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Te* Mcbmos Movement IK Unrnt
Gxonois—Tee reoent killing of Joseph
SUnaisg. tho Mormon elder in Whitfield
county, has directed pnblio attention ail
over the country to the foothold they
hate obiaund in that section. From a
long art:c ; u in the Atlanta Constitution on
the snt'j’ct. wa extract as follows:
The Mormons sent their first emissary
into Georgia about seven years ago. This
man wos'in-rutd Morgan, and is described
as an cx ruordinary paison. Ha wa9
brave, aggronsive, shifty and eloquent.
He b-gg^d no quarter and made no con*
oessiom, but want ahead preaching his
faith as one inspired. Nothing could
daunt hie, and vary few could argue
With him. Ha was thoroughly prepared
upon all palate of bis faitn, and argned
it everywhere. As might be expeoted,
he made ootvstts. At fleet, they were
onlyoue or two, but he gradually brought
more ov*r, nntil he bad them scattered
.*,r Walter and the adjoining counties
then tua/ '* >L -- he summoned new
fhisBoctton. They were mi duua>-m»
direction cf Eider Morgan, who was after
a wbiiu made "Superintendent of Mia
elonsin ’ha Sooth.”
The groaad most closely occapied by
these proselyting elders was Chattcoga
county, (’behalf this sids of the moun«
tain*) Walter oonnty, Catoosa and Whit
field. Toe> have established a post or two
in Fliyd county and inMnrray and Dade,
ard have gone into Pickens and Fannin.
They drifted on towards Tennessee and
North Carolina, appearing toshnn the
railroad and stick to the monntaicons
districts. They have made many con
verts ia the e counties, and bare estab
lished what they call flocks in many
neighborhood Their polioy is not, as
has baen supposed, to taka all their con
verts to U.ah. Toe troth is, they
take only a small proportion of them.
At one time they took over forty converts
on one train, the crowd being gathered
from several counties At various other
times thee have sent batches of ten or
twelve. It is probable that 150 or 200
will cover oil that they have sent out from
north Georgia. These people were mostly
poor end shiftless folks, end generally
past middle ago. One or two pretty girls
are Known to have gone, bnt the most of
the women were old and ngly and not li-
C i to be pressed into polvgimfo rela-
i. Many husbands and wives went,
Am wives Inris’iog that as the Mormons
based tbeir polygamib theory npon the
fact that Ktohaet eelected new wives for
Jaoob, they weald be allowed to select
new wives for their husbands, whenever,
*f ev-r, like EicUael, they deemed it neo-
assay.
Eat the elders made many converts
live iu Georgia. Tosio are per-
X»s who are Mormons in everything
jbve toot they do not attempt to practice
Mdu? Georuia laws the polygamic part
if their «i*l. They believe in the book of
Mooqkx), in tho divine Inspiration of John
^nCh, and in all the theory and teach
ing of the Mormon church. They have
bien baptised by the elders and ore known
a* “saints.” Their houses are used as
headquarters. These native Mormons
are scattered throughout the various
counties, in what exact numbers it is
hard to tell. They are nsually quiet, it
literate people of small means, bat there
are some few families of property and in
telligence, which have embraced this
faith. When they once become convert
ed they are never reclaimed. Tee elders go
througa the circuit and preach to them,
pray with thorn and attend to their cpir-
itnal wants, just &3 other preaobers do
with their obarges. They have even or
ganized a conference of the eeveral con
gregations of native converts. Joseph
Standing was the presiding elder of this
conference, and wa3 on hiB way to Rome
to attend a conference when he was kill
ed. In s talk with Senators Hawkins, of
Chattooga, and Clements, of Walker,
they both expressed the belief that the
cause was progressing and growing
stronger. “They are gradually getting
new converts," said Mr. Hawkins, ‘‘and
I hear they never lose a single one." A
most excellent preacher from Whitfield
told na that he occasionally heard of
some member of his own or other
Churches who was turning to Mormonism.
We learn that there has never been any
trouble from mob-law throughout the oir -
Blit generally. The elders have preaeh-n
m tU cooit houses of probably every
connty, and have good andienaes and
have cover been disturbed. They preached
we believe, ones or twice in the city ball
or oourt house at Borne. They have never
been annoyed or threatened, that we can
bear or, except at VarneU’s station. They
have had fair end courteous treatment.’
At first they attracted crowds tbrongh
onrlos'y, and at last built np regular con
gregations. The people have become
nsed to them and take no notioe of them.
The Atlanta Dispatch says some time
list January “a young lady of Augusta
cirno to Atlanta, accompanied by a
prominent man of that city. Two
months ago a child was bora to the young
lady, and the yonng lady was unmarried.
The prominent man was said to be the
child’s father. A married lady of At
lanta took an interest in the matter, and
promised her assistance in having the
child adopted by respectable people. To
gether they applied to a gentleman do
ing business on Whitehall. He agreed
to take the baby, bnt when he saw it the
child was so sick of inflammation of the
bowels that be refnsed. One day laBt
week the child died, and the Whitehall
gentleman was requested to have it
buried, which he did, tba expenses being
defrayed by the benevolent Atlanta lady."
The Monroe Advertiser reports that
with the exception of a email atrip ou the
Ocmulgeo river, Jasper connty saifered
terribly during (be late drought. Up
land corn is almost a total failure, and
cotton very small.
Ds. B. F. Rooi-ill, of Forsyth, as we
learn torn the Advertiser, injured one of
his knees eeverely a few days since by
jamping from his buggy while in rapid
motion under the stimulus of a runaway
hors?.
The same paper learns th-1 several
yonng gentlemen of Forsyth, "who are
eojourning at the Indian Spring, came
very next being drowned on Satuidiy
last. They attempted to oros3 the oreek
at the Spring, which was very much
swollen by the rain. When about half
way rcrofs the buggy in which the yonng
gentlemen were sank, and they succeed
ed ip eaving themselves after a hard
stratrele. They were carried about two
hundred yards down stream before tboy
were able to reach the bank.
The Crawfordevilla Democratsaye there
is a hill in Baldwin connty, about
two miles west of the Oconee river,which,
it is informed, came within one vote of
being the location of the State capitcl.
The contest was between that point and
Milledgeville, and tho latter won, es
above stated. Commenting npon this
elate meat, the Sivsniah Recorder sayt:
We have often heard that it was the
fine water at a spring sow known as
"Jacicw.’s Spring” which dscldod the
qu«E‘.icn in favor of Milledgevilie. Tke
site clluded to above would have bees, the
bast, we think, as it is higher and drier
and u prettier view. (
AliUodgevlilo was also selected, because
it w-a thought to be at the head of navi
gation, the Oconee at that time be.cg
quite deep. If the old fathers In MU-
TadgeviUe in 1830 and 184t had cot hftva
labored under a false idea about the in.
fiaente o' a railroad passing a town, th.
Ganltfl railroad would bay® pass’g
though Milledgevilie. But the oilmans
did not want it, as It wa3 to be built to
&I&OOD* , , ,
It was a great error on the.r parr, and
Milledgevilie lo3t the capital eventaaliy
on that acoonnt. She oonld not or did not
flourish with a branch road.
Mb. S-smoel Haaou) had one of his
legs terribly otushei last Saturday at
Kirkland on the Brunswick and Albany
road, by a oar wheel passing over it.
The Augusta Chronicle solemnly re
marks that “one of the most soandalous
things ia Washington is the speotade or a
Senator or Representative with nearly
$10,000 a year inoomeand alwiys hard
op.”
