The Weekly sun. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1870-1872, December 27, 1871, Image 2
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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN-
TIDE DAILY S T'>'|
» Wednesday, December 20, 1871. :
Tlic Suspended Taxon l»e Press, j
On the 16th inst., W. A. Hemplii'l &
Co. of the ConsUkitiov, S. W. Gml>b of
the New Era, Jno. H. Christy of tin*
Watchman, and President of the Pivs*
Association, and J. J. Toon of the Chris
tian Index, united in asking the Comp- j
troller Geueial to stay the collection of J
taxes on newspaoers till the meeting of
the Legislature in Jannary, in which tiiey
say: “ The immediate collection of tax*t*
for several years past will work great
hardship;” that it has come “nnexpeeted-
ly;” that “to collect the accumulated
taxes of years is to suddenly cripple if
not entirely breuk down the bnsiuess of
many good citizens; time, at least, should
be given for payment;” that “from time
immemorial, the types and presses of tue
printer have been held in Georgia us me-
i chanical tools, and exempted, like the
tools of other mechanics, from taxation,”
Ac., Ac.
The Comptroller replied, that the Code
vested the power to suspend taxes in the
Governor alone, and that the communi
cation was, therefore referred to him,
and added: ,
As tlie legislature -will BRain convene at a very-
early day, I see no material injury that can result to
the Stato by prantin* your request, and I have,
therefore, asked the favorable consideration of the
same by the Governor.
Upon this recommendation, the follow
ing authority was given by the acting
Governor:
The Comptroller General will suspend the collec
tion ot taxes on printers' presses, material, etc., un
til the next meeting of the Legislature.
Whereupon the Comptroller issued this
order:
In accordance with the above order. Tax Collect
ors will suspend the collection of tax on printing
presses, materiat, etc., until the next meeting of the
General Assembly of this State.
Madison Beld,
Comptroller General.
CATCHING WILD HOGS.
The Desperate Courage of the
Last Radical.
The Cuthbert Appeal of the 15tli inst.
contains an ably written article signed
“Randolph,” in which the course of the
Radicals in Georgia, in their systematic
design of robbery and outrage, and the
reckless conduct of Benjamiu Conley in
the Gubernatorial Cchair, are scathingly
reviewed. His courage is compared to
that of the last one of a pen of captured
•wild hogs:
Tnose who ever caught wild hogs in
pens, where-several were grouped togeth
er, will remember this peculiarity in that
animal which well illustrates Conley’s ex
hibited courage. As long ns all the hogs
are on foot their resolution to lvsist as
saults, and to assail their captors knows
no bounds, and he who enters the pen
does so at his peril. But whenever one
hog falls in the fray you may enter with
safety, and slay or tie with impunity un
til you come to the last. xYud then you
are again put on the defensive. For the
last one will fight alone with all, the cour
age of his spepies, as if surrounded and
aided by a thousand of his comrades.
_ Such has been the edreer of the Geor
gia Radical Ring of thieves in high places.
While they stood and locked shields, and
flourished the ensigns of their power,
and flared in the faces of the people the
keen weapons of their defence and as
sault, many unsuspecting were misled,
and even some virtuous may have been
tempted to make common cause with
them, and to profit by their peculations.
There was a strength about them that
made them invincible even to those who
believed their purposes bad,and that they
would ultimately come to grief. But at
last one of the leaders fell, and thence
forward all the pack were harrassed, and
in turn submitted tamely to the authority
of an enraged people, until it came to
Conley, the last hog iu the pen. Forth
with his bristles began to rise, and bis
rugged teeth to show themselves whetted
keen and covered with the froth and foam
of his ragp, for the fray with the honest
people of the State.
He is hopeless in his own strength.
For he is not only not fortified by the
Constitution, and statutes, but every one
of their provisions is a barbed arrow that
flies with lightning speed from the
art blves of our history and the volumes
of our law, into the vitals of the usur
per. He has no moral strength,
for he defies public morals. He
has no plea of patriotism that justifies
the overruling popular will for the pub
lic weal, for his mission is against the
State, her peace, dignity, her honor, and
her purse. He has no pretext that party
drill demands it at his bauds, for the
good men of his own 'party, here and
abroad, condemn his judgment, and de
spise the mean pretensions to greatness,
as well as his claim to official power
snatched from a flying thief.
