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Cftronicte anH jSmtfnel.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1877.
KERAMO*.
BY UENBT WADHWOBTH LONGFYXIOW.
Turn, turn. my wheel ! Turn round and round
Without a pause, without a sound ;
So sjnnx the flying wortd away
This clay. well mired <mft mart anil sand,
follows the motion of my howl ;
For some must follow and some command,
Though all are made of clay.
Thus sang the Potter at hid taak
Beueatl the blossoming hawthorn tree.
While o'er hie features, like a mask,
The >iui'ed sunshine and leaf shade
Moved, & the boughs above him swayed,
And clothed him, till he seemed to be
A figure woven in tapestry.
So sumptuously was he arrayed
In that magnificent attiro
Of sable tissue flaked with fire.
Like a magician he appeared,
A conjurer without book or beard ;
And while he plied his magic art—
For it was magical to me—
I stood in silenco and apart.
And wondered more and more to see
Tliat shapeless, lifeless mass of clay
Kise np to meet the master’s hand.
And how contract and now expand.
And even his slightest touch obey ;
While ever in a thoughtful mood
He sang his ditty, and at limes
Whistled a tune between the rhymes,
Asa melodious interlude.
Turn, turn, my wheel l AU things must change
To something row, to something strange :
Nothing that is can pause or stay :
The moon wiu war, the moon u>Ul wane,
The mist and chnul will turn to rain,
The rain to mist arul cloud again,
To-morrow he to ‘lay.
Thus still the Potter s*:.g. and still,
Bv some unconscious act of will,
The melody, and even the words.
Were intermingled with my thought,
As bits of colored thread are caught
And woven into nests of birds.
And thus to regions far remote,
Beyond the ocean’s vast expanse.
This wizzanl in the motley coat
Transported me on wings of song,
And by the northern shores of Franco
Bore me with restless speed along.
What land is this that seems to be
A mingling of the land and sea t
This land of sluices, dikes and dunes ?
This water-net that tessellates
The landscape ? this unending maze
Of gardens, through whose latticed gates
The imprisoned pinks and fullips gaze;
Where in long Hummer afternoons
The sunshine, softened by the haze,
Comes streaming down as through a screen ;
Whore over fields and pastures green
The painted ships float high in air,
And over all and everywhere
The sails of windmills sink and soar
Like wings of sea gHlls on the shore ?
What land is this ? Yon pretty town
Is Delft. With all its wares displayed ;
The pride, the market place, the crown
And centre of the Potter's trade.
Hee ! every house and room is bright
With glimmers of reflected light
From plates that on the uresser shine ;
Flagons to foam with Flemish beer,
Or sparkle with the Kbenieh wine.
And pilgrim-flasks with fleurs-de-lis,
And ships npon a roiling sea,
And tankards pewter-topped and queer
With grotesque mask and musketeer!
Each hospitable chimney smiles
A welcome from its painted tiles;
The parlor walls, the chamber floors,
The stairways and the corridors,
The borders"of the garden walks,
Are beautiful with fadeless flowers,
That nover droop in wind or showers,
And never wifher on their stalks.
Turn, turn, my wheel! All life is brief ;
What none is hud will soon he leaf.
What note is leaf will soon decay;
The win<l blows east, trie wiml blows west:
The blue eggs in the rolnn's nest
Will soon none wings and beak anil breast,
Arul flutter arul fly away.
Now southward through tho air I glide,
The song my only pursuivant,
And see across the landscape wide
The blue Cbarente, npon whose tide
The belfries aod the spires of Baintes
Hippie and rock from side to side,
As, when an earthquake rends its walls,
A crumbling city reels and falls.
Who is it in the suburbs here,
This Potter, working with such cheer,
In this mean house, this mean attire,
His manly features bronzed with fire,
Whose llgulines and rustic wares
Hcarco find him broad from day to day ?
This madman, as tlie poople say.
Who breaks his table and his chairs
To feed iiis furnace fires, nor cares,
Who goes unfed if they are fed,
Nor who may live if they are dead ?
This alahomist with hollow cheeks,
And sunken, searching eyes, who seeks,
By mingled earths and ores combined
With potency of tiro, to find
Homo new enamel hard and bright,
His dream, liin passion, his delight ?
O Palissy ! within thy breast
Burned with hot fever of unrest;
Thine was the prophet's vision, thine
The exultation, the divine
Insanity of noble minds.
That never falters nor abates,
But labors and endures and waits,
Till all that it foresees, it finds,
Or what it cautiot find, creates !
Turn, turn, my rcheel.! This earthen jar
A touch can make, a touch ran mar;
And shall it to the Totter suy:
What makesl thou ? Thou hast no hand l
As men who think to understand
A world by their Creator planned,
Who raiser is than they.
Htill guided by the dreamy song,
As in a trance 1 Moat along
Above tho Pyrenian chain,
Abovo tho fioldaand farms of Bpain,
Above the bright Majorcan islo
That lends its softened nat e to art,
A spot, a dot npon the chart,
Whoso little towns, red-roofed with tiles,
Aro ruby-lustred with the light
Of blazirg furnaces by night.
And crowned by day with wreaths of smoke,
Then eastward wafted in my flight
On my enchanter's magic cloak,
1 sail across the Tyrrhene Bea
Into tho land of Italy,
And o’er the windy Apennines,
Mantled and musical with pines.
Tho palacoß, the princely halls,
The doors of houses, and tho walls
Of churches and of belfry towers,
Cloistor aiul castle, street and mart
Aro garlanded and gay with flowers
That blossom in the field of Art.
Hero Gubbio’s workshops gleam and glow
With brilliant iridescent dyes.
The dazzling whiteness of the snow,
Tho cobalt bluo of summer ► kies ;
Arid vase and scutcheon, cup and plate,
In perfect finish emulato
Faenz.a, Florence, Pesaro.
Forth from Urbino's gato there came
A yonth with the angelic uamo
Of Raphael, in form and face,
Himself angelic, and divine
In arts of color and design.
From him Francesco Xanto caught
Something of his transcendent graco,
And into fictile fabrics wrought
Suggestions of the master's thought.
Nor loss Maestro Giorgio shines
With m&dre-pearl and golden lines
Of arabesques, and interweaves
His birds and fruits, and Mowers and leaves
About some landscape, shaded brown,
With olive tints on rock and town.
lleliold tho cup within whose bowl,
t'pou a ground of deepest blue.
With vellow-lustred stars o'erlaid,
Colors of every tint and hue
Mingle in one harmonious whole !
With large blue eyos and steadfast gaze,
Her yellow hair in net and braid,
Nocklacc and ear-rings all ablaze
With golden lustre o'er the glaze.
A woman’s portrait; on the scroll,
Cana, the Beautiful ? A uamo
Forgotten save for such brief fame
As this memorial can bestow—
A gift some lover long ago
Gave with his heart to this fair dame.
A nobler title to renown
Is thine, O pleasant Tuscan town.
Heated beside the Arno's stream;
For Lncca della liobbia there
Created forms so woudrons fair
They mails thy sovereignty supreme.
These choristers with lips of stone,
Whose music is not heard but seen,
Btill chant, as from their organ screen,
Their maker's praise: nor these alone ;
But the more fragile forms of clay.
Hardly less beautiful than they,
These saints and angels that adorn
The walls of hospitals, and tell
The story of good deeds so well
That poverty seems less forlorn,
Aud life more like a holiday.
Here in this old neglected church,
That long eludes the traveler's search,
Lies the dead bishop on his tomb;
Earth upon earth he slumbering lies.
Life-like aud death-like in the gloom;
Garlands of fruit and flowers iu bloom
And foliage deck his resting place;
A shadow in the sightless eyes,
A pallor on the patient face.
Made perfect by the furnace heat;
All earthly passions and desires
Burnt out by purgatorial fires;
Seeming to say, ‘ Our years are fleet,
And to the weary death is sweet."
But the most wonderful of all
The ornaments on tomb or wall
That grace the fair Ausotiian shores
Ate those the faithful earth restores.
