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Q3i* U>JUigjc?3pi}i Sfmwtml $e IH«M(nfet TUB GEOEOlA JPBBSS. A letter for W. D. Palmer, Macon, is bold for fOBtago In .bo Savannah office. The following from the Charleston Newt uni Courier may be of interest to some of oar friends in this oity i “Sooth Carolina railroad stock, which for a lone time, wa * oonaidered as hav- iDR a merely nominal value, ceema some how to have regained a place, (though a low one,) in the market. For momhs past there boa been a limited demand for it at irregular prices, the offers of boy-ra ranging from *8 to $4 a share. TO-d*y a Broad street broker advertises for 800 shares for $5 00—the highest price offei- ed for many a day. It is understood that the purchases are mads on Northern or* ders. What they mean nobody seems to know.’’ Th* An gusts Chronicle relieves a great deal of public suspense by announcing that Earl and Dargan, the South Carolina chaps who have been thlreting to fight a duel so many days, will probably succeed pretty eoon. Tea same paper, referring to the com ing municipal race in that city, eayB t It sceme to be well settled that there Will bo no nominations either for Mayor or Councitmen, but that it will be a go- as-you-please race, open to all. There •will probably be only two candidates for Mayor—Hon. Robert H. May and Hon. Charlf* E^ee—at least that is the im pression et this time. It is said that each will have his ticket for members o J Council in every ward. It is probable tho present members will all be candi dates for re-election. The Augusta .Netet states that Messrs. G. P. Curry A Go reoeived on Thursday from the Salo mine ia Lincoln county a solid bar of gold weighing about four pound:. This bar was panned oat Lie 1 week, and the mine is growing richer the deeper it is worked. Representativ* Oman, of Cnlnm bus, hits back pretty savagely at ex- Governor Brown in the Atlanta Oonstvb* tion. Wo gave the latter a partial hea: ing,and will do the same for Mr. Garrard as follows: Mead is now -dead, and the lawyer, when driven*to the wall, speaks. Meade is the other party to the oontract, and ny all tho rules of evidence, Brown is not a oomp tent witness, for Meade is not here to deny or admit his statements. Let ns wa.Vo this, however, and let his testimony go to the dear people for whom ho has endured apologising and shame— for what it is worth. If I am an “intellectual pigmy” I will end-avor cot to be contracted in my sense of justice. Let us see if Meade’s statement and Brown’s apology are alike: In the Cincinnati Commercial, a Radi cal paper, was published a synopsis of General Meade’s report on this (ABb burn) trial, which may be seen by refer ring to tho Atlanta Constitution of the 13tb of September, 1063. It is too long to insert here. It admits most of the charges made in the statement of the priscnoie as to 6weat boxes, etc., and it Bays that on tho 26th of June, 1863, the General sent to the Secretary of War thu the following communication “I deem it of tho utmost importance, not only for the end3 of justice, but for my personal vindication, that the Ash- burn murderers should bo tried by mili tary commission; and I have according ly ordered the trial for Monday n>-xt. Be fore going North, I retained ex Governor Brown >13 counsel for the government. I deem hie services of great importance, not only for hia legal ability, but for tbe influence bis position In the State will give tbc prosecution. He baB been ac tively employed daring my absence. But to-day, on my asking him wtat his feo would be, he replied $5,000. I elated that I did not feel authorized tfbfiU! itiparlor authority.’ ’ He expressed his willingness to with draw and not to communicate any infor mation be had obtained. General Meade then adviacs cho em ployment of ox Governor Brown “in view of the importance of the case and the fac> that defendants wonld hire him.” In the Constitution ol September 19, 1868, tbe offioial report of General Meade to General Grant, commanding the army is given, and not a word is said therein of any such contract as Governor Brown re* lies on, nor is Governor Brown’s name mentioned therein. This report was expressly made for personal vindication of General Meade, and after stating the whole affair from hie standpoint, he says “hia conscience ia Clear,” bat nowhere therein