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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN
THE DAILY SUN.
Fmdat Morning ..November 10
THOSE BOJVDS.
Light Broaliing In l
The Truth Coming Out !
Startling Disolostiros
The Dark. Ways and Vain Tricks
of Bullock, Blodgett,
Kimball & Co.
Wo have, heretofore, stated that Gov.
Bollock is believed to have made illegal
use of the bonds of the State of Georgia,
as well as indorsed railroad bonds; but
about which no definite information
coold be obtained. It has been certainly
known, that by his order the entire
amount of bonds to be issued to the
Brunswick and Albany Bailroad, when
that road should be completed, has been
executed and delivered to him by his or
der, notwithstanding the road is far from
being completed; and their -execution,
even, is contrary to law, and that said
bonds cannot be found in the Executive
office.
It is known also that a large amount of
State bonds has been issued, but the
amount sold has not been ascertained f
nor has it been possible to learn what
use has been made of them, or where
they could be found.
But light is breaking in. Bullock’s
resignation and flight from justice seems
to lnwe penetrated a dark place, and par
ties concerned are beginning to show
their hand. Dr. Angier and others have
again and again inquired of Henry Clews
& Co., who have been announced os the
financial agents for the State of Georgia,
for information as to'what had been done
with the bonds known to have been exe
cuted, but that firm have refused to give
the information, and have even denied
being agents of the State. .Now, howev-
over, that Bullock is a confessed culprit,
and has run away, and a Democratic
Legislature is in session, which is
likely to overhaul and expose the ras
calities of the plundering crew, the firm
of Clews & Co-, has filed, in the Gov
ornor’s office, a claim against the State of
Georgia, for money advanced by them
to pay notes and drafts of Foster Blod
gett, Superintendent of "Western and
Atlantic Bailread—many ^of them hav-
the approval of Governor Bullock—
to the round little sum of three hundred
and seventy-seven thousand eight hun
dred and twenty-two dollars and forty-
five cents. ($877,822 45.) This much has
been definitely ascertained, and it is in
timated that Clews & Co., have claims
amounting to some $1,200,000—though
tnis>is not certainly known. Dr. Angier
requested Judge Conley to furnish him
a copy of Clews’ statement of account,
but ho declined to do so for a day or
two, till it could be fixed up.
We give the following abstract .of
drafts, notes, &c., which they claim to
have paid out of their own funds, and
now ask the State to foot their little
bill.
DRAFTS.
The following drafts were drawn by
Foster Blodgett, as Superintendent of
the Western and Atlantic Bailroad, on
Henry Clews & Co.:
1. One payable at sight to James G.
Mitchell, Treasurer East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia Bailroad, for the sum
of $13,646 08. It was dated 30th Decem
ber, 1870—after the lease of the State
Boad—and marked “approved” by Bul
lock. It was paid to B. T. Wilson & Cou,
to whom it had been transferred by
Mitchell.
2. Another sight draft, exactly the
same in every respect, except that it is
or the sum of $5,460.38.
3. Draft on Clews & Co., dated 26th
December, 1870—the day before the
lease—payable to E. W. Cole, President
of the Nashville and Chattanooga Bail
road Company, fifteen days after sight,
and approved by Gov. Bullock for $25,-
000.
4. Another draft for same amount—
$25,000—in favor of same party, made on
the same day and approved, payable
thirty days after eight.
5. Another, bearing same date, for
same amount—$25,000—in fayor of
same party and approved, payable
forty-five days after sight. This is trans
ferred by Mr. Cole to J. S. Bransford,
General Agent, and by him to Willis
Banney, Secretary of the Louisville and
Nashville Bailroad Company.
6. Another draft exactly similar in ev
ery respect to the foregoing—for same
amount—$25,000—having same approval
and indorsement—only payable sixty
days aftei*sight.
7. A draft dated 25th February, 1871,
payable three days after sight, in favor
of the same for $26,776 85, approved by
Gov. Bullock, and signed by Foster
Blodgett, Superintendent Western and
Atlantic Bailroad. This is indorsed by
V. K. Stevenson for Mr. Cole, and col
lected by the Importers’ and Traders’
National Bank of New York.
8. Another draft, precisely the same as
the foregoing, every way, except the
amount, which is $1,653 31.
