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OEOBQIA. PKE88.
Tex NLurBXA.TEBN Railway Bonds.
-Thoi * deems ecm» trouble ahead about
has b.>rds, acccrdiog to a eorrespon-
]«fst cl t .n Augusta Chronicle who writes
u follows:
B.rly in toe present session, Ur. 8hef-
fi. H, of Miller, introduced a bill to de
clare the SiaieY endorsement of the
bonds or tbe Northeastern Railroad
illegal. i>nll and void. The bill was not
noticed much. It went through the rapid
xontin** of a first reading and went to
the Judiciary Committee. I hear that
the commit tee bad a little squabble over
it* hu*- agreed by a decided majority to
report in f*vor of Its passage. When
this repo.', was rend in tbe Houre a day
or two a ;o, it opened the eyes of not a
few womb?***. There is enro to be a
sharp oono at on the passage of this bill
when it comps np. It will be warmly
hhampioued by Mr. Sheffield and others,
and ttie di oureion will bring up a lot of
2 uestio.i'> which wore supposed to be
nail? settled. The holders of the bonds
are, uf c orae, uneasy at this juncture.
The opposition to the bill is very strong,
and may uvnl to defeat the bill.
These, it »iil be remembered, are the
bonds th« s going of which by the Gov
ernor n-s t tmed such depths in Geor
gia
The Attanti rost baa been figuring
and finds <uat tbe per dibin of absent
member', of tbe Legieiatnre has np to the
.preset) • lima, has aggrrg ited t2,400, and
adds this ^rowi; .
This cli mate does not tabs into ac
count the days when the whole House or
Senate «”ce off duty. This would double
the estimate already given. And tbe evil
is daily increasing. The Legislature L
doing !*■** work than it did the week pre-
vian-. 4L>noy is being wasted upon ia-
'VeitigatiT.s of fraod which are to plain
that ieveatigariu,' is uuueca-.birj; time
la sp-ut upon legislation which is not
needed, the public funds are being ex
pended and tbe people must foot the
Will
Milieu has shipped a carload of new
cotton to Savi.nntb, and ia naturally
grea-ly uplifted thereat.
Mb Pin* Manuet, of the Atlanta po
lice force, is e£E duty wrh a broken leg,
the resort of an old fashioned “rassle”
With two of his comrades.
A (ate noteworthy episode in Atlanta
life, was the robbery, at high noon last
Sunday, of Franklin & Wilkin’s store, on
Mitch.. H street. Bat the burglar only
realise; three or four dollars at last, as
a policeman hurried his movements,
A special <.0 the Constitution, from Nor-
cross, reports the burning of Murray’a
griet mill, Sunday night, with a loss of
SS.OOO sod only partial insurance.
Tho cdl.or of the Savannah Recorder,
bile in Atlanta, recently unearthed the
Mowing letter, written by William
ongstreof, father of Judgo LoDgstreet.
AugWcXA, Ga., Sept. 20.h, 1793.
Sia—l make no doubt but that you
have often heard of my steamboat, and
us ofiea hen d it laughed at. Butin
this I h'W' 1 only shared the fate of all
other projectors, for it has uniformly
been tbe custom of every couutry to riii
cnleevt-a the greatest inventions until
nee has proved their utility.
In no. .'during my scheme to practice
has beta a tittle unfortunate for me, I
confess ( >nd perhaps the people in gen
era*), bus until very 1 .tely I did not thick
that either artists or materials could be
had ia U-is pluo euffioitn .
Howi-vor, necessity, that grand source
of invention, no? fa.-oUhed m3 with an
idea of p .fecting m/ plan, almost en
tirely with wuod-ia materials, and by
each workmen as a« be got nore, and
from a thorough confidence of its success
I prop so to nsX your assistance and
patronage.
Should it sncceod agreeable to my ex
pectations, I hope I shall discover that
eenee of duty which such favor always
merit, u-.fl should it not succeed, yrnr
reward must lay wi;a other unlucky ad*
venturers.
For in. to mention to you ail ihs ad-
vantages arising from such a machine
wenid be tedious, and, indeed, qnite an-
ntch-uj. Therefore I have taken the congratulation by their constituents that
liLci.y just to state in this plain, ham- onr denature had become eoavlneed that*
bin manner, mv wish and opinion, which
I hope yon will excuse, and I shall re
main, '.ither with or witaout your ap-
. proba;. a, your Erc. ,1 moy’s most obe
dient end very humble servant,
Wm. Longstbeet.
To bis Excellency, Edward Telfair.
A OjunxspoNDEKT of the Griffin Nevis
• lakes that paper aharply to task for some
of its rrOfnt assaults upon iho Lsgisla-
lure. Tie eaje:
Why attack them ? Do yon really be
lieve that the people are with you ? D
you think that the people are saying
that the only legislative body has met in
Georgia for years have come together
and commenced to rip np and expose to
view the rrtten frands of officials, is “a
fraud and a diagtaoe to Georgia” ? Do
yon mink that the first Democratic body
which exposes tho faults of its own polit
ical honeeaold is ‘‘a fraud and disgraoa” P
Do yon think a senso of morel courage
which attacks those in position, and re
■ fuses to be ovbtawed by power or no-
dneed by bribes, ia a ‘'fraod and dis
grace” ?
Let me tell yon that it will pay the
people of Georgia for this L-giaialive
body t-j bit and condone to sit until it
eettles one question—until it establishes
ono feot. terrible to corrupt men—that
public officials cannot abuse the high
trusts committed to their charge. And
if you thiok that that Legislative body
which cbtalilhihoa thisfael is ii‘‘rrand -nd
'disgrace,” conclusion is based upon some
principle of reasoning that I cunfe-a I
cannot understand.
We think wa have heard occasional
sneering at tho wire grass counties, bnt
hero is something for tbe sneerers to pnt
in their pipps. The Baxley Gazette says
the "taxable property of Appling coanty
has increased siooa lait year over eighty
thousand dollars! The increase last year
over the year before was apwarde of
twenty thousand dollars. There are
OTer twelve hundred polls returned. We
anticipate a still greater increase tne en
suing year, for there aro some very valu
able mills being erected in the coanty.
Tho taxes assessed for all county purpo
ses the present year is forty--2re cents on
the one hundred dollars.”
The local of the Savannah Neves has
onr felicitations. He has been feasting
on pears and pomegranates of one pound
two ounces in weight, and "remirkably
fine and luscious.”
The JTcics notes the death in San Fran
cisco, recently, of Mrs. Jos. Bernhardt,
formerly of Savannah, where she was
well known. Her husband was of the
firm of Bernhardt & Kiyton.
When Sivannah burglars give their
whole minds to a stroke of professional
business, they defy competition. For
example: Oa Sunday night they entered
and completely rifled a green-grocer’s
Btore, corner Bolton and Birnird streets,
. not even leaving a cabbage leaf or
■ spoiled potato.
The News says Isaac Johnson, a col
ored man, was ran over by a lumber train
in tho Atlantic and Golf Railroad yard
about two o’clock yesterday morning, and
so severely injured that he died shortly
Afterwards. How the accident occurred
. n not definitely k-own as yet.