nor ia tbe first mentioned document does he pretend to eay anything to the effect that he did not prosecute with fall rigor and to con vict, If he could, the prisoners whom he termed - murderer a” in advance. No one can read this officer’s statements and fail to be impressed with hia vigor, determination to succeed, and conviction that ho was dealing fearlessly with mur derers. Now for Governor Brown's version of the “contract.” Viewed in the light of General Meade’s testimony, it is palpable that it he (Gov ernor Brown) took the oontraot for the government, intending at the same time to benefit tbe prisoners, he was a traitor to his client, whose paid attorney he •was. General Meade says he deemed his (Governor Brown’s) servioes “of great importance, not only for hia legal ability, but for tho influence his position in the Stsio .. iid give the prosocution," and ho urges his government to acoept hia Bervtci - at $5,000fee, else the defendants jnigk; retain him. Bo, General Meade’s idea evidently was to pay Governor Brown $6,000 for hia legal ability, and for the inflaenoe his position as ex-Governor would give, and ic pay It quickly, before the prison ers could get bis professional aid.. If this was the General’s version of his oontract, and if this is the true version, and I have never eeen any denial by Governor Brown until now, then Gover nor Brown bartered for the fee, hia legal services and his influence as a public man in Georgia, withont qualification; and any menial reservation on the part of Governor Brown to help the prisoners ana to do gocuto Georgia and her people wonld have been unprofessional, to use the mildest term. Governor Brown wonld have us believe that in accepting the retainer from .he United States Government he was actu ated by high and honorable motives, and by a ileairo to aid tho defendants and the people of Georgia. Is this true? Does anybody ia Geor gia believe it in his heart? Tbs Sandersville JTcrald says ex- Governor Johnson was sixty-seven years oU'-l- J Thn.-.-day, and that he “celebrated tho anniversary by an arduous day’s labor In the cour.* holl, closing up the bnainees of a prutr-roted session of near three weeks. Though qnito ill a part or the session, his freinda will be glad to know ho had greatly improved, and was able to preside the last week withont interrupt lion.” Tie Carlcraville Free Press reports Mr, Stephens as “very hopsfal of the contest of the next year’s Presidential campaign’’ and ue ‘having nothing to say of pnblio affairs that he desired published.” This daring bis recent visit to CartcrsviUe. Tbe Dawson Journal thinks that one of tho plainest lessons “taught by the investigations, is that biennial sessions of tho L-.-giilataro will not do. Two years is too long a timo to leave tho State’s affairs in tho hands of a few officials without overhauling them.” Krpurwpn.—We find the following in the Columbus Enquirer, and read it with great satisfaction, an explaining eomo* .i. '-. d t» voiy r.gly bok as re- 4 Georgia’s decadence instead of ad vance m a quarter from whioh much is 'ipeetadi It is so strange that so many papers in quoting the taxable wealth of Georgia hav<* diminished factory values, quoting the figures famished, from tho Comp troller's office withont any explanation. Probably the recent investigation haa so affected that offloe that the employes are incapable of giving an intelligible ac count. Now, the cotton manufacturing business has largely advanced over last year. Tbe apparent diminution in the reported reterna ia due to a difference in tbe books. Last year the value of real estate, sales and merchandise of the mill* were entered under the heading of “notion mannfiictor.es.” This year un der that entry only the value of real es tate la returned, while their sales go un der tbe name of merchandise and other auitsble ones. The tax receiver of our oonoiy was the only one who was suffi ciently thoughtful to give a note to this effect. Our own faotories for the year jo-t closed immensely added to their bubiLGs*. consuming tor the year ending August 31,14,865 Dales, an increase of 1,752 over the preoeding year. Yet, un .or the heading ol “cotton factories, ’ only a valuation of f.'