Near some Apnlian town concealed,
Iu vineyard or in harvest-field:
Vases and urns and bas-reliefs,
Memorials of forgotten griefs,
Or records of heroic deeds
Of derm-gods and mighty chiefs:
Figures that almost move and speak,
And buried amid mould and weeds.
Still in their attitude attest
The presence of the graceful Greek;
Achilles m his armor dressed.
Alcides with the Cretan bull.
And Aphrodite with her boy.
Or lovely Helena of Troy.
Still living and still beautiful!
Turn, turn, my rcheel ’ Tie Natures plan
The child should grvie into the main.
The man grow wrinkled, oUI arul gray;
In yonth the heart exults arul sings.
The pulses leap, the feet hart wings;
In age the cricket chirps, and brings
The harvest-home of day.
Aud uow tho winds that southward blew.
And cool the hot Sicilian isle.
Bear me away. I see below
The long line of the Libyan Nile,
Flooding and feeding the parched lauds
With annual ebb and overflow:
A fallen palm whose branches lie
Beneath the Abveinian sky.
Whose roots are iu Egyptian sands.
On either bank huge water-wheels.
Belted with jars aud dripping weeds,
Bend forth their melancholy moans ;
As if. in their gray mantles hid,
Dead anchorites of the TUebaid
Knelt on the shore and told their beads.
Beating their breasts with loud appeals
And penitential tears and groans.
This city, walled and thickly set
With glittering mosque and minaret,
Is Cairo, in whose gay bazars
The dreaming traveler first inhales
The perfume of Arabian gales,
Aud sees the fabulous earthen lars,
Huge as were those wherein the maid
Morgiana found the Fortv Thieves
Concealed in miduigbt ambuscade ;
And seeing more than half believes
The fascinating tales that mu
Through all ths Thousand Mights and Ons,
Told by the fair Bcheberezade.
More strange and wondsrfol than thesS
Are the Egyptian deities—
Ammon, and Emoth. aud the grand
Osiris, holding in bis hand [
The lotos ; Isis, of owned and veiled ;
The sacred Ibis, and the Bplunx;
Bracelets with blue-enameled links ;
The Bcarabee in emerald mailed.
Or Hpreadiug vide hie funeral wings;
Lamps that perchance their night-watch kept
O'er Cleopatra while she slept—
All plundered from the tombs of kings.
Turn, turn, my wheel! The human race,
Of every tongue, of every place,
Caucasian, Coptic and Malay,
All that inhabit this great earth.
Whatever be their rank or worth,
Are kirulred and allied by birth.
And made of the same day.
O'er desert sands, o'er gulf and bay,
O'er Ganges and o'er Himalay,
Bird-like 1 fly, and flying sing,
To flowery kingdoms of Cathay,
And Urd-liks poise on balanced wing
Above the town of King-tedching,
A bu-ning town, or seeming so —
Three thousand furnaces that glow
Incessantly, Ad All the air
Willi smoke uprising, gyre on gyre.
And painted by the hind glare
Of jets and flashes of red fire.
As leaves that in the Antum fall,
Hpoited and veined with various baas.
And swept along the avenues.
And lie in heaps by hedge and wall.
So f om this grove of chimneys whirled
To all the markets of the world.
These procelian leaves are wafted on—
Light yellow leaves with spots and stains
Of violet and crimson dye,
Or tender azure of a sky,
Jnst washed by gentle April rains,
And beautiful with celadon.
Nor less the coarser wares—
The willow pattern, that we knew
In cn.ldhood, with its bride of bine
Leading to unknown thoroughfares;
The solitarv man who stares
At the white river flowing throogh
Its arches, the fantastic trees
Arid wild perspective of the view;
And intermingled among these
And the tiles that in oar nurseries
Filli and us with wonder and delights,
Or haunted us in dreams at night.
And yonder by Nankin, behold !
The Tower of Froeelain, strange and old,
Uplifting to tho astonished skies
Its ninefold painted balconies,
Witti balustrades of twining leaves,
And roof of hies, beneath Whose eaves
Hang procetain bells that all ths time
Bing with a soft melodious chime;
While the whole fabric is ablaze
With varied tints, all fused in one
Great mass of color, like a maze
Of flowers illumined by the son.
Turn, turn, my wheel t What is begun
At lUrybreak must at dark be done,
To morrow will be another day;
To morrow the hot furnace flame
WUI search the heart and try the frame.
Amt stamp with honor or with shame
These vessels made of clay.
Cradled and rocked in Eastern seas,
The island of the Japanese
Beneath me )i; o'er lake and plain
The stork, the heron and the crane
Through the clear realms of azure drift,
And on the hill side I can see
The villages of Imari.
Whose thronged and flaming workshops lift
Their twisted columns of smoke on high,
Cloud cloisters that iu ruins lie,
With snnshine streaming through each rift,
Aud broken arches of blue sky.
All the bright flowers that fill the land,
Hippie of waves on rock or sand,
The snow on Fusiyama’s cons,
Tho midnight Heaven so thickly sown
With constellations of bright stars.
The leaves that rustle, the reeds that make
A whisper by each stream and lake,
The saffron dawn, the sunset red,
Are painted on these lovely jars;
Again the skv-lark sings, again
The stork, the heron and the crane
Float through the azure overhead,
The counterfeit and counterpart
Of Nature reproduced in Art.
Art is the child of Nature; yes,
Her darling child, in whom we trace
The features of the mother’s face,
Her aspect and her attitude,
All her majestic loveliness
Chastened and softened and subdued
Into a more attractive grace,
And with a human sense imbued.
He is the greatest aitist. then,
Whether of pencil or of pen,
Who follows Nature. Never man,
As artist or as artisan.
Pursuing his own fantasies,
Can touch the hnuau heart, or please,
Or satisfy our uobler needs,
As he who sets his willing feet
In Nature’s footprints, light and fleet,
Aud follows fearless where she leads.
Thus mused I on that morn in May,
Wrapped in my visions like the Beer,
Whoso eyes behold not what is near,
But only what Is far away,
When suddenly sounding, peal on peal,
The church bell from the neighboring town
Proclaimed the welcome hour of noou.
The Potter heard and stopped his wheel,
His apron on the grass threwn down,
Whistled his quiet little tune.
Not overloud nor overlong,
And ended thus his simple song :
Stop, stop, my wheel ! Too soon, too soon,
The noon will lie the afternoon,
Too soon to-day be yesterday ;
Behind us in our past we east
The broken potsherds of the past,
A ndaU are ground to dust at last,
A nd trudilen into clay.
— Harper's Magazine, for December.
TRANSLATION FROM BRINK.
"Die Jungfrau schlaft in der Kammsr."
The girl is asleep in her chamber,
The moon looks quivering in ; -
Outside there is humming and strumming,
As of tunes when tho waltzelFspiu.
'•I’ll look out of my window, and see who
Ib disturbing my rest there below,”
And there stands a skeleton fiddling,
And he sings, as he jerks his bow.
"Unce you promised to dance as my partner—
You broke your word ; and to-day
There's a ball going on in the churchyard,
We'll dance it out there—come away !"
The voice strikes homo to the maiden,
It wiles her out at tho door;
Khe follows, as singing aud fiddling,
The skeleton strides on before.
It fiddlos and skips, and cut capers ;
Clap, clap ! go its bones ; and its skull
Keeps gruesomely nodding and nodding,
Iu the eerie moonshine dull.
— Blackwood’s Magazine.
TWILIGHT.
AFTER THR FRENCH OF VICTOR HUGO.
Child, go aud pray—for see ! the night is
here !
Through cloudy rifts the golden lights ap
pear ;
The hills’ faint outline tremble in the mist;
Scarcely is heard a distant chariot —list I
The world's at rest; the tree beside the way
Gives to the evening wind the dust of day
Twilight unlocks the hidiDg place of stars;
They gleam and glow behind night's shadowy
bars.
The fringe of carmine narrows in the weßt,
The moonlit water lies in shining rest;
Farrow aud foot-path melt and disappear ;
The anxious traveler doubts the far and near.
