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The Daily Herald
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1874.
ASSOCSCEMKST.
The undersigned annonnce that the Herald
distribution of presents will come off on the
night of the twenty-ninth, at Jamas’ H&ll,
nagement of the commissioners
There aro bnt three days left in which to
secure tickets.
Such a chance will not be offered again.
There will be no scaling of presents.
Alston A Grade.
There are only a few days la which to
get chances la the Herald Dlstrlbatlon.
Scad In yonr subscript ions at once.
Don't delay a day-
bo Cabbage stalks will be given In the
Presents.
l*o Novelette,.
Remember, the 39lh Is the day.
Yon will never get the chance again.
Chief Justice Waite has written to the
President accepting his appointment, and
saying that he will be in Washington in the
course of two weeks.
The Kentucky Legislature has determined
extend the session till 23d February, or
nearly four weeks longer than the constitu
tional period.
THE LEGHMTCSE TKSTEKU IV.
The General Assembly entered upon the
third week of its sessioa yesterday, and the
day’s labors added no little to the amount of
work cut out for fntnre consideration and
completion.
Senate.—The Senate reconsidered the bill
passed Saturday, making hgnre-bcads of
Judges, and juries the exclusive judges cl
the law in criminal trials.
The right of Senator Caonou to bis seat
from the Fortieth District was confirmed.
Resolutions congratulating Texas upon her
recovery of the right of self-government, and
condoling with Louisiana in her present
troubles, were reported back with the appro
val of the Governor.
Horse.—Nothing of interest transpired in
this branch, beyond the offering of a bill, by
Mr. Coleman, of Randolph, to require an an
nual registration of voters.
The contested election case from Decatur,
embracing both members, is exciting a good
deal of interest. The Election Committee
are equally divided on the subject, and the
case has been made the special order for
Wednesday.
TIIE a ObV CATION PIOI1T.
The Convention fight will open in the
Haase this morning at ten o’clock. It prom
ises to be bitter as to debate, bn' the votes
are already pretty welljcounted off. William
son of Baldwin,{facile of speech, and posted
on his question, will open in favor of his
stricken people. He will be supported by
Pierce of Hancock, a game chicken in a tilt,
and ahard one^tohandle; Walsh ofRichmond,
the orator and the statesman; Tntt of Lin -
coin, ready in debate and wary of fenoo; Wil
liams of Dooly, DnBose of Warren, andprob-
> ably others. Hoge, onr learned and eloquent
champion; Anderson, a powerful speaker, and
one full of well-earned honors; Candler of
Hall, a shrewd little giant, whose words fall
like trip-hammers, Fort of Sumter, scholarly
and forcible, will fight for tho people against
the Conventioners. Probably other blades
are tempered for the fray on cither side.
Turnbull of Banks was seized with a sudden
sieknees yesterday, and it is feared that his
eloquent voice will bo missed in this, the de
bate of the season.
The galleries will probably be crowded, and
we may rxpect a regular "fiel#day” in
the House.
A LAW OF GEORGIA.
There is a law upon our statute cook,
passed at the session of 1871-2, and incorpo
rated as Section 4472 of tbe New Code, the
printing of which, for public information,
may not be amiss at tbo present time. We
thick it very probable that many State’s At
torneys, grand juries, and even law-makers
and judges, are ignorant of its existence. It
reads as follows:
“It shall not be lawful for any person, or
persons who have been, or may herealter be
elected to any office in this State, to sell or
farm out any office, to which they have been
or may horeafter be elected; nor shall it be
lawfnl for any person, or persons, to pur
chase or agree to give any money, or other
thing of value, to a person elected for the
privilege cf exercising the duties of said
office; nor shall it be lawful for
any person, cr persona, to promise, or agree
to divide the profits, fees, or emoluments of
said office, with the person so elected. Any
persons, who shall violate the provisions of
this section, shall be guilty of a felony, and on
indictment and eonvictio.i, shall be punished
by confinement and labor in the penitentiary,
for a term not less than one year nor longer
than three years. ’’
THE DA.TGER OF EXTREME!!.
The dangers of all reforms are, that rash
men who are caught up in the rush of the
movement, will run to extremes.
Especially is this the case when the initial
steps of the reform bring ready and
sweet applause. The nowise legis
lator is apt to be thrown off his balance by
tbe balloos of the populace.
The truth of this may be found in the war
waged by tbe present Legislature against the
system of State aid to railroads. It is probable
—or, we may say, it is certain—that the State
has been very impolitic in its wholesale grant
of aid to wild cat railroads in «the past few
years, and it is right that it should be limited,
or even estopped, in tbe future. But there
are several very important lines of road, de
manded especially by certain rich and unde
veloped localities, and in a general way by
•very city in the Stale. Theae should not
. be crippled by a suicidal withdrawal
of that aid which was wisely grant
ed in the flrat| case. There aro other
which, under the aid bills already
posed:!, have been started and poshed to a
considerable extent. Thousands of dollars
of private capital have been expended upon
the basis of State aid being pledged to com
plete what their money would hirdly com
mence.
Such a one, notably, and which comes to
onr mind on the instant, is the Northern
Railroad, which runs from Athens, taps the
Air Line near Clarksville, acd anticipates
thence a close connection with Knoxville.
This Road is of prime importance, and
will develop a stretch of rich country,
the "come-oat” of which will astonish the
State. Tbe city of Athens, and private stock
holders in and around that flourishing city,
have spent dollar alter dollar in the plucky
hope that tbe promised State aid would at
last carry the work on to completion, that
they had so nobly commenced and prose
cuted.
We trust that tbe Legislature will think
carefully before, in their effort* to “ win the
plaudits,” they crash out enterprises that tha
fctu* shoul.i. and ia in honor bound to, cher
ish and protect
THE ATLANTA DAILY HERALD.
VOL. II-NO. 141.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1874.
WHOLE NO. 435
THE COSTETTlO.l HCESTIOX.
The special order for tbe House of Repre
sentatives to-day is the bill of Mr. Williams,
of Baldwin, calling a Slate Convention to
revise the Constitution of 18G8. It is gene
rally conceded that the bill in question will
be voted down by a largo majority, or substi
tuted by one providing simply for a submis
sion of tho question of a Convention to the
voters of the State, at the next election. The
contest is likely to be over this isolated prop- j
osition, and the discussion one of the most ,
animated and interesting of tho session. A j
number of leading members, on both sides, :
we learn, will address tho House.