All the foregoing seems to be for
freights due connecting roads by the
State Boad, under Blodgett’s mismanage
ment. The money collected here was
used for some other purpose than paying
other roads, and then Blodgett and
Bullock drew on Clews & Co. for money
to replace what they had otherwise squan
dered.
The following draft on Clews is curi
ous, and needs explanation:
9. It is dated 26th December, 1870—
the day before the lease, and directs
Clews A Co., to pay to the order of L P.
Harris, Treasurer, Thirty Thousand Dol
lars, sixty-five days after date. It is
signed by Blodgett, and is indorsed by
L P. Harris, Treasurer Western and At
lantic Bailroad, and by H. L Kimball.
• NOTES.
The following are descriptions of
notes given by Foster Blodgett, Super
intendent Western and Atlantic Bail
road, which compose items in Clews &
Co.’s account.
1. One dated 17th June, 1870, in At
lanta, for $8,280, payable to the Tennes
see Car Company six months after date,
at the Georgia National Bank in this city.
It is indorsed “Tennessee Car Company
by E. N. Kimball, General Manager:
Pay to Hemy Clews & Co., or order. H.
L KimbalL” It was sent to Atlanta for
collection, *nd protested the 20th De
cember, 1870, by J. H. Sterchi, Notary
Public.
2. Another note of the same date for
$6,176 28, payable to the same party five
months after date. It has precisely the
same indorsements and was protested by
D. G. Jones, Notary Public.
3. Another, dated 25th July, 1870, for
$6,287 77, payable to Tennessee 'Car
Company six months afterdate, at the
Banking House of Henry Clews & Go.,
for value received in freight cars. It is
indorsed, Tennessee Car Company, by
E. N. Kimball, Manager, and by J.
C. .Stidham & Co., and was protestedfor
non-payment by Thomas S. Moore, No
tary Public.
4. Another, same date as the .last, to
same parties, at same place, five -months
after date, for $6,460, indorsed by E. N.
-Kimball, Manager, and protested by O.
D. Roberts.
5. Another, same date, payable to same
parties, at same place, eight- months af
ter date, for $12,006.05, same amount,
and protested by A. B. Sanborn.
6. Another, for $8,280, dated 14th Ju
ly, 1870, payable to same parties, at same
place, seven months after date, for value
received in freight cars, indorsed os above
and protested by A. P. Rogers.
7. Another, dated 30th June, 1870,
payable to J. Boorman, Johnston & Co.,
at Clews & Co.’s bank, six months after
date, for $25,000.
8. Another note for the same amount
to-the same parties, $25,000.
9. Six notes for $5,000 each, and one
for $3,500, all dated Jeffersonville, Indi
ana, 15th December, 1870, payable to
the Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Com
pany, with current rates of exchange on
New York.
10. Another,for $15,625,dated October
8, 1870, payable four months after date,
at Clews &Co., to J. R. Stidham & Co.,
for constructing Union Passenger Depot,
And annexed to all these items is a
small one of $53,619 34, being the amount
due to Clews & Co. for commissions, in
terest, protests, exchange, .&c. The fol
lowing is a
RECAPITULATION.
TenncBseo Oar Co ....$ 47,490 10
J. Boorman, Johnston, & Co 60,000 00
E. T., Va. & Ga. R. B. Co 19,106 46
Nashville & Chattanooga B. £. Co.. 128,430 16
Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Co. 33,551 39
J. P. Stidham & Co 15,625 00
1. P. Harris „ 30,000 00
H. Clews & Co 63,619 34
Total -
to Bwear me in, and bo I have held my GEORGIA
seat ever since, and drew my nine dol
lars a day like a man and a brother.”
But, Mr. Henry, was that proceeding
in strict accordance with the law ?
“It was Radical voters we wanted, and
not the law. We didn’t care anything
in particular about the regularity of the
proceedings, so we got the voters.—
Campbell, over there, will testify that my
vote was as Radical as his every time.”
But you voted with the Democrats the
first day of the present session. How
was that ?«
“Well, I thought if I voted with the
Democrats, they might take me in, and
let me hold my seat. But they gave me
the cold shoulder, and showed that they
meant to investigate my case, so I went
back to my own, and my own received
me.”
A special committee appointed to in
vestigate Henry’s right to a seat, report
ed yesterday adversely to his holding it
any loRger, and the report was made the
special order for to-day at i2 o’clock.—
It is-quite probable that he vrill be un
seated, and an election ordered to fill the
vacancy.
