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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN.
Conley’s Consistency—-The Era
Leaps before it Looks.
The Era of yesterday declares that the
Election Bill was not legally passed by
the Senate, because it required the vote
of President Trammell to make the nec
essary two-thirds. It charges the Senate
with “ violating its own rules.” Doubt-
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
TWENTIETH DAT’S PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.
Thursday, Nov. 23.
Senate met; President Trammell in
the Chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Ketcbnm.
The roll called and journal approved.
Mr. 'Wellborn stated that doubt had
less this bright idea is suggested by Ben-: been expressed ns to whether the pre-
jomin Conley himself. Be that as it may,
we find that he, when President of the
Senate, pursued the same course pre-
cisely.
On the 22d of July, 1870, the Senate
being in session, with Benjamin Conley
in the Chair, the following proceedings
toot place:
Mr. Burns moved that the Senate ad
journ until the following Monday.
Mr. Nunnally offered the following
amendment: That/ the House concur
ring, the General Assembly adjourn at
1 o’clock, r. M., this day, without day.
The call for the previous question be
ing sustained, the main question #as or
dered upon the amendment of Mr. Nun
nally, whereupon the yeas and nays were
required to be recorded, and were, yeas
18, nays 18.
Those voting in the affirmative are :
Messrs. Bradley, Burns, Candler, Cor
bitt, Fain, Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe,
Jordan, Matthews, McArthur, Nesbitt,
Nunnally, Smith (7th), Stringer, Tray-
wick, Wellborn and Wooten—18.
Those voting in the negative are—
Messrs. Bowers, Brock, Campbell, Col-
man, Crayton, Dickey, Dunning, Griffin
(6th), Henderson, Higbee, Hungerford,
Jones, Merrell, Sherman, Speer, Wal
lace, Welch and Mr. President—18.
So the amendment of Mr. Nunnally
was lost.
Here was a case in which the ayes were
18 and the nays 17. The President of
the Sfenate, Benjamin Conley, voted nay,
making the nays equal to the ayes, and
therefore defeating the proposition to
adjourn the Legislature, which had been
engaged in a crusade of Plunder and
Robbery for many months. The
work was not finished to the
satisfaction of tho plunderers; there
fore, Conley voted for them to re
main longer in session. He is still in
favor of Radical prolongation, and is, no
doubt, aiding and abetting in making un
dignified threats to raise a row, and get
up a collision with the United States
Government, if he is not allowed to usurp
the office of Governor as long as he
pleases. This is Radical consistency and
Radical honesty.
But this is not all:
On the 16th February, 1869, the Sen
ate being in session with Judge Conley in
the chair, Mr. Hinton moved to recon
sider the action of the Senate on a bill to
change the line between Talbot and Mer
iwether counties. The Senate the day
previous had refused to act on the bill,
and postponed it indefinitely. Mr. Hin
ton’s motion prevailed, and the bill was
put on its passage. The yeas were four
teen—the nays thirteen. Conley voted
nay—making the nays fourteen. This
prevented the passage of tho bill.
Again, on the 23d of February, 1869,
tho Senate took up the bill to establish a
system of public instruction. Mr. Nun-
holly moved to lay the bill on the table,
upon which the yeas and nays were called
—resulting in yeas fifteen, nays fourteen;
whereupon the President—Co..ley in the
chair—voted no—making it a tie, and de
feating the motion.
We have not had time to examiue fur
ther. No doubt other cases could be
found, but we have cited enough to show
the shallowness and insincerity of the ob
jection that is raised. We would attrib
ute this objection to a lack of informa
tion on the part of the Era’s editor; but
we have reason to believe its inspiration
came from the Executive office.
Hon. H. Green, of Zebulon, is in the
city. He is a true Democrat, who ad
heres to the old, time-honored principles
of the party.
The Bev. Mr. 'Wadsworth and his bride
came to tho city kst night on the Macon
aud Western trainfrom Griffin.
Mr. Hudson, c£ Schley, expounded a
little law yesterday to a sable Representa
tive who interfere! with one of the House
pages. The poiijt he chose to insist up
on was that it wus “law to tfirash any
colored member who interfered with a
page.”
The “Jones” family having become
too numerous ia the House, it has been
determined in a ‘ council of war” to exile
one—Mr. Jones j of Macon county, who,
notwithstanding his threat of bayonets,
Mr. Russell of Cimthain insists shall be
disinherited by "Tie family. Mr. J. is a
fighting man, but he has learned from
Mr. Russell that chat is a game in which
two are allowed; to participate.
