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P >“/(££.« wil! to » so a T«D
, N surgeons Wasted in
I, j, stated that Dr. Warren
r fpnrisha. 5 received an authoriza-
f 0 m the Turkish War Department,
[ T th" Ottoman legation in Paris,
Et properly qualified American sur-
1 fj t he Turkish army. Their pay
5! no gold per month, and their
naM w ;ll he paid to Constantinople.
v”r Journal of .Commerce. ■
| The distinguished
|eorgi» D ’ U P 0M
the Constitutional Con-
iES
l„tion has not, so far as we have seen,
L published correctly. The distin-
ished Georgian was Judge Lochrane,
j hia remark was that “on the first
, 0 f its meeting the Convention abol-
[hed the Constitution, on the Becond
suited the Governor, and on the
17 it repudiated God Almighty.”
feat but naughty.— Chron. & Const.
i tlie great laborers’
In referenic
■trike.
ake the following extract
Wadiingtim letter, date 23rd
The President lias tieen kept advised
I eTC ry movement by extending a tele-
lra[,h wire to his house at the Soldiers’
Ihme. lie came in and attended church,
|o,l held two consultations with his Cab
inet, all forming a unit as to the impera-
Tive necessity of stamping out the insur-
fretion.”
We learn from the Courier-Journal
that Khedive Ismail has gone hack on
[he American officers in his army, and
Larly all of them have been discharg-
1 ami are returning home. General
luring, however, who has rendered
[uch valuable aid in the organization
ml disciplining of the Egyptian army
Bill retain his position. The Khedive
s now wholly under English influence,
Lnd English military men will take the
fc.lac’.-- made vacant by the dismissal of
fhe Americans.
FliSTIXA I.EXTF.
Whatever is worth doing at all is
rorth doing well. In the niiad of a nm-
irity of Georgia’s electors the framing
if a new Constitution is worth doing;
i,l, that it is worth being done well, is
lyond all question. The reasons for
are so nearly self-evident, as to make
this assertion almost axiomatic. Wc hope
:ry section of this great fundamental
r of Georgia will be sreutiuized by its
praraers with microscopic care and unre-
'■rafs vigilance, and a most conscicn-
»us regard for the welfare of this grand
ddcommonwealth. The time required to
iplish this almost holy task is of
[comparatively very minor importance.
Even considering it solely from the cold,
lionless standpoint of economy, it is
better that thoroughness should be .evi
dent in every line of the new Constitu
[lion, regardless of the time required to
[make it thus, than that tho work should
he hurried through with, marred by de
fect", and a few thousand dollars saved
in the present time at the cost of many
thousands in time to come.
IVe think the Convention, or at least a
,large majority of its members, possesses
in an eminent degree the confidence of
the pople. The delegates can easily re
tain this faith of the people, so long as
they manifest an earnest desire to do the
very best for tho welfare of their State.
Tlie people are not easily deceived. They
can readily distinguish among tho mem-
!*rs the patriot from the more selfish pol.
itician. Let that delegate who introdu
ces a resolution for his own future inter-
rest assured that ho stands ns plainly
detected as though his heart were bared
* that his motive, stamped thereon,
aught be read by all men. But wc be
lieve there arc comparatively few such
® the Convention—more, the people bo
believe.
Then with uu eye single to their coun
try s good, let the framers of this impor
tant instrument bend all their energies to
the work before them. Give tho people
a perfect Constitution, cost what it may
c°d, and thus “making haste slowly,’’
•hey will best make baste.
urn interesting news.
Tho citizens of Pittsburg having ef
fected an organization, subdued the
■nilroad strikers and restored the city
t° tho municipal authorities on Mon*
'In.v. Gen. Getty ordered from Fort
Monroe to take charge of troops in Ma
ryland. Movements of troops at Wasli-
ln gton show some uneasiness in refer
ence to the capital. At Albany, N. Y.,
the employees of the Central and Ilud*
son River Railroad have demanded of
' anderbiit an increase of 25 per cent.
°n employees’ wages, with the threat
to strike unless granted. The strike,
originated by railroad employees, is
’aid to havo passed almost entirely into
thn hands of thieves and incendiaries.
In New York, the famous Seventh Reg-
ment , after assembling at its armory,
Wa? stoned and hissed by a crowd of
roughs. The mob at Buffalo fired the
t-nke. Shore paint shop and a number
of cars. At Westfield, a company of
soldiers, after killing several rioters,
*uro driven frem their quarters. Some
of the soldiera were shot by the rioteis
who got possession of the Westfield
ouwpany’a rifles. The strike fever has
“®cn caught on the Pacific, coast. At ft
Workingmen's meeting in San Francisco
ure were 10,000 men. They are “go-
lri g for 1 the heathen Chinee out there.
The strike has struck Toledo. Every
urge shop in the place is closed. Only
cn days’ food in Pittsburg. The riofr-
th m f 7 n Francisco vent their rage on
T e Celestials, smashing their houses
!;; C ^ a ^6 2n d regiment was caiL
™ 0111 Thursday evening. A fight
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NEW SERIES-NO. 48
with the rioters occurred, 150 of them
wounded, and ten killed. : Tho artil
lery opened on the mob with grape and
cannister.
The Governor of Illinois hoa made
formal application to President Hayes
for help.
