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SStl CONSOLIDATED MARCHI7/1877.
AUGUSTA'S LIMITS.
THE BILL PASSED TO OUR
CORPOKiTfc LIMITS.
The Senate Cnmpllments Mr. Lamar—
The Expense" oi the Technological
Committee to be Paid Any Way
-The fright Session of the
House— The Lensed Rail
road Question Being
Considered.
[Suecial to the Chronicle.]
SENATE.
Atlanta, Ga., August 28.—The Senate
was ready to convene at nine o’cloak, bnt
both the President and President pro tem.
were absent on account of a misconception
of the hour for assembling. Under the
rules cf the Senate, in such a contingency
the Secretary must call the Senate to order
end preside until a President pro tem. is
elected. Oolonel Harris, the Secretary,
called the Senate to order. Senator Wal
ker nominated Colonel L. M. Lunar for
President pro tem. Senator Frederick
seconded the nomination. Senator Lamar
was unanimously elected. Senator Gustin
moved the appointment of a committee of
three WJ O r fl °t the President pro tdtti. to
the Harris appointed Senators
•Gn tin, Gaprge and Tatung WTO escorted
PresidentNgumar to thbCbmr.
President Lsunsr responded:
Genflemen of the Senate :
I return you my sincere thanks tor this
distinguished mark of your consideration.
I will ondeivor to preside with impariiali
ty and Advance the business of the Sen
ate. [Applause ]
Mr. McLean prayed. Roll called. Jour
nal read.
Mr. McDonald moved to reconsider
making the Temperance bill the special
order tor Thursday
Messrs. Parks, Walker, Greer and De-
Wolf all agreed to reconsideration, as also
Mr. Davis and Mr. Smith, but disagreed
as to the day to reset.
Mr. Smi’h urged nest Tuesday. He
understood those opposed tothebill would
ba absent and that was a practical vote
against the bill.
The bill was reconsidered and made the
special order tor Tuesday.
Mr George, Chairman of the Corpora
tion Committee, reported a bill.
The special order was taken up, a bill to
regulate leased railroads.
Mr. Gustin moved to discharge the or
der and table the bill, and explained his
reason, which was that, the chairman of the
committee was absent, who desired to be
present. Carried.
Senator Smith moved to get into execu
tive session.
Senator Biker hoped the motion would
not be pre-sed forth« present. He would
have to c a resolution that he did not
desire to offsr He wished to get from the
Executive the letters and petitions in re
gard to the recommendations for County
Judge of Bartow. He had written for
them and had not received them. He
wished to wait for a reply. If they were
not sent he would offer a resolution calling
for them.
Senator Smith made the point of order
that Senator Baker was out of o-der, as the
motion to go into Executive session was
not debateable.
The Chair decided the point well taken.
Mr. Baker said he did not mean to be
buldozei bv the Senate. ,
The C&air said there was no purpose
to do anything but enforce the rules of the
body.
Mr. Baker had hi’ resolution read for in
formation, and urged that the Senate
should have the information. His people
should not be throttled.
jUMr. Dußignon made the point of order
Shkt the discussion was out of order and
bs done in secret secession.
■ The Chair decided the point well taken.
V Mr. Meldrim said he should vote to de-
W lay the executive session to gi re a chance
fto get the papers from the Governor, as
| he learned the Governor was preparing
L them.
" Mr. Livingston and Mr. Smith both
urged that all of this should be discussed
in secret session, even the question of de
lay asked for by Senator Baker.
The previous qnes’ion was called, and
the Senate went into Executive session.
Senator Lamar presided well and de
monrirated a thorough fitness and capacity
for the President’s duties.
The Bartow Jadgeahip.
The Senate in Executive session con
firmed Mr. Tumlin ns Judge of the Bartow
County Court.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Te«terda>'s Afternoon Session.
The House reassembled at 3 o’clock,
Speaker pro tem. Rankin in the Chair.
Mr DuPree. of Macon, offered a resolu
tion to make the Flint river a lawful fence
in certain places.
Bills on third reading were in order.
A bill to pay public school teachers in
Rabun county. Passed.
A bill tn prevent the sale of intoxicating
liquors within on» mile of Big Shanty
Baptist Church, C >bb county; within three
miles of Porter Manufacturing company’s
works, in Hah«rshstr. county: within
three miles of Friendship and Ebenczer
Churches, in Meriwether county; County
Line and Western Churches, in Heard
county; Canaan and Midway Churches, in
Pike county ; within eight miles of Bush
Arbor Church, the Vanns Church, the
L.virgstone Methodist Church and Moun
tain Spring Church, of Floyd county; and
certain churches on the line between Ter
rell and Randolph counties. Passed.
A bill to provide for local option in the
counties ot Mitchell and Pike was taken
op.
Upon this bill the Representatives of
Pike countv disagreed. Mr. Bedding op
posed it. He said that the county outside
Zebulon and Barne-vilie practically al
ready had prohibition. The city of
Barnesville relied on its revenue from this
source to meet its obligations. It had is
sued 98,000 of bonds for educational pur
poses and $3,000 of bunds for the purchase
of afl re engine. The passage of a prohibi
tion law would greatly embarrass the coun
ty and render it difficult for it to meet out
standing obligations.
Mr Beauchamp, of Pike, who introduced
the ball, exhibited a statement that the
bill was favored bv the Mayor and Council
of Barnesville. He did not apprehend
any difficulty from the passage of the bill
The people want it and are willing to take
the consequences of its passage. The
bill failed of a constitutional majority, re
ceiving -89 votes to 11 against it.
A bill to extend the corporate limits of
Augusta was passed.
A bill to amend an act to create a Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
for Polk county. Passed.