And then, in another paragraph, says
“if yon are honest and prudent yon can
save money,” "though Mr. Ste
phens, a bachelor, is often behind hand
because he lives and gives liberally, and
is preyed upon,
We quite agree with the Atlanta Con
stitution that so far ’as the Damooratio
party or the people of Georgia is Oin.
cerned, there is no need for a “ prema
ture dissuasion of who is to be onr next
Governor. No man can tell what changes
may take plaoe before the time to selsot
the candidate, aBd the man who blindly
ties himself to any candidate so long be-
the time for his election merely in-
by complioaiitig’ons for disappointment,
be one of the simplest ancrlajzxeatbarm
pieces or work connected with ths organ!
zitioa, '
What “Eoastzn” Eibs and Honey and
Butte smile Did fob Bill Abp.—He
narrates it in the Atlanta Conslituiiou,and
we extract this much of his story:
I took the green corn dance about
midnight and the small of my back caved
in, ml from ihen nntil daybreak I never
sot up, nor lay down, nor stood still a
minute. Doubled np and twisted and
jerked around with excratiating pains, I
cavorted all ever one side of the house,
for we bad some Atlanta company on the
other, and my groanings were worse than
a foundered male. It was just awful to
behold and awfalier to experience.
Spirits of turpentine, camphire, hot
water, mustard plaster, mush poultice,
paragorio, Jamaica ginger were all usec>
externally and Internally, bnt no relief. I
trotted around and paced and fcx-lrotted
and hogged the bod.post and hid down
and rolled over on the floor like a hnn
dred dollar horse, and mv wife, Mrs. Arp,
she trotted aronndtooand dosed me with
this thing and that thing and bad the
stove fired np and hollered for hot water
fo:ty times before she got it
‘T told yon not to work so hard in the
hot son,” said she. “Oa, Lardy," ■»»«*
I.
“I asked yon to change your cloth’s as
soon ss you Game to the hoase and yon
didn’t.” "Oh my country,” said L
“Don’t wake np the company,” she
oontmned. “And yon would eat them
roasten ears for supper. Did ever anybody
hear of a tt&neat'.ng roasten ears for snp
oer and then wash ’em down with butter-
milk and honey ?’’ * Oh, my poor bask,"
said I.
"Do yon reckon its four back—ain’t it
farther round in front?” “Oh, no,"said
I, “it’s everywhere, it’e lnmbago. it’s siat.
iker, it’s Bright’s disease, it’s Etas and
Vesuvius all mixed np. Oh, I’m eo siok
can’t nobody do nothin ?”
"Poor fellow, poor William, Pm so
sorry for yon, bat yon will wake up the
company if yon don’t mind—I’m doing
everything I can. You’ve taken enough
things Q' w to kill yon. I declare I don’t
know what to do next, and all this comes
from movin’ to the country five miles from
drug store or a doo or. I told yon how
it woold be—plnmbaga and skyaUiker
and a bright disease, and the Lord knows
what, and I wonld’nt be a bit surprised
if yon had the yellow fever to boot—
caught it a tramping around Memphis
and its jnst broke ont on yon. Poor
man, if he does die what will become of
nr? Bat if he gets well he’ll go and do
the same thing over again. Don’t grant
so load. I declare yon make enough
noise to wake np a graveyard. I never
saw each a man. Here, try this mush
poultice. I thought that water never
would get hot. Does it barn you? "Ob,
yes; it barns, but fire ia nothing now; let
it burn. Oh, I’m so sick. "Bring me
the paregoric or the landannmor some
thing. I can’t stand it ten minutes long
er,” said I.
“There aint a drop left. Yon’ve taken
it all. There’a nothing hut chloroform,
and I’m so afraid of that; bnt maybe it
will relieve yon, William. My poor Wil
liam, how I do hate to see you suffer so,
bat yon will never do as I tell yon. Do
please don’t wake np the company."
Well, I took the chloroform and went
to sleep—to the happy land—all-bleased
relief, and when I waked I was easier,
and in due time was restored to my nor
mal condition.
The Atlanta Dispatch having slated
that Senator Hill would ba of counsel in
defense of Comptroller General Gold
smith “has Bince learned that this is not
true. Mr. Hill will not take any fees
against the State in any matter touching
the peeding investigation, which in view
of hia public position and utterances, we
moat heartily approve.”
The same paper pokes this fan at some
of the patent outsider;:
Oae of our North Georgia exchanges
which uses a “patent oute’.di,” last week
had the outside of its sheet dited May
9th and the inside dated August 1st. If
it has all the intervening patent outside
dates to use np, we may expeot one side
of the paper to reach the heated term
and the yellow fever epidemic about the
time the other side is giving shivering
accounts of snow on the mountains and
cold almost down to zero. Then the for
tunate subscriber can pay his money and
take hiB choioe.
A Few gentlemen, says the Romo
Courier, of “extremely fastidious taste
are thinking of oorreotiog the wrongs cf
ths Democratic party in Georgia. A man
here and there elevated to effioo is charg
ed with high crimes and misdemeanors,
and others again have not done exaotly
right these ‘truly good men say.' And
beosnse a man hero and there, claiming
to be a Demoorat, has done wrong, or
has been charged, with orime, iheso very
fastidious men who never did any wrong
themselves, and who are ia politio3 and
are going into politics jnst to save the
State from niter rnin, are going to over
slaugh the Demooraoy of the Slate. Oh,
yes they arc, end they are to do it with
the votes of the Radicals and what few
olever Democrats they can scare into be
lieving that the State is about to be
rained, if they, these truly good and fas
tidious men, are not put in and kspt in
office. Yes, they ate going to dean np
the Stale Hoase, they are ; and they are
going to do it with a broom dipped in the
filth of Radicalism and bandied by the
niggors. That’s the aott of cleaning np
these fosiidiocB workers axe inviting the
D jmocrats of Gaorgia to aid them in per
forming.”
The Athena correspondent of the An-
gnsta Chronicle refers as follows to the
aotion stated in onr Athens letter, of yea.
terday, as having been taken by the
Slate University trustees tn regard to
branch agricnltnral colleges at Cathbert,
Milledgcvills and ThomiS7i!Ic:
The University Trustees, ip session,
have voted from the land scrip fond two
thousand dollars annually to the branoh
agricultural oolloges at Thomasville,
Culhbort and Milledgevilie, these .-ohooL
being recognized as branches of the
Unlversi'y, without the power to grant
diplomas. Each town had representa
tives lobbying for tho soheme, which is
much opposed by Generals Toombs and
Lawton, who oontend that the Athens
University has as muoh as she can attend
to and cannot afford to donate from her
seventeen thousand dollars land script
annuity to branch institutions. The pro
ject was heartily favored by Governor
Bro*n, who largely secured its passage
through lhe Board of Trustees.
The Athens Banner also refers ♦ o this
matter in terms of strong condemnation,
excluding as follows:
Well, if thia is to ba the disposition of
the land ssrip fund, and no other means
can be devised for retaining it as a unit
at some point, that the true purposes of
the grant may be carried out, then let
the people of Athens at once assemble in
public meeting, that they may devise
some means by which to defend and pro-
tect thia fund—likewise their rights.
Athens Bnbscnbad $25 000 in bonds to
build the Agricultural College here, with
the understanding that the fund had
been given to the University in perpetn-
*^Now, tnao tne Hoard of Trustees have
violated thia contractor understanding,
the people of onr city ahonld at once look
to their rights in thia matter. We are
not sufficiently familiar with the law to
say that we could recover the College
building by reason of this violation, but
wo are satisfied that there is some mode
by which this wrong, this great injustice
to both tho Sate of Georgia and the city
of Athena, may be redressed.
