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ESSES IS! CONSOLIDATED MARCH 17,1877.
w FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
MATTERS TRANSACTED IN THE NA
TIONAL HALLS.
The reaelw* Bill*—A Uniform System of
Bankruptcy—Georgia in the Honse—A
Rf-volatUnary Claim Excite- Dt«cu»-
nlon.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.')
SENATE.
Washington, December 6. • The Preai
. dent pro tern, submitted a communication
■ from the Secretary of the Treasury trans-
F mitltog the report of the National Board of
Health, which was referred to the Committee
on Epidemic Diseases.
Mr. Sherman presented twelve petitions
i of citizens of Ohio for the passage of a bid
■A to increase the pensions to those who have
■ lost an arm or leg in the service. Mr. In
■galh presented several similar petitions
citizens of Kansas.
Bills were introduce! by Mr. Anthony to
iErohibit the nse of the Capitol for other than
legitimate purposes. Referred to the
BKommittee on Public Buildings and
rounds.
Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution in-
the Committee on the Judiciary
inquire and report, by bill or otherwise,
any further legislation is necessary
secure the titles of the United States to
Nn'ional Soldiers’ Cemetery at Arling-
He explained that this was made
by the recent decision of the Su-
Court in relation to the rights of
■■ei). Lee. The resolution was unanimous
agreed tn. At the close of the morning
Mr. Platt called up his resolution
yesterday, asking the Commissioner
■■f Pensions to famish certain information
'-.■l reference to the pension roll, and the
effect upon it of the passage of the
bill to increase the pensions cf
who have lost an arm or a leg in
service, or are suffering from opiivah nt
HHH Mr. Beck moved to amend by further in
fij^Ernoting the commission, r, without delay
the information called for in the reso-
to transmit aho, as soon as practice.-
■■<*, a complete list of all persons borne on
■■e pension roll and claimants for pensions
HKtb their addresses and amounts of th-dr
respectively. Adopted.
■■The resolution's amended by Mr. Beck
adopted. At one o’clock the spe
order, the bill to establish a uniform
of bankruptcy throughout the Uui
■<i State®, was taken up. Mr. In-
proceeded nt groat length to ex
""•■'.■ain and advocate the bill. He re
-ttWewed briefly the three general bankrupt-
heretofore enacted in this country,
he said were for the most part
copies of proceeding English legis
and coarse and unsatisfactory in
ice. The main point to bo considered
a bankrupt law was whether
or creditors should control the distri-
of an estate. At the conclusion of
remarks Mr. Ingalls submitted certain
amendments agreed upon by the
which were ordered print
■■& The bill was debated by Messrs. Ed-
Hoar and Garland and then went
as unfinished business. The Senate
H|Hn took up the calendar and passed sev-
bills, and held an executive session
lasted only a few minutes and in
nothing was done except to refer to
committees nominations re-
ts-dn.y. Then at 4, p. m., the Sen
«■ adjourned.
HOUSE.
Willis, of Kentucky, offered a r-soln
directing the Committee on Civil Ser
■lK Reform to enquire whether at the re-
Congressional election money was
by assessment or otherwise from
office holders or employes for
purposes and, if so, by whom, and
amount was so raised, and how the
■SB was collected and expended and whetl -
gl|||Blcb assessing nt was not in violation of law;
whether any Federal office holder or
SSgSKkye has been dismissed, or threatened
dismissal, or the deprivation of anv
or privilege, by reason of his refusal
any assessment made upon him, or
interfered with.
Kasson objected to the present cou-
of the resolution, and it was re-
to the Committee on Civil Service
■rm.
Caswell, of Wisconsin, offered a reso
autborizin * the Committee on Ap-
to embody in the Post-office
bill a clause reducing letter
to two cents. Adopted.
Kellev, chairman of the Committee
sEj£*»’nya and Means, offered the usual res-
for the distribution of tho Presi
message and the House proceeded in
■■■nitteo of the whole to its considera
"‘L-fA'x'u The resolution was amended so that
of the Hawaiian treaty was re
to the committee on Foreign Affdrs
of that on Ways and Means.
resolution was then reported back to
adopted as amen led. The
t,lPn at l went ’ nto committee of
Mr. Waite, of Connecticut, iu
on the state of the Union.
first bill to be considered was one
■■■tiding to the State of Georgia the sum
expended bv that S ate for the
■HHBnon defense in 1777. Mr. Holman
the bill and its pas=age was advo
by Mr. Turner and Mr. Blount, of
who contended that the claim was
and equitable one. Mr. Hiscock, of
York, moved to strike out the enac-
stating that he whs opposed to
gillie*. Speer, of Georgia, concede! that the
was an old, but none the less a just
and repeated action of the Commit
■|Hof the House and Senate had attested
This great Government, he
||||l||B could not afford to plead the statute ot
■ations.
■ ■ ■■. Singleton, of Illinois, inquired
ssfeßber. as a legal proposition, the Federal
had not been discharged from any
■■■ation to the State of Georgia by reason
■■Bat State going into rebellion.
Speer replied that he did not think
SS®B. Turner, of Georgia, gave a detailed
■■■ry of tho claim which he argued was of
HHH9 a character that it should have been
presentation.
discus-ion on a point of order the
decided that the motion to strike
enacting clause was debatable.
Turner, of Georgia, was surprised
a few years of the celebration of
anniversary of the Declars
f Independence, Congress should be
to refuse to pay to any State a just
for expenditures made in securing
■ndependenoe.
■ Singleton, of Illinois, said that he
on general principles to bring-
Qffi a»ie exhumed clainxs of a century before
■HEIreHS. It seemed to him that there was
the idea that though Georgia
in creating the Union she had
■■■attempted to destroy it, and that
■■■ih she had expended money in secur- ,
?#5-ii£®he Union she had relinquished all
n P on the Treasury by withdrawing
.•<Bthe Union.
■■■ Ray, of New York, a member of the
on Claim®, which reported the
■■■ire, stated that the committee had
MWsjM nntnimnns in favor of the claim. For
would never vote to reject the claim
State which he believed to be just
nr ' Bt ’ notwithstanding that the stat-
limitations ought to run against it.
