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STATE LEGISLATURE.
Spocial Correspondence Telegraph and Meutni
ger-1
Atlanta, Nov. 13,1878.
THE SENATE.
The Senate was called to order by the
President at 10 a. m. Prayer by Rev.
Mr. Gwin ot Atlanta. Ball called and
yesterday’s Journal was read and approv
ed.
The debate on the redaction of the ja-
dioial ciroatU was resumed, Mr. Hol
combe on the floor.
Mr. Holoombe spoke at considerable
Ji u ZJXS
with the bar of tho State.
A very laughable disposition of Mr.
Holoombe was suggested by an ex-Jndge
♦ha other day as follows
‘•I wifi tell yon what ia the beat thing to
do with Holoombe. Heonghttobe just
eraotly rolled out in somebody’s garden,
and bnisted with a manl.”
Holoombe is jnsteix feet high, and
well weighs abont three hundred and fifty
pounds, so the above operation would
involve very serious consequences, no
doubt. , .
Mr. Bryan, of the 39ib, opposed the
minority report.
Mr. Tison, of the 4ib, moved to lay
both reports on the tabl9. Motion did
not prevail.
The debate on this enbject oconpied
almost the entire morning, and was con-
olnded by Mr. Camming, of the 18tb, in
a speech of great clearness andforoe, ful
ly supporting the minority report. This
epeeoh is said to be the best and most
conclusive, yet delivered on the floor of
the Senate, this term.
Upon a call for the vote on a motion
to adopt the minority report the yeas and
najs were ordered.
Yeas—Uessrs.Boyd, Candler, Clements,
of the 44th, Drake, Grimes, Head, Hol
combe, Holton, Lumpkin, H’Leod, Sim
mons, Staten, Tieon of the 4th, Turner
and Wilbora—15. Nays—Messrs. Bryan,
Cabiniss, Casey, Clarke, ClementB of the
15th, Camming, Dabase, Fain, Grant-
land, Hamilton of the 16tb, Harrison,
Hodges, Howell, Huelson, McDaniel,
Perry, Preston, Bussell, Stephens, Tison
of the lOtb, and Troutman—22.
The majority report was then taken
up and adopted.
a MESSAGE FROM TEE GOVERNOR,
by the hand of Secretary Avery, convey
ing a sealed communication, asking the
attention of the Senate to tho samo dur
ing exeentivo session.
A RESOLUTION
was adopted tendering a seat to Hon.
Phil. Cook.
CONFIRMATIONS.
Tho following appointments were con
firmed as county judges: Hon. T. G.
Holt, aa judge of the county court of
Bibb; Hoc. W. F. Eve, as judge of the
county court of Richmond; Hon. W. M.
Weaver, as judge of the connty court of
Green, and Hon, E. B. Trippe, as judge
of the county eonrtof Bartow.
The Senate then adjourned till ten a.
m., to-morrow morning.
THE-HOTJSE.
Atlanta, November 14ifc, 1878.
Tnis divirion of the Generel Assembly
met this morning at 10 a. m., the Speaker
in the chair. The proceedings were open
ed with prayer by the regular Chaplain,
Bev. Dr. Jones. The journal of yester
day was read and approved.
Mr. Livingstou,. of Newton, moved to
reoonsiderso much of the journal as re
lates to the aotion of tho House in referr
ing the bill prepared by the oommittee on
the redaction of the judioial circuits to the
Judiciary Committee of the House. Tne
motion to reconsider prevailed.
Mr. Tatnm moved to engross the bill
for a second reading. Lost.
Mr. Bing, of Fioyd, moved to refer
the bill to too committee of the whole.
The motion prevailed.
Mr. Polbiil, as ohairmin of the com
mittee to report what officers are to be
eleoted by tbi9 House made a report,
which was read and received. The report
ioolnded both a majority and minority
report.
BILLS RECOMMITTED:
Several bills were recommitted to more
appropriate committees than those to
which they were at first directed.
BILLS OF THE SECOND READING.
A bill to provide for the payment to
ooe George J. Mills of certain M. A B.
R. B. coupons.
Mr. Adams, of Chatham, the introdnoer
of the bill, moved to refer the bill to the
Committee on Local and Speoial Bills.
Mr. Yancey, of Clarke, moved to refer
the bill to tho committee of the whole
House. Lest.
The bill was refetred to tho Committee
on Local and Special Bills.
A bill to prebibit the Rale .of liquor at
cleolion precincts—recommended to pass.
A bill to incorporate a railroad was, by
permission of tbe House, withdrawn.
REPORT OF THE JUDICIART COMMIrTEE.
A bill to regulate the praotioe in claim
cases. . _
A bill to regnlate the penal code.
A bill to amend section 4,063 of code-
recommended by the committee not to
pass.
A bill to furnish artificial limbs to Con
federate soldiers—referred to Committee
on Military Affaire.
Several other bills were read and with
drawn by the introouoere.
A bill to anthorizd tbe issue of the
bonds by the State to the amount of
$500,000 at four per cent, interest to take
np all bonds falling due within the next
three years. The Committee on Finance
recommend that the bill do pass.
A bill to regalate tbe fenoe law was
withdrawn.
A bill to pay Mr. Hnnter certain U. A
3. B. B. capons. Beferred to Committee
on Local and Speoial bills.
A bill by Mr. King,of Floyd—As chair
man of the Committee on reduction of
jadioial circuits, to redace the namber of
jadioial circuits to sixteen. Committee of
tbe whole House.
Mr. Turner, of Brooks—Moved that a
seat on the floor be offered to Mr. Adams,
of Monroe. Agreed to.
A seat was offered Mr. Phillips, of
Cobb.
Mr. Sheffield—A resolution to bring on
the elaotion of Saperior courts Judges
and Solicitors General on next Monday
night.
Mr. King, of Fioyd—Moved that the
House go into the Committee of the
Whole tor consideration of the bill report
ed by tbe Committee on tbe Bednction of
Jadioial Circuits. The matter prevailed.
Tbe House then, as a oommittee of the
whole, proceeded to discuss the bill of
fered by the committee on tbe redaction
of the jadioial circuits, Mr. McWhorter,
of Greene, in the chair.
After some discussion, the committee
reported progress and begged leave to sit
again. .
** C^-veral privileged rest lotions were
passed and the meeting of committees
announced.
Mr. DaBose, of Hancock, offered the
following resolution as embodying the
majority report of tbe committee to de
termine what offices are to be filled by
Ibis Legislature :
Resolved, By tbe House, the Senate
concurring, that tbe following officers are
those to be elected by the present Gen
eral Assembly, to-wit: Judges of the Sa
perior Courts for the following cironits—
Brnnswiok, Augusta, Patanla, Ocmnlgee,
Middle, Flint, Southern, Borne, and Ma
con Cironit—their time beginning on the
first day of January, 1879.
Also, a Judge for tbe Macon Circuit to
fill the unexpired term of the late Judge
Hill, one for the Atlanta Circuit for the
remainder of the term of the late Judge
Phelps, and one for the Southwestern
Cironit for the remainder of the term of
the late Judge Clarke.
