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The hopes of millions now hang upon
fcronin, of Oregon. Fortunately he has
l splendid nose upon which to hang any
^hiag. t a r
Grant speaks of gagging the press
Fit would be better for him to gag the
I whisky jug, though not so well for the
| country, as his life wouid be prolonged
I thereby. ^ _
In reference to his forbidding
celebration of Washington s birthday
at Columbia an exchange speaks of
Grant as a stubborn mule. This se
verity on the mule is totally uncalled
for.
The goddess of fortune who, for some
been by terms coquetting
^he great political parties
ivored both not a little. Bea
ys he will not co-operate with
party in the next Congress.
. ,r ant forbids the celebration of
^Washington's birth-day by the milita
ry of Columbia. Future Presidents
till never act so unkindly towards
■ rant, as to forbid the celebration of
is birth-day—there will be no necessi
ty for doing so.
The following is the concluding par
agraph of Don Piatts’editorial written
tjust after the Florida decision :
There is no use in asserting that
ili'lien Louisiana is reached it will be
Bound too offensive for this national re-
{turning board of rogues to swallow. As-
i yell expect chastity in a brothel, hones
jy in a den of thieves, or shame from a
Biharlntan. The tribunal from which
HiarfieM cau emerge with his mean,-
i speak face aglow with triumph, to tele
graph Hayes that fraud has won, or
; Morton cau hobble out as if decay was
“jjrithout pain, is no place to which the
; Jnonest people can appeal for their
WON PIATT ON GRANT, THE REPUB-
[ % 1,1 CAN PARTY, AND THE
COMMISSION.
He ir» to be Arrested for Seditious Writing.
S* We give most, if not all, our edito-
..Bal space, this morning, to the splen
didly written extract below, which ap-
. peared in Don Piatt’s Washington Cap
itol last Sunday. It is an extremely
^forcible indictment, and may take its
place side by side with the “Letters of
Junius.” It is said that Grant has de
termined upon the prosecution of Pi
nt for libel and seditious writing; but
ne verdict of ail honest men will be
at verily “truth is mighty and will
ievail."
The sickening apprehension felt by
people, to which we referred Iasi
feek, that tl-e Supreme Court woul-i
found as rotte u as the other powers
our unhappy Government, has been
Hdized. The swift decay that in the
last ten years has made our self-govern
ment a sham and a mockery, and in
the Executive and Legislative branches
iGgfiame us before the woil has been
Silently working its way mrough the
-jjjuUciarv until now, in its first trial, it
offend- ^ith its stench the nostrils ot
all honest citi. *ns.
UP'fie appeal made to the Judges of
the Supreme Court from the people,
' sorely distressed and perplexed, was to
save them from the wick d conspiracy
*of men uiey had repudiated at tiie
polls. Tuey saw their faithless agents
for years robbing the Treasury of their
hard- earned taxes. They saw theli
highest officials indicted for the meai.-
.est crimes. They saw a President
coarse, brutal and ignorant, anc! np-
. minting sycophantic pimps to the
highest positions. They saw him the
associate of roughs and ihe commis
sioner of thieves. They saw carpet
baggers, sustained by bayonets, manip
ulating the polls, that ignorance and
IBculity might tyrannise over the
South. They saw rings organized in the
lobby control their Congress. They
saw huge monopolies created by their
government eating out their substance.
They saw themselves reduced to want,
frade paralyzed, and labor without em
ployment. and they made a desperate
effort to right their wrongs through the
ballot.
jflWith a subsidized press against
«rah, with an army of hungry office
holders that—counting those of the
General Government with those of the
States—made a horde of Treasury-eat
ers greater than any standing army in
Europe ; with all the accumulated cap
ital in tiie hands of monopolies ar
rayed on the side of their oppressors,
they: made one despairing effort, and
came up from the polls with a majority
of 0 jer half a million in their behalf.
And! of what aviffl ? Through a dis
honest Ileturning Board, made up of
-““Snals who have escaped conviction
' punishment under the protecting
bf a corrupt Government, enough
fare thrown out to render all their
I vain, and saddle upon them the
Irruption and the old horde for
ger term of years, perhaps for-
We have not the patience to argue
whatlhe people, in their broad com
mon sense, will not consider—the fine-
SUUjllegai technicalities under which
thea^aged scoundrels seek to hide their
shame. Tbeir real brief is to be found
in the utterance of one of tbeir Com
mission, James A. Gartield, who said,
boastingly, “You’ll have to grin and
bear it. We hold the cirds and intend
to play them.” Poor political gambler !
The stakes for which he plays arc the
rights of 40,000,000 of people, the peace
and prosperity of the only republic
known to humanity. For all that free-
. do'm holds most dear, these hands,
stained with plunder, gamble as the
soldiers of Pilate severed in derision
the garment of the Crucified Christ.
As weTsaia a week since: “This is not
law, it is revolution ;” and if the peo
ple tamely submit, we may bid a long
farewell to Constitutional Government.
Fraud no longer vitiates. A corrupt
administration has only by its bayo-
nets to bold a State usurpation long
enoughiin power for a corrupt return
ing board to do its vile task, and the
work 1st one. If a man thus returned
to power cau ride in safetv from the
Executive Mansion to the Capitol to
be inaugurated, we are fitted tor tne
slavery that will follow the inaugura
tion.
M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR.
“WISDOM, JUSTICE .AN3> MODERATION.”
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
VOLUME XXXI.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1877.
NEW SERIES--NO. 26
LIEl'T. M’lSTIRE’S BLOOD.