Hiscock, of New York, read the act
providing that the revolutiona
of .States must be credited aud
settled prior to 1788. If Congress pro
posed to take any action in this case it
should open the doors and allow all of the
accounts between the States and the Gen
eral Government to be reopened.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, contended that
there were precedents for the payment of
revolutionary claims of States. He said
that the reason for Georgia being tardy in
asking for the payment was that she was
careful that no unjust claim should be pre
sented.
Mr. Hewitt, of New York, said that the
claim of Georgia would probably have been
audited and allowed prior to 1788, had she
not been careful to sie that no unjust claim
should b« brought forward. The question
was whether Georgia should be punished
for exercising that care. He failed to find,
after a good deal of research, the precedents
referred to by the gentleman from Georgia
(Mr. Blount), but he had found that the
Government had settled the revolutionary
claims of individuals. He contended that
Congress should do as much justice to the
State as to an individual.
Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, thought that
it did not comport with the dignity of the
great United Status to plead the statute of
limitations against a claim which was indis
putably just and honest.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, argued that the
debt of the people of Georgia to the United
States for direct taxation should be made a
set-off against the present claim of tho State.
Mr. Blount legretted that the gentleman
from Indiana (Mr. Holman) alone should
see fit to revive this old tax question when
the people of the North had provided that
the tax should not be collected.
Mr. McLane, of Maryland, thought that
when the gentleman from Indiana had
been addressing himself to the equity of
the case it might have occurred to him that
if the State of Georgia were compelled to
pay any portion of the direct tax and the
other Southern States were not, it would be
very bad equity. The Southern States had
not been called on to pay the war tax and
never would be. Another objection to the
bill was that presented by the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Singleton) and was to
the effect that having gone out of the
Union, Georgia had forfeited her claim to
the money paid to the Union during the
Revolutionary war. If there was any one
point well settled in law and American
statesman-hio it was that no State ever did
go out of the Union.
After further discussion the committee
refused by a vote of 51 to 76 to strike out
the enac ing clause. The bill was then re
ported to the House and it was passed—
yeas, 96; nays, 80.
Mr. Steele, of Indiana, offsred a resolu
tion directing the Committee on Civil Ser
vice Reform to inquire how much money
was called by campaign managers of the
Democratic party, from the Cobden Club
and from the Free Trade Club for use in the
election of 1882. "Let it be adooted,”
cried several Democrats, but Mr. Kasson ob
jected to its present consideration for the
tame reason which prompted him to object
to Mr; Willis’ resolution this morning, that
the committee had at present as much work
before it as it could accomplish.
Mr. Townsend, of Illinois, called atten
tion to the fact that the objection came from
the Republican side, and then the resolu
tion was referred.
Mr. Kasson presented the views of the
minority of the Committee on Ways and
Means on the internal revenue bills. They
were ordered printed. The minority report
is signed by Messrs. Kasson, Dunnell,
McKinley, Haskell, Morrison and Russell.
They are of the opinion that so long as it
remains necessary to collect any portion of
the revenue of the Government from inter
nal taxation, the two sources which can best
support the imposition of a tax are distilled
spirits aud tobacco. Messrs. Dunnell and
Haskell also filed a supplemental minority
report, in which they favor the abolition of
all internal revenue taxes except those on
malt and spirituous liquors, tobacco, snuff
and cigars. Adjourned.
Washington, December 7.—Messrs. Voor
hees, Sherman, McDill, Vest, Ingalls, Chil
oott and Miller, of New York, presented
petitions for the passage of a bill to in
crease the pensions of one-armed and one
legged soldiers. Referred to the Committee
on Pensions. Bills were introduced and
referred as follows :
By Mr. Johnston—To authorize the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company to
extend its road to a point on the United
States lands at Fortress Monroe. Referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Giving the approval of Congress to agree
ments made in 1871 and 1872 between the
Secretary of War and Joseph Segar and C.
C. Willard. Same reference.
The bill introduced by Mr. Brown, to re
peal the internal revenue act of 1864, and
all laws and parts of laws enlarging, extend
ing or amending the same, was referred to
the Finance Committee. At the close of the
morning hour Mr. Beck called up his politi
cal assessment investigation resolution and
asked that a vote be taken.
Mr. Hale offered a substitute setting forth
the names of the members of the Congres
sional Executive Committees of both par
ties, reciting allegations that the Democratic
Committee had levied contributions on
liquor dealers, brewers and other associa
tions, and directing the Committee on the
Judiciary to investigate these charges as
well as those made against the Republican
party.
Mr. Beck said the substitute proposed to
investigate matters over which Congress
had no control and was evidently
intended to embarrass the legitimate inves
tigation proposed in the original resolution.
After a brief discussion the substitute was
ordered printed jand the matter went over
until to-morrow.
Mr. Jonas offered a resolution which was
adopted, directing the Secretary of War to
‘furnish to the Senate the estimates of the
Mississippi River Commission for the work
of improving the river during the next
fiscal year.
At two o’clock the Senate resumed con
sideration of the Bankruptcy bill, Messrs.
Garland, Jones and Vest were the principal
participants in the debate. Mr. Vest moved
to strike out the provision that a man who
fails for twenty days to discharge an at
tachment against his property in a civil
suit, shall be deemed a bankrupt. Agreed
to.
The bill being still pending the Senate at
4:30, p. m., adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, Chairman
of the Committee on Ways and Means, re
ported a concurrent resolution for printing
20,000 copies of the report of the Tariff
Commission. Passed. Mr. Kelley also re
ported a resolution setting apart Wednes
day, the 13th of December, for consideration
of certain bills on the calendar, previously
i reported from the Committee on Ways and
Means. He stated that the bills referred to
related exclusively to the administration of
the law. Adopted.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the Indian Appropriation bill.
The total is $5,208 955, being $274,200
less than the appropriation for 'he current
year and $1,516,776 less then the estimates.