It seems that the Representative from
Spalding is obliged to be a member of
the Johnson family. Last session,
Charles Obadiah Johnson, on aromatic
Radical, held the seat. The seat is now
occupied by Daniel A. Johnson, also
a Radical. But David H. Johnson
comes along and says Dan got fraud
ulent votes enough to more than coun
terbalance the majority by which Dan
claims to have been elected over Dave,
and tho seat is his. The case is to be
investigated; and whether the right falls
upon Dave or Dan, the people of the
county may feel assured that the seat is not
likely to go out of the Johnson fami
ly. But if Dave gets it, it will be filled
by a good Democrat.
Page, who has been so earnest about
obtaining a leave of absence, has been
heard from. He is not at honie sick, as
has been asserted, but has been arrest
ed in Chattanooga, on the charge of
murder, and is held for a requisition
from the Governor of Georgia, when he
will be taken to Sumter county and there
tried for the murder of a man named
Miller. Therefore, it is highly probable
that, for some time to come, the House
of Representatives will have to get along
without a Page.
In the House, yesterday, Mr. Bush’s
motion to reconsider the resolution to pay
the members and officers of the Legisla
ture $100 cash, was taken up and defeat
ed—notwithstanding Mr. Bush made an
earnest effort to defeat the proposition.
It was his first conflict, we believe; and
while he was defeated, his friends were
satisfied with his effort, and the same
earnestness against a measure in which
fewer members are interested would have
LEGISLATURE.
EIGHTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
ernor, transmitting sealed documents, j Privileges and Elections, offered a reso-
and requesting the consideration of the lution requesting the Governor to order
same in executive session. | an election for members of this House in
..$377,822 46
Dr. Angier has already paid out of the
State Treasury,since the leaseof the Boad,
for State Boad claims, the sum of $433,
874.53. Now he is called upon to pay
Clews’ claim, which, if done, will amouut
to $811,696.9S out of the pockets’of the
people to make up what Bullock, Blod
gett and Co. appear to have applied to
some other purpose than a legitimate
one ; and the end is not get readied ! Yer-
ily Foster’s joke is a big one.
But the Bonds. Did Clews.&Go. hold
-the Bonds which Bullock has had issued
as collateral security for these large ad
vances? and that he no longer considers
.them security ?
Again, will Judge Conley draw his
warrant on the Treasury for this amount,
or will he refer the matter to the Legis
lature ? If the warrant is drawn, it is
to be hoped it will not be paid till the
Legislature can find out where all the
bonds are. ’
THE CAPITOL.
We Wish, to Know.
Has Gov. Bullock indorsed and deliv
ered to H. L Kimball $275,000 of the
Cartersville ■& Yan Wert Bailroad Bo nds?
When the name of that Boad was chang
ed to the Cherokee Bailroad Company,
did Bullock indorse $300,000 of its bonds
and deliver to Kimball, with the under
standing that the $275,900 should be re
turned. If so, have these first indorsed
bonds been returned to the State and
cancelled?
Almost a. Serious Fire.
Lost night after 11 o’clock, Messrs,
Thompson & Pettibone, in J. C. Davis'
building, Whitehall street, discovered
that there was fire in the basement under
their store, occupied as a beer saloon by
Mr. Heerlein. The alarm was givenand
the Fire Companies were soon on the
spot. Meantime, Mr. Thompson, with
great presence of mind, collected some
help and forced his way into the rear of the
basement, and found a wooden partition
rapidly burning, which he soon extin
guished with a few buckets of water from
a pump in the back yard. The cause ot
the fire is not known. Mr. Heerlein had
gone home some time before the fire was
discovered.
Outrage.
Yesterday afternoon a negro man, ap
parently 25 years old, entered the house
of a Mr. Stroud, in West End, and vio
lently attempted to outrage the person of
Mrs. Stroud. A passenger, attracted
by the cries of the unfortunate wo
man, ran to her rescue; but the negro
escaped. He was chased about two miles
into the country, hut so far has eluded
the police and others who are trying to
effect his arrest. An individual is sus-
Mr. William Henry, Senator, (so-call
ed), stand up here and tell by what man
ner of right -you ocoupy the seat set
apart for the rightful representative of i P eCte( ^ ufc n °£ known,
the people of the 44th Senatorial Dis- j • —
trict. We fancy we see the quasi Sena- GEORGIA MATTERS,
tor coining forward, with both handsun- __ _ _ _ , .
der Ilia coat-teil, looldng . Mg. .
