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The Telegraph and Messenger
Mli’O.S. 84. AUGUSt’ 29 1879
mti uiSUUUlA FttUStt.
Newton count; baa neither an Odd
.Fellow or Katgbts of Pythias Indge.
Peacue* in Walker county still sell at
^ do.iu: p. r bushel.
Ladikb who visit Trion in North Geor
gia ore generally said to be trion to find a
bean.
Waleir Countt Messenger: Alpine
in Cnat'anooga oonnty, is a nice quiet
little vilt with three stores, a black
smith hoop, ibreo good churches, near by
also a good school. It iB surrounded by
a perfect territory of magnificent farms.
We invade the Griffin Sun to the
•following extent:
Oar ■ riend, S. W. Blood worth, Esq.,
made a trip to Henry county last week,
and on uie return, presented ns with one
of the largest roasting ears we ever saw.
It weighed two and three .fourths pounds
and came from the field of Mr. Watt
Atkina, four or five miles from McDon
ough on the Hampton road. Mr. B. re
ports crops good, with few exceptions
where he traveled.
Last M inday, a darkey in Griffin
knocked down a coat in a negro bar room
when a piece! in Vue pocket exploded and
perfor.'t'cl iiis aide, producing a danger
ous if oot fatal wound. The owner of
the coat will be investigated.
Babe Ball uiatohes agitate the calm
£ peacefulness of Barnesville and Milner.
Griffis's first bale of new cotton
•t brongo 16} cents per poflnd.
Griffin wants a telephone exchange,
Griffin New: The Mt. Zion oamp-
meetiu^, tu progress since last Thursday
about night miles west of Griffin, is one
of the most celebrated in thiB section.
.It baa been established many years, and
seems each year to be growing in favor.
A grout many people are alroady in
attendance, and it is estimated that
thousands will visit the camp grounds
to-day. It is customary for crowds of
Griffin people to go out on Sunday, and
we thick nearly everybody is preparing
to go. f no number going from Griffia
seemed yesterday to only be a question
of conveyance.
Tns Lovett Cass.—Gnffiu Afoot: On
Thursday the case of the State vs. War
ren P Lovett, charged with the murder
of Reynolds, was called, and the defen
dant announced ready for trial. The
Slate’s counsel made a motion for a con
tinuancu, which-motion was resisted
strenoualy by the attorneys for the de
fendmr. Too motion for a continuance
-was barely made out, bnt was granted by
-'Judge Bachanuan, and the case contin
-ucd nntil Wednesday of the first week of
the coar r . in February. Mr. Lovett and
his friends were very anxious for a trial,
and did all in their power to ptoonre one
They are confident of bis acqaittal when
he is tried. A motion was made by the
attorneys of Lorett for bail and after
bearing the evidence, Jndge Bachannan
granted bail in the earn of $3,000, whioh
ras promptly given by Mr. Warren P.
Lovett. From all the facta we could
gather, aud we took the trouble'and pains
to hunt them down, ao wa wished to ar
rive at the trua status of the case, Mr.
Lovett will oome clear of any crime what
ever under the law.
Tns Greembjro Herald remarks:
The people of our part of the county
aro almost a unit on the Atlanta investi
gation. They are tired, heartily tired of
short comings in high places, and desire
a fall end complete investigation, let it
fall on whom it may. They and they
clono have the bills to foot, and have a
right to know where the money goes,
The honor, character and prosperity of
the whole State depends upon tbs faith
ful disc*' arga of duty by our public offi-
< cere. The peopl3 demand that they do
their duty, aud do it honestly and to the
letter.
The B lptist Church of Crawfordsville
is having an internal difficulty, and bus
invoked the aid of committees from oth
er churches to adjust it, says the Greens-
■ ooro Herald.
A very large excursion over the Bruns
•k ick and Albany railroad, will take place
on September 2nd. The excursionists
will go from Brunswiok to Cumberland^
Dungesess and Fernandiua, by the
•steamer David-Clark.
Ty-Ty is beooming a nice little town.
Berrien County Hews: The diphtheria
- epidemic at Hoboken has subsided. It
-was confined to five tr six families in the
neighborhood of Hoboken, and there
wore eleven deaths from it.
The arrest tbronghont the State of De
JToor murderers goes forward with com
mendable zeal. There is no telling wbat
good time the nag of justice can make
when its rider uses the golden spurs of
ca offered reward.
A three hundred pound bear was kill-
ed In Wayne oonnty last week, a’ter
olavec loads had been expended
him.
Scats vandals smashed a $125 plate
glas3 in a etoro window in Savannah a
night ort vo since.
The coroner cf Chatham county at-
tended to threo inquests on Sunday—two
-eooidental drowning and one sudden
•death.
The annual fair of the Ceulral Georgia
Agricultural Society will bs held at San-
dereville, Washington oonnty, on the 6’.b,
7th aod 6th of next November. Nine
counties are interested in this exhibition,
end a splendid eaccess is anticipated.
Madisonian: Tie prospect for two
thirds of un average crop is rather favor
able. The weed is taking on frnit rap
idly, and onr farmers are in better spir
its.
A letter from Oconee, No. 14, C. E
R, to the Savannah News says: Cotton
in this section, where not mating, is
growing rapidly; that late com is doing
•finely, though the early crop is cut off
abont fifty per cent.
Caterpillars are increasing at a fear
ful rat o In Brooks county, says the Quit
man Reporter.
The arrangement of the premium list
for the fall fair at Albany has been con
cluded. Seven hundred dollars will be
awarded on the races alono, and the pie
xniama generally are on the same liberal
male.
Sets the Brunswick Advertiser: A
few days since, Meters. George and Doc
'Myere, of tbt« coun'y, were ont hunting
coons a little before daylight, when one
of their dogs was bitten by a huge snake.
The poor deg Buffered several deaths,
apparently, before medicine could be pro
cured. He was even considered is a dy
ing condition when the following dose
was administered: 1 gill of sweet oil and
11-2 gills of whisky. A handful of com
mon bread eoda was also bonnd to the
wcanded part. Suffice it to say, the dog
-commenced to improve at once, and is
now all right again. Hunters might
make & note of this.
*' oma time since,” says the Oglethorpe
-e>Echo, "Mr. Slappy, a well known drum
mer of Augusts, saw just this side of
Hr. Jim Onuningham’s, on the road to
- Eiberton, what ha firmly believes to ba a
sap raalurai bjiDg. It was broad day-
'• light, and he saw riding just in front of
* -him a horseman. While watching the
■ Qguia it gradually vanished Into mist
- and faded sway. Mr. S. is net the only
-unan-who profesie3 to I-are seen this mis-
tenoua horseman at that spot. Will
Eome spiritualist please rise and expiate?"
Say the Eatke County Herald: "We
learr that the regular meetings are tak
ing place amoDg the colored people, look
ing to the organisation of a general exo
dus, It is more than probable that there
are emissaries at the bottom of the move
ment. ‘It the colored people would be
advised they would live contented where
they are, and turn a deaf ear to the fine
jj. s hat are told them abont the promised
lac * of the North and West. A poor
on while or black, ean do as well in
nurtro oonnty as anywhere else. The
dn:;i>»a who have left here, seeking to
I,el r themselves, are now writing to
ic 1 ': friends to help them get baek. To
all who are anxious to go, and who will
joe % K&ed, wo say, stay where yon are.”
