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OLD SERIES—VOL. XCII ■EVf SERIES—VOL. LI TERMS. fHE DAILY CHRONICLE ft SENTINEL, the oldest newspaper in the Sooth, is published duly, except Monday. Terms : Per year, #lO ; e:x months. #5 ; three months, #2 SO. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE ft SENTINEL ia published every Wednesday. Terms : One year, #3; six months, (1. THE TRI WEEKLY CHRONICLE ft SENTI NEL ia pobliahed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Terms One year, #6; six months, #2 SO. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all cases in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid far. RATES OP ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of #1 per square each insertion fov the first week. Advertisements in Tri-Week ly, $1 per square. in Weekly. #1 per square, i Marriage and Funeral Notices, $1 each. Special Notices, #1 per square. Special rates will be made for advertisements running for one month or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will tie charged at the rate of twenty cents per line. All announce ments most be paid for in advance. Address WALSH ft WRIGHT, Chbosiou ft Ssstissl. Angasta. Ga. Ctjronule attb Sentinel. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1877. TO Ot/K HUBBCRIBKRN. We reqneet oar subscribers who owe tlfi to pay their aubacriptions. It ia im portant to ua that every man on oar books should pay at once. Let each subscriber bear in mind that while one or two dollars may appear to be a tri fling amount, the aggregate amounts to a large sum. We hope our friends will respond promptly. wtf Mr. Hewitt bases his hope on in eligible electors. It is a slender thread, bat will do to hang a hope upon. At the imperative command of the President the indictment against Bel knap for bribe taking has been dismiss ed. Let no guilty man escape. A writer in the Brunswick Record recommends ex-Governor Jos. E. Brown as a suitable Secretary of the Treasury in the event of Tilden’s inauguration. Judge Frank Little, of Sparta, has been re-appointed Judge of the County Court of Hanoook county. Judge Little has made a capital Judge and his ap pointment will give general satisfaction. Bradley thinks it would be a great wrong if a “legal technicality ahould ■deprive the people of Oregon of their vote.” It la a pity Bradley did not think it a great wrong that a legal tech nicality should deprive the people of Florida of their vote. Mr. Stephens was sixty-five years old last Sunday. His condition is so much improved that, for the first time since his recent sickneas, he acknowledges himself better. It is the fervent wish of his people that he be soon restored to health. The “ dog law” has failed again in Oeorgia. An amendment to the Tax Act taxing the owners of dogs one dol lar on each dog owned was voted down in the Honso by a large majority. The million mangy cars that infest the State are much more valnable than sheep—in the opinion of the Georgia Legislature. It is somewhat comforting to know tfeaA in his usual Sunday talk day before yesterday the President declared himself “aomewhat uncertain as to the result.” He fears that the vote of Louisiana will not be counted, and that the election for President will be thrown into the House. Half a loaf is better than no bread, and if we cannot get Tilden and Hendricks we will try and bear np un der Tilden and Wheeler. Mr. Smith, of Oglethorpe, is making an effort to have the Federal tax on liquors distilled from fruit repealed. A resolution, introduced by himself, re questing the Georgia delegation in Con gress to use their infinenoe to accom plish this result, has been reported on favorably by the oommittee, and will -doubtless pass both Houses of the Gen eral Assembly. Mr. Tilbb* is not discouraged be cause of the action of the Commission on the Florida oase. He is reported as ■eying to a personal friend who went to \yuubiagton at his request : Say to our friends that they have no “ reas' on b® depressed if the Com “ misaii'u decides against the Democra <Cy j n th e Florida ease. I expeot the denuion w*Ul be adverse, but do not “ enoonrage d^P°nd en °y- The loss of •• Florida will vot surprise me, but there are other points upon which I - am confident the democracy will suc “ need. lam a fatalist in eo far aa I • believe, aa the representative of the Democrats, the final decision will be ■“ in our favor.” Abother indication of the importance of recent ohauges iu the channels of por tions of the trade of the West is furnish ed by a paragraph in the report of the Illinois Central Railroad, issued a few days Bgo- I 1 assigns as one of the causes of the decline in the revenue of that road the B*°wth of anew practice of the true * ttmas of seeking produce as near its orig>> convenient, instead of waiting until accumulates it for eastern shipment. This movement has already had a influence in promoting the remaik’*ble increase in the exports of Phiiadelph ** * more, and it may affect the .*YMUMmtions of the future more peroeptibly operations of last year. It is related of Jndge Davis that in his cirenit at Indianapolis a lawyer named Ketohum was ready when his case was called, bnt his opponent had sent word that he could not arrive for u hour or two. Ketchum insisted on proceeding at once. Jndge Davis re monstrated in favor of the absent law yer, but to no purpose. “Well," said he, finally, “if you insist upon going on, Mr. Krtchum, you have, of course, the technical right to do so; but if I were you, I wouldn’t urge the matter. Over at Springfield, the other day, there was just such a case. The lawyer would in sist upon going on with the trial, and so I had to look after the interest of the other party myself; and do you know, curiously enough, Mr. Krchum, we beat him 1” Mr. Kwtchum decided to wait. Ora of the curious bits of statistics in in the report of the Pennsylvania Board of Centennial Managers relates to the careful observations made of the tem perature during the famously hot “Cen- j tennial Summer" at the State building on the Centennial grounds. The aver age temperature during which the ob nervations were made— namely,from June 1 21 to September 30 (both inolnaive) —is Tt{ degrees. Thursday, July 20, is shown to have had the highest average (91f degrees), and Saturday, July 8, the next highest (90 1-3 degrees), though the mercury at one time rose higher on the Bth than on the 201 h. On the last named day, at 3, p. m., it reg istered 95 degrees, whereas on the Bth, at the same hoar, it registered 96 de grees. However, these observations were not taken at all on Sundays and it so happens that Sunday, July 9, was -the hottest day, the thermometer regis tering 103 degrees in the shade on that <lay. PITTING A MOOTED QUESTION AT RENT. For yean there has been a dispute be tween Maryland and Virginia concern ing the true boundary line between the two States. The contest was embitter ed because of certain riparian rights be i ing involved, inclndiDg the title to sev . eral valnable oyster beds. Conflicts had become so frequent and serious between the rival oyater claimants that it was felt necessary some settlement of the dispute should be made that wonld pnt an end to the difficulties. Accordingly, one arbiter waa chosen to act for each State, and ex-Governor Chas. J. Jesk ins, of Georgia, made the third. The commissioner for Maryland and Gover nor Jenkins made a decision in favor of Maryland, giving that State sovereignty over the whole of the Potomac to its sonthern bank, and to Virginia domin ion over the soil on her side to low water mark, and a certain stipulated use of the river beyond low water, such as to facilitate the fall enjoyment of the riparian rights, without interfering with navigation. The terms were accepted by both Maryland and Virginia. AN AMERICAN ‘-JARNDYCB AND JAUN DICE” CAME. A case has recently been settled in New York which is as bad as that of Dickens’ “Jabndyce andjJARNDYCE.” A rag picker, J. B. Taylor, died, leaving a fortune of $300,000 and five distinct families. Ail of these had lawyers, guardians, executors, commissioners, and the Lord knows what else, to look after their interests. Litigation has been going on since 1870, and the other day the relatives abandoned the oase, the estate being swallowed np in fees. One daughter, the most plausible claimant, was cheated oat of her share by snch allowances as $20,000 to her lawyers, $3,000 to her guardian, $2,000 to her guardian’s lawyer, $5,000 to an other lawyer for argning the oase, $4,000 to Senator Conklins for preparing to try the will oase before a jury and SB,OOO to counsel for banks. Congressman Mattison charged $15,000 for selling the estate’s stock in the Times Com pany. The receiver charged SIO,OOO for his expenses and SIO,OOO for his fees. When the heirs abandoned the estate the lawyers oommenoed a wrangle about its division, and this is still going on. Some think others got more than their share. If they conld only make it a Kilkenny eat fight and clean each other ont as effectually as they have Taylor’s heirs, it would compensate to some ex tent for the outrage done the legatees of the New York rag picker. MACON AND BRUNSWICK BONDS. A bill is now pending before the Gen eral Assembly to fnnd the recognized bonds of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad endorsed by the State in bonds of the State of Georgia bearing a re duced rate of interest. The Joint Fiuanee Committee have given the bill mature consideration and report in favor of its passage. We see no reason why this bill ehonld not become a law; there are some good reasons why it should. So long as there was any rea son to suppose that the State might de cline to reoognize her endorsement or that any taint of fraud attached to the bonds we opposed changing the nature of the oontract and plaoing the State in such a position that she conld not well disown what might prove to be a fraud ulent indebtedness. But the class of bonds whioh will be affected by the bill have run the gauntlet of every Legisla ture that has assembled in Georgia since the flight of Bcllook. They have been repeatedly recognized and in vari ous ways. When the company made de fault, the Governor seized the road in accordance with the terms of the stat ute that provided for the endorsement, and sinoe that time it has been in the possession of, and has been operated by, the State. At the last session of the General Assembly an appropriation was made to pay the interest whioh had ac crued and whioh might accrue during the year 1876. The holders of these bonds now propose to fnnd them in six per cent, bonds of the State. This will save to the State annually one per oent. in the rate of interest alone, and great ly simplify the condition of our bonded debt. The saving to the tax payers will amount to a very handsome sum be fore the matnrity of the bonds, and the bill is a measure of practical economy. SENATOR CAMERON'S PREACH OF PROMISE. Revenge is sweet. Before, during and after the war, Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was the active and per sistent enemy of the South. A Southern woman—a girl from Georgia—is now suing Senator Cameron to recover fifty thousand dollars damages for breach of promise of marriage. If she wins her oase Georgia will be even with Pennsyl vania. We do not know who the fair plaintiff is, but all the Washington cor respondents, and Senator Cameron as well, Aoncede that she is a widow from Georgia, and that her husband was killed or died of disease while in the Confederate army. The New Tork Sun says that the woman in the ease—Mrs. Mart L. Oliver —is “about thirty-fife years old, and very vivacious and attractive. Though not precisely pretty, she still ltf£ charms enough left in the way of blue eyas, brown hair, round, full fsoe, and plump figure to challenge the admira tion of Senators when they reach the romantic age of sevaatfy-eight She was e*pf the sufferers by tup late rebel ,'*oß ; and, feeling that she had a claim U p o u the Government, came to Wash ington about throe years ago and but toned the Senator from Pennsylvania.” She next saw the hoary CosypoN in New Orleans, aod, she says, earn* again to Washington At his solicitation—the Senator furnit'hlog her the following let ter to the Secretary tti the Treasury; Harrisburg. Aeptamber 25, 1875. Deas Mb. Secretaby : Hie hearer, Mrs. Outer, ie the d>nghter of an office* of the Cnitrd States Navy in ante-war times, and the wife of another officer of the Navy, who wae killed or died on the other side during the re bellion. She haa come to Washington in search of employment, with letters to me from friends of mine in New Orleans. I knew her father, and aha is highly recommended as a good wo man. She ie very poor, and thinka a letter from me to Colonel Bristow will procure her employment. If yo think so, it will make her happy, and I have of ton found happiness in making others happy. Truly yap re, lotos Camebos. Hon. B. H. Bbistsw. This recommendation was sufficient and Mr. Bristow, the great civil ser vice reformer, gave her a situation in the Treasury Department. A few ; months later the Senator wooed and won her and she promised to become bis bride. The Sun continues : “As the language of the complaint chargee that the marriage contract was formed on the 7th of Deoember, 1875, it seems that Simon was determined to begin the Forty-fourth Congress with virtuous resolutions, and lost no time in commu nicating his views to the widow on his arrival at the opening of the sesaaon. She returned his young and ardent af fections, and aaid she was ready to take his name. Then she waited for him to name the day, but he would interpose delays ef one kind or another until she became disgusted. It will be claimed by the widow when the case comes to trial, which will probably be dnring the May term of the District Court, that Simon told her once there was jnst one objection he was trying to remove to the marriage. He had a niece who was violently opposed to the match, and he had not been able by all his en treaties to overcome her prejudices against Mrs. Oliver, and he thought j it- might be a good thing for the widow herself to call and join him in the pe tition. She did so, as she avers, bnt found the alleged neice a most persist ent opponent, and she now suspects Simon was patting np some game on her, and does not believe in the neice business at all. She asserts that Simon continned trifling with her until for bearance ceased to be a virtue. Accord ingly she called in the law to help her out.” Let us hope that the gentle Georgian w'll win, and that the Senatorial deceiver will have to ante for fifty thousand dollars worth of withered hopes and blighted affections. RELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS. We have received a well written arti cle, publication of which we are com pelled to decline for two reasons. The first is that the article is written on both sides of the pages of paper. The second is that it wonld give rise to adisonssion purely sectarian in its character to the purposes of which we are unwilling to lend the colnmns of the Chronicle and Sentinel. The first objection might be obviated ; the latter cannot be removed. It has been a rale in the management of this paper not to publish anything in the interest of one religious denomina tion which would give offense to another or provoke reply, and this rnle will not be violated. The Chronicle and Sen tinel is a secular journal —a newspaper. It is published for all people—Jews, Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Lutherans, Christians, Episco palians and Reformed Episcopalians. We do not desire to offend the members of aoy of these denominations ; on the contrary, we wish to please them all. Any matter of interest connected with their churches, any religious informa tion, we most cheerfully publish; any attempt to aid one of these churches we most cordially assist ; any effort to bring about a controversy between mem bers of different denominations we shall always discourage. If gentlemen wish to discuss questions of theology they must carry their articles to religious journals. We will have none of them. HON. JOHN W. WOFFORD. A lew days since it was announced that Hoi:, John W. Wofford, of Car tersville, had mov and to Kar.sas City, Missouri. Tr e Atlanta Constitution of Sun lay supplements this information with the statement that Mr. Wofford left Ge >rgia under a very -heavy cloul. Tiie Constitution says: Professional bad conduct is charged against Col. Wofford, because of the fact stated that he has made collections for clients in many oases, and wholly failed to render any account for the same or return the money to those to whom it rightfully belonged. The sums thus alleged to hive been withheld are variously stated from $5,000 to SIO,OOO. In this connection it is stated that a Bum of $1 500 was culleotel by him for the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, which ia yet to be accounted for. Governor Bbown was swamped also, it is said, personally, as securi ty upon a note of Col. Wofford’s for an amount in the neighborhood of $4,700. Gov ernor Bbown is said to be very much chagrin ed at the manner in which Col. W. has trea'ed b> , T a were told last night it was pretty certain that Governor Bbown would ask a requisition upon the Governor of Missouri for the return of Col. Wofford to this State to answer a prosecution. This paragraph conveys astonishing information to the people of Georgia— to most of whom Mr. Wofford is known either personally or by reputation.