.ar hundred thou- e-nd dollars occurs, tbe mere as* e- ssment of real estate. Then, too, it xmt be remembered we have three large buildings wnicb under the State law are ex, mpt from taxation from the period of tbeir erection. To look at the returns which are filled out according to the hooke sent from the department one would conclude that manufacturing in Columbus bad fallen off $1.000.0CO, whereas it has been increased prohably over that amount- As we stand the mat ter is thoroughly nnd-retood here where tax receiver Dozier sent to the pa- pera when furnishing the reports, a nets dottmg the facts of the situa tion. We know the same is ttue of Au gust* where * be value of f-dories was reported at $410,000. We believe none et her estabiia.iuiiL.siu come within the ten year law. That large gain in mer chandise tho Comptroller’* ubies give must be attributed in a largo measure to the goods of our own industries. W-«> thev »ak-n *“-» given as Ja9t year, merchandise wonld show a decline from and the cott, n manufactories a heavy advance cn the previous season. The returns of our city prove this. The Comp, trollex’s figures would show tho same facte when the difference cf entry was made known. Wo know the Columbus industries consumed more cotton and transacted more business, sold more of their fabrics and made more money than any year in their history. HawKiNsvnxB ceased to enjoy South ern Express Company facilities on last Monday. Cochran is now the point at which all Hawk.nuville business is done The wherefores of tho step ia not given in tho Dispatch. The Dispatch prints this timely Texas letter which we hope will bo widely read: A postal card from Allen, Texas, dated September 8’h, and written to the Dis patch by a gentleman formerly living in this State, gives a gloomy account ot af fairs in Texas. The writer says that Western Texas bas not raised enough this year to support the people of that part of tbe Sam. A severe drouth ha* prevailed for several weeks, and everything is dry. Some ot tbe people are hauling water a distance of ten miles. Stock is suffering for water, and the people who have wells not entirely dry are locking them, to save tbe l ttle water that is in them. Stone drills and pick powder are ia de mand. The writer advises all Georgians to keep away from Texas, and says that he has not seen a Georgian since his ar rival in Texas but who wants to return to the State, and will do so whenever he be comes able. He says Texas ia a “laud of chance” any way one may take it. The Dispatch thinks “Toombs should be paid for all the service! he bas render ed or may render the State, bnt be jtmr&eciusa *tTie" people’ wont to Know how much he haa received of their money. We don’t like a man to get mad became wo *dnn’ him, nor swear be cause we ask him to show his accounts.” The Albany News etates that one hun dred wagons loaded with cotton left Warwick, Worth county, last Tuesday for Hawkinsville. They carried over 200 bales* Or “Wdlow Lake” nursery, in Hous ton county, the Perry Journal hoe thic interesting notice: Mr. Samuel H. Kumph, the proprie tor, is a man of great energy and business taot, and is making a great success. He rs increasing his orchards end nur eery every season, an; in a few years he will be one of the largest grow ers and shippers of frnit in the country. A full crop of peaches from tbe trees he has in bearing would be about ten thous and crates, or three thousand bushels. e^Tbis fall he will increase the number of hia apple trees to tea ihouoand, which in bearing will prodace twenty thousand bushels; other fruits will be increased in proportion, and for its oare and shipment he will construoc large cellars with a steam manufactory for barrels, crates and boxes. This season he has fifteen thou- sand dollars^rorth of stock in bis nur sery, and next year will have about fifty thousand dollars worth. Mr. Rumpb’s first shipment of peaches to New York this year sold for more than twenty dol lars per bushel, and while they were plentiful here choice peaohesfrom his farm brought eight to ten dollars per bushel there. There are oertain seasons in whioh frnit cannot be shipped, and at such times Mr Kumph dries it. He has an improved evaporator and drying house, ana his dried peaches sell as high aa twenty-two oents per pound In the North ern markets, while the same fruit sun cored brings fonr to six cents. Ur. Bnmph takes the frnit from tho trees to the drying honee, and in three or fonr