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WEDNESDAY, - AUGUST 29,1877.
ME AMU RE*.
BT H M.
I li.ve dainty enp of gl***;
It i b not graven by a lire,
It* beauty ns its fragilenees
A baby’e hand might crash it fine.
I gave a man to drink from it
One dav a draft of water cold ;
He took it like a woman'* hs’id.
In reverent, loving, lingering hold.
He held it np in keen delight,
Gazed on ite texture rare and fine ;
‘‘Such glass as thin," ho rapture 119 said,
“Give* water all the grace of wine.
Another day another man
Sat eating, drinking, at my board ;
Into the dainty, peerless glass
A jieerleaH wine for him I poured.
He drank it at a swallow down ;
With smothered wrath 1 weil nigh burst—
Nor wine nor glaee wax aught to him,
So that he quenched hm boorish thirst.
“Ah. me.” I eaid, “to him that bath,
All things on earth their tribute t ring ;
From him that hath not. earth takes back.
And leaves him beggared, though a king.
LILITH.
In all this wide, green earth there lives
Not one so fair as she ;
In all this wide, green earth there lives
Not one so false —ah me !
Soft, stinging hiir of tawny gold,
And lips red ripe.
Dark eyes, like passion flowers, before their
bloom
Is brown and dead.
She kiseed me with her red, ripe lips
dose, close to mine,
The vintage of her lips was sweet, and I
Q;ew drunk on wine;
Around my heart she wound her hair
Of tawny gold,
httie wound it tight, until my heart
Was still and cold.
She held the Dead Sea apple of her love
That I might eat ;
I hungered—tasted—and the mocking fruit
That seemed so sweet,
To ashes turned.
O cruel lips that kissed me dumb !
O golden hair that strangled me !
O dreamy eyes of passion bloom,
That never smiled for love of me.
THE I.ITTI.E NUN.
I meet the little Nun each morn and eve,
As I unto my daily duties go,
And. through tins happening, have come to
feel , , ,
That we as friends each other pass, although
Hhe doth vouchsafe no answer to my word
Of greeting ; vet so gracious is the oend
Of her small head, as she in silence goes,
I know by it alone she is my friend.
Describe her ! I ne'er thought of her in words,
And doubt if I can frame her in ' my speech ;
The picture that my inner vision hath of her,
Dull words could hardly put within your reach.
I do distrust my tongue ; but if you will;
Imagine, tlien. a lily face, black bound,
About the brow serene and clefted chin
ltelieved by wluto band* folded close around.
Her eyes aro colored like young iris flowers
That stain the fields in May with amethyst;
Through the curled lashes beams their light
subdued.
Like moonbeams slanting through the evening
mist,
Clasped to her belt, and swinging at her side,
Are the long rosary and heavy cross—
The tokon of her chosen faith, in which
riecuro, she counts all else as dross.
Dow at the sacred altar, taper lit,
Hhe bends the kneo, and slips the carven head
ltetwecn her lingers, murmuring a prayer,
I‘etitiouing Heaven for her simple needs
The stranger's grief and trouble she hath
borne;
The weary pilgrim’s almoner hath been;
As full of good wo ks as the night of stars
la a'l her lifo, without one mark of sin.
And so I might go on and rhapsodize
Until Time’s end ; bnt evon then the ideal
Outlined upon the canvass of your mind
Would stand half drawn and crude beside the
real.
For her rare, ever patient Charity
No |)ii or brush or golden word can toll.
Ah ! surely, one who hath in silence taught
The world a bettor living hath lived well.
I Chicago Tribune.
QUESTION.
.THOMAS S. OOLLTER.
Blossoms wore ou the apple trees;
The birds were humming in the air;
Nature conoortod harmonios
To rob tlio world of care;
Down by the meadow stream, wo two
Saw the white clouds their shadows cast
Along the distant mountains blue,
And droam-like aa the past.
We two! Ah, that was years ago;
We thought tlia two would pass away,
And that hut ono the years would show;
We thought the goda would play
Wild aouga of melody divine,
To make the future bright and fair;
And that the ami of joy would shine
All Pines and everywhere.
J uat as a million souls havo thought!
Tliero came a day when tears were shed;
And one the world’s mad struggle sought,
Aud one piped to the dead;
He longed for fame Oiat kopt in sight
Yet ever seemed to miss his grasp;
And she lost all life’s hope aud light,
Striving liis hand to clasp.
Wall, it waH years ago, I said;
Ihe stream is th re; the blossoms flash
The treea with glo.y; she is dead,
The bees—they do not hush
Their humming as they seek the sweet;
I wond r. though, if we two may,
Ab one. in Heaven’s home love and meet,
And find a perfect day.
| For the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
THE PRESENT ANI> PAST.
Were they wiser, better, happier.
The hero, sage of yore ?
Was mankind purer in those days,
Whose loss wo so deplore ?
“ Oli! for tlio good old times again !”
Comes trembling from the tongue
Of wbito-haired dames, and “ ’twas not so
When yon and I wero young.
“ When men were honest—wonrou pure,
Not fast as they aro now,
With hats turned up in front, to show
No shame is on their brow,
That blushes not to be admired,
However broad the stare;
Oli 1 for the nice, coal Bcuttle bonnets,
Our mothers used to wear.
"The seemly veil, the go idly shoe,
That gave the foot full room;
The skirts which hung about the form
Like drapery round a broom.
No “ pull-backs, ” no “ Centennials" then,
No such disgusting sights;
The women then, wero modest dames.
The men were gallant knights.”
“You think so grandma ! old folks then
Thought just as you do now.
Ami railed against * the times,' tlio sarno
For men to mammon bow.
Women to Fashion through all time;
Just search the history pages,
You’ll find that human nature’s still
The same through all earth's ages.
"Man wronged his neighbor just aa now,
When this old world was younger,
Liar and swindler flourished then,
Gossip and scandal monger.
Even as t-dav and silly maids
Sought art £0 add to nature.
And men were wicked—women false,
Why swell the nomenclature ?
•TMen sigh not for the days gone by,
Folly, its glittering fetter
Wove for earth’s sons and daughters then.
liian as they were no better.
Our children’s* children will look back
And sigh as wo are sighing.
For the good times we sore abused,
When time with us was flying." li. A. L.
ANGUISH —OH ! WHY Dill YOU OIK <
Oh I whV ffid you die when the flowers were
springing. . . ,
Aud Winter's wild tempest had vanished
awav; .
When the swallow was come, and the sweet
lark was singing
From morn till eve of the heantiful day ?
Oh ! why did you go when the Summer was
coming.
And the heavens ss bine as your own sunny
eve.
When the lee on the blossom was drowsily
humming
Mavoumeeu ! Movourneen 1 oh, why did you
die ?
Whan the bright silent stars through my win
dow are beaming,
I dream in my madness you're still by my
side.
With yonr long golden curls on your white
shoulders streaming.
And the smiles that came warm from your
loving heart's tide.
I hear your sweet voice fitful melodies sing
ing ;
I wake but to hear the low wind's whispering
sigh,
And your vanishing tones through my silent
* home ringing.
As I cry in uiv angush—“Oh ! why did you
die* ?" *
CONSOLATION—GONE BEFORE.
There'* a beautiful face in the silent air,
Which follows me ever and near.
With smiling eves and amber hair.
With voiceless"lips, yet with breath of prayer
That I feel but cannot hear.
The dimpled hands and ringlets of gold
Lie down in a marble sleep ;
I stretch my arms for the clasp of old,
But the empty air is strangely cold,
And my vigil alone I keep.
There's a sinless brow with a radiant crown,
And a cross laid down in th® dust ;
There’s a smite where not a shadow comes now,
And tears no more from those dear eyes flow,
So sweet in their innocent trust.
Ah. well! and Summer is coming again,
Singing her same old song;
But. oh. it sounds like a sob of pain.
As it floats in the sunshine and the rain,
O’er hearts of the world’s great throng.
There's a beautiful region above the skies,
And I long to reach ite shore.