Mr. Ryan, of Kansas, who has charge of the
bill, explained that the reductions were
principally on the appropriation for subsist
ence. An amendment was adopted for the
insertion in patents authorized to be issued
to certain individual Indians by the treaty
of 1869 with the Sioux Indians, of a pro
vision that lands obtained under that treaty
shall remain forever inalienable and not sub
ject to taxation. The committee rose and
AUGUSTA, GA.,- WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13, 18Ka
reported the bill to the House and it was
passed.
Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, offered a resolu
tion calling on the Secretary of State for in
formation as to the distribution of the "Vir
ginius” indemnity fund, the balance which
remained undistributed and whether fur
ther legislation is necessary to authorize the
final distribution of that balance. Referred.
The House again went into committee of
the whole. The first bill on the calendar
was me looking to the establishment of a
Soldiers’ Home at Erie, Pa. The discussion
of this bill occupied the remainder of the
day. The enacting clause was finally strick
en ou f , the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
LATEST NEWS EROM THE OLD
WORLD.
Disasters To Vessels—Tlie Floods In Ger
many—The Debt Commission—A The
atre Burned.
(By Gable to the Chronicle.)
London, December 6. —The bark Maria
Sophia, from Hamburg via Plymouth, for
Wilmington, N. C., has arrived off the Isle
of Wight, leaky and with a loss of sails. —
The steamer Strathmore, from Savannah
for Bremen, ashore at Calandsoog, Nether
lands, has lost her rudder. Part of the
crew is still on board. The steamer Peru
vian has been floated.
London, December 6.—A dispatch from
Paris to Reuter’s Telegram Company, says :
"It is stated that M. Duclere, President of
the Council, yesterday communicated to the
Cabinet that his reply to England’s propos
als to France in regard to Egypt was a re
fusal. It is pointed out in parliamentary
circles that the acceptance of the Presidency
of the Debt Commission would necessitate
the maintenance of an impartiality which
would debar France from defending her in
terests.”
London, December 6.—A dispatch to the
Times from Paris says England has offered
France the permanent Presidency of the
Debt Commission which body in the future
will have the management of the Diara do
mains. Should a French President be ap
pointed the management of the Egyptian
revenues would become exclusively entrust
ed to France.
Cannes, December 6.—Louis Blanc died
here to-day.
Bskun, December 6.—The loss by the
floods in the Rhenish districts will amount
to millions of marks. The damage to the
town of Duisburg, alone, amounts to a mil
lion marks. Sixty houses near Mayence are
swept away.
Oodcgne, December 6. —The Rhine has
risen 31 centimetres since 2 o'clock this
morning. The Mosel is again rising rapid
ly. The Neckar and the Main are also ris
ing but more gradually.
Rome, December 6. —Signor Bertani, the
acknowledged leader of the Radical party,
took the oath of allegiance to the King to
day.
Pabi®, s December 6.—ln the Chamber of
Deputies, to-day, the estimates of the Minis
ter of Commerce were adopted. During the
debate on the estimates M. Tirard, Minister
of Finance, declared that the Government
felt that it was time to stop the incessant
increase of expenditure unless it was intend
ed to jeapordize the financial equilibrium.
London, December 6. —The Alhambra
Theatre was completely burned to-night
shortly after the close of the performance of
the Opera of "The Merry War.” Nothins
was saved.
London, December 6.—To-day’s record
shows three British vessels lost, two with
all on board and with one, sunk in the
channel, ten lives were lost. The ship
Fiona was lost at sea with all on board.
Another, name unknown, was lost off the
Scottish coast with all hands.
Caibo, December 7. —Mahmoud Sami, Ab
dellah Pasha, Ali Fehmy and Toulba Pasha
were arraigned this morning and pleaded
guilty to the charge of rebellion. They
were all sentenced to death, but their sen
tences were commuted to exile for life by
the Khedive. It is rumored that a European
mob in Alexandiia will attempt to lynch the
prisoners.
Dublin, December 7.—The trial of Pat
rick Higgin®, Thomas Higgins and Michael
Flynn, charged with the murder of the two
Huddys, was begun to-day. The court room
was crowded. It is reported that it will de
pend upon the results of this trial whether
the murderers of Detective Cox will be tried
by a jury or by a commission of three
Judges. Much surprise was manifested
yesterday at the disagreement of the jury in
the case of a prisoner who was clearly guilty
of arson.
London, December 7.—A dispatch from
Berlin says a young lady lately banished to
Siberia for complicity iu a Nihilist conspira
cy has killed the Governor of the Trans Bai
kal territory.
The limes' Berlin dispatch says the an
nual report to the Reichstag on the execu
tion of the Socialist law states that the con
dition cf the Socialist party does not mean
the conclusion that it is being extinguished
or even worn out. The moderates have been
outvoiced by the extremists. The Freheii,
the Social Democrat and other revolutionary
papers are being smuggled into the Em
pire on as large a scale as ever. Thirteen
thousand copies of the Social Democrat
have been confiscated during the last three
months. The followers of Herr Most are
rapidly increasing. The report concludes
as follows: "The conviction is irresistably
forced on the Government that the repres
sive measures must be continued.”
Vienna. December 8. The extensive
emigration from the mountain districts of
Hungary to America has caused the Hun
garian Government to request Austria to
stop emigrants not provided with pass
ports.
Pabis, December 7.—The river Seine con
tinues to rise. The Government has asked
the Chambers for a grant of 1,000,000
francs for the relief of the sufferers in the
inundated districts. It has been decided
that the funeral of Louis Blanc shall be at
the expense of the State.
—■- - —I I ■
Kellogg Get* tile Certificate
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Orleans, December 6.—A special to
the Times Democrat from Baton Rouge says
the Governor after a patient and exhaus
tive examination of the law and facts in the
Kellogg case has give the certificate
to Kellogg in accordance with the
returns from the Third District. The
Times-Democrai, this morning, publishes
the following: Gov. McEnery’s action in
relation to the Third District has been
grossly misrepresented. He has been charg
ed with refusing the certificate to Kellogg,
when, in fact, the Governor, upon the re
ceipt of Mr. Acklen’s protest, raising the
question of Kellogg’s eligibility, merely
suspended action to allow Kellogg to present
his statement of the law and the facts,
which was done on Monday, and on Tues
day the certificate was issued to Kellogg
The question was raised one week ago and
was decided on the day following the filing
of Kellogg’s brief.