At Hornellsville, N. Y., a compro
mise has been effected; the men go to
work at ten per cent, reduction, free
rental of lands along the track, no dis
charges on account of strike, and no
arrests except for dangerous criminal
offenses.
! At a Cabinet meeting ■ on Thursday
all were of the opinion that the condi
tion of affairs was much improved.
We qnotc as follows from the Chroni-
le’s Atlanta correspondent:
’ “Air. Stephens, who, with Mr. T. K.
Oglesby, his private Secretary, is stop
ping at the Kimball IIousc, has enter
tained much company since his arrival
in this place. He seems greatly interest
ed in the Convention proceedings, and his
opinion is sought by every' one. Wc
learn that he expresses himself in favor
of a homestead with a slight reduction
from the present exemption, and if any
waiver there he, let it exist in the person
alty rather than the realty. He docs not
think tlie Legislature should be reduced;
oin tlie contrary, is in favor, if anything,
of an increase. Two hundred in the
House and one hundred in the Senate,
with biennial sessions and reduced pay,
would not work badly, thinks the sage of
Liberty Hall. His health, we are glad
to say, is much improved, though yester
day lie was slightly indisposed.”
Egyptian Correspondence.
Extract* from a Private I.otter from
Egypt.
We make the following extracts from
an interesting private letter received
yesterday from Egypt:
Beled-ei.-Shohak, )
Provinca of Haikyeh, Lower Egypt, >
June 25,1S77.)
I left Cairo some three months ago
In command of a surveying party com
posed of native officers and soldiers of
the General Staff, and have been en
gaged in surveying and mapping por
tions of this province. Tent life in the
land of Goshen is not without its
charms ; nor the life of a wandering
Arab without its comforts. We remain
from two to three weeks in a locality;
moving to another by camels furnished
upon requisition by the nearest Sheik.
Camel riding is rough but romantic, at
first —provided your • back is strong. I
am disposed to believe life is 'all a
dream when. I find myself gotten up
in true Arab sun-proof^stylepwith a
silk couffeer of bright on'— 3 'wrapped
around my tarhno*\, and mounted, in
the midst of my household goods, upon
one of these melancholy and dignified
creatures.
Our camp is pleasantly located un
der* little clump of gum-Arabic trees,
in the midst ofluxuriant cotton patch
es, not far from the bonks of one of the
numerous Niles of the Delta. The
scenery is very pretty, and very Egyp
tian. The country is densely popu
lated. Eight or ten villages, each of
one or two thousand inhabitants, are in
sight, while others are hidden by in
tervening groups of trees.
The Nile is at its lowest stage ; water
is scarce, and the various water-lifting
machines are at work, from the modern
Bteam engine and ancient sakkia, or
water-wheel, turned by bull or camel,
to the shadoof, worked hy a single
fellah or peasant The ruins of Tala-
hasta, a wealthy and populous city
during the time of the Pharaohs, and
one of the chief cities of the land of
Goshen, are in sight to the westward i
and peeping over them are tlie mina
rets of Zagazig, tlie capital of tho pro
vince.
The Egyptian farmer is not scientific-
He knows nothing of tlie analysis of
the soil, or “How Plants Grow nor
has he any but the clumsiest and rudest
implements, lie breaks up liis land
with a plow fashioned thousands of
years ago, and he thinks a squatty little
buffalo bull and a long-legged camel
make a good team for it. But in spite
of all tills, it must be admitted that he
is a very good farmer. You may
laugh at his plow and team, he can
laugh at your crops. He makes, year
after year, heavy crops of whatever he
plants. His land is no richer than
our river land, and liis fertilizing ma
terials are exceedingly limited and
difficult to obtain. His land must be
worked to its utmost capacity to pay
his $10 tax per acre, and to live. In
spite of many errors he succeeds. And
this success is due to his systematic ro
tation and manuring. There are un
doubtedly many useful lessonB to be
learned from these ignorant and super
stitious but industrious and successful
farmers.
The Courier comes to me weekly,
and is a great pleasure to me. I am
entirely cut off from the civilized world,
and never see a European or a Chris
tian in these rural districts. Once a
week I get letters,, and those days are
bright spots in my life.
State Convention.
2
CA1.I.EH TO REVISE UIECONSTI1IJ-
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Eleventh l>*y—Sunday, July 21M.
\ The' Convention dolled' to order by
President Jenkins. 1
i Prayer by non. E. J. Henry', delegate
from QUms-v, \ i -i-Tr “
After the report of this Committee on
Final Revision upon the sub-report of;
the Executive Committee had been
submitted by Mr. Toombs, ; ' and a fey
unimportant ; resolutions introduced
t w report hri; the -Bill of. Rights was
t lien I .lolscai ’
-V' j Bill of Rights,
aa la read
rf tite gov
ernmonti -iMure, Jjstyca ijo all, preaeryi
peace; promote the interest and kpnpiAeSs.il
tho cltizCn, and, to transmit to'posterity tiic'
onioyment of liberty, we. tho people of Geor
gin, relying upon, the protection of Almigh'
ty God, do ordain and establish this constitu
tion.” Was adopted.
The first section was read as follows:
“That all government of right originates
with the people, is founded upon their will
only, and is instituted solely lor the good of
the whole ;tbat magistrates are their trustees
and servants, and at all times amenable to
them.”
On motion of Mr. Harrell, it was
amended so as to read “all magistrates
and public officers.”