The proposition, thus narrowed doan, would j
seem, at first thought, to be harmless and I
free from objection; we trust, however, that i
the opponents of the Convention agitation I
will not be seduced I y the apparent conces- ;
sion to vote for the measure: and for several ;
reasons, which wa shall proceed to state. i
In the first place, a bill or resol ntion to
enqoire of the people of Georgia what they
desire in tho premises, is irregular, unneces
sary, and no part of tho dutj, of tho present
Legislature. The people will make known
their wishes in due season; possibly, should
they so conclude, at the coming election, and
their representatives in the next Legislature
will be able to speak for them. It was never
contemplated that every man who happens to
be dissatisfied with this or that feature of
the Constitution, should be allowed at any
time he might think proper to pass a measure
through the Legislature to forco the issue
upon the people whether they desiro it or
not. Were this tolerated, wo should never
have *n end of agitation and constitution
making.
Secondly, .here is no evidence that the peo
ple of Georgia desire a revision of their Con
stitution at the present time, and all move
ments to that end should originate with them.
On the contrary, while a few politicians and
public journals have been assiduously striv
ing for months to get up an interest on the
subject, the people everywhere—even at the
very homes of the agitators—have shown tboir
disapproval of the scheme. With the solitary
exception of the one called together among
bis neighbors by the eloquent tongne of Gen
eral Toombs, every effort to get up a meeting
and iospire interest in tbe subject throughout
this State, has proved a most signal failure.
In the face of snch an expression from the
people, why should the Legislature be called
upon to thrust the unwelcome subject npon
them whether they will have it so or not ?
How many Representatives are there in the
House who can tinthfully say what aro the
views of his constitafints on this subject, and
that they desire its agitation at the present
time ? Are there a dozen, cr even five ? If
the less number stated, let them show tbe
public expression of opinion upon which they
rely for their support.
Thirdly, there is no division among the
white people of Georgia npon the proposition
that the Constitution is defective—that it is
not their Constitution, and that in some of its
theories and provisions it is both false and in
famous. They are furthermore agreed that
they owe it to their welfare and solf-respect to
materially change it, and at the earliest
day practicable. The only point of difference
—a few questions of State policy excepted,
which need not create any serions conflict—
is one of lim*. The agitators say note: we
must hare the change forthwith, and will
Bubmit to no farther delay. Their oppo
nents—who we firmly believe constitute ninc-
tentba of the sober, considerate people of the
State—say, we are with yon in sentiment, bnt
consider it inexpedient, and possibly
hurtful, to move in the matter at
the present time. Bad as the Consti
tution is, and coming from the unlawful and
disreputable source it did, it can do us no
positive harm so long as the Democratic par
ty administers the government of the State;
then, why force ns to divide with you-why
distnrb the public harmony on so vital a ques
tion, when by waitihg for a brief season, dur
ing which the State can softer no
detriment, we shall all bo together,
and move harmoniously toward a
common end l Why cast the apple of dis
cord among the people of Georgia, and at
tempt to place a large majority of them not
only into a position they do not ocenpy, but
into affiliations which aro most distasteful
to them but may become necessary in order
to maintain their convictions of duty ? We
shonld lika to see a satisfactory answer given
to these questions.
We hope these reasonable views will be al
lowed their jnst weight in tbe consideration
of tho question that ccmcs np to-day, and
that the Honse will, by an immense majority,
throw its influence on the side of harmony
and ncited action, by leaving to the
people the inauguration of all movements
tor changes in their fundamental law. That
they have made no anch movement np to tho
present time, but have wisely and prudently
discouraged agitation on the subject, is too
evident to admit of a doubt.
THE NEW ELECTION BILL, destructive fire. Igeorgia legislature.
now THE
ELECTIONS a! HE
MANAGED.
HE THE UNION POINT HOTEL BURNT..
The President’s Views of
the Question He is Op
posed to Congres
sional Interfe-
r e n c e.
The Forthcoming Message.
Senatorial Restrictions on Sta
tionery.
Washington, January 1874.
Senator Thurman disavows any formal
consultation with Messrs. Carpenter and
Butler over tho new election bill for Loninia-
na. Neither has tho Senator any knowledge
of how the Democrats will vote. The pro
posed bill is similar to Carpenter's of the last
session with tho exception that, instead of
having tho election conducted by registers
appointed by Judge Wood, it shall be man
aged by Congressional commission or milita
ry officers. The point as well as tho fato of
tb6 bill, ip in great doubt, though it is known
that the President, if tho new election must
occur, prefers it should bo conducted under
Federal or executive auspices.
The following may be confidently accepted
as reflecting the views of the President on the
Louisiana and kindred questions. Numerous
paragraphs, telegraphic and otherwise, h ive
recently appeared in tho newspapers, staling
what the Presiden t would or would not do in
relation to Louisiana and other public mat
ters now attracting general attention, and as
if to serve tho purposes of those immediately
interested in the determination of the
pending questions. The President is
sometimes represented as expressing views
which he certainly does not entertain, and
wLich are contrary to tho course be has here
tofore pursued. So far as reports prevail of
differences with political friends and a dispo
sition to act altogether independently of them,
it is known from those having intimate rela
tion with him that they are uniounded. Nor
is it probable that any differences aro likely
to exist, excepting such as may bo in separa
ble from his views. Tbe President may him
self take of his constitutional duties and the
official responsibility which attaches to his
office.
