The Greensboro patriot [May 7, 1873]

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iw IMO -LUH UKM HMOS irr Cabinet Maker, Undertaker.
*!i $ 4 |i »? $ 10 an.l
Wheel-Wright, .
Corner of Davie and Sycamore Streets.
Grecnsljoro, A*. C.
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Professional Cards.
« iiiinii and KOTM <>'»l ColHus.
which can be lnriiie.li.-d and delivered
within two bourn' notice.
A (rood Hearse always in readineea. A
— good line of
BED-BOOM FURNITURE
on band or made at short notice.
Pirlure Framm
Jno. 11. Dillard. Juu. A. Gilaier. Made on short notice, from either Gilt.
Murray ¥. Smith. Walnut or Mahogany Moulding.
Dillard, Gilmer & Smith, Repairing of Buggies, Carriages, Ac, a
stOr*ff* 1 '41t V
ATTORNKYS AT LAW ! t9- ConulTV produce go.il an can...
and f*l> Islj
.SOLICITORS IN BANKRUPTCY,
i I-}; e- orer Bank of Greeosboro, oppotH*
Bt-ntM.w H.»ii»»*.
PRACTICE in Slate and tVd-ral Courtn.
SptjciaJ atifiition glim lo matter*
J. E. O'Sullivan,
Tin Plate & Sheet IronWorker,
IlKAt.KK IN
Planished, Japanned A scamped
Bankruptcy, and esu.es arising under Inter-! lVI'S
. Rerenua, hi l'i-iriet Court of Western TI> WARE, SIUVJSJS,
Disirid of North Carolina. Collections in PUMPS, Lightning Rods, 4c; Stencil Pistes,
..dKedera. Co..,,. solicited.^ \ BRASS CHECKS,
for Hotels, Saloons, Ac.
r P. Mammamix. JOHN N..STAPLES. Gaa Kitting, Roofiug. Guttering,dVc.,|iromptly
MENDENHALL & STAPLES, mniimiii mi'-T*tr-T ' r—**•
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, before purchasing elsewhere. jun 2a:ly_
BIIEOSBOBO, W.C., j W. B. FJL'&ttJLR
Will practice in the Courts of Guilford.Roek-iu^'
liam, Davidson, Korsythe, Stokes, Rali-
• h.lph and alamanee: also. II. S.Circuit and
Special aUectioa given to
tioni in all peril ji the State, and M
Bankrupley,
If I IBee DIM door Ninth of Court House.
.Inn. 27: ly
v. . >. 1IAI.J., 'Illos. B. KBOOH,
BALL & KBOOH,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
<1P stairs, new Lindsay BaiMia&J
GRJESKSBOKO, K. C.
J:.N 18:1*
WliU-l
Watch-Maker,
Jeweler *.- Optician,
l.rrrllftboro, N. C,
Has constantly on hand
a splendid a»sor!iiicii! of
kaabionable Jewelry,
and aonte splendid
ll'atdirs owl doefcs,
Id <li.-..|. for Caabl
\. M, BCALI B, J.I. SCALKs.
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
Qreeoaboro, , C,
Er-Watchw, Cloeki
<ilii.ies,Aiiil Pintols repair...!
notii'
Knst '.lat
V9' An assortetl stock ofGbna, Pistols,
Cartridges, Ac, always on hand.
nut rmtois repair^ii elieap and on sliorl
Call oppoait* the Old Alhriglil Hotel,
aiket Strict. Hi-ly
PRACTICEin ihe SlateandFederalConrla.
A. M. Scales will aiieml ihe Probate
Court off Hockiii^ham Cnuiity at Welilworth
on the l>t Monday of-very "' ■:it'i. janl.*<:liiO|i
A. -. MKKKIHIIN. 1IIOS. C. ltl.l.KI!.
*. A. ASIIK.
MERR1MON, FULLEB A A8HE,
AttorneysitCounselloraatLa^
RaUigh, H. C,
' II.I, |.14. M. e in the State and Federal
\Y Courts wherever their services may
e lispiir
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.Former office of Phillip A Merri-mar
W.'Ma
RALPH GOBRELL,
DAVID SCOTT,
Jeweller and Watrlimaker,
North Kim St., East side of the Court Howe
Will Work for Half-Price
In repairing Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
april °."i:ly
R. H. II. WILSON,
LIFE & FIRE lNSUIJANC: AGENT,
Greensboro, N. C,
REPRESENTS firat-olAM Conpsniei
with an aKgrejcate capital of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
Attorne)' and Counsellor at Law. a,„i r„„ carry a foil use at lair rates.
ANi, ry-<>Hice. up stairs over Wilson A Slio-
.SOLICITOR IN BANKBUPTOY,
Greensboro, N. C,
11* II.I. prai tiee in Iheeonrtaof Alamanee,
11 Davidson, (Juiltonl and Randolph, and
ill Ihe Supreme Court of North Carolina.
