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WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 24, 1877.
FLIRTATION.
A rose bud in it* first gr<-< n cost.
You wrapped vtmr chaw! aWrafc tout throat.
And crowed the lawn* when we went boat
iog; , ,
I touched the fr**r*nc of your liana :
Ttie fog csme down snd hid the lsnd.
As white as auow, and we were boating.
It* dew envelope shut us in
A brand new world, where never sin
Had laid on man the curse of labor;
Ve saw. across its purple rim.
The sword* of the tierv cherubim
Flash four ways, like the angel's sabre.
And as mv creamy fancy sketched
A life on raiubow plumage st etched,
Far drilling on the clouds of even,
I touched the sbv. reluctant glove ,
What is it but to whisper love,
And wo between the earth and heaven <
Soft fiction of the fickle mist !
The serpent on your jeweled wrist,
Flashed venom at my disappointment ;
For. like a pomegranate full of muak,
Our world i reak ope its misty husk.
And spilled the spice and precious oint
ment.
But even in this world of ours.
Our sweetest wishes are like flowers
That lose their petal bloom in labor;
No tEden's self were half so sweet
Bid she not leave them incomplete,
Coquetting with the four-winged sabre.
“BY THE STILh WATER*.”
Don’t vou hear the hickory crackling i
Muffled like, and soft, and low ;
hounds just like an army tramping,
Only its a sign of snow.
Here's a cinder smouldering, burning,
Droppin' ashes, powdered fine :
Don’t be frightened, little missis.
It’s a coffin, but it’s mine.
Be* me see the balm o’ Gilead,
Wavin’ by the cabin do'.
I won’t hear its leaves a rustlin'
In the Hpring, my child, no mo .
Maybe I won’t hear de blue bird
hinging' in do apple trees ;
Bat 1 11 hear the angels singin
Dey’il have sweeter songs than these.
Hark ! is dat de thunder rolling—
Hee de forked lightning's gleam ;
Manv a time I've soothed my baby
When de storm disturbed her dream.
Now de drum—l hear it heatin’
Blow and solemn-like, for me ;
Maybe it’H de waves a breakin’
Du de shores of Galileo.
’Twon't be dark, de stars am shinin’
Way above de storm and rain ;
Dere’ll be long protracted meetm s
Camping on de heavenly plain.
Dere won’t bo no wahin,’ weepin
Here won’t be no day to part ;
Christ will hear me when I knock dere,
He will bind de broken heart.
Cross cold Jordan’s troubled waters,
Into Canaan's land I flv :
Di re de tree of life is bloomin’,
All the hosts am pastin’ by. _
liaise me up, I hear de rustlin’,
Angels at the cabin do’:
Don’t yon weep for poor ole mammy, j
.She won’t never grieve no mo’.
bea-view.
I.—DAY.
The ships seem hanging in the air,
Through the and through the mist;
And the soa and the horizon
Are cloudy amethyst,
Till the keen rays pierce and sever *
Toe veil before the sun,
When the ripples dance and sparkles
Break forth from every one.
And the crescents and the churches,
Bong looming through the gray,
Appear piled up in brightness .
Of the expanding day;
And the pier, with armß extended,
Keem welcoming the ships.
And tho red buoy to the southward,
On the foam-crest shines and dips.
As the little tawDV vessels,
Umber, and yellow, and black.
Come skimming ’round the foreland
Upon the frigate’s track;
Scattered like sheep a feeding,
Over tho glistened tide,
And the galley's oars, like pinions
Of an albatross, spread wide.
n.—NIGHT.
All day the sunbeams’ shadow chased
Along the white cliff's feet,
Till tho red light’s fading westward
Where the clover’s dewy sweet;
Till the surf's white fire rolls beating
Against the jetty wall,
And yon hear the sliip-bells sharply
TANARUS the absent sailors call.
And when the stars aro sparkling,
The harbor's emerald flime
Hbines to tho ships returning
To tho port from whence they came;
And the eliurcli clock mourns so gravely
The passing of the hour,
And the moon in the blue sky rolling,
.Shines with a fuller power.
—Chamber's Journal.
BI.ARNEY.
| Janet Tusker in “Ternpie Bar."]
A lake-side dweller, yonug and fair,
The dearest little maid in Kerry,
With blue-gray eyes and blue-black hair,
And lips as red’ as any cherry.
No sh e nor stocking to her name.
Which was but simply Kitty llrady—
And yet a lord from England can!.
Imploring her to be lus lady.
Slie had another worshirper—
The boldest boy about Killarney,
With only love to offer her,
A little cabin and—the blarney.
She favored hi n with many a glance,
Until tho lord came on the tapis;
She smiled on him a: wake and dance,
And Faddy as a king was happy.
The lord was just a triflo glum—
The moral of an English lover !
Bnv sure, if he’d been doaf and dumb,
111* jingling gold could talk one over.
“In silk and satin you shall dress,
And J will give you jewels,” said he,
• -To twine tu every glossy tress,
.Swept Kato, if you will be my lady.”
Och, hut them words were eloquent!
Poor Kitty was no more than hums
And very fond of ornament,
lake every rnsonnble woman.
•”Tis true Pat courts me best, but still”—
Theught she—“though with the talk he's
ready,
k i„ * folks sav what they will,
IPs might}" ® ue to be my lady!"
Aud so she would'n l oo * l at at ’ _ , .
In vain ho watched timber and sought her,
Until one ev ning. when Ilf sat
Just flinging pebbles in tii pater.
His downcast face and heavy Mfcu
Might have moved even stones to |Mty;
And she passed, gayly tripping by.
His worse than stoney-hearted Kitty.
She tried to pass. I mean—a* cool
anv cucumber or melon;
Biit t hough in love, Pat was no fool.
Ho ep-ang to moot his truant Helen.
She wonUii’ t take his outstretched hand,
•Witis you, Miss Kitty Brady. "
Savs he. “that * got so stiff an' grand ?
Good morrow to }*° thin* my lady .
“But Kate agra, now stop an spake.
If but to tell mo what’s come o or you—
Or is if that your eyes are wake,
JUT vou eau’t see me here before you •
©eh, Kins, alauna. you've no call
To murder people for your pleasure.
An I eau’t live at all. at all.
Without your parly self, my threasure.
• Tirwt Rughsher has wealth galore—
A nut-roti longer than my arm;
Wav should lie stale from me, asthora,
Tihwl s Hirer done him any harm.
Just gi*e me something he’s not got, 1
Aud that's your own thru* heart, my honey .
Sure, then I wouldn't change my lot
With him for all hi* dirty money.”
And whs l * 8 Uttle Kate to do ? . . ’
She laughs, and frowns, aud sobs, aud
blushes :
b/y.l. !>♦ i rtjp.' it up to yon,
Wd charm a bh* ‘
I*ll th ilk it over *—so said
••But / could live an' thrive you!
And now to tell the lord of it.
No wonder if he’s raiher crusty.
But little Kate has Irish wit
That's never suffered to grow rusty ;
••Sure, if vour Honor I refuse.
It’s well for vou—och, botheration !
Whin’s it’s yourself can pick aud choose
Frfim aU the grandeur of the nation.
“An’ I would look a holy show.
Dressed in the beautifuilest bonnet,
Eveu if all the flowers that grow.
An' feathers, too, were stuck upon it,
All' in a sthreeliu' satin gowu.
I'd stilt be oulv Kitty Brady-
Sure thin, if I'd the Queen's gooid crown,
I'vrouldn t make me a root lady."
At fust hie lordship felt the cross,
Betug unaccustomed to rejection.
But thinking. ''ll e the girl s own loss .
Found comfort in that wise reflection.
And -re he left our island green,
He saw a wedding at Killarney,
An' drank, in genuine potheen,
.Success forever to the blarney '.
THE HERMAN SOCIALISTS.
Their staß.lins in Parliament Mrwsnre*
Mllitminit A*nint Them.
London, January 17.—A Berlin special
to the Pall MaP Oazelte says the So
cialists are not likely to succeed m any |
of the second ballots, as conservative :
part’es are now thought to be united j
against them, except the Ultramontaues, !
who will support the Socialists in some i
districts. The Government proposes to |
reintroduce a bill already once before j
Parliament, making more severe penal j
j revisions against social agitations.
The annual Conference of the African j
Methodist Church has convened at Bam-1
bridge. „ „ , !