For I know I shall find my treasure there,
The laughing eyes and amber hair
Of the loved one gone before.
Lieutenant Flipper, the oolored cadet
rece’ntly graduated at West PoiDt, ar
rived in Macon Monday and was met at
the train by a carriage and esoort. The
oolored troops think “he is a biger man
|han old Grant.”
THE CONVENTION.
THE REPORT Oti THE HOMESTEAD
REACHED,
l.eiillieninij Ihe fession—The Corporatism,
A4ll in— Preventing an Interregnum—A Una
ry Ijiw Defeated—lrrevocable Grants—
The llome-tend—A Liberal Exemption De
nianded.
f S[ecial to the Chronicle arut Constitutionalist.]
Atlanta, August 20.—The Constitu
tional Convention met this morning in
the Capitol, at half past eight o’clock,
the Vice-President, lion. A. R. LawtoD,
in the chair.
A resolution was adopted fixing the
daily sessions of the Convention as fol
lows: M rning session from 8, a. m.,
to 1, p. in.; evening ses'-ion from 2:30,
p. m., to 6:30, p. m.
Forfeiting I'orporatlon Charter*.
Mr. Toombs, of the Twenty-ninth
District, moved to reconsider the action
•if the Convention on Saturday in strik
ing out section six of the report on the
power of the General Assembly over
taxation. Mr. Toombs real extracts
from the Constitutions of several States,
showing that in New York, Massachu
setts and Pennsylvania, where the
largest and wealthiest corporations
exist, the State reserves the right to
annul and amend charters, and that this
right has been exercised so often as to
become an every day matter.
Mr. Reese (Augnstns), of the Twenty
eighth District, opposed the motion to
reconsider. He said that in the States
mentioned there was a plethora of
capital seeking investment, and people
were willing to run the risk of having
charters annulled by the Legislature.
Mr. Toombs asked if this plethora of
capital had not been accumulated under
the very law which the gentleman ob
jected to having in the Constitution of
Georgia ?
Mr. Reepe Eaid he did not know as to
this. His impression was that much of
it had been but recently invested. Geor
gia had, comparatively speaking, no
capital, aud with sucli a restriction as
was sought to be put in the organic law
men would be very careful how they in
vested their money in manufacturing
and other enterprises. He thought it
was better to leave this matter as it now
stood. The proposed measure might
act aa a boomeraDg and return to do
mischief to the State.
Mr. Nisbet, of the Twenty-eighth Dis
trict, said he was weary wi’h so many
words on the subject of corporations.
He, therefore, moved to lay Mr.
Toombs’ motion to reconsider on the
table. The motion was carried.
Mr. Featherstone, of the Thirty-sixth
District, moved to reconsider the action
of the Convention Saturday in adopting
the paragraph offered by Mr. Robert
son forbidding the payment of rebates
by railways.
Mr. Robertson, of the Thirty-fifth
District, moved to lay tlio motion to re
consider on the table. Carried.
Providing Atfulnst nn Interregnum.
Mr. Guerrard, of the First District,
referred to paragraph one of section
four of the report of the committee on
the Legislative Department and had it
amended by adding the words “to serve
until their successors are elected and
qualified.” This prevents the occurr
ence of an interregrum and provides
against all emergencies. Tlio report on
the Legislative Department as amended
was finally adopted as a whole,
I T sury and Ihe Capital.
Mr. Dismnke, of the Twenty-sixth
District, offered a separate section fix
ing the legal rate ef interest in the
State at eight per cent. Tho Conven
tion refused to entertain the proposi
tion.
The consideration of tho report of tho
Committee on the Location of the Capi
tal was postponed until to morrow
(Tuesday) morning at elevou o’clock.
Irrevocable Grants.
Mr. Mathews, of the Thirtieth Dis
trict, referred to tho Bill of Rights in
order that the Convention might perfect
paragraph two of article four, in refer
ence to tlio granting by the Legislature
of irrevocable grants and privileges, in
accordance with tho subsequent action
of the Convention
Mr. Lawson,of tho Twenty eighth Dis
trict, moved to strike out of the paragraph
the words “special privileges and im
munities” and insert the words “ex
emptions from taxation.” He thought
this would make the paragraph accord
with the later action of the Convention.
Mr, Seward, of tho Seventh District,
said he did not think this matter hod
been entirely settled by tho Convention.
Hlverv time the Legislature gave an ir
revocable graht or privilege an integral
part of the sovereignty of the State was
lestroyed. The ways of corporations
were past fiudiug out.
Aft raomo discuss’’on, Mr. Toombs, of
the Twenty-niuth District, offered an
amendment submitting such grants to a
vote of the people of the Stale for ratifi
cation. The amendment was lost.
Mr. Lawson’s amendment was lost by
a vote of eighty-six nays to eighty-five
yens, and the paragraph, unameuded,
was adopted by a vote of ninety-one yeas
to seventy-eight nays.
Mr. Guerrard, of the First District,
moved to amend tho Bill of Rights by
allowing the writ of habeas corpus to
be suspended in case of insurrection or
invasion. The Convention refused to
consider the proposition.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth
District, offered as a separate section of
the Bill of Rights a prohibition against
tlio Geueral Assembly revoking spe
cial grants, except in such a manner
as to do no injustice to corporations or
the creditors thereof.
Mr. Hudson, of the Twenty-ninth
District, made the point that this meas
ure had already been substantially
killed by tho Convention, and, hence,
he moved to lay it on the table. The
motion to table was carried, and the
Bill of Rights, as ; mended, was adopted
as a whole.
Tlie llouieMtend Fight i’omiiir
The report of the Committee of Final
Revision on Homestead and Exemption
was taken np and section one read, as
follows:
Suction I. There shall he exempt from levy
and sale, by virtue of any process wil.teyer,
uiifler the laws of the State, except as herein
after excepted, of the property of every head
of a family, or guardian, or trustee of a family
of minor children, or every aged or infirm per
son, or person having the fare and support of
dependent females of any age, who is not tfie
head of a family, realty or personalty, or both,
not to exceed in value in the aggregate sixteen
hundred dollars,
Mr. Edge, of the Twenty-first Dis
trict, moved to amend by striking out
the words “sixteen hundred” in the
lines teu aud eleven and inserting the
words ‘‘three thousand'' in lieu thereof.
He said he thought the right of a debtor
to a home came from Heaven, The
abolition of a liberal homestead exemp
tion involved the disorganization of so
ciety. The establishment of a liberal
homestead ;yill discourage emigration
from the State by giving to unfortunate
men still something to eiing fo in Geor
gia. The power to waive the homestead
granted by the General Assembly had
not decreased the rate of interest on
money in Georgia as it was supposed it
would do. Speaking as a representative
of the people who elected him he said
that his section of tke State would re
pudiate the new Constitution unless the
present liberal homestead provision was
retained in the instrument.
Pending action the Convention ad
journed until 3:30 o’clock, p. m.
afternoon session.
The Convention re-assembled at 3:30,
p. m.
On motion of Mr. Hudson, of the
Twenty-ninth District, the time of
speaking can only be extended ten min
utes, and that by a two-thirds vote of
the Convention.
Mr. Matthews, of the Thirtieth Dis
trict, moved to strike out the words
“not to exceed in value in the aggre
gate,” and insert “to the value in the
aggregate of.”
Mr. Crane, of the Thirty-fifth Dis
trict, thought it not the duty of the
State to support any man’s family. He
offered an amendment, prescribing the
precise articles to be exempted. Some
men, he said, take §3,000 worth of ex
emptions in whiskv and tobacco. This
is legal stealing, if all the property of
the State were evenly divided oat no
family would have more than §9OO.
Hence, 53,000 exemption was too
much. North Georgia wanted only a
small homestead.
Mr Greer, of the Thirteenth Distriot,
moved to table the Edge amendment of
$3 000. Carried by a vote of 119 yeas to
39 uavs.
Mr. Longino, of the Thirty-seventh
District, moved to insert SBOO. Tabled
by a vote of 112 yeas to 41 nays.
