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MA< ON 'iA , JULY 25. 1879.
THU Ui UfiUlA A'ltESS.
Elbibtox and vioinity were nice op
country resorts I ait week. The Gazette
says the thermometer marked from 95 to
105 in the shade, and a regular sirocco
blew all the time. Corn and cotton, and
eras atont forest trees, were killed by
the heat.
Th* Conyers Weekly has some very
positive opinions about the chain-gang
system, and ventilates them with remark
able freedom, to wit:
O' the msny rotten things in the State
the chain gang system is the worst. How
it is that i be governor of a State can
look on and see the entire workings of
snch a system and eanction it is strange
to us. When a person commits a crime
he shouli ba punished accordingly. Is
it eo in Georgia? No. If it is a negro
and he has no money, he is sent to the
coal mines and is, sometimes, well pun-
ichcd for his crime; bat if he be a white
man, ani possesses any money, he is let
ont to soma sab lessee who cares for
nothing cn’y to make money ont of him.
A friend or relative of the convict comes
to the lessee and says: “How mnch do
yon expect to receive from this pris
oner.’’ He tells him the amonnt, where
upon ibe parly hands it to him and tells
him not to work him mnch, give him
what he warns to eat, give him fresh air,
let him go about and enjoy himself gen
erally; it makea no difference to yon, yon
have your money. The lessee would not
cate to take the law in his own hands,
and, instead of pnnishment, the prisoner
would, for a few hundred dollars, escape
all pnnishment and live happily. We
are opposed to the system, and believe
that it should be changed. It increases
instead of lessening crime.
The same paper declares that the rains
of last iretk were worth $100,000 to the
farmers of that county.
Tbs Atlanta Dispatch puts on its specs
and propounds the following queries:
Some of our Georgia exchanges con
tinue to pour ont their maledictions on
the jury for their verdict in the Gibson
case at Macon. Let them answer these
S oeetioni: If the verdict was contrary to
ie law governing the oaee, was not the
jndgo authorised to sot it aside? If it
was clearly in conflict with the evidence,
was not tbe judge authorized to set it
aside? If tbe court acquiesced in the
verdict, though empowered to reject it,
how can the blame be thrown entirely on
the jury?
Tun editor of the Monroe Advertiser,
who ought to be inside as to Legislative
matters, writes as follows from Atlanta
to his paper:
' The Penitentiary System. — The
Houw wes engaged on Wednesday in dis
cussing ta«, system cf leasing ont tbe
penitentiary conviots. The disposal of
this criminal, bu: unfortunate class, is
one at tbe very difficult problems in leg
islature. Mi-jor Joseph B. Camming,
Senator from the Augusts district, and
one of the most talented lawyers in the
Stste, is opposing with mneh earnestness
the system of leasing the oonvicts. He
wo old have a penitentiary built so that
the State itself can control and work tbe
criminals, for he says tbe State has the
power and right to punish her criminals,
bnt bss net the right to delegate this
power to others. I hardly think he will
mraaisMv* m.**™ •**£**«
pie are poor or not, they have becon&'SD
Impressed with the idea that they are,
that no legislation will be acceptable that
involves toe expenditure of mnoh public
money. I am satisfied that great inhu
manity is practiced by some of the leasees
in tbe management of the oonviots. I am
told that on eome of the farms of South
west Georgia where they are worked, that
the weak and elck are made to keep np
with thestrongand healthy, being driven
along by the shot gun.
Sometimes they are beaten unmerci
fully and it is reported that Cox, who ia
now in jail for the murder of Col. Alston,
when be was working bis convicts m
Taylor county actually made a negro con-
viot whip with a strap a white convict.
These abases can be corrected acd this
will be the endeavor of the Legislature.
•Various plane are suggested. Of some
thinge, all wiro have looked into the mat
ter are satisfied, viz: That ex-Governor
Brown manages his convicts most ad
mirably and humanely. They are well
fed, well clothed, receive good medical
attention and are to well satisfied that
they actually leave his camp with regret.
.From his nnmber very few die, and none
esoape. A sensible member of the Leg
islature suggested that tbe best solution
of the whole penitentiary question would
be to turn over all the convicts to the
Governor and let him work them.
OTHEB LEGISLATION
I am still of the opinion that no dog
law will be passed. It is possible tbe
Bel] Pouch may be adopted as tbe best
method of taxing the Eale of intoxicating
drink#, but I think it rather donbtfnl.
The Tolboiton Register is emphatic
nearly to the point of indignation, in
opposition to tha law allowing jaries to
recommend prisoners convicted of mur
der to life imprisonment. It shouts re
peal, very vigorously.
Chatham county's summer boarders
are seventy-five in camber, of whom ten
are white, three negroes under sentence
of death for murder, and two raving ma*
niscs awaiting room at Milledgeville.
Thx chilliness of Savannah weather
last Sunday was tempered by a $1,000
fire in Dannis O’Connor’s junk shop on
Williamson street. Inoendiary.
Naw Yohk prices lor Georgia fruit, on
the 10 .b, are as follows:
Georgia peaches, one-third crates,
Crawfords, $3; Georgia peaches, one-
third crates, yellow clings, $1 25 ; Geor
gia poaches, one-third crates, red free,
small, $1 50. Georgia melons, large,
40*50.;-; Georgia melons, commoD, 20a-
25c. Florida melons, large, 30a35c.;
Florida melons, oemmon, 20*253. Bed
apples, tart, $1 50 per bnshel; green
apples, tart, $1*1 26 per bushel. Lscosto
pears, $3 per bnshel; Bartlett pears,
S3 50 per bnshel; small, common,
$1 25-2 psr bushel. Dried cherries,
pitted, 15 j. per pound. Dried psaohes,
peeled, 9x per pound.
(^Athens cooled eff with a tolerably
well developed storm list Friday night.
Several houses were unroofed, others
blown down, several trees shivered, and—
honor of horrors 1— a small dog killed.
Mr. Johnathan Noecross, of Atlanta,
ono of the head lights of the high moral
party in Georgia, has views about politi
cal matters and things, generally, which
he is in no vise loth to ponr into eympa“
thetic ears. Lately he has been eo hon
oring a New York Times' correepcnlenfc
and E-./s this about the '‘independent’*
movement, so-called:
“‘I tbiuk the independent mevement
hoB weakened the Democracy in Georgia,
but aa yet it is impossible to tell to what
extent. If the independent leaders (and
there are among them several strong
men), show good nerve, and make a
reasonable exhibit of patriotio and 'na
tional sentiment?, the Republicans may,
in the main, be indnoed to forego sepa
rate organisation in 1S80, and vote with
them, in which case the bourbons would
go to fbe wall, and an entirely new party
would come into power in the State.
Who Will Buy It?—The Qoitmon
HeporlcT has the following in'answer to
the nbevet
"Most every men with two thoughts
that we meet op with is ready to ask the
question,‘who do yon think will pnr-
f-caoe the Atlanta and Gulf Bailroad next
Novembei?’ We answer by telling him 1
if reports be true there will be some
lively bidding between the Central-Bail-
road company on the one hand, the mort
gage bondholders and Baltimore and
Ohio railroad oompany on tha other.
Who is to be the owner time alone can
telL The two above named companies
are strong and po werfnl moneyed corpora
tiocs, and if the Atlantic and Gnlf rail
road is of such vital importance to tbe
well being of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad oompany as It is claimed to be,
then the Central will have to pay pretty
well for destroying an imaginary compe
tition.
Thb Atlanta Grange notes the rather
singular fact that " last Bpriog in DeK-lb
county near Deoatnr, the peaohe3 were
generally killed, bnt Mr. Salmons, two
miles from Desstnr to tbe west, has a
farm where the peaches have not been
hurt by oold in forty yean, while all
around him the frait is killed.’’
