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The Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON OCTOBER 23 1877.
ONLY SS OO A YEAR,
and twenty obnts postage.
Adiertiements one dollar per square of te
• it as, each publication.
Tha Wisely TELroBAPn and Mesbesokr
represents three of the oldest newspapers in
Georgia, and has a wide circul ation.
We learn from tins Constitution that in
a recent important guano case before
jndgo Hillyer, who is an able and most
impartial jurist, that the defendants tried
lo go behind the notes, and k s'stcd pay
ment on the ground that the guano did
not benefit them. This Jndgo Hillyer rul
ed they could not do, and in substance de
cided that if one sign? a note of this char
acter without being misled, deceived,
overreached and defrauded thereto as to
the terms and stipulations contained in
■ach note, or could l>y the U3S of ordinary
diligence and prudent action have dis
covered cr ascertained the contents and
conditions specified in the note, then
they are concluded by its terms and es
topped from pleading or setting up that
iho guano did not benefit them. He fur
ther held that if one by his own mistake
or omission failed to read the writing
that would not excuse him.
We trust the effect of this decision
will bo to ostop all further legal proceed
ings in similar cases. It is about time
that we were getting back to tho good
old times when a man was held respon-
Able for all bis obligations, And in at
tempting to evade them sacrificed both
credit and reputation.
Tan Chronicle and Constitutionalist
says Augusta is now one of the cleanest
cities in the United States.
The same paper, in an able editoiial in
favor of our public schools, uses the fob
loving significant language :
It baa come to pass that State and Na
tional conventions dare not ignore this
vital interest. Why is this so? Because
the question of public education involves
much of statesmanship; because in pro
portion as education is diffused, the State
becomes richer and stronger, and the peo
ple become happier. We rejoice that it
is so. We arc glad that the indications
are ih«t the people of almost every coun
ty in the State will make the issue direct
in selecting Senators and Representa
tives, who, under tho new constitution,
will have so much to do in remodeling
the present system in accordanco with
the provisions of that instrument. Speak-
ing to the emigrant and the immigrant,
Georgians say "Consider the salubrity
of our climate, the fertility of our soil;
the mexhaustablc resources our State.”
They must be ablo to add: "Consider
also our sjtom of education, which am
ply provides alike for the thickly popula
ted i.nd the sparsely settled districts.”
Senator Hill has neither won reputa
tion or friends by his partisan advocacy
of Atlanta for tho Capital. The object
war too apparent. HisprrscnaZ interests
were involved, and hence tho very weak
deliverance of tho Senator, which was
so prejudiced, one-sided and sectional.
The leiter was wholly unworthy ot h : s
fame as a statesman and astuto thinker.
Heir what Cite, in the Old Capitol, has
to rsy of him:
Hon. B. G. ITill.—This modest gea-
riemun, has pnt his fingers into the Capi
tal question. To Mr. D. N. Speer, of
.LaG ange, Ga, he has written a lengthy
letter, to explain why he is for the Capi
tal remaining at Atlanta. If Mr. Hill
owned no property in Atlanta, if he had
not b.-en indebted for bis election to the
Senate to Atlanta influence, I still would
have thought it indiscreet in him to nse
his position for Atlanta as the Capital.
But eehas done so; and having given'
every man a right to question his mo
tives, as well as his pocket interest, in
this matter, I beg a little space m yonr
paper to say what I think of tho Hon.
Senator, and hi3 arguments for Atlanta
as the Capital.
In the first place, it is well enough to
remember that Mr. Hill was elevated to
the Senate over Hon. Thomas M. Nor
wood, a distinguished Georgian and a
Democrat. It i3 unnecessary for me to
say that Mr. Hill was never a pronounced
Democrat. He deepises the word, and
has boasted that he was never one. He
has belonged to every party that has
arisen in Georgia, eince bis first appear
ance os a. public man, and was always
defeated, when hb came before tho peo-
jl'Ji After Howell Cobb died, and Judge
Jackson moved from the old Sixth Dis
trict (tho strongest Democratic District
in the State), Ben Hill moved into it.
He was even then a citizen of Atlanta,
and many good people of tho old Sixth
District said he was not a citizen of
Clarke county. But he wormed himself
into that good old Democratic fold, and
was elected to Congress by Democratic
TOters; and though ho spurned the name
of the party,ho embraced the vetes of its
members. Bestless, ho aspired higher.
By the uso of the same means he had
climbed, ho was put in the Senate.
Thero let him stay till the honest Demo-
erats of Georgia have a chance to invite
him down and ont.
Now, for his argument: 1 will only
quota one, os I have not time and space
to take them up seriatim.
2. "In tho next place, let ns consider
tho question of economy, for this i3 an
important matter. _
The pnhlic buildings now belonging to
tho State in Atlanta, ore quite as good (I
think better) than those at Milledgeville.
The present Capitol building in Atlanta
will be practically lost to tho State, for I
happen to know that this city is entitled
justly and honorably to subject this
building ton debt that will cover it if the
Capital i3 removed. And the State is a
party to this contract, made not by a Bo-
publican but by a Democratic State ad
ministration.”
Mr. Hill knows the Opera House has
been condemned. Condemned by the
City Council of Atlanta. If not, why didj
the City Council offer to build a new Cap
itol? If tho “fature Capital goes to
Milledgeville,” why will the “present
Capitol building be practically lost to the
State?” Has not the Stato paid more
than $300,000 for tbo Opera House,
tbo so-called Capitol ? Then why, Mr.
Hill, is it not the property of tho State?
How can Atlanta bo “honorably” or in
any other way, entitled to the Capitol
building as city property, when Atlanta
agreed through her Ci!y Council to fur
nish all the' public .buildings for the
State, free of cost, for ten yeras and fail
ed in her contract ? Cato.
We shake out from the spice box of
the Old Capital the following fragrant
items:
It is darkly hinted that some Atlanta
paper will distribute 30,000 iesues on the
/air ground, favoring that city for tbo
capital. Just es we expected; the State
exposition is to be made an electioneering
"round.
State Senator Faiman, of Milledge-
ville, has been in the city for a day or
»ao, and seems to feel quite confident
that the members from his connty won’t
get any mileage at the next secsion of
tho Legislature, on the score of economy.
The people object to tbo Constitution
of *C8 because it is the work of men who
were alien to them in feeling and inter-
sat. Tho capital was removed from
Milledgeville to Atlanta by violence and
fraud. Tho removal was the work of onr
enemies. We believe that a large ma
jority of the people will right this wrong
at the next election by casting their votes
lor Milledgeville.
The last paragraph was copied from the
Wgnsta Chronicle and Constitutionalist.
A JustCompluixnt.—Mr. Speer, of
the[OZd Capital, speaks thus kindly of our
efficient and obliging Librarian:
We paid a brief visit to the Macon
Pablic Library daring last week, and
were courteously entertained by Mr.
