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practice in the countie 1
yy comprising the Flint Judicia
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"vbgetiSb"
Strikes at the root of disease by purifying t lie blood,
r ‘storing the liver aud kidneys to healthy action, in
vigorating tile nervous system.
YEGETIN E
Is not a vile, nauseous compound which simply pur
ges the bowels, but a safe, pleasant remedy which is
sure to purify the blood, and thereby restore the
health.
YEGETJNE
Is new pr scribed in scrofula and other diseases of
the b ood, 1 y many of the best physicians, owing
to its grea’ success in curing all diseases of this ua-
VEGETINE
Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by purg
ing and creating a fictitious appetite, but assists
nature in clearing and purifying the whole system,
1 ■ ading the patient gradually to perfect health.
VEGETINE
Was looked upon as an experiment for some time
by ‘OUIO of our best physicians, but those most in
credulous in regard to its merit are now its most
ardent friends and supporters.
VEGETINE,
Instead of being a puffed-up medicine, lias worked
its way up to us present astonishing success by act
ual merit in curing all diseases of the blood, what
ever nature.
YEGETINE,
Kays a Boston physician, “Has no equal as a blood
purifier. Hearing of its many wonderful cures, af
ter all other remedies had failed, I visited the labo
ratory, and convinced myself ot its genuine merit,
it is prepared from barks, roots, and herbs, each of
which is highly effective ; and they are compounded
in such a manner as to produce astonishing results.’
VEG ETIX E
Is acknowledged and recommended by physicians
an 1 apothecaries to bo the beat purifier and cleans
er of the blood yet discovered, and tln>U3.\uds speak
in its praise who have been restored to health.
PltOOl'.
WHAT \S M EDKI).
Boston, Feb. ", 1871.
Mr. 11. K. Stevens.
Hear Sir,—About one year since, I found myself
in a feeble condition from general debility. Vege
tine was strongly recommended to me by a friend
who had been much beuefitted by its use. I pro
cured the article and after using several botlcts
was restored to health, and discontinued its use. I
led quite confident that there is no medicine supe
rior to it for those complaints for which it is espe
cially prepared, and would would cheerfully recom
mend It to those who feel that they need something
to restore them to perfect health.
Respectfully yours,
U. L. PKTTIXGILI.
Firm of S. M. lettingill & Cos., 10 State St., Boston.
I HAVE FOUND
THE] RHHIT MEIHMTXK.
Boston, Mass
Mr. H. R. Stf.vens.
Dear Sir,—My only object in giving you this tes
timonial is to spread valuable information. Hav
ing been badly afflicted with salt rheum, and the
whole surface of my skin being covered with pim
ples and eruptions, many of which caused me great
pain and annoyance, and knowing it to be a blood
disease, I took many ot the advertised blood prepa
rations, among which was any quantity of Sarsapa
rilla, without any benefit until 1 commenced taking
the Vegetine; and before I had completed the first
bottle I saw that I had got the right medicine con
sequently I followed on with it until I had taken
seven bottles, when I was pronounced a well nan ;
and my skin is smooth, ami entirely free from pim
ples and eruptions. 1 have never enjoyed so good
health before, and I attribute it all to the use of
Vegetine. To benefit those afflicted with rheuma
tism, I will make mention also of the Vegetine’s
Wonderful power of curing me of this acule com
plaint, of which I Lave suffered so intensely.
C. H. TUCKER,
Pass Ag't Mich. C. It. It..
Xo. €9 Washington str et, Boston
\ r E G E T I IV E
Prepared by
H. R. Stevens, Boston, Mass.
VEGETiNE 18 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
VOL. VIII.
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feb22-l y
lilS 1(0X011 AXD SSIJAII,
AX HOUR AT THE CENTRAL STATION
COURT.
He came in from Sand Hill Fri
day afternoon, so as not to miss the
excursion to Niagara Falls Saturday
night. Ho wanted to be on time,
and lie felt good when told that the
train would not leave for thirty-four
hours. After purchasing his ticket
he softly inquired if they had peanuts
for sale there.
“No, wo don’t keep ’em,” replied
the agent.
“Pshaw ! Well, I supposed you
kept a first-class otfice here. No
peanuts—no gum—no lemonade —•
why, I don’t see how you make a
cent. Never mind, though ; I’ll
be on hand when that train digs
out.”
He came back in about an hour.