Also, a Solicitor General for a full term
for tbe Oconee Circuit, commencing Jan
uary 1st, 1880, and a Solicitor General for
tho Oomulgoe Cirouit to fill the nnex-
pired term of J. W. Preston, Esq., re
signed. *
The resolution was received. Tho time
for making these elections still remains
unsettled.
Tho Honse then adjourned till 10 a, m.
to-morrow, Caboltkn.
BY TELEGRAPH.
8pecial to the Telegraph and Messenger!^
Eufaula, November 14,1878.
The Fair here is a big success.
Monday Carver did some of the finest
shooting he has over accomplished.break-
ing 120 balls in succession.
This morning tho stock display is very
fine.
Senator Norwood addressed the crowd
to-day.
In the free for all trotting race, for a
parse of $500,there was three entries and
starters—Lew Scott, Alice West, and
John H. Lew Scott took three straight
heats and the race, Alice Good second
each time and John G. a close third;
time 2:26}, 2:30}, 2:26}.
The display of fancy articles is well
assorted, arranged and unsurpassed in
quality.
The attendance is very tine. There
are abont three thousand people on the
grounds.
The fancy work hall tc-night is crowd
ed, and there are new arrivals on the
late trains. To-morrow the attendance
is expected to very large at the tourna
ment and bill at night.
Texas J^tk and Carver’s elks created a
big sensation to-day. J. H J.
Special to Telegraph and Mwe:tnor.i
Tkomasvill*, G». t Nov. 14,1878.
The Fair to-day is largely attended
and is a splendid success. Dr. Caxvsr
drew immense crowds, and the receipts
are very flittering. This is the largest
and best stock exhibit ever made in
South Georgia. In the races, 2:45 class,
Minnie Tilden won the 1st money, Bob
Toombs 23, and Borneo 3d. The exhibi
tion will culminate to-morrow and a vast
crowd is expected to witness the tourna
ment and military drill. The weather is
still favorable. H. H. J.
Washington, November 14.—The sig
nal station at Cape Henry reports a dis
abled brigantine rigged eteamship. Her
rodder was evidently lost at sea. She
has two red funnels with a white band
aronnd the centre of caoh. She passed
the station thi3 morning in tow of a tag
and was headed towards Norfolk.
London, November 14.—There is a
specie increase of i>271,000.
London, November 14.—It appears
that the convention with France where
by Italy agrees to withdraw her fraction
al silver, really postpones to 84 what Italy
had already undertaken to do in 82, and
that tbe withdrawn currency would be
redeemed in silver five franc pieces, not in
gold.
New York, November 14—Judge Dono
hue, of the Supreme Court, has granted
an ibj anction restraining E. W. Todd A
Co., who carry on the black board ex
change for email transactions in stocks,
from continuing business.
Liverpool, November 14 —The Mar-
qms and Marchioness of Lome, the Duke
of Connaught, Prince Leopold and suits,
arrived at six this morning. At ten
o’clock, under a military escort, the royal
party proceeded to the town ball where
they were received by the Mayor. Ad
dresses from the Town Council and Cham
ber of Commerce were read to the Mar
quis, who replied to both. At the close
of the ceremonies they proceeded to the
landing stage and embarked on a tender
for the steamship “S.irmatian.” After a
warm leave taking the royal Princes
returned to the shore and the steamer
proceeded to sea.
Bcme, November 14.—La Italia says
the Council of State has decided that the
See of Naples is in the royal patronage,
and that the Archbishop appointed by
the Vatican cannot enjoy the temporali
ties of the See until be has obtained in-
vesture and exequatur from the Bing.
Cincinnati, November 14.—At Zmea-
ville at 4 o’olock this morning, a police
man on the bridge had his suspicions
aroused by the movements of a party in a
wagon, and when they reaohed the bridge
he ordered them to halt- The driver
whipped his horses into a gallop and es
caped. The policeman proenred assis
tance and followed them fourteen miles
beforo he was able to catch up with them.
Upon attempting to arrest them the
whole party jumped from the wagon and
escaped to the woods. The wagon was
found to contain the bodies of four prom
inent citizens who had been buried in
Woodlawn cemetery since Monday.
London, November 14.—A dispatch to
the Times from. Berlin says the attitude
of the ( x :ited German bishops, as indi
cated Ly their memorial to the.-Fope, ex
pressing a wi9h that an-^quitable ar
rangement may'foe reached with Ger
many, is regarded in. Berlin as a gratify
ing earnest of a possible reconciliation.
A dispatch from Borne to the Standard
says the Vatican has decided on a com
plete separation from the centre ultra
montane party in the German Reichstag.
It is reported that intelligence has
been received at the Colonial office that
a fatih r ou-i* ak by the Kaffirs is im
minent Thu leoel tribes are massed in
great strength under Cetewayo, King of
the Zila?. The British force on the
frontier i, in danger of being overwhelmed
unless promptly reinforced very consid
erably.
Washington, November 14.—The
State Department publishes the reply of
Lord Salisbury to Minister Welsh, re
garding the dispatch from Secretary Ev
erts ofSeptsmber 2S:h, containing this
Government’s oomplaintsregarding inju
ries to American fishermen in Fortune
Bay, last January. Lord Salisbury
writes:
“Tbis diapatoh is in reply to my letter
of 23d of August, in whioh I forwarded
a copy of tbe report furnished by Captain
Sullivan of Her Majesty’s ship Sirius,
on the occurrence in question.
Mr. Evarts now ' remarks that the
United States Government have not been
put in possession of the depositions that
form the basis of that report, and are un
able, therefore, to say whether upon their
consideration tbo view which the Gov
ernment of the United States takes of
these transactions, upon the sworn state
ments of their own citizens, would be at
all modified. Her Majesty’s Government
have not had the opportunity of consid
ering the statement in question, bnt the
depositiots which accompanied Sullivaojs
report, and which I now have the honor
to forward, appeared to them, in the ab
sence of other testimony, to be conclu
sive as regards the faots of the case
Apart, however, from tho facts in respect
to which there appears to be a material
divergence between the evidence collect
ed by tbe United States Government and
that collected by the colonial authorities,
Mr. Evarts takes exception to my letter
of the 23d, on the ground of my state
ment that the United States fishermen
concerned have been guilty of
breaches of the law. From this he
infers an opinion on toy part that
it is competent for a British authority to
pass laws in suspension of the treaty
binding American fishermen within the
three mile limit. Ia pointing oat that
the American fishermen had broken the
law within the territorial limits of Her
Majesty dominion?, I had no intention of
inferrentially laying down any principles
of international law, and so advantage
would, I think, be gained by doing
so, to a greater extent than the
facts in question absolutely requite.