Charles Herbst,' the gentlemanly libra
rian. Under the successful management
of Mr. Herbst, that enterpris » is fast as
suming important proportions, and
promises to rival similar institutions in
Atlanta and Savannah. Tho collection
of volumes is varied and costly, while the
walls and shelves are literally encurn
bered with valuable works of art, and
collections of ancient and modern date.
Mr. Herbst is peculiarly fitted for this
position, being a gentleman of cultivated
taste. The Library is woll officered and
is a resort for tho best citizens of that
city, and our citizens will find it a pleas
ant retreat when visiting Macon.
A Boats paper says Governor Colquitt
preached at tho Methodist Church, at
Cave Springs, on Wednesday night.
This should be quoted to the praise
and honor of our worthy chief magis.
trate. It requires not only nerve, hnt
real Christian piety and tho manifest op
erations tf Gcd’s Holy Spirit thus to bo
able to shake eff the distracting cares
and surroundings of his responsible office,
and proclaim the troths of bis Heavenly
Master. The Governor will have the ap
proval of all good people—little will bo
heed the jeera of the scoffer.
The Athens Georgian has a level head,
as will be seen by the following apposite
advice:
When the advocates of both Atlanta
and Milledgeville seek to urge their
claims for their respective cities as the
futnre capital of Georgia, on the score of
economy,' let them cease to talk about
erecting and improving capitol build
ings costing thousands and millions of
dollars. The people of Georgia aro too
poor for such extravagance at this time.
The capitol buildings at either place are
sufficiently good for all present or imme
diate purposes, and it is no time for ex
travagance or the gratification of pride.
Da. Carlton has gone to Washing
ton.
Dahlqneg a Signal:—We 6ee irom tho
Const, of Friday that i is likely some
effort will be made to : xclnds the Cadets
from the college at I ahlonega from the
prize drill at the Atl nta fair. We sin
cerely hope that this will not be done.
The Cadets are Gee- gia boys; they are
Georgia troops; and the fact that they
aro under the law commanded by a
United States officer detailed as their ini
Btructo; should in no eonnd and sensible
way exclude them from the contest.
We cannot believe that tho managers
of the Fair will be guilty of any such un
just act.
Major Cuhhing's Position. — The
Chronicle and Constitutionalist siye: A
subscriber makes the following official
announcement:
You ore authorized to state that Major
Camming believes that the preservation
of the organization of the party in the
District is of more importance than the
success of any individual, and he prefers
it to bis own personal advancement. Ho
will, therefore, go before a District Con
vention and seekit3 nomination. If it
should prefer anyone else from Jefferson,
Glascock or Bichmond, he will very cheer-
fully forego any wishes or expectation of
his own, and actively support the nom
inee. Democrat.
Now, let every Democratic aspirant for
Legislative honors emulate the example
of th:3 patriot, if we would hold old Geor
gia fast to her party moorings.
The Griffin Fair.—Tho News learns
that the receipts of the late Fair foot up
between §2.000 and §2.500. The pre
miums, were liberal, however, and the
profits of the Association were not large.
The senior editor of the Lnmpkin In
dependent, who grinds the Atlanta organ,
is not half so brilliant as the promising
junior, whose lucubrations we drew upon
last week. Tho former utters this spas-*
modic squeak:
Any one would imagine from the utter
ances of the Telegraph and Messenger
that Macon was solid for Milledgeville;
but a recent visit to that city, though our
stay was short, enabled ns to learn that
Atlanta ha3 many staunch friends within
its limits.
Will the grave senior state how many?
Count, and see if they number as many
as the fingers on your two hands? First
class logic—over tho left. That same
“Scnioi” says, what if Gen. Meade did
steal the capital from Milledgeville, if
the General ordered his cook to broil a
chicken would you refuse to eat chicken
afterwards? Or if the General chose to
wear a clean shirt would you refuse to
change yours under a month?
Now these questions are stunners, and
we shall have to send tho senior to school,
to the junior to learn tho answers.
Does the aforesaid eenior justify Gen.
Meade’s theft. It so, that ends tho ar
gument.
Attacked bt a Cow.*—The Independent
says:
We regret.to say that Mrs. Boba Boyn
ton was run over by a mad cow on Tues
day last at Dr. Barnum’s plantation, on
the Hannahatchee, and quite badly hurt.
One of the horns of the infuriated ani
mal struck her in the face, tearing her
mouth and knocking ont some of her
teeth.
The Atlanta Constitution affects great
surprise that tho Radicals, black, ring
streaked 'and otherwise, wbo were in the
ascendant in Millodg^rillo when the
Capital was removed, appealed through
their leader, Col. B. B. do Graffenreid, to
a Badical Congress for justice.
Is it the first time on record tbat
thieves fell out upon the division of tho
spoils ?
Nay, it is an additional argument for
Milledgeville, if even the veriest Badi
cals of that city and eection cried out
against the vandal act of their own Badi
cal associates in robbing them of the seat
of government.
The Milledgevillo Union and Recorder
puts in some mighty blows this week in
behalf of removal. Tho exigencies of
the situation seem to have galvanized
into new life and vigor the latent ener.
gies cf our venerable contemporary. Wo
draw largely upon its "Capital” bank
and begin by giving its views upon what
used to be "Our Ben”: •
Hon. B. H. Hill.—This gentleman
has stepped down from the lofty pedes
tal of a Senator, representing the whole
State of Georgia, to take part in the can
vass for the location of the capital. It
wonld ssem that neither Governor Col
quitt cor General Gordon, though both
residents of Atlanta, have considered it
consonant either with the proprieties cf
the situation or their duty to the whole
people of Georgia, wbo have honored
them so highly, to take aneh a oonrse.
Bnt it is believed tbat Mr. Hill bad
very strong reasons for this violation of
the delicacy and decorum wbieh some old
fashioned people think should have gov-
erned Lis action. Leaving oat oi view
any pecuniary interest in ptoporty in At
lanta, Mr. Hill is under great obligations
to ths people of that city. When his
aidect embition to become a member
cf Congress bed for a long time been
thwarted, the proas and the people of
Atlanta took him up and used such
pressure and influence upon the nominat
ing contention of the 9th Congressional
e
district, as to cause that body to ig
nore the claims and services of old end
prominent residents of the district, and
to give Mr. Hill the nomination. This
was in effect, equivalent to an election.
But Mr. Hill wa3 not content with a text
in the House of Representative*, and
when Mr. Norwood’s term as Senator
expired, Mr. Hill boldly putin his claims
for his seat.
We all know the resnlt. Mr. Norwood
had bsen a very useful and faithful Sena
tor, and he had hosts of friends who de
sired his re election. When the contest
camo on, Mr. Norwood was running ahead
in all the ballots and seemed certain of
success. Then Atlanta arose as one man,
and, taking advantage of an adjourn
ment, plied the members of the legisla
ture with such arguments and influences
as secured a sufficient number to elect
Mr. Hill by a email majority.
We hope the following prognostications
may not prove qaite so bad.
The State Fair and its Visitors —We
have bad occasion heretofore to depre-
oate the powerful influence exercised by
Atlanta over our Legislatures which as
semble there. The Atlanta Constitution
has frankly conceded that the fact exists.