FOUR GEORGIANS SUSPECTED OF
HAVISO HELVED TO SHED IT AR
RESTED IS THIS CITY.
Committed to Jail to Await Farther De
velopments.
We clip the following from the Nash
ville American of the 20th inst:
Col. Ed. S. Wheat, UuitedS'.Hies Mo
-iial tor the Middle in.-tricc oi T.uce
received l a, ioln.wiug dispaicues
Sunday and yesterday:
Chattanooga, Feb. 18.—E. S. Wheat,
United States Marshal, Nashville: Ar
rest a party of three young men, one old
man, a woman and children, who are on
the train that left here at 12 M. to-day.
They are from Gilmer county, Ga., and
have tickets to Fort Worth, Texas.
Meet them when the train arrives, or they
will connect and go right on. I have
telegraphed te Atlanta for their names
and will send them on their arrival. The
men participated in the murder of Lieut.
Mclntire, a few days since. This is sent
at the request of Maj. Cochran, Com
mandant of this post. The information
arrived too late for their arrest before the
train left here. Arrest and detain them,
and telegraph me or Maj. Cochran.
Don’t fail.
Atlanta, Ga., February 19.—United
Stater Marshal, Nashville: Warrants
for the Holts, tor illicit distilling, from
the Chattanooga Commissioner, are on
the way to Nashville. Can you send
the prisoners to CLmtanocga under
these warrants from here? These men
killed Lieut. McIntyre, and must be
held at ail hazards.
Chattanooga, Feb. 19.—Edward S.
Wheat, U. S. Marshal, Nashville: Hold
the men. I.will be up on to-day’s
train with all the necessary papers.
L. L. Sample.
Shortly before the arrival of the
Chattanooga train, Sunday night, Uni
ted States Marshal Wheat, accompa
nied by Detective Larry Ryan, ap
peared at the depot, and when the par
ties arrived took them into custody
and thence to jail, to which they were
billowed by quite a crowd of people.
Tiie prisoners were accompanied by
two women, five children, and three
iquirrel rifles. They wore seed)- cloth
ing, and appeared to be both poor and
norant. They gave tbeir names as
James Holt, William Holt, John F.
Holt, and William R. Holt. They said
hat though they lived ten or twelve
miles from the point at which Lieut.
McIntyre was murdered, and bad
heard of the affair, they did not par
ticipate in it, and were innocent of the
charge. They also stated that they had
inane up their minds sometime pre
vious to go to Texas, and upon getting
ihe money they needed, had set off for
that State. Letters found on their per
sons seemed to corroborate this story,
l'hey rode all the way to Cht -.unooga
i wagon, a distance of about one
hundred and forty miles, when - hey
:ould have reacheu the railroad will.! ,
ihirty miles of their homes. Ot: reach-
■g Chattanooga, they stopped with
vo old women outside the town, sei.i
;ie man in to purchase a ticket, wen;
into town and took tiie train lor Nash
ville.
It is stated, however, that the two old
■men with whom they sto, ,-ed say
.- men acknowledged their complici
ty in the murder.
L. L. Sample arrived here last night.
Should he receive the proper papers by
mail this morning, he will leave with
the prisoners for Atlanta t-o-nignt.
Politicc.1 Items.
ceive and Dearer, Massachusetts Re
publicans in the House, voted against the
Louisiana decision.
The New York San has discovered
that Judge Bradley’s son is a clerk in At
torney General Taft’s office, and thinks
that explains it.
All kings claim to be such by the grace-
of God; hut when Rutherford 11. Haves
is inaugurated as Prc • ent it will be by
the grace of fraud —A’. 1". Sun.
The Graphic says that Matt Carpenter
did a very cruel thing in treating ti e Re
publican members of the c-or.:nii.-siou
with their own opinions, fried in his rhet
oric.
This is the sort of people who make
Presidents:
J. Madison Wells. Zich Chandler.
Kenner, Rumssller. ", E do.
a Cameron & Son j ibbers. W. P. Kellieg.
Marcus Stearns. O. F. M r; n.
D. H Chamberlain. Eliza P.nicatnn.
And this is the kind of President they
make:
r. b hajes.
—Xcw Yorl: World.
“ Do you understand the nature of an
oath ?” a juryman was asked in a court
room yesterday. “Of course I do,” was
the indignant reply. “ Do you mistake
me for a member of the Electoral Com-
There is a divinity that shapes our end,
rough Hewitt as we may.
An appropriate spectacle at Ilayes’ in
augural ball would be John Sherman
waltzing with Eliza Pinkston.— Courier-
Journal.
“If Justice is to be slaughtered in
her own temple, if the laws are to be
immolated by tbeir sworn priests, it
fraud is to be sanctioned and solemniz
ed as an instrumentality for electing a
president of the United States, then
farewell to the futuro hopes of this
country.”—Matt. Carpenter before th
Tribunal.
The party which cheats is lost. The
party which steals'a State is lost. The
party which does not look into evidence:
is lost. The party which makes a presi
dent by fraud is lost. The party of
Kellogg, Packard and Wells is lost.
And the party of a Bradley, a Morton
and a Garfield is not yet saved.—Xt
1 or/.- Express.
“ It.,” Washington correspondent of
the Telegraph i0 Messenger, thus writes
“Among the objectors to the Hayes
electoral return from Louisiana before
the Commission yesterday was Mr.
