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Savannah Ga.
^TIK <;«KS Bl' TIJBNS.
.. rNC , -E: BEJirS ” (j. c. IIARRIS).
now ful rastle ’twixt do Good an’ de
pars a if
.. ri V* -ot de all-uuder holt;
«2 wu ^ come , she come i'on-clad,
IP-^W hole y° bref fer de J olt -
• Is .It* laV Good gits de knee-lock,
la\ ^ to »le groan*—ker flop!
A" ;:'A ,|e int irn an* he stan* like a rock,
«“J'Jfbto-d/J f'- r ler b0 on to P-
Mer breaks wid a big thunder clap,
no drout* Wat kin las’,
l*"' 0 '' > “ iRS w tl » whoops up de cotton crap,
^likewise de-y freshens up de grass.
fA ti eo saf in de long dark night,
D*L ra, fi Lu ll I ter hole yo* han* fer a sign,
^/ in/ie 'v at sets de tater slips right
demotin' uv de May-pop vine.
Ue rest groun’ de clay-root'll ketch
to de t-‘ngtie or de plow.
gate at de gyardin-patch
ole brindle cow.
i Is
An
e PO*'
Seter’ll krt *l’'
lII on us knows who's a pullin’ at de bits
°f£delSm.de dat g'ideg by de rein,
..uiu lio\v er niidder. de hestest uu us gits
A iliLiy sick uv de tuggin* at de chain.
_„vf to de load an' fergit de distress
«n'dVni ""at ptan’s by to scoff,
hir.lrr de pullin’, de longer de res’,
t«<* in de tr '- rt -
—Atlanta Constitution.
Georgia Affairs.
Vr5 Emory Speer died Sunday morning
• at live o’clock. Her funeral was an-
I cainced to take place from the Episcopal
Church at Athens on Monday afternoon.
The Confederate Survivors’ Association
j ^ a ^usta held a meeting at their hall last
1 Monday evening, and communications ac-
Dtiosthe honor of being elected honor-
I irr members were received from Governor
yicholls of Louisiana, Governor Colquitt,
I inJ Senator Vance of North Carolina. The
letters of the two Governors, however, were
written by their private secretaries, and the
I aviation decided that siucc the writers
did not consider the honor conferred on
I them worthy of an autograph letter, they
I should not he preserved among the archives
ofthe association.
0c Saturday morning last, in Cartcrs-
viile, the jury in the case of the State vs.
| Barrouetas, on the charge of murdering the
i Morris brothers at Kingston in May
returned a verdict of not guilty. The
e *as given to the jury Friday afternoon,
[Saturday morning they came into court
I with a verdict. It, is understood that at no
I time did the jury favor a verdict of guilty,
mt one of the jurymen voted for a verdict
I of homicide. The verdict was well received
[in Cartersvilk*, and Burroughs’ friends
I fathered about and heartily congratulated
I him.
On Sunday afternoon last Mr. Warren P.
I Lovett shot and killed Mr. J. K. Reynolds,
I a farmer, of Meriwether county, on one of
I the roads of that county. The homicide is
| claimed to have been in fceif-defeuse.
Quite a freak was cut up by old Jupiter
I Pluvios in Millcdgeville on Friday last. A
I series of showers followed each other in
■rapid succession, and during one of these
jit was raining hard at one spot while not a
[cop Has falling at a point only fifty yards
distant. The phenomenon excited a good
Ideal of curiofity.
A junsnilth of Xewnan met with a very
■narrow escape from a serious accident a few
■days ago. lie was repairing au old gun,
lari alter drawing out the load, he took out
■the breech pin aud was endeavoring to re-
e some powder which had caked itself
■about the rear of the barrel. While thus
■ecfs^ed, the caked powder exploded and
■blew the chisel with which he was working
rmlof his hand, causing it to pass upwards
•ndin close proximity to his head. His
ia'ht eye was badly burned, though it is
■hoped his injuries will not result seriously.
■The powder must have been ignited by a
'park of lire produced by a sudden blow of
e chisel upon the steel barrel of the gun.
The dry earth system is being very gen
erally used by the citizens of Rome in disin-
pecting there rear premises and garbage
*ps. In consequence, the Courier says
ie health of the city is remarkably fine.
The Miikd^eville Cnion a}id J Reorder says
■bat there were a good many long faces In
|k: city la ? t Thursday, when it was known
’ lat the Middle Georgia College bill had
pirn defeated. The citizens there had been
hopeful, even confident, that the bill
*d pass. The Recorder has hope, bow-
, that as the bill has been reconsidered
■od will corae again before the House, the
*)cr second thought of some who opposed
will induce them finally to support it.
A farmer brought into Thornasville on
Saturday last some stalks of cotton pretty
■Lichly covered with caterpillars. Where-
the iuterpi l*e fears that these pests
rove nunnroas this season.
I A curious case was before the Court of
Ik nary at Macon on Tuesday last. It was
elTort on the part of a mother to recover,
. * proceedings, the possession
er little seven-year-old boy from a wo-
to whom she had bound him out about
im months since. She stated that when she
lave up the child she was in ill-health, but
Sae Was better and able to provide for
. d udge heard the evidence on
P' side> and reserved his decision.
[- n ed.tor of one of our country exchanges
liras to have a country seat. It’s a stump
J ^ old field.
ps evidence of how very full the lunatic
| j. U a 1? ’ Social Circle Vidette says that
■ -I ut\ Sheriff of Walton county could
■*} succeed in getting a dangerous lunatic
l * ,^i°n last week by taking one
^ j 0 ent and dangerous out.
f tfc' lte ‘ Has recently received at the office
i e ' ( Journal addressed “To the
L... ^,.° bas most grandchildren In
^oOj care of the Journal office. The
iu * aats lh « owner of that letter to
->r.\ard and claim his property.
W'°vLL n ^ L ', nt * 0 the Gainesville Argus
na * Lumpkin couLty, gives the
' y mrt of the mineral wealth of
■d bepX' ““‘ere are several belts of
fc.cutainf, 'i'^r'f Vein6 lying south of
Fid i'
|V f*l,t -.1 ' I ) lllil MIUUI V*
and TL at r '" bt an k'les by the Cum-
Ikhc-rn i 1,a monega wagon road. The
lere thv r 0UG l dar y of these belts is near
or crosses the Lumpkin and
W : ty , line - 0n these belU there
His ar „ J 1 httle testing. Many of the
su-fif.o 11 lout a . test hole, although
ttion , r jrpPPJoRs Rive every In-
I cronnlno-/ 01 ore - l^aBy some of
I extend are - <iuite rich. The west-
l Daw«nn ° n of theBe belts reach
to paniv i C °. U V tv ' ®°me of them have
Prov».' d<: , % ' e o P ed in Dawson county
totv has ,5 U i« e » ricb * fact Dawson
i ere innTf r * c 7 2old mines as Lumpkin,
&°ri tn ^ ca Pitalists will turn their at-
r if w ,S ^rfister county. The Dawson-
e denoRif Li in describing some
irlv dnvc m nes 1 Jat> were worked there
sted.» ''fh« Kay f’ ‘P ro hably they are ex-
hly : lf f®re is no probability about It.
fed in L-V! !, he oId branches that were
|thcn i n ^ v da J* under the crude sys-
imh de™ 2 ?. 0 W0 P Id Pav at least *1,000
fctuentR -.n orbed with modem im-
the status of Talbot
ax }> b y the official digest of
Polls in ttf r: ,Tiie t° tal number of
black rLn he n°,o nty Is 738; total num-
1 I Th!’, aKSreRate of
! a “J 8denSS 12 , Uw 5' e, f> 12
—. lnclii.li. nii5 The returns 6how
t Of fflL* lands, of 119,948^
Je. The Mr"* acre8 Oelontr to colored
F Is a frAu ra?e va ! ne of 'ands In the
Be » “7“ « 74 per acre. Ag-
jVj 4a ?I c >ty and town property
amount ot money asd
H « ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1859.
soh-ent debtsof all kinds, including note*
Wnd ac< l?i n ^-? 95 ’V° : m< v rch “dlse of eve^
TaItle ot household and
kitchen furniture, pianos, etc., *53 487-
w7? e5 ’ sliver plate and jewelry, *7[o9S;
*?nixni. m ’V eS : «° KS ’ shceJ> > eat tie, etc.,
’’ts r-- Mt S t 0n “ d maohanlcal tools.
cotton, corn, annual crops and
1 h n d f0r 6ale lst of April,
miscellaneous property, $3148. The
aggregate value of whole property in the
county', $ 1,197,o22. Amount of tax levied
pSllsril o™ 0 ” 8 ’ *' J50: am ° Unt ° f *“ on
J-hc “ Texas Burr Cotton,”
: rhomasvllle Enterprise says: “Mr A
Williams brought to our office yesterday
a stalk of this remarkable cotton. It fruits
differently from other cotton, the blooms
and fruit all coming out on short stems from
the main stalk and clustering around it It
bears profusely, and from its manner of
fruiting the cotton is not so liable to fall or
be shaken from the bolls. In several clus
ters we found where two bolls formed from
one bloom. The stalk shown us Is over five
feet highland has forty-one bolls on it, with
a lot of blooms and forms. Mr. Williams
has twenty-eight acres in this cotton, at his
place four miles north of town, on the Moul
trie road.”
