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Volume 5
BAINBRIOGE, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 10,1876
Number 18-
fhe Weekly Democrat.
gEN. E. RUSSELL, - Proprietor.
B.unbriuoe, Febhuarv 10, 1$78.
" AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS
A negro in a neighboring county re
quested » }’oung lady to take a ride with
him. whereupon the l&dy s bud gave, the
d»rkev a tremendous whipping. The
point of order was well taken, and the
(hair decides that in future this rule will
prevail.
And now Vic Woodhull is going to lec
ture in Georgia. Well,—but then we’ll
tee wiial we'll see.
Capt. Amos J. Love has been unani-
oously re-elected Clerk of Council at
Thomasville.
our young friend W. Horton Branch,
formerly of Bainbridge, was married on
the hist ult., to Miss Bailie Thornton, of
Lumpkin, Stewart county. Health and
happiness, Horton.
Kay ton, of Quitman, is getting up a
rice, bright little paper; but we venture
suggest to our friend not to publish any
more letters from Washington such as the
one contained in the last issue. That let
ter was vastly out of place in a Southern
democratic paper, and the writer of it un
doubtedly a Republican—not only a Re
publican, but a partisan of Blaine.
Cairo thinks site will soon be the capi
tal of a new county. Altogether a matter
of opinion, you see.
Valdosta has organized a Library Asso
ciation. The Time* says it is doing well,
and the new building i9 rapidly being
built.
The Sumter Republican says that Hill’s
epoch was “the right thing made by tbe
right man in the right place and at tbe
right time.” That is putting it strong—
but hardly too strong.
The amateurs of Quitman are goiug to
give an entertainment to procure funds to
build a band stand.
Thomasville Guards are going to cxcurt
to Montieello, Florida.
Quitman will have a scraper to scrape
her street. This is scraping up old things.
Thomasville Enterprise: For several
6w--o several young men, or good
sired boys, have been practicing on-a tight
mpe, in rear of the stores on Broad street.
On Wednesday last one of them fell and
broke Ids arm. Better be doing some
thing more useful and less dangerous,
boys.
Mr. Win. Winters was run over and
killed on the track of the A. & G. R. R.,
two miles from Thomasville on the 24th
nit. No particulars.
Mr. Baker, member from Bartow conn-
re, introduced a bill in the House, to reg
ulate legal advertising, excluding ’‘Patent
Outsides.”
Albany New. On the 29th Senator Pery-
ry introduced a bill to transfer Calhoun
county from the Albany to the Pataula
Circuit, and Miller from the latter to the
former Circuit.
Thomasville had a bi<f thing in the way
of a leap year party’ last week.
The Superior Court in session in Albany
h«t week, spout four days trying three
colored individuals for burglary, at an ex
pense of several hundred dollars to the
county, and. verdicts of “not guilty”.at
last. Yot the Legislators can’t see much
oericno „
potent stenographers.-
Thomasville wants a Library Associa
tion.
The County Commissioners of Thomas
county are trying to make arrangements
to farm out their chain gang to planters.
Camilla is complaining of her bad
streets. . ., *
We find the following rather queer
marriage notice in thie Camilla Enterprise:
Mauuikd.—In this place, at the People's
Store of MessrA Einsteine & Baer (where
‘ 5 kept the greatest bargains to be had in
’me country) by JusticeE. H. Shackelford,
" r - William Bowen and Miss Racbel
Howell, all of this county.
Tuere i« somethin;' rather spiteful in
'iii> item from the Quitman Reporter: Big
Titom:isville, with a population of some-
ffii tg less than 10,000, cast in a municipal
w ntest 216 votes, whilst, little Quitman,
n a like contest, polls 211. How is that
Hiss Triplett?
The same paper has this: There was a
’reo horse wagon load,. of sweet oranges
ca the streets one day last week. They
*ere raised about fifteen or twenty miles
jflow here. The orange culture isbecom
B S quite profitable, even in Brooks,
The last Sonny South contains a splen-
^ picture of Gen. Beauregard.
