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SSEEIS I™.| CONSOLIDATED MARCH 17,1877,
THE LEGISLATURE.
STILL IV SESSION AND SEEMINGLY
SATISFIED.
Another Attempt to Fix a Day For Final
Adjournment Futile The Work
Done Yesterday In Both Branch
es—The Educational Bill
Again mentioned Bills
Receiving Gubernato
rial Approval.
(Special to the Chronicle.)
SENATE.
Atlanta, Ga., September 11.—The Sen
ate met at 8:30 o’clock. Senator Polhill
in the Chair. Dr. Jones prayed. Roll
called and Journal read.
Mr. Gustin, of the 22d district, offered
a resolution to dispense with the reading
of the Journal after to-day, on report ot
the Committee on Journals that they were
accurate.
Mr. Walker said: Mr. President,
the business of the Senate may be expe
dited, as Chairman of the Committee on
Journals, I accept the responsibility and
onerous duty which this resolution im
poses.
By unanimous consent the resolution
was taken op and adopted. k ,
Bills were read the second time. 1
The following bills reported unfavora
bly were taken up.
To stop hunting on certain lots in Ap
pling county. Lost.
To repeal the aet to form a Board of
Commissioners for Appling county. Lost.
To amend an act to regulate the prac
tice of medicine. Withdrawn.
To amend section 303 of the Code as to
the liabilily of railroads for damages. Lost.
To require railroad companies to fence
their roads. Lost.
To donate the land scrip fund to the ag
ricultural colleges equally. Withdrawn.
To allow land owners whose lands are
intersected by toll roads to pass free.
Withdrawn.
To amend section 279 of the Code as to
appointment of county judges.so as to re
quire the recommendation of two grand
j uries.
Mr. Baker, the author of the bill, gave
his reasons for introducing the measure
The recommendation of two successive
grand juries gave an opportunity to test
thoroughly the desire of the people for a
County Court. He moyed to disagree to
the report of the committee.
Mr. Dußignon explained the action of
the committee in condemning the bill.
The action of one grand jury was ample
evidence of the popular wish and suffi
cient basis for the establishment of the
court.
Mr. Peeples thought the bill an excel
lent one. It often happened that a grand
jury did not represent the people, and to
require the action of two grand juries gave
the chance to ascertain the public wish
How many times had the Legislature been
called on to abolish County Courts that
the people did not want ?
Mr. Baker renewed his argument and
made a very strong plea for his bill.
The report was disagreed to and the bill
passed to a third reading.
To pay election superintendents in Quit
man and Randolph counties. Passed.
To prevent hogs running at large on St
Simon’s Island, in Glynn county. Passed.
To amend the incorporation acts of Law
renceville. Passed.
Mr. Pike, Chairman of Enrollment Com
mittee, reported twenty-nine House bills
and resolutions as enrolled and ready for
signature.
To keep up stock in Warren county.
Passed.
To authorize Warren county to levy an
extra tax for county purposes. Passed.
To regulate the mode of paying county
money in Warren county. Passed.
To amend act to incorporate Jefferson,
in Jackson county. Passed.
Liquor bill, in two miles of Pentecost
Ohnrcb. and other churches in Jackson
county; one and one-half miles of Centre
Church, and other churches in Oglethorpe
county. Passed.
To regulate municipal election and
registration of voters in LaGrange.
Passed.
Liquor bill in Pike county. Tabled for
the present.
Liquor bill for Berrien county. A let
ter was read from Senator Knight, asking
the bill to be passed with a proviso sub
mitting the matter to an election.
Mr. Harris was sorry to oppose the pro
viso as no notice had been given to the
people, and the proviso would make the
bill conflict with the Constitution, as well
as the will of the people who had already
decided this issue by an election. He
hoped the bill would pass without the
proviso.
Mr. Dußignon, Mr. Meldrim and Mr.
Tutt spoke on the bill.
A message from the House by Mr.
Hardin.
Mr. Jones and Mr. McDonald spoke on
the Berrien county liquor bill. The speech
of Mr. McDonald was a strong one. His
representation of the evils in Berrien grow
ing out of liquor was very pathetic.
The bill was passed.
Liquor bill in Pike county. Passed.
To abolish the office of County Treasurer
of Monroe county and have the Chairman
of the County Commissioners act as Treas
urer.
Mr. Baker, Mr. Gustin, Mr. Livingston,
Mr. Hoyt and McDonald spoke briefly on
the bill. As the measure is local we do not
give the speeches. Bill passed.
To authorial the Trustees of the State
University to accept a branch college at
Fort Valley. Passed.
To repeal an act to fix the fees of jailors
in Banks county. Passed.
Mr. Bolling Whitfield was invited to a
seat on the floor.
To amend an act to enlarge the jurisdic
tion of the City Court of Savannah.
Passed.
To authorize Henry Staunton to build a
street railroad in Savannah. Passed.
To make it illegal to hunt in Chatham
Id certain cases. Passed.
Bill to amend the charter of Atlanta.
The House refused to concur in Senate
amendment as to pay of Secretary of Street
Commissioners.
©n motion, Senator George, of the Com
mittee on Business, reported a resolution
recommending that the Legislature ad
journ on Saturday, the 22d.
Mr. Smith moved to lay on the table.
Lost.
Mr. Jones moved to amend by adjourn
ing on the 15th.
Mr. Walker moved that the Legislature
adjourn as soon as the business is done. *
Message from the Governor, by Mr. Pal
mer, announcing approval of a bill to
change time of holding Superior Courts of
Bulloch, Emanuel and Screven counties,
and resolution to ship the Code to certain
officers.
