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W. A. SINGLETON, Editor &. Pro’p. VOLUME 11. lAUT r THE SlfW COHSTI niTiN. BILL of RIGHTS. PREAMBLE. To perpetuate ttic principles of free government) insure justice to all, preserve ponce, promote the interest, anil happiness of the citizen, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, we, the people ul Oeoigla, retying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution. ARTICLE I. Sec. 1. Par. 1. All government, of right, originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely lor the good of the whole. Public officers are the trus tees and servants of the people, and, ut all times, amenable to them. Par. 2. Protection to porson and property is the paramount duty of government, and shall bo impaitial and complete. Par 3. No person shall be de prived of life, liberty, or property, except by due process of law. Par. 4. No person shall be dc piived of the right to prosecute or de fend Ids owh cause in any of the courts of this State, in person, by attorney, or both. Par. 5. Every person charged With an off uise against the laws of this Slate shall have the privilege and benefit of counsel; shall be furnished on dem nd, with a copy of the accu sation, and a list of witne'sses on whose testimony the charge against Lim is founded; shall have compul sory process to obtain the testimony of his own witnesses ; shall be con fronted with the witnesses testifying against him; and shall have a public mid speedy tafia i by an impartial jury, Par. 0. No person shall be com pclled to give testimony tending in any manner to criminate hiinsell. Par. 7. Neither banishment be yond the limits of the State, nor whipping, as a punishment for crime, shall bo allowed. Par. 8. No person shall be put in jeopardy of life or liberty, r*tore than once for tho same offense, save on his, or her, own motion for anew trial after conviction, or in case ol mistrial. Par. 9. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted ; nor shall any poison be abused in being a: rested, w hile under arrest, or in prison. Par. 10. No person shall bs com pelled to pay costs except after con viction on final trial. Par. 11. The writ of 7tabcas cor 2ms shall not be suspended. I’ar. 12. All men have the natural and inalienable right to worship God, each according to the die tates of his own conscience, and no human au thority should, in any ca*e, control or interfere with such right of con sconce. Par. 13. No inhabitant of this State shall be molested in person or property, or prohibited from bolding any public office, oi trust, on account ol his religious opinions; but the right of liberty of conscience shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State. Par. 14. No inonoy shall ever be taken from the public Treasury, di rectly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect, or denomination of re ligic#iists, or of any sectarian institu tion. Par. 15.' No law shall ever be passed to curtad, or restrain, the liberty of speech, or ot the press; any person may speak, write, aud publish, his sentiinen's, on all subjects joeing responsible for the abuse of that liberty. Par. 1(5. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and elfects, against unrea sonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrant (shall issue except upon probable cause, supported by oath, or affirma tion, particularly describing the place, or places to be searched, aud the persons or things to be seized. Par. 17. There shall be within the State of Georgia neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, save as a punishment for crime after legal con viction thereof. Par. 18. The social status of the citizen shall never be the subject of legislation. Par. 19. The civil authority shall be superior to the military, and no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar tered in any house, without the con sent of the owner, nor in time of war, except by the civil magistrate, in such maimer as may be provided by law Par. 20. Tho power of tho courts to punish for contempt shall be lim ited by legislative acts Par. 21. There shall be no impris onment for debt. , par. 22. The right of the people to keep and bear aims shall not be in fringed, but the General Assembly JiiflMlil Dull , shall have power to prescribe tho man ner in whicli arms may bo borne. Par. 23. The legislative, judicial and executive powers shall forever remain separate and distinct, and no person discharging the duties of one, shall, at the same time, exercise the functions of either of the others, ex cept ns herein provided. Pm- 9J. Tho people have the right-to assemble peaceably for their common good and to apply to those vested with the powers ol govern ment for redress of grievances by pe tition or remonstrance. Par. 25 All citizens of the United States, resident in this Stale, are hereby declared citizens of this State, and it .shall be the duty of the General Assembly to enact such laws as will protect them in the full enjoyment of the rights, privileges ami immunities due to such citizenship. SECTION r. Par. 1. In all