In the case of the United States against
Oppenheimer, Pittman and White, one of
the Halifax (N. C ) election cases, the evi
dence for the Government was so insuffi
cient that the District Attorney withdrew
the case and the matter drops, the defend
ants being released, (
SOUNDS FROM HOME.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN GEORGIA AND
HER VICINITY.
The State and tlie South.—Excerps From
Exchange* and Private Advice* to the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist.
Atlanta, December 7.—Night before last
Deputy Collector Perkle seized a still in
Paulding county and arrested J. L. Wil
liams. Williams was tried before a Com
missioner and committed in default of bond.
On the same night Deputy Collector Fitz
simons seized a still in Paulding county,
but effected no arrests. —Cons! itution.
Sandebsville, December 7. v Hog chol
era is still raging below Tennille. We learn
that Messrs. J. W. Sessions B. S. Bo*tright
and 8. Van Brackle have all lost some hogs of
the disease.—Lizzie Sims, a colored woman,
hailing from Augusta, has been preaching
at night during the week to the colored peo
ple here. She has large congregations and
is regarded by her hearers as a good
preacher.—Herald.
Waynesbobo, December 7.—The cotton
fields begin to look bare. What the prefit
of the last crop is in Burke county* will
have to be asked of somebody else than the
average farmer.—Herald and Expositor.
Washington, December 7.—Mr. Toon
Powell, of Powell’s Mills, is now sowing
oats at the rate of 60 acres per day and has
been sowing for some time. He has sold
ten thousand bushels of the list crop and
has twenty thousand to sell yet. He is the
right kind of a farmer.—Gazette.
Athens, December 7.—Athens has never
witnessed a more orderly election th&n the
municipal election yesterday. There was no
whiskey given away or buying of votes. The
polls were opened at the usual hour, when
the respective candidates proceeded in a
quiet manner to work. Mr. O’Farrell was
elected Mayor by a large majority—Banner.
Abbeville, S. C., December 7.—Mr. J. Y.
Jones, of Fort Pickens, killed a hog last Fri
day which weighed five hundred pounds
gross. Mr. Jones estimates the cost at sl7.
He gave $7 for the hog when it was poor,
and then fed to it twenty bushels of corn, a
portion of which being damaged. At the
prevailing price of drove hogs, he cleared
S2B by the transaction.—Press and Banner.
Babnwell, S. 0. December 7.—The re
port current among the colored people t iat
Mr. W. J. Mixon was thrown from the
South Carolina Railway train on last Thurs
day by white persons for the purpose of re
venge or robbery is without any founda
tion in fact. The unfortunate accident was
purely the result of a mistake of Mr. Mix
on’s as in the location of the train and his
attempt to jump from it.—People.
Macon, December 7.—Macon has a num
ber of amusements on hand : The Art Ex
hibition, a dime museum on Cotton avenue,
electric light, a street corner needle ped
dler, shooting gallery, a one-legged acro
bat, "Esmeralda” and "Hazle Kirke,” the
city election and the transit of Venus.—
Yesterday afternoon a country darkey Went
into a barber shop on Mulberry street to be
shaved. While the barber was caressing
the stubble on his chin, another darkey
walked in and walked off with a pair of new
boots the country darkey had left in the
chair. The case was reported to officer
Ryan, but the thief had decamped.—Tele
graph.
Mabietta, December 7.—On last Satur
day, on the farm of Mr. W. M. Dobbs, in
this county, a little negro girl six years old,
named Anna Banks, was left in company
with other children in the cabin home by
her mother. One of the children set fire to
Anna’s clothing. The elder girl, instead of
putting out the fire, picked up the baby and
ran off to tell her mother. In the meantime
Anna became alarmed as the flames began
to envelope her form and she jumped in the
bed. As this did not extinguish the fire,
but only communicated the flames to the
bed clothing, she jumped out of that bed
and crawled under another bed in the
room. Her father, Ransom Banks, arrived
on the scene by this time, and called Anna
from under the bed, only to find her cloth
ing burnt off and her flesh burnt to a crisp.
She lived about one hour and died in great
agony. - Journal.
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NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Appointments For 1883 Visiting Com
mittees to the College—Death* During
the Year.
Thia body adjourned on Tuesday night
at 11 o’clock, after a session of seven days.
Everything passed off well, and the preach
ers went to their various places, as follows :
Appointments for 1883.
Athens District—G. W. Yarborough, Pre
siding Elder. Athens, First Church, J. D.
Hammond; Oconee Street and East Athens
Mission, A. W. Williams; Athens Circuit,
J. V. M. Morris; Watkinsville, R. A.
Seale: Oconee Circuit, T. O. Rorie; Oceoee
and Factory Mission, J. L. Lupo; Winter
ville, W. L.Wootten, E G. Murrah. Supernu
merary: Lexington, W. F Smith; Washing
ton, L. J. Davies; Little River, W. W. O-lin;
Broad River, J. W. G Watkins; Daniels
ville, to be supplied by D. F. Rutherford;
Jefferson, H. S. Bradley; Mulberry, E. H.
Wood; Harmony Grove.* J. R. Parker.
Atlanta District—J. Boring, Presiding El
der. Atlanta, First Church, O. A. Evans:
Trinity and Pierce Chapel, T. B. Kendall;
Evans’ Chapel, T. F. Pierce; Payne’s Chap
el, J. M. Bowden; Bt. Paul, W. D. Heath;
Sixth Church. H. L Crumley;City Mission,
W. A. Dodge; Edgewood, J. H. Baxter; Ful
ton. I. G Parks: Decatur and Clarkston, J
B. Johnston; Lithonia, W. T. Hamilton:
Conyers, R J. Bigham; Stone Mountain, L.
W. Rivers; Morrow’s Station, J. B. Allen;
Orphan Home. 8. P Jones. Agent; Mission
ary to China, D. L. Anderson.
Augusta District—H. H. Parks, Presiding
Elder; Augusta, St. John’s, W. A Candler;
St. James, 0. Pope; Asbury, W. F. Quillian;
St. Luke, M. H. Dillard; Richmond, C. S.