'Mr. Respass, of the Thirteenth Dis
trict, moved to insert S6OO. Tabled.
The Matthews amendment then came
UP Mr. Mynatt, of the Thirty-fifth Dis
trict, said he hoped it would not pre
vail In plain English, the homestead
meant non payment of debts. The man
who owes nothing wants no homestead.
When the homestead goes farther than
protecting the unfortunate it becomes
an abase. _.
Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, said that a man having $1,600 was
not a poor man. The majority of the
people were not worth more than
SSOO and would not be benefited by a
$1,600 homestead. This scheme of al
lowing men to set apart more property
than the average amount owned was not
right, not jast and ought not to be
adopted.
Mr. Matthews, of the Thirtieth Dis
trict, said the homestead was no injus
tice to the creditor. He knows that the
debtor has a certain amonnt of property
exempted before he lends money. So
he is not deceived. He did not favor
leaving this with the Legislature.
Mf. Nisbet, of the Twenty-eighth Dis
trict, ss’d he was snpprised to hear such
arguments from Messrs. Mynatt and
Brown. They were the appeals from rich
men against poor men.
Mr. Matthews’ amendment was adopt
ed.
flom?Mtea<l Fixed at Nlxtcea Hundred Dal
ian.
The question on striking out $1,600
was put and lost by a vote of 70 yeas to
69 nays.
The first paragraph was adopted by a
vote of 81 yeas to 53 nays, unamended.
Section two was read, as follows:
Sec. 11. No Court or ministerial officer in the
State shall ever have jurisdiction or authority
to enforce any judgment, execution or decree
against the property set apart for such pur
pose. including such improvements as may be
made thereon, from time to time, except for
axes for the purchase money of the same, for
labor done thereon, for material furnished
rherefor, or for the removal of encumbrances
thereon.
The section was agreed to, unamend
ed.
Waiving the Homestead.
Section three was read, as follows :
Sec. 111. The debtor shall have power, with
the coneent of his wife, if any, to be made in
writing, and attested by two witnesses, to
waive or renounce his right to the benefit of
the exemption provided for in this article, ex
cept as to household and kitchen furniture,
wearing apparel, and provisions for one year,
to be selected by himself aud his wife, if any,
not to exceed three hundred dollars in value;
and he shall not, after it is set apart, alienate
or encumber the property so exempted, but
it may be sold by the debtor and his wife, if
any, jointly, with the sanction of the Judge of
the Superior Court of the county where the
debtor resides, or the laud is situated, upon
app'ication to him, the proceeds to be rein
vested upon the same uses.
Mr. Fontaine, of the Twenty-fourth
District, offered the following substi
tute :
The debtor shall not have power to waive or
renounce his right to the benefit of the ex
emption provided for in this article, and he
shall not afterward set apart, alieniate or en
cumber property so exempted; but it may be
sold by the debtor and wife, if any, jointly,
with the sanction of the Judge of the Superior
Court of the couhty where the land is situated,
or the debtor resides, upon application to him,
the proceeds to be reinvested upon the same
usee. The homestead herein provided shall
be in fee simple to the head of the family, and
shall doscend to his heirs. Tabled.
Adjourned.
The Honiesteu-d Fixed—The Right of Waiver
—Corporations Again—Hammond** Amend
ment t arried—Tlie Capital—The Commit
tee’s Reports—The Debnte—Wright’s Ordi
nance Toted Ilown—Holcombe’s Substitute.
[Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Atlanta, August 21.—The Constitu
tional Convention mat this morning in
the Capitol, at half-past eight o’olock,
the President, Hod, Charles J. Jenkins,
in the Chair.
ItecoDsideratiou.
After the reading of the journal, Mr.
Twitty, of the Eighth District, moved
to reconsider the aotion yesterday in
tabling Mr. Edge’s amendment, to make
the homestead three thousand dollars
instead of sixteen hundred dollars. The
amendment was laid on the table.
Messrs. Greer, of the Thirteenth Dis
trict, Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, and Wofford, of the Forty-second
Distriot, all moved to reconsider the ac
tion of the Convention yesterday in adop
ting section one of tho Homestead Re
port.
Mr. Lewis, of the Nineteenth Dis
trict, moved to lay the motions to recon
sider on the table. Carried.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth
Distriot, moved to reconsider the action
of the Convention yesterday in tabling
the paragraph which he offered for in
sertion in the Bill of Rights, declaring
that no grant of speoial privileges shall
be revoked by the General Assembly,
except in such a manner as to do no in
justice to the corporation or its credit
ors.
Mr. narrell, of the Twelfth District,
said he thought the highest duty of leg
islation was to subserve the public in
terest without regard to private rights.
He, therefore, opposed the motion to
reconsider.
The motion to reconsider prevailed,
and the additional paragraph to the Bill
of Rights was adopted.
Mr. Davis, of the Twenty-first Dis
triot, moved to reconsider the action of
the Convention yesterdey in tabling the
additional section to the Homestead Re
port, offered by Mr. Chambers, vesting
the property exempted as a fee simple
estate in the heirs at law of the party
taking exemption.
Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, opposed the motion to reconsider.
He said that the idea about a homestead
lasting two generations was a myth.
Mr. Hudson, of the Twenty-ninth
District, moved to lay the motion to re
consider on the table. Carried.
Waiving the Ilwiipeatead.
The consideration of the report of the
Committee of Final Revision on Home
stead and Exemption was resumed, and
section three read, as follows ;
Sec. 111. The debtor shall have power, with
the consent of his wife, if any. to be made in
writing, and attested by two witnesses, to
waive or renounce his right to the benefit of
tlie exemption provided for in this article, ex
cept as to household and kitchen furniture,
wearing apparel, and provisions for one year,
to he selected by himself and his wife, if any,
not to exceed three hundred dollars in value ;
and he shall not, after it is set apart, alienate
or encumber the property so exempted, but
it may be sold by the debtor and his wife, if
any, jointly, with the sanction of the Judge of
tlie Superior Court of the county where the
debtor resides, or the land is situated, upon
application to him, the proceeds to be rein
vested upon the same uses,
Mr. Bristow, of the Nineteenth Dis
trict, moved to amend by striking out
the words “with the consent of his wife,
if any, to be made in writing and attest
ed by two witnesses” in lines one, two
and three. The amendment was adopt
ed by a vote of 93 yeas to 77 nays, and
the section, aj amended, was agreed to.
The Riithts of Debtors and Cjf edltprs
Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, offered the following as an addi
tional section :
In all cas/as sphere the plaintiff in fi. fa. is
the head of a family and Ojyns less property
than the defendant in fi. fa., then said defend
ant shall not have the benefit ef the home
stead exemption provided for in this Constitu
tion,
The section was laid op fable.
Location ef the Capital.
The hour of eleven o’clock having ar
rived, the special order for the day
was the consideration of the report
of the Committee on the Capital
Th.e report was taken up and read, as
follows.
Majority Report.
Resolved, That the Chairman report back to
the Convention the proposition of the city of
Atlanta to donate lands and erect a Capitol
building in the city of Atlanta for the Btate of
Georgia, together with a statement in detail of
the money expended by the city of Atlanta in
paying for the Opera House, now used as a
State Capitol.
Resolved, further, That the question whether
Atlanta shall be the permanent capital be sub
mitted to the Convention to be by that body
decided or submitted to the people, as it may
deem most expedient.
The oity of Atlanta submits the following
memorial to the Constitutional Conventon; If
Atlanta is seleoted by the Convention as the
permanent capital of the State, and if-such
selection is submitted and the same is ratified
by the people, the city of Atlanta will convey
to the State of Georgia any ten acres of land in
or near the citv of Atlanta now unoccupied, or
the square in tho heart of said city, known as
the City Hall lot, containing five acres of land,
and bounded by a street on every side en
which to locate and bnild a capitol for the
B‘ate. 24. The city of Atlanta will bnild for
the State of Georgia on the location selected a
Canitol building as good AS UlO old Capitol
building in Milledgeyilie. Sd. A copy of this
memorial signed by the Mayor and osrtified to
by the Clerk of Council under the seal of his
office, shall be presented to the Con*t.tutH>nal
Convention, and when the seat of government
shall be permanent!? located in Atlanta as
above stated, then the proposition herein con
tained. if accepted, shall be a binding contract
on the city of Atlanta.
