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*! J. H. BST1LL,
d. Savannah. Ga.
! m»' to. life L“ ‘SS toy's are gone
| v. te; 1 ' 8 J[ ,,, deeply moved,
» h,c J!ntliepA-t l tondl.v loved;
»l" cl1 , , Ueaihin Life I’ve seen;
I #»>• 1. .. ..ire, could ere have been—
moil dart and drear in life
H heart that loathes the strife
W” S » a or, dying, own
I:ye ‘u- loveti friends lo wage alone .
^ Sears 1 moved among,
'' 1 >1; :r charms, what serves the light
^ l ,E udoh my aching sight.
W‘, • ,• rn v li art no longer warms
I "!*“ v > ui no long rchanrs?
o-ticad lo world around
: ings round me throng
Ah.
. better far be
eatli the ground:
e's love'y feene,
Siad% throws on tfeauty s sheen.
j, ,„.j though dark thy thoughts may be,
moot form its portals flee-
Lct , t S ail the World outside,
.crave thy sadness liirte.
And ’> when you ►«« the happy child,
M nl - t , v0 n crrtri sweet maid ju mild,
f 2L\our cht-t r. that from all tea-B
'■-rceacli Heart whose teuder years,
)'?*!*. of o'd are now so bright,
^ ; “n that grief .-hould on them light.
•) t»s K C. Forrest
Affairs in (Jeorjria.
jj r >; H. Jem:son’s connection with the
Q - , , as local editor has be(
Utert.l, ami Mr. Joseph II. Jones, a young
. ffV .. r0 f Atlanta, now occupies that posi
n', next Sunday some lunatic proposes to
Meath in Gainesville for the special pur-
pojA of proving that the world is flat.
The Constitution says :
About ouo hun-
uJg ladies from various parts of
iGe.r i are now '^siting Ailanta and so-
fv'.n* as gay as if it wore mid-winter.” We
trust that they will not prove pull-backs to
the work of the convention. Lobbying is
j v v& crime.
The Postmistress at Griflin sent in her
KFuatiou the other day and the Hews
nrstiie scramble tor the office is becoming
liTelv tlu-re being eight or ten applicants,
aekoue thinking his chances tbo beat.
The ililledgrvillo Recorder loarns that
line worms are destroying the cotton crop of
Mr. Frank Minor. Oue field of about twenty
lures has boon almost entirely destroyed.
The .Montezama Week'//, after success-
folly sucking the sweetnlug out of a peach
•aand a qnarter inches in circumference,
ny*, on wipiug the juice from his mous-
tiche: “Ihere are no finer peaches in the
world linn those grown in this county.”
The public weils are mighty convenient
tiling?, and the butcher who furnishes the
neat for the good people of Montezuma
contemplates moving his butcher shop to
the public well, in order to have water con-
radeut for cleausiag purposes. So says the
M.
TheEnterprieeFactory, Augusta,will com-
monc:operations in October. The amount
ipital invested is one hundred and fifty
thousand dollare?. This amount wiil bo in
creased, as the enterprise is viewed in a most
favorable light by capitalists.
The Eicelsior Mills, of Messrs. George T.
Jackson k Co., at Augusta, have been run
ning day and uighi for the past three weeks,
j There were six burials in the city ceme
tery of Columbus on Monday, as follows :
Mrs. Tatum, city; Judgo Howard, from
Wynoton; Mr. Garret', from G:rard and
the yonng children of Mr. G. M. Williams,
Mr, Joliu Wise aud Dr. C. J. Moffett.
There is evidently a mistake in one or the
other of the following items taken from the
Columbus papers. The limes s*ya: “Mr.
Gto. W. Saxon, of Tallahassee, Fla., sent to
Messrs. Flournoy .V Epping, by the Jordan
oo her last trip up, a bale of now cotton,
h grew on his place near Tallahassee. This
kthe first of the season, and was gathered
Mr. Saxon on the lith instant.” The
Inquirer-Sun, evidently alluding to the
kme item, says: “The first open cotton
kul was received by Fiournoy A Epping
from Mr. G. W. Saxon, of Tallahassee, Fla.”
'fueh was it, gentlemen, a cotton bale or a
icotton boll ?
The Georgia lUiiroad machine shops at
jl-atista are busily engaged in repairing
their engines in anticipation of an active
j ^iiKss season this fall. The engines are
r®R Ranged from “wood burners” to
C)l - bnraers’' as fast as the smoke stacks
^d. ther wood-burning appurtonanceo are
’ton ont.
bgiethorne county boasts of a remarkable
pUioi Com grown on tlie plantation of Mr.
Albums- It b a d been planted on the
.‘* of A P r ff and oa the 10th day of July it
! two large roasting ears on it, only two
Months and thirteen days from the seed to
! the ear.
The .State Sauday School Convention meets
10 Athena August 24th to 2Gtb. The con
ation sermon will be preached by ttev. W.
^ J r ‘ ls ,n , T>. D., and the music led by J.
• allace, of Augusta. The programme
‘ r au lnt( resting one. Delegates will
.< ^^nsported over any railroad in the State
u 1 fare rates—paying full fare going
m returning free.
*fre Atlanta pos’al delegation left for
‘‘infort, Virginia, for attendance on
I'Htal Convention, on Monday, via tho
"Wtern .... _
^ ernanl Atlantic Railroad. They are
(MTAngier, Postmaster Benjamin Conley,
fu,in T- Grant, General William Mc-
;; " V -C. Morrill, Dr. J. P. Logan, Mr.
Th lT ? LLo,rry » ^ Culpepper.
Pound “ omaBV flle Times says that nineteen-
_ ca kbages, trimmed for the pot, are
, e{ ^ D 0Q ^ ie streets of Tuomasvillo. And
216 .-‘eoplMjelievo that fine cabbages
ttunot be
of ^riffia has met all its obliga-
>- li •= "Unimer without borrowing a dol-
raised at the South.
kr.
their
•U the employes of the city have received
stamps a? regularly as clock work.
TheT.
occoa Herald reminds its brethren
Gjq ? Ie i 3 during the session of the
•Peciaif eac ^ erB ’ Association, they are
y lnVlte< ^ to ma ko its sanctum their
?id e f , !er8 ' aad k°P es to be able to pro-
of i T! lfipecial room in the build-
* IC ^ tliey ma J avail themselves for
15 &t any tim 2 .
received the first number of the
Uv 0r Ur ' rt£3, a Lew candidate for public
«Jb 0b ^ ed at E “ eIaior . Bulloch
M y 1 ■ Boleman. with W. L. Geiger
11 ' 9 S
■Uch e ... ’ 11 tru6t that it will receive
* r S e meDt UriS6ment 59 may induce ita en-
ttisurri’n^jii* 16 loca l medium of Bulloch
tt® da[; ar per y|a r ° nut ' e8- Elle terma are
fskt Uaac n !or ’aaya : “Sunday
F 4tw ick arid D \< S auJ Jerr y Brown aud Joa.
ca“?ed M ^-?-. Garri four ofoD ?