“Bridges Smith’s Paper bears the I
unmistakable finger marks of its quaint, j
original proprietor, and is welcomed to
this office. ' ......
Josie Pve, of Forsyth, caught his foot
in a wagon wheel Uet week, and before
he could stop the tea*# bad “pied ins
knee joints. . . .. :
The Atlanta OonMititHon states that j
the Department of Agriculture and the ,
Geological Bureau are the object* of 1
much interest to members of the Legis-1
lature and strangers in the city. I
How did the Fort Valley Mirror find
out this? The girls of Athens complain j
that the present crop o€ students at the j
State University is of little or no help,!
when it conies to the sweetheart busi*-;
ness
SUPREME COURT.
DECISIONS BNNDEBED IN ATLAN
TA, (U , d**UABY . 1877. \ I
|AI ania Constitution.]
Bleckley, J.
k The injunction in bankruptcy con
templated hv the decisions of this Co&rt,’
in 52 Ga. 371, and 55 lb. 547, is not
alone a.perpotnal injunction granted on
final decree.
2. The present ease being special and
peculiar, inasmuch as it grew out of at
tachments at lsw which were levied
within four months preceding the adju
dication of bankruptcy, aud which were,
therefore, dissolved, ipso facto , by the
adjudication ; snd inasmuch as the bill
and tbe appointment of a receiver were
in lien of similar- attachments, which
conld have been sued out by the com
plainants, their demands being, in their
nature, legal and not merely equitable;
and inasmuch as the seizure of the as
sets by a Court of equity was made
within four months preceding the adjup
dication, and the bankrupts wese not
made parties to the bill until after tlie
adjudication; and inasmneb as said seiz
ure was thus in the nature of attach;-
meat, being made without notice
Earning to the and without any
regular action in personam instituted
against them; therefore, let the fund it*
the hands of the receiver be surrender
ed to said trustees, except so muel
thereof as is legally necessary to defray
the costs and expenses of collecting the
fund and of securing it until the order
of surrender shall be granted.
llaily vs. Simpson. Equity, from Cam
den.
Bleckley, J.
1 If a deed by a husband to his wife
I executed in 1852), vested in lier any
•eparate estate, the same descended t<>
him usher sole heir aHaw unless she
died after the law of inheritance was
changed by the act of 1871, 2—Code
§2484.
2. A child claiming to share with the
husband in such an estate must show
affirmatively that the descent was so
changed.
3. Where tbe remedy against an im
pending sale is complete by the inter
position of a claim, injunction is need
less and the claim is demurrable.
4 Where injunction is sought on the
ground of irremediable injury, a state of
facts likely to occasion such injury must
be averred. Judgment affirmed.
Tbe Life Association of America vs.
Waller. Attachment, from Chatham.
Bleckley, J.
The act of self-destruction, by a per
son who is insane at the time without
fault on his part, is not suicide, 'in any
proper sense if the insanity be of such
character and decree as to free the act
from all immorality, and jeave the actqr
entirely blameless. 15 Wall, 6M} -85
Ga, 103. Judgment affirmed.
Harrison vs. McLelland. Comnlaint,
from Bulloch.
Bleckley, J.
1. The maker of a promissory note is
bound personally, though the word “ad
ininistratrix” be annexed to her signa
ture.
2 The surrender of promissory notes,
made by the intestate, is a sufficient con
sideration to support a personal note
given by the administratrix to the cred
itor—2s Ga. 242.
3. Though the notes surrendered were
due prior to June Ist, 1865, as the note
given by the administratrix in lien there
of was dated and due in 1867, the stat
ute of limitations of 1869 does not ap
ply to it; and suit brought jn 1875 was
in time, the note being under seal.
Judgment reversed.
Jackson J . having been of counsel, did
not preside in this case,
Gardner, trustee vs. Grannis, adminis
trator et at. Ejectment, from Lee.
Rlpokley, J .
1. After service, appearance, and
pleading to the merits, with o other
plea, it is too late at the trial for the
defendant to make objection to the man
uer in which he has been brought into
Court, or to the jurisdiction of theconnt
over his person.
2. After the sole defendant in an ac
tion of ejectment has died, and another
defendant has been brought in, and has
pleaded to the merits, the action may
proceed as to the latter, without making
the representatives of the former a
party. . . ,
3 When one of the parties to a special
or collateral issue tried during tlmpen
ilency of the main flash is
find ilia ropreaentatiyea ara pot before
the Court, the Supreme Court will not,
on a writ of error brought by a person
who was not then a party to the case,
examine the proceedings had upon the
trial of that issue.
4. The verdict on an issue of forgery,
made up and tried under-the Code, sec
. ion 2712, is no evidence against a de
fendant subsequently made a party to
the ejectment at the instance of the
plaintiff, more especially if the plaintiff
prooofcfds against the now dafondant for
mesne profits, as well as for the prem
ises in dispute, .
6. An affidavit which was used in the
cause, in connection with the issue of
forgery, by the original defendant, oan
not, solely because it was so uafld. be
read to the jury to affect a defendant i
who was not thea a party, and who did j
not become a party voluntarily. .
6. A witness who read # original
record before it was destroyed, maytes
tify that a defective probate (suoh as
uow appears on the deed itself) was
upon the record, notwithstanding an
official copy made from the record be
fore deatruction, sets forth the deed as
recorded without any probate annexed.
7. Where both parties claim to have
derived title from the same person the
plaintiff through a deed from >, a “ d
the defendant through a deed from pis
administrator, and where the defendant'
attacks the plaintiff's deed as a forgery,
the last will of such person, duly pro
bated which disposes of other lands,
but which amlics no disposition or men
tion of the land nyw in question, is ad
missible in evidence for fihfl plaintiff, as
i tending to show non-claim by fh® Wte*
tor, the mil bearing date lat** than the
deed iu floutoNWßy. That the Will does
not expressly declare fradetention of the
testator to dispose of U Im&fftf, N®**-
ens its force a* evidence, but does pot
render it wholly iundWMWHW#*
a deed more than thirty years old
at the ♦ime of trial is an anoient dodft*
it was under thirty-when
the suit was oomm°Jioed. Such' *' •
fair on its coming from the
custody, with- defective probate by
one of the subscribing vjtnapses, whC 8 ®
handwriting in his attesting gijjnpure
to the deed itself is proved to b genu
ine, ntd with an entry of teoording on
the deed <aW “roved to be genuine),
made by the was in office, at
the time the entry b©W wnicn
date is more thau thirty years interior
to the trial, as admissible in evidence,
though the QtW sAtpsting witness is
stili alive and accessible, *ad is not
examined by the party .offering Me.
deed, and thongh no actual possession
of tbe laud under the dned WM ever?
held, the land having been vaesut when
the deed purports to have been exe
cuted, and having remained vaeant for
nic£fc*’n vears
9. it deed essentiC 1 te the plain*
tiJTs title is s leaner?, the verdic. 811011 lu
be for the defendant.
10. Any circumstance wtHph would
place a jnan of ordinary prudence fully
upon his guard, and induce i senons mv
ouirv, is suffiatect to constitute notice
of a prior nnreoopted deed. And a
younger deed, taken with gneti notice,
acquires no preference by being record
ed in due time, . ' ,' ~
11. Where a person claiming to he tbe
owner is brought is U defendant to an
actibu of ejectment which was institut
ed originally agamat his overseer or ten
ant then in aet*ai possession, prescrip
tion, as a defense to that action is meas
used by the length of possession prior
to the suit, without adding too tune
that elapsed from then till the landlord
was made a party.
12 A defendant in ejectment is not
liable for mesne profits taken, prior to
his own entry, by those under whom he
claims i bat if, in accounting for the
profits chargeable to hnm*lf, ke claims
| credit for improvement* mad a by his
! predecessors, snoh improvements Bt
| first answer for the profits taken by
those who erected them,
i 13 Where the statute of limitations
I as to mnane profits (Code, §3058, 46 Ga.
I 120), is not p leaded* tbe aooount may
I be taken for the whole period during
j which- tbe defendant has bc* W> peP*
j tion of the profits as against toe piaia
! tifFs title, ,
14. Mesne profits will not be dewed
the plaintiff solely beamase the defend-
I ant, by clearing and ixaproriflg the
j premises, has made the premises swtse
valuable than they were when he en
-1 fcerefi
15. Unless s request to charge $M all
| legal and pertinent, the Court is not
bound to give any part of it. Judgment
j reversed.