Cm Ci ehe’s Office, Atlanta, July 18,1877.
I hereby certify that at a called meeting of
the Mayor and Council held this da? at the
Mayor's Office, a full board being present, the
above memorial was unanimously adopted; and
at a meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aider
men held the same day, a full board being
present, the same was unanimously concurred
in by them. S. L. Asonsa. Mayor.
Feune T. Ryan, Clerk of Council.
A Statement in Detail of the Money Expended by
the City of Atlanta, in payment ftr the Opera
Bouse :
It appears from the evidenoe before ns that
the city of Atlanta, in 1868. made a proposition
to the authorities of the State of Georgia that,
if the capital should be located at Atlanta,
they would furnish, free of coat to th# State,
for and during the term of ten years, a capi
tol. At some time in the year iB6B, the city
leased for a cap col a portion of what was
known as the Opera House, which was then in
the process of erection, from H. I. Kimball,
for the space of five years, ft the price, or
enm. of six thousand dollars per annum. On
the Ith dy of December. 1868, the oity of At
lanta issued to B. I. Kimball sixty bonds, of
SSOO each, which were to become due at the
rate of $6,000 per annum.
These bonds were turned over to Kimball,
the Opera House was completed, and on the
day of-—, 1868, the State of Georgia
took charge of the Capitol, thus famished,
and have occupied in ever sinoe. In the year
1870. the State agreed to purchase the build
ing that had been thus leased by the oity of At
lanta, and to pay for the same the sum of $380,-
000; the city of Atlanta agreeing, in the mean
time, to pay a sum in the aggregate of $130,-
000 for and on account of the Capitol, and to
be relieved entirely from the first obligation to
furnish s Capitol, free of cost, to the Bute for
the term of ten rears. The city of Atlanta did,
accordingly, on the 23d day of August, 1870,
make and deliver to the State a certificate as
follows: _
Statu of Geoboia— Om or Atlanta. —To
whom it may concern : The Mayor and Coun
cil of the city of Atlanta hereby certify that
there is due from the city of Atlanta to the
State of Georgia the seven per cent, bonds of
said city to the amount of $130,000, which
said bonds said Mayor and Council propose to
contribute toward the purchase, by the Btate.
of the Kimball Opera Hou-e property, and
when eaid'proposition has been accepted, and
the purchase La- been made, said bonds are to
be delivered to the bolder of this certificate
upon the return thereof. This certificate was
deposited by B. I. Kimball with the Governor,
to indemnify the State against a certain mort
gage tor $60,000 that was outstanding against
said property, thus pr-chased
On the 25th day of August, 1870, H. L Kim
ball gave to the city the following receipt:
“Received of the City Council of Atlanta,
thirty thousard dollars' of bonds, which they
have contracted to give the State in part pay
ment for Capitol building." Tue bonds of the
city of Atlanta, to the amount of SIOO,OOO.
were prepared, bearing date October 29, 1870.
and on the day of December, 1870, E. N.
Kimball presented the before mentioned cer
tificate to the city authorities of Atlanta, and
they delivered to’ E. N. Kimball $75,000 of the
bonds of the city; and E. N. Kimball delivered
up said certificate to the city authorities. At
the time these $75,000 of bonds were delivered
to E N. Kimball, some question arose between
the City Council and Kimba" about interes,.
This question was settled between Kimball and
the City Council, and on the 31st of December,
1870, the balance of the SIOO,OOO of the city
bonds were de’ivered to K ; “uball. How this
certificate of SIOO,OOO, that was placed in the
hands of the authorities of the Slate, for t'e
protection of the State against the mortgage
that was outstanding aga'usi the Capitol
building, got out of the hands of the Execu
tive of the State, and into the hands of Kim
ball. while the mortgage was still in full force
against the property, is a question that your
committee have not been able te determine.
We learn that there is an investigation now
being had in the Courts of this State that may
throw some light eu this question. Our in
vestigation does not, however, justify the con
clusion that the city of Atlanta had'anything
to do with this certificate, after it was placed
in the hands of the State, until it was present
ed and the bonds were demanded.
On the contrary, after a patiert and careful
investigation, we are satisfied that the city of
Atlanta has acted in the utmost good faith,
and that they have nearly paid every dollar
that they have agreed to pay toward the pur
chase of the Capitol building. It appears that
at the time of the purchase of the Capitol by
the State, that there was a mortgage of $60,-
000 outstanding and unsatisfied against the
property, which was to be paid before the cer
tificate was delivered up to any one, and there
by leave the title unencumbered. This, for
some reason, was Dot done, and since that
time this mortgage has been foreclosed on this
property by B. H. Hill A Hon, attorneys for
holders of the mortgage. On tho 19th day of
July, 1876, the city of Atlanta paid off and "hail
transferred to them the judgment and fifa that
had been obtained on the foreclosure of said
mortgage for which they paid the sum of $79,-
233 91. This fifa and judgment is still hold by
the city of Atlairia with an agreement entsred
into between Governor James M. Smith and
the city of Atlanta, that said fifa should not be
enforced against said property so long as the
Capitol shall reman at the city of Atlanta. NYe
have made a personal examination of the
books iu which the bonds of the city are reg’t
tered, and we are satisfied that the bonds of
the city were issued as above stated. It gives
us pleasure here to state what we had hereto
fore doubted, that iu all things, as far as we
can ascertain after a careful investigation, that
the city authorities have not only paid all that
they ever agreed to pay toward the Cap.tol,
but that they have takou up, in addition there
to, which they still hold, the mortgage, judg
ment and fifa previously referred to. That
the Stato has been greatly wronged in the pur
chase of the Capitol we do not doubt, hut that
the fault is attributable to the city authorities
of Atlanta we have no reason to believe.
Minority Report.
The undersigned, being a minority of the
Special Committee appointed to report upon
the question rf locating the Capital of the
State of Georgia, beg leave to Bubrnit to the
Convention the following ordinance and re
commend its adoption;
Be it ordained by the people of Georgia, in
Convention assembled:
Ist, That tho question of tho location of the
capital of this State be kept out of the Con
stitution to be adoptod by the Convention.
2d. That at the first general election hereafter
held for members of tho Genoral Assembly,
every votor may endorse on his ballot “At
lanta” or “Milledgevillo,” and the one of these
places receiving the largest number of votes
stiall bo the Capital of the State until changed
by the same authority, and in the same way,
that may be provided for the alteration of the
Constitution that may bo adopted by tlie Con
vention —whether said Constitution be ratified
or rejected.
Ha* Atlanta Acted in Good Faith f
Mr. Wallace, of the Twenty-third
District, moved to amend the majority
report by striking out the word “nearly”
in the sentence saying that Atlanta has
paid nearly every dollar which she had
agreed to pay towards the purchase of
the capitol building. Mr. Wallaco Raid
Atlanta had paid every dollar which she
had obligated herself to pay, and the
report should so state.
Shall tlie People Decide ?
Mr. Lewis, of the Nineteenth Dis
trict, Chairman of the Committee, said
that while not opposing the majority re
port, still it submitted no definite prop
osition to the Convention; the minority
report did and he moved the adoption
of tho minority report.
Mr. Gartrell, of the Thirty-fifth Dis
trict, opposed the adoption of the mi
nority report. When he was a member
of the General Assembly before the war
he said tho question of the removal of
the capital from Milledgeville came up
and he opposed removal. He honored
the dead and respected the living of
Baldwin oounty. We havo been told
that Atlanta robbed Milledgeville of her
rights. The adoption of the majority
report will give the lie to this assertion.
He declared that Atlanta stood to-day
with all her promises fulfilled to tho let
ter. Why should the capital question
be submitted to a separate vote of the
people any more than the homestead
question ? He saw no use in cutting up
the question in this way.