Meriwether Vindicator: “Last Saturday
young Mr. Nance, meeting a negro boy on
the road near Mountville carrying his em
ployer’s mail home, ordered the boy to dis
mount from the mule he was riding and let
him ride awhile. The negro boy refusing
the young man knocked him off, and after
handling him roughly, mounted the mule
and rode home. The negro boy’s father
living on the place of Mr. Swanson in the
Seventh district, went to>ee Mr. Nance, the
father of the young gentleman, who resides
near by. A dispute arising about the mat
ter the youth attempted to cut the old ne
gro with a knife but was disarmed by the
negro. He then ran into the house and
seizing a shot gun loaded with small shot,
fired, wounding the old man. The mat
ter being b.-ought before the Justices of the
Seventh district, was compromised without
holding a trial.”
In relation to the probable damage in-
llicted on lowland crops near Macon by the
recent fre6bet in theOcmulgee the Telegraph
says: “The damage resulting to the crops in
the swamp lands below the city by the re
cent freshet in the river is variously esti
mated at from a quarter to a third of the
crop. In many places the water reached up
to and covered the corn on the tall stalks.
All corn so deluged will sour and be worth
less, both for man and beast. The cotton
in many of the fields was entirely sub
merged, and the bolls will, when scorched
by the sun, fall off from the stalk. In the
upper portion of the swamp, where It was
narrower, the damage is greater, but, fur
ther down, the water being spread out over
a greater surface, consequently did not do
nearly so much damage. Iu places the ex
panse of water extended six or seven miles
across. Some of the planters think their
crops are almost untouched. A number
have gone to doing what they can in the
way of drainage, as the water, if it remains
around the roots of the crops under the ac
tion of the sun’s rays, will have a very dele
terious effect on them.”
Says the Walton Vountg Vidette: “We got
wind of the fact a few days ago that an im
mensely rich estate had recently been left
to the Key heirs, who live nearly all over
the United States, and that the Haralson
family of this county were legatees of that
estate—their grandmother being a Key.
With this fact in our possession we humped
ourselves into an interroga ion point and
went quietly for the first member of the
family we chauced to meet, to-wit and
namely, the Major of our own citj’. We
found him in fine health and spirits, in view
of the musty millions in prospect, aud he
informs us that his prospects are bright for
a greeu old age in affluence. The estate is
valued at $00,000,000, is situated in the State
of New York, and is being looked after by
as tine legal talent as the country affords.
Mr. M. J. Haralson^in older brother of the
Major, is now absent at Calhoun, in consul
tation with others of the heirs and with
one of their lawyers; and the estate being
on this side of the Atlantic the prospect
may be regarded as good for a Recovery.”
Gainesville Southron: “Mr. J. A. Gould
and another gentleman were about to be
caught in a thunder shower last Tuesday,
and stopped for shelter at John Tumlin’s,
out on the Brown’s Bridge road, seven miles
from the city. Soon after hitching their
horses the lightning struck the tree under
which they were tied, instantly killing Mr.
Gould’s animal and causing the other to
break loose, run away, and smash the bug
gy into fragments. The gentlemen were
shocked, but not hurt.”
Tlic Fear of Lightning.
Arts York Sun.
Twenty j r cars ago the writer remembers
turning with a smile to others "who shrank
aud cried at the peals of a terrible storm
in a country house. The glare of a bolt
coming down the centre of the room
caught the eye at that very instant; the
next was an explosion that shook the
house, and insensibility followed. Two
men in the same room were burned by
the bolt, though no lives were lost, but I
have never been able to smile at light
ning again. To give any idea of the
terror ieft on a nervous organization by
the shock would involve extravagance
of ‘erms.
But, unfortunately, so far from being
an exception, there are too many who
suffer the same liarassmcnts with me.
Nor are women alone subject to this
nervousness. I know a school superin
tendent and canal contractor, a man over
fifty, with a large family, who would
hide in a closet in a storm, and had been
known to rush from his bed with fright
at lightning. Many will remember the
professor at Bowdoin College who always
retreated to the cellar in a thunderstorm,
allfipugh his house was bristling with
lightning-rods. The strongest man I
ever knew, who could throw another man
across the street, and work a hand-press
in a printing-office as if he wore part of
the machine, was discharged as a reporter
because his desk was vacant every time
there was a thunderstorm. The mother
of Washington was atraid of lightning,
and never failed to retreat to her room at
the first flash of a storm, where she stayed
till the last flash died away. The physical
effects of this fear are most depressing.
One woman knows when a storm is com
ing hours before, by a prostration of
strength and spirits, accompanied with
symptoms like cholera. One of the most
dauntless young women I knew was sick
in bed foi hours after the great storm at
Springfield, Mass., last month. She had
received a shock of lightning years before,
and never fails to be ill in a thunder
storm since.
The Washington Star has a detective
on the track of our public documents to
find out where they go and what becomes
of them. It has discovered that fully
three fourths of the fiery orations deliv
ered in Congress, instead of finding their
way to the constituents of the eloquent
members who speak them, are cold at two
cents a pound to the junk dealers of tlio
capitaL There, at the junk shops, amid
old iron, pieces of rope, and the odds and
ends of creation, the grand productions
of Blaine, Garfield and Conkling can be
purchase! 1 for packing purposes at extra
ordinary low rates. Many of these docu
ments afterward find their way to the
constituents and supporters of these gen
tlemen, hut it is when wrapped around a
mackerel or a pound of cheese. Kow
this comes about it is impossible to say,
save that there is base treachery some
where in the capitol. Some employe in
that building has betrayed his trust, and
instead of franking these speeches to the
farmers of Maine and New York, wheel
barrows them away out of some back
door and secures his two cents a pound
for this eloquence, wit, patriotism and
poetry. This fraud is, however, one
from which the country is not a sufferer.
Money that Won’t Buijk.—On Tues
day an old colored man presented a check
at the Treasury in Washington for five
hundred dollars—arrearages of pensions.
Ue was given the money in greenbacks.
“ ’Deed, boss, I don’t want any of that
money,” he said; “I want something that
won’t burn. ” He was then handed a bag
containing five hundred silver dollars,
which weighed so much that he could
hardly carry it He was satisfied, how
ever, having something that ‘‘wouldn’t
burn.”
At seven o’clock in the morning two
duelists, who are to fight to the death at
a place in the suburbs, meet at the ticket
office of the railroad station. “Gimme
a return ticket as usual,” says the first
duelist to the clerk in a terrible tone and
with a ferocious twist of his moustache.
‘‘I—I say, do you always buy return
tickets?” stammers his opponent. “Al
ways.” “Then I apologize.”—AT. 0.
Tima, .
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
RETURNS FROM THE KENTUCKY
ELECTION.
Rlackbnrn's Majority Estimated at
From 20,000 to 40,000.
HONORS TO T1IE LATE M. THIERS
The Strike of the Reading Moulders.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BANKERS’
CONVENTION.
The French Grain Crop.
IWlacellaneous News and Notes.
TUB KENTUCKY ELECTION.
Louisville, August G.—UnofficLal but de
finite returns from About, fifty counties show
a falling off of about one-third In the aggre
gate vote, but about the usual Democratic
majority. The Republicans have made legis
lative gains, but the General Assembly that,
two years ago, was one hundred and four
teen Democratic on joint ballot, continues
Democratic by over one hundred. Black
burn’s majority tor Governor Is variously
estimated at from twenty to forty thou
sand. The vote recommending a call
for a constitutional convention, though
supported by both parties, undoubtedly
failed of the required constitutional ma
jority. The election was unusaliy quiet all
over the State, no serious difficulty being
reported. The Greenbackers have certainly
elected two members of the lower house of
the Legislature, but their aggregate vote is
insignificant. In this county Blackburn
gets 6,961, Evans 4,049. At the last Guber
natorial race McCrary (Dem.) received
9,706, and Harlan (Rep.) 7,160.
THE SARATOGA RACES.
Saratoga, August 6.—The first race,
three-quarters of a mile,Lady Middleton won
easily, Hippogriff second, Obserwander
third. Time 1:17#.
The second race, one mile and one-eightb,
was won by Bonnie Carrie, Bonnie Wood
second, Pique third. Time 1:58.
The third race, one mile and a half, was
won by Mintzer, Danicheff second, Skylark
third. Time 2:39#.
The fourth, which was a selling race, one
mile and five-eighths, was won by BUI Dil
lon, Clernrnie G. second, Dick Sassier third.
Time 2:55#.
