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GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
KSTALISHED 1S?G.
MACON, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1875.
Volume LXVIII—Nou28
^etbeasuby TIIOUBIjE.
v.nnE AND AMOUNT OF
Tnc nn'm^iciEMV.
Hcinrt «;f the Finance Committee to
K ‘ tlic Legislature.
j/ t!15 raWc the General Assembly:
' Ynneiordance with your joint resolu-
-• „ undersigned entered upon the
Cjnalfon of tbc office of the State
££«rer on the 9th instant, and contm-
^Vin th.' performance of the duties pre-
■-bcJuril the evening of the 22dm-
j : i coranliance with said reso
ld® the 7 l>2ff leiiv0 to subnutthe fol-
b ^e committee find with the Treasurer
rc&r--y°- 1S ‘“; $ 17 .i«s3
CsrrenfJ ca.
. n r_,. T iolnnrc r.-portcil in Fourth
t ; i-, ' i li i’tk, New York
mlan« renortod in Hank of
1 (-e-irria, Atlanta...
.' balance reported in Stato
l V.ti’Dank. Atlanta
furirraw lalanrc reported in Citizens
r^ralvhiS'Vereported in Centra!
Kiilrthl r.ank. Savannah-..—
l *rw:r.'- "'‘lance rejiorted m City
r V* Aw. e reported in Georgia
Esixad Bank. Aurusta ............
balance reiKirted in Her-
rtot» awl Mechanics’ Bank, Co-
13/SS 00
5,711 21
5,210 CO
20,753 CO
27/23 27
53,121 S3
S,9S9 21
ited in University
209 00
1,951 49
i’.lr..!..
illuuso of Itojiresen-
14,013 00
4,200 00
A Id alliances to Stiiatc
1C7,9S3 10
The committea have examined a pack-
,i -e of State of Georgia bonds presented
i y the treasurer, and under the execu
tive seal, amounting to $1,006,500. (By
count of Finance Committee $1,007,500.)
and for which executive warrants are
noted to have been issued to him. "When
those bonds are again counted by the
committee, who will be charged with tKo
duty of recording and then destroying
them, the discrepancy of $1,000 now ap-
prent in favor of the treasurer will be
duly certified thereto, or his count Veri-
fci This package of $1,007,500 of past
due bonds of the State, constitute all of
the matured debt of the State which has
i :cn paid by the treasurer Bince he came
hto office, except sixty-six bonds of $500
u&, signed by Cobb, Governor, dated
July 1,1S52, matured July 1,1872, being
fy.OOO, and which is reported paid by
him since l3i of January, 1S75, and held
I jhim as cash item until executive war-
::at shall issue therefor. The $1,097,600
paid by him prior to January 1,1875, and
sow under seal in his vault, is classified
as follows: •,.-«• " >• -
51-iip'r i;.it. lends, $250 each dated
131% signed McDonald,
fiji.-’TTi r, and J. Crawford, l’rosi-
\V -t.-rn and Atlantic railroad,
uvl dm June 1.1*70 $ 7.750
V'ifivjwr c.:il. bonds, $250 eacludated
Jainary, l-it. signed as above, and
dsc July 1.1*71 40,003
' p.Tc I'-.mls, ?500 each, doted
. r. J, l-il,signed csabove,and t
Jnfvl.tMl 33,000
-is j-.r c 'lit. bonds, $5(H) each. dated
.I„:nnrv25,1*11, signed as above, and
(!;:•> July 1,1*71 12,503
U.' >u j'.-.-iviit. Stands, 31.000 each, dated
J5r.aT.720,1311, signed as above, and
V July 1,1*71 29,050
7-tvj -r. lit.bonds,Sl,000eacb,dated
. ilv 15,1? 11, signed Crawford, Gov-
dne September i, 1SC0 .* 7,000
;; seven i -r cent, bands, S509 each,
d...d February 1,1866,signed Jen.
Governor,duo February 1,1871 8,000
'.1 -it p.-v i.'iit. bonds, 3500 each, signed
Titvn -, Governor, dated July 1, ISIS,
dee July 1,1*03 11,500
1 lvr rent, bands, $500 each, signed
.1 in)- -n, Governor, dated July 1,1335,
line July 1,1305 1/00
- veil twr cent, bonds, $500 eaob,
- 1 Town*. Governor, dated Feb-
g.ry 1,1*19, due February 1,1801.... 2,000
T.: '. mitureil prior to 1872 $152,250
-s r r cent. 1 Kinds, $250 each, signed
Jb Duiiald, Governor, W. Lumpkin,
<ii-liarsir.g agent, dated January,
Is 12, and due June 1,1372 40,000
'•*it per rent, bonds, $500 eacb. signed
1M.l1. Governor, dated July 1, 1852,
due July 1.1372 - 400,000
T 1 matured in 1872 .$410,000
• •* lvr rent, bonds, $250 eacb, signed
Miltonnld, Governor, W. Lumpkin,
ilUlnirsing agent, dated January, 1$42
1 i 1*13, and duo January 1,1873 42,250
-iv p'r rent, bonds.$500each, signed
as las: above, dated June 1,1312, duo
.Vinery 1,1873 2I/C0
' msi. r rent.bonds,$t,000each,signcd
"i above, dated January 3, 1843, due
January 1,1373 93,0(0
~ ‘-1 matured in 1S73 105,750
-a p-r cent.bonds,$500each,signed
Cnwfjnl, Governor, nnd Garnett,
'i .-iaeer. dated May 1,1841, and duo
•day 1.1371 *1.003
• * !>er cent, bonds. $1,0)50 each, sian-
i-1 a* last above, dated May 1, 1341,
dp . May 1 1874 50,000
. cn per cent, bonds, $1,000 eacb,
gned Towns, Governor, and Barnett
- relsry, dated May 1,1843, and dno
: 1,1*74. 131.COO
•• .n per cent, bond, signed Towns,
: e-u&r. and dated May 1,181%and
• May 1, 1374 500
van i f rent.bonds, $1,000 each,
- ii i Xt.wn*. Governor, dated May
■ 1-.-, pr. i dno oil May 1, 1S74 41.000
bd ffa.tarcd in 1*74 249,500
MW-r.i t. bi! 1.007^00
a he following described and classified
"a : due!,ends of the State, which have
t oon paid, were presented from the Ex-
cMJfave office, examined by the commit-
.ic.^calc 1 up and placed in the Treasury
f v .1 " < u*. iiotids, $250 each,
' .ry 23,1810, signed Mc-
•jp' 1. Governor, and J. Craw-
. rJ > I r..t-r.d dne Juno 1,1*70 $ 19,730 CO
x Pj v eont. I»nds, $1,000 each.
I Craivtord, Govenior, Bar-
•t. * :cr.-tary of Slate,dated July
• I*. i. dne September 1.1SC.9 105,000 00
i per cent, bond, dated July 15,
rl M ^ve. dna Scptem-
-I1 ’,"'L cont - bonds, "jawb'iScih,
".--.Towns. Governor, Barnett,
' V ’ ua’cl July, Isis, and due
'.-11
500 00
- .<-1.. w cvi-.U $500 each, signed
' ; v j * Governor, ar.d due Fcbru-
T r ;s rt - bondA $5o6caciii
". " K H‘ S , Governor, Jones,
■' ■ ,-f. cr 'ootod February 1, lStlii,
aemr.nd.aflorSj-ears...