And also in ihe District and Circuit courts
nl Ihe United States, in the Western District
! \ t , and specially in cases in bankrupt-,
Cy and Internal Revenue.
Prompt attention given to collections, and
all other business committed to his care.
Hii-iness in the above named courts solicit-ed
Office, on North Kim street, opposite the
Court Huuaer- ap 30-1/
OR. HOWARD LINDSAY,
Physician and Surgeon,
kFFERS lii■* professional services to
her's Rank, iiliuci the cllici.-nl -iijirviston
of w. ii. mix,
who will at all times be glad to wait on
all who tlesire either
Life or Fire Policies.
mar 14: ly
GhM. G. Yates,
MAMKACTlRKIt 4»1'
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Ware
AND dt-aU-r iu Dry UIMHN, Hats, Buota and
Shu.--. Wood V\ are, Lamp'*, Crockvrj,
«ud (ilaHH War**, Gn-ct-i.e**, SltiVt-n, and as-sorted
Good-*, gOHnJJy. No. 81 Booth Elm
ISllvrl, Grvcii'-boio, N.C Goud>> wild l»>w lor
nib. or barter. jan 11': ly
ol
i )u- citixeu of Green-*boro and vicinily.
■p9-ly
D. A. k R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
H-tving a»-iocia
led Ibcuiselves
in t ho praetici* of
DENTIHTRV,
respoctfollj oiler
tin ir pror«jM»ion.-
al servicen to tbe
tlll/flis of
GiweDaboro, |
and tbe ■oiroou-ir
tin- other of tln-m
d at their oilier OB
Btatta, entrance Easl
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g country . tine i
i .in :ll\\ :i\ s be fonj
Liudaay'a corner tip
Market. Street.
Satisfactory reference given, if desired,'
front our reapective patrons during the
past twelve or fifteen years. *J 13: t f
I'll. B A. CHEEK,
Physician and Surgeon,
\t'llli experience of IS yeara, oflera
his pi pakmal ■ I ricea lo tin eituteH
i i Uravnaboro .mil vicinity.
Office suil Residence on Weal Market St.,
hid Felioivs Hall.
KKFKKEHCEB :
DrWm T Howard, Baltimore, Md; Drs
Wilson A K.e.te. Wamaton, N <^: Dr E
lll"k- llaya . !.. N C. Di J II
Di kej . Ilarion N C. ap SO-tm
DB. UOl'.T. II. TOWLES,
HillMUtl.V UK l:,l KI.IU.
HAS settled bete and ..Hers his aervicea'.
in the prutiee of nedtoiira lo ihe 'H waitamtod
oitizeofl oi
GBEENSBORO.
Otlice over Callulu's Drug Store.
mar 19:1*
N. II. D. WILSON. Cn.ts. E, BnOBEB
« II.MF-V II Mil.1(1 li
BANKERS,
OKKEXSBOHO, K. C,
(South Kliu Street, opposite Express Office.
BUY and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes,
State and Government iioluls, Rail Road
Stoeka and Bonds, dec.
|#*" Receive Money on deposit subject to
SIGHT CHECK; and allow illlcrosl
in kind anon lime depositsolCl'KRKNCY
or SPECIE.
DiHCUUllt JlUstillfMN I'lljn r!
Colletlions made at all secftjsiMe poiuls.
Sept. HUli. ly
WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
OPTICIAJST,
No.11 Sooth BIB Street, Greensboro, N.C.
HAS ■ beaatrfrj atoek of Watches.
Clocks, Jewelry, Plated Ware. Pis-tols,
Cartridges, Notions, die. All repair*
A large and line slock of
«...!.I r.ns. dee 45:ly
T
i'i.i\rt:K> no it i..
his House Is pleasantlylorat- ft
^oro±ooks/n
C.W. %
"•'.-a
ed on Eaal Street near the Court'
House.and is ready for the reception o'
Boardera and Travel, rs.
Till: TABLE
Is always supplied with the best the mar-ket
atior.ls I
Areiiicharg. of, aieful and attentive host- I AHljUHUlfGH HOUSE
lera and no paina are apared in auy rea-l
peel to render guests comfortable.
Attached to in,- Planbar-ala always sun-plu-
d with Ihe best Wines, Liquors and! s Kara
STOP AT T1IK
Iialeigb, N. C.
G. W. Blaiknell, Proprietor.
, UYERY STAtLiS
Hare lately been attached to this Hotel,
and panics wishiug conveyances, can he
a. loiioHiai.d wiih Good Teams.
r?"l'rices aa low, if not lower than anT
other hotel iu town. JOHN T. REESE,
»:'y Proprietor.
JOB WORK
Of EVERY Description,
Execute.! In tin-
VERT BEST STILE,
And at New York prices, at the
The Old Coat -»j#-Gray.
BY BLOXDISK.
It liea there alone—it ia rnsty and faded—
With a patch on the elbow, a bole in
the aide.
Mot we think of the bravo boy who wore
it, and ever
Look on it with pleasure and tonch it
with pride.