The Savinatb Recorder is first In the
field, in G.orgia at least, with a Pre.-i-
d sfiial lies-1. It is Tharmca and , T bhc-
8 OB.
Gaft.' "R. a. S. Freeman, late of the
Sal Georgia 'regiment, proposes a re-
utoo of that regiment at Atlanta some
.tuus daring fair week.
The Constitution concludes an editorial
on the Goldtmith trial as follows:
We are inclined to urge theee views
npon the attention of the Senate for the
reason that there seems to be in the at-
mosphere the signs of a pressure to bo
brought to bear upon that body—vague
and undefined, it is true, but palpable
enough, nevertheless, to be mistaken by
thoughtless persons for publio opinion.
Even Senators, if we are not misinformed,
have imprudently commented upon the
case, thereby laying themselves open to
a charge of prejndtng the ease without
hearing "the evidence. We believe that
the reflecting portion of the publio has
been just enough to suspend judgment.
Now let the Senate hear the evidence
impartially and pronouncs its verdict in
accordance therewith. In no other way
can the ends of justice be subserved.
Columbus is reaching out in imagina
tion for one hnndred thousand bales of
cotton the coming season. At least the
Times has some talk to that point.
The Augusta Evening News eaya the
Enterprise factory of that city has sold
tbe past week all the manufactured
goods it had on hand, and has orders
enough to keep tbe machinery at fall
speed and the hands on full time for
zome time to come,
Ws copied a statement a day or two
since from the Louisville News and Farm
er, to tbe effect that Jefferson ccnniy re
turns more taxable merchandise than
Riohmond, but the Chronicle says the
figures wero wrong. InBteai of 195.000
Richmond returned $951,850.
Thebe is a sanguine gentleman up in
Pike county who expects to get sixteen
bales of ontton this year off of sixteen
acres of land,
In Emannal onnety last sale day land
ranged from fifty-four cents to three dal
lars a id eixty-flve cents per aare.
Benfroe-Goldsmith—High Couet,
Etc.—Under this comprehensive head
the Ndwnun Herald has the following de
liverance:
It is generally believed by many
in Atlanta ibat the Committee on State
Treasurer Rsnfroe’s case will report in
favor of tbe Legislature removing him
from office and appointing a new Trees
nrer, in order to obviate the immense ex
pense to the people (f an impeachment
trial by the Senate. If guilty we are sat
isfied thin is the bsst disposition that can
be made of the case. Why not have
treated the Goldsmith matter in the same
way, instead of all this tom-foolery abont
an impeachment trial? No officer of
leas dignity than a Chief Magistrate of
the State or a Chief Jastioj of th-
Supreme Court ought to be honored
witu an impeachment trial before the
Senate orgau'zad as a "High Court”
for the trial of grave offenses against tbe
people of the State. The common
courts of cbe country onght to be good
enough acd all-sufficient for the tiial of
all subordinate officers below the posi
tions mentioned. The idea of getting uo
a '‘high court” for tho trial of Goldsmith
for malpractice in office, is extremely ri
diculous, as well as expensive, when the
proper course for tho assembled wisdom
of Georgia to havo pursued, would have
been npon good evidence, if found guilty,
to have dismissed him from cfiice, ap
pointed his saccessor, turned him over for
trial before the proper tribunal, gone
right straightahead with the business they
ware sent by their constituents to trans
act, and come bick home as soon as prac
tioable. Bat grave Senators and wise
legislators are guilty at times of perpe
trating very simple or ridionloas things,
end ws are of opinion that this is one of
the occasions when they have started
ont on a trail after game not worth the
breath that will bs expended m tbe
chase. At the present writing an eff jrt
is being made by the Goldsmun counsel
to throw the case ont of the ‘‘high court”
on the ground of went of jurisdiction.
We desire that they may ausaeed, for
whether tbe Senate as a conit have juris-
die'ten over the case or not wo regard
it a i bad poiioy to wasto time or the mo
ney of the* people on its farther prosecu
tion in this direotion—and an abandon
ment of the whole matter at any stage of
the proceedings should net be cause of
surprise ot complaint on tbe part of the
people, bat rather, indeed, an occasion of
t >ld him that when the general delivery
e«me he con’d make back his losses.
When the day came, April 1st, Grant had
his convicts scattered about. Mr. Nelms
Claimed the right to deliver them in
Greene county and charge the_ twelve
dollars per head. A compromise was
finally effected at eight dollars for each.
Grant claimed that Mr. Nelms used his
office to force the payment,that is,refused
to deliver the convicts nnlesB he paid it.
For this offence he is being invetigated
by the House. Gev. Brown and Mr.
Locket say that he did nothing wrong,
that he was entitled to the money under
his contract. Mr. Grant denies it. We
will see how the Legislature views it.
A sweet potato twenty and one-half
inches in circumference gives an idea of
what Soreven coanty can do in that line
when she tries.
Sonvm county merchants are ship
ping cotton anl getting their fall goods
by way of ibe Savannah river this year.
SONG OF A 8 WIGG.
Between the leafy trees that toil
Their branches to the ■umtnarsky.
There hangs an open swing;
And now a footstep pisses by.
And float a maiden’s words across
Tbe summer silence deep and high.
And reach me where I iistninj lie.
And thus X hear her sing:
ThewinJsblow over the open plain.
And tree asthe wind I swing,
The birds dip deep in the quivering sky,
And free a> tho swallows can be am I,
Tnoagh never so high 1 dare to fly.
As merrily may I singt
Low winds, and lower dip among the grass.
Sweep aloog your emerald flair, touch mens
pass!
High, birds, and highar. reach the inSnite sky!
Wishful hesrti m ty well aspire—yon can only
flit
How above me falters in
-unlight through the shade,
Hisher! for I cannot rest.
Till I see the robin’s no t.
And the four blue eggs "iihin, -n
Tha« ‘he mo' h -r bird h»a '.aid!
I, owis folded faster ’round me
s )1 the trees' mtenser green;
L ar> arches close about me
As I ■ seep between.
Fly the birds end X fly with them,
Farther would X dare to range;
Beating to * bonndiesa rhythm
Set to music wild and strange!
Low, winds, and lower, dip among the grass,
Sweep along your emera d floor, touch me as I
pass!
High, birds, and higher, reach the infinite gky!
Wishful hearts may well aspire—you can only
fly!
Dora Head Good ale.
WHero Is sitOffisT
Philadelphia Times ]
Tho returns from California do not give
anything to indicate the whereabouts of tho
late Mr. Sacro’ary Oorh m
Good Adv.ce
Philadelphia Timms]
Those candidates .a California who have
any reason to suspect they may have been
elected had better pack tbems>lves in ice.
Tho count is going on so slowl/ that they
may sprit long before it is published.
A Suggestion.
Boston Herald.l
If donator B use. of Miasiss’ppi, should
divide np the 10,Ot)i seres of laud he has
purchased for s home in Kansas among 1,-
0DO ot bis colored brethren, instead of oscu-
Dying it him3slf, what a hero he wou'd be
come.
It Woald Indeed.
