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‘ J. li. KSTILL,
Savannah, Ga.
TO I
*< U the hov*c not lonely since the
epidemic t
lonely; shadows of the past
1 , n^hits and empty rooms at eve;
{ ^ved ones, all too bright to last,
*■” with the twilight and the night, to grieve
l0Ee , v i 0V ed whilst daeky silence falls
mtfcia the dit»nes3 of once pleasant walls.
. mu the threshold but I feel
of the loved and lost;
. bright lurms forever ’round me steal,
’ n, v Lead 1 right angel-wings are
And sa 01 j °
crossed;
, m zh the silent dm-k I seem to hear
* . f mgcl greeting, sweet and clear.
, ,., e _ tfDO f my friend, I cannot stray
! ( . v ,ith j iyous tread, from room to
gath dde 1 tom, a phantom leads the way
urn’s common doom ;
• -tj step I take i* thick with memories strown,
u' we the woods when autumn winds have
t-weli: my destined path let me pursue
owly and thoughtful, through the olden ways;
se silent walifl can never speak to you,
.,phantom shadows never nuet yonr gaze;
.re ircan never catch the whispered tone—
, b oaie is lo-dy- hut to me alone.
Thomas D. DOWNING.
ivaccah,
Affairs in Georgia.
A correspondent ot Thomas connty writes
to us is follows, under date of January 17;
•‘Hundreds of negroes are daily passing
through this county ou their way to Florida.
They claim to be from llandolph, Terrell,
Lee and Dougherty counties. We explain
to them the danger of moving in such num
bers, when they do so without means (and
mm are begging to sustain life as they
I pass . They thank us for advice, but go
on. Is there any significance in this move
ment of able-bodied blacks toward the eea-
board? Has Louisiana atlairs anything to
do with it? Let us be advised in time.”
Col. R. G. Ozier, the editor aDd publisher
of the Montezuma Weekly, has recently
married and retired from editorial
labor. The publication of the Weekly will
beoonlinaed by W. II. Harrison as editor,
to whom we extend the right hand of fellow
ship.
The last issue of the Mitchell Reformer
contains the valedictory of Prof. W. N.
Steal?, editor in chit/. His reason for re
tiring was a multiplicity of business which
prevented his giving the requisite amount
of time to the paper. He disposes of his
interest to Messrs. \Y. X. Spence and F. M.
Mason, who will continue the publication of
the paper as heretofore.
The oil in the Geneva Lamp has given
out, and that little sheet no longer radiates
its own or reflects borrowed light. We hope
Dennis will fill up his Lamp again, fur its
rays came mildly and softly into our sanc-
• tnm.
The municipal election at Thoraasville
took place on Tuesday last. The aspirants
for Major were £. T. MacLeao, Esq., the
then incumbent, and Mr. W. E. Davis, both
gentlemen of competency and popularity.
There were two or three tickets for Alder-
ruen * We have not yet been advised as to
the resalt.
The citizens of Boston, Thomas county,
held their annual election for Town Coun-
cilmen on Mouday of last week, which ro-
^ittd iu the re-election of the old officers,
: W. M. Jones, Wm. M. Brooks, Wm.
r0 » J- W. Taylor and M. L. Cook,
Councilmen, and D. C. Clark, Marshal.
The enterprising burglar is abroad in the
wd. On last Suuday the store of Mr. L.
i‘. Hoyt A Co., of Brunswick, was bur
glariously entered, and the burglars, three
*hite men, carried off a quantity of hard-
w& re. Messrs. H. & Co. offer a reward for
the detection of the scoundrels.
The Columbus Tones Bays of its great
igle & P»m.oix mills, “that it now stands
oremost among the cotton and woolen fae
ries of the South, counting its looms by
6 thousand and its spindi*s by the tenB of
, " ;aDu ’ g i and its products by the hundreds
-thousands of dollars. Its employees re-
TQire a whole village for their habitations,
“ tlie villa 8 e » with its schools and
j ■'•chee, jg furnished by the company. The
£ J •; manufactured are sold iujalmost every
■ 4 1D the Union, and the present power
1 ’ ‘“^equate to fill orders that are con-
pouring in.”
I Deni 1 ' 8 !r ° m . tho Vaido3ta Times : “The tur-
fan’ 1Ce ^° amc83 Georgia, now in its in-
o-. S d eg tined at no distant day to be
| .l J l ^ le 8 a test elements of wealth in
| t ^", e ^ a P reme Court of Georgia began its
diV ^ f aDUar * V term for tblfl y ear ou Mon
ied* " r vacat ' 0n ^ as ^ een a short one,
i|!\ ^ &ve hardly had time to recuper-
rom the labors of the last term.
the T] freight Cars rau off the track 0D
Muaday 1111 ' ^° m<) an ^ Litton Railroad,
at Uomo junction. It was
k 0 / J .V C ^ amp ra ^ breaking on the
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANN.4H, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1877.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
material damage was done to
I ^ erca ra or track.™
G$orp' ^ 0ret * Methodist Conference of
there^W'i? 661 DGXt Week al ® ainljri ^g e « an( ^
Pr<^i a gathering of the colored
We trust theas-
An in v bC a pleasant a D<I profitable one.
^ in 1°?°* y°Uth got himself into trou-
th« r ? er ^° a8 011 * &8t Sunday by throw-
th e W j,"j Utt ena a corn stalk through
j of tig q JW of 0De °f the passenger coaches
| tng 43 ^ W&B P assin B thecross-
Uarown‘ , aJoe cree k. The missile was
I thfiwi Ql i U C0DHi<iera hlo force, breaking
w^ieij h an ^ Blattering the dirt,
I of a ° Cn attac ked to it, over one or
*^8t(n. fc l ! a88fcn 8ers in the cw. The train
I ^ricit ' i aUli T° utk captured and
I opon jjjg 1 0 de P°t where ho was released
1 Kvere .. m ‘ Jt 1 ller ’“ promisin- to give him
UttMhmg (bo next day.
I £ «»ala Sl ° * 10U80 01 ltev - w - N - Beevea, of
I touotv ' • * as 1QcetJ '-* larie ^< in Quitman
I ^sottlm ™ Bee4 °f eighty-seven bales
l* rfc V:hfcr 0,8 No. 8G. A negro
*^iiin< * arrestei * 11 short time sinco for
Mid it cotton, i 8 j n Georgetown jail,
* €Xpecter l kis friends did the
I ^olumbni, 1 Gf the new c °tton factory at
I Cu! ^ected.
1la8t the barn on the
Aether with at f on * in McDuffie county, to-
I a quann ° Ut c ^8kty bushels of corn
I J ^troy®d b U ° f ° ata aD ^ fy ^ or > wa8
I al >0Ut b o’clo* if Ure ' Tiie burDin ff occurred
I 0 * ^ iuceiidi ' aQ<1 Wa8 D ° doubt tbe work
Mr. John Collins, of Marshall, had one of
his arms broken by his horse running away
and throwing him from his buggy at Colum-
bus on Monday last.
The report of Principal Keeper Brown
shows that the number of convicts on hand
at the end of 1876 was 1,108, an increase
over the previous year’s number of 196.
During the year 82 were discharged and 18
were pardoned ; 58 died, 44 escaped and C
were returned. There is not a white female
among the 1,108 convicts on hand ; 114 are
whito males, 954 colored males, and the re
maining 40 are colored females.
Atlanta Telegram’. “The cause of the
alarm of fire sounded at half-past two
o clock Wednesday morniog was the dis
covery that the entire stock of millinery and
fancy goods contained in the store of Mrs.
A. 0. Speigle, on Whitehall street, were on
fire. The department responded to the call
promptly, and the flames were extinguished,
but not, however, until the entire stock was
destroyed. The goods were iusnred in a
company represented by W. H. Hancock
for $5,700.