150,000 CO
1.G00 CO
years... 2,000 CO
infrom Exeen-
• \ tni1 * n
$324,250 00
SSSSAW 50
.a < por
-Mod li:
oiler, t-.
V J | PC5C
-ool fur.'
:d Bran-
“--itteo find in the treasury
GSeealed roll of State of Geor-
o =t. bond?, issued in 18CS,
inoc--. Governor; Bell, Comp-
'n.lined 1 to 2CS, of $1,009
•I mark on the outside, “State
; also two packages “Macon
rjc<: Eailroad change bills,”
of the State, now outstanding. The pres
ent treasurer estimates tho amount not
exceeding $325,000. Hereafter, it may
be possible to reduce from theso data
the amount of the past due debt to a
tabulated form.
“Statement of the State of Georgia
debt on the first day of January, 1870,”
from report of Dr. Angier:
Am’t issued in 1849, due 1859 .$ C.000
Ain’t isrued in 1852, dne 1862. . 15,000
Am’t issued in 184S-'», due 1863 3,500
Am’t issued in 1819, due 1864. 9,500
Am’t issued in 1855, dne 1865 3,000
Am’t issued in 1818, due 1868 20,500
Am’t issnod in 1811. dne I860.. 85.000
Ain’t issued in 1840, due 1870 oc.oeo
Am’t issued in 1841,1866. due 1S71 154,250
Am’t issued in 1842,1852, due 1872. 730,250
Am’t issued in 1842,1843, due 1873 137.000
Am’t issued in 1844,1848, due 1874 251,000
Am’t issued in 1853, duo 1878 100,000
Am’t issued in 1819, duo 1879- 200,000
Am’t issued in I860, due 1880. 200,000
Am’t issued in 1861, dne 1881 100,000
Am’t issued in 1S60, duo 1886,. 3J»00,000
Total principal State debt cn January 1,
1872 $6,014,500
Statement of Stato debt on tho first
day of January, 1871, fr^m Treasurer
Angier’s report:
Amount issued in 1819, due 1*59..—.......$ 6,000
Amount issued in 1852, due 1868— 15,000
Amount issued in 1818.9, dne 1863 .... SA00
Amount issued inJ&iadue 1804..,.,.——- 9,503
Amount issued in 1S55, duo 1965.,...,....,. 3,000
Amount issued in 1848, due 1S6S-.—20.5C0
Amount issued in 1S14, dno 1800..,—...:xr 53,000
Amount issued in 1840, dne 1870 61,000
Amount issued in 1841, I860, due 1871.... 151.250
Amount issued in 1812.’52, dne 1872 730,259
Amount issned in 1842-’4S, due 1873 137,000
Amount issned in 1844-’48, doe 1874 251.500
Amount issued in 1858, dne 1878 100,000
Amount issued in 1859, due 1879 200,000
Amount issned in 1860, due 1880.., 200.003
Amount issned in 1861, due 1881...— 100,000
Amount itsuod in I860, due 1886 3,300,000
Amount issued in 1838, duolSSS— 600,000
Total principal debt Jan. 1,1871 -$6A4k500
Statement ot the State dobt on tho 1st
(lay of January^ 1872, as pier report Treas
urer Angier:
Am’t issued in i812-’52, dne *72 .....$ 730,259
Am’t issned in 1843-MS, dno ’73 .T 137,000
Am’t issned in 1844-’48,.due ’74 251,500
Am’t issued in 1453. due. 1873 100,000
Am’t issued in: S53. Hne-iS70..ffi;. 1 200,000
Am’t issued fn -T,0, duo 1880..,—’ 260,000
Am’t issued in &Sl.duc 18S1 100,000
Am’t issued in 1S55, duo 1833., 3,900,000
Total prinT State debt, Jan. 1, ’72-— 5,618,750
Statement of State debt on January 1,
1873, as per report Treasurer Angier:
Am’t issued in 1812-’45, due ’73......;.....$ 137,000
Am’t issneddn 1844-MS, due *74 251,500
Am’t issued in 1S58, due 1878 100,000
Am’t issued in 1859, due 1879—......... 200,000
Am’t issned in 1860, due 18S0—............ 200,000
Am’t issned in 1S61. due 1881..,—...;. 100,000
Am’t issued in 1*C6. duo 1836--. 8,900,000
Am’t issued in 1872; due 1892..... 700.000
Am’t State debt principal on January
1,1873..... - - —— $.186,500
Statement of Stato of Gaorgia debt on
January 1,187-1, a3 per report of Treasu
rer Jones t
Am’t issnedJS 14-48, c1uel$74. £ *37,690
Amt isjucd 1835, due 1S75- - 106,000
Amt issued 1873, duo 1876.-...,, 100,000
Am’t issnod 1873, duo 1877-.....:..-. 100.000
Am’t JfsMd 1*58-78, tIuolS78..— 200,000
Am’t itsned 1859-73, due 1880u 300,000
Am’t issued 1700-73. due 1SS0— 300,000
Am’t issued 1S61-73, due 1SSI 200/ '
Am’t issned 1S73, dne 1884... 100/
Am’t issued 1873, due 181! 100,060
Am’t issued 1873, due 1881. 100,000
Am’t issued 1S73, due 16S5 103.-000
AmTiftned 1846-73, dne 1886.. 4,000.000
Am’t issued 1870, dno 1890 2,098,000
Am’t issued 1372, due 1S93 307,500
Principal State debt January 1,1871 $8,313,000
Statement of State of Georgia debt,
January 1,1875, as per report of Treas
urer Jones:
Am’t issued in 1873, duo 1875 $ 103,030
- 100,000
100,000
203,000
300,000
300,000
200,000
100.000
100.000
100,000
100,000
Am’t issned in 1873, due 1S7C
Ain’t issued in 1873, duo 1877
Am’t issued in 185S-’73, due ’78
Am’t issued in lS59-’7% due '79
Am’t issued in ISSO-’TS, due ’8».
