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Affairs in Grorffifl. i I >vJ Hotel, of Macon, situated L^r corner of Mulberry andThird streets, hitha crash on Monday afternoon about f‘ :l *’ viock. l hc property was owned by r CI . ", D mpsty. and at the time ot the Fden t "workmen were engaged in making “' ’i i r, i airs. The building was a three D<?e ! r ick sTncture erected some thirty or fnr .v rears ago* The’Her- i: bcrt F - Jtekaon, Jr., the new . "fe;. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Macon, . , rl naliy on the discharge of Ilia BfnR* LU Sunday morning. Tjjp ttlania correspondent of the Coinm- L u writes tliat a now daily will | k ,k appearance iu the former city ..'k: Tiiura 1 i\. or tbo succeeding Monday ■ I will be called tho Atlanta | and will be edited by 13. F. Sawyer, Lf Borne, who says he has $12,000 snb- ' j, and that “tho ainonot is daily in- |crci?i D £* AflR nstian8 arc now ploughing the waters L , the ragiuff canal in boats propelled by I team, anil Mr. Armstrong is experimenting u.tba view to supercede horse, mule and ■ ; wer. Several gentlemen, including I. r , took a ride up the canal in the | % tic steamer Monday afternoon. They are * * t jjti e d that small steamers will be able to |v:rk with advantage on the canal. Mr. Whit Davis, formerly Sheriff of Tick- | enJ county, is the contractor on tho new Imiilroute from Gumming to Jasper. Ser- |Tice is to £° on the first Friday in Septem- Iber next. A lightning rod peddler was struck by J i^btoiog and knocked out of his wagon io I Washingtcn county on Tuesday ]&9t« So I «o learn from the Sandersville Herald. He l n9 R ot killed, but it looks as if he was ••hoisted with his own petard.” Mm i; ere, a grown sou of Mr. J. Reese, J of Lincoln county, went in bathing with | Several other young men last Sunday, in the mill jM.nd of Mr. Seaborn Mosely, and was I drowned, lie had swam across the pond I twice and was swimming too third time, when ho was attacked, it is supposed, with I cramp*. Dr. Georgo I). Couch, of Baker county, | who weut to Washington city some time it 0j fur the purpose of being examined by the United States Commissioner of Surgery, passed the board all 0. K. and secured a I position in the Navy Department. Agomlemau who lives near Monroe, in Waltou county, killed an eel one day las* | week measuring thirty-two inches in length and seven inches around the body. While | crossing a little stream of water he discov- , eredhia eelship in the water and throw a plow, which ho carried in his hand, at it and hDed it. Mr. P. II. Brewster has retired from the editorship ot the Cherokee Georgian, pub lished at Canton, and tho editorial tripod will be occupied by Mr. Q. J. O’Shields and D. F. Payne. The Macon Telegraph and Messenger an- j nounccs the death of Mr. John Jeffers, which sad event took place Monday morn- in;: : “He was a member of the First Geor gia Battalion, aud served with them twelve months. IIo was one of the number of Bragg’s command, at Pensacola, that en gaged in the famous dariDg expedition on Santa Kosa Island against Fort Pickens, in the e&riy part of the war. He afterwards joined the Oemulgoe Rangers, under Oapt. T. G. Holt, and was badly wounded in tho leg at the battle of Chicamauga. He suf- fered great pain fiorn the wound, until near ■ four vears after the close of the war, he was compelled, to save his life, to submit to the amputation of his leg. lie died fromgon- j eral debility, which followed.” The Augusta Chronicle and Constitutiona ls says: “Last Suuday morning the passen ger train ot tho Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, coming south, ran over a young white inau named Dick Arthurs at Gramteville, ami completely severed his heal from bis body. Subsequent investiga tion showed that the man had a bullet hole through Lis head. This led to the suspi cion that Arthurs had been murdered aud then placed on the track, in order that tho train might run over the body and thus avert suspicion.” The Augusta and Macon delegations to the * 08la! Convention, which meets at Old lomt Comfort, Va., to-day, left Monday via the Chari t:e, Columbia aud Augusta Raii- [, * -I,be Augusta delegation consists of the following named gentlemen: J. Black, W. E. Jackson, D. L. bright, Z. McCord, W. Daniel, Pat rick Wa^b, G,*o. w. Crane, J. V. H. Allen, ))■ W. M. Timb-rlake, John M. Oar ;, M. A. Stovall, Geo. T. Barnes, W. T. jades*, Jno. B. Moore, J. M. BurdcU, Austin Mullarky. The J' or.son Journal says : “Little Char lie Carden, infant son of Mr. George Hill, of this c .uuty, came to his death last Sunday j -kut by an overdose of morphine auminis- . d by ltd liurt-o. It seems that a bottle of Qainioe was on the mautlepieco and another |K)Uh- containing morphine was sitting near oi l« e nurae » through mistake, gave the mid an overdose of the morphine, which faulted in its death about nine o’clock on die night named above.” Lh same paper has the following ot a terrible death by acci- ental burning: ‘-A little ten or twelve- K-ar-oli daughter of Air. Joseph Mc- ' et ’ Representative of Dawson county u* tbe , ^ tat0 Logislatnre, wont with J!fu mo,her t0 m dk. After milking, her mner gave her the milk, with the instrnc- oa to take it to the house and strain it; - e gomg by the waab-nJace to get some 1 lies. It being too dark to see to put the ik away without a light, the little girl lit af up and set it upon a chair near the ta- »ana passing by it her dress caught on (•.burning her clothes off of her, literally hnn ^ * lbr a ^‘ ve * She ran out of the tno.i 0 1 llie yard feQ ce, screamiDg for her m «• r ’ ^ ut ^ er mother did not reach her um 11 render her any assistance. She dlcd almost immediately.” P er lj* n County Hexes says: “The dftd A ' y va ” EEKLY News has recently ad- i? Lew fealur o to its already many iicocies—that of an agricultural de- I ^ent, aoly and carefully edited by Capt. tr bryan, of Thomas county. The a, EKI Y > Wll h its literary and agricultural rpi!? 1r l V eill6 » an ^ its able corps of cor- nrm?* entB from vari ous poiuts of interest, i-s.;>nably makes it one of the best weeklies published in the South.” lni?« Lin # Co1 ? C0Qn, y on last Sunday the fol- w i’. fata l shooting affair took place, in c,r! C u a yoUD 8 man named Jim Martin shot ivUied another young man from Abbe- wern C0 ? nl *’ “I 5 seems that there several youngsters together at or near on,.?, • when three of them began a the if tiie said Martin, advancing all - Hue towards him, undone attempting Dor£? W *r a p . igto1 or knife from his hip to at ' -'J^hnkept retreating, telling them in n °t want to fight. They int. towards him, one saying we V°, k ; in y°“. when Martin drew a en “ t ; an ? ^ rc ‘d at one of them, the ball thrnnii? '. a . 8 ^ a^ove the abdomeD, passing njohf „ j 11 ™.* He lingered until Sunday bon. . aQd ? led * The quarrel originated T) ®°mething about a young lady.” the ? of . the ^ewnan Herald has quit the rnin* r , edltoria l for the higher work of that inn* 8 ry ‘ 81ys tlie la8t issue of Pastor nf D *t ]: .‘‘Having been appointed as Bur^ churches in the Whites- Pa.tnrif CU1 *’ ? r ?-entcr the work of the §en Kr .,, ; wb ich is more congenial with my ing;i”‘? B! 'y tli,u any ot(,er calling. Hav- Ptct t ^ nt U "' Ilt y years iu the ministry I ex- Cient ni^ ntl ^ ue in is as loDg as I have guSl- ■ eo ‘ Plivsical ability. Wililant^Wo Gazelle sayB: “Judge “eciion whose Dame in this >n iv. .I*/ 7 ?? n , ym of 8t6rlin S integrily, openn.i . , t<J 'Valthourville, where ho has tiiataii r • ofli ce. It is needless to say iot. a,ne . M entrusted to Judge Flem- *‘ 1 Learnin eC . ive a '* tliat attention which Jwuisb 5“®’ ‘alents and long experience can H. E STILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1877. ESTABLISHED 1850. constitutional convention. Eleventh liny*. Proceeding*—lteport ol Elnnl Itevi.ion Committee on Exerulive Uevnrtment— Important < hanxes—Bill of Hiahl. Discussed nnd Amended— Stirring Mpeeche. of Judse A. K. Wrl*ht nnd Jndxe J. D. Jlnthews. [Special Correspondence of the Morning News.3 Atlanta, July L';i.