hours it is dried and ready for market. He made a shipment of the Aome tomato to New York in Jnly last and they sold there for two dollars and twenty-five oents a bushel. This was at the time when the crop there was in market and selling at about fifty cents a bushel. The Acme is a new and very fine variety, and is perhaps the nearest to perfection that this vegetable has yet attained. Hia crop of this vegetable was very fine, and this shipment was hia first and last, and only experimental. Abont the first ot August Mr. Rnmph cut his watermelon vinca off six to twelve inches from tho root and plowed up the patch, leaving the hills untouched. Now the ground is covered with rank vines and full of melons. A utter for “Dear Grandfather Flor ence, Ga,” ia held for postage in the An* gusts offioe Atlanta is talking of oonnty Commis* sioners for Fulton oounty, and a strong fight Is imminent. Judge Pittman, the Ordinary, seems to have dosed some of the people too heavily with blagreen* back notions. In answer to an inquiry by fonr gen tlemen of Cobb oonnty, as to what he knows of Governor Brown’a connection with tho Asbbnm oase, Goneral Phillips, of Manetta, writes a letter in whioh he says, if the people of Georgia know the facts as he did, “they wonld thank in stead of ourse Governor Brown for hid employment in the cose of the Colum bus prisoners.” He says farther: Governor Brown’s,eUtement to me of the terms of his employment were, that he was to control the prosccntion; mak* a vigorous prosecution; that the case wa3 to be cond acted in accordance with the roles of law governing in the trial of eriminal coses in enr courts; that no sentence of conviction was to be approv ed by General Meade unless he, Gover nor Brown, was eatiefied that by the rules of ihe common law they were, proven guilty; that if any one was con victed by the military oonrt who was. in Governor Brown’s judgment, guilty M o] and the jndgment not executed nntit civil^government in the State coaid be re-established or the case be heard be fore the civil courts. Governor Brown then told me that he was satisfied that General Meade only desired to make each an example aa wonld deter others from the commission of like offenses and proteot tho Union men, and did not do- fire to enforce extreme penalties. With more kindly feelings towards General Meade and relieved from all apprehen sions that any serious injury would be done the Golnmbus prisoners, I came home. The Dihlonega Signal says ten miles of the Gainesville and Dahlonega rail road aro under contr&ot and by the first of November “dirt will begin to fly.’’ Bxvn.il, of tbe Meriwether Vindicator, “respeotfnlly suggests that Gov. Colquitt appoint ourself and silent partner to fill Dr. Janea vacancy. Give ns the pay and we will print our reports free of oharge. In these repoits we will Incorporate the Georgies of Virgil, whioh will be a deci ded improvement upon anything oar pre decessor has put in his mannals and manifestoes. Will the press thronghont tbe State aid in giving ns a boom that will land na in the chair agricultural?” The Honse read bill No. 1,000 on Thursday, as we learn from tbe Oonstilu- tiOtlm The Agricultural Department.— Under this head the Constitution eayB: Some weeks ego a heavy fight was made on the agricultural bureau. This fight was whipped by a very close vote, and that Major Baoon oast the vote de ciding in favor of its oontinusnee. It is said, by tbe way, that Haj. Bacon by a similar vote as speaker, created the bureau. The bureau thus being sus tained, and the' appropriation having bsen made for the next two years, it was tnonght that the matter was settled defl. appears, however, that . ^ boo been made on the bureau by in direct assault. By a resolution of some sort it was gotten before tbe finance committee, and several bills are sent with it. One of these bills provides that only $2,000 shall be voted for tho commission ers’ salary—$1,000 for a clerk and $1,000 for incidentals. Another bill provides that the appropriation shall be cat down from $13,200, the present fig ures, to $8,000. Another bill provides for $5,000 appropriation. A aub-eom- mittee of tbe Finance Committee report ed back tbe first bill to the committee and withheld the others. The intention of the snb-oommittee is to try the next lowest appropriation if this one