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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. .