^carried t^ a ,o P0 ? nIati on 1 ’were arrested
..•ielatipn ^® station house on charge
f! e ° t, “od sneilM trtaiu divine commend-
J| ete Until j awa- They were coniined
upie annnm j morning, when each
» ® irr icd audn! & i? trfeot wi| lingneB8 to
yoke i t0 B dhmit to tho legal matri-
il^nre'a Accordingly two liceusea were
the °’ clock y^terday
ir 11 ?' Tne ri . mtere »tiog ceremony took
Ji*«0r4rv or k Were P. erfor mod by Mr. J.
,, Cl »k i o'er ... - ® Police force, who has
U h ° ia t| ioron.,ti 1D the iame capacity, and
tJ‘ 4 «»S2o*! y versed in the duties of
r. r ® ei1 in a ni , Q 'I e . - rije ceremony was per-
Cj'eoce of al,w??. pr e 88 ‘ T e manner in the
,, i '.he 8 C ,', d . a * thlr 'y spectators,who 6n-
God f£t . ry mucb - After tho knot
Co nL'riitnu/-° Qr ha PPy darkies retired
^ them.” atl0D8 numerously bestowed
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1877.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
heTrd that’tlfp 8 Chro,licle S W- “We have
S *“ a ' there were connties in Georgia
L^thrro d 8Uow ' we ntv-tive hundred dogs
?’ \ Ve are ‘old that sheep-
ralsin„ has alrnoet ceased in the viciuiiv of
curs 01 And°v a, J 8 f ° f tl L e forayB ° r worthless
?n a Bim-h, / f r om , thc backB of sheep wool
*450 ooifnm b haB b , 6 . ca cb PPed valued at
.too,tK>0,000. It would take a good many
dogs to bring that much money.”
Mr. Stepheus is in Atlanta, the guest of
te a' be is crt ditoi with say ing
the e^n^f U ' i0,i .J eporter - in reference to
lent bodv nr° D: ll IS , a remarkably intelii-
gout body or men, and contains, as far as I
bav ®, bc f“ a ble to observe, not only the best
P ? V] tbe State, but the best average men.
w/ith re J?L°? e , thing,” continued Mr.
btephens, that I am afraid they are going
lS.?°Vv ^ am a ,f ra ‘ li they are going to re-
f“ R e the “ n . mb er °f members of the Legis
lature. This will be a very great mistake.
The Ileniy County Weekly Bays: “A recent
mprovement (and a most important one,
too, ) in the Savannah Weekly News is an
agriculturai department, edited by Captain
. f * Bryan, of Thomas county, an expe
rienced iarmer and agriculturist. Having
in view tue advancement of the farming in
terests of tne country, matter for this de
partment is prepared with great care. In
addition to this it gives each week the most
complete summary of news of any paper m
tho ritate, besides a qnantity of select liter
ary reading. All in all, it is one of the best
weekly newspapers in the country, and we
commeud it to our friends.”
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The Columbus Times thus announces the
demise of the Hon. Nicholas L. Howard:
‘On Sunday, at eix o’clock m the afternoon
at his residence in Wynnton, occurred the
death of Judge Nicholas L. Howard, after a
loug period of feeble health. Judge Howard
was about sixty-five years of age, and
during a large part of his life was a citizen
of this community. He was a lawyer by
profession, though for a number of years
past had not practiced at the bar. He re
presented Muscogee county several terms in
the Legislature, aud was Judgo of our
county at one time. No naan ever lived
among us who eDjoyed a higher character
for honesty of heart and purity of life. He
was a member of St. Luke Methodist
Church, and that brotherhood has in his
death lost one of its brightest lights.”
The Gainsville Southron says : “An acci
dent, and very near a serious disaster, oc
curred on Wednesday night while the street
car was going down tho long grade to Gower
Spring, having aboard a full load of passen
gers, among ihem a number of ladies and
children. The freight which was following
with tho baggage, suddenly became unman
ageable on account of some trouble with tho
brakes, and began rapidly increasing its
momentum. Dr. Green, who was in charge,
with his little boy aboard, made every effort
to manage the brakes, without success.
Ho finally threw his little sou off, got
the mules loose and out of the way some
how, and went sailing at the rate of fif
teen milts an hour, hallooing to Mr.
White, who was manager of the passenger
car, to get out of the way. Mr. White caught
the danger just in time to get his mules
from the car and the last little pa9Benger
out, when the freight car struck, knocking
everything into pi, and slioviDg the broken
passenger off the end of the track into tho
woods. Dr. Green hardly knows how he got
off himself, after hanging on to the brakes
till the very last moment. Fortunately no
person was hurt, but the damage to cars,
baggage, etc., was very considerable. The
cars were repaired immediately, and all is
going on smoothly again on the road.”
Tho Milledgeviile Union and Recorder
says: “As public attention is at present
directed with interest to the old capitol in
this city, the place around which cluster
many of the proudest memories of our
glorious old State, many of our readers will
doubtless bo glad to have some account of
the size of the building, the number of
rooms it contains, and its adaptation to the
purpoeo for which it was built aud so long
used. Its outside dimensions are 186x92
feet. The first floor or basement contains
four rooms of 16x19 feet, four of 16x19, two
of 35x15, anil a large room formerly occupied
by the Supremo Court 46^x35 feet. All but
two of these are suppiied~with fire places.
There arc besides eight other small rooms
that may bo used to store fuel or other
articles that require to be kept in a safe
place. Two passages or halls, crossing each
other, run through the building from east
to west aud from north to south, save that
the latter widens out into tho Supreme
Court room in a portion of its course. The
second floor contains similar halls, and is
rendered very accessible by granite steps on
the east and west and by doublo stairs at
the north and south ends. On
this floor, and on each side of the halls
above named, are sitnated the offices, etc.,
of the Governor and his Secretaries, the
Treasurer, the Secretary of State, the Comp
troller General, together with apartments
for the State Library, tho Clerk of the Su
preme Court, etc. This floor contains fonr
room* 17x17 feet, four 20x16*, four
35x164, together with the Treas
ury vault, two ^emaU rooms for the
capitol guards and five small rooms, used
for filing records, attached to the offices of
the several State house officers. A conve
nient flight of double stairs leads from this
floor to the third story, where are situated
the Senate Chamber aud the Hall of the
House of Representatives, each fifty-eight
feet eight inches by forty-eight feet
eight inches, and each hall having
four commodious committee and clerks’
rooms, opening into them, lour of which are
about 18x18 feet, and four somewhat smaller.
Each legislative hall has four largo fire
places, aod nearly all the rooms on this and
the second story are supplied with fire
places, and thorough veutilatioD,when want
ed, is supplied by tho large number of win
dows which characterize the building. The
Senato Chamber and House of Representa
tives have galleries, which, with the lobbies
below, have been fonnd to afford ample ac
commodation for those who desire to wit
ness the proceedings of the Legislature.”
The Marianna Courier says: “Another
week has passed and we had no rain
or consequence. Tbe many portions
of the county there has not crop will
certainly be cut short one half. In
crops aro literally parching np. The corn
been sufficient ram to put out potato vines
in six weeks. Our county for tho past five
years has bought no corn, but we fear they
will be compelled to ask succor from other
more fortunate localities next year.”
Our worthy confrere of the Marianna
Courier has this to say cf the Savannah
Morning News : “This excellent daily is
by far the newsiest and liveliest Southern
newspaper—containing the very latest for
eign and domestic news, market reports,
ote. The Weekly is par excellence—the very
best family paper iu the land. The agri
cultural department is ably edited and re
plete with moBt valuable information to the
planter.”