Joe Fry Arbested.—E. C. Murphey,
special detective, who has, for some time,
been tracking Joe Fry in the United
States and Canada, came upon and ar
rested him in Springfield, Mass., on Tues
day, 21st inst. As our readers remem
ber, he gave bond for his appearance at
Court Failing to present himself, he
has been rcarrated, probably at the in
stance of the court as well as his bonds
men. Ho is‘ charged with frauds, al
leged to have leen committed daring his
connection with the State Road. He
will be brought back to the State as soon
as the necessary requisition can be for
warded.
siding officer had a right to vote except
in case of a tie; therefore, to arrive at
the sense of the Senate on the question,
he moved to correct so much of the jour
nal as relates to the passage of the Elec
tion Bill on yesterday.
Mr. Bums insisted on the President’s
rightto vote, and read a precedent there
for from the journals of the Senate of
1869.
The President ruled that the Chair had
right to vote in order to make the re
quisite two-thirds on the passage of the
bill, and sustained bis ruling by reading
from Cushing, and also based the same
on the constitutional right of the District
represented by the President, to vote,
which no rule could restrain.
Mr. Wellborn said that a precedent
would be established by this action, and
in order to settle the matter definitely
by decision of the Senate, he appealed
from the decision of the Chair.
Mr. Burns hoped the decision/would
be sustained.
Campbell spoke against the ruling on
the ground that it was not competent for
the President to change the character of
tho result from negative to affirmative by
a vote, and that as soon as the negative
character of the result was determined
by the want of the requisite majority, the
vote bad ceased, and read from Cashing.
Mr. Reese placed the right of the
President to vote in sach case on
higher authority than Cashing, Mell,
or Jefferson; for, under the Consti
tution, the Representative of the 43rd
District, bad a right to vote in any po
sition which he might occupy, and cited
a precedent from the impeachment trial
of President Johnson, where the pre
siding officer of the Senate claimed and
exercised the right to cast a vote which
determined the question whether he
should be President of the United States;
also, a celebrated case in the United
States Congress, on the occasion of the
adoption of a constitutional amendment,
in 1803, where a constitutional majority
being required, when the vote stood ayes
83, nays 42, the Speaker of the House,
Mr. Macon, claimed the right to vote,
and it was by that vote that the amend
ment was adopted. [Cushing 122—note.]
The decision of the Chair was sus
tained by ayes—Messrs. Black, Brock,
Brown, Brnton, Burns, Cameron, Can
dler, Clarke, Cone, Estes, Erwin, Heard,
Hicks, Hillyer, Hinton, Hoyle, Jervis,
Jones, Jordan, Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester,
Matthews, McWhorter, Nichols, Nun
nally, Peddy, Reese, Richardson, Sim
mons, Steadman and Wellborn—32.
Nays—Messrs. Anderson, Campbell,
Coleman. Crayton and Wallace—5.
The consideration of a bill to provide
a remedy by which money or property
stolen or detained from the State or the
Western and Atlantic Railroad may be
recovered, and an amendment thereto,
being unfinished business of yesterday,
was then taken up. The amendment
changes the mode of prosecution of per
sons charged with having violated the
provisions of the bill, and dispenses with
bond and security required by the bill,
except by order of court on the return of
i role nisi, issued at the instance of the
informer.
Mr. Hinton forcibly advocated the
amendment on the ground that the re
quisition of the bond would be an im-
pediment in the way of prosecution.
Mr. Nunnally opposed the amendment.
He defended the bill as reported, and
said the Committee did not desire to
shield wrong doers, but to shield the
courts from petty suits instituted by all
classes of persons from any sort of motive
and to protect the innocent from such
unjust prosecution.
Mr. Hoyle favored the amendment and
desired to encourage informers in every
way, without unreasonable restriction.
Mr. Brown spoke in opposition to the
amendment. He thought there could
be no difficulty in finding solvent per
sons to go security on the bond in any
meritorious prosecution.
Mr. Hillyer insisted that the practical
effect of the bill as it stands is to restrict
suits, so as to prevent the recovery of
property stolen from the State. He re
viewed the history of the bill, and said
his idea of its necessity he had obtained
from his experience as commissioner to
andit accounts against the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, and he found out there
what general interest was in the matter,
and the widely disseminated knowledge
concerning it.