Tbs indications are, says the Gontti-
-fxtion, that the committee on the invest!*
option of the penitea'iuy will report in
favor of the impeachment of the princi
pal keeper, Nelms. The nature of the
eYidenoe ia serious and damaging. It
ia charged he endeavored to get an
interest in the convict leases.
Judos Speer, of Griffin, was robbed
of three hundred dollars in money and
notes while sleeping in the train return
ing from Rxkdale Saperior Court..
Xn flitter of the Columbian elelms to
have seen a wonderful snak* stone, which
Is in the posseaelon of a Mr. G. A. Gibson,
of Columbia county, and gives a lengthy
description of some oE the wonderful
cures effected by the application of a
little in oh by an inch and quarter rack to aBaao “
a poieoned part.
A peouliar animal, says the Oglethorpe
Echo, has made its appearance in the
neighborhood of Lexington. Three of
them have been seen, and two of the
three killed. It is described as very
ferooions, and has a stumpy tail, which,
like its body, is covered with a Bolt fnr.
One of its feet iB as large ae the pslm of
a man’s hand, and it has claws like a
dog. The negroes are so exoited by the
appearanoe in that section of the strange
beast that they refuse to leave their
homes after dark. No one has yet dis
covered the genus of tbe animal. It may
be a myth, bnt the Echo says It gets its
authority for the above story from a most
reliable gentleman.
A Charivari.—The Savannah News,
of Monday, contains the Allowing:
Yesterday afternoon and last evening
the neighborhood of East Broad,
Bronghton and Reynolds street was the
scene of great excitement, and the streets
were filled with a crowd of some three or
fonr hundred people, men, women and
children, many of whom were provided
with tin pans, cow bells, horns, trum
pets and whiBtles, from which were
evolved the most horrible and discor
dant noiseB, that could be beard several
blocks away. Inquiry into the cans 3 of
this novel and nnBeemly demonstration
on Sunday developed the information
that Mr. John Foley, and old and well
known reident, formerly a Sergeant on
the police force, and a Miss Garraty, had
been marred at the Cithedtal in the af
ternoon, and the neigobora bad adopted
this peouliar mods of commemorating
tbe event.
The disturbance became so great and
so annoying that Mr. Foley proceed to the
barracks for tbe purpose of obtaining re
lief. He was followed to tbe corner of
South Broad and Habersham streets by
lirge crowd, which prudently remained
on ths sidewalk opposite the barracks,
and, aeoertaining what was the
object of the visit, hastily retired as fonr
policemen made their appearance, escort
ing Mr. Foley. ThiB orowd was composed
ia the maiu of juveniles, who being fleet
of foot, managed to escape the police.
On reaching Mr. Foley’s residence, the
sidewalks were found blocked with men
and women, who seemed in perfect good
humor, and yet apparently were deter,
mined on having the tin pan serenade
continued. The latter especially, it is
stated, encouraged the juveniles,
and many were active partic
ipants. After dark the dis
turbance increased, and the crowd swell
ing in number?, reinforcements were
sent for, and Lieutenant Howard and
Sergeant Lingg, with fonr more men,
started to the rescue. The sidewalks
were cleared, and several boys with old
tin pans and cow bells in their possession
were arrested and taken to the bamoks.
The greatest exoitemeut prevailed, and
the polios labored under great difficulty
in suppressing the disturbance. Every
now and then from some quarter would
come the sound of a lively bell, the toot
of a born, or the clang of a tin pan, and
when th9 polioemen reaobed the spot the
"musician” would be non esl inventus and
the same melody would be heard in an
other direoiion.
This demonstration on Sunday evening
was no credit to the partioipants, who, it
seems, had felt oalled upon to express
their disapprobation of a matter which in
no manner concerned them.
Stlvania is having a sixteen hundred
dollar Methodist churoh built.
The unloaded gun has playfully re
minded another darkey of its trua in
wardness in Burke county. His head
board reads James Barrett.
Gin houses are being extensively built
in Burko county.
Revivals and camp meetings are in
progress in many portions of the State.
A correspondent of the Sylvania
Telephone thna cords himself:
Hon. Geo. R. Black is our choice fo r
Governor, first and last, against the field
Outside of our county they are saying so,
and why not wo.
Killed BvLiaHTNitio.—Sylvania Tele
phone: .We learn that David Parker,
on of Mr. David Parker, who resides
near Millen, a promising youth about
eighteen years oi age, was struok and
instantly ki'ied by lightning a few days
since. David and bis brother were
working in a cotton field, when a flash of
lightning came, striking him on tbe
shoulder, breaking the bone and destroy,
ing the upper part at his clothing. He
was not standing near a tree or any
other tall object, bat out in the open
field.
Savannah Nines: We have already pub
lished in our telegraphio columns that a
colonization society had been organized
in New York, and that their first colony
will be planted in Georgia. We now see
it stated that this oolony will be com
posed of many wealthy members, who
will bring a printing presB with them
and publish an organ styled The Worker,
edited by Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, a
lady of great wealth, noted for her many
noble acts of charity, and who gave lost
year over $30,000 to the yellow fever suf
ferers of Memphis.
Haexonx Grove will soon organize a
military company.
Northeastern Progress: By the run
ning away of a mule or mules, in Banka
county, Mr. Doc McKie, near Burns’
Mills, was killed. Mr. McKie was a
middle-aged man, and leaves a wife and
three or four ohildren.
The Northeast Georgia Fair and Stook
Association will have their exhibition
from the 7th to the 11th of Ootober.
Newnan Herald: Last Friday a crowd
of negroes were gambling near Palmetto
when two of them, Jno. Patillo and
Lonis Perkins got into a little dispate
abont the game, when, we are informed,
John shot Lonis in the head, from which
he died shortly afterwards.
Heavt rains^have washed the roads ia
the direction of Clinton and Montioello
from Milledgeville.
The Grand Jury of Baldwin county
fonnd a true bill against a number of the
yonng men of Milledgeville.
Wx clip from the Union and Recorder
as follows: J
The first bale of cotton was brought to
this market on Saturday, by Mr. Sam.
Davis, and was purchased by Mr. Sam'i.
Evans at 10 5-16 oents. ;The cotton
classed good ordinary.
At the late term of Ba'dwin Superior
Court, the Grand Jnry found a true bill
against Mr. H, W. Tfiomae, late Treas
urer of Baldwin county. Mr. Thomas
was short several thousand dollars in his
acoonnts with the county. He was re
quired to give a bond of $600 to answer
or go to jail. We are informed that he
made a bond, which was not accepted,
and while out with a view of making
another, eacaped from the offioer accom
panying him and left ths city. He was
arrested on Sunday night about ten miles
from the city,'and was placed in the
connty jail, Mr. Thomaa, prior to this
trouble, had borne a good name, and his
character was considered above re
proach.
Ed, Williams, a merchant of Naooo-
chee Valley, shot and dangerously woun
ded William Fuller laetTnesday. Wil
liam got the drop bnt missed.
Chills and fever prevail, says the
Weekly, in Montezuma.
The verdict of the Coronet’s jnry In
(he Ogl thorpe tragedy, in which J. T-
Kelsoe was killed by John T. 12088, was
voluntary manslaughter instead of mur
der, as was previously published.
Tnx Montezuma Weekly says:
Let the Confederate dead at Ander-
sonville rest. Build a nice wallaronnd
tbe graves. Get np a subscription to pay
for it. We will give you five dollars to
help pay for it.
The Bame paper says:
It is predioted that more goods will
be eold in Montezuma this fall and win
ter than. has been eold daring any one
for several years.