Th® St. Augustine Press states that
‘Capt. W. H. Clay, who recently passed
through this city en route for New York, to
purchase a steamer to.be placed upon the
route between Smyrna, St. Aogastine and
Jacksonville or Fernandina, has made the
purchase, and a first-clat-s ocean steamer
will be placed upon the above route on the
first of Novembe . This arrangement will
enable the settlers on tbe Halifax river to
place their products in the New York market
inside of six days from the date of ship
ment, and is the one enterprise that has
been most needed for the raDid development
cf the*ea8tern coast.”
The State Journal says : “Meesra. Miller
and Atkinson, of Crystal river, while cross
ing the Withiacoochee river, above the Bine
Spring, on the 3 i instant, picked up out of
tho water a email patcbel containing some
money in silver and eome blank checks, but
nothing by which the owner ccnld be traced.
The satchel was nearly rotten, and fell to
pieces in handling.”
Tbe charter membors of and subscribers to
tbe Waldo and Santa Fe Canal, together with
other prominent citizens, met last week at
Waldo, Alachua county, Gen. Elias Errle.
presiding as Chairman of the meeting.
Several sensible speeches were made and
much enthusiasm shown on the subject. It
was agreed that when eight thousand dol
lars shall have been subscribed, that ten
per cent of the amount shall be paid in for
the purpose of beginning operations. A
committee was appointed to report as to the
time when said eight thousand dollars shall
have been subscribed, and then said com
mittee shall proceed to appoint a Board of
Directors whose duty it shall be to contract
for tbe construction of the canal as well as
superintending the same.
The Madison Recorder says: “About two
weeks ago, Henry Bellamy, a notorious
negro thief, who had been sentenced to
three months hard labor in the county jail,
and fined fifty dollars, escaped. Nothing
was heard of him until a week ago, when it
was reported ho had stolen a horse from
Nath. Odom, who lives on the St. Augustine
road, which report was confirmed, for he
was tracked by a party into Jefferson county,
caught, aud brought back to his old quar
ters and loved companions, where ho will
reside till his term expires.. ThoD, no doubt
he will be convicted of his Jiorse theft and
will aapiro to ‘higher realms of duty.”*
The Pensacola Gazette has tho following
novel method of deciding the ownership of
a pig in litigation: “It appeared that two
women had got into a dispute about a pig.
The defendant in the case claimed the pig
as her property, while tho plaintiff laid
claim to tho creature as hers. Several
witnesses were examined, which so puzzled
the jury that they concluded to repair to the
pig’s pen, turn the animal loose and see
which of the claimants it would follow by
name. The knowing pig responded to the
defendant’s call, and the jury rendered their
verdict accordingly.”
The Palatka Herald has the following ac
count of an escape from the jail at that
place : “ Tho negro that was left in jail
here by Sheriff Shine from Orange county
for safe keeping until his return from Jack
sonville, delivered himself a few days since
by walking out. While Mose, the colored
man, was in tbe act of feeding the prison
ers, tbe prisoner picked up a billet of wood
and gave Hose a few raps over the head
which quieted him, then took legs and
walked out, and has not been seen or heard
from since. The deputy was within at the
time, but did not arrost his progress ; why
we do not kuow. It is evident that if be
bad attended to his duty properly the pris
oner would not have escaped.”
The Ancient Cornish Tongue.
[From the London Times.]
Florida Affairs.
The sale of cattle on the Gnlf coast from
Tampa to Pnnta Rassa amounts to about
$40,000 per month.
0d6 of the most attractive features of Pa
latka is the ornamental orange shade trees
that beautify the sidewalks.
The Commissioners of Jackson county
have ordered five mills to be assessed on all
taxable property for county purposes.
Ja?kson county has been suffering from a
protracted drought and in many localities
the corn crop will not yield two bushels to
the acre. Cotton, too, has Buffered very
much for want of rain.
The farmers of Suwannee county are
planting freely of chufas and pinders, and
propose to havo their smoke-hoases at home
hereafter. They have all had enough of
cotton crops.
There are three thousand hoad of cattle
at Punta Rassa awaiting shipment to Cuba.
A sailor on board the baik Florence,
lying at quarantine in Pensacola bay, com -
mitted suicide last Friday. He jumped
overboard, and although boats from the
brig L. M. Merritt were sent to him, they
could not reach him in time to save him,
and he sank to rise no more.
Tho Alachua County Fruit Growers’ Asso
ciation are taking measures to induce the
holding of the next annual State Fair at
that place. The semi-annual meeting of the
State Fruit Growers’ Association will be held
at Lake City, probably in September.
£At tho meeting of the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows at Pensacola, it was de
termined to establish an asylum in Jackson
ville for the benefit of invalid Odd Fellows
coming from abroad, and a board of trustees
was appointed, consisting of Governor
Drew, A. J. Russell, J. W. Sylvester, Jacob
Huff, and W. H. Barnett.
The trustees of the Mouticello Academy
have been compelled to aespend it as a free
school, in consequence of an insufficiency
of available funds to keep it up to its pre
sent standard.
Tho new military company recently or-
Ranized and equipped at Fernandina has
adopted the name of Fernandina Light In
fantry, and will contend for the prize at the
Thomasville fall f»ir for the best drilled
military company.
One Amos Stephens effectod his escape
from the guard at Gainesville one day last
weeK It was afterwards discovered that
h ; s wife had given him a loaf of bread in
which there wis a file. With this file be
loosed his shackles and very suddenly dis
appeared. Marshal Davies offers twenty-fave
dollars for his recovery.
Tho Extern Herald says: “Palatka has
b4u unusually busy this summer. The
new buildings iust completed and new ones
“ witii increase ol mechanics and
other workmen, relievo us of tho monotony
of a dull summer.”
Fernandina is about to dispose of her
surnfus canines in the following summary
manner • “A dog ponud will he elected on
Sr CLiae. Angel’sV on Centre street where
"-I r^g^e to aUow°owner»
?o“ reckimTh°ei?the Remaining uure.e«d
unfortunates will be unmercifully slaugh
tered.”
The oditor of a rural newspaper wan
dered to this city the other day and
dropped into a church while the Sunday
school services were in progress. He fell
asleep and woke to find a child’s paper on
his lap With tbe true journalistic in
stinct, he picked it up, aud he had read
through a column and a half of assorted
Bible ^ texts when the officiating minister
lighted on him, and, laying a patronizing
hand on his shoulder, inquired how he
liked it. “First-rate,” was the reply,
“and I’m glad to see you credit. But
where did you strike your exchange list ?
—Puck.
A boy at Empire City, Oregon, set a
hen on duck eggs, and “the countenance
of the hen when the young came out re
minded the local Democratic organ pain
fully of “the appearance of our Republi
can friends when Hayes withdrew the
troops.”
COSSTITUTIOJTAL CONVENTION.
Twelfth liny*. Proceeding.—Dimcu.mIoii
on the Bill of Bights Continued—Able
nnd Eloquent Speeches by Messrs. Wol
ford, Mathews, Little, Toombs nnd J.
L. Warren—Keport Amended nnd
Adopted—Keports on the llemnvnl of the
Capital.
[Special Conespondence of the MorniDg News.]