—Fresident Jenkins called the convention to order at ten o clock, pursuant to adjournment on Sat urday, and prayer was offered by Hoy. E. J. Henry, of Fannin. After the reading of the minutes, Colonel Guerry, of the Twelfth district, moved to reconsider the action of Saturday on section 8 of the bill of rights. Captain Guerard, of the First district, made a similar motion in regard to another section, but the motions were Voted down. General Itob8rt Toomb3, Chairman of the Committee of Final Revision, pre sented the following report, which, having been revised and reprinted from its original form, as presented by the sub-committee, I give to your readers at this time. It lies over, however, twenty* four hours, under the rule, before being ready for the action of the convention : EEPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINAL RE VISION OF THE CONSTITUTION ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE EX ECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Mr. Toombs, Chairman of the Com mittee on Final Revision, makes the fol lowing report: ARTICLE rv.—EXECUTIVE. Section I. Paragraph I. Tho Executive Depart ment shall consist of a Governor, Secre tary of State, Comptroller General, and Treasurer. Par. II. The executive power shall be vested in a Governor, who shall hold his office during the term of two years, and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified. He shall not be eligible to re- election after the expiration of a second term for the period of four years. He shall have a competent salary, established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected: nor Bhall ho receive within that time any other emol ument from the United States, or either of them, or from any foreign power. Par. IIL The first election for Gov ernor under (his Constitution shall be on the first Wednesday in October, in the year 1880, and biennially, thereafter, by tho persons qualified to vote for the mem bers of the General Assembly. Said election shall be held at the places of holding general elections in the several counties of this State, in the manner pre scribed for the election of members of the General Assembly. Par. IV. The returns for every election of Governor shall be sealed up by the managers, separately from other returns, aud directed to the President of the Sen ate and Speaker of the Ilonse of Repre sentatives, and transmitted to the Secre tary of State, who shall, without opening the said returns, cause the same to be laid before the Senate on the day after the two houses shall have been organized; and they shall be transmitted by the Sen ate to the House of Representatives. Par. V. The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Representative Hall, and the Presi dent of the Senate and th8 Speaker of the House of Representatives shall open and publish the returns in the presence of tho General Assembly; and the person having the majority of the whole number of votes given shall be declared duly elected Governor of this State; but if no person have such majority, then from the two persons having the highest number of votes, who shall be ia life, and shall not decline an election at the time ap pointed for the Legislature to elect, the General Assembly shall immediately elect a Governor viva voce-, and in all cases of election of a Governor by the General Assembly, a majority of the votes of the members present shall be necessary for a choice. Par. VI. Contested elections shall be determined by both Houses of the Gen eral Assembly, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Par. VII. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who shall not have been a citizen of the United States fifteen years, and a citizen of this State six years, and who shall not have attained the age of thirty years. Pvr. VIII. In case of the death, resig nation or disability of the Governor, tho President of the Senate shall exercise the executive powers of the government un til such disability be removed, or a suc cessor is elected and qualified. And in case of the death, resignation or disa bility of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the executive powers of the government until the removal of the disa bility, or the election aud qualification of a Governor. Par. IX. The General Assembly shall have power to provide by law for filling unexpired terms by a special election. Par. X. The Governor shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, take the following oath, or affirmation : “I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will faithfully execute the of fice of Governor of the State of Georgia, and will, to the best of my ability, pre serve, protect and defend the Constitu tion thereof, and the Constitution of the United States of America.” Par. XI. The Governor shall be Com mander-in chief of the army and navy of this State, and of the militia thereof. Par. XII. He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons, to commute Densities, remove disabilities, imposed herein, or otherwise, by law, and to re- mit any part of a sentence for offenses against the State, after conviction, ex cept in cases of treason and impeach ment, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to tho man ner of applying for pardons. Upon con viction for treason, he may suspend the execution of the sentence, and report the case to the General Assembly, at the next meeting thereof, when the General Assembly shall either pardon, commute the sentence, direct its execution, or grant a further reprieve. He shall, at each session of the General Assembly, communicate to that body each case of reprieve, pardon, or commutation granted, stating the name of the convict, the offense of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, the date of the reprieve, pardon, or commutation, and the reasons for granting the same. He shall take care that the laws are faithful ly executed, and shall be a conservator cf the peace throughout the State. Par. XIII. He shall issue writs of elec tion to fill all vacancies that happen in the Senate.or House of Representatives, and shall have power to oonvoke the General Assembly on extraordinary occa sions, and shall give them, from time to time, information of the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may deem necessary and expedient; but no law shall be enacted ot called sessions of the Legislature, except such as shall re late to the object stated in his proclama tion convening them. „ Par XIV. When any office shall be come vacant by death, resignation or otherwise the Governor shall have power to fill such vacancy, unless otherwise provided by law; and persons so ap pointed shall continue m office until a successor is appointed agreeably to the mode pointed out by this Constitution, or by law, in pursuance thereof. Par XV A person once rejected by the Senate shall not be reappointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session, or the recess thereafter. Par KVI The Governor shall have the revision of aU bills, passed by both Houses, before the same shall become laws, but two-thirds of each House may- pass a law, notwithstanding his dissent, and if any bill should not be returned by the Governor within five days (Sunday excepted) after it has been presented to him, the same shall be a law, unless the General Assembly, by their adjourn ment, shall prevent Us return. He may approve any appropriation, and disap prove any other appropriation, in