I Arnold t>s. MyrrelL Covenant, from
Chatham.
Bleckley, J. *
1. A covenant by s lessee to place tbe
j premises in serviceable condition and
i repair, and to keep them so during his
I term, and. at the expiration of tbs term,
j to return them in like condition and. re- 1
j pair, imposes the obligation to rebuild,
if the stipulations of tne covenant can-
Byikhe Otherwise performed.
2. A covenant to make any repairs re
quired by the proper municipal authori
ties for the safety or convenience of ves
sels lying at-the " demised wharf iu not
broken by failure to make repairs order
ed by sueh municipal authorities to pre
vent injury to the river.
3. When the deed of lease points out
4bewepairs which the lessee is to make,
as indicated in the two preceding notes,
no additional duty of repairing is east
upon the lessee by a stipulation in the
same deed, that in no event is the lessor
to be held bound or liable for, or charge
able with, any repairs or improveihents
whatsoeter upon, the -premises; nor by
the further that all
improvements put by the lessee upon
the premises during the term shall be
come the property of the lessor, without
charge to him, and shall not be removed
by the lessee. These provisions of the
deed do not oblige the lessee to carry
his repairs and improvements beyond
what may be needed for “serviceable
condition,” and what may be required
by the authorities for the “safety or
convenience of vessels lying at the
Wharf.”
4. There being in the records no suffi
cient evidence that the premises were
ever out of “serviceable condition”
whilst the lessee was under obligation
to repair, or that any call upon him was
made to repair for the “safety and con
venience of vessels,” the verdict of tbe
jury was correct, and the motion for new
•rial was properly dented. Judgment
affirmed.
Wilson vs. Paulson & Cos. Trover,
from City Court of Savannah.
Bleckley, J.
1. Though ah attachment, command
ing the seizure of the defendant’s prop
erty, specify, in general terms, of what
it consists, still the officer can levy it
only upon property of the defendant,
and is not authorized to seize property
of the like-kind belongingto another
person, though tho defendant has lately
sold it.
2. When a commodity is priced, and
is to be paid for by the bushel, though
the bargain be for sueh quantity as will
make a cargo for a certain vessel brought
by the purchaser to carry it away, the
parties may, by mutual consent, upon
being interfered with by an officer, stop
lading with less than a cargo on board ;
arid fn that case the delivery will be
complete as to so much as is actually on
board and nnder the exclusive control of
the purchaser. ‘ " ,
3. On ths tacts in evidence, the ver
dict of the jury was correct, and even if
thre were slight errors of law commit
ted by the Court, there was no abuse of
discretion in refusing anew trial. Judg
ment affirmed.
Dillard et al. vs. Ellington, Administra
tor. Eqnity, from Wilkes.
Bleckley, J.
1. Where a bill for account alleges
that a full accounting involves the in
vestigation and settlement of several
connected matters, and prays for dis
covery as to all of them; and wnere the
complainants, after obtaining the dis
covery, amend the bill, striking there
from one of the matters (as to .which
the discovery made is favorable to the
defendant) the defendant is still enti
tled to use his answer as evidence, so
far ns it is responsive to the original
bill. And the matter stricken from the
bill is not put out of the oase as to any
purpose of defense which it would have
subserved had it not been stricken.
j). When the complainants have gone
behind a discharge granted to an execu
tor by the Ordinary, and have obtained
discovery from him as to the aotual
state of his accounts, the executor may
insist on having the aotual state thereof
considered in measuring the relief to
which the complainants are entitled in
respect to another branch of the case, so
far as the accounts are correct and per
tinent to fhc tplief prayed for. If the
judgment of discharge would have
barred either party, each has waived
the bar as to this litigation.
3. While it is possible for a responsive
answer to discredit itself by contradic
tions and inconsistencies, or by gross
violations of probability, and while,
without such infirmaries, it may be
overcome by documentary evidence,
still, when the Court has charged the
general rule that two witnesses, or one
witness and corroborating circumstances
are required to overcome it, any further
charge, if omitted, ought to be request
ed by oounsel.
4. When on the trial of exceptions of
fact to the master's report, the report
has been read to the jury by the except
ing party, it is before them, not only as
pleading, but as.evidence.
5. In directing the ji*y on the form
of their verdict, it is riot-error for the
Court to say that the jury sbouid find
for or against each exception, and de
clare it sustained or notjsustained.
6. Where - the evidence is .that bonds
repejved by a legate’efcom the executor,
were received as bonds, thq jury should
not be instructed to determine whether
they were accepted aa -‘.‘gqod money.”
7. The turning over, by ah executor
to a legatee of bonds.in which the mo
ney of the estate has been legally invest
ed, is in the nature not of paying a debt
but pf surrendering a trust fund. Tbe
transaction is between debtor and
creditor, but between frßstep &nd pestui
que trust.
3. When a legatee receives from tbe
executor bonds in which the funds of
the estate have been invested, and
gives a reoeipt for the same as bonds,
specifying the number and the amount
of each, and the aggregate amount of
the (wfioje, the efleot of the transaction
is simply to discharge the executor
from liability froni the funds of the
estate, which were inyegted in such
bonds, fhe bonds jatanfi ip tfie place
of what wepf ipto tfieip by investment.
9. If the bonds were turned P v pr and
receipted for as part of the estate com
ing to the legatee, but were in fact not
a part of the estate, being on the con
trary securities in which the executor
had inceeted his own money, and if it
does not appear that this fact was made
known to tne legatee and that a differ
ent wip,e was expressly agreed upon,
the executor cannot, in the final settle
ment of his aicounfa, take credit for
more than the actual vUu'e' ef tfie bonds
at the time the legatee received them
with interest thereon.
10. If dnring the late war the exe
cutor rightfully applied his own money
iu paying expenses, he is entitled to
credit fpt fto? yalne of such money, with
intfiriist thereon.’
11. To apportion any a/jpounf between
two debtors, if each is not to be charged
yith u*epise!y half, onemust he charged
with hs fPftcfi mpre, as the other is with
less than half- $° other apportion
ment ?s possible, ffence, baft of the
whole, plus half of the difference, will
equal the larger debit; and half of the
whole, minus half of the difference will
equal the smaller.
12. In refunding over-payments re
ceived from an executor, the legatee
catted to account responds to him for
snoh part *> ton received, and is not
liable to a co-legatee woo ;-o£eived less
than she did. And this rale holds when
the call to refund is after the death of
both legatees, and is made only upon
the estate of that odo who. received the
major part.- The execute* gannot be re
sisted as to ariy of thait part by showing
that the estate of the other legatee has
been settled fiff under a bill in chanoery,
to which tiift Seon|of w> nwtv : that
no glaifia was jpaffe oj- alltjwpd, Ip that
settlement, for any did. renee between
the two legatees, in the matter of over
payments, and that the heir* of hpth
legatees are the same persons,
13. If the legatee die before the exe
cutor’ 11 claim for over payments is bar
red by the statute of limitations, the
statma will not run against him wh'le
he is pPwS le ß ate€, B
estate.
14. That the administrator invento
ried and returned certain property as
part of the estate of his intestate, will
not affect his right to assert that it was
left in his hands in b er id® time, with
an agreement that it shoal,4 be security
for any sum that might be found fine
him on final settlement.
Is. being in a will a mixed be
i quest and devise of specific personalty
and specific realty to thp eyecjjtor, in
trust for tfie sole and separate use of
the testator's two daughters (his only
children), during their lives, and at
their death to their children respective
ly, toe property to be snbject to the
debts of no person, and to be held and.
managed by the executor until the
daughter became of age or married,
and then to be equally dividedand if
either daughter died without child or
children, snsh. property to revqrt to
and belong to tore otpay sister ; and at
the conclusion of the will th£re’ being a
residuary clause giving directly to the
same two daughter*, in equal shares,
when distributed, all the residue of the
testator’s estate, of every sort and kind,
not djsn&sed of elsewhere in the in
strument, the effect of these two clauses
of the wiu, taken together, jyafi to pass
out of the testatorrat bis death, the
whole fee in the subject-matter of the
specific bequest; and there was left no
revenuouaty ipteeps! to descend to his
heirs at law.