Jenks, of Pennsylvania, a Democratic
member of the House. While Howe
was singing the song of the bloody shirt
and the woes of that negro strumpet
and murderess, Eliza Pinkston, Ban
croft, the historian, who was among the
audience in the court room, fell fast
asleep, and Jenks spying him • penned
on a card and handed around the fol-
lnwing: “ History sleeps while Fiction
speaks,” and the universal verdict was
that Jenks hnd rung the bell.
Cas3anave-Kenner-Green :
Three litlle niggers sitting on s board
8ee-eswed the nation bj tneiqcbeekj frond.
Ran Tucker choked one, then there was two.
Two little niggers lying like fhn,
Dudley Field crushed another, then there was
one.
One little nigger trifling with the figures,
Levi Mulsh wiped him oat, mud then there
wasn’t any niggers.
There w an old bruiser -nil d Wells
Who t-anef.-rr-d *►" eh- - i„ ells.
Au-1 oes-.De r Vs -lime
SI.
. ole
Washington Correspondence.
Ihe Sev*n-Bight Decision — *300,000
Babeocked — No Certainty of Either
Ilayes or TUdeir Being the Winning
Horse—Butler*-* Interrogative Ears—-The
Weldom-Paekard Affair.
liut waen this J* Ma-J.s n Walls
In the bauds of i>. Dudley Field felly
He g«t sick and confessed,
And in bad grammar expressed:
“I ain't fit for no place exeept hell,"
(He’ll go there, too, if he lives till he dies.)
— Washington Capital..
General NewB Items.
The Rothschild have only $3,400,000,-
000 in hard cash, and complain of
“bard times.”
There are 100 deaths a week in Lon
don from small pox.
A piece of Gobelin tapestry has
just been sold in Paris for 820,000. ,
Incidents of the great Moody and
Sankey revival in Boston:
“Dear Charlie: Will meet you at the
appointed place and time.
“Hattie.”
“Dear Hattie: I will be there, sure.
“Charlie.”
Then Charlie sends the following
message to his wife:
“Don’t wait dinner for me. I attend
the prayer-meeting again to-day. Little
do you realize, Sarah, what a work the
Lord is doing for me.
It might be said that they have a
“holt” on the murderers of McIntyre,
since there are four men of the name
of Holt under arrest charged with that
crime.
A farmer of Massachusetts reports
3,560 eggs from 21 white Leghorn pul
lets in nine months.
Not that be loved dogs less, but that
he loved sheep more, caused him to
‘•thus” himself: Ninety-nine out of a
hundred people make a great mistake
when they ent off a dog’s tail, in throw
ing away the wrong end.
“Young man, do you ever drink?”
asked a mild-looking man, accosting
Jones. “ Well, tbank you, as it’s a
cold morning I don’t mind,” replied
Jones, removing bis quid of tobacco.
“Don’t do it any more,” rejoined the
mild man, “or you will eventually be
cursed. Good morning!”
An old Comstocker, being reproached
by his prospective mother-in-law that
be was too old for her daughter, that
he was even bald-headed : “Madam, mv
baldness is no indication of age; it
runs in the family. In fact, Madam,”
said he, in a sudden gush of confidence
I was born bald-headed.”
The year 1S16 was the most remark*
able year on record. According to the
Savannah News, sixty years ago oc
curred ‘the year without a summer.’
Frost occurred in every month of the
year 1816. Ice formed half an inch
May, snow fell to the depth of ten
inches in Vermont, seven in Maine
in the interior of New York, and also
m Massachusetts in June; ice was Republican camp yesterday, just belore
formed of the thickness ot common
interrogation points and evidently docf a
deal of thinking. It is understood that
when he comes in with the next House
he will take an independent position,
if he does so and can ptlljJ*under
banner fifteen or twenty members he will
of course hold the balance of jmwer, the
next House being so closely divided po
litically.
Quite an excitement was raised iu the
window glass throughout New England,
New York, and some parts of Pennsyl
vania, on the 5tli of July. Indian corn
was so frozen that the greater part was
cut down and dried for fodder in
August, and farmers supplied from the
corn produced in 1S15 the seed for
the spring of 1816.
The last and most important case
brought before the Mayor, at Tenne-
curn, was that of an assault and bat
tery, with intent to kick.
A Kind Offer :
Tl. Inllow thy fortune” a termagant erica,
Whose extravagance oaused ailibeovil;
‘Tk;»t were some consolation,” tho husband re
P‘**s. .....
'•Kor my fo tun»* has gone to tue aovil
“Arc tlirs- g-tiuir.e s-.usages?” asked
he of the butcher. “Ya,” said the
butcher, “dey ish genuine.” “Made of
dog and cat. and till that?” observed
the man. “Xein! Nein ! dey ish net!”
indignantly replied the butcher; I
makes no dog’s and cat’s meat in mine
sausages.” “Well, then,” said the man,
walking off, “I don’t want them;
I’m after the genuine article.” The
butcher was annoyed at losing the cus
tomer, and gazing wistfully after him,
reproachfully muttered, “Ya, ya—it is
somedimes better uff I toldt de truth.”
Personal Items.
Shellabarger talks like lightning
jerked by thunder.
Ex-Senator Matt Carpenter made an
eloquent peroration and took several
drinks.
Chicago Times: “Wells isn’t a vassal t
he’s a pier, and a mighty rotten one a
that.”
Moody has received a note asking
him to offer up prayers for “a young
married wife.”
Chicago Times: “Bradly’s the man in
stead of Ferry, and that’s about the on
ly difference.”
Boston Advertiser: “Little Wheat, the
Sioux chief lias reap-peared. He has
not been threshed yet.”