Mr. Brown said there was one instance
here in the city of Atlanta which the bill
would reach, where the property could
not get away, and as far as that matter is
concerned, on behalf of those interested
in the purchase of the Mitchell property,
he invites investigation by a committee,
or otherwise.
Mr. Hillyer averred that the bill had
been drawn with no reference to the
Mitchell property, and that that had not
been thought of until the billjkad been
committed; that some of the purchasers
were among liia best friends; but that
could have no iufluence upon his action,
and they should be made amenable to
law as all other persons.
Mr. Candler asked if it was possible
that no objection had been made to the
bill until this discussion hod developed
thfc fact in its execution it might involve
friends and citizens, and he hoped it
would be considered without any bias
or prejudice for or against any one.
Mr. Nichols called the previous ques
tion. The call was sustained, and the
motion to strike out section 9th was lost
by
Ayes—Messrs. Barns, Cameron, Cand
ler, Cone, Griffin, Heard, Hicks. Hillyer,
Hinton, Hoyle, Jones, Jordan, Kirkland,
Kibbee, Lester, Matthews, McWhorter,
Nicholls and Simmons—21.
Nays—Messrs. Anderson, Black,Brock.
Brown, Bruton, Campbell, Clark, Cole
man, Crayton, Deveuux, Estes, Erwin,
Jervis, Nunnally, Peddy, Reese, Richard
son, Smith, Steadman, Wallace, \Yellbom
and Welch—19.
Mr. Lester stated that the discussion of
the bill had taken a course at which he
was mortified, for it bad been assumed
by the Senators that the bill had been
introduced so as to enable its ^movers to
shield themselves in its execution behind
some irresponsible insolvent; whereas,
tho bill had been introduced solely for
the purpose specified in it, and not to
meet any particular case.
Mr. Hinton offered an amendment to
the bill, providing that when the infor
mer is unable to give bond, as provided
in Section 9th, he shall be allowed to file
his affidavit and proceed as though bond
had been given; adopted by ayes 19, nays
Mr. Smith offered an amendment that
the bill shall relate to the future, and
provide for the recovery of property
which may hereafter be so determined,
orstated; adopted.
Mr. Burns moved to strike out the
words “counsel fees;” adopted, by ayes—
23; nays—14
The bill was passed.
Bills on first reading.
By Mr. Bruton—To incorporate the
town of Cairo, Thomas county; also, to
amend paragraph 3, section 1969 of the
code relatin to steamboat lines.
On motion, the Senate then adjourned
until 10, a. ir., to-morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
House met; Speaker Smith in the
Chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Cox. Jour
nal approved.
Clower of Monroe moved'to reconsider
so much of yesterday’s proceedings as
relate to the passage of the Election Bill
over the Governor’s veto.
Mr. Lang made the point of order that
the bill had been ordered transmitted to
the Senate by a two-thirds vote, and was
therefore out of the power of the House.
The Speaker ruled the point well taken.
A resolution providing that hereafter
this House will meet at 3 o’clock p. it.,
tor the purpose of reading Honse bills a
second time, was adopted.
Mr. Farmer of Liberty offered a reso
lution instructing the Judiciary Commit
tee to report whether or not any further
legislation is necessary to provide fully
for an election for Governor in December
next.
Mr. McMillan moved to amend by in
structing the Committee to inquire wheth
er or not a law in reference to filling un
expired terms can be so framed as to
cover the present case, as well as fnture
cases which may arise. The amendment
was accepted and the resolution was
adopted.
The Spalding county contested election
case was then taken up.
Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, preseted
certificate from a physician saying that
Mr. Daniel A. Johnson,fljthe present in
cumbent of the seat, is dangerously sick
in Griffin. Mr. Hall said that he offered
this certificate simply to show why Mr.
D. A. Johnson is not in his seat J this
morning.
A majority of the Judiciary Committee
reported that the evidence submitted to
the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions, to-wit: the evidence of the Grand
Jury which examined the ballots, was ad
missible.
Mr. McMillan thought the evidence
submitted was not admissible, and read
from the Code in support of his position,
He was in favor of declaring that there
had been no election.
Mr. Simmons of Gwinnett said that
the majority of the Judiciary Committee
held that the section of the Code regu
lating the manner of taking testimony
was in conflict with the Constitution,
which says that each branch of the Gen
eral Assembly is the judge of the quali
fications and election returns ot its own
members. He thought otherwise, and
was of opinion that the evidence sub
mitted to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections was inadmissible, and that
to hold the contrary would establish a
dangerous precedent.