His hope, his only hope, is, that the
Government cf the United States, by
reason of falsely excited ire and mis
guided malice, will become meaner than
he would have the Government of Geor
gia in his hands to be. For, in order
to come to his relief, that Government
must imbue its hands in the hiding of
crime and guilt in a matter where
it has contracted none, and has no
interest in the concealment, and where
there is no reward, for the villains who
ask its aid have eloped with the spoils.—
It is the courage of the last wild hog in
sublime illustration, which sustains Con
ley in his dying struggle against the pub
lic virtue of the State. But it will igno-
miniously fail, and great will be his fall.
The Governor chosen by the people
will be regularly installed, and in concert
with their chosen Legislators will not
only uncover the crimes of their prede
cessors, but guide the ship of State by
the Constitution and the laws. The reign
of honesty is to be restored, and the
sound of its coming is like the mellifluous
notes of sweet music as they float on the
zephyrs at twilight. Cheer np, country
men, there is a good day coming.
hi-* assot-i ites iu guilt', when it is apparent
to all good 'people that everything should
l»e uncovered. He has been intimately
H.-*soci'Oe.l with Lim in politics, was with
him in the miduight.ieagues, when both
were obscure but ambitious aspirants for
place—went with him through the plot-
tiiitfN and machinations which sent both
to represent the Augusta District in
tBc State Convention, and where
both su-sisted iu malting the Con-
stituMon which Bullock has fled from,
and Couley tramples nnder foot. They
came into the State administration to-
gethtr, and were on confidential terms
during the whole time Bullock and his
coadjutors were concocting and per-
petratiuu the gross derelictions that
rendered precipitous flight the only
measure of personal safety. He re
ceived at the bauds of Bullock, by secret
consent and clandestinely, the Executive
books and records, when lie and Bullock,
and all their legal advisers, knew his
Presidency of the Senate would expire
within three days.
Again:
That he should attempt to usurp Ex
ecutive power—the highest agency of the
sovereignty of the State—and hold it by
force, iu order to carry out his foul con
spiracy with Bullock—in order to conceal
crime and obstruct legal penalties, when
he knows the entire people over whom he
lords it, demand investigation and retrib
utive justice—when ho knows the Execu
tive office thus surreptitiously turned
over to him, has for three years and more
been grossly prostituted to private gain,
and made not only the guilty aider and
abettor, but the actual perpetrator of
wholesale theft and embezzlement, to the
irreparable damage of the people over
whom he usurps power, is evidence most
conclusive of au abandoned heart and
malignant purpose, either to shield Bul
lock, the felon, and others—perhaps him
self—to embroil the State in the falsely
excited and misguided ire and resent
ment of the Federal Government, or to
vex and annoy a people by the exercise
of unwarranted power in an insulting
manner, to whom his presence, to say-
nothing of his official pretensions, are
loathsome in the extreme, which at once
sinks him below public contempt. For
if it is bis purpose to make himself a tool
for Bullock, and covering to bide the
guilt of him and his accomplices, he is a
meaner pimp than Bullock is a rogue.
Benjamin Conley.
“Randolph,” writing in the last issue
of the Cuthbert Appeal, iu noticing the
briefless career of our acting Governor,
Says:
lb adheres to the cause of the fugitive
Governor, pursues the -nurse marked out
i 3 screen him and suppress knowledge of
PUBLIC ACTS.
Passed liy tlae Georgia Legisla-
tssre, 1S71.
49. To provide for the payment of the
debt of Clarke county. Dec. 11.
50. To impose certain duties and con
fer certain powers upon tlie.Ordinary of
Union county with -reference to a new
roed in said county. Dee. fl.
51. To extend the provisions of the
11th section of an act approved 22d of
February, 1850, in relation to Tax Col
lectors and Receivers of Chatham county
to the county of Fulton.