Boston Globe:
Blink’s dog, most wonderful to tell,
Has music in his soul,
For every night the quadruped
Performs a barky role.
The Grand Duke Al.-xis gave a grand
entertainment to ab ut three hundred
citizens and officers of the United States
navy and army, Tuesday afternoon, on
board the Russian frigate Svetlana, at
Norfolk, Va.
The first fruit in South Carolina of
the action of the Electoral Commison
on Friday was the violent attack upon
Representative Hamilton,of Beaufort,in
Charleston on Saturday. There could
be no mistake. The black vagabonds
who cursed at Mr. Hamilton were ve
hement in the declaration that, as Hayes
was to be President, they intended to
kill any Republican who recognized
Hampton.—Charleston Xeies and Cou
rier.
Dancing by telegraph is something
new and novel, but yet the same has
been done, During the progress of a
ball at Chicago the other night, waltzes
and quadrilles were played in Milwau
kee, eighty-five miles distant, and be-
in t transmitted instantaneously over
the Wires to Chicago the same were
tripped lightly by the merry dancers.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 17,1877.
At last, after alt the-e weary weeks <»!
hopes and fears and anxious wailing, ri.«
matter is sealed. Another .-ta e has he.
stolen from the riglu, Louisiana is to be
counted for Hayes, an'd fraud has tri
umphed for die time. The Electoral
Commission has decided by a stria party
vote to receive no evidence against the
Returning Board, and the Kellogg cer
tificates, steeped as they are in frauds and
perjuries, branded with the Congressional
Committees, and made shameful' by
usurpation, are to make'Mr. Hayes, Pres
ident. Practically the.contest is over. The keep this thing up!”
Democracy was unfortunate in its choice >’Who’s DeSoto ?
of a tribunal, and has lost; but it is bet
ter far to have fallen in an honorable con
test, than to have won by the fraud? that
will place Rutherford B. Hayes in the
White House.
A committee appointed by Congress
has this week found General Babcock,
Secretary to the President, gnilly _ __
of a misappropriation of the gov- imposed on!”
, , , . , , Er-vp that vour vnnnr
ernment monies under his control
to the amount of 8300,000. An official
expert appointed to examine into his ac
counts and vouchers has made a report
that leaves no doubt of Babcock’s guilt,
but still his conviction uiqler existing cir
cumstances is a matter of great uncertain
ty. It is far from being right or justice
that rules this country now.
After the caSe of Louisiana shall have
been disposed, of twenty-four States will
still remain to be counted, while there are
left but twelve days before the 4th of
March iu which to count them. Should
A Non Seqnitur.
fZ~, —
Because be Cleaned oat m School Teacher
she Built Great Expectations on Him:
' *-
From tho Detroit Free Preee.J
At half past 11 o’clock yesterday fore-
noon a span of halt starved horses, at
tached to a covered wagon, halted at the
edrl^stone on Gratiot street, and the dri-
-’-T bought some oats at a feed store and
iuti’ii 'lu-ui belore the nuiiuals, while he
aud fiis wife proceeded to make a cold
lunc-ii. They had a stove in the wagon,
and were moving themselves and a few
articles of value to some other clime. At
noon three or four journeymen black
smiths, working in a shop near the wag
on, came out and began poking fun at the
oldrwoman, who was the only one in sight
in tiie vehicle. She kept her temper tor
a r. idle, but when a snow hall struck her
on the ear she called out:
“If you want DeSoto to come down
thjoe. and bre&k a few heads, you’d better
^toorgia Legislature.
, *«* Day'* Proceeding.
SEN.
VTE.
'<? arrived the
which was
DeSoto? Show us the man
whj discovered the Mississippi river!”
yelled the men.
DeSoto got down over the end board.
He looked to be about forty years old,
and it was plain that be had fight in him.
He leaned on one of the wheels, and
chewed crackers and looked the crowd
in the eyes, while his wifa stock her head
out and remarked:
“ We don’t want to pick a fight, but we
and saw him under there,and
fairness govern, the mere counting of ithat he was a. licked man. ‘
Is that your youngest «hild ?” called
out ont> of the journeymen. V ~
’’'“Be keerful!” she replied. “He’s
the man who has made ; the wilderness
Howl, and you’d better move on!”
Seeing fun ahead, some - one in the
hack ground tossed up an old tin pan,
which came down fair and square on De
Soto’s head. He spit lout.iiis cracker,
nulled off his big comforter, and the wife
leaned out of the wagon and said: .
“ Wade rightjnto the erqwd, hubby!”
He waded. One ef the-' "journeymen
met him at the curb-stone; and^jti about a
'minute the'man who had made tffejvilder-
ness howl had crawled under hS“wagon
ipr safety. The woman jumped jelown
’-= J J — i '-‘ i “”fied
these votes need consume but a few hours,
but as matters are going now it is ex
treme')’ unceitain that Hayes or Tilden
either will be inaugurated as President of
the United States next month. When
the fraudulent certificate of a fraudulent
body is good enough evidence for the
highest court in the country, it is folly tp
predict six hours ahead of date.
General Butler has been in town for a
week, and although he don’t say much
regarding the political situation he keeps
his ears
banged around, one eye closing
upper lip was as big as an apple <
“What’s the matter?” she
she peered at him between the.
the hied wheeL
“Licked 1” he softly replied.
