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(Tfiromcie anb £rntiml. 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. aug2-wlm 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, jylO-tf 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. j'29-tf _ 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! augl9-tf 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. jyls-tf (NEARLY OPPOBITE CENTRAL HOTEL.) 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 decl6-ly MM