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LEGISLATURE.
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WHAT WAS DOSE IS THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY.
The General Tax Bill—Gov. Brown** Do
nation to the State I'nireraity Sew
BUD.
(Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.)
Atlanta, November 22.—The general tax
bill was read the second time and ordered
printed.
Mr. Calvin, Chairman of the Education
Committee, reported favorably a bill lo con
summate Governor Brown’s gift to the State
University.
Mr. Bartlett, of Bibb, moved to refer to
the Judiciary Committee so as to determine
the constitutionality of the question. W e
should not be in a hurry to accept the gift
until we bad examined the question,
i Mr. Humber, of Putnam, said the legal-
I ity had been examined fully by leading
i lawyers. There was no doubt on that
1 point. The gift
Should Be Promptly Aeeepted
P| Because if it goes over to the Summer
&& session the provisions might lapse and the
111 bill might fail. Accepting the gift and
Hf issuing bonds would not increase thebonded
F?|| indebtedness of the State, but would simply
■gig oootinue some of the maturing Nutting
g|| bonds.
IP. Similar views were taken by Messrs. Har
-111 ris, of Bibb, and Russell, of Clarke.
nH Mr. Reese, of Wilkes, could sae no reason
jH why the matter should not go before the
Judiciary Committee and get the light of
the legal advisers of the House on the im
jß portant subject therein contained.
Mr. Pringle, of Washington, opposed Rub
[B mission to the Judiciary.
Mr. Calviu'a motion that the bill be
printed was then adopted, and the motion
sK t to recommit to the Judiciary Committee
was lost
B Mr. Gary, Chairman of the Committee on
the State of the Republic, reported favora
|!j| blv are olution regarding the presentation
B of certain
H Claim* for Cotton
ill Against the United States ; also requeuing
I||| Congress to its influence to secure p
■fl repeal or modification of the present reve-
Hh nne laws.
■ On motion of Mr. Jordan, of Hancock, the
|lß| joint resolution offered by Mr. Tntt, in the
HI Senate,for examining into the pardons pranf
flH ed by Governor Colquitt since October 20th,
H was taken up.
-B Mr. Ray, of Coweta, moved to commit the
3nestion to the Penitentiary Committee.
arried.
■■ New BilD.
Sefc: By Mr. Waldrop, of Union— Amending
section 70 of the act to create a Board of
|B Commissioners for Turnpike Roads.
H»| By Mr. Patton, of Thomas—Preventing
HB the herding or driving of sheep from a
EB range whero they use without giving tec
■B days’ notice.
IBS By Mr. Gary, of Richmond—To carry in-
effect the Constitution relative to a
■B change of venue for the trial of civil cases
|||Bby the Superior Court; also, a resolution
the State to subscribe to five hnn-
HBdred copies of Col. Jones’ history of Geor-
HBHgia, which was referred to the Committee
g|Hon Education; also, amending the act pro-
for the probating of foreign wills and
BBfor the appointment and qualification of ad-
in this State to carry ont the
|§|Bprovisionß of foreign wills admitted to pro
l§Hf >ftte and record in this State.
r^f : , I Mr - Crittenden, of Randolph-Appro-
ten thousand dollars for a suitable
department for the Southwest
Agricultural Collego at Cnthbert.
sElfl By Mr. Cannon, of Ribnn-Fixing the
between Rabun county and
BBdaeon county, North Carolina, and mak-
HgHnR it the boundary between Georgia and
HEHlorth Carolina.
By Mr. Little, of Muscogee—Loaning
B|Borty stand of arms to the Buena Vista
BBiigh School.
By Mr. Flint, of Monroe—Making per
living under the stock law responsible
BMB)r depredations of stock in connties where
stock law is not in force; also allowing
HBHates to be erected across public roads in
where the stock law prevails.
By Mr. Atkinson, of Meriwether —Amend
section 3533 of the Code.
IHSI Br Mr. Johnson, of Lee-To provide for
jJ||jßinpensation for coroners’ jurors the sme
HRH in Snperior Courts; also amending the
BKBt for letting out public contracts: also to
HBBohibit carrying liquor near a church dur
|Br services.
Mr. Key, cf Jasper—Requiring clerks
BSpl the Superior Court to cancel certain
gages.
gHIBRy Mr. Gordon, of Houston—Amending
Judges to hold Conn in other towns
county sites.
jfflVyHßy Mr. Mcßride, of Harralson- Providing
HB contesting the election of Governor.
|||j||B3y Mr. Jordan, of Hancock - Submitting
question of the issue of new bonds to
|S|ifcßr for the Sparta Court House, to the peo-
Kg|B> of the county.
Mr. Davis, cf Habersham - Requiring
Hfigßinties adopting the stock law to fence
selves in; also, regulating the distribu-
BBBq of the tax collected on liquors.
HBTOy Mr. Mitchell, of Gwinnett—To pav
MHBH* jurors whether sworn in or not; also.
a more efficient mode to take the
iggfßool census.
Mr. Park, of Greene—To appropriate
proceeds of the hire of convicts in
&jjp£B>ece county to pay insolvent costs to dis-
BRiwnt officers.
SESATE.
bill by Mr. McAfee to fix the salaries
and clerks for extra services was
HBHorted back by the Judiciary Committee
Bersely, and the bill was lost. P. A. S.
Gi„ November 23. The
||j|||Bcia’. notice of the resignation of Judge
BfiBB). Hillver, of the Atlanta Circuit, having
BBBn received the election for bis successor
Hi fixsd for next Tuesday at noon.
BBg '• New BID.
Mr. Rice, of Fulton—Amending the
of the Georgia Pacific Riilroad.
Mr. Hoge, of Fulton—Preventing
voting by requiring tax receipts to ■
Hwn.
Mr. Rice, of Fulton—Retunding the
NUfel® tax to certain insurance companies.