She felt that some.explanation
manded, and turning to'the ; crqwd'8aid:
“ I’d have bet our hull Outfit on iqpi,
but I own up that he is walloped. You
s- e, we lived up in the woods, aud becau?i
he cleaned out a schoqL 4 master
he kinder thought he . would
stand up 'to anything sroaller’n"
g tne political situation oe «WR hurricane. Get into th? wagon, 1 hohb)
elevated to the heighth of high; and let me rub yon with camphire.” *
the decision of the con-mission, by the ad
mission of Mr. Puruian, a Republican
member from Florida, and a candidate at
the last election, that Tilden truly and
lawfully carried that. State. It will be
remembered that General Barlow, Attor
ney-General of New York under shoot-
them-on-the-spot Dix’s administration,
and who was seat by Zrek Chandler to
watch the same count, has deela. the
same conviction. However alt this
amounts to nothing, and the fraudulent
returns were, as you already know, ele
vated by the Supreme Court of the
United States to the dignity of law.
You have probably been informed
before this o the recent shooting of Gov.
Packard, of Louisiana.
A great deal of mystery still attaches
to the affair but it now appears that he
was realiy wounded, although but slight
ly, and it does not appear to have been a
put up job of the Packard gaog to make
political capital, as was at first supposed.
The Repubicans are endeavoring to
turn the affair to account politically, and
a wild story has been telegraphed here,
of an organization of assassins of which
Weldon is a member but the entire mat
ter has no foundation in truth.
Regretting that eight i3 not seven,
yours, Gorge.
Reminiscence of Gen. Jackson.
The venerable Gen. William O. Butler,
one of the heroes of the war of 1812 and
of the Mexican war, and the Democratic
candidate for vice-Preaident on the ticket
with Gen. Cass, now lives Carrolton, Ky.
He said of Gen. Jackson, to a writer in
the Cincinnati Commercial, a short time
ago, that he was little read in books.
“Indeed,” said the Geheral, “ I do not re
member seeing any books at his house but
the Bible and hymn-book, and probably
a copy of Bunyan’s ‘Pilgrim Progress,”
but he was an indefatigable reader of
newspapers, and was thoroughly posted
in current events, and especially in poli
tics. While possessed of little technical
learning, his common sense was boundless.
He had an intuitive knowledge of men,
and influence over them that was unlim
ited. My brotner Tom, (the mayor), who
was an aid to the General, had some
words with him about a requisition for
arms, and coolness ensued. Some time
after battle a grand ball was given the
General, at which Mrs. Jackson, who had
just reached the city, was present. My
brother was there, of course, and sudden
ly encountered the General, with Mrs.
Jackson leaning on his arm. After salu
tations. the General said, in his irresistible
way, ‘Tom, you are still in a huff.’ The
latter shook his head negatively. ‘Well,
I think jou are, and I won’t believe dif
ferently until you kiss Mrs. Jackson,’
which Tom gallantry and promptly did,
in the presence of the whole assembly. I
knew Mrs. Jackson well, continued the
General, “and she was one of the best
women I ever knew. Certainly a kinder-
hearted creature never lived. The Gen
eral was devoted to her. It was interest
ing to observe him when she was in his
company. His eyes were constantly upon
her, and he seemed to anticipate her
every wish.”
He crawled in without a word, and
the smell of camphor and the tearing in-
of an old shirt into- bandages convinced
the crowd a that the show was over.
Bancer's Daughter.
A Immense Fortune Goes to
Religious and « hantabie Institutions.
New York Sun Feb. 19.
The will of Mary M. Dancer was of
fered for probate yesterday afternoon »t
the Surrogate’s Court of New York
county. Miss Dancer was the only
daughter of Matthias M. Dancer, said
to have been- the most fortunate gam
bler iu New York. Dancer was reared
as a blacksmith, but left the anvil to
enter the lists with professional gam
blers as a dealer of faro. He won
money rapidly, and hoarded his win
nings. YVhen he had accumulated
enough funds be left the Bowery for
Broadway, and for twenty-five yt-ar-
wes connected with various gambling-
houses ou that thoroughfare. A large
part of bis wealth was acquired in a
faro-bank, which, by reason of its di
minutive size, was known as the “Coon
Box.” Th? most noted of his resorts
was No 676 Broadway. He was one of
the chief stockholders iu a faro-bank
at No. 8 Barclay street, which is be
lieved to h>-ve taken in $1,500,000 dur-
i g the war. H<- frequently earned on
his person between 850,000 and 8100-
000.
Mr. Dancer died in August, last ye?r,
leaving half of his property to his wife,
and half to his daughter, Miss Mary
Ann Dancer. In November the widow
followed her husband to the grave, leav
ing all her share to the daughter, who
thus came into possession of all the
father’s estate, valued at about 8500,000.
Mis3 Dancer was a sincere Christian, a
Methodist by faith, but not fanatical or
demonstrative. She occasionally at
tended the Presbyterian church. She
would not marry, preferring to remain
a companion and comforter to her aged
parents. Her death on the 11th of
February was somewhat unexpected.
She is said to have been a young lady
of rare beauty of character, of devo
tional bent of mind, and almost a reli
gious recluse. During her life she gave
much to charities, and by her will
leaves 8335,000 to thirty-one religious,
benevolent and charitable societies,
after disposing of 8185,000 to relatives
and friends.
Marvellous Cotton.
A New and Prolific Variety Said to Be Dis
covered in Egypt.
London, February '18.—Giacomo
Russia, the Austrian consular agent at
Alexandria, has found a new cotton
plant, which is wonderfully prolific.