A liislory clings to it—over and over,
patriots bave done, that this heath consider the tine policy of the State
en Mogul the PenogjIvania Central. for oar own , £ ,
w.ll not do T What harm baa tbe in all ot our road* and to have them
lease done the State t I challenge identified iu interest and
arty one to name the case with facts
anil figures. But Raleigh will be
damaged! How so! What if it
is t Is all tbe center and west to
be held tributary to Raleigh ! Will
We-eeaproodvonth hurried off to the. this sacrifice cheapen or improve
the board of the members of the
legislature? What does Raleigh
do for the State at large, and what |
country can afford to build great
cities, unless the cities rpfiect bene-fit
upon I be conntry* Every good
citizen desires tbe success of the
State capital, but cannot and will
not pay heavy additiouul freight on
men and merchandise for au end
even thus desirable.
This is by no means tbe first time
in histoiy that individuals, through
corporations end otherwise, bave
made tbe State pay tribute to their
personal aggrandisement; and then
wheu exposed and defeated, have
appealed to State pride and to State
prejudices. But the times are
changing, *and private enterprise
and profit can no longer receive thp
profits and be clothed iu the official
robes of tbe commonwealth.
The writer of this has no finan-cial
interest in any road and is no
way related to those who have,'but
he heartily detests selfishness in
every form, and abhors the canting
patriot as intensely as he does any
other form of galvanized meanness.
I cballege the oppouehts of the
fray.
With his form like tho oak and his eye
like the eagle's
How gallant he rode in the ranks of the
" Gray.'-
It is rntiKh, it is worn, it is tattered in
places.
Hut I love it the more for the story It
him *
A story of courage in struggle with sor-rows.
And a heart that bore bravely its bur-den
of cares;
It is ragged and rusty, but ah I it was
shining
In the silkiest sheen when he wore it
away
And his smile was as bright as the glad
summer morning.
When he sprang lo hisplace iu the ranks
of tho " Gray."
There's a rip in the sleeve, and the color
is tarnished,
Tho buttons all gone with their glitter
anil gold ;
'Tisa thing of the past, and we reverently
lay it
Away with the treasures and relics of old
As the gifts of a love, aolemn, sweet and
unsfioken
Are cherished aa leaves from a long
vanished dav,
Wo will keep tbe "old jacket for the sake
of the loved one
Who rode ia the van of the ranks of tho
• Gray."
Shot through with a ballet-right her. in !™*> and wide gauge, to a compar-the
shoulder, \ i"0" of services, principles, motives,
And down there the pocket is splintered character autl results.
and soiled, CITIZEN.
Ah ! more, see the lining is stained and
discolored I
Yea, blood drops tho texture hath stiff-ened
and spoiled.
It came when he rode at the head of the
column.
Charging down in the battle one dead-liest
day ;
When sqnadron of foeman were broken
asunder.
And victory rode with the ranks of tho
• Gray,"
It's memory ia sweetness ami sorrow com-mingled—
To me it is precious—more precious
than gold,
In the rent and the shot hole a volume is
written,
On the stains on Ihe lining is agony told.
That was ten years ago, when iu life's
suuuy morning,
Ho rode with his comrades down into
the fray,
And the old coat lie wore and the good
sword he wielded,
Were all Ilia' came bi.ck from the ranks
of the "Gray."
And it lies there alone: I'll reverence it
ever
The patch on the elbow ami tho hole iu
the side,
For a gallauler heart never beat than the
loved one
Who wore it with honor and soldierly-pi
iilc.
Let me brush off the dust from its tatters
ami tarnish,
Let me fold it up closely and lay it away,
It is all that is 1,-it of the loved and the
lost one.
Who fought for the right in the ranks
of the "Gray."
I
Written for the Patriot.
North Carolina Railroad.
It was proposed by the Richmond
& Danville corporation to alter the
gange on the N (.'. Railroad from
Greensboro to Charlotte, and at
once the old ring was red lint, ami
tbe ex ■directors of North Carolina
wen- in motion and agony. The
public would be glad to know who
was at the bottom of that injunction
ami what were their motives.
I am not now advocating an al-teration
of the gauge, but desire to
know who is so patriotic and why
they are so. Such patriotism is too
tremendous to be hidden under a
bushel, and ia too sudden to be with-out
an apparent tincture of intense
selfishness. Suppose the Richmond
& Danville Road is a monopoly,
and the advocates of ils plans are a
ring, there is an older monopoly and
an older ring in this State. Men,
who by their own showing, have
controlled the destinies of the State
anil made what they called the good
times of the past. Hereafter I in-tend
to show what they have done,
and in so doing to show that tbev
have honored, enriched and accom-modated
themselves only. In the
discussion of public measures, I dis-like
all personalities, and al! resorts
to the a njII in ailII in ail hominem, and
more especially arc the indulgence
ol vindictive passion and the ven-omous
use. of scurrilous epithets to
be detested; but when the press
representative of a man, or of men,
private conversation, and even do-mestic
life, become personal, Intol-erant
and constantly offensive, it is
time to use a whip of scorpions and
a tongue of tire.