A bill to regulate the sale of intoxicating
liquors in Rockdale county. Passed.
On motion*of Mr. Jordan, of Hancock,
ihe House adj in med to' 8. p. m.
NigM SeMion.
The House met at 8 o’clock, and the
regular order of reading bills which had
been favorably reported the second time
was taken up.
Several bills were read and passed to
a third reading, and the House, at nine
o’clock, adjourned to nine o’clock this
morning.
Twesday’a Saaatoai.
The House met at 9 o’clock. Prayer by
the Rev. John Jones. The roll was called
And the Journal was read and confirmed.
On motion of Mr, Dupree pf Macon, the
bill to defray the expenses of the Commit
tee on Technology, was reconsidered.
Oo motion of Mr. Spence, of Mitchell,
the bill in relation to the sale of liquor in
Pike and other counties, was reconsidered.
The committee to procure a portrait cf
Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, are Messrs.
Robbe, ot Richmond, and Watson, of Mc-
Duffie.
Mr Calvin, of Richmond, moved to dis
agree to the report of the Judiciary Com
mittee on the bill to declare personal
property of every kind to be tbe subject of
pledge or pawn. The committee reported
adversely on tbe bill.
The motion provoked a very lively dis
cussion. Mr. Calvin explained the bill
Mr. Jordan, of Hancock, stoutly fought
the bill, paying, in the course of hie re
marks, that the caption ought to read
“An Act to Encourage Fraud in Georgia ’
Mr. Bartlett, of Bibb, followed on the
same line. Mr. Beck warmly espoused
the bill, as did likewise Mr. James, of
Douglas, both gentlemen affirming in
g owing periods that the bill would prove
tbe bosom friend of the farmer in that it
empowered him to get money out of a
bant on the quickest possible notice by
simply pawning any part of his crop. *
The vote was taken and the report of the
committee having been diaagieed toby a
snug little majority, the measure was
passed to a third reading.
The joint resolution to defray the ex
penses of the Committee on Technology
was now taken up. The Committee of the
Whole—Mr. Peek in the Chair—recom
ommended tbe passage of the resolution.
Mr. Fite moved an amendment, that the
committee be paid per diem and railroad
fare actually paid out.
The amendment was demolished by a
vote of fifty-eight to thirty-eight.
The resolution was then passed by a
vote of yeas 90, nays 30.
The-special order—A bill to provide for
the correct assessment of taxable property
in tMs B r ate, was considered.
The bill was read by sections and dis
cussed at length.
Tbe House adjourned to 3 o’clock this
afternoon. Richmond.
SENATE.
Atlanta, Ga., August 29.—Senate met,
President Boynton presiding. Dr. Jones
made an appropriate prayer. Roll called.
Journal read and confirmed.
The committee on the Marietta and North
Georgia Railroad was granted leave ot
absence to visit the road.
Mr Daßignon, Chairman of the Judici
ary Committee made a report.
Mr. Tatum, Chairman of the Committee
on the State of Business, reports that the
Legislature can adjourn at noon of Sep.
tember 15th. The Committee say, the bus
iness is as follows:
In Senate.
Senate bill in committee 47
Senate bills in House 42
Senate bills on the table. 18
Senate bills for third reading 3
Resolutions in House 10
120
House bills in Senate
House tills in committee... 18
House bills for third reading 6
House bills on table 8
House resolutions 1
33
In House
House bills 3d reading 168
House bills 2d reading (adversely).. 203
House bills (favorably) 176
Laid on table’ 22
Resolutions 17
Senate bills for Ist reading 2
Senate bills 2d reading 3
Senate bills 3d reading 6
597
In House Committees ... 78
675
Mr. Pol bill Chairman of Finance Com
mittee. reported the eapitol bill favorably.
Mr. Parks’ bill was taken up to provide
an additional mode of foreclosing mort
gages on personal property before the debt
shall become due, in cases where the
property cm be attached.
Mr. Meldrim explained the substitute
offered by the committee.
Mr. Parks made a clear explanation of
the object of the bill, which puts tbe pro
ceeds of the sale, under such mortgage in
tbe hands of the magistrate. Passed.
The Capitol bill, the special order, was
taken up by sections. The committee
amended the first section by striking out
the President cf the Senate and Speaker
of the House as members of the Board,
leaving the Governor alone. This was
adopted.
The co jmittee amended the second sec
tion by giving the appointment of five
commissioners to the Governor to be made
in thirty days.
Mr. wns tin moved to amend, requiring
the Governor to appoint in ten days, and
the confirmation by the Senate.
The committee's amendments after some
debate were adopted.
Mr. Baker offered an amendment that
the cost shall not exceed 91,000,000.
The amendment of Mr. Baker was
lost.
Mr. Tatum moved to amend to strike
the words “rock, granite and marble,”
leaving the Commissioners to use the best
material.
Mr. Tatum said experience showed that
bri ek stood fire best. He did not wish to
restrict the Commissioners to the Stone
Mountain Company.
*r. Pol hill suggested adding briek.
Mr Dußignon thought granite and
marble the best and most appropriate
ivaterial.
The amendment of Mr. Tatum was
lost.
Mr. Peeples moved to amend by requir
ing a fire proof library. After a little dis
cussion the amendment was adopted.
Mr. Dußignon moved to amend by strik
ing out tbe words that allow the Commis
sioners to buy the material and erect the
building in case there were no bids.
Mr. Polbili explained the committee’s let
ting these words remain The object of
the provision is to enable the Commission
ers to guard against the conspiring con
tractors.
Mr. Dußignon thought the reasoning
did not apply to this matter. He did not
think tbe Commissioners should be allow
ed to contract with themselves. He
thought the words should be stricken
out.
