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General Assembly, the first under
present organization, is dra;
close, and
Whereas, an expression of our feeling
ia duo those who have merited pur com
mendation, T rr
Resolved, That in Hon. I ram
med the Senate has a presiding officer
at once able, courteous, faithful and im
partial who, not less for his ability cud
impartiality than his couvtesy and a.dr-
ness, is entitled to and receives the un
qualified Confidence aud'esteem of tfiis
Senate for the prompt and able manner
in which he has met and decided the em
barrassing questions necessarily attendant
upon" his exalted position, and wo hereby
cordially indorse the honesty of purpose,
parity of .motive and sound discretion
which have ever cliaracteriz d his rulings
as the President of the body.
Annapomb, December 1 15. —
Gen. Ketchnm testified to-day. Mre.
Wharton’s conversations, to different par-
ties at different times regarding many
transactions agree, though not in accord
ance with Ketch urn’s statements to his
son.
An examination of General Ketchum’s
books and lu3 band box .shows no trans
actions such as claimed by Mrs. Wharton.
A question’ arose about admitting the
books as evidence. Daring the argument
of this question the jury was ordered
from the room.
Cairo, December 15.—One man ar
rested in Indian Territonr recently by
detective Pinkerton, on charge of being
connected with the recent robbery of fhe
Southern Express Company .in Tennes
see, made a daring attempt to escape, this
morning from steamer Illinois while un
der way between here and Columbus,
THE DAILY SUN.
Sunday, December 17, 1871.
LOCAL NOTES.
OUTKAGES
ON PERSONAL LIB
ERTY.
due, and arc hereby tendered, to Thos.
W. J. Hill, our able Secretary, for his effi
ciency in the arduous duties of his office,
ft;J d <• »r« In; has shown in ti;e guard
Resolved farther, That our thanks are Kentucky. He snatched Pinkerton’s
revolver, shot it, and missed him, then
jumped over-board, and attempted to
swim ashore, but was drowned; Ho was
en route to Union IfitvJflre scone of the
ing the intern ts of the State, in the small laat jobbery, and was in chargeof Pink-
amount of clerical force he has employed, t'brton.
wliilethe work has been promptly and,
at the same 'time, well done.
Hr. Hillyer offered the following,-which
was unanimously adopted;
Columbia, December 15.—In the Ku-
Klux trial j to-rlay the court was chiefly,
occupied in hearing witnesses for the de
fense, who testified to the alarm and ex-
|;-.Mlved, That the thanks of the Sen- «t«ment among ail classes in York coun
ty, caused by the organization of a ne
gro' militia. _ _ L . .
SECOND DISPATCH; ■
In the Ku-Klux trial to-day the defense
was engaged in proving, by many wit
nesses, the terror existing among the
whites in the up country at the time of
the alleged outrages. The- testimony
showed that Jim Williams, the negro
captain of the militia, had threated to
slay the whites from the cradle up. and
to apply ,the torch. William Bratton,
colored, testified that ho was a lieutenant
in William’s company and was reduced to
the ranks on account of his dissent from
Williams’ violent measures. .. »,*. , •
The defense asked further time to bring
witnesses to show that the K‘u-EJux was
organized of self-protection, and .had
ceased to exist of itself.; .V V: w., j.
After hearing rebutting evidence from
the prosecution the Court adjourned. Ar-
ate are due, und are hereby tendered, to'
Hon. B. B. Hinton, President of the
Senate pro fern., for the able and im
partial manner in which he has discharged
his duties, and the Senate places upon
its journals this indorsement of him as a
most faithful and efficient officer.
The journal of the day was read.
Mr. Nicholls moved to reconsider the
resolution of Mr. Burns, notifying the
Hue that the Senate will be ready to
adjourn at 9 j o’clock, which motion pre-
vailed. On motion tlie resolution was
tablecbp|HHM
On motion of Mr. Simmons tlie'Senate
took a recess of half an hour.
After the recess the Senate was called
toorefaft .• ‘ > t ronnu
The journal of tho night sessioh was
read. ( i' H ‘** r * 1V 1'
A Louse resolution that both Houses
of the General Assembly adjourn sine die
at 12 o’clock was concurred in.
