, and tor tfip benefit of the es tate at that time, then tfie pjpeutor would be protected and the payment good; otherwise it would not be. Tol ler’s Law of Exeoutors; 374. The oharge of the Court ejcJuded from the consid eration of the jury this jie'F of the case, and for that reason, we reverse the judg ment, overruling the motion for anew trial. Judgment reversed. Reid m. Tu°Ji@r. Garnishment, from Putnam. Wabnsb, G. J. On the 25th of January, 1875, the plaintiff sued ont an attachment, under the provisions of the 3293d section of the Code, against the defendants, on a debt alleged to be due for the purchase money of a certain described mule in the posaessiQn of defendants, and' also summoned \Y. ff. Beid. as garnishee, to answer what ho was indebted to the de fendants, or either of them, or what property or effects of them, of either of them, ha had in his hands. Before an swering, the garnish 66 nx°yed the Court to dismiss the garnishment on the ground that there was no authority to issue it in that proceeding. The Court overruled the motion to dismiss the gar nishment. The gsruishee then answered that he was indebted to ofi of the de fendants SBO, and judgment was render-, ed against him for that amount. The garmslyee thnn *n a d e a motion for anew trial on the ground Court erred in overruling his mpiipu to dismiss the garnishmc/ff, a n d rendering judgment against him as Shell garnishee, which motion the Court overruled, and the garnishee excepted. The only question ujade here was whether an attachment issued lii behalf of a creditor whose debt is created by the purchase of prop erty under the before recited section of theGode, can be levied on any other property than that described in the plaitiff’s affidavit by summons of gar nishment or otherwise? In our judg ment it oannot, inasmuch as the statute expressly declares that it shall only be levied on the property described in the affidavit This being an extraordinary and summary remedy given by the sta tute for the collection of this particular class of debt*, it should be strictly con strued. Let the judgment of the Court below be reversed. Graham vs. Gay et. al. Claim, from Jasper. Warner, C. J. This was a claim case, on the trial of which the jury under the charge of the Coart returned a verdict finding the property levied on not subject. The plaintiff made a motion for anew trial on the several grounds therein set forth, which was overruled by the Court, and the plaintiff excepted- 14 “PPears from the evidence in the record that on the ISth of October, 1886, Graham, the plaintiff, sued out an attachment against H. M. Gay, the defendant, who was a non-resident of the Sjtate, returnable to semi-annual term of the County Court of Jasper county in 1867, which was claimed by Campbell, as trustee of his wife and children. The plaintiff al leged in hi* declaration founded on the attachment,that tffs defendant, Gay,was indebted to him in the sum of $f,069 70, besides interest on a promissory note, signed by C. g ?. W. Campbell, agent of said Gay. which Gay refuses to pay, & copy of which note was attached to the plaintiff's declaration, and is in the following wonla and fig ure* i "By the 25th day of December nest, we or aitfcnr of us promise to pay Bostwick k Graham or bearer, the sum of one thousand and si*ty-nme 70-100 dollars, for value wweiyed March 28th, 1861. Signed by C. E. F. W. Camp bell.” Upon this declaration a verdict and jadgment was obtained against Gay to be levied on the land attached as the property of Gay. The claimant being no party to that judgment attacked it on tbe ground that there was nothing on the face of the record of' that judgment, whioh could have authorized the County Court to have rendered it against the property of Gay, the defendant, in at tachment, but on the contrary the record affirmatively shows that the jadg ment was rendered against the property of Gay on a contract made by Campbell; in other words the record shows that the jadgment was rendered against Gay’s property to pay Campbell’s debt. The claimant claimed the land nnder a deed made by him to himself as trustee for his wife and children nnder a power of attorney from U. M. Gay, the de fendant, dated abont the 2d of October, 1861. The deed and power of attorney were both lost; neither the deed nor power of attorney in connection there with, had been recorded, but the power of attorney in connection with a deed conveying another tract of land to a dif ferent party, had been recorded, the record of whioh the Court allowed to be read in evidence, over plaintiff’s objec tions, from which it appeared that Gay had authorized Campbell, the claimant, to dispose of all his lands in the coun ties of Newton and Jasper. The Court, after hea|ing the evidence of the loss of the deed and of the death of one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and the other subscribing witness stating that he did not recollect the contents of the deed, and could not say whether it was read or not at the time he attested it as a witness, the Court allowed parol evi dence as to the contents of the deed by witnesses who had seen and read it. We find no error in admitting parol evidence of the contents of the lost deed under the facts