It is the hour when angels stoop to earth
To bless our babes amid their carelesa mirth.
The little ones with eyes upraised in prayer,
With tiny, folded hands and white feet bare,
Ask at this twilight hour a blessing dear
Of Him who loves his little ones to hear.
Then, while they sleep, a cloud of golden
dreame,
Born in the calm of day's deolining beams,
Waiting in shadow till the hour of night ;
Fly to each couch and scatter visions bright;
As" joyous bees seek honey-laden flowers,
Dreams hover uear iu slumber’s peaceful
hours.
O cradled sleep ! 0 prayers of childhood bleat!
O baby-voice, speaking a loving breast 1
Toy happy prayer the darkness maketh tight,
Turneth to song the solemu sounds of night,
As 'ncath his wing the birdie hides his head.
Thou shelterest by thy players thy cfadle bed.
—Appleton for December.
(For the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
"AN A LITTLE CHILD.”
BY MAY EVS.
Such a bright-eyed boy 'twas pleasant to see
That looked up with a smile from hie mother's
kuee.
How it gladdened her heart that eager look
As she taught the truths from that good old
bock.
It was plain for the child to understand
The thiugs that she taught of the better land.
* * * • • * • •
There a young man sat with a thoughtful look
Deep in a volume of some learned book
In all earthly lore he was passing Wise
But a weary "look came into his eyes.
How much ! have learned—thou the student
said —
How little I know, and-bn bowed hie head,
How with my learning shall I ever reach
The things my mother was wfot-to teach ?
The wages of sin they are hardly earned;
Alas for the things that 1 have unlearned, -
They have toppled over those truths eabliihe,
But they give no ladder by which we may
c'unb.
Our bodies mutt crumble ere they can rise—
Has mv mother gone to her home in the skies,
But heaven they tell me is not a place.
How then can I ever her footsteps tnee ?
The mists of the world have blinded you see
1 he bov that looked up from his mother's knee.
Then he cloeed his eyes with a weary look
And leaned down his head on some musty
book.
•***• * •
Twas the man of science that went to sleep
Whilst his old bov-eelf should the vigil keen
Aud he dreamed his mother was standing
there
And vailing her face with her floating heir.
Mv child, said the angel, and at that sound
The man and hie wisdom sank down to the
ground.
And just as he'd done when a child at play
He look up te hear what hie mother should
say,
It was but a moment, the angel mailed—
Heceive it my son as a little child.
THE DARK FAGE.
Blood? Qaarrel la Keae-MLeeael—Aa la
tent Acrobat Rsecond.
Cincinnati, November 21.—During a
quarrel over a game of cards in a aaloon
early this morning, between William
Humphries (colored), Walter Gorman
and Melville Began, Humphries receiv
ed a fatal stab in the beck, Gorman two
cute in the wrist, and Began a stab in
the side. All have been arrested. -
New York, November 21.—Baby
George, the infant acrobat, waa taken
by the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children and plaoed in U
custody of the Superintendent of the
Police, pending legal proceedings.
' FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
HR. STEPHENS* FINANCIAL BILL
IN THE HOUSE.
A Mcheme tar Flaaaeial Relief—The but
and Redemption of Excheaaer Bills—The
Arm? BIN as Hamaiered sac by the Haase.
Washington, November 17. The
Senate amendments to the army appro
priation bill were acted on in the House.
The important ones ware concurred in,
fourteen Democratic members, inolud
five from Texas, voting with the Repub
licans. The bill now provides thst the
cavalry regiments may be recruited to
one hundred men in each company and
kept as near as practicable to that num
ber, and that a sufficient foree of caval
ry shall be employed in the defense of
the Mexioan and Indian frontier of
Texas, and that nothing in the bill shall
authorize the recruiting of the army be
yond 25,000 men.
Stephens, of Georgia, introduced a
bill for the financial relief of the coun
try; to facilitate a return to specie pay
ments without injuriously affecting the
commercial business and industry of
the people. Referred to the Committee
on Banking and Currency. It provides
for the issue of three hundred and fifty
millions of exchequer bills, with which
legal tender notes are to be redeemed,
and for the issue of three per cent,
bonds into which the exchequer may be
exchanged at par; the bills to be receiv
able for all debts, public and private.
The bill appropriating $150,000 for
representation at the Paris Exposition
was discussed, bat no action was taken.
The Committee*— laqolrlaa for Smalls' Pa
pers—No Mere Tampering With Revenue
Dm,
The Judiciary Committee of the
House has sent for the Court records in
the case of Congressman Smalls, of
South Carolina, held for felony.
The Committee of Ways and Means
will take no action during the present
extra session to disturb the existing rev
enue laws.
Elliott Before the C'eUa*r Committee.
The Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures, of which Mr. Stephens
is Chairman, heard Mr. E. B. Elliott, of
the Treasury Department, and a mem
ber of the American Metrological So
ciety, on the subjeeta before the com
mittee. Mr. Elliott gave the committee
a learned and elaborate history of coin
age, and strongly favored the existing
system of having silver subsidiary to
gold.
DEBATING UPON THE PARIS EX
POSITION BILL.
Co* Make* a Funny Speech Upon the Sub-
Jret—lts Friends Have the Decided Advan
tage.
Washington, November 19.—The bill
in reference to the Paris Exposition
came up the first thing to-day and kept
its place up to adjonnrment. After a
funny speech by Cox, of New York, the
general debate olosed. A motion to
strike out the enacting clause (which
would be equivalent to a defeat of the
bill) was made by Mills, of Texas, and
was rejected by a majority of 40. All
who voted for the motion were Demo
crats. An amendment was adopted, on
motion of Steele, of North Carolina, re
quiring four of the Commissioners to
be practical agriculturists. The bill
will probably be .disposed of to-morrow.
Representative Shelly, of Alabama,
introduced a resolution which was adopt
ed by the House calling for information
regarding vessels pnt under repair since
the fourth of March last. A case is in
stanced where the estimate was sizteen
thousand and the oost one hundred and
seventy-one thousand.
Private Bills In the Senate—Examination
Into Alleged Treasury Dlscrepnncles.
Washington, November 19.—1n the
Senate, during the morning hour, a
number of ; bills were introduced and re
ferred to appropriate oonuhitteqs, most
of them being of a private character.
The Sea ate then resumed the considera
tion of unfinished business, it being a
resolution of Mr. Davis, of West Vir
ginia, providing for the appointment of
a committee of five Senators to inquire
into alleged discrepancies in the books
and aooonnts of the Treasury Depart
ment.
On motion, the Senate receded from
the amendments to the army bill, in
which the House non-conourred and the
bill goes to the President.
The Senate agreed to Senator Davis’
resolution for a committee of five to in
vestigate the Treasury system of book
keeping, with a view of removing alleged
discrepancies, Executive session.
Caucus and Committee Meetings—The Cou
lalana Caffes—Colorado’s Contested Seat—
Harlan’s Case Weak.
The Democratic oauous met but did
nothing beyond introducing Thurman
to oonfer with Democratic members of
the Committee of Elections and report
to an indefinitely adjourned caucus.
Feeling seems to be in favor of a motion
to discharge the committee from farther
consideration aud bring their credentials
Squarely before the Senate.
The Committee on Privileges and
Elections had a full meeting and order
ed the papers of Spofford and Kellogg
printed. A motion by Saulsbury, ol
Delaware, to take up Eustis’ ease was
laid on the table until the sub-commit
tee on the Spofford-Kellogg case had re
ported some indication as to the length
of time it would require. The polioy of
delay seems determined npon by the
Republicans, and the Democrats are not
over anxious to press the issue. The
committee meets to-morrow.
The Committee on Elections of the
House had ail informal test of sentiment
in the Colorado oase. Three favor Bel
ford, three favor Patterson, four favor
no election and two are non-committal.
Chances favor the reference back to the
people.
The Senate Judiciary Committee con
sidered the nomination of Harlan to the
Supreme bench without reaohing a con
clusion. His prospeots are not enoour
aging.
