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Cfironicie anD jpenfiral
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1877.
BUSS’ LAST HYMN.
I The lM*t Verses Written by the Evangelist who
Perished at the A shuunda Bridge ]
l know not what awaits me,
God kndly veil* mine eyes.
And o'er each step en my onward way
He makes new scenes arise ;
And every joy He sends me comes
A sweet and g’ad surprise.
Cftorus—Where He may lead Til follow,
My trust in Him repose.
And every hour in perfect peace
Til sing, “He knows, He knows.
One step I see before me;
Tis all I need to see;
The light of Heaven more brightly shines
When earth's illusions flee.
And sweetly through the silence came
His loving "Follow Me,
O blissful lack of wisdom,
'Pis blessed not to know;
He holds me with His own right hand.
And will not let me go.
And lulls mv troubled soul to rest
In Him who loves me so.
Bo on I go, not knowing,
I would not if I mizht;
Id rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light;
I'd rather walk by faith with Him
Than go alone by sight.
king oft the old, ring in the new.
Bing out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The fly ng cloud, the frosty ight;
Tbe year is dying in the night;
Bing out, wild bells, and let him die.
Bing out the old, ring in the new,
King, happy bells, across the enow;
Tbe year is going, let him go ;
Bing out the false, ring in the true.
Bing out the grief tl at saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more ;
King out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring m redress to all mankind.
Bing out a slowly dying cause.
And ancient forms of party strife ;
Bing in tbe nobler modee of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Bing out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times ;
Bing ont. ring out my mournful rhymes.
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Bing out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite ;
Bing in the love of truth and right,
Bing m the common love of good.
ynsg out old shapes of foul disease;
Bing out the narrowing lust of gold;
Bing out the thousand wars of old,
Bing in the thousand years of peace.
Bing in the valiant man and free.
The larger heart the kindlier hand ;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Bing in the Christ that is to be.
.MONU OF TIIE HIIEARN.
Weary and not very stout,
The victim of heartless quizzers,
A news editor sat, with elbows out,
Plying liis pencil and scissors,
Clip ! Clip! Clip!
In mucilage, tatters and tears.
And still, with a voice of dolorous dip,
He sang the “Hong of the shears."
Clip! Clip! Clip!
While the foremau calls for more!
And clip-clip-clip. *
Till the “devil” looks in at the door!
It’s oh'. to be a councilman,
Or even a school trustee,
A Mayor, policeman, or anything,
Or anything else but me!
Clip! Clip! Clip!
Till tho jaws drop open wide ;
Till the elbow croaks like an old barn door,
And von take that “stich"—in the side!
Enquirers, Tribunes, Gazettes,
And Stars that make you doze,
Till over the Herald you fall asleep,
And clip off the end of yonr nose !
Oh! women with paper curls !
With bustles that rattle and quiver!
It is not paper you're weariug out
But a human editoi's liver!
Clip! Clip! Clip!
Hunting for something new,
Which the managing editor swears after *ll
Is as old as the Wandering Jew!
UESFEI'T THE BURDEN.
By the author of "John Ulaifax, Gentleman.”
Great Gabibaldi, through the streets one
A triumphant, while admiring throngs,
With acclamations and exultant songs,
For the uncrowned kingly man made way,
Met one poor knave 'neath heavy burden
bowed,
Indifferent to the hero and the crowd.
His zealous followers would have driven aside,
The sorry creature, but that good man said.
Stretching a kind hand o’er the suffering
head,
“Respect the burden.” Then niajostic-eyed,
He paused, and passed on, no one saying him
nay;
The heavy ladon also went his way.
Thon happy soul, who travelest like a king
Along the rose-strewn pathway of thy lot,
Respect the burden. Thou may’st see it or
not,
For one heart is to another a sealed thing,
Laughter there is that bidet h Bobs or moans ;
Firm footsteps eau leave blood prints on the
stonea.
eepei t the burden, whatsoe’er it be ;
Whether loud outcries vexed tho startled
air,
Or iu dumb agony of loss, Despair
Lifts her still faoe. so like tranquility—
Though each stralued heartstring quivers,
never shrinks ;
"Let this cup pass from me!” then stoops and
drinks.
O ! heavy burden ! Why 'tis borne and how
None know save those who bear; and Him
whose hand .
Has laid it on the shoulder and said "Stand—
Stand upright. Take this chrism upon thy
brow.
My own anointed. Sore thy load may be ;
But know—beneath it thou art carrying Me."
AFTER I.ONL YEARS.
WILLIAM WINTER.
l.
Dear heart and tme, in the seasons fled.
Hah tho world swept by a* and left me dead ?
Have the pansies withered I need to know ?
Are the roses faded of Long Ago ?
Do the taperß glimmer that lit the feast ?
Has the pageant passed? has the music
ceased ?
And. musing here on the sea-beat coast.
Am I living man, or a wandering ghost ?
n.
Still, in the scent of the Autumn air
I feel a rapture that's like despair ;
Hie starlight pale on the sleeping aea
Is nameless, sorrowful joy to me ;
And, lit by orb or crescent of night,
Meadow and woodland are brave to sight.
Still I bend to the mystic power
Of the strange sea-breeze and the breath of
flower ;
And the face of beauty wakes the wraith
Of holy passion and knightly faith !
m.
But ever 1 hear an undertone—
A subtle, sorrowful, wordless moan ;
The dving note of a funeral bell;
The faltering sigh of a last farewell ;
And ever I see, through lnrid haze,
The sombre phantom of other days—
In light that's sad as the ruin it frets,
The solemn light of a snn that sets.
IV.
Ah, never again can youth dream on
As it used to dream in the Summers gone !
Tor round it dashes the tide of years ;
Its eyes are darkened with oust of tears ;
Its hopes are sere as the fad ng grass.
And nothing it wishes has come to pass.
But oh. it i< wild in his heart, this day,
■Who breathes a blessing and speeds away—
In trust, when the flags of triumph wave,
V'hsre his soul is moored he may And his
grave.
FAILURES AND FRAUDS.
Aa Absconding I'nshier—A Treasurer is
Faaau' Wanting—A Sharp Triek af Jay
tionld’s t oafldeace Brokers.
Indianafoiis, February 7. —Richard
T Taylor. Cashier of the National Bank
of Franklin, is short one hundred thou
sand dollars. Taylor absconded, and
the bank has suspended.
Hartford, February 7.—The failure
of M R Bragos, Agent and Treasurer
of the Hartford and New York Towmg
and Freight Company’s reported liabili
ties $117,000, and he is said to be $20,-
000 short on the company’s fnnds.
New York, February 7*—lt is report
ed that Jay Gould has discovered that
bis former confidential brokers, S, M.
.Mi"*- A Cos., knowing that he was short
of Wee tern Union stock, formed a pool
and forced Gould to cover. Gould is
about to bring suit for conspiracy to re
cover $300,000.
Washington, February 7.—Tbe opera
tion of all offers of pecuniary reward
hitherto made for the detection and pun
ishment of persons employed in the il
licit distillation of spirits, is hereby sus
pended uutil further notice, so far as re
gards the States of North Carolina.
South Carolina and Georgia, the second
district of Tenuessee and the second
district of Alabama. Other and more
effective methods for the suppression of
illicit distillation in those localities are
now being put in operation.
Green B. Baum. Commissioner.
Approved January 30tb, Charles F.
Conant.
lockjaw from a Ilo*-BU.
{From (As Boston Her aid.]
Miss Li-’lie A. Chadwick, a young
ladv of New Bedford, about 18 years of
nge was bitteu by a dog about a year
ago in the right fore arm. The bite was
not the cause of any great discomfort
until recently, when it began to feel
painful, and Miss Chadwick was seized
with lockjaw. For four days her jaws
•were fast set, and it was impossible for
her to take any nourishment, bnt now
she is able to eat to some extent. Rig
idity of the jaw is usual in cases of hy
drophobia, but the young lady hu
shown no other symptoms of that dis
ease.