prosecutions cr in dictments for libel the truth may be given in evidence; and the jury in all criminal cases, shall bo the judges of the law and the facts. The power of the judges to grant new trials in cases ot conviction is preserved. Par. 2. Treason against the State of Georgia shall consist in levying War against her; adhering to her enemies ; giving them aid and com lort. No person shall be convicted of treason, except on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or confession in open court. Par. 3. No conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate. Par. 4. All lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are hereby prohib ited ; and thi3 prohibition shall be enforced by penal laws. Par. 5. Lobbying is declared to be a crime, and the General Assembly shall enforce this provision by suit able penalties. Par. 6. The General Assembly shall have the power to provide for the punishment of fraud ; and shall provide by law lor reaching property of the debtor concealed from the creditor. SECTION nr. ‘ Par. 1. In case of necessity, pri vate ways may be granted upon just compensation being first paid by tin applicant. Private property shall not be taken or damaged, for public purposes, without just and adequate compensation being first paid. Par. 2. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, retroactive law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or making irrevocable grant of spe cial privileges or immunities, shall be passed. Par. 3. No grant ol special privi leges or immunities shall be revoked, except in such manner as to work no injustice to the corporators or cred itors of tlie incorporation. SECTION IV. Par. 1. Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation through out the State, and no special law 3hall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an exist ing general law. No general law affecting private rights shall be varied in any particular case, by special legislation, except with tho free con sent, in writing, of all persons to be affected thereby; and no person under legal disability to contract is capable ol such consent. Par. 2. Legislative acts in violation of this Constitution, or the Constitu tion of the United States, are void, and the Judiciary shall so declare them. section v. Tar. 1. The people of this State have the inherent, sole and exclusive right of regulating their internal government, and the police thei’eof, and of altering and abolishing their Constitution whenever it may be necessary to their safety and happi ness. Par. 2. The enumeration of rights herein contained, as a part of this Constitution, shall not be construed to deny to the people any inherent rights which they may have hitherto enjoyed. ARTICLE 11. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. SECTION i. Par. 1. In all elections by the people, the electors shall vote by ballot. Par. 2. Every male citizen of the United States (except as hereinafter provided), 21 years of age, who shall have resided in this State one year next preceding the election, and shall have resided six months in the county in which he offers to vote, and shall have paid all taxes which may hereafter be required of him, and which he may have had an opportu nity of paying, agreeably to law, ex cept for the year of,the election, shall be deemed an elector : Provided, that no soldier, sailor or marine in tho military or naval service of the United States, shall acquire the rights of an elector, by reason of being sta tioned on duty in this State ; and no BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1877. person shall vote who, if challenged, shall rctuse to take the following oath, or affirmation: “I do swear, or affirm, that l am 21 years of age, have resided in tins State one year, and in this county six months, next preced ing this election. I have paid all taxes which, since the adoption of the present Constitution of this State, have been required of me previous to this year, and which I ha ve had an opportunity to pay, and that I have not voted at this election.” section II Par. 1. The General Assembly may provide, from time to time, for the regisiration of all electors, but the following classes of persons shall not be permitted to register, vote or hold any office, or appointment of honor or trust in this State, to-wit': Ist. Those who shall have been con victed in any court of competent ju risdiction of treason against the State, of embezzlement of public funds, malfeasance in office, bribery or lar ceny ; or of any crime involving moral turpitude, punishable by the laws of this State, with imprisonment in the penitentiary', unless such person shall have been pardoned. 