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THE ATLA NT A WEEKLY SUN.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
FIFTEENTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.
Friday, November 17th.
The Senate met, President Trammell
in the chair. Prayer by Rev. Armxxics
Wright. The roll called, and the Jour
nal approved. . , ,
A message was received from the
House, stating that the House had disa
greed to the Senate resolution of yester
day in relation to Public Printing.
On motion of Mr. Nicholes the House
resolution tabled on yesterday, instruct
ing the Committee on Public Printing,
to inquire into, and report upon the
laws in lelation thereto, and that the
General Assembly should go into the
election of Public Printer at 12 o’clock
m., on yesterday, was taken up. Mr.
Nicholes moved to strike out the latter
part relating to the election of Public
Printer, and to concur in the resolution
so amended; carried.
Bills on third reading:
, To execute 15th Section, Article 1st, of
the Constitution of Georgia, making pe
nal the transfer of property subject to a
lien.
Mr. Kibbee moved to make this bill
the special order for Monday next; car
ried.
To repeal an act to extend the lien of
set off and recoupment, and to forbid
the collection of Ml debts contracted be
fore June 1st, 1865, until all legal taxe3
due thereon shall have been paid, &c.—
The Judiciary Committee reported ad
versely. The report was, on motion, ta
bled.
To make it penal for any person retail
ing spirituous liquors to furnish the same
to any minor without the written consent
of the parent or guardian of said minor
passed.
To repeal so much of an act to create
a new Judicial Circuit, to be called the
Alapaba Circuit, as relates to the conn
ties of Lowndes, Echols, Clinch, Coffee
and Ware; passed.
To regulate the mode of conducting
trials in case of felony in this State
tabled and fifty .copies ordered printed,
To relieve parties plaintiff from the
operation of an act to extend the lien of
set off and recoupment to all debts con
tracted before June 1, 1865, &c., in cer
tain cases. On motion of Mr. Nunnally
mode the special order on Tuesday next.
To enforce Section 6th, Article 12th of
the Constitution, relating to the provid
ing of juries: passed.
To merge thejurisdiction of the courts
of law and equity in this State—making
a mistaken form of action amendable on
notice. The Judiciary Committee re
ported favorably.
Mr. Simmons moved to disagree to the
report. He thought the bill could only
benefit inefficient lawyers, and would re
tard litigation.
Mr. Reese supported the bill.
Mr. Brown understood the bill not as
changing the forms of action, but to ex
tend the privileges of amendment, and
hoped the bill would pass.
Mr. Billyeb favored the bill. He
thought it removed from the laws one of
the most fruitful sources of error, and
one of the principal causes of popular
prejudice against the laws; that the pres
ent system trammeled the Courts with
useless forms.
Mr. Lester opposed the bill. The
mode of obtaining remedies is already
too loose and tended only to make ineffi
cient lawyers and inattentive Judges.
Mr. Kibbee considered that the bill
was for the relief of lawyers and plaintiffs,
to the prejudice of defendants; that it
would enable the plaintiff to bring de
lating to the competency Of parties to
testify in their own cases; lost.
For the relief of Zeba King, and to le
galize his marriage; passed.
The Senate then adjourned until to
morrow.
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fendaut into Conrt and then shift his
form of action to meet it, whatever de
fense may be made, and would tend to
complicate proceedings, instead of sim
plifying them.
Mr. Reese contended that the priv
ilege of amendment was extehded equally
to defendants.
The motion was lost and the bill passed.
To make certified extracts from the
books of Railroad companies and char
tered banks evidence in certain cases ;
passed.
To repeal Sections 1875 and 1876 of
the Revised Code, which Sections limit
the hours of labor for minors from sun
rise to sunset, and forbids corporal pun
ishment by employers; tabled.
To repeal Seotion 3489 of the Code so
as to give the moving creditor in garnish
ment priority over all others; lost.
To provido for taking the bonds of
pnblio officers, ana qualifying the same;
passed.