THE SUPREME COURT.
DKCUKONH RKSDKRgn Hi ATLAN
TA, A , JAN UABY 30.1877.
\Atlanta Constitution.]
Hooper vs. Sells, trustee. Lien, fro to
Fulton.
Warner, C. J.
It appears from tbe record and bill of
exceptions in this case that Hooper, as
a manufacturer of furniture, obtained a
jndgment lien on certain described prop
erty mentioned therein as being tb:
property of Holmes hells, trustee tl
Amy H. and John D. Sells* in tbe Supe
rior Court at Fnlton oonnty, upder the
1879th section of the Code, At a subse
quent term of the Court to that at which
the jndgment was rendered, a motion
was made by the defendant to set aside
on various grounds, which was granted
by the Court and the plamtiff excepted.
It appears on the face of tbe plaintiff's
declaration and proceedings had to ob
tain the lien claimed on the property,
that one Willis furnished the mat- rials
charged in the account for the perma
nent improvement of the property, but
□ever made any declaration of his lien,
or had the same recorded hs required
bv the 1980’h section of the Code. On
the 6th of March, 1874, Willis made the
following assignment, in writing: “For
value received, I hereby sell, assign and
transfer unto E. M. Hooper tbe withiu
sud foregoing aocount for permanent
improvement put on the Rondeau Ac
Cos. Furniture Factory property by
myself, by consent of W, R Ham
mond. attorney and agent of George
,J. Murray, together with all the
rights and liens that I have against
said property.” On the 7th of
March, 1874, Hooper declared his lien
on tbe property as a manufacturer of
furniture, and had the same recorded
on that day, and it was upon that state
ment of tacts, substantially, that the
judgment was obtained against Sells, as
trustee, declaring a manufacturer’s lien
on his property, as such trustee, for tbe
payment of 51,175 76 principal, besides
interest. Hooper had no lien on the
property, because it is apparent on the
face of the proceedings that he did not
inrnish any of the materials charged in
the account for the improvement of the
property. Nor did he acquire any lieD
by the assignment of Willis to him, for
the simple reason that Willis bad no
lien on the property to assign him, he not
having declared his lien fhr the mate
rials furnished by him for the benefit of
the property, and had the same record
ed. * Besides, it is difficult to pereeive
how the property of Sells, held by him
as trustee, could be charged with a lien
for materials furnished by Willis, by the
consent of Hammond, as attorney aDd
agent of Murray. Willis assigned all
the liens he had against the property to
Hooper, which was jtfst none at all, for
the reason a before stated. There was no
error in setting the judgment aside on
the statement of faots disclosed i the
record. Let the judgment of the Court
be’ow be affirmed.
Dorsey vo. Mumford. Illegality, from
Lowndes.
Wabnbb, C. J.
This case came before the Court be
low oil au affidavit of illegality to an ex
ecution issued against the defendant,
which was, by agreement of the parties,
submitted to the consideration end
jndgment of the Court without the in
tervention of a jury. The Court over
ruled the. grounds of illegality taken by
the defendant in his aflldavit.
Whereupon the defendant|excepted, Tbe
grounds of illegality alleged by the de
fendant in his affidavit were: That on
the 2d of December, 1873, he entered
into an agreement, in writing, with tbe
plaintiff’s attorney, which was entered
ou the execution and signed by the par
ties, as follows: “It is agreed between the
parties that upon the payment of one
hundred dollars on or before the first,
day of January, 1875, this./?, fa. and the
jndgment upon which is issued shall
he eousidered as settled, paid off and
discharged!" that atterwards,. on the
lfitb day of December, JS73. the defend
ant was adjudicated a bankrupt, and
that on the tenth of November, 1874, lit
obtained his final discharge in bank
ruptcy from all his debts aud liabilities;
that the laud levied on was set apart to
him aa ,a homestead exemption undt-i
the provisions of law of force in this
State in 1864, and thflt lie is entitled to
seventy acres of the lands levied on, to
gether with the dwelling house god im
provemeuta tutl exceeding two hundred
dollars iu value, as 8 homestead for
himself and minor children, end tha'
the judgment on which said execution
issued was dormant. Tbe judgment on
which the execution issued was obtain
ed 30th of December, 1860, and was
therefc re a Ben on the defendant’s prop
erty, and .although he promised to dis
charge that lien by the payment of the
two hundred dollar* ae specified in his
ftgreeineufc, itiii tje &\<i HOpsc f bjjr tlie
payment of the money, and i k -V s ? P ot
discharged by his going into banjtrnpt
ey, the plaintiff not having proved his
judgment debt in theßmkrupt Court.
The execution was levied on two lots of
land as the property of the de
fendant, on the 6th of April, 1876,
and it is not alleged tjhat tbe seventy
acres of land levied ou, iududipif the
dwelling house, to wbiflb be claims to
be entitled to as a homestead e*emp
tion, has ever been laid off and desig
nated as his homestead exemption. The
statute of limitations having been sns
pended uutj) the 21st of July, 1868, it
did not commcufiii running against the
plaintiff’s jndgment fcefore that date,
and seven years had not eisgsed from
that time to the date of the agreement
entered os the execution aud signed by I
the parties, as before mentioned. As
between the parties tmemselves, that
agreement, entered on the efepjjtiou
and signed by them, was such a r.ecog-,
nition of the validity of tbe execution as
would prevent it from being
ns dormant by the Court. If the parities
—plaintiff and defendant—recognised
the execution as a valid subsisting exe
cution, on the 2d of December, 1873,
surely the Cenrt ought to have decreed
so. We find no error in overruling the
defendant's affidavit of illegality. Let
the judgment of ,tfc Cort below be af
firmed.
[Jackson, J , did not preside in the fol
lowing case.]
Flournoy vs. Hood, executor. Injunc
tion, from Ciarke.
Bleckley, J.
The Judge below did not abuse his
discretion iu denying an injunction and
refusing to appoint 3 .receiver. Jndg
ment affirmed.
Kimball vs. Nicol & Davidson, Attach
ment, from Fulton.
JBpEimLRT, J.
Id attachment founded on contract,
where there has not been notice, replevy
or appearance, to give the Court juris
diction over the defendant's person, and
the plaintiff has, nevertheless, procured
the Court, without the intervention of a
jury, tp render a general judgment,
such judgftfce.pt is so far prima facie
void as that thn defendant may, at a
subsequent term, file aft issuable plea,
ou oath, to the action, without first
moving to set the judgment aside. And
while such plea is undisposed of, the ;
plaintiff cannot ignore the appearance
and pleading p{ the defendant, and
have the judgmeut fthgiigpd. hy amend
ment, into a special judgment against
the property attached. Defendant, by
the express terms of tbe Code, section
3310, av ap jear and make his deteuse
at any fiftift before final judgment is
rendered agains# him; aud so long as a
judgment, obtained in his absence aud
without notice to him, is
that a sale under a/?, fa conforming, to
it would be void (52 Ga. 389), it cannot
be regarded a* absolutely for all
purposes. Judgment reversed.’
Thweatt r* Kid Jo, Judge, MaLdamus
Bleckley, J.
When, on a fnll bearing in a remedial
proceeding for contempt, imprisonment
has been ordered unless certain terms
are complied with, aud, on writ of error,
the order baa been affirmed, the parties
in contempt cannot, before the impris
onment has commenced, have the terms
changed by urging their inability to
comply, and by offering compliance
with wholly different terms, unless the
facts causing such inability arose after
the order was passed. As to all matters
which were, or might have been
adjudicated, the order is final and con
elusive. 2. After certain matters have
been before the Supreme Court by writ
of error on the question of contempt or
no contempt, and have been held in
sufficient as a defense to the proceeding,
if the same matters, in subs tan oe, are
again presented to the Court below in
tbe same case on a motion to purge the
contempt, the motion being trade before
imprisonment has commenced, the
Judge of that Court should not only dis
regard them, but. should refuse to sign
and certify a bill of* exceptions which
seeks to bring them up again for review.