Acting in accordance with tho constitution
al requirement that tbe President shall from
time to time give Congress information of the
State of the Union, he is now engaged in the
preparation f f a message which he submits
to the C\*biuw. befoio transmitting to Con
gress. This message will, according to the
present understanding, be confined to a plain
but elaborate stale of tho facts attending tho
Federal proceedings in Louisiana, in support
of United States judicial decisions which he
had no authority to disregard, whatever
may have been his own opinion on the po
litical questions offered. It is positively
known, that tho President has not interfered
in any way with tho Louisiana question
relating to seats either in tbe Senate
or House of Representatives. To both par
ties who bavo called oo him he has repeated
ly said that snch questions properly belong
to Congress, tho Constitution making each
honse the judge of tho election returns and
qualifications of its own members, and that
the consideration of such questions involves
the snbject of the legality of the authority
under which certificates of elections were is
sued. So tho question necessarily affects the
other, and both could at the samo
time bo determined. This in substance
is the* reply bo has unreservedly given
to these who have interrogated him
on tho subject of a bill proposed
to be passed by Congress, ordering a now
election in Louisiana. Ho has discouraged
such legislation, and while thus opposing
Congressional interference, ho has had no
hesitation in saying to visitors, as bo repeat
ed yesterday, thero was no doubt that tho
lato election in Louisiana was an organized
fraud from beginning to end, for tho benefit
of those now in possession of tho govern
ment of that State, and that there has neve*
yet been a fair count of votes, the results
having been reached by dishonest means is
too well known to be repeated.
It is, therefore, not probable that the Presi
dent will, in his forthcoming special message,
make any recommendation lor a new elec
tion, his opinion, as privately exprogaod, be
ing that Congress has no right to order a new
election in Louisiana than it has in any other
State, because of local conflict, all the StAtes
now being equal in the Union and as much
entitled to the general protection from illegal
or unconstitutional interfcrcncj by any
branch of the Federal Government as they are
against invasion or domestic violence. And
besides, there are means to settle the Louisi
ana and all kindred cases without resort to
Congressional action ordering a new election.
Washington, January 25, 1874.
Tho Committee on Privileges aad Elections
will consider the Alabama case, between Sen
ators Spencer and Sykes, to-morrow.
Washington, January 26, 1874.
A large number of bills were introduced
and read.
Tho Senate Committee on Contingent Ex
pen&cs was instructed to inquiro as to the ex
pediency of prohibiting the stationer at tho
Capi*.ol from furnishing any article of sta
tionery to Senators except paper, pens pen
cils, ink, envelopes and mucilago.
Neither a message nor bill touching tho
Louisiana case comes iu to-day, A message
will come in to morrow, and a bill will prob
ably follow.
. Atlanta, January 26, 1874*
_ . _ . _ The Senate waa called to order by Presi-
Tne Inmates Barely Escape with i aent Trammell.
it •, T • 1 Prayer by Rev. C. A. Evans.
klieir Lives* J Senator REESE gave notice during the
| reading of the Journal that he would move for
™ I tbe reconsideration of so much of the Senate’s
ru * am to the herald. I p rocee dj n g g on Friday last, asireUted to the
Union Point, January 26, 1874. | bill entitled an act to“amend Boction 4646 of
Yesterday morning at 4 o’clock the alarm tne Revised Code of Georgia.
The question of reconsidering tho bill was
then taken up and Senator REESE rose and
spoke at length against the bill as passed by
the Senate. He thought this subject waa of
vital importance to tho commonwealth, affect-
-s— **• s Ksatfsra&s ksss
of firs was given in this village.
Unfortunately bnt few of the citizens heard
the alarm. The few thet did hear it jumped
out of bed to find the hotel on fire. The fire
stood some ten feet from tho main building.
When Mr. and Mrs. Bell awoke the fire had
reached their room, end their bed was on
fire. They made their escape nnhnrt, but
lost evory thiDg they had in their room. They
did not even save a suit of clothes. Some of
tho bedding in the bed-rooms was saved, bnt
no furniture. A few chairs of the dining room
and the piano was taken out bnt badly broken.
Mr. Bell had just bought a supply of hams,
flour, etc. All was burned,
Mrs. Bell kept one of the best eating
houses iu Georgia, and she immediately took
human life end human liberty.
The greater part of the morning session
was taken np in a disenesion npon tbe reconsid
eration of this bill. Senators REESE, LES
TER and HILLYER to reconsider, and Sena
tors KIBBEE, SIMMONS, PEAYY and HUD
SON, opposed. The bill was reconsidered by
Mr. TURNBULL of Banks offered a reso
lution in regard to tbe resolution offered on
Friday last relative to the delay in tho school
fund being paid ont, asking the Committeo
on Eduoation to retnm tho same to the Honso.
Agreed to.
Mr. MILLS of Chatham offered a protest
from the citizens of Savannah against the !
passage of a bill to relieve tho Savannah,
Skidaway and Seaboard Bailroad from the I
duty of running and maintaining its road to
White Bluff. Tbe bill and protest were re
ferred to the Judioiary Committee.
Mr. STEWART of Taylor moved a sus
pension of rules for the purpose of introdno- j
ing a bill to authorize tha Mayor and Council ■
of the Town of Butler to i’ssno scrip, oto. j
Motion agreed to and the bill read the first \
time.
Hr. MILLS of Chatham moved a suspen- i
sion of rules to introduce a bill to alter,
amend and add to an act approved March 7tb,
1866, eto. Motion. agreed to and tho bill
read the first time.
New -A-dvertisement^.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
another honse just across the road, whorp she thi 8 act- on ©very trial for any crime or of*
1 fense in this Stats, that whilst the Jndge is
the safe and reliable adviser of tho juries, yet
tbo jury shall not be bonnd to take the law as
given them in charge by tho court, unless in
their conscientious opinion tbe charge truly
states the law, bnt it shall be the right sf the
jury to differ from tho court as to the law.
See. 2. Be it further enacted, That on the
trial of all criminal cases it shall bo the right
of counsel to read and argne the law to the
jury.
Sec. 3. Be it farther enacted. That all laws
in conflict with this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.
MESSAGE FROM TEE GOTEHN'OE.
Mr. COLEMAN ot Randolph asked the
suspension of rules to introduce a bill to pro
vide for the annual registration of voters of
the State, etc. Motion agreed to and the bill
read the first time.
. , ... i The hour of ono having arrived the House
a vote of 22 ayes to 16 nays, and recommitted , adjourned nntil ten a. h.: Tuesday
with a substitute to the Jnaiciary Committee. i
The following is the bill as it now reads: t
An act to preserve unimpaired tho rights ol'
juries in criminal cases to be judges of the j
law as well as of the facts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
tbo State of Georgia:
Section 1. That from and after the passage ;
CARRIAGES, BABY CARRIAGES.