Hr. John W. Bart, who owned one of
fim stores recently burned in Cuthbert, is
05 'rial, being accused of setting his store
®n fire. -
The Valdosta Time* pays a handsome
' -mpliment to the member from Lowndes,
A. H. Smith.
The shooting match between the citi-
ka* and Guards, of Thomasville, fourteen
^"h, on last Wednesday, respited in a
^mplete victory for the citizen squad—
'core standing 57 to 24.
r The two following items are from the
'^'lla Enterprise :
^ nere ought to be a Young Men’s
Association organized in this
Y?’ What say the brethren ?
•reti f , 8 rt dearth of greenbacks in this
n ^ u > but farmers arfe staying close at
* derived from employing com
ipr
Quitman Reporter: The Q. D. L. F. A’s.
turned out in full force last Wednesday
night, and had a grand torch light proces
sion. By request, Mr. Nathan Gazan de
livered them a speech. He addressed
them as loafers, and assured them that if
they had started out to inake/<wfo of them
selves oa that occasion, he could assure
them that they had succeeded most admir
ably. The organization is now non ext.
Thomasville has just been trying her
self in tliennarrytng- -w«y. n*
evening: On Thursday, the 27th Ult.,
Air. John S. Alontgomery to Miss Hattie
Swift. On the same day at the residence
of T) r. W. P. Glower, Mr. A. T. Rodden-
bury to Miss Georgia E. Norwood. On
the same evening at the residence of the
bride’s mother, Mr. S. L. Moore to Miss
Cornelia. L. A. Wind, all of Thomasville.
On the same e venning at the residence
of Rev. W. T. Taylor, Mr. John Carmine
to Miss Sue Taylor, all of Thomasville.
Dawson has a young dramatic club, and
the ladies of the Methodist church, of that
city, inive organized a mite society.
We find this item in the Dawson Jour
no/,: “Oh, ma! there’s an angel with
wings,” exclaimed a five year old child a
few days past, as he looked at one of our
Dawson girls with her ears spread.
Camilla Enterrrise : The citizens’ Tax
Bill was sustained by Judge Wright part
ly. lie ordered the Tax Collector to col
lect sixty-four per cent, on the State tax
—a decrease of 146 per cent, from the as
sessment of the County Commissioners.
Judge Wright’s last order is for twenty-
five per cent more on the late order—
making in all, as per his order, 89 per
cent, upon the State tax. which Capt.
Twitty will proceed to collect.
The Quitman Reporter says that that
town is over stocked with babies, and the
cry is still they come.
Fort Faines was made wild the other
day by the Steamer Big Boot going up
with a string band and serenading the
people.
Camilla is improving. The Enterprise
says. Messrs James Baggs and P. B.
Twitty have each begun the erection of
handsome and commodious residences.
In Albany, says the News, business
changes, dissolutions, &c., are the order
of the day.
. Albany News : The Lockett B. & A.
R. R. case was argued before Judge
Wright last week—and decided against
Col. Lockett. Judge Strozier carries the
case to the 8upreme Court.
The ladies of Cuthbert propose to have
a Centennial tea party. The-tables will
be supplied with every available delicacy*
which will be served to tbe guests by
young ladies attractively dressed in cos
tumes of a hundred years ago. Each table
will be presided over by a matron in the
costume of Martha Washington.
Columbus had a slight attack from
earhquakc last week. Gettjng two near.
The forty-second gin-house burned in
Georgia since the 1st of Semptembe.r, is
that of Mr. T. J. West, of Hancock coun
ty. Eleven bales of cotton were also de
stroyed.
Tbe Brooks County Gem gets off this
good one : “Our barber says he will
have to charge more for shaving during
these hard times, cause—all his customers
have such long faces and it takes more
time to shave them. ”
Fort Valley Mirror : “A Talbot county
man wants the homestead increased to
$0,000. We’ll bet lie- wouldn’t pay his debts
if he knew he would go to heaven by per
forming such an act.
Alapaka has a fortune teller all the way
from England.
THE FIVE CITIES-
Under this nead we condense the latest
intelligence from Georgia’s five most im
portant cities :
ATLANTA.
We find the following humorous
paragraph in the Atlanta Herald : “Miss
Alay Lonez, a beautiful Baltimore belle,
now in Savannah, will take in the Georgia
Legislature at the Markham House on her
return northward.”
The Herald is authoritv for the report
that Hon. A. H. Stephens writes to a
Washington friend that-lie has abandoned
all hope of being able to take bis seat in
the House of Representatives during the
winter, and that he has no intention of
resigning.