3. What would be cause for terminating,
after a reasonable time, imprisonment
employed as a remedy without prodne
iug remedial retolte, not now in
question. Judgment affirmed.
S. G. Dorsay ps. W. T. Sims. Claim on
appeal, from (Clayton.
Jac**on, J. . s. t
1. This Court will not interfere witir
the sound discretion of the presiding
Judge in granting anew trial, on the
groand that the verdict is strongly and.
decidedly against the weight o< evidence,
unless such discretion has been abused.
Judgment affirmed. - •
E. E. Philips v. Madison Bullard. Suit
on bank check, from Pulaski.
I Jackson J J
1. Evidence of general reputation of
insolvency is not admissible. 12 Ga.,
417. 2. The receipt of a bank check is
not payment of an antecedent debt un
til it is itself paid. The Code but podi
fies the old tow ie Georgia on this point.
Code 2867. 3. When the verdict is
right and the errors in charge, if any,
wonld not affect the result, this Court
will not grant anew trial. Jndgment
affirmed.
W. H. Bonner, trustee, vs. E. H. Met
calf. Claim, from Hancock.
JACK3ON, J.
1. A note nnder Beal is not debarred
until twenty years after date.
2. While, in a deed from defendant
in ft. fa, _ to claimant, the receipt or re
cital of the payment of purchase money
may be eundemte of Its payment, when
the deed was made before the suit, on
which the judgment was obtained, was
commenced, yet it is bnt prttna facie
evidence and a charge that it is not evi
dence will not necessitate the grant of a
new trial, if the other facts of the case
required the verdict as founds, Jndg
ment affirmed.
HANCOCK AND WARREN.
The Crp Prospect—Entail Grain Injured—
Lea rain# Wiser Management—The Ap
pointment of ladle Pottle—Mr. Hill’s Elec
tion.
[From An Occasional Correspondent.]
Mayfield, Ga., February 4.—1 do not
know that I can write anything to edify
or interest the readers of the dear old
Chronicle, bnt in renewing my sub
scription I will just make “a few re
marks.” The almost unprecedented
cold Winter has very materially injured
tbe small grain crops, oats especially.
I hear of some that are sowing tbe same
land over agaiD. I do hope that onr
farmers will not become discouraged,
bnt in my hntable judgment the only
way for Georgia to assume her old origi
nal, ante helium stand in agriculture, is
to use less guano, plant less cotton and
more grain. During the Christmas holi
days I passed through a portion of
Wilkes ana Lincoln counties, and
I noticed that they have at least
twice as much grain sown as
we have in this section, and the conse
quence is, they are in a'great deal more
prosperous condition, which is very evi
dent to a casual observer. At almost
every farm I saw there were bales of
cotton stacked at the gin-honse and
screw, showing they were not pressed
for gnano debts and debts for Western
corn and bacon. They raise it at home,
and from what I could learn they pay
less for labor in those counties than we
pay in Hanoock aud Warren. In my
opinion, at the present prices of cotton
and provisions—taking into considera
tion the way most free negroes work—the
best of them are not worth more than
$75 for a year. I cannot think that the
farmers in this section are less indus
trious and persevering than they are in
other counties, but we have gotten into
the habit of trying to make money
raising cotton until that habit has
almost become second nature. I have
reason to hope, however, that there will
be a change with the operations of this
year; 'if so, when I renew one year
hence 1 will apprise yon of the fant, and
let yon proclaim to the world, Hanoock
and Warren have seen their error !
We are highly pleased at one of the
first official acts of our new Governor,
viz: the appointment of Jndge Pottle
to the Judgeship of his old circuit; 1
think it can be truly said he is the
‘fright man in the right place.” To
speak personally, Messrs- Editors, I am
delighted at another thing that your
paper modestly opposed, and your Mr.
Walsh did all that he honorably could,
against—l refer to the election of Hon.
B H. Hill to the Senate. Now despite
the shafts and darts that have been
hurled against that man, I have always
.admired him, and believe he will make
an efficient representative, of whom we
will all be proud. N. L. T.
TWO SENATORS.
Fen Pictures of Bnyaril and Lamar.
[Philadelphia Tpnj \s.]
The Chevalier Bayard.
Thomas Francis Bayard inherited one
of the Delaware Senatorships from Ins
father in 1869. The little pocket State
is practically an aristocracy, ruled by
the Bayards and the Saulsburys. The
head pf each family goes to tho Senate',
and the State offices are parceled out
among the juniprs and the collate; al
branches. Politicly t)je Bayards have
greatly outweighed the Saulsburys for
the last two generations, The latter
family seems to have run to seed, I re
member James A. Bayard, the father ol
the present Senator—a charming, old
school gentleman, with manners fall ol
sweet and stately courtesy, and, in his
prime, a man of strong intellect and fine
oratorical powers. Thomas. F, is the
subtlest roasoner on theyDamocratio side
of the S/enafo. pis counterpart on the
Republican side Js “ds. In per
son he is shaped like his’ Stftth—long
and narrow—and his intellect is built a
good deal on the same order. It reaches
down to a solid basis of fact and logic,
aud towers up a long way, but does not
broaden out much. He is the tallest
man jn jth.e Ujenade, his rather
slender shape if deceptive and adds ap
parently tft hi® refl height. His face is
thin, angular, fqrrowpd with deep lines
fully revealed by the absence pf beard.
A large nose, a firm month and heavy
projecting brows, shading deep set, gray
eyes give him a look of sternness and
thoughtfulness. He does not appear
like A good natured man, but in this
respect his oonutjwifppe is not a true fo
dex, for few of his associates aya 8® uni
formly courteous and obliging. His
hapr if fif' an iron gray color and reveals
no begi.n’jaipg gt badness. In his dress
he appears fo study piaipf/pss even at
the expense of taste, weeing a .dark,
gray su]t without even the usual orna
ment of a gold ph a i n : Pi® style of
speaking is direct, clear, forcible and
argumentative, ami his manner of pre
senting bis ideas is better adapted to a
legal tribunal or a small deliberative as
sembly than to a popular audience. He
employs none of the tricks of oratory
and seldom departs from the straight
path at theip'- to gather any flowers
of illustration. '
Tfce classical Laws?.
A face that might have come out of
one of Vandyke’s pictures, and needs
only the setting off of wide-brimmed,
plumed hat and velvet doubtlet to
make the vraisemblance complete;
strongly emphasized features, a heavy,
dark moustache, yhieh would be fierce
if it had an upward eurt, tyfp sloping
downward is gravely romantic; panted
beard on chin, large hazel eyes, straight
hair, between brown and blaok, worn so
long fhat )t fells down over the coat
collar; a lofty foreffead; form of medium
height and veil-shaped f>W f°F. the ,
stooping shoulders; a softer spit of
brown broadcloth —tpe pare with which
the coat is buttoned and its yplvet collar
revealing a temperate love or dress in
its owner. This is Lucius Quintins
Curtins Lamar, of Mississippi, Repre
sentative now and Senator to be after
the 4th of He is the finest orator
in the House, and yot he very rarely
speaks. He is of Fremiti ancestry, as
one plainly see, for his face never
came to him from English parentage.
Intensely Southern in his political in
stincts, ‘Lamar i? nevertheless broad,
lib. ral and aatipnal jin hi# yievs. In all
the Southern delegation no ope is jess a
Bourbon—no one is more sensible and
progressive. Very few men in Congress
arw as well educated or as well read in
standard and current literature. Finally
he has good quality that conies with
his Rrecefa tiiovdacd is4oo rarely found
ia Ametmaas ol jpi'dTfiehges-lie is gal
lant toward women and fond of thei* so
oietv. Among the tobacco-eating, whis
ky drinking, uncultured, boorish crowd
that the Booth h £g sent to Congress
since the war,Lamar stands pQfispicuous
as one of the few representatives pt tbe
now almost extinct class of high-minded
Southern gentlemen.