A railroad to Oanooohea from Swa’ns-
boro is in contemplation with good pros-
pools of being built.
' The grading on the Louisville branch
railroad has been completed and Lonis.
ville and Wadley will soon be united with
the iron bands.
Governor Colquitt preached at Mt.
Hope Church near Griffin on last Sunday.
The Griffia News announces that in
Meriwether Saperior Court, Mr. Jim
Burton, who killed his brother-in-law
Ricks, last month, has been aoqaitted
Major Sidney Herbert, the Atlanta
correspondent of the Savannah Homing
News, has been elected an Honorary
Member of the Louis King Association,
cf Savannah, and ohosen as one of the
speakers to deliver addresses at the next
anniversary meeting.
Twelve o’clock, we are informed by
tbe Columbus Times, oomes along almost
any part of the middle of the night.
The wakeful reporter of the Times made
an investigation on Sacday night and
fonnd that the firat factory announced
mi. 1 night a few minutes before twelve
and the last a few minutes before one
o’clock by the correct time. There ia a
difference of twenty minutes between
railroad and city time.
Mb. Stirling Jenkins, Jr , of Hirris
county, is dead. 2
William Grhkn, aged sixty five years
took laudanum, says the Chronicle and
Constitutionalist, near Augusta aud died>
last Saturday.
: Public Mretino—The Lease of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad.—The
Savannah News: As will be seen by an
announcement elsewhere, a mass meeting
of onr citizens is called to assemble at
Masonio Temple on Wednesday evening,
27th lost., at 8 o’olook, for the purpose of
considering the pending lease of the
Maoon and Brunswick Railroad, now
pending before the Legislature, and to
take snoh action as may be necessary to
proteot the interests of the city in the
premises. The request to the Mayor pro
tern, to call this meeting is signed by many
of our leading bnsiness citizens, and indi-
oates the deep interest that is felt in the
matter. It is expeoted that the impor
tance of the otijcot will draw cut a lirge
gathering of .onr people.
Professor Mallon, late Superintend
ent of the Atlanta Pablic Schools, has left
for his new home in Texas.
Constitution: Miss Mary 0. Ficklio,
only daughter of Hon. D. B. Ficklin, of
Illinois, and niece of Goveroor A. H
Colquitt, died some days sinoe at the
home of ber father, In Charleston, Ill.
Savannah News: Ytsterday morning
about 12 o’clock, an estimable young mar
ried lady on Chariton street had a very
miraculous escape from terrible injury or
horrible death. She had sent her servant
out on some errand and determined to
kindle the fire for dinner. As she expe
rienced some difficulty in getting tbe woed
to burn, she thoughtlessly attempted to
accelerate matters by pouring kerosene
oil from a can upon the feeble flame,
The result was an explosion which shat
tered the oan to pieces,and the fragments
were scattered around the floor with the
fluid. The noise attraoted the attention
of some neighbors, who hastened to the
house and found the lady prostrated on
the floor, badly shocked and frightened,
but, most wonderfully to state, uninjured
Parties who visited the bouse and saw the
wreck of that can were impressed with
the belief that the lady’s escape from be
ing bnrned was a miracle. .
Madison suffers from a complication
of complaints: Diphtheria is prevailing
epidemically, and is of a vary malignant
type, and, besides nil this, the negroes
ara ail ortzy on tbe exodus movement.
Bekj. Boston, who is probably a col
ored man. announces that he will address
the oolored citizens of Tattnall on the
6:h of September, at Reidsville, in that
oonnty, on the Western negro exodus.
Bainbridox rejoices ia being able to
pay taxes on real and personal property
to the amount of six hundred and twelve
thousand dollars.
Meriwether Vindicator: "List Wed
nesday Jndge Buchanan granted a di.
vorce from the marriage bond to June
and Zsne Taylor, colored. Immediately
npon the announcement of divorce Ned
Wortham hastened down stairs to the
Ordinary’s office, procured a license, and
he and the happy Zone were made one.
Thus in fifteen or twenty minutes after
Zme ceased to be the wife of Taylor she
became the brido of Wortham. The
change was so rapid as to almost make
the heads of the spectators swim.”
A correspondent of the News, at Jef
ferson, Camden county; under date of
August 22J, writes as follows: "On last
Monday night, ac the house of some very
dissipated white women living in Haz
zard’sNeck, in Camden county, a negio
man named Dick Hopkins was killed,
and another, whose name we have not
learned, was seriously shot. Up to this
date there is no positive clue to the per-
setratorsof the crime, though it is be
ieved that the matter will be cleared up
in a few days. The officials are vigor
ously at work, and the publio will soon
know more about the affair. The women,
whose name is Keen, have been found
gnilty of vagrancy by the grand jury,
and there haB been unexecuted warrants
standing against them for some time,
they having left the county at the time
the warrants were issued, and only re
cently returned. It is supposed that
they know all about the killing of the no-
gro, and they will ba arrested and prob
ably tried for complicity with the affair.”
CROP notes.
Burke county correspondent Telephone:
The cotton orops since the rain com-
menoed have, so far as the weed is con
cerned, improved. Corn, also, has eared
well, contrary to all expectations.
Ecbiven county.—Telephone:
The orops in this section look remark-
bly well, considering the drought. About
half a crop of corn will be made. Cotton
is looking very well. A little rust baa
made its Appearance. Corn is selling
here at about seventy-five oents per
bushel, with few takers. We in this sec
tion have our own raised meat.
Mbs. MoQlothih has a tebseoo plant,
which has a leaf that measures 32} inches
in length, 20} in widtb, and is not yet
matured.
Jackson Countx.—Northeastern Prog-
rets: Crop prospeots are by no means
flattering. Cotton, sinoe tbe late rains,
has thrown off nearly all the formB, nntil
we don’t think there will b» moro than a
half crop; and we are beginning to need
rain to make peas, potatoes and turnips
grow.
Coweta Countt.—Neuman Herald:
The potato, pes, cabbage and turnip
crops in this' aeotion are booming. The
recent rains are pushing them forward
rapidly and they promise &n abundant
yield. The heavy rains which have fallen
here within the last few days will it is ap
prehended injure the cotton orop.
Putnam county: The corn crops in
some put i of Patnam connty is almost a
failure, and nothing like a good crop of
cotton is expected.
Moro an oonnty s' A Madison corres
pondent of the Atlanta Constitution says
the cotton and fiuit crop, injured by the
drought, is now almost destroyed by
inosssant rains.
THS STATE LEGISLATURE.
Atlanta, August 26,1679.
THE SENATE.
met at 10 o’cloek, and was oalled to order
by President Lester.
Prayer, by Rev. J. H. Martin.
Tbe toll was oalled.
The journal was read.
The standing committees submitted
reports.
By oonsent, Mr. Wellborn introduced a
bill to fix tbe time of bolding the fall
terms of the superior courts of Union
and Towns oonnty. Jnaiclary.
A House resolution authorizing tbe
payment of per diem of deoessed mem
bers to their families was res A
Mr. Holton moved to amend by Insert
ing the name of Hon. J. C. Clements.
Agreed to.
Tne yeas and nays were oalled on the
adoption of the resolution. The yeas
were 2C, and the nays 3. So the resolu
tion was adopted.
A House resolution, providing for the
payment of certain lost bonds, was
read.
Mr. Holcombe moved to refer the res
olution to the Finance Committee.
Agreed to.
HOUSE BILL3 ON THIRD BEADINU.