2d. Idiots and insane persons. section hi. Par. 1. Electors shall, in all cases, except for treason, felony, larceny, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during t icir attendance on elections, and in going to and re turning from the same. SECTION IV. Par. 1. No person who is the holder of any public money, contrary to law, shall be eligible to any office in this State, until the same is ac counted for and paid into the Trcas ury. Par. 2. No person who, after the adoption of this Constitution, being a resident of this Statu, shall have been Convicted of fighting a duel in this State, or convicted of sending, or accepting a challenge, or convicted Ol aiding or abetting such duel, shall hold "office in this State, unless he shall have been pardoned ; and every such person shall, also, he subjected to such pnuifilim-’nt as may be pre - scribed by Jaw. SECTION V. Par. 1. The General Assembly shall, by' law, forbid the sale, distri bution, or furnishing of intoxicating drinks within two miles ol election precincts, on days of electi >n —Si ate, county or municipal —and prescribe punishment fer any violation of the bam ■. SECTION VI. Tar. 1. Returns of election for all civil officers elected by the people, who are to be commissioned by the Governor, and also for the members of the General Assembly, shall be made to the Secretary of State, un less othenvise provided by law. ARTICLE ill. LEGISLATIVE department. SECTION I. Par. 1. The legislative power of the State shad bo vested in a General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. section ii. Par. 1. The Senate shall consist ot 44 members. There shall be 44 Senatorial Districts, as now arranged by counties. Each district shall hare one Senator. Par. 2. The first senatorial dis trict shall bo composed of the coun ties of Chatham, Rryan and Effing ham. 2d. Liberty, Tatnall and Mcln tosh. 3d. Wayne, Pierce and Appling. 4th. Glynn, Camden, Charlton. sth. Coffee, Ware, Clinch. 6 th. Echols, Lowndes, Berrien. Ith. Brooks, Thomas, Colquitt. Bth. Decatur, Mitchell, Miller. 9th. Early, Calhoun, Baker. 10th. Dougherty, Lee, Worth. 11th. Clay, Randolph, Terrell. 12th. Stewart, Webster, Quitman. 13th. Sumter, Schley, Macon. 14th. Dooly, Wilcox, Pulaski, and Dodge. 15th. Montgomery, Telfair. Irwin. 16th. Laurens, Emanuel, Johnson. 17th. Screven, Bulloch, Burke. 18th. Richmond, Glasscock, Jeffer son. 19th. Taliaferro, Greene, Warren. 20th. Baldwin, Hancock, Washing ton. 21st. Twiggs, Wilkinson, Jones. 22d. Bibb, Monroe, Pike. 23d. Houston, Cruwfoid, Taylor. 24th. Muscogee, Marion, Chattaa hoochce. 25th. Harris, Upson, Talbot. 26th. Spalding, Butts, Payette. 27th. Newton, Walton, Clarke, Oco nee, Rockdale. 28th. Jasper, Putnam, Morgan. 29th. Wilkes, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie. 30th. Oglethorpe, Madison, Elbert. 31st. Hart, Habersham, Franklin. 32d. White, Dawson, Lumpkin. 33d. Hall, Banks, Jackson. The Thirty-fourth Senatorial District _A_ DEMOCRAUIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER. shall be composed of the counties of Gwinnett, DeKalb and Henry. The Thirty-fifth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Clayton. Cobb and Fulton The Thirty-sixth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Campbell,Coweta,Meiiweihcr and Doug lass. The Thirty-seventh Senatorial Dis trict shall bo composed of the counties of Carrol, Heard and Troup. The Thirty-eighth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Haralson, Polk and Paulding. The Thirty-ninth Senatorial District shall he composed of the counties of Milton, Cherokee and Forsyth. The Fortieth Senatorial District shall bo composed- of the counties of Union, towns and Rabun. The Forty-first Senatorial District shall he composed of the counties of Pickens, Fannin and Gilmer. The Forty-second Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Barlow, Floyd and Chattooga. The Forty-third Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Murry, Gordon and Whilefield. The Forty-f >urth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Walker, Dade and Catoosa. Pat. 3. The General Assembly may change these districts a(te>' each census of the United States: Provided, Thai neither the number of tho district nor the number of Senators from each district shall he increased. SECTION’ ill. The House of Representatives shall consist, of one hundred and seventy five Representatives, apportioned among the several counties as follows, to-wit: To the six c unties having the largest pop ulation, vis: Chatham, Richmond, Burke, Houston, Bibb and Fulton, three Representatives each; to the twenty six other counties having the next largest population, vis : Bartow, Coweta, De catur, Floyd, Greene, Gwinnett, Harris, Jefferson, Meriwether, Monroe, Musco gee, Newton, Stewart, Sumpter, Thomas, Troup, Washington Hancock, Cairo 1 , Cobb, Jackson, Dougherty, Oglethorpe, Macon, Talbot Wilkes, two Representa tives fiaCli, and to the remaining one hundred and five counties, one Repre sentative each. Par. 2. The above apportionment shall be changed by the General As.em clv at its first session after each census taken by the United States government, so as to give to ihe six counties having the largest population three Representa tives each ; and the twenty-six counties having die next largest population two Representatives each ; but in no event shall the aggregate number of Repre sentatives be increased. SECTION IV. Par. 1. The member! of the General Assembly shall be elected f>r two years, and shall