The Finance Committee failed to se
cure a quorum to-day, aud took no ac
tion on the silver bill.
Victor Drummond, new Secretary of
the English Legation, has been in
stalled.
The sub-Oommittee of Ways and
Means artf holding daily sessions, with a
view of presenting the new tariff bill
early in the regular session.
I'onflrmatlong.
Tyler, Postmaster, Baltimore; quite a
number of Consuls; Bell, Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior; Filley, Postmas
ter of St. Louis; Boseman, Charleston;
North, Brunswick, Ga.; Draper, Ox
ford,*Ala. ; Scott, Dennison, Texas,
The Expoaltlaa Bill Famed—America Will
Be Represented at the World’s Hhow—
C'omailaaloaere and Appropriations.
. Novewb^r
e ass ion and voting eu the- amendments
proposed to the Paris Exposition bill,
aod finally passed the biH by a majority
of fourteen. It acoepts the. imitation
the appointment of Commissioners from
each State and Territory; allows the use
of one or more vessels of war, and ap
propriates $150,000.
,
Debate Iu the Senate—Thurmau Upon Nat 11-
r*ll|i}ag ladtmm— The Committee Upon
Gea. Butler'* Credentials.
Washington, November 20.—The bill
in the Senate naturalizing the Indians
was postponed to December. Dnring
the debate, Mr. Thurman, of Ohio, Baid
he saw no necessity for the passage of
this bill. There was nothing in onr
laws now to exclude an Indian from
naturalization, the word “white” having
been stricken out. The provision iu
thiadriU allowing the retain
his tribal interest would work mischief.
It would enable the Indian to become a
citizen, and at the same time give him
the benefit of the immense sums annual
ly distributed to his tribe by the Gov
ernment. He was apprehensive that
the bill, if it should become a
law, might give a little trouble
if that Chief, Sitting Bull, or
as the French called him, “ Boeuf
Asseyant” should happen to come over
ou this side of the line (onr commis
sioners did not snoceed in tolling him
over, and were not so fortunate as the
commissioners who went to Louisiana
and tolled Packard’s negroes away).
[Laughter.] If they had toiled Sitting
Bull into this oonntry and one of
his braves should become a citizen of
the United States and should then claim
a part of the annuity that belonged to
Sitting Ball and his band, he (Mr.
Thurman) ventured that Sitting 801 l
would say to him, not exactly in these
words, but exactly with the idea : “Un
der which King, Bezonian; speak or
die.” Under King Sitting Bull or King
Rutherford. [Renewed laughter.] Mr.
Thurman, continuing his argument,
expressed the hope that the time would
come when the Indians wonld adopt the
habits of civilized life and become citi
zens of the United States; until that
time the Government should treat them
kindly and keep all the treaty stipula
tions with them.
After executive session, Mr. Thurman
■ubmitted a resolution that the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections be dis
charged from the farther consideration
of the credentials of M. O. Butler as
Senator from South Carolina.
Mr. Crinkling, of New York, suggest
ed to hia friend from Ohio, Mr. Thnr
jnsn, that the resolution be withheld till
to-morrow morning, unless something
was to be gained by taking it np this af
ternoon. The motion to discharge the
oommittee was unexpected, and levers!
Senators who would like to be heard in
regard to this matter were not here to
day. The Senator from Vermont (Mr.
Edmunds) was out of the city to day
but wonld return to-morrow. A single
objection to-day would prevent the con
sideration of the resolution, though he
did not desire to make such objection.
Mr. Thurman said he had intimated
that a vote on this resolution would be
taken to-day. He merely desired to have
it taken up now so as it would come up
as unfinished business to-morrow. If
there should be other business thee of
more importance a majority of the Sen
ate could lay this resolution aside. The
matter, after a long discussion, went
over. i
The Vice-President appointed Messrs.
Davis, of West Virginia; Beck, of Ken
tucky; Allison, of Iowa; Ingalls, of Kan
sas, and Cameron, of Pennsylvania, as
the special committee to examine the
books and accounts of the Treasury De
partment in regard to alleged discrepan
cies, Ac., authorized by the resolution
of Mr. Davis, agreed to yesterday.
The Debate Upon Taking Up the South Caro*
lian Senatorshlp—Dilly-Dallying Tactics of
Republicans—Mr. Thurman’s Motion Goee
Over.
Mr. Thnrman said he argued that the
resolution submitted by him was a
question of privilege and it should be
disposed of with ali due diligence. He
said he offered this resolution with re
luctance because he knew the members
of the committee would be apt to re
gard it as a reflection npon them, bnt
the State of South Carolina had but one
Senator on this floor since the 4th of
March last. Five weeks of the present
session had elapsed and no report had
been made on the credentials of Mr.
Butler. He did not propose to go into
the merits of the case now, bnt as far as
he had been informed there was no con
troversy whatever between the con
testants from South Carolina, Messrs.
Butler and Corbin, about the facts,
so there was no necessity of going
outside of the record to learn the
facts. He had also been informed that
it was not the desire of either contestant
to go outside of the reoord or take tes
timony aliunde. No report which the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
could make would prevent a discussion
of the case in the Senate. Ordinarily it
was tho duty of the committee to ascer
tain the facts in a case, but in this case
the facts were all upon record, and the
sooner the matter came before the Sen
ate the better it would be; besides, if the
Committee on Privileges and Eleotions
had other cases in which testimony
should be taken, it would be aiding the
committee in its work to relieve it of
this case. The average daily sessions
of the Senate dnring the past five weeks
had not exceeded an hour and
a half. More time had been
given for committee work this
session than he ever knew of
heretofore. Senators had been enjoying
themselves this fine weather, going to
the theatre at night, as some of the sin
ners do, and others going to horse races.
This delay in the South Carolina case
was a reproach to the American Senate.
Mr. Wadleigb, of New Hampshire,
Chairman of the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections, argued that it was
not a question of privilege to move to
discharge the committee from further
consideration of the credentials of one
claiming to have been elected Senator.
No member of the committee, who
knew what the work had been, wonld
stand up in the Senate and say the com
mittee had been guilty of tardiness,
while the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Thur
man) was attending horse races—
Mr. Thurman: Yes, I was one of
them.
Mr. Wadleigb, resuming: And the
atres. The Committee on Privileges
and Eleotions was hard at work all this
time.
Mr. Thurman: If the oommittee had
made a report on this case I would have
been attending to it instead of the
horse race.
Mr. Wadleigb, continuing his re
marks, said that the cases of Kellogg
and Spofford were first taken up by the
committee, and they did not think it
would be proper to lay aside those cases
and take up another. In his opinion
this desire to fake this oase from tho
committee was caused by the fact that
the work of the committee on the Spof
ford-Kellogg case was nearly closed. Iu
one or two days the committee would
be prepared to decide that case.
Upon the Republican side of the
Chamber Senators supposed that the
Butler case would be examined into and
reported upon by the committee, and
not a Senator had prepared himself to
discuss it in the Senate, having relied
upon the committee to present the
whole case; hence the motion of the
Senator, from Ohio, Mr. Thurman, was
unjust to the Republican Senators. The
Committee on Privileges and Elections
had shown no desire to delay,, and he
hoped they would be allowed to report
upon this case, or at least time should
be given for Senators ou his side of the
Chamber to prepare themselves for the
discussion. He felt it to be his duty to
object to the consideration of the reso
lution to-day.
Mr. Hoar, of Massaohusetts.by unani
mous consent, spoke of the question of
privilege claims by the Seuator from
Ohio, Mr. Thurman, for his resolution,
and denied that it was a privileged
question. He referred to the rules and
practice of the House of Representatives
iu support of his argument.
Mr. Thurman said he did not care
whether it waa a privileged question or
not, but he thought he could give very
good reasons to show it was privileged.
However, he did not propose to do so
now. He had submitted his resolution,
and it should be considered. It seemed
that the Senate had no man who
knew anything about questions of
order unless he had served an
apprenticeship in the House of
Representatives. It had been some
thirty years since he (Mr. Thur
man) served iu the House, aud therefore
he knew nothing about such questions.