Mr. Lewis, of the Nineteenth District,
said he was neither the champion of
Milledgeville nor the enemy of Atlanta.
The simple question was whether the
Convention would incorporate in the
Constitution an article fixing the location
of the capital, or whether it should
be left to the decision of the
sovereign will of the people.—
Such an article was never put in
any Constitution of tho State before
the one framed in 1868. The capital
was brought to this city (Atlanta) by
fraud, but be it said to the eternal
honor of Atlanta that she spurned the
bribe when offered by voting against
the adoption of the Constitution. He
endorsed the Constitution which the
Convention was now making, though it
contained some objectionable olauses,
and hence he did not wish to put any
thing in it which would unnecessarily
provoke opposition. The instrument
had already as much weight as it could
carry. The location of the capital was
a matter of small importance, it was
true, yet he felt convinced that many of
the friends of Milledgeville would vote
against the Constitution if it incorpo
rated Atlanta as the capital, even
though it contained nothing else objec
tionable. He maintained that it was ex
pedient, fair, just and right to give the
decision of the question to the people.
He did not dispute as to what Atlanta
had done or had not done, Jjeavo the
matter to a popular vote, and let gen
tlemen interested go beiOro the people
with their arguments for or againet re
moval.
Air, of tjie Forty-second Dis
trict, offered an ordinance that the
proposition of the city of Atlanta to
build a Capitol be accepted, subject to
the provisions hereinafter contained and
tO til? Ratification of the people. If, at
the inauguration of the next Governor
ip (January, 1881, Atlanta, in the opin
ion" Vf the buprerae Court, shall have
fully complied witlijber present contract,
the present Capitol building shall be
turned over to her, aud she shall be de
clared the capital of the State. If a
majority of the people endorse ou their
tickets in favor of Atlanta at the elec
tion held to ratify this Constitution she
shall proceed to execute her promises;
bnt if the people deoide in favor of
Milledgeville, then the seat of govern
ment shall be at once removed from At
lanta to that place. Mr. Wright said
he saw no reason why Atlanta should
not continue the State capital, but to so
declare it without submittting the ques
tion to the people would be a violation
of popular rights.
Mr. Wright’s ordinance was laid on
the table.
Mr. Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth
District, offered as a substitute for the
minority report that the proposition of
Atlanta to donate ground and build a
Capitol be accepted, and that the Gen
eral Assembly provide for the consum
mation of this arrangement; but in tbe
event that Atlanta fails to comply with
her contract the General Assembly may
move the seat of government to Mill
edgeville. He thought Atlar.nought to
remain the capital. The people wanted it
there. Dy fixing it in the Constitution
seventy-five thousand votes would be
gained for the ratification of the instru
ment Milledgeville was not large
enough for the capital. If the capital
was there you would have to go out and
build pens to put the officers of the
State in. Atlanta was not afraid of a
popular vote, but we do not propose to
saddle so much additional expense upon
the State by having to remodel the old
Capitol building at Milledgeville.
Mr. Tift, of tbe Tenth Distriot, said
the question of the location of the capi
tal was not one of speculation. The
State was not putting np the seat of
government at public auction, seeking
how mnch could be made out of Atlanta
or Milledgeville. He thought we should
go back to Milledgeville. We have a
Capitol building and a penitentiary
building there already paid for. The
capital was taken away from Milledge
ville by unfair means, and the people of
the State would never be satisfied until
a fair popular vote on the question was
obtained!.
Fending action, the Convention ad
journed until 3:30, p. m.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The DUeoaalon on the Capitol—The Atlanta
Rina Rnnted—The Question tn Be Decided
hr the People—Further Proarene on the
Homestead—Gen. Toombo’ Generality.
The Convention reassembled this after
noon, at halfpast three o’clock, and the
consideration of the Capital report was
resumed.
Mr. Lofton, of the Twenty second
District, offered the following amend
ment to paragraph second of the
minority report: “And that every per
son entitled to vote for members of the
General Assembly UDder the present
Constitution and laws of the State shall
be entitled to vote under this ordi
nance.”
Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, said he thought Atlanta had acted
in good faith, and if we move the Capi
tal from her we would be in duty bound
to pay the entire amount Atlanta had
advanced to pay for the Opera House.
It is due her as a matter of right, and
the people of Georgia as a matter of ex
pediency, to stand by the cor tract made
with Atlanta. The people sent us here
to act for them, and I hope we will have
the manhood to do what onght to be
done, and fix this matter in our Consti
tution.
Mr. Pierce, of the Twentieth District,
said the sole and single purpose wh’ch
led h ; m was not a regard for the welfare
of anj place or the interest of any sec
tion, but a desire for the public good.
Mr. Lewis’ proposition is easily execut
ed, and is so plain and simple that he
who runs may read. A single bal’ot
may determine it. It is not burdened
by issues foreign to it or superior there
to. The proposition of Mr. Holoombe
is intricate, and involves the adjustment
of contracts. The main arguments of
gentlemen whether this be wise or un
wise economy are only proper to insist
upon before the people. No one ad
mires Atlanta more than I do ; no one
shall see that tb : s city has tbe benefit of
excellences more than I, but to the
people let this be put. The paramount
consideration is the safety of the organic
law, and not to risk it to determine in
whose hands a toy shall be. Is it wise
to add yet another firebrand to the
flame in which our work may be con
sumed ? Only when you have Milledge
ville and Atlanta working for ratifica
tion, independent of minor issues, will
yonr majority be gained. It is a rivulet
and a river here and there that finally
make the ocean upon which the bark of
our triumph shall ride. Mr. President,
I would have this and all other issue’
which may hazard the safety of the Con
stitution made separate and distinct.
When the Constitution is made oomplete
and goes forth to the people for ratifica
tion, let its great principles of private
liberty and public rights—liberties and
rights wrung from the crown at the foo'
stool of the throne, our titles written in
the blood of the bravest who have up
lifted lance or marched to battle under
freedom’s banner—shine among them
like Argyle’s lights on Scotland’s craj-,3
to call his clansmen to arms, and wher
Georgia’s sons shall have answered
whether our capital be 'lodged on the
mountain crest or washed by waves of
tho murmuring sea, then will the grand
anthem ot our rejoicing begin with its
everlasting chorus, “Georgia, redeemed
finally and forever.”
Mr. Wells, of the Tenth District,
called for the previous question. The
call was sustained.
Mr. Holcombe’s proposition was put
and lost. The minority report sub
mitting the question to the people, with
Mr. Lofton’s amendment, was put and
carried so overwhelmingly that not even
a division was called for.
The following is a supplement to the
minority report inserted by consent :
Aud in the event of the rejection of said
Constitution, should a majority of votes cast
be in favor of Milledgeville then this provision
to operate to take effect as an amendment to
the present Constitution.
Tlie Homestead Again.
The consideration of the Homestead
report was resumed, and section four
was read, as follows .
Section IV. The General Assembly shall
provide by law, as early as practicable, for the
setting apart and valuation of said property,
and there shall be no other exemption than
that provided for in this artiole.
Mr, MacDonald, of the Fifth District,
moved to amend by giving parties the
choioe of taking either the homestead or
the “honest debtor’s act.” Lost. The
section was agreed to.
Section five was read, as follows:
Bf.o. Y. Tho applicant shall, at any time,
have the right to supplement his exemption
by adding to au amount already sot apart,
which is less than tho whole amount of exemp
tion herein allowed, a sufficiency to make his
exemption equal to the whole amount.
Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, moved to strike out the entire sec
tion.
Mr. Johnson, of tho Thirtieth Dis
trict, opposed the motion to strike out.
He said such action would give the rich
man all the privileges, while the poor man
would reap nono of the benefits, not
having the requisite amonnt to exempt.
I appeal to every sense of justice and
equity to give the poor man an opportu
nity, by energy and economy, to add to
his little homestead from time to time.
