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Cfironutc anb WEDNESDAY, - AUGUST 22,1877. WHO KNOWS f [Boston Transcript ] What came to the rose? Who knows.-'—who knows ? Whr last like a nno this morning She drooped her head as if she were dead. And the world scarce worth her scorning . Bat now-but new! Can yon tell me how ? A hundred leaves are a-flutter, And fall apart till the red, red heart Its secret of secrets can utter. O radiant eves ! What subtle surprise. What marvelous light, I wonder, Like flash of a star, has come from afar To sparkle those blue depths under. And linger the while your lips’ sudden smile With joy past express on is la ten— Did the sun kiss the rose? Mayliap-but who known What wrought this sweet change in our mai den ? “DOWN THE KOAII.” BY GEORGE L. CALLIN'. A lusty tramp, one Summer’s day— The’sun was glaring fiercely down— Tr dged on aior g the dusty way That led toward the nearest town. No friendly tree its welcome shade Athwart his weary pathway cast: No babbling brooklei leaped and played Along the roadside as he passed. “Is there no shady spot.” he cried, “At hand ?” to one who by him strode : “Oh ’ yes,” the other one replied— “A little farther down the road.’ Ah well! we are all tramps, at best; We stagger ’neath life's daily load; Yet on we press—and hope for rest, “A little further down the road. [Baldwin"s Monthly. LEONAINIE. A RECENTLY .DISCOVERED POEM BY EDO All ALLAS POE. Leon ainie—angels named her, And they took the light Of the ianghing stars and framed her In a smile of white; And they marie her hair of gloomy Midnight, and her eyes of bloomy Moonshine, and they brought her to me In a solemn night. In a solemn night of Hummer, When my heart of gloom Blossomed" up to greet the comer Like a rose in bloom; AH forebodings that me l forgot as joy caressed me— {Lying joy that caught and pressed me In the arms of doom !) Only spike the little lisper In the angel tongue; . Yet I listening, heard the whisper; "Hongs are only sung Here below that they may grieve you- Tales are told you to deceive you— Ho must Leonainie leave you While her love is young.” Then Ood smiled and it was morning, Matchless and supreme; Heaven’s glory seemed adorning Earth with its esteem; Every heart but mine seemed gifted With the voice of prayer, and lifted ■Where my Leonainie dnfted From me like a dream. i>IV .MOTHER’* DOOR. jly R. 11. .Stodilaril. I met in the mist ono Hummer morning A girl whom I had known from a child. And whose bright self is her best adorn mg But that dark morning her looks were wild. “Htop, little Norali 1" Blie did as i hade her. “Whv are yon here alone on the moor t “I was sul last night, to-day I am sadder, Because I go from my mother s door. “Why do you go, then, and what is your sor- Tell an old man who has known you long. “Hoggatli Aroon, yon will kuow to-morrow, And he tlrst-but don’t-to say I was wrong. I used to he glad-no girl was gladder- I never remembered that we were poor ; I was sad last night, and to-day am sadder, Because I go from my mother s door. "What has she done to you?” “Brokon my heart, sir." “And what have you done to her now, pray f “Nothing hut love him. and lake his part, sir, For the poor fellow hasn’t a word to say. •Then she got mail, ami you got madder. Ami didn’t you stamp your foot on the floor ? “I was sad last night—” “And to-day you are sadder, , „ Because von go from your mother s door. “You will go back, Norali. Give me your hand now.” ... “I would ralhornot, sir. I say you will. You will fetch him to see me. You understand now." l in i “Your revorenco knows him. its only I mi. Hhe locked mo up, and he brought a ladder, He loves me." “You told me that before, But your mothor is sad.” “Hlio shall not be sadder — , I will not go from my tnotinr s door -w-m SISTERS. The day liail gone as failojl a dream, The night had come ami the ram fell fast; While o'er the l.leak and sluggish stream Cold blow the wailing blast. In pousive mood I idly raised The curtain from the ram splashed glass, And as into the street I gaz and I saw two women pass. One, shivering with the hitter cold, Her garments heavy with the rain, Lmiped by with features wan and old. Deep furrowed with sharp pain. A child in form, a child in years : But from her piteous, palid face The wearinesß of life, with tears, Had washed all childlike grace. And as she passed me. faint and weak. I heard her slowly say. as though With throbbing heart about to break, “ ‘Move ou!’ ‘Move on!’ Where shall I go i The other, who on furs reclined, In brougham was driven to the play ; No thought within her vacant mind Of those in rags that day. With unmoved heart andidlo stare. Passed by the beggar in the street, Who 1 fted np her hands in prayer Homo charity to meet. Both vanished in the murky night— The outcast on a step to die ; The lady to a scene of light. Where Joy alone did sigh. But angels saw amid her hair What was by human eyes unseen; •pile grass that grows on graves was there, With leaves of ghostly green. And though her diamond flashed the light Upon the flatterers gathered near, The outcast’s brow had gem more bright— An angel’s pitying tear. [Chambers Journal. ■■ THE OLD .STORY'. The waiting-womeit wait at her feet. And the day is fading into the night. And close at her pillow, ami round and sweet, The red roso burns like a tamp alight. And over and under the gray mist s fold, And down ami down from the mossy eaves. And down from the sycamore s long, wild leaves The Blow rain droppetk so cold, so cold. Ah ! never had sleeper a sleep so fair ; And the waiting-women that wait aronnd Have taken the combs from her golden hair. And it slideth over her face to the ground. They have hidden the light from her lovely eves ; And down the eaves where the mosses grow The rain is dripping so slow, so slow, Aud the night wind cries and cries and cries. From her hand they have taken the shining Thev'havo brought the linen her shroud to make ; O, the lark was never so loth to sing. And the morn she was never so loth to awake! And at their sewing they hear the rain— Drip-drop, drip-drop over tlis eaves. And drip-drop over the sycamore leaves. As if there would never be sunshine again. The mourning train to the grave has gone. Aud the waiting women are here aud are there. . With the bints at the windows and the gleams of the sun Making the chamber of death to be fair And over and under the mist unlaps. And ruby aud amethyst burn through the grav, Aud driest bushes grow green and spray. And the dimpled water its glad hand claps. The leaves of the sycamore dance aud wave. And the mourners put off the mourning shows ; And over the pathway down to the grave The long grass blows and blows and blows. And every drip-drop rounds to a flower. And love in the heart of the young man springs, And the hands of the maiden shine with rings. As if all life were a festival hour. —Alter Cary. m Waiting (or sirphcns' Shoe*. t AVrc Tori Tribune ] If there is any statesman in Georgia waiting for the Hon. Ales. H. Stephens seat in Congress, he had better give it np. Mr. Stephens has vitality enough to last him a good many years longer, or else he would never have attempted, much less finished, a magazine article disputing every claim that has ever been made to the authorship of the let ters of Junins. There is not another tnan in the world bold enough to have taken such a job. Jones’ silver report is nothing in comparison to it. - Sun Francisco Bank*. There are no less than twenty-nine in corporated banks in San Francisco, wth an aggregate capital of §34,915,000 S3 000,000 reserve funds, and §100.200,000 of deposits. To these must be added the private banks, whose capital is given at $1,800,000, with deposits reaching to $5,000,000. If are added to Dn-se amounts the some handled by the in surance companies, brokers, etc., esti mated probably considerably lower than the actual amount— at 82,500,000 —the banking capital of San Francisco, de posits included, will be raised to the enormous sum of $150,415,000, or nearly eq ml to one-half of the taxable wealth of the city. Rev. James D. Anthony, of Sanders wille, now rocks the cradle (the Herald ■pays) for his fifteenth baby. THE CONVENTION. THE FIGHT ON HEPKKBENTATION IN THK LEGISLATURE. Thr "State Senate—The Report of the Com mittee Kejeeleil—The Senate to Remain a* at Present—The Honse—AD Sorta of scheme* Proponed—Large Yermi* Small Bodies—Toomb* and Reese in the Fray- No Decision Reached Y'et. f Special to Chronicle awl Constitutionalist.] Atlanta, August 13.