52. To incorporate the Merchants’ Mu
tual Life ^Insurance Company of Geor
gia. Dec. 11.
53. To amend the law establishing tlie
Police Court of the city of Savannah.
Dec. 11.
54. To incorporate the Waynmon and
Franklin Manufacturing Company of
Upson county. Dec. 11.
55. To change the time of holding the
Superior Courts of the Brunswick Judi
cial Circuit and the county of Towns, in
the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, and to
attach the county of McIntosh to the
Eastern Judicial Circuit.
56. To amend an act entitled an act to
alter and amend par’graph in section No.
2741, article 2, part 2, title 7, chapter 7,
of Code. Dec. 9.
57. To incorporate the Savannah and
Thunderbolt Railroad Company, and for
the purpose of opening a railway from
the icit.y of Savannah to Thunderbolt,
etc. Dec. 11.
58. To confer additional powers upon
the corporate authorities of the town of
Barnesville in the county of Pike. Dec.
11.
59. To incorporate the Hawkinsville
and Eufaula Railroad Company. Dec.
11.
60. To provide for the payment of in
solvent costs to the county officers of
Upson county, and for other purposes.
Dec. 11.
61. To change the time of holding the
Superior Courts of Talbot county, to ex
tend the time of the same, to provide for
drawing jurors, etc. Dec. 9.
62. To authorize the Ordinary of Ran
dolph to issue county bonds, iu the sum
of not more tliaa 820,000, for building a
new court bouse. Dec. 11.
63. To amend an act entitled an act to
incorporate the Lookout Mountain Rail
road Company, and to extend the aid of
the State to the same, etc. Dec. 11.
64. To consolidate the Railroad Com
panies known as the Chattooga Coal and
Iron Railroad, and the Trion Railway
Company, and for other purposes. Dec.
11.
65. To amend an act entitled an act to
alter and amend the several acts incorpo
rating the city of Macon, approved, Dec.
27, 1847, and the several acts amendato
ry thereto, to grant additional powers to
the Mayor and Council, and for other
purposes.
66. To amend the Usury Laws of this
State. Dec. 11.
67. To alter and amend section 3S95
of Irwin’s Revised Code. Dec. 9.
68. To alter and amend an act enti
tled an act to amend and alter the
charter of the city of Columbus. Ap
proved Sth March, 1866. Dec. 9.
69. To incorporate the LaGrange
Banking and Trust Company. Dec. 11.
70. To amend the acts relative to fees
of the clerk of the Superior Court of
Chatham county and the Clerk of the City
Court of Savannah, and for fees of the
Sheriff of the City Court of Savannah,
unprovided for, and to point out the
manner of collecting the same.
71. To carry into effect article 3, sec
tion 6, paragraph 5, of the Constitution
of the State of Georgia, to protect the in
terest of the State in extending aid to
railroads, and for other purposes.
72. To establish a board of commis
sioners of road3 and revenues for the
county of Habersham*to define their du
ties, and for other purposes. Dec. 11.
73. To incorporate the Commercial
Bank of Albany. Dec. 11.
74. To incorporate the Macon and
Knoxville Railroad Company, and for
other purposes, Ac. Dec. 11.'
75. To amend the charter of the town
of Acworth in the county of Cobb. Dec.
12.
76. To amend section 4251 of Irwin’s
Revised Code. Dec. 12.
77. To amend section 1052 of the Re
vised Code. Dec. 12.
78. To authorize the ordinary of Rock
dale county to levy an extra tax and to
issue bonds’for the purpose of building a
court house. Dec. 12.
79. To amend an act entitled an act to
incorporate the Atlanta and Blue Ridge
Railroad Company granting State aid to
the same, aud for other purposes therein
named, approved Oct. 17, 1870, and to
authorize the corporators to recognize,
Ac. Dec. 12.
80. To incorporate the Flint River
Manufacturing Company of Upson coun
ty, and for other purposes. Dec. 12.
81. To more effectually protect reli
gious worship in the State of Georgia.
Dec. 9.