the same bill, and the latter shall not be effectual unless passed by two-thirds of each House. Par. XVH. Every vote, resolution or order to which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary, except on a question of election or adjournment, shall be presented to the Governor, and, be - fore it shall take effect, be approved by him, or, being disapproved, shall be re passed by two-thirds of each house, ac cording to tho rules and limitations pre scribed in case of a bill. Par. XVIII. He may require infor mation, in writing, from the officers in the Executive Department on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. It shall be the duty of the Gov ernor, semi-annually, and oftener if he deems it expedient, to examine, nnder oath, the Treasurer and Comptroller Gen eral of the State on all matters pertaining to their respective offices, and to inspect and review their books and accounts. The General Assembly shall have au thority to provide by law, if existing pro visions are not sufficient, for the suspen sion of either of said officers, from the discharge of the duties of his office, and, also, for the appointment of a suitable person to discharge the duties of the same. Section II. Par. I. The Secretary of State, Comp troller General and Treasurer shall be elected by the persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, at the same time and in the same manner as the Governor; they shall be cornmis- sioned by the Governor, and hold their offices for the same time as the Governor. Par. II. Their several salaries shall be fixed by the General Assembly, but shall not exceed the sum of t wo thousand dollars, each, per annum, and shall not bo in creased, or diminished, during the period for which they shall have been elected. Par. III. The Treasurer shall not be allowed, directly, or indirectly, to receive any foe, interest, or reward, from any person, bank, or corporation, for the de posit, or use, in any manner, of the pub lic funds, and the General Assembly shall enforce this provision by suitable penal ties. Par IV. No person shall be eligible to the office of Secretary of State, Comp troller General, or Treasurer, unless he shall have been a citizen of the United States at least ten years, and shall have resided in this State at least six years next preceding his election, and shall be at least twenty five years of age when elected. And the General Assembly may by law require that any of said officers shall give bond and security for the faith ful discharge of their duties. Par. V. The Secretary of State, the Comptroller General, and the Treasurer, shall not be allowed any fee, perquisite or compensation other than their salaries, as prescribed by law, except their neces sary expenses when absent from the seat of government on the business of the State. Section III. Par. I. Tho Great Seal of the State shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, and shall not be affixed to any instrument of writing but by order of the Governor or General Assembly, and that now in use shall be tho Great Seal of the Slate, until other wise provided by law, which shall be im pressed direc'ly upon the instrument to which it is affixed, and not upon wax, as heretofore. Section IV. Par. I. The Governor shall have power to appoint his own secretaries, not exceeding two in number. Mr. Gignilliatt, of the Second district, introduced an ordinance, which was re - ferred to the Committee on Redaction of Judicial Districts, providing for twenty judicial circuits and regulating the time of holding courts. Mr. S. F. Keller, of the First district, presented a minority report from the Committee on Public Institutions, in re gard to the agricultural and other bureaux, and on motion both reports (the report of the Chairman, S. W. Harris, abolishing the bureau, was published several days ago) were referred to the Committee of Final Revision. Mr. Perry, of the Seventeenth dis trict, introduced an ordinance to legalize and make valid certain decisions of the Supreme Court. On motion of Col. Simmons, of the Twenty-second district, payment of one dollar per day was ordered to several subordinate officials. Leaves of absence were granted Mr. Robertson of the Thirty-fifth, Mr. Lof ton of the Twenty second, and Mr. Swanson of the Thirty-seventh district, on account of pressing business or sick ness. Gen. Toombs then moved to take up the report of the Committee on the Bill of Rights for adoption, or amendment, which motion prevailed. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINAL RE VISION UPON THE REPORT OF THE COM MITTEE ON BILL OF EIGHTS. Mr. Toombs, Chairman of the Commit tee on Final Revision, begs leave to make the following report: To perpetuate the principles of free government; insure justice to all; pre serve peace; promote the interest and happiness of the citizen, and, through the protection and guidance of Almighty God, to transmit to posterity the enjoy ment of liberty, ,we, the people of Georgia, do ordain and 63tablish this Constitution. ARTICLE I. 1. That all government, of right, origi nates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 2. Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of government, and shall be impartial and complete. 3. All persons born, or naturalized, in the United States, aud resident in this State, are hereby declared citizens of this State, and it shall be the duty of the Legislature to enact such laws as will pro tect every person in the full enjoyment of the rights, privileges and immunities due to such citizenship. 4. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, except by due pro cess of law. 5. All men have the natural and ina lienable right to worship God, each ac cording to the diotates of his own con science, and no human authority should, iu any case, control or interfere with such right of conscience. 0. Every person charged with an offense against the laws of this State shall have the privilege and benefit of counsel; shall be furnished on demand with a copy of the accusation, and a list of the witnesses on whose testimony the charge against him is founded; shall have compulsorv process to obtain the testi mony of his own witnesses; shall be con fronted with the witnesses testifying against him, and shall have a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury. 7. No person accused shall ba com pelled to pay costs, except after convic tion, on final trial. 8. No person shall be put in jeopardy of life, or liberty, more than once for the same offense, save on his, or her, own motion for a new trial after conviction, or in case of mistrial. 9 No law shall ever be passed to cur tail, or restrain, the liberty of speech, or of the press; any person may speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. , . , 10. The right of the people to be se cure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath, or affirmation, particularly describing the place, or places, to t e searched and the persons or things to be seized. 11. There shall be, within the State of Georgia, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, save as a punishment for crime, after legal conviction thereof. 12. The social status of the citizen shall never be the subject of legislation. 1”. The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended. 14. Excessive bail shall not be re quired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; noc shall any person be abused in being arrested, while under arrest, or in prison. 15. The power of the courts to pun ish for contempt shall be limited by legislative acts. 16. There shall be no imprisonment for debt. 17. The General Assembly shall have the power to provide for punishment of fraud. 