— The Constitu tional Convention met in the Capitol this morning, at half past eight o’clock, the President, Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, in the Chair. The State Senate. When the Convention adjourned Sat urday it had under consideration sec tion second of the report of the Com mittee of Final Revision on the report if the Committee on Legislative De partment, which was read as follows: i. The state shall be divided into nine Sena orial Districts composed and numbered, re -pectivelv. as follows, and there shall be five j *er ators from etch of said Districts, making I he w hole number foity-five : n. The First benatorial District shall be imposed of the counties of Appling, Bryan, iullccb. Burke, Camden, Charlton, Chatham ■finch. Echols, Effingham, Emi' uel, Glynn, Liberty, Mclntosh, Fierce, Hcreven, • Tatnall Vare arid Wavne. lit She Second Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Baker, Berrien, Brooks. Calbo n, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty. Early. Lowndes, Miller. Mitchell. Quitman," Randolph, Terrell, Thomas and Worth. iV. The Third Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Coffee. Dodge. Dooley, Irwin, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pu laski, Schley, Stewart. Sumter, Taylor, Telfair, Wsbster and Wilcox. V The Fourth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Campbell, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Coweta. Douglas, Harris. Heard. Marion. Merriwether. Muscogee, Talbot and Troup. VI. The Fifth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Crawford, Clay ton. DcKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry. Houston, Milton, Monroe, Pike. Spalding and Upson. VII. The Sixth 8f natorial District shall be composed of the counties of Baldwin, Bibb. Butte. Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Newton. Put nam, Rockdale, Twiggs, Walton and Wilkin- VIII. The Seventh Senatorial District shall he composed of the counties of Bartow, Ca tco a. Chattooga, Cherokee, • Cobb. Dade, Flovd. Goidon, Haralson. Ylnrray, Paulding, l’ulk, Walker and Whitfield. IX. The Ei hth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Columbia, Elbert, Glascock. Greene. Hancock. Hart, Jefferson, Lincoln. McDuffie, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Taliaferro. Warren. Washington and Wilkes. X The Ninth Senatorial Distriot shall be com posed of the counties of Banks, Clarke, Daw son. Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gwin netr. Hall. Habersham. Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Morgan. Oconee, Pickens, Rabun, Towns. White and Union. XI. The General Assembly may change these Districts after each census of the United States: Provided, Tli&t neither the number of Districts nor the number of Senators from each District shall he increasoJ : Awl p>ro vi'lcl That the Districts shall be of equal population, so far as may be practicable. Mr. Bass, of the Forty-second Dis trict, moved to amend paragraph 1 so sb to sillow three Senators from each of the nine districts. Mr. Collier, of the Thirty-fifth Dis trict, moved to amend this amendment so aa to allow four from each district. Gen. Tottnib* Favors a Large Senate. Mr. Toombs, of the Twenty-ninth District, favored eight from each dis trict, seventy-two being tho total. He thought the present system of repre sentation was wrong. Yet gentlemen wished to continue it. The people ought to be represented somehow in the Legislature, hilt at presout the Senators represented no ono. From some two counties a third was cut off in order to form a District and send some man to the Senate aud enable some man or other in two counties to have a chauco overy third election. Tho rotary system thus instituted was most pernicious and kill ed auy good man. Andrew J. Miller, of Richmond, was the only human being who ever lived through the system and was not dropped by the people, He thought Senators ought to be also fleet ed every two years instead of four. In times like these, of great issues, power ought to ho kept close down to the peo ple, and four years’ lease is too long. Senators, as welt as Representatives, onght to go before the people every two years. He was not afraid of popular elec tions. These things ought to he kept be fore the people. Senators, os at presout elected, do not represent the people but subserve themselves. This system is a heritage of woe. The basis of irregu larity in representation is also scandal ous and gross. Mr. Gartreli, of ttie Thirty fifth Dis- j triet, thought tho present syseem of electing tho Senate was as equal and im partial as possible. It had always work ed well. Mr. Collier, of the Thirty-fifth Dis trict, thought the great curse of tho land for twenty live years had been a super abundance of legislators. lie was satis fied a reduction could ho had without detriment to the public interest. For proper deliberation and the considera- j tioii of important subjects, smaller bodies ara better than larger ones.— Large legislative bodies are more un wieldy than smaller ones, jn the cases of the Lower House and the Senate, .1 11,1*1- Kreso •Favors Large Constituencies. Mr. Reese (Augustus), of the Twenty eighth District, considered this tho most important subject yet before the Con vention. fle agreed with Gen. Toombs that in the present Henate tho system of representation was neither on property, population or territory, but on political arrangementa and nothing else. Con gress and the Sonata of the United States stand on a different basis, one representing population and tto other sovereignty. The idea prevailed that the name distinction ought to obtain in the Htate Legifllature; but this is a mis taken idea. Two JJopses in the State represent precisely the aaims interests ami same constituency. An idea p>e-! vails that the Senate is to act as the conservative branch, but this is false. The two Houses are organized so as to prevent hasty or unwise action ou bad meuemes of each other. Each one is a guard on the other. One great object of representation chop Id bo economy; hence both branches of tfifl Assembly onght to be reduced as low aa copaistjipt with the public interest, Idonotibink; large bodies, where the responsibility is \ 1 divided, insure better laws. Would the Henate where there is so large a field to selqot from, aud a body more select, be capable of bribery ? I think not. Only high minded tutu would be sent instead of demagogues, many fff whom had been heretofore gent. You would .sieVijte the standard as you decrease the num ber. Therefore, both on principle and economy the membership of the Legis lature should be reduced. Mr. Myaatt, of the Thirty-fifth Dis trict, thought our representation should j bo purely on population. As the num ber of legislators increase, the delibera tion becomes less. Obviously this should not be made too small, else the opinions and wants of the people would not be consulted. Therefore it should be neither too large nor too small. He was sure, however, that our Legislature can be made more deliberative aud less expensive. The Preweni System Ref^ined. Mr. Davis, of the Twenty-third Dis trict, favored the present system. The object of the Senate was to represent territory. Hence be moved to table the Bass aud Collier amendments. Carried by 111 to 88. Mr. Hill, of the Twenty-eighth Dis trict. opposed the preaeut rotter: borough system. The people want the best pos sible government which can be gotten j with the least possible expense. The principle was to reduce megjbers and in crease the section to select from. This ought to coin aloud itself to every think- 1 ing nffud. Mr. Harrell, of tho Twelfth District, thought the people bad been associated with each other under the present sys tem for rnauy yesue, and are well ac quainted with in their respective dis tricts. Therefore it onght not to he changed. Mr. Buchanan, of the Thirty-second District, considered the present system totally defective, as under it a Senator from ’ the Fifteenth District, though representing one-ninth of the constit uency, had an equal vote with a Sen ator from the Thirty-fifth District. He thought the report of the committee ought to stand so far as the Senate was concerned. Mr. Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth Distriet, considered that the report of committee made the districts entirely too large. Mr. Lawton, of the First District, ■ thought legislators ought to represent ; the people, lio system resembles : the English rotten borough as ours, which gives a population of 509 eqnal 1 power with a district of 5,000. Let us j have a system so select and perfect as to atf ’ct ex Governors, Judges and Con gr* men to the Senate. Let the Senate be established on principle and not on accidents consisting of establishing new ! eouat’.es for framing districts so we may secure for representatives grave and reverend seniors. Mr. Lawton then odored the following ! resolution : The Senate to consist of 44 members from each of the 44 districts, to be com posed of contiguous counties arranged as near as may be to popula ] tion until otherwise provided by the : General Assembly. Tabled. Mr. McDonald, of the Fifth Distriet, offered the following as an amendment to paragraph 1 section 2 : The Senate shall consist of 44 mem bers from 44 districts as now arranged by contiguous counties, each district to 1 have one Senator. Adopted by a vote of 108 ayes to 88 nays. All the following paragraphs to section second were bow stricken out in ac cordance with the previous action of the Convention. Mr. Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth District, moved to strike ont the last proviso of section second, but the mo tion was tabled by a vote of 88 yeas to 78 nays. Adjourned. THE AFTERNOON SESSION, t onslilnlion of the House f Representative*. The Convention reassembled at four o’clock this afternoon. Section Becond of the report on the Legislative Department, as amended this morning, was agTeed to. Section third was then read as follows: Par. I. The House of Representatives shall consist of one hundred and seventy-five Representatives, apportioned among tho sev eral counties, as follows, to-wit: To the six counties having the largest population, viz— Chatham. Richmond. Eurke. Houston, Bibb and Fulton, three Representatives each; to the twenty-sii counties having the next larg est population, viz—Bartow, Coweta. Decatur. Flovd, Greene. Gwinne;t. Harris, Jefferson, Meriwether, Monroe. Muscogee, Newton. Stewart. Sumter. Thomas. Tronp, Washing ton. Clarke. Carroll. Cobb, Colombia, Dough erty. Ogle'horpe, Pulaski. Talbot and Wilkes, two Representatives each : and to the remain ing one hundred and five counties, one Repre sentative each. *ec. It. The above apportionment may be changed bv the General Assembly after each census by "the United States Government but. in no event, shall the aggregate number of Representatives be increased. A Deluge of Amendments. Mr. Ingram, of the Twenty-fourth District, moved to amend paragraph first by making the number of represen tatives one hundred and sixty. The amendment was laid on the table. Mr. Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth District, moved to amend by making the number of representatives one hun dred. The amendment was laid on the table. An amendment to strike ont Clarke, Newton, Columbia and Pulaski from the list of counties allowed two represen tatives each, and to insert in their plaoes the counties of Walton, Macon, Han cock and Jackson was adopted. Mr. Featherstone, of the Twenty sixth District, moved to amend by mak ing the number of representatives eighty eight—two to each* Senatorial District. The amendment was laid on the table. Mr. Warren, of the Twenty-third Dis triot, moved to amend by making the number of representatives seventy-five. The amendment was laid on the table. Mr. Warren, of the First District, moved to amend by making the number of representatives one hundred and six. Mr. Toombs, of the Twenty-ninth Dis trict, opposed the amendment. He said he thought the people wanted a re duction in the expenses of the Legisla tive Department of the government by reducing the number of sessions and the per diem and mileage of members, but not by a reduction in representation. No county would be willing to forfeit representation in the General Assembly. Ho therefore moved a call of the previ ous question. Pending the putting of the motion, Mr. Warren moved to adjourn, and the motion was carried amid a good deal of excitement and confusion. An Etlort to Reconsider the Senate Section— Which. After An Anlmnted Rebate, Falls— The House—Renewed Efforts to Reduce the .Membership of the House—They Are Defeated By ft Close Vote—The Legislature I’roliibted From Doing Justice. f Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist ] Atlanta, August 14. —The Constitu tional Convention met in the Capitol this morning, at half-past eight o’clock, the President, Hou. Charles J. Jenkins, in tho Chair. Composition of tbe Senate. After the reading of the Journal of yesterday’s proceedings, Mr. Mvnatt, of the Thirty-fifth Distriot, moved to re consider paragraph first of section sec ond of the report of the Committee on Legislative Department, adopted yes terday, as follows i The Senate shall consist of 44 members from 44 Districts, as now arranged by con tiguous counties, each District to have one Senator. Mr. lvlynatt said, in support of his amendment, that the Convention, after adopting a method of Benatorial repre sentation explainable by no rules of fairness, assert inconsistently in para graph eleven of the same section that whenever the sytem adopted is changed representation shall be based as far as practicable on population. He thought an equitable basis of represen tatiop should be established in the Con stitution. Mr. Hansell, of tho Seventh District, opposed the motion to reconsider. He said that the Convention yesterday, after considerable argument, had adopt ed a sysfpm tyljicb had prevailed in the State aud given gatjsfaption for seven teen years. Ho moved to lay the mo tion to reconsider ou the table, Carried. No Representation llnued on Population. Mr. Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth District, moved to reconsider paragraph eleven of section second, adopted yes terday, as follows: XL The General Assembly may change these Districts after eavh census of the United States; Provided, That' neither the number of Districts nor the number of Senators from each District shall le inoreased; And pro vided, That the Districts shall beef equal popnljtiop, so far as may be practicable. Mr. Ifolaoinbo sfli# hp wished the adoption of the paragraph rgpopsider ed, in order that he might move to strike out tho last proviso. Mr. Toombs, of the Twenty-ninth Distriet, called for the yeas and nays on th;a motion and, in insisting upon their being take;;, said he asked if this sys tem of misrepreseuiatjpn was to be per petuated by the Convention V The clause which it is proposed to have stricken out provides that the Legislature may redjstrlci ifie ststp on the basis of population. Tap pjesenf gyetem is operated for no other purpose' put to suit the convenience of certain gentle men. Nothing but direet representa tion of the people should prevail. Many delegates here are constantly referring to their constituents, and call out in a warning voice, “the people,” “the peo ulp," but fight now we see them putting their feet (?$ the pppijlar voice. Mr. Tift, of 'the Tenth district, thought {fje yery object' of ’’government was to protect the weak against the strong, to defend ono septiOß against another more populous. There was no way to do this but to organize the genate upon ft general basis of represen tation and territory. Mr. Tobiahs .wjejjro.pd that by no sys tem cap we undertake to‘equalize a ma jority with a minority, Mr. Roberts, of the Thirty-fifth Dis i triet, said that under the present sys tem population was not considered at all, but simply county organizations. Chatham, with six thousand voters, has three and three contiguous counties, with & total of 2,000, have one each. The same was true with Fulton, Clayton and Cobb. He was opposed to striking out the proviso because he did not think the people would be satisfied with any system of representation besides that based op population. Mr. Holcombe’s motion to strike out tbe proviso was carried by a vote of 93 ayes to 85 nays. 31 e tubers hip of the House. Mr. Warren, of the TweDty-third Dis trict, moved to reconsider his amend ment lost yesterday making the General i Assembly consist of twenty-five Senators aud seyentv-five Representatives. He supported lais amendment in a long speech. He also endorsed a proposition to fix the Legislature’s per dietp at four ■ dollars and ten cents mileage. Mr. Tuggie thought the General As sembly ought to be ravaged. Reduc tion had always been the cry of the people. In 1778 the Legislature was reduced to 8? members, and in 1843 re duced to 116 members. He thought a new system of reduction could be easily made, 'nt can easily chaoge county lines to effect this, fhere is nothing sacred in such lines, s past legislatures had shown. Who is afraid of them flf one man represents 15,000 people in Fulton, why can't one uian take care of several small counties, averaging not more than two thousand voters each ? Mr. Respass, of the Twentieth Dis trict, remarked that there were three kinds of redaction—ascending, descend ing and a reduction to absurdity, and he thought Mr. Warren’s resolution at tained the latter. He opposed extreme reduction. It was too great an experiment and Jx*7 P rove hazardous, for as yon debase you decrease the people’s interest ’in gotie**nsßent. We will thus gradually approach a trium virate by concentrating power and the cry may dually be “give us a King.” Mr. Warren's mot ip n fo reconsider was tabled by a vote of 100 ayes to 70 i nays. Mr. Paoe moved to reconsider the ac i tion yesterday inserting Walton ip place of Newton in section 3, as entitled to two members, as Newton had actually more polls than Walton. The motion was carried and Newton inserted. Another Scheme Proposed. Mr. Warren, of the First District, withdrew his amendment offered yester day afternoon, and substituted the fol lowing for Paragraph 