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VOLUME XXXI. ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15,
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e contrast between the peace and
at South and the recent riot
wer „o D ess at the North is spoken
, very striking one.
l The strike may be considered as
hied oat entirely now, as the punsters
gotten hold of it Some one Bends
following to the Courier-Journal:
hVho is the first striker mentioned in
Lory? Xerxes; he whipped the
*phorus (boss for us) ”
Man-
I Roane Mountain, N. C., is the place
l refugee from the summer torridity of
j go] Fires are built there in the
*,e about 4 P.M. and again in the
t and kept up until ten. Bead
.• and weep, oh ye faithful wielders
[•the palmetto fan with pocket-books
i frail.
I Gov. Jenkins thinks the “Convention
I entirely too large a body. Every man
[inks his opinion the most important,’’
] every one wauta to “ ’sprees his pin-
It makes a delegate feel very “ex-
i,e" to see his name and “remarks”
rubliehed in the morning paper aa a part
If the proceedings.
Substitute “Legislature” for “Coaven-
1 in the aheve and you have an ar
gument fully sufficient in itself for reduc-
i of our General Assembly.
In a multitude of counsel there may
wisdom, but there is worlds of fool-
hne® mixed up with it.
CONVENTIONAL hIImob.
On last Tuesday, Mr. Tuggle moved in
i Convention, that the action of that
hIj fixing the pay of jurors at one dol-
r per day be reconsidered. He did not
link the- Constitution was the proper
i for such matters. He thought it
^rouid have a tendency to cieate enemies
i the Constitution; and it might be nec-
r to arrange for a coroner to preside
the corpse of nid Constitution—
by enemies which such notion as
|the above created—and its epitaph would
s “Too many daddies.”
Mr. Tuggle, in speaking of the policy
Inf making friends for the- Constitution,
I a priest once advised an Irishman
■to renounce the devil when dying, and
lhe replied: “I’m going to a strange
(country, and I don’t like to make inimies.”
Mr. Tuggle thought that in reference
Ito firing the jurors pay at cno dollar per
■ Jay, “IVe have about as much right to
] prescribe the bill of fare at the hotel and
I order fried chicken or broiled h&m for
I lire juror’s breakfast.”
II INTERESTING illSTOItlUAL
FACT.
Under this head, the New York Sun,
| of Saturday prints the following double
I leaded article:
After the argument upon the Florida
! case before the late Electoral Commis-
I sion in Washingto, Judge Bradley
wrote out his opinion and his decision
in full. He completed it at abont 6
o’clock in the evening on the day before
the judgment of the Commission was
to be announced, and read it to Judge
Clifford and Judge Field, who were
likewise members of the Commission.
It contained first, an argument, and
secondly, a conclusion, The argument
was precisely the same as that which
appeare in the published document;
but Judge Bradley’s conclusion was
the votes of the fTilden electors in
Florida were the only votes which
enght to be oounted as coming from
the State.
This was the character of the paper
when Judge Brabley finished it, and
when he communicated it to his col
leagues. During the whole of that
sight Judge Bradley’s house in Wash
ington was surrounded by the carriages
of visitors who came to see him appar
ently abont the decision of the Elector
al Commission, which, as we have said,
wW to be announced the next day.
These visitors included leading Repub
licans as well as persons deeply inter
ested in the Texas Pacific Railroad
When the Commission assembled the
noxt morning, and when the judgment
was declared, Judge Bradley gave his
voice in favor of counting the votes of
the Hayes electors in Florida! The
JWWeni he did no deliver at the time;
hut when it came to be printed subse
quently it was found to be precisely the
aaffle the argument which he had
originally drawn up, and on which he
had based his first conclusion in favor
of the Tilden electors.
the DEAR PEOPLE.”
It is the creed of the wise philosopher
that everything was oreated for some
"special purpose, everything has its
sptoiflo uses, and there is nothing under
lhe eun that was created in vain. And
yet there are knowing looking skeptics
who will not yield assent to this opin
ion, and in refutation thereof will wise-
*>' shake their heads as they propound
the puzzling query, “ fray tell ns for
*hut good use in God’s world were
mosquitoes and bed-bugs and grass
hoppers and politicians made?” What
4 superficial mind, indeed, it must be to
even think such a question!
the bed-bug and skeeter.
N °; we soar one grade higher, and
tune our lyre—no pun intendaiff^tp
hum the Meeting that the American
Politician in to humanity! For what
good purpose was fc made? Why, if
uo were good for else, his usee
84 a sort of human kaleidoscope to
Bhow off all the beautiful colors of phi
lanthropy, would be sufficient reason,
for his being afflicted upon, or rather
his being conferred upon, mankind,
uat at this time we can cite an illus-
rative proof of hie philanthropic
yearning: Read any day you will the
proceedings of our State Convention,
now in session, and see what a strong
hold the “ dear people” have upon the
politician’s philanthropic soul. How
it creates in us feelings of reverential
admiration to see him take advantage
of every occasion to fearlessly proclaim
How dear to hia hurt are th, rif h*. of the poo
p!o,
Hear him as he tbrillingly declares that
he has no other motive in the wide, wide
world save “ the good of the people.”