The annual statement of the State Treas
ury balances for 1876, according to the re
cent report of Treasurer Renfroe, is as fol
lows: Tho cash balance in the treasury,
January 1, 1876, $511,785 21; received in the
treasury from January 1st to December 31,
1876, both inclusive, $2,332,933 38; total,
$2,844,718 59. Disbursements from January
1st to December 31, both inclusive, as per
Executive warrants, $2,280,435 20. Balance
in treasury January 1, 1877, $564,283 33.
The Jirunstcick Weekly is a new candidate
for journalistic honors and profits, pub
lished and edited by D. T. Dunn, who says
in his salutatory : “The Brunswick Weekly
Jourtial starts out on its career not unmind
ful of tho trials and vicissitudes attending
the establishment and success of a new
paper. Especially is it aware of the diffi
culties attending the life of an independent,
non-partisan paper, a paper where our aim
shall be to fairly present in type the trans
piring events connected with political par
ties. And then its editor being new in the
field of journalism, is aware of liabilities to
errors; theso will be of the head, not of the
heart, and saying this much the Journal
feels sure of a respectful recognition by
tho press of the State and country.”
Tho Georgia Grange says: “The Execu
tive Committee of the State Grange has
been in sission in Atlanta this week. The
committee has made ample arrangements
for the building up of languishing granges,
and coHectiug all available material for a
healthy and active organization. Also au
thorized our State agent, Mr. Ketaer, to
confer with manufacturers of commercial
fertilizers for lowest figures, both cash and
cotton option. The place and time of
next meeting of the State Grange
being left with the Executive
Committee, that committee will
receive any proposition from cities desiring
the same, as to accommodations, etc. The
committee congratulate tho Order on the
potent change for the better with planters,
to wit : that a large majority of supplies
have been raised at home, which has been
accomplished by the organization. And we
assure the Patrons of Husbandry in Geor
gia that if the some policy should be en
larged and faithfully adhered to, that Geor
gia will soon bo, agriculturally, the ‘Empire
State’ of the South.”
That tho agricultural interests of Georgia
are in a very healthy and prosperous con
dition, is established by the following official
statement: “Georgia ha-j seventy-eight
county ant 1 d strict socie.ies devoted to the
promotion of agriculture, horticulture and
pomology. Besides these it has the Geor
gia State Agricultural Society, oue of the
most efficient and thorough organized or
ganizations of the kind in the Uuited States ;
iu existence for thirty years; having a mem
bership of five thousand and a library of 3,500
volumes. The total number of volumes in
these societies is 5,401. Seventy-five of
these societies have been organized since
the war, and one during the war, the
‘Long8treet Agricultural Society,’ in Cowe
ta county, in 1863. Clayton county has
three and Jackson county has three. Sixty
counties iu tho State have one or more
societies.”
The citizens of Jesup are on the lookout
for burglars. The Sentinel says : ‘‘For the
last week our town has been iu constant ex
citement from the repeated report that
burglars had been at work in the village.
These scoundrels are the boldest burglars
on record, for they will enter the house if
they have to rip off tho weatherboarding re
gardless of tho noise it will create. Up to
ibis writing the premises of Messrs. John
Massey, John G. Smith and Millard Sur-
rency have been invaded. Every one should
be on tho alert, and administer buckshot to
these whelps in big doses. Kill one or two
of them, and the balance will stop their
devilish work.”
The Jesup Sentinel says ; “We understand
that the small-pox at Gardi, No. Macon
and Brunswick Railroad,is spreading rapidly.
It should be remembered that Gardi is only
five miles distant from this place, and many
of the negroes at work at the mill there
visit this place once a week, and sometimes
oftener, which makes it exceedingly danger
ous hero. We thiuk that the proper ones
should take some steps to protect our citi
zens, and not wait uutil the monster Las
taken hold. Take some steps at once—
small-pox is not what we want in Jesup just
now.”
Tho newly elected Mayor and Board of Al
dermen of Jesup, whicli were published in
tho News, were installed last Wednesday.
Methodism in Georgia is iu a nourishing
condition, as will appear from the following
figures taken from the minutes of the North
Georgia Conference of the M. E. Church
South: “Number of traveling preachers,
175; number of traveling preachers on
trial, 23 ; number of members, 56,184 ; in
crease during the year 1876, 1,984 ; number
of local preachers in North Georgia Con
ference, 429 ; value of church property,
$783,944.”
The Columbus Times says: “We under
stand Mr. Hunter, bond broker, of Savan
nah, has brought suit in the Uuitod States
Court against Columbus for the amount of
past due bonds unpaid. It is said our
Finance Committee offered to give him Sa
vannah bonds in exchange, but he declined
the trade, showing that past due Columbus
bonds are better than maturing Savannah
bonds. Mr. Hunter, however, proposed to
settle if reimbursed the cost of the
bonds, some eighty-six or eighty-eight cents
perhaps in the dollar. We hope the matter
will be settled at once, for the United States
Court is sharp and^ decisive in action and
very expensive cost.”
The Columbus Enquirer says : “ Monday
morning Joo Moore, a colored carpenter,
while working upon the new cotton factory,
fell backward from the top of it, a distance
of about sixty feet. He made an awkward
step and went headforemost, breaking both
arms, seriously injuring his back and man
gling his face and head. Dr. Colzey dressed
Pis wounds and set his arms. It was a very
skillful operation, but the doctor was mas
ter of the occasion. It is his opinion that
the patient will not live. Mis (Moore s)
pulse F was only fifty when he left him, but
he was perfectly rational.
The City Council of Atlanta has opened
its batteries upon tlie lottery and poliey
shops of that city, The following »»« re
ferred to the Ordioance Committee and City
Attorney: “Jiesolted, That the City Attor
ney he and he is hereby instructed, to met -
tute at once criminal proceedings against all
agents and vendors of lottery tickeis, with
in tho corporate limits of this city, now en
gaged in said unlawful business, or who may
hereafter encage in tho same, either agents
or uriucipals, and to proceed to enforce the
law^enacted at the last session or the State
Legislature so far as relates to the rsP 6 *! °l
what is known as the Geoigla State LoUery
grant or charter, and to do all other
acts as may bo necessary to Moore
the discontinuance of that grea
public nuisance and destroyer of the morafs
of our people. Referred to Ordinance Com
mittee and City Attorney with power to ;act
liesolced, That on and after this da.e tlie
sale of lottery tickets or the drawing of lo -
terms within the corporate tarn*, of tb»
citv is herebv forbidden, and that any per
or persons violating this ortmanco
shall on conviction before the city rte
carder, he fined in a sum not exoeemng five
hundred dollars, or confined in theei££U
not less than six months. Referred to the
Ordinance Committee and City Attorney.
The Macon lelegraph and
“From letters received from Atlanta, we
learn that there is a prevailing
on the part of tho Legislature to sell the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad, provided a
fafr hid is made for it, though there l« much
speculation as to what constitutes a fair hid
The highest price ever offered for ll-was
$900,000? when it was m a ^ttor conditm
than it is at the present time. Abe wear
and tear of the road increases to its
damage every year, unless there is m ater,al
on hand to replenish with, it is
not beheved the State will ever get
?r\ B hreo receivers oTtlm 1< ro^d^be T
the Macon termmus. and that, as Brunswick
toonert the re-
Neither burglars nor small-pox can upset
the levelheadedness of the Sentinel. It
JW : * ^be News Is one of the most re
liable papers in the State, and pays strict
attention to the affairs of Southern Georgia
and Florida. It is almost a local paper for
every town in the southern portion of our
State and a large portion of Florida.”
The cry for retrenchment and reform is
heard all over the country, and is re-echoed
even from Atlanta. The Representative of
Fulton county, Mr. Frye, is one cf reform’s
most active champions, and this is what the
Atlanta Telegram has to say editorially upon
the subject: “Reform is heard all over
Georgia, and opportunity should now be,
performance. Early in the year 1877 let re
form actually and virtually be begun in our
State. Tho members of the present General
Assembly have been trusted by their con
stituents on this idea of retrenchment and
economy. Will they prove recreant to their
confidence? Where practicable, let the
work begin at once. Governor Colquitt has
gone into office on this same pledge of
economy. We therefore hope that
the Executive and the General As
sembly will institute retrenchment, and
that without favor. Let no favorite be
enriched at the expense of the people. In
various departments of the State there are
more officials than are necessary, with com
pensation in excess of the service rendered.