Mr. Wright called attention to the
word “that” at beginning of section os
being unnecessary, and moved it be
stren out. Agreed to.
On motion of Air. Lewis, tlie same
word in fourth line for same reason,
was striken out.
On motion of Mr. Hill, the section
was further amended hy putting a pe
riod after the world “whole,” and be
ginning next sentence witli word “Alag-
istrates,” nnd striking out tho word
“their” in fourth line.
On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Bar
tow, the word “Magistrates” was strik-
out.
The first section was announced agreed to
os follows:
“1. All government, of right, originates
with the people, is founded upon their will
only, nnd the instituted solely for the good
of tho whole. Public officers arc the trustees
nnd servants of the people, and at nil times
amenable to them.”
The second section was read and agreed t 1 ?
as follows:
Protection to person nnd property is
tho paramount duty of government, and shall
be impartial nnd complete.”
Air. Wright stated that he would of
fer a resolution the next day making
lobbying a crime. He thought such a
clauso ought to be put in the -Constitu
tion. Some very respectable citizen
thought they, had a right to do so,
He differed with them. If he were
called upon to state "•*— a nas < * one
more injury *• ” ur government than
nro iinhgelso he would say “lobbying,”
lie scarcely knew of a measure in
the federal or State Legislature that has
worked injury to the people that was
not carried through hy lobbying. The
State road is in the hands of a compa
ny, for the next fifteen years, and they
are making millions out of it while the
men who make their bread out of the
soil by the sweat of their faces are
bleeding in taxes to pay that debt
Nothing could make him believe but
what tho bill, by which that lease was
made, was carried through the Legisla
ture by extraordinary means. Taxes
in their last analysis are dug from the
bowels of the earth. He wished to
make that road available to pay the
State debt and relieve people of taxa
tion.
In the close of his remarks Judgo
Wright alluded to the recent transac
tion with Gov. Colquitt, and stated that
ho thought well of the Governor, and
that he, the Governor, had only carried
out the contract made by an execution
who will go down to posterity as infa
mous.
At the conclusion of Judge Wright’s
remarks tho third section of Bill of
Rights was taken up.
After being amended so as to read as
follows:
; Respecting the effect on tbofitae of
bqtton subject to extraordinary pres--
sure in order to reduce the size of the
bale, Mr. John Butterworth, Oldham,
writes to the editor of Cotton that he
has examined samples under a micro
scope magnifying 1,400 times, and
found no trace of injury.
Wade Hampton, colored, who was
once a riave of Gov. Wade Hampton,
is lecturing in Southem lndiana-on tho
“Condition of the South.”
All citizens of the United States, resident
in tliiti State, aro hereby declared citizens of
this State and it shall be the duty of the
(icncral Assembly to enact such laws as will
protect thorn in the full enjoyment of the
rights, privileges and im munitics due to
such citizenship,
The third section was agreed to.
The fourth section agreed to as fol
lows : ,
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty,
or properly, except by duo process of low.
Tho fifth section was agreed to as
follows:
5. All men have the natural and inalien
able right to worship God, each according to
the dictates of bis own conscience, and no
human authority should, in any case, control
or interfere with such right of conscience.
- Air. Hammond, of Fulton. I desire
to offer the additional amendments
that I spoke of *as additional to section
five, as follows:
C. No inhabitant of this State shall be
molested in person or property, or prohibit
ed from holding any public office or trust on
account of bis religious opinions; but the
right of liberty of conscience shall not be so
construed as to excuse licentiousness or jus
tify practices inconsistent with tho peace and
safety of the State.
7. No money shall over be taken from the
public treasury directly or indirectly in aid
ot any church, sect or denomination ol relig
ionists, or of any sectarian institution.”
The additional sections being put to
the House they were agreed to.
A communication was ted from the
Few Yerjk Warehouse and Security;
[Company.. MibCopapany plalmiia to
be eredjto*8 pftfc.gtRfe; to,
be; protected; : bar. Uluh to • : -'T
s communication was -.referred to
Committee on Finance. ® '
The uighth . section was ' ajgrced to as
Allows: * . t :: ‘"
‘Etery person, qksrgcd with, an offense
against the laws'of tho State, shall haTC the
privilege' and benefitof,counscl, sball be fur*
nished oh demand wither copy of the accusa
tion, and a list of-the witnesses on-whoso
testimony tho charge against him is founded;
shaft havo compulsory process to obtain the
testimony of his own witnesses, shaft be con
fronted by'the.witnesses testifying against
him, and shall have a public and speedy trial
by an impartial jury.”
Section ninth was agreed to as follows:
. 1 No person accused shall be compelled to
pay costs', except'.‘.after conviction, on final
To ooi
! Section ten was read as follows:
i j No person shall be put in jeopardy of life,
or liborty, more than once' for the same of
fense, save on his, or her, own motion for a
new trial alter conviction, or in ease of niis-
trial."
; Agreed to.. • • ■. ' '
Sections eleven, twelve and thirteen
were agreed to as follows:
| 'IlLi No law shall ever be passed to our-
” or retrain, the liberty of speech, or of
any person may speak, write. And
3 sentiments on all subjects, being
ohaible for the abuse of that liberty."