To regulate the rates of legal adver
tisements and to prevent extortion on
the same. This was a bill onoe passed
and then reconsidered. On motion of
Mr. Head it was tabled.
senate bills on third reading.
A bill to make certain enclosures law
ful fences. The bill provides that a
barbed wire fence ehali be considered a
legal enclosure.
The bill was passed.
A bill to require individuals to let
their advertisements to the lowest bidder
was tabled.
To require Tax Receivers to return
liqnor dealers by name.
Mr. Stephens said the object of the
bill was to prevent fraud. The bill waB
passed.
To amend section 661 of the Code to
reduce the fine to be imposed on Road
Commissioners. Passed.
The bill on tramps was called np, bnt
was tabled.
Mr. Holton moved to suspend the
tales to consider a bill to provide for the
selection of intelligent and upright;
jarors, which the Senate had passed and
to wbioh the House had offered amend
ments. Agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Holton tbe Senate
concurred in tbs House amendment to
the bill.
Mr. Hudson offered a resolution that
when the 8enate adjourn Thursday it
adjonrn to Monday morning at 9 e’olock.
Mi. Hndaon said be offered the resolu
tion because the Senate wonld hold no
session on Friday, in respect to the de
ceased Mr. Clements, many Senators
wanted to go home and there wonld be no
quorum present Saturday.
Mr. Speer opposed the resolution as
the session bad already been very long.
Mr. Lumpkin favored the resolution.
It was opposed by Mr. DuBose. Messrs.
PreBton and Clark favored tbe motion.
The resolution was agreed to. Yeas
20, nays 8.
The committee on enrollment made a
report.
The Senate then ftdjoarned to 10 o’
clock tomorrow.
Atlanta, Ga„ August 25.h, 1879.
THE HOUSE
Met at 3:30 this evening, pursuant to
adjournment. The Speaker in the
chair.
The business before the House to bs
considered by this afternoon session was
a continuation of the debate on the Rail
road Bill.
Mr. Phillips, of Cobb, moved to post
pone the further consideration of tbe
bill till Monday next immediately after
reading the journal.
Mr. Fort moved as a eubstitue that
the farther ooneiduration of the bill be
postponed till to-morrow immediately
after the raiding of the journal. Lost.
Mr. Rankin moved to amend by fixing
the farther consideration of the bill til)
next Monday week. Lost.
Mr. Fort, of Sumter, called for the
yeas and nays on the adoption of the
motion of Mr. Phillips, of Cobb, to post
pone till next Monday. The call result
ed in a result of 47 yeas aud 67 nays, so
tbe motion did not prevail.
Mr. Harrison, of Stewart, moved to
postpone tbe farther consideration of tbe
bill till Friday next immediately after
the leading of the journal. The motion
prevailed and the bill set down for
Monday.
Leave of absence, from day to day, was
granted to the committee investigating
the effioe of the State Treasurer.
Leave of abienoe was also granted to
the Judioiary Committee.
Mr. Mynatt, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Corporations, submitted a report.
Received.
DILLS OF THE SECOND BEADING
were taken up, read and paaied to a third
reading. After which, the House ad
journed till to-morrow at 9 a.m.
Atlanta, August 26,
THE HOUSE
met at 9 a. m. The Speaker in the ohair.
Prayer by the Chaplain. The journal o
yesterday morning and evening session
was read and approved.
THE tPXOIAL ORDER
was the consideration of the bill to con
tinne the Geologioal Department. The
speoial order was tabled on motion of
Mr. King, of Floyd, to await the report
of the Committee appointed to investi
gate the expenses of the Bureau.
The House then preoeeded to take up
RILLS OF THE THIRD BEADING.
A bill to amend the law relative to
mortgages on personal property, regula
ting foreclosures thereon.
Passed as amended by the Committee.
A bill to prohibit the personal nse of
State money by State officers; also to
prohibit the taking of any fee or reward
for any loan of State money. The Com*
mittee amended by extending the pro
visions of the bill to oonnty officials.
Passed as amended.
A bill to make it penal for an employe
to violate labor contracts. ThiB bill was
referred to the Committee on the Judi
ciary.
A bill to convey do tbe Mayor and city
of Chattanooga a small triangular lot of
land in said city.
The committee proposed a substitute
for the bill.
The bill passed as substituted.
A bill to create a Board of Roads and
Revenues for Patnam co only. Passed as
amended.
A bill to authorize the Ordinary of
Milton to borrow money to complete a
court house in said county, and,to secure
payment of ihe same. Amended and
passed.
A bill to incorporate the Oconee River
Steamboat Company, to continue for 25
years. Passed.
A bill to prohibit the taking of game
in Jones oonnty in certain seasons.
Passed.
A bill to amend sections 2758, 2760.
2761, 2763, 2770, 2772 of the Code rela
tive to court contracts. Passed.
A bill to change the time of holding
the Superior Court from the fourth Mon
days in May and November to the first
Mondays in April and Ootober, to take
effect from the first day of January,
1880. Passed.
The Judiciary Committee submitted a
report. Read.
UNDER SUSPENDED RULES.
On motion of Mr. Adams, of Chatham,
the Senate bill providing for the revis
ion of jury lists in .those counties which
negleoted to do so np to the present
time. Passed.
REGULAR ORDER REBUKED.
A bill entitled an act to incorporate
the town of Belton, ,in Hall connty. Ta
bled pro tens.
A bill to make it a misdemeanor to re-
oeive oonnty taxes in oonnty orders and
speculating in the same.
The Jndlolary Committee proposed a
substitute for the bill.
The bill was passed by substitute.
A bill to amend section 1,456 of the
code. Tabled.
A bi’l to provide for e purchase of the
abstract of title book for the nse of Ful
ton county. Passed. _
A KESSAGS FROM THE SENATE,
announcing the passage of a number of
House bills.
The Committee on RaleB submitted a
A bill to amend the acF establishing a
city court in the city of Atlanta. Pass
ed.
A bill to to define the meaning of the
general tax act' relative to tbe sewing
machine trade. Pasded.'
A bill to rednoe certain larcenies after
trust to misdemeanor when the conver
sion is less than $50.
The bill was lost, not receiving the
Constitutional majority, bnt Mr. Halsey
called for the yeas and nays. Call sus
tained and the vote then stood yeas 85,
nays 30. So the bill was lost.
A bill to provide for escapes from chain
gangs. Passed.
A bill to provide for one Commissioner
of Roads and Revenues in Forsyth conn
ty. Paeaed and ordered to be transmitted
to the Senate.
To amend the Charter of Hillsboro.
Passed.
A bill to define the duties of the Attor
ney General. The oommittee proposed a
substitute. Passed.
A bill to provide for an appropriation
of money to pay the expenses of the spec
ial Joint Wild Land Committee.
The bill was considered in the com*
mittee of tho whole. -Mr. McWhorter in
the chair.
Mr. Baine moved to pay the Sergeant
at-Arms $4.00 a day. Lost.
After considering the bill, the com
mittee rose, reported progress and recom
mend that the bill pass by substitute
offered by the Finance Committee.
The substitute was adopted and the
bill passed.
On motion or Mr. Phillips, of Cobb,
the rules were suspended, and a bill in
troduced and read tbe first time, pro
viding for commissioners to appraise the
grounds offered by the City of Atlanta
for the new oap-tol. Referred to the
oommittee on the judioiary.