Calhoun as possible for a man to look,
and making response after this fashions
“You see, my opponent, Mr. Mc-
Cutohen, got the higher number of votes;
but he was inelligible. He died before his
case was passed upon by the last Radical
Senate; but we all knew he was inelligi
ble. True, the facts in the case were
never legally ascertained,but, of course,he
was inelligible. He was a Democrat and an
honest man, so we all were cer
tain that he would have been proven in
elligible. But he died before we could
prove it We knew, if another election
was held, another Democrat would be
elected, who might not be inelligible, so
we. determined that the better plan was
Griffin Cultivator is in a broad grin over
one that weighs eight and a half pounds.
CoL W. A Ried announces that there
will be no present change in the editori
al management of the Savannah Repub
lican, and announces further, that the
appearance of the paper will be improved
as soon as a new outfit can be bought.
The Savannah Advertiser now publish
es the Associated Press dispatches.
The Savannah News says it is rumored
that Mr. R. D. Shropshire, late of the
Macon Citizen, will be connected with
the Savannah Republican.
The Barnesville Gazette is four years
old and sings along as merrily as ever.
The name of the Gwinnett Atlas has
been changed to Herald. The paper is
already improving in appetiau :e. J
SENATE.
Thursday, November 9.
The Senate met, President Trammell
the chair. Prayer by Rev. B. C.
Ketchuir. The roll was called and the
Journal read and approved.
A Message received from the Governor
transmitting a communication of the
Hon. Joseph E. Brown relative to errors
contained in the inventory of the proper
ty of the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
recommending due credit be allowed to
the said road for such articles as were
erroneously included in such inventory,
was taken up and referred to the Finance
Committee. The communication was not
read.
The following hills were read the first
time:
Mr. Heard—A bill to amend the law of
this State in relation to writs of habeas
corpus, providing that said writs in fel
ony may be granted only by Judges of the
Superior Courts; also a bill to relieve
joint debtors by judgment.
Mr. Hoyle—To authorize the appoint
ment of an Auditor in coses at law in-
voling matters of account.
Also, to amend an act to incorporate
the Albany and Columbus Bailroad Com'
pany.
Also, a bill to alter the fees of sheriffs
in certain cases, involving the keeping
stock.
Mr. PEDDy—To incorporate the* La-
Grange and Barnesville Railroad Compa
ny, and grant certain powers and privi
leges to the same.
Mr. Simmons—To amend an act to
provide for setting apart a homestead of
realty in this State, requiring the ordi
nary to publish the necessary notice in
the gazette where his official notices are
usually published.
Mr. Wellborn—To create a new judi
cial circuit, to be called the Mountain
Circuit, out of Hall, Forsyth, Dawson,
Lumpkin, Union, Towns and White
counties, to provide for a Judge and So
licitor for the same, aud to fix the time
of holding the Superior Courts.
Also, to provide for the payment of
fines in criminal cases, and for other pur
poses.
Also, to alter and amend sectiou 3798
of the Code, so far as relates to the com
petency of parties to testify in t heir _ own
cases.
Also, to require clerks of Superior
Courts to provide blanks, with printed
instructions, for taking interrogatories.
Mr. Simmons—A resolution that the
Comptroller General be requested to
make a report to the General Assembly
within five days of the number and
amounts of the Executive warrants is
sued since the 1st of June; adopted.
Also, a resolution that the Messenger
be directed to furnish to each member of
the General Assembly two copies of the
Comptroller General’s report; adopted.
Mr. Kibbee—A resolution providing
for a joint committee of two from the
Senate and three from the House to con
sider the bill for the apportionment of
members of the General Assembly
adopted.
The following bills were read first time:
Mr. Nicholls— For the relief of
Zeba King, and to legalize the marriage
of the same.
Mr. Bhown—To make it a penal offense
for persons selling spirituous liquors, to
furnish the same to minors without the
written consent of parents or guardians.
Mr. Hillyeb — To amend section
3,432, of the Code, so’ as to allow the
courts to impose additional restrictions
on the amendment of pleadings.