2. _Thc right of the people to be secure
-their' persons, houses, papers and effects
“-'t unreasonable searches and seizures,
ot be-violated; and n0 warrant shall
issue-but upon probable cause, supported by
oath, or affirmation, particularly describing
the place, or places, to be searched and the
persons or things to be seized.”
“13. There shall be, within the State of
Georgia, neither slavery nor involuntary ser
vitude, save as a punishment for crime, after
legal conviction thereof.”
Air. Bass—I offer the following as an
additional section;
“No person shall be allowed to testify
in court in any case to which he may be
a party.”
1 offer that, because from observation
and experience, as every legal gentleman
here knows, that practice, as now allowed,
operates against the honest men of the
country. An honest man cannot be in
duced to swear in his own behalf wrong
fully, but the corrupt man, who has no
sense of appreciation for future rewards
and punishments, may be induced to
swear falsely. The operation of this rule
has been against the honest citizen and
to the benefit of the bad. I hope it will
be obliterated. Tho practice has been to
the disadvantage of good people and to
the benefit of the corrupt and the evil.
The question was put, and the proposed
section was not agreed to.
Sections fourteen ami fifteen v
agreed to as follows:
“14. The social status of tlie citizen shall
never lie the .-ut.iecl of legislation.”
“15. The writ ot habeas corpus shall not
be suspended.”
Air. Key proposed thc following as an
additional section, which wa9 agreed to:
“The civil authorities shall be superior to
the military, and no soldier shall in time of
peace be quartered in any bouse without the
consent of the owner, nor in time of war only
by tlie civil magistrate, in such manner as
may be provided by law.”
Section seventeen and eighteen were
agreed to as follows:
17. Kxcessii o lines shaft not be required,
nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and
unusual punidimcnt inflicted; nor shaft any
person be moused in being arrested, while
under arrest, or in a prison.
IS- The power of tho courts to punish
contempt shaft be limited by legislative acts'
Seetion Quieov-a was read as follows :
“10. There shall bejno imprisonment
for debt.” .
Air. Winn^-I move to amend by ad
ding the following:
“But the Legislature shall have power
to provide by law for the imprisonment
of a debtor who fails to discover or sur
render property in his possession, custody
or control, not exempt from levy and
sale by the laws of this State, after issue
joined and found against him, until he
complies with the order or judgment of
the court having cognizance of such
cause.”
The amendment having been discussed
at some length, AL\ Toombs said;
If we eveT expect to como to any con
clusion of our labors, we cannot be mak
ing collection laws here. All this Con
vention has to do is to establish a few
fundamental principles and leave these
othor matters to the Legislature and the
people, in order to meet the ever vary
ing affairs of human life. I move to lay
the whole matter of amendment on the
table.
The motion to lay on the tabic pre
vailed.
The hour for adjournment having ar
rived, Convention adjourned until next
day.
Twelfth I>ay—Tuesday, July ilth.
TVe were compelled for want of room
to leave the proceedings of the Twelfth
day out of our last issue. Thoy consist
ed mainly of amendments offered to
the several remaining sections of Bill
of Rights—none of a very important
character. On motion of Air. Wright
the followin was inserted as second
section of Bill of Rights:
Lobbying is declared to bo a crime, and
the Gcnoral Assembly shall enforce this pro
vision by suitable penalties."
A majority and minority report from
the Committee on Location of Capital
was submitted:
The majority report submitted to the
Convention the proposition made by
Atlanta in rcferenco to building a capi
tal and donating lands, together with a
detailed rtatement of the money ex
pended by the city of Atlanta in pay
ment for the opera house now used as a
State Capital. The report further sub
mitted to the Convention the question
whether Atlanta shall be tlie perma
nent Capital to bo jby that body decid
ed or submitted to the people as it may
deem most expedient.
The minority report was to the effect
that the question of locating the Capi
tal be kept out of tho Constitution, and
that tho people decide it at the first
general election for members of Legis
lature by endorsing on their ballots
“Atlanta” or “Alilledgeville.”
On motion of Mr. Wright the reports
were laid upon the table—300 copies
to be printed for use of the House.
Thirteenth Day—Wednesday, July 25th.
President Jenkins having called Con
tention to order, prayer was offered by
delegate Cooper.
Most of the day’s proceedings con
sisted of motions to reconsider proceed
ings of previous day, and discussions
thereon.
Air. Merkho'n moved to reconsider the
clause making lobbying a crime. He
argued at some length in fever of hie
motionand was replied to by Air. Wof
ford wt made a strong and eloquent
speech gainst the motion.
The n>tion to reconsider did not pre-
.vjail. ,
Air. town moved to reconsider
clause nt allowing banishment beyond
State KW?; or whipping for crime. He
argued tat the Constitution was not
the plac for it, but the enactment of
such a hv should be left to the Legis
lature.
On wtion of Mr. Gartrell the motion
to rec&ider was tabled.
Mr. iLwson moved to reconsider the
vote agjeing to 'clause upon irrevoca
ble grftis of special privileges and im
munity He thought certain grants
and pKileges should be made irrevoca
ble. tfhev were not, men would not
put thir money into corporations <tc.
Mr Lawton argued at considerable
lengtiin favor of his motion. The
discuson was participated in by sever
al of t,e most prominent delegates.
Thonotion to reconsider was car
ried b a vote of 94 to 90.