The hour of 12 o’clock having arrived,
Mr. Hillyer,invoking a parting word from
the. 1 “resident, moved that the Senate do
now adjourn sine die.
The President said:
Senators, allow me to return you my
heartfelt thanks for tho charity and
forbearance which you have mani
fested towards my imperfections and
short-comings as your presiding officer,
and for kindness and courtesy that you
have extended to mb on all occasions.
Trusting that when you repair to your
homes, and mingle with those that you
have served so earnestly; ably and patri
otically, you shall meet with that plaudit,
which you so justly merit, of “Well
done, good and faithful servants,” and
that, with increased wisdom and renewed
hopes, we may all be again permitted to
meet for tho purpose of finishing that
work which you have so ably begun, I'
bid you all adieu. I now declare this
Senate adjourned.
house of representatives.
House met at 9 o’clock f. m., Speaker
Smith presiding.
The Senate report on tho State of the
Republic was read.
Mr. Head said that he spoke on these
resolutions because the 38th Senatorial
District lias been maligned by its Sena
tor in saying that it was by violence that
lie (Mr. Head) occupied his seat. Mr.
Head said that in 1854 Mr. Brock came
from Alabama, and he was driven to this
State by reason of having committed the
same offense that put A. A. Bradley in
Sing Sing in I860. He was a Justice of
the Inferior Court, and yet, after the war,
he took the test oath and sworo he had
never held an office. He was registrar,
appointed his own managers and elected
himself to the office he now holds.—
Ho took tho oath to support the
Confederate States, and then for a
small office he took , the test oath.—
As to lawlessness, there were two special
indictments for obstructing the public
highway, at the last term of Haralson
Superior Court. One was against a
Democrat and one was against the
Senator from the 38th. The Senior said
that lie had to have his house .guarded.
If so there was and is no necessity for
guards for honest men, be they Radicals
or Democrats. There never was a a more
quiet set of people in the world than
the Democrats of Haralson and- there
never was a set of grander rascals than
the Republicans that live there. In 1863
tho Senator was in the woods, he had
volunteered but forgot the time to meet
his officers. The resolutions were adop
ted.
Mr. Hndson offered a resolution ten
dering the thanks of the House to Hon.
J. M. Smith, Speaker, for the able, dig
nified and impartial manner in which he
has discharged his official duties; ad .ipted.
Speaker Smith responded in a neat
speech, tendering h"s thanks for the com
pliment. . .
A resolution, by .r. Dell, tendering
the thanks of the Honse to Hon. J. B.
Cumming, Speaker pro tern, for the cour
teous and efficient discharge of his.official
duties, adopted.
Mr. Cumming tendered his thanks in a
few appropaiate remarks.
The Senate substitute fer tho resolu
tion passed in ;he morning session, rela
tive to “ Public Printer,” was concurred
in.
The journal of to-day was read and ap
proved.
At 12 o’clocK, p. M., the House adjourn
ed sine die.
^ [Note—The reporter for the press of
this city takes this opportunity for ten
dering thanks to Col. Waddell, Clerk of
the House; L. Carrington, Esq., Clerk
pro tem., and Capt. Lumpkin, Journal
izing Clerk, for their kindness in fur
nishing all desired papers and informa
tion necessary to make up the reports of
the House proceedings.
r UleTTk am s.
Philadelphia, December 15.—John
Ware was hung at Camden to-day for tho
murder of his father.
Augusta, December 15.—Tho Missis
sippi Central R.R. was protested here to
day on bonds due Aug. 1. The road is
leased to the Southern Railroad Associa
tion, but both failed to provide the funds
necessary to avoid protests.
Boston,December 15.—Charles Mellin,
of the firm of Mellin, Ward & Co., who
was sentenced in 18G9 to five years im
prisonment and a fine of 8100,000, for
defraud iug the government, has had his
fine remitted,
gument will begin to-morrpw. (i i
Richmond, December 15.--It .ms
snowing heavily for seven hours,
snow is now nine or ten inches deep., 1 , '-* ' .
There arc hopes, this morning, of the
recovery of Snellings, who was shot yes
terday by Monteiro. The latter has been
bailed in the sum of $5,000.