81. To amend the laws of this State in
reference to the revision of Jury Boxes
of this State, and the drawing of Juries,
and to provide for the compensation, etc.
Dec. 11. ’
83. To provide for the taking of testi
mony l>y written deposition in certain
cases not now allowed by law. Dee 12.
84. To amend and alter the amend
ments to the several acts incorporating
Calhoun. Dec. 12.
85. To amend an act approved October
27,1870, to open and construct a Railroad
from Athens, Ga., via Clarksville, in
Habersham county, or some other point
on the Blue Ridge Railroad, near Clayton,
by the most practicable route. Dec. 1.
87. To amend an act to incorporate the
proprietors of the Augusta Canal, Ac.
Dec. 12. ,
88. To inc rporate the Mutual Pro
tection Insurance Company of Ga. Dec.
12.
86. To change the time of hold Supe
rior Court of holding Superior Court of
Gordon county. Dec. 12.
89. To carry into effect paragraph 3,
section 5, article 3, of the Constitution of
Georgia. Dec. 12.
90. To change the time of holding tlia
Superior Conrt ot Richmond county.
Dec. 12.
91. To change the time of holding the
Superior Court of Richmond county.
Dec. 12.
92. To authorise the Mayor and City
Council of LaGrange to issue bonds to
aid in building Railroads and for other
purposes. Dec. 12.
93. To amend the attachment laws of
the State of Georgia, and for other pur.
poses. Doc. 12.
94. To allow maimed, indigent and
blind persons to peddle without license.
Dec. 12.
95. To exempt from Jury duty all reg
ularly licensed Physicians who are actu
ally engaged in their profession. Dec,
96. To require Justices of the Peace
aud Notaries Public, who are ex-officio
Jastices of the Peace, to keep dockets,
aud to exhibit them to the G. J. of
their respective counties. Dec. 12.
98. To alter and amend an act to fix
the compensation for taking down in
writing the evidence on charge of Felony,
approved October 10, 1S68. Dec. 12.
99. To change tlie time of holding the
Superior Court of the Macon Circuit.
Dec. 12.
100. To incorporate the Exchange
Bank of Macon. Dec. 12.
101. To alter and amend the road.laws
of this State, so far as relates to the
county of Bibb and Houston, aud to au
thorize and require the Ordinaries of said
counties to levy and collect road tax.
Dec. 12.
102. To authorize the sheriff, and oth
er levying ..oJicers of Milton county, to
collect advertising fees and cost of keep
ing property in their p ssession as no v
provided for before accepting affidavits
of illegality and claims. Dec. 12.
103 To alter and amend section 649 of
Irwin’s Revised Code. Dec. 12.
104. To repeal section 121 Revised
Code. Dec. 12.
105 To provide for sales of property in
the State .o secure loans, Ac. Dec. 12.
106. To alter and change the time of
holding the Superior Courts of the coun
ties of the Middle Circuit of this State.
Dec. 12.
107. To create a Board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues in the coun
ties of Floyd, Berrien, Effingham, Schley,
Sumter and Green. Dec. 13.
108. To create a Board of Commis
sioners of Boads and Revenue in the
county of Paulding. Dec. 13.
109. To require the Coroner of Chat
ham county, to hold inquest in certain
cases; and, also, to allow certain fees un
provided for by law, and for other pur
poses. Dec. 13.
110. To compensate the Clerk and
Sheriff of the Superior Court and other
officers for services rendered in the Dis
trict Court for Richmond county, and
for other purposes. Dec. 13.
111. To regulate the pay of jurors in
the county of Newton. Dee. 13.
112. To change the time of holding the
Superior Courts of Worth county. Dec.
13.
113. To construct a Railroad, from El-
berton, Ga., to intersect with the New
York and New Orleans Railroad, by the
most practicable route. Dec. 13.
114. To fix tbe time of holding the
Superior Courts of Chatham county.
Dec. 13.
115. To repeal part of section of
an act to incorporate the town o f Preston
in the county of Webster, and for other
purposes. Dec, 13.