In a word, the “ dear people” is his
polar star by which his life-boat is
guided 1 So overflowing is his precious
little soul with tender philosophy that
sometimes in a mere motion to adjourn
he Bees the rights of the “ dear people”
endangered, and recklessly throws him
self into the breach to save them at the
risk of being overwhelmed with—con
tempt
True, there are some who, in reading
these professions of watchful care of
the “ dear people’s” interest insinuat
ingly observe that where there is so
much smoke there is little or no flame,
but plenty of goa {vide the chimney of
gas-works). These same faith-wanting
people will axiomatically remark at the
same time that when a body boosts oil
and loudly of his own integrity, there
iB a broad substratum of dishonesty in
his character; ihat he who reminds
every one whom he meets of his zeal
in religion, has implanted by nature in
him a bountiful supply of the seeds of
hypocrisy; and that he who giyes a
frequent verbal airing of his courage
comes up sadly wanting in the hour of
trial. But let not your faith in the
philanthropic politician be shaken by
such allusions. And if that faith be
not sufficiently fortified by the profes
sions of love for the “ dear people” so
often reiterated from the hustings and
in our legislative assemblies, then
strengthen it by contemplating the
practical manifestations of that love
whenever and wherever a large number
of the “dear people” assemble—on
election days, for instance. See how
cordially he clasps the hand of the “d.
p.;” see him embrace them; hear him
os he anxiously enquires after the
health of their wives and little ones 1
Oh, how beautiful is philanthropy, and,
for the purpose of showing it off to
advantage, how the politician is, like
the horse in the school-boy’s composi
tion, “a very useful animal!” Never,
never be ye skeptical in reference to
the wise purpose of Providence in cre
ating bed-bugs, mosquitoes and politi
cians.
The pliilanthropic politician ! The
lover of the people 1 How refreshing
it is to contemplate him! Ah, how
thankful ought we all to be for such a
lovely, sweet, simon-pure, unadulter
ated, glorious old humbug as the polit
ical lover of the “ dear people!’’
General Newi Items.
There is twenty million of coin in the
United States Treasury oyer and above
coin liabilities.
The old historical oak under which
it is said Wesley preached his first ser
mon in America is still standing at
Frederica, Ga.
An American woman in Paris raises
canaries and giyes to the poor. She
cannot give them bank notes, so she
gives them bird notes.
The house in New Hampshire in
which Horace Greeley was bom is
owned by Wm. Brown, who has lived
in it for fifty-three years.
A Massachusetts cow came home the
other day carrying on her hom the fol
lowing note: “Inclosed find six cents
for one quart of milk taken this fore
noon.” And the six cents were there.
The Norwegian lemming is an ani
mal about the size of a mouse. It
lives under stones in the summer—un
der snow in the winter. It is a savage
little beast. It hisses and bites. About
once in ten years they emigrate in the
antumn in large armies. They march
in a straight line. They cross lakes
and rivers. They go through hay-stacks
and com-staeks rather than go round.
Nothing stops them, not fire, cascades
or swamps. If a man stands in the
way they will jump at him as high as
his knees. If struck, they will turn
around and bite and bark like a dog.
Foxes, lynxes, owls, hawks and weasels
will follow them and destroy large
numbers of them, but it does not check
them. They continue their course un
til they reach the sea, into which they
plunge as persistent and progressive os
ever] until the waves drown and ex
terminate them.—Detroit Post.
Georeiacs.
It is understood that Col. C. C. Jones
has declined the professorship of phys
ics in the State University, to which
he was recently elected.
Some of the premiums at the ap
proaching State Fair in Atlanta, 15th
Qctoher, are worth as much as SIOO for
best display by individuals, and as
much as $300 by that of counties or
societies.
This we get from the Cedartown Ex
press: “We learn the following con
cerning a homicide which was commit
ted in Haralson county on Sunday
State Convention.
Twenty-Third Day—Monday, August Gth.
Hon. L. N. Trammel called the Con
vention to order.
Prayer by delegate Tharpe.
Section Fourteen of report on Judici
ary Committee was agreed to as fol
lows :
No person Bhall be Judge of the Su
preme or Superior courts, or Attornev
General unless, at the time of hts
election he shall have attained the
age of thirty years and shall have been
a citizen of this State three years and
have practiced law for seven years, and
no person shall be hereafter appointed
Solicitor General unless at the time of
his election he shall have attained
to twenty five years of age, and shall
have been a citizen of the State for
three years, and Bhall have practiced
law for three years next proceeding his
election.”
Paragraph First of Section Fifteen
adopted as follows:
“No total diyorce shall be granted
except on the concurrent verdicts of
two juries at different terms of the
court.”