Calculating the Sun’s Distance.
The problem of finding the distance
of the snn is one of tbe most important
and difficult presented by astronomy.
Its importance lies in this, that thia dis
tance—the radios of the earth’s orbit—
is the base line by means of which we
measure every other celestial distance,
excepting only that of the moon; so that
error in this base propagates itself in *ll
directions, through ail space, effecting
with a corresponding proportion of
falsehood every measured line—the dis
tance of every star, the radius of every
orbit, the distance of every planet.
Our estimates of the masses of the
heavenly bodies also depend upon a
knowledge of the sun’s distance from
the earth. The quantity of mgtter in a
star or pianei.ia determined by a .loala
tions whose fundamental data include
the distance between the investigated
body and some other b">dy whose mo
tion is controlled or modified by it; and
this distanoe generally enters into the
computation by its cube, so than any
error in it. involves a more than three
fold error ’in the resulting mass. An
uncertainty of one per oent. in the sun's
distanoe implies an uncertainty of more
than three per oent in every celestial
mass and eyery cosmical force.—Profes
sor ¥?**(/■
W. Bailey Thbmas, Esq., has been re
appointed - Judge of the Clark County
Court. This is a deserved recognition
of the usefulness aud ability of Judge
Thomas, upon whose young shoulders
the Irmine again gracefully falls. ~
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
RETRENCHMENT' AND REFORM IN
earnest.
Reducing the Per Diem end Cutting Dm
Clerical Salaries—Seeking State Aid
The Augusta and Knexville Railroad.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel]
Atlanta, February 5.—A number of
local bills were considered in both honsea
to-day.
The Joint Finance Committee have
agreed to reduce the per diems of mem
bers to aix dollars and twelve and a half
cents mileage, which is half the amount
allowed by law. The salaries of clerks
in the different departments are reduced
from one hundred to three hundred dol
lars on tbe salaries of last year.
Mayor Wheaton, of Savannah, was
before the committee for the purpose of
getting fifty thousand dollars from the
State for the purpose of draining lands
adjacent to Savannah.
Henry Woods, of Bavannah addressed
the committee and urged the State to
issne six per cent, straight bonds for
seven per cent, gold bonds of the North
and Sonth Road, whioh are endorsed
by the State, and amount to two hun
dred and forty thousand dollars. Mr.
Woods agrees to take six per cents at
par.
Hon. Robert H. May is here in the
interest of the Angnsta and Knoxville
Railroad. W.
Saturday’s Proceedings.
In the Senate the following bills were
considered :
A bill to make it Dot unlawful to sell
by retail or otherwise any domestic
wines by the manufacturers in this state,
and to exolnde the same from the opera
tions of the various license and penal
laws and reported adversely by the ju
diciary committee.
On motion of Mr. Black, the report
was disagreed to
Mr. Fnrman opposed an amendment
to insert after the word “wholesale” in
first section the words “in quantities
not less than one quart,” which amend
ment was agreed to and the bill, as
amended, was passed.
A bill to better protect creditors of
estates in proceedings to assign dower
was reported favorably by the judiciary
committee. Report was agreed to and
the bill was read the third time and
passed.
The committee on the judiciary re
commended the passage of a bill regu
lating fees of solicitors general. Report
was agreed to and the bill passed.
By Mr. McLeod : To repeal an aot to
create a board of commissioners of roads
and revenues for Emanuel county. Also,
to repeal an act to authorize justices of
the peace to aot as road commissioners
for Emanuel county. Referred to Com
mittee of the Whole.
The following bills were considered in
the House :
For the relief of Gideon L. Matthews,
of Washington county. Passed.
To authorize the Treasurer of Oconee
county to pay out the money arising
from fines and forfeitures in the County
Court. Passed.
To amend section 2040 of the Code by.
adding to the list of articles exempt
from levy; “50 bushels of corn, I,OOQ
pounds of fodder, and one l-horse wa
gon. Passed.
To reduce the bond of the sheriff of
Columbia county to $5,000. Amended
by adding the counties of Pieroe, Mc-
Duffie, Warren and Chattooga. Passed.
To prohibit the sale of liquor within
one mile of Berzeliu, iu Columbia
county. Passed. |
To amend the aot creating a board of
commissioners in Greenecounty. Passed.
To reduce the compensation of the
Treasurer of Greene county. Passed.
To repeal the act creating a board of
commissioners for Habersham oounty.
Passed.
To regulate the pay of jurors in Oco
nee county. Passed.
To provide for the election of a Treas
urer in Burke county. Passed.
Dividends Thar Are Not Dividends.
By Mr. Northern, of Hancock: A bill
to be entitled an act to prevent joint
stock companies, corporations and other
associations from declaring dividends
when they have not realized an income
on their investment, and for other pur
posefl.
Section I. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly met, That from and
after the passage of this act no joint
stock company, corporation, body cor
porate or other association shall declare
anv dividend or dividends, or distribute
any money among its members, as
profits, when such dividend or dividends
or money are not the legitimate proceeds
of its investment.
Seo. 11. Be it forther enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That any stock
company, corporation, body corporate
or other association, through its Presi
dent, Directors, or other agents, violat
ing the provisions of this aot shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on con
viction, shall pay a fine, not less than
one-balf of one per cent., nor more than
three per cent, of its capital stock.
Seo. 111. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, that should the
President, directors or other agent of
any corporation, deolarh a tjividend or
dividends in violation of the provisions
of this aot, they shall, in addition to
the punishment prescribed in Section
II of this act, be liable to be sued for
double the amount of damages that aßy
person or persons may sustain, in con
sequence of declaring such jliyidend or
dividends. , , .
Sup. iy. Be it further ppapteii by the
authority of tbe aforesaid, That all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with this
aot are hereby repealed.
The Question of State Aid—Strong Argu
Kliments For and Agalnst-The Augusta and
Knoxvlfte.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel]
House.
Atlanta, February 6.—The House
was occupied in (he iporuitig and after
noon sessions on the bjll to lpnd the
credit of tfie State to the amount of
$5,000 per mile to the Marietta and
North Georgia Railroad. Turner, of
Brooks, made a powerful speech against
the bill and tbe whole policy of State
al Carlton, of Clarke, Phillips, of Carrol,
and Moses, of Muscogee, made strong
and earnest speeches in favor of the bill.
The House adjourned without *dis
posing drthfe question, ft js thought
the bul wjll pafes to-morrow.
Mr. May and others wi" appear be
fore the Hppse finance Committee to
night in favor of State aid to the Au
gusta and Knoxville Railroad. W.
Monday’s Proceedings.
In the Senate the following bills were
considered : ,
By Mr. Rrewater : A bill to amend
section 3759 of the Code of Wfi.
By Mr. Cody : To change the time of
the meeting of the Legislature.
A bill to amend and extend an act to
incorporate the Cherokee Copper Com
pany of Georgia was pead tife first time
and referred to the Committee on inter
nal Improvements.
The following bills were read the sec-
ond time:
To repeal the act to authorize the
Justices of the Peace of Emanuel county
to aet as road commissioners.
Committee on the whole recommend
ed the passage of a bill to incorporate
the Georgia Chemical and Mining Com
pany. Report was agreed to and R 1 **
was passed.
The House bill to exempt from taxa
tion the cotton, corn aDd other produce
of'the past year i thp hands of the pro
ducer on the first day of April and held
for sale, was read for the first time aDd
referred to the Committee on Agricul
ture.
The following House bills were read
the first time and referred to the Judi
ciary Committee : . .
To create A board of commissioners
of roads, public buildings, etc. s in the
counties of Warren, Taliaferro, and for
other purposes.