116. To correct and amend an act en
titled an act to incorporate the Atlanta
and Lookout Railroad Company. Ap
proved Oct. 24, 1870. Dec. 13.
117. To reduce the bond of the Sheriff
of Banks county. Dec. 13.
118. To amend an act entitled an act
to confer additional powers upon the
Mayor and Council of the city of La-
Grange, to regulate taxation in said city,
Ac. Dec. 13.
119. To extend the jurisdiction of the
City Court of Augusta, Ac. Dec. 13.
120. To amend the charter of the Amer-
icus and Isabella Railroad Company, and
for other purposes therein mentioned.
Dec. 13.
121. To fix the compensation of Grand
Jurors and Petit Jurors in the counties
of Rabun and Towns, and to provide for
the payment of the same, and to repeal
all laws heretofore in existence for the
payment of jurors in said counties, and
to repeal all conflicting laws, Ac. Dec.
13.
122. To incorporate the town of Sharps-
burg, in tbe county of Coweta, and for
for other "purposes therein mentioned.
| Dec. 13.
123. To amend an act incorporating
the town of Morgan, in the county of
Calhoun, approved March 8,1858. Dec.
13.
124. To legalize the adjournment of
the Snnerior Court of Elbert countv.
Dec 13.
125. To change the time of holding
the Superior Court of Camden county.
Dec 13.
126. To increase the pay of Jurors of
Bartow county. Dec. 13.
127. To change the time of holding
Superior Court of Catoosa county. Dec.
13.
128. To increase the pay of Jurors of
the county of Randolph. Dec. 13.
JL.GUA-L NOTES.
\ Rev. Wh. M. Crumley.—This beloved
divine is in our city. He is again sta
tioned at LaGrange, and returns there
to-day.
Two and One make Two.—An original
character Irom the country was on the
streets yesterday parading a novel com
bination or yoke of steers. He bad a
long extension yoke embracing three
steers, two small ones (on one side of the
tongue) and one large one (on the other
side,) presenting a comical s' au of match
steers.
The election for Governor passed off
quietly yesterday. The vote polled was
very light. The card which Mr. Atkins
published in The Sun of the 17th inst.
caused the Radicals not to vote for him;
hence, there was no contest—nothing to
make it exciting. The following is the
result of the polling at the City Hall:
For James M. Smith, 1,105; for James
Atkins, 1.
A City Court.—The Legislature, at its
late session, established a City Court for
Atlanta, whose jurisdiction is to extend
to all civil causes, (except in equity;)
divorce, and title to real estate, where the
sum involved does not exceed $3,000, be
sides interest, and shall be above the
jurisdiction of a Justices’Court; all cases
of tort, where tbe damage claimed is not
above $3,000; and shall have criminal
jurisdiction of all minor offences com
mitted within the city limits, which do
not subject tli-> offenders to confinement
in the Penitentiary or to death.
The Mayor and Council are to elect the
Judge of this Court at their fiist regular
meeting in January next, who is to hold
his office four years. He is to be com
missioned by tbe Governor, and maybe
removed by the Governor on ad dress of
two-thirds of the General Assembly. The
City Council has power to fill vacancies
for unexpired terms.
This Judge is required to be a lawyer,
not less than twenty-five years of age.
His salary is to be $2,500 per annum.
The Solicitor General of the Atlanta
Circuit is required to prosecute all offen
ses before this Court; and the Clerk of
the Superior Court and Sheriff of Fulton
county, and their deputies, are made ex-
officio officers of this Court.
The Judge has authority to issue writs
of habeas corpus, and hear and determine
the same; shall have jurisdiction of all
claim cases where personal property is
lei ie 1 on, and all mortgages on personal
pj op rty, where the amount involved is
nc t baeond the jurisdiction of the Court.
Til Court is to hold quarterly sessions,
neetng on the first Mondays of June
aud December for civil and criminal bus
iness; and on the first Mondays of March
and September for criminal business ex
clusively.
Judgments obtained in this Court shall
be a lien upon all property within the
State not exempt by law.