18. Banishment beyond the limits of the State, as a punishment for crime, shall not be allowed. 19. A well-regulated militia being ne cessary fer the security of a free people, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner in which arms may be borne. 20. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evi dence, and the jury in that, and in all criminal cases, shall be judges of the law and the facts. Whipping, as a punishment for crime, is prohibited. 21. No bill of attainder, ex-post facto law, retroactive law, or any law impair ing the obligations of contracts, or any law making any irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities, shall be passed. 22. In cases of necessity, private ways may be granted upon just compensation being paid by the applicant. Private pro perty shall not be taken or damaged for public purposes, without just and adequate compensation being first paid. 23. All lotteries, and the sale of lottery tickets, are hereby prohibited; aud the prohibition shall be enforced by penal laws. 24. Treason against the State of Geor gia shall consist in levying war against it, adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be con victed of treason, except on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or confession in open court. 25. No conviction shall work corrup tion of blood, aud no conviction of trea son shall work a forfeiture of estate. 26. The legislative, judicial, and execu tive powers shall forever remain separate and distinct, and no person discharging the duties of one shall, at the same lime, exercise the functions of either of the others, except as herein provided. 27. Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State, and no special law shall be enacted in any case, for which provision has been made by on existing general law. No general law affecting private rights shall be varied in any particular case by special legisla tion, except with the free consent in writing of all persons to be affected there by, and no person under legal disability to contract i3 capable of such free con sent. 28. Legislative acts in violation of this Constitution, or the Constitution of the Cored States, are void, and the judiciary shall so declare them. 29. The people have tho right peaceably to assemble for their common goed, and to apply to those vested with the powers of government for redress of grievances, by petition cr remonstrance. 30. The people of this State have the inherent, sole and exclusiv e right of regu lating their internal government, and the police thereof, and of altering and abol ishing their Constitution and form of government, whenever it may be neces sary to their safety and happiness. Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth dis trict, secured a grammatical correction by transposition, in the preamble, which will be discovered by comparing the original with the perfected copy. Judge Harrell, of the Twelfth district; Hon. Joshua Hill, of the Twenth-eighth district, and Judge Wright, of the Forty-second district, reconstructed the first section, anl the second section passed without amendment. Judge Wright proposed a new section making lobbying a crime, defining its character, and authorizing the Legislature to pro vide punishment for it. He sustained his position in a strong and vigorous speech, in which he skinned alive the lobbyists present. He subsequently with drew his amendment, and will offer it in a different form to-morrow momiDg. It should be adopted. Mr. Tuggle, of the Thirty-seventh dis trict, Judge Mathews, of the Thirtieth district, and Mr. Bass, of the Forty-second district, amended the third section, aud the fourth section was adopted without change. Colonel Ingram, of the Twenty-fourth district, wanted to add a new section in regard to trial by jury, but it was, on mo tion, tabled, and the fifth section taken up. This section created the liveliest and most interesting debate of the morn ing. Judge Mathews, of ths Thirtieth district, made a most eloquent, and, in some portions, grand speech in favor of more freedom in religious mat ters. Hon. Joshua Hill, of the Twenty- eighth district, offered an amendment to Judge Mathews’ amendment, and Mr. Wells, of the Tenth district, desired to change the words “all men” to “all per sons,” but Mr. Pace, of the Twenty seventh, said “inep” was a generic term, and included women. All amendments, on motion of General Toombr, being tabled, ex-Attorney Gen eral Hammond offered two additional sections, which cover the points dis cussed, and which were unanimously adopted. This action changed the num bering of the sections which followed, and section six then became section eight. Mr. Ingram, of the Twenty-fourth district, at this point moved that the hours of meeting and adjournment be nine a. m. and one p. m., and four and seven p. m., but Gen. Toombs objected, as the committees wish to hold afternoon sessions, and the motion was withdrawn. Mr. Bachlott moved to adjourn to 9 o’clock to-morrow, but it was voted down with emphasis. President Jenkins presented a commu nication from New York bondholders in regard to bonds, and Mr. Ellington, of the Thirteenth district, introduced a me morial from the citizens of Montezama, both of which were referred to their ap propriate committees. Section eight (new numbering) was then taken up, and Col. Warren, of the First district, proposed to amend so that persons charged with crime could be tried separately when so desired. This propo sition was, however, on motion of Judge Bristow, of the Nineteenth district, tabled. The ninth section w«.s adopted, and Mr. Key, of the Twenty-eighth district, proposed to amend the tenth section so that no man in a criminal case shall be a witness against himself. Mr. Bass, of the Forty-second district, also wished to amend so that no man shall be allowed to testify in any case in which he may be interested. Both amendments were voted down, and the section adopted. Sections eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen were adopted without change, but section fifteen was amended, on mo tion of Mr. Key, so that in time of peace no soldier shall be quartered upon any family, aud in time of war, only by order of a civil magistrate. This amendment was adopted by 63 yeas to 49 nays. No changes were made in sections sixteen, seventeen and eighteen, although a strong effort was made by Mr. L. J. Winn, of the Thirty-fourth district, to secure an amendment to the eighteenth section, that the Legislature shall provide by law for the imprisonment of debtors who do not un cover their property. Mr. Hunt, of the Twenty-second district, opposed, and Judge Augustus lteese, of the Twenty- eighth district, favored, in a shorter amendment, this proposition. Captain Guerard, of the First district, made a forcible speech in support of the measure. He wants to go back to old-time princi ples of honest dealing. Heel marks are now in the direction of honesty, and he wanted to reverse the order and have toe marks point that way, even if the law had to be evoked to make men face in the direction of honesty. It was a sound speech. General Toombs suggested that the convention had more important business than making collection law3—that of es tablishing great principles of fundamental law. Let the Legislature attend to the minor matters. On motion of Colonel Nisbet, of the Twenty-eighth district, the amendments were tabled and the section adopted, as the nineteenth section pro vides for the punishment of fraud. Colonel Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth district, called attention to the fact that the hour of adjournment (one o’clock) had arrived, and the convention adjourned to nine o’clock to-morrow. It has been a rainy day, yet the galleries were pretty well filled, and great