To compensate Ordinaries, Sheriffs,
and Clerks of the Superior Courts;
passed.
To secure the several counties of the
State of Georgia from the costs in crimi
nal coses; recommitted to Judiciary
Committee.
To regulate the trial before juries in
certain cases, providing that a rejected
charge shall not be read to the jury;
passed.
To provide the (manner of incorpora
ting documentary evidence in bills of
executions, and for other purposes;
passed.
Mr. Candler opposed the bill on the
ground that it gives the party suing out
the bill of exceptions an undue advan
tage, by requiring him to incorporate
only so much of the documentary evi
dence as he may consider material and
necessary.
Mr. Reese contended that the object
of the bill was to exclude from the bill
such evidence as is necessary to be in
troduced but is not material or contested.
Mr. Hillyeb offered an amendment
provided that upon a, suggestion of
diminution of the record, the Supreme
Conrt may order the omission to he sup
plied ns is practiced in similar cases;
lost. Mr. Lester offered an amendment
where no objection by either party is
made to such evidence in the conrt be
low; adopted. The bill was passed.
To amend Section 3525 of the Code,
making personal property purchased
bona fide, and held for two years, to be
discharged from all liens; lost. A bill to
amend an act to authorize the Ordinary
of Liumpkm county to issue bonds for
«.he purpose of building a jail; passed.
. .To incorporate the Oglethorpe Fertil-
izing Company; referred to Judiciary
Committee.
To require clerks of the Superior
Courts to keep on hand printed instruc
tions for taking interrogatories; passed
To alter and amend the fee bill and to
prescribe the fees of sheriffs and clerks
of the Superior Courts in certain case*
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
House met—Hon. J. B. Ccmmtsg,
Speaker pro tem, in the chair. Prayer
by Hon. Mr. Heidt. Journal of yester
day approved.
On motion of Mr. Pierce, the rules were
suspended and the Senate bill to change
the county site of Clark county from
Watkinsville to Athens was read a second
time.
Mr. Johnson, of Clay, moved to fur
ther suspend the rules to have a hill for
the relief of O. P. Anthony, the tax col
lector of Clay county, read the second
time. This motion prevailed and the
kill was read.
Mr. Hoge moved to postpone the
consideration of the Spalding county
contested election case, which bad been
set down as the special order for to-day,
until Tuesday next, because the Judicia
ry Committee had not had time enough
to consider some law points touching the
case which had been, referred to said
committee. This motion prevailed.
On motion of Mr. Payne the rules
were suspeaded, and a large number of
bills were read the second time.
Leave of absence was granted to
Speaker Smith for tlie day on account of
indisposition.
Mr. W. D. Anderson offered a resolu
tion providing for printing 200 copies of
the report of the State School Commis
sioner; adopted.
Mr. McMillan moved to take pp the
resolution passed by the House on yes
terday in relation.to the State Printer,
which came back from the Senate this
morning with an amendment striking out
that Section of the resolution which set
down the time for holding an election for
State Printer. The motion prevailed,
and the Senate amendment was concurred
in.
A message from the Governor was re
ceived, saying that the resolution requir
ing officers and agents of the State Road
to pay into the State Treasury sums of
money in their hands has been approved
and signed. Also, a resolution to con
solidate the Committee* of Agriculture
and Manufactures of each House.
Mr. Phillips, chairman of the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, re
ported that said Committee had carefully
investigated the claims of Mr. W. G.
Feircefor a seat as member from Calhoun
county, and the Committee find that the
ballot .box was stolen; that two hundred
and seventy-five votes were counted out
before the box was stolen, and that ont
of that number Mr. Pierce received 206
votes, and that 999 votes were cast. The
Committee therefore recommend that a
new election be ordered.
, Joiner, of Dougherty, was in favor of
seating Mr. Pierce, and said that he
ought not to be kept out of his seat be
cause he is a Republican.
Mr. Russell said that a fair and full
investigation had been made, and that
any statement to the effect that said re
port was made because Mr. Pierce was
Republican was false.