Either party to any suit may demand
a trial by jury. All laws relating to at
tachment or garnishment in tbe Superior
Court shall be applicable to this Court;
all judicial officers, or any Councilman
of the city, may issue attachments return
able to this Conrt, and the sheriff or his
deputy may levy the same, returnable to
said Court.
Policemen of tbe city are authorized
to serve as constables at the sittings of
the Court and serve its processes and or
ders; and the Judge of the Court and
Mayor of the city are authorized to select
five members of tbe city police, who
shall serve the Court as bailiffs for one
year, who are authorized to serve any
criminal warrant where the offense is not
above the grade of misdemeanor.
A Recorder’s Court for Atlanta—
The incoming Mayor of Atlanti will be
relieved of tbe duty of holding a conrt
every day for the trial of offenses against
the city.
The Legislature at its late session
passed an act to amend the charter of the
city, so as to provide for the election of
an Auditor and Recorder. It provides
that the Mayor and Council, at their an
nual elections of city officers, may elect
a Recorder, whose duty it shall be to pre
side at the city courts, known as the
Mayor’s Courts, with full and ample au
thority to try and dispose of all causes
within the jurisdiction of the Mayor’s
Courts, whose salary shall be fixed by
the Mayor and Council prior to bis elec
tion, which shall not be increased or di
minished while in office; that he may be
removed at any time by tbe Mayor and
Council for malpractice or incompetency;
and a vacancy from any cause may be
filled by the Mayor and Council.
This will not only relieve the Mayor of
this duty, and give him better opportu
nity to consider and properly provide for
its general wants and financial interests,
but by assigning the enforcement of our
police, regulations to one man, who . will
have that duty only to attend to, the laws
will be more rigidly enforced, and crime
will bo lessened—provided a competent
man is chosen to fill tbe important office.
This we hope will be done.
City Auditor.—We have long needed
in our city administration, an Auditor of
public accounts. Our Council has hith
erto had a Finance Committee, who have
given a very hasty examination to such
claims against the city, audit may be
that thousands upon thousands of dol
lars are paid out annually, which might
be saved, if a competent person, whose
sole duty it would be, should carefully
scrutinize every account, at his leisure,
before they come before the Council for
the final action of that body.
Tho late Legislature passed an act ”s-
tablisbing the office of Auditor for the
city, who shall be elected by - the Mayor
and Council, aud his compensation
fixed the same as the Recorder.
“It shall be tbe duty of the Au
ditor,” “to audit all accounts
against the city, and certify that they
are correct, or incorrect,'as the case may
be, before they are passed up. He shall
examine, quarterly, the books, papers
aud accounts of all the city officers
through whose hands money may pass,
and make a report to the Mayor and
Council ns to the correctness of the
same. ”
Tho offices of Auditor and Recorder
will be most important adjuncts in the
administration of our city Government,
and will, no doubt, be of great moral and
financial benefit to us. We have been
told that Mr. James suggested the amend
ment to the city charter, so as to author
ize the creation of these offices. This is
evidence at once of the business judg
ment and fitness of our Mayor elect,
Gone to Work in Earnest.—Mr.
James is preparing for the duties of tbe
important office he is about to assume,
like a man who fully understands the re
sponsible duties which will devolve upon
him.
Last evenin'? there was a meeting held
at his banking honse of all the members
elect of the new Council, at which he ap
pointed his committees for the next year,
whose names we announce elsewhere.
This step was taken by him to prevent
any person from further soliciting him
for positions on committees. He is de
termined to go into office untrammeled,
and resolved upon an economical and
efficient administration of the city gov
ernment. He has the capacity, energy,
industry and patriotism to do the work.
Col. L. P. Grant.—We invite atten
tion to the schedule of the Atlanta and
New Orleans Short Line, advertised in
our columns this morning. Col. Grant
is one of he ablest railroad men and civil
engineers in this country. He is a mem
ber of our next Council, where his expe
rience and practical knowledge will be
worth much to the city. The committee
to examine into the affairs of the Western
aud Atlantic Railroad ought to have the
services of just such a man.