Paragraph Second of same Section
read as follows:
Paragraph II was read os follows:
When a divorce is granted, the jury
rendering the final verdict shall deter
mine the rights and disabilities of the
parties, subject to the revision of the
Court.
Mr. Brown moved to strike ont “sub
ject to the revision of the Court.” Car
ried.
The paragraph was then agreed to as
amended.
Section XVI, paragraph I, was read
as follows;
Divorce cases shall be tried in the
county where the defendant resides, if
a resident of this State.
Mr. Head. I move to add to the
end of the paragraph these words, “and
if not a resident of this State, then in
the county where plaintiff resides.”
Mr. Buchanan. I move to strike
out the word “tried,” and insert
“brought,” os a party may move out of
the county where he resides at the time
the action is brought, and not live
there when it comes to triaL
Both amendments agreed to, and the
paragraph aa amended was adopted.
The following paragraphs of same
Section were adopted as follows:
Par. II. “Cases respecting titles to
land shall be tried in the county where
the land lies, except where a single
tract is divided by a county line, in
which case the Superior Court of either
county shall have jurisdiction.”
Par. ill. “Equity cases shall be tried
in the* county where a defendant re
sides, against whom substantial relief is
prayed.”
Par. IV. “Suits against joint obligors,
joint promissors, corporations, or joint
trespassers residing in different coun
ties may be tried in either county.”
Par. V. “Suits against, the maker
and indorser of promissory notes or
drawer, acceptor and indorser of foreign
or inland bills of exchange, or other
like instruments, residing in different
counties shall be tried in the county
where the maker or accepter resides.”
Par. VI. All other civil cases shall
be tried where the defendant resides,
and all criminal cases shall be tried in
the county where the crime was com
mitted, except eases in the Superior
Court where the presiding judge is sat
isfied that an impartial jury cannot be
obtained in such county.
The following paragraph 1st of Sec
tion Seventeen agreed to:
The power to change the venue in
civil and criminal cases shall be vested
in the courts, to be exercised in such
manner as has been or shall be provid
ed by law.
Section XVIII, Paragraph I, II and
III, agreed to as follows:
Par. I. The right .of trial by jury, ex
cept when it is otherwise provided in the
Constitution, shall remain inviolate, but
the General Assembly may prescribe any
number, not less than five, to constitute
the trial or traverse jury; except in those
cases where exclusive jurisdiction is con
ferred upon the Superior Court.
Par. u. The General Assembly shall
provide by law for the selection of upright
It is not for us, in this place,to eing last: Ayoung my wentto spend the
Upraises of Use bed-bug and skeeter- - a ^ PeWC8 i - a 8ho *
and intelligent persons to serve as jurors.
Par. III. Jurors shall receive compen
sation for their services, uniform through
out the State, to be prescribed by law,
not to exceed one dollar per day.
Section XIX—Par. I. The General
Assembly shall have power to provide for
the creation of County Commissioners in
such counties as may require them, and
to define their duties.
Section XX—Par. I. All courts, not
specially mentioned by name in the first
section of this article, may be abolished
in any county, at the decretion of the
General Assembly.
The report of Judiciary Committee
was then adopted as a whole.
On motion of Mr. Crane, the unfinished
report on Executive Department was
taken up.
The following of said report was adop
ted:
Paragraph XV. “A persoa once re
jected by the Senate shall not be reap-
e ad by the Governor to the same of-
nring the same session, or the recess
thereafter.” Adopted as reported.
Sec. II—Par. II. Their several salaries
shall be fixed by the General Assembly,
but shall not exceed the sum of two
thousand dollars each per annum, and
shall not be increased or diminished dur
ing the period for which they shall have
been elected.”
This matter was referred to a
enmmittee, which report was read for in
formation.
A motion was made to strike ont
attacked him, (rumor says with a gun,)
and the attack neraked in the killing of
Pearce by Golden. The killing was
done with ft pistoL”
ago, and during the night some
went toihe stable and shaved them
lfo«K»>*%«di<l uaf seem to
place this matter to the extent that
Pearce did, add therefore said nod
about it. But Pearce was mad,
aocuseda Wri by. the name of Golden
of hiving been the perpetrator of the
act, and attacked him about it Golden
denied it,and for that time -escaped „
-PwiflXL. Oh Sundfty janAoffios isconaected with hlsfoffice,
«tof
agam.
The paragraph was
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and Ms dexkwere fixed togedierat
000 per annum, upon a call of the yeas
and nays. Yeas 87; nays 70.
The salary of the Comptroller Gen-
erral.he to supply his own clerical force,
was fixed-at $6,1000, so long as the wfid l^
hid $5,000 should it be detached.
Convention adjourned until next day
8i o’clock, A. M.
Twenty-fourth Day- Tuesday A■■.7th.
Convention called to order by Vice-
President Lawton.
Prayer by delegate Underwood.
Several motions made to. reconsider
action of Convention on previous day,
j v personal explanation.