His face was very red, his legs weak,
and he thickly inquired :
“Wez ju, say zhat drain left ?”
“It leaves Saturday night at 8
o’clock,” replied the agent.
“Zlias awl rize—l’ll go rizo down
to depoze,’ - lie said as he turned
away.
When he came back the third
time he had to hang to the railing
to keep himself, up, and he cried
out to the agent :
“Why doze you stan’ still ? Whaz
er use whirlin’ aroun’ in zhat way ?”
“1 am standing still,” was the re
ply. ‘‘What do you want ?”
“I waz t known when zhat N’aga
ry Falls leavsli for ’scursion drain ?”
“Saturday night.”
“All rize ; I’ll see you zero an’ buy
zhe zhigars. ”
The fourth time he fell down in
the office, too drunk to keep his feet
but, lying on the broad of his back,
he called out :
“Whazzer Nagry Falls
He was removed to the station,
ami all these facts came out when he
was walked out to the bar of justice,
lie seemed very repentent, but bis
Honor remarked :
“Such conduct must be nipped in
the elbow. See the glaring incon
sistency of a man getting drunk on
the eve of a visit to a vast body of
water !”
“I don't want to sec Xiagary Falls,
was the mournful response. “I'm
lame and tired, my head aches, my
throat is sore, and I want to see
Sand Hill as soon as possible.’’
‘•I rode out to Sand Hill once,”
absently remarked the court, “and a
boy threw turnips at my buggy.”
“Twasn’t me, sir. I was grind
ing a scythe in the back yard when
you went by. I could shed tears
when 1 think of how I acted yester
day. I own right up* Judge, and
now lemmego.”
i “How near will you come to get
ting drunk again during the next
year ?”
“I’ll do just as you say, Judge. —
If you tell me to get drunk I will ;
if you’d rather I'd keep sober I'll do
that, even if it breaks up the family
and runs me to the poor-house.”
He was told to keep sober, and he
went out of the door m such haste
as to upset an apple-woman and two
boys, who at once bad a light in the
gutter.
HOME RULE.
; “Yes, I suppose it might liavedis
i tnrbed the peace,” answered Sarah
! Shepard when the complaint was
| read*, “but was I to blame ? Is
I there one wife in ten thousand bil
i lion who would't have done the
same ?” . ,
“We'll see about that, said the
court as lie beckoned, to a small, us
ed-up man in the audience to come
forward.
Mr. Shepard advanced. Reach
ing a favorable position lie exhibited
two long scratches on his face and a
wound on his head, and quietly re
marked :
“She aimed to take my life, hut
Heaven interposed and the club glanc
ed off. She's awful, Judge, and
this isn’t the first time she’s tried to
murder me,”
“Bali !” she exclaimed in great
contempt. “Judge, do you know
who this spindle-shanked thing was
before I married him ? lie was root
ing is the gutters for rags, he was !
I, fool that I was, took a liking to
him, married him, and have lived a
miserable life ever since.”
“Judge, I eau prove by over four
THOMASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 2S, 1877.
teen families that she poisoned her
other husband/" exclaimed the
man.
“And didn't they luive you in Sing
Sing !” she howled.
“11 icy never did, ami you knowd
that you threatened to pour hot lead
into my ears !”
“So I did, and I wish I had,
for—!”
“Hold on, now !” internal pled
Ihecourf, “L don’t care how manv
murders have been committed, lmt i
want the facts about this riot that
disturbed Seventh street for an hour.
Now, Shepard, tell your story.” '
“Well, sir, she borrowed $2 of me
the other day to get her corns cut off
and last night when 1 asked her to
pay it baqjv she Hew mad and tried to
upset the table. Failing in that she
said she’d make a cadaver of mo in
one minute, and she whacked me
with a pitcher. If you have anv
mercy in your bosom you’ll jug her
for five hundred years.”
“Now may 1 sink through the
iloor if 1 don't tell the truth,” she
said as she drew a long breath and
braced her feet. “This n:a i hero
this human pig—this basswood skel
eton, heard me complaining that my
tcet hurt me, and lie handed me two
dollars of my own money and told
me to go to a corn-doctor. I went,
and when he asked for the money
back 1 told him I wanted it to buv
gooseberries with. Then he began
to rave and tear. I didnt pay any
heed to him till he grabbed mo by r
the throat, but then I rose up and
dressed him out. I now demand
that he be scut up for live years.”