I do not now discuss the merits
of Ihe Richmond & Danville corpo-ration
; but I hold up to scorn and
detestation the spirit that persecutes
every thing not ot North Carolina
origin and control. Suppose the
corporation belongs to nuother
state; suppose that state is some-thing
haughty and boasts too much
of .lohn Smith and I'ocahontas;
and suppose that the corporation is
very rich and very powerlul : what
have these things to do witli busi-ness
and work J Shall the stranger
with abundant brain, muscle nnd
money, lie booted aud stoned sim-ply
because he is a stranger! Shall
insatiate greed and imbecile ambi-tion
reign over unprofitable roads,
barren fields and impoverished citi-zens,
under the vaiu pretence of
making the Capital a commercial
city, or the marshes of Beaufort an
eiiipoi iIIIII of trade ? Shall unlimit-ed
resources and first-class ability
be continually villified, crippled and
driven from tbe State, that political
failures mayregain offlee,centralized
corporations rule the State, old ben-eficiaries
receive quasi annuities,
anil incapacity have sufficient broad
cloth and bread 1
r>- *»#*• Wuhaavt m""e-aann tihnet-s.-ee aanuaaithtieemiiKaiss aanutdl
KatriOt JOD OfflCe. signals of alarm! What would our
For the Patriot.
Rail Roads.
While Pennsylvania and other
States are devising constitutional
amendments to manage competing
lines of improvement, and prohibit-
, ing auy railroad improvements iii
! the State from leasing a competing
line or lines, there are those in this
: State who profess to be greatly op
posed to railroad rings and monop-olies,
that are doing all in their
power to aid Virginia in carrying
: out, what General Mahone & Co.
arc pleased to style "the well estab-lished
policy of Virginia." To wit:
to make the so-called Atlantic, Mis-sippi
& Ohio Railroad the sole and
only five loot gauge railroad ex-tending
from Atlanta to the Allan-tic
coast.
To give more plausibility and ef-fect
to this exclusive claim of Vir-ginia,
the Southern Commercial
Convention was iuduced, on two
several occasions, if I mistake not,
to pass otie or more resolutions in
which that body declared that the
aforesaid old Virginia & Tennessee
Railroad was decided to be the only
proper terminus of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company.
And (Jen. Mabnuc and his pecu-liar
friends have been ever since he
took possession of the road in ques-tion,
laboring might and main to
carry out and perfect this—the well
established policy of Virginia—that
is to enable the so-called Atlantic,
Mississippi &OhioItailrond.like the
Seaboard & Roanoke and the Bay
Liue of Steamers, with attachments,
to become close and independent
monopolies. This well established
Slate policy may suit Mahone, Rob
iiison and parties directly in-terested
in these works re
spectively; but, bow tin-executive
of this State ami many ol
the leading politicians • of both po-litical
parties, can lend their aid and
influence, and the funds in the
treasury of the State and Western
N. C. Railroad—collected from our
poverty stricken people iu the way
of taxes, freight autl passage, to
Gen. Mahone & Co., to carry out
the well established monopoly state
policy, is beyond thecomprehension
ol all patriotic and intelligent men
in this State. Instead of uniting
enthusiastically, heart autl hand,
with those who are rapidly con
structing the Southern Pacific and
have under their control all the five
feet gauge mails to the cities ol
Charlotte anil Knoxville, to get
them to extend our mad from Sal-isbury
to Knoxville, antl to take a
lease on the N, C & Atlantic, Fay-etteville
& Western Rail Roads,
change them to the same gauge ot
the Charlotte & Atlanta and all the
connecting lines with the Southern
pacific Road.
The interested friends ot the well
established State policy ot Gen.
Mahone & Co. arc bellowing out
more hideous growls than were ever
uttered by the most sonorous sqne-dunkof
modern times, against the
completion of cither thel'ayeltcville
or Western Railroads to their ob-jective
points or terminations, as
well as any change ot the gauge of
any part or all ofthe.se roads.
And 1 am sorry to say they have
by pulling the right strings at the
right time and in the right manner
they bave induced the Governor to
lend bis aid and influence and the
funds of the State to aid them in
taking appeals nnd Boeing out in
junctions, iu order to breakdown
our improvements, or, at least, de-lay
them from being complel.d for
as great a length of time as possible
—to aid Gen. Mahone & Co. to car-rv
out tbe well established policy ol
Virgiuia—to give tbe roads enter
ing Norfolk an absolute monopoly
of all the freight seeking sbipmeut
at that port.
If the parties to this scheme suc-ceed
in carrying it ont to comple-tion,
tbe Bay Line of Steamers, the
Seaboard & Roanoke, Raleigh &
Gaston, tbe so called Atlantic. Ohio
& MississippiRailroads,liko the two
first named, will soon be able to
water their stock four or five times
over again.
lint your space well not permit
me to say more—suffice it to say, I
_ manage-ment
as well in tbeir width of gauge
with all the Southern roads not ex-cepting
the Great Southern Pacific
Railroad. PEWIT.
