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THE LEGISLATURE.
THE HOUSE AND «EN<TF. INDUSTRI
OUSLY AT WORK.
Local Option Di«cn*«ed in the Senate-
Able Argnmenti—Huiinen In the
Mou-e— P«x«ing nur Police Om
miselon Bill —More About the
LoaUvllle Exposition.
[Special to the Chronicle.]
SENATE.
Atlanta, September 4.—Senate met.
President Boynton presiding. Prayer.
Roll call. Journal read.
Judge J. H. Pate was invited to a seat on
the floor.
Mr. Eakes, Chairman Temperance Com
mittee, reported bills.
Hon. J. D. Jackoway was invited to a
■eat on the floor.
The special order was taken up, the lo
cal option law for the State. Committee
Amendments adopted.
The till was taken np by sections. Mr.
Greer proposed to amend to require a ma
jority of the voters to the petition. Lost.
Mr. Tutt proposed to insert the word
“prohibition” in place of "whiskey," ex
plaining his amendment.
Mr. Smith thought whiskey was a
strong* r word.
Mr. Jones agreed in this view, urging
that whiskey wonld be mere easily under
stood by the people. .
Mr. Tntt <r.D».d to fix the bill so that
could support it. The words meant
Amendment of Mr. Tutt’s lost.
Foster offered to amend section
by providing for another election in
ve months, if the election went against
whiskey.
' Mr. McDonald offered the amendment.
Give the friends of temperance a chance to
test the bles-dugs of a victory.
Mr. Greer favored the amendment as a
just one, and would support the bill with
this and other amendments. The amend
ment was lo t
Mr. Morgan offered an amendment to
section 6th, to strike out the words, "give
•way to induce trade at their place of
business.” Lost.
Mr. Baker moved to amend section Bth
to let physicians furnish liquor not only
to their own patients but to others in
actual sickness. He explained that some
times a physician had to prescribe for
Other doctors’ patients.
Mr. Bush moved to amend requiring the
physician to keep a book of registration.
Mr. Tutt off-red an amendment "in
case of snake bites or anticipated snake
bites.” [Laughter ]
Mr. Livingston opposed Mr. Baker's
amendment. He was opposed to leaving
the matter in the h uds of tbe physicians.
Mr. Jones made a strong appeal against
the license being given to doctors. He had
seen the matter tested in his own town,
•nd the physicians dispensed liquor
broadcast from c >urt°rs, and did it on the
* Sabbath. He spoke highly of tbe medical
profession, but it bad its bad members,
and such men having a monopoly of the
liquor business wonld use it injuriously.
Mr. Baker replied to Mr. Jones, defend
ing his amendment, giving his own expe
rience as a physician.
Mr. McDonald opposed the amendment
of Mr. Baker, which was lost. Mr. Bush’s
amendment was adopted.
Mr. Tutt moved to strike out the ninth
section-that the bill shall not apply
where local liquor laws prevail.
A lengthy discussion ensued over a
Kint of order-that the section could not
amended. The Chairman finally let
tbe amendment in.
Mr. Tutt advocated bis amendment, on
the ground that many of the liquor laws
for localities were not the choice of tbe
people, but enacted by the Legislature
frt wished to give right of election to all.
I Mr. Harris opposed tue amendment. It I
‘ would destroy prohibition in forty coun
.’ ties where it now existed. He did not wish
to interfere with temperance where it was
>Wrtablished
Mr. Dußigocn was opposed to the bill.
But if this amendment was passed they
£ would relinquish all the temperance work
that had been done in the State in the last
ten year*.
* Mr Livingston favored the amendment
as a consistent and justone.
i Mr. Tott asked leave to withdraw his
'» amendment, which was granted.
Mr. Jones renewed the amendment and
advocated it. He con ended that the sec
tion to be stricken out was not material.
. It was objected by some that the section
■ rendered the bill unconstitutional. He
wished to get rid of that objection. He
argued that the bill would repeal no special
law unless mentioned by name.
Mr. Beall had not intended to speak.
His county after a hard struggle had ob
tained prohibition by a popular vote. He
hoped that bis people would not be com
pel ed to fight the ba' tie over again. He
was not certain that Mr. Jones was right.
If the section was stricken, he should vote
against the bill. He did not want the
temperance work undone. Mr. Beall spoke
feelingly against the monster evil, and
plead eloquently not to interfere with the
accomplished work, by striking out the
section.
i Mr. Eakes said he was for the bill with
or without the amendment. As a true
temperance nwn he should vote for the
bill anyhow. He regretted some of the
' amendments. He spoke for his wife, his
f Children, his conscience, his country. He
Characterised the liquor trade as a damna
ble business of ruin. The people meant
to put it down. The Senate should think
whether they would halt in stopping
"hell-houses” at men’s doors, inviting
our children to ruin. Mr. Bakes made a
powerful and earnest plea, and command
ed the close attention of the Senate. He
I stirred every heart by his strong fervent
words,’and was heartily applauded.
The amendment was lost, 5 yeas to 25
- Mr. Meldrim opposed the bill. He at
tacked the phraseology and the provisions
of the measure. He spoke with his custo
mary elegance and earnestness. He char
acterised the bill as unfair. He endorsed
i everything that had been said against in
temperance. But he placed fair dealing
1L between the State and its people as above
temperance. Mr. Meldrim closed
|®with an elrquent burst, which was ap
Mr. Livingston said the question was
H®imply whether the people should have
gßthe privilege of settling this liquor ques-
for themselves.
During Mr. Livingston’s speech the Sen-
adjourned until three o’clock this as
IK HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
fjg Monday Afternoon Seoaion.