In the Senate they did business as a set
of gentlemen, and did not bother them
selves about questions of order. The
Chairman of the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections had stated that the
committee felt it to be its duty to con
sider the Kellogg case first. Why the
oommittee considered that case in pref
erence to the Eustis oase he (Mr. Thur
man) was at a loss to know.
Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, said that
when the Committee on Privileges and
Elections first met a motion was pending
iu the Senate to discharge the committee
from further consideration of the Eustis
oase, and therefore it was thought best
to take up the Keilogg-Spofford case
and not consider the Eustis case while
the motion to discharge the committee
was pending.
Mr. Thurman said it was he who made
the motion to discharge the committee
from the further consideration of the
Eustis case, and after discussion with
drew the motion himself. It was all
done at one session of the Senate and,
therefore, could not have been pending
when the oommittee took up the Kellogg
case.
Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, a mem
ber of the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, said the motion of the Sena
tor from Ohio, Mr. Thurman, in the
Eustis case was made on the 16th of
October, and the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections did not meet until
the 19tb, so that all the cases were be
fore the committee when it met.
In reply, the Chairman of the com
mittee, Mr. Wadleigb, had said that a
member of the committee had called
the attention of the members to the fact
that a motion would be made to dis
charge the committee from the farther
consideration of the Butler case and
therefore the Senators on the other side
of the chamber knew it and had time to
prepare themselves. The Chairman had
said the committee had been dil
igent, but he, Mr. Saulsbury, must
say that the committee had had
ample time to dispose of the Eustis case
and the Butler case, and still oould have
made the same progress it had on the
Keilogg-Spofford case. On Monday
last in the committee he made a motion
to take up the oase of Mr. Eustis, but it
was lost.
Mr. Wadleigh renewed his objection,
and the further consideration of the
resolution went over until to-morrow.
THE LOUISVILLE CORNET BAND.
[ Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Louisville Ga., November 20.—As a
member of the Louisville Cornet Band,
I desire to correct any wrong impression
that may have been formed from the
report of your correspondent “D,” in
regard to the serenade by the band to
Hon. H. C. Foster. It is true we did
serenade Mr. Foster, and we thought we
were serenading Major Camming at the
residence of Judge Denny, and never
learned that he was not there until next
day. Notwithstanding he did not hear
it,*l am instructed by the band to say
the compliment was equally intended
for both. B.
The Resumption Repeal Bill’s Prospects.
Washington, November 18. The
supporters of the repeal of the Resump
tion act hardly expect to reach a vote
to-morrow, and possibly not on Tues
day. The Paris Exposition bill will
come up to-morrow after the morning
hour as the unfinished business, and if
it is not voted npon it will also con
sume a part of Tuesday. The delay has
already damaged the cause of repeal,
and a vote for unconditional repeal is
now a question of very great doubt. The
bill will surely be amended, and it is
believed that the most that can be done
is to postpone the date of resumption
for three or fonr years more. The
free-banking clause will be retained, ae
eording to present indications.
MEDICAL TREATMENT IN lOWA.
Haw Same Cartons Caoea Were Relieved—
The Gm 4 tEflecu of Eneoaraaement ami
Imagination.
[ Dubuque (lowa.) Timas, Moo. 7.1
Some carious manifestations of dis
ease, and cariosities in the treatment of
disease, have recently oocurred in onr
city, or in connection with persons wide
ly known in our city. One day last week
a child five months old died of hydro
phobia—water on the braiD. Soon after
birth the child had spasms, which de
veloped this brain disease. Although
parents and physicians alike knew the
case to be incurable, yet, for the sake of
prolonging the life, an opeiation com
paratively new in this country was per
formed. We, some months ago, recorded
the case where an instrument called an
“asperator” was introduced into a man’s
liver, and the contents of a large abscess
drawn off. In this other case another
of onr physicians introduced an aspera
tor into the cavity of the brain, and
drew off the accumulated water—three
quarters of a pint at the first operation
and a pint at the next, some weeks later.
Did he take a gimlet and bore a hole
through the skull, do you ask? No*
the abnormal amount of the contents of
the sknll crowded the bones apart at the
sntnres, and the instrument—the perfo
rating portion of which was not larger
than an ordinary needle—was there in
troduced through the scalp. The life of
the child was prolonged a month or six
weeks by the operations.
Iu another case in onr city recently,
where the symptoms indicated dropsy
of the heart, and tho symptoms were in
tensely painful, and threatening to be
painful at any moment, the needle of
the operator was introduced into the
cavity of the pericardium, or sack sur
rounding the heart, and a large quantity
of water drawn off. On withdrawing
the needle it was found that it had
passed into the musoular tissue of the
heart itself. The patient, a lady, at
once began to reoover, and is now well.
We yesterday mentioned that Mrs. G.
H. Candee, formerly of Dubuque, but
who some months ago returned to Mas
sachusetts for the benefit of her health,
was recovering. Hers was a peculiar
case. She gradually sank lower and
lower until the doctor gave np all hope
of being able to do anything more for
hor, and so told the family. Mr. Gan
dee then told him that he need not oeme
any more, and he ceased his visits. Mr.
Candee then, from motives or reasons
not very explicitly set forth in the let
ters concerning her case writt< n to
friends in Dubuque, arranged with the
other members of the family to agree in
commenting on her improved appear
ance and the prospect of speedy re
covery. They even asserted that if she
should make the attempt she might
walk, at least as far as her chair, ant)
sit up a little while. She had not sat
up a moment for many days; but, stimu
lated by these encouraging remarks,
with her friends at each side to help her,
she attempted to walk to the chair, but
failed ou reaching her feet aud fainted
away. They laid her upon the bed,
and when she came to consciousness she
avowed that she felt better. With this
basis of fact to work on, the friends con
tinued to encourage the idea of her
speedy convalescence, and from that
hour until Bko was last heard from—
nearly or quite a fortnight—she had
steadily and greatly improved, and has
now giveD up all hopes of dying for a
score of years yet.
THE FASTEST TIME.
I. Grant, the Trotting Wander of the
World.
[Turf, Field and Farm.]
As publio curiosity has been aroused
over the marvelous newspaper stories
told of Lady Grant and her wonderful
performances in private, our readers are
anxious to know if the Lady is a myth,
or whether there is any truth in the sto
ries going the rounds. The latest re
port. that the mate had trotted a full
mile, at an agricultural fair, in 2:12,
gave some coloring to her owner’s boast
that she could beat the Maid’s time, and
determined the proprietors of this paper
to inquire into the facts. A reporter
was quietly dispatched to the home of
the Lady, with instructions to unearth
the wonder, and get at the bottom facts
about her extraordinary speed. If all
that was claimed for her was true, it
was due that the truth should be made
public; or, if false, the rascality ex
posed. The following is the result of
his investigations:
Lady Grant is a medium-sized, fine
looking bay mare, a pretty stepper, aud
on the road can give all cold-blooded
pings and slugs the go-by ; but she is
no trotter, and would find it difficult to
beat 4:00 on a race track. Her owner,
Mr. Trask, is a flue, candid, unsophis
ticated old gentleman of about 60 years
of age, and, having been led to suppose
that he had a flyer in Lady Grant, is
perfectly sincere in his offers to show
extraordinary speed. It is about three
years since he was taught to think the
mare was developing great speed. The
boys in his neighborhood indulged him
in his belief by timing her trials in such
fabulous time as 2:20, 2:15, 2:10, etc.
This timing business soon got buzzed
about iu the neighboring villages, and
was understood by those who are fond
of a lark. They all enjoyed the joke
and helped to keep up the delusion.
From the boys the joke spread to child
ren of a larger growth, until it culmi
nated at a certain agricultural fair, dnr
ing the present Fall, not 1,000 miles
from Franklin, New York, when Mr.
Trask agreed to show a mile with Lady
Grant in 2:10 for a special premium of
$lO. After the trial the judges, who
had been previously posted, announced
2:12 as the result. Thus, after having
been deceived for years, Mr, Trask’s
friends find it impossible to undeceive
the innocent old gentleman. He fancies
he has the fastest trotter in the world,
aud nothing less than $50,000 will buy
her.