The Atlanta papers are worse than a
a pack of Kilkenny cats. They Squirm
and grumble all the time.
Herald: .There are only six white
headed men in the Senate. There are
others whose whiskers are gray but bain
dark. D’ye see it ?
The Grand Lodge of B’Nai Brith is
in session.
Thus the Herald comments on a com
munication from upper Georgia, signed
* ‘Gloveless North Georgia:”
“The main point contained in the letter
is a thrfeat(wbtch our correspondent as
sures us, in a private letter, is “no mere
threat,’’) that, unless the Legislature
grants State aid to the amount of #100,000
to the Marietta, and North Georgia Bail-
road, the Democracy of North Georgia
will solidly wheel into line against the
ty, and support the Independent-Re
publican candidate. Now, we do not
believe the Democracy of North Georgia
will do anv such thing. Such Democrats
as need $*100,000 subsidies, once in a
while, to keep them in the traces, can be
spared very easily. In fact,- they are of
the sort that might leave the party for the
party’s good. We do not believe that the
stout Democracy of North Georgia—
always the pride, and frequently the sal
vation of the State—is made of such
miserable stuff.
The murder of citizens of North Geor
gia by the Federal authorities has become
so frequent that recently two United
States soldiers were arrested and confined
in the Fulton county jaO. They were,
however, turned over to the United States
Courts under writs of habeas corpus.
SAVANNAH
Savarrimhls enjoying her race* muchly.
Joseph W. Pinder has been appointed
Lieutenant of the United States Army,
and will be commissioned next June.
News : Of course that Junction Branch
has done harm to Savannah. Of twenty-
seven passengers from the North who ar
rived on the afternoon train, tweDty-three
stopped at the hotels and four went
through to Florida. Why certainly Sa
vannah.is being injured by this enter
prise (?)
Josh Billings is to lecture in Savannah.
Rdwin Booth is creating & perfect
furore.
The colored Methodist Conference has
resolved to petition the Governor to par
don Tunis G. Campbell,
The riot case against the Russells, who,
some time ago, assailed Col. A. R. Lamar,
is in progress.
In the month of December Brunswick’s
exports amounted to $43,400 ; St Mary’s
to $9,700 and Savannah’s to $6,009,130.
Only New York, New Orleans and Gal
veston exceed the latter in December.
Of imports Savannah received $26,224,
and the other Georgia ports not a dollar’s
worth.
Savannah is having “Valentine” parties.
There was some speculation in tickets
to Booth’s entertainment, and various
parties boast of having made a raise.
A Spanish gunboat arrived at this port
yesterday from New York, via Charleston,
en route for Havana. She will be used as
a tender to the Spanish fleet in Cuban
waters.
AUGUSTA.
Sacred Concert at St Paul’s church.
Cotton dull and tending down.
A ball in honor of the officers of the
frigate Congress will be given on board
one of the vessels, at Port Royal, in a few
days. Severed citizens have been invited
to attend.
The Constitutionalist says : A bill passed
the Senate of Georgia recently exempting
-lawyers, physicians, dentists and photo
graphers from all taxes, save the tax
levied by the State. If we are Hot
grievously mistaken, this is a singular
piece of legislation. We have not seen
the bill, but understand that, the gist of
the matter is as we have stated it. Now,
what reason exists for exempting lawyers,
physicians, dentists aud photographers,
from any burden of taxation that does
not apply with equal force to merchants
and farmers, not to speak of other people
who constitute the body politic ? We
should be thankful for light on this
subject.
MACON
Judge Hill is seriously sick, and unable
to hold Court.
The Legislative Committe upon the
Georgia Academy for the Blind reached
the city last night, and will visit and in
spect tha( institution to-day. Hon. D. D.
Craig, Representative from this county, is
a member of the Committee, and accom
panies it.
Mr. Pat W. Doyle is dead.
The annual election of President and
seven directors of the Southwestern Rail
road Company will be held at their office,
No. 6 Poplar street, at noon on the 10th
instant.
Katie Putman is playing in Macon.
COLUMBUS.
The Columbus Enquirer, of Sunday,
says : A friend tells us that a very in
fluential railroad agent, conversant with
the tide, reports that fourteen to fifteen
thousand people, mostly negroes, have
passed over his road on their way to
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
The Bnqutrer thinks Columbus will
receive 10,000 bales of cotton during the
balance of the season.