Owen; Appling, J. S. Embry; Harlem, T.
H. Timmons; Grovetown, to be supulied;
Thomson, 0. O. Cary; Warrenton, G. W.
Duval; Sparta, A. O. Thomas; Hancock, G.
E. Bonner, F. 8. Hudson; Culverton, J. E.
England; Milledgeville, R W. Brigham;
Baldwin, T. H. Gibson; Barnett, F. P.
Brown; Milledgeville Agricultural College,
W. F. Cook; President Paine Institute, M.
Calloway.
Dahlonega District—W. R. Branham, Jr..
Presiding Elder. Dahlonega, J. R King,
(1. Hughes, Supernumerary; Porter Springs,
F. O. Favor; Auraria, to be supplied by B.
T. Thomas; Cleveland, E. I. Smith; Hiwas
see, E. T. Hendrick; Blairsville, W. W.
Braswell; Morganton, M. G. Hamby: Elli
jay, W. T. Hamby; Dawsonville, J. H. Lit
tle; Jasper, G. W. Thomas, one to be sup
plied; Clayton, S. D. Evans, C. A. Jam
ison.
Dalton District—J. F. Mixon, Presiding
Elder. Dalton, J. W. Lee; Dalton Circuit,
J. B. McFarland; Spring Place. J. J. Harris;
Coosawattee, to be supplied; Tilton, to be
supplied; Calhoun, B. E L. Timmons;Fair
mount, M. H Edwards; Subligna, T. J. Ed
wards; Summerville, W. J. Cotter; LaFa
yette, E. W. Ballenger; McLemore’s Cove,
N. E. Mcßreyer; Ringgold, Eli Smith; Tun
nell Hill, W.' T. Laine.
Elberton District—W. P. Lovejoy, Pre
siding Elder. Elberton, A M. Thigpen;
Elbert, W. M. D. Bond; Bethlehem, H J.
Ellis; Hartwell, P. M. Ryburn; Hart Cir
cuit, A. W. Quillian: Toccoa and Belton, J.
A. Timmerman ; Homer, J N. Myers ;
Carnesville, W. O. Butler; Clarkesville, R
B. O. England; Franklin Springs, to be
supplied bv L. D. Sewell; Lavonia Mission,
W. T. Norman; Lincolnton, E. B. Rees, one
to be supplied; Missionary to China, Geo.
R. Loehr.
Gainesville District—W. A. Parks, Pre
siding Elder. Gainesville, A. J. Jarrell ;
Hall, R. P. Martyn ; Flowery Branch, B.
Sanders; Cumming, J. T. Curtiss; Chesta
tee, L. P. Winter; Forsyth Mission, to be
supplied by B. B. Ledbetter; Duluth, J. H.
Mashburn, one to be supplied by J. M.
Armstrong; Lawrenceville and Suwannae,
K. Read ; Logansville, J. L. Perryman ;
Gwinnett, H. M. Newton; Monroe, M. H.
Eakes, A. Means, Supernumerary; Nor
cross. T. J. Christian.
Griffin District-G. H. Patillo, Presiding
Elder, Griffin. 8. P. Richardson: McDon
ough, J. C. Davidson; Milner, S. Leake;
Zebulon, J. T. Lowe; Barnesville, H. C.
Christian; Upson, L. Rush, one to be sup
plied by J. B. Hanson; Thomaston, W. R.
Foote; Culloden, A. Gray; Forsyth, J. S.
Bryan; Forsyth Circuit, J. A. Rosser; Jack
son and Butts Mission, N. R. Glenn, one to
be supplied; Snapping Shoals, C. V. Weath
ers; Hillsboro, to be supplied by J. H.
Brooks; Monticello, T. 8. L. Harwell, M. D.
Turner; Ciinton, W. D. Shea; Geo. G.
Smith, Sunday School Secretary; J. E.
Evans, Commissioner of Education for
Paine Institute.
LaGrange District-W. H. LaPrade Pre
siding Elder, LaGrange, Josiah Lewis;
Troup, J. M. Lowrey; Houston, F. M. T.
Brannan, J. P. Howell, Supernumerary;
Hogansville, E. K. Aiken; West Point, B.
F. Fariss; Whitesville, W. E. Shackelford;
Greenville and Trinity, W. P. Rivers: Meri
wether, J. H. Daniel; North Meriwether, J.
T. Richardson; Grantville, A. G. Worley;
Shipley, to be supplied by S. D. Clements;
Franklin, J. R. Smith: Heard Mission, to
be supplied by H. L. Embry; Bowden, M.
W. Arnold; Missionary to China, Young J.
Allen; LaGrange Female College, J. W.
Heidt, President; P. A. Heard, Professor.
Marietta District -J. B. Mayson, Presid
ing Elder. Marietta, T. A. Seals; Roswell,
W. P. Smith; Alpharetta, W. T. Bell; Cobb;
J. W. Baker; Cherokee, A. J. Hughes; Can
ton and Little River, R. R. Johnson; Ac
worth, H. M. Quillian; Powder Springs, O.
L. Patillo; Douglassville and Villa Rica, G.
W. Hardaway; Temple, to be supplied;
Douglass, G. C. Andrews, one to be sup
plied; Buchanan Mission, F. P. Langford;
Spalding Mission, to be supplied; Etowah,
to be supplied by J. M. Sullivan.
Newnan District—Geo. E Gardner, Pre
siding Elder. -Newnan, W. W. Wadsworth;
Newnan Circuit, J. W. Quillian; Senoia, M.
L. Underwood; Palmetto and Fairburn, J.
A Reynolds; Fairburn Circuit, L. P. Neese,
Whitesburg, W. H. Speer; Caroilton, W. J.
Scott; East Point, E. A. Gray; Brooks Sta
tion, to be supplied by Daniel McLucas;
Fayetteville, J. G. Worley; Hampton, R. W.
Rogers; Jonesboro, W. 0. Dunlap.