Ifie Oriouritod Concord Iren Ail*
!
Miltourn Wagon,
ILLINOIS.
THE B. B. IN COUNCIL,
Saddlery Hardware.
I» DECATUR STREET.
Opposite the a. I. Kimball Hoc.
Cliif MarsM's Qici,
' TT.A NT A, C, A , ranei-T ?K 1«7,.
Adjournment or the Srriizyp. Court—Mag
netic Rfxatioks between the Re-
prBLics of Mexico axb the
United States—The Steen-
SrBHCBB CONTEST TV
the Senate.
Washington, January 26, 1874.
The Supreme Court adjourns Friday to tho
first Monday in March.
The President and Attorney General con-
salted to-day.
The federal government has authorized
Mexioo to extend a telegraph line under tbe
Bio Grande to Brownsville and maintain an
office there.
No Southern Nominations.
The bearing of the contest between Sykes
and Spencer for the seat in the Senate is post
poned to Thursday, by which time the coun
sel for contestants can make np the cases and
designate witnesses.
A. J. Ricks, editor of the Knoxville Chroni
cle and Clerk of the House is on tho com
mittee cn banking and currency here.
FOHT4 -THIRD CONGRESS.
Flourishing Condition of tne
Lodges.
PRESENTATION OP A MALTESE CROSS
TO MR. FRANKLIN OF MEMPHIS
FOR HEROIC CONDUCT.
A resolution was sen* te tho Senate signed
and approved by his Excellency tha Gov
ernor, congratulating the people of Texas on
their liberation from fraud and carpet-bag mis
rule in the successful installation of their of
ficers chosen by tbe people in the recent elec
tion, and the deep sympathy of the people of
Georgia for tho State of Louisiana in the sup
pression of local self-government therein.
HOUSE BESOLmON.
On motion, tbe rules were suspended to
take np the Honse resolution appointing a
committeo to inquire into public printing.
standing committees.
Senator REESE, from the Committee on
Judiciary, submitted reports on snndry bills
which were read.
Senator HARRIS, from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, submitted the report
of the committee on the contested election in
tho 40th Senatorial District, recommending
that tho Hon. H. W. Cannon be allowed to
retain his seat.
On motion of Senator HARRIS, tho tepoit
of tho committee was adopted.
BILES OS FIRST HEADING.
Senator BLANCE introduced a bill tore-
peal an act to encourage the manufacture of
cotton and woolen goods.
Senator ERWIN—A bill to amend section
2291 of the new Code of Georgia.
Senator HARRIS—A bill to protect farm
lands from municipal taxation.
Also, a bill to requiro tbo Judges of the
Superior Conrls to compensate officers of the
... - court, for arresting criminals that havo fled
The preliminary proceedings were noial-, jj-cun the counties where the crime was oom-
portoot. . '-nsittad.
THE riNCHBACK CASE AOilX—RESOLUTIONS TO
RECOMMIT WAS POSTrOSBD — PENEl^IS FOB
SOLDIER* WIDOWS OF THE MEXICAN WAS
TES TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE
SOUTH -ABMT jHATIONS FOR THE DESTITUTE
SOUTH—THE WEST VIRGINIA ( ARE AGAIN.
SENATE.
Washington, January 26, 1874.
THAT MOItTGAGE ON TIIE CAPITOL,.
We are gratified to be able to state that the
City Conned of Atlanta, at a special meeting,
last night, made snch an arrangement with
regard to tbo mortgage npon the Capitol
building, as will effectually protect tbe State
against all liability or less on that account.
Hard as it may be npon her tax payers, the
city of Atlanta, although she has paid tho
debt once, is resolved that where her faith to
the State is involved, even through no fault
of her owd, there shall be left no canso of
complaint
The action of the Council, we learn, was
communicated officially to the Governor, and
he will probably communicato with tha Gen
eral Assembly to-day on the subject.
An Indian once tried.tho soltoess of feathers
by laying one on a rook and stretching him
self npon it There are some who try the
virtue of advertising on the samo plan.
THE »»TII.
There are bat a few days left in wbicb lo se
cure ticke’s in the Hebald distribution
Seven thousand dollars worth of presents
u ill be distributed !
There will be no scaling!
There will 1st no talented cabbage stalks
given away!
There will be no postponement!
Tbe tickets cost nothing. Every subscri
ber shonld have one.
Bat a few days left. Tbe books will close
on the evening of the 29th instant.
Martin Van Bnren used to say that it was
better to wslk thirty miles to seo a man than
to write him a letter, and Caleb Cashing, ac
cording to the Chicago Tribnne. agrees with
him.
The Spanish mm Ampilee departed from
New York tor Cuba Saturday,
TENNESSEE.
Death in a Saloon.
Nashville, Janaary 25, 1874.
Maurice Eagan, news agent on the Nash
ville and Chattanooga Railroad, was shot and
killed in a saloon in this city last night, by a
gambler named Stevens. Slovens was ar
rested.
NEW JERSEY.
Church Burned.
Pennington, January 25, 1874.
Tbe Presbyterian Church at this place was
burned.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1LOCOMOTIVE ExrLOSION.
Columbia, January 25,187L
| A locomotive on tho Greenville Railroad
exploded last night, sixty miles above Colnm-
I bia, killing tho engineer, John lame, and
| mortally wounding a colored fireman.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
New York, January 25, 1874.
j Airived-Gen. Hurries, Herder, Anglia and
! Mosel.
Galveston, January 25, 1874.
| Arrived—Argonant.
London, January 25, 1874.
Arrivod at Liverpool—Ships Henry Pal-
! ham and New Orleans; barks Edward, Me
! Dowell.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
I The schooner Franklin Rogers Cath im, for
j Boston, capsized, and tbe captain and two of
; the crew were lost.
Forged certified checks on tbe First Na
tional Bank of- New Y'ork, signed by C. H.
' Winship, are now circulating. The forger is
; now operating in tbe West, having made the
tour from Maine.
I A Boston dispatch says tbe thermometer
stood at Zero this morning. The weather is
mnch colder elsewhere, and tbe ico business
is vigoronsly poshed.
A Lowell dispatch says that a palpable
earthquake was felt at Chelmsford, Mass. It
1 shook the building* and caused moeh alarm.