Steers. Bass, Fitten, Hamilton and
llawkns of this District voting for
rccoufderation; Alessrs. Johnson
Wrigfc and Wofiord against
MrLawson moved that the question,
in refrence to which his motion was
to be pid on the table until the Com
mittee on Legislative and Corpora
tions vere made. Motion agreed to.
Thireport of Committee on Execu
tive dpartment was considered.
Mr. Osborne moyed to strike out
the wirds "competent salary” in the re
port a the Executive Committee in ref
erents to Governor’s salary, and insert
in tnir place the words, “he shall have
a sabry of $3,000 in currency and no
more;
Upin a motion to lay the above on
tho tif'lo there were 97 in favor of, and
f>5 agjdnst doing so; Hamilton and Fit-
ten o! this District voting in favor of
so doiig, and Bass, Hawkins, Johnson,
Wri'ht and Wofford against.
Air. 3ass offered to amend by strik
ing out “competent salary established
by lav” and inserting “three thousand
dollop until otherwise ordered by a
law passed by two-thirds of both houses
of tlftGeneral Assembly.”
AIi. Harrell- I-have ap amendment
which I desire, tb offer as - a substitute
for that of the gentleman from Floyd,
[Air. Bass.]
“By inserting after “law” the words
‘whiqh shall not exceed three thousand
deiHgt-per annqm. cwra specie pasis.
After partial discussion, the hour of
adjournment having arrived, the Presl-
x^.VXunuuuwa-- rvuivAiftinn ad
journed to 9 A.M. Thursday, July 2fitb,
1877.
Eourtcentli Day—Thur»<lay, July 27.
The Convention was called to order by
Air. President Jenkins, pursuant to ad
journment.
Prayer was offered by delegate Edge.
The regular order of the day—report
of Executive Committee—was taken up.
When the Convention adjourned the day
previous, Air. Bass’ amendment was
pending in reference to Governor’s salary,
that he bo allowed “three thousand dollars
per annum until salary be changed by
two-thirds of both houses of General As
sembly on call of yeas and nays.”
After much discussion, extending over
a wide range, a motion was made to lay
the amendments on the table. Not
agreed to by Go for with 121 against lay
ing on table.
All delegates from this District voting
against laying on the table, except Air.
Johnson, who was absent
After further discussion Air. Warren,
of Houston, offered the following amend
ment to Air. Bass’ amendment, which
was accepted by Air. Bass:
“This reduction of the Governor’s sal
ary shall not apply to the present term
of tho present Governor.”
Mr. Bass’ amendment having been put
to tlie Convention, it was agreed to by a
vote of 125 to G2.
The entire second paragraph of Section
First, as amended, was then adopted.
The third paragraph of Section First,
making the first election, under this Con
stitution, for Governor, take place on first
Wednesday in October, 1880, and there
after ever two years, etc., was adopted
with some slight amendments.
The hour for adjournment having ar
rived, Conventionadjoumed until Friday
at 9 o’clock A. M.
Grant in England.
Encll«hmcn’8 Opinions on the Subject.
From & privato letter to tho Ban.]
London, June 21.—I saw Grant a few
days ago at the horse show in the Alex
andria Palace. I expected his eight
years at the Whito House might havo
polished his boorishness, but he still is
tho same. I never saw any public char
acter, and hardly ever, if ever, a private
snob so. unspeakably vulgar and ugly
and insignificant He him not even a
smile for the flattering plaudits of John
Bull. I never could have dreamed of
such a wet blanket Our Lord Mayor
even looked like a being of a superior
race alongside him. He can’t make the
slightest speech in reply to the English
before or after dinner oratory. Such a
barbarian certainly never was the guest
of this nation before.
Hilton on Jews and Gentiles.
His Orders, Hike tke Haws of the Wedez
end Persians, are Immutable.,
New York, July 18.—-Relative to the
rnmored rescinding of the order for the
exclusion of Hebrews from the Grand
Union Hotel in Saratoga, Judge Hilton
said that he knew nothing of it until
he saw it in the papers tbis morning;
and said that his orders bearing on that
question remain unchanged. He added
with much force: “I am determined
they shall remain so; 1 have no inten
tion of altering them,”
The Story of a Lady’s Bustle
Worth (52(000 in Bank
Bills-
The Magistrate Who Examined it Still Liv
ing In Macon, Ga. . ,jj j . #
I was thinking last night of the
dreadful times we have bad for the past
three or four years, of the scarcity of
money and the general stagnation in
all departments of busines, and 1 came
o the conclusion that if there ever was
a “time that tried men’s souls” it was
the present Aly mind wandered back
to events which occurred over thirty
S ears ago, and revived many incidents
lat took plaqe in the olden time, and
among, them was one in which a wor
thy magistrate, an honorable citizen
now living in Alacon, acted a promin
ent part It was all about a bustle.
In those primitive days, that heavy
and expensive caudal oppaulagc was
considered indispensable to the dres3
of the ladies, and tho larger the size the
more fashionable- The pijnmt ungra
ceful style of puff and tie-backs is not
comparable to the extent of the cotton
works then supported by the ladies.
There lived, not far distant, a gentle
man who conducteda large cotton Ware
house and commission business in Ma
con, known as Mr. M. He wa^ .a very
pretentious man, a zealous member of
the church who took a leading-part in
singing, praying, exhorting and stirring-
up the fevor of the sister of the congre
gation to inspire their husbands with
pious ardor; He was held up to-the
rising generation as an exemplar in
morals and business qualifications. D
was the popular belief that he was sec
ond to no one in usefulness as a church
member, and when he and two other
stentorian singers (choirs and organs
were not then tolerated in churches),
laid siege to a sinner and could not
save him, it was the general conclusion
that the poor sinner had no soul worth
saving.