“Ladies and gentlemen,’' began
the court as he put away his notes,
“this is a very plain case. That is,
it’s plain to me that the doves of
peace don’t coo around your cottage
for shucks. One of you may have
told the truth, but I doubt it. Both
are to blame, and both must be pun
ished, one has been choked and the
other clawed, and I’ll make the fine
the same ”
“Make it S2O or three months,”
eagerly remarked the wife.
“Just as you say, madam,”
She pulled out a roll of bills, paid
her fine, and then with a grin of sat
isfaction all over her face she said to
her husband :
“That settles you. You are dead
broke and can’t pay. Go up like a
little man, and don’t forget to write
to yours truly. Bye-bye !”
She sailed away in happy style,
an the amazed court and despairing
husband looked at each other a full
minute before the silence was brok
en. Then Shepard walked into the
corridor and sat down and waited
for the Maris, so badly used up that
he let his nose blow itself. Free
Press.
The Orangemen.
“A subscriber'’ sends 11s the fol
lowing postal card :
You will please publish for the edification of
of myself and many others something relative
to the history of the Orangemen, their national
ity, and their religious and political principles.
The society known as Orangemen
is a secret political and religious so
ciety of the British empire, Its offi
ciardesigmition, upon its own re
cords, is “The Loyal Orange Insti
tution.” It is composed exclusive
ly of Protestants and its professed
objects are to support and defend the
reigning sovereign of Great Britain,
the Protestant religion, the laws of
of the country, the legislative union
of Great Britain and Ireland, and
the succession to the throne in the
present voval family so long as it re
mains Protestant. * The Orangemen
also associate in honor of King \\ il
liamlll, prince of Orange, whose
name they hear, “as supporters of
his glorious memory.’’ Members arc
admitted into the order by ballot, six
sevenths of the votes cast being ne
cessary to admission, Every mem
ber must belong to a subordinate
lodge, and can only he admitted on
proof that he Is over eighteen years
of age, and is a Protestant of known
loyalty. The association is divided
into five orders or degrees, the first
of which is the orange and the fifth
and highest the scarlet degree. The
officers of the lodge, who consist of a
master, deputy master, secretary,
treasurer, and* five committeemen,
and who hold office for one year,
must have attended to the scarlet de
gree. A member who marries a lio
mail Catholic is forthwith expelled.
A district lodge is constituted of
three or more subordinate lodges,
and its officers have the same titles
as the officers of the lower lodges,
with the prefix of “district.” The
district lodge has four meetings a
year. A hove’the district lodges are the
county grand lodges whose officers
hear the titles already enumerated,
with the prefix of “grand” and are
elected by the district officers in the
county. The county grand lodge
meets twice a year. There is in each
of the three kingdoms of Great Brit
ain and Walesa grand lodge which
meets twice a year, and consists of
the grand officers already mentioned
and of a grand committee chosen by
the officers of the county grand lod
ges. These grand officers also con
stitute the imperial grand lodge, at
the head of which is the grand mas
ter of the empire “who is its chief
and supreme head, and whose office
is permanent and uncontrolled.
There are also grand lodges in the
principal colonies. A collateral or
der called the “Grand Black Order
of Orangemen,”or f‘Royal Black
Knights of the Camp of Israel,’, ex
ists within, hut separate from the
Orange institution, to which no per
son who lias not taken the higher do
grees of the exterior society, or who
does not believe in the holy Trinty,
is admitted. Its grand, countv, dis
trict and subordinate lodges are call
ed chapters and preceptorics, and tin*
individual members are called
knights.
The battle of the Boyne was fought
in 1090, on the Ist of July instead of
on the 12th. it was a decisive one.
It settled the succession as between
James 11. and William 111. The
Orange institution was founded in
1795 ostensibly to counteract the Ho
man Catholic secret, associations call
ed “the defenders" or “ribbonmen.”
These two associations soon became
involved in hostility and strife, and
nearly all of the peasantry belonged
to one or the other. Whenever Flic
opposing factions met in any consid
erable numbers, insults were exehang
ed and riots often ensued. The law
was powerless Witnesses were in
timidated. and jurymen frequently
refuse to convict culprits of their own
order. In 1828 there were immense
assemblages of the Orangemen and
of the Catholic associations, in the
north of Ireland, and bloodshed was
the result. So] disastrous and dis
tressing has been the result of the do
monslrations of the Orangemen that
they are forbidden to parade in the
British islands. The institution was
introduced in British America in 18-
-9, and in ISGI it had twelve hun
dred and fifty thousand members.—
Its processions there are not illegal
and its political influence is great.