THE BANKERS’ CONVENTION.
Saratoga, August 6.—-The convention of
the American Bankers’ Association assem
bled In the town hall here to-day. In the
absence of President Mitchell the First Vice
President, J. D. Verrailye, of New York,
presided. James Buell, Secretary, of New
York, read his annual report, and in the ab
sence of the Treasurer, also read his report,
which showed a balance of $1,500, after
liquidating all expenses of the present con
vention. Mr. Camp, of Milwaukee, read an
interesting paper ou the History of Western
Banking.
TIIE MOULDERS STRIKE.
Reading, Pa., August 6.—The Reading
Hardware Com;.any recently made a propo
sition to their striking moulders, about one
hundred and forty men, to increase their
pay and give them the price list. The pro
position was considered at a meeting of the
incu last evening and unanimously rejected.
They struck for au advance of twenty five
per cent, and the price list, aDd refuse to ac
cept less. They are receiving help from
moulders at other places.
HONORS TO TIIE LATE M. TIIIEKS.
Paris, August 6.—It is understood that
the German Government offered no impedi
ment to the inhabitants of Metz, who wished
to attend the fetes of Nancy ou the occa
sion of the unveiling of the statue of the
lato M. Thiers. The French Government,
to avoid any semblance of fomenting agita
tion on the frontier, will not be represented
at the forthcoming demonstration in houor
of the late M. Thiers at Belfort.
REGATTA AT DETROIT.
Detroit, August 6.—At a meeting of the
Citizens’ Detroit River Navy last night it
was decided to hold a regatta, open to all
amateurs, at this city August 27th aud 28th.
Prizes valued at from twelve to fiftceu hun
dred dollars will be given. The Shoewac-
caemette6, Wahwahsum, Wyandotte and
other crews will probably participate in the
four-oared race.
TIIE FRENCH GRAIN CROP.
Paris, August 6.—Official reports state
that the grain in the south of France has
been harvested in au excellent condition,
and that In the north and west a good aver
age crop may be expected.
financial.
London, August 6.—Treasury bills to the
value of £1,476,000 were sold yesterday at
13 1-16 per cent, per annum for three months
bills, and 15# per cent, for six months bills.
EVENING TELEGRAMS
NORTH CAROLINA VISITORS IN
NORFOLK. VA.
The Maryland Democratic State Con
Yeution.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION IN
ALBANY, N. Y.
Terrible Fall from a Scaffold.
DISASTROUS FIRE IN ONTARIO.
iriiucellancoti* News Items.
THE NORTH CAROLINA EXCURSIONISTS IN
NORFOLK.
Norfolk, August 6.—Norfolk has been
thronged to-day with the visitors who ar
rived last night from North Carolina. They
represent mercantile and various other
branches of trade of every section of that
State, and come here as the guests of the
merchants of Norfolk, who were desirous
of extending their business relations to
points they have not heretofore reached
and of becoming personally known to many
with whom they have'been doing business.
Ample provision was made for the enter
tainment of the excursionists while here.
They were welcomed by the Mayor at one
o’clock to day, and immediately afterwards
sat down to a banquet spread for two thou
sand guests. After partaking of the repast
various toasts were proposed, which
were responded to in a graceful
and appropriate manner by Hou. John
Goode, Maj'or, Jno. 8. Tucker aud others of
Norfolk, and Judge Hilliard aud others of
North Carolina. This- afternoon the excur
sionists embarked on board the 6teamers
Florida and Banka, and were carried to Old
Point, where they will remain and witness a
dress parade, and then re-embark for a ride
to the Capes,
MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Baltimore, August C.—The Democratic
State Convention, to nominate candidates
for Governor, Comptroller, Attorney Gene
ral and Clerk of the Court of Appeals, as
sembles In this city to-morrow. There is
no opposition to Hon. Wm. T.
Hamilton, of Washington county, as
the party candidate for Governor,
and he will probably be nominated by accla
mation. Mr- Hamilton was United States
Senator from this State, his term expiring
in 1875. For Comptroller and Attorney
General, the present incumbent wifi be n*
nominated.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Albany, August 6.—At 4:30 o’clock this
afternoon the boiler of the engine Sacra
mento, while having its safetyvalve gauged,
in the Boston aud Albany Railroad round
house, at Green Bush, exploded, instantly
killing three men and wounding and scald
ing three others. The engine was thrown
forty feet, turning completely over in the
air.
TERRIJJLE FALL FROM A SCAFFOLD.
Chicago, August 6.—The scaffolding on
the dome of the new Music Hall, upon
which six men were working, fell this morn
ing, precipitating them sixty feet to the
ground. Four of them were terribly in
jured.
DROWNED IN A COAL MINE.
Londo&, August 6.—Water has burst into
the Luding Glucck mine at the Seabreeze
collieries in Prussia. Two corpses have
been recovered and eleven more are sup
posed to be in the pit.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Orillia, Ont., August 6.—A disastrous
fire occurred here last night, destroying
more than twenty buildings in the very heart
of the town, and causing a loss of property
to the amount of $100,000.
THE BRIGHTON CUP.
London, August C.-^The Brighton cup
was won by Isonoray, with Paul’s Cray sec
ond, Drumhead tfclnL
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office op thz Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., August 6.—Indications
for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
continued high temperature, with southerly
to westerly winds, partly cloudy weather
and areas of rain, with no decided change in
barometer.
In the Middle States, a slight fall in tem
perature, variable winds, mostly from south
westerly to northwesterly, nearly stationary
barometer and partly cloudy weather, with
local rains.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, warm
southerly winds, shifting to cooler north
erly and northwesterly, partly cloudy
weather and areas of rain, with stationary
or slowly rising barometer.
FINES AND PENALTIES TO BE REMITTED.
Washington, August 6.—The Secretary
of the Treasury has approved the opinion of
the Solicitor of the Treasury and decided to
remit all fines and penalties incurred by
vessels of the Memphis and St. Louis Packet
Company by carrying an excess of passen
gers during the exodus of colored
from the States of Mississippi and
ana.
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
Weather—News Items—Jary Exemp
tions—Impeachment Report—Im
pressive Scene—Death of an Old
Officer—Ron. H. G. Turner—Final
Paragraphs.
Special Correspondence, of the Morning News.
Atlanta, August 5.—The rain has ceased
and the heated term Is reappearing in fall
force.
Hon. J. C. NIcholls Is in the city, and is
being heartily congratulated by bis old
friends here on his successful debut as
Congressman.
I have not reported the recent organiza
tion of t.he Georgia branch of the Southern
Historical Society, as it Is rather doubtful
to what extent it will become a permanent
affair.
The police having captured all the tram p
negroes In this section of the State on sus
picion, the supply of Defoor murderers has
run low during the past two days. My the
ory is that the murderer is not a tramp of
either color.
ABOUT JURY EXEMPTIONS.
Considerable feeling has followed the
passage of the House bill exempting preach
ers, druggists, doctors, postmasters, tele
graph operators and railroaders from jury
duty. Judges complain that there are too
many exemptions now, and that firemen,
military men and all others, with but few
exceptions, ought to be made to do jury
duty.
I do not fully agree with many of the ex
treme views expressed, yet I think Judge
Parsons, an eminent jurist of Massachu
setts, had a correct Idea of the matter. He
was once trying an important commercial
case, and Colonel Perkins, a leading mer
chant, was summoned as a juryman, but
sent his fine of fifty dollars. Judge Par
sons returned the money and ordered the
officer to bring Colonel Perkins into court.
The Colonel said he was busy fitting out a
ship to the East Indies and thought his fine
would do as well as his service. “Fitting
out a ship, sir ? And how does it happen
that you are able to fit out a ship, sir ? Be
cause the laws are pi'ojiertg enforced. Take
your seat In the jury box, sir, aud do your
duty.”
THE IMPEACHMENT REPORT.
The galleries and lobbies of the House
were filled on yesterday morning by ladies
and gentlemen, drawn there to hear the an
ticipated impeachment report of the special
committee on wild land matters.
At eleven o’clock Major Sam W. Small,
the reporter of the committee, appeared at
the Clerk’s desk, and in a clear, strong voice
f roceeded to read the report, which Is quite
engthy. As he reached the grave charges,
so concisely and ably set forth, a deep and
solemn silence fell upon the entire audience.
Nor was this feeling of sorrow and solem
nity much lessened by the reading of the
minority report, as the supplemental report
iu regard to the bribery matter only made
the guilt of the Comptroller General m
evident and degrading. The whole subject
was referred to the Judiciary Committee,
and they' have appointed a sub-cornmittcc
to prepare articles of impeachment.
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
A very unusual and deeply solemn scene
was witnessed in the Senate Chamber this
morning, although but few persons were
present, to speak of it In after years as a
scene never before witnessed by them, it be
ing the first of the kind in Georgia for about
half a century.
With slow and measured tread Messrs.