The cotton business was then as pre
carious and speculative as now; and
unfortunately Mr. C. met with heavy
losses, and liis luck grew from bad to
worse, and every clVort to recuperate
liis fallen fortune seemed to get him
deeper in In his struggles he called
upon some unsuspecting friends to en
dorse his paper that he might be saved
from bankruptcy and utter ruin. But
in the mean time he collected large
sums of money, and was scrupulously
careful to pay none out; thus perven-
ting the scriptural text, to relieve his
conscience: “that a man who does not
take care of his own household, is worse
than nn infidel."
To etmeeal bis money, he made a
'willine ai-compliqp of Viis wife. She
was a fit-hhumide lady,’ arid following
the style of the day, wore a prodigious
busily. Tlie happy thought occnred’to
her to extract all the cotton staffing
from it and substitute good bank bills.
The securities of Mr. C. had been ren
dered. Among them was whohad
euuuiscl An n . v-.Jr lttlgO Uinnl, uni
suspecting Air. C. had money concealed
hevquietly used every means to find
out where it was deposited.
The wife of Air. C., had a fine-looking
maid servant, about sixteen years old
and the indorser bribed her with
promise to purchase and liberate her
from slavery if she would assist him in
finding out where the money had been
hidden. The servant carefully noticed
every night before retiring, she would
place the huge bustle that she wore du
ring the day in a trunk, under her bed
ana was careful to lock it up. This in
formation was communicated by the
servant to the indorser, who rejoiced in
the belief that he had discovered the
clue to the hidden treasure.
About that time C. was in a distant
State, making, as is usual, under such
circumstances, even unto this day; new
investments, liis absence required the
servant’s presence more in the company
of her mistress.
Tlie indorser made known the fact
about the trunk and the bustle to the
sheriff, who at once engaged to proceed
witn him to the house of the family of
C. the next morning. An arrangement
was made with the servant that she
should quietly unlock the door of the
house, and the one te the room occup
ied by her mistress.
All arrangement having been con-
summa'ed, the indorser and sheriff re
paired to the house at an early hour in
the morning and by the aid of the ser
vant entered the room. The indorser
pointed out the trunk under the bed to
the sheriff, who mode a levy upon it
and took it to the office of a magistrate
who now resides in Alacon.
Tho trunk was opened and tho bus
tle found in it The magistrate, with
his pen-knife carefully dissected the
curious Cresent shaped Depository;
when tho bills began to tumble out
As they were scattered and counted in
piles on the magistrate’s table, they
would have filled a half bushel meas
ure. The bills were of the best banks,
and of various denominations, from
fives to one hundreds, with a lot of
smaller notes amounting to over fifty-
two thousand dollars.
The general verdict of the people was
that the bustle was the most valuable
one ever worn by any lady.
The indorser by the recovery of the
$52,000 relieved from bankruptcy and
enabled to continue his planting inter
ests. lie reared a large family here
and bequeathed to them a handsome
estate.
The family of the D.’s removed to
another State and reared children who
were highly respected; among them
was a son who occupied high posi
tion in his profession, in the late war
and in politics.
The indorser proved true to his con
tract with the servant girL She was
sold at public sale. Her discovery of
the famous bustle was generally known.
She became a favorite and bids were
made as high as $1,800 for ;ber when
she was bought by the iudoreer for, an
amount exceed tag that sum, ^rbichiWftg
three times the value of such pn®c*ty
at that date.—Sunny South.
There is a:reM:iatMtfiftre**fattte
that appropriately named itown, Hm-
ardville, Conn. This lady h*fl l<Et4ire
husbands by powder-mill explosions.
Is she afetmed 7 15 she MglpB
Not at all. She is about'to: he jwureA
to the sixth, and he is a powder-miller,
also! . Jj»n
: ■« y-:—— . .
Gen. Grant wanted to smoke a big
cigar in the presence of the Qoeeni, but
he abstained when they told him she
had laid aside her clay" pipe forever.—
Detroit Frm Frcss.
How Hayes' Cabinet Dress.
Key’s Old Hat, Sctiurz’ pantaloons and
Thompson’s Blue Coat and
Gold Buttons.
Hartford Tin**.]
Hayes wears daring week days an old
black soft felt hat, of what is known as
the army style. It looks as though it
had done service enough to be turned in.
On Sunday Hayes redeems himself by
wearing a very fashionable black silk
hat, which he bought in Cincinnati just
before ho was inaugurated.
' Evarts wears during the warm days a
small white strew hat alternated with a
irown straw.
Key wean the wont looking dicer ever
eon. He bought it when he came to fill
Andy Johnson’s seat in the Senate.
Key’s heaver is three -sizes too small for
Vim,'and sits cn top of his iron-gray bris-
and, secondly it has not been in
to for four years. It is a horrid look-
affeir,- though Key feels happy while
ring it, back on his ears. Key can
iely sing that comic ballad, entitled “I
t the man with the shocking bad hat.”
Sherman wears a calico hat, which is
made upon.a light steel frame, and a
brown straw, which is well ventilated on
the sides.- . Both are what are well known
as cheap hats.
