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trnivrinrTirv n wn Tvrvr.T.. JdaTED APBIU 1870 -_ SUBSCRIPTIONS. FOB the weeklt. B M >ntk* 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 VOLUME XXXI. no 11112 uoJlin VTiiall apl-ul. ir.ttol fai-at Hi1, ftU . <1 vK ,JC hnni lOoy k ft ufiooiqi-wr vlliil 3ct Iwjolsrshucaiin "'iT. To i nicjre-i a To ooieul ■lies—i >*’■!! m - ■ i i -iv Ida. w a too bcw Jl .in.-i-jilha t j tutil Imairaoo ar.w I ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORONG, AUGUST 1, 1877. tel li iinv oJ Loniunalah I ban a / :;• j ! ,r.. . » • 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- •■LitX.-. TION. -..i. ' l ■ • ' ■•.’line .. _ v» 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.”