In 18G0 an attempt was made to com
pel the Prince of Wales, during his
tour through the provinces to recog
nize the order and to pass under its
arches and banners. 'Phis the prince
steadily refused to do.
In 1871, the Or angomen of New
York paraded and were attacked,
and sixty lives were lost. Tlicv par
aded again in 1872, but since then
they have devoted the aniversary to
social purposes. Our readers are al
ready familiar with the details of the
riot at Montreal on the occasion of
the recent celebration.—(fonsfi/u
--tion.
The Populafion of the Globe.
WHERE WE LIVE AND WHO ARE ASSO
CIATES.
The most trustworthy estimate of
the number of people on the earth
for the year ISTO, as furnished by
the German statisticians, is 1,423,-
917,000. This is an increase of over
twenty-seven millions on the esti
mate of 1875, but the augmentation
is not due entirely to the excess of
births over deaths, but largely to the
obtaining of more accurate informa
tion regarding the population of re
gions hitherto little known, and to
more perfect census returns from oth
er countries.
Asia is still the home of a majori
ty of the human race, after having
supplied shoots from which have
sprung groat Western peoples. About
four-sevenths of the earth’s popula
tion is Asiatic, r 525,544,590 ; Eu
rope comes next with over a fifth, or
.309,178,300 ; Africa with about a
seventh or 199,921,000 ; America
with less than a sixteenth, or 85,-
518,800 ; and, finally Australia and
Polynesia, with the very small frac
tion of 7,748,700 people. Europe
is the most densely populated, hav
ing 82 persons to the square mile ;
Asia comes next, with 48 to the
square mile ; Africa next, with 17-l
--and America and Australia bring up
the rear with 5 V and I V respective
ly.
There are 215 cities on the earth
with a population of over 100,000 ;
29 of half a million or more, and
nine cities containing a. million or
more inhabitants. Of these last, four
are in China. Including Brooklyn
with Xew York, as we may rightful
ly do for purposes of comparison,
the greatest cities of the world stand
in this order : London, 3,489,428 ;
Paris, 1,851,792 ; Xew York, 1,535,*
022 ; Vienna, 1,091,999 ; Berlin. 1,-
044,000; Canton and three o'her
Chinese cities, one million each. —
Xew York therefore takes its place
third in the list of great citie- with 1
out counting our Xew Jersey over*
flow.
Though there are not at hand sta
tistics upon which to base an ac lira to
statement of the fact, yet it is the
opinion of all observers of the con
dition of civilized peoples that the
average longevity of the human race
has increased within a hundred
years. Such reports of the death
rate as we have go to support that
conclusion, and it is thoroughly
proved that the devastations of epi
demic diseases are not so great now
as formerly ; while the medical art
steadily advances in its mastery of
the disorders of the human system
and in its ability to ward off and
check maladies which threaten hu
man life. In England, for instance,
the death rate has declined consid
erably during a quarter of a century.
There and elsewhere in Europe, as
also in this country, the subject of
public hygiene has received great at
tention of late years, and Us difficul
ties are being steadily overcome. —
The probability is that men now, on
the average, live longer than their
ancestors and in better average
health. .V. 1 . S/m.
The difficulty between the United
States and Venezuela has now been
amicably settled, the Government of
Venezuela having formally With
drawn the note of the 28th of Janu
ary to Minister Russell, which was
the occasion of his departure from
Caracas. Such questions as remain
will now he treated by friendly t in
ference and discussion.
Xew York Fashions: (Tty Gos-i|>
Fashionable people have gone in
quest of that “.Grange delightfulncss
in grass” winch Buskin writesalxmt.
Unfortunates left behind feel their
insignificance, and aspire to little
beyond a percale costume, content
ing themselves with anticipations of
so much the more finery next fall.
But there is a law of compensation,
and in that jicrcale suit they really
find about all the con.tort there is
in the way of clothing. For the
most part they are made with half
fitting jacket, which as everybody
knows is cooler than if setting close
to the person, while the light over
skirt is of scarce appreciable weight.