falls, and so on until tbe $8,000 is reaohed. If all these are beaten, tbe next thing will be to fall baok on Mr. Ring’s resolution, whica provides for submitting the ques tion to ths peuple In 1880. The oppo nents of the bureaa are very determined. They convened on Wednesday night, abont thirty strong, in the Cannon Honse, and on Thursday night they ral lied forty-one men, it ia said, at the Sen ate chamber. They will move, it is re ported, the first resolution to-day or to morrow. THE FRIENDS OP THE BUREAU, on the other band, are w»y determined and aio hopetai. They claim that they have had important accessions from the ranks ot the opposition, and that they are stronger than ever. They say, too, that it will require a two-thirds vote of both houses to ohaDge the appropriations already made,and that there is no proba bility of rallying tbe two-thirds. The fight may be looked-for almost any day, bnt tbe probabilities are that it will be settled by a preliminary ek rmish or too. Dr. Henderson was sworn in on yester day and took hold of tbe rains He has made no obanges in the office, but bas notified eaoh man that be will be tempo rarily retained until ho can see preoisely what ia needed. The same paper informs the pnblio fViofr UToqopo Ct.-e.— —a Governor Cimltb, dined together at tho Kimball Honse on Thursday, and that some people walked around the gronp and stared at them. The Constitution has fixed its figures at 50.000 for Atlanta ander the census of next j ear, The Columbus limes says as the regu lar freight and sooommodatlon train of the Southwestern road was nearing a point about eix miles from the city last evening, eome scoundrel ehot into the eab car attaohed to the train. Several of the ehot, a shot gun being used, lodged m tbe panels of the caboose. No one was injured.” The Cuthbert Appeal is of the opinion that “taken as a whole the present Leg islature is the beet Georgia has had since the war.” We credit the following to the Atlanta Dispatch: A Georgia Nigger Fed.—In tbe in* ternational walking matoh now in prog ress in New York, a Georgia negro nam ed Hart was entered by Major R. A. Ba* cod, of Colnmbne, In tbe telegrams to day it will be seen that Hart bolds his own and is keeping pace with the best in tbe lot. Hart was raised near LaGrange, and before the war need to knook off work on Saturday evening, and go to Columbus, a distance of forty miles, fro! io ail mgbt and get baok borne to break fast next morning. Here’s to tbe Geor gia nigger I Went Back oh Him.—This seems to be the season for matrimonial back downs. A young lady at Social Circle was to have married a very ol6ver yenng man on Tuesday last. The yonng man bought a set ot furniture end went to considerable expense in fitting np a cage for hie pretty bird. On Sunday, howev er, an old sweetheart came along, and*at ten o’olook ahe bedkme his wife. Verily, verily, I eey unto yon, thu world la ex ceedingly wicked, and growing amazing ly wickeder. Son of the daily press have mention ed the name of Mr. Turner, of Brooks, for Congress from the Second Distrlot. We think ths people of Georgia have higher trnsts in store for Mr. Tnrner than Congressman from the Seoond Distrlot. The Bpartor Times and Planter reports two fires in that connty last week. One Mr. William Jackson’s gin hons9, with six bales of cotton, new gin, eto., and the other Mr. Thomas Hobby’s honse with all its contents. No insnranos in either then that the case wae to be held np fnsed to do, and Beaoh emptied the con tents of his gun into him, peppering him well. The chap immediately fell to his knees and surrendered, whereupon Beach dismounted and went up to him, whereupon the fellow throat hie pistol to the officer’s body and pulled trigger, bnt, thanks to Providenoe, it missed fire. Offioer Beaoh again closed in with him and getting his pistol away, broke it over his bead, meanwhile, Smith oame np and seizing the empty gun, gave the wonid-be-murderer a clip over the bead that settled him until he could be secured and thus brought to town. The prisoner is a mulatto and Bays hia name is John Williams, and that ho halta from Cedar Keya, Fla. Officer Beaoh, at this writing, is doing well, his wound not being considered dangerous. Jf pluoky officer that cer tain. The pistol need by the negro was rec ognized aa one of tho stolen articles. THE STATE