Citizjns of Athens, we repeat it, yon,
together with the best in erest of tho
Vt.v.’-hftye been greatly wronged in thia
ciKfeWSn-woS^iaSX
give np the whole fund, that it might bB
kept as a unit, the only way to make it
available of good, yet, as soon seems not
likely to be the case, now is the time for
yon to speak ont, proclaiming jour rights
in this matter, and eo proclaiming, dare
maintain them.
The Sandersville Tennille railway had
Us first stockholders* meeting last week,
and made the following showing for the
year ending July 31st, 1879: Gross re-
cripts $1313 63. gross expemoi $2,
390 89, net profi sfl 973 74.
Tub Barley Gazette is in favor "of ex
tending the. Maoon and Brunswick rail
way to Atlanta, robbery or no robbery,
and if the General Assembly is afraid to
pass the neoessary statutes, just let them
piss one submitting the whole question to
the people, and our word for it the people
will speak in thunder tones these words
‘railroad extension and down with ell mo
nopolies.’ ”
The Atlanta Constitution says on last
Sunday afternoon a homicide occurred in
Meriwether connty under these circum
stance.-:
About five o’clock, Warren P. Lovett,
Wallace Trammell and J. E. Thorne were
riding over to pay a sooial visit to Mr.
Bob Thompson, and juBt after taming
ont of the main road into another lead'
ing to Thompson’s, they met Mr. Bay
colds. Upon seeing him Mr. Lovett
stopped hia (Lovett’s) horse, and said to
Reynolds:
‘You have circulated a report on me
which yon know to be utterly untrue, and
now I want yon to correct it to Mr.Tram
mell and Mr. Thorne, which will be sat
isfactory to me.”
B yoolds replied: “Yes, I started the
report, and God damn yon, I’ll kill yon,
too.’’
Whereupon Reynolds proceeded to
draw a pistol, and Lovett jumped ont of
tbe baggy. Just as Lovett had gotten
ont on the ground Reynolds fired at bnt
did not bit him. Lovelt then returned
tbe fire, the ball from his pistol taking
effect in Reynolds’ left aide,* about three
inches below and beyond the left breast.
The bullet ranged through his stomach
and lodged ia hia right hip.
As Reynolds fell he remarked that
Lovett had got tbe beat of the fight, but
that he would fix It so Lovett wonld suf
fer. Reynolds died abonb 4 o’dock this
morniDg. He had repeatedly threatened
Lovett’s life, which reliable men will tea
tlfytowith readiness.. The killing was
strlolly iu self-defense. My informant
says every man he has seen expresses
themselves as being glad that the com
munity is rid of such a villain as Bey
colds was. All think Lovett did right.
This is tbe general opinion prevailing in
Griffin also.
Da, CnawroBD W. Long.—Prof. G,
J. On has something to say about this
gentleman in the Atlanta Constitution,
which, we think, will prove of general in
terest :
A resolntion is now pending before the
House of Representatives naming Gen.
Oglethorpe and Dr. Crawford W. Long,
as the representations of Georgia in the
national portrait gallery at Washington
City. I desire to say a few words in ref
erenoe to Dr. Long. I have just finished
ending a small pamphlet entitled,
"H story of the discovery of Anaesthesia,’
by Dr. J. Marion SimB, ot New York.
The pamplet gives proof so conclusive
that no candid man can longer doubt the
fact that Dr. Long is the discoverer. It
concludes the part specially devoted to
Dr. Long with this sentence: “Thus it
will ba seen that the honor and credit for
the discovery and practical nse of ether
as anaesthetic in snrgery is demonstrated
to be exclusively due to the late Craw
ford W. Long, of Athens, Ga„ an honor
that justly planes him in the front rank
of tbe world’s benefaotors.” Many of the
facts cited by Dr. Sims are well known
to the writer. He was my father’s
family physician from the day be com
menced the practice till his removal
from the county of Jackson, many years
afterwards. Tho first patient ever
etherized and operated npon by a surgeon
was Jairei M. Venable, of Jackson
county, brother of the late Richard Yen
able, for a long time clerk of the superior
court of Falton county. This operation
was performed March 20th, 1812. I was
not present to witness it, but it was gen
erally talked of in the community at the
time. Dr. Long, who performed this
operation, performed » numbor of other
painless operations by means of snlphnnc
ether. These facts hare been known to
me from my youth and will be attested by
any of the survivors of those who were
citizens of Jefferson at the date spoken
of. There can be no doubt bnt that the
honor of one of the greatest discoveries
of the ago belongs to Crawford W. Long.
He was modest as a maiden and shrank
from anything that looked like thrnsting
himself before the pnblio. All of hia
medical brethren who woie brought in
oo&tact with him, however, knew of his
love for science and his greit attain,
mests. He was my friend and my
father’s friend, and I claim the privilege
of aaying a few words in favor of the
proposed mode of doing hocorto his
memory By honoring him Georgians
will honor themselves and their State.
Should tbe small sum of money needed
to effect tha end proposed stand in the
way, his professional brethren will doubt-
lets be glad of the opportunity of con
tributing whatever amount may be fonnd
necessary. Tho representatives of tho
people, however, will hardly allow the
State to be deprived of this honor.
Gustavos J. Okb.
N. Y. Sax)
VTcol enough to staff a mattress oonld
have been raked np in the Antioch Church,
in Eut St. Louis, last Friday—and what’s
more, the wool once grew on the beads of
the brethren and sisters of the congregation.
It appears that cot long ago tha original
Antioch congregation, which wu made np of
goof colored citizens, split npon the choice
of a new pastor. Ths blah church element
wanted the Bev. Henry McAllister and the
othtra ;etuck to the old pastor, tbe Bcv.
Thomas Tredwsy. A new building was
erected by the former, who, by book or by
crook, got bold of tbe Sunday school library.
Cn Friary the old congregation invaded the
new edifice and carried tbe bbtarv back to
tbe old building. Tbe MoAUUter Chris liana
having rallied then attacked tbe Tredway
brethren, tho bone of tho battle still being
ths library. Tbe men on both sides fought
end hit end the women acraufliod and fit un
til bruises and blood knew uo boonclj. Fi
nally tho new oongrsgat on withdrew and I ere “'
Thursday July 81,1879.
-THE SENATE
met. President Lsster in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. A- T. Spalding.
The journal of yesterday was read and
approved.
Mr. Simmons was granted leave to re-
oord his vote with the majority voting on
the report of the oommittee to investigate
the charges against Gov. Colquitt in the
Northeastern Railroad Bond matter.
. Mills for a second reading were taken
np and many disposed of.
Brils for a third reading were taken
np. * *
A bill to prevent the circulation of ob
scene literature. Passed.
A bill amending section 43187 of the
code. Recommitted.
A message from the House announced
the passage of several House bills.
A bill reqniring bills and notes to ex
press a waiver when they were for a waiv
er of a homestead, was reported from the
Judiciary committee by a substitute.
Tne committee on the impeachment of
Comptroller Goldsmith from the Hon e
WB s announced, and entered th8 Senate
Chamber, proceeding in float of the
President's desk. Mr. Phillips, of Cobb,
the chairman, announced in behalf of the
committee that in obedience to the rea*-
lntion of the House they were directed
to appsar beforo tho Senate and in tne
name or the House and of tbe State of
Georgia, to impeach W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General, of high crimes and,
misdemeanors, and to inform the Senate
that articles of impeachment were beinj
pro pm a t. tbe duo and
tne charges preferred, and requested
Senate to takp what action was proper
in the premises.