Also, a bill to amend the law regulat
ing bafl actions of personalty, and
for other purposes. : ~
Also, a bilf to ratify and confirm the
orders or decrees of the Superior Pourts
of this State, granting or renewing the
existence of corporations, and for other
Pn luoTa bill to amend section 2000 of
the revised Code relating to the reproval
and recording of applications for fiogMt
The following bills reported adversely
by the several committees were read the
second time and lost: . ,
To amend an act empowering J ndges
of the Superior Court to appoint steno
graphers for their Courts.
To amend an act to amend the home
stead laws of the State approved Feb
ruary 26, 1876, to regulate the sale of
spiritons liquors in the State add * or
other purposes. ... . ,
The hour of 11 o’clock having arrived,
the Senate took up the special order for
the day, viz : A bill to prohibit the giv
ing or furnishing intpjioating liquors
on the days of election in this State.
Mr Ashbury offered the following
amendments, which were agreed ;
Amend by striking out 4510 of the Cod®
in the 2d section and insert section
5470 of the Code,
Also, strike out the words “within
three miles of an election preoinet, and
insert “within one mile of any city,
town, or election precincts where elec
tions may be held in any county in the
McDaniel moved to amend by in
serting in the 14th line of the Ist sec
tion affer the word “quantity,” the
words “for the purpose of influencing
votes,” which was agreed to. The bill
as amended was then passed.
A bill to provide for the taking of
testimony by commission, to be used
in criminal cases, was lead the second
time and recommitted to the Judiciary
Committee.
A bill to prohibit Judges. Ordinaries
and Justices of the Peace from presid
ing in cases in which their sons are in
terested as counsel was reported ad
versely by the Committee on Internal Im
provements. Report was agreed to and
the bill was lost.
Tbe following bills were introduced
in the House:
Mr. James : To authorize the Geor
gia Railroad Company to lease or buy
the Port Royal Railroad—referred to the
Finance Committee.
Also, to authorize the Georgia Rail
road Company to issue bonds not ex
ceeding sl,ooo,ooo—referred to the Fi
nance Committee.
Also, to authorize the Georgia Rail
read Company to buy or lease the Ma
con and Angnsta Railroad—referred to
the Finance Committee.
Mr. Simms : To chanee the lines be
tween the counties of Jasper and New
ton—referred to the Committee on New
Counties and County Lines.
Also, to incorporate the Grand Lodge,
Knights of Honor—referred to the Com
mittee on Corporations.
Mr. Wade: To allow the firing of
woods on turpentine farms in Screven
and Bnllock counties—referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Also, to make it a felony to carry off
cotton, corn or other produce on the
farm of another, in the night time—re
feared to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Cox, of Troup : To make it law
ful for treasurers to pay insolvent costs
of Solioitors-General, Clerks and Sher
iffs ont of any funds Dot specially ap
propriated—referred to Judiciary Com
mittee.
Mr. Pilcher : To amend the laws rel
ative to liability of railroads for killing
stock—referred to the Jtfdieiary Com
mittee.
Mr. Walton, of Burke : To repeal
the act providing for the payment of in
solvent costs in the Augusta Circuit
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Fortner : To repeal the act cre
ating the Board of Commissioners of
Johnson county—referred to Judiciary
Committee.
To ameod the aot creating a Board of
Commissioners in Johnson county. Ju
diciary Committee reported adverse to
the passage of the bill— report agreed to
and the bill lost.
To fix the compensation of the Tax
Receiver of Richmond county. Passed.
To exempt from taxation home made
aod home manufactured household and
kitchen furniture to the amount of S2OO.
The Finance Committee reported ad
verse to the passage of the bill. Mr.
McDonald moved to disagree to the re
port of the committee. The report was
agreed to and the bill lost.
The exempt from taxation all maimed,
crippled, disabled or wounded soldiers,
or their widows and orphans, or the
widows and orphans of those killed iu
the war, or who died in the service of
the Confederate States, to the amount of
SSOO. The Finance Committee reported
adverse to the passage of the bill. Mr.
McDonald moved to disagree to the re
port of the committee. The report of
the committee was agreed to and the bill
was lost.
To fix the per diem pay of jurors in
Washington county. Finance commit
tee reported adverse to the passage of
the bill. Report agreed to and bill lost.
To prevent fraud in the ballot. Judi
ciary committee reported adverse to the
passage of the bill. Report agreed to
and bill lost.
No State Aid to the Marietta and North Geor
gia Railroad—Watering Dividends—Au
gusta Circuit—Board of Health.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Atlanta, February 7.—The bill to
lend the credit of the State to the Ma
rietta and North Georgia Railroad was
lost—yeas, 71; nays, 89. An eflort Will
be made for a reconsideration- to
moirow.
The committee to whom was referred
the redaction of judicial circuits made a
report favoring the abolition of the last
four created, including the Augusta
Circuit, and reported a bill for that pnr
pqse.
The motion to suspend the rules to
read the bill the first time was opposed
by Mr. Black, and the motion did not
prevail.
Mr. Walsh introduced a bill for the
relief of James McAndrew —to reinstate
his case before the Supreme Court. Re
ferred to Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Northern’s bill to prevent joint
stock companies from paying dividends,
unless the same aye mpde from earn
ings or surplus, was passed.
Mr. Hood, of Randolph, introduced a
bill to provide a normal school for the
colored people.
The bill to organize a Board of Health
for Augusta, as amended by Council,
was reported favorably by the Finance
Committee.
The bill to reduce the bond of the Tax
Collector of Richmond was reported fa
vorably.
The appropriation bill will be report
ed to-morrow. W.
'l'uesday’s J’roqee<Ung.
Tbe following bills were before the
Senate :
A bill to repeal an act authorizing the
Justices of the Peace of Emanuel coun
ty to act as Road Commissioners, was
read the third time anfi passec}.
By Ml Perry; 'Tq establish a depart
ment of insurance in Qeorgia. Referred
to the Finance Committee.
The following biUs relating tq the
Constitution of tbe State were read the
first time and referred to the Judiciary
Committee:
To amend second section of article
second of the C .nstitution.
To amend the Constitution of the
State.
Qn motion, the rules were suspended
for the purpose of introducing tbe fol
lowing bill; whion Was offered By Mr.
Brewster, and referred to the Committee
on tbe Judipiary;
To provide fqr the taking qf testimony
to be used ae eyidenpe on trial of oivil
cases, etc.
Rules were suspended, aud Mr. Wil
son, Chairman of the Committee on the
Military, offered a resolution that the
Board appointed by the Governor to re
vise that part of the Constitution relat
ing to volunteers, be allowed to make
their report at the next session.
Seve;al Rouse bill ß lyere read the
second time and passed to a third read
ing.
A bill tq fjl'flW H WUtijev qf homestead
in the State was reported adversely by
the Committee on tbe Judiciary.
It was moved that the report bo" dis
agreed to. Upon this motion there was
a discussion, in which Messrs. Harrison,
Bryan and Sbewmake favored the adop
tion of the committee’s adverse report,
and Messrs. Rowell and McDaniel op
posed it.
The Souse was occupied during the
day, the special order being the bill to
amend the act to loan the credit of the
State tq the Marita and North Georgia
Railroad.
FERTILISERS.
What tlie Department ot Agriculture Han
Accomplished.
One of the leading manufacturers of
fertilizers in the South writes to Com
missioner James as follows:
“ The result of your labors is now
that in the year 1877, nine years after
the first chemical works were built south
of the Potomac river, no fertilizer of
less than 22 per cent, phosphate of lime
can enter” ~yonr lines. Jor does any
manufacturer of the United States now
turn out or sell to planters in Georgia
any goods which do not come up to the
grade established by your department.
“The absolute gain to the farmer and
planter can scarcely be estimated in fig
ures The increased crops and saving
of labor, and especially the reduced cost
of raising cotton, which, in 1869, was
by good'judges estimated at'fourteen
cents, and to-day put at eight cents, is
a practical demonstration that some at
least of the benefits anticipated from
your department have been secured, and
to-day every manufacturer iuthe United
States who hopes tq sell his goods to the
Georgia faripCr Jsends t(j yoqr market
his best goods, and reserves his low
est grades for home consumption.