Mr. Bush remarked that he was au
thorized by Mr. Pierce to state that he
(Mr. Pierce) was not a Republican, and
that a majority of the voters of said
county have certified that they voted for
him, and, farther, that the Executive
this State has commissioned county offi
cers said to have been elected at said
election, and that the vote of that county
was counted in the Congressional elec
tion in favor of Mr. Wliitely.
Mr. Crittenden stated the facts in re
lation to the election in Calhoun county,
and the stealing of the ballot box, and
said that the best evidence which coaid
be produced has come up in the shape of
a memorial from the majority of voters
in said county, stating that they had
the Code, in relation to the Public Print
ing, which was read the first time.
Bills were read the second time.
Bills on first reading:
By Mr. Brown—To authorize the Or
dinary of Cherokee county to issue bonds
to build a conrt house. . ■A*
By Mr. Smith—To incorporate the At
lanta and Jacksonville Narrow-Gnage
Railroad Company, and for other pur
poses.
By Mr. Hillyeb—To amend an act to
incorporate the Gate City Insurance
Company of Atlanta; also, to extend the
provisions of an act, approved in 1850,
relating to Tax Collectors; also, to amend
the charter of Atlanta.
Mr. Black—For the relief of J. A.
Crowell.
By Mr. Richardson—To relieve wid
ows of wounded and disabled persons
from taxation.
Mr. Estes offered a resolution instruct
ing the Joint Finance Committee to re
port a billon Tuesday regulating the per
diem of officers and members of the
General Assembly; adopted.
Mr. Anderson introduced a resolution
that the former Treasurer, Mr. John
Jones, had not settled with the present
Treasurer and Comptroller, and that he
should make such settlement at once,
without giving the ten days’ notice re
quired bylaw; referred to finance Com
mittee.
Bills on third reading
To incorporate the Van Wert Slate
Mining Company; passed.
To incorporate the Excelsior Slate
Mining Company of Polk county;
passed.
To regulate the time of holding Supe
rior Courts in Columbia and McDuffie
counties; passed
To require the Judges of the Superior
Courts to give specially in charge Section
1436 of the Code; passed.
To relieve joint debtors by judgment
passed.
To authorize the appointment of an
auditor in cases at law, or in equity in
volving accounts; passed.
To amend an act to incorporate the
Albany and Coiambus Railroad Compa
ny, and to extend State aid to the same,
to correct a clerical error by which State
aid was granted only for the construction
of the first section.
Mr. Bruton offered an amendment
that aid of the State be granted to the
Great Western Railroad Company, on the
same terms and conditions as to the Al
bany and Columbus Railroad Company
loflt. The bill was passed by
Ayes—Messrs. Black, Brock, Brown.
Cameron, Campbell, Clark,. Coleman.
Estes, Erwin, Hoyle, Jervis, Jones,
Kirkland, Kibbee, Nunnally, Reese,
Richardson, Smith, Wellborn, ' and
Welch—20.
Nays—Messrs. Bruton, Candler, Cone,
Deveaux, Hillyer, Lester, Matthews,
Nicholls, Peddy, Simmons and Wallace—
To prevent railroad and other compa
nies from performing work on Sunday.
The Judiciary Committee reported ad
Mr.'Smith moved to lay on the table
lost. Mr. Smith advocated the bill on
the ground that the immorality of the
present license ought to he restrained by
law. The bill was recommitted
To amend an act to provide for the
setting apart of a homestead of realty,
and exemption of personalty, so as to
require the Ordinary to publish notices
in the gazette where he usually publish
es official notices; passed.
To prevent hunting with fire arms on
the lands of another, in the Thirteenth
District;
To legalize the subscription of the city
of Madison to the Griffin, Madison an‘d
Monticello Railroad Company; passed.
To assist the Georgia Infirmary
passed.