Mr. Gustin thought the point properly
guarded by the section that forbids the
Com mi - sioners being interested in the
contracts.
Mr. Hoyt stated how the competition be
tween contractors had cut down the cost of
tbe new Court House. The lowa State
House was built for three millions when
the contractors would only bid five mil
lions.
Mr Feepies said under sueh provisions
as this there bad been much loss incurred
in like matters. He did not wish to see
the building oort more than originally
contemplated. He favored the amend
ment as a pood one.
Mr. Polbili said the discussion had con
vinced him tAe words should be stricken
The emenameit was adopted and perhaps
the most important change that will be
made in the bill, «?nd was quite a triumph
for Mr. Dußignon, the mover, as it ha*
been fully discussed in committee, and he
was able to convince the committee against
their own report.
A message was received from the House
reporting a resolution.
Mr. Baker offered an amendment for
bidding tbe construction of tbe eapitol if
it would require .--fin increase ot taxes to
do so X
Mr. Polbili contended that tbe amend
ment was unnecessary.
Mr. Baker defended his amendment,
which was simply to throw a strong safe
guard against taxation. It could do no
harm and would show the State the good
faith of the bill.
The bill finally passed, 24 yeas to 6
nays.
Senate adjourned to 9 o’clock to-morrow
morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Yest«r«ta.y Afternoon’s Session.
The House reassembled at 3 o’clock, and
was called to order by the Speaker.
The House resumed consideration of the
bill to provide ’for the better assessment of
property in thia State
Mr. Lane, of Muscogee, offered to amend
tbe seventh section of the bill so that the
commissioners shall meet the first Monday
in May of each year, and as often there
after as necessary, provided they do not
draw pay for more than thirty days in one
year. The amendmjsat was agreed to-
Mr ‘Crenshaw, of Trotrpr Amoved to
4jWnd-4hre*cata!ogue of things to be re
turned for taxation, so as to include dogs.
Lost.
Mr. Mclntosh, of Dougherty, moved to
strike out of section 13 the clause requir
ing returns for taxation of farm products
on hand and for sale.
Mr. Patton, of Thomas, moved to strike
out section 13, fixing penalty for false re
turns. He said snch a provision was un
necessary and would often work hardship.
The amendment was discussed by Messrs.
Ray, of Coweta, and Bussell, of Clarke,
who opposed the motion to strike out the
penalty. The amendment was agreed to
by 76 to 34.
Mr. Hawkes, of Surr-ter, moved to amend
section 16 by inserting before the word
“returned” the words “to the best of my
knowledge and belief.” Agreed to.
Mr. Maddox, of Chattooga, off-red an
amendment that wild lands should be re
turned just as other properly.
?,Mr. Wa*ts, of Stewart, offered an amend
ment which was lost.
Mr. Mcßride, of Haralson, offered an
amendment that tbe Commissioners might
be removed by Judges of the Superior
Court for inefficiency. Agreed to.
Tho yeas and nays were called on the
bill and were 47 yeas to 85 nays. So the
bill was lost
Wednesday’s Session.
The House met at 9 o’clock. Prayer by
the chaplain. The roll was called and the
Journal was read and approved.
By Mr. James, of Douglass - Resolved,
That on and after to-day this House meet
at 8:30 o’clock a. m., and adjourn at 12:3 »
and meet again at 3:30 o’clock and ad
journ at 5:30 o’clock, and that no other
meeting be held each day until otherwise
ordered by this House.
Mr. Reese, of Wilkes, offered a substi
tute that the House sit from 9 to 1 in the
morning, and from 3 to 6 in the afternoon.
The substitute was adopted.
Mr. McCanlz, of Taylor-A bill to es
tablish a branch of the State University at
Butler, Taylor county. Read the first
time, end referred to Committee on Educa
tion.
Mr. Wright, of Floyd—A bill to regulate
the pay of the tax col'ector, tax receiver
and treasurer of Floyd county. Referred
to Committee on Finance.
Mr. Crenshaw, of Troupe— A bill to es
tablish a system of publio schools in La-
Grange. Referred to Committee on Fi
nance.
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in
Pike and Mitchell counties by a popular
vote was passed.
Mr. James, from the joint committee on
final adjournment, submitted a report.
Tbe committee, after examining into the
amount and nature of tbe business before
the two Houses and before the oommitees,
unanimously report that in their opinion
if the utmost dispatch is used in dispo
sing of said business this General Assem
bly may adjourn sine dieat twelve o’clock
on Saturday, the 15:h of September.
The special order-the bill to amend
section 4587 of the Code, with reference
to persons fraudulently obtaining credit
wag taken up. This bill makes it a penal
efi nse if a person in this State shall enter
into contrast of service with another, shall
obtain advances of money, goods, provis
ions or other articles of value, from his or
her employer, under a promise that he or
she will labor for lheir rmployer until said
advances shall have been paid, and, with
out eufficient provocation, shall leave the
service of said employer without having
paid, either in money or labor, the amount
thus advanced.
Mr. Harris of Bibb, spoke for the bill.
Mr. Reese, ot Wilkes, opposed it warmly.
Mr. Jordan, of Hancock, thought the
bill a bad one. He believed that if it
passed the organized Democracy of Geor
gia would melt away before Independent
ism like a snow flake before the rising sun.
Mr. Lofton, of Bibb, moved to amend
by inserting after the word provocation the
words “and with intent to defraud.” Mr.
Lofton analyzed the bill thoroughly and
made a solid speech in support of the
amendment.
Mr. Jones, of Doug’as, made a good
speech in favor of the bill. It tended
to make laborers honest, and should
pass.