* * * J see bnt little chants
for improvement in the average grade
of fertilisers now sold here. One
company alone now guarantees by analy
ses from 30 to 35 per cent, of soluble
bone phosphate has been driven to the
extreme of the possibilities manufactur
ing and their guarantee is now from 5 to
12 times the quality of the most popular
articles sold in your State previous and
up to 1868. * * * * *
“Public, literary and even agricultural
schools cannot and do not convey the
information which your bulletins con
tain, and "but for your department the
information conveyed could never reach
the farmer and plaptwr for whom it was
intended, v ? In the season of
1867-68 the State of Georgia bought and
paid for foreign fertilizers, 80lQ0Q tons
at an average of Iff at 11,800,-
000. These contained, say an average
of five per oent. of phosphoric acid avail
able for vegetable life. In subsequent
years the State received the same num
ber of tons at the same price con
taining 10 to 15 per cent, of phosphoric
acid or two or three times the com
mercial value. All this for the same
outlay in money. This $3,200,000 of
expenditure supplies now to the far
mer goods worth -wice as much as those
bought by him in 1867. If expressed in
dollars and cents the amount saved
wtmld appear so large as to tie absolute
ly almost incredible. * * * I have
no hesitation in saying that the average
quality of all the fertilizers sold in Geor
gia is fully 25 per cent, better than the
average of all manufactured in the
United Kingdom.”
This is an important showing, and
should be pondered carefully.
LEGAL POINTS IN POLITICS.
OMendorff Sustained and Cardnao Restrain
ed—Continuation of General Cenner>s Ar
gament.
[,Special Dispatch to the News and Courier. J
Columbia, February 6. —The Supreme
Court has decidid, in the oase of Willi
man vs. Ostendorff, that the election of
the 7th of November was valid. The
decision has not been publioly announc
ed, and no opinion has as yet been filed,
or been prepared, but the result is as
stated.
Judge Carpenter has filed his decision
in the injunction case against the State
depositories and Cardozo claiming to
be Treasurer. The order, until final de
cree is made, restrains depositories from
paying out any funds or checks drawn
by Cardozo, and farther restrains Car
dozo from making any such checks. It
also requires complainants in the case to
file such bond as may be approved by
the Clerk of the Court.
Ihe Court decides : Ist. That by law
the Treasurer enters upon his official
duties when the incoming Governor is
installed, and not till then. 2d. The
constitution requires the presence of
both Houses to open and publish the
returns for Governor, and for his instal
lation. 3fi. That the Mackey House was
illegal and revolutionary, and its acts
void, and therefore no legal publication
of ‘,he returns had been made and no
lawful installation had taken place. This
decision is, of courpe, the logiiM se
quence of that in ex parte Smith, filed
a few days ago, and accords with Judge
Carpenter’s views, as expressed in that
case.
In the Supreme Court to-day, in the
case of Sims, et al., vs. Hayne, ex ret.,
General Conner resumed this morning
and commented on the return from the
precinct Abbeville No. 2, contending
that under the old law the Commission
ers of Election designated the preoinGts;
that this was productive of so much
fraud and complaint that the Legisla
ture, by act of 1875, 15 Stat., 981, took
this power from the commissioners and
prescribed by act the number and loca
tion of the precincts in each county;
that it provided for 17 precincts in Ab
beville dounty, but designated only one
at Abbeville court House, where the Re
publican commissioners designated two
and held the election at two; the Demo
cratic manager protesting that they did
exactly what the act forbade, and exer
cised the very power which the act was
intended to take away. It was therefore
an illegal precinot, and the returns were
not valid and should not be counted. At
this point General Conner was stopped
by the Court intimating that they did
not wish to hear him further on that
head. General Conner then continued,
to the effect that the duty which the act
imposed upon the State canvassers was
to canvass the votes, and ascertain and
declare who had received the highest
number of votes for the several offices.
If they had done that then they had per
formed their duty according to law. If
they had not, then that duty was still to
be performed; that mandamus was the
proper remedy to obtain what was now
sought—the official declaration of the
true result of the election. That in
every election there were two interests—
the public and the private; first, the right
of the electors to have a fair count and
result; second, the right of the individ
ual elected to the possession of the office.
Quo warranto could reach the latter,
but not the former, and if the individual
did not choose to bring his quo warran
to, but only a private action, then the
public right could not be protected.
The Chief Justice here stated that
they conceded that the board could be
re-convened, and some discussion then
ensued as to whether the power to re
convene extended to Purvis and Stone,
who had resigned.
Mr. Stone opened for tke Board of
State Canvassers, and cqptended, first,
that the Court could not re-convene the
Board, and certainly not the members
who had resigned (Boutwell’s case, 17
Wallace); second, that mandamus was
not the proper remedy, but quo warranto.
Mr. Stone then argued that the Board had
discharged their duties legally; that all
they had to do was to aggregate the
statements. Justice Willard asked wfiy,
if that was their duty, had tfipy thrown
out Laurens and sdgefield for members
of the legislature and then counted
them fpr State officers, then again
thrown out Edgefield on the coqut for
Solicitor ? Some sharp and trenchant
criticism fell from Justice Willard, and
considerable nervousness and uneasi
ness was manifested on the part of Mr.
Stone at the sharp questioning. Mr.
Stone argued that the Robbins’ box,
although not forwarded by the County
Canvassers as counted by them or the
State Canvassers, should be now count
ed. At this point the Court rose, Jnot
before it adjourned, the Qfiiff Justice,
after conference on bench, said to
Mr, Cqnnor; "You can move for leave
to answer the record by striking out
‘Mr. Stone and Purvis,’ and inserting
‘Elliott and Kennedy.’ If you
you can consider it, and Uj R 8 in
the Ojtofrijng. ”• tse p ( ld Board of State
Canvassers consisted of three candi
date's, apd this amendment will #alfe it
consist entirely q| candidates, it is just
possible counsel may hot avail
themselves of the leave of the Court,
Judge Mackey’s repent deoision in
Chester will probable come up on appeal
before the Supreme Court to morrow on
a motion to docket.
Nine thousand dollars of the Hampton
tax haß been received since the last re
port.
THE GUARDS,
In the course of an artiole on British
regiments, a writer in Chambers' Maga
zine tells us that the Coldstream Guards
was raised in the year 1650; but it was
m 1660 that it marched from the little
town of Coldstream (from whenoe it de
rives its name), near Berwick on Tweed,
to London, under command of its first
colonel, George Monk (afterward Duke
of Albemarle), tire express purpose
of restoring the monarchy by placing
Charles II on the throne. Monk was a
general in the Parliamentary forces as4
an admiral of the Beet, and tP. this
latter fact (he regiment is permitted to
bear upon its Queen’s color a small
Union jack, in honor of its first oolonei’s
nayal rank; a proud privilege, not ap
pertaining to any other regiment in the
service.
The gallant Coldstreamers, as they
were called, materially assisted in the
happy restoration of the English mon
archy; and while marching to London
they met with an enthusiastic reception
in the tokens and villages through
which they passed.' In the meantime
Colonel Russell, an old Loyalist officer,
had raised a corps which he oalled the
Ring’s Kegimeut of Guards; and on the
arrival of Charles it was united with the
Royal Regiment of Guards, which came
with him. After the Restoration, the
three regiments which now form the
brigade of Guards were assembled on
Tower Hill to take the oath of allegi
ance to the King, and as a sign that
they repudiated the Commonwealth,
they were ordered .to lay down their
arms. Having obeyed this order with
the utmost alacrity, they were command
ed to take them fip again in their King’s
servipe as the First, Second and Third
Regiments of Foot' Guards. The First
and Third Regiment did so with cheers;
but the Coldstreamers, to the astonish
ment of the King, who was present,
stood firm.
“ Why does yonr regiment hesitate
inquired Charles of General Monk.