The President of the Senate replied
that such aotion would be taken and tbe
House dnly notified thereof.
The oommittee then withdrew,
A resolntion was offered by Mr, How
ell to appoint a spaoial osmmitteo of
three to whioh the matter should be re
ferred, and whioh should meet a speoial
committee from tbe Hoase to perfect the
neoessary arrangements. Carried.
Messrs. Howell, Clark and Stephens
were appointed.
Tbe bill defining what is a tramp was
debated acd recommit ed.
A bill amending seoiiou G i of the code
was passed.
A bril providing for speedy trials in which
the Slate is a party. Passed.
A bill amending and altering seolion 28
of tbe code. Lost.
A motion of a reconsideration wes
given.
A bill amending Beotion 4310 cf tbe
oode relating to tho pnaishmenc of mis
demeanors. Passed.
A bill regulating the manner of award
ing the pnblio printing to the lowest
bidder. Passed.
The Governor sent in a sealed message
requesting that it be read in exeentive
session.
A bril to protect citizens in certain
cases of bail. Passed.
After reading a few bills tho second
time tbe Senate adjourned.
In executive session the Senate made
the following confirmations:
Phillip Johnson, solioitor of 1 tbe Connty
Conit of Bnrke oonnty; W. E. Kay, so
licitor of ths Connty Conrt of Glynn
connty; J. M. Wiikerson, solicitor of the
Connty Conrt of Lowndes oonnty.
HOUSE.
The Hoase met at the nsnal hour, the
Speaker In the Chair.
Prayer by tho Chaplain, Dr. Junes.
The roll was called and tbe journal
read and approved.
A bill on a third reading was taken np
as follows:
To amend section 930 of tbe code.
Passed.
To prevent forfeiture of boil ixcurtain
criminal easoe. Passed.
To provide for the reading of certain
deeds. Lest
The following committee of seven was
appointed by the chair to cocduot tbe im
peachment of Comptroller General Gold
smith before tbe bar of tbe Senate:
Messrs. C. D. Phillips of Cobb, MoWhor-
ter of Greene, P. D. Davia cf Baker, Sib
ley of Richmond, Cannon, Westbrook of
Dongherty, and Irvine.
The bill for tbe regulating of the sale
of fertilizera being the special order of
the day, was taken up. The Judiciary
reported adversely on it3 passage.
A disagreement to the report was fa
vored by Mr Fort, of Sumter.
A debate followed, in which Messrs.
Tamer of Coweta, Turner of Brooks, and
Livingston of Newton, supported the re
port of the Oommittee, and McCarry of
Hart and Smith of Oglethorpe, spoke
against it. The yeas and nays stood 56
to 69; and the bill was referred to the
Oommittee on Agrionltnre.
A bill amending section 2970 of the
code was passed.
_ A bill authorizing the Board of Eiuca
tion cf Whitfield county to pay a certain
snm. Lost. *
A bill amending the registration law of
West Point. Passed.
A bill prohibiting the catching of fish
in the Little Ocmulgee river in Telfair
connty and shipping the same. Passed
A bill amending the act incorporating
Talbotton. Passed.
On motion of Mr. Wright, the intro
ducer of the resolntion relative to the
election of members of members of the
committee to conduct the impeachment
trial of Mr. Goldsmith was taken from
the table, and the resolntion was passed.
Wednetdiy morning at ten o’clock was
fixed for the time of the election of the
committee by the House.
The bill amending the charter of the
Lonisville Branoh Road was read ths third
time and passed.
The Hones then adjourned.
Lxx.
Atlanta, August 6, 1879,
THE SENATE
met and was called to order by President
Lester.
Rev. Mr. Quillian offered prayer.
The Journal was read and approved.
A motion to reconsider the.aotion of tbe
Senate in voting against the bill provid.
ing that any connty not providing a pnblio
school system should lose its portion of
the school f and was mode by Mr. Russell.
The motion passed.
Mr. Boyd withdrew his motion to re-
aonsider the bill amending and enlarging
the provisions of seotion 4310 of the oode.
Mr. Grantland was granted leave of
absence.
A memorial was presented by Mr.
Wellborn from Hon. James A. Green in
referenoe to the fee paid Hon. W. O. .Tug
gle by Governor Colquitt. Referred to
tbe Joint Finance Committees of both
branches of the Legislature.
Mr. McDaniel, Chairman of the Jndi-
ciary Committee, made u report.
House bills on a first reading were
taken np, and a number read and refer
red.
General G. T. Jvh sm, of Alabima,
was tendered a seat on the floor of the
Sens'*
Mr. Howell reported on tbe man ler < f
conducting the impeachment trial.
The special order of the day, the con
sideration of the sale or leate of the Ma
con and Brunswick Railroad, was reaohed
and taken np.
On motion, one hundred copies of the
bill were ordered printed.
The bill was considered seotion by sec
tion, and a number of amendments were
offered. Daring th9 disouselon of the
bill the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Ths Hca3e was called to order by
Sneaker Bacon. P/ayer wee made by
the Chaplain, Rsv. Dr. Jones. The roll
was called and the Journal read and ap
proved.
On motion of Mr. Hanks, of Whitfield,
so mnoh of the journal as was in relation
to tha bill authorizing the connty board
of education to pay a certain sum. of
money to the connty school commis
sioner ot Whitfield county was reoonsid-
The bill was lost yesterday.
oanred the arrest of Brother Tredway and I Oa motion of Mr. McCarry, of Hart,
many cf bis backers. » • the action of the House in regard to the
election ot a committee of seven mem
bers of the Honse to conduct the im
peaohment of Comptroller General Gold
smith vras r-considered.
Mr. McCarry ot Hart moved le take np
the resolution in regard to the election of
the seven members of the House to con
duct the impending impeachment trial
whioh had juet been reconsidered and
moved to amend by striking ont "tne
highest vote”and inaetting“a majority of
the votes. The resolntion as amended
was adopted.
Tne roles were suspended, and a bill
providing for the appointment of a Board
of Police Commissioners in'Augusta was
taken np and read tbe second time.
On motion tbe Senate resolntion an
thorizing the offering of rewards by the
Governor for persons using the great
seal of the State feloniously was taken
np and read,
Tho oall of counties was entered npon,
and a number of bills introduced.
A resolution by Mr. Harris, of Bibb,
that a memorial from Hon. James A.
Green be referred to a joint special com
mittee. The memorial relates to his
claim for payment for services rendered
in claims against the Government.
Oa motion ot Mr. Miller, of Houston,
the resolntion was referred to a special
committee of three from the House.
A bill by Mr. Adams, of Chatham, to
extend the corporate limits of Savannah.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
A bill by the same authorizing the levy
of a tax on railroads within the corporate
limits by the Mayor and Gonnoil of Sa
vannah. Referred to the Judiciary Com-
mi i. te bill by Mr. Jordan, of Crawford,
uwcoeinv tho aot creating a Connty
ford county. of xoida ia Ciaw
A bill by Mr. Phillips, of Cobb, aiu
ing tbe act ot incorporation of the town
of Marietta, and to eniargo the limits ot
said town. Corporation Committee.
The hour of 10 o’olook having arrived,
the Hon3e, according to the resolution
passed on yesterday, proceeded to the
election of tbe seven members to eon
duct the impeachment trial
The election was conducted by ballot,
eaoh member endorsing his same and
connty on the back of his ticker.