Now, the people who go to the State Ag
ricultural Fair will doubtless be subjected
to all tbo ezts and blandishments of the
enterprising Atiaatese to seonre their
votes on the Capital question. Oar hope
is that the great majority of such visitors,
teing sensible people, w.ll look below the
eurfsce and penetrate (be motive. Bat
we desire to os!l the attention of slay-at-
homo people to the matter and to sug
gest that if they find any cf their neigh
bors who went to the fair had snddenly
been oonvetled, they may reasonably at
tribute it to an influence so strong tbat
our Legislative bodies should never be
exposed to it. Legislation, to bewise and
just, should be free from the pressure of
extraneons forces; and especially whore
such prersuro may bo exerted for eoifish
purposes.
For the next two or three weeks, when
a man is found so have suddenly become
a red hot Atlanta man, it will be entirely
m order to ask him, “Have you been lo
Atlanta to the Fair V
And now comes tho text of tho report
of Mr. Woodruff in July last upon the
condition of the old capitol:
report of the condition of the capi
tol AT MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.
Milledgeville, July 9,1877.
Gentlemen:—In pursuance of your
request and instructions, I have exam
ined carefully the condition of tho "old
capitol building,” and herewith submit
an approximate tf tho cost or valuo of
such repairs as are necessary to pnt the
building in perfect order, including only
the essential points, and absolute neces
sities, except rs to the Bepresentative
Hall and Senate chamber. For those I
recommend a complete renewal of all
plastered walls and ceilings, and a finish
in fresco, new slate mantles for all the fire
places in those balls, and painted in a
thorough and handiome manner, the
cost of which in addition to the value of
necessary repairs, I give below to-wit:
Estimate of repairs, covering all ncces.
sary ones, and which will put the
building in complete order, $8,245
Estimate for frescoing and man
tels, as suggested, with extra fin
ish 900
Total $9,145
Respectfully submitted,
D. B. Woodruff, Architect.
Besiding at Macon, Ga.
What will Mr. Atlanta Fay say to this
estimate cf a brother architect, who nei
ther lives in Atlanta or Milledgeville,and
has no ‘‘axe to grind ?”
Cheering.—Tho Sandersvillo Courier
says:
Since the last issue of the Courier, we
have visited both Johnson and Jefferson
counties and find them almost a unit for
Milledgeville for the capital. The same,
we are reliably informed, is true of Lau
rens, Emancel and Glasscock counties.
Want of space prevents us from saying
more at this time—bat more anon.
Columbus Inquirer: Wilcox, Irwin and
Montgomery counties will vote for Mil-
ledgeville as the capital solidly, and Doo
ley, tho banner connty of the third Con
gressional district, will roll np a rousing
majority for the old city: Pulaski; too,
with but a few dissenting votes, will help
to swell the majority. These aro facts,
and may be relied cn.
The Savannah News, in an elaborato
argument in defense of removal, has this,
among other things, to say of Mr. Hill’s
letter;
We observe that while Mr. Hiti claims
that the present capitol building in At
lanta is a better one than that in Mil-
ledgevilel, ha makes no direct allusion to
Atlanta’s offer to build a new capital at
her own expense, if that city is accepted
as tho permanent eite of the State capital.
Perhaps Mr. Hill, as a lawyer and an At*
lanta property owner and taxpayer, "hap
pens to knew” that the City Council of
Atlanta has no constitutional authority
to make any such proposition, and no
power to create a debt for any such pur
pose. Or, perhaps as a Georgian, Mr.
'Hill i3 not willing or anxious to put pur
noble old commonwealth in the humiliat*
ing and demoralizing position of bolding
her future capitol edifice upon the tenure
of the bounty of any municipal corpora
tion. -
The same paper states tbat Millcdge-
ville is getting ready with preparation*
to furnish hotel accommodations for the
next Legislature. The Milledgeville
Hotel Company have decided to rebuild
their former splendid honse, to be equip
ped with the latest modem improve
ments. The building i3 to bo three
stories, with elevator, and will have quite
one hundred sleeping apartments. Bids
for the work will be received as soon fta
the plans and specifications of the build
ing are submitted. In addition to the
above Messrs. Hendrix, Newell and Walk
er contemplate demolishing the old
Washington Hall and erecting on the
site a cozy brick hotel of fifty rooms, with
store-rooms underneath. We are glad
to know that these improvements are to
go np, as our opponents have played the
hotel trnmp as a winning card. Work
on the debris ol the Milledgevillo Hotel
will begin next week.
We learn from the Fair Bulletin that
Mr. Beckmar, tbo farmer florist and
fruit grower, intends to come to tho front
with a choice selection from his orchards
and nurseries of fruits, evergreens, flow
ers, eto. No one can eclipse him.
The damage, ssys the Bulletin, to the
cotton crop ot sontbwest Georgia is not
as groat as firet reported. In Thomas,
instead cf two tbonsacd bales, it will fall
short of ono thousand.
S|The next will be the ighlh annual fair
of the Thomesvilla Association. This
explains the rapid progress ot that ban
ner county of Georgia. The approaohirg
fair will beat them all.
Good Advice — Montezuma Weekly:
"Don’t emoke a pipe while hauling cotton.
A man came to Tarner & Brown’s ware-
honse last Friday with two bales on fire.
Ho bed been smoking.”
The same paper sa,e: Trot out yonr
racers for tbe Legislature. Entry fee
five dollars.
Public opinion in London ie strongly
in favor of tbo Tarks. At tho muBic balls
and other places where war songs form a
part of tho nightly programme tho Bus-
sian anthem is invariably hissed and the
Czar’s fhg howled at, while tbe crescent
and tho star come in for an cncrmoas
amount of cheering, and the Turkish na
tional hymn is applauded to the echo.
Most of the music hall. proprietors have
started subscription lists in aid of the
Turkish, compassionate fund. Already,
although the lists have only been put up
a few days, a consid-rable sum of money
hoe been collected.
atij vn paoposi noar.
Its Legality Questioned - She
Cannot comply with Her
Proposition As It How Stands.
Columbus Inquirer 3
Editors Enquirer-Sun: Certain papers
in tbe State ore keeping constantly be
fore the people, Atlanta’s great proposi
tion to give the State of Georgia land,
and on it build her a capitoL Not con
tent with this paid or gratuitous adver
tisement, they seek, and publish opin
ions of legal gemiemen uoon tbe subject.
In a recent copy of the Constitution is an
article from the pen of that able lawyer,
Colonel Porter Ingram, on this subject*
Now, we do not take issue with Colonel
Ingram. We admit that the city of At
lanta can do everything permitted her by
that clauio of the constitution, which
reads as follows; "If any municipal cor
poration shall offer to tbe State any prop
erty for locating or building a capitol,
and the _ State acceDtcd eaid offer, tbe
corporation may comply with such offer.’’