Am’t issned in 1801-’73, due ’81
Am’t issued in 1873, due 1882
Am’t issued in 1873, dne 1883
Am’t issued in 1873, due 1831
Am’t issuod in 1873, dno 18S5
Am’t issued in 1873, duo 1886 4.000,000
Am’t issued in 1870, due 1890 2,098,000
Am’t issued in 1S72, duo 1892 307,000
Total Stato debt, (not yet due) Jan
uary 1. 1875 $3,105,500
Add that supposed to be past duo and
outstanding, say $ 325,000
Probable debt $8,430/00
Summary of State banded debt:
Bonds signed Jenkins, Governor, end
mortgage on Western and Atlantic
railroad .$3,900,000
Bonds issued to Atlantic and Gulf Bail-
road Company. 900,030
Bonds issned in 1870. signed Bullock,
Governor, and Bell, Comptroller, prin
cipal and interest in-gold, quarterly
coupons issued 3,000,060
Returned to Treasurer and destroyed., .. 300,000
Ordered from Fourth National Bank,
Now York, by financial committee this
February, 18,5 500/00
Outlawed by act of Legislature, $102,000,
$902,000 2,098,000
Bondi issned in 1873 and signed by
Smith, Governor, and Angier, Treasu
rer 307,500
Old or past duo lends outstanding, sup
posed to be about - 825,000
Issued in 1873 and signed Smith, Gov
ernor, and Jones, Treasurer 1/00,000
$8,730,000
The discrepancy of $299,500 between
the treasurer’s reports and the iMilin
summary of maturing obligations must
find its explanation in that unknown
realm of past dno obligations. "When
the Stato shall have a statement of ac
count and Ecttlement with tho assignee
of Henry Clews & Co., a decided approach
to certainty will have been made on this
point.
The committee have within the past
few days ordered from the Fourth Na
tional Bank, New York, the $500,000 of
tho gold bonds, numbering 2001 to 2500,
inclusive, which were held by Russell
Sage, E^q, os collateral, whose claim
was paid off by treasurer Jones, with
the 8 per cent, bonds of 1873, and by B.
Sage these $500,000 of gold bonds were
deposited for the account of the State in
tho Fourth National Bank. Tho com
mittee have also ordered from the Fourth
National Bank to the treasury here
$392,500 of currency bonds issued in
1872, and signed by Smith, Governor,
and Angier, Treasurer, and which have
never been sold and revoked by the Leg
islature.
The committee in reviewing the
amount of the public debt reported paid
by the present Treasurer in bis report for
1873, to-wit: $1,335,4G7 83, find it sus
tained by the following exhibits:
Paid bonds 8 643/00 00
Paid coupons (gold) 237.435 00
Paid premium on gold 26/07 83
Paid principal and 'interest to claim
01 Bussell Sage.Esq 423,125 00
Paid interest on past dne bonds 4/00 00
■lav. uiuuua. uuu
'.-l , c \kinds of the State taken up
C- amount of bonds outst&ncf-
, 1, K-v-sary, dau amount and charac-
JP-tt committee have, in tho time
■"Ttta , t5ii3 no opportunity of
-,-k ng from any other sources informa-
this mixcdsubject.thanisafford-
..™ " c P'ablUhedreports of thelato treas-
-angier, and tho present treag-
tva » produces herewith tho tabula-
-atemen* taken therefrom, which,
cea comparo j with tll0 cla33 i flea
taeml ® om “rtteo, which were sent to
*nd th„ r «i 1 Are£?/i^ xccu ^ TO department,
ont*p£* 1 ' 007 z52?P* id o£E by the pres-
t! the ?vn« er ' 8‘jean approximation
He true amount.of tha pit du^ debt
Total— - 1.335.467 S3
The committee find the amount paid
for account of public debt as per Treas
urer’s report for 1874, viz: $1,033,169 34,
sustained by following exhibits:
Paid interest on (and from sale ef
land scrip to University it Gcor-
Puiif coupons and' intcrest on past'
due bonds and current bonds—
Paid pold coupons
Paid bonds auo in 1874, and prior
PjrSSSm ry loans by Messrs.
Taylor / woods
6.314 14
226,309 00
138/32 50
363/00 00
.... 303,413 70
1,038.169 34
The committee find in examining the
cash account of the Treasurer on tho 9th
day of February, inst., tho following ex
hibit is made:
Dx To Balance as per report on the
first day of January, 187# —...$1/05,128 88
To receipts by him from January 1, . •
1875, to February 9,1S75, as per re-
port of Comptroller General 179,111 SO
Debtor balanco on 91b February inst $1,166/60 78
Against which tho following credits
appear:
Currency and bank credits $167,93310,
lass error in X. i ii. Bank credit,
JWfcirf »a|7 JHP4&, W
Coupons, currency and gold reported __ ^ | in his letter to the Hon. Benjamin Conley
sj?£?&b££;'tat iSXverifled; ‘ 00 to .tree, “all of the bonds of the Stato
553/00. and accrued interest in | that fell due as per report of the treasu-
bafid unpaid (due July 1,1872) 36,165 CO ; rer prior to January 1, 1872, have been
the repayment of these old
on and since January 1,1871k. 139,631 00 bonds by tho present treasurer 13 unau-
Gold coupons paid as above 535/10 00 I thorized and illegal.
Premium on said gold coupons 4,481 00 The treasurer excuses this extraordi-
00,295 06
Executive warrants paid as
rial report of Comptroller
since January 1,1875, to February
1.1875
Paid premium on gold during 1*74. as
per account current of Fourth Na
tional Bank, December 23,1874 24,781 67
Paid commissions to Fourth National
Bank for paying interest, interest
On over drafts aud eacliaugc.....
By second receipt, error to Mr.Ard.
tax collector of Stewart county, and
twice charged by Comptroller ar.d
so certified by him
5,495 92
nary payment of bonds by stating that
he had no notice of their previous pay
ment, that there was no legislative pro
hibition in relation to them, and that as
soon as he was advised thereof by the
Executive, nearly twelve months ago, he
ceased to recognize and pay them.
How many of these old bonds wore paid
1 in 1874 your committee late -not been
6,000 00 ‘ a kle to determine, no record haying been
> kept of tho date of payment, but if any
$1,113/43 25 j were paid during said year, the excuse of
This leaves an apparentbalanco against j the treasurer is not a satisfactory or
tho treasurer of $68,917 53, against i acceptable one to your committee, in
which he presents to the committee re- j view of the fact that in his note to ap-
ceipts and other evidences of disburse- pendix tabic F, setting forth a descrip-
ments in tho years 1874 and 1875 on J tive list of past due bonds of tho State,
account of the civil list and inves
tigating committee, amounting to
$29,570, for which, if no executive
warrant or ether credit ha3 obtained, he
i3 entitled to a credit here, and which
fact the committee have not had time to
verify, by reason of their presentation to
them at a late hour on the evening of
the 22d inst. At tho same timo was sub
mitted to thorn receipts for payments to
Irwin, Lester & Hill, on dates Sept. 2G,
1873, $2,000, on December 11, 1873, $3,-'
000, and Jan. 4.1874, $4,000, on account
of their compilation of tho code. This
amount of $9,000 appears to tho commit
tee to be a proper credit to the treasurer,
but at this late hour the committee ore
not able to pronounce that such largo
disbursements are to be allowed until
sustained by the usual and lawful vouch
ers. The treasurer presents, at the same
time, claim for credit of $6,000 money
paid on account of J. W. Burke & Co.,
for 1,000 copies of tho code. While this
disbursement appears to be on a proper
claim, it is not sustained by satisfactory
vouchers to the committee. Ehe treasu
rer likewise produces a box of Western
and Atlantic change bills, too late
for the committee to verify by
count, but purporting to bo in amount
$3,448 45, and to which change
hills they consider him entitled to a
credit. The treasurer also produces ex
ecutive warrants, dating hack, some of
them, to 1871, and signed by Gov. Bul
lock and Comptroller SL Bell, amounting
in total to $10,954 09, which, without
further and more satisfactory informa
tion concerning them, the committee are
not willing to accept to his credit.