The first ballot resnlted as follows,
aixty-eight votes bring necessary to
choice:
Turner, of Brooks, 131; Hammond 128:
PhilliDB 123; Davis, ot Haaston, 87; P-
bill 63; P k 60; Adams 50; Hutchins 43;
Milner 35; Hall 30; Cox of Tronp, 29;
Harris, of Bibb, 23; Fort of Sumter, 23
Garrard, 22; Turner of Coweta, 15
Huleey, 14; Mirier, 10; Crawford, 9
Nisbei, 4; Smith of Oglethorpe, 4,
Chambers, 4; Hanks, Mynatr, Reese and
Lnffman, three each; Redwine, Shtffi Id
of Miller, and Duval, 2 each; Kimsey,
Gray, Garrison cf Stewart, S.bit-y, and
Wright, one each.
Bnt four representatives were found to
bavereoeived the requisite sixty eight
votes: Messrs. Turner of B:ook§, Ham
mond, Phillips and Divis of Houston
Messrs. Hatchlns, Garrard, Harris of
Bibb, Polhill, Miller, Milner and Fort de
clined to be candidates, and withdrew
their names.
The Hon3e ballotted a second time, and
the ballot resnlted in the election of Mr.
Polbill over hts withdrawal by a vote of
118, Pike 106. Adams 63
The bill creating a Board of Commis
Bioners to manage or d spoae of the Ma
cau and Brunswick Road wa3 made ths
special order for to-mirrow/after which
the House adjourned. Lex,
A UOOli Feature.
Datroit Free Press )
1 here is one specially good feature about
baske t picnic s. The woman you hate always
gets clmed by snakes, and the woman who
tries to boas tne excursion eats too much,
and is laid away with * esse of colic.
Tile fitigUt fflan.
Boston Herald.)
George W. Childs, E;q., of Philadelphia,
is mentione J for the English mission The
idea is a good ore. George would not ODly
fall gracefully in with the fiunkayiim whicn
orevails in English society, bnt no wonld put
ills dispatches into the most beautiful poe
try.
Decidedly a €7ood idea.
Philadelphia Times ]
Wouldn’t it be a reasonably good idea to
put tne English Mission up at auction? Tha
administration, which seems to be troubltd
about getting a man rich enough for tbe
place, could be assured then that if a man
ware rich enough to bay it be coaid also af
ford to anatain the dignttr of it
An Illinois .marriage service.
Chicago Times ]
Kankakee has a justice who beats them all
in tbe way of dciag np a job of matrimonial
splicing with neatness and dispatch. This
is his formula:
"itavo’er?”
“Yes.”
“Have ’im ?”
■Yes.”
"Married; two dollars.”
Wliere tbe iroable Comes In.
Philadelphia Times ]
Congrodsman Weaver, one of lhe Green
back members from lows, has been nomi-
uttod for President by a convention ot his
;a.tyin Fifth distnotof his State. Almost
anybody can gel a nomination for President
at this so.son of the year, but it is always
more or leas d-fficait to keep it from spoiling
beroro tho time comes to make it really use
ful.
Too Much Whiskey ?
N. Y. Tribune.)
A Genius iu a Western piper predicts that
the contemplated ship canal through the
Isthmus of Darien will “ pretty nearly dig
itself.” for tha rapid revolntion of the earth
on its axis from west to east has caused the
Atlantio Ocean to “swash against thelrth-
mua on the east side till the water most
be at least a thousand feet higher there than
on the PaciQo side,” and he tninks that noth
ing bnt a system of looks wdl enable ships
to go safely tbrongh, or keep the Atlantio
from being drained till “ New York'is miles
from ekore.”
She Never Br«gM.
Boston Herald.
Chicago is a large city, a smart oily, and a
city with a fair degree of confidence in itself,
bnt its total valuation, whioh ia $123,C00,0UU
for all of Cook county, ia equalled by some
wards in Boatou. In short, Boston oonld
buy all Ohio:go with its loose change, and
have enough left over to take eveiy man,
woman and child to tho ciicns. We wonld
not say this in a boastfal spirit, for Boston
peopl j onto little about material things, bnt
merely to make onr own people contented
with what little drcis has stuck to them
white studying philosophy, theology acd
eibiot.
A Better Hand Than His.
N. Y. Wo*ld.)
A man with a maty beard that ran down
to a peak, and a rusty hat that ran np to a
peak, boarded a Western train, the other
day, took a seat near tho atovd and fell into
a gentle slumber. In a few minnlea a brake-
man opened a door and chontei "Queens!”
The slumbering passenger slightly shifted his
position and mattered: “The pot’s yoarn; I
staid in on jackal”
Oar Idle Exactly.
B»ton Herald, j
No Democrat, who is a Democrat, acd
knows why he le a Democrat, can te a
“ Greenbtoker.” Greshbaokiem means cen
tralization, the extension of the power of the
national government, tha utmost departure
from Democratic philosophy of government.
The Democrat says to the government:
"Hands off!” The Greonbacker and his
mongrel orew say: “ Take care of ns; fur
nish us with employment; provide as with a
currency; pat as in leading strings; if nec
essary, surround ue with federal bayonets !’ j
'ft bon a person who calls himself a Demo
crat j Jin.-; that crow i he einipiy shows that
he is not a Democrat or he doesn’t know
what he ia doing.
N. Y. Boraid] _
It Is a great and glorious thing to be a
self.mxdo man, and portly because in very
many owes it tekee a vast responsibility from
the L»d. The chief difficulty «ih such
people, however, is that they are very apt
“ worship their makers.
N. Y. World j
Perhaps wc do not exaotly understand tho
Republican position as to ex-Cougreeamon
d.jusr, but it seems to bo that when he
emir, bus a Tomoci-t he speaks ths words of
truth and tobem-ar. but when lie hints thn
anything is wrong with a BepubHean’* ac
count* ho lies like Anazhs. -
Oar Maesn Corespondent Bepelo
lhe Imputation that be fs *
Yonng Attorney.
From the Atlanta Dispatch!
In your kind notioa of the undersigned
a few days since, yon stated that X. I. E.
was a yonng attorney of Msoon. Fate
having gotten careless with that partion*
lar clique, and the grand jary being down
npon the bar In general, I hasten to re
pel the imputation. I have long sinoe
retired from the practice of law, and tbe
janitor, when he brightened np the oonrt-
hoase last month, removed, with a brash
on a pole, what littln eloqaenoe of mine
still clang to ths ceiling, and swept ont
with a stiff-back broom the dual I bad
shaken from my departing Bandais.
Oats was the Centennial Oiasr; there
had not been one like it in a hundred
years, for in the year 1876 we passed un
der the rod, and the State granted ns her
moat gracious writ of starvation—a writ
which the President of old Mercer had
previausly smiled over and indorsed.
Thus it was I beoame an attorney. Dwell
with me upon tbe theme a moment and
witness the ending.
I could not, if called npon to answer
for this class, respond as does the ser
geant of a certain French company at
roll-call, whenever the name ot Anver-
gene is pronounced—“Dead npon the
field of honor." I could only say, speak
ing in a professional sense, Dead! We
were seven, and well ijp I recollect the
night that dos id onr school experience
—-w i-** «- —»-h anarselv feathered wings
flattering npon the slender twi^c .* ...
legal knowledge. It wss a night upon
wnich we argued a divorce case. I do
not remember which side 1 wao on. nor
dosB it matter much; the case wss ably
aeieua-a — r —-oJ, aud both partieB ob
tained a complete divorce—that case
mast have been angary of fate. Since
that time all seven of us have obtained
divorces—from that stern mistress. Mad
ame Law.
Jittmber one, onr moat ambitions fledg-
liog, rejoiced under the name of—we will
call him Sawyer; he shook nis b aatifal
little wings to tho morning light and
made daring voyages from twig to twig.