interest was manifested in the stirring speeches of Judge Wright and Judge Mathews. They are both orators of great force and impressiveness. The following report has been revised and amended by the general committee, and is now ou the Secretary’s desk for the action of the convention : r.EPOBT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINAL RE VISION OF THE CONSTITUTION ON THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS. Mr. Toombs, Chairman of the Com mittee on Final lievision, makes the fol lowing report: ARTICLE I. Section 1. Each organized county shall be a body corporate, with such powers and limitations, as may be pre scribed by law, not incompatible with this Constitution. All suits by or against a county shall be in the name thereof; and the metes and bounds of the several counties shall remain as now prescribed by law, unless changed as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. No new county shall be created. Sec. 3. County lines shall not be changed, unless under the operation of a general law for that purpose. Sec. 4. Nobounty site shall be changed, or removed, except by a two-thirds vote of the qualified voters of the county, voting at an election held for that pur pose, and a two-thirds vote of the Gen eral Assembly. Sec. 5. Old counly organiza ions may be dissolved and merged with contiguous counties by a two-thirds vote of the qualified electors of such county, voting at an election held for that purpose. Sec. C. The county officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective counties or districts, and shall hold their offices for two years. They shall be removed on conviction for mal practice in office, and no person shall be eligible to any ot the offices above referred to, unless he shall have been a resident of the county for one year, and shall be qualified to discharge the duties thereof. Sec. 7. Whatever tribunal or officers may hereafter be created by the Legisla ture, for the transaction of county mat ters, shall be uniform throughout the State, and of the same name, jurisdiction and remedies, except that the Legislature may provide for the appointment of com missioners of roads and revenue in any county. This report will be taken up aud acted upon as soon as the bill of rights is com- pleted'Rnd adopted. Chatham. THE UP COUNTRY. Slimmer Keaorm ef Georjria—A Pleasant Land and n. Spicy l.etter. [Correspondence of the Morning News ] A case of alleged poisoning by tho uilantus tree has been reported to the New Haven Board of Health. The victim is a girl of twenty, and claims to have been poisoned while lying on a lounge near au open window and looking at the tree, distant some four yards. The eruptions nearly closed one eye and covered one side of her face and body. This side was uppermost. The side she was lying on was not affected. Regu larly every time the tree flowers she breaks out and sometimes the eruption takes place when the leaves are shooting. The odor of the tree is not stronger than usual. The patient is not feverish and has no increased pulsation. Her temper is not affected, and she has a good appe tite. The irritation is only on the surface, and she has no other symptom of poison ing. Trofessor Brewer,in the course of the discussion which followed, said that, as a rule, persons once poisoned by a plant or tree were ever afterwards especially sen sitive to it. He had seen in the newhpa- pers cases of poisoning by the ailantus tree, but had never known of a case in his own experience. The tree had ex isted in England about one hundred and thirty years, and in France one hundred and twenty years. It has existed in this country for a long time, and thirty or forty years ago was spread by the desire for a quick-growing tree to take the place of the elm, which was subject to ravages by worm*. In Brooklyn an enormous numbor of these trees were set out, but afterwards cut down. The result of the discussion was a vote directing the owner of the tree to remove it, and ordering in vestigations to prepare a basis of action to be taken next year before the trees bloom. A Distressed Nobleman.—A tramp came along the other day, and confided to the impressible better half of a farmer on the road tLiat he was a Count, who was traveling through the country in this humble way seeking a true heart which he might win and take back with him to share the revenue of his immense estates in Italy. He begged that she wouldn’t mention the fact, as it might interfere with his cherished plan of being loved for himself alone. She promised not to say a word about it, and invited the Count to stop with them all night, giving him the best bed in the house and the seat nearest the beefsteak at the supper table. The meal was quite a revelation to her in the matter of the table habits of the nobility of Europe, but the dis covery she made in the mprning was still a greater eye-opener. His Lordship had departed in the small hours, taking with him, probably as cherished souvenirs, the larger portion of the bed-linen, the farm ers’ best boots, an old horse pistol, and half a ham. He left a dirty, scrawling, misspelled note, stating that he must away, as his passionate longings for the true heart of which he was ever in search would not let h:m rest until they were united. The farmer loaded his shot guD, took the road, and was gone two days, but didn’t find the Count. He must have gone back to his estates in Italy.—Bridge port Standard. The Silver Question in America.— While reticent as to the coarse he in tends to pursue in preparing for specie payments, Secretary Sherman has stated very fully his views on the silver ques tion, which is again coming into promi nence. What Secretary Sherman appears to propose is that the United States, fol lowing the example of the Latin Union, should make silver as well as gold a legal tendtr to any amount, and seek to main tain the two metals at an equal value by restricting the coinage of whichever one may become depreciated. And for uch a proposal ther6 could surely be not time less opportune than this. In face of the diminished and fluctuating value of silver, the artificial policy of the Latin Union has completely broken down, and it has only been by closing them against that metal that these States have been able to prevent their gold from being driven out of circulation by an influx of depreciated silver. Under a bi-metallic system the coinage of full value will in evitably be displaced by that which has become depreciated, and the only method by which gold and silver can be kept per. manently side by side is by reducing sil ver, as we have done, to the rank of a “token,” or subsidiary coinage, available only for payments to a small amount, though still kept up to as high an in trinsic value as circumstances will per mit.—London Economist, July 7. There is talk of erecting a memorial to the painter Gainsborough, and the London World suggests that “a bas re lief representing the search for the miss ing picture of the Duchess of Devonshire would be most appropriate, and the colossal figure of Gainsborough holding aa empty frame would worthily crown the monument. ” Blue Ridge Mountains, Union Coun ty, Ga., July 20.