Phi'ade’phist Timas.l
There is atsolutely perfect agreement
among the organs tha-. “ths llhode Island
aff iir did not hurt Ueuator Conk ing.” This
is very comforting Xt would bo a sad thing
f >r th e country if a m a thonid lose his
high standing and ioflaeuo* in a great party
merely bevauie ho happened to bo chased
out of Kiode Island at tho muzzle of a shot
gan.
Hot t'n injh
Baltimore Gazette 1
T< e imoortaut news coms3 from Washing
ton that the Administration does not fuel ra-
bukod by the result of Senator Conkling’a
convention Tins is a vary philosophical
Administration, bat the fact is there isn’t
enough of it around Washington at this time
tolling a rebuxe to.
Keflec-
our Senators had become convinced that*
bnsiness o\ more importance required
their attention.
On Monday afternoon at five o’clock a
Savannah stare wc3 robbed oE a largo
quantity of cigars, tobacco and frnir, and
this, too, the Recorder sajs, when the
streot8 "were pretty well thronged with
people.”
_ The name paper says tbe Messrs.
Waller, of Effingham county, captured
Frank Pitt at No. 2, on the Central road
last Monday. Pitt is wanted at Talla
poosa, Ala., for mnidcr.
A Poplar Spring, Haralson county .cor
respondent of tbe Roms Courier writes
that J*s. Cagle shot and killed his father
one day last week. Tao parties disputed
about some tobacco and blows were ex
changed, when tbe old man threatened
his son with a stick, tbe latter retaliating
by shooting him dead with a shot gun.
The editor 0! the Monroe Advertiser in
bis weekly letter from Atlanta, refers to
eome very absorbing topics as follows:
I do not think there will bo any other
impeachment trials daring this session.
The committees on (he treasury and on
the principal keeper of tbe penitentiary,
will report daring the latter part of this
week or next week. There will likely
be majority and minority reports in both
eases. Ths Treasurer frankly admitted
before the committee, that he, in order
toseenre men to go on bis bond, agreed
to allow them to designate banks in
which he slou’.d deposit the State’s
money. The amounts so deposited were
so large that the banks paid interest on
them, and this interest, amounting an
nually to seven thousand dollars, was
divided between tho securities and the
Treasurer. This information was given
by ths Treasurer, acd for this conduot
some of the committee, w» have no doubt,
will recommend that the Governor remove
him from cffice, to save the expense of
impeachment. The view taken of the
case by the minority ol tho committee
snd by Treasurer Rsnfroe’s friends, is
that without an arrangement something
like this very few men, if any, in Gaor<
gia, could giva tbe bond of two hundred
thousand dollars, and that those who
could do co would not for the small sala
ry of two thousand dollars. It is fur.
tber argued in behalf of ths Treasurer
that when the banks pay interest on this
money that no barm is done the State,
a3 not one cent of it comes from the
State’s funds. I give both sides of the
qnes’ion briefly, and will report tha ac
tion of the House on tho case next week.
It would serve no good purpose to pre
judge the case myself, especially as it
will bo soon be daoided.
gThe charge against tho Principal Keep
er ot the Penitentiary is that he charged
some of the ltssses of the convicts for
the removal of the convicts when the re
moval was only a constructive one. On
the first of lost- April there was to be a
giving up of the convicts by tha lessees
to the keeper in order that he might
redistribute them. He was, under
the act going into effect on ths first
of April last, to divide tho convicts,
into three esmps, cne at Dade
Coal Mines,one at Leckst’s farm in South
western Georgia; and the third being the
camp of Mesirs. Grant & Oo., ot Greene
county. After they were thus distributed
too lessees could send them where they
wished. Under an existing contract, the
lcts.es allowed Mr. Nelms the sum of
twelve dollars for every conyiot delivered
to pay expenses. Under this contract he
had lost money* for he frequently paid
the railroads more than twelve dollars for
carrying the convicts. But the lessees
fintherioril’s ISoaeate
lions.
Wash. Spscial to Philadelphia Prass.l
Tue President is excead ng.y gratified and
says that wi.b ths tidal wvd started from
the PeC'fio coast ia will be sure to take in all
the Yonbera and Wertera States that will
held elections this fall in ‘avor of the Re
publican party, thus rendering victory in
,830 one of tbe fixed fan- of. the tu.uro.
A Pertinent Suggestion.
Philadelphia T.nus.l
Another widov has myaterionsly disap
peared the remarkable feature of it beiug
taat ehe was a Maryland widow and about to
be married. With me Georgia wiiow who
disappeared a week ago this mikes two
Widows now missing At this rate it doesn’t
seem to be as m .oh fan to be a widow as
S'me folks havo supposed it is. Tiers is a
chano- that ih * Gto.gia widow will eoon turn
up, as she has written that revenue officers
have carried her off for unpaid whisky tsx;
she will no doubt be finally returned to her
children and friends If there are any more
handsome widows left it might bo worth
while for tham .0 lock themselves up before
it is too late.
Newport dab.
Letter to N. T Paper.I
At Newport there hrs baea quite a flirry
in the dovecotes of society o»er tho do ngs
of the Newport Olnb. This invitation differs
from ordinary c'ubs inasmuch as the mem
ber’ are only elected by the week or month.
Benuet, of tue Herald in this oity, imported
with him this summer on bis return from
Europe a certain Captain Candy, a good
cross country rider and polo player. A few
days afterward Captain Candy rode down
from what he calls the Bennett Arms, other
wise Mr Bennett’s house, and deliberately
trotted his pony into ths hall of the olnb.
The membe.d wsro so miigninc that they
immediately tailed a meeting and expelled
tbe Captain frem membership. Enraged at
this treatment of his friend, the proprietor
of th8 Herald has bought a house for, I
hear. $85,010, which is to be turned into a
club and is to h e fitted with a!l accomoda
tions for entering on horseback,
Scarcely had the exsitemont caused by
this escapade been dissipated when it was
whispered that Mr. James B. Keens, the
California millionaire, had been blackballed.
It is well known that Mr, Kaeno could not
obtain ingress to tho Union Club, in this
city, and no doubt he has been somewhat
nnfortanate in his associates hero. But it
seems to bs going too far to blackball him at
a place like tbe Newport limb. I am told
that the retson of the blackballing is to be
fouqd in a transaction between Keene and a
oertain contrecior, who is a member of the
committee of the oiub. It appears that
Ksene when he bought h;s house at Newport
last spring, wished to have a greenhouse
built and entered into a contrast with a
Newport builder. For some rsaton or other
Keene took the ecntrect away, and some
warm words being the result the Californian,
with that wealth of invective for which he is
somewhat notorious, applied an epithet not
used in polite society The builder awaited
bis opportunity for revenge, and now has
found it. _
—Truth regards tbe Turks as tbs idlest
and most contemptible race that burdens
Europe, and fervently prays that ‘before
long the last of theee swindling, ill-condi
tioned scamps will ooase to burden this con
tinent with his presence.’
—The Duke of Argjli is said to be about
to marry the widow of tbe Hon Major A.
Anson, M P. Mrs. Anson is a daughter of
tboBithop of St. Albans, and a niecsof
Lord Dudley. Hi* grass proposed and was
accepted by telegraph.
—Clerk Adams, of the House of Repre
sentatives, says that at Whits Sulphur
Springs, Ya., tho great summer resort of
Southern politicians, the strong current of
feeling is ia favor of Tilden.