I fondly believe, however, that Mr. Ev
ans would in disoneaion adhere to the
broad dootrine whioh some portion of bis
language would appear to convey, that no
British authority has any right to pais
any kind of law binding Americans, who
are fishing in British waters, for if that
contention ba just the same disability ap
plies a fortiori to any other power, aod
the waters most be delivered over to an
archy. On the other hand, her. Majes
ty’s Government will readily admit,
what is indeed self evident, th*t
British sovereignty as regards these mat
ters ia limited in its scope by the the en
gagements of the treaty ot Washington,
which count be. modified or affected by
any municipal legislation. I cannot an
ticipate that with regard to these princi
ples any difference will be found to exist
between the views of the two govern
ments. If, however, it be admitted that
the Newfoundland legislators have tho
right of binding Americans who fish
within their waters by any laws which do
not contravene existing treaties, it
must farther be conceded that the duty
of determining the existence of any such
contravention must be undertaken by tne
government?, and cannot be remitted to
the discretion of each individual fisher
men. For each a discretion, if exercised
on one side, can hardly be refused on the
other. If any American fisherman may
violently break a law which he believes
to be contrary to tbo treaty, a Newfound
land fisherman may violently maintain
it, if he believes it to be in accordance
with the treaty. As tho points in issue
are frequently subtle, and require consid
erable legal knowledge, nothing but con
fusion and disorder could result from
from such a mode of deciding interpre
tation of treaty. Her Majesty’s govern
ment prefer the view that the law enacted
by the Legislature of the country, what
ever it may be, ought to be obeyed by
natives and foreigners alike, who are so
journing within the territorial limits of
its jurisdiction, but that if a law had
been inadvertently passed whioh is in any
degreo or respect at variance with the
rights conferred on a foreign power by
treaty, the correction of' the mistake, as
committed, at the earliest period after its
existence shall have been ascertained and
recognized, is a matter of international
obligatiou.
It ia not explicitly stated in Mr. Evart’s
dispatch that he considers any recent acts
of the colonial legislature to bo incon
sistent with the rights acquired by the
United States under the treaty of Wash
ington; but if that is the case. Her Majes
ty’s Government will in a friendly spirit
oonsider any representations he may
think it right to make upon the subject,
with the hope of coming to a satisfactory
understanding.”
A letter was received here to-day from
Senator Thurman, in which he says he
has entirely recovered his health and ex
pects to be hero on tho 19tb.
Senator Blaine will arrive here next
week.
Speaker Bandall will be in Washington
tc-night, and a large number of members
of both houses are expected within a few
days.
Allen Mitchell has been appointed in
ternal revenue ganger for the 4th Texas
district, Jacob B. Arnold for the 2d Geor
gia, and Henry B. Hendricks for the dis
trict of South Cardins.
Medical inspectors Thomas J. Tamer
ard A. L. Gibbon have been ordered to
Richmond to represent tbe medical corps
of the navy at the meeting of the Ameri
can Public Health Association on the 19th
instant.
Washington, November 14.—The first
of a series of cases,involving tbe right of
the Mormons to contract polygamic mar
riage. camo up for argument to-day in
the United StateB Supreme Court, in the
shape of an appeal from the SupremeConrt'
of Utih. Tho cam is of general interest,
because it presents to this court for the
first time the question of the constitu
tional right of Congress to prohibit poly
gamy, when it assumes the guise of re
ligious duty, and is held as an article of
faith. Counsel tor the prisoner contend
that Congress is restrained from such
prohibition by the first amendment to
the Constitution of the United States,
which provides for religions freedom.
Counsel for the United States argne that
this rigid interpretation of the constitu
tion would prevent Congress from pun
ishing any crime in the territories, which
might justify itself by an appeal to re
ligious conviction, and bo lead to reme-
dyless disorder. The decision is awaited
with interest.
Bkblin, Novembar 14.—Tho Ultra-
montano organ, the Germania, says it
finds little in the negotiations between
the Vatican and Germany on which to
rest hopes of peace with the chuicb.
London, November 14.—A Paris dis
patch to the Times .states that the ad-!
dress of tho conservative senators to the
municipal elections, a draft of which was
prepared some weeks ago, has at length
been officially emitted after repeated re
modelling. It attributes to the republi
cans at large viewB and purposes of a
very email section of that party. It ab
stains from stating the aims of the con
servatives, and argues the necessity for
protecting institutions which are in no
danger, but carefully avoids specifying
tbe constitution among these. So purely
negative a document, breathing a de
spondent air. will produce little effect.
New York, November 14 —Edison has
ceased his experiment on the Metropoli
tan elevated railway, with a view to dis
covering some means to deaden the
sound, and severed his connection with
the company. It is reported that he has
discontinued experiments with the elec
tric light, in consequence of ill health.
Halifax, November 14.—Great pre
parations aro making for the reception
of the now Governor-General and Princess
Louise. The day of arrival will be pro
claimed a general holiday.
Eufaula, November 14.—Tho attend
ance at the fair to-day is over 5,000.
Senator Norwood, of Georgia, spoke, ad
vocating tho Southern Pacific railroad.
The trotting race, best three in five, en
tries being Lew Scott, Alice West and
John H., was won by Scott. Beat time,
2:261.
Montgomery, November 14.—The com
ing Senatorial contest receives much at
tention. Balloting will begin on the
21st inst. Among the candidates aro
Governor Houston, J. L. Hugh, Paul
Bradford, L. H. Waiter, F. W. Sykes and
Peter Hamilton.
Philadelphia, November 14.—Col.
Forney’s new paper, the Progress, ap
peared to-day, and met a very extensive
circulation.
Wilmington, Del , November 14 —
There is talk of T. G. Jackson (Green-
backer) contesting tho election of Mar
tin (Democrat) for Congress, on tho
gronnd that tho latter is ineligible by
reason of having been a practical sym
pathizer with the South during the war,
and never been pardoned. Martin’s ma
jority was over 5,000, and Jackson was
his only opponent. Mr. Martin’s friends
say his pardon by President Johnkon is
on file in tbe State Department at Wash
ington.
Philadelphia, November 14.—In tho
running racos at Belmont Park to-day,
the first, a mile dash, was won by Flor
ence Payne. Hattie F. was second. Time,
1:45. There were ten etaiters.
The second race was a mile and a half
dash and was won by Governor Neplnne.
Dick Sasser beat Shylock for tbe second
place. Time, 2:43}.
The third race, a mile heat, was won
by Higgins taking the second end third
heals—time, 1:47. 1:50. ' Florence Payne
took the first heat.
Tho steeple chase was a disappoint
ment. Dead-head, Patriot and Lord Zet
land were the starters. Dead-head sold as
the favorite at nearly 3 to 1. All interest
wzb lost in the race at the very first wall,
which Dead-head persistently refused to
take. Patriot refused several jumps and
finally threw his rider, giving Lord Zet
land a walk over for tbe remainder of the
Tbe dreenbEcken In tbe next
lienee.
Washington Special to the Baltimore Sand
In tabulating the political oomplex'on
of the next Home tbe Greanbaokers are
invariably pat in a column by themselves,
and in this way there is apparent redua-
tion in the Democratic oolumn. With
three exoepliens only, it is safe to put
down the Greenbackera in the Demooralio
oolumn, if it be premised that they will'
stand by tbe pledges on whioh they were
eleoted. A hard-mono., Demooralio poli
tician from Maine, just here, says that
the Greenbaekers e’eoted from that
State (Messrs. Mnro’i r ad Ladd) were
always Damoorats, are Democrats now,
and certain to go into (he Democratic
Cancin. 1.—
Tbe Northeastern Railroad
Bonds Endorsement.