I All would be lovely, but for the trail
ling underskirt, but then one does
| not expect just now to have any
good of one’s right hand, so we trav
el along contentedly enough, know
ing that we have opportunity for
the exhibition of a pretty petticoat,
and shoe to correspond. Dark solid
shades of blue, brown, or green are
preferred; ladies in mourning wea*
black, while in the way of trimming
we find knife plaitings, embroidered
bands, and Smyrna lace. Little
girls wear the cunningest dark per
cale costumes, gotten.up in imita
tion of their ciders, but for them
Smyrna lace only is used in orna
menting. Irrepressible people, who
conclude slily to hold up their heads
if they are in New York in July,
buy also a bunting suit, for this
summer there is quite a run made on
bunting, which after all is a clumsy
suit, and not likely to remain long
in fashion.
COTFURES: JEWELRY.
I would be recreant to the trust
committed to me did I neglect to
mention anew invention in hair,
called the “Multiform." which has
attracted much attention by reasons
of its superior advantages. It is
graceful and easily arranged; the
lightest coifures are desired, and
can be disposed in an infinite variety
of styles. Made in first quality hair
only, prices are from ten to fifteen
dollars, according to color. Full di
rections are given, and orders receiv
ed at Helme’s Human Hair House,
lf> East 15ch St., or Mine’. Demo
rest’s, 17 East 14 tli St.
In jewelry scarce anything so fash
ionable as a scarf pin, and in view
of such demand, we find them in
wonderful variety of design—in sil
ver, gold, mosaic, enamel, onyx, jet,
and precious stones. Ladies remain
partial to bangles; slender rings are
worn, but then again the number
of trinkets atttachcd is not unworthy
of note. Pendant from one may be
counted a trunk, tortoise, idol, bas
ket, bell, serpent, - book, five cent
pieces, horse shoe and fish; on an
another a cabbage, drum satchel,
harp, chair, hour glass, chest of
drawers, lizzard, boat and eagle.
NEW DESIGN'S.
The Breton basque is tight fitting,
cut with side form carried to tlie
shoulders, and is at once novel and
distingue, while the llabit basque,
another stylish design, is tight fit
ting, with cut away fronts over a
a pointed vest, and the back in coat
shape. The Clandine overskirt shows
a long, broad apron, closed diagon
ally, and draped so far back that it
hangs perfectly smooth in front, and
a back with irregular drapery des
cribing a point. The Orillia over
skirt, in effect dressy and graceful,
with drapery apparently complicated
is quite simple and easily arranged.
.Just think of it. Imagine a cor
set cover prolonged out gradually
until it reaches the ankles. By such
prolongation it becomes a petticoat,
and while human ingenuity is taxed
to the uttermost in order that the
front and sides shall hang close, clos
er, closest to the figure,, the back
from about a foot below the waist,
becomes a mass of ruffles, flounces,
and frills made to set out “like quills
upon the fretful porcupine,” in order
that the train—a point peculiarly
dear to the feminine heart at present
—may find due support.
GILAIO UE’S GA RDE N\
Life would be a burden without
Gilmore’s Garden. ’Tis there we
find our chief recreation, and every
thing is so pleasant, that the oftener
one goes, the oftencr one wants to
go. Cool fountains, caves of the
winds, grottoes, to say nothing of
the refreshing verdure everywhere,
afford charming variety, while music
of artistic merit gives the finishing
touch. We make the most of Gil
more, this season, for next summer
1). V lie will be in Europe—fear
lessly entering into competiton with
the bands of France, Germany and
England. 11c looks the polished so
ciety man, rather than the absent
minded artist, and bis manners, at
once courteous and cordial, have
rendered him very popular
Lucy Carter.
The Secretary of the Navy has ad
dressed a letter to Captain Howgate,
the originator of the plan to estab
lish a colony for Arctic exploration
in the far north, declining to detail
a civil officer to accompany the ex
pedition Captain Howgate had
made application to have Captain
Tyson, now in the service of the
Navy department in a ciyil capacity,
detailed for the expedition, he hav
ing been with Captain Hall on the
steamer Polaris. The Secretary re
grets that he cannot comply with
the request, as lie does not consider
himself authorized to detail a civil
officer for such service, and, for the
same reason, he regrets that he can
not comply with the request for the
loan of instruments belongingto the
navy for use in the expedition.
\KWS ITEMS.