—A femalo blacksmith has just died in
Richmond. When at work she wore a tight-
fitting dress, a blacksmith’s leather apron,
and sometimes - smoked a short day pips as
she toiled
Many children die with worms, whose
death is attri bated to spas sis or conges
tion. Dr. Moffett’s Teethlna would have
saved their lives. i
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Atlanta, Sept. 8,1879.
A1TUNOON SESSION.
The high court of impeachment met
at 3:30, pursuant to adjournment.
The Obief Justice on the bench.
After some little change of tbe posh
tion of the connsal, tho court proceeded
to business.
OPINING THE EVIDENCE FOB THE STATE.
Mr. Turner—We offer in evideBoa the
official oath of the Comptroller Gene*
al.
Judge Hopkins (for defense)—No ob
jection.
Mr. Tamer—We offer in evidence also
the commission from tbe Governor,
properly certified.
No objection on the part of the d>
fente.
Mr. Tarner then offered in evidence
the statement of the amount of tax and
cost collected in the wild land office from
September 1877 toJanel, 1879, as found
on page 11 or th9 s ppendix of the re
port of the joint Wild Laud Commit
tee.
AIsc on P3ge 31 a a-atement of the
Stemmed receipts In wild land office, and
from where received.
AUo on page 39 of the same appendix
a statement of tha amounts refunded Id
the wild land office.
Also on page 49 a statement of tax fi
fas for ths years 1874, 1875, 1876 and
1877.
No objection on the part of ths de
fense.
Also the official oath of the Ccmptrol
ler for his former tiro, properly certi
fied.
The defense objeoted to tbe reaeption
of the paper, on the ground of its not be
ing dated, and farther 'hat defendant
has had no notice of a trial of a former
holding of the office of Comptroller Gen
eral. Tnat be is iadiuted as predent
holding office, and not for a former
term.
Manager Turner opposed tho objection,
and referred the oounsalfor the resoon-
dent to the accusation in article IX of
the Impeachment, as charging him with
malfeasance during the year 1879, and
that it would be easy to establish the
date, if it did not appear upon the record
of the executive department, by proof.
The Chief Janice ruled that tue proof
of date must be added.
After a few minutes del*/ the original
book of record of the executive depart
ment was brought in, introduced and the
date found to be mieawg also.
Counselor Hopkins objected to th»
evidence and refused to waive anything
on the part of the defense.
PBOOr OF THE DAT3.
Cel. Isaao Avery, sworn: “Lived in
Atlanta during the year 1873 4. Did
visit the office of Comptrulte'-Geoerai
during that time and saw Washington
L. Goldsmith."
Here coucselor Jackson objected to
any admission of evidence on tne ground
tnat there was no allegation in the
article csnneotiag the Comptroller-Gen
eral with improper condaot daring his
former term.
Manager Tarner replied, and sa:d that
the impeachment articles do moat as
suradlyehow tnat the Comptroller was
the proper person referred to.
Counselor Candler said that it was not
regular and should have been in manner
and form stated that a former term was
meant as well as the present term.
The Chief Justice ruled that the object
ion of the counsel for the defense was well
taken and that the allegation contained
in the articles was not sufficient to in
clude both bills, but would submit it to
the Senate.
Senator Camming sail he did not oon
ceive that the simple words ‘‘Comptroller
General as aforesaid” was of so great
weight as to out oat all this grave
charge, and asked that the question bs
submitted to the Senate.
Chief Justice. “1 will, with pleas
ure.”
Sanator Lester said the allegations also
charge that the Ccmptco ler is the pets jn
meant, and ths terms C-mp.io'.ler Gen
eral aforesaid aro simply a description ot
the person.
Sanator Clarke also opposed the rating
of the Caief Jantice, but hoped he wools
do so with due rospic; - that the allega
tions need only declare that he was
Comptroller General When the acts were
done; tnat they did so Shall evldenoe be
excluded because the House of R*presen-
tativos has s.atei all the truth? The
allrgtiion is sufficient to indicate both
the former and the present time, and all
acts done during those times.
Senator Cabaoiss thought the Chief
Justice was coirc-ct.
Senator Howell referred to the 11th
article, where the allegation was clear.
Tbe Chief Jastioe then pat the ques
tion:
“Shall any evidence be admitted to
show that Washington L. Goldsmith was
Comptroller General at a former term."
Tbe yeas and nays were ordered, and
the vote stood, 36 to admit the evidence
and tbreo against, Senators Cabaniss,
Grimes acd Howell voting no.
Toe Senate overruled the rating of the
Chief Justice, and the evidence was ad
mitted.
THE EVIDENCE.
Col. Avery saw the respondent in this
osse in the exercise of the duties of
Comptroller General daring the years
1874, ’5, ’6, '7. The witness also idonti
fi e d the book of original record of oaths
of office in the Executive Department.
Witness also swore to the signature of
Goldsmith appended to ths oath, found
in the book aforesaid.
Manager Tarner then inxodaced the
book of record, reading from the same
.hat on page 61, in presence of James M.
Smith, Governor, without date; that ou
subsequent pages appear the oatt^a of
several officers, bearing date ia January
1873.
The House Journal for the year 1873
was also introduced, to show that Gold
smith was elected Comptroller General
in said year.
No objection on tho part of the de
fense.
Manager Turnar then introduced the
original documents of the statements al
ready read, showing a balance unac
counted for to the amount of over $11,-
00J, np to the date of the statement.
Qaestion by a Senator—Who makes
these statements ?
Manager Tarner—These statements
are made by tbe Comptroller General,
and are sustained in the report of the
Joint Committee of the House and Sen
ate, appointed to investigate the conduct
and office of the Comptrolls’General.
At this point, as night was closing in,
the court adjourned until to-morrow at
ten a. m.
The Senate adjourned until nine a.
m.
The fight has opened, the lawyers on
both sides are folly awake and nerved
up to the contest, which will be bit
ter and fieroely fought.
Atlanta, September 8,1879.
THE SENATE
met at 9 a.m. President Ljster in the
chair.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Roll called, quorum declared and the
journal of yeeterday read and approved.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
of yesteiday wa* ratnmed, the Bame being
tho consideration of the “Tramp Bill.”
Senator Holecmba called the previous
question. The call was sustained, the
yeas snd nays ordered and the bill put
and passed by a vote of 24 to 16.
Certain committees reported.
Senator Preston, a resolution to cause
the stenographic reporter to make an
epitomized statement of each day’s pro
ceeding* and the speeches of the oounsss
on both sides, and that said proceeding
belaid on the desk of each Senator every
morning. Pecding the matter and au
amendment offered thereto, the hour ar
rived and
THl HICK COUBT SF DfPnACnXINT
was called to order, the Chief Justioe on
the benoh. The minutes were reed.
The first witness for fjie State wae Mr.
Was. A. Wright.