Phillips,Sibley, McWhorter. Cannon, Colley,
Westbrook and DuBose, a committee from
the House of Kepresentatives, approached
the bar of the 8enate, and Col. Phillips, in
a solemn and impressive manner, the Sena
tor standing, gave notice of the impeach
ment of Washington L. Goldsmith, Coe .
troller General of the State, against whom
articles of impeachment are now being pre
pared.
President Lester replied that the Senate
would take proper action in the matter and
notify the House in due time. On motion
of Senator Howell, the President appointed
Senators Howell, Clarke and Stephens as a
committee to arrange for the trial, in which
Chief Justice Warner will probably preside.
Speaker Bacon, Judge James Jackson and
several other prominent citizens were pre
sent during the impressive scene. It will
require some ten day6 or two weeks to make
full preparations for the opening of the trial.
DEATH OF AN OLD OFFICER.
The old citizens of Savannah will remem
ber Lieutenant J. Allen Smith Izard, who
served in the Seminole campaigns in
Florida, in 3830 and 1837, with General
Jose ph E. Johnston, under General Jessup,
and resigned his commission in the army
during the latter year, marrying a daughter
of Judge Huger, of Charleston, S. C., and
becoming an extensive rice planter on
Back river, near your city. During the
late war he occupied important positions in
the Confederate army.
His death, at the age of sixty-nine years,
fa announced to* have occurred recently at
Richland Springs, N. Y. J. Allen Smith was
a native of Pennsylvania, and entered West
Point Military Academy in 1825, after
which he changed his name by adding
Izard to the end of it On graduating he
was assigned to duty in the Third Artillery,
aud having 6tood very near (fourth) the
head of his class, he was appointed As
sistant Professor of geography, history and
ethics in the Academy, where he remained
until 1835. A year later he was in active
service against the Indians of Florida, from
which service he retired to private life.
MESSRS. TURNER AND HAMMOND.
I alluded to Hon. W. M. Hammond, of
Thomas, in my last letter, but only as a very
efficient presiding officer. He is Chairman
of the most laborious committee of the
House, that on Local and Special Legisla
tion, and a member of the Judiciary Com
mittee. Last session he did good service on
the Northeastern Railroad Investigation
Committee. As an impressive speaker and
able debater he occupies a front rank.
Thomas county may well be proud of his
services.
Hon. H. G. Turner, of Brooks county,
speaker pro tern of the House, Chairman of
tne Judiciary Committee and a member of
the committees on Rules, 8tate of the Re
public, and Railroads, is the “solid” man of
the House. No member has more In
fluence. and none is listened to with as
marked attention when he speaks. Always
modest and courteous in debate, he never
Injures his cause by rash assertions or dicta
torial assumptions. The Hon. IL G. Wright,
of the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist,
who is a close observer of men and things
here, recently paid a noble tribute to the
manly and grand features of Mr. Turner’s
well-formed and symmetrical character.
Ris constituents in Brooks county must
have read this glowing bqt truthful eulogy
with pride and pleasure.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Speaker Bacon is determined to compel
the members to be in their seats and vote on
all measures. Failing to secure proper at
tention this morning, he promptly ordered
“ a call of the House,” which had a good
effect.
Mr. Paine’s list of bills Is incomplete
without mention of tire Barnard and Ander
son Street Railroad bill, for extension, now
before the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. Russell is absent for a few days.
Messrs. Paine, DeLoach and Miller have
irepared resolutions on the death of Hon.
James M. Brennan, of Bryan county, to be
presented to-day or to-morrow.
The bill, by Hon. Lonis F. Garrard, of
Muscogee, to establish 8tate depositaries in
Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Albany, Haw-
9BS
it the funds of the State where they
can he used by the people from whom they
sre collected. Heretofore Atlanta banks
and cotton buyers have had the benefit of
some four or are hundred thousand dollars
of State funds deposited in Atlanta banks.
Hereafter Savannah and the other cities
named in the bill will share this amount
with the “Gate City.” It is a great measure
of relief to the business men of tire State.
Chatham,
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Capt. Eads’ Proposed Marine Rail
way Acrou Uae Iitbmux of Panama
—Unpopularity of M. Do LenepP
Scheme—Row John Sherman Ap
peased a Tennessee Radical—Dr.
Dell on the Sanitary Condition ot
Savannah — Political Affairs in
Maine.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Washington, August 4.—The question of
lnteroceanic canal communication will soon
be brought to the attention of the govern
ment under a different form than that of a
canal. Capt. James B. Eads, who made
such a brilliant achievement in opening the
Mississippi river to the commerce of the
world, is now in the city, and will present
to the government plans prepared by him
fer the constiuction of a marine railway be
tween the two oceans across the Isthmus.
He has not wholly completed his plans, but
said to-night to your correspondent that he
had demonstrated the entire feasibility of a
marine railway. 4Ie proposes to take a ship
out of the water, her cargo remaining un
touched, and transport her across the isth
mus on his marine railway. He Bays that
a ship can be 6afely transported in a
cradle without the least danger from
straining, and without any injury
whatever. He does not propose In the rail
way to have any curves or change of grade.
The first will, be obviated by turn-tables
when a chan^jt of direction Is necessary,
aud the second at the same time where it is
necessary. Each end of the turn-tables
would be supported upon rollers which
would rotate on tracks placed for them;
and if a change of -grade be necessary the
track at one end would be inclined in one
direction, and at the other end in the oppo
site direction. He does not expect that an] -
grades would be encountered over fifty fee;
to the mile. He places the time for the
transportation of a 6hip over the broken
railway from one side to the other of the
isthmus at twenty-six or twenty-eight hours.
He thinks such a work would cost but one-
3 uarter of that of a ship canal, and could be
aished in one quarter of the time.
He also says that capitalists have
assured him of the money necessary
to construct the railway. Whether Captain
Eads ,p.lan shall be adopted, it is impossible
to say, or even whether it will receive favor
at the hands of the government. One thing
about lnteroceanic canal communication is,
however, assured—the DeLesseps scheme
n ill never be consummated. This govern
ment is, as has already been stated in this
correspondence, totally opposed toll, and
the sentiment of the people in the matter
has already manifested itself unmistakably.
John Sherman, shortly before he left here,
appeased a Tennessee Republican. This
Republican is one of the leaders of bis party
in Tennessee, and was a Grant elector the
last time his bucolic majesty was returned
to the White nouse. Learning that Mr.
Sherman was delving out the patronage of
his department through the South to secure
for himself Republican delegations from that
section, In the next Republican Convention,
the Tennessee man applied to the de facto
Secretary of the Treasury for “a place,”
promising, In case he got it, to “fix the Re
publicans of Tennessee.” The position of
Assistant Appointment Clerk of the Treas
ury was then vacant, buL had been offered
to ex-Congressman Rainey (colored), of
South Carolina* Sherman assured the Ten
nessee ma$ that he should have the place
in case Rainey declined. Raiucy declined,
and It was with “amazement and sur
prise” that he of Tennessee read in the pa
pers that a man other than himself bad been
made Assistant Appointment Clerk. He
got mad aud wrote quite a breezy letter to
Mr. Sherman, in r.liich he compared him
with Gen. Grant, drawing conclusions im
mensely favorable to Grant. He said among
other things that the difference between
Sherman and Grant was, that the former
deceived and lied to his friends, while the
latter looked after the interests of his
friends. In return the Tennessee Re
publican received a letter stating that
John was “very sorry;” “be had for
gotten;” and “If you will come to
Washington I will see what can be done for
you.” He came here, and shortly before
Sherman left he put him in the Treasury as
a fourteen hundred dollar clerk. It is to be
supposed that the Republican delegation
from Tennessee to the next convention will
be solid for Sherman.
Sanitary Inspector Dr. A. N. Bell reports
to the National Board of Health as follows
on the sanitary condition of Savannah:
“The authorities have recently estab
lished, on a shoal at the month of the har-
bur, a wooden structure on piles for a board
ing station, with accommodations for quar
antine officer, and hospital provision for
twelve beds. Anchorage for infected ves
sels and place for detention of well per
sons and cargoes, if necessary, is at Turtle
Island. The situations of these several
branches of the quarantine establishment
are wisely chosen, and afford ample oppor
tunity for the proper care and safety of
whatever is quarantined and for the protec
tion of the city. The Health Officer of the
city is required to protect the public health
from the dangers incident to coasting ves
sels and steamboats which reach the town
through the other channels. The masters
of these vessels are instructed to an
chor mid-river and send for the
Health Officer If they hare any dis
ease on board; otherwise they arc
permitted to go directly to the wharves and
send for the Health Officer. In either case
they must allow no one to go ashore or to
communicate with the vessel until the
Health Officer shall have made his visit. On
my own observation,' I am satisfied that
these instructions are not strictly observed.
The Health Officer is engaged in general
practice, and occasions are not infrequent
where the Captain takes the responsibility
of letting the passengers depart, risking,
and always obtaining, the Health Officers
approval. This portion of the quarantine
bos this utility, which I wish to emphasize,
that it secures cleanliness of the vessel.”