The treasurer also presents for credit
an amount 0! $2,624 GO, a discount on a<
and which appendix is attached to and
forms a part of his annual report for the
fiscal year ending December SI, 1878,
after describing tho bonds thus past due,
he says : “It is highly probable that
many of theso bonds have been paid,”
thus, showing notice'at that date.
Ydur coinmitteo have had no reliable
data before them upon which to deter
mine tho actual cash in tho treasury.
The amount reported by tho committee
has been mado up of reported balances
from banks and telegraphic dispatches,
which your committee presume to be cor
rect, hut yet cannot bo received as con
clusive or satisfactory. Tho same may
bo said in relation to tho coupons report
ed as paid by tho Fourth National bank,
and which being still in Now York, could
not bo verified by the committee. Pre
sumptively, they an correct, but the evi
dence of this payment is contained in a
telegram to the treasurer from tho Fourth
National bank, and i3 the only evidence
the committee had before them.
Your committee have presented in this,
their report to tho General Assembly, au
thorized statement of the bonds and cou
pons in the treasury department, which
has been returned as paid, retired, or are
no longer outstanding as debts due by
the State. Theso evidences of past duo
indebtedness should be .finally disposed
of, and your committee recommend that
tho Governor bo requested and directed
to require a full and complete registra
tion of all tho bonds and coupons tbns
reported paid, or for which the State is
no longer liable, to bo placed upon a suit
able record book, and when this has been
done and tbe . record shall be submitted
to the Governor, and has received hi3 ap
proval, then it shalt be hi3 duty to direct
temporary loan of $100,000 from W. T. i that the same shall be destroyed by bum-
Waltcrs, Esq., of Baltimore and of Moses
Taylor of $50,000, and an expense ac
count of W. C. Morrill, Esq., of $77 75
for arranging or procuring said loans.
The committeo ore not agreed to allow
said items of disbursement, said loans of
$150,000 never having been noted in tho
treasurer’s report, or in otherjform of in
formation to the Legislature. The treas
urer also asks credit for balance duo on a
protested or unpaid cheek of John King,
Esq., banker, for $2,115 and for counter
feit United States currency, $337, taken
in due course of business. Tho commit
tee feel that they have no right to admit
these accounts as credits, without legis
lative authority therefor.
In regard to tho claims submitted to
tbe committee on the evening of the 223,
it is due to themselves to say that it wa3
impossible to verify them at that late
moment, and to compare them with pre
vious accounts and credits of the treas
urer, and they could not be justified in al
lowing them now without scrutiny. Tho
attention of the General Assembly is in
vited to the farther investigation of those
credits claimed by tbe treasurer, and
which have not received the sanction of
the finance committee.
Tbe examination made of the treasury
department has satisfied your committee
that a thorough revision and change in
the manner of its administration should
be made. The business of tho depart
ment i3 loosely and inaccurately conduct
ed, and there appears a want of system
and arrangement, which, with the ab
sence of important and necessary debit
and credit entries, renders it difficult, if
indeed possible, to determine promptly
and definitely the exact status of tbe af
fairs of thi3 department, tn essential
particulars the law has not been com
plied with. The Code of Georgia pro
vides, “That the treasurer shall keep a
book in which ho shall record a descrip
tion of all bonds heretofore or hereafter
issued by the State, and in said book he
shall note all bonds paid, date of pay
ment, and all coupons paid on each, and
tbe date of payment.”
This wise and salutary provision of
tbs law has in some degree been complied
with, bn* in some points has been wholly
disregarded. There is no accurate record
of the bonded debt of the State of Geor
gia, and the discrepancies existing be
tween the reports of the treasurers dur
ing tho past ten years clearly show that
this department cannot furnish reliable
and accurate information thereon. The
provision of law requiring the date of
payment to be noted on the bonds, also
of the coupons, seems to have been dis
regarded, and the present manner of en
tering in pencil mark the letter “P,” as
indicating the payment of conpons, is
no indication of the date of it3 payment,
and effaceable as to tbe fact, and i3, in
all respects, unsatisfactory as a record
of value. The want of system employed
by this department, in its dealings
with the many banking inititutions, h
apparent. No accounts are kept in the
department of its deposits and its checks
by which the treasurer can tell, without
inquiry of the bank, the state of his ac
count with each, and no exhibit exists of
tho amounts charged hi3 department by
them, by which the Legislature may
know what amounts are paid for interest
on overdrafts, premiums on exchanges,
or commissions of any kind, if any are
charged by them. "Whatever these may
be, enter into an account with tho treas
urer os an individual, and are consolida
ted byhimina charge to a general account
in an aggregate item. In conducting so
large a business os pertains to the man
agement of tho fiscal affairs of this State,
more detail and accuracy is demanded for
the public interest.
The distribution of the funds of the
State amongst a largo number of banking
institutions, seems to your committee to
be both unwise in policy and unsafe in
practice. And the loss sustained by the
treasurer in 1873 (reported by yoar com
mittee), indicates the danger here but
suggested.
Your committeo do not desire to be
understood as attributing all tho defeat
and omissions in tbe treasury to the
present incumbent. Some of them have
been of long standing; but evils do exist
which need legislation. And errors have
been committed which need revision and
correction.
An examination of tho report of the
committee will show that $152,250 of the
bonds of tho Stato of Georgia, maturing
prior to tho 1st day of January, 1872, to
gether with tho interest accruing there
on, has been paid by the treasurer in
tho years 1873 and 1374. Somo of the
bonds matured as early as 1834 and 1SGD.
Assuming the statement of Gov. Bnllpcb
ibg in the presence of the Secretary cf
State and the Comptroller General, and
the fact of thi3 destruction be reported
to the next session o!f the General Assem
bly.
For the purpose of affording the Stato
additional protection in the management
of its financial affairs, your committee
recommend that tho treasurer be requir
ed to keep a cash book in which shall be
entered each and every item of receipt
and disbursement, including interest ac
count, exchange, commission, and like
items, and that ho be required to submit
the same, together with a monthly bal
ance sheet, to the Governor, and from
time to time to furnish to him such other
information in relation to the financial
condition of his office as the Governor
may require.
In consideration of the facts submitted
herewith, your committeo suggest tho
following remedies for the evils existing
in the treasury department:
1st. That the treasurer be requested
to resign his trust, and—
2d. That the Legislature provide for
the appointment of a financial agent.