Remarks on adjournment were made by
Senators Baker, Dußignon, Jones and
Walker.
Senator Walker's substitute was adopt
ed.
Mr. Dußignon arid that this substitute
announced the startling proposition that
the Legislature would quit when it was
done. (Laughter.]
Mr. Livingston arose. Mr. Greer raised
a point of order. Mr. Livingston said he
aat down rather than hear the point. Mr.
Greer said this was all out of order, as the
matter was settled. The Chair decided
the point not well taken, as the matter was
vet to be acted on.
Mr. Smith said it would be a still more
startling proposition if the Legislature
should propose to adjourn without finish
ing its work,
Mr. McDonald was very tired of the leg
islative work, and the people of Atlanta
must be.
The whole matter was laid on the table.
Mr. Livingston, Chairman of the Agri
cultural Committee, reported bills.
Message from the House by Mr. Hardin.
Adjourned to 3 o’clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE®.
The House met at 9 o’clock. Prayer by
the Chaplain. The roll was called and the
Journal read.
Mr. Falligant moved to reconsider the
bill to amend 710 of the Code, with refer
ence to blowing the whistle at railroad
crossings.
Mr. Falligant moved to reconsider 708
of the Code. Carried.
A resolution to pay certain attorneys
representing the State in the Eastman riot
cases was considered by committee of the
whole House, with Mr. Humber in the
Chair. The House recommended that it
do pass by substitute. Mr. Little spoke
for the resolution. Mr. Eason reviewed
the history of the Eastman riot, and made
a strong showing in favor of paying the
attorneys for their services. Mr. Fite
thought the resolution should be adopted.
Mr. Lofton spoke for the resolution.
Mr. Sweat, of Clinch, called the previous-
Resolution was lost.
A message from the Governor announced
that his Excellency has signed a bill to
prohibit the sale of liquor in Coweta
county; also, a bill to incorporate the town
of Chauncy, in Dodge county.
Mr. Ray, of Coweta, moved to recon
sider 3893 of the Code in relation to the
taking of depositions.
Mr. Rountree moved to table the motion.
Lost.
Mr. Atkinson forcibly opposed the mo
tion to reconsider. Mr. Maddox fought it.
Mr. Shion favored the motion to recon
sider. Oa the vote, the bill was recon
sider by one vote.
Senate amendments to certain House
bills were concurred in.
Bills Read the Third Time.
A bill to amend section 2134 of the
Code. Tabled.
A bill to repeal an act authorizing pro
ceedings in equity in certain cases of in
solvency. This bill provoked a lively dis
cussion. Messrs. Harris, Little, James,
Jordan and others taking part. A call for
the yeas and nays was sustained, and on
its passage the yeas were 90 and the nays
37. So the bill passed.
A bill to impose a tax of one-tenth of
one per cent, on the taxable property of
this State for common school purposes.
Pending the considering of this bill the
House adjourned to three o’clock this
afternoon. Rjchmond.
SENATE.
Tuesday Afternoon's Session.
Atlanta, September 12.—The Senate
held an afternoon session yesterday for
the purpose of reading bills the first and
and second time.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday Afternoon's Session.
The bill imposing additional tax for
common school purposes, unfinished at
adjournment, was taken up, and, upon a
vote lost.
Mr. Johnson, of Baldwin, asked a sus
pension of the rules to take up the House
resolution accepting the invitation to the
Louisville Exposition. Agreed to. The res
olution proposes an excursion under the
invitation of Governor Brown immediate
ly before adjournment.
Mr. Jordan, of Hancock, offered a sub
stitute that a joint committee be appointed
to visit the Exposition after adjournment,
to include everybody in the Legislature
desiring to go.
On a point of order, the substitute, as
an amendment in the third degree, was
ruled out.
Mr. Tate, of Pickens, moved to table the
resolution. Lost.
Mr. Humber, of Putnam, moved to dis
agree to the Senate amendment.
Mr. Hoge, of Fulton, opposed the mo
tiori to disagree, and favored concurring
in the Senate amendment.
Mr. Humber supported his motion in a
short speech.
On the motion to disagree, the vote
stood—yeas, 48; nays, 74. Lost.
Mr. Hage, of Fulton, moved to concur
in the Senate amendment. Adopted.
A bill to reduce and grade the fees of
inspectors of oils. Lost.
A bill to amend section 267 of the code,
so as to prescribe what dockets shall be
kept by the Superior Courts. Passed.
A bill to regulate the service of tales
jurors in the Superior Courts. Passed.
A bill to amend section 2237 of the
Code. Passed.
A bill to establish a City Court in Rome,
with jurisdiction over the county of
Floyd.
This bill was introduced by Mr. Foster,
of Floyd.
Wednesday’s Proceedings.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 9 o’clock, President
pro tern. Polhill, presiding. Prayer by Dr.
Jones. Roll call. Senator Walker, Chair
man of Journal Committee, reported the
Journal correct.
The resolution for an early adjournment
was recommitted.
Committee reports read.
Bills read second time.
Bill to prevent fishing on land in Dodge
county, reported adversely, was lost.
The committee reported against a bill to
allow damages that stock from a no fence
county may commit in a fence county.
There was quite a full debate on this
measure, participated in by Senators Neal,
Gustin, Livingston, Meldrim, Dußignon,
Tutt and 0 iver.
The report was disagreed to and the bill
passed to a third reading.