— Since the war Mr. Wofford has been prominent in Georgia politios, and was regarded as a man of decided talent and brilliant promise. In 1870, he was a member of the House of Representatives and in 1872 was elected to the State Sen ate. He resigned, however, before his term expired. In 1874, he was elected Chairman of the Democratic Executive Oommittee of theßeventh Congressional District, and in that capacity waged vigorous, though unsuccessful, war against Dr. Felton, the independent candidate for Congress, and in favor of the regular nominee. In 1876, his name was mentioned in connection with the Governorship, but he declined to enter the field. He was sent as a delegate from the State at large to the St. Lonis Convention, and was, we believe, one of the five original Tilden delegates from Georgia. WJ)en the State Convention assembled he was elected an elector from the State at large, and served in that capacity daring the campaign. If the statements made of him are trne he is indoed a ruined m&u—* man whose life has been blasted by his own deeds, ANOTHER STATESMAN IN TROUBLE. It seems that Senator Chbistianot and Senator Cameron are not the only states men of three score years and over who plav the fool about worn- n. Mr. Glad stone, late Prime Minister of Great Britian, is also m a scrape which has a woman at the bottom These three old gentlemen—the sum oi whose ages is two hundred and seventeen—have dis t nguished themselves in different ways with the fair sex. Mr. Chbistianot thonghjt with St. Paul that it was bet ter to marry than to bnrn, and made his lady love the wife of bis Mr. ! Cameron, we presume, had not extended his reading in that direction, and either had not heard of St. Paul or else was ad yised by Matt Carpenter that the pre cept vm in oonfiiot with the well establish ed rules ot ttm Senate. At all events the Senator did not marry, and the Lothario of eighty-seven is the defendant in a breach of promise suit. The English■ cause has more striking features than the American casq&. There the web woven for the heart of man inyolyetf tpn destinies of a nation in ita meshes. This vs# no vulgar liason, but auintrigue that might have changed the map of Europe just as the loves of Paris and Helen swept Troy from the face of the earth. The story appeared first iu a Paris journal, the Jiepublique Francaise— the organ of Gambera spd the French Radicals. It is published as an explanation of the position Mr. Gladstone has taken on the Eastern question,* which has excited 60 much comment. The ex-Premier is said to be under the control of a Russian Princess, beautiful of coarse, to whom the tortu ous diplomacy of that country entrusted the task ot enslaving the aged states man. She was sent to London by Prince Gobtschaeoff as a diplomatic agent ot the Russian Government, and boasts that she soon accomplished the object of her mission. Now that the play is over the actors are not unwilling to appear in their real characters. Mr. Gladstone was extremely assiduous in his attentions to her, and it is charged that it is owing to her influence that he turned against the Turks after having fought for them twenty-two years ago. “Between the two there have certainly been frequent exchanges of letters, and the report is that the lady has some which do more honor to his heart than to his prad<Doe.” The statement first ap peared in an English journal, and was of confse met withs denial, but denials do AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1877. i not stop scandals. Let Mr. Gladstone ! congratulate himself that he does not ! live in America. The articles of the French and English journals are child’s play to what he wonld encounter in this centre of civilization. THE MOUNT VERNON SSOCIATION. We pnblish in the Chronicle and Sen tinel this morning an address to the Georgia members of the Monnt Vernon Association from Mrs. Philoclea Edge wcrth Eve, Vice-Regent of the Associa tion for this State. We commend it not only to the members of the Association, bnt to the attention of onr readers gen erally. Mrs. Eve’s suggestions are emi nently practical, and shonld be adopted and carried out in every town and city of Georgia. Before the war, as Mrs, Eve bears testimony, the women of Georgia did their full share in the noble work of placing the tomb and the home of the Father of his Country in the hands of those who wonld guard the one and beautify the other. Since the war they have not been able to do mnch; the cruel ravages of war left them little to give. Now that the country is free from the shock of battle and the torch of in vasion they are invited to renew their offerings—to aid in the formation of an endowment fnnd that will place the As sociation on a permanent basis. Well directed efforts throughout the State will enable Georgia to make an offering of whioh she need not be ashamed. Great praise is due Mrs. Eve for the long and efficient service which she has rendered the Association, and for the manner in which she has represented the State. Her enthusiasm has not died with the years, bnt glows as brightly now as when the great work was first commenc ed. We trast that her appeal will meet with the • generous response it so well merits. A SPECIMEN CASE. Every person who has a grievance, no matter how petty or how personal it may be, rushes to the nearest newspaper office to obtain redress gratis. If for any purely private reason a man be comes displeased with an individual, an official or a corporation, he expects, as a matter of course, that the newspaper shall make a public question of an in dividual issue and fight his battles to the bitter end. Ho declines to take any responsibility himself; the newspaper must assume it all. He is willing to furnish “facts,” and nothing more. He does not care to write a communication, even over an anonymous signature, for he does not wish “to be brought before the public.” He would not for the world publish a statement with his own name attached, beoause ho does not de sire “to be known in the matter.” Very often the editor is furnished “important information” in an anonymous letter and urged to “attack” somebody or some thing upon the strength of such com municati >n. Asa case in point we have a letter lying before us now, making charges of the gravest nature against the management of a certain corporation of which the writer desires “some notice giv en in vour (our) colnmns.”lf the charges, which are detailed at length, be true a very aggravated act of swindling has been perpetrated. If they are not true the man that made and the paper that published them would deserve the severest punishment. The best proof we have that they are false is the failure of the writer to sign his name to the ar ticle. He call himself “Pro Bono Pub lico.” The letter is the letter of an educated man; the handwriting that of one accustomed to the use of a pen. He knows what would probably be the result if we were silly enough to ac cede to his request and yet he asks us to lay the foundation of a libel case with as much coolness as if he were ex tending an invitation to a Sun day school pic-nic. This is not, by any means, an exceptional case, as every newspaper editor will testify. There are plenty of “Pro Bono Publicos” and kindred cattle in every community who wish newspapers to at tack individuals and corporations upon whiph they kindly communicate. MR. TURNER, Uf BROOKS. While the bill to extend help (not aid) to the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad was under discussion in the House, Turner, of Brooks, indulged in some bitter, acrimonious and inopportune remarks, which were entirely out of place and uncalled for. The gentle man may be courting popularity at home, but we think he would have received the endorse ment of his constituents had he favored the bill, as it hurts nobody, and would greatly benefit the State as well as the people along the line.