Mr. Russell reviewed the fact3 of the
case, and contended that the section of
the Code was never intended to limit the
Legislature in its efforts to develop fraud
and the casting of illegal votes in the
election of its members. In this case it
was clearly proven that 87 illegal votes
were cast, and all of them were for the
present incumbent, except two. Throw
ing out these illegal votes, the contest
ant bad a clear majority. Whether a
man he Democrat or Republican he does
not want to see him upon this floor rep
resenting a county if he was elected by
illegal votes.
Mr. McMillan was allowed to conclude
his speech which was cut short by expi
ration of allotted time. He continued
his argument in relation to the law of the
case, urging that the evidence, other than
that taken in the regular and usual wav,
ought not to have been admitted, espe
cially if the incumbent had not had the
required notice.
Mr. Pou was opposed to the adoption
of the report of the Committee, and was in
favor of declaring that the present incum
bent is entitled to retain hi 3 seat. As to
the notice, even if not given the present
incumbent waived it. when he appeared
and put in a plea. Bat the law pre
sumes that the incumbent, who was
sworn iu, was legally elected, and the
onus of proving the reverse, was upon
the contestant, and he ought to have to
shown that the parties who voted those
illegal ballots, voted them illegally or re
sided out of the county, and these facts,
in the opinion of Mr. Pou, were not
fully proven.
Mr. McMillan offered as a substitute
for the report of the committee a reso
lution declaring that there had been no
election in Spalding county.
Mr. Scott said that at first he was dis
posed to oppose the claims of the con
testant, but upon more reflection and an
examination of the law, he became con
vinced that his claims were well founded.
Under the statute, taken in connection
with the Constitution, there can be no
doubt but that the evidence taken was
clearly admissible.
Mr. Netherland thought that even after
a member had received a certificate-from
the Governor, this House is not estopped
from reopening the whole case and fully
investigating all facts connected with the
election of such member, and this maybe
done by a choice of the means and man
ner of making such investigation.
Mr. Pierce said that the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, composed of
members of both parties, made this re
port unanimously, after matnre invest!
gation. It certainly is true that one or
the other of these parties was elected,
and there was no evidence before the
Committee to warrant the declaration
by this House that there had been
no election. If the evidence of fraud is
sufficient the contestant ought to be
seated, aud if it is not, then the incum
bent ought to be let alone. The proof
was sufficient to show that illegal votes
were cast, and the incumbent admits it
by not offering rebutting proof. Mr.
Pierce reviewed the evidence, and claimed
that the frand of stealing the ballot-box
was chargeable to the incumbent’s party,
and that after the notice of contest was
given.
Mr. Henderson called the previom
question. The call was sustained.
Mr. McMillan’s resolution declaring a
vacancy was lost.
The motion to adopt the reyort of the j
committee, declaring David H. Johnson,
the contestant entitled to the seat, was
put.
The yeas and nays were put with, the
following result: Yeas 98, najB 33.
Mr. Hoge gave notice that he would
move a reconsideration to-morrow.
Mr. McWhorter said that the House
had decided that Mr. David H. Johnson
was a member, and that action could not
be gone, behind.
Mr. Johnson was then sworn in.
The substitute reported by the Finance
Committee for the bill to change the per
diem of officers and members of the Gen
eral Assembly was taken up. This sub
stitute fixes the pay of President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House at $10
er day, and of members and Senators at
<7 per day, with $5 for every 'twenty
miles as mileage.
On this substitute the Honse went into
Committee of the Whole—Mr. McMillan
in the chair.
The committee rose and reported that
no conclusion had been come to.
A motion to go again into committee;
lost.
Mr. Snead made the point of order
that no members can vote on this question
because of their interest in it. This
point was not ruled on because it would
dispose of a bill which the House was
considering.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs.
Sellers, Hooks, Collins and Harvey.
A message from the Governor was re
ceived, but not read.
Pending discussion of the bill to reduce
per diem, the Honse was declared ad-
joured until 3, p. m.
evening session.
House met at 3 p. m.
A number of House bills were, read the
second time.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs.
Tarver, Pou, Rountree, Johnson of Clay,
Bruton of Decatur, and Griffinof Twiggs;
also, to Messrs. Patillo, Hooks, Richards
and Goodman—a sub Committee on the
Blind Asylum—to visit Milledgeville on
official business.