of the case as disclosed in the record, nor in admitting in evi dence the record of the power of attor ney as a circumstance going to show that the original power of attorney al leged to have beeu lost had been in ex istence. The preliminary inquiry as to the loss of the paper and the exercise of proper diligence to lay the foundation for the introduction of such evidence, is a question which is addressed to the sound discretion of the Judge, accord ing to the peculiar circumstances of the ease. Ist. Greenleaf’s evidence, section 558. We think, however, that the Court in its charge to the jury “that the Court having let in evidence the contents of a paper upon proof of its loss, they could not consider whether it had been prop erly executed, or whether its loss had been proven, and that they could only consider what the proof of its contents was, and what it conveyed, to whom and by whom. The admissibility of the evidence was a question for the Court, but its weight and effect, when taken in connection with other facts in the case, was a question for the jury, and should be left to their consideration and judgment. It would be extremely difficult for us to hold that the judgment rendered in the County Court on the attachment and dec laration founded thereon, against the property of Gay on the note signed by Campbell, as the same appears on the face of the record, would bind his property as against the claimant who was no party to that judgment, if the plaintiff on the trial had not gone be hind it and put iu issue the facts ou which that judgment was based. The plaintiff’s attorney in that case was in troduced as witness, who testified (with out any objection having been made as to the competency of the evidence un der the pleadings in the case), that in 1860 or 1861, he had sent to him a debt of record from Texas against H. M. Gay for the purpose of making the money out of Gay, who was here, that he sued out a bail writ and had Gay arrested, that he gave security and was released, that he had the debt perfectly secure; that Campbell, whose relations with witness were always very friendly, in the Spring of 1861, came to him and told him that he was the agent of Gay, that Gay had left this land levied on in his hands for the purpose of paying him his claim, and asked him to settle the bail ease by taking his note as Gay’s agent, and to release the security, aud that it should be paid out of Gay’s prop erty, which he had oharge of. This was done, and as everything was done in haste and oonfusion on the eve of wit ness’ departure for the war, by mistake he did not sign it as agent, aud witness was surprised when he next saw the note in 1866, to find that he had not signed it as agent. It was given for Gay's debt, and not taken on Campbell individually. Witness treated him in signing the note as Gay’s agent, and would not have agreed to release the bail writ surety for the debt for Camp bell’s individual debt, nor did he do so. Campbell testified that he gave his in dividual note to the plaintiff’s attorney in settlement of the bail writ proceeding, and did not tell him that Gay had left all flis bqsiqess in his hands, and that he flad control of this land to settle up this debt, and that fie woqld pay it out of the laud, and that he had left it with him for that purpose. The evidence be ing iu conflict on this material and con troling point in the case the jury were authorized to have found in favor of tbe claimant, that is to say the jury were au thorised to liaye found that the note on which the plaiutiff’s judgment was ob tained against Gay, was not founded on a debt due by Gay, but ou a debt due by Campbell in his individual capacity; therefore Gay’s land was not subject to that judgment. The general rule of the law is, that if an agent sign a note with his own name aloue, and there is noth ing pn the face of the note to show that he was acting agent, he will be per sonally liable qn fhe note, anil the Prin cipal will not be liable. 1 Jf e n agent make a note in Ins own name and a id to his signature the word “agent” and there is nothing on the note to indicate who is the principal, the agent will be personally Ijable just as if the word agent were not adfled. Ist Parsons on Notes and Bills, 92 95-102. The nncon tradictefl evidence in the reoorfl is, that the money ancj property of the claim ant’s with paid for theiand, and that the claimant by himself, qr figpnts, had been in possession of the land from 1861 until the time of trial. This evidence of title on the part of the claimant, in dependent of any other, would have been sufficient' to have enabled ]}im to have attacked the plaintiff's judgment, or to have shown any other valid legal reason why the land should not be made sub ject to payment thereof. The claim ant was in the possession of tne land as the trustee of his wife and ohildren, and had been since 1861, with the purchase money paid therefor out of the money and property of his wife. The Court, in jfS charge, submitted the question of fraud to thp consideration of tlie jury, and they barifig parsec) upon it and found in fayqr qf ffle plaipant, and al though the Court may have committed some errors in the progress of the trial, still, in view of