To amend an act to incorporate the
WilmiDgton Railroad Company; passed
To legalize subscription of Indian
, , „ Springs to the Griffin, Madison and Mon
voted for Mr. Pierce and that he is the 'ticello Railroad Company; passed,
choice of the people of said county. *
Mr. Fierce, of Hancock, stated that in
the consideration of this case, the Com
mittee had avoided any consideration of
the politics of the applicant, that the ma
jority of the Committee held that they
could not recommend seating a candidate
from partial returns, but that he was in
favor of seating Mr. Pierce, for there was
enough evidence to warrant the convic
tion that Mr. Pierce was the choice of
the majority of the people of Calhoun
county.
' Mr. JacRson favored seating Mr.
Pierce, urging that this House is the
judge of the election returns and qualifi
cations of its own members, and as the
ballot-box has been stolen and inaccessi
ble, the certificates of the people that
they voted for Mr. Pierce is the highest
evidence which can be obtained, and
ought to control the action of this
House.
Mr. Bacon agreed that Mr. Pierce is
entitled to his seat, and thought that this
case is very different from a case of con
tested election; that the manner of get
ting at the evidence is very different, for
in the former case evidence must be taken
before a judicial officer after proper no
tice to the other party; bu\ in this case,
the House can take the best evidence af
forded.
Mr. Hoge stated that the memorial was
not sworn to.
Mr. Bacon said that ho had been un
der the impression that the evidence was
under oath, and if it was not, it was not
sufficient to seat Mr. Pierce.
To amend Section 3432 so as to im
pose certain restrictions on the privilege
of amending pleadings; lost.
To alter and amend Section 3798, re
An amendment to a Senate resolution
to appoint a joint committee of five to
provide for the apportionment of members
of the General Assembly, instructing the
same committee to consider the present
division of counties into Senatorial Dis
tricts, was concurred in.
The more effectually to punish certain
unlawful acts of violence; passed.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House met; Hon. J. B. Cumming*
Speaker pro tem., in the Chair. Prayer
by Rev. Mr. Cox. Journal was read and
approved.
On motion of Mr. Hall of Meriwether,
the rules were suspended and the Senate
bill to repeal the usury law was read the
second time.
On motion of Mr. Richards the rules
were further suspended, and the Senate
amendments to the bill to revise the jury
box of Cherokee county were concurred
in—one of the amendments to this bill
provides for the revision of the jury lists
of Fulton county.
The unfinished business of yesterday,
to-wit: the report of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, on the election
for Representative in Calhoun county,
was resumed.
Mr. Simmons; of Gwinnett, thought
that under the law and evidence Mr.
Pierce is entitled to a seat as member
from Calhoun county, for the election
was regularly held, and enough votes
were counted before the ballot box was
Mr. W. D. Ajmmsos thought th >t the st0 K n *° indi . ca '? a “ t tteapplumnt for a
evidence Sid not come through the legal ^ tad received a majority of the votes
channel, and said that he could not, un
der the law, vote to seat any man who
has not been declared elected by count
ing ballots deposited in the regular way,
that he desires that each county shall be
represented by the man of its choice, but
that choice must be expressed in the us
ualand regular way.
Leave of absence for a short time was
granted to Messrs Smith of Coweta,
Hudson, Glover, Hancock, Rawls, Jack-
son, Hull of Upson, Bell and Mc
Whorter.
Pending the discussion on the
report of the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections, in relation
to Calhoun county, the hoar of adjourn
ment arrived, and the House was de
clared adjourned until 9 a. m., to-mor-
sixteenth day’s frocehdings.
SENATE.
Saturday, November 18th, 1871.
The Senate met—President Trammell
in the chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr.
Wright. The journal was approved.
The Committee on Printing reported
a bill to amend Sections 1035 and 1038 of
cast
Mr. Hoge said it was purely a question
of law and evidence, and was clearly of
opinion that there had been no election
in the county of Calhoun; for 999 votes
were cast, and the managers do not cer
tify that any person received a majority
of them, hut they do say that after count
ing out two hundred and seventy votes
the box was stolen, and out of that
number Mr. Pierce received about two
hnndred and six; but that there can be
no election until the votes are counted.