Mr. Osborne. of Franklin—Exempt
but one-half of laborers wages from
HBBishment
bill by Mr. Jones, of Elbert, was re
-1 back from the Local Bills Committee
the first time to allow the town of
gßgsHrion to issue bonds; also requiring tax
BEspßpt.orw to receive jury script; also amen .1-
11Mk» Action 1326 of the Code.'
j||f§|K- Mr. James, of Douglass-Requiring
MOthpanies or persons selling fertilizers
BiSve warranties and to prevent them from
Rllptisf! wsiten to this warranting; also,
g the Georgia, Alabama and
Bnessee Railroad.
Mr. Bishop, of Dawson-Amending
1270 of the Code.
Mr. Beck, of Lumpkin-Requiring the
Librarian to represent the State in cer-
Hl|B oases tu the United States Court.
Mr Sweat, of Clinch-Making it a fel
make or pass forged titles to land.
HB Mr. Avery, of Columbia—Fixing the
Ii fl Pill I H I 1 license of Columbia county at SKX>.
Mr. Russell, of Clarke-Enabling the
fcj|||||pßiees of the University of Georgia to con
|!gil!|Be free tuition by appropriating 12,000
Bflfl year. -
Mr. Gwens, of Chatham—Amending
jgl|jißflct creating the City Court of Savannah
to the deposit of costs.
By Mr. Little, of Muscogee—Aoihoriztng
the sale of sixteen ten thousand dollar
United States bonds, four and a half per
cents, owned by the State.
By Mr. Rountree, of Brooks—Amending
section 4652 of the Code.
SEMITE.
Bills were passed changing the time of
bolding the Snperior Court of Macon coun
ty, and revising the Superior Court cabn
dar of all the counties of the Brunswick
Circuit.
Sew BilD.
By Mr. Pike-Changing the time of hold
ing the session of the General Assembly;
also providing for fish ways over all dams
in this State; also changing the time of
holdiog the Snperior Court of the North
eastern Circuit.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Living
ston, requesting the Governor and Attor
ney-General to furnish the Senate with in
formation in reference to the suit by James
8. Mitchell, Emma Blodgett et al , vs. J. M.
Mace, tenant in possession, lately pending
in Fulton Superior Court—what disposi
tion, if any, has been made of the case, and
by whose authority.
The Convention of County Ordinaries
Adjourned here to-day after two days’ ses
sion. Judge Anderson W. Walton, of Rich
mond county, was Chairman, and Judge
Newman, of Washington connty, Secretary.
A committee was appointed to draft, a bill
amending the law relating to the office of
Ordinary.
The majority of the
Folton Bar,
At a meeting this afternoon, recommended
Hon. Marshall J. Clark to succeed Judge
Geo. Hillyer. P. A. S.
NOTES BY MAIL.
Betting On Election*—State Bank Tax—
llDtory of Georgia—Railroad Notes.
(Cor. Chronicle and Constitutionalist.)
Atlanta, November 21.—T0-day a bill
was introduced into the Senate to make it a
criminal offense to bet on elections. How
far this practice has gone, recent events in
the Ninth District have wonderfully de
veloped. Two or three five hundred dol
lar bets were deposited in the banks in this
city. A popular house was made the re
pository of several large amounts. Thou
sands of dollars changed hands the morn
ing after the election ; and every day the
boys are blooming into new shoes, and
Winter suits, and are warm with wa
gers of political differences. The custom
is Bpreading all over the country. The ap
peal es the Republican editor of the Lara
mie Boomerang brings out the pathos of the
practice —that celebrity was badly snowed
under in the recent election. He staked an
overcoat on Massachusetts, pants ou New
York, and risked his boots on the general
result. Since the returns came in he swears
he will have to spend the Winter wrapped
in a bed qnilt and profound meditation.
The denuded editor declares that he is not
angry at the resnlt. He is bnt grieved that
the American people should have so abused
his confidence and turned over bis ward
robe to a cruel and relentless foe. In this
connection, it is not nnknown that Augusta
took m some earnings on the recent Sena
torial So long as elections are ac
companied by the usual excitement, the
boys will continue to bet, without regard to
law.
State Bank Tax.
Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, yesterday offer
ed and had referred to the Committee on
Banks, a joint resolution, calling upon onr
Senators and Representatives in Congress
to use their best and most persistent efforts
to seoure the repeal of that provision of the
act passed by the Federal Congress, ap
proved March 3, 1865, which levies a tax of
ten per cent, per annum on the circulation
of all banks chartered by the State. It is
due Mr. Calvin to say that he has not the
remotest idea that the adoption of the reso
lution in question will secure the instant re
peal of that obnoxious law. He does be
lieve that agitation is necessary to the se
curement of reform in the matter referred
to. This reform may not come in the form
he would desire it, i. e., the resuscitation of
the banks we had in 1860, but it may come
in the form of an amendment to the Nation
al Bank act authorizing loans on real estate
and repealing the present tax on
the circulation and deposits of National
Banks. Mr. Calvin is no enemy to the
national system, per se. He feels and be
lieves that, without a change in the
line of his preamble and resolutions, having
the scope he contemplates they naturally
will have, the people of Georgia and of the
South, notably the yoang people—those
who are just coming to the front—must
continue an unendiog struggle, constantly
cramped because unable to secure accom
modation in our banks a reasonably long
Time and at a fair rate of interest. Farmers,
merchants, mechanics—all are interested in
this subject
History of Georgia.
The memorial of Col. Charles C. Jones,
Jr., to the General Assembly, has been
read with interest, and receives much
favorable comment. I am sure that
were all the members of the Legis
lature acquainted with the distinguished
writer of the History of Georgia; his high
scholarly attainments; his rich collection of
material and rare literary style, and withal
his patient, methodical compilation of fact,
they would give the first two volumes of the
work a sponsorship and a legacy which
would insure the completion of a worthy
history of a great people. The two voM
umes just fin:shed by Col. Jones embrace
the original epoch, and contain “a narra
tive of the discovery and primeval explora
tions; schemes of colonization; the settle
ment nndtr Oglethorpe, and the life of the
province under the guidance of the Trus
tees, under tbe control aif a President and
assistants, and under the supervision of
royal Governors, and during the Revolu
tionary war.”