The following local bills were passed:
fgy A consolidated bill to prohibit the sale
Iflof intoxicating liquors within three miles
gV of certain churches in Jackson and Ogle-
V ttorpe counties.
K A bill to amend an act creating a Board
M so Police Commissioners for Augusta.
■ A bill to incorporate the town of Dublin,
B in Laurens county.
A bill to incorporate de novo the town of
|H Foftestnlle in Floyd county.
H A bill to confer additional powers on the
Mayor and Council of Atlanta.
flH| A bill to ammend an act creating a
■■Board of Cornmdinners of Dooly county.
|g | A bill to fix the liquor license in Telfair
■Eoounty.
A bill to incorporate the town of Jasper
Hr in Pickens county.
H A bill to regulate the manner of holding
■ municipal elections in LaGrange.
A bill to amend the charter of Hogans
rille.
A bill to authorize the Commissioners of
Warren county to levy a higher tax than
that now allowed by law.
A bill to reeuhte the manner of drawing
warrants on the treasurer of Warren coun
ty.
A bill to prevent cattle from running
at large in Warren county. Laid on the
table.
A Lili to prohibit the killing of game in
the county of Wilkes. Amended by includ
ing tbe counties of McDuffie and Glas
cock.
A bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicating
liquors in Morgan eounty.
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in
Spalding county after December 1, 1883
Tabled.
A bill to regulate the sale of intoxicatftg
liquors in Franklin county.
A bill amending the act incorporating
the town of Thomaston, in Upson county.
A bill to amend an act creating the
Board of Commissioners of Newton coun
ty-
Tuesday's Proceedings.
' The House met at 9 o’clock. Prayer by
Chanlain McClellan. Roll called. Jour
nal read.
Mr. Falligant moved to reconsider the
resolution relative to securing a portrait
of Governor Milledge.
Mr. Short, of Marion, opposed the
motion. He thought that the line in
reference to buying pictures ought to be
drawn somewhere, and it
Mr Johnson, of Lee, moved tv recon
sider the bill relative to compensation of
ooroners. J. M. Jordan favored the motion,
Mr. Everett, of Polk, opposed it. The
motion was tabled.
The journal was confirmed.
Mr. Bilman, of Jackson, moved to con
cur in tbe Senate resolution that the Legis
lature go to the Louisville Exposition,
Wednesday, the 12th. Mr. Reese opposed
acormrrence. Didn’t think the Legiela
tore ught to leave the business of the
counts to go on a p:c-nic. If they want
to go h them wait until after final ad
journment. Mr. Watson, of McDuffie, did
not think that gentlemen who desired to go
to Louisville should interrupt the business
of the session now moving so smoothly
by trying to take the whole Legislature
along. Gentlemen who wished to go,
could go. and let tbe Legislature continue
to attend to tbe important business of tbe
State. Mr. Redding, of Pike, opposed the
resolution on tbe same line.
Mr Pendleton, of Lowndes, moved to
amend by inserting the words "after final
adjournment” for "Wednesday, the 12th
of September.” Mr. Reese called so» the
yeas and nays. Sustained Result : Yeas,
82; najs, 52. The amendment was agreed
to.
A mo'.ion by Mr. Sweat, of Clinch, to
table the resolution, was lost.
Tbe resolution as amended was then
passed. A motion to transmit the resolu
tion to the Senate at once was agreed to.
Mr. Rice, of Fulton, moved to suspend
the rules to take up and concur in the
Senate amendments to tbe Capitol bill.
Mr. Harris, of Bibb, opposed the Senate
amendment to stride out the President of
the .Senate and Speaker of tbe House as
commissioners. He did not like the idea
of leaving the Governor the sole commis
sioner. Three men, he thought,
with a character to lose and a
soul to save, could attend to an
impoitant matter better than one
man. Mr. Harris went on to argue the
legal phase of the amendment, laboring to
show the Legislature have a constitutional
right to make the President and Speaker
commissioner.
The amendment was not concurred in.
Mr. Wright, of Washington, moved to
amend tbe Senate amendment by pro
viding that the city of Atlanta shall furnish
a sufficiency of iand adjacent to the City
Hall square to make op A«e acres before
work shall be begun on the building.
Mr. Rice contended that Atlanta had
stood to her promises and done her whole
duty. The amendment was lost. The re
maining Senate amendments were con
curred in.
By nnanimous consent, Mr. Little, of
Muscogee, introduced and hod read a bill
to appropriate money to pay the stationery
expenses of the present session and to bind
the enrolled co; ies of the acts in the Secre
tary of the State’s office. Finance.
Bills on Third Reading.
A bill to require all railroad companies
in this State to refund all overcharges fcr
freights. On motion of Mr. Hoge the bill
was indefinitely postponed.
A bill to make persons living in stock
law counties liable for damages in coun
ties where the stock law is not of force.
Passed.
A bill to amend section 1453 of the Code.
Passed by substitute.
A bill to provide a more correct and effi
cient mode of taking the census of the
school population. Passed.
The House adjourned to 3 o’clock this
afternoon. Richmond.
SENATE.
Tuesday Afternoon's Session.
(Special to the Chronicle.)
Atlanta, September s.—The Senate re
sumed the general liquor bill. Mr. Liv
ingsten continued his speech and made a
strong one in favor of the bill. He put
the points well. This was not a new ques
tion. For half a century it had been a
living issue. The good people had been
clamoring for protection fiom intemper
ance for years. The Methodists, the Bap
tists, the women, were crying for it. It
concerned their hdmes, their husbands
and sons. Following out the line of
throught he appealed to the Senate to give
the people the right to do as they deem
best with the vital subject.