A bill to raise money to pnrohase a
bridge over tbe Flint River, by an issue
of bonds to an amount not exoeeding
{30,000, maturing in fifteen years. Tbe
bill passed 90 to 0.
A bill to incorporate the Town of East
man, in Dodge oonnty. Passed.
A bill to authorize tbe commissioners
of Deoatnr oonnty to issne bonds for a
sum not exooeding four thousand dol
lars, in order to build a bridge over Flint
river, near or at Bainbridge, providing
for extra tax for tbe payment of said
bonds. The bill passed by a vote of 95
to 0.
A bill to amend section 4569 of the
Code of 1873. Passed.
On motion of Mr. Turner, the bill
providing for the suspension of the
Comptroller-General or the Treasurer for
malpraotioe in offioe, as well to provide
for appointment by the Governor of a
suitable person to disoharge the duties of
said officers.
On motion of Mr. Miller, of Houston,
the bill was recommitted to the judioiary
oommittee, with the request tnat said
oommit.ce report on the bill as soon as
possible.
The House then adjourned unti!l '3:30
to read bills tbe second time.
The bill offered by Mr. Jordan, of
Wilkes, making it ponal offense for em
ployees to violate labor contracts, is one
of much importance. The provisiono of
thi3 bill a3 amended by the committee,
looks to the correction of the hardships
our farmers have to endure by being in
a measure at the mercy of unresponeible
freedmen, who often leave their employ
ers at the mo3t important and busy sea
son of tho year.
This bill is a good one and should
pass.
THE INVESTIGATORS
have made considerable progress ia their
labors, and though it is impossible to
get anything out of them, yet there are
many rumors afloat to the effect that
another State offioer will bo called on to
explain, to wit, Capt. Nelms, principal
keeper of the penitentiary.
The oommittee, rumor says, have dis
covered various irregularities in the con
duct of the office, but as yet nothing can
be defiaitely learned. Casoltnn.
THE SENATE.
Atlanta, August 27, 1879.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, and was
calldd to order by President Lester.
Prayer by Rev. John P. Duncan,
the Chaplain.
The roll was called and a quorum
found present.
The journal was read.
Mr. Clarke offered an amendment to
the rules of prooeedme in the impeach
ment trial of Washington L. Goldsmith,
which provided for the service of sub-
pconas on parties in other counties.
Agreed to.
A message from the House announcing
(he passage of aertain bills was received.
Mr. Candler oconpied the ohair.
HOUSE BILLS READ FIRST THIS.
To give to Justices of the Peace au
thority to foreclose mortgages on per
sonal property where the principal sum
does not exceed $100. Judiciary.
To authorize the Governor to exohange
certain lands in Chattanooga. Judiciary.
To prohibit the State Treasurer or any
other officer from using the State’s
money. Judioiary.
To incorporate the Ooonee River
Steamship Company. Corporations.
To amend the law relating to court
contracts. Judiciary.
To prohibit oounty officers from specu
lating in oounty orders. Finauoe.
To provide one Road Commissioner
for Forsyth connty. Finance.
To enlarge the dalles of the A:torney
General. Jndielsry.
To amend charter of E»tman. Cor*
potations.
To declare the meaning of tho soation
taxjng sawing machine dealers. Jadici-
ary.
To authorize commissioners of Deoatnr
county to issue bonds to build a bridge
over the Flint River. Finance.
Under a suspension of the rales Mr.
Clarke offered a bill to define tho juris
diction of Connty Courts.
Leave of absenee was granted Mr.
Hudson for fifteen urinates.
The hoar of 11 o’olook to-morrow was
set as the time for memorials of Hon.
Jacob O. Clements deceased.
There was no bnsiness before the
Senate and a motion to adjonrn was made.
The yeas were 10 and the nays 10. The
chair voted no and the motion was tost.
Hon. Herschel V. Johnson was in the
gallery daring the loll in the proceedings.
Mr. Preston moved to take np bills
which were on the table. Lost
Under snpension ofjthe rules,the Senate
took np and passed a bill to incorporate
the Brnnswiak and St. Louis Telegraph
Company.
A bill to amend the act incorporating
tbe town of Thomson so as to increase
the liquor license and shows was taken np
and passed.
A message from the Governor with a
sealed communication.
On motion of Mr. Harrison, the Senate
went into executive session and confirmed
Wellborn F. Clarke Judge of the Connty
Court of Randolph connty.
The Senate then retnrned to open ses
sion and then adjourned.
The bill was read, amended, and pass
ed on a call tor the yeas and nays by a
vote of 104 to 26:
Mr. King, of Floyd, offered a resoln*
tion that the House adjourn after to-day
until next Thursday, with oonsent of tbe
Senate, and that it is the sense of the
Honse that the members shall hot re
ceive any per diem or mileage daring
the proposed recess.
Mr. King favored the zecess.
Mr, Yancy, of Clark, opposed the re
cess in a speech of sense and brevity.
Mr. Turner also was Bgrinst the reso
lution. There was a plenty of work be
fore the House, and they ought to do this
work and take their recess afterwards.
We have no business visiting our con
stituents
Mr. Hanks—It is not thej'reason we
want to go home that we desire to see
our wives?
Mr. Turner—I do not know how it-is
with the House, the gentleman may have
more desire on that subject than the rest
of us, and I will vote for bis absence on
tbij plea whenever he feels the necessity
of going home. [Laughter.] '
Mr. Wright, of Richmond, movad' ^l
■trike ont the part relative to pet diem
and mileage. Adopted.
Mr. Mathews called for the yeas and
nays on the reaV of the resolution, bnt
Mr. King withdrew the resolution by
oonsent of the House.
Mr. Crawford ssksd to suspend tbe
rales so as to refer a hill to the jndioiary
commutes. Agreed to.
RULES SUSPENDED.
On motion of Mr. Carr, of Rockdale, the
rules were suspended, and the Senate
bill to prescribe the manner of changing
oonnty lines, was taken np and read the
second time.
The bill to establish a Bystem of com
mon schools In Oartersville, was taken
np and read the second time.
Mr. Smith, of Oglethorpe, a resolution
that the House hold three sessions a day.
Voted down.
Several standing committees submit
ted reports.
Mr. Dubose moved to suspend tbs rales
and take np a bill providing for the O’ev
tion of Connty Courts In each oounty in
the State, for the purpose of having it
printed. Agreed to. Three hundred
copies of tbe Bnbatitue ordered printed
and made the regular order for Monday
week.
Mr. Fort moved that the general rail-
road bill be made the speoial older for
next Tuesday. Did not preva 1.
REGULAR BUSINESS BE5UMSD.
Mr. Davidson, of Sumter, to provide
for tbe per diem of deoeased members.
Jndioiary.
Also a bill relative to a prisoner’s testi
fyiog in bis own osBe. Judioiary.
CALL OF COTJNTUB FCB NEW HATTER.
Mr. Cannon, of Bartow—A bill to
amend the law relative to the families of
deceased representatives receiving their
baek pay. Referred to Judiciary Com
mittee.
Also, a resolution directing the Princi
pal Keeper of tbe Penitentiary to deliver
to the Oartersville and Van Wert Rail
road a sufficient- camber of convicts to
complete said railroad. Referred to ths
Committee on the Penitentiary.
Mr. Butlor, of Camden—A bill to re
peal tho act incorporating the town of
Stellary. Referred to Committee on Cor
porations. ,
Also, a bill to provide for the registra
tion of tbe legal voters of Camden
county. Referred to Judioiary Commit
tee.