serve until their successors are elected. Par. 2. The first election for mem bers of the General Assembly, under this Constitution, shall be held on the first Wednesday in December, 1877. The second election for the same shall be held on the first Wednesday, in October, 1880 ; and subsequent elections, bien nially, on that day, until the day is changed by law. Par. 3. The first meeting of the General Asssembly, after the ratification of this Constitution, shall be on the first Wednesday in November, 1878, and subsequent meetings bieniallv thereafter, on the* same day, until the day shall be changed by law. But nothing herein contained 'sha'l be constructed to pre vent the Governor from calling an extra session of the General Assembly before the first Wednesday in 1878, if in his opinion, the public good shall require it. A majority of each house shall con stitute a quorum to transact business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from ,|ay to <la}' and compel the presence of its absent members, as each house may provide. Par. 5. Each Senator and Repre sentative, before taking his seat, shall take the following oath or affirmation, to-wit: “1 will support the Constitution of this State, and of the United States, and on all questions and measures which may come before me, I will so conduct my self, as will, in my judgment, be most conducive to the interest and prosperity of this State. Par. 6. No session of the General Assembly shall continue longer than forty days, uuless ky a two-thirds vote ol the whole number of each house. Par. 7. No person holding a milli tary commission, or other appointment, or office, having any employment, or compensation annexed thereto, under this State, or the United States, or either of them, except Justice of the Peace and officers of the militia, nor any defaulter for public money, or for any legal taxes requirod of him, shall have a seat in either house; nor shall any Senator, or Representative, after his qualification as such, be elected by the General Assem bly, orappointed by the Governor, either with or without the advice and consent of the Sonate, to any office or appoint- ment having any evolution annexed thereto during the lima for which he shall have been elected. Par. 8. The scat of a member of either house shall be vacated on his re moval from the district or county from which he was elected. SECTION v. The Senators shall be citizens of the United States, who have attained the age of twenty-five years, and who shall have been citizens of ibis State for four years, and for one year residents of the district from which elected. Par. 2. The presiding officer of the Senate shall be styled the President of the Senate, and shall he elected via voice from the Senators. Par. 3. The Senate shall have the sole power to try impeachments. Par. 4. When sitting for that purpose the members shall he on oath, afliima ton, and shall he presided over by the Chief of Justice, or the presiding Justice of the Supreme Court. Should the Chief Justice be disqualified, the Senate shall select the Judge of the Supreme Court to preside. No person shall be convicted without the concurence of two-thirds of the members present. Par. 5. Judgements, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend fur ther than removal from office, and dis qualification to and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit, within this State; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable, and subject to indictment, trial, judgement, and punishment according to law. SECTION VI. Pa v . 1. Th > representatives shall be citizens of the United States who have attained the age of twenty-one years, and who shall have been citizens of this State for two years, and for one year residents of the county from which elected. Par. 2. The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and shall be elected viva voce from the body. Par. 3. The House of Representa tives shall have the sole power to impeach all persons who shall have been, or may be, in office. SECTION VII. Par. 1. Flaclt house shall be the judge of the election returns and qual ifications of its members, and shall have power to punish them for dis orderly behavior, or misconduct, by by censure, fine, imprisonment, or ex pulsion; but no member shall be ex pelled except by a vote of two-thirds of' the house to which he belongs. Par. 2. Each house may punish imprisonment, not extending beyond the session, any person, not a member, who shall be guilty of a contempt, by any disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue, or attempt to res cue, any person arrested by order of either house. Par. 3 The members of both houses shall be free Iroin arrest during their attendance on the General Assembly, and in going thereto, or returning therefrom, except for treason, feloiiy, larceny, or breach of the peace; and no member shall be liable to answer in any other place for anything spoken in debate in either house. Par. 4. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and pub lish it immediately after its adjourn ment. Par. 5. The original journal shall be preserved after publication, in the office ol the Secretary of State, but there shall be no other record there of. Par. 6. Tiro yeas and nays on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of the members present, be en tered on the journal. Par. 7. Every bill, before it shall pass, shall be read three times, and on three separate days, in each house, unless in cases of actual invasion or insurrection. Par. 8. No law' or ordinance shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter, or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof. Pur. 9. The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing except ap propriations fixed by previous laws, the ordinary expenses of the execu tive, legislative, and judicial depart ments of the government, payment of the public debt and interest there on, and for support of the public in stitutions and educational interests of the State. All other appropria tions shall be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject. Par. 10. All bills for raising reve nue, or appropriating money, shall originate in the House of Representa tives, but the Senate may propose, or concur in amendments, as in other bills. Par. 11. No money shall be drawn from, the Treasury except by appropriation made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipt and expenditure of all public money shall be published every three months, and, also, with the laws passed by each session of the General Assembly. Par. 12. No bill or resolution ap propriating money shall become a law, unless upon its passage, the yeas and nays, in each house are recorded. Par. 13. AH acts shall be signed by the President ol the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, and no bill, ordinance or resolution, intended to have the effect of a law, which shall have been re jected by either house, shall be again proposed during the same session, under the same or any other title, without the consent of two-thirds of the house by which the same was re jected. Par. 14. No bill shall become a law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of nil the members elected to each house of the General Assembly and it shall, in every instance, so ap pear on the journal. Par. 15. All special or local bilk shall originate in the House of Rep resentatives. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, with in five days from the organization of the General Assembly, appoint a committee, consisting of one from each Congressional District, whose duty it shall be to consider, and con solidate all special ami local bills, on the same subject, and report the same to the House ; and no special or local hill shall be read or considered by the House until the same has been reporled by said committee, unless by a two thirds vote. And no bill shall he con sidered or reported to the House, by said committee, unless the same shall have been laid before it within fifteen days after the organization of the Gen.- eral Assembly, except by a two thirds vote. Par. 10. No special bills shall be passed, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been pub lished in the locality where the matter, or thing to he effected,.may be situated, which notice shall be given at least thirty days prior to the introduction of such bill into the General Assembly, and in the manner to be prescribed by law. The evidence of such notice hav ing b'en published, shall be exhibited in the General Assembly before such act shall be passed. Par. 17. No law, or section of the Code, shall be amended or lepealed by mere reference to its title, or to the number of the section of the Code, but the amending, or repealing act, shall distinctly describe the law to be amended or repealed, as well as the alteration to be made. Par. 18. The General Assembly shall have no power to grant corporate powers and privileges to private com panies, except banking, insurance, rail road, canal, navigation, express and tel egraph companies ; nor to make or change election precincts ; nor to estab lish bridges or ferries; nor to change the names of legitimate children ; but it shall prescribe by law the manner in whmh such powers sha'l be exercised by the couris. Par. 19. The General Assembly shall have no power to relieve principals or securities upon forfeited recognizances, from the payment thereof, unless the principal in the recognizance shall have been apprehended and placed in the cus tody of the proper officer. Par. 20, The General Assembly shall not authorize the construction of any street passenger railway within the lim its of any incorporated town or city, without the consent of the corporate authorities. Par. 21. Whenever the Constitution requires a vote of two-thirds of either or both houses for the passing of an act or resolution, tbo yeas and nays ou the passage thereof shall be entered on the journal. Par. 22. The General Assembly shall have power to make a 1 ! laws and ordi nances consistent with this Constitution, and not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, which they shall deem necessary and proper for the wel fare of the