Montgomery, December 15.—Both
branches of the Legislature have resolved
to extend the session beyond 30 days.
A bill has been passed authorizing the
Governor to issue 81,000,000 of 8 per
cent, bonds, to be used as ijecessifcyjpay
require. " -V
Washington, December 15.—Mr. jjla,
the new Fifth Auditor, assumed the
functions of his office to-day.
There was a full and long cabinet meet
ing to-day. ' . '
The Wabash bus arrived safely at Cadiz.
All well.
The Republican Senators caucussed
this morning, and agreed., to order, a
thorough investigation of all the depart
ments and branches of service. The
committee consists of Senators Bnekingr
ham, Howe, Pratt, Harlan, .Stewart, Pool
and Bayard.
Ex-Senator Williams, who becomes
Attorney General on the 10th of Januaiy,
was congratulated by bis friends to-night,
and made a brief speech. He says: “All
the abilities and energies I possess will
be devoted to the enforcement of the laws
and the suppression of violence, disorder
and crime. I promise all whom it may
concern that when I am placed at the
head of the Department of Justice, so
far as the jurisdiction of that Department
may go, its mandate wul be dispensed
without fear or favor, and with equal
rigor and respect for all classes and con
ditions of men. I deeply regret that in-
Constitutionalism Against Im
perialism. i
We notice, with special gratification, a
series of papers in the Kalamazoo GYi-
2dle, of Michigan, upon this great vital
question,^ which is no;?, like Aaron’s Rod,
swallowing up all others' These papers
are written, lyith unusual ability, by
William Fletcher. They utterly, refute
the presumptuous “jassumptions” of Mr.
Senator Morton, that the Union of States,
antler the Constitution, is not a'Federal
Union, but a Consolidated Sovereignty,
and that the States have no rights ex
cept such as may be granted to-them by
the Central Dynasty.’ We regret our
space will not allow us to give these pa
pers to our readers. But the vigor and
tone with which they are written, clearly
show Chat tliere v is “life in the'old land
yet,” and that Mr. Morion and his Party
of Imperialists will find the way to their
Jordan “\a hard road'to travel.”
A. H. S.
Sainuel’J: Anderson. »t«<* dju
Several dhyS ag-y, pur readers.' doubt
less noticed a telegraphic dispatch from
Slew York,> announcing ithaifact of the
attempt of the gentleman whose name
heads, this latticle to commit suicide.
The. New: York Siol gives t hie .following
account of tlie matter: *: : : •.
’ i Used anil Cast Aside. ..,, „ ■
Hr. Samuel" L' Anflerson, of.ttio" Tremont House,
wllW cuthiB throat on Friday afternoon, isina very
low State. He was born in Atlanta, Ga., and Is in Ins
Cist year. He was private secretary to Gov. Craw
ford, of Georgia, and Ills chief clerk when ho was
Secretary of War under Gen. Taylor. Mr. Anderson
was for.two years Chief Clerk of.the Honse of Bep-
resentatiye'sm the United States Congress. He was
private .secretary for Mayor Gunther of this city, and
wrote tho famons anti-illuminating veto message,
which called forth a very able and noble letter from
the Hon. Charles O’Couor. Mr. Anderson is a gen
tleman of culture, a profound origmal thinker of the
school 'of August Comte. Mr,'Anderson waspromised
protection by the Committee of Seventy if he would
assist them infixing upon the Bing their crimes. He
furnished a greater number.of facts. and facts more
damaging than all others, and after he had supplied
them, the Committee of Seventy, having.no further
.use for him,’ coolly repudiated their promises, and
turning him out of his place in tho Comptroller's
office, they left him to starve..
However accurate this account may be
as to the immediate cause which prompt
ed this rash act against his own life "by
Mr. tif
correct some errors in it oh other points.
A n 1st dr y of the Malicious and Villain
ous Prosecution of the Dade
Connty Prisoners.
Mr. Anderson is well known to us, and
to many people in Georgia. He was not
born in Atlanta, nor in its vicinity, nor in
the State of Georgia. He is a native of Del
aware, and of honorable parentage. His
life has been an eventful one, and
many respects, of most romantic charac
ter. He was at one time, for &*brief in
terval, Acting Secretary of AYiir of' tie
United States.