Mr. Davis opposed the bill. He declar
ed that the measure would divide tbe
Democratic party. He asserted further
that it would strike the heaviest possible
blow to tbe temperance. He ar
gued both of these points at some length,
urging that the bill would bring temper
ance into policies and unite blacks, liquor
dealers and the bad elements against the
Democratic party.
Mr. Oliver opposed tbe bill as conceived
in ignorance of the needs of tbe State,
and unworthy of support. It had been
stated that IC6 counties had or would get
from this Legislature temperance laws.
This statement demonstrated the bill to
be unnecessary. Mr. Oliver replied with
sarcasm to Mr. Livingston. The bill will
n>t only do no good, but do harm. The
frequency of liquor elections it allows will
be an injury. In counties where the sale
is prohibited by high license fee, if some
man pays it, this bill does not apply. Mr.
Oliver believed in prohibition laws, but
not unwilling ones.
Mr. Dußignon opposed the bill. He was
in sympathy with temperance, but his
judgment was against this measure. It
states the issue unfairly. There was a
difference between whiskey and prohibi
tion. The wise policy is to give local laws
whenever local sentiment is ripe for it. He
was not opposed to tbe prohibition of the
sale es whiskey. Happy that community
that favored prohibition ! Unhappy that
people that was not ripe for it I Mr. Da-
Bignon concluded amid app'&use.
Mr. Smith had observed that all of the
Senators were in favor of prohibition, but
many of them never voted for prohibition
bills. The friends of temperance had
tried to give such Senators a bill they
could support. This bill was in every line
a Democratic measure, leaving the decision
of the issue to the popular vote. Mr.
Smith pushed his sarcasm cleverly, and
boldly reflected upon the faith of
Senators who made no effort to correct the
alleged errors of a measure whose princi
ples they favored and then opposed the
measure on account of those errors. He
struck a hard lick in touching the incon
sistency of men who voted for a fence elec
tion but prated about the unconetitution
ality of a liquor election. He was opposed
to licensing dram shops. It was to license
crime. Prohibition lessened crime. He
instanced bisown county with its jail doors
open, when under license laws the jails
were full. Mr. Smith concluded with an
eloquent burst that evoked applause.
Mr. McAfee made a strong point that but
for this general option bill he would have
bad local bills for prohibition introduced
for his district There might be objections
to the bill, but he would take the chances
on them to get the bill. He gave the
penitentiary statistics to show that the mass
of our convicts owed their punishment
to whi-key. Give to the country exemp
tion from crime, whether it bursted the
Democratic party or not. Give to the
people the right to drive the liquor traffic
from their homes.
Mr. Dußignon asked what he would do
if he tried prohibition under this bill and
failed.
Mr. McAfee: I would do as I did at Ap
pomattox - rrJoice that I had survived the
wrebfc and done my duty 1 He cojtolndod
Mr. McDonald advocated the bill. He
discussed the various objections. It had
been said the bill would disrupt the De
mocracy. He had sucked a Democratic
mother. But if that party had to thrive
on the cursed cup, let it sink forever.
[Applause ] Mr. McDonald gave a ring
ing account of the whiskey fight in Ware
county, where the people whipped out 22
bar rooms. He stated that he ran for Sen
ator as a temperance candidate, and should
be recreant to his people if be did not
stand to his cause. He made a stirring
speech, full of strong, effective feeling, and
plead for the right of the people to vote on
this vital question. He gave some touch
ing instances of the benefit of prohibition
in his own county, of drunkards made
sober and wives and homes made happy.
Upon the passage of the bill the vote
stood 17 yers and 13 nays, so the bill was
lost. Adj rnrned.
Wednesday's Proceedings.
Senate met. President pro tem. Polhill
presiding. Prayer by Dr. Jones. Roll
call. Journal read.
The temperance bill was reconsidered.
The resolution about visiting Louisville
was laid on the table.
E. T. Shubuck and J. M Neal were in
vited to seats on the floor.
House bills were read first and second
time.
Bills on Third Reading.
To change time of bolding Superior
Court of Washington county. Passed.
Stock bill for Jasper county. Recom
mitted.
A message from tbe House announced
concurrence in certain amendments to the
capitol bill, and disagreement to other
amendments.
Tbe Senate’s amendment, taking from
the Commissioners the Speaker of the
House and President of the Senate, was
disagreed to. On motion of Senator Du-
Bignon the Senate insisted on this amend
ment.
The Senate also insisted upon its amend
ment, striking out "eight” and "six” as
the number of Oommis ioners, which the
House had refused to agree to.
The Senate assented to the House refus
al tu concur in the Senate amendment as
to extending the lot to But’er street.
«The amendment of the Senate requiring
the plans for the building to be submitted
to each General Assembly, was amended
by the House so as not to retard the pro
gress of the work, but that on the passage
of the bill the work was to immediately
proceed, the plans being submitted to the
next General Assembly. Agreed to. Bill
transmitted to the House.
A. J. Munnerlym and James D Griffin
were invited to seats on the fluor.
The Senate went into Executive session
•nd confirmed Jefferson H. Soarfe as Judge
of the Mitchell County Court.
Mr. Baker offered a resolution in regard
to the suits against Jack Jones, late Trea
surer, to press them to trial.
Pending this resolution the Senate
adjourned to nine o’clock to-morrow morn
ing-
HOUSE.
Yesterday’s Afternoon Session.
Bills on third reading: A bill providing
for local option in Pike county.