Mr. Yancey offered a memorial, which
was referred to tbe Committee on Agri
culture.
Mr. Buchan, of Dodge—To abolish tho
county contt of said connty. Referred
to Judiciary Committee,
Mr. Tate, of Elbert—To amend an act
to create a county court in said county.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr. Paine, the Sensto
amendments to the resolution to pay tbe
families of deceased members their back
pay was taken up, read, concurred in aud
transmitted to the Senate.
Mr. Hulsey, of Fulton, to allow mo.
lions for new trials after vardict or jndg«
mcnb in oollatorni <^\acetioDs after verdict
or judgment in the main iBBne. Judiciary.
Mr. Mynatt, of Falton, to allow the
city of Atlanta to condemn certain land
for street purposes. Finance.
Mr. McWhorter, of Greene, to amend
section 2341 of the code of 1873. Judici
ary.
Mr. Hutchens,tc repeal the law allowing
rewards for conviction of persons for
burning gin houses. Finance.
Mr. Redwine, to regulate the compen
sation of the Clerk of the House and Sec
retary o! the Senate. Referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Mr. Dixon, to provide for pro hac vise
judges. Judiciary.
Mr. Clegg, of Lee, to repeal tho act
creating a Connty Court for Leo county.
Jadiciary.
Mr. Colline, of Mitchall, to provide for
th9 compensation of County Commission
ers in said county. Finance.
Mr. Bird, of Tatnal, to render it un
lawful for any Solioitor-General to dis
charge auy prisoner from custody. Ja-
dioiary.
Mr Smith, of Walton, to amend sec
tion 4372 of the Code. Judioiary.
BILLS OF THE THIRD BEADING.
A bill to make it a penal offense for
any employee of the State to reoeive any
fee or reward for influencing or attempt
ing to influenoe, directly or indireotly,
the Governor of this State, or tbe head
of any department of this State, in the
discharge of any official duty, on pain of
imprisonment of from one to twenty
years In the penitentiary. The bill
passed by a vote of 99 to 0.
A bill to prescribe the practice in
claim cases. Tabled oh account of the
absence of the introducer, Jndge HslI.
A bill to amend i the law on the inspec
tion of fertilizers. Tabled.
A bill to make the empleyment of a
minor, without the first obtained con
sent of parent or guardian, illegal.
Mr. Humber proposed an amendment,
whioh was agreed to. The bill was, after
soma discussion, finally recommitted to
the judiciary committee.
A bill to authorize tbe Ordinary of
IN A SWING.
BE.
Bach dais; undereeath yotr feet
Should count itself thrice iujipr, sweet;
Bach . urple trodden olOTer.beod
Should thank you e-en when’tie dead.
How bleat is every twisted strand
OI rope encircled by your hand!
Now up a little: f-ster! sol
As through the soft June airyougv,
I wish thatl might always stay
Below joa. as I am t -day.
Keeping you far above all care
0 hat other women have to bear:
And high in air though you might be,
you always must come back to me.
SEE.
Hear heart, it Juno staved all year long.
It twisted ropes were always strong,
If d-isy bloom and clover head
Were never brown an! withered;
II every ribbon ou the tree
Hid not look down and wink at me,
And say: 'That creature tnes to fly.
But knows not how to soar on high;”
III could bring these things to pass
Then you should stand unon the grass,
And 1 above your head would swing.
But life is quite another thing:
Since one of us on earth must bide.
The other should not leave his side.
Appleton’s Journal.
Tbe Tildeu Boom in Georgia*
N. Y. Sun.)
A careful canvass of the General Assem
bly shows that abont three-fifths favor the
renomination or Tilden. The remainder fa
vor Hendricks and Bayard Senators Gordon
and Hill are both understood to ba warmly
in favor of Tilden. After Tilden, Ewingps
preferred, provided be wing in Ohio.
Not stri. win bat Awtni Smart.
N.Y Sun)
Mr. Oyruj W. Field,
“ Than whom, _Hatau excepted, none higher
Bit,”
thinks rlr. Tilden was not quite straight
about his elevated railway operations; out
he admitted that the bsge of Gramercy
F*rk has already pocketed a cool million by
selling ont. " Uncle Hammy mayn’t be
straight, bat he’s awful smait ”
Pretty Generally lor Tilden*
Cincinnati Commercial Washington Special.)
Officials who retnra here from the water- had caught an enmmoas tmV
ing piaoes, where they have met politicians the paiMugers miglS like to UkA^ d i h % n8tu
from all part* of the country, report that the t>-j ™— . 810 “ ae * look »tit
Democrats are pretty generally for Tdden’s
renomination, and that among Bepub'ioans
the officials and Administration men are for
Sherman, while the anti-Admioistration men
are for Grant In sea side politics Grant
and Sherman soem to pe alono spoken of.
Ahead ot Henry.
N. Y. Sun.)
Henry Wateraon writes to his paper from
Block Island about the GonkUng-Bprague
business: “Iwish I may be harpooned,”
says be, " if ever I heard of anything like it
in all my perusal of wicked fiis'.ory from
Olaudins down to Henry Ward Beecher.’ 1
AFTER THS^WEDDIsa.
All alone in my room at™ tl
I wonder how f«r they have ,
They 11 be very far when thanlwSiff ^
And so I would -if I knew »*«,
How calm ihe was with her sai-ii t.V .
Her eyes are violet, mine are bl « flctl
How ceralex I am with my mot W. i
Her hands are softer anl wMiffi^m
They have gone to the city beyond
They must never come tiack l-Ii
again. K t0 «ui jfc,.
I’m almost afraid to sit here itill
If uworid but thunder aid
Oh no! for some one may not be at res«.
Some one, ptrhaps, is travelir.,- .
I hope that the moon m»y shine
Aud heaven be .tarry id
It ia only one summer that she’s been w
It has been my home for mtmS vl*’,
And seventeen summers of h»nr«MkP re,r d
Fall dead to-ni«ht in a rein ef^J. 00 ®
»“ darkaU dari in Ihe midnight
Father in heaven, may I have rest M ’
One hour of rest Ar this acbinrWi
For this throbbing hear? in my ^.
Iloved him more than he understands
For him I prayed for my soul in iVnii
For him I am kneeling with lilted hind,'
To lay at his feet my shattered youth ’
I loved,and I love, I iove him st-lf “*
More than father, mother, or life
My hope of hopes was to Dear hit n'.m.
My heaven of heavens to be his wiief
His Wife! the name that angels breaths
The words hall not crimson my t hLv
shame. J wc *q
’ T,r0 “wrerih 0 l * e “ “ T 8lWy As to
In ths princely heart from which it .•am.
And the kiss 1 gave to the bride to-nirh-_'
Hia bride till life and light grow dim—
God only knowa how 1 pressed her lic«
That the kiss to hsr might he giv-n tshim
Cincinnati Conaurrii’
A pretty piotureisa healthy loekia.
end well cared for baby. By thsnmS
Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup J you /an 4
Si
train on the Erie railroad by k givi‘g^‘
ger signal- “What’c the malte^ iha 8 /^'
tor asked. The man coolly renlied S
had oaueht an enormnna ***'!•
Well* Hardiy £ver.
Augusta Newi.l
Elder Henry J. Munson, the Advent
preacher who married himself to a lady
in Mdssachatetts, has been sent to jail for
the offense. This reminds ns that a oter-
gyman ones asked the BUhop of Nor
wich, "Can I marry myself?” Tne Bish
op answered in Yankee style, by asking,
"Can yon bury youiself?” That wa3 a
quick way to dispose of the matter.