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun nearly
thinks d—n it of the proposition to ex
tend by State aid the hlacon and Bruns
wick road to Atlanta. Itsay3:
IE directly or remote any aid be extended
by the State for any Bach oarpose, it will
be ss mean and little a tiansaotion as any
worthless individual ever engaged in.
Tne idea of a State taxing a corporation
to bnlld a rival tboronghrare, and then
pushing it forward to mneh farther di
vide the business of a private enterprise
is a contemplation which we believe tbe
Georgia Legislature cannot demean itself
to agree to. Under tbe State aid law
Georgia taxed tbe Central Bailroad and
Banking Company, a Georgia organiza
tion of Georgians, to bnild tbe Macon
and Branswiok rallrosd. It was not re.
f aired by tbe necessities of tbe ooantry.
'rivets enterprise had no idea of oon-
strncting it. The Central was inaugura
ted and finished by the money of oitizens.
It has leased the Macon and Western
Bailroad, and is paying for it.
Now, the idea with some is to offer
State inducements to the lessees of a
State aid road to extend that line as a ri
val to the one ia which the individnal
faads are invested. Why, the proposi
tion is shamefol. There is no jastice,
no semblance of fairness in it. For the
State to thna oppose tbe interests of citi
zens is simply disgraoefnL There is not
sufficient; business between Atlanta and
Macon for two roads, and if the State
gives its countenance to the Macon and
Brunswick extension to Atlanta, it will
ba an attack npon tbe private oipital of
her own people. We trust our State will
be guilty of no such flagrant injustice.
Such an act wonld ba simple robbery.
Thb Cherokee railroad, as we learn
from tbe Oedartown Advertiser, will be
running to a point within four miles of
that plaoe by Augnst*15tb.
Colonel Sam Carter, of Whitfield,
has harvested between eight and ten
thousand bushels of wheat this season.
The “Tied Oot” Colt.—Q doth the
Angosta News, under this head:
The yonng men of the State are de
manding the next candidate for Gover-
cor, and are taking np Chief Jastice Hi
ram Warner as the man. It is true he
was hang some years ago, bnt having
been restored to life he is now a yonng
man of rare energy and industry, acd
with a long and bright career yet before
him. Mr. Stephens is considered rather
too old, and also Gen. Eli Warren. A
vigorous yonng man is called for, and
Jadge Warner seems to be tbe "tied out’’
celt.
The Atlanta Dispatch says "in excava
ting the street in front of Lynch &
Thornton’s bookstore yesterday, tbe
eral feet under the ground. It was made
of wooden pests that were presented by
Mr. Jonathan Norcro33 to the town of
Marthasville in 1845.’’
Also that a Mr. Hodges, a brick ma
son, of that place attempted to solve the
mystery of a hereafter on Tuesday by a
laudanum punch, bnt that a previous
foundation of whiskey and emetics eu<
chred bim and be still lives.
Off '.thb Track.—Tha Atlanta Post
says that on Tuesday morning the in
ward bonnd Air Line was thrown from
the track abont seven miles from town,
and through the bravery of tbe engineer
no damage was done other than to the
train itself. It appears that as the train
emerged from a deep cat seven miles
from the city, the engine struck a
cow, throwing the engine off the track
and drawing a portion of the train with
it. After tbe excitement incident to enoh
an accident had subsided, investigation
proved that throngh the bravery of Geo.
M. Berry the lives of many had been
saved. As an expression of tbe appro*
ciation in which he was bold *by tbe pas
sengers for his heroio work, complimen
tary resolutions were adopted and signed
by all then on tbe train.
Mr. Christian Hunxksn, one of the
foremost German citizens of Angnsta
and the founder of the Schen’.zen Club
of that city, died last Taesday.
The Angusta Chronicle says telegrams
were sent from that city to Atlanta Mon.
day evening, warning two families from
the infected district not to eontinne their
way to Augusta.
Wx forage on^the Chronicle to tho fol
lowing extent •-
Greenville and Columbia Bailroad.
We were mistaken Sunday in stating that
Major F. K. Hager had been appointed
General Superintendent of the Greenville
and Columbia Bsilroad, vice Mr. Dods-
mead, resigned, Tbe appointment has
not yet been made.
We understand that the demand was
so great for the Sunny South containing
pictures of Sam Hill, Mrs. Sam and the
departed Simmons, that these beauties
had to be reproduced. The moral tone
must be bad that insists upon this thing.
People will begin to be sorry after
awhile that tbe capital was not moved
bsok to Milledgeville.
How mnch money has boen paid Gen
eral Toombs daring tbe terms of Gov
ernors Smith and Colquitt "for services
rendered,’’ legally ? A bill of particulars
wonld no doubt ba mighty interesting
reading.
This hot weather has developed an an-
nfiu&l amount of zulsanderfltftiidiog bo*
tween mulos end negroes in some parts
of the State. In Coweta county, for In-
stone?, the Newnan Herald says two cf
the latter climbed the golden stairs lait
week, by tbe aid cf tbs heels of tbe form
er.
Mb. J. S. Pbatheb, cf Atlanta, has
been eo busy for thirteen years past tbat
he couldn't ran • over into Chambers
ccnnty, Ala., and see his pa and ms, but
last week tbe latter dropped on him, and
there were flash times around the Prather
mansion for several honrs.
A Bull Against the Comet.—The
following is a oopy of a bill we regard ss
propeily named above, whloh passed the
Senate last Tuesday:
AfllLL.
To be entitled an act to amend seotion
2638 of the Ccdj cf 1872, which renders
void contracts for tbe sale of goods for
fntore delivery, where the parties are
aware that the seller expeots to pnrcbaae
himself to fulfill his oontraot, being a
mere speculation npon chances, by pro
viding tbat no agent of a purchaser or
seller, in case of snch illegal transaction,
shall rcoover from his principal money
advanced to tho latter, or expended for
bis benefit, in connection with such con*
traot, and tbat either party may recover
from the other, or from the agent of
either party, any money, or other thing
of value, hypothecated or paid, in furth
erance or in consequenoe of the oontract.
Section 1. The General Assembly of the
State of Georgia do enact, That (eoiion
2338 of the code of 1873 as follows: "A
bare contingency cannot be the subject of
a sale—unless there exists a present right
in the person selling to a future benefi'f
no a contract for tbe sale of goods to be
delivered at a future day, when both par
ties are aware that the seller expects to
purchase himself to fulfill his contrast,
and no skill and labor or expenso enters
into tbe consideration, is contrary to the
policy of the law, and oan be enforced by
neither party,” be and the same is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following
to-wi: No agent of purchaser or seller
in case of snch illegal purchase or sa!S or
contract of purchase or sale, shall recover
from hie principal any sum of - money
whatever advanced to the latter, or ex
pended for his benefit, in furtherance or
in eonseanenoe of snch contrac'; bat ei
ther party may recover from tbe other,
or from the agent of either party, any
money or other thing of value, hypothe
eated, or paid in pursuance or in conse
quence of the contract.
Sro. 2. That all the laws or parts of
laws in oonfliot with this aot are hereby
repealed.
A fire at Brunswick last Taesday
burned the blook of buildings con
taining tbe Davidson House.
The editor or the Walton Connty Vi
dette is not ashamed to speak ont as fol
lows:
The Gainesville Southron insists that
the people are yearning for General
Toombs to be their Governor. MosT of
tbe yearning is done, we expect, .by the
Southron, it anybody.