Mayor’s Court.—The distinguished
success of His Honor’s entertainment on
Monday morning, attracted a large and
enthusiastic audience yesterday. No
programme had been announced, but we
saw some of the artists engaged for tl-e
occasion, and we were convinced th.it
His Honor was prepared to act in st,> ie
par excellence, any drama from IlamJet
down to a roaring farce.
The curtain arose, and Johnson, with
the most royal suavity announced,
amid tremendous applause, the bran
new serio-comedy of
MAT. DEWBERRY,
or the “Woman in Scarlet.” Tkisistlie
chef d’oeuvre of His Honor, and will go
down to posterity as a monument of
his dramatic talent. The scene of this
new sensational drama was laid chiefly in
Beelzebub Park, that princely region of
the city surrounding the United States
Barracks. Here, Mat Dewberry, sur
rounded and courted by ambassadors and
princes from every clime, lived in a regal
palace of Oriental splendor.
“ Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
On its roof did float and flow.
(This—all this—was in the olden
Time long ago;)
And every gentle air that dallied
In that sweet day,
Along the ramparts plnmed and pallid,
A winged odor went away."
And in the palace the stars nightly
mingled their heavenly light with the
most gorgeous revelry, dancing and ban-
quetting.
But one night (now comes the tragical
denouement) a haughty and mysterious
stranger came. He wore a magic silver
star on his coat of purple, and bore in his
hand a heavy baton, and instead of fall
ing at the feet of the siren queen, lie lead
her (in her scarlet robe) along a wide pas-,
sage thronged with people, to a dread
tribunal, whereon sat a Judge, whose
brow was dark and lowering, and will in
flexible as a Spanish inquisition. This
terrestial arl iter commanded the scarlet
queen to desist from her sinful revelings,
lay aside her scarlet robe, and to deliver
unto him fifty pieces of silver, and then
to complete his cruelty, cast her into
prison.
The affecting scene excited the sympa
thy of the audience, until the whole
house was convulsed with tears; and they
refused to be comforted until ,
PONEE GETER,
an African princess and femme du chambre
of the unfortunate-sorceress queen came
forward with 100 pieces of silver to buy
her freedom and ransom her royal mis
tress. She was accompanied by a wizzard
soothsayer and fortune-teller, who intimi
dated His Honor, and threatened to
scourge his domain with “scarlet coats to
Kingdom come,” and His Honor relented
in consideration of $100.
And now that palace, with its revels,
Sit3 there sullen in the gloom,
Save the spectres and the devils
That through its gardens roam.
After this came
SOME FARCES,
in which bar-room keepers figured con
spicuously. One wayward youth, broken
hearted at the memory of his fond moth-
er’rf injunction, testified—
“I left my mother in the door,
My sister by-her side!
Their clasped hands and loving looks
Forbade their doubts to hide.
1 11 and met with comrades gav,
When the moon brought out lier light
And my loving mother whispered me ’
•Don’t drink, my boy, to-night.* ”
His Honor told him to go away and do
so no more; when
HANDY ALEXANDER,
another aspiring pugilist, came forward
to sing her praises and recount her
achievements, but His Honor said §3
would do as well.
THE “BOY” OF THE PERIOD.
Fve met the young creature yon mean, Tom
She s truly quite pretty; but then
We men of flfteen should look higher
Than girls that have scarcely turned ten.'
By Jove, it’s surprising how docile
To female attractions you ore,
No. somehow life hasn’t yet made vou
Blase—wiU you try a cigar?
For my part, I seem to haro grown, Tom
Quito callous to Cupid’s worst stings- ’
It may bo my liver is ruined
With parties and suppers and things.
Or yet it may be that I’m reaching
The sober, grave epoch in life,
When wearied with folly and pleasure
Men long for the joys of a wife.
And apropos, Tom—that reminds me—
Kate Jones is a sweet little dear,
With charmingly kittenish manners
And—twenty-five thousand a year.
We’ve danced lots of Germans together,
And set people gossiping, too.
My chances look strong in that quarter.
I’ll make the attempt—wouldn’t you?
Yes, marriage is certainly better
Than what is caUed bachelor-ease.
Is that brandy on the table ?