He says that about two years ago he
accidentally came across the new plant
on the property of a Copt in the Mena-
tia district, who collected the seed and
sold it in his neighborhood at twelve
fold the price obtained for the ordinary
kind. The plant has a long stem, and
being without branches much space is
sayed. It bears an average of fifty
pods on each bush, while the usnal
yield of the plant is about thirty. It
yields from 375 to 675 pounds per fed-
den, thus doubling the crop. A small
er quantity of seed suffices, but the
great drawback in Egypt is that it re
quires much more water, which neces
sitates the alternating of the crops with
grain and vegetables. On the sea is
lands of the Atlantic coast, or along
the Lower Mississippi, it would prove
wonderfully prolific.
Men are busily engaged in fitting up
the late Baroness De Pontalba’s man
sion for Barrn Gustave de Rothschild;
he paid 8900,000 for it; she spent $1,-
000,000 on it; he doesn’t think it sump
tuous enough for him.
The hour of 11 having
special order was taken up, c
a bill to provide for a mode Oi K°” ern ‘
ment for the deaf and dumb asj um '
The committee recommended its p.
sage with an amendment which pro-
P<k>«> to strike out tue nuiu>- of S. A
Echols and insert that of T. A. Smith
of Bartow county as a member of the
board of trustees. The minority re
port of the committee favored the con
tinuance of Mr. Echols upon the
board.
Mr. Perry, chairman of the commit
tee, read a number of letters from pa
rents stating that their children had
been miserably neglected and allowed
toauffer in their bodily condition. He
also stated that serious neglect had been
discovered in the management of the in
stitution. The expenses of the institu
tion TzssswiejTO to have been terribly
extravagant, while the children had
fared badly.
Mr. Wilson favored the proposed
amendment and gave the reasons actu
ating the majority of the committee
in favoring it.
Mr. Furman spoke iu opposition to the
amendment and passed severe strictures
upon the present management of the asy
lum and declaring that a crying necessity
existed for immediate and thorough re
form. The oid board f>as been so negli-
gent that their action demands the severest
cenaqre and condemnation.
Mr. Gamble favored the amendment
and opposed action on ex-parte evidence.
Mr. Gamble then read the majority report
of the board of visitors made to Governor
Smith.
Mr. Gamble offered an additional
amendment inserting the names of Sam
uel Hawkins and William Moore.
Mr. Harrison opposed the amendment.
Mr. Cody called the previous question.
The amendment proposed by the com
mittee striking out the Dame of Mr.
Echols was lost 10 yea3 and 30 nays.
Mr. Gamble’s amendment was lo3t.
The report of the committee was then
agreed to and the bill passed.
A bill to amend the charter of the city
of Dalton. Passed,
The convention bill being the regular
order, the further consideration was pre
sumed.
Mr. Fort moved to indefinitely post
pone the bill and the Senate amendment.
Mr. Candler opposed the motion in an
earnest and able manner.
Mr. Fort favored the motion to post
pone.
Mr. Robson moved the previous ques-
ion, which was sus ained.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
-as lost by yeas 34, nays 116.
"‘Mr. Sheffield, of Miller, moved to lay
-a -table. Lost.
- ■•= The amendment was concurred in by
tliefollowing'vote:
Yeas 131, nays 15.
Thirty-Sixth Day’s Proceedings.
SENATE.
The following bills were read the
third time and passed:
To establish normal department of
North Georgia Agricultural college.
The bill to authorize to loan of the
net proceeds of lease of convicts to the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad
was passed ton ibiril reading.
Mr. McDaniel offered a resolution
prohibiting the treasurer from paying
any interest on coupons of past due
Ponds of the State, d ie January 1,1871.
The resolution was taken up on motion
aud passed.
HOUSE.
The House was called to order at 9 A.
iyl. by Speaker Bacon.
The Senate amendment to the House
bill to regulate the fees of treasurer ot
Bartow county by adding “provided it
does not reduce the commission of the
preseDt treasurer” was concurred iu.
House resolutions were-then taken up
lor final action.
Recommending Perry’s magistrate’s
dockets. Indefinitely postponed.
Relative to W. D. Elam’s manuscript
index of Supreme Court deuisions.
Tabled.
Requesting our Senators and repre
sentatives in congress to urge the repeal
of the bankrupt law. Agreed to.
Mr. Stewart, of Spalding, offered a
resolution authorizing Governor Col
quitt to prosecute to a final conclusion
the cases against Bullock and Jones at
as small a cost as exigencies of the
cases demand. Referred to judiciary
committee.
IN FAVOR OF IMMIGRATION.
Mr. Richardson offered the follow
ing :
Whereas, The best means for recov
ering the fortunes and restoring pros
perity to the State of Georgia is to in
crease the number and efficiency of
those engaged in our industries, and pro
mote the social relation of marriages,
which is fundamental, and vigorously
to maintain the doctrine of home pro
duction ; and
Whereas, The State has already since
the late war appropriated §10.000 to se
cure immigration, and 87,1 IS of which
has been expended, resulting in the
importation of only one German fe
male to compete with unmarried
women in the State for a husband;
and
Whereas, The stringency of the times,
the scarcity of provisions, together with
the extravagance of a fashionable es
tablishment, has set at naught the Crea
tor’s ancient institution of marriage as
commanded, and which is left in great
neglect; therefore
Resolved, Instead of appropriating
any sum in gold, for the purpose of in
creasing the population of the State by
importing foreigners and to promote
the objects set forth in the above pre
amble, his excellency the Governor be
and he is hereby authorized in his dis
cretion whenever there shall be any
surplus money in the treasur or any
balance on hand appropriated to immi
gration not drawn by agents to offer the
same in sums of 825 each, as premiums
ou male children tomanor born, whose
fathers will give bonds that said boys
shall be raised in Georgia and educated
in some honest industry. That to fur
ther this object the fee on marriage li
cense be remitted, and that all minis
ters of the the gospel and other persons
authorized discharge their duties when
called upon before the altar of hymen,
without fee or rewbrd (except it be a
namesake) to the end that all our
women may have husbands and all our
old bachslors may be aided in getting
wives, and that both may be blessed in
a normal condition with a numerous
posterity; and our good old State be
saved the trouble and expense of ship
ping foreigners to increase our popula
tion at the rate of $7,118 per head.