Atlanta, July 24.—The convention
was called to order by the President, and
Rev. T. B. Tharpe, D. D., of the Twenty-
third district, offered prayer.
When Secretary Nisbet had finished
reading the minutes, Mr. Key, of the
Twenty-eighth district, moved to. recon
sider action of yesterday on the fourth
section, so that he could amend in regard
to trial by jury of peers.
Mr. Boyd, of the Thitty-recond dis
trict, favored the amendment, but on
motion of Mr. R. D. Winn, of tbe
Thirty-fourth district, the motion was
tabled by a heavy majority.
A motion by Mr. Biss, of the
Forty-second distriot, to reconsider and
amend eighth section, that no person can
testify iu a case in which he is interested,
was opposed by Gen. Gartrell, of tbe
Thirty- fifth district, and tabled.
This is the second time that the con
vention has pointedly refused to recon
sider a report discussed, amended and
adopted on the previous day.
Leaves of absence were granted to
Elder J. R. Respass, of the Thirteenth
district, Mr. McCrimmon, of the Four
teenth district, and Hon. Waring Russell,
of the First district, on account of sick
ness.
Hon. Miles W. Lewis, of the Nine
teenth district, presented a majority and
a minority report on the question of the
removal of the capital, and, on motion,
they were ordered printed and laid upon
the table subject to tbe call of the con
vention.
35EP0ET OF COMMITTEE ON LOCATION OF THE
CAPITAL—MAJOBITY KEPOBT.
Next year (187S) being the 100th year
since the dale which, as is commonly
supposed in the West of England, the
Cornish language actually ceased to be
spoken, through the death of the la9t
person who could converse m it fluently
—in old woman of Mousehold, near Pen -
zance, who used the language chi' tty for
the purpose of swearing in it—it has Leen
proposed to commemorate tbe “Cente
nary ” by- holding at Penzance or at Truro
—probably at the former—a Congress of
Celtic scholars. At this Congress, papers
will be read and discussions invited upon
the history and affinities of tbe ancient
and now extinct Cornish language. Al
though this language has ceased to be
vernacular for so long a period, yet it is
well known that there still remain a
number of manuscripts which were
written in it, and some of which have
been recently translated and published—
for instance sundry of the old Cornish
Scriptural dramas, the “Origo Mundi,”
the “Passio Cbristi,” “Resurrectio
Christi,” by Mr. Norris, and the “Beu-
mands Meiiasek,” by Mr. W. Stoke_. It
is expected that other similar manu
scripts will also shortly see the light
under the auspices of the “Cornish
Manuscript Society;” and it may be added,
as a oonneeliug link with our own times,
that not a few old Cornu-British words
are still imbedded in the modern Cornish
dialect. Tho celebration of this forth
coming “Centenary” is expected to prove
the occasion of a reunion, in one of the
westernmost towns in the kingdom, of
some of our leading Celtic philologists,
and antiquaries; and the gathering, if it
should be held, will be one of the results
of tbe interesting Congresses of the Brit
ish Arckoiologioal Association held in
Cornwall in August last.
The undersigned, being a majority of
the committee to which was referred the
matter relative to the location of the
capital, beg leave to submit the following
resolutions nnd accompanying statement
to the convention as their report:
John Colliee,
Fbancis Fontaine,
M. S. Wallace,
Samuel Hawkins,
Pope Bakbow.
The above is the report of a majority
of the committee.
M. H. Lewis, Chairman.
Resolved, That the Chairman report
back to the convention the proposition
of the city of Atlanta to donate lands
nnd erect a capitol building iu the city of
Atlanta for the State of Georgia, to
gether with a statement in detail of the
money expended by tho city of Atlanta
in payment for the Opera House, now
used as a State capitol.
Resolved further, That the question
whether Atlanta shall be the permanent
capital be submitted to the convention,
to be by that body decided, or submitted
to the people, as it may deem most ex
pedient.
The city of Atlanta submits the follow
ing memorial to the Constitutional Con
vention ;
If Atlanta is selected by the conven
tion as the permanent capital of the State,
and if such selection is submitted, and
the same is ratified by the people, the
city of Atlanta will convey to tbe State of
Georgia, any ten acres of land in or near
the city of Atlanta now unoccupied; or
the square in the heart of said city, known
as the City Hall lot, containing five acres
of land and bounded by a street on every
side, on which to locate and build a capi
tal for the State.
2d. The city of Atlanta will build for
tbe State of Georgia on the location
selected a capitol building as good as the
old capitol building in Milledgeville.
3d. A copy of this memorial signed by
the Mayor, and certified to by the Clejk
of Council under the seal of his office,
shall be presented to the Constitutional
Convention, and when tbe seat of govern
ment shail be permanently located in At
lanta, as above stated, then the proposi
tion herein contained, if accepted, shall
be a binding contract on the city of At
lanta.
City Cleek’s Office,)
Atlanta, July 18, 1877. J -
I hereby certify that at a called meet
ing of the Mayor and Council held this
day at the Mayor’s office, a full board be
ing present, the above memorial was
unanimously adopted; and at a meeting
of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
held tbe same day, a full board being
present, the same was unanimously con
curred in by them.
N. L. Anoiee, Mayor.
Fbank T. Ryan, Clerk of Council.
a statement in detail of the money
EXPENDED BY THE CITY OF ATLANTA, IN
PAYMENT FOE THE OPEEA HOUSE.
Settling Matrimonial Accounts.
The old story of Enoch Arden again.
In tho spring of 1870, Joseph Bart, n
Williams!)urgh cobbler, married a pretty
girl from over the Rhine. The couple
lived with the wife’s parents until the
fall of that yiar, when Joseph quarrelled
with Wiltfclmina, enlisted as a soldier and
went West. His regiment was quartered
in Montana. The only communication
ever passed between husband and wife
after he left was a pair of moccasins he
sent her and a photograph she sent him.
He never wrote, and the years passed,
and she was beset by suitors. They told
her that her husband’s bones was doubt
less bleaching in tbe witds, but she would
not agree to marry until somebody should
tell her of her husband’s death. One
cf her lovers fixed that nicely. Last
year she was told by a soldier that
her husband had been killed in a fight
with the Indians. She accepted the hand
of the lover she liked the best, Adolph
Anton Muller, and was married to him in
the fall. On the 1th of June last Joseph
Bart walked into the house in Wilhams-
burgh in military uniform and eagerly in
quired for Wilhelmina. His mother-in-
law told him that she was now another
man’s wife. Bart said, “Is that sor
and walked away. He sued for divorce
on the ground of adultery and she did not
interpose any objections. Tbe divorce
was granted. The separated couple went
to a restaurant and had a good meal, a
good talk, and a good cry and then tore
themselves away forever—he to his regi
ment, and she to her second husband.
They managed it so that the two men
never met. And all goes merry in Wil-
helmina’s home.—£1. Louis Republican.
It appears from the evidence before us
that the city of Atlanta, in 1868, made a
proposition to the authorities of tbe State
of Georgia that, if the capital should
be located at Atlanta, that they would
furnish, free of cost to the State, for and
during the term of ten years, a capitol.
At some time in the year 1868, the city
leased for a capitol a portion of what was
known as the Opera House, which was
then in process of erection, from H. I.