Rev. Thomas E. Smith, R. B. Headen,
T. G. Hughes, M. G. Dobbins, W. J.
Benham and the other fifty gentlemen
constituting a delegation from Bartow
county visiting the Legislature in the in
terest of a liquor bill for that county were
invited to seats on the floor on motion of
Mr. McDonald, amended by Mr. Baker.
Bill to accept Branch college at Haw
kinsville. The committee reported against
this bill. Mr. Lamar moved to disagree to
the report of the committee. The motion
was carried and the bill passed to a third
reading.
Bills on Third Reading.
Bill to amend the road law of Irwin
county. Passed
To fix the liquor license in towns in Tel
fair county. Passed.
To authorize Decatur county to levy a
tax to pay debt. Passed.
Liquor bill for Lawrenceville Cross Road
Academy in Calhoun county. Passed.
Liquor bill for Bartow county was taken
up on motion of Mr. McDonald, he stating
that as Chairman of the Temperance Com
mittee he was requested by the visiting
citizens from Bartow to do so. Mr. Baker
stated that he desired to speak ten min
utes on the matter, alluding to the “tem
perance “monomaniac” who seemed dis
posed to take in hand his county matters.
Mr. McDonald [submitted a petition of
Bartow citizens.
Mr. Baker had the heading of certain
petitions read. The petitions were for
and against prohibition.
Mr. Tutt offered a resolution that during
the discussion the President’s desk be
draped appropriately with the petitions.
[Laughter.]
Mr. Baker spoke on the bill He alluded I
to bis vexations as a Senator, and said he I
had regretted a hundred times that he was
a Senator. He chastised himself for
not introducing a bill against lobby
ing. He charged that all the advo
cates of this temperance movement were
fanatics, laboring under mania, and inca
pable of equilibrium of mind. A majority
of the voters of Bartow petitioned the Leg
islature not to force an election for or
against whiskey upon them. He proposed
to deal with the question as a saneman, and
not as the monomaniacs who opposed him at
home. The bill requires all physicians to
violate the ethics of his profession, by
making them tell professional secrets. It
was a cursed bill. It would be a terror to
the people for fear of being dragged to the
court house.
Mr. Baker wanted to deal a few mo
ments with the fanatics, and especially
with the Senator from the sth (Mr. Mc-
Donald).
Mr. McDonald: Take care of your
self.
Mr. Baker said this temperance move
ment was a frantical wave from the North.
He proposed to discuss the subject scien
tifically. Liquor was a necessary evil. It
was necessary to health, and restrictions
must be thrown around it. All nation
alities have their stimulants, based up6n
natural needs. There was more blind
fanaticism in th§ rural sections. In the
citi g and metropolises ’the people were
- informal! andfanatical. The
Iftfuor legislation had extended the ses
sion a month. Mr. Baker concluded with
a severe characterization of temperance
advocates and championship.
Mr. Livingston replied to Mr. Baker.
The visiting gentlemen from Bartow who
had been invited to seats on the floor, and
could not reply, merited the courtesy of
Senators. In regard to the petitions, Mr.
Baker made the point that the signers
against the bill were voters, and those for
it largely women and children. He re
plied that the women and children were
entitled to protection, and had a right to
petition for it. Mr. Livingston made a
strong plea for temperance. Let the peo
ple have a chance now to settle this ques
tion for themselves.
Mr. Dußignon stated that he would ex
plain the reason for voting against the bill.
The one question is, shall this election be
held? The Senator says a majority of
Bartow do not want an election. This,
then, should decide the measure.
Mr. Tatunr moved to adjourn to three
o’clock. Carried.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 9 o’clock. Prayer by
the Chaplain. The roll was called and the
Journal was read.
Mr. Lofton, of Bibb, moved to recon
sider the resolution to pay certain attor
neys for services in prosecuting the East
man rioters. Carried. The Journal was
confirmed.
A bill to make railroad companies in
this State liable for over charges was read
the third time. Lost.
Mr. Hoge, Chairman of the General Ju
diciary Committee, reported bills:
A bill to amend the divorce law so that
the first verdict may be taken the first
term after the libel is filed. Passed.
The committee of the whole recommend
ed that the joint resolution to pay the
Early county News SB4 48 for advertising
wild lands do pass. The vote stood yeas,
114; nays, 9.
A bill to repeal the act to establish a City
Court in Hall county. Passed.
A joint resolution to settle with the se
curities of Samuel R Hoyle, late Tax Col
lector of Fulton county. Adopted.
A bill to fix the salary of the State Li
brarian.
A call for the yeas and nays was sus
tained, and the vote stood yeas 100, nays
31.
A bill to regulate elections by the
General Assembly. Mr. Redding, of
Pike, said he thought the bill would
would have the effect of making a man vote
his honest convictions, and of preventing
parliamentary ‘’tricks,” put up with a
view to make men change their votes un
der the guise of harmony. He was, there
fore, for it. Mr. Key, of Jasper, spoke
against the bill. Mr. Sweat, of Clinch,
thought the bill would put a stop to the
confusion and excitement incidental to
the changing of votes. He favor°d it. Mr;
McGregor spoke for the bill.
A call for the yeas and nays was sus
tained. The vote stood yeas, 106; nays,
32. Passed.
Bill to create county administrator for
each county of this State. The bill was
considered in sections. Several important
amendments to the bill were adopted. A
call for the yeas and nays was sustained,
and the vote resulted, nays, 83; yeas, 44.
The bill was lost.