The Homestead Decision.
The following is the recent deci-sion
of tbe Supreme Court of tbe
United States on tbe retroactive
feature of the homestead acts:
SI'PREME COURT OF THE C. 8.
No. 185—December Term, 1872.
John McK. Guun, Plaintiff in Er-ror,
vs.
Charles P. Barry.
In error to the Supreme Court of the
State of Georgia,
Mr. Justice Swayne delivered the
opinion of the Court.
This is a writ of error to the
SupremeConrt of the State of Geor-gia.
On the 12th of May, I860, the
plaintiff in error recovered in the
superior court of Randolph county
a judgment against Wm. R. Hart
for tbe sum of $402.30 principal.aud
§129.00 interest np to the judgment
aud costs. An execution was issu-ed
upou the jndgmeut, and placed
iu the hands of the defendant in
error as sheriff of that county. He
was thereby commanded to make
the sums above mentioned and
further interest upon the principal
from the 12th of May, 18CC, and
the costs. The plaintiff in error re-quested
him to levy upon a tract of
land of 272J acres, belonging to
Hart,the defendant in tbe judgment
Barry refused. He assigned as the
only reason for his refusal that the
premises had been set off to Hart
under the provisions of the act
passed by the General Assembly of
the State, and approved October.1,
1869, entitled "Au act to provido
for setting apart a homestead of re-alty
and personalty, and for the
valuation of said property, and for
the full and complete protection
and security of the same to the sole
use and benefit of families, as re-quired
by section Uist of article
seventh of the constitution, and for
other purposes."
trtinn thereupon petitioned the
superior court of the county for a
writ of mandamus to compel the
sheriff lo make the levy.
The petition set forth that the
land in question was the only pro-perty
known to him subject to the
lien of his judgment, except a tract
ol 2S acres of the value of 8100, sit-uated
iu the county ot Smart,which
nas also included in the homestead
so set apart: that the premises in
question were worth the sum of
•1,300, ami that they embraced a
inuch larger number of acres than
tbe real estate exempt from levy
and sale by the laws in force when
the judgment was recovered, aud
when the debt on which it was
banded was contracted.
It does not appear that those al-legations
were denied, and we do
not understand that there is any
controversy upon the subject.
After a lull hearing the court
affirmed tbe validity of the act in
its retrospective aspect, and gave
judgment against the petitioner.—
The supremo court of the State af-firmed
this judgment.
The first seel ion of the seventh
article of the constitution of Geor-gia
of 1868-prOvides thaf'ench bead
of a family, vvr guardian or trustee
of n family or minor children, shall
be entitled to a homestead of realty
to the value of $2,000 in specie,and
personal property to the valne of
91,000 in specie, lo be valued at
the time they are set apart, and no
court or ministerial officer in this
State shall ever bave jurisdiction
or authority to enforce any judg-ment,
decree or execution against
said property so set apart, includ-ing
such improvement as may be
made thereon from time to time,
except for taxes, money borrowed
or expended in the improvement of
the homestead, or for the purchase
money of Ihe same, and for labor
<l thereon, or material furnished
dred dollars in value, to be selected
by himself."
So one can cast his eyes over the
former and latter exemptions, with-out
being struck by the great in-creased
magnitude of tbe latter.
Section 10 ot Article 1 of the
Constitution of the United States
declares that "no State shall pass
Setting Water on Fire. A new
and Valuable Invention.
For a long time scientists bave
believed it possible to so disinteg
rate steam as to thoroughly separate creasing enterprise' until
its chemical elements. Many plans amassed the enormous sum of fifty
for tbe accomplishment of this pur- million dollars.
In^lliotialrM of Ifvw Tort.
POOB OHCM—rnT,rnt BICH IKIW
Of tbe New York mailonairea
hardlv any one I can think of, ex-cept
William B. Astor, inherited
any part of his property, and Astor
is one of the very tew ■»•■ of vaat
inheritance who bave increased in-stead
of diminishing it What a
long list of self-created sons of Cro>
sus bave we here.
There is Cornelius Vanderbilt,
who began life with an old pirogue,
running betweenStatkm Island and
this city, and carrying garden stuff
to market. With two or three
thousand dollars raised from that
source, he entered upon steadily In-he
has
pose have been tried with different
any law impairing the obligation of d'&rees of success, but none have
contracts." possessed merit enough to render
If tbe remedy is a part of the ob-1tBem ot. »nT Practical value to the
therefor, or removal of incumbran-ccs
thereon.
The first section of the act of the
:;.l of October, 1S0.S, is in the same
terms.
It may well be doubted whether
both these provisions were not in-tended
to be wholly prospective In
their effect.
Bui aa we understand the su-pie
court of the State has come
to a different conclusion, we shall
not consider the question.