Secretary Sherman returned from Maine
to-day, apparently flashed with victory,
looking at it from his standpoint. A letter
received here to-day, from a prominent
Maine Democrat, takes a somewhat oppo
site view of the matter. The writer says
that the Democrats of Maine are greatly
leased with Mr. Sherman’s goings and
oings in the State .and would like to
have.him there again. He also says that
the Democratic State Committee are pre
paring a document which will be at once
serious and laughable. They propose to
publish the principal propositions an
nounced by Sherman in one column headed,
“Where he Stands in 1879,” while in a par
allel column will-be printed the positions
which Sherman has seen 0t to take on the
same propositions in times past, under the
heads *•'What he Thought” in such aud such
a year. It is unnecessary lo say that the
two columns, will be radically different in
reading matter. Potomac.
A Munificent Rewabd of Honesty.
Henry C. Stillwell, porter at the Conti
nental Hotel, Saratoga, was on duty at
the railroad station Tuesday morning
and saw a gentleman who arrived in the
8:30 train from the West drop an en
velope from his pocket as he passed from
the arcade. He picked it up, saw that it
contained hank bills, one of. $100 show
ing its face on the surface of the roll.
Following the gentleman he overtook
him at the United States Hotel arcade
and called attention to the loss. The
gentleman turned hastilv, took in the
Situation, complimented Mr. Stillwell on
his honesty, ran his hand into his pocket,
drew forth some small change and hand
ed it to the porter, who returned thanks
and retired to his post of duty. On look
ing at his reward he found that he had
received the munificent sum of—eleven
cents—in nickels. Mr. Stillwell says that
like the Irishman who received a sixpence
for rescuing a drowning millionaire, he
has “been overpaid,” and will refund the
amount if the gentleman will call for it.
Albany Argus.
TO BE IMPEACHED.
Scott Hunter, a St. Lonis negro, gave
a party on Mb fortieth birthday, and in
vited all the colored folks of his acquain
tance. The guests were a little surprised
and indignant when they were compelled
to pay an admission fee of ten cents at
the door, but Hunter explained that the
money would be spent for music and
beer, and good feeling was restored.
Dancing was kept up until two o'clock in
the morning, at which time Hunter’s
wife thought the gathering ought to dis
perse, and said so. Surprise and indigna
tion again possessed the guests. Mrs.
Hunter remarked that the gate had been
broken. “De cows did it, I guess,” said
a young lady. “Yes, a two-legged cow,”
said Mrs, Hunter. This offended all the
ladies present, and their gallant escorts
took up their cause. Hunter was loyal
to His wife in this emergency.' He took
down a gun, and scared the company
out of the house; but they learned that
the weapon was not loaded, and remained
in the yard. Then he loaded his gun
and killed Ben George, the dandy of the
the party.
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COM
M1TTEE.
A Lone Array of Serious Charges
Preferred Against Comptroller
General Goldsmith—Crooltedi
In tho Wild Land Matter—Ueooln
tlon to go Before the Senate.
Mr. Phillips, of Cobb, Chairman of the
special committee of thirteen to '-bora were
referred the reports of the joint special com
mittee on wild lands, made the followingre-
S )rt in the House of Representatives of
eorgia on Monday:
To the House of litpresentativcx: Your special
committee of thirteen, appointed in pursu
ance of a resolution of the House, and to
whom were referred the reports of the
‘'Special Joint Committee on Wild Lands,”
with instructions to investigate all the facts
embodied in the testimony, and also into
the management of the Comptroller Gener
al’s office, aud report the result of their ac
tion to the Houfc with such recommenda
tions as in their judgment the facta justify,
beg leave to report that they have com-
pluted.tbe'duty assigned them, and as the re
sult, submit their findings, with accompany
ing testimony and with the recommenda
tions hereinafter stated:
L Your committee made a thorough
and laborious examination of the testimony
submitted to them from the special joint
committee on wild lands, and from it de
duced certain general specifications, which
were each In turn fully and carefully Inves
tigated in the light of the law and the testi
mony.
2. Four committee, without repeating in
quiry upon the matters investigated in said
testimony have had before them only such
witnesses, statements, books, etc., as, in
their judgment, would throw additional and
fuller light upon the subject matters of
their present investigation.
3. Your committee, from the testimony,
papers, books, and minutes of their pro
ceedings, make up and submit the following
articles and specifications, the findings upon
each several article and specification having
first been agreed to by a vote of your com
mittee, as will more fully appear from the
rescript of the minutes.
Said articles aud specifications are as fol
lows, to-wit:
ARTICLE L
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral of the State of Georgia, did, in and
during the month of September, 1877, de
mand costa upon tax fi. fas. against unreturn-
ed wild land lota and issue the 6aid 11. fas. be
fore the time arrived for him to issue them
under the law, and contrary to the law as
defined in the act of 1874 (page 105), said
act requiring the said fi. fas. to be issued on
the lst day of October of each year, and
which date, October lst, 1S77, was stated in
the advertisement of said W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General as aforesaid, of tax
sales of unreturned wild lands, as the date
when said fi. fas. would be issued in accord
ance with the law.
Specification 1. On or about the 25th day
of September, 1877, the said W. L. Gold
smith, Comptroller General as aforesaid, de
manded of YV\ P. Anderson costs for tax
fi. fas. on unreturned wild land lota and be
fore the time arrived for him to issue thorn
under the law.
Specification 2. That before the first day
of October, 3877, said W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General as aforesaid, issued 6.
fcs. for tax on unreturned wild land lota,
and before the time arrived for him to issue
them under the law.
article n.
That said W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller
General of the State of Georgia, illegally
charged, demanded and received os costs
fifty cents on each and every fi. fa. issued
by him, in all about ten thousand fi. fas.
against wild lands, without authority of
Specification 1. That said W. L. Gold
smith, Comptroller General as aforesaid,
illegally charged, demanded and received of
J. N. Logan the sum of fifty cents each on
divers fi. fas. Issued by him, the said W. L.
Goldsmith, Comptroller General as afore
said.
[Here follow specifications 2d, 3d, 4tb s
5th, 6th and 7th in the same terms, charg
ing the Comptroller with having charged
and received the 6ame fee of fifty cents on
divers fi. fas. from A. J. Orme, 8. G. Mc
Lendon, Daniel Lott, W. P. Anderson,
Henry Banks and divers other persons.]
article m.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral of the State of Georgia, for and in con
sideration of the sum of one hundred and
fourteen dollars ($114) paid to him by one
Daniel Lott did, on or before the 3l6t day
of October, 1877, illegally, fraudulently and
surreptitiously issue two hundred and twen
ty-eight fi. fas. against the lands of Raundo
& Co. and Fox &, Co., and transfer them to
said Daniel Lott| when the said Goldsmith
well knew that the said lands were neither
in default ol return or payment of taxes,
the returns having been made and taxes
paid more than two years previously—there
by permitting Daniel Lott to use the Comp
troller General’s office for peculation and
corrupt purposes against the State and the
citizen.
Specification L That W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General as aforesaid, did, on or
about the 31st diy of October, 1877, for and
in consideration of one hundred and four
teen dollars ($114) as cost paid to him by
one Daniel Lott, issue and transfer to said
Daniel Lott two hundred and twenty-eight
fi fas. against the lands of Raundo & Co.
and Fox & Co. for the tax of 1874, to-wit:
[Here follow the numbers of the 228 lots
of wild land, the fi. fas. upon which were
so transferred.]
All of which said foregoing land lota were
the property of Fox & Co., and which
said foregoing land lots of Raundo & Co.
and Fox Co. had been duly returned and
the taxes paid thereon for the year 1874, to-
wit: On the 14th day of June and on the
7th day of August, in the year 1875.
Specification 2. That W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General as aforesaid, did, on or
about the 31st day of October, 1877, for and
in consideration of the sum of one hundred
and fourteen dollars ($114) as cost paid him
by one Daniel Lott, Illegally, fraudulently
and surreptitiously Issue two hundred and
twenty-eight fi. fas. against the lands of
Raundo be Co. and Fox. &. Co., as enumer
ated and set forth in specification 1, and did
Issue these said fi. fas. outside of the Wild
Land office; suppress all record of the same
In said WUd Land office,and did afterwards—
to-wit: some time in the year 1879—surrepti
tiously and fr&udently procure one Thomas
L. Swift for the purpose of concealing the
truth of the said transaction, to place these
said fi. fas of record in a private book be
longing to the said W. L. Goldsmith and iu
no way belonging or appertaining to the
Wild Land office, and which said book was
kept apart from the true and legal records
of the Wild Land office and in his private
custody,
ARTICLE IV.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, did, on the first day of Oc
tober, 1877, or on a date or dates subsequent
thereto, transfer to the Sheriffs of divers
counties of this State, the exercise of certain
duties and trusts conferred upon him as said
Comptroller General of tbe State of Georgia,
by the act of 1874, and without authority so
to do In that or any other law of the State
of Georgia.