Mr. Wright sworn: I am a clerk in
ths Wild Land office; my duty is to keep
a record of all fl. fas. issued and cash
paid. Have beeu In said office since Jan
uary. 1877. Have transferred fi. fas. to
one J. L. Logan, sixtv-eight in all, for
the date of Oct 2, 1878. Also on 29;h
of October, 1877, to A, J. Ormt, three
fi. fas., coat $1.50. Alio, twenty-eight
fl. fas. to S. G. McLenden, coat $4.00, on
24ih of November, 1877. Also to Daniel
Lott, 142 fi fas., cost $11, on 7th ot No
vember, 1877, and to other and divers
persons—on ail of whioh the Comptroller
General charged and received 50 cents
each.
Ths number of fi. fas. are 9,165, run
ning from September 1, 1877, to June 1
1879.
1 xeceived a part ot the amonnt and
paid ths money to OoL Goldsmith. Some
was paid directly by the sheriffs to the
comptro ler.
Q. What was the date 0! the adver
tisement ot the ealeot wild land?
A. (Referring to list of advertised lots.)
August 27, 1877.
Q. What was the data of the paper ?
A. August 31, 1878, in tho Atlanta
Constitution
Tne witness pointed ont in the printed
list of advertised lots the following lots ot
lands whioh were advertised in default:
Lot No. 223. 21 distriot, 2d section, Cuer-
okee oouuty; lot No. 612, 4th diatrio', 1st
section, Dawson aaauty; lot No. 1,047,
2d distriot, ? i eeotion, Paulding county;
lot No. 1,162, 18 h district, 3d seotion,
Polk county ; Jut No. 117, 3d distriot, Sih
seotten, Dougherty county; lot No. 93,
26th district, 21 section, Gilmer county;
lot No. 271, 27ch district, 3d seotion,
Whitfield county ; lot No. 258,17th die.
triet, lat seotion, Union county. Tnat
on tbe 25th of September, W. P. Ander
son paid the cost on said lots, protesting
against the same, but was answered that
the clerioal work was done and that the
cost onght to hive hem paid.
Q. Was net coat paid beioro this last
dare?
A. Yes, on the 30.h of April, 1877,
from one Thomas Pallam, of Aihnts.
Counselor Hopkins objected to the evi
dence.
Counselor Candler spoke against the
admission of the teslimony.
Caief Justioe—It is my opinion that
the.evidence is admissible.
Counselor Hopkins read rule IS, and
said that under the tale the State can de>
mand a vote on the qaestion of ev>danas,
bat the month of the defendant is closed.
Senator Lumpkin oalled for a formal
vote on the question. The donator did
not think the evtdeace admissible.
The vote was then taken by yeas and
nays, as n-msl, and the vote summed up
yeas 21, naya 20, eo the decision of the
Cbist Jastioe was sustained aud the evi
dence rated to be admissible.
Q. “Wiil yea state if any ooits ware
pant on the 30 h of April, 1877?”
Toe witness referred to tne beaks of
the office of Comptroller General.
Coauselor Hopkins objected on the
ground that the books are the bsst evi
dence of all transactions contained there
in.
Manager Tarner, We were only at-
temoting to present the evidence in con
venient form.
Jnsuoe Warner, Tha book is the best
evid-nm; tbe witness can refresh his
memory from it attar it is in evidence.
Manager Tarner. We tender the books
and tbe newspaper containing the adver
tisements in evidence.
Toe witness then raid from the book a
tint of costs and taxes charged and col-
1-oted from May 4, 1877, to Sept. 25,
1877. collected Lore various persons in
and oat of State
Q By whose authority were charges
made ?
A. By order of the Comptroller Goner*
al.
Toe records of the wild land office were
put in evidence.
Tha witness was next interrogated
touching article 5, relative to the frauds
Isug transter of tbe wild lands of Rondo
£ Co., and Fox & Oo., to D told tjsyt.
The lore marked Rondo & Co. and For
& Co-, were returned and taxes i'*id as
shown by the books in 1875. W.'tness
did not know tnat fi fa3 were ever regn
isrly issued against said lands. Tha
books do not show that. There is a book
bete, said to have been prepared by Mr.
Swift (a olerk). First time I saw it was
during tha investigation of tho Joint
Wild Land Commit ee, in June last. The
Comptroller brought it in tha office I
did not peruse it. It purported to be a
reoord of wild land owned by non-rcsi-
denre.
Tbe books kept by witneis were not
the records of non-resident land owners.
Does not know of fa. fas. were ever issued
against these Rondo and Fox lands.
Mr. Swift was formerly oonnected with
the wild land office; has not been connected
•ub the offija smee witness was osnneot-
ed with it in 1877.
Q. How did yna discover that S fas.
Were issued without jour knowledg-?
A. When the joint taveatigstmg com
mittee required ot ns an itemized state-
men wa lonud discrepancies between onr
records and the returns of the sheriffs.
The book prepared by Mr. Smith, and
purporting to bo a list of wild land own-
1-re who were non-residenis, was then of-
fferid is evidence. No objection was
made on the part of the defense.
The witness then proceeded to show
the cnnrt that tho first entry of the R m-
do & F' X lands was “paid.” by “Dr. Lott,
agent;” that a change has sinoa been
m ide in said reoord by James A. Gold
smith, a olerk in the Comptroller’s office.
Ha was the insurance olerk, and did not
have an; thing to do regularly with the
wild land department. Witness was fa
miliar with the book, whioh was mnoh
altered. Said book was in charge of
witness. Witness first discovered the
alteration while preparing an itemized
statement for the Investigating commit
tee. Upon further searching he fonnd
that the disorepanoies referred to were
all dne to the obangiog of the entries and
tbe transfers to Dr. Lott. Witness bad
no reoolleotion of any fl fas. issued
against the lands of Rondo, Fox & Co.
during 1877.
Was absent in Angnsta abont three
weeks before the alterations of the books
were made. Dr. Bril had the books in
charge daring my nbsenoe.
Ween I discovered the alterations,
called tbe attention of Hardeman and
Yarnadoe.two clerks in tha office to them
Thought it was Dr. Bell’s handwriting j
Hardeman carried the book to James
Goldsmith, who said he had made the
alterations at the time the fi. fas were
passed. No other explanation was of
ten d.
CB0S3 EXAMINATION.
Have been employed in the wild land
office since January, 1877 am familiar
with the business of the office. The
witness then enumerated the books kept
in the office. No one book is kept by
any one clerk, except the Exoess of
Payment Book and the Sheriff’s Returns
Book. Witness then explained the
routine of the office.
Tne entry appear “Rondo & Co;, Bal-
timere paid,” bat above the name of
Rondo & Co., appears in red ink " D.
Lott, agent,” olesriy to be seen, easy to
be discovered.
Do not know whether any of the en
tries are true or not. No effort was made
to 00003*1 the additional entry. This is
the book I left when I went to Anjuata.
Have no personal knowledge of the
Rondo, Fox A Co. transactions, exoep
what appears on the books. Sometimes
thd original entry is ohanged. The
change is intended to show the history of
the lot, to show the troth ot the entries.
They were made by different persons.
Ths book is fall of them.
Do not know when the “Lott fi. fas.”
were issued.
Dr. Bell’s duties were various. He
issued some of the S. fas., had charge of
the sheriff's returns, and sometimes made
entries n the books. Witness’ duties
wero to attend to the correspondence,
make entries, etc. James Goldsmith was
insurance dark, bat sometimes made en
tries in the books.