Mr. Clark offered a resolution that
a committee of nine, consisting of three
from upper, three from middle, and
three from lower Georgia, be appointed
to consider the subject of emigration and
to report a bill within twenty days on
the same; adopted.
House bills were read the first time.
To incorporate the Yan Wert Slate
Company of Polk county.
To* incorporate the Excelsior Slate
Company of Polk county.
To change the lines between the coun
ties of McIntosh and Liberty.
To authorize the Commissioners of
Pike county to audit county claims.
To abolish the City Court of Macon,
and to repeal an act organizing the same.
To change the time of holding tho Su
perior Court of Columbia and McDuffie
counties.
To provide ioij the compensation of
grand and traverse jurors of Polk county.
To prohibit the granting of licenses to
retail spirituous liquors iu the city of
, Gainesv lie.
Mr. Brown, chairman of the Commit-
( tee of Privileges and Elections, to whom
was -referred the investigation of the
right of Hon. William Henry to occupy a
seat as Senator from the 44th District,
recommended the adoption of the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That the seat of Hon. Wil
liam Henry, 44th Senatorial District, is
declared vacant.
Resolved, That no election having been
legally held to fill the vacancy existing in
the 44th Senatorial District, that Thomas
J. Parks is not entitled to hold said seat.
Resolved, That His Excellency, the
Governor, be requested to issue a writof
election to fill the vacancy now existing
in the 44th Senatorial District.
Senator Campbell moved to make the
report of the committee the special order
for Saturday, at 11 a. m.
Mr. Bubns moved to make it the spe
cial order for Friday at 12 o’clock, m.;
carried.
Bills were read the second time.
Mr. Lester introduced a resolution in
structing the Finance Committee to in
quire into the sale of the Agricultural
College Scrip; adopted.
Mr. Smith—A bill to prevent Railroad
trains from running on Sunday from 6
o’clock, a. M., to 6 o’clock, p. m., in this
State.
A message was received from the House
stating the passage of a resolution au
thorizing the Treasurer to advance one
hundred dollars to each member and of
ficer of the General Assembly.
The following bills were read the third
time:.
To amend an act to create a Board of
Commissioners of Roads aud Revenues
for the county of Glynn, and to make
the same apply to the county of Baker;
passed.
To amend an act to construct a railroad
from Athens, Ga., to Clarksville, Haber
sham county, or some point on the Blue
Ridge Railroad; passed.
To incorporate the Chattahoochee
Manufacturing Company; passed.
To change the time of holding the Su
perior Courts in Talbot conntyf passed.
A message was received from the Gov-
To appoint a committee to 4 investigate
the official conduct of R. B. Bullock, late
Governor of this State.
The Judiciary Committee reported a
substitute for this bill, which provides
for the election of two committees,which
shall be elected, viva voce, by each
House, one of the said committees to in
vestigate the official conduct of R. B.
Bollock and other State officers, and the
other to investigate the lease of the
Western and Atlantic Bailroad, and its
management prior thereto.
Mr. Nicholls proposed an amend
ment that the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives shall elect five commission
ers, none of whome shall be a member
of either body, who shall investigate the
official conduct of R. B. Bullock, since
his inauguration as Governor of this
State until his resignation, and the con
duct of the other State officers, and also
shall elect a second similar commission
to investigate the management of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Mr. Hinton proposed an amendment
to strike out so much thereof as relates
to the election or appointment of Com
missioners, and insert the names of Hon.
Linton Stephens, Hon. James Johnson,
and Hon. William B. Fleming, on the
committee to investigate the official con
duct of the late Governor; and Hon.
Warren Akin, B. H. Worrell, and Hon.
George W. Adams, on the committee
to investigate the management of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Mr. Candler favored the amendment.
Mr. Nunnally was opposed to the
amendment, and thought that one com
mittee would be sufficient, and that com
mittee shonld be elected by both Houses.
Mr. Hinton disclaimed any personal
preferences in proposing the names con
tained in the amendment.
Mr. Wellborn moved that the bill
providing for the appointment of a com
mittee to investigate the official conduct
of the late Governor, and another to in
vestigate the management of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, with the substi
tute reported therefpr, and the several
amendments thereto, be recommitted to
a special committee of two from the Sen
ate and three from the House.
The hour of adjournment having ar
rived, the Senate was declared adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
House met, Speaker Smith presiding.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Cox. Journal read
and approved.