This clause gives the power to the mu
nicipality of Atlanta or any other in the
State, bat the seotion from whiob it is ta
ken says that the authority by which the
municipality appropriates money, must be
delegated by tho General Assembly. If
the City of Atlanta had made a proposi
tion she could not raiso one dollar with
out authority from the General Assembly,
prescribing tbo mode of raisieg the
money and delegating tbroagh charter
privilege her right so to do; moreover, it
wou’d require en act of the General As
sembly, as representing tbe State, to ao
cept the city’s offer. The charter of At
lanta, as it cow stands, oenfera no pow
er on its City Conneil to give away the
pnblio property, nor any power to tax the
people at large to patso money to give
away. See chatter 1874, page 116.
Tho present Constitution does not give
the City Council, and not even the city,
this right; yet the proposition is paraded
before tbe pnblio and intelligent men are
ticked to vote on it. “The Mayor and
Connoi! of Atlanta repeat and declare tbat
Atlanta will give ten acros of land and tw
hundred thousand dollars to Georgia!
The same number of men in Coiambus
conld make the same proposition, and in
law it wonld bo jast about as binding.
If this Mayor and Conneil wore to pass
another ordinance levying a tax to raise
the money it would not be worth any
more than their present proposition, t. e.,
the paper it was written on. Any citi
zen tax-payor could stop them in an hour
by a writ of injunction, which the Supe
rior Court conld not, and would not re
fuse. A careful reading of Col, Ingram’s
opinion will show tbat tbat astute lawyer
says ‘inpon any fair construction of that
clause 'in the Constitution, I think no
court could hesitate to hold that the city
of Atlanta cm both donate land and
build a Capitol.” Two things are neces
sary before any court would bo called up
on to pass on that question. First, the
new Constitution must be in force; second,
the Ci‘y of Atlanta must make the prop
osition. Neither of these things have
been done, nor can they be done until af
ter tbo election, if then. The question of
the location of the capital will nave been
settled by a vote of tbe people long before
either of these conditions could arise.
Where, then, is the voter to be caught by
thiB gilded, high-Bonnding advertisement
of tbe Mayor and Counoil of Atlanta?
Bat suppose tho new Constitution is in
foroe and the city of Atlanta, by a unani
mous vote of its tax-payers, offered to
b'nild Georgia a ospitsl; even then it
wonld bo qneationable whether or not she
had the rignt to make the offer or oarry
out the proposition. Tbe eourts have
been very strict in their oonstrnotion of
all laws granting taxable powers to muni
oipal corporations. Some weeks ago was
published in yonr paper a "brief” upon
this subject, in wbiohthe following estab
lished principles wero given and backed
by cited antborities:
1. Municipal government, especially
town governments, aro veiy strictly lim
ited in their power, and can do no not,
and contract no dobt and raiso taxes for
no purpose not duly authorized by char
ter.
2. Town governments are mere trus
tees and have no power to apply town
taxes and town lands to any uses bat the
striot nse of all the inhabitants.
3. The Stato itself has no power to
grant power to a city connoil to give
away the pnblio properly nor any power
to tax the people at large to raise money
to give away. Private property cannot
be taken by taxes or any other means for
private nse, not oven pnblio nso witbont
being first paid for.
Anyone desiring enlightenment on
these propositions is cited to the follow
ing:
U. S. Supreme Court in case ot Citizens’
Saving and Loan Association of Cleveland,
vs. Gity of Topeka—Mo. 729, October
term 1874. Two Cent Law Journal 156,
Alcott vs. Supervisors 10, Yol. 6S9.
People vs. Salem 20, Mich, B. 552;
Jackson vs. Andover 103, Moss. 94; Dil
lon vs. Municipal Corporation, Sec. 587.
Cooley on Constitutional Limitations,
pages—129,175, 4S7,4G6.
Lowell vs. City of Boston—Amorican
Law Bev. July 1873. Jenkins vs. Ando
ver 103, Mass. Bep. 74.
The question then of tbo location of
the Capital is one of dollars and cents to
the tax payers of Giorgia. In last Tues
day’s issue of yonr paper appeared some
figures showing tbe difference in oost to
the State for the government, nine years
in Atlanta, nine years in Milledgeville,
That difference was seven million five
hundred and tweity-fonr thousand five
hundred and six dollars. Let tho voters
"pnt this in their pipes and smoke it."
Again, eleven thousand dollars, by esti
mates made, will make new the Capitol
in Milledgeville, inside and ont. Two
thousand will do tho same for the
Executive Mansion. Seven thons
and is a large margin for cost of removal.
This is a total of $20,000. It Atlanta re
tains the Capitol the State will have to
give away the State honse in Milledge
ville, nor can ehe use the "Opperry
Honse” (as the Widow Bedolt calls It) in
Atlants. That is too bfaakey. A new
building will have to be ereoted, and if a
new Capitol building is ever started in
Atlanta nobody oan say wbat it will oost
or when the Legislature will get thiongh
donating to it. Suppose, however, it
takes only two hnndred thousand dollars.
Here, then, is twenty thousand against
two hnndred thousand—Milledgeville vs.
Atlanta. |Tax payers, young merr(who will
soon be tax payers), oolored people (yon
wbo are working end accumulating pro*
perty) all of yon, "pnt this in yonr pipes
and smoke it.” ' G.
Since the beginning of tbo war tbrae
large manufactories Lave been established
in Russia for the preparation of con-
derssd forage for the cavalry horses of
the Russian army. Ia tho establishment
st St. Peteisburg there are five large
ovens, capable of turning ont 30,000
pounds in twenty-four hours. The food
is composed of oat meal, pea flour, rye
meal, and ground linseed, a email quan
tity of salt being added. The constitu
ents aro kneaded together in large wood
en troughs, the dough being afterwards
rolled out into a cake about as thick as a
man’s finger and cut into biscuits of three
and a half inches in diameter. These
are dried in tbo ovens, and finally strung
on wireB for transport.
At Kanthalai, Ceylon, there is a mag
nificent tank on a scale so enormous that
it would now cost more than flro million
dollars to erect it. It was constructed
about 275 a. d Still more remarkable
is the great store tank at Kalowowa. Its
circumference is supposed to have been
hardly less than thirty miles, and it was
kept full by two rivers. Channels ex
tended from it over fifty miles, which
conveyed an unfailing supply of water
to certain largo storo tanks and thence to
minor village tanks. The Ceylon gov
ernment proposes to gradually restore
any of these ancient works. Here wo
see how the ancients prevented famines.
Sundat week a quarter of an inch of
ice was formed at Oakland, Garrett
county, Maryland, and enow fell at
Boonsboro, Washington county.
PRAYER OF THE PASHAS.
A Special Supplication lor the
How ntall ot Ike Russians,
A No w York rimes correspondent at Pera
sends the following translation of a spe
cial prayer whloh has been drawn np by
the Shiek-ul Islam, and whiob it it be
granted, will secure the utter extermina
tion ot all Christians from off the faoe of
the earth, leaving it In tbe possession of
the Moslems alone.