Railroad Notes.
Gen. A. R. Lawton and Maj. Jos. B. Gum
ming appeared to-day before the joint
Judiciary Committees and made arguments
in favor of the dismissal of the case now
pending against the Western and Atlantic
Railroad lessees. It is now generally be
lieved that the State will have little to gain,
even with ft successful termination of the
suit.
A prominent director of the Central Rail
road told me to-night that Gen. Alexander’s
chances of re-election to the Presidency of
the Central Railroad were excellent. The
opposition had put forward Capt. Raoul as
the only man upon whom they could unite.
It was not probable however that the move
ment will be successful. It is a great pity
that Capt. Raoul can not be kept in his
present position of General Manager.
Mr. Eugene F. Yerdery, President of the
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, passed
through Atlanta yesterday en route to
Spartanburg. I understand he has a pro
ject by means of which he expects at an
early day to finish the Greenwood, Laurens
aad Spartanburg extension of the A. A.
K. R. R.
The traveling publio will be glad to know
that the Air Line Railroad will shortly put
back its early morning mail and express.
Col. W. J. Houston, the general passenger
Bgent of this superb line, has made this
route too popular for a single daily service,
Tbe road is now largely stone ballasted, and
is being rapidly railed with steel. It is fed
by four narrow Granges and two broad gauge
branches aloDg its Georgia line and is do
ing a heavy business. I understood that
one passenger train had to be withdrawn to
leave the locomotives free for freight haul
ing. 1
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1882, VOLUME XCV TERMS—S 2 A YEAR.
Everybody is anxiously awaiting the in
auguration of the fast mail service on the
Georgia Railroad. I learn that with the
completion of the fine iron bridge at
Athens, the double daily service will be
started cn the Athens Branch, in connec
tion with the whole system which will then
be put in motion. It will be a big day for
Augusta and the Chbosicle.
To-day Hon. Allen D. Candler, Congress
man elect from the Ninth, boarded the
train at Gainesville and came to Atlanta.
He modestly took a back seat in the car,
with one of his friends, but pretty soon the
boys made him out and flocked about him ;
the little children called his name and he
was forced to hold an impromptu reception
in the car. Two years ago Mr. Candler
told me tbat politics 'in the Ninth
had reached such a pitch of per
sonality and vituperation that a man of
delicacy and self-respect shuddered to enter
the lists. That such considerations made
him hesitate this time, may be imagined,
but be had plenty of pluck and, as a conse
quence, lots of luck on his side. He was at
first jeeringly alluded to as “the one-eyed
plow boy of Pigeon Roost;” but each bur
lesque of his opponents was turned into a
campaign watchword by his friends; they
accepted every epithet, turned it with ver
satility and skiP, and have crowned their
hero with the missiles of his enemiep.
I understand that the morning after the
election in the Ninth, Emory Speer, con
scious of the completeness of defeat, walked
down the street in Athens, fnll of severity
and dignity; his head poised with hi* usual
pride, and his face aglow with its accus
tomed smileof satisfaction. That afternoon
he handled the reins of his two stvlish
steeds as showily as if he had been on Penn
sylvania avenue, and drove to the depot
every inch a thorough-bred; a well poised,
self-centered man of the world. Some men
you may defeat, but they cannot be cowered
or hacked. There are many strong points
about Hon. Emory Speer; but the fight in
the N’nth, waged sgainst him by the best
element of almost every county, meant far
more than prejudice or intolerance. Tbe
victory, too, is one which will be maintained.
Dot*.
The Greensboro Home Journal, one of the
very best papers published in Middle Geor
gia, is shortly to be enlarged and generally
improved. Mr. W. A. Knowles, th© editor,
is one of the most thorough-going youDg
men in the State. He is fall of business.
Last evening a stiff snow-storm com
menced to beat upon the town, and lovers
of this Northern climate commenced to
dream of snowballing and oi sliding. With
the clearing of the morning, however, it
was found that Atlanta mud had reasserted
itself through the snowy counterpane, and
that nothing but slush could be seen on
every side. It was a disappointment which,
even tbe street scraper could not relieve.
Bnt it is a cold day when Atlanta mud sets
left * P. A. S.
DE4TII OP THURLOW WEED.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Yoek, November 22. Thurlow
Weed died this morning at 8:55 o’clock.
Thurlow Weed was born at Cairo. Greene
county. New York, November 15, 1797. He
Teamed printing in tbe offioe of Machy
Croswell, at Citskill. In the war of 1812
he Berved on tbe Northern frontier as a pri
vate and as quartermaster sergeant. After
becoming of age he established the Agricul
turalist, at Norwich, Chenango county, New
York, and during the next ten years edited
various journals, the last being the Anti-
Masonic Inquirer, published in Rochester
during the aoti-Masonic excitement in New
York in 1826-’27. He identified himßelf
with the party opposed to the Masons and
was twice elected by it to the Low
er Honse of the State Legislature.
His tact as a party manager, and his ser
vices in 1826 in securing the election of
DeWitt Clinton as Governor suggested him
as a competent person to oppose the Albany
regency who had the general management
of the Democratic party in New York. At
the expiration of his second term in the
Legislature in 1830, he accordingly remov
ed Jto Albany and assumed the editorship of
the Albany Evening Journal, a newspaper
established in the interest of the anti-Jack
son party. From 1830 to 1862 he was a
political leader first of the Whig and after
ward the Republican party. He wes prom
inent in procuring the Presidential nom
inations of Harrison, Taylor and Scott,
acting in each instance as an independent
adviser of the respective conventions. He
warmly advocated the election of Fremont
in 1856 and of Lincoln in iB6O, although
his influence had in each case been exerted
in favor of the nomination of Mr. Seward.