Mr. Hammond, of Fulton. On Sat
urday, smarting under what I then
thought was an attempt by the Hon.
A. R. Wright, of Rome, to hold me up
to public ridicule, I used language on
this floor for which I was called to or
der. Regretting that I committed a
breach of the rules of the Convention,
I beg its pardon. I feel it to be my
duty to Bay more. Without other aid
than my own reflections, after a full
survey of the facts, I am satisfied that
the language of the gentleman did not
necessarily show that he intended any
thing but pleasantry on his personal
allusion to me; and his previous rela
tions and his position should have kept
me from a personal retort upon him.
Upon this the first moment since my
remarks when the gentleman has been
in the Convention, I beg hia pardon.
Mr. Wright I am glad that the gen
tleman has said so much as be has. It
is always unpleasant for me to engage
in a personal contest of this sort, espe
cially with a gentleman with whom I
have had so many pleasant relations.
(Applause.)
Mr. Featherstone moved the adoption
of the following as a substitute for the
2d paragraph of 18th section agreed to
on previous day:
The General Assembly shall provide
by law for the selection of the most ex
perienced, intelligent and upright men
to serve as grand jurors, and intelligent
and upright men to serve as traverse
urora. Nevertheless the grand jurors
shall be competent to serve os traverse
nrors. .
Agreed to.
The following substitute was adopt
ed in lieu of 3d paragraph, section 18th
agreed to on previous day:
It shall be the duty of the General
Assembly by general law to provide a
manner of fixing the compensation of
jurors in each county of this State.
Mr. Moore proposed the following
amendment in lien of his amendment
to paragraph 1, section 18, adopted pre
vious day:
But the General Assembly may pre
scribe any number not lees than five,
to constitute the trial, or jury, except in
Superior Courts.
Agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Gnerrard, city
courts were also excepted.
Mr. Brown offered the following sub
stitute for the different salaries named
that were agreed upon on the previous
day:
The salary of tEeTreasuter shallnot
exceed $2,000, and his clerical ex
penses shall not exceed 81,000 per an
num; the salary of the Secretary of
State shall not exceed 82,000, ana the
clerical expenses of his Department
shall not exceed 81,000; the salary of
the Comptroller General shall not ex
ceed 82,(XX), and clerical expenses, in
cluding the Wild Land and Insurance
Department, shall not exceed 83,000,
Substitute adopted.
Mr. Brown offered the following, in
reference to pay of Governor’s clerks,
in lien of a similar paragraph in report
on Executive Department:
But the entire clerical expenses of
the Executive Department, including
secretaries, shall not exceed 88,000 per
annum.
The substitute was agreed to.
Mr. Toombs introduced a resolution
authorizing the Legislature to levy a tax
to furnish good substantial artificial limbs
to those who lost them during the war.
The resolution was agreed to.
The hour for adjournment having ar
rived, Convention adjourned until next
day.
Twenty-tilth Day—Wednesday, tagnit 81b.
Convention called to order by Presi
dent Jenkins.
Prayer by delegate Edge.
After several motions to reconsider
parts of previous day’s journal, ant
lengthy discussions thereon, Mr. Rus
sell, of Decatur, introduced the follow
ing:
Resolved, That from and after to-day
the sittings of this Convention shall be
divided into two sessions. The first to
extend from 8:30 o’clock A. M. to 1
o’clock P. M., and shall be known and
designated as “the reconsideration ses
sion.” The second to extend from 1
o’clock P. M., to 2 P. M., and shall be
called “the business session,” and the
first session shall not infringe upon the
second, unless by a two-thirds Vote of
the Convention.
[Laughter, and several motions to lay
it on the table.]
Mr. RusselL I withdraw it
Report of Committee on Executive
Department bring under consideration,
Mr. McDonald moved to strike ont
88,000 and insert $6,000 as the amount
which the Legislature shall not exceed
in making appropriations for expenses
of Executive Department
Agreed to. At
Report of Committee of Finance was
next in order.
Par. HI, of Section II, waa road and
agreed to, as follows:
“No poll tax Bhall be levied except
for educational pqrjpoaes, and such tax
shall not exceed one dollar annually
upon each polL”
Par. IV, agreed to as follows:
“All lows exempting —
enumerated, shall be void.’
Par.V, was then read and agreed to
l ^ 4r rhe power to tax
corporate property, sfcsRcnaCb* , ,
flabdtaratofltaifladly seb—law w
State.be a party.”
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follows: •'»> jUVaTm
“No debt shall he contracted .
on behalf iff the State, exo^t.to suj
eCutidriMMaiw xwwiouoj-td
Sec. IV, was read and
follows:
authorizing the borrowing
or ou behalf of the State,
the purposes for which
to be used; and the mon
ey iso obtained shall be tijtd for the
purposes specified, and for no other.”