Mr. Bristow, of the Nineteenth Dis
trict, moved to insert after the word
“allowed,” in line five, the words “or
where any portion of the property so set
apart has been consumed in the usual
way or lost by natural causes.” Lost.
Mr. Brown’s motion to strike out was
tabled, and the section agreed to.
Mr. Mobley, of the Twenty-fifth Dis
triot, moved to increase the exemption
when the family numbers more than
four persons. Tabled.
Section six was read, as follows :
Sec. YI. Rights which have become vested
under previously existing laws shall pot be
affected by anything herein contained,
Mr. Hunt, of the Twenty-second Dis
triot, moved to add the following to the
seotion : “In all oases in which home
steads have been set apart under the
Constitution of 1868, and the laws made
in pursuance thereof, and a bona fide
sale of such property has been subse
quently made and the full purchase
price thereof paid, all rights; exemp
tion in such property, oj) reason of hav
ing been so set apart, shall cease in so
far as it effects the rights of the pur
chaser. In all such eases where a part
only qf pqrchasq price has been
paid, such transaction shall be governed
by the laws now in force in this State,
in so far as they affect the rights of the
purchaser, as though said property had
not been so set apart.” Adopted.
Manna for tlie Members.
Mr. Edge, from the Ways and Means
Committee, reported that the President
of the Convention, Governor Jenkins,
be authorized to issue thousand dollar
bonds at seven per cent, and deposit
them with General Toombs, who had
agreed to furnish the necessary funds
for the support of the Convention.
Mr. Lawton, of the First District,
submitted that tbe bonds he giade pay
able at the next session of the Legisla
ture.
Th& committee, through the Conven
tion, submitted a resolution of thanks
to General Toombs for his noble and
disinterested generosity to the State of
Georgia. Adopted by a rising vote
unanimously, amid reiterated applause.
Adjourned.
Waiving tlie Homestead—Section Three Re
considered—A Warm .Digcuturfon— I Tlie Men
and Women of Ueorgia-A Loan of Twenty
Thousnnd Dollars Effected®
f Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Atlanta, August 22. — The Convention
met in the Capitol at half-past eight
o’clock this morning, the Vice-President,
Gen. A. R. Lawton, in the Chair.
Waiving the IlomeNtead.
Mr. Harrell, of the Twelfth District,
moved to reconsider section three of the
homestead. He was content for the
section to stand, if the Convention pro
vided for the manner of waiving, You
provide, he said, that a man can set
apart a homestead for his wife and yet
that man may, in a drunken spree, waive
every particle without consulting his
wife. It is the germ of evil in the Con
stitution. It will rnin homes and bear
pestilence upon its wing like a south
wind in the Orient. If you will have a
waiver to strike down your credit let it
be an honest one, and one in which the
wife has a part.
Mr. Toombs, of the Twenty-ninth Dis
trict, said great difference of opinion re
sulted from different conditions of the
people. This was not a question of debtor
or creditor; it is a question of society, for
life, liberty and dower. Its must pro
tect families, not on their own account,
but in the interests of society. Yon now
propose to turn away yonr wives and
daughters upon the highways and make
them waifs. This not the road to
virtue. A part of the land should be
set apart sacred to virtue and to society.
It is the duty of man to stand by his
fellow man and by his family. It is a
beautiful thought that it is “ not all of
life to live,” nor is it all of life to live
and make money. A man should pro
vide for the happiness of those around
him. We must preserve a home for the
homeless without cheating creditors.
We most say it is sacred to hnman hap
piness, and shall not be bothered by
avarioe, nor by cunning, nor by villainy.
I want a good and honest homestead,
which is protective and hurts no one. I
want one moderate, in fee simple and
inalienable. The creditor wishes to go
to the debtor and say : “ I will lend you
money at twenty or thirty per cent., and
wring yonr land from yon and your
helpless ones.” I forbid this in the
name of truth ; I forbid it in the name
of jnstice; I forbid it ’ i the name of
Eternal Heaven.
Mr. Guerrard, of the First Dis
trict, believed that the men of Georgia
had jnst as much virtue and self
restraint as any others. Men are able to
manage their own things. For the sake
of both sexes I hope that, while ceding
to women that which is theirs, we will
not take from man that which is his. A
man should have the right to waive his
own homestead ia order to accumulate
wealth for his family.
Mr. Respass, of the Thirteenth Dis
trict, thought that the man was the head
of the family, and ought to have the
right to manage and waive his property.
Mr. Tumlin, of the Thirty-eighth Dis
trict, said such solid talk routed all this
sentimental nonsense. Rights belong
to men. These large homesteads are
building up rich men at the expense of
the poor. He moved to table the mo
tion to reconsider. Lest by a vote of
80 to 91.
Recousiilerntion.
The motion to reconsider was carried
by a vote of 87 to 85.
Mr. McDonald, of the Fifth District,
moved to reconsider his amendment to
sectiei five, relative to allowing parties
to take the honest debtors act in lieu of
the present homestead.
Mr. Hansel), of the Seventh District,
said this act was not repealed by the
homestead of 1868, and in my county is
more used than the other homestead.
Reconsideration was carried.
Mr. Grier, of the Twenty-first District,
moved to reconsider the tab'ing of the
amendment appointing three freehold
ers to set apart the homestead. Carried.
Public Institutions.
Mr. Hammond, of tha Thirty-liffch
District, gave notice that to-morrow he
would move to take up the publio insti
tutions report.
Messrs. Trammell and Crane thought
matters of bureaux and chain gangs
statutory and the Convention had no
right to deal with them.
Mr. Wofford, of the Forty-second Dis
trict, thought these were subjects of in
terest to the people of Georgia, and the
Convention should not decline to con
sider them. The Convention declined
for the present to consider them, and it
is questionable whether they will at all.
A Report Tabled.
The Committee on Rules advise that
in revising the Constitution no amend
ment altering the sense or changing the
meaning of a word be considered save
by consent ef a two-thirds vote. The
Convention, however, may strike ont
paragraphs conflicting. The report was
tabled.
Sentimental or Practical.
Mr. Paul Hudson, of the Twenty-ninth
District, discussing waivers, said the
question was one of practicality and not
a sentimental one. Every husband in
the land has supreme control over his
property until he takes the homestead.
"Women are entitled to a separate estate
and rights of dower, and not to hus
b rnds. The Convention recognizes the
rigbi of waiver. Let this be done as an
organic principle, and allow the Legis
lature to declare how it shall be done.
He hoped the Convention would uot
thus go into statutory legislation. Why
incorporate the wife’s consent here ?
Every man has control over his wife’s
opinion, and can honestly or dishonestly
obtain her signature. It will also spring
litigation and disturb the sacredness of
the marital relation itself.
Mr. Wright, of the Forty-second
District, hoped that the Conven
tion distinguished between the sen
timental point of the gentleman
from Wilkes and the practical point of
his young friend from McDuffie. I pro
pose, he said, to bring the house to a
direct vote, so that an improvident hus
band cannot alienate the homestead,
cannot, like Esau, sell his birthright
for a mess of pottage. A home for the
family is God’s gift to man, and gov
ernment ought not to deprive him of it.
Don’t force him. in his inevitable ruin,
to curse the God which made him and
the law which ought to protect him.
Mr. Mynatt, of the Thirty-fifth Dis
trict, thought instances were excep
tions. Why lock up the entire property
of the country because here and there
are improvident men? We are now
proposing to degrade him below his
manhood, and furthermore, make of
him a dishonest man.
Mr. Harrell, of the Twelfth Distriot,
thought if section third should be
stripped of the necessity of the wife’s
consent this will be a fraud and cheat
upon the women and children of the
land. What good does it do the women
and children if they are not to be con
sulted in relinquishing their rights ?
They ask you for bread and you give
them a stone.
Mr. Dußose, of the Twentieth Dis
trict, thought that the husband, by the
law of God and man, has alone the right
to dispose of his property. Why re
strain the right to waive,preventing him
from getting credit for the necessities
of life for his wife and children ? The
women of Georgia don't ask this. They
want not their husbands stripped of all
his title to property.