16- Neither of the daughter's having
married or had children, on too death of
the yosngar after the elder became of
age, the deceased transmitted to her
heirs DO estate in any of the property
embraced in the specific devise and be
quest; as to that property, the survivor
from thenceforth stood as if she had
been alone originally in both clauses of
the will. And upon her death after
wards intestate and without children,
the whole of specific property passed to
her heirs and legal representatives.
17. A devise whiob was obviously and
necessary contingent when the will was
made (inch as a remainder to behalf of
future children), is not upon failure of
the contingency within the ordinary rule
applicable to a void or a lapsed devise;
the residuary devisee will take instead
of the heir at law.—3 Maul, and 8. 300,
1 B. and Adol. 186; 6 Paige Ch. 600.
Judgment reversed.
Jasper N. Alderman vs. The State. Lar
ceny after a trust.
By the Coubt.
1. An indictment for larceny after a
trust under sections 4422 or 4424 of the
Code, which charges that defendant did
fraudulently convert the goods entrusted
todtim to his own use need not charge
that the same was done without consent
of the owner or bailor and to his injury
and without paying him on demand the
full value thereof; these clauses of the
sections, or either of them, apply to
other disposition of tbe goeds than to
the bailee’s fraudulent conversion to his
own use, and need only be charged aud
proven in such cases.
2. The identity of the hog and time
of the larceny are sufficiently proven,
and tbe description as a black male hog,
the property of John G. Blitch, in the
indictment is sufficient and proof that
the hog was marked does not contradict
such description.
3. Where the question is whether a
fraudulent conversion took place in Bul
lock county, and one witness, who was
not present at the conversion, testifies
to several circumstances, adding, “ was
in Ballock oounty,”and the witness who
saw tbe act of conversion does not lo
cate it in any particular county, the
venue of the crime is not sufficiently
proved. Judgment reversed.
Jackson, J., dissenting from last point
and judgment of reversal.
1. Public policy requires the rigid en
forcement of the criminal law, especially
in respect to all larceny from farmers of
the provisions they are trying to raise.
2. The words “was in Bnlloch county,”
used by the bailor of the hog and who
proved confession, guilt, mean that the
crim® was committed in that county.
The testimony in each cases, in aircuit
practice, is usually rapidly written down.
What the bailor said, to-wit: “Was in
Bnllooh county,” with the evidence of
the other witness that defendant said he
had charge of bailor’s hogs, and that he
killed the black hog in the field and got
him, the witness, and another to go
after it at night, and cleaned it at wit
ness’ house, and they eat the hog whicb
was of good size and worth five dollars,
is, in my judgment, ample to sustain the
venae, and the verdict and judgment of
the Court, especially as it does not ap
pear in the record that any point was
made on the venue ou the jury trial in
the Court below, or in the motion for a
new trial.
George Williams vs. The State. Mur
der, from Effingham.
Jackson, J.
1. A plea that the defendant was held
under a former indictment for the same
offense at the time the indictment on
which the trial was proceeding was pre
ferred and found true, and that he be
therefrom discharged, is not good, the
fact being that the Judge granted the
order to not pros, the first bill before
the second was found, but the same was
not drawn and entered of record formal
ly on the minutes until afterwards.
2. The Court did not err in charging
that “If the evidence had shown de
fendant had whipped the deceased with
a little switch, cot intending to kill him
but simply to obastise him reasonably
and properly, and the deceased by some
misebance or mere accident had died in
consequence thereof, tVen the defendant
could be guilty of nothing more than in
voluntary manslaughter; but if the evi
dence shows that the defendant used a
weapon likely to produce death, "and
used sueh weapon in an unlawful; m
proper and improper and cruel manner
upon the deceased, and had committed
suoh an act as in its consequences natu
rally tended to destroy tbe life of the
child, and from which the ohild died,
although he may not have intended to
kill him, yet it would be murder. Code
4327.
3. Nor did the Court so err in charg
ing tothe effect that if ■ the body of the
deceased showed wounds like these
which would be produced by the instru
ment defendant confessed he had used
upon him, then this would be a suffi
cient corroboration of the confession to
to justify a oonviotion, as to require this
Court to grant anew trial, the rest of
the charge submitting the fact of con
fessions or no confessions fairly to the
jury, See. 45, Ga. 48.
4. Nor in charging that in this case
“you should look to tho testimony and
see what kind of wounds were inflicted
npon the ohild, and whether these
wounds could have resulted from nat
ural causes, or whether they must have
been the result of violence, and whether
.there were any persons besides the de
fendant who could have inflicted them.
Even if slight errors had been made,
the charge as whole seems to have been
fair ; the facts and the application of
the law to them fully authorize the ver
dict. The presiding Judge is satisfied
therewith, end we will not interfere.
Judgment affirmed.
Can Epping vs. Corinne Trustall, et. al.
Equity, from Mclutosh.
Japkson, J.
J. A special verdict upon issues sub
mitted by the Court in an equity oause
having found the title to lands to be in
certain defendants to the bill, the de
cree of the chancellor thereon vesting
the title in said defendants is valid and
legal. There being an exception to the
proceedings during the trial of the
cause, but only to the legality of the
decree, the presumption is that the law
in respect to titles to land was fairly
SUhUjittefj to the jury, and they had a
right to pass upon the question of title
as the main issue submitted to them
2, Where a younger grantee, sued at
law by the holder of the older and bet
ter title, goes himself into equity on
the ground that he has made valuable
improvements upon the land, and pray
for compensation therefor, and tbe jury,
in a special verdict, find that the net
amount of wharfage realized by the
complainant from the wharves has been
greater than the amount he expended
pn them with interest, and that the de
fendants were acquainted with the fact
that he had any title to the land when
the complainant obtained the grant and
erected the wharves, though they knew
he was erecting the wharves. A decree
which denies him further compensation
follows the verdict, and is legal and
valid. Judgment affirmed.
FqRGF.£IES AND FRAUD.
A Forger Makes a Haul lu a Neiy Work Trust
Company—A Check Stopped on Apeouns of
Fpapd..
New York, January 17, —The eashier
of the Union Trust Company, this n orn
iDg discovered a forged check for $64,-
000 drawn on the company by the New
York Life Insurance Company, The
signature of the President of the Irsur
anoe Company, Mr. Franklin, was very
cleverly counterfeited. The cashier
states that the check was presented to_
bimonlhe SSdTinßtaut for oertifieatiofi,
and supposing it to be genuine, certified
'it,. The man wko pfesented the check
thisß {joupht from ! Mr. Maiwell, a bro
ker on BrSad street, SIS,OOO in gold and
disappeared wiith his booty. T l *# I° BB
will fall upon the Union Trust' pompa
jjy th® officers of" which have assured
President Franklin tkt tljey $U} make
the $64,000 good. Petpcii'yeS bnaily
engaged to working up the ease.
W, F, Hatch & Son* caution thepnb-
Ho against negotiating their check. No.
10,392, for gold, on the Bank of
New York, certified by the bank, pay
ment having been stopped on aocount of
fraud.
JJAULfIT IN<li F W h SENATOR,
The Mlhty Den 4 Lock In Illinois—l.ean
Leads—Election In Maine.
SeKDioFiELD, January 17.—Second
ballot: Logan, 98: Palmer, 88; Ander
son, 7: Davis, 8; Lathrop, Panshand
Washburne o H e ofi |he tjurd ballot
resulted the same with the exception
that Logan received one leks and Wash
borne one more. Fourth baUot: Logan,
98: Palmer, 89; Anderson, 7; Davis, 7;
LE&l' Parjsh 1. Rfto ballot;
Logan, 100 Palmer, 88; Anderson, 7,
Davis, 7; Parish, 1; Haines. 1.
SpbihgfielaD, TtiL„ January XT. -se
venth ballot—Logan, 100; Paliner, 89;
Anderson, 7; Davis, 6; Haines, 1 ;
Parish, L , . ...
Boston, January I?.—Second ballot.
Hoar, 95; Bentwell, 93; Abbott,
Bice, 17; Bullock, 4; Seeleye, 4, and
Sanford, l- Whole number of Votes,
276. gegeesyy for a
ftAIMNO BOWS J4VE SNAK.ES.
A Fall ol Reptiles at MempMa Darin* a Rain
Sura.