all the tacts disolosed in the record, we will not interfere with the exercise of the discretion of the Court below in overruling the motion for a new trial, Judgment affirmed. THE BELFRY FIEND. The Boston Sexton Confesses His Crimes— Twf} Gfrls Killed and a Third Jfade In- Boston, May B. —Piper has confessed to the murder of Mabel Young and also to the mnrder of the Landregan girl, of which he was suspected two years ago. It has created much excitement and any doubts existing as to its truth were swept away by the statement of E- P. Brwn, Piper’s counsel, in the Supreme Court this morning. Brown said he woqld not press the motion for anew trial in view of a conversation be had had with Piper. The Judges thereon overruled the motion. It is quite cer tain that Piper was also the assailant of Mary Tynan, who was mysteriously beaten on July Ist, 1874, but afterwards repoyered and is now an inmate of a lunatic asylum- He confesses that he attempted to lyll her, If e says the murder of Mabel Young and of Bridget Bandre gan were both prompted by the use of stimulants, under the influence of which he had an insane desire to shed blood. In bis confession of the murder of Mabel Young, he says ; “I took a bat from the lower room before or about the commencement of school to kill somebody at that time; carried it np into the auditorium, but during the session of Sunday School took it from the audi torium and oarried it to the belfry; after the close of school I came down stairs and opened the doors; then I went np again; at that time I sent away the boys who were playing in the vestibule; after the boys had gone out and I was still in the vestibule, the little girl came upstairs and I induced her to go with me into the belfry; there I struck her with the club two or three times; she fell where the blood was found; I picked her up and carried the body to the place where it discovered.” His confession of the murder of Bridget Landregan, in December, 1873, was equally explicit. He was under the influence of whisky and opi um, and deliberately prepared a club to kill someone. He saw Bridget on the street and followed close behind her. He says: “f struck her imme<Hate ly. She fell down and I‘struck her again, While J was stooping over the body J saw a man coming, so J started np and ran away. J got over the. fence and went along toward the railroad. While I was at the railroad somebody called out to me, and I then turned baok, took a round about course and got home. On the way home it occurred to me that I had a knife in my pocket which might bp recognised in some manner, so I threw it away.” The Even ing Herald says: “There is a feeling abroad among lawyers, detectives and the public generally that the contrary statements now pnt out by Piper are the result of cool reasoning on his part, and of such ingenuity as he is possessed of in order to throw doubt upon his sanity in general,or else to show that he has an uncontrolable mania for blood for whioh he is not responsible, and a change in his statement, either in the oonfession of more murders or of a denial of all, would not at this moment astonish the community.” WILKES COUNTY. Judge Puttie’s Charge to the Grand Jury. [Reported for the Chronicle and Sentinel.] Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: The law imposes upon the Court the duty of imparting instructions to your body at the opening of every term, and requires you to receive such instructions and to act upon them as conscientious men. 1 ask you to ponder well what the law commands. You occupy an ex alted position before the country, and through you the law acts iu compelling obedience to its requirements. • But for this institution society can never be rid of the vicious and lawless. Crime may be ever so atrocions if grand juries do not bring it to the notice of the Court, as the law has no other machinery to ac complish it. It is a matter of the highest impor tance that your oath of secrecy be ob served. Your power is in the secrecy of your deliberations. The right arm of the Court is paralyzed if the secrets of the grand jury become known. The law makes your room a sanctuary and closes the mouth of every member. It is not to be presumed that any one will wilfully violate the solemn oath which he has taken, but it often hap pens that by incautious words disclo sures are made. I trust that you will carefully guard tbgi point. You are only bound by your oath to make pre sentments from this time, but the Code says that it is your right and duty to go beyond this period, aud prevent all vio lations of law which are not barred by the acts of limitation. Crime some times sleeps for years, and is waked up aud exposed by a mysterious chain of ciroumstauces pointing to the per petrator. From yonr elevated stand points survey the field of your county and see if anything has been overlook ed by your predecessors worthy of no tice. I give you in oharge all of the Penal Code, but those portions called misdemeanors, are the only ones re quired to be given in charge. Whether in your opinion, or that of the Court, they be wise or unwise, is a matter of no concern. The law is our master, and is to be obeyed in all of its exactions. Sellers of spirituous liquors are