Mr. Hulsey, of Fulton, opposed the bill.
He thought that to pass it would be to aim
a blow at the public policy and prosperity
of the State.
Mr. Peek, of Rockdale, wanted the bill
to pass. Mr. Tate, cf Pickens, didn't.
Mr. Middlebrooks spoke against the bill.
The bill was put upon its passage. The
vote stood, yeas, 60; nays, 74. The bill
was lost.
The following were read:
An act to amend several acts incorpora
ting Barnesville.
An act to amend the charter of the
Atlantic and Great Western Canal Com
pany.
An act to amend the act incorporating
Griffin.
An act to divide the State of Georgia
into ten Congressional Districts.
An act to amend an act to fix the fees of
the sheriff or jailor of Stewart county.
An act to prohibit the sale of liquor in
Grantville, also within three miles of the
town.
An act to incorporate Ty Ty, in Worth
county.
A resolution to pay the members mile
age in coming to and going from the ad
journed session.
The House adjourned to 3 o’clock this
afternoon. Richmond.
THE SENATE.
Atlanta, August 30. Senate met
Prayer. President pro tem. Polhill in the
Chair. 801 l call. Journal read.
Mr. Polhill, Chairman of Finance Com
mittee, reported bills.
Resolution to loan the geological col
lection to the Georgia Land Company was
taken up.
Mr. Hoyt briefly explained it.
Mr. Davis asked information about the
company.
Mr. Hoyt said it was a private company
seeking its own interest, out the State's
interest would be subserved by the dis
play.
Mr. Living'ton further explained the
benefit in having the State’s resources ad
vertised.
Mr. Davis asked if the specimens were
□ot already on exhibition and in a better
place now.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1883
Mr. Livingston said'Mrat &e not. They
are locked up in VPWUnMk room. The
specimens in the aglricajiflßßl room belong
mostly to private pirties. »The great bula
of the specimens up stairs.
Mr. Tatum eaidthe geological depart
ment was created •fa 1874 and $50,-
000 was spent in and collec-
tion of these specimen*. The law now im
poses the geological dutiste on the Commis
sioner of Agriculture. Ml.' Tatum urged
that the Commissioner display
these specimens, undnot turn them over
to private individu&B. ,*|le offered the
resolution.
Mr. Baker favored heartily i»e resolu
tion as for the State’s benefit. The Agri
cultural Commissfenejf.did pot | have
enough means to handle the geological.
Mr. Baker made 'a BtdfßUgp|sa for the
measure, showing how it would operate.
Mr. Peeples tboaght
now placed would do no good. .Tha loan
would do no hurt and would display them
o more advantage;?*
Mr. Davis favored'the r^L-* -prop
erly amended. T.-et the l-evn the
right to them spd Wke an invhnto-
The resolution was amended and on its
passage received 22 yeas and 4 nays, and
was decided lost, not receiving a constitu
tional majority.
Mr. Livingston made the point that it
did not need a constitutional msj irity.
Mr. Norman came in and proposed to
vote for the bill, but could not save by
unanimous consent. Objection was made.
The President decided that a constitu
tional majority must be given.
House bills were read the first time and
second time.
Bills on third reading were taken up, on
motion of Senator Parks.
Local bill for Emanuel county, as to a
creek therein. Passed. <
To provide county judge for Mitchell
county. Passed.
To pay the sheriff of Early county his in
solvent costs. Lost.
Liquor bill for Coweta 'county. Tabled
for t he present.
Bill about regulating medicine, making
more effective section 1409 of the Code.
Amended and passed.
Message from the Governor approving
the redistricting bill.
The business was up at Ten minutes of
11 o’clock.
On motion of Mr. Yow a recess was ta
ken, subject to the call of the" President.
Senate adjourned till to-morrow morn
in<r.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Yesterday Afternoon’s Session.
The House met at three o’clock and was
called to order by the Speaker. Bills on
third reading were in order and the fol
lowing were considered and passed.
To authorize the issua of bonds to
build a court house in Sumter county.
Passed.
To regulate the term of office of the City
Council of Augusta. Passed.
To provide local option for Taylor coun
ty. Passed.
To prohibit the herding or driving of
sheep in Thomas county without due no
tice. Passed.
To permit the town authorities of Rey
nolds, Taylor county, to issue bonds for
school purposes. Passed.
To amend the charter of Giiffiu as to
salaries of certain city officials. Passed.
To amend an act creating a board of
commissioners of roads and revenues of
Troup county. Passed. /
To fix fees of county treasurer and per
diem of jurors of Upson county. *
To provide for the drawing and empan
nelling of but one grand jury, at each
term of Washington Superior Court.
To incorporate the Irvinton Railroad
Company. The proposed railroad is to
run from No. 16 on the Central Bailroad
to Irvinton.
To repeal an act to amend an act creat
ing a board of commissioners of roads and
revenues for Worth county.
To incorporate the town of Ellaville in
Schley county. 1
A bill to require owners of stock to keep
the same from running at large in Jasper
county was arranged so that its impound
ing provisions would not apply to citizens
of Newton and Jones counties, and it then
parsed. ,
To incorporate The Savannah Street and
Rural Resort Railroad Company.
To incorporate the town of Graysvilie,
Catoosa county.
To authorize thd President and Directors
of the Capital Bank of Macon to reduce its
stock to 9'00,000.
To provide for an election on the liquor
question in Butts county.
To incorporate Jackson, Butts county.
The House adjour. ed to 9 o’clock Thurs
day.
Tliureday’a Proceedings.
The House met at 9 o’clock. Prayer by
the Chaplain. The roll was called and the
Journal was read.