Your committee are content to recom
mend to the General Assembly that the
treasurer be requested to resign his
trust, and in the event of his failure so
to do, that tho Governor bo directed to
appoint a competent financial agent to
take charge of the department. They
therefore recommend the adoption of tho
following resolutions:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
General Assembly that the present treas
urer should resign his said trust, and he
is herewith respectfully requested so
to do. •*
Resolved, That in tho event that tho
present treasurer does not at once re
sign, as recommended by the General
Assembly, that this General Assembly,
in view of the facts presented by the re
port of the Finance Committee respect
ing tho management of the State Treas
ury by tbe present incumbent, that tho
Governor of the State be, and is hereby
authorized and required to take whatever
measures may bo necessary and proper
to secure the State from loss and preserve
the credit of the State, and to appoint a
financial agent of tho State until tho
present derangements in the treasury are
removed and its operations brought under
the rules and regulations required by
existing laws and the custom of busi
ness, to tako entire charge of tho finances
of the State, of receipts and disburse
ments—said agent being required to
give good bond and security for tho
faithful discharge of his duties ; and be
it further
Resolved, That the Governor of tho
State and Attorney General, and a suita
ble person to bo selected by them, be, and
they are hereby authourized to investi
gate fully and thoroughly, in all places,
the true condition of the public debt, and
report the same to the next General As
sembly for its action.
Chas. C. Kibbee,
Chairman Senate Committee.
Wilbub D. Andbeson,
Chairman House Committee.
The undersigned respectfully affirms
tho statements of account, examination
of bonds, and tho report of bonded debt,
and to the defined business facts set forth
in the foregoing report of tho Finance
Committee. Jahb.3 F. Bozeman,
Agent Finance Committee.
Atlanta, February 23,1875.
The “ Playcarders.”
Four knaves around tho table sat,
As proud as any kings,
And every time their hands went out •
Bright flashed tho brilliant rings. (
Dupont had dealt the pasteboards gay
To each man, bravo and truo;
And as the plug had thus been drawn,
They all commenced to chew.
Lo Croix was first, and nobly claimed
To bo the oldest man—
This plan is thought to ho the best
When tho Age has, a bold, bad hand.
Jlontrey was then tho ono to let.
Ho said: “ I’M worth a V:”
Dcsmonde, who played a bold, bluff game.
Next raised it to a O. 0
Dupont, tbe dealer, soon remarked
Ho had no hand to bet on,
But, lust to keen tho interest up,
Ho d stay antV ihat regret on.
He then planked down two hundred cool—
The Ago bad long since "squealed’’—
Anil then, of course, tho other threo
Were, so to speak, tho field.
Exciting then bccamo tho scene
Till each one bet his nil.
Expectant, and with bated breath.
They waited on tho call.
It carno—so clear, and so sincere—
■About it Was no wax—
Montrcy, with tight-closed lips, threw down
Only two pairs—of Jacks.
Across Desmondc’s exultant face
Thero passed a beaming grin,
As he showed hie hand—the arcs four—
.Last Week’s Cotton Figures.
Tho New York Financial Chronicle says
tho total cotton receipts for the week
ending February 19th reached “ 96,950
bales, against 103,461 bale3 last week,
103,152 bales the previous week, and
115,700 bales three weeks since, making
the total receipts since the first of Sep
tember, 1S74, 2,836,183 bales, against
2,913,019 bales for the samo period of
1S73-74, showing a decrease since Septem
ber 1, 1874, of 107,436 bales. Tho ex
ports for the week reach a total of 83,-
553 bales, of which 01,777 were to Great
Britain, 8,451 to France, and 13,325 to
tho rest of the Continent, while tho
stocks as made Up to Friday arc now
835,119 bales. For tho corresponding
week in 1874, tho exports were 97,419
bales.” , V
From this statement it would appear
that the exports were 13,386 short last
week compared with the same week in
1874, whilo the stocks aro 3,219 more
than they were this timo a year ago—the
stocks standing S32,219 for 1S75, against
S32.CC0 for 1874.
How soon he drops the lucre vile!
How hi ightly burns his blush!
When the sallow glim, of the tallow dim
Throws light on a royal flush.
Tho royal flush was the dealer’s hand—
He hadn’t dealt in vain—
And the fohr on> spots wore beaten then,
H they never Will be again. .
:—» * " "
A Duel In Fettis County In Early
Times, in which Col. Sam Lowe
was Engaged—Tiro Shots, and then
the Drinks wore Set Ur.
From tho St. Louis Democrat.!!
The Sedalia Bazoo relates tho following
good story, in_which our distinguished
fellow-citizen Col. Lowe, figures. It
should bo remarked that the Colonel has
got over all tho nonsense he once indulg
ed in, and is an exemplary member of the
—Knights of Pythias: Y" , ‘. :
Twenty years ago the .dilapidated old
burg known a^Gjeorgetown was one of
tho most thriving villages in Control
Missouri. It contained as jolly a set of
souls a3 ever liVed, always ready for a
fight, fun or foot-race. Taxes .then were
about one-fifth of ono per cent, and good
whisky could be. bought for thirty-five
cents per gallon. .- ..
All tho hard work was done by the ne
groes, while tho " white trash ” killed
timo playing cards, horse-racing, perpe
trating all kinds of practical jokes, and
drinking the aforesaid cheap whisky. It
was no disgrace then to go on a week’s
spree, as the best people in the country
frequently did.
Colonel .Samuel A. Lowe, now of St
Louis, was then the county and circuit
clerk and ex-ojncio recorder, and even then
had time to ppa*<: which ho devoted to
the worship of Bacchus. Then, as now,
Sam was a little insulting when in his
cups, and on one occasion insulted a citi
zen. of the place, a high-strung Virginian,
who now lives in Sedalia and follows tho
same business he was then engaged in.
The “F. F. V.” pocketed tho insult for
the time being, but it soon came his turn
to get drunk, nnd then ho callod Samuel
to account. Sam. wanted to apologize,
but this would not wipe out the insult
with the Virginian. He wanted to settle
it according to the code of honor. This
gave a show for fun, and tho bystanders
took Sam. out and told him he must ac
cept the challenge. But he was not ns
bloodthirsty then as he has been since
getting command of a regiment of Sc.
Louis militia, and associating with such
darc-dovils as Joo Colcord. Ho revolted
at tho very idea of killing a man, and was
more greatly moved at tho idea of being
killed. After a lengthy conversation, and
being assured it would only end in fun,
ho agreed to accept, and designated hi3
second a fine-looking young doctor, who
now resides in St. Louis, and is engaged
in tho life insurance business. “Old Vir*
ginia” chose his second, and tho terms
were soon agreed upon. Tho parties were
to fight with tho old-fashioned horse-
pistol, loaded with ball; were to meet at
a point on Muddy Creek, to bo selected
by the seconds. They were to!place their
backs together, and at a signal were to
march each eight steps to tho front and
whool and fire. Hour of meeting 10
o’clock tho morning after the acceptance.
The news was soon heralded over the
town of the coming duel, and all kinds of
speculations were mado as to the result.
This kind of sport was something new and
pleasant, and the saloons did an extra
amount of business that night, and many
beds were untouched by persons who
were afraid they would oversleep them
selves and miss the sport.
At last the morning came, and the
whole of tho male population were on the
gui vive. The lino of inarch was taken
up, and tho procession wended its way
toward a romantic spot known as Cedar
Bluff.