— Gainesville Southron. Qur contemporary does Mr. Turner, of Brooks, great injustice in the above paragraph. We think, ourselves, that the Legislature should have granted to the Marietta and North Georgia Rail road the assistance which it asked. We believe that the bil amply secured the State against loss; we believe that the section of country which the road would traverse needs development ; and we regret the defeat of the bill in the House. But while these were our views and onr wishes, we do not charge that the opponents of the measure were in fluenced in their opposition by any unworthy motives. We are quite sure that Mr. Turner’s opposition was the result of a conscientious oonviction that the scheme was wrong. Those who know that gentle man, or who have watched his course in the Legislature—where he has served for three spggion3—would never dream of charging him with “courting popu larity." There is not the slightest trace of the demagogue in his character— | demagogueism is utterly foreign to his nature. Mr. Turner is a man of well I balarced brain and great ability; when i eysr be speaks (it is not often that he I does) he commands the undivided at tention of the House, is always forcible | and often eloquent. He is modest and 1 ! retiring in a day when brass too often nsqrps the place of brains; is a man of the ntuiOjjt polity of thought and deed; has the respect and confidence of all who know him, nd the loye of those with whom he is more intimately asso ! dated. We regret the defeat of the : bill; we think hia speech had much to , do with that defeat; bnt we do not be ! lipve task ppy word he uttered was actuat ed by an unworthy meiiye. He be ; Ueved he was right and he did not hesi tate to express his ci nvictions. It is considered impossible for the Legislature to adjourn before the 22d inst. Adjournment at that date will give very nearly a constitutional session of forty days. The only morsel of consolation with which we can regale ourselves now is found in knowing that the old ruffian Wells is getting tired of his confine ment in the Gapitol building. Would it were the Black Hole'of Calcutta, for his sweet sake. It is intimated from Washington thit the Democracy have only to wait pa tiently and they are certain of success four years hence. The sharpest travel er who has his breakfast snatched away from him at seyen, just as he sits down at table, derives derilish little comfort from the announcement that dinner will be served promptly at two. WASHINGTON’S TOHB. AN APPEAL FOR AN ENDOWMENT FUND. Address of the Recent for Georgia, to the M embers of the Mt. Vernon Association In This State. To the Members of the Mt. Vernon As sociation in the State of Georgia : It is perhaps due that 1 apologize for not coming before you earlier in this year, but some business perplexities and the constant renewal of welcomes to old friends—some long parted—has so en grossed my time and thoughts, that I awoke to the fact of the rapidly ap proaching 22d only within the last two days. It may not be known to many of you that, at the request of your Regent, the last Congress made the 22d of Feb ruary a legal holiday, and this holiday the Grand Council, held at Mt. Vernon, in Jnne, 1876, determined to present to the people of these United States as a day to be not only held sacred to the memory of Washington, but one to be devoted to what is now the great aim of your officers—the raising of the “ Mt. Vernon Endowment Fund.” This fund is to place the estate, of which this Association is the owner, be yond the reach of poverty and rnin. It is now paid for and its title secured ; is repaired and beautified and %spt in or der. It is out of debt; but it is de pendent for its support upon a limited share of the profits of “ The Arrow” the boat that daily visits it from Wash ington City. A few months without visitors would not only empty onr treas ury, bnt plunge us into debt, perhaps obliging ns to relinquish our beautiful possession, which we have proudly held as a precious bequeathment to our chil dren and our children's children, to the State of Virginia, for by our charter whenever this Association finds itself unable to maintain it the estate reverts to that grand old mother of Presidents. We honor and love Virginia, but we would fain keep our hard won and be loved “House and Grave” as the sacred trust of the representatives of the differ ent States in whioh this Association has its members. At the close of the war some stock in the Central Railroad of the State of Georgia was all of an endowment fund that we had, and the small dividend upon that the only money—and we were in debt to the officials then in charge. A few years after some money collected in. New York State by Mrs. Hasbrouok and placed at interest, to the credit of the Mount Vernon Association, thus making the whole sum about SBOO, was torwarded to the Grand Council. Then the father of our gifted Vice-Regent for Maine, Mr. Mussev, presented us with SSOO iu 1872 or ’73; not long afterward Mr. Charles Macalster, of Philadelphia, the honored father of our present Regent, gave $l,lOO, and Madamoßerghman her self gave SSOO in 1875; Miss E. L. Harp er Vice-Regent for Maryland, gave S2OO. This brought our invested money in the neighborhood of $5,000. The Centen nial year brought us better prospects; a “Lady Washington Tea Party” in Bal timore presented us with $600; a Cen tennial party in Newark, February 22d, gave us $1,000; the beautiful Colo nial ball at Richmond, Va., of which many of you must have seen au account from the papers of that city, gave SBOO, and our beautiful and accom plished Vice Regent of Ohio sent us, as her first fruits, within a year of her appoint ment, $2,000, the results of the Centen nial ball at Cincinnati. Our energetic Vice Regent of New Jersey has collect ed a thousand dollars in addition to the proceeds of the party given on the 22d. New Jersey has never ceased to respond to the calls made npon her; she has nobly shown her devotion to the memory of Washington. I make no appeal forg fts. I gratefully remember how my beh> *d State rallied to my call and laid the! offerings upon the tomb of our comns father, even when they thought it u re than doubt ful that our project L'uould then be brought to completion. Would that every one of you could see how nobly we have responded to your trust. “The mansion on the Potomac,” then in a decaying state, has been renovated and repaired; the colonnades, one prostrate,the other, trembling to its base whenever touched, are now made new; the south portico, crumbled into dust, again rears its col umns in their old place; the balustrade broken and defaced, the roof leaking, the foundation rotting, the old drainage pipes, placed there by Washington, fill ed; the greep houses burned—all have been restored as they were, and all with out appeal to the South, suffering as we were from many calamities. Our people must have amusement. We read with surprise of the many thou sands carried off by circus companies, by theatricals, expended iu fireworks, &o. We, therefore, suggest that this be utilized in a measure for the endowment fnnd. In this Lenten season there are restrictions in two churches of our Christian religion. To them we would recommend concerts—sacred concerts, if they prefer. It is for the dead father of their country. Children can have their share in this common cause. Any thing in which the expenditure will be small, so that tjie yield will be but slightly felt, and these efforts oopld be repeated at intervals be tween this and the IQth of May, as the next Council is held near the middle of that month. There oouid thus be a sum raised whioh would not discredit our beloved State, although the grim shadow of poverty has for so long thrown a gloom upon its sons and daughters. Philoclea Edgeworth Eve, Vice Regent for State of Georgia. February 12, 1877. STRIPES FOR A SLANDERER. A Hoosier Defainer of Women Receives a Merited Castigation—His Abject Apology. [From the Kokoma (Ind.) Tribune, Jan. 20.] For three moßths the air in this oity has been filled with slanderous stories. To our knowledge five excellent yonng ladies have had their names dragged in to whisperings connecting them with base action. One of these had been tra duced before, and she had sworn sol emnly, not wickedly, that if scandalous stories were again put afloat abont her she would have sweet revenge. The scandals were uttered. Quietly she went to work until she was sure of their au thor. He was a man of whom it may truthfully be said, “He is not above suspicion.” The writer hereof heard his name mentioned a year ago in con nection with that of an unmarried wo man (he is married) and an abortion. It is also said of him that he loves to lie; that no respectable woman can pass him on the street withont getting a searching look from kim if alone, or be ing remarked about in an ugly way if he bag company. We have Up room lor all the detac her meeting with him at a party—her delicate flirtation on the street—a return of his sweet smile of cautions recogni tion. Her blandishments caught him badly. She decided yesterday that the fruit was ripe, that the harvest was at