Mr. Johnson, cf Baldwin, moved to re
consider so much of the Journal as relates
to the killing of the bill yesterday in refer
ence to persons fraudulently obtaining
credit, known as the “slavery bill.”
Mr. Everett, of Polk, opposed the mo
tion.
Mr. McGregor, of Warren, epoke in favor
of the motion.
Mr. Jordan, of Hancock, moved to lav
the motion on the table.
A call fcr the yeas and nays was sus
tained. The vote stood, yeas 77, nays 56.
The Journal was sustained.
Bills Read Third 7 ime.
A bill to amend section 4151 of the
Code, which provides for proving accounts
in Justice’s Courts against non-residents.
The vote stood,yeas 72, nays 40. The bill
was killed.
The bill to encourage the propagation
of fish in the waters of the State was,
on motion of Mr. Crenshaw, the introducer,
tabled. * ,
The House went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Sweat, of Clinch, in the Chair,
and adopted the resolution to appropriate
money to pay the Chaplains of the House
and Senate for the adjourned session.
Tbe committee of the whole House, Mr.
Peek, of Rockdale, presiding, recommend
ed the passage of the resoluttoiiTb-pay
Committee on Deaf and Dumb Afylpm ex
penses for visiting tbftt
120; nays, 1. Resolution adopied.
The committee of the whole House, Mr
Beese in the Chair, recommended tbe pas
sage of the resolution for the relief of W.
H. Horne, tax collector of Spalding coun
ty. Yeas, 122; nays. none. Resolution
adopted.
The House resolution, by Mr. Hum
ber, of Putnam, to pay James A. Green
fifteen hundred dollars fees in securing
the Trezevant claim. The minority re
port was read. It declares that
the Trezevant claim has not been col
lected by Mr. Speer, and that therefore the
State does not owe Mr. Green anything.
The minority report is signed T. 0. Cren
shaw, W. J. Ford, Tom Eason, 0. A.
Robbe, John Mcßae, Lewis W. Mobley, J.
J. Crumbley, C. T. Zacbery, J. D. Sutton.
Mr. Crenshaw spoke for the minority re
port, the burden of his remarks being that
this claim had not been collected. He
reviewed the history of the claim, quoting
the acts of 1858 and 1876 to show that the
contract was that Mr. Green should receive
no pay unless he collected the claim. He
stated that when the claim came up in
Congress Mr. Holman, of Indiana, had
moved an amendment to the bill, that the
claim be credited on the amount of direct
land tax owed by Georgia t> the United
states for 1861.
Mr. Little strongly supported the reso
lution. He argued that the claim had'
been collected by Mr. Green, but stated *
that the money was still in the treasury of
the United States, not having reached the
treasury of Georgia. We have the con
tract, Congress has passed an act making
the appropriation to pay tnis claim.
Mr. Holman, a Democrat, moved to
credit this claim on a debt claimed to be
due from Georgia to the United States,
but Congress has solemnly declared that it
shall not be credited. Georgia don’t owe
the United States a cent. The officer of
the Treasury of the United States has de
cided to credit this claim on Georgia’s al
leged debt. He refuses to pay it. But the
very f act of crediting th » Trezevant claim
by the official on Georgia’s alleged debt,
shows that even that official admits that
the Trezevant claim has been collected,
The resolution dees not seek to pay Mr.
Groen the twenty-five per cent, allowed by
tbe contract. It simply seeks to pay him
91,500 after twenty-five years.
On motion of Mr Mitchell, of Gwinnett,
the committee of the whole arose, reported
progress, and asked leave to sit again.
Mr. Rountree, of Brooks—That the
Trezevart resolution be resumed this
afternoon. Richmond.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
(Correspondence of Chronicle.)
Washington, Ga , August 30.—Rains
have fallen generally throughout the
county, though it came too late to invigo
rate the early crops. Late corn and peas
will be benefitted, and a larger and better
development of cotton bolls may be ex
pected. The corn and cotton crops of
Wilkes are placed at 50 per cent, below
last year’s yield, which ’s regarded as a
liberal estimate of it. While farmers feel
they will not be lemunerated for the year’s
work, many are enlivened by tbe reflection
that their cribs and granaries yet contain a
sufficient amount of cereals from the
heavy production of last year to supple
ment, to some extent, tbe deficiency
occasioned by the un propitious sea
sons of the passing summer.' Exten
sive preparations ere being made for win
ter crops, and tbe amount of small grain
sown will be large. Cotton picking is
progressing rapidly, and the staple will
soon be the property of the highest bidder.
Mr. W. A. Pope, a large and successful
planter, has an improvement on the old
running gear, that is destined from its
perfection, to revolutionize and succeed
the heavy and tardy movements of the cog
wheel, instead of which he uses a large
- wheel sixty or seventy feet in circumfer
ence, grooved at the perimeter; in this
groove a two inch rope is run with an an
chor attached to one end, which
imperceptibly gathers and holds all
of the slack occasioned by tension.
This rope takes the place of a band, and
propels the whole machinery. Four mules
gin and pack eight bales a day with in
credible ease. The simplicity and freedom
from complication of this late improve
. ment commend it to general use, and it
can be constructed by any ordinary me
chanic with the tools usually kept on a
plantation.
Work on the new Baptist Church bas
begun, and when completed will be the
fourth house of brick Washington has
erected this year. Each one will be sub
stantially built, and are houses of gcod
dimensions.
Mr. O. E Irvin, who has made an ac
ceptable and efficient agent of the depot
at this place, has tendered his resig
nation as such, and will engage with other
associates in the mercantile business. Mr.