Tho Virginian had sobered off con
siderably, and began to relent of his
rashness. Having arrived upon the
ground chosen by the seconds, he readily
agreed to settlo tho difficulty with ono
shot each. Frequent libations were in
dulged in, and both of the principals
showed they were tho worse by liquor.
The excitement ran at fever-heat when
tho duellists were placedin position, back
to back, and tho eight paces were stepped
off. The seconds acted in tho double
capacity of botUe-holdere, and each gave
his man a drink, when hands were shaken
and farewells exchanged. Tho word,
“Forward, march!” was given, when
each of the principals marched directly
to tho front eight paces, and wheeled as
tho word fire was given. Each man
shot, but not at hi3 adversary, as thero
was an eight-foot hill between them, the
seconds having chosen tho top of a ridgo
or “back-bone,” and each men had
marched out of sight of tho other. The
crowd was not long in seeing tho "pint,”
when a loud hurrah went up, and the
Virginian "set up” many a gallon of old
rye over his duel. The principals were
tho best of friends before night, and went
together on a jolly spree.
CoJirTEOLLBB Gbeen, of New York,
has responded to a resolution by the
Board of Aldermen abont the financial
affairs of tho city. The increase of the
city debt within threo years has been
$33,252,049 49. This is the explanation
given:
“Tho old claims and liabilities existing
when the present Comptroller took office,
and tho extraordinary demand on ac
count of the deficiency in tho State sink
ing fund, which have been paid from the
proceeds of bonds, and tho money since
paid by him for boulevards and other
up town improvements, aggregate more
than the whole increase of tho bonded
debt of tho city during tho present ad-
mistration of the Fiuanco Department.
It is idle to expect any diminution of the
debt while officers of the government, having
almost unlimited power to contract debt, are
steadily urging its increase for carrying on a
class of works a generation in advance of
auy public need for them.” *
For Cupid Dead.
BY LOUISE CnASDLEB MOULTON.
"When lovo is dead, what more hut funeral rites—
To lay his sweet corse lovingly to rest,
To cover him with rose and eglantine ?
And all the posies that ho loved the best ?
What more, but kisses for his close-shut eyes—
His cold, still lips that never more will speak—
His hair, too bright for dust of earth to dim—
Tho flush scarce faded from his frozen cheek ?
What more but tears that will not warm his brow,
Although they burn the eyes from which they
start?
No bitter weeping or more bitter words
Can rouse to ono rnoro throb that pulseless
. -: heart.
So dead ho is, who once was so alive!
In summer, when the ardent days were long.
He was as warm ns June, as gny and glad
As auy bird that swelled its throat with song.
SoAcad I—yet all things wero his ministers—
__A11 birds and blossoms, and tbo joyous June!
Yrould they had died, and kept sweet Love alive!
$inco ho is gonothe world is out of tune.
) . ■ [Scribner’s for February,
;-;f SAN FRANCISCO CHINAMEN.
Ilow they Rum their Theaters and
Hoarding; - houses — John’s Objec
tionable Vices.
Son Francisco Chronicle, January 31.J
Tho Royal China theater is situated on
Jackson street, between Dupont and
Kearny. A gas lamp before the door bears
on tho side facing Dupont street some
vegetable inscription for tho heathen
wandering-down, whilo the side facing
Kearny street contains the name “Royal
China,” in good, plain English for the
benefit of the outer barbarian wandering
up. The entrance is through a narrow
passage way, on one side of which there
is a counter spread with tho refreshments
mo?t grateful to the Chineso palate, some
of which ore of a substantial character,
such as roast duck soaked{in peanut oil.
It is necessary to take something of a
solid nature if determined to sit out a play
that commences ut six iu tho evening and
does not conclude until three tbo follow
ing morning. An ordinary play occupies
this length, some plays longer. The first
drama at tho Royal China lasted a week.
Outside in the street the orchestra can
bo heard from tiihe to timo as the door
opens, but onco inside, the clashing and
whanging of gong3 and cymbals and
inverted-saucepans make night hideous.
It can be compared to nothing but the
noise’ of the founderymen on Fremont
nnd First streets, as they rivet together
the immenso boiler plates of. tho mine
engines. 1 a Very little can be seen with
comfort. To the “Melican man” it ap
pears to be a scene of confusion, actors
rushing furiously ou aud of, in mimic
fight, and all so mixed and so much alike
that it is a matter of utter impossibility
to get the faintest idea of the plot. John,
however, appears to enjoy it hugely, and
with hat back on head and cigar between
his teeth, grunts from time to time un
qualified applause.
No women take part in the Chinese
drama. The gentler sex aro represented
by young men, who, when children, aro
subjected to a special dramatic training
in order to render them capable of giving
an artistic rendering to female parts.
Nothing is, perhaps, more striking than
tho softness of voice acquired under this
training. A stranger not aware cf the
fact would be certain to decide that,with
out doubt, they were women.
A CHINESE BOABDING HOUSE.
Many of the hotels now given up to the
solo possession of John tstre twentyyears
ago considered ornaments to the city,
others are tho merest hovels, and all of
them have been rendered, through over
crowding, hardly, fit for human habita
tion. Those whom the ups and downs of
California life have introduced to tho
accommodation of a two-bit boarding
house;where a moderate-sized room is split
up into several small cabins, resembling
the statc-room3 of a steamer, but where
each lodger has his separate bed, can
imagine what a Chinese lodging house is;
where four or fivo persons sleep in tho
same place on shelves ono over tho other,
and where tho air is heavy with tho
fume3 from the opium pipes; from the
dirty little oil lamps beside each smoker,
and from an atmosphere rapidly becom
ing rich with carbonic acid gas. Somo of
the larger of these lodging houses room
close on two thousand Johns, and cer
tainly, the cubic air ordinance to tho con
trary notwitbstanding, do not allow any
thing liko tho legal 500 cubic feet of air
to each lodger.
HOW JOHN EATS.
Nearly all tho Chinese cat at home,
especially thoso who are engaged in trad
ing and keep stores; still a largo number
resort to tho restaurants, of which thero
are soveral in tho quarter, tho principal
ono being tho Hang Hcong, nearly oppo
site tho Royal Chineso Theatre. In the
evening this restaurant has quite a gay
appearance, being brilliantly illuminated
with varied colored lanterns. Tho ground
floor i3 occupied by tho cuisine, while tho
upstairs is devoted to tho dining rooms.
Pig-tailed waiters are in attendance to
receive orders, and you can dine o la carte
or at a fired price.
AT A BEGULAE DINNER
you commence by drinking a small cup
of a very sweet spirit prepared from tho
sugar-cane. Tho first course consists of
roast duck cut into very small pieces aud
served in a bowl with peanut oil; tea is
then brought, together with shark’s fin;
then comes boiled rice, preserves and
cakes, and the wholo is washed down by
another cup of tea with biscuit. Tho tea
i3 most excellent, but the rest of tho din
ner i3 hardly suited to the "Melican
man’s” palate. Bow-wow can be procured
on order, also bird’s ne3t soup when in
season.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
THIRTY-FIFTH DAY.