Sec. V, was read, as follows:
“The credit of the State shall not be
plegedrit loaned to aqy individual,
com piny-, corporation or association,
and the State shall not become a joint
owner or stockholder in any ooimpany,
association or corporation.”
Mr. Brown offered an addition to the.
section that, nothing^in above section
should be so construed as to prevent
the Slate from using ' proceeds of peni
tentiary for developing its resources.
Mr. Brown argued at some length in
favir of State aid.
Hr. toomba^poke against it
TheBso^m was finally -adopted. }
Gi^^ohadjourned.; '; Jt ‘'
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TwentyAtytli DSty—Thursday, Angnit SUu
The Convention called to order by
PreridentJenkins.
Prayer by delegate Coats.
Sec. VI Par. I of Finance Report was
readcU) fellows:
The Gmeral Assembly shall not au
thorize tnj county, municipal corpora
tion, or political division cf this State, to
became * stockholder in any company,
or association, or to appro-
foir, or to loan its credit to,
lion, company, association,
or individual, except for pure-
ile purposes.
of Mr. Little; it was amen-
to allow corporations to make
for school purposes, and
as thus am ended it was agreed to:
Par. II, of Sec. VI, was read as fol
lows v
Hie General Assembly shall not have
power tcdelegate to any county the right
to levy t tax for any purpose, except for
edndtticnal purposes; to boQd and repair
the l&bfic buildings and bridges; to main-
support prisoners; to pay jurors
aadjexpenses of courts; to support pan-
pen;aid pay debts heretofore existing.
This as amended by Mr. Reese, so as
not {d include in “educational purposes”
the hgber branches of an education was
pass^L
Pa^ I, Sec. 7, was read, as follows:
The debt hereafter incurred by any
const], municipal corporation, or politi
cal division of this State, except asm lhe
i provided for, shall never ex-
per centum upon the assessed
value of all the taxable property therein,
and m county, municipality, or division,
cur any new debt de/ increase its
dness to an amount exceeding two
per venftmr -upon the aasosed value of
taxable property therein, without the as-
sentof two-thirds of the qualified Voters
(hereof, at an election for the purpose to
be held as may be prescribed by law; but
any city, the debt of which shall exceed
seven per centum of the assessed value
of the taxable property at the time of
the adoption of this Constitntion may be
authorized by law to increase, at any
trie, the amount of said debt three per
mntum upon such assesed value.
Mr. Mynatt moved to strike out the
irords “or increase its indebtedness to an
imonnt exceeding two per cent,” and
inserting in lieu thereof the following
irords: “except the temporary loan or
loans to supply casual deficiencies of rev
enue not to exceed one fifth of one per
cent.”
The paragraph was agreed to as amen
ded.
Sec. VIII was read and agreed to, as
follows:
The State shall not assume the debt,
nor any part thereof, of any county, mu
nicipal corporation, or political division
of the State, unless such debts shall be
contracted to enable the State to repel
invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend
itself in time of war.
Sec. IX was read and agreed to, as
folloau.: T .....JiliM deiituT
The receiving, directly or indirectly, by
any officer of State or county, or mem
ber, or officer of the General Assembly,
of any interest, profits or perquisites aris
ing from the use dr loan of public funds
in his hands, or moneys to be raised
through his agency for State or county
purposes; shall be deemed a felony, and
punishable as may be prescribed bylaw,
a {art of which punishment shril be
disqualifiation from bolding office.
Sec. X was’read and agreed to, as fol
lows:
Far. I. Municipal corporations Bhall
not incur any debt until provision there
for shall have been made by the muni
cipal government. j
Sec. XI was read and adopted. It
forbids payment of bonds declared illi
gal. or obligations created by the Ikl
Sec. XIV was ; p«ssed. It authoriz
the sale of the State’s property, sawh i
Western and Atlantic road, efaL, and tl
proceeds to go towards paying the State
debt.
The remaining sections of the report
were eODehicled, hot its they axe nbt pa b-
lished in the proceedings, Ne ale uuA le
to give them here. ^
Convention adjourned. -' V'f W
ClSTCB.
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The: Araram aro small jin
szeixAd grow ixlhUga.nnabep
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before they are ppened and
arestfll green.' After J '
tfatydmiamokaddiyo*)
* gflWtolgLrJbta
of two parts; a roundhead,
or leaves of the
a number
I the lull in I
the existing public debt >>aBI
| created to supply 'dMdineisst'ia i
Inue shall not exceed, in thtirini
two hundred thousand dollars.”
■, the flower cup and the
BLctly shown if a few^eaves are
soaked a short time in hot water, when
the leaves soften sad readily unroll.