forbid den to sell to, or furnish, spirituous liquors to a person when intoxioated or drunk. This law applies to all sellers. Your own observation no doubt teaches that a large proportion of crimes are traceable directly or remotely to liquor. Drunkenness developes different pecu liarities. MaDy who get drunk are good citizens when sober, industrious, frugal and peaceable; when drunk, quarrel some and profligate. The kind husband and father is converted into a disturber of domestic peace. If we would stop crime, if we would add to the peace and happiness of the family circle, we will see that this law is enforced. Persons who get the privilege from the State to sell liquor ought to be held to the strict est account for its abuse. Next to this is the law whioh prohibits any person from selling to, or furnishing, spiritu ous liquors to minors without the con sent of the parent or guardiau. The dealer eannot do this, and hospitality is made a crime by this law, when the sub ject of it is a minor. I give you also in charge all of the laws in relation to minors. It is unlaw ful to allow a minor to play at any game of cards, dice, etc., in a retail shop, or to play at any billiard or pool table, or bowling alley, whether betting is done or not; also, to furnish, or sell, to a minor any bowie knife, etc., except for self-defense. All of these laws, relating to minors, have been passed sinoe our changed so cial and political condition. The Legis lature wisely intended to throw around our sons every protection against that lawless class which offer temptations and seductions to draw them into the whirl pool of ruin. These are aids to home influence and education. Every good citizen, in whatever station he is, ought to do all in his power to give character and respectability to the young men of the State. Every appointment in society should contribute to hand down to pos terity a race of sober, industrious, good, virtuous men, instead of one profligate, idle and licentious. Tbe law against interferance with religious worship is another law re quired to be given in charge. This en actment takes it root deep down in the fundamental laws of the oountry. Lib erty of oonspienoe—the right to enter tain oreeds and opinions—to express them —to worship in accordance with them, ought never to be interfered with. Here, in this land of free institutions, a person may be Protestant or Catholic, Jew or Gentile, Christian or Pagan; or he may have no religion if he ohoses, and his right to worship his God, or gods, is full and complete. Of course it would be disgraceful to our Chaistian civilization to see a Pagan temple in any part of this broad Union, as there is said to be now in one of the States; but they have a constitutional right to do so. These rights are as much secured to colored, as well as white people. Their forms of worship tqay not agree with our tastes, bqt if so, np one peed go to their places of worship. If they - do, they must npt disturb them in their worship. It violates the law to use opprobious words or obscene language to another and in his presenoe, without provoca tion, tending to cause a breach of the peacej and also to qse qhscepe aud vul gar language iu }ifce manner to, or in the presence of, a female. The experi ence of this Court is, that a considera ble amount of crime is referable to the abuse of the privilege of speech. A blow may be applied to abusive words, if not excessivej but if may oat suit mauy per sons fo resort to that mode of defense. Their redress is in the Courts. Jf this law was enforced, as it ought to be, so ciety w<>nid he saved from many breaches of the peace. Females are entitled tq all the protection whioh the law can afford. They are defenseless on aooount of their sex. The atmos phere in which they move and have their life shonld not be defiled by the language of the low and vulgar; wheth er they be chaste or unchaste it wakes no difference—it is t'ce sex promote. The ’ ‘h^grkqed 1 ' woman ' who has 1 fallen from her‘ high estq£e sh o uld be an object of jqEfteafl of insult. Society should do all in their power to elevate aud reform them; unfortn'*‘ te j_ sooiety pursues the OD Courß " e . if that class a “ u tUe sympathies and com passion of womankind, many a fallen woman might be reclaimed- These are considerations, however, for the humani tarian and philanthropist, and do not properly belong to the law. It would be a blessing to the world if reformatory institutions could be organized for the benefit of this class. I give you in charge all the laws against gaming in all of its forms; against the keeping of gaming tables— billiard and pool tables—also the laws against vagrancy. It is a sad fact that crime is on the increase. How it can be arrested is a matter of serious concern to the public. Crimes against property abound everywhere. In times of scarci ty, when by a false system of agricul ture the bread and meat of the country is brought from abroad and none made at home, these arimes are not surpris ing. True, that fact offers no excuse for orime, but scarcity and costliness of supplies invite orime. The history of the world attests this. Let yonr power be felt, gentlemen, for good in your county, and let the county fee) a securi