A German- Polish company of col
onists has purchased 5,000 acres of
land in Arkansas.
Corn is selling in parts of South
ern Texas at 20 cents )>cr husliel,
! and crop prospects are flattering.
The Federal troops stationed at
Chattanooga for some time past
' have gone west to fight the In**
dians.
i
One thousand bushels of new
wheat have been shipped from Knox
ville to Georgia by J. \V. Grant &
Son.
Russia lias bought in the New
York cotton market about 5,000
bales. Her purchases are confined
wholly to fine grades.
Anew Virginia law forbids any
person to capture a mocking-bird, cx
cept on his own premises and for his
own use (that is, none to be sold), \
for oi x years to conic.
The Indian warfare in the West
waxes warmer, and (Jen. McDowell
has called out 100 volunteers to sup
press the red-men. The government
lias forwarded troops from several
points in the South, to the field of
battle. When will these Indian
troubles case ?
Three hundred Russian Mennonite
emigrants, en route to Kansas, pass
ed through Cincinnati, July. I.
The women and children are all ro
bust despite the evidences of poverty
that surround them, and they will
make a healthy addition to the farm
ing population.
r i he setting in of the periodical
pressure for money “to move the
crops” is noted at the West. There
is a heavy demand on the Chicago
banks for loans and currency for this
purpose in Southern Illinois. In
Northern Illinois and the States
north of Chicago the movement has
not yet began.
The Mexican filibusters continue
confident that the war with Mexico
will ho brought about soon, by means
of which the annexation of a part of
Mexico will become a military neces
sity, so to speak. In Administra
tion circles, however, no apprehen
hensions of war arc entertained, and
the filibusters get cold comfort from
Secretary Kvarts.
Our friends, the Spaniards in I la**
vana, are in a peck of trouble. The
insurgents have just killed six hun
dred of their soldiers,including a Bri
gadier ; yellow fever is playing havoc
with wluifs left : popular discontent
is rampant ; the financial stringency
is serious, and mercantile failures are
occuritig every day. As the conque
ror jf a peace, Spain does not seem
to be a success —Xashville American.
The British Government, in view
I of the supply of rubber falling short
i i.i South America, is sending young
[ trees to India. The native way of
; supplying the trade with rubber is
wasteful, and the demand is increas
ing at an enormous rate. It has
been the practice to cut down trees
; 150 or 200 feet high to secure one
j hundred weight of rubber, and thus
the forests of rubber trees in Brazil
nre being destroyed.
THE CONTENTION.
WEDNESDAY.
Wednesday’s session was spent in
reading ai.d referring resolutions,
with a slight exception. Mr. Dis
make was a little contentious aoout
*5 a day and moved a reconsidera
tion. We cannot see how men ad
vocating economy can vote for the
milage to be ten cents going and
coming. Xo railroad.in the State
charges over ten cents a mile, some
of them charge only four cents.—
Some of them give the members a
free pass and hence charge 1 othing.
Taking the roads that charge five
cents and the member makes a clear
net profit of five cents a mile. The
members from Savannah clew over
and above their expenses, fifteen dol
lars. Now if there is economy in
this, we are unable to see it.” We
are glad to see the convention refuse
to reconsider, for the purpose ot ma
king the per diem *5, after a long
discussion.
The committee of twenty six, on
Revision of the Constitution asked
for a clerk and was permitted to em
ploy one.
The following committees were
announced :
Committee on Capital.—>l W Lewis, S Hall,
J G Stephens, W S Wallace, F Fontaine, John
Oolller, F C Furman, S Hawkins and Pope Har
row.
Committee on Judicial Circuits.—D B Harrell,
M L Merslion, J B Twitty, W J Hudson, J A
Hunt, E G Greer, N G Tumlln, II L llollifield
and It D Winn.
Committee on Payment of Public Debt.—W T
Wofford, W B Jones, J A Davis, K W Anderson,
L H Featherstone, A W Holcombe, TGI Lawson,
C W Dußose and Weir Boyd.
Committee on Clerical Force.—S H Mosely, B
E Crane, N Bass, K H May and S G Howell.
Committee on Printing.—D B Harrell, Joshua
Hill, B K Russell, W T Thompson and J W Rob
erts.
Committee on Auditing.—W H Ross, F Cham
bers, G It Sibley, E A Flewellcn and R W Edge.