——_ a
HORRIBLE INCENDIARISM.
A Country Store Set on Fire and Blown to
Pieces by a Keg ol Powder.
[Hampton Herald.]
At about 12 o’olook on the night of the
Bth instant, the storehouse of Messrs.
Atkinson A Go., at Lewis Turnout, 15
miles south of Rock Hill, was discovered
to be on fire by the young man, Mr. J.
N. Neely, who was sleeping in the rear
end of the house. He suddenly sprang
from his bed and found the flames climb
ing up the inner wall on one side of tho
house. Rushing out of the back door
into the yard he exclaimed “fire 1 fire !”
and immediately entered the building
again, and was looking after valuables
near his bed, when in an instant the en
tire building was blown into fragments
by the explosion of a powder keg, which
had been left sitting on a lower shelf,
with about twelve pounds of powder in
it. In a moment others were on the
ground, and instant search was made
for the young man, who was fonnd and
taken from the debris in an insensible
condition. While injured by the con
cussion, his most serious injuries seem
to be from bruises inflicted by the fall
ing timbers. Our latest information
represents him as lying in a critical con
dition. On retiring that night Mr.
Neely had placed his pantaloons under
his pillow, into the pocket of which he
had put all the cash ou hand, $540.
When carried to a house near by, his
consciousness retnrned in a moment,
and he immediately called for the
money and his pantaloons, which were
at once found near the scattered bed,
but, strange to say, the money was
gone, and as yet we hear of no olue.
After the explosion the fire was easily
extinguished, and only a very small
portion of the house or Stock was ac
tually burned, but there was confusion
beyond description. Tbe building was
owned by Mr. W. H. Crain, and is a
total wreck. No insurance-. -The stock
was the property of Mr. J. R. London,
onr townsman, and Dr. Atkinson. They
were insured for SBOO. The goods were
generally saved, bnt badly damaged. It
is believed, however, that their loss is
pretty well covered, excepting the cash,
which, it is hoped, may yet be recover
ed. The fire was the work of an incen
diary, as there was not even a match in
the store.
Fine Shoot in#.
At a recent rifle match in New Or
leans the contest was closed by repre
sentatives of the press. The Picayune
says in reference to it: When the last
contest was about to come off it was not
unheralded. Horns were blown, sky
rockets sent up and other signals of
warning given to the inhabitants of the
neighborhood. Immediately in the
rear of the target, some two miles dis
tant on the lake shore, live many negro,
squatters. The news of the press match
had reached them, and early in the
morning the children and women were
removed to a place of safety. The
markers at the butts, in order to make
themselves secure, scrambled np and
hid behind the bull’s eyes, that being
considered the safest place. Cattle
were driven in for mils* around, and
even the turkey buzzards sailed slowly
off toward the west. When the first
knight ef the qnill took his position to
fire the members of the rifle clnb with
drew behind an embankment, leaving
Major Shipley, who was scoring, to fsca
the danger alone. A report was heard;
a young man was fonnd lying senseless
on his back, and all he oould say after
the application of restorative, was:
“Which boiler bast ? Gimme a list of
the passengers ?” Another member of
the preoi, beeomming disgusted at the
conduct of the scorer in refusing to
mark his ball’s eyes, waited until the
marker came ont of the battery to take
a drink, and at 929 yards laid him ont.
BLODGETT'S BOX.
A Talk About Iu Valuable Content*—He
Claimed to Held Hie Complete Vindication
la Hand—Wouldn’t “Peach" Until Com*
polled to Relieve Himself In Court—HU In
terest la the Great Trials.
[Atlanta Constitution^
The death of Foster Blodgett ends the
criminal prosecutions pending against
him in the Superior Court of this ooun
ty, and which were to have come to trial
in December. It was the earnest desire
of Mr. Blodgett, prior to his death, to
have these eases tried and disposed of,
and his friends claim it a great misfor
tune to his reputation that death should
have cut him off from the benefits of a
full legal investigation of his acts in con
nection with the State’s affairs.
Some months ago a reporter of the
Constitution had a long conversation
with Mr. Blodgett concerning the ap
proaching trials. In the course of the
conversation the following passed:—
“When I was arrested and brought baok
here,” said Mr. Blodgett, “you made a
great to do in the Constitution about
my little ‘tin-box’ and what it was sup
posed to contain. You remember your
interviewing me at the post office one
day and I told you that I had nothing in
that box that would criminate any Dem
ocrats in the transactions for which I
was under indictment.”
“Yes, I remember so publishing the
statement at the time.”
“Well, I repeat that to you now. I
said that the contents of that box (whioh
is all a myth so far as the box is con
cerned) were nothing more than papers
relating to my private affairs. But they
relate to my private affairs and fortunes
in thiß same connection with the State’s
affairs in which I was involved and to
the acts for which I am to be tried.”
“Are they snoh papers as will assist
you to clear yourself of the charges ?”
“They are my salvation,” he exclaimed,
with emphasis. “In what way ?” “Well,
now, what I say to you is not for the
newspapers, but you will be in a posi
tion at the trial, I suppose, to verify
what I tell you. Without going into
detail, I can say this, that I have rested
under the responsibility for many acts
in which I had no hand whatever. I
was simply made the scape-goat of men
who had the whip-hand of me and I
could not ‘peach,’ you know,without be
ing set down as ungrateful to them. I
knew I had nothing to fear in the end,
and I was willing to rest under the
oharges long enough to give them all
the chances to get out that they could
ask.”
“Yon mean that you could any time
have cleared your skirts of these
oharges ?” “Yes, but it would have
played h—l with some other people !”
“What was that to you ? I wouldn’t
rest under what you have for all these
years to save any ten men in Christen
dom.”
“Ordinarily, I would not either, but
they had been my friends, and had done
a great deal for me, and if they tried to
play it low down on me, I couldn’t re
taliate. You see my lawyers said that I
must wait for popular feeling to subside.
For me to have opened np then would
have been to call down upon my head
the cry of traitor to my friends, and
wonld not have helped me any in the
estimation of the community. So it was
a losing game all around to give them
away then.”
“ But you will on the trial ?”
“I intend to vindicate myself as sure
as that suu shines, and leave my chil
dren nothing to be ashamed of when
they remember me hereafter. I would
not do so, except upon a trial in the
Courts of the country, where it was ne
cessary to tell the whole story in self
preservation. That necessity is about
to occur, and no man can say when it
is done that Foster Blodgett willingly
gave up his secrets and ruined him.”
“Am I to understand that those pa
pers that will vindicate you will convict
the other parties?” “I say that if it
is neoessary for me to show up every
thing in my own defense, the State will
not find it hard to get hold of the re
sponsible parties.” “How about Bul
lock?” “Well, I don’t care to say
much about him; he has not
treated me right lately. I will
say, though, without my aid the
State can’t touoh him. ” “You surprise
me.” “And I will surprise the people
of Georgia when they put me before a
jury in Fulton county. And I will tell
you another thing that may surprise
you—if I don’t, my family will yet re
gain from the State every dollar’s worth
of property that she confiscated to pay
my so-called ‘ thefts !’ ”
STILL ANOTHER.
The Dublin Mills Company Organized—The
Stack All Subscribed For—Election of OH
cere.
Pursuant to call a meeting of the sub
scribers to the stock of the Dublin Mills
was held at the office of the Augusta
Factory yesterday, at 12 o’clock. Among
those present were Messrs. George T.
Barnes, J. B. Dougherty, John F. Arm
strong, W. E.-Jackson, M. J. Verdery,
F. Cogin, J. A. Gray, Charles Estes, W.
H. Barrett, J. W. Turley, Patrick Walsh,
A. Mullarky, Robt. H. May, George T.
Jackson, E. R. Schneider and Thos. G.
Barrett.
On motion, Mr. Robert H. May was
called to the Chair and Mr. M. J. Ver
dery was requested to aot as Secretary.