Thera is a shocking amonnt of igno
ranoe in the Georgia Legislature, as is
abundantly shown by the bill to abolish
the Agricultural Bureau. Intelligence
prevailed, however, and the Bureau was
allowed to live.
Wz find this interesting article in the
last issue of the Union and Recorder, of
Milledgeville:
Georgians in California. — A few
weeks ago wo spoke of three men Jiving
near neighbors in Sontbern California
who were echool-boys together near this
eity. We have failed to mention another:
OoL Eugene Sanford, son of the late
Gen. John W. A. Sanford, of Milledge
ville. A recent letter from a brother of
the writer, from San Bernadino, Cali
fornia, thns alludes to CoL Sanford, and
other Georgians residing near him.
"I have not seen Henry Orme or Eu-
gene Sanford for a year or more. Henry
was np in San Bernadino about a year
ago. He was looking well and is doing
welL Henry married a yonng widow,
who bad lorn of land and stock. Their
first child, a boy, was born to them abont
two months ago. Eugene Sanford (aow
called General Sanford) lives abont
twelve miles out from Los Angeles, on a
splendid ranch. He lives in fine style.
I go ont to see them every time I go to
Los Angeles. Mrs. Sanford is a splendid
woman, and entertains her friends cor*
dially and elegantly. They have no
children, bnt are a devoted couple. Jadge
McNealy, who is cur Diatriot Judge,
(San Bernadino and San Diego
comities) is the youngest Jadge on
the bench in California. He is
from ono of the lower counties in Geor
gia, and ws3 a member of the Georgia
Cadets, under Capers, while stationed a
Milledgeville. MoCool and Carletos,
two old railroad conductors on the Atlan
ta and West Point road, have a valuable
place at Biverside ten miles below San
Bernadino. They have a grand orange
orchard—the place is worth fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars. They have
both returned to Atlanta, having leased
their frait farm and ranch for fonr years.
McCool has accepted a place on the Air
Line railroad, as conductor. Carleton is
going to merchandize awhile in Atlanta.
Carleton left here abont fonr weeks ago
tarn again «radoI"two , ypRra* 01 $$orA^»rA
twenty or thirty old Georgians living in
this connty. Byron Waters has risen to
be quite an eminent man in California.
He stands among tbe first lawyers in
Sonthern California, although bnt 23
years of age. His name is prominently
spoken of for Lieutenant Governor at the
next election; also for Congress, in this
distriot next election. Bill Barnes, for
merly of Milledgeville iB living in San
Francisco, bat I have not seen him in
five years. The Sonthern Pacific rail
road passes through oar city, and ia run
ning as far as Tacson, in Arizona, 500
miles from San Bernadino. When it is
completed, I will visit my native State
—old Georgia. E. A N.
Gzoboia Politics.—Under this hoad
brother Martin, of tho Colnmbns Times,
frees his powerful mind as follows:
Private advices inform ns that there Is
more division acd more anxiety among
the many politicians assembled at the
Capital, in regard to State politics, than
is yet apparent npon the surface. There
is no great difference among Democrats
in respect to either State or national
policy, bnt they are aware that there is
a considerable disaffected or at least
"unorganized” faction in the State, and
especially in the two npper Congression
al Districts, who are intently watching
for any blander or indiscretion of which
they may take advantage to extend their
influence. In one, if not in both of these
districts, "independentism” has become
chronic, and Is excitant in its local suc
cesses. The desire of its leaders in those
districts to extend their contest with the
organized Democracy over the whole
State is plainly revealed, and they find in
the management of some of the execu
tive departments matters which can
easily be made available by them if suej
tained or tolerated by the Demooiatic
p ‘&-i
e are glad to laarn that there is very
little disposition in tho Legislature to
conceal or "whitewash” any official con
duct worthy of censors. Those Demo
crats who apprehend anything of the sort
may dismiss their fears. Bnt there is a
larger party who hesitate to put distinct
ly upon reoord a condemnation of prac
tices which the Democrats of the State
oannot afford to endorse, and even the
implied toleration of which may prove
disastrous to the party.
Sagacious Damoorats folly comprehend
the situation, and are extremely desirous
to defeat any anticipations of this kind
and to preserve the integrity of the par
ty. But tha situation ts by no means
free from embarrassment. The ohief
embarrassments arise from the diffionlty
of confining the oensnre and disapproba- <
tion of the party to those only upon whom
it should be visited- If all onr officials
and representative men oonld shake eff
personal attachment* in their pnblio
character and aotion, and sternly resolve
that the entire State administration In all
its ramifications, from tbe highost to tbe
lowest of those in it* servioe, should be
above [suspicion or taint, the embarrass
ment would be greatjy lessened, and the
dangers whloh threaten the party avoided.
We oannot repress the apprehension
that the Democratic party of Georgia bos
reached a critical stage in its progress.
Its history sinc3 it threw off the rule of
carpct-bsgtsm imposed by military power
has boon a proa 1 one, and its manage
ment of State affairs baa been eminently
beneficial and successful. If its unity
should now ba destroyed, we cannot tell
what immediate evils wonld befall a;, or
when the breach will be healed and har
mony restored. Oa: local divisions will
become as inveterate us those of New
York, and the "Empire State of the
Sontb,” like the “Eupire State of the
North,” may for many years ba distraot-
ed by intrigues and demoralized by the
corruptions and antagonisms of ‘‘rings’’
and factions.
We entreat onr representative men at
Atlanta to do nothing that will afford
disaffected politicians a pretext for ores-
ling or enlarging each divisions, and we
implore tho Democrats party of the
State to maintain »licit organization un
broken, and bold (banselves in readiness,
if the dnty devolves upon them, to nse
the pruning bn fa, as -nrgeans nse the
scalpel, fur me a-d preser
vation Of the body pel.lie.
To thihk clearly and aot quickly one
most have good health. Indigestion is
the foe of health and should at once be
driven from the system by the regular
nse of Dr. Boll’s Baltimore Fills. Price
25 cts.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Atlanta, July 21,1879.
THE SENATE
met at the hour of ten A- M.
Prayer by Bar. Mr. Gwinn.
The journal was read and approved.
The roll was called for the introduction
of new matter.
mw BILLS.
Senator Holton, to amend eeotion 1458
of ihe Code.. Judiciary,
Senator Lester, to prevent cruelty to
children. Judiciary,
The resolution of Senator Holton, an
thorizing tbe Governor to offer a reward
of $1,000 for the discovery and deteotion
of forgers of land grants. PdBsed.
THIRD BEADING
A bill to amend eeotim 3054 of the
Code. Pasted.
A bill to amend seotion 3389 and 3390
of Code. Passed.
A bill to provide that motions for new
trial, in cases in Superior Court, shall
not be recorded on the minutes. Pass
ed.
To amend section 4370 of the Code.
Passed.
Tbe bill to provide for the enforcement
of future contracts was made the spe
cial order for to-morrow.
A bill to provide for the compensation
of jarors in Justice Courts. Passed.
To provide for the selection of jarors
nnder the new Constitution. Passed.
To amend section 4159 of the oode.
Passed.
To provide where and how snit9 may
be brought against tbe Maoon and Bruns-
wick railroad. Passed.
A bill to define “lobbying and fixing
penalty,” was mode the speoial order for
next Monday.
BILLS OF SXCOND HEADING
were taken np, and a number read
A House bill to regnlate the liability
of railroad companies for stook killed
was taken np, diaonssed and lost,
Senator Donkin iutrudnood, by oon-
sent, a bill to amend eeotion 4161 of the
oode. Referred to the Jndioiary Cum
nut tie.
Adjourned.
Atlanta, July 22.
THE HOUSE.
The House met this morning at the
honrof nino, tbe Speaker In tbe chair.