Resolutions were read providing
for the qualifications and eligibility
of voters.
To abolish the State Bureaux.
To make the homestead a separate
provision from the constitution, to
be ratified by the people.
To hold the state otliccrs liable on
their bonds for any mortgages paid
by them in violation of the constitu
tion, of laws. To fix the salaries of
Superior Court Judges at SI,BOO
- reduce cost of tax collections
to half the present rates.
To prevent new contracts and new
loans by the state, counties and cit
ies.
To prevent any future legislature
having power or authority to pass
any law, recognizing any bond of
this state that nas been declared
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j fraudulent or void by the General
I Assembly.
Tt prevent any future legislature
having authority *o repudiate or call
in question the validity of any rec
ognized bond of the state now out
standing.
To prevent any member of the
legislature taking a fee or gift or bo
of counsel in any case pending before
cither house.
To prevent iocal legislation and
invest the grand jurors with the
power, their enactments to he rati
fied by the vote of the county.
To abolish the otlicc of Attorney
General.
To subject homesteads to judge
ments for trespass and damages.
To exempt *2OO worth of house
hold and kitchen furniture to each
family and all agricultural and me
chanical tools, &.
To protect county records by pur
chase of fire-proof safes.
Mr. Wright offered the following ;
Resolved, That the Committee on Fitixuce be di
rected to enquire,
1. Whether the producing and industrial cl.isaes
as contradistinguished from the class dealing u
money and monetary securities rati prosjar under
the oppressions of our present sy-teiu of banking in
the hands of the bond-holder.
2. Whether the practice of our fathers for thre.
quarters of a century, whereby each state, by ap
propriate legislation, furnished a circulating medium
for its people b.ised on coin, was Constitutional;
and, if so, by what authority the government of th<
United States took sway the power of the state* and
transferred it to n class, to-wit: the bondholders.
8. Whether the laboring uud producing classes
do not require a good currency, equally distributed
easily obtained at a lower rate of interest tor their
own prosperity and a proper development of the
country, and whether the interest of the bondle.l
der is not to make money dear by all the means in
his power.
4; Whether the present effort of the bondhol
ders to make the government furnish the gold to
take the legal tenders out of circulation, ami which
gold goes into their vaults to redeem their own
bills is not a double fraud upou the people, to wit,
in making the government bury the gold at a h. av y
loss with which to enable them to pay coin, and at
the samel time reducing the cin nlaUm by the uitli
drawal of the legal tenner, thus aiding to the scar
city and prize of money.
5. Whether the convention by her constitution
to be adopted can remedy this evil, and if so how
and to report a clause or clauses for that pur)KMt<,
and if the convention cannot whether the siitf'crinc*
of the producing and laboring classes in nil Ha
states impoverished beyond anything ever before
knowigin this country, do not require the oppn n
sions of this terrible monopoly.
THURSDAY.
The President appointed the fol
lowing
Committee on sale of State Railroads—H. F.
Tharpe Waring Russell, J. s. Clifton, A II Greer,
J 1) Wilson, E s Coats, It M Paris and l> <i Phil
lips.
Mr. Toombs, Chairman Committee
of Final Revision, made the follow**
ing report:
• MILITIA.
Section 1. A well regulated militia l>olng es
sential to the peace and securit yof the si ate,
the general assembly shall have authority in
provide, by law, how the intlltla of this state
shall be organized, officered, trained, armed and
equipped, and of whom It shall consist.
Sue. 2. The General Assembly shall have pow
er to authorize the forming of volunteer compa
nies of Infantry, cavalry and artillery, and for
their organization Into battailous, regiments,
brigades, divisions and corps, with such rest rle
tlonsas may be prescribed by law, and shall have
authority to arm and equip the same.
Sec. a. The officers and men of the militia, and
volunteer forces, shall not he entitled to receive
any nay, rations, or emoluments, when not in
active service by authority of the State.
Mr. Toombs, Chairman Committee
of Final Revision, made the follow
ing report:
Sec. l. In all elections, by the people, the elec
tors shall vote by ballot.