Mr. Wilson, of Camden, asked leave to
introduce a bill to equitably adjust the
claims of the colored people to a portion of
the agricultural land scrip. Granted, and
the bill was read and referred to the Com
mittee on Education.
The House adjourned to 3 o’clock.
SENATE.
Atlanta, September* 13.—The Senate
met at 9 o’clock, President Boynton in the
Chair. Dr. Jones prayed. Mr. Walker re
ported the Journal correct.
The Bartow liquor bill was reconsidered
on motion of Mr. McDonald.
Mr. J. K. Hines was invited to a seat on
the floor.
Committee reports were received. House
bills were read first time.
Bills Read the Third Time.
To accept branch college at Hawkins
ville. Passed.
Mr. Tatum, of the committee to inves
tigate the Agricultural Department, sub
mitted a report, and Mr. Peeples offered a
minority report.
The majority report submits the evi
dence and sustains the integrity of the ad
ministration of the department. The sys
tem of inspection of fertilizers is declared
faulty, the blame of which rests on the
law. " The farmers have been well protest
ed, and the Commissioner has been suc
cessful and vigilant in detecting and ex
posing bad fertilizers. The report is
signed by M. A. B. Tatum, Chairman Sen
ate Committee, and T. C. Crenshaw, Jr ,
Chairman House Committee, and W. H.
Payne and E. H. Hoge, of the House Com
mittee. The report says that 513.2C0 is
appropriated for the Commissioner, his
clerk and the department. This amount is
accounted for by vouchers,except as to some
small immaterial amounts for telegrams,
express charges and travelling expenses,
&b., about which there is no question.
The committee says the.original law did
not, in their judgment, authorize the em
ployment of as large a force as has been
employed since the Department was or
ganized under approval of every Governor,
but the committee thinks their employ
ment should be approved. Some of the
inspectors lost some tags, but these tags
were charged against them. The inspec
tors claim that all of the tags were not
delivered to them. The whole number of
tags was 1,389,230 and the deficiencv
25,003.
The minority report fully exonerates the
Commissioner of Agriculture. It differs
from the majority report upon the point
raised in that report that more employes
were engaged than the original law con
templated, and justifies the employment
as authorized by law. The majority re
port doubts the right to employ, but re
commends approval. The minority re
port endorses the employment. Both re
ports practically exonerate the Commis
sioner in the matter. The minority report
is signed by Senators T, M. Peeples and L.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1883,
F. Livingston, of the Senate Commit
tee, and C. T. Zachry and J. W. Barks
dale, of the House Committee. L
The minority report goes co to show
that in the preparation of the many valu
able manuals issued from the department,
and the large and various duties, the
Commissioner and one clerk could not
have administered the depaitment, while
the law itself vests a wide discretion ip
the Commissioner and authorizes him to
employ such help as is needed to pro
mote and execute the objects Os the de
partment. These extra clerks were em
ployed under sanction of Governors Smith.
Colquitt, Stephens, Boynton and Mc-
Daniel. No possible blame can attach to
the Commissioner in this matter, as he
continued the department as it had been
organized and approved by every Execu
tive and Legislature.
Liquor bill for Jones county. Passed
and transmitted to the House, 'j.
To regulate the sale of cotton in seed in
Wilkinson. Mr. Hughes explained the ob
ject of the bill, which was to correct a seri
ous abuse. There was some discussion by
Senators Dußignon, • Meldrißj/ Parks and
Hughes. The bill wk# amended, passed
and sent to the House. * $ ■ *
Bill to pay . election managers in Hancock
county. Passed. '
To amend section 4258,.jif the Code.
Passed. .. . _
fhe-Hof’P'
liijkoir bill ferltockoale cwffity. Passed
and transmitted to the'Hcjse.
Mr. Meldrim, Chairman of Corporations,
reported bills.
To make effective homestead wffivers in
spite of the rate of interest.
Mr. Parks explained the bill, which was
intended to carry out the Constitution and
also help credit.
Mr. Peeples opposed the bill, as did also
Mr. Greer. Mr. Pike supported it.
Bills Passed and Sent to House.
To amend section 3560 of Code as to
jury verdicts. Lost.
Bill to abolish the Department of Agri
culture. Tabled.
To require non-resident plaintiffs to pay
costs. Withdrawn.
To amend section 661 of the Code as to
mad laws. Lost.
To repeal 621 sos the Code. Lost.
To require Superior Court Judges to
dispose of ali business on their dockets
once a year Lost.
Bill of Mr. Parks to create the office of
Lieutenant Governor. Mr. Parks explained
the bill, and the necessity for it. He had
no interest or pride in it, but thought it
for the public interest to have it passed.
Mr. Tutt said the only objection urged
to the bill was that parties wanted to call
a constitutional convention to make snch
changes as this. This was no reason. Let
them pass the bill. In the case of Gover
nor Stephens they had seen the need for a
Lieutenan t-Go vern or.
Mr. Dußignon was tpposed to the bill.
Such a contingency rarely happened as
required such an officer.
Mr. Gustin objected to the bilLbecause
it would deprive the Senate of the power
of electing a'presiding officer. Only two
Governors had died in Georgia in a centu
ry and a half. Bill withdrawn.
To make effective waiver of garnish
ment.
Mr. Jones explained the bill. Mr.
Peeples urged its passage. Mr. Dußig
non opposed the bill. Mr. Tutt favored
the bill strongly. Mr. Meldrim support
ed the bill on principle and policy. Mr.