Compliments lor Kearnry.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist.!
It has been the fashion to make sport
of Dennis Kearney and to treat him with
contempt, but be is evidently a man of
mark and not a bit of a fool. His oontrol
over the masse3 in California is some
thing wonderful, and it must be said to
his credit that he has recently used bis
power with wisdom and moderation. A
word from him, and San Francisco
would have been sacked by an infuriated
and irrea'slible mcb.
Let Her Best Awhile.
N. Y Express )
New York has already farniehrd ifonr can-
d dates for tbe Fresiuency in succession—
MoOlallan in 1EG1, Seymour in 1863, Greeley
in 1872 and Tilden in 1876. Three of these
candidates were defeated by the people, and
the fonrth suffered himie f to be cheated
out Of the office after be woe eleotoJ 6t> it by
the people; lor even Justice Miller admits
that tbe Eleotoral vote of Louisiana belong
ed to tbe Democrats by between seven and
eight thousand votes. In juslioa to the
Democrats of other States who are equally
interested in the issue, the next candidate
should not be taken from New York.
A Sugar-Cured Canvas Ham.
Editorial Correspondence ot Atlanta Dispatch.
While I was prancing over Main street,
in Gainesville, a man came npand said
in a kindly voice, "You’re a stranger,
but yon drink.” He was a newspaper
man. First time I ever laid eyes or him,
’pon my word, but there was something
about him that told me he was a quill-
driver. Hensequently I followed him as
he floated in the mud, atd made a lard
ing at a saloon.
“What will you testify?” asked ayourg
man behind the bar.
“A little sugar,” said I, as the man
laid a canvassed ham on the counter;
"There’s only one man in this town
who takes sugar in his’n,” the young
man said, as he poised the bam on his
forefinger and gave it a twirl.
"You seem to think a great deal of that
meat,” I observed.
"Yer bet yer sweet life I do. All the
gold, Smith, in tbe State couldn’c buy
this ham.”
We compromised on Lemonade.
A MOUNTAIN OF MYSTERY.
One Explanation of the Cause
of that Georgia Mountain Mink-
fog.
Special io the Courier. Jonmal.l
Gainesville, Ga., August 23.—The
myBtery over the sinking menntain is
still unsolved; unless the explanation
given by Mr. Stephenson, an old and ac
complished scientist, is the true one. He
has lived in the gold-bearing section ever
since tbe first white men oame here. He
says that he distinctly remembers that
abont forty years ago a shaft of a mine
was ran nnder the edge of the mountain
and afterward abandoned. Later the wa
ter of the river, whioh ran near by,
filtered through into this shaft,
aud washed away all traee of it.
It is a very rapid, snift
and he
i au a, auD v* mountain stream, ana he supposes
ClSke“oountlr U tTisBueTertain fouipw ■J&LSSsSi
cent., bonds to take np certain seven per
cant, outstanding bonds. Passed.
A bill to authorize the Mayor and coun
cil of Athens to nse oertain money paid
as tax by the Mutual Insurance company
for building cisterns. Passed.
A bill to incorporate tbe Athens
Transfer Railroad company. Passed.
Tbe House then adjourned till 3:30,
to read bills the second time.
The oommittecs appointed to investi
gate the heads of the State departments
are hard at work. They obtain leave of
absence ev^ry day, and are in session all
the time. Their deliberations beief;
secret, it is impossible to tell wbat will
be the reBnlt of their labors. The gen
eral impression is, however, that arttoles
of impeaohment will ba preferred against
Capt. Nelms, Mr. Renfros and Dr. Janes,
but it is impossible to report anything
definite or certain. Caboltnn.
Atlanta, August 27, 1879-
TEE HOUSE
met at 9 a. to.
The Speaker in ths Chair.
Prayer by ths Chaplain, Rev. J. Jones,
D. D.
The roll was called.
The Journal read and approved.
The-entire ees lion last afternoon was
consumed in a formal reading of bills the
second time.
Mr. Hulsey, af Falton, after proper
notice, moved to reooneider the notion of
the House on a biU to reduce certain lar
cenies after trust to misdemeanors from
felonies. The motion prevailed.
Mr. Halsey moved to take up the bill
oh a suspension of the rules.
Mr. Cox, of Troup, called for ihe yets
aud nays. The call was not sustained,
and the motion to tike np prevailed.
A Disappointed Husband.
How many young husbands have been
wakened from their dreams of domestic hap
piness end prosperity by tbe anxious care of
a sickly wife! Tbe home ia not tbe elysium
the lover bad so fondly pictured. Its atmos
phere ia gloomy with invalid complaints.
8weet-winged hope that at first brooded on
its hearth none, soon tied, ’and an ominous
bird is there instead, croaking of disappoint
ment. Ths many little honseho'd offioes
that should ba the delight of the wife to per
form are confided to strangers. Ihe homo
soon becomes one only in name, and tbe
disappointed husband seeks pleasure and so
ciety elsewhere, and goes downward step by
step, from vice to vioa, nntil tbe rain is com
plete ; end all beoante a wife has loet her
health, and with it her temper and all thoee
sweet womanly gTaoes that oan alone retain
the lore the maiden bad won. Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription is an effioacious reme
dy for tbe painful diseases and weakness in
cident to the female organUm. It is both a
tonic and a nervine, strengthening tbe parte
as well as remedying tbe diseased condition.
For ohildren liv-ng in tenement build
ings and crowded cities, where they o n.
net get tbe benefit of pare, exhiltretia?,
health-giving conn ty i-irand Irave’, Dr.
Mcffet’s Teethina (I’eething Powders) ss
invaluable, «
shaft and enlarged the hole nntil there
was a vast obssm of a half mile long, and
folly as broad and half as deep. He
thinks this washing continued until the
rapport of about one-third of the moan-
tain was eaten away, and it then tomb-
led into the chasm. It seems almost in
credible that this oonld be true, and yet
it is the only explanation offered. This,
Mr. Stephenson holds, wonld aocount for
the continued sinking of the broken
mass, as he holds that the liver is still
eating it away. Thousands of persons
have visited the scene, and many super-
stitioas fears have been raised on acoonnt
of the fall of the mountain. The whole
gold-bearing section ia foil of violent
streams, falls and casoades, and there Is
soma few subterranean streams ot con
siderable size.
Nsw York is at last waking np to the
danger of losing its splendid harbor
through the dumping of the oity garb
age into important ship and steamboat
channels, one of whioh has been reduced
in depth within three years from fifty-
fonr feet to twenty-six. All the channels
leading ont of the harbor bave in that
time become narrower and shallower,
and the harbor is apparently on a rapid
road to rain. Mach of the garbage
damped by the scows is driven back to
the shores, polluting them and becoming
a stench in the nostrils of large neigh
borhoods. The laws provide that offal
and garbage shall be damped beyond
certain specified points, too far out to
endanger the channels of navigation or
affect the health of the oity. Bnt the
oontracton have persistently violated
this regulation, and are daily damping
their soows inside the legal limit, in the
very piaoes where they must do the great-
eat possible damage to navigation and
health. The police commissioners bave
time and again denied the stories, and
have never done anything to oorrect tbe
evil, but the Herald has at last furnished
positive proof against them. The Eng
lish law makes it a penal offense to
damp ashes or garbage in the harbor of
Liverpool. ,
--Bad look seems to attend Ardh'^
PnroelL The Catholic banffig
Bussing A Co., CInoinnatti, collapsed tv!