ty in the assurance from you that all of the laws for its protection shall be faith fully enforced. A CKNTENN'IAE ass. FUghosh’a better to T*a Friend. D. C. Deer 15, 1875. Dear J W Sherman I have been trying ever sence my election to write to you but have been besieged from eight in the morning until one or two at night. I had about one hundred and thirty appointments to make and have had I sware without exageration three thousand applications besides men, women and children palling and jerking me every time I would put my head out of the dore of My Office I have had to keep two Ushers & two to three clarks ever since the honr of my elec tion in my‘office, and it is now five o’clock in the morning that I have got up to write to Tfou. Jn regard to Clancey I have fried *® ®*7 e * place for him but the members were so clamorous for their constituents that so far it has been im posseble to do so my force after Christ mas will he in prosed and then I will be able to do something for him # I will stick him in Fay arrived Saturday morn ing all safe I set him to work o.u Mon day t a 13100.00 place and he is the most delighted fellow you ever saw, I wish you oquld be here with me do try to come on, the gov't furuisbea me with a flue turn out and spanking pair of Horses and before and after the house sessions and retess I have exclusive use of them, my Coachman comes down every morning for us, that is Fay and myself, and after driving around to my breaskfast takes md up to my office. Come on and f will give you and Ward a good time. Congress is invited over to the Oentenial on Friday we will have a big time come back on Sunday I may draw on *you for one hundred and twenty-five dollars to-morrow which yon can draw back on me for on the Ist of Jaa I got your telegram telling me to draw for two hundred if needed but tried to do without any and may not have to draw tomorrow but all of our members are like myself tight up and I hate to ask them I w come on Christmas for a few days and we will have a glorious time I have more invitations to frolick with the members and Senators than any mania Washington, I am a biger man now with the members than old Grant I cant put my foot on the floore of- the Hall but what they make a breake for me and some times a dozzen trying at me at once for place for some friend I soarcely ever get ont of the Office to go on the floore of the House I have under me the Folding rooms Document Booms File Rooms all Committee Booms all employ es in south wing of building and all sonthern wing of capital, I have a Supt and Assistant in each department and about a dozen book keepers becides my office clerk and we do things up in stile I have a boy to take my hat an coat or I cant turn aronnd with out someone at my beck and call, and when I get all of my new attendants broken in I Shall have a nice time Give a great deal of love to ward and Sister Savage and the Young Ladies, now do try and come on Christmas I am making up a paTty al ready to come on to Texas on the ad journment. S. S. Cox is to head it he is the warmest friend of Mine you ever saw, also the npw Speaker, Mr. Kerr Fay and Myself spent the evening with Mr. and Mistress Kerr last evening I am a great favbrite of hers and Mistress Cox and Mistress Senator Gordon quite a contrast here and Austin. t I cant turn for friends here I have now fifty letters from my my Southern friends all parts of South congratulating me thus wags the wold let a man be prosperous and every man is his friend must close tell Clancey I will look out for him and if I cannot make a place for him myself I can get him in some of the Departments after Chrffetmas write soon to your Devoted friend. L. H. Fitzhugh. WHAT HISTORY SAYS. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel : There has recently been circulated in this city a circular containing, among other things, the following: “In view of the intolerant, persistent, aggressive efforts of Romanists, their avowed determination to subvert the Government of the United States, and to destroy our civil and religious liberty, I desire to submit to you the following questions: “1. Do you protest against Borne from principle and from choice ? “2. Are you in favor of 'preserving constitutional liberty and maintaining the Government of the United States ? “3. Do you regard Romanism as the enemy of civil and religious liberty ? “4. Is it not, in your opinion, unwise and unsafe to appoint to civil, political or military office, in this country, men wuo owe allegiance to the Pope of Rome, and who have sworn to obey him ?” So far as there is any religious contro versy in the above I have nothing to say* but upon the political aspects of the case crave the liberty of your columns. The sum and substance of the extract given is that Roman Catholics are neces sarily the enemies of constitutional lib erty and foes to the Government of the United States. Is this so ? I answer that it is not, and will refer the reader to the pages of the history of this Re public in proof of that assertion. It is a well known historical fact that there never would have been any Gov ernment of the United States if .France and Spain, both of them Catholic coun tries, had not nobly aided the strug gling