For ttome year? past' fie^&^Melfcl 1 sortie
position ifii;he : city’ dt ftew
York. tVhethe? ifiti&Comniiltee Sebetify,
who tfitefated the moyem'etots'ii" t&e^dft'
exposure’ of the- amT&Sanry- iting*’ 1 istir-
ruptions, I2rife ? SjotieTiSh wiufogTftk'stated
by the New York Sun, we do not know.
We deeply regret that any cause should
have impelled him to the course' he took,
irafc “tie heart alone knowetK’' its 5 OWn
sorrow.'*” 1 ' -*»3»*>*<*- iWPl <Iwb*«
“Who made the heart, ’tls he alfcne,
Decidedly can try us; blnow
Ho knows each chord, its various tone;
Each spring, its various bias; TiuitUU-vui tut
Then at the balance let’s be mute;
We never can adjust it; >o t ■. '<• auiU'n
some sections of our country a spirit pf
lawlessness seems to prevail. I will favor
every consideration of kindness to induce
obedience to the laws, but if no other
means will answer, then I am for using
the whole power of the country to crush,
out every conspiracy against the peace
of society.
The new Attorney General is amazed
that any considerable number; at this,
time, should engage in violence and dis-.
order, for there is nothing to gain and
much to lose. If hatred and revenge are
allowed to overcome these considerations,
then it becomes the plain duty of the
government to interfere with its strong
arm to subdue these passions. He alludes
to being the first Cabinet offiertirom the
west of the Rocky Mountains, and prom
ises not to forget where his home is,
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has nominated, to the President, Benj
F. Bell, Collector for the 2d District of
Georgia, and James F. Duer, Collector
for the 4th District of Georgia.
What’s dono we partly may compute, ■,
, what’s resisted.’*
But know not;
’> Till
A. H- S.
The Washington correspondent of
the Savannah Hews telegraph? on the
13th: “A gentleman • who arrived here
to-day from Qafladfir says that he met
Georgia’s fugitive, Bullock, in Montreal.”
Alas, that our wonderful Bullock should
have to graze so fur away from his late
comfortable pastures! His ex-Oxcellency
went so far astray that he is now an estray
upon the world; to wander wherever an
asylum may bfe offered unto him.
&5F“; Salem, Oregon, has ten churches
and fourteen saloons. The saloons must
hurry up as they areymost pnijgijajlyjOgij
of proportion. . . _ _
Tlie Passive Policy—A Counter
blast from Missouri. . nt
St. Louis, December 13.—John S.
Phelps, for many years member of Con
gress from the southwestern part of Mis
souri, and for a long time chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee, has
written a letter on the passive policy,*
which will he published in the Times of
this city to-morrow. Mr. Phelps says,
among other things: fi
I have opposed the passive policy from
the outset; it is an abandonment of prin
ciple, and will be destructive to the or
ganization of the Democratic party.
What can be gained by those who be
lieve in a strict construction of the Con
stitution, who liave.opposed a centraliza
tion of power in the Government of the
United States, who have resisted the at
tempted oveer throw of the rights of the
States, who have opposed the trial of citi
zens by military commissions, who have
resisted the deprivation of the citizen of
the riglit of trial by jury—by the adop
tion of this new heresy and the support
of men who have fought us .relentlessly
on all these questions ? There is no
“Liberal” party in this State, whatever.
There was no value in the liberal move
ment in Missouri, in 1870, but was derived
from principles- of the Democratic party.
The duty of the Democracy is to prepare
for the coining contest. Gen. Grant is
not the leader of his party. He adopts
LaGRANGE.
Closing Exercises of the South
ern Female College.
LaGrange, December 15.
* Last night the closing exercises of the
Southern Female College came off at the
bcantilp) new chapel of the institute. They
consisted of a rendition of the charming
little operetta ot “Laila,” in which the
music class of the college acted , the prin
cipal characters. The whole affair was
conducted by Miss Sallie Cox, the ac
complished daughter of the Principal,
and was enthusiastically received by the
large audience in attendance.