House then adjourned.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.
SUN-STRQKES.
I OUto Logan is lecturing on “nice
young men.”
The Health of Princo Arthur. j -5©“ New York even forgets Tweed in
London, November 23.—A bulletin is | ^ er lunacy about Alexis,
published this evening signed by the ___ 71 * • * “ , „
physicians, saying that Prince Arthur Now York prints are full of
is suffering from an attack of typhoid the Prince,
fever. The symptoms are not alarming.
The winter is unusually -early. Three
skaters have been drowned at Farmoutb.
WASHINGTON.
TELEGRAPH NEWS
By the New York Associated Press.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
NEW YORK.
A Big Fire—That New Radical Move—
What Alexis will Propose—Counterfeit
er Bailed—Thiexcs to Turn State’s Ev
idence.
New York, November 23.—The malt
house of Peter Ballantyne & Sons has
been burned. Loss in building $75,000,
in stock $80,000, in machinery $15,000.
Joshua D. Minor, the alleged counter
feiter, has been bailed in the sum of $30,-
000. Detective Whitely says he was of
fered $200,000 to abandon the prosecu
tion.
Ten cases of small pox have been re
ported since yesterday, and thirty since
Saturday.
The pictures contributed by New York
artists for their suffering brethren in Chi
cago realized over $9,000.
The Herald has personal information
from Ben. Butler, Henry Wilson and
Thurlow Weed. They know nothing of
the formation of an anti-Grant party.
Wilson also disbelieves that Sumner is
engaged in any such movement.
The Herald professes to have reliable
information that the Grand Duke Alexis
is charged with the mission from the Czar
to this country, being a proposal for an
offensive and defensive alliance between
Russia and the United States.
It is believed the voucher thieves will
turn State’s evidence and disclose who
employed them to burn the papers stolen
CONNECTICUT.
Bodies Recovered from tlic Wreck.
Norwich, November 23.— Seven more
making, in all, nine bodies, have been
recovered from the wreck of the City of
New London. Baker, the engineer,
saved several lives before losing his own.
The boat was insured for $100,000.
ILLINOIS.
The Snow King.
Chicago, November 23.—Heavy snows
West and Northwest have, in many in
stances, stopped travel.
Alexis at the White House—His Recep
tion by the President—No Speech-Mak
ing—How they all were Dressed—How
futile Ladles were Dressed—A Kohby Af
fair Altogether.
Washington, November 23.—At one
o’clock to-day carriages containing the
Duke and Suite arrived and entered the
Executive Mansion—the assemblage on
the portico giving cheers as the Prince
alighted—-which lie acknowledged by
lifting liis chapeau and bowing. The
Duke, Minister Catacazy, and Admiral
Possiet, were the first to enter; then fol
lowed his Excellency W. F. Machin,
Counsellor of State, Count Olzoufieff,
Count Shouveloff, General Gorloff, Dr.
Cudrieu, Lieutenant Tudeur and Mr.
Sherkoff, of the Duke’s Suite. The
Dnke wore a uniform of bine cloth, short
frock coat, with gold epaulettes, sword,
and pale blue sash over his shoulder. He
removed his chapeau immediately upon
entering the door.
Minister Catacazy wore his Court uni
form, heavily trimmed with gold laces.
The members of the Duke’s suit all wore
full uniforms, elaborately trimmed and
decorated according to their respective
ranks. The President and members of
the Cabinet were in full dress suits.
Mrs. Delano was dressed in black vel
vet, black lace shawl and pink ribbon
headdress. Mrs. Akerman was dressed
in black silk with, train and bonnet, with
maroon trimmings. Mrs. Grant was as
sisted by Miss Nellie, Mrs. Sharpe and
Miss Bessie Sharpe and the ladies before
mentioned. Mrs. Grant and two young
ladies, her daughter and Miss Sharpe,
were dressed in demi-toilette of black
silk, with point lace collar and sleeves
and bright-colored ribbons. Mrs. Sharpe
wore a pale green silk, with train.
As soon as the Duke and his suite reach
ed the blue parlor, his Highness took a
position between an ottoman in the cen
ter of a room and the door leading to the
red parlor, with his face towards tho
door entering the blue parlor from the
hall. Minister Catacazy and .Admiral
Possiet stood near him on the other side.