On motion, the Secretary read the
oharter and list of subscribers. The
charter is as follows:
An Act to Incorporate “The Dublin
Mills” in the City of Augusta.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the State of Georgia in general assem
bly met, That John P. King, James A.
Gray, James W. Davies, William S.
Roberts and their associates and suc
cessors be, and they are constituted a
body corporate and politic, for the man
ufacture of cotton and woolen fabrics,
under the name and style of “The Dub
lin Mills,” and such body corporate and
politio shall have power to use a com
mon seal, plead, and be impleaded, sue
and be sued, in any Court of law or
equity, and make such by-laws and
rules as they may deem fit, not contrary
to the laws of this State or the United
States,
Bso. 2. That said corporation shall
locate its mills on the waters of the Au
gusta Canal, and shall be authorized to
purchase and hold, sell and convey fluch
real estate, water rights, and personal
property, as may be necessary and con
venient for the business hereby author
ized.
Sec. 3. That the affairs of said cor
poration shall be managed by a Board
of Directors, of such number, and elect
ed in such manner, as their by-laws may
provide; and when elected, said Board
shall serve until the election of their
successors. In such elections, each
share of stock shall be entitled to one
vote; and the Board may appoint such
officers as may be necessary to oarry on
their business.
Sec. 4. That the capital stock of said
oompany shall be one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, in shares of one hun
dred dollars each. Said stock may be
increased, from time to time, by a vote
of a majority of stockholders whose
stock is fully paid up, to an amount not
exceeding in all one million dollars.
Sec. 5. That no stockholder’s note or
other obligation shall be taken in pay
ment of stock, but all stock shall be
paid in money, or other property as the
company may require for carrying on
their business; and no business shall be
commenced until the whole capital
stock is subscribed, and twenty per
cent, thereof paid in, as above stated.
Sec. 6. That no stockholder of said
corporation shall be personally or in
dividually liable for the debts of said
corporation, or aDy portion of them, ex
cept to the extent of his or her unpaid
subscription.
Sec. 7. That the capital property of
said edrporation shall be exempt from
taxation—State, county or municipal—
for ten years from the time of their com
mencing any of their mannfaetnres.
Sec. 8. That all conflicting laws are
hereby repealed.
[Signed] O. A. Bacon,
Speaker of the Honse of Representa
tives.
L. Cabbington,
Clerk of the Rouse of Representatives.
T. N. Trammell, President Senate.
Approved February 28th, 1874.
James M. Smith, Governor.
It appeared from the subscription list
that fifteen hundred shares, the whole
number required under the charter, had
been subscribed for.
Maj. Barnes offered the following res
olution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the charter granted by
act of the Legislature of the State of
Georgia, approved February 20th, 1874,
entitled “An act to incorporate the Dub
lin Mills in the city of Augusta,” be
and the same is hereby accepted.
Mr. Estes offered the following by
laws:
By-Laws el tbe Dublin Mills.
Sec. 1. The affairs of the company
shall be confided to the management of
five Directors, who shall be elected an
nually, and hold their places till their
successors are elected. Said Board shall
make such rules and regulations as they
may deem best for the interest of the
company.
The by-laws were unanimously adopt-
Mr. Patrick Walsh nominated the fol
lowing ticket of Directors : Francis
Cogin, John Davison, Austin Mullarky,
W. H. Barrett and James A. Gray. A
ballot was entered into and these gentle
men were unanimously elected, receiv
ing a stock vote of 1,050.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
After the adjournment the Directors
met and eleeted Mr. James A. Gray
President.
The mill will be located on the prop
erty known as the Confederate Machine
Works, on Jackson street. The whole
amount of stock, $150,000, has been sub
scribed.
CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED.
Hew Gambetta Weald Bed tbe Threatealec
Crisis—Complicatlen In the Proposed New
Cabinet.
Paris, November 22. Le Republique
Francaise (Gambetta’s organ) demands
that President MacMabon sdtumon a
eongress of the Senate and Deputies to
put au end to the crisis. Difficulties are
reported this morning to have arisen in
the formation of the new Cabinet rela
tive to the Ministry of the Interior and
Ministry of Justioe, for whioh Messieurs
De Welch and Depeyer are respectively
proposed, and other appointments in
their stead must be made.
WILKES STANDS FOR THE RIGHT.
She Holds a Primary Election—Good and
True Men tu Hold Up the Party Standard.
[Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist. J
Washington, Ga., November 22.—The
Democratic party.of Wilkes county, by a
primary election, held yesterday, the
twenty-first, nominated Messrs. Frank
H. Colley and Benjamin F. Jordon as
candidates for the Legislature.
The Social Dry Rot
Of to-day is dishonesty in business
among merchants and manufacturers.
Let us record a noble exoeption. Coo
ley’s Yeast Powder, for baking pur
poses, is always full weight, and made
of the purest obemical substances. Its
use saves in money, labor and delight,
both to palate and stomach.
An English peer has disappeared 1
He waß attending the Clifton Confer
ence. He sat in a eonspioious position
on the stage and it is to be presumed
was peering around at the audience,
when suddenly his heels gave a flash
and the peer appears no more on the
scene. A oonjurer had oocupied the
hall the night before and had forgotten
to fix the trap door. The peer’s chair
was placed over the trap. Hence his
sudden withdrawal from the conference
must not be supposed to indicate that
he felt offended at anything that was
said there.
Mother, do not give Anodynes and
lull your child to quiet and sleep, by
prostrating the nervous system, to be
repeated again the next night, but cure
your child with Teethina (Teething
Powders).
Teethina (Teething Powders) is fast
taking the place of all other remedies
for the irritations of Teething Children,
Colonel J. H. Huggins having receiv
ed 296 votes in the primary election in
Clarke eounty, has been declared the
nominee for the House. He is an hon
est, sensible man.
TbeHnsic House ortbeSontli.
COMPETITION
SSO TO SIOO
Saved by Purchasing: at the AHgusta
Music House!
Pianos s Organs
The Most Celebrated Makers.
THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORT
MENT SOUTH OF BALTIMORE,
At Prices Absolutely Beyond Competition
IP A C
■■low ■ BICES ALES
Insicsl fnstnneots,
Of Every Variety.
Shoot IblciHlm Boob,
The Latest Publications,
musical merchandise,
And everything pertaining to a
First Class Music House*
TONING AND REPAIRING.
PIANOS, CHURCH, PIPE and SEED OR
GANS; and all kinds of Musical Instruments
Toned and Repaired by Mr. O. H. Taylor, tbe
best skilled and one of the most thorough
workmen South. Mr. Taylor devoted newly
fifteen years in the construction of instru
ments in some of the best factories in this
ooimtry, and is the only authorized Toner for
the AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE.
G. O. Robinson. Ludden A Bates.
G. 0. ROBINSON & €O.
00t27-tf 2C5 Broad Street.
: JOHN FLANNERY, JOHn'l.' JOHNSOJL
: Managing partner late firm
:: L. J. Guilmartin A Cos., ■*;:
:; 1866 to 1877. " v
JOHN FLANNERY & 0./:
:COTTON FACTORS
-ANG
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 8 Kelly’s Block, Bay Street,
Savannah, Georgia.:
Agents for Jewell’s Mills Yams and Go-;
: mestics. etc , etc. .7 AHa
BAGGING AND IRON TIES for sale *t:
lowest market rates. Prompt attention given
: to all business entrusted to tu* Liberal cash
Advances made on consignments, i
; 43T Our Mr FLANNERY having purchased
;the entire assets and assumed the liabilities :
: of the late firm of L. J. GUILMABTIH A
: CO., we will attend to all outstanding dus!-:
: D9BB of that firm..jgp Je2o-dtAw6m :
Th tTr TOmiai nT
Abuse, Exotssea, or Secret Diseases, vuh the bent
gucann of rare, 224 laTgpjmyreg, price 60 ct.