R O. Barksdale, a young man of good
qualifications, has been appointed in his
stead and will render good service to the
railroad. The bill to redistrict the State,
taking Wilkes from among some of her old
associates with whom she has desperately
struggled for victory in the past, is unfa
vorably alluded to; still we are willing to
accept our new alties, and only ask that
they return their majorities for honest
representation in numbers that shall ap
proximate our own.
Mr. Bennet, a young man in business
wi»h Mr, Burwell Green, died on Monday
last of typhoid fever. He was carefully
nursed by his parents through bis trying
ordeal and his remains carried by them
to Harlem, where he was buried. By his
pleasing manner and honest deportment
be had made >raDy friends in Washington,
who are in sympathy with his parents and
are grieved at their loss. J.
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JEW AND GENTILE.
Felix Adler Predicts the Absorhtion of
the Former—Judge H'lton’s Jew
ish Persecutions.
A New York letter says: The Jews, I
believe, will become before long so ab
sorbed by the rest of the people in America
as to be undistinguishable. Professor
Felix Adler save so and there is no more
observant or intelligent Jew in the coun
try than he. But he is an apostate, and a
strictly orthodox Hebrew would scout the
idea of Israel ever losing her separate
character, but there is no denying that the
more educated and the more prosperous
Israelites of this city are drifting far away
from their ancient standards. While still
measurably apart from Christians in social
life, they are necessarily mixed with them
in business, and here the line of distinc
tion is unquestionably obliterated. Go
through the streets of wholesale
trade and you will be struck -
first, by the preponderating Jew <
ish names on the signboards ; and sec
ond, you will observe that a surprising
1 number of firms are apparently composed
of Jews and Christians. This is slightly
more so in appearance than in reality, for
Jews have developed a tendency to Amer -
canize their names. For instance, a Mr.
Sandheim lately became Mr. Sands. On
failing in business and starting anew, he
concluded it wise to start with a freshened
name. Instances of this sort are numer
ous, so that a firm name showing io part
a lack of Judaism does not necessarily
mean a co-partnership with Christianity.
Nevertheless, the repugnance to close busi
ness relationship has considerably given
way on both sides, and they no longer come
together in trade exclusively for mutual
spoliation. In religion, of course, there is
no meeting half way, for the Christian
most tolerant in naercanti e affairs enter
tains no notion of becoming a Jew, and
that is just tbe way the Jew feels regard
ing Christianity.
Randall Far Ahead.
A Washington special says : Ex-Speaker
Randall is expected in this city this week.
He will remain a day or two, and then
leave for West Virginia to‘visit Senator
Kenna. Recently Mr. Randall made an
investment in the mineral lands in West
Virginia, near Kanawha Fal’s All of the
available information worth anything
clearly indicates that Randall is far ahead
in the Speakership race, and that Cox, not
Cailislegis second. Mr. Randall’s friends,
in the estimate of his strength, give both
of the Cincinnati Congressional votes to
Carlisle. Cox is supported by Hill and
Wilkins, and Carlisle by Frank Hurd and
Ben LeFevre, and the balance of the Ohio
delegation is believed to be for Randall.
A letter received recently from a Wiscon
sin politician says: "Randall will have
the support of the Wisconsin delega
tion.”
Detailed as a Prefessor.
Washington, D. C., August 29. — Second
Lieutenant Joseph B. Batchelor, Jr., 24th
Infantry, has been appointed as Professor
of Military Science and Tactics at the
Bingham School, Orange county, North
Carolina, to take effect October let.
INTERESTING LEITER.
Special Nova Scotia Correspondence—
> 01. C. C. Jones—Trip From Boston to
Halifax— Scenery Along the Coast
French Sardine Factories at East
Port—Assistant Postmaster-
General Elmer—Benedict
Arnold—Bay of Fundy
—Home of Longfel
low’s Evange
line.
rCorreepondence of the Chronicle.]
Halifax, Neva Scotia, Angust 23.—1
have not seen your face since I left New
York ten days ago. And this morning so
strong a natural desire arises in my bosom
to communicate with you, and through
you with numerous friends —who are
among your readers - that lam tempted to
subdue for the time an aversion I have to
writing for a newspaper—and give you
this letter for publication. In reaching
this point I have passed through so many
novel and beautiful scenes—so different
from the usual line of travel pursued b>
pjejtr I wish I could borrow
Tot a while the talent for discription
possessed by several of your contributors
to give you some faint conception of their
peculhr. varied and many beauties.
Parting with our friend, Col. C. 0. Jones,
now at Boston, superintending the pub
lioation of the two first volumes rs
his history of Georgia, and bid
ding him God speed in his noble un
dertaking, land my party took steamer on
the morning of the 15th inst. for St. John,
New Brunswick. The waters of the ocean
were smooth and the weather was charm
ing. Skirting along the coasts of Massa
chusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, near
enough frequently to observe an almost
perpetual succession of beautiful villages,
interspersed between towns, with farm
houses, painted of different hues, we
reached Portland at 5 o’clock in the after
noon. The town is situated on high hills,
from which you look down on the broad
bay 1 elow, covered with its many vessels
from far distant ports. We stopped there
for two hours or more, and all of my party,
save myself, climbed the Lil’s to get the
view. Having long since laid aside all de
s’re for making mountainous ascents, at
least on foot, I contented myself with what
i could see from the deck of ;he steamer.
