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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1874
Page
2
Reports from Georgia describe ongoing legislative delays and tax unease as the General Assembly debates county creation and a Department of Agriculture. The Dorcas society notes severe hunger, and a Senate confirmation places Waite as Chief Justice. Local fires, droughts, and stock concerns frame a year of unsettled affairs in the region.
In a recent decision involving Mr. B. Johnson, bankrupt, His Honor Judge Erskine declares that no person may appear as attorney for a plaintiff or defendant unless on the roll of attorneys of the United States Court. All papers must be signed by the court’s attorney and petitions must be signed by that attorney. The court insists that only current bar members may appear before a register. The ruling is explicit and imperative. A negro preacher who stole a horse in North Georgia is now praying in Marietta jail.
A bill from Representative T Binyon proposes amending Section 4488 to presume farm produce bought between sunset and sunrise is stolen. Buyers must prove innocence. accessory after the fact punishments align with the principal theft. Secs reference repeals conflicting law and allows prosecution regardless of principal status.
Mount Airy dispatch reports Dr Hallingsworth doubting a vital connection caused the deaths of Eng and Chang. He notes Eng’s death resulted from shock, while rivals claim arterial transfer within the ligament. The twins’ bodies interred. relatives seek 8 000 to 10 000 for post mortem. State Grange pledges buy nothing beyond cotton goods.
An Augusta reminiscence recalls Sherman's 1864 halt before marching to Savannah and a Georgian Unionist whose memory of a beloved daughter in Augusta softened the general. The tale credits a woman’s image with sparing Augusta from destruction, a moment framed as wartime gentleness. It also notes two cotton bales sent to Columbus by a 16-year-old college graduate and touches on New York suffrage agitation before Albany lawmakers.
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