Charlie Ballou, of Columbus, accidently
had the forefinger of his right hand cut
off in the Eagle and Pkenix mills.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
Washington, January 81.—The Ap
propriation; Committee heard arguments
m" favor of a
simplify the existiing laws imposing
duties on imports, and to reduce taxation;
also, to simplify the appraisement of
goods, wares and merchandise imported
and subject to ad valorem duties.
A resolution was adopted directing the
attention of the Committee on the District
of Columbia to the frauds and irregulari
ties charged against the District Govern
ment. - !
Holman offered a resolution instructing
the Committee on Banking,an3 Currency
to inquire whether 4ke cOjju^ercial and
industrial interests of the country do not
require that the retirement and cancella
tion of legal tender notes shall cease, and
whether common and equal justice to the
whole people does not require that United
States notes shall be substituted for na
tional bank paper.. Adopted.
The Military Academy appropriation
bill passed. Adjourned.
In the Senate, bills were introduced by
McMillan to exempt all vessels engaged in
navigating the Mississippi river and its
tributaries,above the port of New Orleans:
from entry and clearance.
West presented a petition of the citizens
of Louisiana in favor of aid to the Texas
Pacific Railroad.
Before the adjournment of the Senate
Morton gave notice that he would call up
the Mississippi resolution when the pres
ent bill was concluded.
Cameron hoped not. He wished to
consider the Centennial appropriation.
Morrison’S proposed tariff goes into ef
feet on the 1st of February next.
Washington, February 1st.—House—
Tbe Senate bill removing the disabilities
of George 8. Hawkins, of Florida, lias
been passed.
The House took up as a special
order tbe proposed amendment to the
Constitution reported from the Judiciary
Committee, which is that no person who
has held, or who'may hereafter hold, . the
office of President shall ever again be'
eligible to said office.
To this proposition Frye, of Maine,
member of the Judiciary Committee, of.
fered the following as a substitute :
From and after the fourth day of March,
in the year 1885, the term of office of the
President and Vice President of the
United States shall taehix years, and any
person having been elected and held the
office of President, oi who for two years
has held such office, shall be ineligible to
re-election. The bill- was discussed by
Knot, New, Frye, Mctlrery, Caulfield,
Lawrence and - Harrison. Knott gave
notice that he would call the previous
question on Wednesday at the expiration
of the morning hour.
The Judiciary Committee reported a
bill reorganizing the Judiciary of the
United States. It was made the special
order for the 16th of February. The bill
provides for a circuit court in each judi
cial district, and establishes in each
circuit a court of appeals, which is to
have appellate jurisdiction in cases arising
in courts within each circuit. The terms
of the court of appeals are to be held
Boston, Albany, Philadelphia, Richmond,
New Orleans, Louisville, Chicago, St
Louis ami San Francisco. The decision
of these courts of appeal are to be finaj
and conclusive, but a review upon the
laws may be had on a writ of error or ap
peal to the United States Supreme Court,
where the matter in controversy exceeds
the sum or value of $10,000, or where the
adjudication involves a constitutional
question or any treaty or law of the
United States, or where the court shall
certyfy that it involves a legal question of
sufficient importance to require a final de
cision by the Supreme Court.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
London, Februry 1.—John Foreter,
once editor of the News, and the author
of the “Life of Dickens,” is dead,
The mission of On tray to Egypt for the
purpose of fostering French influences is
regarded as a failure. The Time's Cairo
letter says Outray interfsrred between the
Khedive and English and French capital
ists, who are competing!n negotiation for
further,advances toEgypt. The Khedive
inclines to the English, but wishes to con
duct the operation on a purely commer
cial basis, and seleets the party offering
the best terms. This displeased Outray,
and.there has been a consequent disagree
ment between him and the Khedive.
The Post's Berlin special says the penal
•code amendment relative to pamphlets and
ship cabal across the Isthmus |. oral? which ^ proposed by the
of Darien, Involving an appropriation of j£~ erliment in or(Jer to prevent an evasion
two millions. ■ of the law prohibiting the abuse of the
. The Appropriation Committee are. ap- : waa rej ected by a manmuvre of the
jjfytnt? aTeduction of ten per cent, on the . rruranunntarte members, who pressed' a
salary qf. twenty On |bqf force on the j ^i v i s ; oni when many of their opponents
Treasury building. j were 8 bse„t. The amendment will be dls-
In the Senate a large number -of peti- * cugset j again this week. The government
ttons Were presented in favor of aid to the inKigta upon ^ passing.