Oxford District—l. D. Gray, Presiding
Elder. Oxford, J. L. Pierce, A. G. Hagood;
Covington, W. F, Robinson, A. G. Deavors;
Supernumerary, Newborne, O. A. Cenway;
Social Circle, D. F, 0. Timmons, M. A. Mals
by, Supernumerary, Rutledge, F. Cantrell;
Madison, D. J. Myrick; Morgan, W. A. Fa
riss; Greensboro, O. A. Thrower; White
Plains. D. D. Cox; Greene Circuit to be sup
plied; Eatonton, H. J. Adams; East Putnam,
W. T. Caldwell; West Putnam. M. J. Cofer;
Emory College, A. G. Hagood, President;
I. S. Hopkins, Professor.
Rome District—W. F. Glenn, Presiding
Elder. Rome, W. D Anderson;DeSoto, O.
C. Simmons; DeSoto Circuit, W. W. Lamp
kin; South Rome and Forrestville, to be
supplied; Ridge Valley, W. G. Hanson;
Cave Spring, J. B. Robbins; Cedartown, J.
W. Roberts; Polk Mission, to be supplied
by J. H. Ellis; Rockmart, J. T. Gibson;
Kingston, J. W. Stipe; Cartersville, F. G.
Hughes, J. T. Norris, and R. H. Jones, Su
pernumerary; Dallas, B. F. Payne; Sweet
water, B. W. Latimer; Vann’s Valley, J. T.
Lin; W. H. Potter, editor Wesleyan Chris
tian Advocate.
Transfers.
W. A. Rogers, to White River Conference;
P. L. Stanton, to Denver Conference; D.
L. Parish, to North Alabama Conference;
R. M. Hickey, to Holston Conference.
The next Conference will be held at Dal
ton, Ga.
Visiting Committees.
Emory College—W. W. Wardsworth, A.
J. Jarrell, C. Pope, W. F. Slaton, M. C.
Fulton.
Wesleyan Female College—J. W. Lee, J.
D. Hammond, J. Lewis, W. J. Woodhall, J.
B. Hunnicutt.
LaGrange Female College—W. F. Glenn,
T. R. Kendall, J. H. Baxter, W. R. Ham
mond, T. E. Atkinson.
Dalton Female College—J. B. Robbins,
O. A. Thrower, B. E. L. Timmons, J. I.
Wright, W. F. Turner.
Georgia Methodist College—O. A. Evans,
C. C. Carey, T. H. Timmons, A J. Miller,
W. E. McCalla.
Gainesville Female College —W. A.
Dodge. J. R. Parker, W. A. Parks, H. P.
Bell, W. S. Thompson.
Located—J. J. Singleton, R. L. Campbell,
C. A. Mitchell, E. G. Morrow.
Died during the year—W. R. Foote, Sr.,
A. W. Rowland.
W. B. Brandham, Sr., for many years a
useful member of the Conference, was plac
ed on the list of Superannuates.
BUTCHERY BY INDIANS.
A Party of Thirty Slain in Mexico.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Denver, December 7.—Details have been
received of the slaughter of thirty Mexicans
and five Americans by Juh’s band of Indians
in Chihuahua, The Politico of Coliani had
raised a party of thirty, with whom he start
ed to punish Juh for stealing stock. Juh
ambushed this party and corraled them in
an arrayo. One man succeeded in getting
out and returned with a party of seventy
men. The latter were unable to break
through Juh’s line and were compelled to
witness theslaughter of the Politico’s entire
party. Juh’s band numbered two hundred.
After the butchery was complete the In
dians escaped. The Mexicans who sought
the remains of their friends, found near by
the bodies of five Americans, two of whom
were recognized as James Biggs and W,
McDowell, of Grant county. New Mexico,
who had been in Chihuahua purchasing
cattle.
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THE HERALD IN COURT.
Suit Against James Gordon Bennett For
Damages.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Yokk, December 7.—The trial of the
libel suit brought by Jas. Francis Moloy, a
citizen of Edgefield, S. C., against Jas. Gor
don Bennett, was begun to-day in the Unit
ed States Circuit Court, for the recovery of
$30,000 damages. The libel complained
of is the publication of an article in the
Herald recording the destruction of a large
portion of the town of Edgefield, 8. 0., by
the fire of the 30th of October 1881, and
atating that Moloy, who was a property
owner and insured, and whose store was
burned, was suspected of being the incen
diary. A motion to dismiss tbe-case on the
part of the defendant, was denied and the
trial is still on.
■—
A Disagreement.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) ‘
New York, December 7.—The Be’mont-
Devoy libel case ended to-day in the Court
of General Sessions by the disagreement of
the jury and their discharge. The jury
stood eight for conviction and four for
acquittal. Judge Cowing granted a motion
vacating the order committing Devoy for
contempt.
THE NATIONS STAIN.
MORMONISM AND POLYGAMY IN UTAH
TERRITORY.
Report of tlie Commission Appointed
Under the Act of Congress—A Recalci
trant Crowd.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, December s.—The Utah
Commission in their report to the Secretary
of the Interior, dated November 19, 1882,
detailing the resnlts of their labors in the
Territory, say, "The anamolous condition
of this country and its people, together
with the inherent difficulty of adjusting
local laws to the act of Congress, are such
that they imposed on us great care and de
liberation lest on the one hand we should
go beyond the limits of the law or on the
other hand fall short cf a vigorous and
effective discharge of our duties. We were
obliged to construe for ourselves.”
The Commission did not construe
the spirit of the act forbidding polygamists
and bigamists from voting, only to affect
those who were actually in polygamy at that
time, for such construction would make tbe
section a perfect nullity, and they added
such regulations as seemed desirable to
carry out the objects of the act. The Com
mission recommends that a marriage law
be passed by Congress which would form an
auxiliary in the suppression of polygamy.