Prayer by Bsv. John Jones, the chap
lain. Tb9 journal was read and ap
proved.
The regular order, being the oonsidera
tion of the penitentiary bill, was suspen
ded, on motion of Mr. Hall, to finish the
oallof eonnties.
Mr. Dnpree of Maoon, was called to
the chair.
Mr. Hollis of Marion—A bill to rogu
late the laws of wills, eto.
Also, a bill to oreate a Board of Com
mlsBloners for said county. Bsferred lo
Committee on Speoial Legislation.
Mr. Cunningham of Milton—To allow
the county of Milton to borrow money to
build a court house. Bsferred to Fi
nance Committee.
Mr. Collins ot Mitohell—A bill to pro
vide for tbe registration of votes in said
county, repealing tbe law. Jndioiary.
Mr, Phintzae of Monroe—A bill to
amend the law creating the Board of
Commissioners. Finance Committee.
Mr. Z rimer of Monroe—A bill to amend
tbe acts incorporating the town of For-
gyth. Corporation?.
Mr. MoBie of Montgomery—To provide
for compensation doe G. M. T. MoLeod,
for aervioeB rendered the State; Com
mittee on Special Legislation.
Also to authorize the Connty Commis
sioners to hire ont prisoners in tho jail.
Speoial IiseUlfttiOD.
Mr. Hulaey, Chairman of the special
committee on the Middle Georgia Mili
tary and Agricultural College,made a re
Dojt and aclrmS that the bill to establish
OSkld lAJllogO bo U*M4. tk. --•••«*! v»Uw* Eww
Thursday next.
Mr. McBsy—A bill to create a county
court in the connty of Montgomery.
Mr. Crawford, of Mnscogee—A bill to
pay James Johnson, Lemuel Downing
and the heirs of Aaron Alexander certain
claims. Finance.
Also, a bill to incorporate the "Colnm-
bua Shooting Park.” Corporations.
Also, to regnlate the law of liqaor 11
censing in said connty repealing the
same. Judiciary.
Also, to Incorporate the National Mer.
cantile Department’Assurance Company.
Special Legislation.
Mr. LuffmaD, of Murray—To make it
penal to bat on elections. Jndioiary.
Also, to make the Attorney-General to
perform the duties of State School Com
missioner, abolishing the latter indepen
dent offer. Jndiciary.
Mr. Livingston, ot Newton—To amend
an act Incorporating tbe town of Oxford.
Special Legislation.
Also, to provide for additional taxa
tion in Newton oonnty. Special Legis
lation.
Mr. Elder, of Oxmee—To prohibit the
sale of liqaor in Wildcat district in said
connty. Special Legislation.
Also, a bill to prohibit the sale ot
liqnors in another district of said connty.
Special Legislation.
Aleo, to amend an aot consolidating
certain offioes in Oconee. Same direc
tion.
Mr. Cook, of Pike—A bill to prohibit
the sale of spirituous liqnors in certain
localities in Baid oonnty.
Mr. James, of Polk—To amend an act
to incorporate the Cartersvilie and Yon
Wert railroad. Corporations.
Also, to amend the aot incorporating
the Cherokee Iron Company, Corpo
rations.
Mr. Anderson, of Palaski—To regu
late certain connty offices in said connty
abolishing theoffioe of county treasurer.
Jndioiary.
Also, a bill to regnlate the drawing of
grand jurors in said county. Judiciary.
Mr. Humber, of Putnam—To provide
for the election of jadge ot oonnty court
of said connty. Jndioiary.
Also, si bill to incorporate the town of
Eatonton, making said town a eity with
fall rights and liabilities. Corporations.
Mr. Howell, of Pickens—A bill to re-
dnoe tbe pay of tax collectors. Special
Legislation.
Mr. Sibley, of Bicbmond—To reduos
the compensation of tax colleoior and re
ceiver ot stud county. Same direction.
Mr. Duvall, of Bichmond—To provide
for tho payment ot insolvent coats to jus
tices ot the peace and constables in said
connty. Same direotion.
Mr. Wright, ot Bicbmond—To estab-
liah a board of health in Augusta. Cor
porations.
Augusta. Corporations.
Also to establish a board of police
commissioners in the oltyof Augusta.
Corporations.
Also to incorporate the Augusta Sav
ings Bank. Committee on Banks.
Also, by Mr. 8ibley, to provide for the
registration and publication of voters in
said city of Augusta. Finance Com
mittee*
Also to antborizs tbe Mayor of said
city to exercise the duties of recorder.
Judiciary committee.
Also to provide for a salary of the
treasurer of Bichmond connty. Finance
Committee,
Also to provide fur tbe payment of cer
tain insolvent ooats. Finance.
Mr. Carr, of Rockdale, to allow maimed
soldiers to peddle without license. Fi
nance Committee.
Mr. Wall, of Sohley, to provide for the
per diem of grand and traverse j nrors in
said connty. Finance Committee.
Mr. Hall, cf Spilling, to prohibit the
carrying of conoealed weapons. Judi
ciary Committee.
Also to amend section 3533 of the
code.
Mr. Fort, of Sumter, toput'iho Maoon
end Brass nick railroad in the'bands of a
jr.t at Director-, appotn’oi by the
Governor. Bsferred to tbe Committee
on the Maoon and Branswiok Bailroad.
Alio, to deol&re the law of limitation
as affect'ng the rights ofmicors. Jadi-
olary.
Also, to appropriate money to the La
dies’ Memorial Society of Columbus, to
remove the bodies cf oertain Confederate
dead from Andezeonville to Amerlens.
Finance.
Mr. Davidson, of Bumter, to amend
the act creating a Board of Commission
ers in said oonnty. Judiciary.
Mr. Matthews, of Talbot, to amend the
aot incorporating the town of Tslbotton.
Corporations.
Also, to relecse Richard H. Leonard.
Judioiary.
Mr. Chapman, of Talllaferxo, to amend
the aot incorporating the town of Craw
ford, Corporations.
Mr. Brioe, of Tatnall, to devote the
fnnd known as the “Ooboopee fond” to
educational purposes. Special Legisla
tion.
The Jadioisry Committee reported.
A communication was received from J.
W. Bsnfroe, Treasurer, giving desired
information.
Mr. Hill ot Telfair—To prohibit fish-
iDg in the Little Osonee. Jndioiary.
Mr. Wilmot of Monros—To prohibit
the running of railway trains os Sunday.
Committee on Bailroads.
Mr. Awtry ot Tronp—A bill to define
and deolare who are voters in West Point.
Beferxad to Ednoation Committee.
Mr. Cox, to make ie a penal offense for
an employe of the State lo oontraot with
the State. Jndiciary,
Alee, to provide for opening the Chat-
tahooohee river. Committee on Inter
nal Improvements.
Also to amend the oonstitntion by strik
ing the provision relative to the passage
of iooal and special bills. Jndioiary.
Mr. Awtre—A resolution ts provide
for tho preservation of tbe exeontive ar
chives of the State. Committee on Fi-
nanoe.
Mr. Shannon of Upson, to relieve the
Upson Connty Bailroad Con;piny from
exossstvs taxes. Committee on Railroads,
Mr. Ivey of Ware, to abolish the offioe
of State Sohool Commissioner, and to
amend the sohool laws of the Stite. Com
mittee on Eduoation.
Also, to provide for the establishment
or renewal of Boards of Connty Commis
sioners. Judiciary.
Also, to require the Solioitor General
of the State to make a report of flues and
costs annually Judioiary.
Mr. Barksdale of Warren, to prohibit
the sale ot intoxloating liquors in War-
teuton. Judioiary.