The statue in force when the
judgment Was rendered declared
that the following property belong-im.'
to a debter who WHS the head
of a family should be exempt from
levj and sale, lo wit:
'•Fifty acres <■» land and five ad-ditional
ones for each of his chil-dren
under the age ol sixteen years,
the land to include the dwelling
house, if the same and improve
mints do nol exceed two hundred
dol'ars; one larm horse or mule,
one cow nnd calf, ten bead of hogs,
and fifty dollars worth of provi-sions,
and five dollars worth addi-tional
for each child J beds, bed
ding, and common bedsteads suffi-cient
for the family; one loom, one
spinning wheel and two pairs of
cauls, and one hundred pounds of
lint cotton ; common tools of trade
lor himself aud bis wife; equip
mentsand arms of a militia soldier
and trooper's horse; ordinary cook-ing
utensils aud table crockery ;—
wearing apparel of himself and
family; family Bible, religious
works and school .books; family
portraits; tbe library of a profes-sional
man in actual practice or
business, not exceeding three hnn-ligation
of the contract, a clearer
case of impairment can hardly oc-cur
than is presented in the record
before us.
The effect of the act in question,
tinder the circumstances of this
judgment, does not indeed merely
impair, it annihilates tbe remedy.—
There is none left. But tbe act
reaches still further. It withdraws
the land from the lien of the judg-ment,
and thus destroys a vested
right of property which the creditor
had acquired in tbe pursuit of the
remedy to which he was entitled by
the law as it stood when the judg-ment
was recovered. It is in effect
taking one person's property and
giving it to another without com-pensation.
This is contrary to rea-son
and to the fundamental princi-ples
of the social compact. I 'alder
vs. Bull, 3 Dall.,388. But we must
confine ourselves to tbe constitu-mechanical
world. But there are
now in this city two gentlemen who
are the possessors of an invention
which folly accomplishes tbe utili-zation
of the hydrogen contained in
steam, and by burning it in conjunc-tion
with oxygen and carbon cre-ates
the most intense heat ever
yet made available for mechanical
purposes. Undoubtedly it will ere
ate a revolution in the building of
smelting furnaces, and such others
as require a great heat for their suc-cessful
operation.
The principle upon which the
invention rests is not new, though
its practical application is It con-sists
in burning streams of hydro
gen and oxygeu gasses the result
of wbicb is to produce a degree of
heat wholly unattainable by ordi-nary
means. The Drummnnil, or
Calcium light is based upon this
principle, it consisting of a piece of
tional aspect of tbe case. A few ; lime acted upon by an oxy-hydrogen
more remarks will be sufficient to !™me
L
whlcl! , bnnBs the lime to
hite beat of dazzling brilliancy.
It is in the application of * the
dispose of it.
It involves no question which
has not been more than once fully
considered by this court.
principle of the oxy hydrogen flame
and tbe manner of eliminating tho
Georgia, since she came into the '■ hydr°Ken fmm disintegrated stream
Union as one of the original thir-. that the pith and value of tho in
teen States, has never been a State : yention consists. The inventor,
out of tha Union. Her constitu-! Mr- Lewl8 Stevens, has for many
tional rights were, for a time, nee- pars been engaged upon the prob
essarilv put in abeyance, but her [em °.f ptilrang tbe hydrogen con-constitutional
disabilities were in . ta.Ined.,n water, and by producing
nowise affected by her rebellion.— ahead that should be tho most in
The same view is to be taken of the ten,e known. and at the same time
provision in her organic law and not exceed in cost the beat produc
of tbe statute in question, as if she ers now in use.
had been iu full communion with
her sister States when she gave
them being.
Though her constitution was
sanctioned by Congress, this provi-sion
can in no sense be considered
au act of that body. The sanction
was only permissive as a part of
the process of her rehabilitation,
and involved nothing affirmative
or negative beyond that event. If
it were express and unequivocal,
the result would be the same. Con-gress
cannot, by authorization or
ratification, give the slightest ef-fect
to a State law or constitution
in conflict with the Constitution of onghlv than
the United States. That instru-ment
is above and beyond the
power of Congress and the States,
and is alike obligatory upon both.
A State can no more impair au
existing contract" by a constitu-tional
provision than by n legis-lative
act; both are within tbe pro-hibition
of tho national Constitu-tion.
The legal remedies for the en-forcerhent
of a contract, wbicb be-long
to it, at the time and place
where it is made, are a part of its
obligation. A State may change
them, provided the change involve
no impairment of a substantial
right.
If the provision of the constitu-tion.
or the legislative act of a State,
fall witbiu the category last men-tioned,
they are to that extent
utterly void. They are, for all the
which
A WOXDERFfL SUOOHSJ,
In this task be has finally suc-ceeded,
as an examination of bis in-vention
will at once convince any
one who sees it in operation and
observes the intensity of the beat
produced by it. The process is
simple and will be easily under-stood
by any one. at all" familiar
with chemistry, while to the miner,
who cares less for causes than for
effects, a brief examination of the
results will convince him that, in
this recently invented furnace, he
has found oue that will reduce his
ores much more quickly and thor-any
other in use, anil
that, too, with a great saving in la-bor
nnd fnel.