On the trial of the great divorce case
afar-said, Sawyer took tbe sheriff’s
place; now by one of the resistless decrees
of destiny the sheriff has taken Sawyer’s
place, and we hear of him no nore.
Number two bopped from hiB twig
down into the piney woods, and the next
I saw of him he was on bis way to Ten
neBsee, after a efinditi nal fee of $150,
000. Alas, for him! the tempting worm
proved too large, and after desperate
• Sorts to swallow it, No. 2 gasped and
di-id.
Number three was gathered to his fath
ers by tho hawks, those long-faced credi
tors, ere his feet touched the gronnd.
Number four flitted away to tbe monn-
ialos, warbled fiebly ones or tvloe, and
«a* hil.nt forever.
Numbers five and six never left the
twigs, and numbs* seven, year oorrespon-
d>nt, fell off the tree, flattered deeper-
& tly, and lost confidence in his wings.
I started ont (to leave the meta
phor) in company with a friend bj rent
ing an office on a aide street—that is, my
friend took possession of tbe place, and I
rented from him. Oar contract was that
I should pay him whenever he paid the
landlord, and I have never violated that
contract. Well, we staid m that office
eleven months before the landlord knew
it was rented. For a long time we de
bated as to the propriety of banging ont
a sign. We wanted to attract attention
and we didn’t want to attract attention—
remembering, however, that the good
book says: "It is an evil generation
that aeeketh after sic;” and as that was
the generation we deBired should find u«,
we hang cars oat. From that time ont we
struggled manfully with,the creditors, and
I think in the end wonld haTe whipped the
fight, bnt the landlord put in an appear
ance; ha happaned in one day and was sur
prised to find u.=; he was more surprised
than we were; he wasn’t looking for n*,
and we had been looking for him twelve
months. The end oame quickly. The
next day he presented his bill to my
friend, wco told him he wonld settle as
coon as I did; then the bill came to me;
I told him I was a sob-lessee and did not
know him in the transaction at all. Tne
next morning when I opened the door
my friend was gone, and with him his
magnificent library—the Code of Georgia
and four • ‘Acts of tbe Lsgielatnre." Tnat
evening when the landlord opened the
door, I was gone with my extensive li
brary, Webster’s pocket dictionary, (bine
back edition). Life of Napoleon voL 21,
and Greeley on Farming. That ended
the law business. Lsst any one should
judge me harshly, I will repeat that my
agreement was, that I ahonld pay when
ever the principal did; I will admit that
it was th9 safest contract I ever made,
yet I cannot be blamed for that, and con
tracts mast be construed strictly, (see
Code of Ga). X. [. E,
A WlSo llvuiuU.
Chicago Times.] EH
Vio'oria was wiser than Eageaie. She
laid in a good stock of youngsters whilo she
was at it.
Jastasliseiali
Boston Herald )
If it oosts American ministers so much to
lire in England they might be allowed to
live at home and keep a telephone. They
would be just as nsefnl.
P»y ns We bo.
Atlanta Constitution.)
Very few of the people of Georgia know
how great onr indebtedness is—that is. the
bonded and floating indebtedness of oar
cities, counties and owns. In 1870 tholoool
debt of the State was $i5,2G9.2 2; at the
close of 1878, it had risen to $23,130,351
Iu tbe same bme tho assessed valuation of
property in the State had fallen off nearly
ten millions of dollars. The local indebted
ness is now doable the State indebtedness,
and tbe two combined reaoh an aggregate
that ought to moke every man a dete mined
foe of any farther increase in ear pnblio in
debtedness, no matter how plausible a pre
text may be. We should hereafter pay as
we go.
Expensive wives make pensive hasbandei
and often pave the way to family rnin.
Millions ue annually expended in Parisian
“imitations” by those who seek to substi
tute “art” for "nature,” while with tha nse
of a few bottles of Dr. Pieroe’s Favorite
Prescription, the diseases and weakness pe«
cnliar to women ue overcome, emaciation
arrested; the cheeks "painted” with tbe
bloom of health, and the ingenious applian
ces of “ut” dispensed with. The Favorite
Proscription is told by dmggists under a pos
itive guaranies to pare.
—Tho dieoovery nos Deen m-.dd at Wish*
ington, that cat of the comparatively small
number of coupon bunds stolen from the
Manhattan havings Bank, five have been
already redeemed by the treasury depart
ment through the alteration of their num
bers. As ths number of oonpon bonds
stolen^in the last fifteen yeus ia pretty luge,
it wonld be interesting to knew bow many
have been pissed off on lhe treasury de
partment by this ingenious prooess. It ap
pears from the circnmstanoes surrounding
thia discovery that the cleriori maohinery
for redemption is so imaged that two bonds
of the same number may be t»k6n in by the
redemption bureau and paid for before the
discrepancy will bo dUojvecud in the loan
tnre-n. _
—An extraordinary scene was witnessed
on the Dee in Eoglsida few days ago. a
storm washed a auautUy of poisonous liquids
from Piokhiil Brook, whioh drains several
time and lead works, into the Dee, and the
fish immediately began to sicken and die.
They kiatened to tsoape the pouonons
water, and oame floating down the river in
thousands. Borne were dead, and others
were hurriedly rushing down stream to
esaape oat to sea. At the causeway beside
the old Dee mill a luge crowd had congre
gated to see ealmon and salmon trout, pike,
roach and bream frantically endeavoring to
throw themselves over, hundreds of men
and boys lined the river, busily engaged in
kilting fish, and several fine salmon were
caught. A bay secured a luge salmon bv
tbe tail, and the monster wonld have drag
ged him into the watar had h* not relaxed
hold. I:ie believed that the river has
been cleared of fiah fer fonrtoen miles np.
Luge sums of money have been made
in IVnli street by persons shrewd enough
invest at the .right time. The old
house of Alex. Frothinghum & C j., brok
ers, 12 Wall itreet, New York is ?rt-t ! ed
to absrlute confidence. Tbeir customers
are fuquontiy nwar j- d by iarge returns.
Send for thtir Financial Beport
The At hex 8 Ctumtitdiital
Athens, August 3,1879.
Ths commencement exercises opened
here to-day with a sermon from Dr. Moll,
tha Chanoellor ot tha University. It
was not what one wonld otll a commence
ment sermon, bat a sermon at commence
ment.
The chapel was well filled. There is a
large number of visitors in the city and
many mere are expected to arrive. It is
generally conceded that this will ba the
finest commencement since the war.
A number of trustees are already here,
I notice several of Macon’s distinguished
sons, looking handsome end in flue
spirits.
It is reported that the trustees have
concluded to appropriate $2,000 of the
land ecrip fund yearly to the colleges at
Thomasville and Outhbert. These col
leges are to be organized as branches of
the State University. The University is
now in fall condition and is on the high
road to prosperity. Tbe friends of the
college here speak in the highest terms
of Colonel H. H. Jones, who was a distin
guished member of the beard ot visitors.
1'ba several parties have already token
plaoe and the next three days bid to he
very gay. I will try and give yon a brief
synopsis of the approaching exercises.
Rxpobteb.
The Goldsmith Impeachment.
The Atlanta papers contain over three
columns of specifications and details re
lating to the pending impeachment of the
Comptroller General. These specifioa
tiens are nearly all alike, and simply set
lln-U A.’ — mo -tarp, it is Alleged. Col.