We do not ask for any miserly action. Wo
desire good and able men in office, and are
opposed to calling them to the discharge
of difficult and delicate duties without suf
ficient paj. Let officials receive living com
pensation. Let every office not absolutely
necessary to the transaction of the public
business of the State be at once abolished.
But sufficient on this subject at present.”
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel: “Crowds
of people, men, women and children, waited
a'ong tho pavements and at tho street
corners yesterday morning for the ‘Grand
Mardi Gras parade’ of the Loudon Circus.
But they didn’t see it. Cause why? For
the best of reasons. While the Assyrian
didn’t come down like a wolf ou tho fold,
Sheriff Sibley and Constable Conner had as
sumed the management of the big show,
and so the affair was closed up. Last
Tuesday evening Mr. Edward W. Saoportas,
representing tho United States Rolling
Stock Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, se
cured the services of H. Clay Foster,
Esq., and had an attachment sued out
before Justice Leon. The amount of the
company’s claim is $9,777 52 for rent of cars
belonging to tho company, *nd now in pos
session of Mr. Barnum, proprietor of the
circus. Tuesday night Constable Couuer
took charge of the circus and of the funds
taken in at the ticket office after that time.
Theso funds amounted to over six hundred
dollars. The total receipt of the perfoim-
anco exceeded three thousand dollars. Pre
vious to the service of the attachment, how
ever, mortgages held by Richard H. Dockrill
and James Reilly had been foreclosed, and
a levy made on tho entire circus and me
nagerie by Sheriff Sibley. These par-
lies are represented by Messrs. Barnes
& Cumming. Dockrsll’s claim is for $18,200
and Reilley’s lor $31,000. In older that our
readers may see what the property of a
circus consists of, wo print the following
descript ; on from tho Dockrill execution: 100
work and ring horses, 29 ponies, 5 elephan-s,
5 royal iteng&l tigers, 8 hyenas, 2 lionesses,
3 cubs, 1 lion, 1 jaguar, 5 pauthers, 1 yak, 1
eland, 5 pacuries, 1 heartebeste, l’parta-
quare, 2 antelopes, 1 llama, 1 sacred
cow, 1 elk, 1 zebra, 1 camel, 1
emeu, 16 cages for animals, 3
cages of birds and t-mall animals, 2 tableaux
cars, 2 railroad cars, 1 baiid wa£>on, I small
chaise, I dragon chariot, 1 ticket wagon, 6
truck wagons, 2 stringer wagons, 1 pole
wagon, 4 Loudon wagons, 1 glass wagon, 2
three centre polo circus tents, 1 two c.ntre
pole menage tent, 1 dressing room top can
vass, 4 horse tents, 2 cook tents, 8 lengths
of reserved seats, 30 lengths plain seats,
together with all the paraph mail a, bed
ding, etc., belonging to Howe’s Great Lon
don Circus and Sanger’s English Menagerie.
Yesterday afternoon a number of the
circus employees took out laborers’ iiens ou
the property, and others will follow suit
this morning. Nearly all the attaches will
leave for their homes at tho North this
afternoon; All have a broken down and dis
consolate appearance. We understand that
Bapportas had an attachment served on the
circus whilo it was in Savannah, but upou
payment by the manager of one thousand
dollars on the claim, and a promise to pay
the balauce along tho route as receipts
came in, agreed to withdraw it. Learning
on his arrival in Augusta that the mort
gages referred to above were about to
be foreclosed, be at once renewed his attach
ment. Pursuant to an order from Hon. Y\ m.
Gib3on, Judge of the Augusta circuit, the
entire circus property will In Bold at the
lower market house, in the city of Augusta,
on Monday, the 29th inst. Such a sale will
be a novelty in this part of the country, and
will doubtless attract large crowds of peo
ple. If any of our readors desire to pur
chase a pet elephant, or a gentle lion cub,
or a fat, sleek tiger, now is your time. The
whole concern will be sold without reserve.
A Philosophical View of the Political
SilQution—No. 5.
Editor Morning News: We have re
ceived the following letter from an old
New England Democrat, and it is so de
scriptive of the present political situa
tion, and rings out so boldly and truly
the sound of true metal, that we lay it
before your readers:
As regards political matter, it is
pdain that we are in the middle of a crisis,
and the conspirators are playing a bluff
game with loaded dice.
They have beeD preparing legislation a
year before hand to meet this very crisis.
They have two strings to their bow. To
bully in Hayes with chicane and corrup
tion, if they can; and, failing in that, to
secure their Vice President by wheedling.
We are visited with the yellowest lot of
pettifogging, dickering politicians that
ever cursed a country. If they could
have been lodged in your negro quarter
during your recent scourge, it would have
been better for the country.
When the Democracy is united political
forecast is manifested, and all tend to
their proper place. When the Democra
cy is divided, the unworthy prevail, and
the country tends more and more every
year to greater detriment.
The spirit of 1776 was, “a wrong to one
State is a wrong to all;” and that spirit
made the old Confederacy invincible.
Now, wbat apathy! Has not Kellogg
filled the cup of his iniquity full ?
Upon what Emperor is Chamberlain to
attend? There is something of the vein
of Sancho Panza in his tone of thought,
and I should not wonder if this govern
ment terminated as abruptly. Hear what
Sancho says, just before he left under a
cloud, as I thiuk Chambeilain will
“Besides the watchman, I know no
one in our city who has attained his office
in a creditable manner, and in passing
most I remember, that he is the only one
in our place that had understanding be
fore he had office.” Their sentence, like
Ames’, may be commuted to banish
ment.
I cannot sincerely say that I can wish
others to be as we are, even excepting
“these bonds.” The sacred spirit of
liberty is wounded in the persons of the
lion-hearted Democracy of the South.
The metaphor of “sister States” is no
longer apt. “A wrong to one is a wrong
to all!”
I wish to see each brother State with
lance in rest, armed cap a pie in the pan
oply of their asserted rights, each shin
ing spear pointing to some particular act
of Federal usurpation, so palpable that
even a packed judiciary cannot protect
the perpetrators from impeachment. We
must throw ourselves bodily into the State
conventions of the 8th of January,sinking
out of sight, in our seeking for general
safety, all minor differences of opinion,
and urge them on to proper action till
they ultimate in a general uprising of the
people against the crude central despot
ism, before the fetters are riveted that
the conspirators are preparing in
Washington. If, at the close of the war,
the seceding States had been treated
properly, with due deference to their
essential rights, by-gones would have
been by-gones, and we should have had a
real peace. But now a proper deference
to the claims of posterity upon us com
pels us to raise the Jfljis of the outraged
Constitution against the wickedly pro
tracted usurpations of the desperate fac
tion at Washington upon State rights
and bounds. They are pachydermatous at
all points, except the bonds
and banks, like crocodiles. So, hit them
there Good Borsche songs and proces
sions,’ with the burning of Blackstone,
would help on the movement for liber
ation, and the greatest help towards a
happy ending would be a call for a con
vention by all the States. For, even as
the old Confederacy was superseded by
the acceptance of Hamilton’s constitu
tion so has that, in iis turn, been set
aside by the abuses of the central powers.
^ Democbat of thjb Old School*
by raura
THE MOUSING NEWS.
UEOKG1A LEGISL41UKE.
The Bill to Abolish the State Board of
Bealth Defeated.
NIUGARDLY ECONOMY.
THE Itl'LKS OF TIIK 110USK.
THE BILL REDUCING SALARIES.
Consolidation of Judicial Circuits.
[Sp2ci.il Telegram to the Morning News.]
Noon Telegrams.
INJURIOUS EFFECT* OF WARLIKE
DEMONSTRATIONS.
Members of the Louisiana Returning
Board Arrested.