Mr. Whittle moved that 3000 copies
of the bill be printed at the expense of
the gentleman from Whitfield for the
use of the House.
After some-remarks the resolutions
were ruled out
A Georgia Constitution By
Georgians.
A CouTentlo.v or the People ot* Georgia
Called—FnU Text of the Convention Bill.
The following » ! s the full text of the
convention bill as finally passed by
both branches of the Jegislature:
A BILL,
To be entitled “An act to provide for
the holding of a convention of the
people of Georgia for the purpose of
revising the constitution of said
State.”
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Represetatives and it
is hereby _hy authority of the
same, that immediately alter it» P -«-
sage of this bill, bis excellency, the
Govomor be, and is hereby authorized
and required to issue his proclamation,
ordering an election to be held in each
and every county in this State, on the
second Tuesday in June 1877, for dele
gates to a convention of the people of
Georgia to convene at the Capitol in
the city of Atlanta on the second
Wednesday in July, 1877, for the pur
pose of revising the constitution of said
State.
Provided, nevertheless that at the
election of delegates provided for by
the act, the voters may have written or
printed on their ballots the word “Con
vention” or the words “no Convention.”
And if a majority of those voting on
the question of holding or not holding
a convention shall vote for holding a
convention, the Governor shall by
proclamation so declare and order del
egates so elected to assemble according
to the provisions of this act, and if a
majority of those voting on the ques
tion of holding said convention shall
be opposed to said convention, it shall
be the duty of the Governor by procla
mation so to declare and order that the
delegates so elected do not assemble
and the convention shall not be held.
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted by tfie
authority aforesaid, that said election
shall be held and conducted by the
laws of the State, in the same manner
and at the same places as elections for
members of the general assembly are
now held in the State; and the returns
of said election shall be in the same
manner forwarded to the Governor,
who shall issue certificates of election
to such persons, chosen as delegates to
said convention receiving the highest
number of votes.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted oy the
authority aforesaid, That representation
in said convention shall be based upon
population, in the ratio of one delegate
to eyery six thousand inhabitants; and
to this end each Senatorial district in
the State as the districts are now ar
ranged shall constitute an election dis
trict from which delegates to said con
vention shall be chosen as follows, to-
wit:
From the 1st district, eight delegates.
From the 2-i district, three delegates.
From the 3d district, two delegates.
From the 4th district, two delegates.
From the 5th district, two delegates.
From the 6th district, two delegates.
From the 7th district, four de egates.
From the 8th district, four delegates.
From the 9th district, three delegates.
From the 10th district, four delegates.
From the 11th district, four delegates.
From the 12th district, four deleg ties.
From the 13th district, six delegates.
From the 14th district, four delegates.
From the 15th district, one delegate.
From the 16th district, three dele
gates.
From the 17th district, five delegates.
From the 18th district, seven dele-
att-s.
From the 19tb distrist, five delegates.
From the 20th district, six delegates.
From the 21st district, five delegates.
From the 22nd district, eight dele
gates.
From the 23rd district, six delegates.
From the 24th district, five delegates.
From the 25th district, Bix delegates.
From the 26th district, four delegates.
From the 27th district, six delegates.
From the 2Sth district, five delegates.
From the 29th district, five delegates.
From the 30th district, four dele
gates.
From the 31st district, three dele
tes.
From the 32nd district, two dele
gates.
From the 33rd district, four dele
gates.
From the 34th district, five delegates.
From the 35th district, nine dele
gates.
From the 36th district, six delegates.
From the 37th district, six delegates.
From the 38th district, three dele
gates.
From the 39th district, four delegates
From the 40 th district, two delegates-'
From the 41stdistrict, three delegates.
From the 42nd district, seven dele
gates.
From the 43rd district^even delegates.
From the 44th district,three delegates.
Sec. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, that in said election
any person shall be entitled to vote who
is entitled to vote for members of the
General Assembly under the present
constitution and laws of this State; and
and that any person who is entitled to
vote at this election shall be eligible as
a delegate of said constitutional con
vention.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, that the constitu
tional convention adopted by the afore
said convention shall be submitted to
the people of Georgia for ratification or
rejection, and that every person entitled
to vote for members of the General
Assembly under the present constiution
and laws of this State shall be entitled
to ratify or reject said submitted con-
stitution.
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A Horror of the Sea,
Thirty-two Days Without *'ood—Only One
survivor Out or* Crew of Fcurteee-
Drlnktng the blood and Eating tie
Hearts of Their Dead Shipmate..
Boston, Feb. 21.—AJetterreceived from
Capt. James, of the schooner L. E Mc
Donald, dated Goree, west coast of
Ainca, Jan. 24, says that on his outward
passage from Boston he fell in with th-
wreck of the British bark Maria, Capt.
Grayson, having on board two survi
vors of a crew of fourteen u en, tho
others having perished from exposure
i 111 ^ femme. The wreck was discovered
in lat. 38 deg. 23 min., long 32 deg. 20
nun., with masts gone and full of water.