Senator MORTON called Pinchbnck case, in
which he reiterates tbo statement that if tha
charges are truo, Pinckbaek was not tho
proper person tors seat. Senator McOREE-
RY followed in a brilliant speech upon
Louisiana »flairs. Upon motion of Senator i
CARPENTER, who desires to speak npon
the snbject, a resolntion to recommit was
postponed to Wednesday's executive session.
The additional amendments recommended
by tho Judiciary Committee to the bankrupt
cy bill, relate mostly to matters of dotail in
volved in tho amendments already reported.
The lollowing. however, are the now and im
portant features:
1. An amendment providing that in cases
of voluntary bankruptcy, no discharge shall
bo granted to a debtor whose assets shall not
be equal to 33 per cent, of the claims proved
against his estate upon which he shall be lia
ble as principal debtor, without the assent of
his creditors in number and valne as pres
cribed by the existing law. This repeals the
provision which now requires 50 per cent of
such assets.
2. An amendment providing that in com
puting the number of creditors who shall
join in a petition to have a debtor adjudged
bankrupt Creditors whose respective debts
do not exceed $250, shall not be reckoned as
part of the requisite proportion of one-fourth
of all the creditors; but if thero be no credi
tors whose debts exceed said sum of $250, or
if the requisite number of creditors holding
debts exceeding $250 fail to sign tho petition,
tbe creditors having debts of a less amoant
shall be reckoned for the purposes aforesaid.
Logan's bill provides that a pension of
eight dollars per month shall be given to
each honorably discharged officer and enlist
ed man. including militia and volunteers of
the military and naval service who served
sixty days in war with Mexico, and also to
surviving unmarriod widows of such officers
and soldiers,
HOUSE.
AmoDg the bills introduced was one
pensioning soldiers’ widows of the Mexican
War; one pensioning the widow of Jss. L.
Orr, of South Carolina; the army survey of
the Bhip canal from Lake Michigan to the
Mississippi, near Cairo.
Mr. MILLS of Texas—A bill removing all
tbe troops from tbe Southern States to the
border for frontier protection.
Mr. HAYS—A bill to furnish army rations
to destitute people of tbe Sooth.
The West Virginia election case was re
sumed.
ENGLAND.
Dr. Livingstone Dead.
London, Jannary 26, 1874.
Dr. Liviugstone died in the interior of Africa
of dysentery.
The new parliament meets tho 6th of March
Adaui Black is dead.
London, January 26, 1874.
The Right Honerable Benjamin Disraeli, in
an address to his constituents, in seeking re-
elcct.on to Farhament, strongly condemns
the course of tho Governmeut Premier,
charged with having violated theConstitution-
ai law by persisting of several months in oc
cupation of bis seat to which be was no long
er .ntited, and tbo action of tbo Ministry in
inaugurating the Ashantoe war without com
municating with Parliament on the snbject is
severely denounced. Disraeli says he Soda no
thing definite in Gladstone’s address regarding
the policy of the latter, except that bo in-
leuds to apply tho large surplus to tbs re
mission of taxation, which wonld bo tbe
coarse of any ministry. The principle meas
ures of relief spoken of by Gladstone have al
ways been favored by the conservatives. It
would havo been far better for tbo country if
within the last five years tbe foreign policy of
the government bad been a littlo more ener
getic. Disraeli characterizes tbo argament
for tbe extension of tbo household suffrage to
conntiea as fallacious,’aod says that no one
has mure strongly opposed tho contemplated
assimilation of frauchiso than the premier.
Also a bill to f rotcct the culture of fish in
certain rlream3 therein named.
Also n bill to require tho school commis
sioners of the county of Worth to pay accounts
ol X. M. Marshall and C. G. Tipton.
Also a bill to prevent free hunting in tho
counties of Worth, Irwin, Berrien and Col-
quit.
Also a bill to rcqnire the school hoard of
Worth county to audit the accounts of Daniel
Hill.
Senator HILLYER—A bill to extend tho
time of recording certain liens.
Also a bill to repeal an act to protect the
people of this State in tho silo of kerosene
oil.
Senator KNIGHT—A bill to provide for the
speedy sale of lands not returned for taxation.
Senator MATTHEWS—A bill for the relief
of John C. Mound, and other* of the county
of Talbot.
Senator NICHOLS—A bill to incorporate
tho South Georgia Navigation Company, and
for other purposes.
Senator PAYNE—A bill to allow A. J.
Hnlan, of tho county of Catoosa, to peddle
without license.
Senator REESE—A bill to amond the char
ter of the town of Thompson, in the conntv of
McDuffie.
Also a bill to incorporate Summerville Rail
road Company.
Senator TRAMMELL—A bill to amend
Section 605 of the Code.
Senator KNIGHT—A bill for tho relief
of G. M. T. Wetson, of the county of Eohols.
Senator GILMORE—A bill to authorize the
Ordinary of the county of Washington to IcTy
a special tax for school purposes.
Senator CANNON—A bill to extend the time
for auditing change bills against tho West
ern and Atlantic Railroad.
adiocrned.
Senate adjourned nntil 10 oV.oek Tuesday
morning.
HOU8E.
House met ut 10 A. M. Speaker Bacon in
the Chair.
Prayer by tho Rev. F. Jackson.
Mr. BUTT of Marion, moved a susp ension
of the rnles to read a seoond time a bill to
establish direct trade with Europe, etc.
Motion agreed lo, and tbe bill read and re
ferred to the Committee on Direct Trado and
Immigration.
Mr. DELL moved to suspend tbe rules for
the reading of bills the second time. Motion
agreed to.
Mr. WALSH rose to a question of privi
lege, and stated that inasmuch as there was
no intention on tho part of the Constitution
to reflect on him personally, he took pleasure
in withdrawing tbe remarks made by him on
Saturday last.
The Clerk then proceeded with the reading
of bills tho Becond time.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Chan
dler, of Hall, for the day.
Tho following bills wero rood tho first time
nnder a suspension of the rules:
Mr. BLUE of Glynn —A bill to exempt tbe
county of Glynn from certain provisions of
the Code or Georgia.
Also, a bill to provide for the application
of finos collected from defaulting road hands
Chicaoo, January 26, 1874.