Memphis, January 17. Dining a
heavy lain storm Monday a fwl of live
snakes was observed in the Southern
part of the city, where thonsandsof
them could bp span yesterday. The
snakes are from one foot to eighteen
inches in length.
THE FAMINE Pi THE EAST.
The Cat of the Mlhty Scarcity In the Land
M Knciud.
Oaloctta,
government ertimfttefl the ooet to Greet
Britain of the mitigating famine In Cal
cutta and Bombay to be about six and a
half million pounds, sterling.
The Kellogg opera troupe have aban
doned their proposed Southern tour.
REFORM AT HOME.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Reducing Salaries All Arannd—Retrench
ment aud Reform in Earnent— The Sena
l ora hip aad Inaugural Ball.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Senate.
Atlanta, January 13.—The bill pro
viding for a Constitutional Convention
was read the second time and referred.
Judge Reese, from the 29th District
introduced the following bills ;
To amend the claim law to make em
ployees of railroads amenable if they
shall, after making a contract to work,
break said contract without giving the
company five day’s notice, and the said
employee shall be punished as provided
in section 4,310 of which reads
as follows :
“Accessories alter the fact, except
where otherwise ordered, shall be pun
ished by a fine, not to exceed one thou
sand dollars; imprisonment not to exceed
six months; to work in a chain gang on
tbe pnblio works not to exceed twelve
months; and any one or more of these
punishments may be ordered in the dis
cretion of the Judge.”
Also, bill to define the trust debts as
set down in sections 2,533 and 2,538 of
the Code.
House.
A resolution was adopted empowering
the Committee appointed to examine
into the perquisites and fees of the
State House officers, to take testimony
under oath and qualify witnesses.
A resolution was adopted approving
the policy indicated in the Governor’s
inaugural address, and pledging the
support of the House to the same.
The resolution making pay of the
members $5 per day was tabled. Under
a suspension of the rules, Mr. Fry, of
Fulton, introdneed a bill fixing salaries
as follows: Governor, $3,000; Private
Secretary, $1,500; Comptroller-General,
$2,000; Clerk, $1,500; Treasurer, $2,000:
Clerk, $1,500; Secretary of State, $2,000;
Clerk, $1,500; Clerk of the Supreme
Court, $1,500; Judges of the Supreme
Court, $3,000; Solicitors of Circuits,
$1,500. where the costs exceed that
amount; President of the House, $8 per
day, and members, $5 per day, and $2
mileage; Clerk of the House and Secre
tary of the Senate, $8 per day.
Mr. James, of Fulton, introduced
bills to issue bonds for the outstanding
bonds of the Macon aud Brunswick
Railroad bonds and other roads in
which the State is endorser, and to fund
the same in bonds bearing 6 per cent.
A bill was introduced to give the
State printing to the lowest bidder.
There appears to be evidence of re
trenchment and economy, and members
best show their sincerity by reduoing
tlieir pay to $5 per day.
The Convention bill will pass the
House without difficulty. It will meet
with opposition, however, in the Senate.
Governor Johnson would aooept the
Senatorship, but will not scramble for
it. Norwood is working industriously.
HillV friends are defiant and hopeful.
Smith is working quietly; he has taken
up quarters at the Markham House.
Governor Colquitt is besieged with
applicants for office. His address meets
with general and hearty approval. He
means what he says about retrenchment.
He is determined to give the State an
economical administration. He makes
no committals, and is silent about all
appointments.
Extensive preparations are going on
for the'inaugural ball Wednesday night.
W.
Redeeming Rent Estate—Leasing Convicts
—Committees Appointed Retrenchment
Again—lncorporating the Angnsta and
Knoxville Railroad—Hill Expected—
Goldsmith Vindicated.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and S. C ]
Senate.
Atlanta, January 15.—Mr. G. W.
Bryan, of the 34th, introduced a bill to
allow debtors to redeem real estate sold
uuder legal process, provided applica
tion is made in six months.
Mr. R. E. Lester, of the Ist, presented
a memorial from Savannah, asking that
one-half of the State tax of Chatham be
retained for draining marsh lands near
the city.
Judge Reese, of the 29th, introduced
a bill relative to leasing oonvicts.
The President announced these com
mittees : Judiciary, Howell, Chairman ;
Finance, McDaniel, Chairman ; Banks,
Shewmake, Chairman ; Education, Du-
Bose, Chairman ; State of the Republic,
Black, Chairman.
House.
Economy, retrenchment and reform
occupied the time of the members, A
discussion was participated in by several
members, and after harmless thunder, a
resolution was adopted looking to re
trenchment.
Mr. J. D. Stewart, of Spalding, has
been appointed Chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee; H. H. Carlton, of
Clarke, Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee. ; .
Mr. P. Walsh, of Richmond, intro
duced a bill to incorporate the Augusta
and Knoxville Railroad Company, and
to fix the compensation of Tax Re
ceiyer. m , .
Mr Hill is expeoted from Washing
ton. .
Gov. Johnson has been ill sinoo Sat
urday, Slight indisposition.
The speoial oommittee appointed to
investigate certain charges against
Comptroller Goldsmith, vindicate-him.
Bills Introduced Into the House and Sen
ate —Ely, Attorney General Barnett
Elected Secretary of State—Reafroe,
Treasurer —Goldsmith, Comptroller, and
Harrison, Printer—Standing by Tilden and
Reform.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Atlanta, January 16,—Mr, McDaniel,
ot the 27th, offered a bill relative to tbe
introduction of witnesses in suits where
said witnesses are interested in the
case ; also, relative to the exemption of
property from levy when such property
is owned by a widow.
R. Ely has been appointed Attorney
General.
House.
Mr. Whittle, of Bibb, has introduced
a bill to prevent the executors, admin
istrators or guardians from investing in
any securities font bonds of the State.
Mr. Hood introduced a 'resqlution in
reference to the Presidential eleotion,
pledging the people of Georgia to main
tain their constitutional rights and to
stand by the Northern Democracy in
all lawful measures. Unanimously
adopted, .' ,
The Senate and Douse, in joint ses
sion, elected the following ofl|cers :
N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State ; J.
■W. Renfroe Treasurer; W, P. Gold
smith, Comptroller, arid J. P. Harrison,
State Printer for the unexpired term.
W.
T , Committees.
The following are the Senate and
House standing committees :
Senate.
On the Judiciary : Messrs. Howell,
Chairman ; Black, Dußose, Shewmake,
Wilson, Brewster, Furman, Cabaniss,
Brvan, Bush, Harrison, Gamble, Reese.
Qn Einance: if easts. Dcflaniel, phair
man; Felton, Reese, Dußq ßo * Hudson,
.Rutherford, Black, Graham, Shewmake,
Godfrey, McLeod, MpAfee,
Deadyyler, fclatgn, Push, CHPftniss.
Qn Internal Improvements : Messrs.
DaftUßOUi Chairman; Chastain, Cureton,
Harknesa, Mattox, Beid, Newbern.
On the State of the Bepublie: Messrs.
Black, Chairman; Furman, Harrison,
Brewster, Bryan, Ragsdale, Cody.
On Education: Messrs. Chair
man; Perry, o’D“”'jel, Cody, Freeman,
Wessalowski, Cabaniss.
On Banks: Messrs. Shewmake, Chair
man; QahRUW, Dow e H. Weikalowski,
Perrjr, Brewster, Freeman.
Ou Enrollment : Messrs. Freeman,
Chairman; Bryan, Butherford, Bush,
Deadwyler, Shewmake, Graham.
On Privileges and Elections : Messrs.
Shtten, Chairman; Clifton, Black, How
ell, McDonald, Cureton, Ragsdale.
On Petitions : Messrs. Chastain,
Chairman; Newbern, England, Aabqry,
Hopps, McAfee, Slaughter 1
Ou Lunajac Asylum : Messrs. O’Qan
iel, Chairman; Godfrey, Slaughter,
Hopps, Darkness. Cqretop, platen.
On Penitentiary : Messrs. McDonald,
Chairman; Wihion, Mattox, Wilcox,
Graham, McAfee, Wessalowski.
On Public Buildings : Messrs. Fur
man, Chairman ; Hopps, Deadwyler,
McDonald, England, Bulloch, Free
man.
On Military : Messrs. Wilson, Chair
man; Wilcox, Mattox, Dntherford, Cab
aniss, Bryan, Godfrey. .