Mr. Bosh moved to reconsider so much
of yesterday’s proceedings as relate* to
the adoption of a lesolution instructing
the Treasurer to pay each officer and
member of the General Assembly one
hundred dollars. He argued that no per
diem had been fixed and the Legislature
has only been in session eight days; that
there are a number of persons sittiDg as
members whose seats are contested; that
the policy of this body ought to be re
retrenchment and reform, and he was un
willing to see one hundred dollars de
manded and paid out for eight days ser
vice. On motion of Mr. Crittenden the
motion to reconsider was laid on the ta
ble.
A substitute for the bill to provide for
a special election for Governor was re
ported by the Judiciary Committee, and
was read the third time. Two hundred
copies were ordered printed, and the sub
stitute set down as the special order for
to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Bacon the rules
were suspended to take up a resolution
offered by himself providing for the ap
pointment of a special committee to in
vestigate the transactions in Georgia
Bonds between R. B. Bullock and Henry
Clews & Co, of New York.
Mr. Hoge moved to amend by refer
ring the matter to the Committee on
Public Expenditures.
Mr. Scott offered a substitute for the
whole, providing for the appointment of
a committee of three members of t.hia
House to ascertain from the Treasurer
how many claims against the State Road
have been audited, and how many liqui
dated claims have been presented for
payment.
Mr. Phillips thought there was a bill
before the House covering the matter,
and that the appointment of special com
mittees tends to complicate matters.
Mr. McMillan thought this matter
was properly within the province of the
Finance Committee. He moved that the
whole matter be laid on the table until
the Judiciary Committee can act on the
bill in relation to this same subject;
adopted.
On motion of Mr. j-ierce the rules
were suspended and a resolution, instruct
ing the committee on the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, to investigate the lease
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad in
all its detail?.
Mr. Scott"thought this matter was also
covered by the bill introduced by him,
and now before the Judiciary Commit
tee.
Mr. Jackson favorecj the resolution of
fered by Mr. Pierce.
Mr. Griffin, of Houston, opposed it,
and thought a special committee, such as
contemplated by Mr. Scott’s bill, would
do more effectual werk than a standing
committee.
Mr. McMillan advocated Mr. Pierce’s
resolution.
Mr. Phillips also favo’red the adop
tion of the resolution.
Mr. Pou favored the adoption of the
resolution, urging that a mistake might
be made in selecting the men who will
compose the special committee, and that
it will be well to investigate the matter
in all ways.
Mr. Richardson called the previous
question, on the motion to adopt, which
call was sustained. The main question
was put and the motion was adopted.
The bill to 1 make it penal for a laborer
to abandon his employer was read the
third time and laid oa the table.
The bill to require all bills in equity
to be recorded before the termination of
suits was read third time. Mr. Hudson
opposed the adoption of the report of
the committee, which was adverse to the
passage of the bill. The report was
adopted and the bill was lost.
Mr. Rawls moved to suspend the rules
to take up a resolution instructing the
Committee on Internal Improvement to
report a bill providing a punishment for
railroad companies which have received
State aid, and which have notreportecL
The bill to amend section 3644 Code,
in relation to fees of the clerk of Chatham
Superior Court, was laid on the table.
To amend sections 244 and 4841 Code
so os to declare that they do not relate to
clerks of the City Court of Savannah;
pas'* ed.
Mr. Phtlltps, from the Committee on
Wayne county—no election having been
held in said county according to tho act
approved October 3, 1S70.
Mr. Rawls thought that tlio member
of the last Legislature from that county
was entitled to a seat in consequence of
the failure to hold an election in 1870.
Mr. Phillips gave the reasons which
prompted tho committee to report the
resolution which he offered.
Mr. Summons, of Gwinnett, thought
Mr. Rawls misunderstood the Constitu
tion, and that the gentleman who repre
sented Wayne in last Legislature is not
entitled to a seat.
Mr. Etheridge moved to reter tho
matter to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. W. D. Anderson thought the mat
ter too well settled by the Constitution of
1 the State to need any reference to a com
mittee, and that it was clear that an elec
tion should be ordered. The motion to
refer was withdrawn.
Mr. Rawls moved to disagree with tho
report of the committee in recommend
ing tho adoption of this resolution. Mr.
Russell opposed the motion of Mr.
Rawls, and hoped that the resolution
would be adopted, and that tho county
of Wayne may bo speedily permitted to
elect a representative.