We learn from tbe Comfifufionthat the
Governor appeared on Tuesday before
the legislative committee appointed to
investigate this matter, and stated wby-
he had demanded the investigation, and
that he asked fall aid searching inquiry
into all the facts connected with the mat
ter so far aa hacTbeen alleged to bis dis
credit. He also stated that bo bad seen
a copy of Mr. Hill's circular letter of Oc
tober 28tb, addressed to the public,before
he sent in bis special message to the Leg
islature, and produced a copy of tbis doc
ument, which was read to tbe committee
aa follows:
TO THE PUBLIC.
I deeply regret that the scandal touch
ing tbe indorsement of the bonds of the
‘‘Northeastern Bailrpad” has gotten into
the papers prematurely. Tbe conduct of
one of the parties involved made this in
evitable. In view of what is now known,
it will be the imperative duty of the
Legislature to make a searching invest!
gation of this whole matter, and aa all
the facts will thus be brought to life un
der oath, I respectfully suggest that spec
ulative gossip in advance can serve no
good end.
To avoid the effect of misrepresenta
tion, I will state that I have no interest
in this scandal which is not common to
every citizen of Georgia. No fee of mine
is at all involved. There is not now, and
has not been, the slightest issue between
me and my clients. The garnishment
served upon Mr. Morphy makes only the
issue as to whether he is indebted to the
rolling mill—not whether he is indebted
to me. Any creditor conld make that is
sue, and- doubtless others would hava
made it. Mr. Hoyt was also garnisheed.
He assures me, however, that he did not
retain one dollar of the money, and I be
lieve that statement is correct. The issue
on both garnishments is purely a legal
one, and if my clients were to settle my
fee to-day, (as they would do if they had
the mosey)
THE GREAT SCANDAL
would remain wholly unaffeoted. It is
also untrue that I have been influenced in
tho slightest degree by a desire to injaro
the Governor or any one else. I cannot
now recall that I ever exchanged a dozen
words with Mr. Murphy in my life be
fore Tnosday, the 223 instant, and then
very few more than a dozen. As to the
Governor, my earnest desire has been to
save him from all possible taint in this
matter, on the assumption that he was
innoeent; and there are many considera
tions of personal friendship, family re
lationships end pnblio interests why I
should desire to shield him, and not one
why I should desire to injure him. All
the statements, therefore, which aro be
ing so industriously made to tbe effeot
that tho case is ono of a “contested foe,”
or that I have had any personal Interest
or moliva other than rs stated as a friend
of the Governor, and of tho State of
Georgia, can have no purpose bnt to lead
the pnblio mind from tho real issues by
stating false ones.
All the information I possess was de
rived from my connection with the roll
ing mill as their counsel. I demanded to
know the facia os my right, and they gave
me the facts in bad faith to no one, bnt
sclely from a sense of duty to me. And
it is my duty to proteot them if they were
wronged in my absenoe and without my
knowledge.
I have investigated the facts with care,
impartiality and some thorongness. I
will not here stato them. I prefer they
shall be bronght out under oath. They
are capable of easy proof whether I shall
be living or dead.
Bnt as I have said that the issues now
circulated are false ones, it is proper that
I should etate briefly the real issues
whioh
TUB REAL FACTS ,,
will compel the legislature to consider
and deoide.
1. The first question made will be
whether it is legitimate and proper for
subordinate officers and employees in tbe
executive department to praotice for fees
or profits on tbe official duties of the gov
ernor. - . - . - .
The testimony will establish beyond
doubt that this praotioe has obtained—st
least in one instance—h the executive
department of onr present state adminis
tration. If rumors be true, the praetice
has become a system, bnt I know myself
of but one instanoe. If tho praotice ia
right in this instance, it wonld be right
as a system. If the Bystem is to obtain it
ought to be regulated to prevent abnse.
In this very case, a mere clerk in the
treasurers office made the enormous
sum of eight thousand dollars with a few
days’ labor, if, indeed, be performed any
labor at all; and bis first exaction was
nearly double this sum 1 It was cruel and
exhoioitant, and must have been paid as
exaction and not for service. In my opin-
on this praotioe ought to be made, if it is
not so now,
A PENITENTIARY OFFENSE.
I cannot see how corruption could as
sume a more dangerous shape. Even aB
a regular licensed attorney,having no offi
cial connection with tho executive office,
£ have never felt at liberty to take a fee
for services in matters purely executive.
In this very case, I told the Governor I
would not h«v: charged a fee at all but
for the faot that, os originally presented,
it involved an itsuo tor the courts, and
which was decided loth in the saperior
and Euprcmo courts. Speaking for my
self, and not desiring to reflect upon
courts or lawyers who differ from me on
this point, I have always understood that
my license authorized me to practice for
fees onlv in the judicial department of
the government.- Bat that one employed
in the executive department should levy
contributions on citizens having rights to
bo passed on by the executive, which con
tributions aro limited only by the greed
of the exactor or the necessities of his
victim, most be conceded by every hon
est mind to be a prodigious crime.
2. The socond question for the legisla
ture to consider and determine will be
what action the Governor ought to take
when informed that a subordinate is his
department has thus made gain of his offi
cial aotion ?
The testimony will clearly establish
that the Governor reoeived tbis informa
tion certainly after the crime was com
mitted.' In my opinion it was the impe
rative duty of the Governor to manifest
his displeasure in the most effective
manner. He should have demanded of
the treasurer the immediate dismissal of
the offending olerk. If the ' treasurer
had refused this demand, be would him
self have become a party to the crime,
and
EUB-ECT TO IMPEACHMENT.
I thought, too, the Governor ehontd have
ordered the complete reparation of the
wrong to the victimized oitizen, and, in
default thereof, the indictment of the of
fender. Governor Colqnilt differed from
me in these views of his dnty, and declin
ed to take any aotion in the matter, or
tomake an investigation.
3. Tbe third question for the legisla
ture will be, whether, if this prsottce be
legitimate in a subordinate, it wonld be
wrong in the chief to engage also in lha
practice, or share in the gains of his sub
ordinate? On this point the case is one
of substantial evidence. I do not express
and have not expressed any opinion as to
Us effect. I wish it distinctly understood
I am not now even intimating any opin
ion. I am only saying that this question
is necessarily involved in the faots, and I
am only following the cold local lead of
the great principle I am discussing. If it
is right for a subordinate to make snoh
galas, bow, in principle, is it wrong for
theehief to enjoy the name privilege?