The Comptroller General did nothing
bnt exercise a general supervision over
the whole department Never saw him
tasks any entries. Witness attended to
the corresponding of his department.
Supposed the ethers did the same for
theirs.
Do not remember the date of the An
derson fi, fa- Remembers the day when
he paid the oost on the fi fas, to-wit: the
25th of September.
Printed forms were used, with the cost
of 50 centB printed on them. The costs
were always entered on the bock. No
efforts at conoealment were made.
By Senator Lumpkin—Did the Comp
troller ever colleot any coats after Decem
ber 5th, 1877, and if any what lots; give
dates, eto.
Answer—Yee, but what became of the
money I do not know.
Q. If yon Jans w*r that yon do cot know
who Rondo A Co. and Fox A Co. are,
state if yon nave at any time heard the
Comptroller General esy who they were
and where they ware ?
A. I never bad any conversation with
the Comptroller General on the snbjeot.
Q Did you, daring your stay in tbe
office of the CsmptroUer Genera), ever see
any person purporting to be a member of
said firms, or Bny person purporting to
be an agent of said firms ?
A. I never did.
Q. Is there any correspondence in tho
Comptroller’s office from either of said
firms?
A. I have not aearohed the offioe and
cannot say.
Tho court hers adjourned till 3:30
p. m. Cabolxnx.
Atlanta, Sept. 9,1879.
THE HOUSE.
The House meb at 9 o’clock.
Prayer by Rev. John Jones, the Chap
lain.
The roll was rolled and tho j carnal was
read.
Mr. Davis, of Hoaston, moved to re
consider the action of the House in in
definitely postponing the bill to establish
a county court for every county in this
State. Tho yeas and nays were called,
and were a3 follows: yeas 63 and naya
58. So the motion to reconsider prevail
ed.
Mr. Harrison, of S re wart, then moved
to reconsider tue action of tha House in
striking out the first seotion of the bill,
Agreed to. Ths bill thus stands as if it
had never bean before tha Hon-e.
Mr. Livingston offered a substitute for
tbe first section,
Mr. Watters moved to take np a bill
to provide for paying the expenses of
the Wild Lend Committee.
Mr. Harrison moved »3 a subi titrate
that the House take np all bills to which
tha Senate had mvie amendments.
Agreed to.
The House then agreed to the first
amendment to the bill to pay the ex
penses of ths Wild Land Committee,
whioh was to strike out $1,296 30 as the
total and insert $1,375.30.
Amendments increasing the pay of
the sergeant-at-arms and porter were not
A reed 10. The House reconsidered its
action in agreeing to the first amend
ment, and it was not concurred in.
The Senate amendments to the follow
ing bills were concurred ia :
To authorize tho ordinary of Clark
county to issue 4 per cent, bonds to re
deem outstanding bonds.
To prohibit county officers from buy
ing at » discount jury scrip, etc.
To authorize tbe aiding of Milton
coanty to borrow money to build a court
house.
Tbe House refused to concur in a Sen
ate amendment to a resolution authorizing
the Treasurer to pay the interest on cer
tain bonds mentioned therein.
To the bill to make it a high misde
meanor for any Stato officer or clerk to
attempt to influence tha Governor, the
Senate offered an amendment to declare
sach an aoc a felony. To this the House
agreed.
Six leaves of absence were g^nted.
By concent, Mr. Dagger, of Fannin,
introduced a bill to declare the Toccoa
river a nivigable stream. Committee on
Internal luiprcnrcmonta
Oa motion of Mr. Harrison, tbe miu.
of tbe House on Senate amendments was
ordered transmitted to the Senate.
By leave, Mr. Cnsmbars introduced a
bill to amend section 27£> of tbo code.
Judiciary Committee.
h .uje bills on thibd beading.
Home bills on the third reading were
in order.
A bill to amend the law establishing a
State Geologioal Department, so as to
re establish tbo same was taken np. A£
this bill oontempiated tbe appropri3tioi
of money the Honse went into a commit
tee of the whole to consider it.
Mr. Northern was oalled to the chair,
Mr. Livingstone offered a substitute
for the first seotion.
Mr. Hanks offered an amendment re
ducing the appropriation to $5,000 per
annum.
Mr. Northern made the report of the
commtitee, Speaker Bioaa having re
sumed the chair.
Ths standing committees submitted
reports. Adjourned to 3:39 D 10.
four of the fl. fas.; paid far them ail at
the same time. Have four of said fl. fas,
now.
The Manager then put in evidence the
reoeipts given Mr. Andereon, lot the
taxes and oasts paid by him to ths Comp
troller General.
Manager Tarner then offered in evi
dence certain statements of the amounts
of tax received from the insuranoo com
panies in this State, np to 1879, Bhowing
that large sums of money have been re
ceived from this eouroe— abont $10,000.
Then a statement oorreotive of the above,
showing a balance of about $17,000
Then au itemized statement of the taxes
received from the insnranoa companies
for 1878. Then a statement of insurance
fees for 1878.
This testimony is entirely documenta
ry, and is most of it lntrodnced by ref
erence merely, without reading and
without objection on the part of the de
fense.
These statements were prepared by
the Comptroller General himself, in an
swer to the demands of the Joint Inresi
tigsting Committee, and oover a very
large proportion of their labors.
So in a few words evidenoe whioh re
quires eereral weeks to be oolleoted is in
troduced.
The oourt adjourned at 5 p. m. till to
morrow at ten a. m
Atlanta, Sept. 9, 1879.
TBE HIGH COUBT OF IMPEACHMENT.
Tbe court res med its session at 3:30
ana prooeeded to business.
CONTINUED EXAMINATION OF MB. WEIGHT.
llE-DiBKCr. By Senator Hodge-. Wby
ware the fi. fas. retained in the offioe an-
til the first of October, and not given to
4ndersan when be had paid the tax and
costs on the 25th of September, 1877?
A 1 suppoB the reason was tbat the
thirty days allowed by law bad not ex
pired.
THE BEIBEr.Y MATTEB.
Q. Did you ever havo any money
transactions with Mr. Hinton F. Wright,
and at what time?
A. Can’t remember the time;think it
was about three days before the investi
gation of the bribery oharge. About 2
p.m., Hinton Wright came to me in the
Comptroller's office while 1 was talking
with Mr. Faller, a member, and asked
me to take an order on tbe Comptroller
for $2.50; asked Hinton Wright why he
did not get the money from the Comp
troller; Wright answered that he was up
stairs and oonld not be seen. Wright
told;mehehad|Hon.Mc DaTia In a buggy
before the Capitol, and that the stable
man would not let him have the buggy
witbout first getting the money; thought
it wae all right and let him have the
money. Wright told witness that if Gold
smith did nob pay it he woald. Next
day Goldsmith came in and asked witness
if witness had let Hinton Wright nave
any money, and gave witness $5 00 to
change; could not change the money;
told Goldsmith I would make it all right
on his settlement; Goldsmith askrd me
abont it before 1 told him abont Hinton
Wright.
BE-CBieS.
Did not take a check on the Comptrol
ler. Did not say anything of the kind.
Loaned the money to Wright myself, and
Goldsmith repayed me.