At the second quinquennial session, held
to-day, of the Constitutional Grand Lodge of
the Bnai Berith of the United States, there
were one hundred and fifty-nine delegates
present.
Senor Kerch of Washington, D. C., was
elected President, with a Vice President from
each District.
J. 8. Isaacs and A. T. Jonas of Philadel
phia, and Louis Abler of Washington were
elected Secretaries.
Reports show a flourishing condition of the
order, having doubled the number of lodges
and membership since the last convention.
A beautiful Maltese cross of gold, covered
with emblems of the order was presented to
Mr. Franklin of Memphis, in recognition of
his heroio conduct in administering to the
wants of the brethren iu the late yellow fever
epidemic in that city.
A resolution of sorrow for the loss of their
brethren ot tho South who had fallen during
the epidemic, and sympathy for their surviv
ing friends and relations, was adopted.
Our State Exchanges-
THE COLUMBUS SUN AND ENQUIRER.
The freight-accommodation train on the
Southwestern Road, io charge ot Conductor 1
Dense, waa fired jjpen Friday night bttween
Howard and Bostick stations. The ball
passed through the passenger car, narrowly
missing the head of a train hand. There
were several passengers on board «t the time.
This portion of the Southwestern Road seems
to bo infested with a class of hearties** wretch
es, who frequently attempt damage to pass-!
ing trains. If a lev/ of them could be arrest- *
ed and pal into the penitentiary, it would be 1
a good thing !^r the safety of life and prop- j
erty.
EifGbtbaobdikaey. —On a plantation it
Russell county, Alabama, a L^n laid twelve
eggs—ono of which was double—which were 1
set nnder the hen, and from which thirteen !
chickens were hatched, tho double ono hatch- •
ing a beautiful pair of twin**.
THE CHRONICLE ANr SENTINEL
About half past six o’clock Friday evt-ninr, i
Mr. John H. Key, cotton clerk in the Char- 1
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad yard, j
was shot and seriously wounded by Mr. John !
I». Hays, privato Watchman for the company, i
Mr. Key was removed to the City Hospital, !
where he received the proper medical utten- j
tion. Ho was considered in a critical cor.di- ;
tion yesterday afternoon, though touch easier
than on Friday eight.
I. K. Cooper, colored, was sentenced by :
Judge Pottle, on Saturday last, to be hung i
on Friday the 20th of March next, for £the 1
murder of another colored man named >Sat-
terwhite. on the 13th of last December.
Katie Putnam played her farewell engage- 1
ment atGeratdey’s Opera Honse on Saturday !
evening last
A largo sum of money Las been raised by (
privato contributions to endow a Georgia
Chair in the Washington and Leo University
at Lexington. It is thought that $100,000
■will bo given for the noble work.
THE AD VET. TIBER AND REPUBLICAN.
Judge Erskine has made an order in Cham
bers thal tho February term of the United
States District Court bo adjourned until the
second Monday in April at 10 a. m., and that
all jurors drawn to servo at that term bo sum-
mononod. and witnesses whoso attendance if.
required bt subpeeuaed accordingly.
In a recent decision in rc Mr. B. Johnson,
bankrupt, among other matters, His Honor
Judge Erskine ruled as follows: “No one,
under the law and rules, can appear as attor-
ney-at-law for a plaintiff or defendant who is
not at the time on tbo roll of attorneys here.
All papers must be signed by attorneys of
this, tbo United States Court All petitions
must be stigued by the attorney of this court
himself. Neither can any person who is not
at tho time a member of the bar of this court,
appear before a rogister for another. The
law iB imperative.
the oriffin daily news.
Property Holders Look Out!
I T Ifi ORDERED by th« Mtyor and t*oAn<.ii tb*t *11
those, in front of who*© property ildewalka have
I been put down by tho city, most come to my office,
I p»v for the same, within 20 day* irom the date of
thi* notice, or their property will be advertise i and
| the amonot collected as the City Code directs.
J. O. HARRIS,
41 MARSHAL.
Money Found!
133,COO lb*. Bulk Shoulders, Clear Rib and
30.000 lb». Clear Baron Sidea. 3.000
6,000 bushel* choice white and yellow
Hums
Clear Sitif*.
buaLels Co
aeed Oat*. Flour. MeaJ, Hay. l*ime, C n>*n», Irish Po
tatoes, etc. We offer to prompt or ce.»a men en-
perior inducements, and ^ ii*. ke it to their Interest
to give us their orders Parties who are willing to
pay iiipli price* for long time ra» trade at other hou-
jan23-dmn-wev3-atin-wlt STEPHENS h FLYNN.
Mr. aii Mrs. Me B. Scott
R espectfully announce thetr last pub
lic READING, In thl* ^lty, at
DeGire's New Opera House,
WEDNESDAY EYENISO, JANUARY 2«; 1874.
A varied programme, embracing gem* cf pOQi«y sod
humor has been arranged. M»«* Annie Schmidt, late
of New York city, will preside at the Place, and Mr.
W. V»'. Packer will ring several beautiful new solo*. For
particulars ree email programme*. TICKETS to par-
ijuette aau drew circle 75 cents; gallery 30c. Beats
may be reserved at Phillips * Crew's Book Store for
$1.00. iax»2J It
Zn ord-r to meet the general wish and expectation
of the public and t he ticket holder*, for tho loll pay
ment of the magnificent gifts, aenoncced lor the
Fourth Grand Gift Concert of the Public Library of
Kentucky, the management have determined to post
pone the Concert and Drawing until
Tuesday, the 31st of March, 1874.
They havo already realized
Over a Million Dollar*
And have a great many agents yet to hear from.
No doubt is entertained of the sale of every ticket
before the Drawing, but whether they are sold or not
the Concert and Drawing will poeitively and unequiv
ocally take place on the day now fired, and if any re
main unsold they will be cancelled and tha prices wtu
be reduced in proportion to tho unsold tickets.
Only 60.000 tickets have been issued and
12,000 CASH GIFTS.
*1,500,000.
Will be distributed among the ticket holders.
The tickets are printed in coupons, '■f tenths, and
all fractional parts will be rtpresented in tb* Arawirg
jaat a* whole tickets are.