Schurz, while particular in the cut of
his pantaloons, so that his pants will ap
pear to-rthe best advantage, is not at all
particular about his head wear. He has
one straw hat that has done him service
for two summers, and recently purchased
a better looking one, which he wears when
walking—which is very seldom. I have
not seen Air. Schurz except in his car
riage, or sitting at his desk in the Inte
rior Department, since he has been in the
Cabinet Key is a great tramp, and,
like Air. McCrary, the best natured man
of them all, often is seen walking the
'streets.
Air. AleCrary wonts a new beaver hat
very bad. His present one is in a terri
bly bad condition. It needs to be block
ed very much. He has made the same
beaver do service for receptions, funerals,
etc., for the past four years. I recog
nized his hat os the one worn by him in
the first session of the Forty-fourth Con
gress.
Mr. Devens, the Attorney General,
when in full dress, wears a handsome and
stylish silk hat, on which there is a wide
band of crape. At other times he wears
a soft felt, which looks well on him. He
is very prim in his entire dress.
Secretary Thompson makes a specialty
in dress, and of coarse he wears a beaver
to suit. He has of late left off his bine
coat and gold buttons, which he had worn
for the last forty years, and now wears a
more modem covering, though not so
showy. He.takes great pains in having
his fiat look nice, and always succeeds,
The Stonewall Brigade.
An Incident ot the Battle of Hanai
The Historic SanbrMpet.
Col. Kjd Douglai in the PhUaaeipnis xnnee.j
The General formed his brigade along
the crest of the hill near the Henry
House, the men lying down behind'the
brow of it, in support of the two pieces of
artillery placed in position to play upon
the advancing foe.
Gen. Bee, his brigade being crashed
and scattered, rode up to Gen. Jackson,
nnd with the excitement and mortifica
tion of an untried bnt heroic soldier, re
ported that the enemy were beating him
“Very well. General, it can’t be help;
cd,” replied Jackson.
“Bnt how do you expect to stop them ?”
“We’ll give them the bayonet!” was
the answer, briefly.
Gen. Bee wheeled his horse and gallop
ed back to his command. As he did so,
Gen. Jackson said to Lieut. Lee, of his
staff:
“Tell the Colonel of this brigade that
the enemy are advancing; that when their
heads are seen above the hill, let the
whole line rise, move forward with a
shoot, and trust to the bayonet. I am
fired of this long range work.”
In the storm which followed Bee’s
return to his command, he was soon on
foot, his horse shot from under him.
With the fury of despair he strode among
his men, tried to rally and to hold them
against the torrent which beat upon
them; and finally, in a voice which rival
ed the roar of battle, he cried out:
“Oh, men, there are Jackson and his
Virginians standing behind you like a
stone wall 1”
Uttering these words of martial bap
tism, Bee fell dead upon the field, and
left behind him a fame which will follow
that of Jackson as a shadow.
A Horrible Harder.
A horrible murder of a woman was
committee at Auburn, Afassachusetts,
on the 19th inst. Tho victim was a
Airs. Ellen Campbell, and her murdered
was a James Mulcahy, alias Wilkins.
He broke each of the four limbs of his
victim across his knee, and pounded
her head, destroying one eye and frac
turing her skulL She lived four hours
to tell the terrible story of her murder
and name the murdered. Mulcahy is
under arrest. He admits the commis
sion of the act boastfully, and is thought
to be insane; but as he is an old offen
der. and has already served two or three
terms in jail, this may not be so. At
any rate It is one os those instances of
horrible brutality which every now
and then ore reported from Alaesachu-
setts.
The above murder is only on a par
with those committed by the boy,
Jesse Pomeroy, and the sexton who,
a short time ago, in chnrch, so bru
tally murdered little Mable Young.
—Savanuah News.
Terrific Shrinkage.
On. the 8th of March, 1876, the stock
ofIbf New Jersey CentralKaOway was
worth *107 per snare, and on the 23d
of Jane, 1877, it was only worth $6 per
-
Inttn Hteae.date, fle stock of the
' Lackawanna and Western
road sold for $33 per share, against
$119,nnd the stock of the Delaware
and Hudson Capal- Ccropaay add at
$30 per ebars, against $120 in 1876.
The total shrinkage in the stock of
dtree wree roads, between the dates
named above, was; nearly sixty-two
milium dollars.—TcL&Mcs.
Over four million sewing machines
have been sold since they were first in-
ttOdoced in 1853.
contract rates of aJvHRYIsihu
One i
iquMo one month_..„ 4 00
One squzro three month*.. 8 II
One eqnere eix month. jj 00
One aqnere twelve months JO 00
One-fourth;©olnmn one month II 10
One-teurth column threo months.. J* #»
One-fourth column six months M ••
Ono-foorth column twel-ro months. #• M
column one month J* •#
One-helf column three months SI M
Ono-helf column six months- M 00
One*hull column twelxe months 104 SI
one colnmn one month. J* so
One column threo month*. el SO
One column nz months 1Q4 OD
“ colnmn twelve mnutiiw. im fc
T&® foregoing rates ere for either Weekly
W*VoAly, When published in both pspon>*
W per cent. Additions! upon table rates.
The Question of Precedence.
How General Grant Was Made Itldleulom:
In London.