The members of the suite took positions
in the rear of the Duke.
The President, accompanied by his
Cabinet and Secretary, then entered the
parlor by the door leading from the hall,
and Minister; Catacazy presented the
Grand Duke to the President. They ad
dressed each other in English, each ex
pressing his pleasure at meeting the oth
er, but no formal speech was made by
either.
The Duke then presented Mr. Bois, of
his suite, and the President in turn pre
sented the members of his Cabinet. The
usual hand-shaking attended the intro
ductions. The President then escorted
the Duke to the red parlor where the la
dies were assembled, presenting him first
to Mrs. Grant, then to the other ladies.
Secretary Fish then followed, present
ing each member of the suite to his
Highness to the ladies. Conversation
was then entered upon, and introduc
tions took place between the members of
the cabinet and the suite of Prince and
the President’s Secretaries.
The Duke, admiral Possiet, Geh.
Gorloff and one or two others of visi
tors, spoke English fluently, and con
versed ia that tongue. Conversation
with some of th e visitors who did not
speak English was carried on in French.
After a pleasant conversation of about
fifteen minutes, the Duke bade the
President adien, and then the ladies and
members of the cabinet. Members of
his suit followed, and the distinguised
visitor withdrew. Upon entering their
carriages, they returned immediately to
Minister Catacazy’s honse.
The Dake leaves here to-morrow
morning, in a special train for Annapo
lis, to visit the naval school there, and
goes from there to New York, by rail,
to-morrow evening.
The Grand Duke is rather prepossess
ing in his personal appearance, tall and
erect, of robust build and quick step.
He is of light complexion, and wears
quite a nobby little moustache and side
whiskers. His hair is cut short, after
the fashion of the Russians.
“Alexis Alexandrovitch, officer of
tho first wa:cli on the Svetlana,” is whom
America is welcoming.
SSL- The busy B’s who formed the At
lanta Radical ring have suddenly becomo
humble B’s.—Savannah JSexcs,
Tweed is making a desperate ef
fort to reorganize Tammany; but tho
public is making a more desperate effort
to reorganize Tweed.
Bowen, of the Brooklyn Union,
threatens the New York Standard with a
libel suit. It is not stated ^what is the
Bowen of contention.
New Orleans has a “Phil Sheri
dan Irish Republican Club.” The Irish,
is all in its name, the Club being com
posed, in the main, of negroes.
BSF® Olive Logan has made a joke:
She says “people in New York are fond
of money except wliero it is the people’s
gold that jingles—then they don’t like
the Ring.”
Alexis speaks English. The Now
York belles, who have been spending tho
Summer and Auiumn in organizing a
battery of Russian tongues, find that their
time was wasted.
Boston is agitated to know wheth
er Alexis will mix with the fellows around
the hub. They have forwarded a photo
graph of the big orgau as an induce
ment.
BgU The Ku-Klux are operating in
Ohio. A mulatto was found the other
morning, near Cleveland, with his head
battered and a soldering iron rammed
down his throat. Homicide.
PENNSYLVANIA
Tlic Defaulter—The Pennsylvania Cen
tral.
Philadelphia, November 23.—A writ
of sequestration against the property of
Mercer, the defaulting City Treasurer,
and an order for his arrest, have been
issued.
The Pennsylvania Central will take
possession of the New Jersey roads on
the first of December.
A contract has been concluded between
the Pennsylvania Central and the Inter
national Steamship Company for a line
from Philadelphia to Antwerp.
GEORGIA.
The Fair—A Grand Success.
Savannah, Nov. 23.—The crowd at the
Fair to-day was immense, Receipts at
the gates show 15,000 visitors. The ex
hibition is very fine.
In order to allow time for exhibitors to
enter articles now on the way, the Board
of Directors have concluded to extend the
Fair until next Wednesday.
The Fair is a complete success.
MISSOURI.
Sew Chamber of Commerce—Bonds
Seized for Taxes.
St. Louis, Nov. 23.—A company has
been organized with $1,000,000 capital,
to erect a New Chamber of Commerce.
Forty-five thousand dollars of State
bonds, belonging to the Life Insurance
Company of America, have been seized
for taxes, which the Association refused
to pay, on the ground thkt the bonds are
exempt from taxation.
Anna Barrett died to-day from an
overdose of elixir of opium.
The Hon. Reverdy Johnson and ex-
Attorney-General Stanberry, departed
for Columbia, South Carolina, as coun
sel for the defendants iu the Ku-klnx
se.