Goldsmith aoted without authority, col
lected fees before they were legally due,
i-sued fl. fas. “illegally arid fraudulently”
against 223 lots of land, and transferred
them to another party, when he knew at
the time that all legal tixea had been paid
npon them; and confened certain datieB
aud trusts upon the sheriffs of Georgia
without authority of law. That said
sheriffs, or certain of said sheriffs, in
pursuance of fcaid illegal inBtrnotions of
the said W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller
Geneial, as aforesaid, did turn over to
various persons, without other authority,
large sums received by them as excess
from the sale of wild lands, without
proper investigation of their titles as re
qnired by law, and that the said W. L.
Goldsmith, Comptroller General, as afoie-
said, did afterwards ratify the same.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller-
General as aforesaid, did, at divets times
alter the first day of Ootober, 1877, know
ingly and illegally permit transferees of
wild land tax fl fas. and others to retain
in their possession large sums of money
that should have been paid into tbe treas
ury of the State, and did this wilfully and
contrary to tbe laws of the State.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller-
General as afor<srid, did, on the 1st day
of Ootober, 1877, acd divers dates there
after, transfer large turns of wild land tax
fi. fas. t j third patties upon payment of
the taxes and cost, contrary to and with
out the authority of law.
That W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller
General as aforosaid, did, on the first
diyof June, 1879 hold and retain in his
possession $11,189.17 and did retain the
said tifrn of money from the Treasmy
without authority of and clearly contrary
to law and in violation of his obligation
as public officer. That W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller, does retain in his empic-y as
clerks in the office of Comptroller Gen
eral one Allen G. Beil and one James M.
Goldtmith, who, while in said employ
ment, were engaged in speculations in
wild lands, and that these clerks have
been retained and continued in employ
ment, even after the knowledge of their
said speculation was brought homo to
tbe said Goldsmith,
That W. L. Goldsmith does retain in
hi3 employ as a clerk in tha office of tbe
Comptroller one James M. Goldsmith,
who, while acting as insurance clerk and
not employed in tbe wild lind office, did
falsify the records of said wild land of
fice, and (hat said W, L. Goldsmith does
still retain in his employment In said de
partment said James M. Goldsmith miter
the knowledge of said J. M. Goldsmiih’s
illegal and fraudulent conduct came to
his, tbe said W. L. Goldsmiths Comp
troller’s notioe.
It is also charged that Cel. Goldsmith
failed, and refused to pay large sums of
money, amounting at one time to $7,460-
79, and at another to $3,682.52 collected
by him aa insurance tax at various times.
Also that he made heavy deposits at dif
ferent dates of the pnblio money in the
Georgia Banking and Trust Company in
Atlanta, "to his private credit and with
his private moneys, and drew the asms
out at will by private checks, said checks
being in favor of the State Treasurer,
aud signed ss Goldsmith, bat not as
Comptroller General." Further, that
Goldsmith has been using tbe funds paid
to him for taxes as his own money for
private transactions, and failing to cover
them into the treasury, as required by
law, that he has r.fused to furnish the
committee with certain evidence demand
ed* by th9 House. Then follow the im
peachment resolutions as published in
yesterday’s issue.
A minority report was also signed by
Aleasrg. J. A, Hanks, A. Miller, DuBise,
W. W. Fitzgerald and F. H. Colley, of
the Committee on Impeachment, whioh
took a few important exceptions to the
decision of (he majority.
. The Impeaohment will be conducted
“before the Bar of the Senate, Chief Jos
tles Warner, presiding. Tee proseontion
will be condnotod by sworn membeiB of
the Honse under the appointment of the
Speaker. It is said Cot. Goldsbrith has
retained as hie oounstl, Hopkins & QIbcd,
B. H. Hill, R. J. Mose?, Jackson St Lamp*
kies. This trial will be one of unpar
alleled interest in Georgia.
Washington Star.]
It has been sail that a good advertisement
in a widely-c jcala'ted hewrpaper is the best
of all passible salesmen. It us salesman
who never sleeps, and ia neve? weary; who
goes after bnsinoia early and late; who can
ha in a thousand places at ouoe, saying to
each one ths best thing ia the best manner.
A good advertisement insures a business con
nection on the moat permanent and inde
pendent bxeie, and is in a certain eenso a
guarantee to the customer of fair and mode
rate prices. Experience has ohown that the
dealer whose wares have obtained a public
oekb-ity is not on'y enah ed to sell, but ia
forced to sell at reasonable rates, and to
furnish a good article.
Prejudice often rnlea in the physics
treatment of babfes. They are allowed
to suffer and scream with pais from
colic. Flatulence, Bowel Disorders, eta,
when some simple, reliable and safe
remedy aa Dr. Bull's Bsby Syrup, would
give almost immediate relief and perfect
ease to the little suffers.
N. Y. Herald.)
General Ewing’s showing of the saving
wh'ch baa been tffectod in the national ad
ministration ainos the Democrata came into
poeeeeaion of the Honse of Representatives
is unanswerable, and it will strike the peo
ple. The single notorious feet that since
tbe Democrat obtained the mattery of the
House the lobby has utterly disappeared
from Washington is an argument which
every farmer and mechonio in Ohio can un
derstand. It means that tmge and wasteful
leaks in (he Treasury have been s'opped.
Courier-Journal.)
We hope tbe Republican organs now in
sisting that tbe election of Congressmen and
Presidential Eieotors is a subject of “ na
tional oontrol” exclusively will print tome of
the speeches of the eight Repab'lcan states
men and forUts on tne Electoral Commis
sion in 18J7. Ih'au able gentlemen swoie
to high heaven, at that period, that th* ‘ na-
tiou’ r h«d noihug whatever to do with the
choice of Electors : that the matter belcng-
d exclusive y to tho Ststes whose lights
aust not, by any means, bo infringed upon.
Let te have an explanation of this curious
reversal of views.
Philadelphia Times )
Tennessee holds a special election next
Thursday to tee whether the voters will rat
ify the setilement of thi State dabt proposed
by the b>t Legislature, which is the payment
of half the principal, with a reduction of the
rate of inter-tot to foot per cant. There is a
considerable party which opposes ratification
of this agreement in tbe hope of securing a
neaier appro—h to abso'ute repudiation, but
tho best men aud papers ess plainly that this
proposal reichrs the furthest verge of honor, ,
suti 'ruitf fp.! It, vta.
SSl-S
frooof < ; har,‘” bi ? all who dfli.re J
-bct oi* h?r praueri ne sod b*“H s ’j,,
G,rmr.r.V«,cl, or RnrfuC tot by
a • jr M.inr ivitb stamp. i
ah. U* l*owor»' Bljek, Kouosater, s* •
F,-t.n-g, tossing, wnk - f ol childre l i«
.na are-ms-ing a strong and hopeful fight I ;,eT 13 . Meffe-.. a ioe.iiOS
for “60 and 4,” at tho settlement is called. 4 mgr l owaera;
The sky fs oheerless with clouds of gloom •
The boughs are bare and tbe leaves irs
shed;
The rush- s sway to the surging tune
Or a stream whose moeio is dull and dead-
And never a gleam of eon o’erbead '
And never a blade of graze left green •
And orystal jewels all strewn axd spread
Where thousand flushes of bioom h’v«
been. “
The birds are singing no song of ]cy ;
The ivy oovers an empty neat t
WifiobiU of ths winter’s breath destroy
The light of summer w.thin my breast?
For comes the touch of a doubt ucblest
. And it breaks the calm of a tender dream
And the ery.tai cola of its hand ha* prest ’
My hope from a hope that “mighthits
been.”
O swaying rushes and shivering birds.
O stream that hia never a soDg to sing.