W.taess is certain that the checks op
posite tha numbers of the lots adver
tised for default have been recently
ohanged. Witness pointed out the
changed entries, on page 12 of the Wild
Land book—lots Nos. 367, 379, 411,419,
464, all in tho Sixth'District of Berrien
county.
Witness was perfectly snre the changes
had been made.
The witness was here dismissed.
TBANSCBIPr OF TBEASUBEr’s BOOK.
Manager Turner then offered in evi
dence a transcript of the books of the
Treasnrer, from — March, 1871. to 29th
of August, 1879, showing $11,216 24.
balance oa money collected on wild land
tax.
W. P. ANDEBS0N
sworn, stil that he endeavored to pay
the tsx on eight lots of land, owned by
him, which had been levied on. The
clerk refused to receive the money of
fered. Witness was compelled to pay
cost on ths fi, fas. issued against his lots.
Paid on seven lots only, S3 one had al*
ready been paid on. Lives ia Cobb
county.
C29M EXAMINATION.
Witness farms, kseps store, and trades
in land. Has traded in land ever eiooa
witness oonld buy a lot. Hava traded in
negroes and many other things—from
gingsroakseup,mthe saying is. Have*
Atlanta, Sept. 10,1879.
SENATE
met at 9 A. M., the President in the
chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Danean.
Roll colled, a quorum declared and the
journal read and approved.
The President announced that the bus
iness before the Senate at adjournment
was the resolution to publish the pro
ceedings of the trial of impeachment.
Senator Clarke moved to amend by in
cluding tha speeches of Senators aa well
as of counsel and managers. Lost-.
The resolution to print the evidence
and opinions 0! the Chief Jus’.ics was
then pnt. Lost.
Senator Cumming gave notice of a mo
tion to reconsider.
SECOND BEADING.
A bill to prohibit the imposition of
more than fifty per cent, of'taxes. Re
ferred to the Finance Committee.
_ A bill to establish a Board of Commisi
eioners for the conntiea of Johnson and
Emanuel. Referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
A bill to establish the Athens Trans
fer Company. Referred to tho Commit
tee on Corporations.
Tae hour of ten having arrived the
Senate went into
THE HIGH COHOT CF IMPEACHMENT,
the Chief Jastioe in the chair. The
minutes were read.
INTfiODUOITON CF EVID1N0S BESOMED,
Manager Tarner then offered in evi-
denca a certified transcript from the
books of the TrcRsurer in support of ar
ticle ten, whioh charges the illegal deten
tion of large sums of money by the
Comptroller-Genenl. The evidence dis
closes large Bums of money retained il
legally by Goldsmith.
Manager Turner then offered in evi
dence a package of some ninety or more
tax fi. fas. These tax fi. fas. are those
which were issued fraudulently againat
tbe lands of Rondo & Company and Fox
& Company. An endorsement of trans
fer to Daniel Lott appears on each of
these fi. fas., and it farther appears that
the land was bought by said L„tt. A
charge of fifty cents on each fi. fa. also
appaare.
w. A. WIGHT
was xe-lntrodaosd to explain certain tcI-
nm?s in the wild land deportment.
Witness explained the metis ng of the
various books need to keep the records
ot said offioe. The book of sheriff's re
turns was explained and offered ia evi
denoe, in which all sales of fi. fa*, should
have been entered. Witness examined
and compared the book and certain of
the Rondo & Co., and Fox & Co. fi. fas.,
and it appeared that said fi fas. did not
aanesr on record in said book. No ob-
jdOtiOQ W&9 mad a uu tlto pavfr off oaviaoo]
for the defense.
Tho witness then examined another
book. He called it a stub book; tbat in
the year 1875, Rondo & Go. and Fox A
Co. paid taxes on their land was showi.;
nowhere in said book does the name of
D. Lott appear as agent, bat in the
general tax book it so appears. Witne-s
then examined the “stub book” for 1877,
and stated that no reoeipt for taxes ther u
appeared as paid either to D. Lott or t
Rondo & Co. or to Fox & Oj.
Witness farther stated that reoord of
these matters of transfer only appears*)
in the general tax bonk; that James M.
Gold.mnh is still in the employ of the
Comptroller; that the attention cf the
Comptroller was oalled to tbe ulterati ns
and disorep motes by Mr. Hardeman.
TItXASUBBB BENFBOE
being sworn, said tbat while he wa3
making np a statements of the amonnts
reoaived from the Compirolier^or the
investigating committee on the office of
tne Oamptroller, Mr. G >ld, until earns
into witness’ offioe and desired to make
payment. Witness told him ho would
bardly have time to receive it. The
Comptroller went ont and shortly retnreed
and made a payment.
The wiine=3 hero referred re a state
ment; made by bimself, in whioh it ap
pears that the Comptroller paid Lira be-
ween ten and twelve thousand dollars,
omeia money and thereat in a check
signed D. R Tommey on the Georgia
Banking aud Trust Company. The check
was for ten thousand dollars and there
was two thousand in cash. The mozrey
was for insurance tax.
Tne witness identified the check.
Witness has been in office since 1875,
His preaeoeBsor in office was Col. John
Junes, who went into office in 1873.
D. ». TOMMEY SWORN.
Live in Dcortnr; am president of th9
Georgia Banking and Trust Company.
Gave the check above referred to, ,o the
brother of tbo Comptroller, John Gold
smith. The date of the check is a mis
take ; should have been anosaer date;
was not dated on back.
CAPT. PATION SWORN.
Am cashier of tha Georgia Braking
and Trust Company; Goiosmitu was a
stock-holder in said bank. Wnutea then
read from the ledger of the bank the
statement of the account of the Comp
troller-General with the bank. His de
posits were all made in his individual
name, and he was accustomed to diaw in
the same manner.
Cross-examined—Goldemithjowns two
sherss in the bank. The draft w s paid
tbe next day after presentation for pay
ment by the Treasurer. Then followed
a long statement of amounts drawn by
the Comptroller-General.
W. B. Sapp, sheriff of Dodge eonnty,
was sworn, and testified in relation to tbe
sale of wild lands in said coanty; turned
the exoess of oost and tax over to the
trenfferees. Tne tales are under trans
ferred fi. far; tamed over to the transfer
ees $8,824 in all.
Cost means mv cost and advertisement
fees, a dollar a jot for advertising, two
dollars for each lev?, and the usual fees
allowed for sheriff’s sales. Paid the
amonnt above aimed to to the transfer
ees, bcoanse they showed me deeds to
prove tha land was theirs, and according
to the ins tractions of tbe Comptrollern
General.
Manager Tarner then read the circular
letter of the Comptroller to the witness,
who stated that he acted under the in-
atiuotioas oontained in tbe letter.
A. To the otaimants, upon their groans
bonds. • 1
By Senator Turner. What soft of
deeds were offered him by the claimants
A. Deeds of all kinds—quit claims
fee simple, United States Courts deeds—
all kinds.
By Senator Burton. Why was it nee.
essary for the Comptroller General to
rule you ? u
A. Don’t know.
By a Senator. Give a statement wh*n
you sold tbe land.