Mr. Brantlsy of Washington, to provide
for the compensation of tbe Ordinary of
said ooanry for extra servioes- Jndioiary.
Mr. Foppell of Wayne, to provide for
the rednotion of the Sheriff’s bond in said
connty. Jndioiary.
Mr, Penevek of Washington, to am9 nd
seotion 827 of oode. Finanoa.
Mr. Kinsey, ot White, to amend the
homestead laws of this State. Judi
ciary.
Mr. Hanks, of Whitfield, to. regnlate
tbe sohool food of said oonnty.
Mr. Jordan, of Wilkes, to require all
insurance oompanies in the State to make
semi-annual reports. Finance.
Also a bill to piovide for the examina
tion of teachers. Ednoation.
Mr. Colley, of Wilkes, to make it a pe
nal offense to obstruct the drains along
the public roads. Judioiary.
.Also a resolution to repair the portraits
of the great men banging in the Bspre-
sentative Hall. Finance.
Mr. Sheffield, of Miller, to exempt to
eaoh head of family one handred head
of sheep, from legal process. Agricnl
tore.
Also to prevent the driving off of
cattle. Same direction.
Mr. Henderson, of Hams, ts regnlate
the law of claims and illegalities. Judi-
Davie, of Baker, to define the lavs
of illegality. Jndioiary.
Mr. McDonald, of Randolph, to relieve
certain parties from their bonds, Spe
oial Legislation.
Mr. Garrard, of Muscogee, to enforce
the provisions of the Constitution rela-
**•" •- AL- Qfln.
eral and Treasurer. Judiciary.
Mr. Sibley, of Richmond, to inoorpo
rate the Mutual Insurance Company of
Angosta. Special Legislation.
Mr. Livingston, of Newton, to prohibit
the sale of liqaor in Covington. Speoial
Mr. Harchens, of Gwinnett, to amend
action 1456 of the oode. Jndiciary.
Mr. Walton, of Dougherty, to amend
the act creating a board ot connty com
islation.
Also, to amend the act oreating>a
county court in said connty. Special
Legislation.
Mr. Daniel, of Hall, to provide to cre
ate a board of commissioners. Special
Legislation,
Mr. Wheeler, of Walker, to reduce the
compensation of the secretary and clerk
of the Senate and House. Finance Com
mittee.
Air. Milner, of Bartow, to previde for
the return of lauded property for taxation.
Committee on Wild Lands.
Air. Bussel*, of Chatham, to allow ooro-
ners to appoint a deputy. Judioiary.
Mr. Reese, of Fioyd, to amend the aot
incorporating the town of Forestville.
Mr. King, of Floyd, to abolish tbe of
fice of prinotpal keeper of the peniten
tiary. Committee on the Penitentiary.
Mr. Mynatt, of Falton, to allow conrta
to limit nnmber and length of arguments
before them. Judiciary.
Also, to regnlate the praotioe In regard
to bills of injnnotion. Judioiary.
THE BXaULXB ORDER
being the discussion ot the ponltonL’ary
bill, It was taken np.
Mr. Livingston bad the floor, bat yield
ed to'Mr. Miller, of Houston, to allow
that gentleman to offer the following res
olution: To refer the original bill and
the snb3titate offered by himself to a
speoial committee ot seven with instruc
tions to draft a bill to be submitted to
the Honse. The isolation prevailed
HOUSE BILLS—THIBP SHADING,
To allow the Trnstoes of the Lunitio
Asylum to appropriate certain money for
ropairs, eto.
The House went Into the committee of
the whole, Mr. Bsase, of Floyd, in the
ohair.
The committee reported that they rec
ommend the bill do pass by substitute.
The report was agreed to and the bill
passed on the yeas and nays, yeas 112,
nays 2.
A communication signed by Messrs
Wheeler, Yancey, Hamilton, Bideo, Jor
dan, of Wilkes, and Cnunlngham, protest
ing against the Speaker allowing bills to
be read whieh were sent np privately by
a page and not sent pnblicly from the
intre dacero’ seat.
The Speaker stated that if snch a thing
had happened it was witbiont his knowl
edge and that at no tima did he ever
- .. - , , , ,.. make any distinction between members.
Also, to regulate and repeal tho section- .[Applause],
providing for the election of Mayor of ja r> Yan
fancey said the communication
was not intended to be made public, bnt
that a* gentleman near him had so got
a bill read this morning.
The Speaker replied that snch a thing
was without his knowledge. Mr. Mo-
Whorter said, in the prees of business,
when a vast number or bills were being
sent to Ibe desk it was almost impossible
for the clerk to keep the bills in their or
der in which they were banded him, and
tor his part he never saw business con
ducted better in b:s life than this morn-
It is due the Speaker, Mtjor Bacon,
to say tbat if anything of the kind >a
complained of did occur, to-wit: The
giving precedonoe to the reading of cer
tain bill#, it was due to the rapidity
with which they were banded to theo'ark
and the consequent confusion and not to
any design on the part of tho Speaker.
The writer’s desk ienext to the Speaker’s
stand, and tho writer was personally
unaware of any irregularity in the re
ceiving of bills, and the writer farther
takes pleasure in saying that the univer
sal opinion of the House iB that the im
partiality, fairness and ability of their
presiding officer is beyond question.
CaaoLXNN.
Atlanta, July 23.
THE SENATE
met at ten a m., Pres’dsnt Leatei- in tbe
chair. Prayer by B^v. John Janos,
Chaplain of the House.
The journal was read and approved.
Senator Fain moved to reoonsider the bill
to enlarge tho jurisdiction of j .stioe
conrta in regard to railroads.
The motion «n declared out of order,
aa tbe bill had already been reoonsider-
ed once.
EXTORTS OF C0XKITTEX3
were next read and received.
BILLS OF THIRD READING.
To repeal an aot prescribing tha man
ner of returning land for taxation. Ta
iled.
To declare how a Tesurvey of connty
lines may be bad. Passed.
To provide for tha appointment of ar
bitrators in eases of disputed returns by
corporations to the Comptroller-General.
Passed.
To amend the law prohibiting the car
rying of concealed weapons in pnblio
places. The special committee to which
this bill had been referred reported
substitute.
Ssnator Lumpkin offered a substitute
repealing sect ion 4523 of code, prohibit
ing tbe carrying ot concealed weapons.
Lost.
An amendment striking from the bill
and substitute the word “razors” was
adopted.
The bill passed by substitute, yeas 26,
nays 14.
THE SPECIAL ORDER
was the bill to make void contracts ba
sed on future values.
The intent of the bill is to put an end
to “Fature&” ia this State, declaring such
transactions illegal.
The Jndioiary Committee reported in
favor of the bill, and the bill passed by
a vote of yeas 22, nayee 8.
The bill to incorporate the Georgia
Telephone Company was tabled by the
introducer. Air. Howell.
BILLS OF SXCOND BEADING.
A bill to repeal the act of leasing eon
victs. The committee returned the bill
without recommendation.
To organize tho Medical Board of
Georgia, The Committee on Public
Health made an adverse report on this
bill, and also on the bill to appoint
Pharmaceutic Board. Both bills were
tabled.
To extend the provisions of an act
touching Road Commissioners of certain
eonnties to all the counties of the States
Last on report of committee.
To fix pnnishment for firing woods,
etc.
A nnmber of other bill3 whioh have re
ceived the favorable report of the several
committees to which they were referred,
ware read and passed to a third reading
The Senate adjourned.
Atlanta, Jnly 23, 1879.
THE HOUSE
met at nine a. sc, the Speaker in the
chair. Prayer by tho Chaplain, Bsv.
Dr. Jones. The journal was read and
approved.
THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE
on the Governor’s endorsement of tho
Northeastern Bsilroad Bonds, was an
nonnoed by tbe Speaker to be
THE BIGULAB ORDER
of the day. The majority report, whioh
has been already published, was read.
It will be remembered that said report
exonerates the Governor of all blame and
complicity in reoeiving any part of tbe
fee received by Mnrphy, and pats his
Exoellenoy’s motives in the matter of en
dorsement altogether beyond question.
Mr. Rooney, of MoDuffie, offered a
substitute for the report ot the commit
tee, whioh he supported in a brief
speech.
The substitute is aa follows?
Whereas, at the opening of this session
cf the General Assembly, Gov. Col
qnitt directed tho attention of this body
to certain rumors in regard to his conduct
in the endorsement of tbe Northeastern
Bailroad bonds, and urged a fall and
thorough Investigation and sifting of his
every motive and aotion in regard to
these bonds; and,
Whereas, in oomplianoe with this re
quest, a joint oommlttee consisting of five
OlouiDcio vl U.W Del. u; a hfa of tho
House were appointed for this purpose
and instraoted to ‘report not only tha
oonclnsion at whioh it arrived, but also
the evidence on whloh the conclusions
were based; and,
Whereas, said oommittee after an in
vestigation of all the tnmors and insinua
tions impugning the motives and oonduot
ot Governor Odqaitt ia the endorsement
of tbose[bonds have submitted the evi
dence as taken before it, and their con
clusion npon the same, folly exonerating
the Governor from improper motives or
oonduot in this matter, and there being
nothing insaidevidenoeor report requir
ing tbe farther aotion er consideration ot
this body, be it, therefore,
Resolved, That said report be plaoed
upon the Journal of the House, and said
oommittee be discharged.
Mr. Cor, of Troup, opposed the substi
tute as dodging the issue.
Mr. Sheffield, ofjliller, spoke in favor
of the substitute.
Mr. Bankin, of Gordon also support
ed the substitute, aud moved an indefi
nite postponement of the whole matter.
Mr. Fort, of Samter, advocated the
report of the committee.
Mr. Yancey, of Clarke, was in favor of
indefinite postponement.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was lOBt.
Air. Hall, of Spaulding, called for the
previous question.
The oali was not sustained.
The report and the snbstitnto were
both read.
The substitute did not prevail. The
report was then pnt and adopted, and
transmitted to the Senate. The yeas
and nays were not called for.
The committee ot thirteen appointed
to take in consideration the subject of
impeachment of the Comptroller Gener
al asked for a stenographic reporter.
Agreed to.
Several reports of committeaa were
received.
THB SPEAKER
announced that the special order of the
day by displacement ot other matter was
the “DLaw.” A substitute for the
bill was before the Honse.
Air. Lnffman, of Marry, offered an
amendment favoring lady dogs. The an-
gallant Honae njected the amendment.
Mr. Pike, of Jaokson, moved to strike
ont section third whioh declares penalty
for not payment of tax. Adopted.
Mr. MoWhoiter, of Greene, moved to
indefinitely postpone the whole matter.
Agreed to.
A MESSAGE FROM THX SENATE
was raceived annesaoing the pa sage of
itvsial bills.
CALL OF COUNTIES.
Mr. Faller, of Wilcox, to ohsnge (he
oanty site of said oonnty. Special Leg
elation.
Mr. Dupree, of Maoon, to repeal an
aot to regnlate the compensation of ja
rors in Maoon county. Jndioiary.
Air. Sikes, of Houston, to redaoa the
annual appropriation for the support of
the Slate Department of Agriooltnre,
making it $8,000 per annem. Finanoa
Committee.
Mr. Turner, of Csweta, a bill to amsnd
lbs law relative to the summary estab.
ljshment of lost papers. Judioiary.
Also a blM to iooorporats tbe town of
Owens villa. Special Legislation.
Mr. Hogan, of Cowets, to prohibit tbe
sate of liqaor in the towns of Carrollton
and Whheabnrg. Speoial Legislation.
Mr. Paul, ot CalhoaD, a bill to leoeal
the act consolidating certain oonnty offioes
in said oonnty. Finance.
Air. Ddloaoh, ot Bollock, to abolish the
Board of Boad Commissioners in said
oonnty. Speoial Legislation.
Air. Hollis, of Marion moved to reoon
sider the action of the Honse m immedi
ately transmitting the adopted report of
the oommittee on the Northeastern Bail
road bondi matter and the endorsement
of the Governor thereon.
The yeas and n«ya were ordered en the
question of reconsideration. The motion
to reoonsider prevailed by a vote of yeas
85, nayB 64.
Mr. Bacon, ot Bibb—A bill to exempt
conductors and engineers from jury duty.
Jndiciary.
Mr. Davie, of Baker, to confer addi
tional powers on the tax collector* of
said cennty. Finanoe Committee.
ZY PERMISSION.
Mr. Halsey, of Falton—To incorporate
the “Gate City Street B liiroad Company.”
Local Legislation.
Also, to incorporate the "American
Guarantee Association.” Local Legisla
tion.
Mr. Hammond, of Thomas—To amend
the charter ot Thomaaville. Local Leg
islation.
Mr. Tarver, of Jefferson—To provide
for the payment of damages by hogs,
eto. Committee on Agricnltnre.
Mr. Strickland, ot Clinch, to change
the time of holding the Superior Court of
said connty. Judiciary.
Mr. Riden, of Forsyth—To incorporate
tbe Baford and^Hiwassee Bailroad Com
pany. Referred to a Special Committee.
Mr. Phillips, of Cobb, moved to sus
pend the rules to refer his resolution and
the answer of the State Treasnrer to tho
Committee on Finanoe. Agreed to.
THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
of seven on the penitentiary bill was ap
pointed, consisting of MiUer, of Hone-
ton, Cnairman; Livingstcn, Hall, Cox,
Brantley, Elder and Harrell.
The Committee on Special Legislation
submitted a long report.
Mr. Roney, of McDuffie—A bill to pro
hibit the sale of liquor in the said conn-
ty; patting the same to the vote of the
electors ot the connty. Refereed to the
Committee on Special Legislation.
CONSOLIDATED BILLS.
Under the rnle3 the bill* consolidated
by the Committee or Local and Special
Legislation were read.
The first consolidated bill prohibits the
eale of liquor in various eonnties and
towns. B.-ferred to Jbdiciary Committee.
The next was a bill to authorize the
Directors of the Bank of Angnsta to re
dace the stook of said bank, eto. Re
ferred to the Committee on Banks.
After various leaves of absence were
granted,^he House adjourned.
Carolynn.
eastern Envy.
Boston Advertiser.]
Chicago thinks of introducing the elevat
ed railway into that eity. A good ides! It
is to be hoped, however, that they will have
it elevated at least fifteen feet high, eo that
tha mnd will not get on the traoka.
CanSneb risings Be T
Nashville American ]
Is it not possible tbat Mr. Tiden’s friends,
having exhausted toe Grant boom and all
there was in it for their omdidete, are now
creating a Hayes’ boom for their own pur
poses. Hayes and Tilden
tioe, and all that sort
improbable.
sn again, p-otiojas-
of thing. It ia not
Ho Time Like Use OUixlnte
There is no time like the old t'ma
and I woie yonng, 01 * h6n Wu
When the bud# ofApm blowomcd and w
of 8pnng-tint9 magi
S giiden’* biighteat glo’rks bv
tun are none]; oy carara^,
Bat, O! the sweet, sweet violets a
that opened first.! ’ “ 3 fl3 *Ws
There is no plaoe like tbe old nlie*
you and I were bom, v • " S{ n
Where we lifted np onr evelid- m
dor or the mom 1 a oa tte ‘Pkn.