In November, 1861, he was sent to Europe
by President Lincoln in a semi-diplomatic
capacity. He returned home in June, 1862,
and shortly afterward withdrew from tbe
editorship of the Evening Journal. In 1865
he became a resident of New York city
where he edited for a time the Commercial
Advertiser. Since 1868 infirm health has
compelled him to withdraw frem active
labor.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAIL
ROAD.
Annual Meeting of Stockholders Tester
day.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle. 1
Memphis, November 22.—The stockhold
ers of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
met this morniDg. Hon. Jere Baxter, Vice-
President of the road, reed the annual re
port, showing how far the Board of Direc
tors had proceeded in effecting a compro
mise of tbe lease of the road to the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Company.
The report stated that a tender of the re
quisite money (four hundred thousand dol
lars) had been made, and tbat the cancella
tion of the lease was only temporarily de
layed by an injunction suit cf R. C. Bunck
leys, executor. The report was adopted,
l'he following were then elected a Board of
Directors: Jere Baxter, Geo. M. Fogg, Wm.
Danoan, of Nashville; T. W. Evans, H. E.
Yarlt, W. T. Hatch, Simon Borg, of New
York; Napoleon Hill, R D. Frayser, J. A.
Hayes, Jr., Wm. Farrington, of Memphis;
W. R RisoD, of Huntsville, Ala.; and John
8. Wilkes, of Pulaski, Tenn. One hundred
and fifty-seven thousand, seven hundred
and seventy-nine shares .were represented,
which is over three-fourths of the capital
stock of the road. The Board of Directors
organized by electing Jere Baxter President
and S. R. Cruse Secretary.
At a meeting of the Directors this even
ing, Wm. Duncan, of Nashville, resigned
in person, W. T. Hatch, of New York, re
signed by telegraph. Sami. Tate, Jr., and
Thos. R. Sharp were elected in their places.
Thos. R. Sharp was elected Vice-President.
WASHINGTON NO IBS.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
W ajb htnqtos, November 23.—A rumor
prevails to-night among persons who are
usually well informed, that another court
martial is likely to grow out of the ease of
Capt. Alfred Hopkins, who was recently
dismissed from the naval service for leaving
his post of duty at Pensacola, Fla. Thf
prindpal charge in the new trial will, it is
said, be that of perjury and will involve an
officer who testified in behalf of Captain
Hopkins, but whose statements, it is al
leged, do not correspond with the records
and with the facts established.
‘Til tell you what I’m going to do,” said
a rapacious voter. “I am going to get a
good drink from every one of the candi
dates for tax receiver, and then 1 am going
to vote for whom I please.” Candidates,
beware!
SOUNDS FROM HOME.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN GEORGIA AND
HER VICINITY.
The State and the South—Eacerps From
Exchange* and Private A«|vlcea to the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist.
(Cor. Chronicle and Constitutionalist.)
W ATNBBBOBO, November 20.—At the
Methodist Church in this place, on last
Tuesday evening, occurred one of the most
fashionable weddings of the season. Miss
Lizzie S. Munnerlyn, sister of our well
known fellow-townsman, Col. J. D. Mnn
nerlyn, was united in marriage to Mr.
Stephen J. Ronquil, Jr., of Georgetown, S.
C. At an early hour of the evening above
mentioned the church was filled to over
flowing with the numerous and
friends of the popular bride to# witness the
ceremony. At o’clock, krs. Jennie
Crichton, of Atlanta, Ga., at organ, in
her own artistic and exquisite gray, played
a beautiful wedding march, wvch heralded
the arrival of tbe wedding* party. Six
bridesmaids, attired in lovely evening cos
tumes. first made their appearance and
took their positions around the altar. They
consisted of Misses Florie and Clara
Tamplet, of Georgetown, 8. 0.; Miss Mattie
Miller, of Augusta, Ga,; Miss Sallie
Stone, of Oxford, Ga.; Miss Sallie Jones,
of Herndon. Ga., and Miss Anna
Branch, of Waynesboro, Ga. Next came
the groom accompanied by Mrs. J. D.
MunnerlyD, and last, the beautiful and at
tractive bride, leaning upon the arm of her
brother, Col. J. D. Munnerlyn, who gave the
bride away. The beautiful and impressive
Episcopal wedding service was performed
by Rev. F. A. Brin eh, of this place. Col.
R. D. Walker, A. H. MacDowell, Esq., of
Savannah, Georgia; P. P. Johnston, of
Waynesboro, Georgia; and Mr. I’amplet, of
Georgetown, South Carolina, did the honors
of acting as ushers for the evening. The
bride was richly attired in a moire silk trim
med with Spanish lace. The beautiful tulle
veil, lovely white roses, orange blos
soms, lilies of the valley and the rare and
brilliant jewels that she wore made up one
of those exquisitely beautiful scenes that
we seldom behold enshrined at Hymen’s
altar. After the ceremony, many invited
guests repaired to the residence of Col.
Munnerlyn, where a splendid reception was
awaiting them. Os the many and handsome
presents the bride received; the sumptuous
repast and exhilirating viands; and the gal
lant young knighthood that worshipped at
the shrine of love and beauty, here and
there throughout the beautifully decorated
parlors, we would say, that the like has
never been excelled in our towD. The
memory of that occasion will long be
treasured as one of the brightest pictures
that hangs on memory’s wall. Guest.
Dublin, 1 November 22.—Last Saturday
night, at a corn shucking in this county, a
difficulty occurred between a Mr. Cobb and
Mr. Lovett. Both parties were badly
stabbed and Cobb thought to be dangerous.
—Gazette.