HYDROGEN FROM BTBaJa.
The most salient feature ol the
invention is the disintegration of
steam. The steam is taken from
the boiler at a pressure of eighty
pounds antl passed through a series
of pipes, at each turn of which is a
flat metal plate. When the sleatn
has passed through this pipe it is
thoroughly disintegrated. Tin-next
step is the thorougii and com-plete
elimination of tbe hydrogen
from the steam. This is done in
the experiment by using the carbon
of coal tar. which unites with the
oxygen of the steam, thus selling
the hydrogen completely free. The
oxygen of the air then combines
with the hydrogen, and their com
bnstion produces a beat so intense
purposes of the contract aud all powerfnl that it must be
they impair, as if they bad never seen to be appreciated.
existed.
The constitutional provision and
statute here in question, are clearly
within that category,and, therefore,
are void
The jurisdictional prohibition
which they contain with respect to
the courts of the State, can, there-fore,
form no impediment to the
SMELTING ORES.
For the smelting of ores this fur-nace
seems peculiarly adapted, and
it will easily reduce two tons |a-r
hour of any galena ore. The heat
produced is so ]>owcrfu! and pene-trating
that Ihe ores are reduced
not only rapidly, but most thor-oughly.
To mine owners this di-plaintiff
in error in the enforcement Covery is one ot the utmost ii.ipor
.,f his rights touching this judg- ; taace> the more ,„, „1Ht ,,„. M|^,,
meat, as those rights are recogiiiz-1 of gage8 once reKU|a|ed the furnace
ed by this court, \\hito against needH no lurtilt,r attention, and
Hart, IS Wall., 040; von Hoftman • wj„ roar awav lor w,.,.ks ,vitlim„
vs. The City of Quiucey, 0W. I needing the slightest care. In ad
The judgment of the Supreme ditiorii ^ auiount 0f bent can be
Court of Georgia is reversed, and regulated as easily—aud in much
the cause will be remanded to that tb<, 8ame way_ai( call Iu(. umoiuil
court with directions to enter a of |jK|lt fr0lu a gas-burner. Once
judgment of reveisal, to reverse the ! restated there is never the slight-judgment
of the Superior Court of Mt variatioii, and the work of re
Randolph county, and thereafter to j dacti<tn cau RO ou wit|,oiir ;|I1V
proceed in conformity to this opin- (tare being paid to tbe furnace it-ion.
D. W. MIDDLETON,
C. S. C. U. S.
The Sad Fate of an Author.
Foley Hall, tbe author of "Ever
of Thee I'm FondlyDreamlug," was
a gentleman of wealth and great
intellectual endowment. Admired
and petted, be led a wild, helpless
life, iu which his vealth melted
away, until he had not wherewithal
to buy his daily bread. The wo-man
he had loved discarded him.—
In the deepest distress he compos-ed
this dimming song. A London
publisher gave him one hundred
dollars for it—a mere pittance for
such a spendthrift. He wrote oth-er
successful songs, bnt in a mo-ment
of weakness, depressed with
poverty, he forged the name of his
publisher; and, notwithstanding
most strenuous efforts in his behalf
was matle by bis friends, in which
the publisher joined, Foley Hall
was thrown into Newgate prison,
where he died, broken-hearted, be-fore
bis trial came on.
self.
ITS MANY USES.
Nor is it to smelting alone that
this invention is applicable. It can
be applied to glass making, besting
boilers, or to any purposes lm
which a high degree of heat is
needed. Especially should it be
a[ plied to locomotive engines, fof
by its uses the danger of files from
scattered coals or Hying tinders
would be entirely avoided. For
steamships this new process of ob
tabling heat would be of much val-ue,
inasmuch as the consumption
ot coal would amount to but a
fraction of what is now requited.—
In addition, the carrying capacity
ot steamers would be greatly in-creased
by obtaining the rooui now
used for the reception of fuel.—Son
Francisco.
A Dentist preen ted a bill for the
tenth time to a rich skin flint. "It
strikes me," said tbe latter, "that
this is a very round bill. " Yes,"
replied the dentist, "I've sent it
round often enoag to make it ap
pear so, and I have called now to
get it squared."
Sweet home—A beehive.
Field exercise—Plowing.
Alexander T Stewart first bought
a few laces at auction, and opened
his way to success in Broadway,
near the site of his wholesale estab-lishment.
Daniel Drew in his early career
was a cattle driver at the munifi-cent
rate of 75 cents a day, and he
has now driven himself into an es-tate
valued at from twenty-five to
thirty million dollars.
George Law, forty-five years ago,
was a common day laborer on the
docks, and at present counts his
fortune at something like ten mil-lion
dollars.