1, Section 3 : The House of Representatives shall be com posed of 106 members: the six largest Senato rial Distriflts to have 4 Representatives in the Lower House: the six next largest to have 3, and the remaining Districts two each. Mr. Harrell, of the Twelfth District, moved to amend by allowing only the First and Thirty-fifth Districts four members. Tabled. Mr. Nisbet, of the Twenty-eighth Dis triot, favored the reduction of the Sen ate but not the House, for population, in a measure, subserved by the commit tee’s report, ought to be tbe basis of representation. Hence, he favored re taining the present system. Mr. Matthews, of the Thirtieth Dis trict, also wanted the report of the Com mittee of Revision to stand. He did not favor the reduction. Gentlemen, he said, assert that they want honest men in the Legislature. Cannot each county furnish one honest and intelli gent man to represent her in the Legis lature? I know there are many such men in every county. Others contend that they wish to attract ex-Judges and Governors and dignitaries. He thought there were young men in Georgia who had sufficient brains to legislate for the State, and he was opposed to driving | them from councils of State. Others pretend that reduction is economy. Why, you have reduced salaries, per diems, sessions, have checked State aid, guarded the Treasury, and yet you want to pull the government itself down. He did not believe in concen trating power, for to-day, the cry against the Federal Government is on account of this very thing. Mr. Gartreli, of the Thirty-fifth Dis trict, said that under Mr. Warren’s amendment, Chatham county would al ways, with her 42,000 population, con trol the Senator and Representatives over Bryan and Effingham with 8,000. He moved, therefore, to table the amend ment. Carried by 97 to 79. Report of the Committee Adopted. Mr. Johnson, of the Thirtieth District, thought the Convention was surfeited with the question. Reductions all along from 75, 83, 100 to 106 had been pro posed and rejected. He therefore moved to adopt the report of the committee and to exclude all reduction and pro posals. He then called the previous question. The Roberts amendment, being on the desk already, was read, as follows : The House shall consist of 142 Representa tives. each of five counties having 20.000. 0 r more two Representatives, and to the remain ing counties one each. The vote on the adoption of this was very exciting. Upon a division being called, a majority fovored it ; but upon the call of yeas and nays, it went under by a vote of 81 to 79. Mr. Johnson, of the Thirtieth Dis trict, now renewed the previous ques tion, and the report of the committee, with the present system, was adopted, and the Convention adjourned until 4 p’clock, p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION. Mr. Wright, of the Forty-second Dis trict, offered a resolution that the Com mittee on the Clerical Force investigate and report to the Convention whether the person appointed in 1875 to assist the Treasurer in systemizing his busi ness has completed bis duties, how much he has been paid and whether his services cannot now be dispensed with. Carried. Legislative Apportionment. Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis trict, offered the following for paragraph two, section three, which was adopted : The above apportionment shall be changed by the General Assembly at the first session after each census taken by the United States Government, so as to give to the six counties having the largest population three members each, and to the twenty-six counties next largest two members each, but in no event shall the aggregate number of Representatives be increased. No Annual Sessions. Mr. Wofford, of the Forty-second Dis trict, moved to make tho sessions of the General Assembly annual, which mo tion was tabled. Mr. Featherstone, of the Thirty-sixth District, moved to make the sessions quadrennial. The motion was tabled. llow Hie Constitution Is To Be Submitted. Mr. Holcombe, of the Thirty-Ninth District, now proposed the following : The first election for the General As sembly shall be held on the first Wed nesday in next December, at which time this Constitution shall be submitted to the people for ratification, and all offi cers made elective under this Constitu tion shall be elected at the same time. The next election shall be held in Octo ber, 1879, and biennially thereafter. Mr. Holcombe said ho wished to make all the State officers rally around the Constitution or force them to go boldly in the field and fight it. Ho wished also the people to have the benefit of tho Constitution as soon as possible. Mr. Toombs, of tbe Twenty-ninth Dis trict, moved to amend Mr. Holcombe’s resolution in the following manner: “The first meeting of the General As sembly elected under this Constitution shall be held on the first Wednesday in November, 1878, and biennially thereaf ter. Tbe present Assembly shall meet on the second Wednesday in January, 1878, as now required by law,” He said he did this to put the Consti tution in operation at once under tbe present Legislature. He thought Mr. Holcombe’s allegations regarding the opposition to the Constitution organiz ing in the Executive offices untrue. Ho (Mr. Holcombe) has nu idea that the Governor has tried or will try to defeat the Constitution. So far as lam con cerned, while some things have not gone to suit my judgment, yet, as a whole, if we proceed as well as we have done, I approve and will stand by $. After a debate, in which Messrs. Au gustus geese and Lawton participated, and protested against the allegations against the administration, founded ou mere rumor, Mr. Pierce moved to table the amendment, which motion was car ried by a vote of 145 yeas to 33 nays. Section four was read, as follows : Paragraph I. The members of the General Assembly shall be elected for two years. Par. 11. The first election for members of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall take place on the first Wednesday in Oc tober, 1878, after which, elections for the same shall bp held on thaSame day, biennially, until the day of election is changed by law. Par. 111. The first ipeetlng of the (general Assembly after the ratification of this Consti tution shall be on the first Wednesday in No vember, 1878, and biennially thereafter on the same dav. „ , ~ Par. IV. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to transact business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. and compel the presence of its absent members, as each House may provide. Par. V. No session of the General Assembly shall continue longer than fort? days, unless by a vote bf ef each Kousg. Par. ¥l. No person htfl4ing & ‘mditary com mission, or ptftpr appointment or otyce, having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto, under thisßtato, or the Unite! Bta es, or either of them, except Justices of the Peace, and officers of the militia, nor any defaulter * -* *wiblie money, or for any legal taxes ro -10 •* j *. - v a seat in either auired of him, snau Honse , uol any Senator or Representa tive. aftet his “qiialiji nation as such, bo elected by the General Assembly or as>omte<J by iho Governor, either with ov without tho advice and consent of the Senate, to any office or ap pointment having any emolument annexed thereto, during the time for which he shall have been elected. Par. VII. The seat of a member of either House shall be vacated on his removal from the district or county from which he was elected. Mr. Gibbs, of tfie’ Twenty-seventh District, moved to strike out “ Wednes day ” in section 4 line three, inserting “Tuesday.” Adopted. j Pending discussion on Mr. Toombs amendment- tlie Ugnyention adjourned. No t’han*e In ihe Composition of tlie House —Time of tlie First Election Decem ber of This Y'ear—Extra Sessions—Tlie Oalli of .Members— Length of Session*—Age of Senators—Time of Residence—Impcocli- ■nents. [Special to (he Chronicle and Constitutionalist .] Atlanta, August 15. — The Constitu tional Convention met in tho Capitol this morning, at half-past eight o clock, the President, Hon. Charles J. Jenkins in tbe Chair. Promptly Tabled. Mr. Moorp, of the Forty-third Dis trict, moved to reconsider paragraph 1 of section 3. He said there ia no jus tice in adhering to this plan. This is the last chanoe tho people will have for years to correct an irregu larity and injustice. Should we fix it too low the people may be able to change it, but the Legislature will never consent to reduce its own members. By the present system the people are not fairly represented. County organiza tions are not the only things to be sub served, but tbe interests of the people of the great State of Georgia should be guarded. . The motion to reconsider was prompt ly tabled. The First Election. Mr. Hamilton, of the Forty-second District, moved to reconsider paragraph two of section four, which read as fol lows ; Par 11. The first election tor members of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall take place on the first Wednesday in Oc tober. 