Continentals of 1776 with men, money and arms. It was Protesant Eng land which sought one hundred years ago to crush into the dust the aspira tions of the American people for consti tutional liberty and self-government, and it was Catholic France and Catholic Spain which stood between the lion and its prey, aiding and assisting and en couraging our dauntless forefathers in the unequal struggle until victory alighted on their banners. In 1776 our fathers asserted the in alienable right of all men to frame and reframe their own government in their own way. The doctrines of constitu tional liberty were announced in all their length and breadth in the Declara tion of Independence, and so clear and unmistakable is the statement that no man has been able to improve upon it to this day. France and Spain had this doctrine before them. They knew per fectly well what the Americans were seeking, namely: constitutional liberty and free government ; and, with a full knowledge of this fact, they entered into alliance with our fathers and made war upon England, and spent their money and shed their blood in order that constitutional liberty should be asserted and that free gov ernment should bo allowed. France entered into a treaty with the United States which says: “The essential and direct end of the present defensive alli ance is to maintain effectually the liber ty, sovereignty, and independence abso lute and unlimited of the said Uuited States,” (U. S. Treaties, p. 201), and Dr. Ramsay, of South Carolina, who lived in the time of the Revolution and wrote its history, thus describes the scene at the welcome tidings of the treaty : “ In a transport of joy, mingled with an effusion of tears, the Marquis de La Fayette embraced General Wash ington, exclaiming, 'the King, my mas ter, has acknowledged your independ ence, and entered into an alliance with you for its establishment.’ The heart felt joy which spread from breast to breast exceeded description. The seve ral brigades assembled by order of the commanders-in-chief. Their chaplains offered up. public thanks to Almighty God and delivered discourses suitable to the occasion, A feu-de-joie was fired, and on a proper signal being given, the air resounded with huzzas. 'Long live the fling of France’ poured forth from the breast of every private in the army”( Ra msay's Hist. U. S., vol. 11., p. 244). From first to last France gave or lent America the sum of 33,000,000 of livres and en dorsed for her to Holland for 10,000,000 more. When the United States were unable to meet the interest, France free ly remitted it to the amount of some 4,000,000, a kindness which the treaty says “the Minister of the Congress of the United States accepts ia the name of the said United States, with and lively acknowledge^v,n*% v ' p. 216). an£L^pur%pp,verishedooß'. tttf about to, make default also an the principal, the generous nation ex- ttije tij&Q Of payment ittany years. did Fraaee sustain America with money alone. Fleets and armies were sent forward; and French bipod was poured forth in onr behalf an land and sea. At Yorktown the French regulars amounted to 7,0001, and the American to but 6,300; at the assault on Savannah there were 3,500 French, and but 600 Americans, and to-day the bones of hun dreds of French soldiers who there laid down their lives upon the altar of American independence repose in the soil of Georgia near that city. Spain also assisted onr over-matched fore fathers, not only furnishing supplies of money, hut by a vigorous campaign in Florida, breaking the British power in that quarter, and so relieving Georgia and the South. In the light of these great over shadowing historical facts, how can it be said that Catholics are inimical to American institutions ? The charge is unsupported by the facts, and he who makes it simply demonstrates his gross ignorance of the history of the United States. Our fathers scouted any such absnrd and bigoted delusion, and put the seal of their condemnation forever upon it by providing that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualifi cation to any offloe or public trust under the United States.” When this pro vision of the Constitution came up for debate in the North Carolina Convention of 1788, one bright genius objected to it because it might allow the Pope of Rome to become President of the United States, and was well laughed at for his pains. Mr. Iredell said: “Sir, it is impossible to treat such idle fears with any degree of gravity. This article is calculated to secure universal religious liberty, by putting all sects on a level— the only way to prevent persecution. I thought nobody would have objected to this clause, which deserves, in my opin ion, the highest approbation. This country has already had the honor of setting an example of civil freedom, and I trust it will likewise have the bonor of teaching the rest of the world the way to religious freedom also. God grant both may be perpetu ated to the end of time.” (4 Elliot’s Debates 196.1 The spirit of this grand old patriot animates the whole fabrio of American constitutional liberty. “AH men,” says the majestic preamble to the first Constitution of Virginia, framed before the Declaration of Independence and said to