'O, most merciful God, have mercy on
ns and proteot ns Thy faithfnl peop'e.
Almighty God, stow no meroy to the ir-
Adels. Merciful Giver ot all good things
strengthen tbe Ottoman arms; by T1 y
powerful arm disoomfit the proud auu
pel fiiiaas house of tbo impions. Glory
be to God, the Lord of the Universe. The
graoe and the blessings of God bo npon
onr Lord, Hib Prophet Mohammed, and
npon all His pious followers. O, God.
strenghten Thy servant onr Sultan, tbe
chief of Thy favorite people. Proteot ns
and onr country and sweep off tbe faoe
of the earth all infidels oppoeed to ns and
to our holy and tine religion. Destroy,
Almighty God, every veBtige of the im
pious Russians, of the equally impions
Hellenes, who are groping in the datkaesB
of impiety like swine in tho mire, and
who have dared to raise their saorilegions
hands agaicst Thy faithfnl people
and sgain.t Thy Prophet Moham
med. Disperse, O God, theif coa-
litior; Eoat'er their assemblies:
break. O God, their weapons, diminish
and cnnihilate their ranks; send them, O
Gcd, quickly to their destined placo ef
punishment, Ponr npon their heads, O
God, all Thy wrsth and indignation;
place them, O God, in ths central abode
of the wicked; viBit them with the in
dignation by wbioh Tbon bast hitherto
punished Thino enemies. O God, con
found their tongues; let their blood flow
In torrents; let their beads be trampled
upon by Tby faithful servants tbe Osman-
lis; break down their authority, their ru
lers, their strongholds; exhaust their
power. O God, make their children or
phans, their wives widows, and their
mothers mourners. Confound their men%
tat faculties. O God, of meroy, let there
be loft no vestage on the earth of the im
pions Russians, the Hellenes, tho Slavo
nians, and other infidel Franks allied to
or sympathizing with them. Encompass
them, O God, on every side with griev
ous plagues. Overthrow them with tby
terrible wrath, with fires, with massacres,
and shipwreoks; by strangling, bypeeti
lenoe, and by cholera; by famine and by
earthquakes. Make their oities empty
of inhabitants. Shake them by tby eight
avenging spirits. As theBe misobievous
and impions infidels endeavor to injare
ns, let them, O God, suffer in their own
eyes, In their senses, in their wives, in
their children, and lastly in their own
lives. Let Thine anger and indignation,
O God, be bailed npon them like hail
stones; make them and their goods a
plander to all those wbo believe in Thee
and in Tby holy Prophet Mohammed,
with whom be the graoe and the blessings
of Almighty God.”
Effects of the Late Cyclone.—The
German steamship Hanover, commanded
by Captain Erdnann, which arrived here
Monday night in a disabled condition,
bronght tbe thrilling intelligence that she
bad collided with a ship that waB bottom
npward,inmid ocean. It is alleged tbat
the collision was in daylight. The San
over had on board at tho tfmo of the col
lision some cabin passengers and about
three hnndred and eighty emigrants.
Tho Hanover was considerably worsted
in ths oollisioD, having a part of her hnll
stovo in, and in snch a manner as to al
low water to get into her hold.
A reporter at a late hour called on both
of tbe agents ot the steamer. The senior
partner conld not be fonnd, and the ja-
nior partner declined to be seen, giving
as an excuse that he knew nothing of tho
particulars concerning tbe collision, bnt
recommended onr reporter to see tbo cap
tain of tbe ship. The reporter oalled at
tbe ship Hanover, lying at tho foot of St.
Andrew street, bnt was informed that the
oaptain was ashore. When other offioers
of the boat were asked for they declined
bein interviewed, stating through an in
terpreter that they were not at liberty to
give any particulars regarding the col.
lision. It also reported that there were
two other ships seen by tbe passengers
and officers of the Hanover, bottom up
wards In the ocean.—New Orleans Demo
crat.
Tlie Macon Scholarships:
Editors Telegraph anil Messenger: May
I ask spaoe in yonr columns for tha fol
lowing communication on this vexed
question.
After the examinations bed taken place
in tho public schools of the city, last sum-
mer, Mr. Zitller, Superintendent of Pab-
lio Sihools, reported tho names of three
soholars standing highest in their olasees
ns candidates for scholarships in Meroer
University, then at the disposal of the
oity. Tho Connoil adopted his report
without inquiry or question of their eligi
bility. Before the opening of the Col
lege it was discovered tbat ono of the par
ties appointed was not a resident ot the
oity, and, therefore, in the opinion of a
majority of tbe Connell, ineligible to the
position, as tha scholarships were the
property of the citizens ot Maoon, tho
sons of a number of whom had studied
hard to qualify themselves for the places.
Steps were immediately taken to vacate
the scholarship of the non-resident, so as
to make room for the son of a resident
legally entitled to it.
This is claimed by,many as a hardship,
which I am free to admit, to a certain
extent, is true, bnt claim it wonld ba a
greater hardship and disappointment to
the sons of our own citizens to deprive
them of a boon for whiob they had strug-
gled hard to qualify thems sivos and give
it to an outsider.
The Council in this matter, I hold, are
simply acting as trustees for the properly
cf the citizens of Macon (of whioh these
scholarships compose a part, being worth
in money $240 each to the recipient) and
if thoy should, for any canse, give it to a
person who had no right or title to it, I
regard it as their sworn dnty to take
proper steps to restore it to the person or
poisons having the legal right to it.
Should an oxeentor or administrator,
in dividing the property of an estate,
make a mistake by any means and give
property to a person having no title to it,
no one wonld question his right, but re.
gard it as bis imperative duty to recover
tbe property and restore it to tho right
ful owner. And if tho Council should
persist in giving the scholarship to one
not entitled to it, any citizen who had a
son qualified for the place wonld, in my
; udgment, be sustained in an injunction
lefore tho courts to vacate the scholar
ship and restore it to its proper owner.
One of the Aldermen.
A Battle with Tramps.—A number of
tramps were ordered ont cf a ohaatnnt
tree by Louis Sehalcr, a farmer of Sauls-
bnry, Fa., on Monday. They drove him
to his hsu.se with a piu-.ul. ‘‘You’ve got
to die,” they shouted, aud began fi iDg
Sobaler fired out of a wtidow and killed
tho ringleader of the gang Thoy picked
up their fallen comrade aid r< treated to
the woods. Nitbiig has been setn or
beard of them since.
Decisions of the Supreme Con. i
ot Georgia, Delivered October
9Rl,1877.
Abridged fioai tbo Constitution, by N. B. Har
ris, JBsq. of the Macon Bar.
State of Georgia, &s„ for use, vs. IVicg-
field, administrator. Claim form Sum
ter. '
Warner, C. J.—Where a tax, fi fa, was
transferred by tbe tax collector previous
lo August 21, 1872, it waa not error in
ths Court to refuse to charge that though
th»j(/k was transferred bifore the date
mentioned, yet, if still unpaid, the trans
ferees could enforce it
2, Wingfield, claimant, made an affida
vit of illegality to an execution issued
against' Alston, and tbe Court dismissed
it. Held, that this Court, will presume it
was dismissed, because not made by tbe
defendant infi fa. . .. t
Judgment affirmed. . -
Stephens vs Sellars, administrator.