Mr. Rawls’ motion was lost, and the
resolution was adopted.
Mr. McMillan presented a memorial
from Rev. W. A. Parks, of the American
Bible Association, which was referred to
the Finance Committee.
The bill to fix the per diem of mem
bers at $6 per day was re-committed to
Finance Committee.
To jrestore the jurisdiction of Notaries
Public and Justices of the Peace in the
29th Senatorial District was passed.
To compensate jurors iuDeKolb coun
ty was passed.
To repeal the act to organize the Dis
trict Court was read the third time.
Mr. Hillyeb moved to amend the re
port of the committee which recommend
ed the passage of the bill by adding that
said court be abolished in counties with
less that 10,000 inhabitants.
Mr. Jackson moved to set down the
bill as the special order for Saturday, in
order that an amendment to the bill pro
viding the manner of transmitting the
District Court business to the Superior
Court may be made.
Mr. Griffin oi Houston, moved to re
commit to the Judiciary Committee.
The motion to make the matter the
special order for Saturday prevailed.
To amend the act to incorporate tho
Memphis Branch Railroad Company;
passed.
To limit the lien of judgments in Jus
tice’s Court; passed. ^
To change the charter of the Stato
University, so as to add four additional
trustees to be elected by the Alumni So
ciety; passed.
To repeal an act to provide for an elec
tion, &c., approved October 3, 1870;
Passed.
Several of the Standing Committees
submitted reports.
Bills were read the second time.
Mr. Cumming offered! a resolution ask
ing Hon. Benjamin Conley, exercising
Executive powers, for information con
cerning the issuing of Land Script, un
der act of Congress, dated 1862; adopt
ed.
Mr. Goldsmith offered a resolution re?
quiring the Messenger to furnish mem-. -
bers with copies of the Comptroller Gen
eral’s Report; adopted.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs.
Patillo, Rutherford and Colley, and the
Door Keeper.
On motion, the House adjourned.
TELEGRAMS,
The Lord Mayor’s procession was un
usually successful
The degree of Doctor of Medicine has
been conferred upon Miss Dimmock, an
American lady, by the University of Zu.
rich.
Extensive strikes have been reported at
Ebling. an important manufacturing
town of Germany.
The Democrats carry Mobile by two
thousand majority.
The Legislature of Virginia stand3
about the same as last year.
Mississippi goes Republican by 15,009
majority.
A man named Jones, in San Francisco,
had a quarrel with his mother-in-law
and the sequel was, he shot his father-in-
law upon the streets yesterday.
Fifteen bags of English mail for Chi
cago have reached San Francisco by mis
take; They have been returned.
A premature explosion of a blast at
Dover, New Jersey, yesterday morning
broke the legs of two men, and blew the
hand off another.
Harrisburg, November D.—A. DoWolf
Howe has been elected Bishop of the new
Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania £y a
vote of 39 to 32.
Chicago, November 9.—As an engine
was approaching McKenzie street bridge
to-day, a tug collided with the bridge and
the engine went through. One man was
lost aud one badly hurt.
The hog cholera is prevailing to an
alarming extent in Iowa.
The Western extension of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad is to come into
this city on the track of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad, from Calumet Station.—
These Companies, together with the
Michigan Central and Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy roads, will build a union
passenger depot. For this purpose, it is
understood, they will apply to the city to
sell them all that part of Lake Park,
north of Yan Buren street, upon which
they propose to build the finest depot in
tho world.
The London Times rejoices over the
defeat of Tammany and hopes examples
will be.made of the men guilty of corrupt
practices. , —-xH
Napoleon has inspected the military
academy at Chiselhurst.
Count Andrassy has formally accepted
the Austrian Ministry of Foreign affairs..
The Insurance Company of Cleveland,
Ohio, has gone into liquidation.
A slight earthquake at Denver. No-
damage. ‘ ?. Jgg| oa
It is rumored that Mayor Hall intends
to resign before the organization of tin
new municipal board.
The Supreme Court has reversed^ tin
judgment giving Capt. Samuels $5,001
for alleged libel by the Evening Post.
A man died at tue hospital from swal
lowing half a pound of shot, for consti
pation of the bowels, prescribed by an.
old woman.
Tweed says he will be ready to answer
ins warrant when.the.twenty days are up. .