In the short space allowed in yonr col
umns it would be impossible to particu
larize, und this fact I regret. On the oc
casion of the closing exercises of the
Spring term I had the pleasure of being
present, and then remarked upon the
novel and charmiug feature of several
beautiful young ladies executing the most
difficult pieces upon violins. Last night „„„ *
this was repeated with ten fold effect! whatever policy the party leaders dictate,
upon those present. j iin d find him ready to be governed, they
Miss Eula Ferrell, as “Laila,” was a i desire uis re-nomination. Let the Dem-
charming little fairy, and did her part so i ocratic party, then, reassert its standard
well that she gained, the .applause ami principles, declare their acquiescence in
hearts of the entire audience. j [fig constitutional amendments, resolve
The term closed with a roster-of one i in favor of revenue tariff and taxes, and
hundred and twenty-five names, and this j upon such a platfo'rm, with gentlemen as
number was attained under considerable standard bearers distingnished-for hon-
difficnlties in the way. Now Prof. Cox ' esty, capacity and attachment to princi-
has completed his new college building, pie, who will never connive at schemes of
and the next term offers unsurpassed in- ! fraud, and I believe we shall succeed be-
duccineuts for the education of young yond a doubt in the coming Presidential
ladies. i election. The true men of the country,
The performances List night were high- not wedded to partisanship, will unite j - ra r.i e /?\ JcffinL Conlev remised W P
lv creditable to the young ladies, audits with us to introduce economy in the i 7. ^ nIC f ’
repetition \yas loudly demanded at an : public expi-n.: teres, and jjntanend to. H. Tatum to pve a bond of t?2,o00 for his
AH of Northeast Georgia has for
some days beeu anxiously awaiting
the result of the investigation of the
charges preferred against about thirty-
five of the most respectable citizens of
Daile county. Two of these prisoners
have been bound over in the sum of $2,-
500 each for trial by one of the United
States Commissioners of this place, in
dignation will succeed surprise when it is
announced that the expounder of the law
which lias been so contorted and mutila
ted to implicate these prisoners, was one
venerable (?) John L. Conley, a stripling
of, perliaps, four-and-tweuty summers,
who, when lie was expounding the law to
the learned counsel in this case,
presented the picture of a child
teaching: Solon; w’hp also received $11,-
500 from the State Treasury for about
S100 worth of work.
.- I\ e- had opportunities of converting
with the prisoners, witnesses, and other
citizens of Dade, who were not arraigned
in this examination, and from them we
have obtained the following reliable and
impartial explanation of .this unfounded
prosecution of the honest and innocent
citizens of the county of Dade.
It seems that one Asa Boydston, living
on the lino of Alabama and Georgia, but
within Alabania during the war, too cow
ardly to volunteer as a soldier, frequented
the mountains, and at every opportunity
committed thefts, robbed defenseless wo
men and helpless children, and ravaged
the homes of families of soldiers in the
armj!? and was guilty of innumerable dep
redations not tolerated by any civilized
government. After the war, being sev
eral times detected in thieving and other
misdemeanors, he soon forfeited the re
spect of every honest man in the vicinity.
During this winter he very snddently left
the county, but returned about two
weeks ago in company with one James
Skyles, who seemed to be employed by
the. Government for arresting parties un
der the Ku-Klux acts of Congress, and
under the proclamations of Bullock, to
get.the rewards offered.
.^Arriving at Trenton, Dade county,
Boydston . pointed out Mr, R. Haney,
who was immediately arrested and placed
under guard of a squad of United States
soldiers. They then proceeded to Rising
Fawn and arrested the postmaster, J. G.
Hale, in the act of distributing the mail
J. W. Blevins, Road Commissioner, in
the act of writing out his report; and fif
teen or twenty- more, who were closely
and busily engaged in their respective
duties,: who were not allowed time for
preparation in the bitterly cold weather
tliat was then prevailing. Many of the
prisoners were compelled to pass the
frigid night without shelter and without
blankets around a smouldering camp fire,
which was but a poor protection :in the
tempestuous winds that• howl6d. among
those mountainous regions.
: The party next proceeded to Chatta
nooga, where all were committed to pris
on, except T. *W. Sliarroek and W. F.