Specification 1. That W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General as aforesaid, did, Ille
gally, on the first day of November, 1877,
and the fourteenth day of November, 1877,
issue to the several Sheriffs of the several
counties of this State, the following letters
of instruction, to-wit:
Comptroller General’s Office, Atlanta.
Oa , November 1, 1877.—To the Sheriffs qf
Georgia; You will soon be called upon to levj,
advertise and sell wild land under fl. fas. issued
from this office against wild land In your
county, which has b-en reported to me by your
Tax Receiver as unit turned wild land. I will
send to you fi. fas. direct from this offlce,
and transferees of such fi. fas. under sec
tion 891 of the Code will also place such fl. fas.
in your hands for levy and sale.
In the above and all cases you will not tell
any lands to be found on the large digest for
such years deposited in the Ordinary’s offlce.
for we don’t wish to sell improved land, but
niy wild land.
Mistakes of til other kinds will be promptly
corrected here (if substantiated by the books;,
on written application or letter approved by
the Ordnary.
In all wild land sales the excess of money
over and above tax and all costs most be paid
to the owner of the hnd, if to he found at time
of sale; or. if the o»ner is not to be found,
then said sum of money in of tax
cost must be sent to me, to be deposited in the
Treasury to the creditor tbe owner as a trust
fund. This applies to all parties who have had
such fl. fas. transferred to them by myself! ‘
I will send other instructions with the fl. fas.
This circular Is sent because some transferees
of such fl- fas. will soon have their fl. fas. In
your hands for levy and sale. Please keep this
circular for reference. Very respectfully,
W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General.
Comptroller General's Office. Atlanta.
Ga., November 14, 1877.—Ta the Sheriffs of
~ ‘a: In paragraph fourth of my circular
instant to you. I used this language; “In
all wild land safes the esces of money over
'above tpx and all cost must be paid to the
ier of the land, if to be found at the time
of sale, or if the owner is hot to be found, then
said sum of money, in excess of tax and cost
must be sent to me, to be deposited in the
Treasury, to the credit or toe owner as a trust
As It wfil be very difficult, perhaps, in many
-tsesfor you to determine who is tbe true
owner of wild lands sold for taxes, and as many
false and * ‘ " —™—■ —
months after sales to come forward and redeem
their lands thus sold, by paying purchase
money, all cost and interest at twenty per cen
tum per annum, I think it would be best to take
a good and legal bond from all persons to
whom you pay such moneys*conditioned to re
pay same within twelve months, lf proper au
thorities decide that another is the true owner.
In all cases of doubt as to the ownership of
such lands, or where no owner applies, you
will, as formerly instructed, send the money to
this office.
Transferees of wild land fi. fas. will be eni-
tled to the amount of Out and cost, as appea s
on face of fl. fa. All surplus will go the owner
In the manner as above directed.
These additional instructions are Issued tn
answer to letters from Sheriffs, and to save
writing numerous replies. If any other ques
tion troubles you. write to me and you shall
have prompt answers. Very respectfully,
w. L. Goldsrith, Comptroller <>eneraL
Specification 2. That the said Sheriffs, or
certain of said Sheriffs, In pursuance of
said illegal instructions of the said W. L.
Goldsmith,Comptroller General as aforesaid,
did turn over to various persons, without
other authority, Jarge sums received by
them as excess frov the sale of wild lands,
without proper investigation of their titles
as required by law; and that tlic said W. L.
Goldsmith, Comptroller General as afore
said, did afterwards ratify the same.
article v.
That W. L. Goldsmith,* Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, did, at divers times after
the lst day of October, 1877, knowingly and
illegally permit transferees of wild land tax
fi. fas. and others to retain In their posses
sion large sums of money that should have
been paid Into the Treasury of the State.
Specification 1. That said W. L. Gold
smith, Comptroller General as aforesaid, on
or about the 5th day of March, 1878* did
knowingly and illegally permit one Jacob
Harrell to receive and retain 4n his ftoseeg-
sion the sum of eighteen dollars of money
arising from the sale of wild lands, and
which said sum should have been, paid
into the Treasury of the State; and in
the like manner and on or about the like
date did knowingly and illegally permit the
following named parties to receive and re
tain in their possession the several amounts
to their names attached, which said moneys
were funds arising from the sales of wild
lands, and which said moneys should have
betn paid into the Treasury of the State, to-
wit: One Smith, $561 43; one J. P.
Turner, $260 2S; one Cook, $450 06; and
one S. G. McLendon, $1,271 76.
ARTICLE VI.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, did, on the 11th day of
October, 1877, and on divers dates between
that time and May 29th, 1879, including said
last named date, illegally pay out to various
parties numerous sums of public money, to-
wit : In the aggregate eight thousand one
hundred and seventy-rix dollars and seventy-
three cents ($8,176 73) without first asking,
obtaining, or having the sanction and war
rants of the Governor, as required by law.
ARTICLE VII.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, did, on the lst day of Oc
tober, 1877, and divers, dates thereafter,
transfer large numbers of wild land tax fi. fas.
to third parties upon payment of the tax
and costs, contrary to and without authority
of daw.
ARTICLE YUL
That W. L. Goldsmith,. Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, did, on the lst day of
June, 1879, hold and retain in his possession
eleven thousand one hundred and eight
nine dollars and seventeen cents ($11,11
17), and did detain the said sum of money
from the Treasury without authority of and
clearly contrary to law; and in violation of
his obligations as a public officer.
Specification X. That said W. L. Gold
smith, Comptroller General as aforesaid, on
or about the lst day of June,1879, had in his
possession aud was retaining from the Treas
ury of the State public money to the
amount of $11,1S917 arising from sales of
wild lands.
[Here follows specifications 2d, 3d, 4th,
5th, 6th and 7th, charging that the Comp
troller General should haye paid Into the
Treasury, as required by law, so much of
said sum of $11,189 17, “as was costa,” so
mcch “as was tax,” so much “as was ex
cess,” and. that by retaining said amounts
from the Treasury he violated his obligation
as a public officer of the State ]
ARTICLE EX.
“ That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
cral as aforesaid, has made false and fraud
ulent returns and reports of the amounts of
money collected by him as Comptroller Gen
eral from the wild land tax, and to this spe
cial committee, with the purpose of con
cealing his illegal actings and doings in the
performance of his duties.
Specification 1. That W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General as aforesaid, in re
sponse to a resolution of the special com
mittee calling upon the Comptroller Gen
eral for an itemized account of the sums
collected on account of wild land tax
from March, 1874, to November, 1877, an
swered that the amount collected was the
the sum of $5,906 IS and the itemized state
ment showed the amount collected from
March 27th, 1S74, to January 1st. 1S75. only
amounted to the sum of $1,014 54, while the
Treasurer’s report showed that the amount
from this source aggregated the sum of
$2,363 51 that had been actually paid into
the Treasury.
ARTICLE X.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, does retaiu iu his employ
as clerks in the office of Comptroller General
one Allen J. Bell and one James M. Gold
smith, who, while in said employment, were
engaged iu speculations in wild lands, and
that these said clerks h^ve been retained
and continpe4 in their said employment
even after the knowledge of their said
speculations was brought home to the said
W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller General as
aforesaid.
ARTICLE XI.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, does retain in his employ
as a clerk in the office of the Comptroller
Genera] one James M. Goldsmith, who, while
acting as insurance clerk, and not employed
in the Wild Land office of the department,
did falsify tbe records of said Wild Land
office, ana that said W. L. Goldsmith, Comp
troller General os aforesaid, does retain in
his employment in said department said
James M. Goldsmith, after the knowledge
of said James M. Goldsmith’s illegal and
fraudulent conduct came to his, tho said
W. L.',Goldsmitb, Comptroller Gjenefal’s, nor
^ce.
Specification 1. That said W. L. Gold
smith, Comptroller General as aforesaid, re
tains as one of the clerks in his said depart
ment said James M. Goldsmith after he, the
said W..L. Goldsmith, Comptroller General,
has had knowledge that tbe said James M.
Goldsmith did falsify the records of the
Wild Land office by entering thereon the
name of “ I). Lott, Agent,” falsely, fraudu
lently and surreptitiously.
ARTICLE XIL
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as-gforesaid, did fail and refuse to pay
into the Treasury of the State of Georgia, as
required by law, $7,460 79, or other huge
sum, oollected by him as insurance tax for
the year 1S78.
article xm.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, did fail and refuse to pay
into the Treasury of the State of Geortfa,&s
required by law, $3,572 50, or other large
sum, collected by Mm as insurance fees for
the year 1878.