Yon say his power wonld be greater. I
answer this wonld bo only grading the
privilege. Bnt wonld his power be
greater? If the right to engage in such
praotioe is granted to tbe subordinate and
denied'to tbe chief, the latter has only to
forma seoret partnership with tho former
and the power to wrong and rob the citi
zen wonld be exaotly the samo. If the
Governor oan delay bis tffioial notion
until
TEX EXHAUSTED CITIZEN
has paid a subordinate to ask its per
formance, why not allow the Bame delay
until the Governor himself is paid to per
form it ? If, therefore, it if decided that
the first proposition being proven
amonnts to no crime, it can not be said
there is any crime in the second or thiid
proposition. For if it be right for a sub
ordinate to make money in the way sug
gested, it cannot be wrong for the Gov
ernor to know he makes it, and it can not
be wrong for any one to share in that
which is rightly made.
In tbis painful matter I have done
nothing bat my duty, j will neither
prosecute nor persecute any cnc. But
in this corrupt age professions are worth
nothing, and I will'not indulge in them.
Let the testimony be folly and fairly
taken, and let every man stand or fall by
it. ’
It is proper to add that the evidence
discloses nothing intentionally wrong in
either tbe Northeastern railroad compa
ny or the Atlanta rolling mill company,
bnt much hardship to both. They had
already sustained very great losses, and
were threatened with absolute ruin by
the delay in receiving their dear, legal
rights; and the latter paid money to se
cure these rights only when convinced
they could not be otherwise secured.
The validity of the indorsement on the
bonds is, therefore, not affected.
Bent. H. Hill.
Atlanta, October 29lb, 1878.
Tho committee then concluded the in
vestigation of the Governor which re
sulted, says tho Constitution, in es
tablishing the conviction with the com
mittee that there was ro foundation for
any imputation upon his character or offi
cial action in the matter.
The Constitution abo prints the follow
ing letter addressed to the’eommittee the
first day of its session in response to a
request by its chairman:
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 11, 1878.
Hon. Joseph W. Preston, Chairman, etc:
Sir—Your letter of this date is before
me. You inform me “that the Joint
Committee appointed by the General
Assembly under the special message of
his Excellency, Governor A. H. Colquitt,
has organized and will meet at 3 o'clock
p. m., tbis day in the private room, in the
capitol, of tho President of the Senate.”
You then add that if I “have any charges
to prefer regarding the motives and con
duct of the Governor in signing the
bonds-of the Northeastern Railroad Com
pany, the committee will bo ready to re
ceive them at the said time and place.”
In reply to this you must allow me to
say, with seme emphasis, that I have
never made, nor intimated, nor intended
to make or intimate, nor will I now make
or intimate any charge of any kind or
character against Governor Colquitt.
Certain facts of a
A GRAVE PUBLIC CHARACTER
became known to me by virtue of my re
lation as counsel for tbe Atlanta Rolling
Mill Company. This company was
ranch interested in the indorsement of
tho bonds of the Northeastern Railroad
Company and was the real instigating
party to the litigation in the courts
touching the legal rights of tho railroad
company to that indorsement, and it was
for the purpose of that litigation before
tho courts that I came of counsel for the
Rolling Mill Co. The facts alluded to were
communicated to me by the president
and manager of the roiling mill company,
and related to the oondnot, motives and
representations of Mr. John W. Mnrpby
in proonring that endorsement, after, as
alleged, all other agnnoies bad failed.
Mr, Mnrpby was at tbe time, and I be-
lievo yet 1b an offioial of the executive de
partment under the treasurer. In view
of my personal and political relations to
tho people of Georgia, and after the con
fidential counsel of one of the ablest and
best men of tbe State, I deemed it my
imperative daty to oommnnioste the faots
to the Governor precisely as they bad been
oommnnioated to me. I did so, assuming
in doing so that the Governor was not
only
INNOCENT OF ANT PARTICIPATION IN THE
WRONG,
bat wa3 even ignorant of its existence,
and that ho ought to have the informa
tion to enable him. to protect himself and
his cffico from possible suspicions and tho
publio from possible repetition of the
wrong.
This is the only connection I have had
with this matter, and I have bad and now
have no more interest in it than any
other citizen of Georgia,
I must bag pardon of the committee
for using this occasion to say that the at
tempt which has been made in several
quarters to make me a party to any is
sue with Governor Colquitt, by pervert
ing tbis plain, single and straightforward
act of personal friendship and public
dnty on my part, into a motive, purpose,
or desire to injure the Governor, cannot
be the work of any wise or true friend of
the State, of the Governor, or of myself.
Its inspiration being unfriendly to the
real truth, must be friendly to tbo real
wrong of the matter. There is nothing
in the situation and nothing in my incli
nations which can require or induce me
to become a prosecutor in this case.
There is everything in my position and
feelings which foibids me to play that
role. I therefore respectfully decline to
make any chargo against His Excellency
Governor Colquitt.
With considerations of high regard, I
am yours, very truly,
[Signed] Besj. H. Hill.
(copy.)
Tbe Great Need Just Now*
Cincinnati Enquirer.l
The Republican politicians are contin
ually yelliDg themselves blick in the
face over the “Solid South,” “The hor
rible rape of tbe negro vote,” and other
nonsensical st iff. The business men are
tired of such trash, and know it to be the
stock in trade of tbs everlasting seeker
after place. Tte bummer and idler who
believes the publio should and must sup
port him fills the ears of his neighbors
with “The frightful doings of the rebels
and Ku-Klux. ’ The merchants should
sit down on the drones, the professional-
politicians and beats. What tbe Solid
North wants is the trade and good feeling
of tbe Solid South. Cincinnati has in
vested many millions of her capital in
tho Southern States, and her aim should
be to at least got oommon interest on it.-
More business and less politics is the
great need at present.
Cardinal HcCloikey’s Unpre
tentious Home.
Boston Journal.]
All the region about the cathedral be
longs to the chnroh oonvents. Priest
houses, asylums and schools occupy the
land. Back of the chnrch and on Madi
son avenns is the home of Cardinal Mo-
Closkey. It is an old-timed antiqnsted
dwelling, like an old N:w England farm
honso—a double hon" > , with swelled
fronts both aides of the door. No bank
clerk with an inoame of $2,000 a year,
wonld live in it. Here Bishop Hughes
wrote his famous “John” dispalohes in
the days of Governor Seward, and other
men famous in the land have slept under
tbis hnmbleruof.
Tbe yilllenenm Cometb.
Cincinnati Enquirer.]
Old Ziok Chandler and the President
have had a conference. The extreme
Radicals, finding that thay can not brow
beat Hayes, have concluded to bnry the
hatchet, if possible. Conkling will soon
be a caller at the White House.
Poetry Yersm Fact.
Norristown Herald.l
A bard has written a poem entitled,
“The Carso of Empty Hands.” Bat an
empty hand is not so bad as two pairs
when yonr opponent has a flash.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
“Blue Jeans” Getting Heady.
Washington Capital.]
It is said that Governor Williams, of
Indiana, is getting his blue jeans panta
loons reinforced with greenbacks for the
Presidential race in 1830. They make a
good sekt for a politician, as Maine and
Indium teach ns.