Relations of Men mill Women.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth
District, alluded to two pending
ments, one by Mr. Crane the
wife’s consent and waiving simply in
writing, and that of Mr. Hammond, of
Monroe, waiving by mortgage. He ob
jected to both, The real question is,
ought tbo Waiver to stand at all ? Ho
believed in leaving a man’s affairs in his
own hands,independent of women. Mr.
Wright had said he had ten sons striv
ing to live, but they were oppressed by
government. Would to God I had as
many; I would stand several inches
higher in my boots to-day. The sublim
es! sentence in the Historia Sacra is :
“Jacobus habuit duodecem filios.” If
I had as many I would say unto each,
“Go marry the woman you love;” but
upon none of them would I place a petti
coat. They were not legislating to ruin
poor men at all. The financial oondition
of the country is in abler hands than
mine, and with that we have nothing to
do. I believe this system requiring the
wife’s consent will work mischief. I
believe there are dozensof husbands made
improvident and worthless by the con
sciousness that they are not the head at
homo. No, sir; the best way in the
world to take eare of the women and
children is to take care of the man and
make him feel his own importance and
responsibility.
Want No Hameilead.
Mr. Robertson, of the Thirtieth Dis
trict, considered this section a great
blow to the manhood of the country.
The people of his county (Cobb) want
no homestead. They could take care of
themselves. We went heartily to work
after the war and are prosperous. We
have built up waste places, where stood
sentinels of ruin in the enemy’s path.
The rays of the rising sun gild hundreds
of marble slabs of Federal braves and
shine upon the unprotected mounds of
the Confederate dead. It may be the
gallant spirits of the departed dead in
fuse and inspire the industries of the
living. Be that, gentlemen, as it may,
I have this to add, that the sons of such
patriotic sires do not want the protec
tion of women.
Mr. Crane’s amendment to section
three was now put. It strikes out all
the words in the first line after “power,”
including “witnesses,” in line two. This
abolition of the consent of the wife was
yesterday effected by Mr. Bristow's
resolution, but to-day’s reconsideration
annulled that. Mr. Crane inserted the
words “in writing” in the line stricken.
The paragraph was adopted by a vote of
96 to 62.
A liOan Effected.
President Jenkins here stated that he
had effected a Joan of $20,000, and had
deposited it with Treasurer Renfroe,
who kindly offered to disburse it for
them.
AFTEBNOON SESSION.
Mr. McDonald, of the Fifth District,
again trumped up the pony homestead,
striking out after the word “property,”
in section four, and adding, “but
nothing in this article shall be cqnstrued
to effect or repeal existing laws for the
exemption of property from sale con
tained in the present Code of this State,
from paragraph 2040 to 2049, inclusive,
and amendatory acts thereto; but it
may be optional with applicants to take
either, but not both.” Adopted.
Section 4, as amended, was adopted.
Section 6 was adopted.
Mr. Matthews, of the Thirtieth Dis
trict, offered an additional section,
which was adopted. It is as follows :
“Homestead and exemption of personal
property, which have heretofore been
set apart by virtue of the provisions of
the existing Constitution of this State,
and in accordance with the laws for the
enforcement thereof, or which may here
after be so set apart at any time, shall
be and remain valid as to all debts and
liabilities existing at the time of the
adoption of this Constitution, to the
same extent they would had said Con
stitution not been revised.”
Mr. Grier, of the Twenty-first Dis
trict, offered an additional paragraph
that homestead and personal property
to be exempted shall be set apart and
valned by a commission of three freehold
ers of the county, one to be selected by
the applicant, one by the creditor or
creditors, and the other by the Ordi
nary, and an appeal frog) their award
may be taken to a jury in the Superior
Court. Adopted.
£ Mr. Brown of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, offered the following 1 additional
section :
The debtor shall have the power to waive or
renounce in writing his right to the benefit of
the exemptions provided for in section four,
except aa to household and kitchen furniture,
wearing apparel and provisions for one year,
to be selected by himself and wife, if any, not
to exceed three hundred dollars in value.
This was adopted.
Mr. Wright, of the Forty-second
District, offered an amendmegfljMor
bidding the creditor from
more than seven per
Tabled. M
Properly of the Wife.
Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, offered an amendment that the
property of the wife, where the wife in
her own name owns property to the
amount of sixteen hundred dollars, be
not allowed exemption. Tabled.
Section six was agreed to.
Mr. Brown moved to strike out the
words “in her possession ” in section
seven. Adopted.
Mr. Wallace, of the Twenty-third Dis
trict, moved to add to the section, “ and
she may avail herself of the exemptions
herein provided for.” Lost.
Section seven was adopted unamended.
The People to Choose.
Mr. Dell, of the Seventeenth District,
offered an ordinance that the article
adopted by the Convention on the sub
ject of homestead and exemptions does
not form a p;rt of the Constitution ex
cept as hereinafter provided. At the
ratification election each voter shall en
dorse on his ticket “ Homestead of
1877 ” or “Homestead of 1868,” a ma
jority vote deterii .ning which shall be
adopted. Carried.
Mr. Mobley, of the Twenty-fifth Dis
trict, moved that section seven be
adopted and referred to the Committee
on the Leg’slative Department. Adopt
ed.
I.an-s of General Operation.
The homestead artiole was now adopt
ed, and laws of general operation taken
up. Paragraphs one and two were
adopted.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth
District, offered the following substitute
for the first sentence in paragraph three:
“In subordination to the foregoing, all
laws now in force in this State, not in
consistent with this Constitution and
the ordinances of this Convention, shall
remain of foirce nntil the same are modi
fied or repealed by the General Assem
bly.” Adopted.
Paragraph four was adopted.
Mr. Hammond moved to amend para
graph five by inserting “or corporation”
after “persons,” in line two. Adopted.
Paragraphs six and seven were adopt
ed.
Mr. Lewis, of the Nineteenth Dis
trict, added to paragraph eight “except
the ordinances in reference to the capi
tal and homestead, which, when voted
on, shall have the effect of constitutional
provisions.” Received, and the report
was adopted. Adjourned.
Facts For the People.
It iB an undeniable fact that no article was
ever placed before the public with so much
uudisputed evidence of it groat medical value
as the
VEGETINE.
For everv complaint for which Veoetine is
recommended, many testimonials of what it
has done is furnished to the publio at large,
and no ouo should fail to observe that nearly
all of the testimonials are from people right
at home, where the VEGETINE is prepared,
and as the streets and numbers are givoti,
there can he no possible doubt about the mat
ter.
• Boston, Decemqer 17, 1872.
11. R. Stevens, Esq. : Dear Sir—May I ask
the favor of you to make my case publio ?
In 18G1, while on 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 Nowbern Hospital, and there
treated by the attending physician. I grew
worse and was sent home. Remained in poor
health for four years, treating with many phy
sicians and trying many remodies. Finally
Scrofula made its appearance in different
parts of my body, and my head was so diseased
as to bo frightful to look at, and painful be
youd endurance. After trying the most emi
nent physicians, without improvement, a
change of climate was advised.
Havo been to the Hot Springs in Arkansas
twice, each time giving tlioir treatment a
thorough trial. Finally camo back to Boston,
discouraged, with no hope of help. Life was
a burden to one in my situation. My disease,
and the effect of so much powerful medicine,
had so damaged my system that the action of
my slomacii was apparently destroyed, and my
head was covered with ulcers which had in
places eaten into the skull bone.
The best physicians said my blood was so
full of poison they could do no moro for me.
About this time a friend who had been an in
valid told mo Veoetine had restored him to
perfect hoalth, 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 my stomach
grow stronger. I began to feel encouraged,
for I could soo 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
mo to perfect health, which I had not enjoyed
before for ton 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 mako such use of this statement aH
pleases you best, and I bog of you to make it
known, that other sufforers may find relief with
less trouble and expense than I did.
It will afford me great pleasure to show
marks of my disease or give any further * f or _
mation relative to my ease to all w' , •
I am, sir, very gratefully _ JOI j N PECKi "
No. oO baffy**' street, Boston, Mass.