Claim from- Schley.
Warner, C. J. A tract of land was sold
at administrator’s sale in 1860, and _
note taken for tbe purchase money, which
was never paid. While the vendee was
in possession under tbe deed of the ad
ministrator, a judgment was obtained
against him by one Stephens for a debt
due him on other transactions. In I860
an arbitration was had under a bill filed
by tbe administrator to assert his ven
dor’s lien, to which bill Stephens was not
a party, and under ibis tho land was reg
nlarly turned over to the administrator,
as never having been paid for. After
ward Stephens levied bis execution upon
the land. The Court decided that the
land was not subject to the execution.
Held that this was crrOr.
Judgment reversed.
Pryor, administrator, ts Leonard.
Complaint from Sumter.
Warner, O. J. Judgment was entered
against defendants, principals and surety
generally, without noticing the fact that
two of them were administrators. Nine
years afterward an order was taken to
amend said judgment so far as the ad
ministrators were concerned, by inserting
tho words "to be levied of the goods and
chattels, lands and tenements of tha said
Benjamin F. Pettee. deceased.”
To the execution issued upon this
amended judgment the security filed an
affidavit of illegality, and at the same
time made a motion to set aside the
judgment cn tho following ground, to
wit:
That he was security only on the origi-
nal debt of tbo intestate, B. F. Pettee,
deceased, and tbat at the time the said
verdict and judgment was had against
the administrators of Pettee, the said
estate was solvent, and had sufficient
property to pay eaid debt, and since that
time the same has been fully administer
ed and is insolvent, and by tho failure
and laches of plaintiff to take and enter
judgment agaicst the goods and chattels,
lands and tenements of B. F. Pettee, do-
ceased, in the hands of the said adminis
trators, in tbe original judgment, his
liability as security has been increased,
and the lien of said judgment, if it bad
been properly taken in tbe first instance,
is lost upon or as to all the property of
said estate then possessed, or possessed
since then np to the time of the amended
judgment, and tho benefit o! it is lost to
this deponent, and, therefore, under the
law, he is discharged from all liability
upon said debt and execution, on account
Of tbo fault and laches of tbe said plain
tiff.
To this affidavit and motion tbe plain
tiff demurred, tbe court sustained tho de
murrer and dismissed tho cass. Held
that tats was error.
Judgment reversed.
Wilkerson vs. Wooten. Complaint,
from Cal honn. _
Bleckley, J.—-1. When tho object of
parol evidenco is to exposo alleged usury
covered up in writings nnder the name of
rent, it is error for tbe court, in charging
the jury, to disparage the parol evidence,
and intimate that if there be conflict the
written evidenco should prevail.
2. When, at the instance of one in poS'
session cf land nnder bond for titles, a
stranger advances money to discharge
the balance duo on the purehase, takes
from the vendor a conveyance, and gives
his own bond to make titles to the ven
dee, taking from the latter bis note, due
at a future day, the transaction is, prima
facie, a loan, in substance, with title to
the land as security.' An annual per
centage on the amount advanced, though
covered by separate aud successive notes,
and called rent, is not rent bnt interest,
and if tho per cent, exceeds tha legal
rate, the excess is usury.
3. If the orginal contract was thus
usurious, all payments on tho so-called
rent notos are to be treated aB payments
on tha debt itself, to go in reduction of
principal and lawful interest, no matter
when they were made, nor under what
changes as to the law of usury. If, how
ever, tho original contract was untainted
and successive agreements for usury un
der the nams of rent were superadded,
each being independent of the others,
then each is governed by the law of usu
ry existing at the time it was made, and
payments thereon in excess of the legal
rate of interest can be applied to the
original debt by plea of set-off only,
which plea must be filed within tbo pe
riod of limitation apphcablo to an action
for recovering back usury.
Judgment reversed.
Dozier vs Lamb and Drew. Illegality
from Schley.
Bleckley. J. 1.—Where a traverse of
the sheriff’s return of serrioe alleges on
oath that the return is false, and that de
fendant presents the traverse at the next
term after nolioe by him of the sheriff’s
entry and where both the plaintiff and
the effiosr are made parties and call
ed on to vindioata the return, the traverse
cannot be dismissed on mere motion, as
filed too late.
2. Affidavit of illegality whioh allegos
tbat the defendant was never served with
any copy of tbe declaration and process,
and never knew of the snit till long after
judgment was rendered, is sufficient.
Suoh an affidavit raises the question of
serrioe, to be tried nnder tbe rules of
evidenoe applicable thereto, one of which,
is that an effloial return, unless traversed
in due time and proved false,it oonctn-
sive.
West v\ Wh«atley&C?. Assumpsit,
from Sumter.
Blecklxv, J. Though the oaso de
pends solely on the credibility of tbe re
spective patties B3 witnesses, where tbe
obarge of the oourt touching the rejection
of testimony by the jury was snbjeot to be
misunderstood, and the role laid down for
dealing with osnfliot, was somewhat ob
scure in expiession, the verdiot Hot b< I ig
one tbat the evidence obliged the jury to
render, the grant of a new trial by tbe
presiding jsdge will not ba interfered
with.
Jndgmsnt affirmed.
A Washington letter o! Thursday sajs:
"As the validity of Governor Hampton’s
requisition for Senator Patterson is to be
hotly contested on every ground where
his counsel may make a stand, it has
been thought that perhaps some objec
tions may be found to tbe pending requi
sition, which, it is understood, was some
what hastily drawn up. An amended re
quisition, prepared at Columbia, has ar
rived here, and as soon as proceedings
under it are begun it is believed that the
requisition under which Mr. Patterson is
now hold to bail until the 17th inat. will
be abandoned, and tbat all further pro
ceedings will take place under the new
requisition.”
And again: Montezuma oan furnish the
ehampion liar of the United Sates, and
it ain’t os either.
t efficient to reduce a homicide to man
slaughter.
Judgment affirmed.
Smith vs. McLendon, sheriff. Ilabeas
oorpus, from Webster.
Blioklxt, J. I, When an attachment
for contempt is Issued on a xnle absolute
under seotion S956:h of the Code, after re!
turn into the olerk’a effioe of a prior exe
cution levied on land, the execution and
the levy are both funtetus officio. It ia not
indispensable to the legality of the at-
S35-2*?** toping officer should
have made an entry dismissing or other-
W, o® ili B P 03in 8 of tha levy,
2. When the original rule nisi against
ahotn°Wh K< l aIre8 0an8 « to be
shown, both against making the rale ab-
“an32K5 beIn 8 attached for ooc
timpt, an attachment may be oris red
wben tbe rale absolute is granted.
a t bsolnte before at-
tachment. the voluntary bankruptcy of
“jL 01 ® usual assignment
-or his effects* will not prevent the at-
f J°.? ^string. Nor will the
pendency of the bankruptcy proceedings
meufc°bv h ivi fr0m » ?^ eafc tnd
ment by virtue of the attachment nor
will a judge, at chambers discharge him
on habeas conus because he testifies he is
utterly unable to pay the amount cf the
rale or any part thereof.