Hoyt commended the bill. Mr,, Gustin
oppQß6(L4ft.e bill. Mr. Parks abi.y advo
cated tneprinciples of the bill.
Ou the bill the yeas were 16; nays, 16.
Senate adjourned to 3:39, p. m.
HOUSE.
The House met at 9 o’clock, Prayer by
the Chaplain. The roll was called, and
the Journal read.
Mr. Jordan moved to reconsider the bill
to create a County Administrator for each
county. Carried.
Mr. Crenshaw, from the Joint Committee
to investigate the Agricultural Department,
submitted a majority report. Mr. Zrchry
submitted a minority report. Both re
ports were read. On motion, the reports
were tabled, and five hundred copies of
each ordered to be printed for the use of
the House.
Amendments to certain Senate bills were
concurred in.
Mr. Peek moved to take up local and
special bills for a third reading.
Mr. Redding offered a substitute that
the night session be devoted to this matter.
Mr. Wilson, of Sumter, moved to table
the whole matter. Carried.
Bills on Third Reading.
A bill for the relief of the county of
Wilkinson was considered by committee
of the whole, Mr. Peek in the Chair.
The gist of the bill is that Wilkinson
county paid Doctor Croswell for services
in preventing the spread of small pox.
She claims that under the act of 1862
the State should reimbur e her. She
simply assumed the State’s deb 1 , and
wants the sum due Doctor Croswell from
the State paid to her. The vote stood,
yeas, 66: nays, 60. The bill was lost.
A bill to amend the Constitution of the
State by creating the office of Lieutenant-
Governor. Yeas, 107; nays, 29 Two
thirds not having voted toamend the Con
stitution, the bill was lost.
Messepe from the Governor announced
that His Excellency had signed the follow
ing bills:
To amend the charter of Cuthbert.
To pay the teachers of public schools of
Rabun county for average attendance t>f
pupils.
To prohibit the killing of deer and tur
keys during certain seasons in Rabun
county.
To prohibit the sale of liquor in Mitchell
county.
To provide for the drawing of only one
grand jury for each term of the Superior
Court of Polk.
To regulate the time for which Augusta
Oouncilmen shall hold office.
To submit the question of prohibition
to the voters of Taylor.
To prevent persons in Thomas from
driving sheep from the ranges where they
use.
To empower the Commissioners of Troup
to levy an additional tax.
To regulate the sale of liquor in Twiggs.
To incorporate the Irwinton Railroad
Company.
To require owners of live stock to keep
them from running at large in Jasper.
To amend an act to incorporate the Cap
itol T?ank of Macon.
To empower the Commissioners of Thom
as county to build justice’s court house in
militia districts.
Also, a resolution to pay the Chaplains
of the House and Senate for the adjourned
session.
To pay the expenses of the committee to
visit the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
To pay Daniel R. Proctor his per diem
and mileage.
A bill to amend an act to empower the
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
of Mclntosh, in his ex-officio capacity as
Mayor of Darien, to fine and imprison de
linquent street hands. Passed.
A bill to supply a deficiency in the con
tingent fund for the year 1883 was con
sidered by committee of the whole, Mr.
Reese in the Chair. Passage recom
mended. Vote—yeas, 125; nays, 0.
Passed,
On motion of Mr. Little, the bill was at
once sent to the Senate.
The House adjourned to 3 o’clock this
afternoon. Richmond.
M. Bretueil says that strawberries are
served on the tables of the Queen of Eng
land and of the King of the Belgians the
year round.
THE Y ANTIC'S RETURN.
AND HER UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH
FOR THE GREELEY PARTY.
The Proteus Knocked to Pieces by the
Mountains of Ice—Hardships and
Tribulations of the Relief Party
—Condensed Keport of the
Crews’ Movements Dur
ing the Past Month.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, September 13.--The Chief
Signal Officer has received the following
report from Lieutentant Garlington, in
command of the Greeley Arctic relief ex
pedition;
St. John’s, N. F., September 13.
Sir—lt is my painful duty to report the
total failure of the expedition. The Pro
teus was crushed to pieces in latitude
78:52, longitude 74:25, and sunk on the
afternoon of the 23d of July. My party
and the crew of that ship are all saved. I
made way across Smith Sound and along
the eastern shore to Cape York, thence
across Melville Bay to Upernavik, arriving
there on the 24th of August. The Yantic
reached Upernavik on the 2d of Septem*
her.- and left the same day,, bringing the
parity•••-
[Signed] ' E: A. G Arlington.
Washington, September 13.—The fol
lowing report from Commander Wildes,
of the United States steamer Yantic, with
regard to the failure of the Greeley relief
expedition, was received to-night by Com
modore English, Acting Secretary of the
Navy:
St. John, N. F., September 13.
Hon. Wrn. E Chandler, Secretary of the
Navy The United States steamer Yantic
has arrived, bringing Capt. Pike and the
crew of the Proteus. Lieutenant Garling
ton and the Greeley relief party, ali of
whom are well. The steamer Proteus was
crushed in the ice six miles north of Cape
Sabine, July 23d. The crew of the relief
party, after depositing the records at Lit
tleton Island and Pandora harbor, retreat
ed south in six boats to Upernavik, suffer
ing much hardship in Melville Bay. The
Gantic reached Littleton Island August 3d,
without much difficulty. We found the
reco-ds and immediately proceeded south
ward, searched the coasts and island thor
oughly down to Saunder’s Islands. An
ice pack then closed in and we could
neither get around nor through and was
obliged to retreat under the lee of North
umberland Island. On August 9th, a
southward gale having loosened the pack,
we were able to get through and
continue the search. The coast about
Cape York was filled with ice,
packed close, and we could not
get within twenty miles of land. On
August. LOth, having ice in all direc
tions but southeast we proceeded to Uper
navik and sent fifteen days’ rations to
Lesinsake and a whale boat to Cape Shack
elton,* on the 22d we sailed for Coalmine,
thence to Godhaven. Od the 31st Lieut.