Thomastille, November 22. Tha perns
syndicate are clearing ground, splitting
rails and otherwise pushing the work for
putting out the mammoth orchard. Only a
portion of the land can be planted this sea
son. We learn that it is the purpose of the
company to run a stock farm in connection,
and to carry this out will cultivate in peas
and other feed crops all the vacant land.—
Enterprise.
Gainesville, November 22.—The miners
are said to be very active this beautiful
weather and the profits excellent. We long
to see the Merck and other mining proper
ties in this county developed, confidently
believing that od6 thousand men can be
worked in the mines of Hall county profit
ably, both to the companies who open them
and the miners who are employed in work
ing them.—Southron.
Lexington, November 23. Os all the dif
ferent opinions on the same subject we ever
heard, those on this year’s cotton crop, and
matters relative to it, beats them all, princi
pally to tbe amount made. Since tbe snow
we have heard some say a good deal of cot
ton was lost and injured thereby; others
that there was but little in the patch to be
hurt and that it would not have hurt it
much had it been there.—Echo.
Babnwell, S. 0., November 23. —We
learn from Gen. Davant that the small ap
propriation made by the last Legislature
for promoting the condition of the volun
teer troops is being distributed by the Ad
jutant and Inspector General of the State.
The share of our county troops which pass
ed inspection will be paid out by Major T.
F. S. Weathersbee, Brigade Paymaster of
the Second Brigade, on the application and
receipts of the several company command
ers.—People.
Marietta, November 23.— Willie Wilson,
son of Dr. H. L. Wilson, of Atlanta, who,
while attempting to board a train at this
place, last year, and fell between the cars
and had his leg cut off, sued the Western
and Atlantic Railroad Company for $30,-
000 damages. The suit was tried in Cobb
Snperior Court on last Friday, and result
ed in a verdict of $4,500 for the plaintiff.
Lumpkin & Jackson, of Atlanta, and Geo.
F. Gober, of Marietta, represented the
plaintiff, and Will J. Winn and C. D.
Phillips and W. M. Sessions, the defendant.
—Journal.
Atlanta, November 23.—A romantic mar
riage took place at the Hook and Ladder
Hall yesterday. For some time a V6ry wor
thy young man of Atlanta has been paying
his attentions to a very estimable lady, but
owing to a dislike which tbe young lady’s
mother manifested for the young man he
kept himself out of reach. Yesterday, how
ever, he met his sweetheart out in town and
carried her to the hall of the Hook and Lad
der Company. A minister was sent for,
and they were quickly made one, with no
body except the Hook and Ladder boys as
attendants. They then went their way re
joicing.—Constitution.
Savannah, November 22.—Among the
matrimonial events which will take place
soon will be the union of two elderly men
with blooming young girls. It seems a
mania lately. The union of January and
May, as Pope describes the bliss, should
deter some from making such alliances.—
Yesterday afternoon a white woman named
Mrs. Daniel Shea, while dozing, accidental
ly fell in a grate fire and was badly burned.
Her injuries are so serious that her life is
despaired of. She is quite an elderly lady,
and the burns on her person are so serious
that her attending physician entertains no
great hopes of her recovery.—Recorder.
Charlotte, November 22.—Last Monday
morning a colored man named Jack White,
who lives on the farm of Capt 8. E. White,
near Fort Mill, left his two little children
in his house while he went for a stroll
around the neighborhood. When he re
turned he found his house in ashes ard
one of the children burned to a cinder in
the ruins. How the fire originated will
never be known, as the child which escap
ed is too young to talk intelligently, but
had instinct or sense enough to crawl out of
the burning house. The body of its little
sister was found near the fireplaoe, with its
head and arms nearly burned off. All of
Jack’s furniture and kitchen utensils were
burned in the ruins.— Observer.
Newbebby, IS. C., November 20.—Two
colored m n, Calvin Gary and Tom Grif
fith, while engaged in blasting rock in a
well on Dr. Thomas C. Brown’s place,
Tuesday afternoon, suffered bv the prema
ture explosion of the blast. Calvin Gary is
badly disfigured in the face and it is feared
will lose his sight, while Griffith was
wounded in both hands, and will lose one
finger. The former passed the Herald, office
yesterday, and presented a ghastly sight—
Herald.
Athens, November 22.—We learn that
three brothers contemplate running for
offices in Athens and Clarke county. We
think the voters will contend for a more
equal division, if one family attempts this
scheme of usurpation.—There was a great
rush yesterday morning for wood, as many
families were entirely out.. The few loads
brought in eold for extravagant prices.
Everything points to a hard Winter, and we
advise the laying in of a supply of fuel at
onee.—Banner.
It will be remembered that we made
mention, a few days ago, of a terrible
whipping tbat had been given two of the
convicts on the Bibb county chain gang by
one of the guards. This morning tbe mat
ter was investigated by the grand jury and
true bills found against the offending par
ties, who should be visited with the sever
est penalty of the law. The backs of the
poor unfortunates were horribly treaten
and they presented a sickening sight. The
skin was terribly lacerated, showing the
traces of the heavy leather strap with which
their backs were lacerated. The guard bad
no authority under the law to whip tha.
convicts and we are glad tbe grand jury
was so prompt in taking action io the prem
ises. A lesson should be taught that will
be of benefit in the future.—Graphic.
Spabta, November 22.— The devil is run
ning at large in Hancock at present. We
learn that heavy timbers have been piled
on the railroad track in the deep cut be
tween Sparta and the residence of Col. H.
A. Clinch four times recently. Some young
ladies passing down the road one day last
week found the timbers on the track and
removed them, giving notice to the section
master of the fact. From his wife they
learned that this was the fourth time this
discovery had been made at tbat point.
Death is entirely too sweet a punishment to
be inflicted or, the miscreant who would be
guilty of any such offense. Efforts have
been made to detect the criminal, and we
trust they will be successful.—The new
court house is progressing very well toward
completion. It can be seen ten miles al
ready. It is a bigger thing than old Babel.