LIST OF GIFTS.
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT fOSO.OOA
ONE GRAND CAEH GIFT 100.1-06
OSE GRAND CASH GIFT 30.000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 26.000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 17,600
10 CASH GIFT'S, $10,000 each 100.00C
SOCASHGIFTH, 5,000 each 150.000
50 CASH GIF T8. 1,000 each 50.000
SO CASH GIFTS, 500 each 40,000
100 CASH GIFT8, 400 «5acb 40,«*»
150 CASH GIFTS, ;i00 each 45.000
250 CASH GIFTS, 200 each 60 000
825 CASH GIFTS, 106 each 32.500
11,000 CASH GIFT-, 30 e&cb 550.000
Total 13.000 Gifts, all Cash.
AmoaBtlag to ti..YOO,hoe
Tbe chances for a gift are as one to five.
Price of Tickets.
Whole tickets, f50; Halves, $25; Tenths, cr each
coupon. $5; Eleven Wuoie Tickets for $500; 22S
Whole Tickets for $1,000; 113 Whole Tickets tor $5,000;
227 Whole Tickets for $10,000. No discountoa Sesa
than $500 worth of Tickets.
Tbe Fourth Gift Concert will be conducted, in all
respects, like the three which have already bee* given
and full particulars may be learned from circulars
which will be sent free lrcm this uffice to all who ap
ply for them.
Orders for tickets and anplications for agencies will
be attended to in the order they are received, and it
is hoped they will be sent in promptly, that there mar
be no disappointment or delay iu filling all. Liberal
terms given to those who bny to sell again. All
agent* are peremptorily required to settle np their
account* and return all unsold tickets by the 20tb day
of March.
THO. K. BRA?ILKTTK,
Agent Public Library Ky., and Manager Gift Con
cert, Public Library building, Louisville, Ky.
For tickets or information apply to Redwine A Fox.
Agents, Atlanta, (la.
Janl3 d2t*wlm
Southern Female Collcije.
J aGRANGE, GEORGIA.
T HIS Institution, with a corps of eight thorough
Teachers, resumes exercises tbe 21st inst.
The ad vantages, literary, musical and ornamental,
are of the highest order.
Board per annum $1V. Tuition $30. For Cata
logues address.
janS-d&alw L T. COX, President.
We Lead the Tan!
FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE!
THE MOTHER’S RELIEF.
milI3 LI Si MEN! WPKV
two or three weeks bj
a wonderful effect, causing a very oasy cod quick la
bor with comparativtly l.ttlo pain, and isavea tbe
mother in a condition to recoTer quickly; cr in ether
words to have a geed getting up. Under its nao la
bor will not ordinarily oocury ore-fourth of tbe usu
al time, and the lady wi’l not suffer enc-t^nth part of
tho pain nawaliy felt.
It is
c-parad by Dr. T. E. HOLMES, xrh has need
it with qre«t
years.
It hes been used by :
baa siven aati6factir»n in
large »>*•.»for thirty
uny ladies 1st thl° oity,
C. 8. NEWTON,
No. 7 Decatur street,
Kimball House Block.
ATLANTA. GA.
S. Ba ROBESON
Compounds ;by authority'.
THE COMPLETE MANURE!
Hayward’s Formula.
AKD BELLS THE MATERIALS FOR COM-
poundins seme, at Leyden’s Warehouse.
For "Price Hat and circular.” addreas car*
A. LEIDEN,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
JAS. P. HARRISSN ACS.,PROPRIETORS
T
HE LABC.EST AXB MOST CBXtEETF
Book and Job
NTINC HOUSE
janlS tl
Atlanta, Ga.
Kirkwood High School.
N'EVf; ATLANTA, GA
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS
WM. J. NORTHEN. - CHAS. M. NEEL.
Spring Session of 1874 will Begin
2d February.
The members of tho school will b* under the im
mediate care oi the Instructors. Apply for Circulars
JanlT-eodlm
PR
In this section, and at which every style of Book.
Mercantile. Legal and Railroad Printing la executed.
In excellency of work, prrmptneei* and cheapness,
the Franklin simply defies competition.
This establishment has been thonrongbly refitted
and refurnished, regardlee* of expense, with every
variety of
New Boot and Jab Printing Material!
Together with>» fall complement of
Sltllled Worlimen.
Printing, rivaling the beautiful productions of tbe
engraver; Bill and Letter Heads of the most approved
styles. Showbill*, rosters. Programme*. Minutes.
Catalogues, Books. Railroad Ticket*, aad evurjthing
eiso tha: can be printed. Try the Franklin.
JAMES P. HARRISON & CO„
janlS 27 and ft) Broad street, by the L.^igr.
in Greenville thst Amos Caldwell, a colored
warrior, bad slaughtered Adam Keeres, a
colored brother, at the plantation of Mr.
Frank Hill, ono mile from town. Tho killing
in slid oonntv etc ~ was *° ^ ave ^ con e ^ ec * c ^ a of
Mr. TEASELY * of Cherokw-A bill to | wo°d applied just b.-tween the evea. Iteporta
amend and define section 3703 of tho (’ode i bl8 Ad »*4 wUI R et ’ r *"’ A,no, ha "
1 decamped.
Saturday moruiug Thomas Argo, who has
been in jail several weeks, was found to have
Sam Maddox started to town on Saturday
with a wagon, and it got turned over in some
way, throwing him violently to the ground,
breaking one ol his arms. He had it band
aged up, and is now getting along ail right.
In passing Lovick Travis’ mill on Friday,
we were surprised to see smoke still issniug
front tho ruins. It was burned on the 13th
of December, considerably over one month
ago, destroying amongst other things, several
hundred bushels of ‘cotton seed. Theso are i
THE MERIWETHER YIHDICATOB. ^ OOfll Ilfi ( OlU’Of li Rll^S) •
Eate on Saturday evening it was reported ,
I liEOKtiU—Fulton County.
OmniNar.Y'a Orricr. January ,3. 1S74.
Cl
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mj offioa.
UNHAPPY SPAIN.
Madrid, January 25, 1874.
Admiral TopeU returned from Cartagena,
and resumed tbe duties of Minister of Marins.
Tbe publioation of tbe Ignolidad newspa
per bas again been enaponded for one month.