This law should declare all future marriages
in Utah null and void unless contracted and
evidenced in the manner provided by the
act. Certain places should be designated for
all marriages, which should be witnessed
by certain persons and registered in specific
public offices, so as to make the proof of the
marriage morally certain. Parties and wit
nesses should be required to make their
affidavits against polygamy. Another sug
gestion is that marriages be solemnized in
private, but with like guarantees of regis
tration, affidavits, witnesses, Ac. In either
case appropriate penalties should be pro
vided for a violation of the act. The Com
mission say that owing to the peculiar
state of affairs in Utah the territorial
law allowing to women the right of
suffrage, is an obstruction to the speedy
solution of the vexed question and should be
repealed or annulled by Congress. To ob
' viate the difficulty in proving the first legal
marriage, the Commission recommends that
Congress declare the first or legal wife a
competent witness in such cases. The Com
mission say that they have not had time
fully to test the operation of the law, but so
far it has been a decided success in exclud
ing polygamists from the exercise of suf
frage, and they are of opinion that a steady
and continuons enforcement of the law
will place polygamy in a condition of
gradual extinction. The Commission
notices as an encouraging sign that many
of the liberal meetings have been large
ly attended by Mormons and that these
meetings have been characterized by good
order and good humor. There is no in
tention in the report to advise Congression
al legislation of a radical character unless
upon further observation and experience its
necessity shall be demonstrated. In conclu
sion the report says after counselling mod
eration: “If, however, the next session of
the Legislative Assembly, elected under
the act of Congress, shall fail to respond
to the will of the nation, Congress should
have no hesitation in using extraordinary
measures to compel the people of this Ter
ritory to obey the laws of the land.”
Salt Lake City, Utah, December 5.
The Governor having made appointments
of those municipal officers who would have
been elected last Angust but for the Ed
munds bill, the present incumbents of
those offices refused to turn them over to
the Governor’s appointees in all cases but
. one. Three District Courts us the Territory
have already ruled on applications for
mandamus. Judge Hunter has decided
that the pleadings were insufficient,
and an amended complaint has since
been filed. Judge Emerson virtually
decides that the complainant is en
titled to the office, but has granted a
stay of proceedings and an appeal has been
taken which will be adjudged at the Janu
ary term of the Territorial Supreme Coart.
Judge Twiss decided that mandamus is the
proper remedy and that the offices were
vacated by the lapse of election. The Gov
ernor was. therefore, authorized to fill them.
A motion for a stay of proceedings pending
an appeal will be argued December 9th.
VIRGINIA ELECTION CASES.
Congressman Dezendorf Want* Mahon«
Summoned As a Witness.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
( Richmond, December 6.—Among the wit
'nesses before the United States Court to
day, in the alleged election fraud cases,
was Hon. J. Dezendorf, member of Con
gress from the Second Virginia District,
who, in reply to questions propounded by
District-Attorney Jno. A. Wise, stated that
he knew of no frauds -of his own personal
/knowledge, but would respectfully refer
the District-Attorney to a letter that he
• (Dezendorf) had written him. The District
Attorney stated that be had not received the
letter, and would be glad to have the names
of any parties who could furnish informa
tion as to frauds. Mr. Dezendorf offered to
read a copy of his letter, but the District
Attorney said it was not necessary. Mr.
Dezendorf then asked to have summoned
General William Mahone, -Jas. D. Brady
(Collector of Internal Revenue at Pe
tersburg). S. Brown Allen (First Auditor
of Virginia), the county treasurer and col
lector of delinquent taxes in his (Second)
Congressional District. In his letter, which
is given for publication, he states bis rea
sons at length for wishing these parties
summoned. He wishes General Mahone
to testify to the amount of money collected
from clerks and other Government em
ployes in the Departments at Washington,
and from office holders, State and Federal,
in Virginia; also the amounts received from
the Republican Congressional Executive
Committee at Washington, giving the man
ner in which the sum so received by
him, or by the committee of which he
was Chairman, was expended; whether
or not, the Federal patronage in
Virginia is now and has been since
the 9rh of September 1880, under his sole
control, and whether he has not used such
patronage to intimidate Federal office hold
ers, by the removal of Republicans, com
pelling others to fall into line under penalty
of removal from office in case they neglected
or refused to sustain the Readjusler move
ment. Os the other witnesses he desires
testimony of a similar import and bearing
on the same subject.
North Carolina Election Cases.
Raleigh, December 6.—The case in the
Federal Court against Dempsey Bryan, Jo
nas Cohen and James Arthrell, charged
with election frauds in Halifax county in
1880,-was tried to-day before a jury com
posed of Democrats and Republicans, all
white. District Attorney Bobinson and As
sistant District Attorney Bagley acted for
the prosecution, and Thomas C. Fuller, F.
H. Busby and J. E. O’Hara (colored Repub
lican Cor grass man elect) appeared for the
defense. The jury, after a short absence,
found the defendants not guilty. Another
election case the last of the batch - against
Oppenheim, Pittman and White, comes up
to-morrow. The grand jury has signed a
bill against Hamlin and others, charged
with neglect of duty at the election this
year in Northampton county.
VOLUME XCV TERMS—S2.OO A YEAR.
A. E. & C. RAILWAY.
Notice By the Soliciting Agent
For the purpose of soliciting subscrip
tions to the Augusta, Elberton and Chicago
Kailway, I shall be at the following places
on the Jays named. All persons wh • in
tend to aid the enterprise are earnestly ur
ged to meet me:
L'ncolnton, Lincoln Co., Saturday, Nov. 25.
Washington, Wilkes Co., Mondav, Nov. 27.
Dsnburg, Wilkes Co., Tuesday, Nov. 28.
Wilkes Co , Wednesday morning, Nov.
Broad, Wilkes Co, Wednesday afternoon,
Nov. 29.
Baker’s Ferry, Elbert Co., Thursday, Nov.
30.
Dove’s Creek, Elbsrt Co., Friday morning,
Dec. 1.
Hicksville, Elbert Co., Friday afternoon, Dec.
Elberton, Elbert Co., Saturday, Dec. 2.
Ruckersville, Elbert Co. Monday, Dec. 4.
Eureka Mills, Elbert Co , Tuesday morning,
Dec. 5.
Heardmont, Elbert Co , Tue»day afternoon,
Dec. 5.
Stansells, Elbert Co., Wednesday morning.
Dec. 6.
Flatwoods, Elbert 00., Wednesday afternoon,
Dec. 6.
Lisbon, Lincoln Co., Thursday, Deo. 7.
Barksdale’s Ferry, Lincoln Co*., Friday morn
• ing, Dec. 8.