hand. She had met him the evening before, on a quiet street, and, as she Easeed him, without turning her head or siting, whispered, “Post Office to-mor row morning—Oornile,” On yesterday, with her own band, she dropped into the outside post office letter box a perfum ed billet deux in these words: Dear Friend— Call this evening at 8. My husband is and will be absent. If light in room, tap gently at front door. If light in front room, depart. Lovingly, Cornile. He r ceived the pretty little note which we have seen, at 11, a. m. He 1 was in high glee the rest of the day. Last night ne “ n bis nobbiest suit, and was shaved, powdered, shampooed, perfnmed, and made pretty. Daring the day the husband was not visible. Promptly at 8 o’clock "he was on the ground. The sign was right—he tapped gently as a child—the door opened noiselessly—he was inside. Here the lady came near spoilling everything. A playful effort on his part to kiss her came near eliciting a scream. She remembered her business, and with her sweet voice said, “Wait a minute, please, I am all unstrung with fright.” She gave him a chair and took one her self near him. She chatted pleasantly for a whole minute. Gracefully she arose, stepped two paces, offered him a glass of water, which he declines with thanks, took a sip, placed the glass back to its position, stooped, and, as she raised, with one hand, the left, she turn ed up a large, very bright lamp, and with the other drew from under a sofa a large, old-fashioned, well-worn rawhide. Her placid face and benignant smile were gone, and in their places a hundred little devils danced. Her’s was then a face that would have made a stouter heart than that of a vile slanderer thump. He stood appalled, bnt before he had time to gasp she uttered these words slowly; “You vile slanderer, now I’ll have my revenge,” and struck. That stroke started the blood from the left side of his head, above the ear, so that it trickled down behind that organ and dropped upon his snowy collar. She followed this with fearful foroe about his legs and body. He recovered his senses and exclaim ed : “Madam, you are in my power; this is too mnch ; allow me to depart; give me that whip. ” She threw a door open, when the light, ss bright as the sun, fell on the persons of three men, each wear ing a false face—one representing a Johnny Bnll, one a Turk, and the other u Yankee. As the door opened, she said, in the most contemptuous voice, “I’m in your power, am I ? Upon your knees, sir.”. He went down. Again the rawhide was applied. “Do yon ac knowledge, in the hearing of those you’ve seen, that you are a tile slanderer of women? Do yon swear you will never speak wrongfully of any lady again ? Do yon agree to tell your wife what a liar you have been ? Do you promise never to take my name upon your lying lips ?” To all of these ques tions he promptly answered, “I do,” except that next to the last—at that he hesitated, but the cowhide prompted him to a satisfactory response. Having satiated her desire for revenge, she de manded her note, received it from him, opened the door, and bade him depart. He went out as if he were shot from a gun. FOUR YEARS HENCE. The Democracy Will Bide Tbelf Time- Afraid ot Hayes’ Southern Policy—No Fears of Feltoo—Candler’s Consolation — Soothing Syrup—The Electoral Bill—Uncer tainty of Both Parties. [Special Dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution.] Washington, February 12.—1 t may be definitely said now that the Demo crats will submit to the decision of the Commission, no matter what it may be. They will protest for four years, but won’t fight a minute. The reading of the Democratic objections to the Louis iana vote give little hope. It is gener ally believed that the Commission will walk right over them. A decision is looked for Wednesday. Already the politicians are discussing what will be the result of the eleotiou four years from now, if Hayes is inaugurated.— That the Democrats will organize at once, and go straight to glory, seems to be the universal opinion. The one danger is, that Hayes will offer some very tempting bait to Southern leaders, and try and disintegrate the Democratic party in that section, It has already been suggested that Congressman Fel ton, of Georgia, might have al most anything he desired, if he would only consent to try to organize the independents of Georgia on a lib eral platform, and hold them ready for a oonti genoy. It is needless to say that Mr. Felton would utterly put away from him anything that looked like acquies cence iu the abominable Hayes usnrpa tion. It is suggested, also, that the Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, who is quite well and favorably known in ante helium political oircles, will probably “be sent for” if Hayes goes in. The Hon. H. W. certainly lives on missionary ground if th '. vote of the Fourth District of last Winter is any sign. I had a long talk with the Hon. Mil ton Candler, who bids fair to become one of the best and most reliant of our Southern members, as he is now one of the shrewdest observers at the National Capital. He says “a oertain and splen did victory awaits the Democratic party four years hence, eyen if it meets de feat now It can very well afford to wait. Hayes will take his sent under suspicion of fraud. Our committees will see to it that all the frauds and wickeness of the three contested States are put be fore the people. Hayes wi}l thus enter office under the suspicion of having been fraudulently counted in. Now, we have the House, and will hold it. In two years we will have the Senate also. The Senate now stands 36 to 39. There are five oarpet-baggers who will go out in the next two years. Each one of these will be replaced by a Democrat. Our party will then enter the next cam paign with a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate, a white popular majority of 850,000, and a general senti ment that we have been cheated ont of our rights in 1876. We will sweep the country like a tidal wave.” “The only danger that we'shall en counter will be the conservative course that Hayes will adopt towards tfoe South. He will do his very best to dis organize our party by quasi-trades and alliances. Our duty is plain. There is bat one thing to do. We must suffer all things before we acquiesce in the mis erable fraud that is about to be put upon the country. The back of our hand must be turned steadily to Hayes and his coadjutors. If we do this, I don’t believe there is any power on earth that can prevent our achieving a complete and splendid victory in the next campaign.” 1 asked Mr. Oandier if he thought the passage of the Electoral bill was a mis take. “4 do not,” he replied. “We could have dope nqthing better. The Republicans have been "determined all along to inaugurate Hayes ip spite of anything. Qur only mistake was in hoping that the Supreme Court qould be honest end partial.” Jt js a ourious thing, by the way, to notice how near the Electoral bill came to be defeated. Neither party desired it. and the majori ty of either House were undetermined as to how to vote up to a night or two before the final issue. Hartridge, of Georgia, announced his determination to make a speech on the question, but oouldn’t decide which side he would speak on until the very night before he spoke. Mr. Blount said that he came here thinking that the cue of tfce Southern members yyas to ehoourage a show of resistance, and let the Northern Demo crats understand that the Southern peo p'e would stand by them in any emer gency. He says he very soon discover ed, however, that there was no possi bility of any resistance being offered by the Northern Democrats. He then be come satisfied the Republicans were de termined to trot Hayes through any how, and grew indifferent as to how it should be done. Still, he could not get his consent to vote for the Electoral bill, until he was oertain it would pass any how, and he then went with his party. INACGBBAI, CEREMONIES. A Foolixh ProDunclamento—What Organiza tion. are to Prepare and How Can Such Organization* Send Word Until the Count is Settled. Washington, February 15J. The Youug Men’s Republican Club of this city, of which Arthur Sheph'erd is' Pre sident, and Frank T. Rowa is Corres ponding Secretary, desire notice from organizations wishing to participate in the inauguration ceremonies, so that they may be properly placed in the procession and comfortably quartered. This is preliminary to a meeting of citi zens, without regard to politics, or who may be chosen ChieJ Magistrate. Com munications should be addressed : Dr, Frank T. Howe, Corresponding Secre tary y. M. R. C., Washington, R. 0. The Railroad Fanding Bill. Atlanta, February 13* —The House of Representatives passed a bill this morning to fund the railroad bonds en dorsed ty the State. The bill authorizes the issue of bonds of the State of Geor gia, amounting tj $2,298,397, for the purpose of retiring by exchange, or pay ing off the recognized bonds of the Ma con and Brunswick Railroad to the amount of $1,950,000; bonds of the North and South Railroad to the amount of $240,000, and bonds of the Memphis Branch Railroad to the Amount of $34,000; also, to fnnd the interest on these bonds to the l’t day of January, 1877, to the amount of s7The object of this bill is to fund all the re cognized, endorsed railroad bonds in six por cent, straight bonds of the State. The new bonds shall be sold for not less than par, and the proceeds shall applied to redeem at n r a jj endorsed railroad bonds. These bonds have twelve years to run, with interest, payable semj-annnallj. The bill will pass the Senate. Holders of endorsed bonds, it has been reported here, will prefer new sixes to the endorsed railroad sevens. The “Ceckalornm” of the Tribunal. [From a Letter From “Oath."