Kimball, for the space of five years, at
the price, or sum, of $6,000 per annum.
On the 4th day of December, 1868, the
city of Atlanta issued to H. L Kimball
sixty bonds, of $500 each, which were to
become due at the rate of $6,000 per
annum.
These bonds were turned over to Kim
ball, the Opera House was completed,
and on the day of , 1868, tbe
State of Georgia took charge of the
capitol, thus furnished, and have occu
pied it ever since.
In the year 1870, the State agreed to
purohase the building that bad been thus
leased by the city of Atlanta, and to pay
for tbe same the sum of $380,000; the
city of Atlanta agreeing, in the meantime,
to pay a sum in the aggregate of $130,000
for and on account of the capitol, and to
be relieved entirely from the first obliga
tion to furnish a capitol, free of cost, to
the State for the term of ten years. The
city of Atlanta did, accordingly, on the
23d day of August, 1870, make and de
liver to the State a certificate as follows :
STATE OF GEOBGIA—CITY OF ATLANTA.
To whom it may concern :
The Major and Council of the city of
Atlanta hereby certify that there is due
from the city of Atlanta to the State of
Georgia the seven per cent, bonds of said
city to the amount of $130,000, which
said bonds said Maj-or and Council pro
pose to contribute toward tbe purchase,
by the State, of the Kimball Opera House
property, and which said proposition has
been accepted, and the purchase has been
made, said bonds are to be delivered to
the holder of this certificate upon the
return thereof.
This certificate was deposited by H. I.
Kimball with tbe Governor, to indemnify
the State against a certain mortgage for
$60,000 that was outstanding against said
property, thus purchased.
On the 25th day of August, 1870, H. I.
Kimball gave to the city the following
receipt;
Received of the City Council of At
lanta, thirty thousand dollars of bonds,
which they have contracted to give the
State in part payment for capitol build
ing.
The bonds of the city of Atlanta, to the
amount of $100,000, were prepared, bear
ing date October 29, 1870, and on the
day of December, 1870, E. N. Kim
ball presented tbe before mentioned cer
tificate to the city authorities of Atlanta,
and they delivered to E. N. Kimball $75,-
000 of the bonds of the city, and E. N.
Kimball delivered up said certificate to
the city authorities.
At the time these $75,000 of bonds
were delivered to E. N. Kimball, some
question arose between the City Council
and Kimball about interest. This ques
tion was settled between Kimball and the
City C inncil, and on the 31st of Decem
ber, 1870, the balance of the $100,000 of
the city bonds were delivered to KimbalL
How this certificate of $100,000, that was
placed in the hands of the authorities of
the State, for the protection of the State
against the mortgage that was outstanding
against tbe eapitol building, got out of
tbe hands of the Executive of the State
aud into the hands of Kimball, while the
mortgage was still in full force against
the property, is a question that your com
mittee have not been able to determine.
We learn that there is an investigation
now being had in the courts of this State
that may throw some light on this ques
tion. Our investigation does not, how
ever, justify the conclusion that the city
of Atlanta had anything to do with this
certificate, after it was placed into the
hands of the State, until it was presented
and the bonds were demanded.
On the contrary, after a patient and
careful investigation, we are satisfied that
the city of Atlanta has acted in the ut
most good faith, and that they have nearly
paid every dollar that they have agreed to
pay toward the purchase of the capitol
buildiDg.
It appears that at the time of the pur
chase of the capitol by the State that
there was a mortgage of $60,000 out
standing and unsatisfied against tbe prop
erty, which was to be paid before the cer
tificate was delivered up to any one, and
thereby leave the title unencumbered.
This, for some reason, was not done,
aud since that time this mortgage has been
foreclosed on this property by B. H. Hill
<t Son, attorneys for holders of the
mortgage. On the 19th day of July,
1876, the city of Atlanta paid off and had
transferred to them the judgment and
fi. fa. that had been obtained on the fore
close e of said mortgage, for which they
paid he sum of $79,233 91. This fi. fa.
and judgment is still held by the city of
Atlanta, with an agreement entered into
between Governor James M. Smith and
the city of Atlanta, that said fi. fa. should
not be enforced against said property so
long as the capitol shall remain at the city
of Atlanta.
We have made a personal examination
of the bocks in which the bonds of the
city are registered, and we are satisfied
that tbe bonds of the city were issued as
above stated. It gives us pleasure here
to state what we had heretofore doubled,
that in all things, as far as we can ascer
tain after a careful investigation, that the
city authorities have not only paid all
that they ever agreed to pay toward the
capitol, but tnat they have taken up, in
addition thereto, which they still hold,
the mortgage, judgment and fi. fa. pre
viously referred to.
That the State has been greatly wronged
in the purchase of the capitol we do not
doubt, but that tbe fault is attributable
to the city authorities of Atlanta we have
no reason to believe.
MINOBITY EEPOET.
The undersigned, being a minority of
tho special committee appointed to re
port upou the question of locating the
capital of the State of Georgia, beg leave
to submit to the convention the following
ordinance, and recommend its adoption:
M. W. Lewis,
S. Hall,
B. L. Stephens,
F. C. Fubman.
Be it ordained by the people of Geor
gia, in convention assembled:
1st. That tbe question of tbs location
cf the capital of this State, be kept out of
the Constitution to be adopted by tbe
convention.
2d. That at the first general election
hereafter held for members of the General
Assembly, every voter may endorse on
his ballot “Atlanta” or “Milledgeville,”
and the one of these places receiving the
largest number of votes shall be the
capital of the State until changed by the
saine authority, and in the same way that
may be provided for the alteration of the
Constitution that may be adopted by the
convention—whether said Constitution
be ratified or rejected.
Judge A. R. Wright, of the Forty-
second district, offered his lobbying
amendment of yesterday as a new section
(four), but Judge Hansell, of the Seventh
district, objected to that part which de
fines lobbying, and it was stricken out.
Gen. Gartrell offered an amendment that
the Legislature define and punish the
crime by suitable laws, which was ac
cepted, and tho section adopted. Lobby
ing will, therefore, justly become a crime
in Georgia.
General Lawton, of the First district,
proposed to amend the original seven
teenth section so that the Legislature
shall provide by law for reaching prop
erty concealed from a judgment creditor.
In support of his motion he made a sen
sible speech, and the amendment was
adopted.
Mr. Wilson, of the Twenty-fourth dis
trict, amended the eighteenth section so
as to read, “neither banishment, * * * * *
nor whipping shall be allowed.” Adopted.
Mr. Day, of tbe Forty-first district,
wanted to abolish capital punishment
through this section, but his amendment
was voted down.
On motion of Mr. Ellington, of the
Thirteenth district, that part of section
19 which refers to the militia was stricken
out. General Toombs desired to strike
out the entire section and let everybody
carry arms in such way as they pleased.
Colonel Warren, of the First district,
opposed this idea in a strong argument
against carrying concealed weapons, and
the section as amended by Mr. Ellington
was almost unanimously adopted, other
amendments offered by Mr. L. J. Winn,
of the Thirty-fourth district, and Mr.
Key, of the Twenty-eighth district, being
tabled.
Col. Mynatt, of the Thirty-fifth dis
trict, wished to amend section twenty
(old numbering) by striking out that part
which allows the jury to be judges of the
law as well as facts, and made a lengthy
speech to that effeot.