“ May it please your Majesty,” said
the stern old soldier, lowering tfie point
of his sword, “ the Coldstreamers are
yoar Majesty s devoted servants; but
after the servioe they have had the hon
or of rendering your Highness, they can
not consent to be second to any corps in
your Majesty’s service.”
“ And they are right,” said the
“ they shall be sepopd fa nope. Ret
them take up tfieir arm's as my Cold
stream Regiment of Foot Guards. ”
Monk rode Dack to the line and com
municated the King’s decision to the reg
iment, It had a magical effect. The
arms were instantly raised amid frantic
cries of “ Long live the King 1” Since
this event the motto of the Coldstream
Guards has been “ Nulli secundua" —•
Second to none.
The Fusion of Races.
[From ike Truckee Brpubhcan.}
'h few days ago a couple visited
Truckee on their wedding tour. They
were married in Virginia pity. The
husband was a large, good looking white
man; the wife a delicate, fragile looking
Japanese woman. The advent of this
strangrdy assorted couple produced con
siderable comment, The man, being
interviewed, stated that he was legally
married, and that it was a love match.
The couple seemed to be very fond of
each other, and did not seem in the
least to mind the carious stare of the
crowd that watched their movements as
they passed along Front street. She
had discarded the pecnliar costume of
her nation, and was arrayed after the
manner of a white woman. After re
maining a few days in Trnckee, the hap
py oonple departed for their home in
Virginia City.
Every other member of the Griffin
Reform Club is covered with boils,
fact bears jta own moral.
A NON SEQUITUR.
Because He Cleaned Out a School Teacher
She Built Great Expectations On Him.
[From the Detroit Free Press.]
At half-past 11 o’clock yesterday fore
noon a span of half starved horses, at
tached to a covered wagon, halted at the
ourb-stone on Gratiot Btreet, and the
driver bought some oats at a feed store
and placed them before the animals,
while he and his wife proceeded to make
a cold lnuch. They had a stove in the
wagon, and were moving themselves and
a few articles of value to some other
clime. At noon three or four journey
men blacksmiths, working in a shop
near the wagon, came out and began
poking fun at the old woman, who was
the only one in sight in the vehicle.
She kept her temper for a while, but
when a snow ball struck her on the ear
she called out,
“If you want De Soto to come down
there and break a few heads, you’d bet
ter keep this thing up ! ”
“Who’s De Soto ? Show us the man
who discovered the Mississippi river ! ”
yelled the men.
De Soto got down over the end board.
He looked to be about forty years old,
and it was plain that he had fight in
him. He leaned on one of the wheels,
and chewed crackers and looked the
crowd in the eyes, while his wife stuck
her head out and remarked,
“We don’t want to pick a fight, but
we cant be imposed on ! ”
“ Is that your youDgest child ? ” call
ed out one of the journeymen.
“Be keerful !” she replied. “ He’s
the man who has made the wilderness
.howl, and you’d better move on 1”
Seeing fun ahead, someone in the
back ground tossed up and old tin pan,
which came down fair and square on De
Soto’s head. He spit out his cracker,
pulled off his big comforter, and the
wife leaned out of the wagon and said :
“Wade right into the crowd, hubby!”
He waded. One of the journeymen
met him at the curb-stone, and in about
a minute the man who had made the wil
derness howl had crawled under his
wagon for safety. The woman jumped
down and saw him under there, and was
satisfied that he was a licked maD. His
nose banged around, one eye closing,
and his upper lip was as big as an apple
core.
“What’s the matter ?” she asked, as
she peered at him between the spokes of
the hind wheel.
“Licked !” he softly replied.
She felt that some explanation was de
manded, and turning to the crowd
said ;
“I’d have bet our hull outfit on him,
but I own up that he’s walloped. You
see, we lived up in the woods, and be
cause he cleaned out a school-master we
kinder thought he could stand up to
anything smaller’n a hurricane. Get
into tho wagon, hubby, and let me rub
you with cimphire.”
He crawled in without a word, and the
smell of camphor and the tearing up of
an old shirt into bandages convinced the
crowd tb&t the show was over.
Fifty pages—3oo Illustrations, with Descrip
tions of thousands of the best j lowers and
Vegetables in the world, and the way to grow
them—all for a Two Cent postage stamp.—
Printed in German and English.
Vick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents
a year.
Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden,
50 cents in paper ; in elegant cloth covers, sl.
Address, JAMES VICK,
deo22-w2-16 Bochester, N. V.
SUCCESS
18 THE
Test of Merit.
VEGETINE I
TRE great suooesss of Vegetine In curing
such diseases as Sorofula, inherited in
the blood, together with the increasing de
mand of the medicine, is Conclusive evidence
of its actual merit, tv > medicine was ever
placed before the public with so much positive
proof cf its real value as the Vegetine, whioh
has cured many cases of Scrofula of five, ten
and twenty years’ standing, where the patient'
has had many gbydieiapa, tiied many of the
known remedies; a' and after tiymg the Vege-
TINg, file cowman remark is, ‘Tt aots different
ly, w°fis differently, from any medicine I have
ever taken.” Veqetkne will oleanse Scrofula
from the system. T.yit,
Unprecedented Merit.
Boston, January 1, 1876.
R. B. Stevens, 1 sq —Dear Sir : For many
years I have been afflioted with a humor in the
blood whioh finally developed into Scald Head,
and only those whi are similarly afflicted can
realize the disagreeable suffering one ie com
pelled to endure with this complaint. For a
long time my head was in a dreadful condition.
1 used various kinds of remedies and medi
cines, some of which was es eofally prepared
for me. I got no beftpv— fudged, constantly
grew worse, the surface of my head being en
tirely qoymvd with Bores of the most aggra
vated nature. This was my condition when I
commenced taking the Vegetine, "hick lam
pleased to inform you and the public (if you
choose to make it public) has made a com
plete and satisfactory cure of my disease; and
I shall always deem it a great pleasure to
meprion fhe Vmprecedented merit of Vegetine.
' I remain, very thankfully,
CHARM2S R. SMITH,
3,38 Fourth street, South Boston.
Ail Diseases of the Blood.
If Vegetine will relieve pai i, cleanse, purify
and cure euoli diseases, restoring the patient
to perfeot health after trying different physi
oians, many remedies, suffering for years, is it
not conclusive proof, if you are a sufferer, you
can be cured ? Why is this medicine perform
ing such great cures ? It works in the Wood,
in the circulating fluid. It can truly be called
the GREAT BLO JD PURIFIER. The great
source of disease originates in the blood; and
no medicine, that does not act directly upon It,
;u purify and renovate, has any just claim up?
ott public attention,
Seventy-one Years of Age.
East Marshfield, August 22, 1870.
Mr. Htevens— Dear Sir : I am seventy-one
years of asre; have suffered many years with
Kidney Complaint, weakness in my baek and
stomach. I was induced by friends to try your
Vegetine, and I think it is the best medicine
for weakPQßfi of the kidneys I ever used. I
have many remedies for the complaint,
qpd never found so much relief as from the
Vegetine. It strengthens and invigorates the
whole system. Many of my acquaintances
have taken it, and I believe it to be good for
all the complaints for which it is reoommended.
Yours truly* JOSEPH A. SHERMAN.
Reliable evidence.
Mr. H. R. Stevens— Dear Sir: I will most
cheerfully add my testimony to the great num
ber you have already received in favor of your
great and good medicine, Vegetine, for I do
not tbiuk enough can be said in its praise, for
I was troubled ovc r 30 yearn with that dread ul
disease. Catarrh, and had su h had cooghing
spells that it would seem as though I never
could breathe any more, and Vegetine has
cured me, and I do feel to thank God all the
time that there is so good a medicine as Veve-
Tine, and I also think it one of the best medi
cines fop coughs and weak, sinking feelings at
the stomach, and advise everybody to take the
Vetoetine, for I can assure them ic is one of
the best medioines that ever was.
Mbs. li. GORE,
Cor. Magaine and Walnut sts.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Appreciation.