TeMsPacific RaUroad. They were re-j jfc*. Paris specW this morn-
fereed to the Coomm. tee on Radnor | £ thTcoufficfing
Momson s tariff bill»theresnttof a ; .JT,, ofthe recent French Senatori-
conference, and will be introduced for 1 k p^nch newspapers, that
reference to the Committee of Way* and
Mean*. It is tbe general opinion,however,
that the Committee is indisposed to inter
fere with the tariff.
In the House, on the call of States:
Wells—To amend the act for tbe return
of the net proceeds of cotton seized after
18©. .
Riddle—To abolish the restrictions on
the sale of leaf tobacco.
By Morrison, of Illinois—To revise and
the figures ara artfully grouped in accord
ance with party feeling. Two great facte,
however, are prominent—the absence of
a majority willing to dissolve the Repub
lican Assembly, and die discomfiture of
the Bonapartiste.. i
The Aew also has a special from Vienna
saying that Constantinople -advices state
that Count Andrassy’s reform project will
be read to the Grand Vizier on Saturday.
Lon don , February 1.—News from Sclav
onic source* say the Turks were repulsed
at Gradate on Sunday last, with a loss of
eighty killed. They also lost thirty in a
reverse near Slick.
The ^Sme*’ Paris special says an annaly-
sis of t£e Senate, including life members,
show* from one hundred and fifty-five to
one hundred and sixty avowed Republi
cans, sixty-five to seventy supporters of
the present, government, thirty to thirty-
five partisans of a limited or absolute mon
archy, and thirty-five to forty.Jpiperiah
ists. '
San Fbancisco, February 1.—By the
Belgia: Seward has received instructions
proceed to Pekin, to assume charge of the
delegation.
The Chinese Government has decided
to participate in the Philadelphia Centen-
nial.
Vienna, February 1.—-The Potitishe Cor
respondent is authorized to contradict the
statements in respect to Prince Milan’s
supposed dissatisfaction with the present
position of affairs and his intention to re
sign. There is nothing in the present con
dition of Servia to justify serious alarm
or so extreme a measure as abdication.
There have been struggles and contentions
between political parties, but they left the
position of the dynasty entirely untouch
ed. All Servia has affirmed that it is well
aware at the present juncture that no
more serious misfortune could happen to
the conntry than to change the ruler.
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY-
TooonStlidato the offices of tax-col
lector* and receivers. Passed by a sab-
statute entitled “An act to regulate the
fees of tax collectors and receivers,” con
siderably reducing tbe commissions now
allowed. . vaf ~>|# l *•
To facilitate service on railroad com
panies. Passed. <
To alter section 3647 of the Code.
CURRENT EVENTS,
There is talk now of chromo-litho
graphing Zach Chandler’s nose for ex
hibition at the Centennial.
The New York Graphic nominates
Mr. Lamar for the second place on the
Democratic) national ticket.
The Hon. Mr. Starkweather the on
ly Radical Congressman from Connect
icut, died last week.
Cars are being built South like re
frigerators. They are to be used in
conveying tropical fruits next summer
to Chioago via Nashville. They* will
be attached to passenger trains, and
sent through in three days.
The latest fraud revealed is in the
cotton claim*. It has been shown that
one fraudulent claim of $60,000 was
paid twice, the second time by order of
ex Secretary Richardson.
A wedding party was assembled in a
wealthy German’s house in Pennsylva
nia, to witaeM his daughter’s marriage
to a German. Just before time for
the ceremony, she slipped out, joiners
young.Irishman and went with him to
an alderman who married them.
The new census of Texas shows that
the State has a population of about one
million two hundred and seventy-five
thousand, as compared with a popula
tion of eight hundred and eighteen
thousand in 1870.
Governor Chamberlain declares there
is not a man in South Carolina who
will trust ex-Governor Moses for $10.
If there’s a man in the State who will
trust him for a nickel, blind confidence
in human nature must be largely devel
oped hi South Carolina.