ARTICLE XIV.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, did, at divers dates of and
during his incumbency of the said office of
Comptroller General, say In the years 1875,
187$, 1877,1878 and 1879, deposit large sums
of the public moneys received by him as an
officer of the State iu the bunking bouse of
the Georgia Banking aud Trust Company in
Atlanta. Georgia, and to his private credit
and with his private moneys: and that at
divers dates in and during said years above
enumerated, he drew out from said bank
upon bis individual checks and drafts vari
ous sums of money paid to him for the 8tate
aud due to the Treasury, said checks aud
drafts b lug in favor of the Treasurer of the
State aud signed by said Goldsmith, but not
as Comptroller GeneraL
article xy.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, has been using the money
j laid into him for taxes as his own money
bylaw.
ARTICLE XVL
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Gen
eral as aforesaid, has illegally and persist
ently evaded and refused to furnish to this
committee evidence demanded by this com?
mittee under authority of the House.
Specification L That W. L. Goldsmith,
oaptroller General as aforesaid, evaded
and failed sr refused to answer the follow
ing resolution of this committee, to-wit:
Resolved, That the Comptroller General
famish to this committee, ms early as practi
cable, a statement for the years 1877,1878 and
1879. which shall show tbe names of the agents
'■* Insurance companies: also the insurance
anaaies who hare paid the tares required
_ toe laws of this 8tate, giving the amounts
paid, when palrt. amount ofoosm paid, amount
of taxea paid into the Treasury, and fees paid
into the Treasury, and when paid.
Specification 2. That W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller Geaeral as aforesaid, eroded
and tailed or refused to answer the follow
ing resolution ot this committee, to-wit:
The amount deposited In bank. (3.) What bank?
*4.) What interest. It any. was paid? (5.) How
much interest was received for siu h deposiis, if
any?
The committee therefore report and de
mand, by this majority, that the said V7. L.
Goldsmith, Comptroller General os
aforesaid, be dealt with according
to the laws of this State in such cases
made and provided for the misfeas
ances and malfeasances In the exercise of
his office and comprised in the foregoing
articles and specifications, whereby and on
account whereof he Is guilty of high crimes
and misdemeanors iu office.
To that end they report to the House the
testimony in their said investigation had,
with the statements, exhibll>and copy pa
pers thereto attached, and also fall rescript
of the proceedings of the committee
throughout its sittings for the purpose of
said investigation.
Aud they submit the following resolu
tions, and recommend their adoption by the
House, to-wit:
Resolved. That W. L. Goldsmith. Comp*roller
General of the Stale of Georgia bo impeached
of high crimes and misdemeanor* In offlce.
Resolved, That the accompanying testimony,
xt&tementa.exhibitsacd re cript of proce* (lings,
with this report,bo referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary, with instructions to prepare and
report, without unuecetu&ry delay, suitable ar
ticles of impeachment of said W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General.
Resolved, That a committee of seven of this
House be appointed and instructed to proceed
at once to the bar of the 8enateof Georgia, and
there, in the name of tho House of Representa
tives and all the people of the State of Georgia,
impeach W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller General,
of high crimes and misdemeanors in office,
and to inform that body that formal articles of
impeachment will in due time be presented,
id to request the Senate to tafeS such order in
the premises as they deem appropriate.
Allot which ta respectfully submitted.
C. D. Phillips, Chairman,
R. L. McWhorter,
B. M. Davis,
George R. Sibley,
R. H. Cannon,
W.J. Pi kb,
A. C. Westbrook.
W. T. Irvine.
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.
Mr. Speaker: ' We the undersigned mem
bers being a minority of the special com
mittee to investigate the conduct of W. L.
Goldsmith, Comptroller General*-heg leaye
to submit the following supplementary re
port;
We heartily concur with the majority upon
each and every conclusion they have reached
and reported upon, aud to that end have
signed the majority report; but, in our opin
ion, the majority stop short of the extent
to which they were authorized by the evi
dence to go.
The evidence inculpating the Comptroller
in an effort to bribe the Hon. P. D. Davis,
of Baker county, and Hon. Lewis Strickland,
of Clinch, members of the House of Repre
sentatives, is to our minds conclusive.
These Representatives, wi’h others, as a
special committee, had investigated the con
duct of the Comptroller in reference to the
sale of wild lands, and had made a report
reflecting severely upon his official conduct.
The Comptroller had himself prepared &
letter in which his official conduct was jus
tified, and which he bad persistently and
frequently urged these and other members
of the committee to sign.
Hinton P. Wright, whom the evidence
shows was without means or
credit, and a frequent visitor of
the Comptroller’s office, suddenly be
comes an incessant visitor and establishes it
as his headquarters; he attaches himself to
Messrs. Davis and Strickland, claiming them
as his intimate frlcnde; he is furnished by
the Comptroller with the letter written by
himself with instructions to procure their
signatures, and to this end frequently urges
these gentlemen to sign it. Ou the 14th day
of July,W. L. Goldsmith lends to Hinton P.
Wright the sum of $17 50 to
pay a pressing debt; cn the
loth day ot July, Wright enters the
Comptroller’s office, who being absent, he
calls upon Wm. A- Wright, a clerk therein,
to advance him two dollars and a half
($2 50) to be repaid by the Comptroller Gen
eral, for the purpose of hiring a carriage to
take Han. P. D. Davis to ride. The money
is advanced by the clerk and on the next
day, without his having mentioned the mat
ter to tfc e Comptroller General, it is repaid
him by W. L. Goldsmith.
llinton P. Wright procures a carriage, and
having invited Hon. r. D. Davis and. others
to accompany him to Wolff’s beer garden,
stops at tbe store of John M. Hill & Co., or
ders from them a bottle of their best whisky,
with directions that tht ir hill should be sent
to the Comptroller’s office; on their refusal,
threatens them with the loss of the patron
age of the Comptroller’s offlce. After arriv
ing at their destination and Indulging in so
cial amusements, Hinton P. Wright ap-
E roached the Hon. P. D. Davis, apd as a
lend urged him to sign the Goldsmith let
ter, and to influence and induce him thereto,
offered him, first, $100, then $250 and a suit
of clothes, drawing at the eame time froui
his pocket a blank check book for the pur
pose of giving a check for said sum. After
the Hon. P. D. Davis had indignantly re-
exolonaXlon or
thought tor the
we should not t . ...
extend, hairy the State into a great
until a thorough Investigation of both
Further, we considered that we had to _
the • rights of the official whose conduct
were Investigating, and that he should not
subjected to the ruinous consequences of
Impeachment without being given some —
tunity of shoving such a proceeding m
“SL same objections set forth above to
xiL apply with equal force to article xiiL,
.— o( the
As to articles xiv. and xv^ we respectfully
state that no evidence of a character suffidewt
to convince our judgments was adduced before
us in proof of the fact that there was any
fraudulent or criminal intent In the action of
the Comptroller General in depositing tbe funds
received by him to his own credit in the vaults
of a banking company. In the absence of
proof satisfactory to our judgment to this ex
tent we decline to charge fraudulent or crimi
nal motives upon the Comptroller General.
As to article xvL we can best express our
views by a statement of- facts as they occur to
uk. to-wit: That since the organization of this
committee information requested by ns >»■«
been rendered with promptitude and apparent
cheerfulness: that the requests were numerous
and fr. quently swift and pressing, and urged
at times over the protest cf the Comptroller
General that his clerical force was insufficient
to the tax upon their abilities; and lastly, that
the time afforded for respenses to the resolu
tions upon which the charge of the majority Is
founded, was exceedingly brief for so volu
minous a work and the demand was m*A>
when tbe Comptroller General, by a report
directly made to the committee, was at his
home prostrated by illness and debarred from
the personal supervision of his office affairs, or
attention to the more recent requests for
warded to him by the committee. Under this
statement of facts, we are of opinion that the
charges of evasion and refusal contained in
said article is based upon circumstances capa
ble of easy explanation, opportunity for which
was not given to the Comptroller General.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. A. R. Hanks.
A. Miller DuBose.
W. W. Fitzoeoald.
F. H. Collet.
LETTER
FROM AN OLD CALI*
FORN1AX.
Florida the Land of Flowers and
Bverjthlng Else Dellslitriil.
privy
On tbe next noroing Ron. Lewis Strick
land, by appointment with W. L. Gold
smith, enters the Comptroller’s office,where
he is met by Hinton P. Wright, who at once
approaches him with an artfully framed
offer of one hundred dollars, if he would
sign the Goldsmith letter. Before their
conversation had terminated, W. L. Gold
smith enters and with Wright retires to a
>rivate room; immediately on returning
Vright retires from the room and W. L.
Goldsmith hands to the Hon. Lewis Strick
land the letter aforesaid and asks lf he is
going to sign it t
The evidence taken by your committee
shows that the Comptroller General was a
defaulter to the State for many thousands of
dollars, not only on account of his connec
tion with the Wild Land offlce,but also from
insurance fees and taxes collected by him.