Sec. 2. Every male person, born In the United
States, and every male person who lias been
naturalized, or who has legally declared his In
tention to become a citizen of the United States,
twenty-one years old, or upwards,who shall have
resided In this State six months next preceding
the election, and shall have resided three mont h .
in the county In which he offers to vote, and
shall pay all taxes which may hereafter be re
quired of him, and which he may have an opix.r
tunityof paying, agreeably to law, except for
the year of the election, shall be deemed an elec
tor ; and ever)' male citizen of the United States,
of the age aforesaid, (except as hereinafter pro
vided) who may be a resident of the State at the
time of the adoption of this constitui lon, shall la
deemed an elector, and shall have the right -> of
an elector as aforesaid;
Provided, That no soldier, sailor or marine in
the military or naval service of the United Stubs
shall acquire the rights of an elector by reason
of being stationed on duty in this State; and no
person shall vote who, if challenged, shall refuse
to take the following oath: “I do swear that 1
am twenty-one years old, have resided in this
State six months, in this county three month-,
next preceding this election, I have paid all tax
es which, since the adoption of the present con
stitution of this State, have been required of me,
and which I have had an opportunity to pay, < \-
eept for the present year.’
sec. 3. Xo person convicted of felony or larceny
before any court of this State, or of or in the
United States, shall be eligible to any office or
appointment of honor or trust within this st ate,
unless be shall have been pardoned.
Sec. 4. Xo person w ho Is the holder of any pub
lic moneys contrary to the law shall be eligible
to any office in this State, until the same ts ac
counted for and paid Into the treasury.
Sec. 5. Xo person, who, after the adoption of
this constitution, being a resident of this state,
shall have been convicted of lighting a dud In
this State, or convicted of sending, or accepting
a challenge, or convicted of aiding or abetting
such duel, shall vote or hold office In this state,
unless he shall have been pardoned; and ever)
such person shall, also, be subject to such puii-
Islirneut as the law- may presents-.
Sec. c. The general assembly may provide
from time to time, for the registration of all elec
tors, but the following classes of persons shall
not be permitted to register, vote or hold offh • ;
Those who shall have been convicted In any of
the courts in this state of treason, of embezzle
ment of public funds, malfeaseance in office,
crime punlshtble by law with Imprisonment in
the penitentiary, or bribery, or larceri), idiots or
Insane persons.
Sec. i. Electors shall, In all cases, except trea
son, felony, larceny, and breach of the peace, he
privileged from arrest during their attendance
on elections, and In going to and returning from
the same.
SEC. 8. The General Assembly shall, by law, re
quire the closing of retail liquor establishment s,
and forbid the sale of intoxicating drinks within
two miles of election precincts, on days of elec
tions in this State.
Sec. . Returns of election for all civil officers
elected by the people, who are to be commis
sioned by the governor, and, also, for the mem
bers of fhe General Assembly, shall be made to
the secretary of state, unless otherwise provided
by law
These reports were made the spec
ial order for Friday.
The Secretary then read follow
ing :
MEMORIAL OF THE CITT OF A TLA XT A.
The city of Atlanta submits the following memo
rial to the constitutional convention :
If Atlanta i* selected by the convention as the
permanent capital of the State, and if such selec
tion is submitted to, and the name is ratified by the
people, the city of Atlanta will convey to the State
of Oeoigia any ten (10) acres of land in or near the
city of Atlanta, now unoccupied, or the square in
the heart of said city, known as the city hall lot,
containing five (5) acres of laud, and bounded by a
street on every side, on which to locate and build a
canited for the State.
tiecond—The city of Atlanta will build for the
State of Georgia on the selected, a capitol buildm •
as good as the old capitol building in Milled*.-.lllel
Third—A copy of this memorial, signed by Un-
Mayor and certified by the clerk of council, under
the seal of his office shall be presented to the con
stitutional convention; and when Un
seat of government shall be permanently located
in Atlanta as above stated, then the proposition
herein contained (if accepted) sh .11 bt a
binding contract on the city of Atlanta.
City Clerk’s Office, Atlanta, July IS ls;7.
I hereby certify that, at a called meeting of the
mayor and council, held this day at the mayor’s of
fice, a full board being present, the above memorial
was unanimously adopted; and at a meeting of the
mayor and board of aldermen, held the same day, a
lull board being present, the same was unaniineus
ly concurred in by them. N. L. Angie*, Mayor.
[Sealj Frank T. Rvan, CV-rk of Council.
A resolution was read requiring all
life insurance companies, doing bus
iness in this State, to deposit iIOO,-
000, with the State, to meet all liu-.
i bilities and damages awarded against
them.
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