Wb find the following in the Brinbrldge
Democrat:
Hon. T. J. Simmons, of Bibb, will be a
oandidste before tbe next legislature for
Judge of the M&oon circuit. We hope
that he will be eleoted. Mr. Simmons is
one of the ableatUwyera and purest men in
Georgia, and if we were in the Legisla
ture we would vote for him fiist, last and
all the f im*. ...
The yuong men of Savannah had a
rough time while the Em>z troupe were
there the other day. Their daddies en
gaged ell tho front seats and stood np all
the time the girls were on the stage.
. The Constitution answers a foolish man
according to his folly as follows:
We remarked the other day that it
would be as well for the Legislature to
regalate the prloe of gray horses as to
regulate the rata of interest, and now a
postal card correspondent, who is evi
dently of the opinion that he has ns on
the hip, says that the Legislature has the
right to regnlate the price on gray horses
if the people are oompelled to have them
and their owners ask exorbitant figures
for them. Oar correspondent we know
to be a very intelligent man, and he will
peroeive at once that he has fallen into a
trap. Suppose the Ganeral Assembly
were to regnlate the price on grsyhorseB
—how oouid snoh legislation be made ef
fectual unless the statute also embodied a
provision compelling the owners of gray
horses to sell them? Otherwise, it wonld
undoubtedly be to tbelr Interest to osrry
their horses to other and more profitable
markets. J
McDuffie connty didn’t enthuse to
any alarming extent over Mr. Stephens
at the lato election. There were only
eighty-nins votes polled in the entire
county.
The Georgia railway will soon com
mence tho erection of a large grain ele
vator at Augusta.
The Chronicle says bacon is lower at
Augusta than it has been for thirty-coven
years.
What ItRsallt Means.—The editor
of the Meriwether Field and Fireside, a
rabid Felton paper, is evidently disposed
to blab. He lays down the “independ
ent” programme as follows in his last
issue. He is speaking of the Democratic
party and says:
“We are against an organization which
has steeped itself in ell the corruption
which « total abandonment of principle
involves, which, when it attained ascen
dency in Georgia, began a history of
fraud, extravagance and mismanagement
hardly surpassed by Bullock, and which,
after a lapse ot yeara of grinding exac
tions from the people, finds ns tc-day
with a State debt almost as great and
taxation as high as ever.”
Nioa talk that for the organ of a man
who alaimed to bo a better Demoorat than
George LeBter,
Referring to the report of the Trus
tees of tthe Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
whioh shows seventy-three pupils, cost
ing the State f241.40 eaob. The Times
remarks:
We do not donbt the great benefits
conferred upon tbe pnpils by this institu
tion, or the fidelity and capacity of its of
ficers. Bat it will be seen thst the bene
fits of the lnstitntion are limited to very
few persons, and the expense for each
pupil is large. We know that it would
be useless for us to advooate an abandon
ment of a pnblio eharityso long maintain
ed, but a knowledge of this faot does not
change onr conviction tbat tbe first dnty
of the legislator ie to oonfer the greatest
good on the greatest number, and that
the educatiou of five thousand more poor
children with the State’s $25,000 wonld
be a greater good than the support of
eighty or ninety deaf-mutes.
The Augusta News reports the sudden
death of Mrs. E. A. Sibley, of tbat city.
She was well on Tuesday night at 10
o’olook, and a oorpse at 3 o’olook next
morning. - _ j ..
Pearson’s mill in Tatnall connty was
burned last Sstnidiy, causing a loss of
$3,000.
The editor of tbe Hinesville (Liberty
oonnty) Gantts has raised this year
bananas as large and flee aB any imported
from the West Indies.
The Augusta Chronicle notes the fact
that the Chicago Inter-Ocean, one of the
meanest and most malignant South hating
papers published anywhere, hurrahs lus
tily over the election of Felton and Speer.
Speer’s official majority in the Ninth
District is 225. All the same, he may
not hold the Beat very long. An honest
committee on elections in the next
House may give those returns the “neu
ralgia,” and reduce them to such a con
dition of “general debility” that they
will give up the ghost.
THE FIAT MOSEY FIASCO.
Complete Collapse ot tbe Green*
back novement—Effect on tbe
Cbnneea of Future Democratic
fueesss.
Special to the Baltimore Suh-J
Washington, November 10.—The elec-
tions monopolize attention in all circles,
frpm the White Houbb down. The Pres
ident received the calls of a good many of
his party friends, who called to exchange
congratulations, and to assure him and
themselves that the Republican party ie
not dead yet. The President, as does the
secretary of the treasury, considers that,
as one important result of Tuesday’s
elections, there can be nofurtner attempt
of consequenoa to interfere with resump
tion. After the empbatio manner
in which tho people have spo
ken, the anti-reaumption party in tho
present House cannot feel encouraged in
pursuing any farther the syBtem of finan
cial taetios with whioh they disturbed end
unsettled business Interests , during the
entire period of the last session. The
lesson of yeaterday to the Damocratio
parly is so plain that he who runs may
read. I( that party desires to enter on
the next Presidential canvass with any
hope of suooess its leaders everywhere
osnnot be too soon in going to woik and
getting the party in every Btate back on
the sound finanoial deotrines where it
stood for uo many years and where it
properly belongs. Daring the entire Con-
gressionat campaign sesreely a word has
been spoken from tbe stamp by the Dcm-
oorstio leaders in favor of the time-
honored finanoial principles of their par
ty. Of all tbe Demooratio senators Bay
ard, of Delaware, Whyte of Maryland,
and Eaton, of Connecticut, are tbe only
ones who have given forth no uncertain
sonnda on tbe the question of honest
money. Even Senator Reman, of New
Yord, has dallied with the subject, as if
afraid to commit himself. Now that tbe
greenback furore baa proved itself to be
such a will o’-the-wiap, Democratic Pres
idential candidates in embryo and seek
ers after the suffrages of the people gen
erally may no longer be afraid to ad
vocate that whioh is right and denounce
that which is wrong. Thera never was
a more prodigiona scare than this green
back one, and the shrewdest politicians
of both parties confess that they have
been muck disappointed to find how com
paratively trifling a hold it really had np-'
on the people. Only three weeks ago one
of the most experienced and sagacious
of the political writers of New York
oame here and, after surveying the situa
tion, predicted that the hud money men
In the next Honae wonld soaroely number
one-third of that body. The greenback
oampaign was conducted on tbe Chinese
plan, with great beating of tom-tom;,
and the result is similar to that of a Chi
nese oampaign. In Repnblioan oirolea
tc-day the feeling aa to tbe next Presi
dential oampaign is one of enthusiasm,
whioh contrasts strongly with the despon
dency whioh has heretofore been exhibit
ed. The cry tbat “Grant and honest
money” is sure to win is re-echoed with
muoh oonfiidenee, and among those who
talk this way aro some of the moBt bitter
opponents in his own party that General
Grant had during his ■ administration.