Robert L. and Alexander Stuart,
the noted sugar refiners, in tbeir
boyhood sold molasses candy,which
their widowed mother had made, at
a cent a stick, and to-day are worth
probably from five to six million
dollars apiece.
Marshall O. Roberts is the pos-sessor
of four or five million dollars,
aud yet, until be was twenty-five,
he ditl not bave one hundred he
could call his own.
Horace B. Clafflin, tbe eminent
dry goods merchant, worth, it is
estimated, twelve million dollars,
commenced tbe world with nothing
but euergy.determination and hope,
and see bow maguicently he has in-vested
them!
Kissing.
How many different kinds of kiss-es
the Poets tell us of I How they
compare them, to all things in this
world, and tbe uext.
There are kisses balmy as dew—
as sweet as honey—with a pleasant
kind of n musk—persuasive kisses
—scornful kisses—rosy kisses—kiss-es
like wine, (uot to be indulged in
by teetotalers we presume,) kisses
like velvet, (very soft indeed.) The
virgin kiss, like tbe snowdrop—the
tell tale kiss, and the burning kiss;
which latter we suppose, is of the
kind that tbe burned cork songster
told us of, when the monkey married
the baboon's lister, and "kissed so
hard he raised a blister." A very
"buruing" kiss, certainly. Well
after all that cau be said, kissing
is a great institution, and well has
been married in immortal verse to
bliss.
We remember even yet, the first
kiss we received from a sweatheart,
Jupiter save us! But wasn't it de-licious.
Every hair in our bead was
like the tongue of a jewsharp. and
there was a strange tingling down
to the very toes of our boots.
Why tbe darling curly headed
girl just turned her mouth np like a
bird, and—well never was a clover
top more roblied of its honey, by a
striving liee, than those red lips.—
We thought wo were in heaven, and
a hundred thousand of angels were
playing, •' Come rest in this bosom,"
on golden harps, that the comet was
seeking several turns around ns,
with his fiery tail,that we were tak-ing
a driuk from tbe milky way ;
and that all the disembodied spirits
were tickling us with feathers.
We thought—But there comes
the imp of tbe printing office after
copy, so what we thought must
remain a secret. But just get a
pretty girl, with cheeks like roses,
breath as sweet as new mown bay,
and lips as red as the epaulet of a
swamp black bird, aud try it your-self!
That's all.
C/ic«j> Poultry Yard.—Set posts
firmly in the ground, six feet high,
eight apart. Take No. 9 wire, and
stretch from poat to post outside,
fastening with staples made of wire
driven into posts. Place three wires
one inch apart, one foot from the
ground ; another three at three feet
ten inches from the ground ; anoth-er
three at top of posts. Take com.
mou laths and weave in, leaving
three inches space between sides of
each. This makes the fence fonr
feet high. Tbeu take other laths,
picket one end, and cbamter the
other like a chisel blade, aud inter-weave
among tbe top wires; then
shove the chamfered edge down be-side
the top of tbe bottom lath, lap-ping
under wires two inches. This
makes a aheap, durable, pretty
fence, that is seven feet and ten
inches high, and fowl-tight. Wires
should lie left somewhat slack as
iutei weaving the laths will take it
up.—/. IV. Lang in The Poultry
World.
A Practical Joke.—Thousands ol
people stood star-gazing iu Broad-way
this uiteiuooii wim ihn expec-tation
of seeing a man try to fly
from Trinity Church steeple. Kadi
loiterer held iu his orher hand a cir-cular
to tbe effect that Professor
Cantell A. Biglie, would liegiu his
itnal performance at .'I o'clock.
After waiting untieutly for some
time, it was discovered that the
Professor's name was comixised ol
the words " cau tell a big lie," and
the sight-seers rapidly di»|>ersed,
very augrj' with themselves at hav-ing
been so easily sold.-fsA'nc 15»ri
Pott. *
Bayonets are driven, but bullets
are lead.
The Courier-Journal, in an article
on "l'ai ties—Newspapers," after
expressing the opinion that Charles
Francis Adams and Wui. S. Groes-beck
are "the two greatest living
American citizens," but not availa-ble
for public service because they
arc too lesjiectable aud dignified,
goes on to say: We need a brilliant-l\-
educated ruffian—a heroic states-manlike,
high minded aud honest
blackguard—a blatherskite with
courage and real genius for public
business. Not being possessed of
this perfectly representative Amer-ican,
w-3 bave gone to the other ex
treine, aud have lor our leader a
quiet, coarse grained, insensible,
sensible man, like Grant—a child
ot fortune and the gods of war—a
man without wit, inspiration, or
ideas, but a man with a wonderous
large aud luminous eye for tbe main
chance—the leading American char-acteristic—
a prodigious taleut for
whiskey, horses, tobacco, stocks,
good nature, and drawpoker,at once
the creed and the liturgy ot the
true American's political religion,
of that Church of which Ben Butler
is admitted to be tbe most influen-tial
prelate.
Clerical loans—Lent sermons.
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