A- Jan. 1st, ’78, ana Feb. 5tb, 'fa
Then follows a long list of lata sold'
Hall and Griffin are names of the trana"
ferees. *
Witness stated in answer to question
by Manager Tarner as to the aV 0 S
received by the transferees, thatQ t iffi„
N”^400 and Harrold and McCarthy g0 6
The court then adjourned till 3 ; 30 p
h., on a call of the yeas and nay- bv
Senator Bower. J 1
Tho Senate adjourned till 3 25 p
Cabc-lynn.
THE HOUSE.
The House met at nine o'clock, and
was called to order b? Soeaker Bacon.
Prayer by Rev. Joan Jones. C&aplain.
The toll was oalled, and a quorum was
fonnd present.
The journal was read.
Mr. Young moved to suspend the rules
for the consideration of the County Court
bill. Loat.
Tha call ot the roll ot oounties for new
matter was dispensed with for the day.
Mr. Mynatt offered a resolution to al»
low members mileage for the extra ses
sion. Finance Committee.
THE GEOLOGICAL BILL.
Tne unfinished business was tho con
sideration of the bill to re-establish the
Geological Bureau Toe Committee of
the Whole had reported n3 T -.-re v on {jjj a
bill. Oa the adupii.m >E tho report, Mr.
Livingston call- d tb^ yeas a> d mye Tha
yeas were 79, and tree n-.ya 61. So tha
adverse report was agreed to and bill
lost.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIBD BEADING.
A bill to cairy ont provision, of tha
constitution relative to fnro b ing maim
ed Confederate soldiers wita artificial
limbs.
Mr, Riden moved to am and by provi
ding $100 for all soldiers who lost an
eye.
Mr. Miller did not thjnk the bill jast
as It stoed, and offered an amendment to
it, providing that each soldier uny his
own artificial limbs.
Mr. Milner oocupied the chair. »
Mr. Paine thought it won.d be better
to give the soldiers the money instead of
limbB.
Mr. Itvine opposed the amendment to
give a commutation fox lost limbi.
Mr. Wilson offered an amendment pro
viding that soldiers might take money
instead of limbs.
As the bit’ contemplated the appropria
tion of money, it had been considered in
a committee of the whole, with Mr. Mil.
ner in the chair. Mr. MoWhorter moved
that the committee rise aod report the
bill back, with a recommendation tbat it
do pass. Agreed to.
Mr. Milner then made the report.
Mr. Miller’s amendment was considered.
On its adoption the yeas and naya were
called The yeas were 23 and tbe nays
98. So it was lest.
The amendmanc offered by Mr, Wilson
was agreed to.
Tbe bill passed by 114 yeas to 5 naya.
The report of the Committee 01 Con-*
ference or the differences of tho Honso
and Senate on ths bill to exempt certain
persons from jury duty, was adopted.
The Judiciary Committee made a re
port*
By request of Mr. Paine, Senate bill
292, fixing the time of holding traa Sn-
p rior Courts of Caattahooche?, Bollock,
Effingham, Bryan, Liberty ana McIntosh
counties, was taken np and read tho
second time.
A bill to prevent railroad companies
from pooling their earnings was tabled.
A_ bill to rtenUre certain nets ot labor
ers in procuring supplies criminal. The
committee offered a substitute for tho
bill.
Mr. Pope moved to table the bill.
Lost.
Mr. Strother eff-red a proviso.
After some discussion tne bdl was in
definitely postponed, on motion of Mr.
Luffman, of Murray.
Tbo Enrolling Committee submitted
a report, which we* rend.
A bill to prohibit the employment of
minors witbout the written consent of
parent or guardian.
Mr. Heard moved to amerd by making
it penal to retain a minor in einoloy-
ment after notice, end not for simply
employing a minor.
Mr. Mynatt, of Fulton, offered an
amendment maxing it ceoessary for the
parent or guardian to prove his rights.
Lost.
The bill then passed by substitute as
amended.
A bill providing for the compensation
of the Commissioners of tne oounty of
Mitchell, was passed.
A bill to amend the cade in reference
to >pay of non-resident witnesses was
passed.
A bill to charter the Skidaway Nar
rows Canal Company. Passed.
A bill to relieve Wo, Rieb, of Fulton
county, from a bond given to the city
court.
The Finance Committee reported
ag&inst; the passage of tho bill.
Mr. Mynatt movod that the House dis-
agree to the report.
Mr. Webster moved to adjourn to to
morrow morning at 9 o’clook.
The Honse so adjourn'd.
HRe tiruiu crop*.
Large breadths of land have already
bsen laid down in winter xh- * la Illi
nois, and the oorn crop ot the West will
be unprecedented. It is claimed that all „
danger from frost is over, and Che fields
are ripening finely. In Kansas and
same other sections a severe drought is
prevailing which has cheeked the plowing
of the soil and sowing of wheat for the
present. Ths shipments of oereals con
tinue to bs very heavy. The New York
Bulletin says:
On the 20sh of Angnst, the quantity of
wheaton passage to the United King
dom was 1,411,656 qrs., against 719,661
qrs., at the same date of 1878 and 607,-
070 in 1877. Tne qaestion of supplies
of wheat on hand iu the various coun
tries ab the beginning of the crop year
deserves tha attention of the grain trade.
CROSS EXAMINED,
Witness stated 1 Am still sheriff; was
ruled at spring term 1878 for tha above
fond. The snit is atiU pending, under
the oontroi of tha solicitor general of my
eonnty.
By Sanator Grantland—What do yon
mean by transferees?
A. The owners of the fi. fis.
By Senator Cabanips—W,.y dr you
pay this excess to the owners of the fi,
fag. and not the owners of the land ?
A. Because they claitrel to ba tho
owners.
Mancgjr Tarner—Wjo worn those
transferees ?
A. Hall and Griffis.
By a Senator—When the transferees
did not claim to be tbe true owners, to
whom did yon pay the overp’us p
Moke Improvements in the Vehicixi
of Tbanspobtation.— 1'nera seems to
be no limit to man’s invention in there
progressive times, and every discover?
but opens ths door to new improvement*
The last we have to mention is the fol
lowing :
The newly invented freight car, knonn
aa the Prosser oar, threatens to disturb
the freight question. This car is made
of steel or iron, in the shape of a cylinder,
with flanged wheel-tire, extending round
tha circumference like hoops cn a barrel.
The load rests almost entirely on the rail
and tb6 weight of tha frame work oatf
rests on the axle. It is as if a bar wet?
put through a hogshead of tobacco s 3 ' 1
traces attached to the extremities of tb«
axle, the cireamforenca of iho hogah® 4
forming 1U own wheel. It is claimed to
have been demonetr-ued by aetu-.l t ra ‘
that a speed of fonr miles per hour, * B “
the centrifugal force roused reereby,
hold the grain firmly withoot iutaro-'
tion to the inside surface of the cylinder,
and, if the oar be not full, there will be
in the centre oarrenadieg the *xle a «J**
indrical body of air. The
holding these two cylinders together
weighs only three tons, instead of t eB
tons, the ordinary weight of a connnoa
oar, while it takes ap only one-halt the
zoom on the track.
Walnut Creek Bridge.
Travel over the Walnut Crest ”brwg*
has been temporarily stopped ngsin D *
the repairs being put on tbe structure,
aud resort is again had to tjso ford.