have been written by Jeffer son: “All men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and it is the mutual dqty of all to practice Chris tian forbearance, love and eharity to wards each other.” This is the noble animating impulse of American institu tions, fortified by reason, justified by experience and impregnable in the hes,vt of every true patriot D. A Western paper announces the ill ness of its editor, pionslv adding: “All good paying subscribers are requested ta mention him in their prayers. The others need not, as the prayers of the wiefced ayail nothing.” COUNTY. OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE RIVER. Vicious Negroes— A Full Jail—lmprisonment No Punishment—Buckshot and Ball—Poli tics—The Democracy of Barnwell—Superior Court—Minor Mention. [Special Correspondence Chronicle and SersineL] Barnwell, S. 0., May 7 —As your humble correspondent has been qdiet for a longer period than nsnal, he will here attempt to give you the condition of affairs and political outlook in this county; and will therefore speak first of the horde of vagabond negroes that infest thecounty. Thejail at this plaoeeontains at this writing some twenty odd negro prisoners, three for murder and the oth ers for larceny, arson, burglary, etc., all of them able-bodied and healthy look ing men, and fully able to earn Jtheir living by honest licks, but who, like hundreds of their race not yet detected, prefer the uncertain but easier life of their natural inclination—roguery. Eve ry day almost we hear of some bold Heed of larceny or house breaking having been perpetrated by someone of this vagabond crew, many of whom pre fer confinement in our county jail (where they are fed and have nothing to do bnt harrass, by their" oise and sao riligious singing at night, the families living near by) for thirty, sixty or ninety days than be classed with the better few who work for their bread. In many places in the county they have been heard to express themselves to this effect, and it may appear Inoredible, but it is nevertheless true, that a few days since a prisoner now in jail brought to this place his own commitment for burglary, and one in this town who has recently re turned from the State penitentiary ex presses a real desire to return and de clares he intends doing so before long, as he claims to have had a jolly time there; nothing to do, plenty to eat and the delightful honor of conversing with Senators and representative men visiting Columbia and attending the Carolina menagerie. Thus we see how much these trifling rascals and thieves care for imprisonment, and yet when they are caught in the act or con victed before some Trial Justice of the alleged crime, they are- hurried off to jail! The ooouty then must support them, which support now wrenches from the pockets of the tax payers the sum of $lO per day ! Ten dollars per day to support the color bearers of rotten Radi calism in idleuess and thievery and ar son and murder ! If such things are allowed now, in the name of God what will become of our property when Wig gin, the ignoramus and scum of the filthiest faction of the Radical party, takes his seat on the bench in this coun ty ? If buckshot and ball—the remedy that should be used now—is not used then to put a quietus to this outrage ousness on the part of the negroes, we venture the assertion that before a twelve month after Wiggin takes his seat (i. e„ if our people submit to such an outrage) many of our best and oldest citizens of the county will be compelled to seareh for homes beyond the borders of this their once proud and dear old mother State. How the property owners of this ooun ty manage to submit quietly to this state of things, God only knows; but this we say to them, that just so long as they fear the approach of Federal troops, and are too timid to protect their prop erty as they should do, and prefer to im prison the depredators, just so long will things continue as they are, or change only for the worse. Lay Blackstone tn the shelf and use Winchester ! It is impossible just now to say whether or not Barnwell county will elect a Democratic ticket, but this much oan be said and truthfully: That she can if she will. “I can’t” never did any thing; “I will try” has worked wonders; “Twill” has wrought miraoles, and “he who dares wins; not he who lags be hind.” In some portions of the county the Democratic clubs are fully and thoroughly organized, know what they are expected to do and at the ripe moment intend doing their duty. But this is not the case throughout the entire county; such ought to be, and wore it so we might well have a light and hopeful heart. Our people are too inert, too careless—suicidklly indifferent concern ing the political situation of the country —and while they sit at home and de clare that this or that polioy ought to be pursued, when the time for aetion is at hand, these political-suggesting cow ards are nowhere to be found, This class of men should as well be spotted as stumbling blocks to the success of the Democracy as the Radical sleuth hounds that have dogged our every step and placed insurmountable harriers in our every path for the past eight years. He that is not with us is against ns, and' he that shrinks his