On Printing ; Messrs. Cabaniss,
Chairman; Dußose, Bush, Slaughter,
Asburv, McLeod, Perry.
On Deaf and Dumb Asylum : Messrs.
Perry, Chairman; Chastain, Newbern,
England, McDaniel, Clifton, Ragsdale.
On Institution for the Blind : Messrs.
Hudson, Chairman; Freeman, Clifton,
Bulloeh, Felton, McLeod, Reid.
Ou Manufactures: Messrs. Harknesa,
Chairman; Hudson, Chastain, Newbern,
Asbuiy, Wessalowski, Qm&ble.
On Agriculture: Messrs. Felton, Chair
man; Hndson, Rutherford, Godfrey,
Cody, Harknesa, Wilcox,
On Auditing: Messrs. Brewster, Chair
man; Perry, Slaughter, Graham, Wilson,
Bryan, McAfee.
On Engrossing: Messrs. Graham,
Chairman; Forman, Reid, Cnreton, Wes
aalowaki, Hndson, Cody.
On State Library: Messrs. Bryan,
Chairman; Shewmake, Howell, Harri
son, Furman, Dußose, Bush.
On New Counties and County Lines.—
Messrs. Wilcox, Chairman; McLeod,
Mattox, Newborn, Bnllocb, Clifton,
England.
On Journals: Messrs. Bash,Chairman;
Ragsdale, Reese, Hopps, Gamble, Har
rison, Chastain.
On Geological Bureau: Messrs. Black,
Chairman; O'Daniel, Cureton, Felton,
McDonald, Bulloch, Reed.
# House.
The Committee on the Jndiciary :
Messrs. Stewart, of Spalding, Chairman;
Whittle, Turner, Black, Hammond,
Hood, Croker, Turnbull, Fort, Hillyer,
Jordan, ef Hancock; Key, Simms, Col
ley, Polhill, Adams, of Chatham;
Branch, Cox, of Troup; Davis, of Hons
ton; Mathews, of Talbot; Fry, Stanford,
Wade, Sheffield, Cochran.
The Committee on Finance : Messrs.
Carlton, Chairman ; Moses, Walsh,
Jones, of Polk; Hutchins, James, Ried,
of Putnam; Phillips, of Cobb; [Guyton,
Paul, Pope, Miller, Paine, Tumlin,
Jourdon, of Pulaski; Haralson, Chan
dler, Evans, Awtry, Mills, Leach.
The Committee on Corporations :
Messrs. Hood, Chairman'; James, Brew
er, Reese, Black, Jones, of Polk; Turn
er, Case, Sheffield, of Miller; Guyton,
Wade, Fort, Polhill, Wall, Stanford,
Anderson, Cox, of Troup; Hollis, Haral
son.
The Committee on State of the Repub
lic : Messrs. Whittle. Chairman; Ben
son, Brewer, Hood, Cloud, Dozier, of
Quitman; Evans, Frederick, Green,
Glover, of Twiggs; Humber, Haralson,
Price, Kendrick, Kennon, Miller, Math
ews, of Pike; McDonald, Oattis, Paul,
Piokett, of Gilmer; Reid, of Morgan;
Robeson, Smith, of Oglethorpe; Stew
art, of Spalding; Tumlin, Walsh, Carl
ton.
Internal Improvements: Messrs. Phil
lips of Cobb, Chairman; Wolihin,
.'tokeley, Stewart, of Taylor; Smith, of
Butts; Turner, Taylor, Sikes, Sheffield,
of Early; Mclntyre, Hillyer, Hammond,
Willingham, Alired, Goodrum.
Agriculture: Messrs. Jordan, of Pu
laski, Chairman ; Frederick, Northen,
Humber, Dozier, of Harris; Richard
son, Awtry, Gresham, Peek, Harden,
Scruggs, Lang, Smith, of Oglethorpe;
Callaway, Atwood, Burch, of Elbert;
Glover, of Twiggs; Glover, of Jones;
Reid, of Morgan.
Privileges and Elections : Messrs.
Russell, Chairman; McDonald, Fort,
Cox, of Tronp; Sheffield, of Miller;
Branch, Humber, Peacock, Adams, of
Chatham; Cochran, Hollis, Bine, Adams,
of Lee.
Enrollment : Messrs. Paine, Chair
mon; Green, Reid, of Putnam; Bowen,
Marshall, Knox, Peek, Willis, McDon
ald, Pope. Rouse, Humber, DeLoaoh.
Journals: Messrs. Willis, Chairman;
Almon, IJrown, of Upson; Duke, Owen
by, North, Mallette, Harrell, Roper,
Stewart, of Milton.
Military. Affairs : Messrs. Colley,
Chairman; Adams, of Chatham; Jordan,
of Hancock ; Grant, Collins, Hughes,
Reese, Pope, Shaw, Walton, of Burke.
Thej Committee on Banks: Messrs.
James, Chairman; Willis, Moses, Mar
shall, Dozier, of Quitman ; Cox, of
Bryan; Wade, Wall, Sykes, Smith, of
Walton.
The Committeeon Education; Messrs.
Price, Chairman ; Northen, Carlton;
Hallis, Fort, Thomas, Goodrum, Stoke
ley, Hutchins, Leach, Mathews, of Pike;
Corker, Frederick, Johnston, Rouse.
The Committee on Deaf and Dumb
Asylum : Messrs. Pilcher, Chairman;
North, Mclntyre, Kendriok, Turnbull,
Walton, of Burke; Smith, of Echols;
Bloodworth, Peacock, Born, Shaw, De-
Loacb.
The Committee on Academy for the
Blind : Messrs. Dozier, of Quitman,
Chairman; Harden, Perkins, Glover, of
Twiggs; Bennett, Strickland, Guyton,
Maund, Wollikin, Freeman, Duke, Da
vis, of Bibb; Hughes.
The Committee on Lunatio Asylum :
Messrs. Paul, Chairman; Dudley, Jones,
of McDuffie; Taylor, Murray, Mobley,
Scruggs, Owenby, Wilkes, Green, Whit
tle, Northen, North, Plicher, Richard
son, Brown, bf Fayette; Sheffield, of
Early, Wilson, Burch,of Elbert.
The Committees on Penitententiary :
Messrs. Kennon, Chairman; Tumlin,
Allred, Hawes, Peacock, Phillips, of
Cobb; Ragsdale, Rouse, Sheffield, of
Early; Woldridge, Miller, Case, Brock
ett, Bacon, of Liberty; Buntz.
The Committee on Auditing : Messrs.
Allred, Chairman; Cox, of Bryan; Daw
son, Dozier, of Harris; Faircloth, Mc-
Rae, Fry, Stewart, of Taylor; DeLoach.
Committee on New Counties and
County Lines; Messrs. Thomas, Chair
man; Mcßae, Maund, Bowen, Pearson,
Dugger, Fortner, Wilcox, Williams,
Roper, Puckett, Hogan, of Carroll; Kim
sey, McAfee, Carter, Causey.
Committee on Printing: Messrs. Aw
try, Chairman; Robinson, McGar,Moore,
Oattis, Vick, Smith, of Tatnall; Kirby,
Davis, of Stewart; Wise, Burch, of
Thomas; Cloud, Mallette.
Committee on Immigration: Messrs.
Jones, of Polk, Chairman; Key, John
ston, Harrell, Long, Mathews, of Tal
bot; Fletcher, Callaway, Gray, Hogan,
of Monroe; Mobley, Penn, Rawlins,
Phillips, of Carrol; Collins, Russell.
Committeeon Publip Library: Messrs.
Reid, Chairman; Branch, Black, Davis,
of Houston; Freeman, McAfee, Key,
Johnston, Williams, Bloodworth.
Committee on Dublin Property;Messrs.
Evans, Chairman; Maund, Hogan, of
Monroe; Pickett, of Rabun; Rouse,
Smith, of Echols; Smith, of Butts;
Strickland, Walton, of Burke; Benson,
Brown, of Upson; Brown, of Fayette;
DeLoaoh, Freeman.
Committee on Geological Bureau:
Messrs. Candler, Chairman; Walsh,
Price, Tumlin, Sims, Causey, Dndley,
Jones, of McDuffie; Murray, Perkins,
Smith, of Tatnall; Walton, of Haralson;
Puckett, Gresham.