Mr. Beauchamp, of Pike, favored, and
Mr. Bedding, of Pike, opposed the bill,
representing the contendirg sentiment of
the county on this question.
Mr. Pringle, of Washington, on the
ground of being a former citizen of Pike,
spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. Pringle said he did not intend to
engsge in the 'iscussion of this question,
but tie felt a puticular interest in Pike
county, as it was there he had lived fif
teen years of his life, and had learned to
love her institutions and her people, and
he loved them still. He, therefore, hoped
he would be pardoned for advocating a
measure that would b .ild up the institu
tions of the county and redound to the
benefit of her people morally, socially and
financially.
He saia he was a member of the temper
ance organization in the county 22 years
Hgo that advocated the very principles that
he was contending for to-day on this floor.
The people had asked for the passage of
this law, and they should have the same
privileges granted them that were allowed
to other counties—and they had not de
nied this privilege to • single county
during the whole fall and summer session,
and he was surprised that any gentleman
upon the floor should object to the passage
of the bill.
If this was a bill of doubtful expediency,
it might be a very different thing, but
when members are asked simply to allow
the people of the county to put out an evil,
under his oath of office he was bound to
vote for the bill.
We are sorry we cannot publish more of
the speech. This bill only received 80
votes last week and it was reconsidered
and put on its passage yesterday and re
ceived 93 votes and was passed.
It could not have bad a better champion
than Mr. Pringle. Zealous, earnest, and,
with all. cool and level-headed, he is recog
nized in the House as a worthy leader in
tbe grand old cause of temperance.
The bill passed. Yeas, 93; nays, 12.
A bill to authorize the county commis
sioners of Bartow county to give owners
of land on the Etowah river the right to
erect gates on the public roads.
Messrs. Jones and Fite, the Represen
tatives of Bartow, mixed on this bill—one
favoring, the other opposing. The bill
was amended satisfactorily to both mem
bers and passed.
A bill to provide compensation for elec
tion superintendents in Quitman county.
Passed.
Mr. Wright, of Floyd, offered a resolu
tion that the House have a night session,
for the purpose of reading bills the second
time. Lost.
A bill to regulate the sale of cotton in the
seed in the counties of Twiggs and Wil
kerson. Tabled.
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in
Spalding county after December 1, 1883,
providing the qualified voters of said coun
ty shall so vote at an election to be held
in September.
1 his bill was introduced by Mr. Flynt,
of Monroe.
Mr. Drewry, of Spalding, offered an
AUGUSTA, GA., SEPTEMBER 12, 1883.
amendment striking
and substituting May, ’
Mr. Flynt, of Monroe, f ated thjgdfte had
been requested by over |*e citi
zens of Spalding to intro®ce thisJMJl.
Mr. Drewty replied th| in poitgiJOf fact
there were over six burred in ■Mlding
who were ready at all tyes to pro
hibition, but that they w® in a con
siderable minority. |
Mr. Drewry moved thfindefinnßjpost- ,
ponement of tbe bill, w&ch was agreed
to. . * -
A bill providing a stock law forCobb
county. There threatens to be a’Warm
controversy over this bill, lit it was with
drawn. i
A bill emending tbe road laws so far as
affecting Houston county. &
A bill regulating the & of liquor in
Emanuel county. Passed.l
A bill making land linesßlawful fence
in Fayette county. Passed. '. “
A bill providing prohibit in for Winston,
in Douglass county.
A bill incorporating Pc«|forSprings,
in Cobb county. Passed. Rffly/yS
A bill to allow Henry Ba-.f
van nah, to build a street ramraKw hiO
brewery to the track of theußßfluJfttil'- I
road. Passed.
A bill to make it
nninclosed lands in Chatham
Adj jnrned to 9 a. m. JiK. . ■
N T Keff H l? 6t Th FSK™?
the Journal was read. ’ v }
Mr. Jordan moved, to recouJder kb
much of the Journal as 'relates to w£bili to
require railroad companies in thi|Btate to
refund all oyercharges.' , J ’
Mr. Hoge opposed the motihi. »Mr.
Spence favored it. Mr. Bishoplof Daw
son, moved to table the motio . Lost.
Mr. Falligant fought the motion i recon
sider. A call for the previous ittestion
was sustained. The motion
der was put and carried. The Jdx was
confirmed. <-B ... _
On motion of Mr. James,.
tion that the General
at 12 o’clock the 15th of Septbmjhdr, was
taken up. Mr. Park, of Grhflgl ZBioved
to table the motion. Carried by:k vote of
97 to 27.
The regular order reading tills |he
third time—was taken up. * h i
A bill to provide for the of
superintendents of election and toifijx
their compensation. Lost.
A bill to amend section 326 of the Ome.
Lost.
A bill to require the State Librarian to
represent the State in certain cases in he
United States Court. Amended by s ib
stituting Solicitors-General for State .1 ib
rarian Passed as amended.
A message from the Governor announ sd
that his Excellency had signed thej foil w
ing bills:
A bill to pay James B. Palmer $79 9C
A bill to amend an act to incorporate me
Cumming and Lawrence Bailroad Ocpi
pany. J
A bill to amend an act to create Tum
pikeJCommissions for this State.
A oill to protect public bridges in Pu
laski county.
A bill to incorporate the Sweetwater
Manufacturing Bailroad Company.
A bill to emend an act to prohibit camp
hunting in Clinch county.
A bill to amend an act to make ;
tie to Upson county an act creating a
board of commissioners for Harris county.