Suppose, in Fulton county, where 5000
votes are cast, tan votes had been counted,
and these ten had been for any person,
and the ballot-box was then stolen, could
that person claim to be elected when
there are 4990 voters still uncounted ?
This House has the right to seat Mr.
Pierce, or Mr. Boynton, who was, afto,
voted for, but that right ought not to be
acted on where it is clear that there has
been no election and no returns.
Mr. Bryan thought that the committee
is composed of as intelligent men as are
in this body, and they were careful in
taking the evidence concerning this elec
tion; that there is no showing in the re
turn that the Superintendent of the elec
tion in Calhoun took the required oaih,
and if no such oath was taken, their re
port could not be considered.
Mr. Pou was in favor of the report
made by the committee, and thought
there had been no election in Calhoun;
that it was an unsafe precedent to estab
lish if parties are seated upon the faith
of one-fourth of the votes having been
counted. Ballot-boxes must be token
care of and the will of the people ex
pressed through them must be preserved
and respected.
Mr. .Phillips, chairman of this com
mittee, expltdned its action, and the evi
dence that was submitted.
Mr. Bacon moved to refer the matter
back to the committee and to give Mr.
Pierce two weeks to get up farther proof
of his election-.
Mr. Griffin of Houston was opposed
to seating, Mr. Pierce, although he may
have been elected by Republican votes.
The stealing of ballot boxes must be put
down by this General Assembly. He
did not think that the evidence was suf
ficient to seat the applicant.
Mr. Richards called the previous ques
tion on the motion of Mr. Bacon to refer;
the call was sustained, and the motion
did not prevail.
The report of the Committee declar
ing that there was no election was then
adopted.
The report of the Finance Committee
recommending t(ie appointment of four
pages, at two dollars per day, a keeper of
the gallery at five dollars per day, &c.,
was adopted.
Bills on third reading:
To change the line between Lee and
Terrell counties; lost.
A Senate resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee to consider
the re-apportionment of Representatives
to the General Assembly, was read.
Mr. Hunter moved to amend by in
structing said committee to inquire into
the expediency of a rearrangement of
Senatorial Districts. Amendment agreed
to, resolution adopted.
To require defendants in actions for
the recovery of real estate, to annex ab
stract of title to pleas, was lost.
The bill to amend the road law of this
State, was read.
Mr. Rawls moved to disagree with the
report of the committee, which was ad
verse to the passage of the bill. He was
in favor of making every man contribute
his share to keeping up public roads.
Messrs. Battle, O’Neal and Dukes fa
vored report of committee, and could
see no use in using compulsory means to
make people work the roads.
On the motion to adopt the report of
the Committee, the yeas were 72, and
nays 49.
To exempt firemen from Jury duty;
passed. Also, to amend the act to au
thorize the Mayor and Council of Atlan
ta to provide for the introduction of
water-works.
On motion of Mr. Hoge the Senate
hill to repeal the 20th Section of the Ap
propriation Act for 1870 was read the
second time.
The bill to change the county of Glas
cock from the Northern into the Middle
Circuit was laid on the table. s
The bill to allow the State tax for 1871
irom Gwinnett county to be used in re
building a Court House was read the 3rd
time.
Mr. Simmons moved to disagree to the
report of the Committee, which was ad
verse to the passage of the bill. On mo
tion the bill and numerous proposed
amendments were laid on the table.
The bill to authorize the payment of
10 per cent, interest on 100 bonds of the
Scofield Rolling Mill Company, was
passed.
The hill to authorize the payment out
of the county funds, of the fees of phy
sicians for attention to paupers, was read.
Mr. Etheridge opposed the report of
the committee, and urged the justice of
paying physicians for services rendered
to the poor.