State. Par. 23. No provision in this Consti tution, for a two-thirds vote of both houses of the General Assembly, shall be construed to waive the necessity for the signature of the Governor, as in any other case, except in the case of the two-thirds vote lequired to override the veto, and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly. Par. 24. Neither house shall adjourn for moie than three day, or to any other place, without the consent of tho other, and in case of disagreement between the two houses, on a question of ad journment, the Governor may adjourn either, or both of them. SECTION VIII. Par. 1. The officers of the two houses other than tho President aud Speaker, shall be a Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives and such assistants as they may ap point ; but the clerical expenses of the Senate shall not exceed sixty dollars per day, for each session. The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be required to give bond and security for the faithful discharge of their respective duties. Annual Subscription $ 200 SECTION IX. Par. 1. Tho per diem of members of the General Assembly shall not exceed four dollars ; and mileage shall not ex ceed ten cents for each mile traveled, by tho nearest practicable route, ; n go ing to, and returning from the Capitol ; but the President ot the Senate and ifie Speaker of the House ot Representatives shall each receive not exceeding seven dollars per day. - . SECTION 7. Par. 1. All elections by tho General Assembly shall he viva voce , and the volo shall apppear on the journal of tho House of Representatives. When tho Senate, and House of Representatives unite feft the [impose of elections, they shall meet in the Representative Hall, and the President ot tho Senate shall, in such cases, preside and declare the re sult. section xr. Par. 1. All property of the wife at the time o? her marriage, and all proi* erty given to, inherited or acquired by her, shall remain her separate property, and not he liable for the debts of Lor husband. SECTION XII. Par. 1. AH life insurance compa nies now doing business in this S.tate, or which may desire to establish agen cies and do business in the State of Georgia, chartered by other States of the Union, or foreign States, shall show that they have deposited with the Comptroller General of the State in which they are chartered, or of this State, the Insurance Commissioner, or such other officer as may be au thorized to receive it, not less than SIOO,OOO, in such securities as may he deemed by such officer equiva lent to cash, subject to bis order, as a guarantee fund for the security of policy holders. # Par. 2. When such showing is made to the Comptroller General of the State of Georgia by a proper certificate from the State official having charge of the fund go de posited, the Comptroller General of the State of Georgia is authorised to issue to the company making such showing, a license to dfo busi ness in the State upon paying ie.s rquired by law. Par. 3. All life insurance com panies chartered by the State of Georgia, or which may hereafter be chartered by the State ot Geor gia, shall, before doing business, deposit with the Comptroller Gen eral of the State of Georgia, or with some strong corporation, which may be approved by said Comptroller General, one hundred thousand dollars, in such security as may be deemed by equiv alent to cash, to be subject to his order, as a guarantee fund for tho security of the policy holders of the company mailing such deposit, all interest and dividends arising from such securities to be paid, when due, to the company so de positing. Any Such securities as may be needed or desired by the company may be taken from said department at any time by replac ing them with other securities equally acceptable to the Comp troller General, whose certificate for the same shall bo furnished to the company. (to Be continued) A woman in a French village who was quite ill and confined to her bed, ona evening in her husband’s absence, was shocked by tho sudden appearance of a masked burglar at her bedside. He de manded her money and threatened to kill Lor if she cried out. She said: "You see I am unable to move, I am so ill;.but the money is in the cellar. In tho cellar floor yon will find a moveable stone; raise it and underneath is a bag of mon ey.’ The robber desoened uOo the cel lar Without hesitation,while she, spring ing from her bed, shut tho bolt of tha door and gave an alarm. The neighbors rushed in and the man was secured A Republican caucus in the town of Etna, Maine, has resolved that “R. R. Hayes is a traitor to his party, to his country, and his God," and declares „hat “we will not give him or his iniquitous policy any support, either political or moral.” Etna’s eruption is like the fife a of a Chinese Cracker. Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool 1 or woolen cloth, will take the nain out of the worst case of inflamation arSing from any wound. No one need die from the lockjaw if this simple remedy is raaorted to. m | The working men of B; pursuing the pressure un^gijn N. 48