1878. after which, elections for the same ehall be field on tbe same day. biennially, un til the day of election is changed by law. The motion to reconsider was carried. Mr. Hamilton then offered the follow ing substitute for the section : The first election for members of the Gener al Assembly, under this Constitution, shall be held on the first Wednesday in December. 1877 the second election on the first Wednes day in October. 1880. and biennially thereafter until changed by law. The substitute was finally adopted by a vote of 95 to 65. A Protest. A memorial from the State Agricultu ral Society, now in session, was read, protesting against the abolition of the Augricnltnral Bureau. The memorial was laid on the table until the report of the Committee on Public Institutions comes up. Paragraph two was read, agreed to, unamended. Paragraph three was read as follows: Par. 111. The first meeting of the General Assembly after the ratification of this Consti tution shall be on tho first Wednesday in No vember, 1878, and biennially thereafter on the same day. The Governor May Call An Extra Session. Mr. Davis, of the Tenth District, moved to append the following to the paragraph: Provided. That nothing shall be here con strued to prevent the Governor calling an ex tra session of the General Assembly before the first Wednesday in November, 1878, if the ne cessity exists therefor and the public good re quires it. Adopted. Another Addition. Mr. Render, of the Twenty-sixth Dis trict, moved to add the following: “Un til the day of meeeting shall be changed by law,” which was adopted, and para graph three, thus amended, was agreed to. Paragraph four was read as follows, and agreed to unamended: Par. IV. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to transact business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. and compel the presence of its absent members, as each House may provide. The Oath of Member* ot the Legislature. Mr. Key, of the Twenty-eighth Dis trict, offered the following as the oath to be required of each Senator and Representative, and to be inserted here as a separate paragraph: I swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of Georgia and of the United States and in all questions and measures which may come before me I wi'.l give my vote and so conduct myself as will, in my judgment, be most conducive to the intorest and prosperity of the State. Adopted. Tlie Sessions of the Legislature. Paragraph five was read as follows : Par. V. No session of the General Assembly shall continue longer than forty days, except by a vote of two-thirds of each House. Mr. Underwood, of the Thirty-first District, moved to make the sessions of the Legislature thirty instead of forty days. Mr. Toombs, of the Twenty-ninth Dis trict, considered this proposition ab surd, as it did not allow sufficient time to transact the public business. Mr. Underwood’s motion was tabled. Mr. Reese, of the Twenty-ninth Dis trict, moved to insert the words “whole number of” after the word “of” in line three, which was adopted, and the para graph was agreed to. The next two paragraphs were read as follows, and adopted unamended : Par. VI. No person holding a military com mission. or other appointment or office, having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto, under this State, or the United States, or either of them, except Justices of the Peace, and officers of the militia, nor any de faulter for public money, or for any legal taxes required of him, shall have a seat in either House: nor shall any Senator or Representa tive. after his qualification as such, ho elected by tlie Geuoral Assembly or appointed by the Governor, either with or without the advice and consent of the Senate, to auy office or ap pointment having any emolument annexed thereto, during the time for which he shall have been elected. Par. VII. The seat of a member of either House shall be vacated on his removal from the district or county from which ho was elected. Tlie Age of Members. The first paragraph of section five was read, as follows : Paragraph I. Tiie Senators shall be citizens of the United States, who have attained the age of thirty years, and who shall have been citizens of this State for two years, and for ono year resident of tho District from which elected. i Mr. Johnson, of the Thirtieth Dis trict, moved to amend so as to make the age of a State Senator twenty-five instead of thirty years. He said the qualified age of a United States Senator was but thirty years, while that of a Congressman was but twenty-five, and he did not see the use of fixing tho age of a Georgia State Senator at so high a limit. The amendment was adopted. Tlie Resilience ol .Senators. Mr. Ingram, of the Twenty-fourth District, moved to amend by making Seuators residents of the State for four years instead of two. This was adopted, and the paragraph, as amended, was agreed to. Paragraphs two and three were read as follows and adopted unamended: Par. 11. Tho presiding officer of the Senate shall be styled the President of the Senate, and shall be elected viva voce from the Senators. Par. 111. The Senate shall have the sole power to iry impeachments. Impeachment*. Paragraph four was read, as follows: Par. IV. When sitting for that pur pose, the members ehall be on oatli or affirma tion, and shall bo presided over by tho Chief Justice or the presiding Justice of the Su premo Court. Should the Chief Justice he im peached. tho Senate shall select the Judge to preside; and no person shall be convicted without tlie concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth District, moved to insert the words “of the Supreme Court" after the word “Judge,” in line six. Adopted; and the paragraph, as amended, was agreed to. Paragraph live was agreed to, una mended, as follows: Par. V. Judgments in cases of im peachment shall not extend further than re moval from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit within this State; but tho party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to in dictment, trial, judgment and punishment ac cording to law. Time of Residence. Paragraph one of section six was read as follows: Par. I. Tjie Representatives shall bp citi zens of flip United States, who liaye at tained the ago of twenty-one years, and who shall have been citizens of tips State for one year, qnd for six months residents of the counties from which elected. Mr, lugram, of the Twenty-fourth Distriot, moved to amend by inserting “two” in place of “one” year’s oitizen ship. Adopted. Mr. Bachlott, of the Fourth District, moved as a substitute to insert one year for six months. Adopted. The balance of section six and the first thirteen paragraphs of section seven were adopted, unaijiegded, follows: Par. 11. The presiding officer pf the House of Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and shall be elected viva woe from the body, Par. 11. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power to impeach all persons who shall have been or may he in office. Section VII. Par. I. All bills for rais ing revenue or appropriating money shall originate in the House of Representatives, but tho Senate may propose or concur in amend ments, as in other bills. Par. 11. Each House shall be Judge of the election, returns and qualifications of its ipem bere, anp shall have pewer'fp Pufiish them for disorderly or misconduct, by censure, fine, imprisonment, or expulsion; but no mem - ber shall be expelled except by a vote of two thirds of tho House from which he is ex pelled. Par. 111. Ea h House may punish by impris onment, not extending beyond the session, any person * me mber. who shall be guilty of a contempYby any disorderly behavior in its pres ence, or who shall resepe, or attoropt to TQa cne. any person by Oj.der ot tHtper House. „ , „ Par. IV. The members of both Houses shall be free from arrest during their attendanoe on the General Assembly, and in going thereto, or returning therefrom, except for treason, fel ony, larceny or breach of tbe peace; and "" member shall be liable to answer in any other place for anything spoken in debate in either House. Par. V. Each Rouse shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish it immediately af ter its adjournment. Par. VI. The yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of the members present, be entered on the Journal- Par. VII. The original Journal shall be pre served after publication, in the office of Secre tary of State, but there shall be no other re cord thereof. Par. VIII. Every bill, before it shall pass, shall be road three times, aud on three sepa rate days in each House, unless in cases of ac tual invasion or insurrection. Par. IX. No law or ordinance shall pass which refers to more than one subject-matter, or contains matter different from what is ex