From the mdk-whi e breast that ^
™ Caging anna th»? Cs 5
Where the dear eyes glistenA#^ 00re *
will look on ns no more. 3 0 a Ul
There is no friend like ihe oU
has shared our mo mire e.-i “• *‘*0
No greeting like his
like hispruael ’ no koxtg*
Fame fa. the scentless flitrp-
crown or gold ; gwJy
But friendship fa tbe bream™
sweets in every fold. 8 rose »
There fa no love like ibe old love
courted in onr pride; *•»
Though our leaves are fallintr full™ ,
we’re f*ding side by aide-’ IsUTt " “4
There are blossoms ad arou^i n« »ni lv
oolors of the dawn, M * l,h
88 borrowed’ sunshine when
light i f day fa gone. -ten the
There are no times like the old
ehall never be forgot' *1
There is no place like the old pla M _w n
green the dear old spit 1 Ket P
There .re no friends like the old friends
m»y heaven prolong their liv/s ! ~
There are no loves like the oA iws-Gol
bless onr loving wives 1
O. W. Holy el
The Henson Why,
Nashville American ]
The Grant people are greatly elevated
over honors received in Ohms.-They say
v hen he cm reoeive snch honors Th a so ut
terly foreign oouuiry it fa time &bn>e of him
should cease at boms. Bnt then it fa pra-
o'seiy in that country that they know him
least It ib only here, where we know him,
that ho fa abused.
K Is Touching,
N. Y Sun)
It seems that the Washington admirers of
Grant, being denied the society ef their idol,
solaos themselves by pilgrimages to the
firm where Great’s gift horsia are being
deadheaded daring his absence abroad,
8n:h 1 lyalty fa touching and will, no denbt.
be duly appreciated when the great present
ta*er come* book from hobnobbing with the
dstpotB of Europe and Asia.
Will Know Better Next Time.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.)
Sixteen New Tors Aldermen recently vot
ed against a scheme presented by Mr. Vun
derbill to give him the right of way for an
elevated railroad through the heart of the
o.ty. Air. Vanderbilt’s plan was defeated,
bnt ha has taken terrible vengeance on tbe
opposing Aldermen by issuing orders for the
cancellation of their passes over tbe New
York Central. They will know better next
time.
Tbe Fastest Hite to Wagon on
Record.
From Sunday's New York Herald )
Edwin Fone3tjes‘.erday afternoon trotted
the fastest mhe that b ts ever been made to
wagon. The first quarter was madam SS#
seconds, the half mile in 1.07§f. the thret-
quarters in 1 41 and the full mi;oin2 16%.
The horse trotted on Mr. Benner’s private
track, near Tarrytown, in the preeenoa of
several well known gentlemen from New
York. He was driven by hfa owuor, Mr.
Bonner. _
How Urant utigbt Have Run.
Senator Carpenter’s Milwaukee Sentinel.)
It fa not improbable that the people wonld
have been favorable to Grant oa a clean
platform, ifthe whisky ringsters like theGlobe
Democrat and the relics of oarpst-bagism in
the Boat hern 8ta<es, and the old machinists,
the peudlersof FtdarM offices, had not claim
ed h m as their veiy own and insisted upon
hfa return to the White House as a return of
that StalwaiL'sm whioh his brought what
ever disgrace attaches to the hepnblicin
party-
Wbat tbe Bumblebees Did,
Louisville (Ky.) Nows.)
As Mr. Smith Babb was mowing In hfa
field at Sacoarappa, Thursday forenoon, he
drove over a bumblebees’ nest, and in an in
stant hfa hjreea started on a ran. He had
no oontrol whatever over the horse3, which,
maddened by the etings of the bees, bound
ed throngh the field at a headlong gallop
Mr. Babb was thrown from hfa seat on the
machine, bnt esotped with braises. The
machine was stove to pieces, And one of the
hcraee, valued at $200, was so severely cat
by the knives that It was neoessaiy to kill it.
Tbe Champion Telcgranher.
Nashville American.)
A few d»ye ago the death of N. J. Snyder,
a telegraph operator in the employ of Drexel
A Co, bankers, was announced by telegraph.
Thfa has recalled to telegraph men s-meof
the remarkable f ea‘s that gave h m the rank
employ
Company. He soon rose in hfa bu«ineas,
and all during the war was in aotive servioe,
and received mwy of the startling dispatch
es of the period. He became noted for hfa
speed, ana in the winter ot 1807 was select
ed to receive a test diepatob from Ntw York
by tbe Morse instrument. The teat was to
determine the ospaoity of the instruments,
and was watohed with the utmost inter eat.
Tbe fastest transmitting operator who oonld
ba found was Iocs ed in New York, and Mr.
Snyder was stationed In thiso ty to reoeive
tbe dispatch. The matter selected was the
ep3ech of Mr Bingham on reoonstiuodoii.and
contains 2,610 words, averaging four letters
to the word. In receiving matter by the
Morse instruments, the operator determines
the letter by the sound, and transmits it to
piper as fast *s it comes in. Ordinarily the
dfapstoh oan be sent mnch quicker than it
cau be received, but in the ewe of Mr Sny
der this was not so. The test diep&tch was
telegraphed ia one hour, and on an average
of forty-two words to the minute. It will bo
noticed by attempting to unite this number
of words a minute that it fa no easy task
withont the woik of deoting the sound,
while it requires a double nee of tbe brain at
the same time. This waa the moat rapid
telegraphing on reoord. Mr. Morse so ap
preciated the performance that he atruok off
a gold medal, appropriately engraved, and
presented it to Mr. Snyder.
Alex. Frothinghsm & Co., broker.', 12
Wall Street, New York, make oarefnl
investments for customers, in sums of
f 25 to $100, which frequently pay ten to
twenty times the amount, invested.
Their Weekly Financial Report, sent free,
gives full information.
A Frequent but"Fatal jMstsbe.
As the Irishman, who had just landed
and refused to piok up a dollar, thinking
to go wherothsy were “thicker,” otme to
want, so those who fanoy that a cough
or cold will ours itself aod refuse to use
Dr. Pteroo’s Golden Medioal Disoovery,
often die of oonanmptlon. This great
remedy ia an nnsnrpa3sed pectoral and
blood pnnSer. It speedily cures a oold or
oough end consumption in its early stages
readily yields to it. It bss no known
equal in controlling and oaring all sorof-
ulons tnmors, dears aud eruptions.
Some fancy beouuse Ihe Disoovery fa ad
vertised to enxe a wide range of diseases
it cannot care any. Now, 1st ns see.
Suppose a surgeon be setting s limb,
could he not trnthfdly say tkat his treat
ment wonld gradually overcome ail faint
ness, nonse3, d'zz-ness, weakness an-i
lamenete? Bsoh symptom is different,
yet all era dependent on tho same cause.
By ihfa prooess the Golden Medical Dii-
eoviiry cures many diseases, though all
dependant upon impoverished blood and
general debilUy. Bead ihe People's Com
mon iJjnse Madicri Adviser carefully.
Or. Pieroe’s method of medication ie fai-
explained therein.
—Agnes Jenks has published a cord aw
ing that she fa in tbe servioe o? tha Govtri*
ment. Her presenoe in Wuhington, thEw-
£® ro ’ ebonldno more be ccq uemed upjj
torn that of any olher traveller from
truthful edmate of Louisiana. ’
—Oapt. E. 0. Niohofa, of Portland, fa
calmly reported to possess cne of ihsocij!
which Joeeph e brethren reoeived when the?
sold him into Egyptian slaiery. Iital
curious square piece of silver, and ami
from a citizen of Port Hthon in the lifai.
teiranean
—It’s no use for a hot wave to tacits
Mount Washington. On Wednesday. »hea
tha thermomite- all over the coaritrnni
hovering about 100 degrees, tho mercury ca
the Bummit of th9 White Mounuia neat
ringed from 48 to 63 dogrees, and it was -a
oold in the printing offioe of the little d*L’v
published np there that they had to keep i
huge wood firs burning all day to enable < h«
printers to set type.