\ At present, old Senior Clifford is the cockalorum of the Court. He thinks the sngel Gabriel merely hiß crier. He sees clouds and thunderbolts all around him, acd a pair of scales let down from Heaven. Serene, supreme old' man. None ever felt more the station and snpremity of a Justine, THE LEGISLATURE. WHAT IS GOING ON IN ATLANTA. Senate Bills Passed—The Clerical Force- Governor Smith’s Counsel—A Minority He port—The Convention Bill—The Capital Amendment Put On in the Honso—The Bill Will Pass—Local Laws—The Tax on Peach and Apple Brandy. [Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel.] Atlanta, Ga, February 12.—1n the Senate, the following bills were passed: To incorporate the Covington Savings Bank; to incorporate the Milledgeville Manufacturing Company; to oreate a Board of Commissioners in Greene county; to reduce the compensation of the Treasurer of Greene county, to gether with a large number of local bills. In the House, the appropriation act was read a second time. The following bills were passed: To incorporate the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad Com pany; to regulate the pay of the Clerk of the House and the Seoretary of the Senate—the former to receive $l2O per day aud the latter S6O, they to employ all the clerical force needed, and the bill to take effect at the next session. A bill to repeal the act to create a State Board of Health was also passed. The special committee to whom was referred the message of Governor Col quitt in relation to the employment of attorneys by the preceding administra tion report that ex-Governor Smith was authorized to employ oounsel in oertain oases. Major Moses dissents from a majority of the oommittee, and submit ted a minority report, in whioh he says that there was no authority for employ ing oonnsel in the oases for whioh fees were paid out. The Convention bill was takeu up in the Honse this afternoon. The Senate amendment, whioh submits the question to the people, was further amended by submitting the Capital question of At lanta and Milledgeville to be voted upon at the same time. The bill as amended was then passed by yeas 85, nays 72. An effort will be made to strike out the amendments to-morrow, bnt it will fail, and the bill wijl go back to the Senate or concurrence in the House amend ment submitting Atlanta or Milledge ville to the people. W. Punitihnier t for Arson In the Country* The following bill has been offered by Mr. Smith, of Oglethorpe, in the House, the object of which is to make the pun ishment for arson in the country more severe. The law, as it now stands, makes the punishment for breaking and entering an out house in the night time, with intent to commit 8 felony or lar ceny a greater crime than the setting fire to the same and burning up the house and all it oontains. See section 4379 and 4388 Code of 1873. The burn ing of gin houses and other houses of value in the country has beoome a very oommon crime and the people demand that the punishment for suoh shall be more severe. A Bill to be entitled an act to amend seotion 437$ of the Cpde of 1873. Mr. Smith, of Oglethorpe, has also offered a resolution in the House, which reads as follows; Whereas, The Internal Revenue laws of the United States in relation to li cense and taxes upon the distillation of fruit are bearing heavily upon the peo ple; whereas, the pay of officers connect ed with the Internal Revenue Depart ment in relation to the same is often more than the tax collected and paid in to the Treasury of the United States Government, so that no revenue is real ly realized by the Government of the United States, and thereby imposing an unjust burden upon the people which is impolitic and unwise; therefore, Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Geor gia in General ffssembly, met that our members in Congress be requested to urge upon the Congress of the United States the repeal or modification of so much of the Internal Revenue laws of the United States as imposes a tax and license upon the distillation of fruit. Resolved, That a oopy of these resolu tions be transmitted by the Governor of this State to our Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress. The committee to whom was referred the foregoing bill and resolutions have reported favorably on both, and no doubt they will, as they ought, pass when they come up for a third reading. Siitardav’y Proceeding*. In tbp Senate Mr. Reese moved to reconsider so much of the journal as re lated to the passage of a bill to exempt all produce of the previous year held on April Ist for sale, and that the bill be set for a special order for Monday. Mr. Black made a speech in opposi tion to reconsideration. Mr. Reese favored the motion in a speech in reply to Mr. Black. Upon the motion of reoonsider the yeas and nays were called. The ye <s were 22 and the nays 19s, and the bill was reconsidered. By Mr. MoLeod : To incorporate the Herndou and Swains.boi;o Railroad Com pany. In the Rovisp Mr. Oloud offered an amendment to seotion 2 of the tax act to be known as paragraph 18, “upon the owners of dog or dogs the sum of SI for each dog owned.” Rejected by a large vote, Mr. Carlton moved to suspend the rules and read the bill relative to the olaims of Washington and other coun ties for expenses during the insurrec tion. The motion was advocated by Messrs. Phillips, of Cobb, Robson, Corker, Bloodworth, Whittle, and op posed by Mr. Fry. The motion to sus pend the rules prevailed, and the bill was read Rie sn?t time. Iteclncinjg Judicial C'lrclu,tn. The b,ili intfoffuped by the special committee on a reduction of the judicial circuits was read and referred to the Judioiary Committee. The bill abol ishes the Augusta, Albany, Ooonee and Rome Circuits, and provides for sixteen Circuits, viz: Atlanta—composed of the oounties of Campbell, Clayton, DeKalb and Ful ton. Blue Ridge to be composed of the counties of Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Milton, Paulding, Pickens,'' and Union. ° ‘ ■ RrUUswick composed of the oounties of Appling, Camden, Charlton, Coffee, Genn, Montgomery, Pierce, Telfair, Ware and Wayne. Chattahoochee to be composed of the counties of Chattahoochee, Harris, Ma rion, Muscogee, Quitman, Stewart, Tal bot and Taylor. Coweta to be composed of the coun ties of Coweta, parroll,' Fayette, Doug lass, Haralson, Heard, Merriwether, Polk, Troupe Cherokee to he composed of the counties of Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whit field. Eastern to be composed of the coun ties of Bryan, Bullock, Chatham, Effing ham, Liberty, Mclntosh, Tatnall. Flint to be composed of the counties of Batts, Henry, Monroe, Newton, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, Upsan and Wal ton. * 3 Macon to be composed of. the counties of Bibb, Crkwfdrd, Dodge, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilcox. Middle to be composed of the coun ties of Burke, Ema Dael, Glascock, Jef fersofl, Johnson, Laurens, Screven, Washington, Northern to be composed of the conn ties of Colombia, Elbert, Hancock, Lin coln, Madison, McDuffie, Bichmond, Warren. Ocmulgee to be composed of the coun ties of Baldwin, Greene, Jaspet, Jfones Morgan, Oglethorpe, putnaml Taliafer ro, Wilkiuaop, Vfiflf'eß. ! . Rataulato be composed of thp coun ties of Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Te t, gnf rty ’ Randolph, . Southern to be composed of the eonn tiesof Brooks, Berrien, Colquitt, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes, Mitchell, Thomas 10 h* composed of the counties o Houston, Lee, Ma con, Schley, Sumter, Webster, Worth. Western to be composed of the coun ties of Rapka, Clarke, Franklin, Gwin nett, ffabmsbam, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Oconee, Babon, White. Messrs. Dews, Freeman and Mcßae gave notice that they would submit, a minority report. Tke Funding Bill PumA-TI. Appropriate Art—The Statu, .f Butaew-AIpHUHit It— lMe Till Tharadg? [Speciai JJitfatch, to ifce Chroifrl* and Bentm*\ Atlanta, February 13.