pressed in tho title thereof. Par. X. The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations fixod by previous laws, the ordinary expenses o( the Executive. Legislative and Judicial Depart ments of the government, payment of the pub lic debt or interest thereon; and for support of the public institutions and educational in terests of the State. All other appropria tions shall be made by separate bills each em bracing but one Bubjoct. Par. XI. All Acts shall be eigned by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Rouse of Representatives; qnd no hill, ordi nance. or resolution, intended ta have the ef fect of a law. which sha’l have been rejected by either House, shall be again proposed dur ing the same session, under the same or any other title, without the consent of two-thirds of the House by which the same was rejected. Par. XII. No bill shall become a law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly, and it shall, in every in stance. so appear"on the journal. Par. XIII. No bill or resolution appropriat ing monev shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each House are recorded. Par. XIV. All special or local bills Bhall origi nate in the House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, within five davs from the organization of the General Assembly, appoint a committee, consisting of one from each Congressional District, whose duty shall be to consider and consolidate all epecial and local bills on the same subject, and report tlie samo to the House, and no special er local bill shall be read or considered by the House until the same lias b t n reported by said committee, unless by a two-thirds vote. A lll } 110 Ull shall be considered, or reported to the House by said committee unless the same shall have been laid before it within fifteen days after the organization of the General Assembly, except bv a two-thirds vote, also, of the House of Representatives. Local Legislation. Mr. Tift, of the Tenth District, offered as a substitute for paragraph 14 that “the Legislature pass general laws pro*, viding for all cases which in its judg ment may be provided for by general laws, bat shall pass no special acta con ferring corporate powers. General laws however may be passed under which corporations may be granted.” Tabled; though it will probably pass to-morrow on a reconsideration. Mr. Little, of the Twenty-fourth Dis trict, offered a resolution that “the Qeneral Assembly may oonfer on county authorities jurisdiction in purely local matters, not affecting any other county,” Messrs. Reese and Hammond con sidered this too broad in terms. It was lost. Sections 15, 16 and 17 were agreed to nnamended, as follows : Par. XV. No money sliall be drawn from the Treasury except by appropriation made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipt and expenditure of all public money shall be published every three months, and, also, with the laws passed'by each session of the General Assembly. Par XVI No local or special bill shall be passed, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the lo cality where the matter or the thing to be af fected may be situated, which notice shall be at least thirty days prior to the introduction of such bill into the General Assembly, and in the manner to be prescribed by law; the evi dence of such notice having been published shall be exhibited in the General Assembly before such act shall be passed. Par XVII. No law or section of the Code shall be amended or repealed by more refer ence to its title, or to the number of the sec tion of the Code, but the amending or repeal ing act shall distinctly describe the law to be amended or repealed, as well as the alteration to be made. Par. XVIII. The General Assembly shall have no power to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies, except bank ing, insurance.railroad, canal, navigation, min ing, express, lumber, manufacturing and tele graph companies; nor to make or change elec tion precincts; nor to estabhsh bridges or fer rios;uor to change names or legitimate children; but it shall prescribe by law the manner in which such powers shall be exercised by the Courts. Mr. Reese (W. M.), of the Twenty ninth District, moved to strike out in paragraph eighteen the words “mining, lumber and manufacturing,” consider ing them small matters. Adopted. Securities on Bonds. Mr. Reese (Augustus), of the Twenty eighth District,offered an additional sec tion, viz : “ The General Assembly shall have no power to release princi pals or securities upon forfeited recog nizances from payment thereof, either before or after judgment thereon.” Mr. Chambers, of the Twenty-first District, moved to add “unless the prin cipal in the recoguizauoe has been ap prehended and placed in the authority of the proper officers.” Mr. Reese accepted this addition and the amendment was adopted. Paragraph nineteen was read, as fol lows : Par. XIX. The General Assembly shall not authorize the construction of any street passenger railway within the limits of any town or city without the consent of the local authorities." The word “ incorporated ” was insert ed before “town.” The Convention adjourned until 4, p. m. AFTEKNOON SESSION. Tlie Legislative Report. Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis trict,moved to amend paragraph nineteen by substituting “corporate” for “local” in line one. Adopted. The next two paragraphs were agreed to, as follows: Par. XX. Whenever the Constitution re quires a vote of two-thirds of either or both Houses for the passing of an act or resolution, the yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall be entered on the journal, and all votes on confirmations, or refusals to confirm nomina tions to office by the Governor, shall bo by yeas and nays, and the yeas and nays shall be recorded on the journal. Par. XXI. Tho General Assembly shall have power to make all law's and ordinances, con sistent with this Constitution, and not repug nant to the Constitution of the United States, which they shall deem necessary and proper for the welfare of the State. Paragraph twenty-two was read, as follows : Paragraph XXII. No provision in this Con stitution for a two-tliirds vote of both Houses of tho General Assembly shall be construod to waive the necessity for the signature of the Governor, as in any other case, except in tho case of the two-thirds vote required to over ride the veto. Mr. Reese, of the Twenty-ninth Dis trict, moved to amend by adding “ex cept also in case of the prolongation of sossions.” Adopted and the section as amended agreed to. Paragraph twenty-three was read, as follows : Par. XXIII. Neither House shall ad journ for more than three days, nor to any other place without the consent of the other; and in case of disagreement between tho two Houses on a question of adjournment, the Governor may adjourn either or both of them. It waR agreed to unamended. Pay ef tlie Legislature. Section eight was agreed to unamend ed, as follows : Par. I. The officers of the two Houses other than the President and Speaker, shall be a Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Itepresentativos, and such assistants as they may appoint; but the clerical expenses of the Senato shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for each session, nor those of the House of Representatives seventy dollars per day for each session. The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of tlm House of Eepresentatives shall he required to give bond and security tor tho faithful discharge of thoir respective duties. Seotion nie was read, as follows : Par. I. The per diem, of members of tho Qoneral Assembly shall bo four dollars per day. and ton cents per mile for each mile trav eled ingoing to, and returning from, the cap ital. Mr. Osborne, of the Thirty-first Dis trict, moved to amend by substituting ! ‘not exeeed” for “be.” Adopted. Mr. Hudson, of the Twenty-ninth Dis trict, moved to add “except only the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, and they shall each receive not exceeding $7.” Adopted. Mr. Hammo.pd, of the Thirty-fifth District, moved to strike out “per day,” and insert “mileage shall not exceed” before the word “ten.” Carried, Mr, Mattox, of the Thirtieth District, moved to add “nearest practicable route.” Adopted. Mr. Lawton, of the First Distriot, of fered an amendment authorizing the Legislature, by a vote of two-thirds of each branch, to change the salaries of future Legislatures. Tabled. Mr. Tuggle, of the Thirty-seventh Distriot, offered an additional section, as follows : All elections hy the General Assembly shall be by a viva vove vote, and shall appear on the journal, etc., as in the present Constitution. Adopted. Power of the General Assembly Over Taxa tion. The report of the Committee on Final Revision on the power of the General Assembly over taxation was taken up and section first read, as follows : Par. I. The right of taxation i$ a sovereign rig> t— inalienable, indestructible—is the life of the State, qnd rightfully belongs to the peo ple jn ail Republican governments, and neith er the General Assembly, nor any, nor all. oth er departments of the government, establish ed by this Constitution, shall ever have the authority to irrevocably give, grant, limit, or restrain, this right; and all laws, grants, con tracts, and all other acts whatsoever, by said government, or any department thereof, to ef fect any of these purposes, shall b.e, kind are hereby declared to be nqll apd void for every purpose whatsoever; ap'd said right of taxation shall hlvfayh be under the complete control of, arid revocable by, the State, notwithstanding any gift, grant, or contract whatsoever, by the General Assembly. After some debate it was adopted un amejideff Tlie Railway Clause. The first paragraph o.r section two was read as fallows : Par. I. Railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter he constructed, in this State, are hereby declared public high ways, and railroad companies common car riers- The General Assembly shall pass laws to eorreot abuses, prevent unjust discrimina tions and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads iu this State, and shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for tho transportation of gers and freights ou said railroads; establish by law uniform rates on the same commodities as nearly as practicable, and enforce all sucb laws by adequate penalties. Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth Distriot, moved to amend by striking out of the first sentence the word “shall” in line nine. Mr. Gartrell, of tue Thirty-fifth Dis triot, offered the following as a substi tute: Every railroad heretoforo constructed, or to be hereafter constructed, in the State, is de clared a public highway, in so far as to. be free to all persons for the transportation of per sons and properry thereon under such regula tions as may be prescribed by law, and railroad companies are declared common carriers. The General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses, prevent unjust discriminations and ex tortion in rates of freight and passenger tariffs on different railroads in the State, and shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing rea sonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights on said railroads, and enferce all such laws by ap propriate penalties. Pending discussion the Convention adjourned. < ii> THE INDIAN WAR. More Settlers Murdered— General Sheridan Relives in Gibbon’s “Victory.” Helena, Montana, August H—The following has just been received from Bannock : “The Indians "crossed at tl e head of Horse Prairie to Lemhi, strik ing Stephenson’s this morning, killing the Pieroe brothers and another man on the route. They are evidently making their way to Snake River Valley. Washington, August 14.—The follow ing dispatch has been received at the War Department : Chicago, 111., August 13, 1877. To General E. D. loumsend. : I have reason to believe that Col. Gibbon has had a substantial success and take pleasure in commending the conrage of Col. Gibbon and his small command. They have inflicted a severe if not a fatal and disastrous punishment on the hos tile Nez Perces. The report that he had lost bis trains is untruthful. [Signed] P. H. She bipan, Lieutenant-General. Eggs are scarce in Columbus. Macon ia having a .surfeit of barbe- New Advertisements. Facts For the People, It is an undeniable fact that no article was ever placed before the publio with so much undisputed evidence of its great medical value as the VEGETINE. For every complaint for which Veoetihe is recommended, nany testimonials of what it has done is furnished to the public at large, and no one should fail to observe that nearly all of the testimonials are from people right at home, where the VEGETINE is prepared, aud as the streets and numbers are given, there can be no possible doubt about the mat ter, Boston, Deeemqer 17, 1872. H. R. Stevens, Esq. : Dear Sir—May I ask the favor of you to make my case public ? Iu 1861, while ou picket duty in the army, I was taken with a fit, which lasted all night. Was taken into camp and dosed with whisky and quinine. After this had fits every day. and was taken to Newbern Hospital, and there treated by the attending physician. I grew wore-- and was sent home. Remained in poor health for four years, treating with many phy sicians aud trying many remodies. Finally Scrofula made its appearance in different parts of my body, and my head was so diseased as to be frightful to look at, and painful be yond endurance. After trying the most emi nent physicians, without improvement, a change of climate was advised. Have been to the Hot Springs in Arkansas twice, each time giving their treatment a thorough trial. Finally came back to Boston, discouraged, with no hope of help. Life was a burden to one iu my situation. My disease, and the effect of so much powerful medicine, had so damaged my system that the action of my stomach was apparently destroyed, aud my head was covered with ulcers which had in places eaten into the skull boue. The best physicians said my blood was so full of poison they could do no more for me. About this time a friend who had been an in valid told me Veoetine had restored him to perfect health, and through his persuasion I commenced taking Veoetine. At this time I was having fits almost every day. I noticed the good effects of Veoetine in my digestive organs. My food sat better and mv stomach grew stronger. I began to feel encouraged, for I could see my health slowly and gradually improving. With renewed hope I continued taking the Veoetine, until it had completely driven disease out of my body. It cured the fits, gave me good pure blood, and restored me to perfect health, which I had not enjoyed before for ten years. Hundreds of people in the city of Boston can vouch for the above facts. Veoetine has saved my life, and you are at liberty to make such use of this statement as pleases you best, and I beg of you to make it known, that other sufferers may find relief with less trouble aud expense than I did. It will afford me great pleasure to show the marks of my disease or give any further infor mation relative to my case to all who desire it. I am, sir, very gratefully, JOHN PECK, No. 50 Sawyer street, Boston, Mass. Twenty-Seven Vears Ago. H. R. Stevens, Esq,: Dear Sir—This is to certify that my daughter was taken sick when she was three years old, and got so low that we were obliged to keen her ou a pillow, with out moving, to keep the little thing together. She was attended by several physicians-the regular attending one being old Dr. John Ste vens. They all pronounced her case incurable. She had boeu sick about a year, when hearing of the great Blood Remedy, Veoetine, I com menced giving her that, and continued it regu larly till she was about seven years old, when she was perfectly cured. During her sickness three pieces of boue were taken from her right arm above the elbow, one of them being very long. Several small pieces were also taken from her left leg. She is now twenty seven years old, and is enjoying good health, and has ever sinoe she was seven years old, with no signs of Sorofula or any blood disease. Her arm is a little crooked, but she can use it almost as well as the other. Her legs are of equal length, and she is not in the least lame. Hercaso was Scrofula, inherited in the blood; and I would recommend all those having Sorof ula Humor or any other blood disease, if they wish to have a perfect cure, to try Veoetine, the reliable blood remedy, which does not weaken the system like many other prepara tions recommended, but, ou the contrary, it is nourishing and strengthening. My daughter’s case will fully testify this, for I never Baw nor heard of a worse form of Scrofula. HULDA SMITH, 19 Monument street, Charlestown. Mass. MRS. SAItAH M. JONES. 