Next morning I was up by half-past five,
but we were in a dense fog, which was not
lifted for full two hours. But when it
lifted, and the sun shone out brightly, we
found ourselves entering Passamaquoddy
Bay. I can give you no idea of this broad
expanse of water, dotted with heauti
ful little islands, rising at times
into lof y hills, worthy the name
of mountains, and then gradually
into wood valleys, all covered at this sea
son of the year with green verdure, with
here and there beautiful cottages peering
out as it were from tbe dense forests of
Bpruce and pine. As we nearel the town
of East Port, situated on this bay, the most
“x’reme northeastern frontier town of the
United States, we noticed immense num
bers of small fishing .smacks, with their
white sails shining in the sun and adding
to the beauty of the picture. And now,
my Augusta friends. I will let it out at
one 0 . The fishermen in those smacks
are catching small herring, which are
taken to East Port and there put up as
French sardines, and as French sardines
sold all over the United States. We
stopped at East Port two hours and we
spent most of our time in in pecting a sar
dine factory. We saw the whole process
from the time the fikh are taken from the
baskets, washed, placed on the boilers,
where millions are boiled at a time, the
packing in the boxes, tin boxes, with
French lab Is made in New York, by little
girlp, who also pour upon them the oil
cotton seed oil. my readers—until finally,
after being sealed up, they are packed in
boxes and branded :
Sardines de Choix
Alphonse Pallier File
A L’ Huile d’ Olive.
Os course there are numerous other
brands. There is no concealment about
the business here at all. It is carried on
by New York houses, who employ a large
amount of capital. There are fifteen fac
tories here at East Pert, and the pay roll
of the employes amounts frequently to
seventeen and eighteen thousand dollars a
week. Besides there are numbers of other
establishments at various villages on the
bay. I don’t think I will want to eat any
more sardines.
At East Port I had tbe pleasure of re
newing my acquaintance with Assistant
Postmaster General Eime-, whom many of
your readers will recollect as having ac
companied Postmaster-General James in
their tour through the South, some two
years ago, and their visits to Augusta. He
was travelling with his wife son and n
lady friend, and bound like myself and
party for Halifax. We found them most
agreeable, and they added greatly to the
pleasure of ots? trip.
The General proved himself a genial,
blight and instructive travelling com
panion, and I parted with him at Halifax,
when he turned his face again towards ;
the States with great regret, and only
wishing that he was a good Democrat tn
be kept in office by the next Democratic
administration.
Leaving East Port we made a rapid sail
to St. John, reaching there at 2 o’clock,
p. m. St. John, situated on a river of the
same name, which widens out into a large
harbor as it pours into the Bay of Fundy
is very interesting to citizens of the Unred
Sta’es on account of its early history. It
was founded almost exclusively by loyalists
from the United States, and especially
from N°w York State at the close of tbe
Revolutionary war. Under the auspices of
Sir Guy Carleton, who after the surrender
at Yorktown, had succeeded Sir Henry
Clinton as commander-in chief of the
British forces in New York, an expedition
was formed in New York consisting of
about three thousand loyalists, men. wo
men and children, which sailed from that
port and landed on the present site of St.
John on the 18 hos May 1783. A monu
ment in the centre of the town commemo
rates the event. Ev-rywhere around you,
you find evidences of the loya’ty and devo
tion of these people to tbe British erown.
Here Benedict Arnold resided for a num
ber of years, engaged in mercantile pur
suits. The location of his residence is
still pointed out. During a voyage to Eng
land he effected insurance on his property
in St John. In 1788 one of his stores
was destroyed by fire After the lapse of
two years a former partner, who had quar
relled with him, charged him with having
set fire to the store, whereupon Arnold in
stituted an action, claiming damages to
the amount of £S,(KM). The jury gave the
plaintiff twenty-shillings. And yet, on
the information of tbe most intelligent
citizens, I cannot believe that Arnold was
guilty, for it seems now pretty clearly
established that he was not in the country
at the time of the fire. However Arnold
left the Province and removed to England.
Friday morning, the 17th inst., we took
the steamer at St. John for Annapolis
crossing tbe Bay of Fundy. How can I
describe this short, but delightful voyage
in this high northern latitude? We left
St. John at 8, a. m , and reached Annapolis
at 2, p. m. There was an entire absence
of the usual fog; the sun shone out bright
and clear; the water was as smooth as tbe
land traveller, most apprehensive of the
sea, could desire, and as we approached
the shores of Nova Scotia, tbe air com
ing over its hills and valleysand meadows,
break ng through the gray mists, which
still slightly obscured the sight of the"
coast, and mingling with tbe salt air, was
invigorating to a degree I have never be
fore experienced. It was as exhilarating
TERMS-$2.00 A YEAR.
as champagne. All felt its influence, and
the children came upon deck and frisked
and gimboiled until it seemed as if this
upper deck had been cm verted into a lit
tle gymnasium for their sports.
Taking the train at Annapolis we were
soon passing through the land which
Longfellow has made known throughout
the world as the home of Evangeline:
“The murmuring pines and the hemlocks.
Bearded with moss, and in garments green,
ir distinct in the twilight,
Stand like Druids of old, with voices sad and
prophetic,”
The whole spirit of the poem was upon
us as we rented what seemed to be sawed
grout d. The cars stop st Grand Pre,
“In the Acadian land, on the shores of the
Basin of Minas
Distant, sec'uded hill, the little village of
Gran'i P-e
Lay in the fruitful valley.”
The description in the poem is true to
lift:
“Vast meadows stretched io the eastward,
(jßvirg the village itwhamc* and pastures to
flecks without number.
Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had
raised with 1- bor incessant,
Shut out the turbulent tides; but at stated sea
sons the flood gates ■ *
Opened and welcomed the soa to wander at ■
will o’er the meadows.”