Mr. Rawls stated the reasons prompt
ing the committee to make the report*
Mr. Wofford, of Bartow, thought the
law now recognizes the right of the Ordi
nary to pay such fees, if meritorious, and
could see no reasons why the Doctors
should be favored more than other pro
fessional men, who serve papers without
compensation.
Mr. Goodman thought a general law of
this nature would be detrimental to the
general good, but if the Ordinaries are
authorized to make such payment he was
satisfied.
The bill was amended so as to apply
only to the counties of Lincoln, Putnam,
Harris, Cowetta, Hall, DeKalb, Troup
and McDuffie, and then passed.
On motion of Mr. Simmons of Hall
the rules were suspended and the bill to
incorporate the Georgia Mining Com
pany was read the first time.
The bill to authorize Judges, in their
discretion, to allow a counter showing to
a motion for a continuance, was
passed.
The bill to authorize the corporate au
thorities of the town of Cutlibert to is
sue bonds for educational purposes, was
passed; also, a bill to fix the pay of ju
rors in Randolph county; also, a bill to
amend the act to fix the time of holding
Chatham Superior Court.
Messrs. Nutting, Bowie and Sargeant
were added to the Committee on Agri
culture and Manufactures.
Leave of absence was granted to the
Speaker and Messrs. Leland, Dukes,
Joiner, Guerry and Baker, of Bryan.
The House adjourned until 10 a. m.,
Monday.
TELEGRAMS.
Washington, Nov. 18.—The monthly
statement from the Agricultural Depart
ment is expected this evening. The
figures are more favorable than last
month.
The majority of Beveridge, Congress
man at large in Illinois, was only 1,900.
The disguised men who hung three
negroes for the murder of the Park fam
ily, met no serious resistance. The as
sailants beat down two doors of the
Charleston, Indiana, jail. The Sheriff
gave them the key to the third. It is
understood the negroes made additional
confessions before execution. Three
counties contributed the men who en
gaged in the execution.
The November reports of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, relative to the con
dition and yield of the cotton crop, indi
cates a larger product than was expected
in October, and promises to fully make
good the moderate expectations of July
and August. There have been no killing
frosts up to the date of these reports. In
the rich and well cultivated soils in the
lower tier of States, the plants are
green as they ever grow in snmmer. In
some places the top crop was maturing,,
though complaints of the immaturity or
loss of the later growth are quite general
in the latitude of Middle Georgia. The
squares formed between August 25th and
September 25th, under favorable circum
stances, promises to make good cotton.
The principal causes of the reduction
of yield are: In Texas, drouth; in Lou
isiana, drouth, insects and black rot; in
Mississippi, wet weather in the spring,
drouth in summer, and, in isolated sec
tions, the caterpillar or boll worm; in
Florida, driving winds and floods, which
occasioned nearly the total destruction of
considerable areas. Drouths have wronght
mote or less injury in Alabama, Georgia
and South Carolina.
The yield per acre, as indicated by
county estimates, is largest in Arkansas,
decreasing in the following order: Texas.
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, North
Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, South Coro-
linau and Florida. The more northern
belt of the cotton States shows the least
deviation from the usual average.
In the tabulation for November esti
mates, for each county, of the total pro
duct of the year, are expressed as per
centages of the actual crop of last year.
These averages, adjusted with regard to
the relative pioduction of the counties
repotted, give the following result for
each State: North Carolina, 68; Georgia,
67;' Florida, 58; Alabama, 73; Missis-
Washington rejoices over tlie first frost
of the season.
The Washington Gazette editor has
been “shown a stalk of oats 33 inches
in height, and which has been planted
only five weeks.” ’
SUN-STItOKES.
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“Let’s bum out,” is a Chicago
eupkonism for “let’s drink!”
He spells his name O’Conor, and
not O’Connor, nor O’Conner.
Prince Fred Grant sailed with
General Sherman on the Wabash.
Delrnar is to furnish Brooklyn with
penny paper. Certainly journalism .is
marred enough without Delrnar.