4 The imprisonment of a faithless at-
r»° r C0 “ tem P t > committed by fall-
t0 hl3 client on a role ab-
5. When the court has granted a rule
absolute and ordered attachment to is
sue, no farther order from tbe judge is
neceswryjandthe clerk, not*the judge,
should issue tho attachment. 1
6 On habeas corpus at chambers, it is
not competent to inquire into the truth
late B faCtS ad3nd S® d by the rule abso-
Judgment affirmed.
..?i® c . ll0 y’ having been of counsel,
did not preside in the following case:
Cotton States Life Insurance Company
vs. Merntt’ administrator. Suit on
policy from Sumter.
Jackson, J—There being no error of
law in admitting testimony or in the
charge of the Court, and thero being
enough evidence to sustain tho verdict,
this Court will not control the discretion
of the judge who tried the case below in
refusing a new trial, especially as the
same facts in substance have been passed
upon by two juries, and the verdicts ap
proved by the Circuit Court.
Judgment affirmed.
Harris vs. Hines. Equity, from Lee.
Jackson,J.—The dismissal of a bill In
equity carries the whole case out of court,
^ ! “W he - anawer of th ® defendant
thereto, if said answer contain no set-off
or other prayer for relief in the nature of
a cross-bill; and the defendant cannot,
fire years after the dismissal of the bill,
be made a party thereto, and then file a
cro33-bill, or answer in the nature of a
cross-bill, against complainant. It does
not alter the bill that the original bill
was served on the defendant’s agent ac
ting under a power of attorney from him,
he Doing a non-resident, and that the
agent answere the original bill for de
fendant, and has since died. The new
answers in the nature of a cross-bill, can-
not be engrafted upon the old answer
winch contained no set-off orother prayer
for relief, but only a prayer to be dis
missed with costs.
J udgment reversed.
Stallings & Spann vs. Bank of Ameri-
ens. Complaint from Sumter.
Jackson, J. When a surety or accom
modation endorser signs a note, the con
sideration cf which is that it shall beheld
by the bank where it is negotiable and
payable, as collateral security for another
note or draft 3uo eaid bank, and the
"ant, without the knowledge and consent
°r the surety, changes the contract by
relieving the acceptor and endorser of
that other note or draft, the security or
accommodation endorser cf the collateral
note is discharged.
Judgment reversed.
Sktpherd et al. vs. Taylor et al. Man
damus, from Scinter.
Bleckley, J-—The act of February
16 h. 1876, requiting any person engaged
in hiring laboreis in this State for em-
ploimsmi bejond the limits of the same,
to procure a license and pay therefor one
hundred dollars, and making it penal to
cany on the business without such li
cense, is constitutional. Money prop
erly paid into .the county treasury by »
person wbo has applied for and obtained
tbe license, can not be recovered back,
by mandamus or otherwise.
Judgment nffitmed.
Smith vs. The State. Assault with In
tent to murder, from Sumter.
Blxcklky, J.—1. After the jury have
dispersed with the prisoner’s ooDeent,
leaving the verdiot with the foreman to
le returned by him into oanrt, It is not
indispensable that the prisoner ehoa'd be
present when the sot of return Ukes
place in parsuauoe of tbe conseni; and
though be be confined in jail at the time,
the verdiot will not,. on that aoooont,
be iUectel.
2. Words or throats are not j r a voce t ton
The Philadelphia Permanent Erposi-
tion seem a to bo ia danger of boing any-
thing but permanent. The stockholders
have had a meeting with a view of saving
the concern from being sold ont by the
Sheriff. Thero is a debt of $264 000 due
by the company, of which $180,000 aro
due to tho Centennial Board of Finance,
and $84,000 to individual creditors. The
Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and of the Beading Railroad, who are in
terested in tho continuance of the expo
sition,are examining its financial condi
tion with a view of extending aid to it if
there be a chanco of its being made to
pay hereafter.
The President’s Message
Washington, October 16.—Fellow Citi
zens of the Senate and Mouse of Represen
tatives : The adjournment ol the last
Congress, without making appropriations
for the support of tho army for the pres
ent fiscal year, has rendered necessary the
suspension of payments to the officeis
and men of sums due them for services
rendered after the 30th day of January
last. The army exists by virtue of stat
utes which prescribe its numbers, regu
late its organization and employment,
and which fix the pay of its officers and
men, and declare their right to receive
the same at stated periods. These stat
utes, however, do not authorize tho pay
ment of troops in the absence of specific
appropriations, therefore, the Constitu
tion has wisely provided that no money
shall be drawn from tho Troasnry but in
consequence of appropriatiors made
by law, and it has also been de
clared by statute tbat no depart
ment of, the Government shall expend
in any ono fiscal year a sum in excoss of
appropriations made by Congress for
that fiscal year. We have, therefore, an
army in service authorized by law aud
entitled to be paid, but no funds availa
ble for that purpose. It may also bo
said, as an additional incentive to prompt
action by Congress, tbat since the com
mencement of the fiscal year, ths army,
though without pay, has been constantly
and actively employed in arduous and
dangerous service, in the performance of
which both officers and men have dis
charged their dnty with fidelity and
courage, and without complaint. These
circumstances, in my judgment, consti
tute an extraordinary ocoision requiring
that Congress be convened in adyance of
the time prescribed by law for your meet
ing in regular session. The importance
of speedy action on the part of Con
gress is so manifest, that I ven
ture _ to suggest the propriety
of making the nsoetsiry appropriations
for the support of tho army for the cur
rent year, at its present maximum nu
merical strength of 25,000 msu, leaving
for fature consideration all questions re
lating to increase or decrease of the
number of enlisted men. Iu the event
of the reduction of the army by subse
quent legislation, during tbe fiscal year,
the excess of appropriation could not bo
expended, and in the event of its en
largement, the additional sum required
for tho payment of tbe extra force could
be provided ia duo time. It would be
unjust to tbe troops now in the service,
and whose pay 1b already in arrears, if
payment to them should be farther post
poned until after Congress shall lave
considered all the questions likely to
arise in the'effort to fix a proper limit to
the strength of the army.
Estimates of appropriations for the
support of the military establishment for
the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1878,
were transmitted to Congress by the
former Secretary of the Treasury at the
opening of its session in December last.
These estimates modified by the present
Secretary, so as to conform to the present
requirement, sre now renewed, amount
ing to $32,436,794 98, and haring been
transmitted to both houses of Congress,
are submitted for your consideration.