At this point the lawyer told the
ItolSfjiM IcS^daWyerX He went
mftotetetefljktlhe-.had been in.the
habit
wanted it or not; that he would go to
prayer meeting and t»v- *r«o uppurtu-
nity of p»ylng'two or three times du
ring the evening, and sometimes on the
way home he would be inspired with a
devotional feeling, and would kneel
down in the corner of the fence alone,
and have a season of prayer that was
sweet and heavenly to him; and,
strange as it may seem, if he saw a hoe
hanging on a farmer’s fence, or a whif-
fle-tree chain, or pin of a cart heap, or
a beetle and wedges, or an old ax, half
worn, he would steal it and afterward
it wonld occur to' him that he could not
use the articles, nobody wonld buy
them, and his only way to conceal them;
and he remarked that there was a hol
low log lying in a small piece of wood
in which he had secreted the articles
which he had stolen, because he dare
_£ : L
Life Before the Heat
Tbe .Story ToM by Two New Bedior4 Eads
•ai i - Who Went WhaUay—A Brutal
Captain.
Osi Froridsae* Ji
Hunter] of^New , .
fled ori a four years’ whaling cruise to
e South Pacific, having on board a*
—“jhe w, sons of Dr. „
iyhew, well known Fall River citizens.
, , .e lads had been comfortably reared,
and though told of the hardships to be.
endured, dared to face the occasion. Let
ters received at intervals moke of the
hrotal treatment of flit crew by the Gap-
trie, and a couple of days since the two
youths returned in a most forlorn condi
tion, having fled the vessel at Panama,
accompanied byama. ^pftngese. The
vessel was in port shipping her catch
dcuoBToei ,ilt ul wfetate j
Young Bay gives » vivid description
Nto banatejwepdared, tfce firptftw
fhtys ont were pleasant, but after that the
Knifnlitir nf the Onntaip m« gwvnoaJ —
the slightest 7 provocation. Hen were
knocked down and trampled upon on the
slightest pretext. Handspikes, if con
venient, were used with which to beat
them; the food, if not absolutely disgust
ing, was still worse than nauseous; the
pork, he claims, was rotten, and in a
month or so the bread became maggoty.
A backet of tea and hard bread made np
the supperj scause, or bread boiled In
water, furnished breakfast, while a small
piece of the damaged pork or beef pro
vided dinner, mien four months out,
the Captain assaulted a' young man
named McDonald, aged about twenty-two
yean, wring a handspike, striking him
the hCad, knocking him down. And
it striking him in the ribe. The of
fense was that the lad did not know what
a handspike was. McDonald complained
not cany them home, nor offer them In justiee to the climate, I may say
for sale. But it seemed to him that he 'v, 8 k-v w that, without doubt, cases of incipient
cpnld not help stealing them; the im- weakened, took to his bunk, mid, -
pulse crime on, and though he was sin
cere in hiB religious devotions, and ex
ceedingly happy in their performance,
he seemed to himself to he left to the
temptation of the devil when anything
which.might be stolen was left in hid
way.
A man called ior,M examination,
who waa a minister, anak^theetadeof
a long and sharp analysis of hid char
acter, in which acquisitiveness and se
cretiveness had been described. as
strongly’developed and very active,
and also conscientiousness and cau
tiousness hod been estimated as large,
he seemed unwilling to go, bnt walked
up and down the room for ahvenlhrite
ntes as if he had some burdened ques
tion be wanted to iiak and yet wss
afraid to qfle. Turning to' him J said:
! “Do yon ikuh to ask nny questions?”
“Yes,” he said ; “there is one thing
about me which yoq do not aem lf
have'described. If yon rill tell inri
that, I will believe in phrenology.*’hip
instantly replied:-“You have an in
clination to'Bteri, bnt probably man
age to refrain from it.” He opened his
eyes with terrified astonishment, and
giving me such a fierce gaze as never
will ba forgotten, remarked: “Sir,
that is true. That is my trouble. I
am a clergyman, sir, and hope I am a
true one; yet I have all my lifelong
been tempted to steal, and in my par
ochial visits often have an impulse
come over me to take something; and
if left alone in a room I do take it; and
sometimes it requires, half an boor to
find* convenient appartmuty to get
the article thus taken Imck on the
shelf or table whereit belongs. It may
be a shell which every Sunday-school
child in the parish knows; it may be
an old hymn-book with a name written
in it, and half worn ont—things which
I do not need, and could net use if I
did need them, without the theft being
detected.” And he remarked, with
tears Tunning down his face, “By the
help of God I have been able, hitherto,
to refrain from carrying away anything
which I had thu3, under the impulse,
stolen.” Nelson Sizer.
days after; "Was teased overboard in A ;
hammock. Tbe usaidt; as Day says,
witnessed by
’ ’all of the o]
The crew
1 the death
resulted from internal injuries received
from the brutal beating inflicted by the
Captain.' i;, 1 ' ' '• •- 1
Matters continued to grow worse until
the vessel arrived at.Paante; the Cap
tain refused the crew liberty ashore,
when the latter drew.np a protocol de-
“ ” day. or so ashore, or they
to do duty. The Captain
’' tccused Day of Being
, jr „. threatened to throw
him o L.wben they went to sea
of escape was then
Profits of Literature. j
Well-known Authors, and What They Lire
oa—Interesting Figures.