THE LANCASHIRE MASTERS AND
OPERATIVES.
CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS OF THE
POKTE’S REPLY.
The Vacant Cnrdinalnte« to be Filled.
Atlanta, January IS.—House.—Ron. Ben
nett Stewart, of Taylor county, is in favor of
strong retrenchment, and introduced a bill
to abolish the State Board of Health and
deprive the Judiciary Committee of a clerk.
Hon. It. J. Moses, of Muscogee, and Ron. J.
D. Stewart, of Spalding, opposed the nig
gardly economy and defeated tho effort to
deprive the comm ‘tee of its clerk.
Hon. R. J. Moses, of Muscogee, submit
ted his minority report in regard to the
Comptroller, and declared that his trans
actions with the Tax Collector of Fulton
county are not commendable and clear.
. Hon. W. P. Price, of Lumpkin, reported
the rules for the House in a very excellent
report. Colonel Sweat’s recommendations
were embodied in the rules, which were
adopted.
Hon. H. H. Carlton, of Clarke,
from the Finance Committee,
reported in favor of referring the Effingham
liquor license bill to tho Judiciary Commit
tee; also a bill to abolish the office of Keep
er of the Penitentiary.
Hon. W. P. Price, of Lumpkin, introduced
a bill to establish a normal department at
the Agricultural College at Dahlonega, for
the purpose of educating teachers; also to
improve the military department.
The bill of Ron. Geo. T. Fry, of Fulton,
came up. Hon. Arthur Hood, of Randolph,
moved its reference to the Judiciary Com
mittee. Mr. Fry opposed the reference,
and asked that it be not turned from its
proper coarse. The House having decided
to consider it in committee of the
whole, Mr. Moses made a stir
ring and eloquent appeal in behalf of
Fry’s motion, and declared that the Houso
must reduce its own salaries before it can cut
down that of other officers. His appeal
wag successful.
The House went into committee of the
whole, Hon. G. W. Price, of Lumpkin, iu
the ebair, and Fry spoke ia explanation of
his bill. Ou motion to defer further dis
cussion, Hon. J. H. James, of Fulton, made
a strong speech in regard to the work of
his investigating committee, aad asked
that no action be taken until the committee
reports. The bill was made tho special
order for Tnursday of next week.
Hon. S. A. Corker, of Burke, Hon. W. P.
Wade, of Screven, and Hon. Felder Lang,
of Charlton, are on the committee to
consider the consolidation of judicial cir
cuits.
The iuauguratiou ball eclipsed any ever
held in tho State in brilliancy, crowd and
display of decorations.
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
The Deficiency and Expense Appro
priation.
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
NECESSARY.
TIIE PROTECTION OF I.AItOltERH.
The HennlM I nvestlsatlon.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Tallahassee, January 18.—The Senate
asks the Assembly for a joint conference
committee on tho Senate bill making appro
priations for the deficiencies of eighteen
hundred and sevanty-five, and the expenses
of eighteen hundred and seventy-six. The
sum asked for is over two hundred thous
and dollars.
In the Assembly, the bill entitled an act
for protection to laborers was put ou its
passage. Tho Republicans asked that it be
put back on its second reading. Tho bill
was passed.
Mr. Lee, of Duval, moved to amend
the title of tho bill by calling it au act to
crush laboring men and put them all in tho
State’s prison, and thus deprive them of tho
elective franchise. The following is the
text of the bill:
Section 1. That any person who shall by
threats, intimidation or force, prevent, or
endeavor to prevent, or who shall instigate
others to prevent, or endeavor to prevent,
by threats, intimidation or force, any person
from doing or performing any lawful
labor in which said person may Bee fit to
engage, shall be guilty of felony, and, on
conviction, shall be confined in the peniten
tiary one year.
Dennis is still asking that his investiga
tion be expedited. Tho Assembly is taking
prompt action on tho witness appropria
tion bill, pending which the Assembly ad
journed until to-morrow.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF FLORIDA
The Demurrer Decided by J udge White.
HE OVERRULES TIIE DEMURRER.
The Decision Afalnet the Hayes Electors.
[By Telegraph to the Mornicg News ]
New Yoke, January 18.—The World's
Washington special says Senator Jones, of
Florida, has received the following dis
patch:
“Tallahas8EE, Fla., January 17. ^In
formation of the quo warranto has been
decided upon the demurrer in favor
of the Democrats and against
tho Hayes electors. This decision
is given by Judge White of the Circuit
Court. The demurrer being made too, that
the Hayes electors having met and acted no
court could consider their eligibili
ty after the fact. By denying
this demurrer the court decides
that it has jurisdiction, and the case will
proceed to trial upou the main issue as to
the right of the Hayes electors to act at all.
Meanwhile the decision on the demurrer
will be appealed to the Supreme Court.”
Gun-barrel boring and setting is an
operation of the utmost delicacy. A mili
tary barrel must be bored with such accu
racy as to leceive a plug measuring
507-l(KX)ths of an inch, It is condemned
as useless if it takes one of 580. A work
man in this branch has been known to
earn £5 to £G a week, and this kind of
skilled industry deserves it. To “set” a
barrel—that is, to straighten it—also re
quires great skill. The practiced eye of
the barrel-setter can detect a deviation
from the straight line which no mechani
cal contrivance can discover. He accom
plishes his object by looking through the
barrel while standing in front of a win
dow, and causing the shade of the upper
edge of the window to traverse np and
down the tube. The irregularities in the
outline of the shade show him where the
inaccuracies exist. These he removes by
well directed blows of a hammer, the
perfecting blows being given with a light
wooden mallet. This mode of testing
the accuracy of a gun-barrel was dis
covered by a Birmingham workman forty
or fifty years ago. The foolish fellow
told his secret—which was worth many
thousand pounds—for five guineas and a
pot of ale.
INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF THE EASTERN COMPLI
CATION.
London, January 18.—The Times in its
financial article says: “Private advices from
Russia continue to afford strong evidence of
the injury already done the mercantile com
munity by apprehensions of war. One
firm of cotton spinners employ
ing twelve thonsand hands has lost
so heavily since Russia assumed a warlike
attitude that the establishment would havo
beeu compelled to close had not the firm
obt&iued assistance, it is said, from tho
government, which was unwilling to suffer
such a catastrophe, involving such a large
number of employees.
VIEWS OP THE EA8TERN QUESTION. 9
London, January IS.—A Pera special to
tho Telegraph reports that Turkey and Ser-
via have agreed to exchange prisoners.
Gen. Tcbernayeff was interviewed in Taria
and said he doubted not that the war would
be renewed in the spring.
All the Constantinople correspondents of
the London journals, and nearly all at other
European centres express & decided opinion
that the Turks will not yield.
Tho Daily News' Constantinople dispatch
says the ultimatum is a more efficient docu
ment thau was at first supposed. It docs
not sacrifice the executive powers of the in
ternational commission.
THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD ARRESTED.
Washington, January 18.—Anderson and
Wells, of the Louisiana returning board,
arrived at the National Hotel at two o’clock
this morning and wer;B arrested at daylight.
The officers of the House left last night for
New Orleans to bring Kenner and Cassauavo,
the remaining members of the board, to the
bar ot the House.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
London, January 18.—A meeting of the
masters and operatives committees of the
Lancashire cotton trade was held yester
day. The masters unconditionally rejected
all the operative conditions, because they
would result in a general advance of wages.
A meeting of operatives will be held. A
rupture is expected.
THE ROMAN CHURCH.
Paris, January 18.—The Rome corres-
f »ondent of the Universe says, it is be-
ieved that the Pope intends to fill up all
vacant Cardinalates.
DEATH OP A PRINCESS.
Berlin, January 18.—Princess Marie,
sister of the Empress and wife of Prince
Charles of Prussia, is dead.
TURKISH CREDIT.
Constantinople, January 18.—It is un
derstood that one million or two millions in
Turkish pounds, paper money, will be issued.
FROM FLORIDA.