There is also required by the Navy De
partment $2 008,861 27. This sum
and enlisted men. for the last auarter of
the last fiscal year, *3u“£,.5^ue f£
advances made by the fiscal agent of th*
government in London, for the support
of the foreign service, $50 non
11% ono A the s naTal ho *P iul fund,
$150,000 due for arrearage ot nav tX
officers, and $45,219.58 for the support of
the marine corps. There will aiao bs
needed an appropriation of $262,535 52 to
defray tho unsettled expenses of tha
United States Courts for the fiscal wear
ending June 30th last, now due to attor!
neys, clerks, commissioners and marshals
for rent of court rooms, support of
prisons and other deficiencies, F 1
of . tho biding or the Interior
Wtts destroyed by fi ;a on the
24 A of last month. Some immediate re
pairs and temporary structures have, in
oonsequenoe, beoomeneoessarv, estimates
for which will be transmitted‘to Concress
famBeaatrff, snd an appropriation of the
rcqu.site funds is respectfully commended.
Tha Secretary of the Treasury will
commnnioate to Congress, in commotion
for appropriations for the
support of the army for the current flveal
year, estimates for suoh oilier aefioien-
«es In the different branches of tho pub-
lie servioe as requires immediate action,
and cannot, without inconvenience, be
postponed until ths regular session,
I take this opportunity also to invite
your attention to the propriety of adopt-
} D £. ** J° ar present session necessary
legislation to enable the people ofthe
United States to participate ia the ad
vantages of the International Exhibition
of Agriculture, Industry and Fine Art»
which is to be held in Paris in 1878, and
m which this government has been in
vited by the government of Franco to
P at k This invitation was commu-
moated to this government in May, 1876,
by the Minister of Franco at this Capi!
tal, and a copy thereof submitted to the
proper committees of Congress at its last
session, but no action wss taken npoh
the subject. The Department of State
has received many letters from various
parts of the country expressing a desire
to participate in tha exhibition, and nu
merous applications of a similar natura
have also been made at the United States
Legation, at Paris. Tho Department of
State ha3 also received official advices
of a strong desire on the part cf the
French government that the United
States should participate in this enter
prise, and space ha3 hitherto been,
and is still reserved, in tho exhi
bition buildings for tho use 0!
exhibitors of the United States, to the
exclusion of other parties who have been
applicants therefor. In order that our
industries may be properly represented
at the exhibition an appropriation will
be needed for the payment ofthes&la.
ries and expenses of commissioners, for
the transportation of goods, and for other
purposes in connection with the object in
view, and as May next is the time fired
for tha opening of the exhibition, if cur
citizens are to share the advantages 0!
this international competition for tha
trade of other nations, the necessity 0!
immediate action is apparent. To ena
ble ua to co-operate ia the international
exhibition which was held in Vienna, ia
1873, Congress then passed a joint reso
lution making appropriations of $200,000,
and authorizing the President to appoint
a certain namber of practical artisaca and
scientic men who should attend the ex
hibition and report their proceedings,
and observation to him. Provision wss
also made for the appointment of a num
ber of honorary commissioners. I have
felt that prompt action by Congress in
aocepting the invitation of tbe govern
ment of France is of so much interest lo
tbe people of this country, and so suita
ble to the cordial relations between tbs
governments cf ths two countries, tint
the subjsot might proporly be presented
for attention at your present session.
pertinent *s uos.86127- inn sum is oromptly answered, “Vsry * elli
mad* up of $1,446,688 16 due to offioers baa th* Ohio station goat r
The government of Sweden and For.
way has addressed an offiriel invitation to
this government to tako part in ths inter-
netianel prison Ooogrees to bo held at
Stockholm next year. Tbo problem
whioh this congress proposes to stndy—
bow to diminish crime—is one in which
all civil'zid nations have an interest is
common, and tbe Congress of Stockholm
seems likely to prove the mutt important
convention ever held for lbe study of this
grave question. Under emnority of tho
joint resolution or Congress, approved
February 15A, 1873, a commissioner wes
appointed by my predeoersor to represent
the United States upon tbat occasion,
and tho prison congress having been, at
the earnest desire of the Sweedbh
government, postponed to 1S7S, his
commission was renewed by me. An ap
propriation of $8.0CO was made in the
sundry oivii service act of 1875 to meet
the expenses of the commissioner. I
recommend the reappropriation cf that
snm for the same purpose, former appro
priations having been covered into ths j
treasury, and being no longer available
for tbat purpose without further action
by Congress, The subject is bronght to
your attention at this time in viewcf the I
circumstances which render it high’;
desirable tbat the commissioner should
proceed to the discharge of his import)
ant duties immediately.
As the several acts of Congress, pro
viding for detailed reports from the dif-
firont departments of the govcinsc’.
require their submission at the begins::/
of tbe regular annual session, I defer ur-
til that time any further reference to suh
jects of public interest.
(Signed) B. B. Hath.
Washington, Oct. 15,18»7.
MY SISTER.
LY LIZZIE CLARK H1EDT.
Wbo was it climbed the tallest trees.
And toro her frock and grazed her knee.*.
Which did hor teacher much dijplcase?
My Sister.
Who wss it lU'.o lbs lemon pie.
Hi J on tha pantry shelf to high,
And gave me half npon the iljt ^
Who was it in the mill pond felt,
And lost her thimble in the well.
And cried for tear that I should g. jJ{J
And wboat lasHoocdnsses wore,
And had ot beaux a'half a icoro,
And voted boys a perfect bore?
My Sister.
Who ecaied me once to go to bat,
Because 6he hid on aching heja,
And then sit up with Cousin Fred
Who sews the buttons on my clothes,
And with
Aud
with me to tbo opera roar,
then neglects me for the bed
MjSiitct
Who alwiys scolds me whtn X swear,
And dees anobby ndMntk jvesjf.
All pleated, looped and puffed wl1 ^yjsiter
Who brushes, dusts and darns mf cIo.bc.,
And all my little fadings knov*‘
And kisses me before her ocsui- sister.
And who, with all her crimps
And silks aad velvets, rings »nl P«n
Is jmt the iolHest Ot giih. jjj Siitcr-
Delfclous cookery- ^
Tho most delicious, I
wholesome biscuits, rolls, mu v ’ ; u 9 p I
corn-brean, cake, etc-, ar f?'‘*.‘3 Do.'-1
every table by using the cele * - j^jl
ley’s Yeast Powder. It 1 , h9r in«fl
pure, and will go much . , (r , Ji
than other kinds of baking
is impossible to fail With it it
Ask your grocer for it, and
pnt off with any other.^ __
After much agitation the P ri 5? jfl
ger beer has fallen irf CincmeaU ' ■■
glasses for five cents. The beert* J
for seme time held out agams.
crease, notwithstanding a fall {“‘Tyi
they were compelled to
to the brewers : but the fe j
the German population finally P ro
much for them.
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The Ruling Passicn.—Ma]O r
A Osborn, the veteran editor ct ^
Haven (Conn.) Register, is very ‘‘.. (J
residence in New Haven, and J ..
despaired of. As an instance ,
ling pssrion it is said that on ■ .
ing of ths Ohio election
his son hew he had pa»ed ™