Special to Telegraph and Messenger.]
• Atlanta, February 22, 1875.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE.
The Senate this morning passed the
House usury bill and the following House
bills:
To designate tbo legal holidays
To provide for a military organization
of the students of the State University,
To increase the civil jurisdiction of the
County Court of Greene.
To change the timo of holding the Su
perior Courts of Dooly, Jasper and Bald
win.
To authorize the Mayor and Council of
Romo to compromiso with the holders of
bonds.
To create a State Board of Health
To amend the act creating a Board of
Commissioners for Burke county.
To change the time of holding tho
quarterly terms of the County Court of
Richmond.
To repeal the act incorporating Ander-
sonvillo.
To prohibit the discharge of firearms
in Vineville.
THE TEXASTACHTC.
The House had a long discussion on
the motion to reconsider the action pass
ing the Senate substitute for the resolu
tion instructing our Congressmen to vote
for tho bill to aid the Texas Pacific. The
motion to reconsider was supported by
Messrs. Bacon, Andersen of Cobb, Speer
and Hammond, and opposed by Messrs.
"Walsh, Adams and Harrison. Tho mo
tion prevailed—97 yeas to 54 nays.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Tho following passed:
To pay Dawson A. Walker and Benja
min Conley fivo hundred dollars each,
the balance duo them as auditors of the
State road claims.
To amend the act creating the County
Court of Wilkes.
To regulate tho pay of jurors in Ech
ols, Houston and Lee counties.
To donatathe work of a certain pro
portion .of the penitentiary convicts to
tho Atlanta and Amicola, Norcross and
Dahlonega ar.d North Georgia railroad
companies.
To’cmpower tho Mayor’s Court of Ha-
con to tako jurisdiction in cases of va-
granoy. '
To amend the act creating a Board of
Commissioners of Bibb county.
To authorizo tho Trustees of tho Ma
con free school to sell their house and lot.
To incofporato tho Enterprise Bank of
Macon
To fix tho liquor licenso in Burko at
three hundred dollars.
To amend the charter of the Macon
Bank and Trust Company.
To authorizo tho Mayor of Americu3 to
punish any crime of less degree than
felony.
To regulate the drawing on the Treas
urer of Baldwin county.
To mako tho County Court of Hancock
a court of record.
To prevent cruelty to animals.
longer hold. Phave resolved to take my
life first. I have a Dowder at home on
my library table which Ijbavo resolved to
take, and sink quietly out of life. I have
nothing to live for. I have prayed for
death as a happy release. I feel that if I
publish a card in the Ragle it would only be
a temporary release. Mr. Tilton is likely
to break out any time. I am unable physi
cally or mentally to bear this sixain.”
He said, "I shall probably never see you
again.” I said, “Mr. Moulton will still
stand by you, and no matter what comes,
I will ail ways be your friend; but lam
convinced that the only way out of this
trouble i3 to tell the truth.” He said he
would come to see me the day following,
as he had some gifts to distribute, and
mementoes to leave, and that there was
something ho wanted me to take Eliza
beth. It was a long interview. Mr.
Beecher was very much excited, and told
me with the tears streaming down his
face that he had suffered the torments o£
the damned ; that he had to go home aud
wear a cheerful smile; that the slightest
indication of weakness was a confession
ofguiltonhispart"; he said I was the
only person to whom ho could unburden
his whole heart.
Mrs. Beecher had been present during
tbe examination thus far. Mr. Beecher
now came in. A glass of water was hand
ed Mrs. Moulton, and the examination
went on. •
Tlie Beecher Trial as Far as it
Goes.
Under this head, the New York Herald
of Saturday has an article from which we
extract the following:
Tho eVidcnco of Mrs. Moulton closes
practically the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Tilton has told his story. The worst
is now known. How Mr. Beocher can
explain this is a serious problem. ’ 'But
this is not for us to suggest, nor even foe I
express any opinion upon the case until-
Mr. Beecher has had this opportunity,
Mr.. Tilton’s story is this: Ha received ....
from his wife a confession of a crime. He
reserved this confession for several
months, when ho wrote a letter demand-.
ihg tho withdrawal of Mr. Beecher from.
Brooklyn, and tho consequent" downfall". !
of M3 journal and hi?church. Shortly^’"
after he summoned Mr. Beecher to his
presence and accused him of a crime." He 1
addressed a letter also to Mr. Bowen,
reminding him that he had accused
Mr. Beecher of other crimes. Un
der the pressure of this letter," and
from other reasons which were, no doubt,
quite subordinate to it, Mr. Boivenpaid
Mr. Tilton a claim of seven thousand *
dollars, and signed a “ covenant" with
Mr. Beecher and Mr. Tilton, proclaiming
peace. This peace continued, and Mr.
Tilton found ed a newspaper. Mr. Beecher,
through Mr. Moulton, contributed five
thousand dollars to tho project. The
paper did not succeed, and Mr. Tilton,
driven to the wall by his own embarrass
ments, by an unfortunate sympathy with
Mrs. "Woodhull’s strange, mad fancies,’"
and by tho somewhat reckless rhetoric of
_ _ ... — .. Dr. Bacon, turned on. Mr. Beecher and
To incorporate the Greenville Ba~ki_g dragged him before the world as tho de-
.ttjoyer of his home, hia influence and his
fame. The "reasons for this opinion are
last before the world. Mr.
i JOHN s VICES.
Tho Chinese aro victims of two great
vices, each of which they appear to ho
incapable of shaking off; these ore opium
and gambling. A Chinaman can no more
jive up his taste for tho cursed drug than
ho could give up his “Joss” or his iusauo
dread of the "ground devil.” Ho will
smoke his pipe of opium every oveniug,
lying in his bunk and enjoying that
pleasure that seems at first almost divine
in its nature, but which in the future ex
acts fcom its votarie3 such a fearful pen
alty. The other great vice, that of gamb
ling, has by no moans such bad effect.on
his physical man, for it is not in him to
recognize.the moral guilt involved in the
festive game ofi"tan.” One who ho3
visited a Chineso gaming-house to wit
ness the game, which is a kind of loto,
must admit that John can both lose and
win with a gentlemanly impassiveness
well worthy of imitation by those gentle
men who resort to the "Wadworth House
to "fight the tiger” or shake the
bone3 " for half dollars on Third street.
But withal we must admit that John is
not a good moral character. He lie3, he
pilfers, and he’s dirty. "When he becomes
criminal his crimes are always cowardly
in their nature, he beat* and blackmails
his unfortunate countrywomen, and
thinks it manly; he stab3 young boys
and calls it bravery, and altogether he
does not appear to possess an overabun
dance of those virtues we call manly.
Whether our Chinese population will
eventually prove a curse or a blessing is
too deep a political question to even
glance at, but, os Artemus Ward said of
the crisis, he has come and is bound to
mako a long stay.
Company.
To make penal .Ther carrying *of
knuckles,
To incorporate tho Georgia Mining
Company.
To amend the act constituting an Ec
lectic Board of Physicians.
To incorporate the Bank of Thomas-
ville.