Ihe two men were taken on board the
schooner, but one died within four
hours.. From the sole survivor it was
ascertained that the bark was bound
trom Doboy, Ga, to Belfast, Ireland,
aQ “ “} a t she sprung a leak in a galo
and filled with water, so it was impos
sible to save previsions or fresh water.
The lamber with which the -r? r?’ •.-> -
laden, prevented her from sinking '
the weight of masts turned the ves-
on her beauT'ends, until the mask
oroxe wsraj-, —.La — :—
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, that the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be,
and the same is, hereby appropriated
to pay the expenses of said convention
if held, and his excellency, the Govern
or is hereby authorized to draw his
warrant on the treasmy for the same.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid that all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this act be
and the same are hereby, repealed.
tiie men regained the deck, Having no
food or water, they soon began to die of
starvation, and as soon as one died, the
rest subsisted upon the dead body, and
so on until only two were left. The
snrvivor, Jas. McLaughlin, belongs to
Belfast, Ireland, and says that only
small portions of the bodies could be
eaten. No one was killed, but the mo
ment one died the survivors cut the
throat of the deceased and drank the
blood, and divided the heart and brains.
It was thirty two days from the time of
the disaster until the wreck was sighted,
and during all that time the crew bad
not a drop of water or other food than
the bodies of their dead shipmates.
Fortunes and Misfortunes of
New York Gamblers.
New York Correspondence of the Boiton Jour-
nal.]
Chamberlin, the great gambler, has
failed, and failed badly. His debts are
astounding—8100,000 for meat, 810,000
for liquors, 86,000 for clothes. Tne fact
is Chamberlin’s business, as the colored
people sing, is “sometimes up and some
times down.” One Dight bis bank loaded
down with gold; the next night he could
not buy a box of cigars. Yet the glitter,
glare and glow of the institution, the fine
furniture, the clink of the gold, the
sumptuous tables free as a hydrant—do
Jheir work on the unwary as really as if
gambling was a paying business. There
are men in New York, however, who fol
low gambling as a trade—have done so
for years, and have made money by it.
Not one in 10,000 conld imitate them.
These men'live in fine style in fashiona
ble New York. Their houses are ele
gantly famished and tables sumptuously
supplied. Their business is unknown,
and they pass for brokers. Their families
move in good society, and occupy a
high-priced pew in a fashionable church.
These men act on a rigid rule, from which
they never depart. They do not drink,
they smoke sparingly, keep their heads
clear, and have command over their
nerves. They play every night. They
play while they win, if it is until day
light. They limit their losses. They can
lose $50, 5100, 8300 and not feel it.
Blow high or blow low, they never go be
yond this. They believe iD luck, and
when the luck is against them they retire.
Oat of the thousands of gamblers, not ten
have made money over me “green cloth.”
The Prodigal
Inheritors ot vast wealth arc provt.
bially spendthrifts. The golden ore is
dug from the mine, refined, and coined,
by the labor of other hands and the
sweat of other brows. Like children
playing with an expensive toy, they can
form no just estimate of its value.
When the donor weighed it, he cast in
to the balance so many days of unrern-
iting and fatiguing toil, so many anxi
ous and sleepless nights, so much self-
denial, and so much care. But the
inheritor into his balance throws only
—pleaure. The one, values it by what
it cost him; the other, for what it will
purchase. Like the prodigal in the
Scripture parable, he thoughtlessly ex
pends it to gratify the caprice and crav
ings of his nature. Then comes the last
scene—the misery, the remorse, and
the long and wearisome journey back
to the home of frugal industry. But
there are other prodigals. On her fa
vorites our bounteous parent, Nature,
has lavished her richest treasure—
health. But the prodigal values it
lightly, for it cost him naught, and
recklessly squanders it in riotous living.
Present pleasure obscures future
want Soon the curtain rises on the
last scene. We see him hepless, im
poverished,—the rich treasures of body
and mind all lost,—in misery and dcs- .
pair. Remorseful Concience holds up
to him the mirror of memory. In bis
own reckless folly he perceives the
cause of his present pain. He re selves
to return. The journey is long and
tedious, but if he perseverirgly follows
the right road, he will at 1 ngth see the
haven of his hopes in the ■ I istance, and
Nature, seeing her invalid child afar
off, will come out to meet 1 .in. and re
ceive him back with love and nivihing.
To find the right road homeward, the
suffering prodigal should read “The
People’s Common Sense Medical Advi
ser.” Therein it is completely mapped
out, its landmarks a'.i indicated and its
milestones all numbered. Read it.
Price $1.50 (postage prepaid). Ad
dress the author and publisher, R. V.
Pierce, M. D-, Buffalo, N. Y.
Consumption Cured-
An old physician,retired from active
iractice, having had placed in his bands
jy an East India'Missionary the for
mula of a simple Vegetable Remedy,
for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,
Asthma, and all Throat and Lung At-
fections, also a Positive and Radical
Cure for Nervous Debility and ail
Nervous Complaints, after having th
riughly tested its wonderful c
lowers in thousands of cases, te:’
iis duty to make it known to his suf
fering fellows. Actuated by this motive,
and a conscientious desire to relieve
human suffering, he will send (free oj
charge) to all who desire it, this recipe,
with fall directions for preparing and
successfully using. Sent by return
mail by addressing with stamp, naming
this paper. Dr. W. C. Stevens,
Monroe Block, Syracuse, N. Y.
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