Committee on Rules: Speaker Bacon,
ex-officio Chairman; Messrs. Stewart,
of Spalding; Candler, Hood, Price.
Investigating the State Lottery-—Eulogy on
Hudson—Constitutional (Jqi,veqtiqn New
.Judicial Circuit—Lay.nl Bills—Hill, Johnson
aqd fqomtm.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel ,]
Senate#
Atianta, Ga., January 17.—Mr. Per
ry introduced a resolution to appoint a
committee to investigate the State lot
tery, and|report why said lottery has not
been abolished. .
Mr. Block, of the 17th District, in
troduced resolutions relative to the
death of Senator J. W. Hudson, and
pronounced a eulogy on she deceased.
Mr. Ferry, of Fulton, introduced an
elaborate bill, amending the Constitu
tion, which is intended to do away with
the Constitqtional Convention.
Mr. Hutchins, of Gwinnett, introduc
ed a bill for anew Judicial Circuit.
Mr. Williams, o$ Columbus, introduc
ed a bill to fegulate tj, e Sheriff's bond,
also tfl prohibit the sale of spirituous
liquors.
A large number of looal bills have
been introduced.
Mr. Hill has been invited by a large
number of members to address the Gen
eral Assembly.
The Judioiary Committee will report
in favor of the Convention bill introduc
ed by Candler.
Governor Johnson is better.
General Toombs has arrived. W.
The Popularity of .Silver.
tCwciynqXi Cofi};iner<paJ..\
iri pernnjaphi, tire great advo
cate Of a bi-jnetyliic currency, is in the
city, haying come to this coqniry for
the purpose pf advocating his project
for an International Congress, to discuss
and agree upon a standard and inter
changeable gold and silver currency.
He has spent three years in this work,
and believes that his proposition that
such a codi~ 88 be held wilt me**
tne approval of all the gjrpat nations. In
all Europe he hag found a willingness to
acquiesce, (flfo ~i gratified bp find among
the foa Jing men in Amerioa a disposition
to co-operate with him. Ho reports, as
the result of a month’s observation in
this country, that the popularity of sil
ver is growing steadily. Senator Jones
is awaiting statistics now being collected
by agents in Europe, and Alexander
Delmar in California, and expecfo to
have the report of the Silver Commis
sion ready for the printer by the Jst of
February. Monsieur Oernusohi will be
myited to contribute his views for pub
lication with the report of the commis
sion.
CAROLINA JOCKEY CLUB.
Heavy Track and Light Race#—Trotting and
Hardieo.
Charleston, January 16.—The first
day of the Spring meeting of tfie South
Carolina Jockey Qlqh, at Washington
course, off to-day. Weather damp
and ioggy and, track heavy. The first
race, mile dash, fog all ages—First
Chance, 1; Ascot, % Abdallah, S—time,
1:504. Second race, mile heats for all
ages—first heat dead between Brown
Asteroid and Libbie L. Second and
third heats, and the race was won by
Brown Asteroid—time, 153, 155.
Third race—two miles over eight hur
dles—Walter Weight, parse sl2o—en
tries, Jim Hinton and Prang; raoe won
by Jim Hinton by five lengths—time,
4:11.
DOWN ON THE OHIO.
The Ragtag Water* Bioe High mad a Freshet
I* in Order.
Cincinnati, January 17.—The river at
noon stood 48 feet and 3 inches, and waa
rising at the rate of 4 inches ah hoar.
This is within a few feet of the fleod of
1875. '
“General Grant will retire from the
Presidency,” says the Courier-Journal,
“with the proud conscionsoees of having
done his whole duty—to foaown fami
ly.” '
THE rOTTON CROP.
Augusta Exchange Report.
The Statistical Committee tf the Au
gusta Exchange have made the follow
ing report for January:
To the President and Board of Direc
tors of the Augusta Exchange:
Gentlemen —The correctness of the
information reoeived by us from our cor
respondents in reply to questions sent
them for onr November report, upon the
prospects and condition of the cotton
crop of this section, having been called
into question in well informed circles,
we deemed it best to send out the same
series of questions again, to cover the
month of .December, with special request
to our correspondents to be very careful
in their answers to our 3d and 4th ques
tions. We now beg to submit the fol
lowing summary of 23 replies received
from 18 counties, under date of January
Ist.
Ist Question: Has the weather for
gathering the erop been more or less
favorable during the month of Decem
ber than last year? Answer: The weath
er is universally reported as far less fa
vorable than in 1875. The last ten days
of the month continued frosty storms,
virtually suspended all labor in the fields.
2d Question: What proportion of the
crop has been picked, and when will it
all be gathered ? Answer : The crop is
reported as absolutely all picked, ex
cept in two counties, but the cotton left
in the fields there is an insignificant per
oentage, and so ruined by the late
storms that it is not now likely to be
gathered. ,
3d Question : Will the yield in yonr
county be greater or less than last year?
State increase or decrease. Answer :
The average of our replies state the
yield very positively as less by 2j per
cent, than last season. This on an
aereage of 5J to 6 per cent, less than in
1875, would indicate an out-turn greater
by about 3 per cent, per acre, than dur
ing the previous season.
4th Question: What proportion of the
crop has been marketed from your sec
iion? Answer: The proportion of the
crop already marketed is placed on an
average at 80 per cent.
sth Question: State fully and all ma
terial facts relative to the yield, not
oovered by the foregoing questions.
Answerf Red lands have as a rule, yield
ed much more largely than last year,
while light sandy soils have not done as
well as during the preceding season.
There seems to be no donbt that the
crop has yielded more lint in proportion
to seed cotton than usual. The staple
of all grades has proved very superior,
while the average grade of the crop has
been more uniform and decidedly above
that of last season, but with a larger
proportion of high colored and frost
stained cotton. Yonr committee beg to
call your attention to the fact, that our
correspondents now report the out-turn
of the crop at 97J per cent, of that of
last season, as against 92 per cent, on
the Ist of December, and the proportion
marketed January Ist, at 80 per c nt.., as
against 75 per cent, reported Ist De
cember. As matter of further informa
tion, and for pnrposes of comparison
with the above, your committee beg to
state, that they have obtained the views
and estimates of 22 receivers and faetors
of cotton in this city as to the probable
receipts at this point for the current
season, with the following result,
brought in comparison with last seasons
receipts :
Aetual total receipts, 1875-6, 169,986
bales; receipts to January 1, 1876, 126,-
837 bales; per centage of receipts to Janu
ary 1,1876, 0.74 61-100; estimated total
receipts, 1876-77, 178,700 bales; receipts
to January 1, 1877, 151,085 bales; per
centago of receipts to January 1,1877,
0.7604 100.
Of our receipts up to the Ist instant,
as near as can be ascertained, some 8,000
or 10,000 bales were due to the long
continued epidemic at Savannah. But
fully as much cotton was lost to this
market by increased direct shipments to
Northern mills and to ports, from At
lanta, Athens and other tributary inte
rior points, ilf these,'premises are correct,
as we believe they are, the expected in
crease in receipts at this point of nearly
20,000 bales ought to represent quite
closely the increased production of the
territory for which Augusta serves as a
market, and would indicate an increased
yield of 16| per cent, over last seasoD.
We state these facts for yonr informa
tion, and for purposes of comparison
with the conclusions derived from the
letters of our correspondents. Our cot
ton factors cover a much larger field of
information than your committee. They
are individually acquainted with the lo
calities where their correspondents lies;
and for obvious reasons, watch the re
sults of planting operations with great
care and attention. With perfect con
fidence in the good faith and sincerity
of onr correspondents, as to their state
ments of facts, we cannot refiain from
calling your attention to the great dis
crepancy between their opinions and
those of our factors, whose views fur
thermore are so clearly in accord with
the statistical information, both by onr
State and the United States Agricultu
ral Departments.
We beg to add, as matter of further
interest and information, that an aver
age of the estimates of 38 ootton mer
chants of this city places the cotton
crop of the United States for the cur
rent season at 4,320,000 bales. Very re
spectfully, r
L. L. Zulavsky, Chairman; J. J.
Pearce, J. W. Echols, R. W. Heard, C.
A. Rowland, A. M. Benson, W. M.
Read, Committee.
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covers; $1 in elegant cloth. Printed in Ger
man and English.
Vick’s FLral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents
a year.