Caldwell arrived in a launch from Uper
navik, having been thirty-nine days in an
open boat. A separation under orders took
place at Cape York. We sailed the same day
for Upernavik and found that the party had
arrived. On September 2d we proceeded
homeward and had a rough passage. Per
mission is asked to coal here.
[Signed] Frank Wildes.
*The rations referred to were probably
intended for Tessuissak, a .small settle
ment between Cape Shackleton and Uper
navik, and about forty miles north of the
latter place.
St. John’s, N. F., September 13.—The
whole Proteus pa-ty are in good health
and fair spirits. They were exposed 31
days and nights in biats, making some
stoppages at the intermediate harbors
The Proteus was crushed in a
floe of ice at 3, p. m., July 23d,
and sank within seven hours. Fortunate
ly the men had time to save clothing, pro
visions, compasses and other necessaries.
OnJuly2sih, the boats being equipped,
provisioned and manned, a start was made.
The scene of the disaster was eight miles
north northwest of Cape Sabine, latitude
79:59 north. Over 600 miles of ice
and frigid sea were passed before Up
ernavik was reached. No provisions were
taken from the steamer, nor were any
caches made, and all the stores intended
for the Arctic colony’s relief went down in
the steamer.
Captain Pike, of the Proetus, says that
as far north as Cape Sabine there was
no trace of Lieutenant Greeley or
his party, and his failure to come
south to Littleton Island to meet the relief,
steamers this summer evokes great appre
hensions as to his probable fate.* The
Proteus was retreating home when the ice
nip overwhelmed her. She got barely
ten miles north of the scene of the ship
wreck. The prospects of the Gree’ey colony
encountering the rigors of a third winter
beneath the Arctic circle are mournful to
contemplate. The crews of the Yantic and
Proteus are in excellent health. One death
only occurred during the expeditio. , that
of Henry Wilson, of the Yantic, from
apoplexy.
WARLIKE STATESMEN.
Members of the Georgia Legislature on
the Perilous Edge of a Duel.
(Special to the Courier-Journal.)
Atlanta, September 12.—A passage of
words between two prominent members of
the Legislature has led to complications
which friends are trying to arrange to
night. A bill was under consideration for
the appointment of a County Judge in
Floyd by the Governor. Mr. Wright, a
pink of chivalry, objected and asked that
an amendment be made for the appoint
ment of a Judge by the grand jury. His
colleague, Mr. B ooks, also a nettlesome
young member, declared that Wright’s de
sire fcr a change in the-manner of appoint
ment grew out of a failure to secure his
law-partner’s appointment from the Gov
ernor. Mr. Wright denied the imputation,
and declared his readiness to give his
denials stronger form after adjournment,
Mr Brooks replied that he did not asperse
the gentleman’s motives, but carefully
guarded his language so as not to do so.
He merely said he could not think of any
other reason why Wright should oppose
the bill than the one given. “He has
seen fit,” said Mr. Brooks, “to insult me
on the floor of this House. I have too
much respect for the gentlemen around
me and too much respect for you, Mr.
Speaker, to do so here, but I will reserve
the right of slapping the vagabond’s jaws
outside of this hall.”
The Speaker's hammer fell, and there
was quite a sensation. After adjournment
both parties were accompanied to their
respective rooms by friends who are reti
cent as to what is going on. If ample
apologies are not given, it may be that the
matter will be settled by a duel on the
Virginia plan.
Big Fire in Boston.
Boston, September 12, —A large fire oc
curred to-night in the five story brick
building, extending one hundred feet
from Canton street through to Tabian
street, South End, this city. The entire
building was occupied by Smith & Co.,
manufacturers of fine desks and school
and counting house furniture, and con
tained a large quantity of valuable manu
factured and raw material, very little of
which was saved. The total loss is un
known, but will probably amount to more
than 5150,000,
LABOR IN THE SOUTH.
John C. Calhoun Telling About the
Condition of the Southern Negro—
His Testimony Before the Senate
Sub-Committee on Labor and
Education.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New York, September 13.—John C. Cal
houn, of South Carolina, a grandson of
the famous statesman of the same name,
and who is new a resident of Arkansas,
was a witness before the Senate Committee
on labor and education this morning. H©4
was called to testify in regard to the con
dition and prospects of labor in the South.
He stated that since 1869 he had been
engaged in cotton raising in Arkansas
and had abundant opportunities of
observing the condition of labor at the
South. The laborers in the Mississippi
Valley, said the witness, were entirely ag
ricultural. Few white men were employ
ed, as they soon became either land
owners or tenants. The condition
of the negroes was good, as com
pared with that of a few years ago.