Judjce Archibald of the Fourth Circuit—
Defaulting Tax Collector*—The Escam
bia County Election—The Thiunlns Out
Process—^tute nnd County Scrip—The
Poor Tax Levy—The Dade Couuty Con
test—The Solitnry Three.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Tallahassee, January 16.—Imme
diately upon tho assembling of tho As
sembly ou yesterday morning quite a
whirr of excitement for the moment was
created among the Republican members
by the introduction of the resolution
looking toward the impeachment of Judge
Archibald, of the Fourth Circuit. In
order that the readers of the Morning
News may fully understand the true “in
wardness” of this festive youth, I give
the preamble and resolution in full.
It will be found in our Florida column
of this issue.
What think you, Mr. Editor, of being
tried by a Judge who can unblushingly
give such evidence ? Yet such has been
the deplorable fate of the people of the
Fourth Circuit for years past. What
guarantee have they of that protection
which an honest judiciary always extends?
It is to be earnestly hoped the Judiciary
Committee will give the matter prompt
attention and careful consideration, for
some kind of relief isabsolutely required,
or justice in that circuit will soon become
a mockery—a farce it has been, and to
the tax payers cost,
Tho greater part of the morning ses
sion of the Assembly was occupied in dis
cussing as to how far back the defaulting
tax collectors should be investigated, and
pending its discussion, many sharp pas
sages occurred and finally the Comptrol
ler was requested to furnish the Assembly
with a list of those who have defaulted
since 1869.
Now commenced a scene of “fillibuster-
ing.” The* Republicans seemed deter
mined to clog the action of the Assembly
so as to put off action on the Escambia
county election cases; so they commenced
again by trying ^o have a special commit
tee appointed to examine the Comptrol
ler’s books and ascertain tho number and
amounts of defaulting collectors since
1848. During this discussion Mr. Cessna
grew eloquent, and gave notice that he
would move in the future the investiga
tion of each administration in reference
to the collection of the people’s money.
After considerable time was wasted, and
the Republicans had exhausted their in
genuity, the election cases from Escam
bia county were reached.
THE RESULT OF THE DELIBERATIONS
of the Assembly on these cases has
already been announced in the telegraphic
columns of the New’s, and suffice it to
say the legal question was ably argued,
and on this morning, Mr. Mallory, the
only one of the contestants present, was
sworn in.
The Republ can side of the Assembly
commences to look very thin, and they
stand most sadly in want of recruits.
It is really food for reflection to com
pare the present Legislature with those
we have had since 1868, and it is to be
hoped this Legislature will mark the
dawu of a new era. Thera are so many
important matters needing attention it is
difficult to determine which to do first.
To stay the indiscriminate issuing of
such large quantities of scrip, both
State and county, is a matter of para
mount importance, and should receive
careful consideration at the hands of the
Finance Committee; better guards and
checks should be thrown around the
Connty Commissioners in the issuing of
count3 r scrip, and the recommendation of
Gov. Drew of paying as you go ought to
be rigidly adhered to, for I take it the
illegal issue of scrip in the past has been
one of the main causes of our financial
depression.
The indefinite postponement by the
Assembly of the bill authorizing the
County Commissioners to levy a tax for
the maintenance of the poor was a good
move, and will give general satisfaction.
The levying such a tax for such a purpose
in a county like this is an absurdity, and
no genuine, deserving case would derive
any benefit, whilst the loafer and vaga
bond would revel in its benefits. A good
and strict vagabond law would answer as
a substitute and accomplish all the objects
contemplated, though in a different man-
»3r.
It is understood that on to-morrow the
Dade contested case will be reported on.
If so, from what your correspondent has
heard from those who were witnesses in
the case, Mr. Gleason will take his exit
and retire to the shades of private life.
Of the many noted carpet-baggers who
made so much fuss and done so much
harm, Messrs. GleasoD, Dennis and Cess
na only remain in the Legislature. They
are one by one gradually sinking into
oblivion. Columbia.
Letter from Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., January 16.—Editor
i Morning News: The celebrated remark
: of Judge Dooly as to the prescience of the
| Almighty in all matters save the verdict
| of a jury and how a girl would marry,
i might, your correspondent truly believe?,
be now amended by applying the same to
the appointees of the Governor for the
offices of the different judicial circuits
and the result of the Senatorial race. So
far Colonel Norwood has the inside track.
This is freely conceded by all disinterest
ed parties; nevertheless, the friends of
Mr. B. H. Hill are moving heaven and
earth to thwart him. At the Kimball
House last night pools were sold, Mr.
Hill leading. To the knowing ones be
hind the scenes the measure is too trans
parent—an effort made by the average
Atlantese and the followers of Mr. Hill
to create the impression that he is
stronger than he really is. In other
words, it is a regular game to “bull” the
stock, which these desperate political
gamblers are resorting to to bolster up
their cause. The scheme is decidedly
“Ben Hillian.” Another plan adopted,
as shown in your dispatches, has been to
elect the Senator of Georgia by the cer
tificates of Congressman. Now, with all
due respect, we must say this is the
height of assumacy in Mr. Hill’s friends.
Does not the seaboard of Georgia need
representation in the Senate chamber
equally as well as this section ? General
Gordon has ever been acceptable to the
people of lower Georgia; then why
place Mr. Hiil also from here with him ?
Mr. Norwood has proven himself a wise,
prudent and capable legislator. The
only thing urged against him is that he
is not an impromptu speaker, and that he
voted for the “salary grab,” so-called.
“Consistency, thou art a jewel.” Did
not Mr. Stephens, of the Eighth District,
not only vote but boldly advocate in the
halls of Congress this measure ? It is a
notorious fact that the average pay al
lowed a member of Congress is entirely
too low for him to support himself in the
style that befits a geutleman and legis
lator. No lawyer of respectable practice
can afford to become a member of the
National Assembly for less, and even
thsn we doubt if he does not
lose money in leaving his practice and
going to Congress. So that objection is
puerile, to say the least, and should be
abandoned.
As to the second ground of objection,
long since have we learned the potency of
the old aphorism, “Silence is golden.” If
Mr. Norwood is not an impromptu speaker,
when he does speak he does so to the
point. Witness his splendid effort
against the passage of the civil rights
bill. Mr. Norwood certainly knows wllen
to speak and how to speak. His blows
wear not away in idle attrition, but when
delivered tell with stunning force and
effect. Calmly and quietly he moves
along, winning friends by the score by
his quiet, gentlemanly deportment, and
the innate consciousness of a dignified
manhood. Despite the efforts of the
ring, he is still ahead in this racs—de
spite combinations and “pool gambling
political stock jobbers.”
There is a rumor that there is an
effort made to “trade” among certain
parties to bring ex Governor Smith in as
a third man. ’Tis said that there is an
effort made to appoint a certain party as
a judicial officer upon condition that the
vote of that section be given for the ex-
Governor. We trust, for humanity’s sake
and for the sake of the exalted purity of
the Executive, the report is wholly un
founded. We can not, nay, will not, be
lieve it. Never man commenced his
official career under fairer, brighter
auspices thau Governor Colquitt, and the
peoj>le of the seaboard, with commenda-
bla unanimity, supported him. We
sincerely trust, as we earnestly believe,
that the report is an entire fabrication,
and that it will meet from Gov. Colquitt
or his immediate friends a prompt and
unqualified disclaimer.
Among the guests registered at the
Markham House are Colonel and Mrs.
Lester, Judge Schley, of New York,
Mr. Norwood, Captains Paine and
Pratt Adams, Sam Adams and
Judge Tompkins, of Savannah. The
President of the Senate and his lovely and
accomplished lady have many warm per
sonal friends m this city. We have known
“Rufe Lester” for many years ; we were
always proud of him; we served with
him on the tented field, and ever found
him true as steel. We knew as a lawyer
he stood among the first in his profession,
but wo are constrained to say that his
graceful bearing and his prompt and cor
rect rulings as the presiding officer of the
Senate challenges the admiration of nis
many friends and acquaintances. To
quote the memorable and historical
words of the ci divant Smith,
of Bryan, “Rufe Lester,” as it wire,
“is hard to beat.” Vacating the
seat on yesterday to the President
pro tem., he introduced the memorial of
the City Couccil of Savannah to drain
the Springfield Plantation, and for other
purposes, which was referred to the
Finance Committee.