Capt. W. A. Little, of Muscogee, re
plied in one of the cleverest, most con
cise, and tho best delivered speeches that
has been made in the convention (al
though he is quite a youDg man), and
secured tte defeat of the proposed
amendment.
Gen. Gartrell, of the Thirty-fifth dis
trict, desired to amend in regard to
granting new trials, but was opposed by
Colonel E. C. Greer, of the Twenty-first
district. Judge Augustus Resse, of the
Twenty eighth district, wished to allow
the jury to find a general verdict, which
amendment General Toombs opposed,
and Judge Reese replied to his remarks.
All amendments being tabled, Mr. N.
J. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth dis
trict, moved to strike out the clause in
regard to the whipping pest, which had
been incorporated in a previous and more
appropriate section. His motion was
carried.
Captain Guerard, of the First district,
effered an additional section (twenty-five,
new numbering) that no person shall be
compelled to give testimony tending to
criminate himself. After a pointed
speech in behalf of this amendment, it
was adopted.
Mr. Tift, of the Tenth district, offered
a new section, to follow section four, that
no person shall be deprived of the right
to prosecute his own cause in any oourt,
or defend by attorney or in person, or by
both. Adopted.
Mr. Johnson, of the Thirtieth district,
wished to offet a new section, to be num
bered twenty-one, that all penalties shall
be proportioned to the nature of the
offence, but on motion of Mr. Pierce, of
the Twentieth district, it was tabled.
The great discussion of the morning
occurred on the original twenty-first sec
tion, when Judge Mathews, of the
Thirtieth district, moved to strike out the
words “or any law making any irre
vocable grant of special privileges or im
munities.” Col. Screven, of the First
district, and Col. Mynatt, of the Thirty-
fifth district, favored the motion in
pertinent remarks, and Col. Warren, of
the First district, opposed it in a
very animated speech, which was en
dorsed by Gen. Toombs in a lengthy
and able argument. He was opposed
to giving irrevocable rights to great cor
porations, and, alluding to the{present
railroad strikes, said his sympathies were
with the people, which created general
applause.
Judge Mathews replied in ■» speech of
great power and beauty; after which, the
amendments offered by Mr. Lawson, of
the Twenty-eighth district, and Mr. Tift,
of the Tenth district, were tabled, and
the section, without amendment, was
adopted.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth dis
trict, objected to Mr. Tift’s amendment,
both on the ground that the form was
bad and that it was offered in the wrong
place. Mr. Hill, of the Twenty-eighth
district, also offered a substitute, but it
was ruled out of order, as being too late.
Gen. W. T. Wofford, of the Forty-sec
ond district, wished to add a new section,
providing that hereafter no convicts shall
be leased, and that the present leases be
annulled, all convicts to be sent to a State
penitentiary.
He supported his motion in a speech of
great earnestness and bristling with start
ling facts in regard to the present inhu
man system of convict labor, and Judge
Hansell having informed him that a
committee was investigating this abuse,
and that his reform could be better
reached in another |part of the constitu
tion, Gen. Wofford temporarily withdrew
his motion.
Mr. Key, of the Twenty-eighth dis -
trict, corrected a slight error in the first
line of section 22, and Mr. Fontaine, of
the Tfcii. ty-fourth district, offered an
important uendment, but it was tabled.
Colonel W; T. Thompson, of the First
district, offered a substitute for section
23, that “It shall not be in the power of
the Legislature to authorize lotteries or
the sale of lottery ticket?,” and the offence
shall be a penal one. Tabled.
Capt. Guerard wished to substitute the
language of tbe constitution of 1865 for
section twenty-five, as it better expresses
the idea contained therein, but his
motion Was tabled.
Mr. Key desired to amend section
twenty-four, but his amendment, on
motion of Mr. Pierce, was tabled. Mr.
Key is tbe most inveterate amender in
the convention, and immediately offered
another amendment, which, on motion
of Col. Seward, of the Seventh district,
was tabled; and also a new section which
he wi bed to add after section twenty-
nine.
The last section was now reached, and,
just as everybody thought the work of
the session was ended (it being five min
utes of tbe hour of adjournment), Mr.
Featheratone, of the Thirty-sixth district,
offered a substitute that the section might
conform more harmoniously to the Con
stitution of the United States.
This created considerable discussion on
the subject of “States Rights,” and, being
defeated by a vote of 127 to 31, Mr.
Joshua Hill called for the yeas and nays,
which call was sustained, and resulted as
follows : Yeas 134, nays 48.
Judge Augustus Reese then moved to
strike out the words “and form of gov
ernment,” as it involves a political ques
tion upon which the people have been
divided ever since the formation of this
government, and ought not to be put in
tbe fundamental law, although he ap
proved of it in other forms.
Mr. Hill moved to table the section
and the amendment, but was voted down,
and the section, as amended by Judge
Reese, was adopted.
Judge Mathews, of the Thirtieth dis
trict, offered a final section (which ap
pears in the revised copy), which was
adopted without discussion, and the
convention, the session having been pro
longed until 1:15 o’clock, adjourned to 9
o’clock to-morrow morning.
BILL OF RIGHTS.
PBEAMBLE.
To perpetuate the principles of free
government, insure justice to ai', pre
serve peace, promote the interest and
happiness of the citizen, and to transmit
to posterity the enjoyment of liberty,
We, the people of Georgia, relying upon
the protection and guidance of Almigty
God, do ordain and establish this Consti
tution.
ABTICLE 1.
1. 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. Public officers
are the trustees and servants of tho peo
ple, and at all times amenable to them.
2. Protection to parson and property is
the paramount duty of government, and
shall be impartial and complete.
3. Lobbying is declared to be a crime,
and the General Assembly shall impose
this provision by suitable penalties.
4. A!1 citizens of the United States,
resident in this State, are hereby de
clared citizans of this State, and it shall
be tbe duty of the General Assembly to
enact such laws as will protect them iu
the full enjoyment of the rights, privi
leges and immunities due such citizen
ship.
5. No person shall be deprived of life,
liberty or property, except by due pro
cess of law.
6. No person shall be deprived of the
right to prosecute or defend his own
cause in any of the courts of the State,
in person, by attorney, or both.
7. No person inhabitant of this State
shall be molested in person or property,
or prohibited from holding any public
office or trust on account of bis religious
opinions; but the right of liberty of con
science shall not be so construed as to
excuse licentiousness or justify practices
inconsistent with the peace and safety of
the State.
8. No money shall ever be taken from
the public treasury, directly or indirectly,
in aid of any church, sect or denomina
tion of religionists, or of any sectarian
institution.
9. Ei ery 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 compulsory
process to obtain the testimony of his
own witnesses, shall be confronted with
the witnesses testifying against him, and
shall have a public and speedy trial by an
impartial jury.
10. No person accused shall be com
pelled to pay costs, except after convic
tion, on final trial.
11. 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.
12. 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 tbe abuse
of that liberty.
13. 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 tbe place or places
to be searched and the persons or things
to be seized.
14. There shall be, within the State of
Georgia, neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, save as a punishment for crime,
after legal conviction thereof.
15. The social status of the citizen shall
never be the subject of legislation.
16. The writ of habeas corpus shall not
be suspended.