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jggg^AWestem'man proposes Medillfor
President. That is Medill-ing with
national affairs with a vengeance.
sippi, 72; Louisiana, 65; Texas, 68; Ar
kansas, 85, and Tennersee, 90. A few
counties in Virginia, Kentucky and Mis
souri, make reports ol much the same
tenor as the returns from North Carolina
and Tennessee.
The quality of the fibre is reported to
be good in all sections. Up to the pres
ent date a very small proportion of dis
colored or trash cotton has been picked.
Some attention lias been paid to im
provement in quality by the introduction
of the Peeler and other improved varie
ties. Many correspondents note the su
periority of the yield and comparative
exemption from disease under careful
culture and judicious fertilization.
The November and December num
ber of the Monthly will be issued to
gether and will contain the substance of
all the cotton reports up to the first of
Drcember.
The President saw no visitors to-day.
The Washington Treaty Commission
has adjourned until the 6th of December.
Horace H. Harrison has been appointed
United States District Attorney for the
Middle District of Tennessee
New Berne, Nov. 18.—The steamer
Mary Sanford, on her voyage from Wil
mington to Philadelphia, sprung a leak
and was beached at Hatteras, with six
feet of water in her hold. She took fire
immediately afterward and burned to the
water’s edge. The vessel is a total loss
A small part of the cargo was saved. No
lives were lost.
Frankfort, November 18.—An explo
sion at the Fortress oj Ehrenbrechtstein
opposite Coblentz, lulled three soldiers,
and wounded many. A supply of pow
der for a ten years seige escaped. The
laboratory buildings were badly shat
tered.
Paris, November 18.—The publication
of L’Avenir has been suspended for
printing articles insulting to the Govern
ment
Several additional courts-martial have
been established in order the more speed
ily to dispose of the Communists.
Gambetta made a speech at St. Quern
tine, which was moderate in tone. He
assured his hearers that there is no pres
ent danger to the Republic; but that re
forms are necessary to confirm it,
London, November 18.—The first Ro
man Catholic mission ever sent from
England to America sailed to-day. The
party consists of four Priests, whose duty
it will be to labor exclusively among the
colored people of the United States.
After the celebration of mass, previous
to their departure, Archbishop Manring
addressed the missionaries. He said this
mission had been established by the
Church of England because this country
had imposed slavery upon America, and
it was fitting that Englishmen should be
the first to move for the amelioration of
the emancipated race.
The Catholics at Hunter’s Point are
threatening violence against the public
school, in the First Ward, of that place,
because the Bible is being read there,
Police were detailed yesterday to protect
the building.
jggy** The Governor of Alabama has
issued a proclamation for thanksgiving
on the 30th.
“Exit Bullock. No bleeding
martyr, but a spavined rogue,” exclaims
the New York World.
The bayonet was put into South
Carolina to conceal the Soott swindle,
and Georgia is threatened with it on Bul
lock’s behalf.—Boston Post.
GEORGIA MATTERS.
The Covington Methodist ladies • have
suit-ed their preacher.
William O. Murphy pines in the Rock
dale jail for the offense of having stolen
a “creetur.”
“Let us be more sociable,” ejaculates
the Covington Enterprise. All right
our latch-string is where it used to be,
Beebe.
Harris, the Savannah News boy, says
It has cropped out that J. Clarke
Swayze is proprietor of the Macon Citi
zen.* This fact alone is enough to kill it,
and Major Shropshire done a wise thing
when he got out of it.” That is all true,
Harris; but do, dear boy, be as nearly
grammatical as you can. Don’t sacrifice
Peter Bullions on the altar of Swayze,
The Jonesboro Times announces the
death of Jas. F. Johnson. Mr. Johnson
has been State Senator, and has tilled
quite a number of other important posi
tions.
CoL Sam. Barnett preached a sermon
on farming at Jonesboro last Saturday,
A five-pound turnip generates a smile
upon the visage of the Jonesboro Times,
A Jonesboro store has been burglarised
to the value of $75 in change bills.