A bill to io corporate Raccoon Mills,
Chattooga county. | . *
A bill to prohibit the sale of liqubr
within two miles of the Methodist Epis
copal Church at East Point, Fulton coun
ty-
A bill to regulate the bond of the Treas
u-er oi Fulton county, and to fix his sal
ary.
A bill to amend the act she
town of DeSoto, Floyd county. p
A lu. DaAghCrtjT
couhly, west of Flint river.
A bill to amend an act to incorporate
Trion, in Chatooga county.
A bill to fix the license for selling liquor
in Appling county.
A bill to amend an act to incorporate
Marietta, Cobb county.
A bill to amend an act to fix the license
for sailing liquor in the counties of Wayne,
Liberty, Ccffee and Appling.
A bill to empower Toccoa city to issue
bonds tor educational pnrpcses.
A bill to incorporate Boworville, Hart
county.
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in
Hart county.
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in
Monticello, Jasper county.
A bill to appoint a county judge for
Mitchell.
The regular order was continued.
A bill to make it a felony to alter or pass
any forged deed or alter muniment or title
or to sell or lease land knowing the title to
be forged. Passed.
A bill to enable the trustees of the Uni
versity of Georgia to continue free tuition.
Tfbled.
A bill to fix the salary of the State
Librarian. Lost.
A bill to prescribe costs of cases with
drawn or dismissed in the Supreme Court.
Passed.
A bill to regulate elections by the Gen
eral Assembly. Lost.
A Senate bill to change the time of hold
ing tbe Superior Courts of Bulloch, Eman
uel and Screven. Passed.
A bill to provide for taking testimony in
applications tor injunctions. Passed.
A bill to repeal 3974 (d) of the Code.
Recommitted.
A bill to require, physicians to serve as
jurors on commissions of lunacy. Passed.
The klcuse adjourned to three o’clock
this afternoon. Richmond.
THE SENA'S E.
Atlanta, September 5. - Senate met.
President Bojnton in the Chair. Prayer
by Dr. Jones. Roll call. Journal read.
Mr. Tutt offered a resolution to appoint
a committee to see what bills can be li id
on the table without injury to the public.
Adopted and sent to the House.
Mr. Jones, Chairman Corporation Com
mittee, reported hills.
Mr. Dußignon, Chairman Judiciary Com
mittee, reported bills.
Mr. Tutt, Chairman Ra Iroad Committee,
reported bills.
Mr. Baker’s resolution to press suits
against John Jones, late State Treasurer,
unfinished business of yesterday, was
taken up, and Mr. Baker continued his
remarks, urging the necessity of the meas
ure as just to all the parties.
The resolution was agreed to.
W. L. Marler was invited to a seat on
the floor.
Mr. McDonald, Chairman Temperance
Committee, reported bills.
Mr. Jones offered resolution restricting
speeches to ten minutes. Adopted.
Mr. Polhill, Chairman of Finance Com
mittee, reported bills.
Bill, on public roads was read second
time, on motion of Mr. Dußignon, and
printed.
On motion of Mr. Oliver, House amend
ments were concurred in, in bill for chang
ing time of holding Superior Courts of
Emanuel county.
Bills On Third Reading :
To regulate grand jury drawing in Polk
county. Passed.
Liquor bill for Campbell county. Ta
bled for the present.
To amend tbe charter of Boswell, in
Cobb county. Passed.
Liquor bill for Bartow county. Tabled
for the present.
To keep up stock in Jasper county.
Parsed and transmitted to the House.
To previde compensation for election
managers in Oconee county. Passed.
\To authorize the City Council of Au
gusta to fix the salary of the Mayor; not to
exceed $5,090 or go under $2,500. Pass
ed.
To incorporate the liwinton Bailroad
Company. Passed.
; To amend the charter of Tallapoosa.
Passed.
Liquor bill for Taj lor county. Passed.
.To establish a branch college at La-
Gran ge. Passed.
A bill to make a branch college at Mar
shallville was read the second time.
To incorporate the Vigilant Live Stock
Insurance Company. Passed.
To incorporate Villa Bica, in Carroll
county. Passed.
• To change the time of holding county
elections in the State.
Mr. Polhill explained the policy of the
bill to prevent such an accumulation of
.elections on the same day. He made a
kclear and strong statement of the matter,
ran defended the bill with his customary
’ Mr. .lo'nes was rather opposed to the
bill.' He deprecated the frequency of elec
tions.
Mr. Parks opposed the bill. He be
lieved the people would not favor this in
novation upon a policy that had prevailed
for all time. He raised the question as to
the effest on officers’ bonds.
The discussion was continued by Mr.
Gustin and. Mr. Oliver.
„ The bill was lost.
Upon motion of Mr. Parks, the resolu
tion distributing Codes to notaries, etc.,
was taken upand House amendments con
curled in.
Senate adjourned to 3 o’clock.
k HHOUSE.
Wednesday Afternoon’s Session.
The following bills were read the third
time:
s A bill making wire fences a lawful fence.
Passed. A ‘-
A bill to encourage private elementary
schools by providing for teaching public
schools in connection therewith. Passed.
A bill to amend the stock laws, as far as
relates to Morgan county.
This bill bas claimed the. attention of
the House more than once, but no action
Has been taken. The bill is introduced by
Mr. Studdard, of Morgan, asking a new
election on the fence question. At an
election held in February, 1882, "no
fejpce” carried the day. The fence men
claimed that the election was a fraud and
they elected Mr. Studdard to the Legisla
ture.
Mr. Bartlett, of Bibb, opposed the
passage of the bill.
Mr. Pattep, of Thomas, spoke against
the bill.
Studdard, of Morgan, Middlebrooks, of
Newton, and Parks, of Greene, spoke in
favor of the bill.