—From Savannah to Gainesville along the railway, and then a day of mountain staging, and you are at the Porter Springs, a delightfully located place on the southern and eastern slope of the Blue Ridge. There are a number of medicinal springs on the grounds, which seem to be all that could be de sired by the invalid or the pleasure seeker; but finding the place rather over-crowded at the moment, this writer, with several other gentlemen, decide to relieve the genial proprietor of their presence and so struck out for a terra incognita across the mountain range. Comfortable quar ters and a kindly welcome were readily found at the home of Captain Francis M. Williams, a good Confederate soldier, member of the Legislature aud King Bee generally among the people of this section. The place is located in a little cozy nook upon the northern and western side of the range, and at the bead of the Tocoa river. The streams here run north, the valleys open north, up is down and vice versa, so that anyone coming from tne south side of the moun tains must stand on his head in order to get things right. When one gets up in the world, say three or four thousand feet, is it not allowable to look down pa tronizingly upon those in the low grounds of sorrow yonder by the sea ? At all ‘ events, it is beyond expression pleasant when one, who during many weary months has had soul and body held to gether only by the strong arm of that veritable good genius, the “big medi cine” man of Savannah, finds himself able to go it alone, foot loose and fancy free ; and so, also, it is a pleasant thing when one who has long been harrassed by business care3 and wearied out by continued struggles with that fickle jade, fortune, finds himself without the “shop” on his back, free from all care and toil, wandering at his own sweet will, taking no thought for the morrow and caring not a “tinker’s imprecation” whether school keeps or not, whether the Russians have captured Artichoke (?) or if the Turkeys (perdition seiz9 them) are gobbled or gobbling—well, then, just this is the position of the writer hereof at this present’moment. As the mountains stand round about Jesusalem, so they surround us here. On every hand are knobs and ranges, from the tops of which extended views may be had for many miles in every direction. All in among these peaks are little shel tered nooks widening into fertile valleys. There are beautiful streams and rapids, and cascades and murmuring brooklets, and bubbling springs of pure cold water. The larger streams abound in the real mountain (or speckled) trout, which are not found in the streams just over the mountains. It is the very backbone of the State here, and vertebuo in the shape of valleys and water courses divide just here—on the one hand tending south and east, on the other north and west; some times the respective sources are so near together that one can easily see both at the same time. There is good food in abundance and living is very cheap. There is pure and rich cream, milk and buttermilk, fresh butter and delicious wild honey. There are no locusts, but there is plenty of that other evangelical food, chicken. The mountaineers are a hardy race, and friendly and hospitable to an extreme. They are great walkers, will travel easily many miles in a day, and the longest and crookedest miles you ever saw. Their free swinging walk is in marked contrast to the shuffling gait of their prototype, the low country “jracker.” To the seeker after health, or real com fort and*pJeasure, such places as this are infinitely superior to the fashionable watering places, and it passes this writer’s comprehension how any sensible being can go to Saratoga, for example, where there is nothing to do but drink nasty water and hold dress parade, nothing to see but a lot of shoddy “trash” strutting about like so many peacocks. However, every one to his likiDg; there is room for us all. Our Georgia resorts are rapidly filling up, and year by year our people are learning to be content with that which is our own. We have here mountain and valley, and seashore and woodland, equal to anything on the At lantic side of this continent. Shall we not thea when we go abroad for change, or health or pleasure, seek these near by and leave our money among our own kindred where it will do most good? Any one who will look round Kim a little may easily find all that he can desire close at hand, better and cheaper and more abundant, than at the more distant resorts of those soi disant aristocrats of the God and morality region. R. Oriental Gambling. [Condon Globe.] The “gentle Hindoo” and “mild Mo hammedan” have, it seems, invented be tween them a perfectly novel sort of gambling. In cne quarter of the inter esting City of Ajmer there is a bouse oc cupied by some soothsayers who are credited by the public with the faculty of foreseeing changes of weather. They are represented to be remarkably accu rate in their predictions, owing to long practice m their profession. Outside the residence of these worthy seers a crowd of natives assemble every day for the purpose of betting on the chance of a downpour. After the “straight tip” has been purchased from one of the prophets, the buyer commences bellowing, after the manner of “list men” on English race courses, that he will take or lay certain odds about the fall of rain within a given time. The ordinary quo tations are sixteen to one against heavy rain comiDg down within twenty-four hours, eight to one against a light shower happening, and longer odds in both cases as the time is reduced. When the weather happens to be exceptionally va riable. the whole street becomes blocked by an excited throng of gamblers, and the prophets do a smart business in ‘straight tips.” It appears that the seers themselves very often join in the amuse - ment, and back their respective opinions with the greatest pluck. As the hour ap proaches for the majority of the bets to be decided, the more nervous gamblers are heard offering their chances of win ning at a heavy discount. This allows the weather prophets an oppontunity of hedging” at considerable advantage, and it frequently happens that the book of an old seer will show a certainty of gain, whether rain falls or not. A TORNADO IN NEW JERSEY. Roofs Torn Off, and Hopscs Moved from Their Foundations—A Barn Lifted as Though It Had Been a Mere Balloon— Devastation In the Track of the Storm — Tree* Snapped Like Twigs. The reader is not called upon to be lieve the following romance of the fire at St. John, N. B.: An Ohio woman, Mrs. Mary Hale, age and residence unknown, sent in a package of clothing destined for the relief of the sufferers a suit once belonging to her son, who had run away from home some two years before. In it she inclosed a note to the following ef fect : “These are the clothes which belonged to my dear boy, who, for aught any one except God knows, may now be suffering in the burnt city. May they fall into the hands of some one who needs them, and may some one else help my son when he may need.” It is needless to say that by return mail she received the following letter: “Dear Mother— Your offering and the letter inclosed came direct to me, little as you thought they would. I am very needy now, although the old clothes, which are too small, cover my nakednef . Should you think it worth while to • aid me money enough to bring me bacl to Ohio and the old home, I will nevei give you or father any more trouble by my waywardness. My story is too long to write ; how I have wandered daring the past two years, but I am now heartily tired of it, and only thank God that yonr line and the pack age came to me as they did.” It is needless to say that she sent the money. One of the severest and most destruc- j tive tornadoes that ever visited New Jer- | sey swept over Elizabeth on Thursday. A few persons in the lower wards, look ing away to the southward, saw the tempest sweeping over the fields and for ests with extraordinary velocity. In an instant the air was filled with tho rem nants of broken house tops, dismantled and ruined barns and outhouses, over turned chimneys and flying birds, pieces of fences, railings and overturned roofs. All day the sky had been overcast with thick, dark clouds, and from the zenith soft dropping showers fell through a leaden atmosphere. The shower was of unprecedented power, and it was said by many residents in the city that never be fore had they seen such a tremendous waterfall in so short a time. Soon the rain ceased, and only a few large drops pattered upon the pavements and the streets. Every one thought that tho storm had died away. In a moment thereafter, persons in the street, looking upward, saw the dark storm clouds gather, and a lurid glow shone over the mass of clouds. In an instant a heavy, rolling, rushing sonnd was heard in the far southwest, the for ests toward Staten Island Sound bent low, and a whirlwind of mud and broken tree-branches and flying shingles were hurled through the lower wards of Eliza beth city. Persons in the street had scarcely time to run hastily to their dwellings before the whirlwind rushed over them.