17. The civil authorities shall be su
perior to the military, and no soldier
shall in time of peace be quartered in any
house without the conseut of the owner ;
nor in time of war only by the civil mag
istrate, in such manner as may be pro
vided by law.
18. Excessive bail shall not be required
nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel
and unusual punishments ioflicted; nor
shall any person be abused in being ar
rested, while under arrest or in prison.
19. The power of the courts to punish
for contempt shall be limited by legisla
tive acts.
20. There shall be no imprisonment for
debt.
21. The General Assembly shall have
power to provide for punishment of
fraud, and sh ill provide by law for reach
ing property concealed from a judg
ment creditor.
22. Neither banishment beyond the
limits of the State, as a punishment for
crime, nor whipping shall be allowed.
23. The right of the people to keep
and bear arms shall not be infringed, but
the General Assembly shall have power
i to prescribe the manner in which arms
! may be borne.
24. In all prosecutions or indictments
for litel, the truth may be given in evi
dence, and the jury in that, and in all
criminal cases, shall be judges of tho law
and tbe facts. The power of the Judges
to grant new trials in cases of conviction
is resumed.
25. No person shall be compelled to
give testimony tending in any manner to
criminate himself.
26. No bill cf attainder, ex post facto
law, retroactive law, or any law impair
ing tbe obligations of contracts, or any
law making any irrevocable grant of
special privileges or immunities, shall be
passed.
27. In cases of necessity private ways
may be granted upon just compensation
being first paid by the applicant. Private
property shall not be taken or damaged
for public purposes, without just and
adequate compensatiou being first paid.
28. All lotteries, and the sale of lottery
tickets, are hereby prohibited; and the
prohibition shall be enforced by penal
laws.
29. 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 testimo-
ny of two witnesses to the same overt
act, or confession in open court.
30. No conviction shall work corrup
tion of blood, and no conviction of trea
son shall work a forfeiture of estate.
31. The legislative, judicial, and exec
utive powers shall forever remain separaie
aud distinct, and no person discharging
the duties of oue shall, at the same time,
exercise the functions of either of the
others, except as herem provided.
32. 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 an existing general law. No
general law affecting private rights shall
be varied in any pat ticular case by special
legislation, except with tbe free consent
in writing of all persons to be affected
thereby, and no person under legal dis
ability to contract is capable of such free
consent.
33. Legislative acts in violation of this
constitution, or the Constitution of the
United States, are void, and the judiciary
shall so declare them.
34. The people have the right peace
ably to assemble for their common good,
and to apply to those vested with the
powers of government for redress of
grievances, by petition or remonstrance.
35. The people of this State have the
inherent, sole aud exclusive right of re
gulating their internal government, and
the police thereof, afld of altering and
abolishing their Constitution whenever
it may be necessary to their safety and
happiness.
36. The enumeration of rights herein
contained is a part of this Constitution,
but shall not be construed to deny to the
people any inherent rights which they
have hitherto enjoyed.
Ia the hurry and confusion of the vari
ous amendments and new sections, and
without any completed copy of the bill
of rights for reference, I may have made
some errors, but I think you will fiud the
document correct.
Chatham.
A TOUGH STORY.
A Water Monster that Devoured n Deer,
a ltifle and a Bark I'nnoe.
[From the Gadsden (Ga.) Times )
I have notic'd that in yonr paper has
been published imperfect descriptions of
strange water animals of huge size being
seen in tbe Coosa. That monsters of
which we can find no name in animal his
tory were in that river many years ago
there can be no doubt, if the tradition of
one which was killed at tbe head of the
Ten Islands, in St. Clair county, be true.
It is said that in 1816 and 1817, when
North Alabama was first being settled by
tbe whites, there came to that county,
from Carolina, Jacob GreeD, the father of
Mr. Abe GreeD, his son-in-law, Mr. Wood,
and perhaps Mr. Dill and Jeremiah Coliins,
father of the Rev. Jesse Collins, now of St.
Clair, ail of whom afterward settled in
that county. When they first came on
their tour of inspection in search of a
new home, they were attracted to Fort
Strother, on the Coosa, in consequence
of its being the spot where General
Jackson, in the Creek war, had nine
militiamen and one Captain shot for
mutiny in his army on its march into the
Creek nation, on the opposite side of the
river. That place is but a few miles be
low the head of the Ten Islands, and is
opposite to some of them. They, as all
other persons coming into the country at
that time, brought with them firearms
for their protection.
During their visit in search of homes
they were induced to go on the islands to
ascertain if they or any of them were of
sufficient size to make a settlement. Iu
order to reach them they procured In
dian canoes, made of the bark of trees,
in which to cross over the waters on to
tbe islands. These bark canoes were
very small crafts, only of sufficient size
to carry one or not morejthan two per
sons. Having prepared themselves for
the inspection of the islands, they S6t
out, and approaching one, they saw a
strange animal of immense size and
length, about the color of a catfish, but
more in tbe shape of a snake, which
seemed to have drifted upon the edge of
a small island, and was partly out of the
water, making movements and contor
tions like it was in the agonies of death.
They approached it. It was partly cov
ered by the water and partly on dry land,
but was of such enormous size and strange
shape as to battle all their ideas of such
animals or their names in the whole ani -
mal kingdom; but that was certainly a
water animal of the snake genus. After
watching its movements, aud holding a
short consultation, they determined to
kill it if bullets would do so. They then
approached more closely to it and fired
several rounds, until they discovered that
it was dead. Th6n they went to it for a
close examination to ascertain what it
really was, and discovered from the sharp
protuberances and unevenness of its t ody
on one side, and tbe evenness of the other,
that there must be something in it.
When they discovered that they had never
seen or heard or read of such an animal,
they proceeded with their tomahawks
and butcher-knives to open it, and in
doing so, to their utter amazement and
surprise, they found in it a bark canoe,
the horns and skeleton of a large deer,
the skeleton of an Indian, also an
old rifle gun such as the Indians of
that day used, aud a bow and arrows.
From finding the above named articles it,
and their appearance, they concluded that
some weeks previously an Indian had kill
ed a deer,put it into his canoe and, while
crossing the river, the monster had swal
lowed tbe canoe, with the Indian, deer
and other articles in it. Tbe flesh of the
Indian and deer bad been digested, but
the canoe, the gun, the bow aDd arrows
and bones were so indigestible as to sick
en the monster and so enfeeble it that it
had floated to where they found it, and
could not escape from them. When
others came to the country and this ad
venture was told them they were inoredu-
lous, and pronounced the story to he a lie.
Those who had destroyed the monster
became more sensitive and declined speak
ing of it any more, although they knew
it to be true.
Ex-Alderman T. Smith, Jr., of Chelsea
Mass., has been arrested for mutilating
U..S. coin. His plan has been to take,
for instance, fifty silver quarters, fasten
them together on a stick, and dip them
into a certain acid preparation. This
process thinned the coin by removing tbe
silver without erasing tbe letters or
figures. He would then rub the coin
with a pumice stone, which would re
move the marks cf the acid and bring out
a sort of dull brightness. He would then
use the silver solution in his brittama
business, and would dispose of the coin.
Western Texas is shipping bat guano
to Eogland.
exportation or Aatorioku Applot to
i Eorope-
Tbe farmers and fmit raisers of the
United States ought, this season, to take
I better caro than usual of their apple or
chards, as there is a reasonable proba
bility that, hereafter, the European de
mand for this fruit will generally obviate
the danger of a surplus in this country.