There were three methods of employing
laborers—for wages, working on shares
and as tenants. 'There was no country in
the world where greater liberality, was
shown to the laborer. The large farmers,
besides furnishing the laborers with shel
ter, fuel and other advantages, divides the
gross proceeds •of crops among his em-
Mbd mm.
that they fail to ttfke adVaofoge ofthe op.
portunities offered them. They will only
devote so much ot their time to work as
will enable them to procure the necessiiies
of life. Under the renting system the best
land in the country can be obtained for
$8 or $lO an acre and with the rental
go many priveleges. On his own
the witness practiced all these methods of
em; loving labor, but preferred the tenant
system. It was big object to raise the
standard of the colored laborer to that of
the small white farmer. This could only
be done gradually, on account of the ex
treme poverty of the negroes. A large
portion of the cotton crop was now raised
by small farmers and the number of
these was increasing every year. The re
lations between the planters and their
employes were friendly and harmonious,
and there was little danger of strikes.
The laborers felt that they had an
interest in the soil, and that a strike
would be as injurious to them as to
their employers. There was a much greater
tendency to conflict between the races
than between labor and capital. The wit
ness thought the interests of the Southern
laborers would be furthered by the estab
lishing of State industrial schools and by
the elimination from Federal politics of
the so-called negro question, leaving its
solution to time and by a reduction of taxa
tion. For many years the negroes regarded
themselves as the wards of thegovernment
and it were well for them to know that
they should expect no more from the gov
ernment than the whites, and that their
future depends upon their energy and in
dustry. Nothing, probably, would con
tribute so immediately to their prosperity
as a reduction of the tariff. The witness
gave a description of the agricultural
industry of Arkansas. He thought the
South offered the greatest inducements to
immigration. The race feeling was dying
out, and if the South were left to itself
there was no more danger from it. Capital
could then find secure investment. Os
the future of the negro apce, he bad
great hope. In politics, the negro
vote was not so solidly Republican
as many North supposed. Many voted
with their employers, not from coercion,
but by preference. The witness favored’
government control of the improvement
of the Mississippi. He suggested that the
cotton tax of $70,009,000 should be ap
propriated to the education of negroes
in the South. As to the rest of the Slates
they could take care of their colored citi
zens, and he recommended that a settle
ment of all the difficulties be left to time.
floating' abou t.
T&ble Showing the Amount of Money in
Circulation.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, September 13.—The fol
lowing statement, showing the amount of
money in circulation, has been compiled
by the First Comptroller cf the Trea ury:
National Bank Notes out-
standing September 1. .5 353,834,542
Legal Tender Notes out-
standing September 12 346,681,016
Silver Certificates out-
standing September 8.. 75,969,071
Gold Certificates outstand-
standing September 8.. 55,272,440
Total Paper in Circulation. 831,757,669
Gold Coin in Circulation
February 1, ’B3 527,378,992
Silver Legal Tenders in
Circulation February 1 135,405,080
Silver (other than legal
tender) in Circulation
February 1 80,563,501
Total Gold and Silver Cir
culation 743,347,573
Total Paper Circulation... 831,757,069
Total Coin Circulation.... 743,347,573
Grand Total $1,575,i04 642
Assuming the total population to be 52.-
000,000 the distribution per capita would
be S3O 29.
IN FLAMES.
The Forsyth (Ga.) Advertiser Office
Burned on Account of the Paper’s
Opinions.
(Special to the Courier-Journal.)
Forsyth, Ga., September 13.—A little
after 1 Tuesday morning a fire broke
out in the Advertiser building, in which
the Thomas Warehouse and the entire
business houses connected therewith were
destroyed. The office of the Monroe Ad
vertiser was completely destroyed, noteven
the paper being saved. The fire was of
incendiary origin, and the opinion of near
ly every one is that the act was aimed es
pecially at the Advertiser building,
Mr. Waterman, its publisher, is an enthu
siast on negro education and prohibition
questions. Temperance has grown to be a
hobby in every county in Georgia, the ag
itation for local option in Monroe county
especially having assumed all the bitter
ness of a heated political campaign. Re
cent discourses of Dr. Haygood have also
inflamed the people against the colored
people. Mr. Watterman, being the advo
cate of the higher law, fell under marked
displeasure, and on more than one occa
sion has stood in danger of personal chas
tisement. There is no doubt that inflam
ed adversaries applied a torch to the buil i
ing for the purpoose of showing their dis
approval of his course.
National Union League.
New Yobk, September 13. —The Execu
tive Committee of the National Union
League met here to-day. The President,
J. 8. Snegley, of Pittsburg, presided. The
details were perfected for a series of union
meetings to be held in the South, to be
addressed by prominent Northern men on
current political and educational topics.
The first will be held at Atlanta, in No
vember.
Obituary.
London, September 13.—Admiral Sir
Richard Collinson, K. C. 8., F. R. G. S., is
dead. He commanded the enterprise ex
pedition which left Plymouth in 1850 in
search of Sir John Franklin, j
TERMS--$2.00 A YEAR.
I DUELLING INTHE DARK.
BLO JDY AFFRAY AMOXG COWBOYS
ll* COLORADO.
Eight Whiskey-Crazed Men Became
Engaged in a Fearful Fisht—Hud
dled Togeth. r in a Dark Room,
They Duel Unto Death—The
Killed and Wounded—
Other Criminal News.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.»
Denver, Col., September 12.— The de
tails of a bloody affray, which occurred at
McLain ranche, in Elbert county, on Sun
day night, in which eight cowboys were
engaged, have just reached here. Sunday
being a day off, they went to Agate Station,
on the Kansas Pacific Road, and, falling
in with companions, opened the festivities
with several drinks. Thence they rod* to
a neighboring ranche, where they obtained
a supply of liquor and started for home.