duty to the oause of Demooraoy is a friend to Radicalism, Spring Court. Our Spring term of Court convenes at this place on the 18th inst. There are four murder oases on docket—three ne groes and one white man—and an in numerable amount of other cases. His Honor Judge Maher will preside. * * The weather is excessively warm and dry, while old Sol appears to be playing “hide and seek” amongst the clouds. Rain is very much needed, as well for vegetation as field jorops. * * No “silvare’ 4 afloat hereabouts as yet, and plague-on-it little “shinplasters.” Monts*. A sharp Englishman has written “a treatise on razors.” By the way, we have never seen a raz,o- with a treatise written on it. Vicksburg Herald GILES’ JSpliniment IODIDE OF AMMONIA Cures Neuralgia, Pace Ache, Kbeuma tisgi> Gout, Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Bore Throat, Erysipelas, ■ Bruises or Wounds of every kind in man or animal. “Discharged from the Massachusetts Gene ral Hospital as incurable, with inflammatory rheumatism in my shoulders, fingers ai\d feet; suffered fearfully for three years: every thing; lost all hope. Da. Giles’ LpiiiastW lo dide of Ammonia effected a tygjpleto cure. • 1 LI,EN 15541I H, No. 72 Plan,efc, Fab River, Mass.” <L ]ft. ALEXANDER, Agent. aR Druggists. Depot No, 451 Sixth Avenue, New York. Only 50c. and %\ per bot- spaa-dAwlm FAIRBANKS’ SCALES lipMMtMitMMqj THE 8 TAIVDARD. Also, Miles’ Alarm Cash Drawer, Coffee and Drug Mills, Letter Presses, Ac., Ac. Store Trnoks, Baggage Barrows, all eizes. PRINCIPAL SCALE WAREHOUSES : FAIRBANKS & GO., 311 Broadway, N. Y. FAIRBANKS A CO., 166 Baltimore Street, Bal timoie. Md. FAIRBANKS A CO., 53 Camp St., New Orleans. FAIRBANKS A CO., 216 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. FAIRBANKS A CO., 338 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. FAIRBANKS A CO., 403 St. Paul's St., Montreal, FAIRBANKS A CO., 34 King William Street, London, England. FAIRBANKS. BROWN A CO., 2 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. FAIRBANKS A EWING, Masonic Hall, Phila delphia. Pa. FAIRBANKS, MOfiSE A CO., 11l Lake Street, Chicago. ’ FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO., 189 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio. FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO., 182 Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio. FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO., 48 Wood Street, Pittsburgh. FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO., sth and Main St., Lonisville. FAIRBANKS A CO., 302 and 304 Washington Avenue, St. Louis. FAIRBANKS A HUTCHINSON, San Francisco California. For sale by leading Hardware Dealers. my4-eodAwßw ESTABLISHED IN 1847. MELVIN HARD & SON, WHOLESALE PAPEBi WAREHOUSE, 25 BEEKMAN STREET, _ NEAR NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, AGENTS for Owens, Jessup A Laflin L L. Brown A Cos., Byron Weston's, ien nington, American, Mt. Hope, Mammouth River and Salmon River MilU, and Orane’s Rond Papers. Sole Agents for Oareon’a old Berkshire Mills, established in 1861. MILL GEARING MADE PULLEYS AND HAWSERS I The UNEQUALLED IAS. LEFFEI DOUBLE ■BDiMEßEEaEiEniMasiapsigai Address, POOLE & HUNT. aps-wly Ajclvertlaementti. NO BOTTOM YET. We will offer To-Day, and until further notice: 20 cases handsome styles Spring Prints at 4c. 20 cases Standard Prints-Ameri can, Ancona, Pacific, Orien tal, &c., at 6 l-4c. 6 cases extra fine 7-8 Bleached Shirting at oc. 300 dozen Ladies’ Extra Heavy American Hose at Bc. 200 dozen Ladies’ English Hose at 25c. 150 doz. Gents’ English Half Hose at 25c. 150 doz. Fringed Doylies at 40c. per dozen. 100 pcs. Imported Victoria Lawn, no common American Suit ing, at 15c. 100 pcs. Brown Linen Drill at Half Price. One Case Extra Quality BLACK IRON GRENADINE, at 25c.; Ladies’ Misses’ CiOidrei’s Saits and Underwear in Endless Variety. ON CONSIGNMENT—-500 Liana Lace Sacgies, at fifty per cent, less than cost of Importation. JAMES A. GRAY & CO. N. B.—Wo will Open This Morning, at 10 o’clock, several pieces of Plaid Grenadines and Striped and Checked Silks. Colored Silk Grenadines! i AT TEN CENTS PER YARD I —o CHRISTOPHER CRAY &l CO. Will offer for sale Monday Morning, Two Cases of Silk Grena dines and other Dress Goods at the nominal price of ten cents. The Best Brands of New Prints, Merrimac, Pacific, &c., at 6 1-4 cents per yard. No Trash, bnt New and Choice Goods. All other Goods in oir Stoek have been marked as low in proportion as the above. C. GRAY Ac CO. ap3otf Job Printlug and Book Binding. JOB PRINTING. ♦ BOOK BINDING. 0 • RULING, Etc. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL Having Extensively Varnished, With New Material, the j 4 JOB PRINTING AND BINDING ESTABLISHMENT o I ARB PREPARED TO DO EVERT DESCRIPTION OF WORK DESIRED Merchants, Factors, Corporations, Societies, Hotels, Railroads, AND THE PUBLIC GENEBALLY. Our Bindery is Complete, AND OUR WORK CANNOT BE SURPASSED FOR DURABILITY AND WORKMANSHIP. LEGAL BLANKS of Every Description. RAILROAD RECEIPT BOOKS Bade Strang, and guaranteed nat ta cante to pieces by careless handling. We ask an examination af anr Prices and Stack, gnaranteeing ROOD AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP with Promptness. I