It appears from a circular recently issued
by a large Liverpool house that, in Eng
land, the preference for American apples
is fully established: and that every sea
son, whether the English orop is large or
small, moderate supplies of well selected
Baldwins, Greenings, Russets, and other
descriptions of soft apples, will find
there a good market; and daring a season
of scarcity, like that of last year, the
market can easily take 12,000 or 15,000
barrels weekly.
For a quarter of a century or more past
American apples have found their way to
different parts of Europe, but in small
quantities, and in many cases merely as
presents from friends in this country.
Those apples were mostly Newtown pip
pins, which possess the quality of long
keeping with a retention of their high
flavor to the last, and which have been
always considerably sought after in Eng
land as a desert apple. About 18C6 ’7
some shipments of Baldwins, Spitzen-
bergs and Greenings were made, and
arrived in good order, and each winter
thereafter, up to 1873, shipments of these
varieties were made, though to a limited
extent and with varying success, financi
ally speaking.
In the fall of 1873 it was found that the
apple crop of Great Britain was almost a
total failure, and, as it happened, the
American crop was unusually large, and
prices low. The dealers who ventured
on shipments were well paid, and the
quantity shipped that season was greater
than the combined shipments of tbe ten
years previous. From that time up to
last fall the shipments were light, as the
English CTop yielded fairly. Last season,
however, it again failed, ahd, as at the
same time the crop in the United States
was enormous, an opportunity was
afforded to estimate the extreme quantity
of apples which the English market could
take from America under the most favor
able circumstances.
Tbe shipments commenced about the
end of October, with a weekly average of
eight thousand barrels, which increased
to over seventeen thousand barrels in tbe
latter part of November. The demand
throughout was such that increased arri
vals at Liverpool caused no decline, but
on tbe contrary, with improved condition
and quality, prices showed a decided ad-
vance, Jjeing $3 25)8.3 751 per barrel for
Baldwins in October, and $3 50(8 3 75 at
periods in November. In December ar
rivals increased enormously, being twen
ty-eight thousand five hundred and twen
ty-five barrels in one week, and twenty-
five thousand two hundred and seventy-
three the next, or fifty-three thousand
seven hundred and ninety-six barrels in
fourteen day?, and for tho whole month
the sales in Liverpool alone were over
ninety thousand barrels. The lowest
price during this period was $2 371 for
Baldwins, but this was for small lots of
inferior quality ; and, as ihe balk of sales
on the same day were at $2 u2j(8 3 per
barrel, the latter figures more fairly repre
sent quotations.
In January receipts varied from 3,000
to 6,000 barrels weekly, and, in conse
quence of the irregular condition of the
fruit, prices fluctuated from $2 75 to
$4 25 per barrel. Greenings for some
time had arrived in miserable order, and
it became evident that good apples of
this variety had been exhausted, so that
all shipments afterwards consisted of
Baldwins and Russets. The last arrivals
were entirely of the latter, aud were in
fairly good order, proving those varieties
to be the best for holding and shipment.
Iu February and March receipts were
larger than were expected, being occa
sionally over 11,000 barrel?, and never
less than 6,500 weekly, and the demand
was so well maintained that sound Bald
wins and Russets always realized $3 50,
and at times, when quality and condition
wero satisfactory, $4 25(8:4 50 per barrel
was readily paid. In April tbe shipments
were from 3,000 to 5,000 barrels weekly,
but with inferior condition prices at one
time declined to $3 25(8 3 50. Towards
the close of the season the condition im
proved, and, the quantity being at tbe
smallest point, sales were made at $6@
6 50 per barrel.
The bulk of the shipments were made
to Liverpool, though London and Glas
gow received considerable fruit direct.
From these cities it went into almost
every town in Great Britain, and “Amer-
can apples” became literally as familiar as
“household words.” The total receipts
during the season were as follows :
Barrels.
Liverpool *76,429
London 25,e65
Glasgow 83,703
Total 3S4.297
The fruit was sold at auction on the
wharves, upon arrival, such being the in
variable British custom, buyers having a
strong prejudice against any fruit stores.
The prices, therefore, are governed by
the receipts to an extent which would
surprise Americans who were unfamiliar
with this method of doing business, and
accustomed to consider future supply in
figuring the price of an article. Exactly
how large will be tte English demand for
American apples the coming season can
not of course yet be determined, but thns
far the weather has been very unfavorable
for the English crop.—Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
The Sea Serpent Again.
The sea serpent excitement still con
tinues at Nahant and other points along
the Eastern coast, and there is a rapid
multiplication of believers in the real ex
istence of the monster. A trustworthy
gentleman in Marblehead has communi -
cated the following to a correspondent
for transmission to the New York jherald:
“Made bold by the statements of others,
I will venture to add testimony to testi
mony in the sea serpent case. We were
a party of six adult?; the time was about
five p. m., July 4, 1877; the place was off
the south shore of Marblehead Neck; we
were in a dory, and had been seeing seals,
until one of the ladies of the party ut
tered an exclamation of mingled surprise
and terror, and upon looking we saw,
about two hundred feet distant, several
portions of what must have been the
body of some kind of sea monster. It
was rushing through the water with great
velocity, and while we looked it disap
peared. As the ladies were timid, we,
the men of the party, concluded to put
them ashore and then give the monster
chase.
“We did so, and with two of our num
ber at the oars and one for a lookout we
were soon in rapid pursuit of the object
that had elicited our curiosity. We rowed
about tbe vicinity for more than an hour,
and during that time saw the object more
than a score of time?, once within less
than fifty feet of our boat. It had a dark
shining skin, and was as large as a good
sized man’s body, and seemed to have a
kind of fin extending along its back. It
carried its head low and moved with un-
i aralled velocity, leaving a long stream
of foam in its wake. It seemed in rather
a playful mood, circling around us, never
far away and often quite near, so near, in
fact, that we began to wonder what the
effect would be should it take a notion
to tap our beat with its tail.
“As the latter portion of its body was
submerged it was impossible to form a
definite opinion ss to its extreme length,
but judging from the part we did see
we united ia saying that its length must
have been, at least, sixty or seventy feet.
Having seen no account of any one hav
ing had a nearer or better view of it than
ourselves, it was deemed expedient to
make it known to all Who might be in
terested in the matter, through the me
dium of a reliable newspaper. At all
events, six more are added to the list of
those who will forever credit all tales of
sea serpents and such, even shonld they
be told only for the ears of that prover
bially credulous class known as the ma
rines.”
Midnight on North Hill. The declin
ing moon gleams from the starry heavens
like the smile on the face of a jack-o’-
lantem. A young man leans against the
end of the vine-embowered porch be
neath the window of his dear, and sings,
“O for a touch of that soft white hand
on my fever-throbbing brow.” And then
her father, emitting himself stealthily
from the front door, shook up and
touched the young man just b6low the
toumure with a No. 9 boot, and tne
moon went down in a sea of blood, and
tbe pall of darkness blotted out the
stars.—Hawkeye.
A Newark reformed drunkard, who
lately broke his pledge, declared that it
was owing to his smelling the bay rum
used on his face at the barber's when he
got shaved.
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