* The tornado passed almost in a moment, and at that time a scene of devastation and ruin was left in its track. Tho course of the tempest was not more than one hundred or three hundred feot in width, and its course from Staten Island Sonnd to Newark bay was les3 than five miles in extent. In the woods great trees were snapped like twigs, and huge branches were torn and swept through the air. Fields of grain were borne off and scattered in clouds for several miles. As the storm approached the southern limits of Elizabeth, it wrought its greate st havoc. At the house of John Doran, car driver, at 628 Elizabeth avenne, the tempest passed between the house and the rear yard, tearing the fences into pieces. A coop of fowls in the extreme rear of the yard escaped damage, while the railing within a distance of a yard or two was broken into splinters. At the residence of Mr. Myers, next door, a small rear house was broken and carried away, and a clock in the kitchen was borne from the mantel and shattered against the opposite wall. Several win dows were also broken, and the frag ments scattered over the floor. A looking glass was smashed into flinters. “The storm,” said Mr. Doran, “came up John street from the southeast, and the first thing that it did, as I noticed, was to take off the roof of John Nolan’s barn, which is about three hundred feet from here. The whole building was car ried completely away, and fragments of the roof and the posts and floors were scattered all along the street for many hundred yards. The tin roof, rolled up into a ball, crushed over the tops of several houses and landed in the centre of my orchard. It struck on one side and then turned a somersault and struck against my piazza, knocking the floor into a cocked hat and smashing the posts into kindling wood. It swept all my fine pear trees and garden truck, and you could almost wade knee deep in pears and green grapes after the roof struck. You can’t form any idea of the force of that roof. I wonder it didn’t take away the whole house. That roof must have been twenty-five by thirty feet in dimen sions. It took eight men this morning to lift it off my piazza, and then think of a wind taking it three hundred feet above the housetops. It was a shingle roof and all whole when it sailed away.” At the Eller House, at High street and Elizabeth avenue, the wind swept through the front hall, and, striking a heavy panelled oaken door in the rear store, knocked it into a hundred pieces. Not a piece a foot in length could be found after the storm. The chimney of the Moravian Church, about a hundred feet away, was torn away, and the flying bricks were hurled in every direction for three or four hun dred feet. On every siie, near the Eller House, buildings had been raised from their foundations and twisted in all directions. Hundreds of men were employed, yester day, with jack screws and other prop ping irons in putting them back to their original foundations. Fred Lind’s house, in Seventh street, was almost completely turned around from its site, but not a beam or post or rafter was misplaced. Mr. Lind’s barn was smashed into kindling wood, and the pieces were dis persed over many hundred feet. When Mr. Nolan’s bam roof went off, several persons who saw it sailing away intact described it as a huge balloon that appeared to be rising and falling and diving in mid air. At Richard Niew’s house, at High street and Elizabeth avenue, a great brick chimney was knocked into a hun dred pieces, and the fine iron railing sailed away after the bricks. Owen Far- relly, &t 710 First avenue, saw his tin roofing rolled into strings and fly away toward Newark bay. Miss Nolan was trying to dry shirts and other garments on her line in her garden, at Second avenue and High street. When the whirlwind struck the clothes line, the clothes and line went up into the air, and sailed off a mile and a half to the woods, near Newark bay. On the long bridge over the bay, a party of fishermen saw the clothes and clouds of shingles, which they described as flocks of crows rising and falling as they went on to - ward the woods. Said one man: “ I thought the sky was raining down all sorts of underwear and any quantity of old clothes and shingles.” Aside from the more important changes along the course of the storm were the uprooting of numberless trees, the entire de vastation of crops, and the destruc tion of many fences, signs, roofs, and lightning rods. Nearly the whole heavy side board fence of a great brick public school at High street and Elizabeth avenue was overthrown and borne nearly a block away. Mr. Egan’s barn at High and Seventh streets was lifted up and whirled almost entirely around. It escaped with little damage. A remarkable feature of the tempest is that no one was injured, although several persons had narrow escapes. In Mr. Sauerbrun’s barn several children were sporting on the hay only a moment be fore the building was swept from its foundation and utterly demolished. Mr. Sauerbrun’s milk wagon was whirled away, and when it was found there was hardly a piece that had not been smashed in fragments. In one place a coop of poultry was taken bodily from a yard, and the owner has not yet found a mem ber of bis flock. Only one person was greatly alarmed. A negro, who was going along the road from Paterson, heard the roar and saw the dust of the oncoming hurricane. In great terror he clasped the trunk of a tree and was tossed on every side for a moment or two, but he main tained his hold until the storm passed away. Rats Set a Steamship on Fire. [San Francisco Chronicle.] The Pacific Mail steamship Granada ! arrived yesterday from Panama. A rn- mor was circulated yesterday that the Granada was a few days ago ret on iiro by one of the i hinese crew, bat a Chronicle reporter, after a thorough in vestigation, found the report to be un founded. There was a fire, however. At 3:15 a. m. on Monday last, while the ship was beating against a heavy wind and running sea about forty miles off Point Concepcion, some Chinese sailors, who were asleep in their hammocks over the forward hatch, were awakened by smoke. At the same time the watch on deck discovered dense smoke issuing from the hatch. An agile Mongol ran abaft and informed first officer Hart that the ship was on fire. Simultaneously the boatswain, also a Mongol, violently rung the fire-bell. First officer Hart is afraid of fire. He has been burned out several times, and was on the Japan when that steamer was burned off the Chinese coast about two years ago. Qe has for years made it his habit to have the hose placed on the deck every night at eight o'clock. Pushing forward he found that the ship was in deed on fire. The Captain was instantly notified, and Hart, seizing an axe, chop* ped a hole in tho batch and called for a small-sized volunteer. A Chinaman, stark naked, sprang forward, and Hart ordered, him to take the hose and go below and extinguish the fire. The almond-eyed tar bound a wet towel