Sbarrock, who were last seen with the
United States Commissioner. It is sup
posed that,by cajoling, threats and prom
ises, these two persons were persuaded to
turn Government evidence. They were
treated with clemency, and even with
special kindness, while all the other pris
oners were allowed a bare pittance of fil
thy food and were confined in cells which
barely admitted the bodies of six men ly
ing on their sides. One of the prisoners
testified that, while lying down, it was
impossible for one man to move without
the simultaneous movement of every in
mate of the room. While thert£ the offi
cer, and commissioners used every device
and all thicr eloquence to persuade
onejofithe younger sons of Colonel R.
H. Tatum—a man of extended influence
—to turn Govenment evidence, doubtless
hoping that a confession, or treacherous
and malicious testimony from such an
esteemed. arid reliable source would con
vict a'host of innocent citizens. They
urged that he ought not “in the bloom
of his youth,” to accept certain impris
onment-, when the opportunity was pre
sented to escape. Young Tatum, with
indignation, replied that h8 would suffer
the horrors of a life-time imprisonment
before he would testify against his own
neighbors and involve them in a crime,
which, if ever perpetrated at all, was not
only without their countenance, • but
without their knowledge. His malicious
tempters said they would make no
more, efforts. -‘If the younger
Tatuin would not yield, it was useless to
appeal to the older.” So their efforts in
that direction were baffled; but they were
more successful with the two Sharroeks,
who both turned Government evidence.
liberty (tf Sevier Powell had been, violated,
but he did not state that bis Tights, un
der the Enforcement Act, hud been in
fringed npon, under which act alone the
warrant was issued. Judges of the law,
when committing prisoners generally
assign seme reason for their action.
G. W. M. Tatum was next arraigned.
The testimony of Friday was reiterated,
and he also was required to give a bond
of §2,500 for his appearance at Court.
•The counsel for prosecution then gave
notice lie would abandon the prosecu
tion of all- the other prisoners; hav
ing no- evidence agaiist them.
The following named prisoners were
then discharged: AY. P, Sbarrock,
Thos. Sharrock, R. Haney, W. L. Stew
art, W. P. Amos, A. McBiyan, J. More
land, J. AV. Blevins and J. G. Hale.
A warrant was then issued for tlie ar
rest of Mr. James A, .O’Neal, for. violat
ing the-Enforcement Act; but owing to a
defect,’ it was sd6n dismissed. Mr. H. T.
AVilson and l^t.-Nicixqls' appeared and .said-
they had been arrested nud were unable
to say for what 'purpose. There wits no
charge against them. Conley professed
ignorance of the transaction, and these
persons who had been arraigned for noth
ing were permitted to depart without any
apology or any explanation for this abuse
of their time, honor; and liberty. No
reparation for lost time and days of hun
ger, privation and anxiety. This is liea'p-
ing insult on injury, and only becomes
accountable when we consider that it was
all done at the instigation of a fanatical
press whose policy and.qjurpose is to-op
pose and insult our people. 1
The following are tlie names of the
prisoners and their post-offices, being
thirty-five in all:
Rising Fawn—Col R H Tatiim, G W
M Tatum, AY P H Tatum, Francis M
Street, Alfred Street, Gallatin Stephens,
Rico Bibles, George Houston, Shade
Hale, J G Hale, Ben Buck, A B Hanna,
Rev H D Stephens, Rey S Cross, W L
Stewart, Lee S Tidwell, Jonathan Blev
ins, Hon J W Cureton.
Tbenton—Hon E D Graham, Hon Le
roy Sutton, Judge M Nicholas, R Haney,
Janies O’Neal, Hon. S W Hale, H L W
Allison, P A Tatum, H T Wilson, J W
O’Neal (Sheriff.)
Wanhatchug—Hon. R. M. Paris.
Turned Witness for Qoverrmnent—T. W.
Sharrock, W. P. Sbarrock,. John McKaig.
P. Sevier Powell, Asa Boydston.
\ Colonel R. H. Tatum asserts that these
prisoners were arraigned without any
knowledge of the cause, and that only
four or five knew about what they were
to testify.