It is announced that Miss Bettina de
Rothschild, eldest daughter of Baron
Alphonse Rothschild, of Paris, is to b
Carried next spring to her cousin,
Baron Albert Rothschild, of Vienna.
She is going to do very well, as the
young man’s father is said to be a man
of some means. Her own father, too,
is understood to be in comfortable cir
cumstances himself.
Wbipper evidently believes with
Senator John J. Patterson, that there
are yet five years’ good stealing in
South Carolina, and is enraged that
Chamberlain will net let him and Moses
begin. This loss of time annoys him.
In passing the Centennial bill the
House amended it so as to take man
agement of the fund out of the hands
oof the Philadelphia people and place it
under the oontrol of Gen. Hawley aud
hi&gjvemment associates, who are re
quited to give bonds in $500,060.
The appropriation committee have
decided to cut down the Presidents
salary to $25,000- The. present incum-
hent’suureasonab! e salary cannot be
disturbed, but tbe olll applies to that-
of his successor for the period between
his inauguration and Jnne 30th 1877.
The compensation of the Speaker of toe
House is to be reduced to $7,500, but
the salary of the Viee President will
he 1 eft at $8,000, ,
A bill has been Introduced in the
Pennsylvania Legislature making it a
penal offisnse to point a fire arm at any
tenon, whether it is in earnest or jest.
’Hus measure is evidently borrowed
from the English law, which sentences
a person guilty of assaulting with agon
or pistol to transportation, even if die
weapon he not discharged.
define the liabilities tor ]
cropping on shares. Lost.
To require guardians of female wards
to settle with them on marriage. Lost.
To make the offense of cheating and
swindling a felony. Lost
In the House—Mr: Giabam, of
Dade, moved to reconsider the bill call'
ing a Constitutional Convention.
Mr. Walsh opposed the motion and
called the previous question. The mo-
don was lost.
The following bills were introduced
by Mr. McKinley;
To amend section 4560 of the Code
relative to the arrest of Vagrants; also,
to prescribe a special oath for Bailiffs
of the Superior Courts.
Mr. Baker—To repeal an act author
izing Magistrates to award cost against
the prosecutor or defendant in criminal
prosecutions.
Mr. Lawton—To amend the law rela
tive to public holidays.
Mr, Miller, of Marion—To change
the time of holding , the General Assem
bly ; also to amend section 838 of the
Code in reference to redemption of prop
erty sold under tax fi, fas.
Mr. Seville—To reduce salaries of
the Governor, Judges of the Supreme
and Superior Courts, and certain other
officers named,
Mr. Black—To appropriate a sum of
money to facilitate exhibitions by
Georgians at the Centennial.
Mr- Walsh—To provide for the reg
istration of .bonds. ; r
Mr. Marshall—To protect Ordina
ries when administration of estate* is
vested in the Clerks of the Superior
Courts.
Mr. Fannin—To encourage propaga
tion of fish in this State,
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills were passed: To
require Ordinaries, Tax Collectors,
County Treasurers, School Commission
ers, Clerks of Superior Courts and Sher
iffs to make returns to the grand juries.
To specify the time when the property
of the county Treasurers and their secn-
rities shall be bound by their official'
bond.
BILLS LOST.
The following bills were lost;
To amend section 4151 of the Code.
To declare the meaning of section
926.
To rapeal section 3674.
To amend section 3725.
To make penal the needless discharge
of firearms in public highways, >
To amend section 1645, and to re
duce salaries therein named.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
To punish the crime of murder by
mob and lynch law. Lost.
To prescribe the mode of. foreclosing
certain mortgages. Passed.
To amend section 3972 of the Code,
so as to change the time required for
service of subpoenas rfuee* tecum. Passed.
To require bonds to he deposited by
foreign insurance companies doing busi
ness in this State. Lost—a similar bill
having already {tossed-
Tp authorise the granting of new
trials in civil cases in the Superior
Court. Passed by substitute.
To declare, the improper use of money
by judiciary officers a* felony. Lost.
To define for whom trustees and
trust estates may be granted. Passed!. .
- IN THE HOUSE.
Mr. Allred offered a resolution foe
the appointment of a committee to con
fer with the Governor in reforence to
the murder of a citizen of Gilmer coun
ty by Federal soldiers, to enquire by
what authority the murderers have been
released from custody of the law ; and
to recommend soine steps to be taken
for the protection of citizens of the
State. The resolution waa agreed to.