The “Solid South" will be anoth
er Republican. argument, and
prominent members of the party were
lamenting the election of a Republican
representative from Maryland, os they
said “it wonld be a big thing for ns if
there wag not a solitary Republican
elected from Maryland to Texas.” There
is no donbt that Mr. Blainb’s speech at
Philadelphia on Saturday night last fore
shadows one part of the Radioal cam
paign for the Presidency. The changes
will 6e rung on the "Solid South” for the
next two years, and every effort made to
revive the tld sectional animosity which
has been dying out If this helps to
bring about a “Solid North” the object
sought for will be attained. There is im
minent danger that there will be a “Solid
North” if the Democratic party does not
as said above, hasten through its leaders
to put itself right on the finances.
God Bless the fferlh !
Kemr.hls Appeal. 1
God bleas tbe North for snstaining ns
in onr great trial! Her contributions
saved lives and our city. Now it be
hooves ns to prove our gratitude by pro
viding against a retnm of the heart
breaking, life-destroying poison, and
provide against taxing the benevolence
of our brethren. From the feverish de
mand which suddenly sprung up for
calomel and castor oil, there was but one
conclusion—that many. of our citizens
had been suffering from constipation
since.1873. Now, may not our city have
been in the same condition ? It needs
a dose of something very strong end
cleansing, and we submit that car citi
zens cannot commence too early the pro*
Deration of tbe prescription. We can
better afford to bury politics than good
oitizens. Memphis is elastic, and has
been blessed geographically and climati
cally, and it looks like paganism' to not
show ourselves grateful by protection.
There is a remedy. What is it? Don’t
sit down, bnt stand up and thinh. Scat
tering lime, oaibclio acid, wearing aea-
fetida amulets, buckling on magnetic
belts, swallowing quinine, whisky tod
dies, sugar-coated pills, caetor-oil oock-
tails, and calomel punches, may do for a
small circle of mutual acquaintances, but
is a failure when applied to a large popu
lation. Leek the stable now while the
horse is caged, because this horse tram
ples the life ont of bodies, happiness out
of homes, and fearfully bruises tbe souL
Place Memphis in a safe condition.
Still In the Lead.
Washington Special to Baltimore Sun, lith.1
Speaker Randall is expected here the
latter part of the week, and with his fam
ily will take possession of his house on
Capitol Hill. Up to the time of the No
vember elections it had not been thought
that Mr. Randall wonld stand any chance
for the Speakership of the next Honse.
It had been generally understood among
those prominent Democrats who are un
friendly to Mr. Randall that some other
prominent Northern representative would
be bronght ont for the Speakership, and
Governor Curtin and others were men
tioned. As it ie now, Mr. Ricdsll is
claimed by his friends to he the only
availably Northern Democrat who oan be
taken tip for the Speakership. For a va
riety ot reasons neither Mr. Fernando
Wood nor Mr. 3. S. Cox are considered
in tbis connection, although it is quite
likely that Mr. Cox will put himself for
ward, There will be several candidates
from the South, and radical Republicans
are already giving expression to the hope
tbat a Southern candidate will be elected.
It can be considered ns settled, however,
that a Southern candidate will not be
elected, and from the peculiar circum
stances of tbe case Mr. Rxndall has good
reason to anticipate his own re-election as
Speaker. The Democrats in the Forty-
sixth Congress will, on account of their
slim majority, need more than ever an
experienced and perfectly cool parlia
mentarian in the chair, and no member
from any Section of the country can fill
the bill better than the present Speaker.
The.ill wind which has bronght disaster
to so many of his Northern associates has
blown good for Mr. Randall.
Hole*.
New York Commercial Advertiser (Rad),
Males are unfortunate animals for
Democratic politicians to have anything
to do with. Now Wads Hampton has
come to grief through one, as on Thurs
day in jamping from the back of a frac
tion a animile he broko his leg. It seems
he was a deer-hunting on a male, and
when he discharged his gun the beast be
came frightened, and he jumped off. But
imagine a man hunting deer on a mule’s
Lack I He ought to break his leg.
Smash Him.
Burlington Hswxeye.l .
Clara Morris writes to the Dramatic
News tbat her husband only loves her
when ehe plays to “big houses” and
“paying business.” We don’t know that
Clara could make Mr. Harriott love her
any more, bnt she could make a muoh
better man of him if she would hire
Christine Nilsson to kick him once or
twice a week higher than ever ehe raised
a piano stool. When a man assnmee the
position of an only husband, depen
dent npon his wife for support, the
immortal gods begin to look around for
something to smash him with.
A Strong Government.
Indianapolis Sentinel.l
This talk about Conkling or Blaine for
the next nomination of-the Radical party
for the Presidency is all gammon. There
may be some email portion of the party
in favor of them, bnt the old Simon-pore
Each Chandler set want no one bnt Grant.
They have* bios ia training, and they
want no one ehe. They are in favor of
a strong, centralis id government. They
do cot like a “solid South,” although
they have no sort of objection to a “solid
North.” They yearn for the good old
times when tho Southern State Legisla
tures and Governors were overshadowed
and controlled by Federal bayonets. A
“strong” government is what suits the
crowd who are grooming Grant.
A QUESTION SETTLED.
The official announcement of awards at
the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878,
•hows that the only grand prize for Sew-
ng Machines was awarded to Wheeler A
Wilson Manufacturing Company over
eighty competitors. This fact, in addi
tion to former declarations of the highest
authorities, leaves no room for doubt that
the new Wheeler A Wilson Machine is
“the best sewing apparatus in tbe world.’
The closing of public houses in Ireland
on Sunday,. except in the five largest
towns, took effect October IS. Agitation
for this has been active for years.
A Witless IHoax.—A diapatoh from
Thompson, New York, Btates that the
terrible story recently telegraphed from
that plase in regard to the murder of a
Bchcol mistress and the cutting cut of
her tongas by tramps, cn the border of
Pennsylvania, in that vicinity, is ex
tremely hard to verify, and is now belie
ved to be witbont the (lightest founda
tion. This story, it is said, was first put
afloat last summer, and it has come to be
regarded as a smart joke among the vil
lage loungers, and is repeated by them
with great assumed seriousness .to all
credulous strangers. The hoax is a wit-
ess one, and discreditable to its origina
tors.
Item in New York Sun: At Athefis,
Ga., one day last week, a negro raised an
axe and fractured a companion’s skull
with the weapon. Three pieces of the
bone were removed, one an inch wide and
two inches in length, and the next day
tbe wounded man was ont' of bad, walked
about tbe bouse and yard, and ate a
hearty dione?.
WAY DOWN BXBEE’8 FILL BONG.
See de leave* a failin’ down,-
Hear de bre*xss btewin*.
Bee oe ikiea a-lookia’ like
Do clouds would soon be snowin'.
Chorus.—Wake-up, oaU’d falics,
.Hustleis d*t wood,
G*$iajonr nest ss« *tefan.
For manner's gum fcr goad-
Bee da frost on top ds eras,
An* h'ar de cbil eu errin’.
Mo gran hM aeta will. ■
Ar.‘ base-h*ll am * djia'.
Chorus—'Wsksup in ds mSwntn’
Make dem black basis fir.
Summer** gene sn* winter cold
.Won’t pass detekyby!