The oat crop planted in Hancock this
Fall is much less than that planted last sea
son. This is a great mistake our farming
friends are making. lshmaelite.
THE “TICKER.”
An Essay By Knfns Hatch.
(Rufus Hatch iu the Hour.)
Washington, November 20.—“ Every day
when down town I talk to scores of men in
offices, banking rooms and hot* Is. Every
now and then they walk quietly away from
me to the litttle machine known as the
stock ‘ticker.’ Picking up the tape they
glance anxiously over it, come back in a
half-forgetful way and resumes the conver
sation, although I see plainly that they are
thinking more of the tape than of the talk—
and the machine goes on with its rattling,
whiiring, clicking, nervous ‘tick,’ ‘tick,’
‘tick.’ What is the ticker? The machine
is of little consequence, but the tally it
keeps is a wonderful one. In the past few
years it has ticked off every minute, every
hour, every day the ebb flow of the pros
perity of the country. It has ticked the
profits of all legitimate trade into the pock
ets of the money grabbing schemers of Wall
street. The gold and silver dollars won by
the toil of the farmer, the blacksmiths, the
bricklayer, the fees of the lawyers, doctors
and clergymen, the checks and notes of the
druggist, the grocer the baker and the dry
goods man, all are drawn into this vortex
of speculation and deceit. Our great
nerve doctors like Sayre, Thomas,
Metcalf, Nicoll and Parker say the ‘ticßer’
is tickering men by thousands into the
grave, just as it ticks their thousands out of
grave, just as it ticks their thousands out of
their pockets. It has ticked the Rev. Dr.
Tyng out of his pulpit into the life insur
ance business. The doctors say it has in
creased and intensified the character of
nervous disorders. It is filling our mor
gues and graveyards with bodies and our
lunatic asylums and poor houses with the
mental wrecks of Wall street, and these
wrecks are made that the Vanderbilts, the
Goulds and the Sages, even their dogs and
horses, may live in golden luxury. To
them the ‘tick’ of the ‘ticker’ is money mak
ing music. Tbe • ticker ’ could not jar
their nerves any more than it could the
statue of Franklin in Printing House
Square, but when all this greed has
ended and time has ticked .them and their
victims together into the to-morrow,
Croeius and the beggar will be on even
terms. The beggar will get his six feet of
earth; Croesus can’t use and won’t get any
more. He will only leave his millions for
his pampered heirs to fight over in the
Surrogate’s Court, while the heirs of the
victims will begin the struggle for life
from the bottom up. And the ‘ticker’ will
rattle off its tick ! tick ! tick ! for other
millionaires.”
MAIL ROBBERIES.
Extensive Stealage* Between Denver and
Eastern Cities.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Denveb, November 23.—There is no
doubt that the mails between Denver and
Eastern cities, particularly New York, Cleve
land and Buffalo, are being systematically
and successfully robbed. The New York
and Eastern mail which left Denver Decem
ber 20th, 1881, never reached its destina
tion and since that time losses are almost
constantly being reported. The postal
authorities claim to have been thus far so
successful as to locate the trouble east of
the Missouri river, but still the robberies
go on under their very eyes. The real
losses in valuables and currency can hardly
be estimated, but the losses in draffs, bills
of exchange and postal money orders will
aggregate over $600,000. Os course these
last are not real losses bnt the Denver banks
and business houses have been forced to
make their transfer of money through the
express companies much to their cost and
inconvenience. More recent robberies oc
curred on October 7th, 17th and 31st and
November 7th.
Governor Cleveland.
Buepalo, November 20, 1882.—Gover
nor-elect Grover Cleveland this afternoon
handed to the Common Council his resigna
tion of the office of Mayor. This action, of
course, was based upon his contemplated
removal to Albany. His letter is a model of
brevity, being as fellows :
To the Honorable the Common Council ot the
dly of Buffalo :
Gentlemen—l hereby resign the office of
Mayor of the city of Buffalo, and respect
fully ask that Baid resignation be accepted
by your honorable body.
Gbotzb Cleveland, Mayor.
Upon motion the resignation was accept
ed by a unanimous vote without comment.
Alderman M. Drake was chosen his succes
sor pro tern, and a special election, to be
held January 9, was decided upon. It is
not expected that any further action will be
taken by the Council in connection with Mr.
Cleveland’s resignation. His various rasp
iDg veto letters have served to embitter ma
ny of the Alderman toward him, and they
are heartily g'ad that they are to be relieved
from the gaze of his watchful eye, notwith
standing that every member of the Board
acknowledges his respect for the Governor
eloct’s ability and courage.
DRIVEN BY FIRE TO DEATH.
JUMPING FROM A BURNING BUILDING.
Two People Killed Outright and Eight
Others Fatally Injured A Panic
Among Factory Girls In a Regular
Death-Trap of a Building.
Pbovidence, R. 1., November 21.—The
cry of fire startled the men and women at
work in the Callender building this morn
ing. The flames spread as rapidly as the
news. They seized upon the stairway and
out off all escape in that direetion. The
people in the upper stories were completely
hemmed in. Their only chance of escape
was to jump from the windows. There was
a perfect panic. Those behind crowded
upon those in front. Some were pushed
out the windows, others fell out. Two per
sons were iostantly killed and others were
so seriously injured that the death-list will
be swelled to eight or ten. The dead ani
fatally injured are:
Emma Gasset, aged twenty-three. She
WBB killed outright by falling to the ground.
Bessie Cibb, killed by falling to the
ground.
Thomas Mann, foreman of Grant’s jewel
ry shop. Both ankles were broken; there
were serious burns about the head and in
ternal injuries. He died to-night.
Mary McSorley. She fell on a pioket
fence and was terribly injured. She will
die.
Mary Hartv, fatal internal injuries.
Delia Gassett, injured internally and not
expected to live.
Emma Mathewson, internal injuries,
probably fatal.
Mrs. Johnson, not expected to live.
Mrs. Cundy, injured internally, probably
fatally.