A CLINICAL. LECTtfRJS on the above diseases and
those of the Throat and Xmnga, Catarrh,Hupturo. turn
Opium Habit. Ac., price JOcts. *
Either book sent postpaid on reefftot of price; or all three.
oot-dAwly
#lO, #5, or $2.50
Invested In the Drawing of the .
gommonwibalTh
Prize Distribution Company
(Under Act of Legislature of Ky., for tlie benefit of
the City School* of Frankfort), which t&kce place
int&ecityo i LOUISVILLE, KY., in Public Li
brary Hall, oil Dec. 31et, 1877, may secure in Cash
all or a part of
$50,000, $20,000, SIO,OOO, $5,000,
$3,000, $2,000,
or any of the 8,084 Prizes, amounting to
000. Farmer*’ and Drovers’ Bank, LouisviUe,
Ky., Depository. Drawing Positively Dee.
31, or HONEY R KFVNOED, and under the
same management that so ably and satisfactorily
conducted \ke SECOND Drawing of the Kentucky
Cash distribution Cos. Whole Tickets, $10; Halves,
$5; Quarters, S2.SO. For Tickets, address Q. W,
BARROW & CO., General Managers, Courier.
Journal Building, LOCIbVILLE, KY.
PT* WEND FOR A CIKCXLAR.
nov3-3,10,14,21,24,28*7,3! and d*c4,811,15,18,22, *6,12
■ A LadiaaWlagant im.
rttiTfill tfctiou Rosa CotP
Ki get, RraastpU mm
Enrdop*. sent post
paid to anj read*#
° r 86
/*3nTk/wooetn for
bOceuu. IrUuudu
iUrfr coral sleeve
BUTTONS to
match 26 canes par
Jh|WV/ or tbraeaet* for
▼ 60 cant*. Elegant
Necklaces with
\ Charms, $1 each,
1 W J&K. Currency or Postage
JSrf wSSBm
novlß-3m
■p A IA pm-XKi
■ iff W, MBv 9H Stationery Package In th ■
■ - AIM VM It containslSsbects
■ Paper, 18 Snvniqpnn,
Pencil, Penholder, Golden Pan, and a piece of Tahubia Jaw*
shy. Complete sample package, with elegant gold stone
Sleeve Buttons, Set Gold-plated Studs, Engraved Go id-plated
Ring, and a Ladles’ Fashionable Fancy Set, Pin and Drops,
postpaid 86 cents. 6 PACKAGES with Assorted Jewelry sl.
•RIM A OO. a >1 Clinton Plaoe. New York.
dovlMs
nf ® w A. dvertlse * onte .
AUSTIN MULLARKY & CO.
_ Will this week offer the largest stock of Crochet sad knit Wool Goods
is the city, st extraordinary Low Prices.
A large Ist of Crochet Wool Shawls, Is all the sew and favorite shades
of White, Bine, Scarlet, Cardinal, Pink, Brown, Drah, Gray, Mixed, etc.,
etc., frea $1 to $6, fall size.
A full stock of New Style Berlin Rifts, Nablas, Clouds, Seealess Jack
ets, etc., etc., frea 50c. to the finest quality.
A complete assertaent or Children's Wool Jackets, all sizes and
colors, froa 50c. to $1 50.
A large lot of Children’s Hosiery, to he sold at nearly half price.
A Rill stock of Dress Silks, In Plain Black and all the newest shades
and celors, the latest laportations and finest qualities, at sl, $1 25 and
$1 50 per yard, worth at least one-half aere.
Call and see onr stock before making your purchases. We only
advertise Goods we can supply to onr enstoaees.
AUSTIN MULLARKY & CO., -
novlß-tf 262 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
W. 8. ROYAL
HAS REMOVED TO THE COMMODIOUS STORE KNOWN AS
THE AUGUSTA SHOE HOUSE,
333 BROAD STREET,
Opposite Masonic Hall,
AND NEARLY OPPOSITE CENTRAL AND GLOBE HOTELS.
Gents’ French Calf Rid Top Button Gaiters. Gents’ French
Calf, Double Sole, Congress, Box-toe. Gents’ French Calf, Pooblc
Sole, Congress, French Toe. Gents’ French Calf, Single Sole,
Box-toe. Boys’ and Yosths’ Buckle Alex Ties, Sewed. Youths
Calf Sewed, High Laced Boots. The above Goods are the fluest
and b >st ever brought to this city, aud will be sold CHEAP FOR
uqtM&w
A BETTER DAY HAS (ME
ONE THOUSAND CASES
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS
FOR THE PEOPLE AT
Wm. Mulherin’s, 293 Broad Street.
MERCHANTS who pay Cash will find prices as low as the New York.
Baltimore and Charlesten Markets.
PLANTERS will find a class of goods specially suited for Plantation
services.
MECHANICS can get, at low prices, BOOTS, SHOES and GAITERS,
that were made to order and are warranted to stand hard service.
A’large stock of LADIES’, MISSES and CHILDRENS’ flue SHOES on hand
"Quick Sales and Small Profits” is the motto.
Win. Dulherin,
oc3B-Buwe&frd&wlm 303 Broad Wtreet.
MILLER & BUSSEY,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
No. 283 Broad Street, Corner Campbell (store formerly occupied by M.
O’Dowd), offer to dealers and the public at unusually low prices for the
CASH:
40,000 Founds G. R. D.S. Bides. 50 Barrels Sugar Syrups.
20,000 Pounds C. B. Sides. 300 ! tolls Bagging.
10000 “ounda D. 8. Shoulders. 500 Bundles Ties.
-i ('l Boxes Tobacco all Q (~\ ( \
-L W W grades. OVA U Barrels Flour—all grades.
O A/T Packages Mackerel, in half
Ov/ Bags Bio Ooffee. Ov) . / barrels and kits,
)T7 8 Barrels refined Sugar— p* /'A
I D all grades. t) Vy Barrels Liquors—all kinds.
100 Barrels Reboiled Molaa-
Together with Spices, Candles, Soaps, Teas, Ac. } Ac.
All Goods and Weights guaranteed.
MILLER & BUSSEY.
oc9-tf
MYERS & MARCUS,
286 and 288 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.,
• —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN-
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Hats, Trunks, Etc.
PRICES AS LOW AS IN NEW YORK OR PHILADELPHIA
A Laxge and Varied Stock on Hand.
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
CRESCENT MILLS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
J. F- & L. J. MILLER, Proprietors.
OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS NO
EQUAL. mh4—d&wly
Breton Galloon Trimming,
ALL SHADES.
Shetland Wool SHAWLS, In Colors and White.
Ladles’ and Children’s Hand Knit Wool Fascinatnrs.
Sleeveless Tests, Infants’ Hoods, Jackets, Suits, Nubias, Ac.
All the Leading Styles in Straw and Felt Hats.
Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers and Ornaments at Lower Prices than
ever offered before.*
Foil Line of Abdominal and Imported Corsets at Bottom Prices.
206 doz. Silk Handkerchiefs, 20c., 40c., 65e. and 75e., worth
Donble the Money, at
J. H. TRUMP’S,
novll 220 Broad Street.
JAS. A. CRAY X CO.
WE WILL OFFER ON TO-MORROW
EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
IN onr Colored Silk Stock will be found all the fashionable shades, and at prices that oan’t be
touched.
Our Black Silks a*, acknowledged by all to be ahead of any ever shown in Ausnsta—
SPECIAL PRICES FOB THIS WEEK.
Onr Black Goods Stock stands unrivalled. In it will be fownd tbe most famous makes of
Bombazines, Henriettas, Cashmeres, Tamises. Mousselines, Baratheas, Biarritz and Marquise,
Cords, Balmoral and Australian Crapes, Parisiennes, BnUiantines, Mohairs, Alpacas, Ac., at
prices that defy oempeticon.
Our Colored Dress Goods Stock is simply immense. We will not mention the various
names of goods, but aay that in it will be fonnd the most complete assortment of new and .
fashionable goods ever brought to this market.
SPECIAL, FOR THIS WEEK.
5,000 Yards Knickerbocker and Bourette Cloth at 12) —never before offered at less than 35c.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.