—1n the Sen ate the following bills were passed 5 To incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall of Adnata; to authorize Judge* of the Superior Courts to appoint report ers to take testimony in criminal oases; to change the time of holding the Supe- *2 A YEAR-POSTAGE PAID rior Court of Burke; to prohibit the sal of liqnors to minors. In the House, the bill to fund the en dorsed bonds of the Macon and Bruns wick Road in six per cent. State bonds passed.. The whole day was spent in discussing the appropriation act. The oommittee appointed to examine into the status of business before the Legis lature report that the business cannot be disposed of before Thursday week. P. W. Local Leglslutioo Monday. In the_ Senate, a bill to prohibit the sale of liquor within one mile of Berze- Ua Station, in this State, was passed. Iu the House, the following bills were read a third time : To prohibit the sale of liquor within three miles of Monnt Ziod, in Hanoook oounty. Passed. To empower the Board of Education to submit the question of a tax for school purposes to the freeholders of Jefferson oounty. Passed. To repeal an aot to fix the compensa tion of Tax Receiver and Oolleotor aud Treasurer iu Washington oouuty. Ta bled. To change the line between the coun ties of Madison and Clarke. Passed. To oreate a Board of Commissioners for Columbia county. Passed. To change the place of sheriff sales in MoDuffie oounty. Passed. Bills Passed—The Augusta Circuit—Mem bers’ Mileage aud Per Diem—The City Wards and Districts of Augusta. [impede! Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel.] Senate. Atlanta, Ga., February 14 — The fol lowing bills passed : To prescribe the mode of granting liquor lioenses in the counties of Burke and Jefferson; to pro vide for the manner of eleoting a Treas urer of Burke oounty; to define the ju risdiction of the County Court of Elbert county; to define the oAth to be admin istered to voters in the city of Augusta. The House Appropriation act is still under consideration. There will be no ohauge in the per diem and mileage of members. The Garnishment law will not be re enaoted; the bill to reduce the judicial cironits will not pass; the bill to make the militia districts conform to the wards in the oity of Augusta will not pass, for the reason that the Ordinary of the county has the power to make the changes contemplated by the bill. P. W. Tuesday’s Proceedings. In the Senate, the following bills were read a third time : A bill {or the relief of Gilbert L. Mat thews, of the oounty of Washington. Passed. A bill to reduce the number of jurors in the oounty of Jasper to seven. Passed. A bill to reduce the sheriff’s bond in the counties of Warren, Pierce and oth ers. Tabled. A bill to give the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners the power to imprison all delinquent par ties who refuse to work the road, or pay the regular road tax. Passed. A bill to ohange the line between the oounties of Taliaferro and Greene. The bill was recommitted with an amend ment offered by Mr. Dußose. A bill to establish a Board of Com missioners in the oonnty of Habersham. Passed. In the House : A bill to organise a County Criminal Court for the county of Washington. Amended and passed. A bill to repeal the act to define the per diem pay of grand and petit jurors of Emanuel county. Passed. A bill to amend the aot creating a Board of Commissioners far Emanuel oounty. Passed, Mr. Hood moved to reoonsider the action on the bill to repeal the aot to create the late Board of Health, and supported the motion in a cogent and earnest speech. Mr. Turnbull moved to lay the motion to reoonsider on the table, which mo tion prevailed. STATE SUPREME COURT. DECISIONS RENDERED IN ATLAN TA LAST TUESDAY. [Atlanta Constitution.] Bairds vs. Evans, et al. Ejectment, from Terrell, Wabnws, C. J, The plaintiff brought his action against the defendants to recover the possession of a lot of land described in his declara tion. On the trial of the case, the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants made a motion for anew trial, on the several grounds therein set forth, whioh was overruled by the Court, and the defendants excepted. There was no error in admitting in evi dence the deed from Alexander Holmes I toF. O. Welch. That deed purported to have been executed in the State of Florida, on the 4th of May, 1855, and had been recorded. The objection to its admission in evidence, was for the want of a proper probate, The deed ap pears to have been signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Moses Cur ry end Francis J, Wheaton, the sub scribing witnesses thereto. Although Wheaton, when he subscribed his name to the deed as a witness, did not add thereto that he was a Com missioner of Deeds for the State of Georgia, but his certificate is attached to the deed, in \&kfeh his official character is fully set forth, and the Courts §f this State are bound to recognise the official acts of its own commissioners appointed under the laws thereof to. take the probate and ac knowledgment of deeds m other States. The deed in this ease was attested by two one of wham was a Com missioner of Reeds for the State of Georgia, aa appears by hia oertifioate on the deed itself, and therefore comes within the ruling of this Court in Walls et al, vs. Smith et al., 19th Geo. Rep., 8. There was no error in striking the defendants equitable plea, in view of the allegations contained therein. The plea did not allege that the deed executed by Henrietta Y. Hart to Hart was made with the lqtonUop, to delay or de fraud tha of the plaintiff, or that he fmd any knowledge of it, nor did the ple% allege that suoh intention was kmowh to Eugene Hart, the party | taking the conveyance.—Code 1952. There was no error in ruling out the execution offered in evidenoe in favor of Isabelle Smith against Henrietta V. Hart, as oolor of <*r for the pur pose of showing title out of her. It is true that there is ap eptry on, the execu tion that the 1 nd was levied, on by the sheriff on the 2d of August, 1858, as the property of the defendant, H. Y. Hart, and was sojd op the $d of November, 1858; bqt who, was the pnrehaaer, does not appear, or that any deed under that sale waa ever made to any person for the land. There was no error in rating ont the parol evidence of Walker as to who purchased the land at the sheriff’s sale, so as to make the execution admissible in evidenoe as oolor of title oq which to base a prescriptive title by possession thereof must bp under written evidence of title, not part ip writing pnd part parol. Tj'ae equitable pfea having been properly stricken the evVWce °f Gill, offered jn support of it, was properly rejected. Ret the judgment pi the Court below bp affinped. Robertaop vs, Pharr. Traverse, from Sumter. Wabneb, C. J. It appears from the record and bill of exceptions in this case that the defend ant m a judgment, which had been ob tained against him in the Superior Court of Sumter county, made a motion in writing to traverse the sheriff’s re turn of servioe of the writ upon him in the origiuaf suit, in which he alleged, after Mating the case; '‘And now comes the defendant, and daring the first term after knowledge that any entry of ser vice was made serving him, defendant, by Matthew Kemp with a copy of the declaration, and traverses said return, and says the same is untrue and false, and he avers that no furvfee of any kind, personally or pfherwise. was ever per fected oh him. and of this he prays judgment," which was sworn to by ‘lie defendant in open Court* It having been made appear to the Court that Matthew Kemp, one oi the parties to the motion, was dead, it was ordered that leave be granted to make parties by the next term of the Court, or so soon there after administration can be bad on hia estate. The plaintiff in the judg ment demurred to the motion and moved the Court to dismiss it, which wss overruled by the Court, and the plaintiff exoeptod. Assuming the alle gations in the defendant’s motion to be true, as the demurrer does, there was no erroi in overrating it. Let the jndg ment of the Court below be affirmed. Haynes, et al„ vs. Battle. Ejeotment, from Schley. Warner, C. J. The