A giantess is on exhibition in Augusta,
who weighs 675 pounds, and measures
seven feet around the girth.
Madison rejoices in her first crop of
frost and ice.
“All’sFair” in the Savannah papers.
Died—Thursday morning, Benjamin
L. Cole, of Savannah.
The Worrell Sisters will play in Savan
nah next week, and Harris is in a whirl
about it.
The people are already reaching Sa
vannah, to be in time for the Fair.
Savannah hrd its third frost Sunday
morning.
. Savannah shut up shop aud gave
thanks on Thursday. It was done in true
Puritan style.
The' Albany News, of Friday’ say-s:
“Sac ladies a*ill give a supper to-night,’
<fcc. Wliiit other kind of ladies have
il-cy down ::: Al .hit ?
£2?°* Chicago, so far, has been able to
ebuild only 300 of her bar rooms.
Punch advises the benevolent to
hasten their subscriptions, or Chicago
will bo rebuilt before English cliai tycan
reach that city,
jggy** Speaking of .the relative merits
of Tom Scott and Grant, the Nashville
Union and American says: “perhaps bet
ter neither than either.”
Have we a Democratic ring in
Georgia?” asks the Savannah News.—
What if we have, if it is only the “ring
of the right metal ? ”
Boston professes to have found
the murderer of Kate Leehan in the per
son of Michael Cusick, who has been
committed to jail for trial.
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Alexis is said to be a splendid
performer on the piano. He will be pre
pared to render “A life on the Ocean
Wave” by the time be arrives, though
he is supposed to be not in love with the
‘variations.”
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Speaking of Sambard, the Mem
phis Avalanche says the Georgia Demo
crats “froze him out.” No so; he only
'departed” in the same ship with the
Avalanche; but he says he will no more
have a launch of the same kind.
The New York World convulses
the laughing qualities of the world by
saying: “The little error in the Presi
dent’s South Carolina Ku-klux proclama
tion arose from his thinking that mar-
ryin’meant union. His long residence
in Illinois ought to have taught him.
better.”
£0^, The Washington Chronicle says:
A ‘good Republican’ should give his
name in connection with the article he
sends ns.” Of course he should. Such
a rara avis should be known and herald
ed throughout the country. It has, here
tofore, been believed that such a genius
did not exist.
The New York Tribune appears
sometimes to suffer from what appears to
closely approximate compunctions of
conscience. In a late issue it says: “For
months the developments of rascality .in
the management of the reconstructed
Governments of the several ; Southern
States have been growing more and more
conclusive. No intelligent man longer
doubts that these Governments have been
flagrantly expensive and corrupt, that
they have increased taxation, incurred
debt and issued bonds to an enormous
extent. The facts are in part concealed
or obscured, but cannot long remain so ;
enough is already known to justify the
very gravest apprehensions.” The Radi
cal remedy for all the evils, thus enumer
ated by the Tribune, ismaitial law. Does
the Tribune think the remedy adapted to
the disease ? The Southern public would
like to hear what Dr. Greeley has to say
upon the subject.
Of' Rising Importance.—Rufus B
Bullock once gave “Fitch of the Star,”
as he is popularly called, a fee of $500,
as an attorney in some case where Rufus,
no doubt, thought he could make politi
cal capital by squandering tho peoples’
money—since which time we observe that
his opinion is considered important and
sound on a matter affecting the interest
of some Democrats.
The State Printing.—We wonder if
all the newspapers in the State, which
are publishing articles decrying, and try
ing to stop the effort, to reduce ’the un
reasonable compensation now allowed by
law to the Public Printer; also those out
side persons, whether winters or not, who
are -writing sach articles for publication,
are interested. Are all of them members
of thi combination, whose dividends or
share of profits will be small, if the same
■<e fixed at rates which are fair and just ?
Some persons are opposed to long division,
and do not anticipate much satisfaction
in having a finger in a pie which is about
large enough, aud just about well enough
tuff -d for one person to feast cleverly
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