Early this evening Minister Catacazy,
accompanied by Admiral Possiet, called
at the Arlington House to see Secretary
Fish; but this gentleman having shortly
after the presentation at the Executive
Mansion returned to Department of
State, left their cards. Catacazy and the
Admiral next called on Admiral Porter,
and on several members of diplomatic
corps; subsequently all the Grand Duke’s
Suite dined together with him at the res
idence of Catacazy.
At 9 o’clock to-morrow morning the
Grand Duke will leave Washington on a
special train for Annapolis. The party
will be accompanied by Secretary Robe
sou, several naval officers, and General
Horace Porter. The party will remain
at Annapolis about three hours,
where the Duke will visit the
Naval Academy, and on returning
to Washington he will, with
his suite, leave on the special train for
New York. The Duke, when asked to
day concerning a future visit to Wash
ington, stated that nothing had been
definitely arranged on that subject; but
that he should be glad to come here dur
ing the session of Congress.
The Russian Minister and Russian
Commodore left cards for Fish to-day.
The general impression is, that Fish
has blundered in allowing personal
pique to override Vattel’s precepts of
international courtesy.
“Gov.” Sambabd, of “True Georgian’
and “Ida Ho” repnte, arrived in the city
last evening. He proposes to resume the
publication of the “True Georgian” (so-
called), and will print it with the blood
of the Bourbons.
Chattanooga has caught the man
who is supposed to have kindled the re
cent fire in that city. He is a negro and
his name is Jake Smith. The Times
says: “A person who is acquainted with
the prisoner and whose name we will
omit for the present, states that his true
name is Calhoun, and that he was once
employed as brakeman on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad; that ho hailed
from Atlanta, Georgia, and was formerly
in the cm ploy of John Peel, a butter
scotch maker on Decatur street in that
city. Ho is an expert villain, which will
be readily understood when it is known
that he freed himself from his shackles a
few minutes after they were placed upon
him.”
It has been understood that Mur
phy was removed from the New York
custom-house to pacify Greeley. It
seems, however, that the appointment
does not tend to increase the placidity
of the philosopher’s mind. The Tribune
says that General Arthur has some quali
fications for the custom-house collector-
ship, that he lately held a ten thousand
dollar Tammany office, from which ho
was only driven by the Tribune’s ex
posures. He is a devoted servant of the
Murphy clique, but he is not personally
objectionable now.
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A traveler says “the Africans con-
sider the ^hite ant a great discovery.”
The impression has been that those can
nibal fellows are not particular about tho
color of the aunt, if she is not too old
and tough.
STATE MATTERS.
Rev. C. W. Howard has gone to Sa
vannah to the Fair.
Bainbridge butchers peddle pork at ten
cents a pound.
Died—near Bainbridge, last Friday,
Mr. O. C. King—aged 65.
Albany is to have a new paper.
A farmer has sent the Gwinnett Herald
a pair of pumpkins, male and female, and
the editor has since been employing his
time it trying to tell “which from t’oth
er.”
Judge K. T. Terrell informs the Greens
boro Herald that he has made this year
sixty barrels of corn and four bales of
cotton by his own labor, paying out only
fifteen or twenty dollars for extra labor
during the year.
Burke Superior Court is in session.
Augusta had a small-sized fire Tuesday
morning.
Died—last Thursday morning, Abram
Foard, of Baldwin county—aged 81.
The Milledgeville Union says: Mr. J.
C. Swayze, of Macon, United States Com
missioner, has been id this city soma
days, taking testimony in claim cases of
loyal citizens for property seized by the
Federal army. We learn there are abont
fifty cases iu this county, a large propor
tion of which are widows, minors aud ne
groes.
Augusta sportsmen have been amusing
themselves with shooting wild geese.
The Macon Citizen says : A story is
told of a young gentleman iu this city,
who, a few evenings since, called upon
the idol of his heart, but for some rea
son, possibly because of his having los
largely in a cotton speculation, she re
ceived and treated him coolly. He re
uiaiued standing in the parlor a few me,
ments, but finally made a movement to
ward the door, remarking that “In
guessed he’d go.” “Oil! ’ said the lady
starting from a beaut i-semi-unconseious
ness, “won’t you take a chair?” “Well,
I don’t care if I do,” was his reply, and
he took the chair, thanking her kindly,
and cair.ed it home.