Vick’s Catalogne—3oo Illustrations,
only 2 cents.
Address JAMES VICK.
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ries.
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Cures the worst cases of Canker. g-
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Meets with gtteeess In Memorial dis
6Me9 VEGETINE
Will eradicate Salt Bhenm from the system.
VEGETINE
Cures the most inveterate ease of Erysipelns.
VEGETINE
Removes Pimples and Humors from the face.
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Cures Constipation and regulates the bowels.
VEGETINE
Is a valuable remedy for Headache.
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Will cure Dyspepsia.
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Bee tores the entire system to a healthy con
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Cures Pains in the Side.
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Removes the &uxse of Dusiness.
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Proprietors.
.. AdverV f -
CLEARANCE SALT
OF
WINTER GOODS.
Having determined to effect a
General Clearance of our Winter
Goods, we have marked down our
entire stock of Dress Goods, Cloaks,
Shawls, Blankets, Cassimeres and
Flannels, to such prices as will in
sure their speedy sale.
WILL OPEN TO-MORROW MORNING:
5,000 Ladies’ Ties, at 15c. each.
Never before offered at less than
from 25 to 50c
7,000 yards Hamburg Edging, at
less than half their gold cost.
These are GENUINE BAR
GAIN S, and only need to be seen to be
appreciated,
JANIES A. GRAY & CO.
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SPRI N C GOODS,
NOW AHRIYING
AT THE
Old Fredericksburg Store
CORNER BY THE PLANTERS' HOTEL
NO OLD SECONDHAND STUFF, BOUGHT OP UNITED STATES MARSHALS OB
cheap Auctions. We are not dependant upon such for our supplies, but nevertheless get
them fresh and new, and at a less price than thoso who fun around after Buch institutions for
their supplies.
RLAD!
Yard wide Bleached Cotton, markod Lonsdale, at 9c.; same has been sold in this city at a
higher price, and called the genuine Lonsdale- it is not, and pays a fine profit at 90. All the
better grades Bleached Cottons and genuine brands at very low prices. Gents’ White Cotton
Shirts, already made and the buttons oil them, at 60c.; better gradeß ditto at 75c. and sl. Good
Towels at 6i0.; large and heavy ditto at 10c. Alpacas of the best brands, from 25c. up. Remem
ber these are not imperfect goods bought at cheap auctions. Splendid Ribbed Cassime>es from
25c. up to the best—no trash or shoddy amongst them. Now receiving—New Spring Calicoes,
New Table Damask, New Hosiery, New Cassiniers. etc., etc. We have all the low priced notions
and oioknacks. Such as Shirt Buttons at ?,c. per dozen, Silk DresH Buttons at sc. doz., Coat
Buttons 3c., 200 yards Spool Cotton at. 2Jc.I Coates’ Spool Cotton 65c. per doz„ 3 papers Pinß for
5c., 2 large Cakes Soap for 50., Envelopes 6c. por pack, Note Paper sc. per quire, Lead Pencils
at lc. each. Hooks and Eyes lc. per card, Roll Tape at 2c. per roll, and hundreds of other arti
cles at equally low prices, and can even sell them loss if any other person can. We are always
able to meet the market at as low or loss price than onr competitors. We are now runuing off
our
Winter Stock at Very Low Prices.
Selling Dress Goods at BJ, 10. 12 j and 15 that recently sold for double. Wo are selliug Cloaks,
Bhawls, Furs, etc., at away down prices. Also a faiv Hearth or Sofa Rugs very oheap. If
you wish to get these oheap goods now ig the time to get them.
V. RICHARDS & BROS., Corner by the Planters’Hotel.
P. S.—We take pleasure in announcing to our customers that we have appointed Mr. E. D.
Snelson Floor Manager in our house. Mr. 8. has been with us for a number of years as one of
our leading salesmen, and understands our business thoroughly, and will take pleasure in see
ing that the customers of the house are properly attended to aiid waited upon.
jan!4—tf . V. RICHARDS A BROS.
NEW DRYJJOODsT
We have received from our Mr. Christopher Gray since hts return
to New York the following goods* which are much helow in prices any
thing offered in this city this season :
BLACK ALPACAS, BRILLIANTINES and MOHAIRS.
The best FELT SKIRTS yet at 50c.
Splendid CORSETS at 50c.
Misses’ HOSIERY at half price. *•'
Beautiful EDGINGS and INSERTINGs.
Table LINEN and TOWELS.
Kentucky JEANS and Plaid QSNABURGS.
CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO.
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BARGAIN COUNTERS
L. RICHARDS
AUGUSTA DRY GOOD STORE,
Commencing Monday Morning, January 15.
000 Worth of Dry Goods to be-Sacrificed—All Seasonable
Goods,
O
The Greatest Inducement Ever
Offered in this City.
ffMIE Goods to be sacrificed will have a Bargain Conntor ticket attached, with price marked
A in figures and placed *ll the centre counters and known as TUB , BARGAIN COUNTERS.
The articles to be offered cannot be enumerated. Consisting in part of Clo-iks, f bawls and
Furs—less thap cost. Dress Goods—all new, regardless of cost. Black Alpacas and Cashmers
—a groat bargain. Table Damask, L'oylies and Napkins. Towels, Hosiery, Gloves, Handker
chiefs,Cutfs—at any price you desire. Belts, Noeklies, lionching, Colorotts —almost given away.
Blankets, Bed-spreads and Quilts. Ladies’ and Mjssess’ Undervests and Drawers. For Gents
Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Ties, Scarfs, Gloves. Undershirts, Drawers, eto. Thousands of Fan
cy Articles. In order to secure these bargains oome early, come often, come daily, as new
attractions will be added to the counters as fast as selected and tioketed. *-
L. RICHARDS,
MULLARRY BROS.
Are Now Offering the Greatest Bargains Erer Seen in this City in
Black Silk, Black Cashmere,
AND ALSO,
BLACK ALPAOAN,
firA PIECE Bof which we will sell at 25c, per yard These goods must he seen to be
eii OvJ able to find out their full value. No reduction will be allowed to parties purchasing
large quantities, as they have already been marked at t.lie lowest price*.
100 pieces each, at 40c. and 60c. per yard, which for quality and fiuiali cannot bo equalled
in the city. These goods are wliat we advertise them te bo -4 bargain—and wo would ask all
who wish to purchase such goods to call and EXAMINE THEM.
, We have just received
25 cases Ladies’ HOSE—and also,
25 cases Gents’ HALF HOSE, from an auction sale in New York, which we will sell at 25.
per cent, less than the same goods were offered a week ago.
MULLARKY BROTHERS’,
J 262 BROAD STREET.
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BUY THE BEST
TEWETT’S PURE WHITE LEAD AND
X/ 'lmmm J Jewett’s Pure Linseed Oil, at Whole
//AtVT* Ah \\ sale and Retail. By
// Jfo N\ J. H. ALEXANDER,
U \\ 212 Broad Street.
( \\ TEWETT’S WHITE LEAD is sold UN
* S KM J DEK GUARANTEE, subject to any
H n* M analysis or test for PERFECT PURITY.
\l DVTI# mr // Messrs, John Jewett & Sons have made no
\\ b A % J // other grade or quality of Lead than this
NX II STRICTLY PURE for nearly twenty years.
V\ Mb*. Mk // Their brandis a guarantee on every package
Buy the Best.
fJL W yZir FOR WHrrENEBS AND DURABILITY
and COVERING CAPACITY, it is excelled
by none and equalled by few. Over one hundred tons of this Lead ased in Angus-
Lx in fhfl Unt threfl vpars No Durcbftder lias ever oeen disappointed. Abundant
rlferen^SvS; 66 faquir* for ifiWETT’S WHITE LEAD a£S PURE LINSEED
° lL oct29-f)m Famtlng Materlalß ’ at ALEXANDER’S D.-ng Store.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
Special attention paid to the sale or purchase of Town and
Coantry Property. Money borrowed and loans made on Real •
Estate* Special attention paid to the management and renting
of property. The nndersigned haring been revested by many
of their patrons to resume the Real Estate business, will, from
this date, derote the energies ©I the concern to all basinoss en
trusted to them, and charges will he moderate.
JOHN J. COHEN & SONS.
Oar Bond, Stock Brokerage qpd Life and Fire Insurance will
be carried on as usual.
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