O fickle swallows who heard his words 6
Half wmspeied htre in the si.vsr epiinr
My sighs with you to tbe south m»y brine’
The old, old story ef trust betraj od: “
For here I weep, while on wayward wire
You flit and flatter through sun and shtdo.
I see you fly wlnro my love has fl iwn:
1 see you follow the shimmering trsck
® sun-light spread ou a sea snu-strown
Wi h rsys that never may leoa him bock;
For few and fleke are vows that lack
Ths troth that lives in the far, f»r north:
O love O life that you might oom^bick,
If only to tell me what love is wor hi
Is it worth a snmmtr or bliss divine,
Or a thousand kieses in hazs of night,
Or a thousand vows that proclaim you mine,
Or a wrong that never can be set right ?
Is it worth the shedding of tears that blight
Those eyes whose lustre you luved eu wel ?
Is it worth tha loss of a life’s delight
Tn IrvvH ton littlo — or love tOO Well ?
O sorrowful eyes oil dark and dim,
That look at me from an amber cloud—
A cloud that jju.nished g Id io him,
Who touched it once with a touch to proud i
O face that nas gathered the wiktoi's chill
On lids and brow that to him were vowed 1
I would you oculd follow him where be will.
Or—sink to rest in the sum. er’a shroud!
—['■oneon tociety.
ihcKing’s bmps.
God hath so many ships npon the sea!
Hia ore the merchantmen that cany trea
sure.
The men-of-war, all bannerol gallantly,
The little fisaer boats and barks of plea*
sure.
Oa all this sea of time there is not one
That sailed without the glorious name there
on.
The winds go up and down npon tha sea,
And sums they lightly cl-.no, entreating
kinalv.
And waft them to tha port where they would
be;
And other ships they buffet, long and
blindly.
The cl-ua comes down ea the greet sinking
de;p,
And cn the shore the watchers stand and
weep.
And God hath many wrecks within the sea;
O, it is deep! I to k in fear and wonder;
The whdjm throned above is dork to me,
Yet it is sweet to thins his caro ia under
That yet the sunken treasure may be drawn
Into the storehouse when the sea is gone.
So I, that sail ia peril on the sea,
With m; beloved, whom yet the waves may
cover,
Say: God hath more than angels’ care of me,
And l.rger thare than I m friend and
lover.
Why weep ye sc, ye watchers on the land ?
This deep is bnt the hollow if his hand!
—Carl Spencer in Chrirtiau Union.
I functional terpor of the liver exists,
the elements of the bile remain in the
bleed, vitiating that flaid, and indneing
many skin diseases. Dr. Bull’s Bilti*
mordF Pills are the mo.-t reliable liver
regulator. So.d everywhere. Price 25
cints.
—Tho British LorJ Chamberlain has re
used to license a play which purported to
•present the private uvea of coveral noted
L ndou setrecses.
—A new ferry-bo it at S n Francisco is
424 feet long aud li6 wide, baa four rodders
at each end, and eight t oilers, and will carry
24 railroad cars at a time.
—The E g iah aveizes shew e xtraordicary
light criminal calendars, at seme places only
one prisoner, at others none, tne fact being
that h >rd times ehut eff tbe motuer of crime
—drink.
—They sent a g< ore over Niagara Falls
the other day to see how she would tike it,
and when ehe rose to tbe Buifaca of ths
river baiow the looked np as if saying: 'kou
think you are awful smut, don’t yon?'
—The French unamber has bein lately
called upon to conewer the question of ths
abolition of on old Uw po»ud more thou
sixty years ago, and now entirety unobser
ved, oDltging ail work to be suspended aud
all sbopa abut on Sunday To <he miss the
existence of anch a law wjs unknown.
—The following is a statement cf the
coinage executed at tbe mints lost month:
D. nomination. Pieces.
Gold—Djuble eagles 189,750
Gold—Eagles 12d,UC0
Gold—Half eagles 21,703
Silver—Dollars 1.650,000
Miner coinage—Usuis 811,(00
Total coinage 2,684.450
Value $4681,610
The Bntibh revenue returns reflect tbs
time*. Unmanufactured tobacco fell eff
nearly two million pjan a, tea increased by
six and a half million pounds; wine tiecreutd
oae and a half muuon gallons; brandy, near
ly one hundred and eighty-two million gal"
ions. Ths cocinmpuan or tea and cocoa
has largely and stead y increased of late
—A Laaiow, Yt.. man t as a geo i olafm to
be tho champion absent minded iudividcsi.
One evening he took a doaccn’s wife w
divine service, and hitched ins team ins
neighboring shed. Whui services wei e ever
the deacon’s wife found herself slcno with
the janitor. The hene ehed.wrs examined
and the horse and wagon found, bat not the
owner. Tho janitor took the untn and car
ried the lacy home, and then drove to the
house of the proprietor, who was in bed
ssleep. Ho faled to r.-aembtr tnefoctcf
his going to ohmeu induing his team, or
that tie lady rods wi'h him.
—The eel grass, weed*, eto., which have
frequently been a scores of trouble lo bod*
men on tha Ena Uanat, have made their tp*
pea-.ance this esaeon, and ere once mor* be
coming troublesome. A mach ne is now be
ing ren on tne canal calculated to oat down
the eel grass, which in some places baa
grown so thick and rapidly as to slightly dam
toe water b*ok Ou a recent morning not
tees than twenty specimens of different kmaa
OfgTaseeeand weeds were obtained, wmen
hau grown in the mud thrown cut of the Mi
Of the canal last spring at Rochester. Anwcg
thorn were cats, corn, pumpk u and Vinous
weeds of very rank growth. . ,
—The streets of London, England, haw
been recently placarded with an advertise
ment stating tnat‘the art of heggmgiso-
baujtivcly taught in tlx lessons by Ptoltstor
Lizirns Rooney, who beg3 to infomr ms
pnblio that hs his foandid a college™'
theoretical and practical inetrnc'.ion in man
diesney.” Among other praclfcai appltancw
for the profession the Professor announcw
that he keeps on hand artificial wounds an
sorts, rsnorted bisces cf twins, trained dM
for blind men, crutches for erip?i£»i
surgical bondeges for wonndel impcM“°’
luformati n is afforded respecting tM m°-
lucrative streets and neighborhoods.
The Dexolitton of the Tcilkbim-—a”
French Chamber or Deputies has decre*
the demolition of the Palace of the
ihi ancient and modem habitation oi i“
mi narchs of that country, whohwas«
troyed. all eso-pt its walls, by the comm™
ista in May, 187X. The vats in the Cbomter
was such a decisive one that it may j*.
Burned for certain that this plies
disappear, and the ground ooeupied W “ .
added to ths Tnihrics Gudms,
ready comprise fifty acres. By thmeso 1 *
the Place du Carronjel will be uniMd tO o
Plaoe de la Ucnoorde, and the west n™ ,
the Louvre will have an uninterrupted _
unrivalled vista of plaza, park and g“'“
such as is presented In uo other «ty “j ^
world. The TaUeri6a ha* a etang® {L
very savoiy history. It was built-*’' M
presem building was began, rota«
Ostbaiino de Medioh
CONSUMPTION CUBED-
An old physician, retire! from
nshadpta-w' in Uh hand* b*
muilan&ry
mala cf
,w p-T.'Tj —riifc'tooa *t|itlA $IHi
CcnsauiPiion, Br-in-.bltJ*, Cararrb.
all Threat and L-r-i Affection*.
ir.d radical care lor Mcrva-. ■pJhititT*? j M
Nervous Coi&plaist*, after bav.ng
wonderful oiu&Ura powers m thcofiaua^ 1 ^