Goshen, Lincoln Co., Friday afternoon, Dec.
Dooley’s Ferry, Lincoln Co., Saturday morn
ing, Dec. 9.
Leverett, Lincoln Co., Saturday afternoon.
Deo. 9.
Double Branches, Lincoln Co., Monday. Dec.
11.
Lockhart's, Lincoln Co., Tuesday morning.
Dec. 12. b
Leathersville, Lincoln Co., Tuesday after
noon, Dec. 12.
Raysville, Columbia Co., Wednesday morn
ing, Deo. 13.
Winfield, Columbia Co., Wednesday after
noon, Dec. 13.
Dunn’s Chapel, Columbia&Oo., Thursday
morning, Dec. 14. taag
Appling, Columbia Co., Thursday afternoon,
Dec. 14.
Griff’s Store, Columbia Co., Friday morning,
Deo. 15. —2;
Luke’s Store, Columbia Co , Friday after
noon, Dec. 15.
Dr. Jack Smith’s, Columbia Co., Saturday
morning, Dec. 16.
Magnolia, Columbia Co., Saturday afternoon,
Deo. 16. R. M. MITCHELL,
Soliciting Agent A. E. & 0. Railway. $
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Bedfobd, Ind., December 6.—Shawnee
College, ten miles south of this place, was
burned Monday night, with its museum of
Indian curiosities valued at SIO,OOO. It is
supposed to have been caused by an incen
diary. Non© of the property was insured.
Charleston, December 6.—An attempt
was made last night to lynch a white man
named W. S. Sims, who is confined in the
Aiken county jail upon the charge of com
mitting a shameful crime upon his own
wife. The jail is closely guarded by State
troops under orders from Governor Thomp
son. The prisoner is a practicing physician.
Louisville, December 6.—John T. Rin
ler, of Chicago, who has been here several
days attending to litigation in which ho
was interested, to-day cut his wife’s throat
and then his own. He died almost in
stantly and the woman is dying. No trouble
between them is known and it is conjec
tured that the act was committed during in
sanity caused by business troubles.
NewObleans, December 6.—The boiler
of the propeller Morning Star, plying be
tween this city and Magnolia plantation,
i exploded about 6 o’clock this morning at
Bellair plantation. Os twenty-one persons
on board three were killed, eight drowned
and six badly if not fatally scalded. The
steamer Bunbeam was near by and at once
1 went to the rescue and brought the wound
ed’to the city. They were sent to the hos
pital. Jack Johnson (white), fireman, and
seven colored roustabouts were drowned,
The killed are Henry Kaiser, Nancy Gardi
ner (colored) and a child named Joseph
Simederin. The badly scalded are Eugene
Pennywith, the engineer; James Ryan,
boiler maker; Mary Miller (colored), a pass
enger; Frank Holt and Wm. Frantz, em
ployes of the boat, and Sarah Young.
London, December 7.—The loss by the
burning of the Alhambra Theatre last night
aggregates one hundred and fifty theuaand
pounds. Insurance trifling.
Newbebne, N. 0,, December 7.—Cicero
Collins, who was sentenced to be hanged at
Kenston, N. 0., December Bth, has been re
spited by the Governor until January 19th.
Memphis, December 7.—A fire at Coving
ton, Tenn., this morning, destroyed the
Presbyterian Church, the Masonic Lodge,
the newspaper office and a number of busi
ness houses. The loss is estimated at $50,-
000; insurance small.
Montgomery, December 7. A special
dispatch from Evergreen announces the
burning of the Court House of Conecuh
county. All the county records were de
stroyed. Loss, fifty thousand dollars; in
surance, two thousand dollars. The fire is
supposed to have been incendiary.
New Obleans, December 7.—Frank Holt,
of Chattanooga, Wm. Freitus, aged 16, and
Sarah Young (colored), who were badly
scalded by the explosion on the Morning
Star, have since died. Os 21 persons on
board at the time of the accident but five
are now living. It is stated that the Morn
ing Star was racing with the Sunbeam when
the explosion occurred.
London, December 7, midnight —The
premises of Foster, Porter <fc Co., wholesale
hosiers, on Wood street, extending back to
Philip lane, are now on fir--, and the confla
gration promises to become most serious.
Several houses on Philip lane have caught
fire, and the street being very narrow, it is
difficult for the firemen to approach the
burning buildings. The flames have ex
tended on Philip lane south as far as Addle
street.
Syracuse, N. Y., December 7.-During
the storm this morning, a stock train bound
East, broke asunder when near Memphis,
on the Central Railroad, and a dairy train
and another stock train following dashed
, into the general heap. The St. Louis ex
' press train going Westalsd dashed into the
wreck. No person was-injured, but consid
erable live stock was killed and heavy dam
age was done to rolling stock.
Cincinnati, December 7.—A quarrel arose
among some hack drivers and some persons
going home frome a ball, at five o’clock this
morning. When policemen appeared to
keep the peace one of the drivers, William
Patterson, a notorious character, drew a
revolver and fired at the policeman. The
tall missed the policeman, but struck Jos.
Coke, another driver, in the head killing
him instantly. Patterson escaped.
Chablctte, N. 0., December 7.—Joe
Roes, th© negro who murdered F. M. Mc-
Dowell on Thanksgiving Day, was killed
Wednesday night at Ivey’s Mill, on the
Catawba river, in Lancaster county, S 0.,
by ferryman Alonzo Huntley. The pur
-1 suing party were close behind. Ross
' asked the ferryman to take him across. The
ferryman identified and tried to arrest him.
Boss resisted and the ferryman shot him.
■ Before dying the negro confessed murder
ing McDowell and also murdering Bob Hen
negan in Mecklenburg county two years
ago.
New Ob? bans, December 7.—The Times-
Democrat’s Galveston special says this morn
ing the work of breaking cotton in the for
ward hold in the steamship Ardenearrah
commenced and the fire, which was suppos
ed to be subdued last night, was discovered
smouldering in the cotton in the bottom of
the bold. When about three hundred bales
bad been taken out, the flames again burst
forth, and a general alarm was sounded.
The Fire D c partment soofi had the flames
nn3or control. The entire cargo will be
taken out