Bstorxe, January 25, 1874.
Tho Carlista report that Santander and
Portagnali have surrendered unconditionally
to their foroea on tbe 22d instant, and that
tbo entire Segobia batlailion and a number
of artillerymen and enginaere, twelve ban*
dred Hemigton and four hundred minie rifles
and two eaanon ieU Into their hands.
of 13'
Tbe reading of bills a second time was
resumed.
Mr. PHILLIPS of Echols, chairman of tbe
Committee on Privileges and Election, sub
mitted tbe report on tho contested election
case from Decatur county.
Mr. LYON of Dougherty, submitted a mi
nority report from tho Committee on Privi
leges and Elections.
Mr. LYON of Dougliorty, moved that the
question he set down for Monday next.
Mr. EEESE of Morgan hopod tbo motion
wonld not prevail, as too mnch timo had al
ready been occupied.
After aomo lurtbcr discussion by Mr. LYON
of Dougherty and Ur. TURNBULL of Banks,
and others, Mr. PHILLIPS of Eobols rose
! and explained tbo difference of the committee.
The motion of Mr. LYON wa* pat and
carriod.
Mr. PEABODY moved that 300 copies of
thareporU be printed for tbe Honse.
REESE of Morgan objected on nnconnt
of expense.
Mr. PEABODY withdrew bia motiou.
A message wee received from tbe Governor.
Mr. CALHOUN of Fnlton moved that 900
copies eehh, of tbe majority and minority re
ports of the committeo on tbo contested elec
tion oase from Decatur, be printed. Agreed to.
rftHKSF. OELEKRATEP Bl'lKilES. ot diflerent
Coal Box, Brsttlsboro’, Deep
escaped. Tbo locks on tho outside and in- '
side doors had boen removed, and tbe pris- j
oner deserves thanks for not carrying tbeiu I
off with him.
T 1
X styles.
Body and Two Soat*. for family, at
W(K>DFiCFF & J0HN80N*8.
GEOKGIA—Fulton Count j*
O&dixabt's Ornct, January *2.1874.
AKD hu applied for exemption ol
y »od 1 will paa, upon the aame at
"a the 4th day of February, 1S74, at
StNttUL.tr. Mortality. — Tbo Biugbamton
(New York) Times says that on Sunday, the
28th of December last, tbo family of Mr. and
Mrs. Holiday, grandparents of Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell Harding, of Binghamton, assembled
at Downeville, Delaware county. New York,
to celebrate tbo sixty-fifth anniversary of
tbeir wedding. At that time sixteen children
of the family, of wbicb Mr. Holiday was tbe
eldest, were all living, and fourteen brothers
and sisters of Mrs. Holiday woro also in good
boelth end present at the anniversary. Since
then the entire number, thirty, all, in fact,
excepting Mr. and Mrs. Holiday, havo died.
The subject of railway accidents wa« al
luded to by tbe ohairman of tbo Great West
ern railroad, England, at a late mooting at
London. Notwithstanding the many com
plaints that are heard It appears that on that
road during /seven yean only one life was
lost That was in 1872. In that year the
company carried 32,800,000 passengers, and
Notice
TO CLOSE CASH BUYEES.
The reading of bills the second lime wail 11,777,072 tons of goods, running 18,390,047
returned. I train miles.
M Y Stock m Uu*«*. cousistitxtf lu part of Balk
Moats, Bacon, Lanl. Floor, Corn, Seed Onts.
Hay, bran, 8n*»r* cf all gndei, Tobsto-
oo—a woll srlcctcsi and complete sto.'k—MoUssss,
Nsw orloar.s 8yrtip, &c., Ac.
BULK MEATS AND BACON. IN CAR LOAD LOTS—
parksd or loose—WILL BB SOLD FOR CASH
AT WESTERN PRICES, FREIGHTS
ADDED
Call or address A. K. SLAGO,
Wholes*Is Merchant, corner Forsyth and Mitchell sis.
janl4-d6twlt. Atlanta. On.
Notice.
T OLLED \*t'orc tne as nn Estray. on the 8th day of
December, 1873, by J. A. Powers, of Bhei
Hall Bistrct, G. M , of 1 niton county, Georgia, one
small black horse MULE, four or five years old. collar
mark on shoulder, without shoes. Appraised by J. T.
Ware and G. M. Lester, freeholders of said District
to be worth $75, and who say It is worth 50 cents per
day to keep it.
The owner Is hereby nstifled to appear before
prove property, pay costs aad exuensa aud take him
aw^y, else he will be advertised aad add in terms
o fthe law.
► dec7-dltw2m JOH N T. OCOPKR. Clerk a a
Western Railroad of Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, Nor. 16. 1175.
T HE following Schedule gees into eCTect on and
alter November 16th:
DAILY FAJlSINGER TRAIN.
Lear* Montgomery •.Kan
Arrtv# at West Point \-M p m
Arm# at Columbus 2:30 p m
mXTCSXDIO
Leaves West Foint p.m
Leaves Columbus. 6*0 p.m
Arrives at Montgomery 10.-46p.rr
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Leaves Montgomery 8:46 p.m
| Arrive at Columbns ?:lop.m
invuno
i Leaves Colnmbus 6:60 p.m
Arrive at Montgomery 11:61 Am
SELMA TRAIN.
Leaves Montgomery, passenger train 10:4d p-t*
Arrives at Montgomary, •« •* 6:46 ib
Lea Tea Montgomery, accommodation train.. 6:20 a.m
Arises at Montgomery. •• _ ** .. f:t'tp-m
NOTICE.
GEORGIA—Fulton County.
Obduaiy'* Orricr, January 20,1876.
REMOVAL.
their Office te No. 18 ALABAMA STRUTT.
tween Broad and Whttehlali. above stairs.
DR. K. V. M. MILLER,
Residence, Mr*. Overby's,
OR. JOHN M. JOHNSON,
)aaliRt Residence, Kimball Horse
! matter of John W. McCrary, i
TK la fee give notice, oace i week
that I hare been appointed Assignee
John W. McCrary, of Fulton county. :
and who has been adjudged a ban.,
petition by tbe District Court fbr said
Jaal4-dlaw8w NOAH K. FOWLER,