Charlestown, Mass., March 19, 1869.
H. R. Stevens— Dear Sir: This is to certify
that I have used your “Blood Preparation”
(Vegetine) in my family for several years, and
I think that for Scrofula and Cankerous Hu.
mors or Rheumatic Affections it cannot he ex
celled; and as a Blood Purifier and spring medi
cine it is the best tfiing I have ever used, and
I have uijefi lW'Bt everything. I oan cheer
fully reoomiuend ft to any one in need of such
a medicine* Yours respectfully.
' Mbs- A. A. DINSMORE,
19 Russell street.
Prepartdky H. R. Sterns, Boston, Mass.
Vegetine is Sold by Ail Drnggkts.
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W. H. Gbeoo, Prest. F. W* Roc*wkll. Sec
Southern White Leal Go.
uly \A\
im
A HI
hed
Eyry package of this Company’s brand of
Strictly Pure White Lead bears the following
guarantee: _____
“ The Whits Lead contained in this
package is guaranteed fiy the Manu
facturers, the £stfT&lfßN WHITE
LEAH COL St. Louis, Mo., to contain
no adulteration whatever. It is eon
posed entirely of perfectly Fare Car
bonate of Lead and Linseed OIL and
is sold subject to Chemical Analysis
and tfie Blow Pipe Teet. 11 1
name of this Company is placed only
upon Strictly Pure Lead. It is not placed
upon a second or inferior quality. Bo parties
purchasing White Lead branded “SOUTHERN
COMPANY ” are absolutely sure of obtaining a
Perfectly Pubs Article.
For sale by Dealers in Palate and Oils
throughout the West and South,
And exclusively in Augusta by
E. BARRY k CO.,
oclf>-6m Drnggista, 261 Broad 8t
Pilsner keer i
rpHE Genuine Imported PILSNER BEER,
JL daily on draught at
CHAB. SPAETH’S Saloon,
Comer Jackson and Telfair Streets.
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Wow Adv ■.
CHRISTOPHER GRAY I CO
Will offer during the week, a lot of:
200 Pieces Real Valenciennes at about one-half usual prices.
♦
1,000 Pieces Italian and Imitation Laces, at prices that will cause
our customers to examine and buy them.
A large line of White and Black Blonde Laces, Black and White
Brussels Met, Cashmere and Embroidered Scarf Laces, &c.
1,000 Prize Medal Quilts, tbe greatest bargain ever offered in the city
of Augusta.
5,000 Pairs Corsets, best value ever offered for the money.
.-bn. c. gray & co.
L. RICHARDS'
Augusta Dry Goods Store
IS TBE PLACE TO REAL BARR ALTS IS DRY ROODS
THIS WEEK !
THE CLEARANCE SALE !
AND
THE BARGAIN COUNTERS WILL CONTINUE.
Dress goods,black cashmeres, black alpacas, white goods buchings
Hamburg Edgings, Table Damasks, Doylies, Hosiery, Neck Ties, Jet Jewelrv,Neck Laca
and thousands of little articles will be offered on the Bargain Counters.
THIS WEEK NEW SPRI.YR ROODS JUST RECEIVED !
Prints, Cambrics, Picquea; one Case Corded Pioques Bill be sold out at 10c. nor vard—a Croat
bargain. r • b
0 , . Heal Lonsdale 4-4 Shirting, Beal Fruit of the Loom -1-4 Shirting, Real Semper Idem 4-4
Shirting, Real Wamsutta 4-4 Shirting just received.
To secure bargains in Goods now is tho time.
L. RICHARDS,
~ , t 209 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia.
feb4-d&wtf °
NEW SPRING GOODS,
NOW OPENING,
A t The Old Fredericksburg
DRY G-OODS STOEE,
Corner by the Planters’ Hotel.
T
-INCLUDING White Coeds of all descriptions, beautiful Printed Piques, Hamburg Edgings,
and InsoTtings in great variety and very low. Choice .Spring Cambrics at 81 and 10o.; yard wide
dfi'to at 12£c.
All the leading brands of Bleached Sheetings and Shirtings, and at the lowest prices, includ
ing the imitation 4-4 Lonsdale Bleached Cotton at 9c.
Also, 150 pieces Black Alpaca, imported direct for our retail Bales, of pure and beautiful
blaok, and at less prices for the q ality of the goods than we have ever been ab'e to sell them
befoie. We will also receive this week some choice styles Drees Goods, suitablo for early
Spring wear. Also, Black and Colored Silks, to which we respectfully invite the attention of
purchasers.
We will also receive full lines of all the low and medium grades of Goods, such as large cakes
Toilet Soaps at 30c. per dozen, or two cakes for sc; Pius at 2c. per paper, 280 pins to the paper;
good Needles, 2?c. per paper: Hooks and Eyes, lc. per card; good Pencils, lc. each; rubber end
ditto at 2Jc ; Envelopes at 6c. I er pack; Note 1 ‘a; <-r. sc. per quire; Twill Tape at 2c. per roll;
Gents’ Silk Bows at to., recently sold for 25c, Good Suspenders at 15 and 20c. per pair. Good
Elastic Garter-at sc. per pair. Ladies’ Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, sc. each;-Gents’ large
ditto, at 10. each. Gentlemen’s imitation Wamsutta Cotton Shirts at 50e. each. Good Under
shirts and Drawers, at 35c. each, and hundreds of other articles at equally low prices, to which
we call the attention of all who are in need of such goods.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.,
feb4-d&wtf CORNER ISY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL
MI7JLLARK.Y BROS.
Are Now Offering the Rreatest Bargains Ever Seen in this City in
Black Silk, Blaok Cashmere,
AND ALSO,
BLACK ALPACAK,
C) K/Y PIECtS of which we will sell at 25c. per yard. These goods must be seen to be
*-) able to find out their full value. No redu tiou will be allowed to parties purchasing
large quantities, as they have already been marked at the lowest prices.
100 pieces each, at 40c ar and 50c per yard, which for quality and finish cannot be equalled
in the city. These goods are what we advertise llicm to be—a bargain—and we 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 wo will sell at 25;
per cent, less than the same goods were offered a week ago.
MULLARKY BROTHERS’,
m IIKiIIII TItKCT.
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FINE BLANKETS,
VERY_CHEAP.
We desire to close out about fifty
pair of FINE BLANKETS, which
are slightly soiled from carrying
over.
We offer Blankets sold last Sea
son at sl£ for $7 50, and those
sold at $lO for $6.
Parties desiring good Blankets
Cheap will find them in this lot.
JAMES A. GRAY & GO.
Feed Your Laid aad the Land will Food You!
Soluble Pacific Guano !
AND
COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE
~ FOR COMPOSING WITH COTTON SEED!
The Most Popular Fertilizers In Use.
LAST YEAR. 187 fl there were 112 different brands sold in the Btate of Gaorgia, the sales
aggregating tbo’ut 70,000 tons, and of that quantity the Pacific Guano Company sold
13,000 tons.
HOLD BY UH EVERY REASON SINCE 18651
PRICES IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA:
Co™pon?dVcld I phofp l t£te e ,' wiih 13c. Cotton Option 43 Op
DELIVERED AT ANY BOAT OR DEPOT IN THE CITY FREE OF CHARGE.
Time Sales payable by the Ist of NOVEMBER, 1877, without interest, with options of pay
ing in Cotton of a grade not below Middling, at 13 cents, delivered at your Railroad Depot, or
any Warehouse of Augusta, Savannah or Charleston.
J. O. MATHEWSON &. CO.,
lanl3—2m GF.NF.RAL AGENTS. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
FLftebTloab InAi&s bank,
1 fT
223 Broad Street,
CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY.
.
Interest Allowed on Deposits,
T. F. BRANCH, President. DIRECTORS S ** IrEWBKRT ’ GmhißT ~
THOS W OOSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, G. VOLGER.
JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, JAMES L. GOW„
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