Mary Codding, 20 years old. Her skull
was fractured and she will die.
Among the otheie injured are these :
George Grant, of the ejwelry firm of Jo
seph Grant & Co., leg broken.
Mary Davis, leg broken.
Smith, serious internal injuries. He
fell to the ground.
Florence Redding, burned about the face.
A Death Trap.
The Callender building stood on Sabine
street. It was a regular death trap. It was
owned by Amos C. Barstow. The lower
floors were occupied by the Providence But
ton Company, the Providence Cigar Works,
the Providence Saw Works and other firms.
The flames did not fasten upon these floors
and the loss of these firms is from water.
It was on the third and fourth floors that
the havoc was wrought. A stairway, be
ginning at tho street in the front of the
building, ran to the top. There was no
other means of emptying the building in a
panic. The building was of brick. On the
third story was the workshop of Charles T.
Melvin, dyfr. His rooms opened out on
the stairway. On the floor above were the
firms of William H. Robinson & Company,
manufacturers of gold chains, and Joseph
Grant & Company, jewelers. The gold
chain manufactory was in the front part of
the building and directly over the dyeing
establishment. Grant’s factory was in the
rear.
The fire started in Melvin’s place. The
room was filled with combustible material.
The woodwork was dry as tinder. A lighted
match touched almost anywhere would have
started a conflagration. There were chemi
cals and cloths saturated with inflammable
preparations. By some means a can con
taining ten gallons of naptha was over
turned. It caught fire. The flames sprang
upward and seized upon everything near at
hand. They ran over the floor and the
saturated cloths added to their fury. They
caught the dry wood worts, and an alarm
had hardly been given before the whole
room was in a bl ize. They rushed out of
the door and caught upon the stairs. The
air currents swept them upward, and in a
moment the stairway was choked with
smoke and was a roaring tunnel of savage
flame.
A Panic Among tbe Operative*.
It was 10 30 o’clock when the occupants
of the fourth floor of the Callender building
heard the alarm. They were ft r the most
part young girls. Robinson & Co. alone
employed twenty, and the firm’s entire roll
of employes numbered forty. When the
smoke rushed up the stairway and into the
factory there was a terrible panic. It is in
describable. A rush was made for the door,
but smoke and flame drove the frightened
operatives back. As they realized their po
sition, they gave wav to shrieks and cries
for salvation. The flames encroached upon
them with frightful rapidity, and drove
them to the windows. There was no fire
escape. Not a ladder was on hand. The
engines had not arrived. At the end of the
building was an alley, fifteen feet wide.
The windows of Robinson’s place looked
out upon this. Just across the alley was a
small wooden building, two stories in
height. The shingle roof was twenty feet
below the fourth story windows of the Cal
lender building. The operatives were too
panic-stricken to wait for aid. The roaring
flames were too near them. It was death to
remain behind. The only hope was to make
the leap from the windows to the frame
building.
Leaping From tbe Windows.
There was no method about it. But few
of the frightened operatives had control of
themselves. George Clark, employed by
Joseph Grant £ Co., did his best to allay
the excitement and nearly Inst his life in
tryiDg lo stay the flames. While he, with a
few companions, was fighting the fire the
others rushed to the windows and threw
themselves out. There was no time to
think about it. Daring the first rush sev
eral girls were pushed out or lost their
footing. They fell to the ground and were
either killed or badly injured. It was a
frightful scene for those who stood in the
street. Bodies of men and women whirled
through the air as thick as snow flakes.
Many of those who jumped succeeded in
landing upon the roof of the building
across the alley. Hardly would they gain
a footing when others would fall upon
them. In this way several operatives were
injured. One of the first to fall was Emma
Gassett. The pressure of the panic-strick
en crowd behind her was so great that she
dropped in the alley between the build
ings. Her body whirled around in the air
and struck heavily. She died almost in
stantly. Bessie Cobb was another unfortu
nate victim. She met her death in precise
ly the same manner. Both were young
eirls. Mary McSorley missed the roof.
Her body was canght on a picket-fence and
terribly mutilated. She was taken to the
hospital in a dying condition. Thomas
Mann, foreman of Grant’s jewelry shop,
made the leap, bnt failed to reach the roof.
He struck the side of the building and his
body bounded off to the ground. When he
was picked np it was fonnd that both ankles
were broken and that the shock to his sys
tem was snch that he died to-night.
Hanging From a Wire.
As soon as the firemen arrived on the
scene they did what they oould to save the
lives of the unfortunate operatives. But for
the most part the frightened employes of
the chain and jewelry factories had been
driven from the windows and had either
met with fatal injuries or had escaped with
their lives to the neighboring roof. The
roof was covered with human beings, manv
of them suffering from painful if not serious
injuries. One man swung himself out of a
window with nothing to support him bat a
telephone wire. He hung on like grim
death. It was an anxious and exciting time
fer those in the street. Everybody expect
ed each instant to see him fall. But there
| he hung, crying for help, while above oli
arose the crackling of the flames and the
shrieks and oriea of the wounded. A ladder
from a fire company’s truck was raised. It
was the longest on hand, bat as it touched
the wall of the building the crowd in the
street saw that it was too short. A groaa
went up, for the man’s strength was almost
j exhausted. The wire cut his hands. Just
i then a nimble-fcoted fireman ran up the
! ladder. He reached the top and caught the
man in his arms just as he was ready to drop
to oertain death.
The injured persons were removed to the
hospital as rapidly as possible. It is thought
that at least ten of them will die. Nearly
all received injuries of some sort, but were
glad to escape with their lives at the ex
pense of broken limbs and bruised and
burned faces. When the engines got to
work the fire was soon out. William K.
Robinson’s losses are $15,000. Everything
in his shop was destroyed; insured for SB,-
000. Joseph W. Grant & Co.’s loss is total,
amounting to $20,000. Melvin’s loss U
I also total.