Judge Schley is here, the same genial,
whole souled Judge Schley,in whose breast
the milk of human kindness flows in such
rich streams. A native Georgian, his
heart clings as yet to his old native State.
“Thy people shall be my people,” is the
sentiment of his heart. From his ap
pearance one would think he at least had
drank of the water of perpetual youth.
Despite his silvery locks, his eye is as
bright, his laugh as joyous and cheery,
and his physique as fiue as any youngster.
The Judge’s enthusiasm for agriculture is
as great as ever, as when he single-handed
fought the Georgia Legislature in
favor of the dog law. We learn
that bo too has joined Gideon’s
band of office seekers, now swarming like
the loc ists of Egypt around the office of
the Executive, he being an applicant to
the Governor for that office for which
there is no application. We learn he has
no opposition and that Governor Colquitt
will in all probability consider the appli
cation most favorably.
Judge Tompkins is also here, a candi
date for reappointment. The friends of
Judge Fleming have presented his name
for the office of Judge of the Eastern Cir
cuit. It is hard to eay who will receive
the place. Both parties are well endorsed
and their respective friends are sanguine
of success.
The Savannah delegation stand well in
the Legislature. “Father Paine,” the
Nestor of the House, is Chairman of the
Enrolling Committee, a position for
which he is eminently qualified; Mr.
Russell, Chairman of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, while Pratt Ad
ams has been assigned on two highly im
portant committees—that of the Judici
ary and the Committee ou Military Af
fairs. We predict be will will wm his
spurs as a legislator this session. The
many friends of that saucy fellow, yclept
Saussy, ever inquire of him, and the
question is frequently propounded your
correspondent by his confreres of the
Legislature of 1868-69. “Oh that we had
Rad Saussy to put on i Ayres' as he then
did.” The time passes and your corres
pondent must bring this to a close.
Thalian.
When Field Marshal von Moltke was
a simple Colonel, he astonished the mem
bers of his mess by regularly taking ten
Frederick d’ors out of his pocket, at the
beginning of dinner, and laying them
beside his plate. Always after dinner
he repocketed the gold, buttoned up his
coat, looked sourly around, and disap
peared. It was resolved to ask him the
meaning of his strange behavior. “Well,”
he said, “I have noticed that from the
time I entered this regiment the conver*
sation a* table has always turned on
women, or cards, or horse racing; and I
had determined to make a present of the
ten pieces of gold to the first man who
should start a sensible subject. No one
has yet earned them.”
Over eight hundred cigar makers are out
of employment in New York city, on ac
count of their inability to obtain licenses
as manufacturers.
Important Bills.
The following important bills are now
before the Georgia Legislature :
By Hon. George T. Fry, of Fulton—
A Bill lo bo entitled an Act to fix and regu
late the salaries of certain officers therein
mentioned, and to fix the per diem and
mileage of officers and members of the
General Assembly of Georgia.
Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of
Georgia, in General Assembly met, and bu
the authority of the same, it is hereby enacted,
That the annual salaries of the officers of
this State shall be as follows :
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governor .* $3,000
Governor’s Secretaries, each 1,500
Governor’s Message 900
Comptroller General 2,500
Clerk Comptroller General 1,000
Treasurer of State 2,000
Clerk ot the Treasurer 1,500
Secretary of State 2,000
Clerk of Secretary ( f State 1,500
Neither the Comptroller General, Treas
urer, nor Secretary of State, nor either of
their clerks for them or for themselves eball
be allowed any fees or perquisites for any
service they or either of them may perform,
or any act in relation to the duties of their
office they may do. But all fees and per
quisites that may hereafter be charged or
collected by either of them for the perform
ance of any actor service in connection with
their cffico shall be by them paid into the
Treasurer for the use and benefit of the
State.
Attorney General $ 2,000
And the Attorney General shall be allowed
no extra compensation, fees or commissions
for representing the State in any case, or
collecting any money for or on account of
the State.
State School Commissioner $2,000
One clerk State School Commissioner. 900
Sec. II. judicial department.
Judges of the Supreme Court,each. ..$3,000
Clerk of the Supreme Court 1.500
Judges of the Superior Court 2,000
Solicitors General of the several cir
cuits, each 1,500
Provided, the Solicitors’ costs, fees and
fines and forfeited recognizances collected
and brought into court by them iu their
several circuits shall amount to so much,
and iu tho event such costs and fines and
forfeited recognizances shall not amount to
fifteen hundred dollars, then such Solicitors
shall bo allowed the full amount of his re
ceipts.
Sec. III. legislative department.
Tno President of the Senate.$8 00 per diem.
Speaker of the House 8 00 per diem.
Each member of the General
Assembly 5 00 per diem.
and all shall have two dollars for each twenty
miles of travel to and from the seat of gov
ernment, to be computed by the usual
route.
Tuo compensation of the Secretary of the
Senate and Clerk of tho House shall not,
under any circumstances, exceed eight dol
lars per day for the number of days they
are actually engaged in the duties of their
respective offices.
Sec. IV. Be itfurthei’ enacted by the author
ity aforesaid, That this act shall not affect
tlie salary of the present Governor, His Ex
cellency, A. H. Colquitt, nor the two Supe
rior Court Judges, nor either of the Superi
or Court Judges holding over under previ
ous appointments, nor shall this act affect
tho salary of the present Supreme Court
Clerk, but shall apply to all others named
therein.
Sec. Y. Be it furthei’ enacted, That this act
shall be of force from and after its passage.
Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That this act
repeals conflicting laws.
This bill is made the special order in the
House on Thursday of next week.
By Hon. Jcbn H. James, of Fulton—
A Bill to authorize the issue of bonds of tho
State for the purpose of exchanging them
for the recognized Macon and Brunswick
first mortgage bonds, amounting to ono
million nine hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, endorsed by the State.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia,
That from aud after the passage of
this act, His Excellency, the Gov
ernor, be, and he is hereby authorized and
directed to issue bonds of tbe State amount
ing to one million nine hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and to exchange tbe same
for »he same amount of bonds of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad, first mortgage,
recognized and endorsed by the State, issued
under an act approved December 3d, 1866.
The coupons on said bonds to bear interest
from January 1st, 1877, and to be at the rate
of seven per cent, per annum in currency
with semi-annual coupons attached, payable
at the Treasury office in Atlanta, and at
some bank in New York, on the first day of
July and January in each year. Said bonds
having twelve } cars to run, and to be re
deemed at the expiration of that time, in
currency.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That said
bonds shall be issued in denominations of
one thousand dollars each, and shall be
signed by His Excellency, the Governor,
and countersigned by the Secrotary of State,
and coupons shall be signed by tho Treasurer
and shall be registered by him in & book kept
for that purpose.
Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the
Treasurer shall keep a just account of all
the expenses of issuing these bonds,and shall
collect from each person exchanging their
bonds for these a sufficient amount pro rata
to cover all expenses of issuing and signing.
Ho shall be allowed twenty-five cents for his
signing coupons ou each bond, and which
shall be recovered as a part of said expense.
Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws.
By Hon. Joo. H. James, of Fulton—
A Bill to issne bonds to pay falling dne
bonds and accumulated floating debt of
any kind.
Section I. Be it enacteit by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from
and after tho passage of this act, His Excel
lency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to issue bonds of
the State in amounts of ono thousaud dol
lars each, to run thirty years, and bear in
terest at the rate of six per cent, per an
num in currency, with semi-annual coupons
attached, payable at the Treasury office and
at a bauk ia New York, on the first of Jan
uary and July. He shall at once issue three
huu.ired thousand dollars of these bonds.
He shall in 1878 issue two hundred thousand
dollars of these bonds.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That these
bonds shall be exempt from State, county
and city taxes.
Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That these
bonds shall be offered for sale by advertis
ing them for bidders. Bids to be opened
ou a specified day, and none of said bonds
shall be sold less than par without the
consent of the Governor and the Chairman
of the Senato and House Finance Com
mittees.
Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws.
The Empress of Austria at a Stag
Hunt. •
The Empress of Austria seems to be
bent upon proving the necessity of a
large reform in the game laws of the
dominions of her husband. A few days
ago she organized a stag hunt on a puszta
near Peeth, when the poor maddened
hind ran along the railroad toward Pesth
swimming over a pond, and then, pur
sued by the hounds and the noble hunts -
men, frantically made its way into the
town as far as the Theresienstadter
Church.
The Empress, accompanied by Baro
ness Wallersee, Baroness Edelsheim
Gyulai, and Princess Rosa Hohenlohe,
took part in this chase with fierce delight,
and was “in at the death,” when the ex
hausted animal broke down on the Hun-
yady Place. A large number of people,
attracted by the clattering noise of the
large and splendid cavalcade, which
careered along with its yelping pack of
hounds, had assembled in the streets, in
utter astonishment at such an extraordin
ary spectacle.
On the approach of the wild chase, the
crowd turned aside, somewhat terrified
by the furious charge. Fortunately, no
accident occurred, though it was a mere
chance that some of the numerous
children just going to school were not
ridden down. Here we have a fine sur
vival of barbarism, with an Empress
Queen as its representative. The ques
tion “Shall women hunt?” may be safely
answered thus: “At all events, notin
this way!”—London Examiner.
A party of converts stood at the chan
cel rail in a Sandusky church ready to be
made members. One was a girl who had
been regarded as the belie of the place.
Sb6 interrupted the ceremony by saying
that she desired to make a confession.
She knew that she hsd been looked on as
a good girl, but she wasn’t. She was
guilty of a dreadful sin, of which she had
not been even suspeoted. This little
speech excited the cariosity of the con
gregation to a high degree. She then
said that she had been married a year;
that the ceremony had been regularly but
privately performed; and that she had
kept the fact a secret because she was nc
ready to forego the fun of going into so
ciety as an artless, unfettered maiden.
The husband stepped forward and cor
roborated his wife’s story. They went to
housekeeping on the following day.
THE EMPRESS OF INDIA.
Barbaric Splendor of the Oriental Prince*
at Delhi—The Imperial Title of Her
I*Inje*ty Queen Victoria.
The India correspondent of the London
Times, writing from the Imperial camp
near Delhi, furnishes the following de
scription of the assemblage and the grand
encampment; “The canvas city which
has sprung up round Delhi covers an ex
tent of seven or eight miles. It lies for
the most part to the north and west of
the ridge, but some few camps are placed
between the ridge and the town. The
largest of the latter is that of the Nizam.
The young Prince himself occupies Met
calfe House. His retainers spread
over nearly a mile to the north
and south. Next comes the Ma
harajah of Mysore, whose camp is more
modest in size, and next to him the Gaek-
war, whose famous gold and silver guns
attract many visitors. Outside the Cash-
mere gate are visitors and the Punjab
civil officers’ camps. Immediately be
yond these is, perhaps, the most striking
of all the encampments—that of the Ma
harajah of Cashmere. Its extent is
small compared with that of some others,
but the costumes of the retainers, the
cuirassiers and men in chain-mail give an
idea of barbaric pomp and splendor which
is unsurpassed by any of the chiefs. The
interior of the Maharajah’s tent is lined
with the finest Cashmere shawls, and a
few who saw it before the chief arrived
speak of it as a sight to be long remem-
bared. The majority of the official
camps are nearly all arranged on one plan.
Imagine a gigantic letter T. The per
pendicular line represents a wide street,
with tents on each side. The road is in
the middle, and there is a bzoad turf bor
der between the road and the tents. The
horizontal line is a smaller street on the
same plan. At the point of intersection
there is a large open space ornamented
with flowers and shrubs and a flagstaff in
the centre. Facing the main street and
flagstaff is the principal tent of the camp.
The Viceroy’s camp, of course, the
largest, lies in a line with the flagstaff
tower on the ridge. Its main street,
which is fifty or sixty yards wide, consists
of tents occupied by members of the
council and the Viceroy’s guests. Guns
and piles of shot are placed at intervals.
Round the flagstaff a mass of greenery,
facing which and looking down the street
towards the ridge are the Vice
roys’ state tents. The camps
of the Governors of Madras and
Bombay are situated, the former on the
right and the latter on the left of the
Viceroy. Beyond the camp of the Gov
ernor of Bombay lie the camps of the
L~.eutenant Governors of Bengal, the
NDrthwest Provinces and the Punjab.
V lrious Chief Commissioners and the
Governor General’s agents are close at
hand. The palm of beauty must be as
signed to that of the Lieutenant Governor
of the Northwest Provinces. It is hardly
possible to conceive more perfect taste
than is displayed in Sir George Cooper’s
arrangements. Smooth turf and a pro
fusion of flowers and shrubs make this
camp look like a bit of fairyland. The
Commanders-in-Chief of India and Bom
bay are placed near the Viceroy, where is
the spot also reserved for the Commander-
in-Chief of Madras, which is unoccupied,
as General Chamberlain declined the in
vitation of the Viceroy’s escort, namely,
the Body Guard, a battery of horse ar
tillery, the Twelfth Hussars, the Third
Bombay Cavalry and the Sixtieth Foot.The
military force is encamped by divisions
in various positions behind the native
chiefs, except four. They are arranged
in groups, according to the parts of the
country from which they come. These
groups number eight—namely, the chiefs
of Madras, Bombay, Northwest Pro
vinces, the Punjab,Central India,Rajpoo-
tana, the Central Provinces and Oude.
Then there are the miscellaneous camps,
including those of foreign consuls, at
taches, the European press, the native
press, the police, the telegraph and post-
office, the visitors and the Bengal native
gentlemen. The imperial dais, where the
ceremony on New Year’s day is to be
held, is on the Dabeerpore Plain, about
three miles from the Viceroy's camp.
The seats are arranged in segments of a
circle, inclosing an amphitheatre of con
siderable diameter. To avoid any ques
tions about precedence, each of th6
greater chiefs will have a separate en
trance to his seat, and will thus be spared
the humiliation of seeing a rival go in
before him.”
What and If?
There may not have been any duel,
after all. The relations of lover and mis
tress remaining unbroken up to the hour
of casting off the lines for the hostile ex
cursion, it is not impossible to imagine
that a tacit arrangement may have been
made between the belligerents, by which
it might be made to appear that wounded
honor was satisfied, whether a physical
hurt was given and received or not. And
the impression is evidently gaining
ground, here as well as in New York,
that the whole affair is what in
police phraseology is known as a “put
up job.” Bennett must clearly do
something or subject himself to the terri
ble peril of being “cut” otherwise than
with a horsewhip, and May might not
have found it difficult, on reflection, to see
that some kind of a sacrifice was proper
on his part for the sake of the still undis
turbed affections of his sister. Thus it
developed into a necessity on both sides
for doing something to relieve the situa
tion. Friends were not wanting to co
operate in whatever scheme may
have been thought the most effect
ive one for hoodwinking the pub
lic and plastering up wounded
honor at the same time. The question
now is whether such a scheme was really
carried out, and the increasing tendency
to believe that it was is plainly visible.
Bennett’s generous front-face on the field,
May’s judiciously selected location for a
wound—the very arm that flourished the
horsewhip, too—and the sudden sepa
ration of the combatants without the ex
change of a final chivalrous word, as if
the public might otherwise mistrust the
reality of their wrath—it is all too care
fully adjusted an affair in its results to
have any of the sanguineous hue of the
deadly duello on it.
Perhaps tho lynx-eyed agents of the
law may be able to fathom the mystery,
but the eager willingness of certain per
sons to go to jail rather than give up their
secrets is certainly suspicious. The nature
of May’s reported wound is likewise too
well kept a secret, and so is his where
abouts. People will ask, in spite of every
thing, was there really any duel at all ?