ABOUT SIGNING DILLS.
The Judiciary Committee reported that
thoy thought it the duty of the Speaker of
the Houso aud tho President of the Sen
ate to sign all bills before adjournment,
to which they assent.
MISCELLANEOUS. •
The House passed a bill appropriating
seven thousand dollars for the purpose
of completing tho water works of the
Lunatic Asylum. ■ t.
Tho House concurred in tho Senate
amendment to fix the rate of taxation 5-10
of one per cent, the same as last year.
Tho bill to incorporate tho Mutual
Gaslight Compaay of Macon, was indefi
nitely postponed.
Tho Houso Judiciary Committee unan
imously recommended Mr. McDaniel’s
amendment to tho constitution, which
prohibits tho payment of fraudulent
bonds, without amendment, which will
bo passed to-morrow, probably.
A resolution was introduced in the
House to deprive the Georgia Land and
Lumber Company, composed of New
York stockholders, of the power of own
ing land in tho State.
Among thoao voting yea on tho motion
to reconsider the action passing a resolu
tion to request our Congressmen to vote
aid to the Texas Pacific railroad, were
Messrs. Bacon and Craig of Bibb, Black,
Warren, Grannis and Williams, and nay,
Messrs. Walsh, Clarke and Lawton..
Mrs. Emma C. Moalton on the Stand
In the Beecher Trial.
The TTorZd contains a full and graphic
report of the lucid and most interesting
testimony of thi3 witness, who is de
scribed to be “apparently thirty-five
years old, with smooth black hair and a
white, regular faco of a pleasing womanly
type.” Wo have never heard aught
against her fair name, and tho evidence
she gives certainly stamps her as a true
woman. She is tho last to testify for
Tilton, and though little that was not
previously known has been elicited from
her, still her utterances will be most
damaging to tho defendant. Ono extract
only will wo quote:
hr. ueecheb’s desfaib.
Q. Who did he address ? A. Mr. Moul
ton, and, after a short conversation, Mr.
Moulton [went to his business and Mr.
Beecher laid down on the lounge, and he
said, "This is probably my last conver
sation with you.” He continued: " 1 feel
that if Mr. Tilton publishes my letter of
apology it i3 usele33 for mo to try any
longer to live this down. I have never
felt that I had much to hopo for from
Theodore; ho is a faithless man, and
seom3 to lose sight of the fact that if this
letter is published ho strikes his wife
even more than me.” I said: "Mr. Bee
cher, there i3 something better for you to
do than that; go down to your church and
confess, your crime, and they will forgive
you.” Ho said: "No, I cannot do it; for
the sake of the woman who has given me
her love, for the sake of my family, for
the sake of my church, for my influence
throughout tho world, I can never do it.
I will die before I confess it.” I said:
"Mr. Beecher, sooner or later the truth in
this case will come out, and you had much
better take your case into your own hand
and givo to your church a confession. I
am sure they would forgive you.” He
said: "No, that I cannot do; my chil
dren would despise me ; I cannot go back
to my house, and my church would not
forgivo mo. Thero would be nothing
left for me to do; my work would be fin
ished ; it would be better for me to go
out of life than to remain longer in it.”
I said: “You might go back to your
farm and write.” He said: “If they
won’t hear me. preach, thoy wen’t listen
to anything X write; ~ My position is that
of a moral tea ehe*, vthffjh I could 90
now fit,
Beecher stands charged with adultery,
perjury and falsehood, upon theovidence
of Mr. Tilton, Mr. Moulton and the latter
gentleman's wife. Of these witnesses
Mrs. Moulton is the most eircumstantiak
Her evidence is the most important thus'
far given, and it Will be read throughout
the country with profound and painful
interest. Mr. Tilton’s case has been
presented with great ability. His coun
sel have succeeded in gaining every
point; On Thursday we had the unusual
spectacle of the Judge appealing to the
plaintiff’s counsel to allow Mr. Evarts to
ask a question, which, of course, was de
clined. Some of the rulings, showing, as
they do, great learning and impartiality
on the part of the Judge, are to us sin
gular developments of the tendency of
our law, and will not bo without their
influence upon the public when we come
to consider this trial as a whole.
Tho most striking discovery is the re
lation between husband and wife. If
anything has been clear to our minds it
is that the marriage condition is one of
sacred confidence. Blessed by God it is
the holiest of human associations. No
statute can interfere with it. This is os
it should be. ■ But tho Brooklyn trial
makes another precedent. According to
this the husband may go upon tbe stand
and swear his wife into infamy. Her let
ters and communications become a part
of his attack. But the wife can say no
thing. In other words, any husband can
testify to his fears and his suspicions, to
statements, confessions and narratives
going to show that ho had been wronged.
The wife, who knows in her heart whether
she is guilty or innocent, can say nothing.
"We confess we can see no justice in this
law unless we accept tho theory that a
woman is a bit of property who fulfils
certain dependent offices in the marriage
relation, whose honor may be sworn away
when it pleases her husband without any
opportunity of vindicating herself. "Who
knows better than Mrs. Tilton whether
she is guilty or innocent ? Who has more
at stake iu this issue? Who has as
much ? Her name, her woman’s honor
and the happiness of her children are in
peril. Mr. Beecher, if he is convicted,
loses his placo os a Christian minister,
while Mr. Tilton becomes “rehabihtated”
and Mr. Moulton is “rehabilitated.” If
acquitted, then we learn that Mr. Tilton
has all this time been under an hallucin
ation. Tho issue is, therefore, whether
Mr. Beecher shall be degraded and Mr.
Tilton "rehabilitated” and made the same
Theodore that ho was before Mr. Beecher
drove him into biographical literature.
But the woman—what is to become ot
her ? She can say nothing. She must
lie down and be trampled in tho dust,
that her husband or hor pastor may be
freed from stain.
Lilly Dale.
In tho years gone by an old Michigan
quill driver named Blake, who was killed
at Fair Oak3, came into Detroit on busi
ness, ho being then connected with
paper in the western part of tho State.
He got pretty full by evening, but was
invited into tho ladies’ parlor of the hotel
with others, to hear a young lady initiate
a new piano. After she had played sev
eral tunes, Blake asked her to play “Lily
Dale.” She complied, and ho sat down
and cried, excusing his action by saying
to the crowd, “It is a sad song, and it al
ways puts me in mind of my deed moth-
It was played again, and Blake
went to bed with “Lily Dale” ringing in
his ears. Ho occupied the same bed with
a merchant’s clerk, the hotel being
crowded, and soon after turning in a dog
commenced to howl in tho back yard.
Whoo-hoo qoo!” wailed tbe dog, and
Blake sat up in bed and exclaimed:
“ There’s ‘Lily Dale’ again!” “Git outf
it’s only a dog howling,” replied the
clerk. “ Stranger,” said Blake, as he
turned his head, “stranger, if you’d lost
your poor old mother and felt as bad as
I do, you’d bet fifty dollars to fivo that it
was 'Lily Dale!" ”
song, and I’ve j
he got up and l
chest and wept profusely.—Detroit
Press. '
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