Mr. Hulsey, of Fulton, closed the debate
in behalf of the Special Judiciary Commit
tee, which had reported adversely on the
bill. The bill was lost.
Mr. Palmer, from the executive depart
ment, communicated a message from the
Governor approving the following resolu
tions:
To appropriate money to finish the
building improvements at the Lunatic
Asylum.
To pay the per diem and expenses of
1 '' tbe committee raised to investigate the
" The hour of »<3jouriDnent was extended
to 6:30 for the purpose of reading bills
tha second time. The reading of such
bills occupied the House till adjournment.
Thursday’s Proceedings.
The House met at 9 o’clock. Prayer by
, ChNblain McClelland The roll was called
and the Journal was read.
Mr. Jernes moved to reconsider the reso
, lotion to adjourn September 15th tabled
yesterday.
; Mr, Jordan moved to table the motion.
Carried.
Mr. Rountree moved to reconsider the
bill to provide for the selection of superin
, tendenta of election.
On motion of Mr. Brewster the motion
. to reconsider was tabled.
Mr. Spence moved to reconsider the bill
to fix the salary of the State Librarian.
Carried.
( Mr. Re lwine moved to reconsider the
, bill relative to elections by the General
Assembly. Carried.
On motion of Mr. DeLacy the rules were
suspended and the bill to incorporate
Chauncey, Dodge county, was taken up
( and the Senate amendments thereto con
curred in.
By unanimous consent Mr. feaely, of
Cherokee, introduced and had read the
first time a bill to change the time of hold
ing the fall term of the Superior Court of
Cherokee. General Judiciary.
On motion of Mr. Rankin, the capitol
’ bill was taken up and the House receded
trom its disagreement to the Senate
! amendment to strike the President and
Speaker f;om the list of commissioners.
Mr. Hulsey—A bill to amend an act. io
define and extend the powers of the Or
j phan Home of the North Georgia Confer
ence. Read the first time. Special Ju
dicisry.
A message from the Governor an
nounced that his Excellency has signed
the following acts:
An act to amend 1455 of tbe Code.
r An act to amend an act cr> ating Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
. for the counties es Floyd, Berrien, Effing
-5 ham, Schley, Sumter and Greene.
1 An act to’mcorporate the town of Ward,
Randolph county.
An act to incorporate the Georgia, Ala
bama and Tennessee Railroad Company.
An act to prohibit the sale of liquor in
Glascock and Paulding counties.
■ An act to amend an act to incorporate
the Gate City Street Railroad Company.
An act to remove obstructions fiom Mill
creek, Cherokee county.
An act to incorporate Bremen, Haralson
i county.
Bills on Third Rending:
A bill to amend an act to repeal 1711 of
‘ the Code of ’73 and insert a new section
in lieu. Lost.
A bill to make more reliable contracts
for service in this State. Indefinitely
postponed.
| A resolution directing suit against the
1 lessees of Indien Spring. Passed.
A bill to amend 719 of the Code, defin
ing the powers of the Railroad Commis
sion. Passed.
A resolution to appropriate SSOO to buy
certain Supreme Court reports for Dodge
county. Recommitted to Finance.
A bill to create the office of county ad
ministrator in each county in this State.
’ Tabled, and 200 copies ordered to be
printed.
A bill to prescribe the manner of ap
plying the Railroad Commissioners’ sched
ule of rates to certain railroads.
Mr. Spence moved to indefinitely post
pone the bill, whereupon Mr. Barris
• clearly explained the purpose of the bil l ,
and made a powerful and eloquent speech
i in favor of its passage.
Mr. Hawkes opposed the bill. Pending
I his remarks, the House adjourned to *3
o’clock this afternoon. Richmond,
DAYS OF TRIAL
FEARFUL EXPERIENCE OF A VES
SEL AT SEA.
The Turbulent Waters and Their
Work—V Vessel's Cargo of Cattle
Washed Away—Long List of Ves
sels Lost and Damaged—Loss
of Life Reported— Aban
doned at Sea.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle. >
Halifax, N. S., September 6. —The
steamer Lamport, Capt. Cross, from Balti
more for London, with a cargo of cattle
and general merchandise, put in here in
distress this morning, having had her ma
chinery disabled during the last week’s
stormy weather. The officers report hav
ing had a terrible experience. The Lam
port sailed from Baltimore Friday, Au
gust 24th, and met with fair weather until
the following Wednesday morning, when
stormy weather set in, increasing in
fury as the day advanced, and the
■ was frequently swept bv seas
JJ 01 powey.
ins every to swamp tbe eteanier.
height “and from t®ist ''Ww uiitH
daylight the vessel 'was almost at
the mercy of the elements. Great
seas swept over the decks, carrying
away 130 out of the 170 cattle which were
on board, and badly injuring a number of
the crew. Second Officer Jones had his
collar bone broken. William Moran, who
had charge of the cattle, describes the
scenes he witnessed during the night as
terrible. T&e waves were tremendous in
size, and, sweeping over the ship, they
would lift a great portion of the cattfo
pens on their crests, end hold
them for a moment above, and
then hurl them with their living i
contents with awfal violence to the deck.
Next, the waves would carry off th* bleed- ,
ing and dying animals in the twinkling
of an eye. The cattle were shipped by
F. R. Liogham & Co , of Boston, and were
in fine condition when the Lamport sailed.
During the storm all the steamer’s beats
were either carried away or disabled. ;
The cabin skylight was stove in
and the cabin flooded with w»ter.