And people will be fully justified in their
doubting. They do not mean to be
fooled if they can help it. They are
more than half inclined already to be
lieve that these doctors and other
characters are “playing it,” with no
more skill than the courts of law are,
and that the latter may themselves be
in collusion with the other actors to make
the public think :t is all very serious
business when it is but a flat farce. These
be parlous times, as everybody knows;
and if one thing can be done why not
another? Given, a desperate case of
wounded honor, a peculiar complica
tion of social and club affairs, a raging
brother and an affianced sister, and
plenty of money, and " aat may not be
done m working out he problem in
geniously ? It ia time, moreover, that
the duel was pnt in the public pillory
by thus being turned into a practical
farce and advertised to the largest extent.
And it looks indeed as if this were being
done now. The Bennett-May case, with
its mystei ions skulking, wounding, hid
ing, arresting and committing, andclosely-
mum character, is one that came at : ist
the right moment to bring the “c*
into deserved contempt. If honor cai
salved with trickery then it ceases t<
of sufficient importance to risk one’s
for. When the duel becomes a “sell’ i
is high time to treat it with contempt -
Boston Post.
The Chicago Times says: “Wa9hix ie
is neither more nor leas than a i
soap-house.” There are a good
soup-erfluoua people there,
Boston Post.
The Vlrsiuia Resolutions.
At the meeting of the eituam, of
Richmond and other section, of the
State, held at the Virginia cap.tol
week^ the following resolution, were
adopted: °
ffiS'ca-xrsrsS
difficulties that have arisen hire Jen
caused by the illegal and frauduW
practices of the canvassing hearts^in
some of the States, and the only mode
of extacating the country from the dan!
gera that imperil our institutions is bv a
firm adherence to the cardinal principle!
of the Constitution, and a strict obser
vance of the long-established precedent
on such occasions. r Ull)
Second. That the right to count the
electoral votes, and the right to da!
termine the authenticity or validity of
any vote, belongs exclusively to the two
houses of Congress, and this right to
count the vote conferred on the two
houses of Congress by the Constitution
empowers them to pass all laws and rules
necessary and proper to carry the granted
power into effect. Aud in the exerc.se of
this power heretofore, the mode of pro
cedure has beeu invariably regulated bv
concurrent resolutions or standing rules
adopted by the two houses before the
count. Such has been the official ex
position of the Constitution and the in
variable practice of the government
which has been deliberately adopted’
uniformly acted upon, and invariably
accepted. J
Third. That should the two houses be
unable to agree upon a mode of proced
ure, and thereby unable to declare which
of the candidates has been constitution
ally elected by the people, then the con
tingency contemplated and provided for
by the Constitution will have arisen, when
it will be the duty of the Houso of Rep
resentatives to elect a President from the
three persons having the highest number
of votes, and the person thus chosen will
be the lawful and constitutionally elected
President of the Uuited States.
Fourth. The Constitution of the United
States confers upon the President of the
Senate no power whatever in respect to
the counting of the electoral vote, and re
quires him simply in the presence of the
two houses, to open all the certificates
which may be transmitted by the colleges
directed to him; and no President of tho
Senate has ever claimed or exercised a
power at any time of the twenty-one
presidential elections under our Constitu
tion, and the exercise of such a power on
the part of the President of the Senate
would be a usurpation, a violation of the
Constitution and the uniform practice
under it, destructive of the liberties of
the people, and should be firmly resisted
by all lawful means necessary and ade
quate to preserve our free institutions.
Fifth. That the claim propounded and
exercised by the returning boards of sun
dry States to manipulate the votes of
their fellow citizens, so as to disfranchise,
without law or excuse, many thousands of
people, is an assumption of authority, if
acquiesced in, which places the rights
and liberties of the citizens at the mercy
of partisan organizations, which have
often proved to be equally corrupt and
irresponsible.
Sixth. That in view of the brief inter
val that will elapse before this threatened
danger may arise, we call upon the Legis
lature of the State, representing tho
whole people of Virginia, to declare in
firm and unmistakable tones the senti
ments of their constituents on tho grave
questions now agitating the country.
One of the inducements held out by
Grant’s commissioners to the Sioux, in
order to gain their consent to migrate to
the Indian Territory, was the assertion
that that country had been set apart for
the sole occupation of the Indians for
ever, and that once there, they would be
safe from any further interference from
the whites. This information was im
parted to the Sioux regardless of the fact
that at the time a bill was pending in
Congress intending to open the Indian
Territory for white settlement under the
pretence of giving the tribes now living
there a territorial form of government,
and to confiscate a large portion
of the lands belonging to the civilized
Indians for the benefit of railroad corpo
rations and land grabbers. Althongl* •’
provisions of this bill are ?n Lreet con
flict with agreements m .a3 by our gov
ernment with the Ch( -okees and other
civilized tribes, it has strong o 7 ''‘at*.:: i:i
both houses of Congress, and President
Grant has frequently used his influence
to promote the scandalous job. There
has been but little said about this bill the
present session, but the lobby has been
pressing it vigorously, and will use its ut
most exertions to pass it through Con
gress along with other flagrant jobs, in
the closing weeks of the session.—N. Y.
Sun.
Caught in a Whirlwind.—A lady and
gentleman were caught by a whirlwind
near Webster square, and the former nar
rowly escaped perishing. They were
riding home early last evening and were
suddenly alarmed by a distant roaring. A
tremendous gust of wind, carrying with
it clouds of the light snow, struck them
in another instant. The horse was
thrown down and the sleigb tippled over,
the occupants being half buried in a snow
drift. The gentlemaq wrapped the lady up
in the buffalo robes and succeeded in plac
ing her under the sleigh. The violence of
the whirlwind continued for several min
utes. When it had sufficiently subsided
he succeeded in getting his sleigh righted,
placed the lady in it, and drove to his
house, which was close by. When they
arrived the lady was thoroughly benumbed
and unconscious from the cold. She was
with difficulty restored to consciousness,
having barely escaped perishing with the
cold within sight of her own dwelling.
On the highways there has been no such
trouble for twenty years. The highway
commissioner has a force of two hundred
men at work, but is unable to keep the
roads open for travel. The snow blows in
much faster than it can be removed.—
Worcester Spy.
Typical Trees.—For gouty people, the
achecorn; for antiquarians, the date;
for negroes, see dah; for young
ladies, the man’ go; for school
boys, the birch; for tho Irishman,
the och; for conjurers, the palm; for
farmers, the plant in; for fashionable A
women, a set of firs; for dandies, thfj
spruce ; for actors, the pop’lar; for ph*
sicians, syc a more ; for your wife,
will, O; for lovers, the sigh press
the disconsolate, the pine; for en&tfgtJif-'N
people, the pear; for sewing machine
people, the hemlock; for bearding-house
keepers, ’ash ; always on hand, the paw
paw ; who is this written for ? yew.
Decision Agains* Mu. Douglas
Widow.—The United States Court at
Springfield, Ills., has decided against re
opening the settlement of the estate of
the late Stephen A. Douglas, which has
been so persistently litigated in the in
terest of the “Little Giant’s” widow.
This decision will probably be accepted
as a final confirmation of the rights of
the present holders of the property. Mr.
Douglas’ widow is now the wife of Gen.
Williams, of the United States army.
Early American advertisements were
often carious. Here is one in 180S:
“Much Wanted—A neat, well behaved
female, to do kitchen work in a
family at Charlestown, near Boston. She
may pray and sing hymns, but not over
the fish kettle; ma"
not to believe in t
Smith; nor belong
gation of midnight
at the Repertory oi
A Mrs. Hays, of
J., accompanied b.
went to visit some frieuus near raiersou,
the other evening, and on getting ou. o.
the sleigh she fonnd that the child had
ceased to breathe. It is suppoed that m
wrapping the little one in the
robe all air was excluded and the litt.e
one was suffocated.
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