T ‘Verity-Seven Years Ago.
H. R. Stevens, Esq,: Dear Sir—This is to
certify that my daughter waH taken sick when
she was three yoars old, and got so low that
we were obliged to keep her on a pillow, with
out moving, to keep tho little thing togotlie .
She was attended by several physicians-the
regular attending oue being old Dr. John Ste
vens. They all pronounced her ease incurable.
She had been sick about a year, when hearing
of the great Blood Remedy, Veoetine, I com
menced giving her that, and continued it regu
larly till s:io was about seven years old, when
she was perfectly cured. During her sickness
three pieces of bone were taken from her
right arm above the elbow, one of them being
very long. Several small pioces were also
taken from her loft leg. She is now twenty
seven yoars old, and is enjoying good health,
and has ever since she was seven years old,
with no signs of Scrofula or any blood disease.
Her arm is a little crooked, but she oan use it
almost as well as the other. Her legs are of
equal length, and she is not in the least lame.
Her case was Scrofula, inherited in the blood;
and I would recommend all those having Scrof
ula Humor or any ether blood disease, if they
wish to have a perfect cure, to try Veoetine,
tho reliable blood remedy, which does not
weaken the system like many other prepara
tions recommended, but, on the contrary, it is
nourishing and strengthening. My daughter’s
case will fully testify this, for I never saw nor
heard of a worse form of Scrofula.
HULDA SMITH,
19 Monument street, Charlestown, Mass.
MRS. SARAH M. JONES.
C 9 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
three years ago. The lady, now twenty-seven
years eld, enjoying perfect health.
Vcgetine is Sold by All Druggists.
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AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE
IN COMPETITION WITH
NEW YORK AND BOSTON !
OW I BICES ALES
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
IN addition to their city trade, sold in tho
months of
MAY AND JUV'F, 1877:
1 Piano, Shipped to
Milford, New Hampshire,
2 Pianos Edgefield Cos., S. C.
2 Pianos McDuffie, Ga.
2 Organs Washington, Ga.
1 Piano Lincoln Cos., Ga.
1 Organ Madison, Ga.
1 Piano Columbia, 8. C.
1 Organ Mil!e:t, 8. C.
1 Piano Johnston’s, 8. C.
1 Organ Allendale, S. C.
1 Piano Lexington Cos., 8. C.
1 Organ Bel-Air, Ga.
1 Organ Columbia, 8. C.
1 Organ Social Circle, Ga.
1 Piano Waynesboro, Ga.
1 Organ Sumter, 8. C.
1 Organ Graniteville, B.C.
I Organ Bartow, Ga.
Of the above sales several were made in
DIRECT COMPETITION
With NEW YORK and BOSTON HOUSES.
THE LARGEST STOCK,
THE BEST MAKERS
and the LOWEST PRICES,
At tho AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE, 265 Broad
Btr6et G, 0. ROBINSON & CO,
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WILBERFORCE DANIEL,
Successor to Daniel & Rowland,
\ XT'ILL continue the COTTON COMMIB
- SION BUSINESS at the Warehouse of
the old firm. Books, Notes and Acconnts of
the game will be found with him. my3-c3m
H AWT week to Agents. *lO Outfit Free.
SOO O ft* F.O. VXOAEBI, Aaguate, Mala*,
k cllwly
N Advertise m o n t h .
Loti! Oil KoMay 1311, anil On.
New Goods Just Receiyefl at flu Nev Store.
H. W. Landram, 268 Broad Street*
TTEADQUARTERS for first olass goods for the Retail Trade—Bustles, Oor
_L_l_ sets, Gloves, Hosiery, Ribbons, Ruches, &c. A fresh supply of the abovo
just received.
Twenty oases Bleached goods, all the best brands, at low prices ; new Fall
Print Kentucky Jeans, Cassimeres and many other Seasonable Goods, jußt in tho
past few days. J ust i eceived my fourth lot of the BON-TON CORSETS tha past
five weeks. Evi y lady should see them. No Humbug. Only try them—they
speak for themselves.
Country Merchants can save money by calling at 268 Broad Street. Lots of
new goods for the early trade to be sold at low prioes—Checks, Stripes, Jeans, &o.
m im
pekfeit rifriiie
COMFORTABL E^p.
EVERT PAIR WARRANTED !
■„n. II- AV. LANDRAM.
CLOSING OUT
AT
The Fredericksburg Store
We ARE STILL CLOSING OUT OUR SUMMER STOCK AT VERY SMALL PRIOES.
THIS WEEK
We will offer a variety of ODD3 and ENDS in RIBBONS, all widths and colors, at muoh less
than their value. Wo yet have many White Goods, Muslins, Dress Goods, Calicoes, Printed Cam
brics, etc., etc., which we are offering very low.
AND IN ADDITION
We are opening many styles of Fall and Winter Goods, such as Dress Goods, Shawls, Jeans
Cassimere, IVeods Flannels, Bod Ticks. Shoetings, Shirtings, Etc., Eto., to which wo call the
special attention of thoso who wish to make early purchases.
THIS WEEK
We wilt recoivo new Fall Calicoes, in black, black and white, and fancy colored; also Alpacas
We nOVOr a “ OW ° llV ati ' Ck
FREDERICKSBURG STORE
The best assorted stock iu tho city to select from.
V. Richards & Bro.,
angt2-tf CORNER BY Tim PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
-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, Sliooh and Trunks
At less than manufacturers’ prices, for cash. The Goods must he sold
The atteution of the merchants and people is called to this fact, dial!
and examiue stock and prices, and satisfy yourselves that I mean business.
JOSIAH MILLER,
Proprietor of the Augusta Shoe House,
283 Broad Street, Opposite the Masonic Hall.
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SAMPLES SENT WHEN SOLICITED BY
Ladies at a Distance!
FROM
The Cash Dry Ms louse
OF
W. TANARUS, Anderson & Cos,
242 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
$50,000 of New Fall Goods Will Soon
Be In!
MERCHANTS CALL ANI)SEE US!
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LADIES’ AND DENTS’
GAUZE UNDERVESTS
30 per cent. Less Than Present 3r*rices.
Of these Goods we have complete lines, from the lowest to the finest,
aud in all sizes, which will be closed as above stated.
We will also offer our entire slock of Gorsets, consisting of over 150
dozen and embracing ail styles aud 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’ Uoiorea Bordered U. S. Handkerchiefs 25 cents each
worth $5 50 per dozen.
We do this i\OT 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. CRAY & CO.
THE CHEAP COUNTER.
AT
L. RICHARDS’,
A- NEW INSTITUTION, COMMENCING MONDAY MORNING, at the
Augusta Dry Goods Store
Which will be called tho CHEAT COUNTER. ON THIS COUNTER WILL BE PLACED
GOODS OF VARIOUS KINDS, at a price that insure a ready gale. Every pergon vigiting
THE AUGUSTA DHY GOODS STOKE
Is invited to take a look at the Goods on the CHEAP COUNTER. Goods placed on this
Counter, if not sold in a day or two, will bo placed back in stock at the regular price, and other
articles put in their place. 80, if you see an article you wish, don’t hesitate to buy, as you may
miss the chance of getting it.
The Cheap Counter
Will be replenished from day to day—something different every day. If yon can’t find what
yon wish one day, you may the next. Call every day, and see what you can find on the CHEAP
COUNTER. I have many other bargains to ofTer besides THESE SPECIAL BARGAINS.
L. RICHARDS,
800 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
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Real Estate Agency.
Special attention paid to the sale or purchase of Town and
Country Property* Money borrowed and loans made on] Real
Estate, Special attention paid to the management and renting
of property. The undersigned haring been requested by many
of their patrons to resome the Real Estate business, will, from
this* date, devote the energies oi the concern to ail bnsiness en
trusted to them, and charges will be moderate*
JOHN J. COHEN & SONS. .
onr Bond, Stock Brokerage and Life and Fire Insurance wjS
be carried on as usual* A
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