—
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
; Session of the Congressional Committee,
(Bv Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Orleans, November 23.—The Con
gressional committee on the Mississippi
; river went into session at 10 o’clock to take
j the evidenoe of pilots and river men. J. W,
j Whipple, of Louisville, a pilot on the Ohio
; and Mississippi sinoe 1856, was examined.
The witness described the effects of ont-oflfc
and crevasses and the shifting of the chan
nel, whioh often changed in forty-eight
hours. He was of the opinion that the worka
at Plum Point and Delta wonld not protect
the banks. Prom Natchez to the Gnlf navi
gation was safe at all seasons, bnt at low
water the witness has observed a depth of
only four feet between Memphis and Vicks
burg. The levees could not confine the river
and did not benefit navigation. If the river
could be kept in its obannel, navigation
wonld be improved. Crevasses are danger
ous to navigation when the water is high.
At Bon nett Carre and points below heavy
deposits of sediment have been made by
the slackening of the current below the out
let. At Morgans the same condition exists.
The Congressional Investigation Commit
tee examined only two witnessess to-day,
one pilot and Capt. Tom Leather. The lat
ter was examined the greater part of the
day upon the snbject of making an ontlet at
Lake Borgne for the purpose of of relieving
the Mississippi daring a time of flood. He
was cross-examined a great length by E.
John Ellis, who favors the plan and opera
tions of the Mississippi River Commission.
The committee will to-morrow take the
steamer Snnbeam and visit the jetties.
They will be accompanied by Capt. Leather
and Capt. Cowden, who represent the out
let theory and who are very vigorous oppn
nents of the jetties. Mr. Ellis,of the commit
tee objected very strongly to any interested
persons occupying the committee, bat when
the committee invited the official in charge
of the jetties to go too, he withdrew his ob
jection. The committee will return here
Saturday morning. The members are very
anxions to get back home and will leave
here, if possible, next Saturday night, but
there is such a demand npon the part of
special interests here to be heard before
the committee, that it is probable a short
delay may be made. The representatives
of Capt. Eads left here this evening for the
jetties in order to be there when the
committee arrives. Careful soundings will
be made throughout the entire length of
the channel to determine the correctness
of previous reports of the depth of water
maintained. Capt. Leathern testified be
fore the oommittee to the following effeot:
He had been on the river forty-six years and
had built seven boats for the river trade.
Most of the time he had been running be
tween New Orleans and Yickabnrg. Ha
makes usually 120 landings going np and
80 or 90 coming down. The river is con
stantly changing its channel. The banks cav6
at low stages. He has seen two &r
three acres with trees growing on them fall
into the water at one time. The greatest
deposits are made during flood stages, the
longer the duration of high water the great
er the deposit of sediment whioh is moved
as the river falls. Last season the average
depth between New Orleans and Vicksburg
was twelve feet at low water. The river
rose fifty feet in the flood of 1882. The
locality of the ohannel changes at different
stages of the water. He thinks the river is
deeper now than when he first saw it years
ago and navigation has improved. This
effect he ascribes to the levees and the con
fining of the water. He considers that the
construction of the jetties and works in
Southwest Pass have backed np the water in
the river and that the disastrous effects
of the flood in 1882 were due to these
causes. On cross-examination l»v Messrs.
Ellis and Thomas, the witness said his in
terest in Capt. Cowden's scheme for an out
let into Lake Borgne, was simply that of a
philanthropic citizen. He admitted having
agreed to pay $35,000 for a plantation if an
outlet is cut through it by the Government.
He had interested other citizens in the
scheme and formed a stock company. The
committee leave for the jetties at 6, a. m M
Friday, expecting to return Saturday morn
ing, when other witnesses will be examined.
The Mississippi Commission will arrive to
morrow (Friday), and it is stated that the
members of the Commission will be heard
by the committee.
New Gbleans, La., November 23.—The
Picayune’B Vicksburg special says the Com
mercial, this evening, publishes an inter
view with Capt. W. L. Marshall, United
States engineer in charge of the work at
Providence Reach and at Del.a Point. Ha
denied that there bad been a million dol
lars S;.ent at Providence. He hae only ex
pended $480,000, ol which $148,000 wsi
expended in the purchase of the plant con
sisting of barges, grading boats, pile driv
ers, steam tow boats, stone boats and other
expensive plant. Sixty thousand dollars
have been expended for labor bnt the plant
for two thousand men is on hand and wiM
be pushed as fast as labor to man the
plant can be obtained. Three miles of
pile dike and mattrass works have been
constructed, and as far as completed
at Skipwith and the neighborhood the work
has acted as well as possibly could be de
sired. The river has been diverted from
the Skipwith chute, and the main channel
deepened twenty feet on the channel side of
the Skipwith. The Towhead ohute is
almost completely filled by the silting
works in the chute. If that is no improve
ment to navigation, it would be difficult to
say in what manner the improvement of
navigability can consist. The commission
considers the work, as far «.i done, a com
plete success. The work at Delta Point, as far
as mattrasses have been snnk heretofore,
has held for three years. Caving has been
stopped to a great extent, but the upper
bank has washed back to the gentle slopes
above the revetment. The work now
being executed is the most thorough
of the class that has been, dene on
the Mississippi, the bank being mattrassed
from its top clear down to the bottom of the
river. The top of the bank is being out
down from a vertical to a slope of three base
to one vertical, and covered with ten inches
of brush mattrass and one foot of stone.
Georgia- Patents.
Mr. H. N. Jenkins, solicitor of patents,
Washington, D. C., officially reports the fol
lowing complete list of patents granted
Geo gia inventors for the week ending No
vember 21, 1882 : Allen T. Cook, Morven,
ribbon-reel; Morris Heizberg, West Point,
letter-file; Erast up J. Mulkey and Allen
Fort, Americas, well-anger; Julius Forster
and T, G. MoKenaey, Decatur, permutation
lock.