Prior to the report made by tho Wild Land
Committee, W. L. Goldsmith. had borne an
irreproachable character. His defalcations
had never before been suspicioned. If the
report of the Wild Land Committee could
have been suppressed, or its effect weakened
or changed as to his official acts, his defal
cations 'might have remained undiscovered;
but, if that report was sustained, it was the
opening wedge that led to a thorough in
vestigation and discovery of all his defalca
tions, irregularities aud illegal official con
duct. Therefore we recommend the follow
ing additional charge to be Included among
the articles contained in the majority re
port, viz.:
ARTICLE
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller General
as aforesaid, did. through the agency of one
Hinton P. Wright, on or about the 15th and Mth
days of July, la's, offer aud endeavor to bribe
an 1 corrupt with money and other things of
value, two of the members of the House of
Representatives, namely. Honorable P. D.
Davis, of the county of Baker, and tbe Honor
able Lewis Strickland, of the county of Clinch.
ARTICLE ——.
That W. L Goldsmith. Comptroller General
as aforesaid, is guilty of the'crime of lobbying,
in this, to wit: Thttsaid W. L. Goldsmith by
himself and through the arency of one Hinton P.
Wright on the 15th and 16th days ol July, 1879.
and divers other dors prior thereto, approach
ed away from the House, wiih a view to influ
ence their, action os members of the wad Land
Committee to which they were appointed by
the House, Hon. P. D. Davit, of the county of
Baker, and Hon. Lewis Strickland, ofthe coun
ty of Clinch, members of the House of Repre
sentatives.
All of which Is
respectfully submitted.
C. D. Phillips,
R. L. McWhorter,
B. M. Davis,
Geo. R. Sibley,
A. C. Westbrook.
MINORITY REPORT.
To the House of Representatives: The un
dersigned members of your special committee
of thirteen to investigate the office ot Comp
troller General, and consider the report of the
joint Wild Land Committee and the evidence
taken by them, respectfully submit the follow
ing reasons why we have declined to sign the
report of the majority of the committee:
1. There are a number of the articles, viz:
i. ii. iv, v, vi, vii. Till, x, and specifications
thereunder mentioned iu the above report,
which ore founded entirely on the evidence ad
duced before and coming from the Joint Wild
Land Committee. Upon this evidence, which
being better able to understand its weight and
effect, and after a full consideration thereof
and the taw applicable to the same, the Joint
WPd Load Committee reported to the General
Assembly that they could find no evidence im-
General in any of the
except his charge of
50 cents for costs on each fl. ta.; and these costs
a majority of sold committee recommend in
their report that be be allowed to retain. We
believe with rommlftioc as set forth in
both majority and minority reports, that there
is nothing in that evidence going to show
the Comptroller General was gmfcr of anything
graver than a misapprehension ofthe taw. For
any results arising from this he 1s liable to the
State on his official bond. He followed the in
structions of his legal adviser in regard to some
of tbe most important of the alleged misappre-
2. The additional evidence adduced before
your committee in regard to the foT
articles iiL, ix. and xL of the majority _
does not, in our opinion, show anr reason
changing the conclusions arrived at ~
joint Wild Iauid Committee,which we
8. Article xiL of the majority repc._
committee charges the Comptroller G of
with tbe illegal and frandnl
$7,406 79 of the public mooey
r " ad article xiL]
lie we think with other
committee that the evideoee
San Francisco Examiner.
Old Californians are not unfamiliar
with the name of Mr. Samuel C. Upham,
W editor upon this coast in the early
days, and of late the author of a work
entitled “Voyage to California via Cape
Horn, and Scenes in El Dorado in 1849
and 1850.” We are permitted to copy a
letter from that gentleman, written in his
humorous style, and addressed to an old
Californian friend, which may prove of
interest to others.
Philadelphia, June 16th, 1879.
Friend—I owe you a letter, and the
following is what 1 have to say: You are
aware that 1 went South last winter for
the benefit of my health, and that I re
turned in the spring os frisky as a lamb.
The late hot weather has pulled me down
considerably, and I sigh for tbe “Land
of Flowers ” where Ponce de Leon
searched for the fountain of life and Up
ham found it. I was so charmed with
the climate of Southwest Florida that,
while there last winter, I purchased two
hundred and twenty-five acres of land on
the Manatee river, forty miles south of
Tampa, and Mrs. U. and myself are
going down to that land of promise, the
coming fall, to plant an orange grove
and sit under our own vine, orange and
eucalyptus trees. It is a delightful
country, away down below “frost line,”
where the pineapple, banana, guava,
sipodil’a, pomegranate, date, cocoanut,
orange, lime and lemon grow almost
spontaneously. The rivers are overflow
ing with fish, and the forests are overrun
with game. Roasted wild turkeys run
about with carving knives and forks
sticking in their backs, and ask to be
eaten. The country now is a trifle wild,
but will soon become tamed and civil
ized. Tbe people are hospitable and
welcome all classes of strangers with the
exception of “carpet-baggers.” Those
vermin have been tried ana found want,
ine.
I shall locate in the village-^if two
stores and four houses can be dignified
by that name—of Braideatown, Manatee
county, Florida. The place is scarcely a
twelve-months old, but is bound to be
beard from—after 1 locate there. The
climate is delightful, sort of an earthly
paradise. The thermometer during the
winter months ranges from 70 degrees to
75 degrees, and in the summer rarely ex
ceeds 90 degrees, with a sea breeze blow
ing constantly either from the Atlantic
or the Gulf. The nights in summer are
invariably cool, and one can lie comfort
ably under blankets during “dog days.”
1 do not expect to make money in
Florida, but I do expect to enjoy better
health than in this city. Hence the
reason of my exodus. I shall, first off,
plant an orange grove of five hundred,
trees, which, in eight years, barring acci
dents, ought to yield me a handsome
revenue. Should I “shuffle off this
mortal coil” before these orange trees
commence bearing, I shall feel disap
pointed—that’s alL I think the change
will give me a renewed lease of life, and
as I intend to plant three year old trees,
I think the chances are rather in my
favor.
My eldest son will take chaTgc of my
store and laboratory in this city, so the
business will go on without interruption.
The Good Book says: “What does it
profit a man if he gain the whole world
and lose his own life?” I am not pre
pared to “hand in my checks” just yet;
hence my change of base.
Business, to use a vulgar phrase, is
“played out” at the North. I have been
watching and praying the past four or
five years, for the “good time coming” to
put m an appearance, but it has not ar
rived, and will n^t I fear, during my
sojourn in this vale of tears. I have a
mortal dread of the poor house. In
Florida that institution is unknown. As
I have spun out this letter to a great
length I wiU close. Truly yours,
S. C. Upiiam.
Deaf People’s Troubles.
New York Times.
One of the saddest features of excessive
deafness is the unhappy mental effect it
is apt to leave on those troubled with U.
So frequently is this the case that it has
been said that persons of morbid disposi
tions are peculiarily liable to this way of
looking at the matter, cause and effect
are transposed. It is certain that persons
of cheerful dispositions have been ap
parently- transformed into something
wholly different from their former selves
by being deprived of the ordinary powers
of hearing.
This change is not difficult to under
stand when one takes into account the
many trials and deprivations a person
whose bearing is greatly impaired is
called upon to bear. He is outwardly in
no way different from other people, and
unless he has with him at all times some
ugly symbol of his infirmity, like an ear
trumpet, strangers cannot know and
friends are likely to forget that he is
wanting in one of the most used powers
of sense. Of course, when something is
said to him which he does not understand,
in consequence of the light careless way
in which the words are uttered, or be
cause the sounds are lost to him in the
jarring hum of a general conversation, it
is easy to explain one’s helplessness and
ask to have a question or statement re
peated. Bat to be thus perpetually
acknowledging one’s weakness is exceed
ingly distasteful to most persons; the
more so as the confession rarely brings
with it any satisfactory return.
The prevailing belief of those who ha*
not associated much with deaf peopV is
that to make them hear it is ->nly
necessary to raise the voice. Trf®. in
most instances, is a complete retake.
Few men, and still fewer wor 613 * who
voice, kuu UW1UV a a. VIH . U# - a ---
the victim of their kind™** ta :n no
way assisted in the task c understanding
them, while all those ^near
are made aware of hp Isfo r tu ° e -,
The proper way i/* , P ta » k fl owly “d
distinctly, for witj~® ,2““? tecog-
nition of volume wL 0 ?** ex “ ta > just as a
nearsighted mr ““ perception of an
object, only 83 “ other,
thi outlines 7 ^ 1 ™ 1 ®? 3 » uncertain
and confuCf.. 13 under-
S»d. tb<' troubled with deaf-
that attempts at general
ofE^hrtSTo^ mto
SWKr whether you rash in with a paper in
her vo
«“’°utmn£wtiu
x JUT. reggotty, I was apassin thro and
f n * et * m * n V* wbom I owe $18 75, and
1 “t.yrctufo aujtns to payThim. and I
' * ‘ will you o