Items.-Jno. McKaig, who is represented
as the Grand Cyclops of the Ku-Klux den,
(so-called) in Dade county, we learn, wa?
a member of tho Loyal League. W. Pi
Sharrock,. who turned Government evi
dence, we learn, was almost naked when
arrested. Mr. A. B. Tatum, clerk of the
SuperiorGonrt, provided him with a full
suit of clothes; yet Sharrock showed his
gratitude(?) after arriving here, by vol
untarily testifying against-Mr. Tatum’s
brother. P. Sevier Powell belonged to
what was termed the Home Guard; which,
during the war, robbed the homes of
helpless women. Asa Boydston, the
secret agent employed to make these ar
rests, is a reputed thief, and a warrant
has been issued in the State of Alabama
for his arrest under charges of thieving
and abusing his family. Such are the
witnesses—reputed thieves and robbers,
and subsidised recreants.
The bondsmen of W. P. H. and G. W.
M. Tatnm are R. H. Tatum, Larkey
Payne, and Leroy Sutton, representing
property to. the amount of 8150,000 to
8200,000.
The entire party left last night on the
10}- o’clock train. Governor Brown gave
them reduced transportation tp Chatta
nooga. * This is not .She first: time he has
favored worthy. • individuals in similar
distressing circumstances, for which he
L$s their well deserved thanks.
It seems to be the custom; of United
States officials .to- drag ’good men from
their homes tinder false charges; without
providing them with means for tlieir re
turn.
, o. l>
street and kicked up 85 worth of dtml-
ment in as many minutes.
WHi&ELM ALEXANDER,
being a descendant of Alexander tlie
Great, was permitted to relate; .*» aneef
dote of that. ancient warrior: “.Meek
is indebted for his name,” said the pris
oner, “to his .inordinate love for eggs.
When he was seen, at a distance, ap
proach i
under-i
AVillmh
deuce.
he cooks exclaimed ‘All-eggs-
•ate’” (Alexander tlie Great)..
i charged $5 for his irnpu-
The prisoners were then brought to
this place,, and all, with the exception of
a few, were committed to prison. They
all assert that they were arrested without
being notified of the reason or tlie'Cause
of the arrest. The officers intimated
that they were subpoenaed as witnesses.
(Their treatment afterwards was .such as
te make them feel they were regarded as
galley slaves.)
Our readers have, doubtless, read the
proceedings of the investigation of Fri
day. Yesterday theCommissioner(the ven-
JACK GOLDSMITH,
as a prelude to ms Christinas festivities
held high revelry in a gutter. This little
recreation cost him 85, and now he can’t k
go to Moulton’s.
MILLABD FILLMORE EUBANKS
tried to get up an ovation in,memory of
the h te illustrious ATce-President. The
impesiug demonstration, of which lie was -
the only actor, cost him 85.
MU. MORGAN
(not Jolin H.) indulged in a little drunk
en revelry to the amount cif $5, and the
Court adjourned with 825 more in its
pocket.
Closing Scenes in the Senate.—About
ten minntes before 12 on Friday night
the Legislature, having disposed of the
regular business, in order to prolong the
session until Saturday, indulged in a lit
tle humor and mischief to pass off the
time.
The resolution to hold the next session
of -the Legislature at Milledgeville, was
made a matter of personal explanation by
Senator Mathews, who stated that he sot
out to state that he was in the arms of
Mary Ann Morpheus, or ought to be,
and iii order that lie be there very soon
he wanted to adjourn immediately, bnt
would cast an inuendi for tho entertain
ment of the Senate, till the hour of ad
journment arrived. He was strictly in
favor of the constitutionality of the Con
stitution, and if Constitutional, then ho
suggested that it was Constitutional for *
the keeper of the Capitol at Milledgeville
to remain there while the Senators run
the machine in Atlanta, and for the rea
sons mentioned is that The Sun had said
nothing about the pestilence of fraud and
corruption being in Atlanta, it was Con
stitutional to go to Milledgeville to grati
fy the keeper of the Capitol, but that he
thought that many of the Senators ought
to be sent to the keeper of the Peniten
tiary on Constitutional grounds.