»f6- J »asfSr£SS
“»-w ot
his retnra to his home In Vir. inia » T , jw
one year’s experience in tho House Suit
with poLtios, and that when hia term exoirc*
he intends to retire in pirate life.’
i:.I7 v B? 1 ?bout four years old mJr
little boy abont six hac been cm’ioned nt
the neat-egg. butenemorai
when they went for the egc-ths littS
took it and started for the ho/e H i
appointed brother followed, cryinK -wX
measureebyr* 18 * 6 ' 8 g °‘ lLe to
—The Oneter Monument at Wett Point hu
been completed’ and will be unveiled input
33 with mUitary honors. Gen. Geo. B Me.
Gleli&n, who is now stopping »t West Point
will remain until after tbe ceremony takes
place. Gens. Sheriden and Phenaw, ini
the surveying officers of the Outer Ocm-
m and, ara to be present. Weat Point hi
suitable plaoe to commemorate the msmorr
or the gallant Cuater- ’the Bravest of th 4
Brave,’whose career all good soldie svil
honor.
i "liMethodist hymnal ever forced
intho United St&*e8 f was ompiled soft
after John and Charloe .'Wealey arrival fo
Georgia, then anEngluh colonv, in Febrm,
ry, 1736 Charles returned to Engtind after
six month, hut John remained in Amer'ci
about two y ars, durirg which time he puh-
liahed in South Carolina, ‘A Collection of
Berime and Hymns. Gimlea-Town; Prin.
ted by Lewis Timothy, 1737 ’ It conttina7l
hymns—40 for Eunday. 20for 17630083450;
Friday, and 10 for Eaturday.
Thz Eeaily Mosquito.—Particulars cf
the strange death of a ladfiom zuoequito
bites are given by the ralisbuiy Ad eertuer:
‘One day last week Jamss 6ie«ut, a twelve-
year-old son of James fitewait. ro.-idir;
near ’Willy’s Neck, Lake district, Dorcheeter
county, was sent into an ont field to mites
smother, to keep tho moeqmtoea from the
cattle. Not oomiDB tiscK ai.er a rsitomlila
time had elapsed tho father went into the
field to seacn for him. He was fonnd, lying
face downward on ihe ground, iLid, hit
month, throat, nose and ears iitenli; pith
ed with mosquitoes.’
VimwiA Bid Ois Ka Tjudz —Tho P.’fli-
dent of the Oytter Packing Aasocuticn is
Norfolk, in Y-rginia, gives rcrao in crtefug
facts relative to the growth cf Yi-g nii’s
oyster trade. The number of Lueheli cf
shell oysters taken this y tar from Virginia
waters will be three million, and mora thin
one-third of this amount ia now handled b;
the packers of Norfolk »nn Portsmouth. Ihi
avenge value of oysters is about 85 cents i
bushel, which would nr-ka tho valus of the
oyeters handled in Norfo.k yearly reach
$850,000. Tne oysters are »hipped in every
conceivable manner known to the trade.
The basinets has been Limit up since fit
o’.oeeo the war, aid is s oadlly in reieitiO
How Ehxbwan Deuvsis t rsEcars.-i
Wsahington ■ pedal to ihe New York Wont
says: Notwituetandirg tho aeceitioD* that
Secretary Shermra isnctuiing hia cffisetc
further his candidacy for the Prteideclii!
nomination, every onca in a while a bs
comes to the eurf&ce which p->;u:s the other
way. A prominent poliiio.an Item Tea lies-
see says that his State is beieg flooded win
Sherman's Maino speech, eon; out in Treu<
uty envelopes. This is done to avoid t«
payment or postage, Tho envelopes bav:
printed on them a notioo to tbe effect mil
anyone uaitg them for pnvaie mtiierb
avoid the payment of pcstag- ehill bslia-w
to a fine of $300.
—The mosquito plagne on the Eut®
Shore of Mtryiand must be very bid. Tut
superintendent and train bands cf the rail
road near Cambridge declares that tbe mot-
quitoea have been so thick as to obecure fit
light of the sun. aud that lighted lampsbars
been necessary at mid-day in th3 stires an.
ocunting-rooms. A newepaper correspon
dent writes: ’Never in the history of Tru«
kin have the mosquitoes been so thick u
they have been during the put week. Tkk
isnoreet n'ght or day; onr only remedy a
emokt! smoke! And we hive smoked M
much that our old women andyonngwyOWi
too, look like dried beef on the hoof
—The September Ecleclio has a wellnw*'
up table of selections, iiiciading Thotcs
Hughes’ not veiy brilliant ek:tch of ’Bsnji'
min Franklin,’ from the Contiraporarf
Saroey’s ‘Comedie Frannae’ and tho concitw'
irg instalment of Hir Henry Tbomfona «•
ramble paper on ‘Fool and Feeding iron
tho Nineteen’h Century, the latter me-
proachabie from the standpoinU'f f hf*? 1
gieal or gastronomiosl science; XMjn
Arnold’s very just appn.ci»tion cf norw-
worth from Macmillan’?, and
Proctor’s paper on ‘Mechanical Oheea-pa.
ers,’ very readable by people of the
generation, though the subject haa o-
frequently hindled before. ‘Mtdomoaj-.
de Menas’ is oontinned and ‘White W*t
bason. . ~ ,v, i
The Dr-Hiti Work in Maise —5
ington special to the World etys: J ae r,
publican State Committee of Maine
made s demand on the Congressional
paign Committee here for more funds to
it in (tarrying on the campaign in thati w**
ss it says the tide ia strongly
party, and the only chance of cinyinsr
State is by the free and liberal use of m®*-;
whioh most be bad. Qtherwhe theca*':
will be hopelessly loet. The Congress®*
Committee has directed that another as** I
meat be levied on the clerks and cmP'TC I
in the Treasury and other department** I
that purpose. Many of the clerk* di®“ ^ I
this oonatast tax on them for the bow® „ I
the Maine politicians, but are comi*s I
submit, as if thsydo not they W*®* j
moved from their po tions. I
Tu OauFOEBii In ami—The Chm_.
News and Courier says miny n*w;p?j
readers will remember the ‘Eeveracn ^
Kalloch, who is now causingsomnchBv
in Ban Francisco, as ths wratch *™ ^ I
yean ago had to leave Oonnecbcnto j
oonnt of of a nameless enmo I
whils in charge of a little girls ecj> * ^ I
Nutmeg State. He next turned up
■as, ws believe, where he went int
and managed epeedlyto ’ r» h** I
savory reputation. Now, it ’ b . dii I
drifted to the Golden Stats, wh < ^ij |
of a glib and reckless tongue, h *^^
have won prominent* as a repr**
the ‘workingmen.’ The woriungm^j
not poaeibly have ohosen a ®?£ 8 ^J|
and disreputable leader. . ri* j
snob a scoundrel evea Dennis Kearw^
to the dignity of a gentleman, a |
and a patriot. .
The Tbmfbbatues Wednesdiy a
ing In V.nsviUa at sunilsa was
61,
ir»‘
town 63. Some pespl® -
take off the ohlll of the rttom'M ’
is not weither to hasten the ma
oottor, and the plant is !d3 ‘ ^ ^
rapidly in ths mitieroftime. i ^
ably three weeks behind time •
oality. ~
If you have a Sick
of Dr. BaU’e Baltimore Fi'te > w8
will fi d relief,