The thoroughness with which Pierrt-
pont and Badeau (Brigadier in waiting)
managed to make ex-President Grant
ridiculous in London will be be appre
ciated by intelligent readers of tlie fol
lowing private letter to a friend in New
York “from an English member of Par
liament, well known for his good will
toward this country:”
Some ridiculous and preposterous
things have happened during Grant’s
visit in connection with the awful ques
tion of precedence. In the innocence
of our hearts we had fancied the Presi
dency ef theUnited States a sort of Cin
cinnati^ business, and that, after joy
fully laying down the scepter of author
ity, your Republican chief magistrates
gladly returned to the condition of dti-
zens, and yoked their horses once more
(o the plow, but it seems we were all
mistaken. Your ex-President has in
sisted upon the highest royal honors,
Wonting to walk before princesjf not be
fore kings which would all be very well
if you had only let us known that it
was in the proganame. As nobody
understood about it the results have
been rather comical. At Mr. Pierre-
pont’s Grant and Mrs. Grant, Pierrepont
and Mrs. Pierrepont, and Badeau, all
stood in a semi-circle in one room, after
the manner of the royal family at a
drawing room,to receive the guests. A
Tory friend of mine chaffed me fright-
a President was a grander sort of per
son than that—more like aLordJAIayor
of London or the High Sheriff of a
county—the chief man during his term
of office, but ready afterwards graceful-
to retire to the higher dignity of private
life.
“Seriously, I am afraid that General
Grant has not made a good impression
upon the most sensible people whose
good opinion is best worth having, and
I am heartily soory for it. It is hard
to make people who have not been in
the United States understand how an
ex-President may not be after all a re
presentative American or even a fair
specimen of his countrymen.”
How A Rebel Surgeon Saved
President Hayes’ Arm.
At the battle of Antictam and South.
Montrin a colonel was wounded—his
arm fearfully shattered—and he was
borne from the field by his brothers anil
a private soldier. They carried him
across the country a long and toilsome
distance, every step of which was tor
ture to the sufferer, to the house of a
Alaryland Union farmer. Then came
the ubiquitous Yankee surgeon with
his glittering knives and cruel saws,
'and made hasty preparations to ampu
tate the ailing member. The farmer
vehemently protested, declaring that
the man would die if the arm-was cut
off. The surgeon insisted that the pa-
tiont wnnld 3ifl. if the.- arm was not
taken off, and the Colonel's Brothers
-coincided witli -the surgeon. But the
determined old farmer dispatched his
son on his fleetest horse across the fields
to the other side of the mountain after
his friend and neighbor, a country phy
sician and a rank rebel. When tte
rustic Escnlapius arrived, there ensue:!
a long contention with the Yankee
hewer of bones over the sufferer, but
the result was that the arm was saved,
and after seme weeks of careful nurs
ing, the Colonel galloped off to join his
regiment, a comparatively sound man.
He subsequently became Governor of
Ohio, and now fills the Presidential
chair.—New York Tribune.
Synopsis of Alabama’s Nsw Con
stitution,
The new Alabama Constitution made
by the Democracy of that State has re
duced the Legislature to 31 Senators
and 100 Representatvies; changed ses
sions to biennial, Unfitting them to fif
ty days without power to extend the
time; reduced pay of members from
SC to $1 a day, and mileage from 40 to
10 cents a mile; required all bills to he
passed hy yeas and nays; made lobby
ing a crime; repealed the power to pass
local or special laws for the benefit of
individuals or corporations; prohibits
forever any indebtedness for improve
ments, limited the power of the State
to tax three-fonrtbs of one per cent., re
stricted towns, cities and counties to
one-half of one per cent, for county
purposes, and one-fourth to pay debts;
reduced tlie judicial circuits from 12 to
8, and abolished a large number of offi
ccs, saving an annual expense amount
ing to hundreds of thousands of do!
lars.
A Lively Fight When Congress
Meets.
N«w York Tribune ]
A Cabinet Minister has been overheard
remarking at Washington that he has no
doubt the extreme Republicans will 0]S>n
lively, aggressive, bitter war upon -he
President when C'ongrcsB i!.e
Civil Service Reform he th- ught was the*
real grievance, but the attack will be
aimed ostensibly at the Southern policy.
Upon this observation a Southern Con
gressman said : “Well, if they atln. k
the President because he is trying to di
vorce the official service from local poli
tics and restore peace to the South and
fraternal feeling to the whole land, you
will see a Solid Sooth come to his sup
port. It is said that many Southern
men want a chance to support Hayes.
This is true. Now the best excuse in
the world would exist if those chaps
should pitch in.”
Effects of Imaginary Ills.—A pro-
mient citizen of Blount county has
been suffering for some weeks with
what he supposed to be a cancer on his
body, from the effects of which he be
came qneit reduced in flesh and was
for some days confined to his bed. The
afflicted part was examined by his wife
and a physician summoned to treat
him for cancer, when it was discovered
that a large doe-tide had imbedded it
self in the flew to a depth, that it was
unrecognizable. And now it is consid
ered unhealthy for any man who is not
in good fighting trim to mention any- 1
thing about his late illness.—Knorvillc
Tribune.
If there is anybody nnder the can
ister of heaven that I have in utter ex
crescence,” says Airs. Partington, “it is
the slander, going abont like a boy con
structor, circulating his calomel upon
honest folks.”