Everywhere in the vioinitv you pass im
mense meadcsws. The dikes that shut out
the sea are still pointed out, and still do
their work as of old. The site of the old
home of Benedict Bellefontaine, the father
of the gentle Evangeline; the spot where
stood the shop of Basil, the blacksmith,
the father o f Gabriel, Evangeline’s lover;
the knoll on which stood the church where
the Acadians were assembled to hear the
decree of the King, namely: “That all
your lands and dwellings and cattle of ell
kinds forfeited be to the crown; and that
you yourselves from the province be trans
ported to other lands ” are all pointed out
to us. We see, too, the point on the grand
ba«in of Minas -now at low tide, passable
in certain places on foot, but when the tide
has risen, as it does sixty-two feet, capable
of floating the largest vessels—from
whence these exiles took their depar
ture for far distant lands. Hurrying away
from these scenes hallowed by the poetry
of Longfellow we recall the sober facts of
history. These ancient Acadians were
French Catholics, who had been the early
settlers of the country. By the peace of
U'recht (1713) Arcadia passed under
British domin on, and this portion of it, as
Nova Scotia, has so ever since remained.
By this treaty it was provided that these
f oadians, i 1 unwilling to become British
subjects, might leave the country within
one year, taking their property with them.
Os this privilege they did not avail them
selves. For fifty years these people refus
ed to take the oath of allegiance to the
British crown, and finally the government,
in 1755, determined to eject them from
the province. The total number of per
sons removed was about 7,000. In the
district of Minas, the scene of the poem of
Evangeline, the number of persons remov
ed was 1,923, and they were driven on the
transports at the point of the bayonet. The
speech of Col. Winslow, the British officer
who read the decree, and addressed the
people at the church of Grand Pre, is said
to be found in his journal, now preserved
in the archives of the Massachusetts His
torical Society, at Boston. I have read it
since I have been here and I ban bear tes
timony to the wonderful accuracy with
which Longfellow has preserved the lan
guage of the speech in the language of the
poem.
Leaving Grand Pre late in the twilight
of even ; ng, we hastened on our journeyl
and reached Halifax about 10, p. m. Os
this place and the many interesting prints
connected with it, I will say nothing in
this letter, save to embody herein the
following extract from the Halifax Herald,
of the 21st inst :
“Struck: on Coffin's Reef.
“A party of visitors wont out in the
harbor on Saturday afternoon in the ad
miral’s steam launch, in charge of Middy
Watson. The party comprised Judge
Barnes and ladies of Augusta, Me , the
Assistant Postmaster-General of the United
States and party, Postmaster Blackadar,
Commissioner oif Mines Gay ton, Robert
Motton, and others. The tide was low.
Everything was going as merrily as a mar
riage bell, when suddenly tbe boat
bumped against a rock Coffin’s reef.
There was a second and a third bump.
Then the craft was over the reef and into
deep water ngdn. Everybody’s heart was
iu his mouth. But it was noticed that the
strangers were far more calm and self pos
sessed than those who live down by the
sea. Had a good sized hole been knocked
in the bottom of the boat, that would have
b en the last of both the boat and the par
ty. But the launch was a strong one, and
escaped with a few scratches.”
Leaving out the title of Judge, and sub
stituting Georgia for Maine, some of your
readers would recognize in one of the
passengers on the yacht your present cor
respondent. Fora moment we were all in
great peril, but. notwithstanding the ac
count in the Herald, it was, in a large
part, due to tbe coo ness of tbe Hon.
Char’es J. MacDor. aid. Inspector Post
master-General of this province, to whose
kindness 1 was indebted formv invitation,
that we were so soon out of danger. And
now, having survived that peril, as I have
others before, if this letter dees not weary
your readers, I may give you another
about points of interest in and around
Halifax. _ G. T. B.
Trade Embarrassments
There were 179 failures in the United
States reported to Bradsti eft's during the
past week, 5 more than the preceding
week, 47 more than the corresponding
week of 1882. and 100 more than the
same week of 1881. Compared with the
previous week the Middle States had 36, a
decrease of 6; New England States 30, an
increase of 1 : Southern States 26, an
increase of 7; Western States 58, an in
creased 8; Pacific States and Territories 29,
a decrease of 5; Canada and the Provinces
23, an increase of 3. The important fail
ures were Schott 4 K : >igbt, stock brokers.
New York and Philadelphia; Tbe Norwood
(New York) Lumber Company; The Bos
ton Sewing Machine and Cabinet Compa
ny and J. F. Paul &■ Co , lumber, Boston;
Silas Merchant, manufacturer of ice ma
chines, Cleveland, Ohio; Charles H Bis Lop
& Co., commission flour, grain, etc., Cin
cinnati. In the principal trades they were
as follows: Grocers 35; general trades 20;
liquors 12; manufacturers 12; hotels and
restaurar ta 11; clothing ID; dry goods 9;
hardware 7; tobacco and cigars 5; shoes 4;
jewelry 4; lumber 4; fancy goods 4; mil
linery 3; coal 3; furniture 3; leather 2;
harness 2; butchers 2; gents’ furnishing
ee r ds 2; drugs 2; produce and provisions
2; hats 1; stock broker 1; bank 1.
Georgia.
Mount Pleasant—J. B. Robinson, naval
stores, has failed and closed out.
Savannah—B. G. Haines 4 Brother, grain
and flour, are reported financially em
barrassed.
Bamburg —C. Sahlman, Jr., & Co.
(agents), general store, have assigned.
Alfonso’s Coming Visit.
Paeis, August 29.—The French Cabinet,
owing to assurances from Spain, views,
without distrust, the proposed visit of
K;ng Alfonso to Germany. Tbe visit is
now considered certain. It is understood
that the King will pass though Paris. Tbe
government journals reiterate that the
visit will be simply an act of courtesy.