Mr. Jones, of Bnrke, chairman of the
Committee on Agrionhnre, reported aa
a substitute fot the various dog bills, a
billlhteme dogs,
for protection of sheep raising. It., ft
quires a lioease of one dollar per dog,
and makes a penal affiseee the inshore to
get license to keep a sheep-killing dog,
and offers rewards for killing wolves,
wiki eats and foxes- The bill wsa (eas
ed—yeas 87, nays 38.
Members of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee say their resent action
has been misunderstood by the proas
and people, and it is probable that they
will bom make an explanation Until
then, they ask a suspension of judgment.
Already the political pot is boiling and
strifo and dtoeVous have commenced.
" The report that-Haedeman
drawn ftom the race is ihlee, and that
Smith is to be United States Senator.
POILTICAL N0TE8-
The advice to Morton seems to bit.*
“Tuck in your shirt.”
Poor Blaine. He seems to be the
sickest hyena m the national menagerie.
Gen. Babeook’s day of judgment ap
proaches with the intrepid steps ef A
jackass to a peck of oats.
The New York Tribune insists that
Senator Conkling is Grant’s candidate
for the Presidency. Grant can nomi
nate himself or any body that he ehooses.
Ben Hill made, himself “solid” with
the centennial Republicans. Ho voted
for the bill; and the sweet ointment of
oblivion will be poured over his situ.’
Let us hare peace.—Memphis Ava-
lanch.
Butler has turned up. It is‘'positive
ly asserted” that he will run for con
gress again—or at least, for the nomina
tion—in bis old district next summer;
The proprietor of the skating ting at
Washington hung out a ragged red flag
the other day to indicate that (he ion
was in good order and the whole popu
lation at once flocked to the senate It
hear the rest of Morton’s speech.
Sam Cox haa reoeived orders from
the Democratic committees of several
States for great quantities ef his speech
on amnesty, the total demand at this
time reaohingoqe hundred and Seventy-,
five thousand copies.
Bedfield says in the Cincinnatti Com
mercial that Morton’s chances are next
to Grant’s in the South. He divides
the States as follows.* Morton-—Geor
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas and TlsxU: Blaine—Virgi-
nia, Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Florida. Bristow—Ken
tucky, Missouri, West Virginia and
Tennessee.
The New Vork Tribune says thjo
Massachusetts Democrats are balancing
between Hendricks find Tildes. For
the vioe-presidenogj Gov. Gaston it re
garded as the most available) candidate,
though John Qhitrty Adkins is fovOrt-
bly mentioned. Cuirles Francis Adam*
does not appear^among those who have
won the ardent friendship ofdemoemtie
politicians. i - >
A Washington, dispatch says : Prom
inent Republicans from North Carolina,
Georgia, hnd other Sonfheth States
who have lately arrived here, represent
that movements are already on foot in
the South to secure delegations to the
Republican Convention in fhvor.of Bris
tow for Preindent and Jewett for \ftoe-
President. They mj tbat ithe petron*
age of tbe Poet Ofiee and Treasury De
partments in those SteSeeis being need
to farther this scheme.
• msm
The New York Jcmmal of CbmAiercd'
opposed the ptoptadtidato make a Pres
ident, on hit retirement from office, n
Senator for lift J pn&mji .(hefS W Utah-
ing now to prevent an ex-Itaeident, if
he possesses the confidence afid win the
votes of the people, from makiiig him-
selfsaMeM/iTh*
elected toCongse—, like John Quroey
Adams, or oMsftfafe e eteft'm the Sen
ate, like Andrew Jofcrnacii;.,
in the Democratic Senatorial empopn
held in Washington Thursday aight,
made
Senate to'Mr . Merten’s reesntisflaaa-
tory speech ontjMTMiaslmippt election,
jft was deeded to &
hie aebemnaf getting up. jf:
tiunal debate.
Oliver P. flfurt— mjrwhen Andrew
Jfofon siiob*" tad* tat'-M* i*
owed nol^r e^ emt
Johnson had given Oliver a fow g^sd
kicks instead oi takes it would have
a greiSat- nekiKfy of iaoiSTthat
the country' vfoeld hdve ip$fl toil led
Wistacrethattbereta.'he
bloody shirt—Kansas City