plaintiff brought his action to re cover from the defendant eighty acres of land described in his declaration. On the trial of the ease .in equitable plea having been filed by the defendantalleg ing a mistake in the description of the number of the lot of laud iu the deeds found the following verdict: *‘We, the jury, find the seventy acres of land off of the last survey for the de fendant, an decree that the deeds, one from C. B Hudson, assiguee of Smith and one from Jasper Havnes to C R* Battle, and one from C. R. Battle to J*. R. Battle, be reformed so as to make them read as follows, to-wit: The north west corner and side of lot number 234 instead of number 233, the same being a mutual mistake of the parties.” The plaintiff made a motion to set aside the verdict, and for anew trial, on the grounds therein set forth, whioh was overruled by the Court and the plaintiff excepted. The principal ground of error insisted on here was that the verdict did not cover the issues made bv the pleadings inasmuch as it did not find the balance of the land sued for over and above the seventy acres for either the plaintiff or defendant. It appears from the evi dence in the record that the parties had submitted the matter in oontroversv be tween them respecting the laud to the decision of arbitrators, and that their award was road in evidence to the jury but what the award of the arbitrators was, „he record does not disolose. The verdict of the jury, under our practice, was in the nature of a decree in equity] and it may have been rendered in award* and with their views of the equitable rights of the parties as settled by the award of the arbitrators. If the award of the arbitrators did not authorize the verdict, as found and decreed by the* jury, it was incumberent on the plaintiff in error to have showed it by the pro duction of the award. The burden of showing that the verdict and decree of the jury was inequitable and unjust and unauthorized by the pleadings and evi dence was upon the plaintiff in error, and that not being made affirmatively to nppear in the record, we affirm the judgment of the Court below. Judg ment affirmed. Flewellen et al., vs. Fontaine et al. Equity, from Quitman. Wabner, C. J. The complainants filed their bill against the defendants with a prayer for relief and injunction upon the allega tions contained therein. On the trial of the case the jury under the charge of the Court found a verdict in favor of the defendants. A motion was made for a new trial on the various grounds of er ror alleged therein, which was overruled by the Court and the defendants ex cepted. The ease, as made by the com plainants’ bill and the evidence in the reoord, is in substance as follows: That in January, 1871, James T. Flewellen. the husband and father of complainants, obtained a homestead exemption in cer tain described lands, known as the Shorter place in Quitman county, for the benefit of his wife and children; that prior to obtaining said homestead ex emption the said Flewellen had exeont ed a mortgage upon said Shorter planta tion, to-wit: On the Ist of February, 1868, to secure the payment of a promissory note of that date due one day thereafter for the sum of $11,805 50, payable to the executors of J. Fontaine, deceased; that there was a judgment in favor of Bald win Sc Cos., against said Flewellen for the sum of $18,238 93 principal, and $1,788 80, for interest up to the 3d of May, 1867, the date of that judgment, which constituted a prior lien on thfe Shorter plantation than the mortgage to, the executors of Fontaine; that on the Ist Tuesday in April, 1874, all of the Shorter plantation was sold by the sheriff, except the homestead exemption, and the proceeds thereof applied to the payment of said judgment lien, leaving a balance due thereon of upwards of SB,OOO, whioh land was purohnsed at said sheriff’s sale by T. S. Fontaine, who has the sheriffs deed therefor. It also appears in the reoord, that on the 3d of November, 1871, Flewellen and T. S. Fantaine, one of the executors, en tered into an agreement in writing, by which it was stipulated that Flewellen. for himself and wife, should convey to* T. S. For.laine the entire interest of the. homestead in said shorter plantation, for the consideration of $3,000, to be paid by the said T. 8. Fontaine, and that the said TANARUS, S, Fontaine should pro ceed to foreclose said mortgage on alls the lanfl covered by it, sell and bid off the same at the mortgage sale, and the said Fontaine further agreed then to sell and convey all of said land so pur chased to said Flewellen, as trustee for his wife, provided he the said Flewellen should pay to him, the said Fontaine, SIO,OOO punctually on the Ist of Decem ber, 1873, but if the said SIO,OOO should not be paid on the Ist day of December, 1873, or tendered in payment by the said Flewellen, then the said Fontamo may keep the said possession o£ said lands, and be at liberty to sell '„ij e same to any other person. It appr arß from t j JO evidence of Flewellen ‘.nat after this written agreement vias made, that Fon tame and himself entered into a parol agreement toat if he should at any time sell sai(\ Shorter plantation before De cerp’um, 1873, for any sum over and above SIO,OOO, the said Fontaine agreed to pay him the excess as trustee for his wife, and that be did sell the same as agent of Foniaine to Green & Malthrop for $15,000, and the complainant in her bill olaims that excess as cestui que trust under her homestead claim in the land. The consideration mentioned in the deed conveying the homestead to- Fontaine is $3,000, with a covenant of warranty as to title. The complainant alleges in her bill that this $3,000 for the homestead was never paid by Fon taine. Upon this material point in the case the evidence is conflicting. The three notes for SI,OOO each attached to tb© defendant’s answer, signed by Fon taine, payahle to the order of Flewellen, and which were shown to have been en dorsed and negotiated by him., were proved to have been given for the home stead, and paid by Fontaine when due. Flewellen does not deny in his testi mony that he got the $3,000 from Fon taine, but says it was advanced to him to obtain supplies to run the Shorter plantation, and that he expended nearly all of it in taking up liens and advances made in the year 1871, to enable him to open anew acconnt with the merchants for the year 1872, and that none of it went to his wife and children in payment for the home stead land. It also appears from, the evidence in the record that tb* reasoci the land was not sold under the mort gage, as agreed to be done,, was because* Flewellen fieled a bill ip his own name enjoining said sale; and when that bill was dismissed, he procured the present bill to bp tiled by the complainant en joining the sale, so that Fontaine, the defendant, has never had the opportuni ty to sell said lands under the agree ment* It is quite apparent, we think, on the race of this transaction, as dis closed in the record, that the main ob ject and purpose of the parties in mak i ittg the alleged agreements set forth, was to secure Fontaine’s mortgage lien on the Shorter plantat on as well as tc protect the homestead exemption thereon from the prior lieu of the judgment credi tors c>f Flewellen under the Baldwin & Cos. judgment, which had been obtained against him, and. then to secure the en tire propertvtothe complainant in trust, as against the existing judgment credi tors of her husband. In such cases, as a general rule. Courts of equity will not be active in granting relief to either P a fty but will leave them where it find.-, them, as the jury did in this case. There being no substantial error in the charge of the Court in view of the facts dis closed in the record, and the presiding Judge before whom the case was tried being satisfied with the verdict, we will not interfere with the exercise of his discretion in overruling the motion for a hew trial. Let the judgment of the Court below be affirmed. The Comproiui*e llluxiralcd. [Burlington Bawkeye.] “Hold up a bit,” exclaimed the under man in a Front street fight yesterday af ternoon, trying to pull hfe thumb out of the top man’s mouth, and vainly strug gling to disentangle tha top man’s hand from his hair, and glr.noing with consid erable apprehension at the top man’s other hand, which was doubled up into a formidable fist, and coming down toward his face a thousand miles a minute, “Hold up a bit !> Let’s refer the rest of this fight to an arbitration committe and have a compromise oount, and agree be forehand to submit to the committee’s decision who licked Pleasonton’s theory can be parried: ont at Hammond’s.