—The Lexington (Ky ) Press fa protstiire
aga’nst the elopmenta which are so common
in Kentucky, and asfea if there are no hm
to prevent young girls in their teens from
imining away from home to gat nnnied.
There fa very little romanoa abont nu?
of the Kentucky elopmenta—they geneniv
are put np Jobs’ to do away with ihe expeaa
of trousseaux, wedding presents and twee,
tlons
—Thars fa now on exhibition in New Tort
a Big Tree f.cm Tulare oonnty, OtlifomU,
w rich fa said to be the far jest ties in tbe
world When first duc ivored, says the
Herald, it was broken iff near the top, it
whloh point it measured 12 feet in diimttet.
The section on exhibition is 75 feet in dr.
cumferenoa. 25 feet in diamsler, fa cjpiNe
of holding 153 people, ana is arranged ul
fitted up as a drawing room
—A Journalistic Feat, which fa probib'y
unique, fa recorded of Mr. Joseph Sailer, tha
financial editor of the Philadelphia Ledret.
Air. Sailer published hfa first financial artida
in the Ledger on the let of Jnly, 1819, ui
now writes: 'The individual who pessttii
paragraph prepared that first article, cub.
Ifabedon the 1st day of Jnly, 1819, aud his
contributed to every number of the paper
published from that day to this.’
Flocdi'g the Colokjdo Dxsibt—Oeu
Etoneman’s figuring fa not fwab’et) tha
realization of Gen. Frtmont’d plan iota
the great Colorado deeert into a navigabb
eea Ha says: ‘It would tike a liver era
tho maud feet wide and ten feet deep, tu
ning at the rate of five mites aa tour, two
hundred years to fill tha basin; and after it
was filled it would require a river iwa h::<
dred and fifty tt et wl ie, tt n feet deep, ui
rnnniug at the rate of five miles an bom to
compensate for Evaporation.
—Th, oxtont to which Amoriom obreMk
being imported into Ayrshire and retailed u
prices greatly nnder the coat ot the best
produce ie (says tho Soofaman) beg nnimic
tell in a way that was hardly anticipated!;
dairy farmers in the county. Many of theta
farmers, it appear?, still find themselves is
po8eesniou of the bulk of tho cheese sue:-
faotured lost season, wi'h little prorpeto!
getting it disposed cfat anything like th
figure* thfy have been in the habit of resi
zing.
—The Memphis Appeal soya the colored
people sre more alarmed about the fever
than ever before. The experience of 1872
proved that ths man of color posseaaaira
immunity fro a the dread disease. Hu;
colored people have already left tbe eityn
boat#, and others are ready to follow at tin
first favorable opportunity. A leading ns-
ohant informed an Appeal reporter yaeUf
day that very little flour or meat wutot*
found in the city. Almost the entire stock
of meat and flour has been sbpped toll*
country.
The Exeatsship Yiuginia —A dfapalrh
f om Halifax says the purser and boat's etl
of the steamer State of Virginia, wrecked oo
Sable Island, ara extremely reticent, fearing
that any published statement wonld preju
dice their cause before the Board cf Irak
investigation on tie arrival of the captain ii
Gia-gow. On Friday, the 11th, aderaefaf
set ia and continued until bunnij mitnicr.
Saturday night, when the oiptain thought*
Was within twenty-five miles ef the eatll»
of Sable Is’and, c’nring the douse fog it»
• iveloped them, the ship struck cn tha act
bonk on the eastern end of the island, about
fifteen mile* from tha residence of Qov. ft-
Donald.
Ecus ono Mrozcra.—The August traci* I
of ihe Eoltctio contains *• duo “tecl-e:?*' [
ved portrait of Professor James D Diu,»
Yale College, one of the nioech iiofjiran-
in American science; and tho Editor aw© 1
paniea the portrait with an appreciative bo
graphical sketch. The oontsuta of tkatz:
ber ara cf the usual variety and excJlcs*
though, in deferenoe to tbe season, thep»*
portion of light and enteriainiog artichc* j
rather greater than ia cii^onniy- rcti-j--/
edbyE R. Pelton, 25 Bond Sheet, M» I
Yoik Terms, d; r vea>: statie ■■HI
45 cents; Trial subscription for three mcc'A I
ft. I
Talmage in Loheos.—A correspond® 1 cj I
the London Tiuth a.ys: IhaveseHs®*}!
anything more impudent tbia the rer ?;• I
the agent of Dr. Telmige to the reqaeater* l
email town for a lecture 'I haw up*®" ]
1.800 letters all wanting Dr. TJassjJJ* J
tura for them Homo contain nȣ|
offers. New, lh:re fa bat onu wiy c<- I
the Ddotor. If your aodetf ouilf *1
pay what larger plooes offer, I Ri»T I
to drop cm a l»rg r place, aod vsi I
tnJn'y. The lowest terma I cu! t) •“ f
a’« jEiCO. I know it fa a big price, W*'
Talmage fa a great nu-.’da Ttiia ®(fr I
legitimate in the eyes of a N*tr York®*
tion,’bat it hardly looks like ‘go.dfaf^
•drop ont’ the large p’aces in th*
proposed. Perhaps, howev.r, tie
applicants only exist In tho iansie*- 1 ®
the agent. ,
IirrxtL’a Iivifg Age —The
The Living Age for the weeks
12 and 19 reapeotively, contain tbe ‘ 0 - 0 ^j
artie’es: French Novels, Blackwood; w
Revival of the 'Warlike Poicr of
■er; Origin and the Beginningsj/ftf j
ihe Apennines, Cornbi.i; tTafariw I
Tempi*Bat; Suspended AointWjiLfl.
George Eliot’s Ideal Ethics, w ^
tire Democracy In Switzerland,
Mrs. Montague, and a London C*raw^j
Saturday Bevfaw; A Japanese ^
operation and Confidence, Cnsj* °
with tho continuation of
‘tarab de Berenger’and MiesKeMlfav^jy
ting Heart;’ the oonclueion of f 1 f, owL?
sore N;ice’ and the ueual amount .1$
For fifty*two such numbers 0*
laige pages each (or more tt* 2 ;;', jji:* 1
a year), the sabecripiion
wniie for $10 69 ths^publtiheni
any one of the American »* “. ..rttfl
weeklies with The Living Age s
both ostpaid. Litteli A Oo-> V-
wn*t “Min’*Thmfcs c *‘
Philadelphia Times.)
The late Mr. Milton Buyier, cf ^ r .;.'
stay* atoned to talk poducs
Immense Democ.aiio victories
Air. Saylerfa not a man to bet , ga
stay by a few hundred majority'j- , (S Vi*
ana so he bring* his mine bac» J \
and, like a faithful Democra-. . yj
his party will carry Ob; •• J* • ;
- ’ the East and Hat
yard
around seme in I
bud-money Democrats rrg«“ ,.t*
question as virtually **t:i«-5
aio in favor of the election
nothiCg would pioose't- 1 " 1 . ’ ,»s<f
see tbe Democrats
Ohio thi* foil " Among t-
that Mr. Boykr
can’t be beaten
favorite in the East, while ' A “"S3ji4
favorite Weaf, with the South d>’>
mainly in fever of Tdden,