Longfellow is independent in circnm-
stances—probably worth 8100,000 to
$200(000; but the greatest part of it
haq come to him through his wife, long
since deceased, who was rich in jie|
own right. .
Emerson has not made, from his re
markable little volumes, over 520,000.
He has gained nearly as much, more by
leotiiiwitjijandyet,by excellent mapj-
agement, which one might not expect
from the high idealist, and by a serene
philosophy of a pratical sort, he con-
tiqnes to live on his small property,
Bryant is often cited as an instance
of a rich author. He is rich, bnt not
by authorship. All the money he b
directly earned by his pen, outride
his journal, would' not exceed, r -
rbbability, 825,000, notwiti
is estate is estimated at jt500 {
Hawthorne . waa:: poor', to 1
day, and might have suffer*
his appointment to the
Liverpool by his friend,
Pierce. I - . . • iaj
Lowell tu: independent in circqm
atnaewHaw thanks’ito bin fine . ppetn
and essays, however. • i0 ; : f
Whittier, like most thrifty Msw-Ep
glanders, owns his ownLocse; 'abd.
neath its humble roof) it is said, he 1
sometimes subsisted—he is a bache
. '$500ayiw5. * lei
_folmes is well off by the practice
the profession of 1 medicine, by m
'■^riagb, and by inheritance, albeit not)
pteims, lectures, noreb, nor “Attocr
of the: Breakfast Table." All that
has written has not brought him $1 ,
’ I •• ™ .j*»jf flrwlfli
v n is asserted that a
started the riot in Philadelphia,
. , and successfully carried out,
tho men fleeing Inland and pp the coast
woe twenty miles, living in the deepest
'test parts of the low, swampy
u ., ,-^pntfl the vjjriel sailed. They
Imq harried. to thejpiqrt, where the boys
found a friend in Mr. George Bari, A'
Fali Riyer .pAttaft, and at
iem a chance to work
way home on the steamahi]
where they were treated w
kindness. Young Mayhew is now con
fined with Panama fever.
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On-Tourti column one month U 0#
Ons-fourth column three months 20 01
oolumn rix monthr._. , 30 SO
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10 00
32 00
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The Climate
Prospects’
tural
Correspondent Chiesgo Commarcisl Advertiser.;
The climate of Texas Is all that could
be dewed. TJif, summer is long and
sometimes uncomfortably hot, but tho‘
nights are always cool, and the sleeper
awakens with a sente or perfect rest and
refreshibg deep. The Winters are short
and mild.' 8now is rarely tten upon the
ground. The grass eating animal* sub
sist.on (the forest grass without hay or
grain. Most Northern people bebeve
Texas to be a very thy country. So it is;
out the seasons are rare that do no not
have rainfall enough to make a fair crop,
Under tins Southern son, crops mature
early. The wheat is harvested before
the drouth sets in. Gats and barley are
generally sown in-Eebruaiy and early
Swah,wid get a handsome growth be
fore the dry weather can seriously affect
* ' Com ri longer in coming to ma- ’
bnt it takes deeper root and will
kfl-ofa moderate crop with good
This is not bo gooda
tty'as
uoia;
uui TO iMSrKis to the acre are
often obtained, and with about one-half
tbe labor given in the great com States.
The last two years have brought North
Texas a generous crop of com. Cotton
never finis. Intelligent culture always
brings a good crop. Northern Texas is
the only country where all the staple cer
eals are successfully grown in the same
field with a bountiful cotton crop. They
bestow less labor on crops here than in
any country I have ever visited. The
primary reason for this is that the land
: s free from foutynd noxious weeds. The
dryness of the climate is a great aid to
cultivation. The second reason is that
the soil is as generous aa any nnder the
the last reason is the universal in-
■ence of tbe old Texan to thorough
cnltnre.
consumption, bronchial difficulties, many
conditions of catarrh and aente nervous
affections, with most forms of kidney
disease, will find relief here. Indiges
tion, too, generally finds relief. This is
a superb country for mixed farming.
What Jim Says About Ben.
Beecher on the Strike
From (ha Pittaburg Cammarctal —■»« »-]
The man tbe people wore looking for
to meet tiie emergency has appeared.
H« ta a,preacher and philanthropist by
profession, and almost anything by
practice yon can suggest: As a follow
er of the “meek and lowly Jesus” he
pockets 8600 for s lecture of two hours,
and takes in $30,000 a year for preach
ing two sermons Sunday, except when:
recruiting exhausted nature at the
White Mountains. Thus spoke Beech
er in his evening discourse last Sunday:
“The necessities of the great railway
companies demanded that there shonld
be a reduction of wages. There most
be a continued shrinkage until things
come back to the gold standard. It
was fame that one dollar a day was not
enough to support a man ana five chil
dren if a man would insist on drinking
beer and smoking. Is no| oae dollar
nothing. Man camwt live by bread,
it is trne; bnt the man who cannot live
on bread and water is not fit to live!