A portion of the bulwark and a
part of the poop wheel were carried
away and other damage was sustained
On Thursday morning, betwen 8 and 9
o’clock, the engines broke down. The
steamer was then about 300 miles south
east of Halifax A sail had to be rigged
and she was headed for this port, but very
little progress was made. Thursday after
noon the water, which, all day bad been
pouring over tbe vessel, got in the hold
and put out the fire by which the steam
pump had been run, but the ship kept,
clear until temporary repairs in the ma
chinery had been made, Oq Monday,
four days after the engines broke down,
they were started again and all possible
speed was made toward Halifax.
Great Damage to the Shipping.
St. Johns, N. F., September 6.—The
Cromwell Line steamer Canima, Captain
Farquhar, from New York, August 30,
for Halifax, became a total wreck this
morning. She struck o i Gull Island, at
the mouth of St. Mary’s Bay, and sank
almost immediately. The passengersand
crew, sixty in all, got ashore safely.
The schooner Thistle has been sent
to the scene of the wreck
to render assistance. The French
bark Kermalo, with 9,000 quintals of cod
fish, from St. Pierre for France, bas sunk,
with all hands, at the entrance to the
river Girond. The frfzz’e, Capt.
—rnbin, stranded to-dky on the west side of
Miguelon. The French banker Augusta,
which has j ust anchored in the Roads, has
been severely damaged. She reports hav
ing lost six men. The banker Marie Emile
is reported as having gone down, with all
on board, while lying at anchor on the
Great Banks. The French bark Hortecz is
a total wreck at babes Dolonne. Her crew
was saved. The schooners of the French
Banking fleet that were disabled on the
Island of Miguelon during the storm
Thursday are slowly arriving. Since the
4th inst., 2 more cases of loss of life on
the Banks have been reported. All the
French fishermen that have arrived re
port a large number of dismasted vessels
outside.
St. Johns, N. F, September 6.—The
last arrival in St. Pierre roads from the
Banks accounts for another batch of fifty
four lives lost, out of another section of
the French Banking fleet. One Dieppe
vessel alone lost twelve men. The brig
Gabriel, also a D’eppe vessel, rode out of
the two storms cf Sunday and Thursday
but had beth masts carried away and her
decks swept of everything. The fate of
the crew is unknown, but it is reported
that they were taken off after the gales sub
sided.
St. Johns, N. F., September 6. —The
latest from Trepassey, by wire, says the
steamer Canima struck, this morning, in a
dense fog. There was a heavy sea running
and the passengers and crew had to leap
for their lives, saving nothing. The ship
sink giving no time to procure provisions.
Capt. Farquhar showed great skill and
coolness in his management, and the safe
ty of the lives of the passengers and crew
are due to him. The steamer Cabot has
just been dispatched to St. Mary’s Bay to
bring down to St. Johns thepassengersand
crew of tbe Canima.
A Light House Destroyed by Fire.
Naw Obleans, September 6.—A special
to the Times-Uemocrat says the Ifoht house
at Pass Marion was destroyed by fire last
night. Two young men, the only in
mates, drifted eff on a coor and were res
cued by Captain Colle, of the tug Leo.
Abandoned in a. Sinking Condition.
• London, September 6 —The German
bark Kathinka, from Hamburg for Port
Royal, S. C., was abandoned in a sinking
condition on the 2d instant. Her crew
have arrived at Milford Haven.
Fighting Fire Aboard the Wm. Crane.
Baltimore, Md., September 6.—The
steamship Wm. Crane, of the Savannah
Line, arrived about noon to-day, greatly
damaged by fire. The ship took fire Tues
day, whilst off the coast of South Carolina,
and it was only after tbe most strenuous
exertions that the officers and crew suc
ceeded in extinguishing tbe flamis, and
then not until the ship and cargo had
been damaged to an amount estimated at
from SIO,OOO to $15,000. The hull of
the vessel being of iron saved her from
destruction.
The Fearful Work Done.
London, September 5.—A dispatch
from Amsterdam savs the fact that the
Dutch Controller at Katimbong, Sumatra,
was saved, together with his family, indi
cates that the destruction in that quarter
by the volcanic eruptions was not abso
lute. One European bookkeeper and two
natives were the only persons whose lives
were saved at Merak, where not a building
was left standing. At Tandjong Priok,
58 miles distant, the sea sud enly rose
eight feet and then fell ten feet, causing
widespread devastation.
The Mexican National,
Saltello, Mex., September 6. —The
first train on the Mexican National Bail
road arrived last evening. The whole
town turned out to witness this great e®C3t
for Saltello.
IEMB-ti.oo A YEAR.
PRESS COMMENTS
Popular and Unpopular.
(N. Y. Tribune.)
Dr. Vaughan, the late Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Sydney, more pop
ular among his Protestant fellow colonists
than among his own clergy because of his
strong ideas on teetotalism and other mat
ters He was also popular with the ladies,
because he not only let them hold a big
bsztr in aid of the fine cathedral bniit by
him in Sydney, but actually had the names
of stall-holders inscribed on a table placed
in the wall of the sacred edifice.
Hay Fever.
(N. Y. Letter.)
It is amazing to meet its victims. They
come in squads and companies and bat
talions. City folk hie them to the moun
tains. Men from the interior make reson
ant the piazzas and sands upon the sea
shore. They sneeze all day and choke all
night. Their throats are dust heaps, their
noses cinders There is no health in them.
They try all the medicines that all the
medicine men get rich by. Their eyel
run, their nos rils keep them steadily em
ployed. Fever runs riot in their bones.
Light draughts of air put theta into chills.