De ’possum winder* all dans.
De woodchuck sadly call*,
De hickorvnut it e*n*l hold. On, •
An’ to de sroun* it falls.
Chorus—Lift up dam fast, brodder,
Make de cabin tight.. -
De winter will ha long sn’ mid.
Ssie summer was so bright.
—Detroit Frss Press.
TO A CRUM IN LOVE,
Dear Jack: Your latter came last Saturday.
I’m sura I thank you very much Indeed;
But ami blipd. or do you reaJl^a*^
You call quite oiton on the I
So you are caught at last In'^saltfeg mood.”
And all your oelihata aohaowfc go ssnous
seeming.
Surrender, as I always thoagtithey would.
Veto a maiden’s matrimonial scheming.
I thought 2 ou always frowned st pfatty faces.
And sneered at women whom ws mil io*mce;
11hou*ht you thought them all a bunetrot laces,
Unworthy of thaalishteu sacrifice.
And this is but tha first weak, and ycu’re sigh
ing—
(Oh, don’t tell me -a lover always sighs.)
At this same rate, by next week yen’ll be dying
For just one glanoe at what’s her name's bright
eyes. • i .*• 1 - •
Ha. ha. This laugh of mino is ac Unruly. *■
Pardon me, Jack, I don’t mean to bo rude.
Indeed. X wish I were a woman truly, *
Being by such a elevar fallow wooed.
But Jack, aid boy, ho careful how ybh treat her;
Remember Tom. who loved hia wife n |0 bad.”
That fust before tbe wedding he could eat her.
And six weeks after only wiahsdha bad.
Xaxspdsi!
.cm
Hemdrlcba* ...
Springfield Republican.!
Tuesday’s results are not promising for
Mr. Hendricks’ Presidential aspirations.
Though he didn’t get down vary low on
tbe soft-money side cf tbe finanoial fsnoe,
and the country may wake np mny morn*
ing now to find him on tbe other Bids, ho
is hardly the man whom bis party will
pick out as most likely to carry tha piv
otal State of New York.
The Only Preventive.
Cincinnati Enquirer.]
Grave-robbing appears to bs epidemic.
From all parts of tbe country the tele
graph shows the ghoulish work to be in
full force. Tbe sbot-gnn, loaded with
buckshot, with a good man book of it, is
the only preventive to tbe grave deetroy-
c.’s work. Arrests and trials seem to in
spire the hyenas with no terror.
nhowuit?
Detroit tree Press.]
When the (treats are as muddy as yes
terday the osrs are fall of hdies coming
Uni going, and the triok played by a naan
yesterday on the fourteen ladies in B
Woodward avenue ear should be frowned
npon by every tine citizen. H again at
tempted be may get himself into tronbls.
He boarded tbe oar with a robber Shoe in
his pocket big enongh to fit over a No. 8
cowhide boot, and at a proper moment,
when all eyes were tnrned npon the car
switching past, he dropped the robber
on the floor abd then suddenly pretended
to see it. Bending over end picking it up
he balled out- . I
“Which of you lidies lost this run-, i
ber?” . '
Every face turned pale at the size of!
it, and each lady gave the ether a sly ‘
glance. „ .
“Some one in this car lost this mb-1
ber!” continued tha human hyena as bb i
waived it around.
■ Not a lady moved. Each one wonder- \ y
ed if one other tubbers had dropped off \ .
bnt her mind was made to wade in mnd 1 \
two feet deep before claiming that ''ey D]
one. ■. • \\ |
“The owner can have it—I charge H ||
nothing for my seivices,” calmly observ
ed the fiend, as he looked down one side - } ft
of the car and np the other.
Not a hand was raised but all fact • !
were drawn uadcr the seat, as if by ns- L Y y J. : |
chinety. ~ Ml
“Very^well,” said the mas, as he rose -Sa, ) M
to leave the car, “I’m a rubber sMo 1 pi
ahead. It won’t do the loser any good ~ <
to call at my office, or to send a boy and /J aj
a basket after this shoe, fori won’t give f k
it up.” /J /
What Hade Hayes Weep.
Boston Post.l
Emma Abbott called at the White
House the other evening, and of courts
Mrs. Hayes brought on the hymn books
and requested Miss Abbott to sing. Bbo
sang “Show pity, Lord, oh, pity show,”
with Buch pathos that Hayes wept like a
baby.
Mound Advice.
Albany Argus.1
Exhibit Demooratio principles. Vin
dicate them. Invite all Democrats to
adhere to them. Example them to do
so. Their reason and affection then are
both gained, and the recurring tendencies
against centralization, to hard money and
toward free trade, setting in since tho
war settlements, will be commanded by
the party. Instead of a paper currency,
redeemable of otherwise, let the Demo
crats advocate gold and silver only; the
only currency whose - volume and .valhe
are virtually unaffectable by legislation.
That leaves banking bottomed on coin
free to private parties, under mere
ly each rales as proteot bondholders
and insure unity of value. The xecalTof
tbe natural leaders of- the puty, their
resumption of the habit of leading, and a
policy of organization and education In
this direction will not only exoeHrat.-ex-
tmgnieh Republicanism. Snoh a desno
will also, maintain and increase Demo
cratic ascendency in the nation, and
public opinion shows that no other courao
is likely to do so. New York, the leader
of leaders, can not too soon begin Allis
work. -t
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Try it; keep trying it, and try it agair.
We say this because we believe that the
health, happiness and prosperity o< the
people depend npon the proper nse of
these medioines, whioh have proved so
successful in eradicating disease sad de
feating death. The medicines so effective
in ite cure of diseases is the great South
ern remedy, Simmons’ Liver Regulator.'''
Try it; we believe that the first trial will .
be satisfactory. Li
Genuine prepared byj. H. Zsilin A
Co., Phils, novlfilw
The Er« ot Good Feeling,
Oil CityDerrick.1
When Grant received Den Cameron’s
cable dispatch announcing the result ot
tbe elections, he was so overcome with
joy that he tnrew a niokel to a dog and
kicked a small boy.
Blood Will Tell.
Cincinnati Enquirer.l
The Afghans are now declared to bs
Jews, descendants of one of the lost tribes
of Israel. That accounts for Disraeli’s
anxiety to preserve them from the Rus
sian Bear. Race blood will tell. .
The people of the Crescent CityJOre
rapidly reviving under the clear skiee and
frosty days. The dread visitor, yellow
fever, has left, and the spirits of men are
once more in accord with the development
of their beautiful city. As the beet evi
dence of the growing prosperity, it ie no
ted that the sales of tickets ia the Extra
ordinary Grand Drawing, which takes
place on Tuesday, Deosmber 10th, under
the management and ear* of Generals
Beauregnsrd, of Louisiana, and Jubsl
Early, of Virginta, are greatly increased.
Nov. 13 lw.
The early bird catohee the worm, sn 3
sometimes a bad cold, which,however,do s
no injustice to the old proverb, for with
tbe aid of Dr. Bull's Ciugh S;rup oolda
a e of no ccsseqnssce. Price, 25 cents.