Just pour me a glass, if you please.
TELE G_R AMS
HOUSE.
A bill was introduced making addition
al appropriations for tbe Ku-Klux Com
mittee. It makes the total appropria
tions, exclusive of printing, $69,000.
SENATE.
Sumner gave notice that he would at
an early day introduce a joint resolution
restricting the Presidency to one term.
Hon. Thomas M. Norwood was seated
as Senator from Georgia.
Washington, December 19.—The fol
lowing were confirmed to-day: Torbert,
Consul General to Havana, and Wood
Assessor of the First Texas District.
There was a full Cabinet to-day, except
Delano.
The following nominations have been
made: Wm. H. Goddard, Judge of the
Eastern District of Texas; Jas. F. Dever,
Collector of the Fourth Georgia District,
and Benj. F. Bell, Collector of the Second
Georgia District.
The Chief Justice announced to the
bar that the opinions iu the legal tender
eases will be read at an early day after
the recess, and that the opinions had
been postponed at the request of the
minority.
The President’s message asks for addi
tional legislation upon the civil service.
Under the law constituting the commis
sion, the authority is vested iu the Pres
ident to enforce their regulations; but
they are not binding upon him, and may
be disregarded by his successors. He
recon.mends a permanent board of pri
mary examination, and asks for all the
strength Congress can give him to carry
out the reforms recommended by the
Committee.
Paris,-December 19.—Iu the Assembly
to-day there was a heated discussion ou
the question of seating the Orleans
Princes,
Desjardins moved that the Orleans
Princes be restored to all their rights.
This motion was violently opposed by
the deputies of the left, but finally a mo
tion which avoids all advice of responsi
bility passed with but two dissenting
votes.
Duke D’Aumale and Prince D’Joinville
took their seats in the National Assembly
to-day. They sat in the centre of the
members of the Right. Their appear
ance created no sensation in the body.
A bill has been introduced providing
for the release of the Communist prison
ers who held no rank.
London, December 19.—The Prince of
Wales is convalescing rapidly. He will
probably be out in three or four days.
New York, December 19.—The small
pox is spreading in Jersey City, Hobo
ken. Newark and Trenton.
At a meeting of the Federal Command
of Internationals last night the Crispin,
Typographical and Jewelers’ Unions affil
iated with them and became part of the
International.
Win. Beust, having saved his wife and
s_>ven children rom his burning house,
perished with the eighth child.
Wm. M. Tweed has sold the Metropol
itan Hotel to a couple of railroad ticket
agents.
An order has been sent to England for
the arrest of John C. Heenan, charged
with being connected with the voucher
robbery.
Small pox reports from Brooklyn arc
unfavorable. The disease is spreading in
all directions.
The Grand Jury has indicted Hank
Smith, Republican, and James M. Swee
ney, for “ring” frauds.
Wirt Sykes has been married to Olive
Logan.
Auburn, December 19.—The report of
Seward’s illness is untrue.
Omaha, December 19.—Pacific trains
move slowly. They are from 48 to 90
hours behind time.
The storms on the plains stopped tele
graphing thirty-six hours.
Chicago, December 19.—The small
pox is increasing mostly among emi
grants.
Philadelphia, December 19.—The
Fourth National Bank has been placed
in the hands of a receiver. It is thought
that the deposits—125,000—will be paid,
but the stock and surplus has vanished.
Concord, December 19.—Bev. Oswan
C. Baker, Bishop iu the Methodist Epis
copal Church, is dying.
Frankfort, December 19.—McCreery, j
whom Stephenson succeeded, has been
nominated by the Democratic cauo us, to
succeed Davis in the United States
Senate.
Augusta, December 19.—The election
for Governor to fill the unexpired term
of Rufus B. Bullock was the quietest ever
held in Georgia. Only about 1,000 votes
were polled in Bichmond county, all e
which were for James M. Smith. Tm
Republicans took no part in the electio-'
The vote in the State is about 200,0W-
There being no opposition to the Deffi-
cratic candidate, it is believed that no
more than 6,000 votes have been pah**
in the State.