On the way two of their number, named
Rossiter and McKeever, engiged in an an
gry dispute on a trivial matter and al! re
paired to a herder’s quarters to settle the'
difficulty. As soon as they were inside,
the men clinched and both fell to the
ground,' fighting desperately, their
them_ on. The
tables pand bericb&J j ■ *t>re removed
ana. ija; rir g the mm
beat and tore at each other with the ■'-
?ocity of tigers. The lookers on in their
excitement madly howled and danced
about, brandishing their revolvers and en
couraging their favorite in the fight.
While the orgy was at the highest, the oil
lamp was knocked from its place and the
room was in darkness. The men, now
completely mad, ran upon each, other and
in a minute after the light had been ex
tinguished, the melee was general. The
door was locked and there being no means
of egress each man fought for himself.
Amid the resounding blows and curses a
pistol shot rang out and the death
cry of tfip victim paralyzed what
ever of reason was left in tbe party.
Al me st before the cry had left the lips of
the unfortunate man, there was a wild
fusilade and for a moment, by fitful
flashes, the gloom wss lighted. Rossiter
was dead, two, named Jones were weltering
in their blood and three others were
wounded, one at least fatally. Rollinsand
McKeever, the only ones not injured, fled
and have not yet been apprehended.
Fatal Affray at Trinity, Texas.
Galveston, September 12. —At Trinity,
yesterday, Major H. B. Hurlock, a mill
owner, and his son, W. H. Hur'ock, aged
22 years, were shot by one of their em
ployes, named Roseman, 23 years old.
W. H. Hurlock is now dead and his father’s
wounds are probably mortal. Tbe shoot
ing occurred at a house near Hurlock’s
mill. A young son of the Major had been
annoying Roseman, who, in endeavoring
to make him desist, accidentally injured
the child’s foot. The Major showered
abuse and blows upon Roseman, the latter
declining to resent this treatment. The
Major then called to his son to come
ont and whip Roseman. The son’s
blows quickly put Boseman on the ground,
when the latter drew a revolver and
shot his adversary through the head and *
heart. The Major then reached for his
pistol and Roseman shot him also. He
then cooly went up stairs, procured an
other revolver and barricaded himself.
The mill employ's had by this time ar
rived and gathered around tbe premises.
The lady of the bouse entreated Roseman
to leave. He complied, remarking: “I
will tor you, you are a woman.” When
Roseman left the house, the men opened
fire upon him and, after filling him with
goose shot, secured him. After Rose
man’s capture, Major Hurlock, despite bis
wounds, beat him until the bystanders in
terfered.
A Drunkard’s Gallows-Deserving Aet.
Galveston, September 12.—A San An
tonio special says: “M. D. Ward, the cor
respondent of the San Antonio Express,
who had been drinking heavily since last
night, was, to-day, in a bar room at Han
do City, talking with Robert G Fly, a son
of Major Fly, a wealthy mine owner of
Mexico. The pair had several drinks to
gether, when, suddenly, without a word
of warning, Ward, with a pistol, shot Fly
in the eye, killing him instantly. He
then rushed out, shouting: 'Tm the Wild
Bill that killed the s of a b —Just be
yond the door he was halted by the sheriff
and is now in jail.
DECIDED AT LAST.
Tbe Cose of Harrison Johnston, tbe
“Cotton Colleetor.”
(By Telegrauh to the Chronicle.)
New Y' be, September 12.—1 n the cele
brated cotton soit of the government
against Harrison Johnston, an ex-special
agent of the Treasury Department, which
has been pending for years in the United
States Circuit Court, ex-Judge Choate, of
the United States Dis rict Court, to whom
the case was referred, late this afternoon,
filed his report, deciding that tbe defend
ant is entitled to judgment and dismissing
tbe complaint on its merits. Jobnston was
appointed, during the latter part of the
war, as a special agent of the Treasury to
collect so called Confederate cotton in sev
eral counties of Mississippi, and it wag
alleged that he had sold large quantities
and converted the proceeds to his own
use. His trial begun last December,
before Judge Cox and a jury, and contin
ued three weeks, but on account of its
probable duration for months, was, by
order of the court, on stipulation, referred
to ex-Judge Chopte, his decision to stand
recorded as the decision of the court.
Mr. Blaine and Gen. Butler's Candidacy*
Augusta, Me., September 12.—Hon.
James G. Blaine was called upon this even
ing for the purpose of ascertaining what
foundation there was for the story pub
lished to-day purporting to give his views
touching Butler’s political future. Mr.
Blaine said the views attributed to him
were precisely the reverse to those he
bolds. He said be did not believe General
Butler could be re-elec ed Governor of
Massachusetts, and he had the fullest con
fidence in a Republican President being
chos-n next year. Tbe Republican party,
be added, would be fouad far stronger in
the elections of 1884 than it was in either
1875 or 1879 '
After the Moonshiners.
Washington, September 13.—Revenue
Agents Br own and Young reported to-day
to tbe Commissioner of Internal Revenue
the seizure of an illicit distillery near Ful
laboma, Tennessee. The property cap
tured is valued at more than $4,000.
Revenue Agent Powers, of the Fifth
North Carolina District, reports to the.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue that
since September first he has raided and
captured five illicit distilleries in his dis
trict and destroyed a large quantity of
property used in the illegal manufacture
of liquors.
After the Apaches.
El Paso, Tex , September 12.—A spe
cial from Casa Grande says the Apaches
are beginning to show signs of treachery
and it is the intention of the Mexican au
thorities to surround and keep them in
the neighborhood of Casa Grande until a
cordon is completed, when a speedy se
quel toihe present state of affairs may be
looked ror,