over his face and obeyed with alacrity, and Hart, who is a large man, enlarged the aperture and fol lowed. Seven Chiu amen went down af ter him like monkeys, and the pumps were manned. The engine was stopped, and, ceasing its task of driving wheels, commenced forcing water. By this time the passengers, alarmed by the unwonted tumult and the clanging fire bell, were hnddled. half naked, on the deck in a panic. The women shrieked, and the sterner sex felt decidedly shaky. The exploring squad below decks groped their way through the suffocating smoke to the store-room in the foreLold, where they found the fire. The pumps were already working, and in three and a half minutes after the alarm water was play ing on the flames, and m three and a half minutes more the blaze was extinguished. The origin of the fire was certainly very curious. In. the store-room was a barret of matches in paper boxes. Rats are re markably fond of phosphorus. This outre taste caused the fire. It was found that rats had gnawed their way through the walls of the store-room and into the matches, and in their nibblings at the lucifers the attrition of their teeth ignited them and created the blaze. Insurance men state that the majority of the in stances of fire by “spontaneous combus tion” are really caused by rats nibbling at matches. The Nathan Mystery—The Insane Coachman of the Family—An Im portant Hint* [From the Philadelphia North American, July 19.] The Nathan murder in New York prob ably evoked abortively as much detective research as any cause celebre known to the profession. There is a curious history connected with the tragedy that has never been printed, and that forms an interesting study in connection with the case. When the crime was still fresh in the public mind a report was circulated— and it was claimed by those who told it that there was foundation far the rumor— that the police knew the murderer and had him in custody. The report was that Mr. Nathan’s coachman was known to be insane, and that his hallucination was that Mr. Nathan owed him one hundred thousand dollars. His peculiarities in duced his discharge, and he got no other em ployment. It will be remembered that the murderer got into the bouse through the area way. The coachman had been in the habit of so entering the house surreptiti ously. For several nights prior to the murder the coachman had slept about the wharves on the North river, near the shipping. Nathan was murdered with a “ship’s dog,” a heavy piece of iron used on ships. In taking valuables from the safe a lot of medals were taken. An ex perienced criminal would have known, besides furnishiag a clew to delect him with, that they were base metal and worthless to him; but they were just the glittering bauble that would attract an ignorant and insane person. The man was arrested. He accounted for his whereabouts for several nights before and after the murder, but not for the night of the murder. He was detained in custody by the police sixteen days and then sent to the asylum on Ward’s Island, but no mention was made by the police even of the arrest. It was rumored also that the Nathan family, being satisfied that the man was the murderer, and that no con viction could follow on account of his insanity, withdrew the reward, the police consenting because a young man not con nected with them, who worked this branch of the case, claimed the large amount of money offered for the arrest and conviction of the murderer. They are telling a new story of Ma- cready. The great tragedian was playing Macbeth in the provinces. The actor who had rehearsed the Messenger in the last act was found to be ataent when called. A “super” was sent c n to speak the Messenger’s lines : “As I did stand my watch upon the hill, I looked toward Bimam, and anon me thought the wood began to move.” Macbeth: “Liar and slave!” Super: 44 ’Pon my soul, Mr. Macready, they told me to say it.” Dr. Chapin says $150,000,000 are an nually epent in New York city for spiritu ous liquors. Dr. Chapin’s ohar&cter for veracity is good, but he ought to furnish the figures behind this calculation. The Men Whom Hayes has Rewarded for the Fraud or Counting Him In. [From the Raleigh Observer.] These are ths men, be it remembered, who stole the electoral vote of Florida from Mr. Tilden and gave it to Mr. Hayes, and Mr. Hayes Knows the fact. These are the men who committed, knowingly committed, forgery and per jury, and Mr. Hayes knows it. He is obliged to know it. All the departments of the government of the State of Florida, her Legislature, her courts, and her Chief Executive have at different times examined and revised the aotion of the returning board, and have pronounced it false and fraudulent. To suppose, therefore, that Mr. Hayes is ignorant of the perjuries and the for geries committed by this returning board of Florida is to suppose him an idiot, and that no man has yet charged him with. Knowing, then, that these men are per jurers, knowing that they are forgers, in short, that they are scoundrels of the deepest dye, what is Mr. Hayes’ treatment of them. It is simply this : He assigns to each one of them a position of high honor and lnerative emolument. Ex- Governor Stearns he makes Commis sioner in charge of the Arkansas Hot Springs Reservation, a position in which he must handle hundreds of thousands of dollars. McLin, the Secretary of State, he makes Judge of the Territory of Utah, and Cowgill, the Auditor, he makes Mar sha] of the Territory of Dakota. The only member of the board to whom ha has not given both honor and profit was that excellent gentleman the Democratic Attorney General, Mr. Cocke, who so strenuously protested against the villain ies of his Radical colleagues. Leading clergymen in the Church of England have recently been interesting themselves in the aims of the trades' unions. They have held several con ferences with the most intelligent repre sentatives of the working classes, and have also heard the arguments of the op ponents of trades' organizations. Mr. Donlton, cf the Lambeth potteries, told them almost a fortnight ago that he con sidered it unwise for the clergy to mix themselves up with the existing contro versies between labor and capital, the employers and the employed, who were subject to the laws which invariably regulated all industry, especially that of supp'y and demand. Their duty, he said, was to deal with tne working classes morally, and to elevate them by religious influences. Trade unions tended to reduce all workers—the best and the worst—to one dead level, and he thought it monstrous that any combina tion should be formed, or rather any con spiracy should be organized, by any body of men against any man for making the best use of his own gifts in the exercise of skilled labor. Mr. Mnndella, on the other hand, argued that the clergy could not fulfil any of their sacred duties more effectively than by acting as mediators and peace-makers between the employers and employed, by bringing capital and labor face to face, and by urging arbi tration aa a remedy for strikes and ail disagreements. Mr. Mnndella was un doubtedly right. A clergyman ought to know what the working people in his parish are thinking, saying and doing; whether they lov6 their work or loathe it: what they are dreading and hoping for.—N. Y. Tribune. When General Grant sailed away fr Ostend, Britannia wiped her eye. a remembering her Telemaqne, fane herself Calypso, who ne pouvait se ci soler du depart d’ Ulysse.—Globe De •rat. O yea, but when the late li Lemuel Strabosh sailed from Honol for Pwitahokai, the Sandwichers, membering their Pcikoh ametope fancied themselves Blak&rapakecio who kokcre nock pong de j acketack nechesmatu periksdipredykei. This i well-attested fact.—Burlington Haicb