When a man is educated away from the
power of self-denial he ta falsely educa
ted. A family' may live on good bread
and water in tbe morning and bread, at
midday, good bread and water at night
[Laughter,] Such may he called the
bread of affliction, bnt it is fit that man
should eat the bread of affliction.”' |
Contraction and Expansion Il
lustrated. -fi j
> John Henry was with Julia the other
evening when she observed : I
“John, dear, what ta all this talk
about contracting and expanding the
currenpy, and which do yon believe
jnTrr tl- ■ -V ' • I ‘
“Well, ilty sweet, n said John, _
up his collar, “that depends upon i
cilTBStailOBte Insqme cases l sho
advocate contraction of the,
and in Others oapenriun of ifa
cording tod th<
lithe condition* „_ _
■>ii rftBnt,-whaiita the difference beijri
the two; and how do circumstances
feet them f.That’s whatlwanttoknoi
Jofi).* 1 -- o^rco Iu-joot a oi taoiom
’ “Ob. flunk easily-'exp]
JofiP, inAtenO of great:
For instance, when we are alone'we
cn.ona chair; don’t w^?”
“Well, tiUtk contraction. ‘But whl
xng so.
The New York Post says that Blaine,
while at Rye Beach, New Hampshire,
last week, “talked back” in regard to
Ben Hill’s assertion that “Blaine knew
less of the Constitntion than any man
in public life,” saying in conversation:
, “In debate Hill is ready and wordy
and windy, bnt utterly illogical, and
always erinly entrapped. Hill was ar.
old Whig—not an original secessionist;
bnt he endeavors now to keep even
with the Democratic extremists of
Georgia by extra zeaL But he - is not
wholly trusted by .them, and hia elec
tion to the Senate was rather ah acci
dent John B. Gordon, Phillip Cook,
Democrats of that kind, fight shy
[r. HuL They know him to be a
man for more dangerous to his friends
than to his enemies. Personally, Hill
is amiable and watchful as»a legisla
tor. His principal lack ta not having
a ‘level head,’ and this leads him to
make foolish and ridiculous speeches.”
When Jim and Ben meet in the Sen
ate next winter we may expect them to
renew this little discussion face to face.
They are both “spilin” for a scrim
mage, and tiie for will be apt to fly.
Whether any public good will result
from itis, another question
abn-f tei
'The State of Bade.’
Who hasn’t heard of the far-famed
“Stateof Dade?” And yet there are
few of our readers perhaps who know
fhe origin of that “State.” How Dade
county caine to be called the “State of
Dade” is explained bya correspondent
of the Chattanooga Tones thus:
This commonwealth owes its exis
tence to the following circumstances:
Daring the canvass of 1850-51, when
McDonald was running as the secession
candidate for Governor of Geoigia, and
Cobb as the Constitutional Union can
didate, a large meeting of Union men
was held in the wareroom adjoining
the storehouse of Benj. Hawkins, in
Trenton; the present coqnty aeafo
- .The following resolution, drafted by
Jnlins Beeman, on the Und of a whisky
barrel, was then offered andnnanimons-
Ir adopted: 7 ' 7 ■" -
Raotod, IVThat in the event of . the
election pf Charles J. McDonald; Gov-
npr of Georgia, and Georgia secedes
from the Union, Dade county will
steede from Georgia and declare her
self an independent State.”
A Few More Such Gents Wan-
l unj of .. .,'T : ■ .
The Courier-Journal thus notices an
^advertisement in a.New r Yqrk paper
that reads as fqUows:
“A gentleman desires to correspond
with a lady ofedueatibnand refinement
worth from $100,000 to $500,000, imu-t
be an Episcopalian and a brunette.” It
fobgtfeat pity that such gentlemen are
Jvnsoaroes Tbb oountry ta literally over
run with educated,, refined Episcopal
brunettes who are worth from $100,000
to $500,000, and a gentleman who is
willing to correspond with one of them
is regarded by them as a perfect godsend.
This gentleman ib evidently a man q|
- - ’ True, he m-
an Episc>-
be doesn’t
Is worth a mere hnn-
dred thousand that lack of a few addi
tional hundred thousand shall spoil a
de. A lovelier;, less self-important
iracter than his it wonld be difficult
i6l impossible to find.
- — ga(
A tittle boy entered a fish-market the
other day, and aaingfor the time a
• *— — on the counter,
for some time
"“By the gracious!
grasshoppers I’ve
i who condemned
tfo imprisonment
has publicly recanted. He has mform-
the Queen that he has,changed his
mjnd about the case and now thinks
hiya .thatdhe prisoner shonld be released.
A popular physician in Newton
onnty was .plowing in ;bta- shirt
9 Inst Saturday. A party of girls
{jaw him. They blushed; the doctor
letloose the plow handles and hid hiin-
a. self in the-bushes, .* • ?: J I