69 Sullivan street, Charlestown, Mass. April 10, 1870. The above statement shows a perfect cure of Scrofula in its worst form, when pronounced incurable, of a child four years of age, twenty throe years ago. The lady, now twonty soveu years old, enjoying perfect health. Vegetiue is Sold by All Druggists. aug2-wl m CHRISTOPHER GRAY & GO. WILL OPEN MONDAY A LARGE LOT OF WHITE GOODS LATELY BOUGHT AT VERY LOW PRICES. In the Bummer COFFEE is not good for the health. TEA is the proper drink for this season. We have on hand, and offer for sale cheap, the best brands of llyson, Imperial, Gunpowder, Oolong and English Breakfast Teas, ever of fered in this market. BARRETT Sc LAND, For the Liver ! USE GILDER’S MYER PILLS. Tho most perfect Pilliiirhe world. For sale by all druggists. Turnip Seed! A COMPLETE assortment, just rccoived and for sale low by BARRETT & LAND, 270 Broad street. If You Are Not ABLE to go to the Springs, improve your health by using the waters of the jußtly celebl'a od BLUE LICK SPRINGS, for sale iu bottleß, half barrels and barrels, by BARRETT Sc LAND, 270 Broad street. Wrapping Paper A LARGE stock, of every i*e and quality known. In large quantities a bargain may be had, at BARRETT Sc. LAND’S, ’ ' ' 270 Broad street. IN PAINTING, USE no material that is not first class. We \ have in store a large stock of ATLAN TIC WHITE LEAD, PURE LINSEED OIL, JAPAN, COACH ad COPAL VARNISHES, and an endless variety of colors, dry and ground in oil, all of wiimh WO oSter cheap, jya-tf ‘ BARRET f & LAND. COTTON MACHINERY. LOWELL Mill SHOP, LOWELL, MASS., Manufacturers of every description of COTTON MACHINERY, Of most approved patterns and with all rec-jut improvements. -ALSO— Turbine Wheels, Shaftim and Gearing, Hydraulic Presses and Pnmps, ELEVATORS, &c., &c. tJT Plans far Cotton nnd Paper Mills. Geo. Richardson, Supt., LOWELL, MASS, Wm. A. Burke, Trea%., 8 PEMBERTON SQUARE, BOSTON. jyia-tf I JOHN 'n.' Johnson . | partner late fi>m 1 L. J. Guilmartin Sc Cos., + i 1865 to 1877. j JOHN’ FLANNERY $ CO., j l COXTUN FACTOHW ] | —AND— I j COMMISSION MERCHANTS, j | ' No. 3 Kelly’s Block, Bay Street, J ; Savannah, (Georgia.: + Agents for Jewell's Mills Yarns and Do-; Imeutice. etc, 6tc. -t i BAGGING AND IRON TIES for sale at| ♦lowest market rates. Prompt attention given) ♦to all boaittfcas emrubted to u#. JLibeyal oaakj iadvancee made on consignments, t - ter Our Ms TXiANNErtY having purchased; tthe entile assets and assumed the liabilities; lef the late firm of L. J. GUILMARTIN A; ICO., we will attend to all outstanding busi-f ;neasof that ,,ffi2~i?ti^iT?m, it Important to Cotton Planters* TTTE have on hand a large lot of first class VV COTTON GINS, made up m the best style, and of good material, which we will sell at the lowest market prices. All Planters wishing to buy a cheap and good Gin wifi find it to their interest to correspond with us, as we mean business to suit the times. Write for prices, terms, Ac., and we feel cer tain we can satisfy yen. J. D, Sc H. T. HAMMACK, jyl-dlaw<kw2m* Orawfordville, Ga. Now AdyertUements. —THE— STRIKERS AT WORK As I am going to change my business on the first of September, I will offer on Monday Morning, and continue until that time, the entire stock of Boots, Shoes and Trunks At less than manufacturers’ prices, for cash. The Goods must be sold The attention of the merchants and people is called to this fact. Dali and examine stock and prices, and satisfy yourselves that 1 mean business. JOSIAH MILLE R, Proprietor of the Augusta Shoe House, 233 Broad Street, Opposite the Masonic Hall. j 29-tf LADIES’AND GENTS’ GAUZE UNDERVESTS 30 per cent. Less Than [Present Pi’ices. Of tlese Goods we’have complete lines, from the lowest to the finest, and iu all sizes, which will be closed as above stated. We will also offer our entire slock of Corsets, consisting of over 150 dozen and embracing all styles and prices, at 30 per cent, less than pres ent value. 200 dozen Gents’ all Linen 3-4 Hemmed Handkerchiefs at 12 1-2 cents each, worth to-day $2 50 per dozen. 50 dozen Ladies’ Colored Bordered H. S. Handkerchiefs 25 cents each worth $5 50 per dozen. We do this NOT for the purpose of creating a sensation, BUT in order to make light work for stock taking, and will offer many other useful goods at the same reduction. JAS. A. GRAY & CO. jy29-tf NEW PROCESS FLOUR. CRESCENT MILLS, AUGUSTA, GA. J. F. & L. J. MILLER, Proprietors. OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS NO Cash Dry Goods House W. T. Anderson & Co.’s, 242 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Headquarters for anderson’s CELEBRATED WAMSUTTA SHIRT. The BEST is the CHEAPEST. Send for Samples. augl2-tf Real [Estate Agency. O Special attention paid to the sale or purchase of Town and Country Property. Money borrowed and loans made onj Real Estate. Special attention paid to the management and renting of property* The undersigned having been requested by many of their patrons to resume the Real Estate business, will, from this* date, derote the energies ol the concern to all business en trusted to them, and charges will be moderate. JOHN J. COHEN & SONS. Our Bond, Stock Brokerage and Life and Fire Insurance will be carried on as usual. den!6-ly The Cteorgia State Fair! OPENS AT ATLANTA, OCTOBER 15th, 1877, AND CONTINUES ONE WEEK. o A large and liberal Premium List is offerod, from which we make the following SPECIMEN EXTRACTS : HORSES. Best Saddle Horse or Mare $ 50 00 Best Single Buggy Horse or Maro 50 00 Best combination Horse or Mare 50 00 Finest and best Double Team, owned by the exhibitor at least 30 days before the Fair. . 75 00 Best six iu hand driven on the ground by exhibitor 50 00 CATTLE, SHEEP AND SWINE. Best herd of one Bull and four Cows or Heifers SIOO 00 Best Milch Cow ®0 JJO Best Jersey Bull *j} Best Jersey Cow 20 00 Liberal premiums for other breeds of cattle. 575 oq for tlie best Buck and sls 00 for the best Ewe of each of the following breeds; Me rinos, Southdowns and Cotswolds. s£s 00 for the best Boar and sls for the best Sow of each of the following breeds : Berk shire, Essex, Suffolk, Magic or Poland China, Big Guinea, Little Guinea and Natives. POULTRY. $lO 00 is offered for the best trio of each variety of Chickens, Geese and Ducks. Best and largest display in merit and variety of Domestio Fowls $ 76 00 FIELD CROPS. For the largost and best display in merit and variety of sample products from the field. garden, orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution of a single farm SIOO Oft Second beet ditto 52 22 For the best six stalks of Cotton. .. f 00 Best display of samples of Hay, one hundred pounds each, of uncultivated grasses 25 00 For the best three bales crop lot of Short Staple Cotton by one exhibitor. 100 00 For the best einglo bate Short Staple 60 00 For the beet single bale Upland Long Staple 60 00 LADIES’ HOME INDUBTBY. Best eolle tion of Jellies, Preserves, Pickles, Jams, Catsups. Syrups and Cordials, made and exhibited by one lady $ 50 00 Best collection of Dried Fruits 10 00 Best collection of Canned Fruits and Vegetables 20 00 Best display of Ornamental Preserves, cut by hand, by tlie exhibitor 20 00 Best display of Breads and Cakes by one lady 25 00 Handsomest Iced and Ornamental Cake 20 00 To the young lady between 13 and 18 years of age, who shall prepare upon the ground the best meal for six persons . 25 00 Second heat .... 15 ol> LADIES’ NEEDLE AND FANCY WORK. Best display in merit and qariety of Female Handicraft, embracing Needlework, Em broidery, Crocheting, by one lady $ 60 OO $lO 00 for the best specimen each of Silk Embroidery, Applique, Raised Work, and Tapes- Uy 'SlOOOfor the best display of Hair, Bheli, Wax, Seed. Rustic and Straw Work. Also for the best display of Wax, Feather, Paper, Muslin and Skeloton Flowers. PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. Best Oil Painting ® 2? Best Portrait Painting "{ “J* Beat Painting ia Water Colors 20 OO Beat Pencil Drawing J” ™ Beat Crayon Drawing............ ••••• i” y” Best display of Paintings and Drawinga by one exhibitor 26 00 Beat collection of Paintings and Drawings by a girl under sixteen years of age.. 25 00 Best display of Paintings, Drawings, etc., by the pupils of any one School or College 50 00 MERCHANTS’ DISPLAYS. Best display of Dry Goode " ‘ ■ MOO 00 Best display of Clothing . >• Jo (Hi Best display of Millinery OO Best display of Groceriea . 100 00 Beat display of Glasaware and Crockery 60 00 PREMIUMS FOR GRANGES AND COUNTY SOCIETIES. To the organized Granges of a county, or the County Society in the State making the largest and finest display in merit and variety of Products and results of Home Industrie*—all raised, produced or made by tue members of that particular Grange organization, or County Society S3OO 00 Second Premium 200 00 Third Premium *•*> 00 MILITARY COMPANIES. For tho best drilled Volunteer Military Company, to have not less than twenty-five men rank and file $250 00 FIRE COMPANIES. For best Fire Company, test to be prescribed by the Chiefs of Departments of Maoon, Augusta, SavaiiwA. Atlanta and Columbus S2OO OO The full Premium List, in pamphlet form, will be ready about the latter part of July, and will be mailed free, on application to the Secretary at Atlanta. Hie Management feel greatly encouraged by the flattering assurances which the people are giving of their interest in the forthcoming Exhibition. There has been no State Fair now in two years—a faot which we believe will enhanoe the interest in the approaching one ; and with the co operation of the publio, we confidently hope to meet with that success commensurate with the merits of this time-honored occasion, when our products and resources are displayed to the world, and all our people meet together im social reunion. THOMAS HARDEMAN, Jr., Macon, President. T. J. HMITH, Oconee, C. K, H„ General Superintendent. MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Atlanta, jyfi-2awAw—aug!6 Seeretaif.