Senator Jones proposed to move the
Capitol to Lickskillet.
Senator Nunnally wanted it to meet-
next time at Hardhead, Pike county.
Passed, for one and a half minutes,-when
it was resolved, on motion of Senator
Bruton, that tho next meeting he held at
Lee Smith’s. This went through, but a. --
stinkirig Senator amended by offering, as-
the place of permanent meeting, tho
name pf Pole Cat Spring. The whole
thing slinking, the Senators began tc
smell bad, and a proposition to take a nip
was agreed ip, on condition that all
hands,look “egg flip.”
There was a proposition made to fur
nish the 42d District with a Senator, and
another District with a thousand copies
of Fitch’s Radical Star. These
people needing a puke, it was
agreed that that paper be sent, and that
Fitch be sent to Bullock as his right
bower; passed. During tlie discussion,
Senator Peddy was, like O’Neal, bow;ed
down in silent mortification. He could
not recover from his press-ing onslaught
of a few days! r ivvious, and remained in
a virtuous state- of silence, till the motion-
to adjourn sine die, was announced and
carried. President' Trammell’s remarks
to the Senators 'was appropriate and tc ■
the point.
Foster Blqdgett.-—Our dispatches
are not very favorable to Foster. If he
should fail to obtain a seat in the Senate,
will he come b ic-k here and meet the
cases which are, and will be, against him
in. the Courts, or will -lie join Bullock,
and 'stay away froin the State, and out of
flic sight of the people he has so greatly
outraged?
early day,
AY, H. M. * tyranny and rual versati
Mayor’s Court. —Though His Honor’s
administration is fast approaching a close,
he has lost none of his industry and
anxiety to prosecute his reform. But
there is one individual whose heart is
inaccessible, and whose coffers spring
open at the magic sound of His Honor’s
inexorable voice,
“Like gates on golden lunges turning,’?
If His Honor pictures to the attenuated
fancy of
MEIN HERB SCHYHATGNNE,
the revolting consequences of a dissolute
life, Daniel only smiles. If His Honor
describes the poverty and misery of a
family devoted to an habitual inebriate,
Daniel smiles again. If his Honor
preaches with the eloquence of St. Paul,
the fiery declamation of Mirabeau, and
the touching pathos of Antony, and, like
the immortal Basemu,pictures the horrors
of Hell, where drunkards, attended bv
irate Paries, swelter in beds of burning
lava, and drink potions of. molten metal,
Daniel smacks his lip with guesto. and
winks significantly. And if Jonsen draws
Rom his pockets a half-hundred; Daniel
smiles, winks, says “all ‘hunky-dory,’
Judge, and departs for the next bar
room. His last demonstration cost j
him $ifi. .Tttcq Llo M
HARDY ECKLES
became wearied of Le dull monotony of 1
a virtuous life, turned a somniersault out
appearance at Court, because, he said, the Tof a two>itory window, ran down the (again.
SUN-STROKES.
BSET* Tlie papers are -working SchencVs
mine greatly to liis disadvantage.
8©=, Senator Conkling says Blodgett
stands no earthly chance of being seated,
Blodgett pines thereat.
JJQy” “The Democratic verb has no
f passive’ voice exclaims the Boston.-
Post. Of course not. It is used only
in the “active,” and next November ita
tense will be “present” everywhere, and
its “number?’ will be overwhelmingly
plural.
CAL’ The New York World is the only-
paper that has any advantage over the-
Prince of AYales. Its obituary notice of
him was published more than a week ago.
The papers that have their notices writ
ten, but held them back to await certain
notice of his death, have had all their
fine' writing for nothing. The Priuce As-
recovering and they can burn their man
uscripts.
Notes of mutual admiration harre
passed between Akerman and GraaL
concerning the resignation of the former.
Grant don’t see how the Government
ever will get along without Amos; but i?
abundantly willing to make the expen:-
ment. “What, going so soon ! I’m so-sor
ry you can’t stay longer ! Do come agsoa
right soon ! ” says a lady to her ca!i«r_
After the calkr has departed—“Wsdi*
I’m glad she has gone, and I hope sh-fc
■.-'ill not bo in a hurry about coming?
I never did like her any how. ,