Utterly some turn to whisky,
some to bathipg in salt water, some to
’patent. to sfiuffi. There is
absolutely no all-cure.
“The cause of all the trouble about color
in theatres and hotels and restaurants lies
in the fact that each man who feels the
color prejudice but is ashamed to confess
it likes to ease his conscience by compel
ling somebody else to disregard it, even
at a great loss. During the late Whittaker
affair at West Point it came out that one
father, who brought h’s son up to enter,
was very fierce in his denunciation of the
color prejudice among the cadets, and the
commandant eagerly availed himself of
this to propose that the son should share
Whittaker’s room,but the offer was prompt
ly and firmly rejected. The way to put
down this relic of barbarism is to have
every man begin himself to testify against
it at some personal inconvenience, how
ever small, and not impose the duty on
resturant-keepers.”
The Wonders of Java.
(N. O. Times-Democrat.)
Java is wonderful enough as a luxuriant
tropical region;but as a volcanic region its
marvels are unequaled. It is at once a
paradise and an inferno -a land wherein
nature has strangely intermingled life and
death, beauty and monstrosity, splendors
and horrors. There are 38 active volcanoes
there ■ all averaging 10,000 feet in height
—which continuously discharge incredible
quantities of sulphur and sulphurous va
por. There are volcanic rivers of boiliug
mud. At Taschem, in the eastern extrem
ity of the island, there is a lake impreg
nated with sulphuric acid, out of which
flows a river of acid water in which no
living creature can exist; the banks are
barren and ghastly and desolate; where
thfft river enters the sea no fish may live.
And who has not.heard of the Gusvo Upas,
the “Valley of Poison," near Batur, which
is the giant hollow formed by the cra
ter of a dead volcano? Sir Charles L; ■.
the geologist, tells us that this va!'. '
justly au object of terror to all the sur
rounding country; it is veritably the Val
ley of the Shadow of Death, “Every living
being which penetrates into this valley
falls down dead; and the soil is covered
with the carcasses of tigers, deer, birds,
and even the bones of men;—all killed by
the abundant emanations of carbonic acid
gas by which the bottom of the valley is
filled.” There are many lesser valleys of
a similar character, filled with dead crea
tures, whose remains are strangely pre
served by the sulphurous air, even be
neath that blazing sun. The bones alone
decay in that atmosphere; the flesh and
skin and hair remain unchanged during
the passing of centuries.
Java has been repeatedly visited by earth
quakes and eruptions. One of the most
famous of these telluric convulsions oc
curred in 1699. No less than 208 mighty
earthquake shocks followed each other in
tremendous succession. Mount Salsk
burst into eruption; rivers disappeared,
and the courses of torrents were dammed.
‘Nine hills arose in the path of the Tanga
ran river; the waters of streams became
thick and warm, and all the fish—except
the carps-died, and multitudes of croco
diles with them. Vast numbers of tigers,
apes and rhinoceroses were drowned by
hot water.
The volcanoes of Java but rarely vomit
lava, although they discharge torrents of
boiling water and mud and acids, with
fabulous volumes of venomous gases.
But Java is also subject to the conse
quences of those terrific eruptions which
occur in the neighboring islands, especial
ly Sumbawa and Sumatra. Perhaps the
most frightful eruption recorded in mod
ern history took place in 1815 in the prov
ince of Tomboro, Sumbawa —2OO miles
from tne eastern extremity of Java. The
eruption began upon April 5 and lasted
until July. The sound of each colossal
explosion was heard at Sumatra, 970
miles away, and at Ternate, 720 miles
in the opposite dir?ction. Out of 12,-
000 inhabitants in Tomboro only twenty
six survived So heavy was the fall of
ashes that their weight broke in the
roof of the Resident’s house at Bima, 40
miles away; tbe sea was covered with float
ing cinders two feet deep; and in a circle
three hundred miles around the volcano,
the light of day was obscured. Ashes were
carried 800 miles away; and the noises
were heard over sn area of 1,000 miles.
All Java was plunged into such darkness
as men never experienced before—an
Egyptian darkness, a biblical darkness, in
which no one could see his hand before
his face. Unparalelled storms carried
whole forests away into the black air; the
sea left its bed to advance into the cities in
mountains of green witer; coasts disap
peared; the earth opened and vomited
floods of boiling water.
Already in 1722 Java had been visited
by a great earthquake. Papandayang was
in eruption. It was formerly one of the
loftiest volcanoes in Java. Suddenly the
mountain sank into the bowels of tbe
earth, carrying with it an area of land 15
miles long and six broad, together with
40 villages. The summit of the cone still
remains smoking at a height of 5,000 feet
above the sea level.
Japanese eruptions, whether of Java or
not, have always been remarkable for vio
lence. That of Galangoon, in 1822, de
luged an area of 40 miles in less than
twenty hours; burying towns under blue
mud before the inhabitants could escape,
and destroying 114 villages. Showers of
stones were flung nearly 50 miles away—a
missile-range to which, we may safely pre
dict, the science of Krupp or Armstrong
will never be able to attain.
Accident on the Rail.
GAXVESTor, September 5. A special
says: -'On the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad, four miles west of Rossa, a freight
train loaded with 500 head of cattle was
wrecked yesterday. James Gan other, a
stock man, was killed; E. W. Talbott, a
stock man, had his collar bone and thigh
broken, and brakeman Neal was badly
bruised.
Assignment Made.
Boston, September s.—The suspended
sugar house of Benjamin Burgess &, Sons
to-day made assignment to the New York
house of Drexel, Morgan & Co., as their in
debtedness is principally to parties in that
city and in foreign countries.