LEGISLATURE. Atlanta, September 26,1879. THE SENATE met at 9 a. m. The President in tbe ohair. Prayer by tbe chaplain. The journal was read and approved. the special order was taken np, whioh waa the bill provid ing that in oonnUes having towns of over ten thousand inhabitants there shall be two or moro Judges. Senator Clarke called for the previous question. The call was sustained and the bill waa passed by a vote of 25 to 15 the high court or impeachment resumed its session at ten a. m., the Chief Justice in the ohair. The minutes were read. In yeeterday’a report I omitted to men tion that Mr. Henry Lumpkin, of the firm of Jaol'Bon & Lumpkin, of this oity, is also one of the oonuael representing the defendant, John W. Bsnfroe. The Managers being aeked by the It appears, however, that a very eerioua Oo^raftthev were Burglar Caught and Officer Shot.— We credit tho following to tho Bruns wick Advertiser: We seldom have the opportunity of chronicling a more dastardly act on the one part or greater heroism on the other, than the case we are abont to relate. It seems that one ot the oars, stationed at the old depot and used as quarters by tha hands at work on the M. & B. R. R., was bioken op, a, a fow day3 since, and sev eral articles stolen. Suspicion point ed to a stray vagrant from Ce dar Keys, who has been around town for eevcral days. ThiB party left very suddenly, on Wednesday morning last, and started for tho country. Officer Beach and Mr. Jno. Smith started in pursuit, on horseback, and, overtaking Him just onteido of town, oidered him to bait and surrender. Instead, however be took to his heels and was panned and fired at ten times by Offioer Baaob, whilst running. When both pistols were empty, tho wretch turned on Beach and fired at him, the ball striking bis right arm above the wri3t, passing between tho bones and lodging m the flesh. Bsscb, finding himself unarmed and wounded, sprung from his horse and stized the fellow, but he was too much for him in his crippled condi tion, and got away. Determined not to be outgeneraled, tho daring offioer left bis unarmed comrade to follow and watch the fugitive, whilst ho rode back to the edge of town, and borrowing a gun loaded with small shot, returned to the oh see, and again overtaking the fellow ordered Urn to ensrender, -which he re* answsvod bj Manager Cox mat they were ready. Tbe replication of the managers was then reaa. It was a formal denial of the troth of the matters alleged by the de fendant in hia plea, and was signed hy the Speaker of the Honsa of R^prosenta- livas. Tbe replication being filed tbe Chief Jostles asked it the oase was ready to proceed. Counselor Henry Jaokson, Jr.—Ready for the defense. The Managers—Ready for the State. Manager Miller opened the case for the State by giving a detailed statement of the facts in the oase. He stated that after Mr. Benfroe was made Treasurer be put bimself in the band9 of hia secur ities, and allowed them to direot the de positing of tbe State’s money in banks of their own choosing; that the said se curities, to-wit: V. R. Tommy and B. J. Wilson, did direct tho depositing of the State’s money to the bank of whioh Tommy was President and B. J. Wilson was Director, and that said Tommy and Wilson did oontraot with the said bank to reoeivo a commission on said deposits, and did di vide tbe same with the Treasurer. And that aft»rwa/de said defendant did make another arrangement with John W. Mnr- pby, by whioh eaid Murphy did obtain a commission on deposits from another bank, whioh he did divide with said de fendant, in doing ail of whioh acts tbe defendant ie guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors against the law. Manager Miller then read a long air ay of authorities on the snt.jsot of impeach able offenses. Also a number of sections of ths now constitution. I am bore to dUoass the answer of this defendant. The defendant ia not an ig norant man, bnt be is a high effiser of tho conn, a man to whom was commuted tho safe keeping of the moiiey paid by (ho people for tneir taxes. The defend ant claims to have bsen ignorant of tbe law. This plea in office is in law nothing, and ie. in inot, just tV&uBlll the laws before they went into the ar rangement. We will show how Wilson wonld come into tho of fioe ot the Treasurer with a scaled letter, givo it to Benfroe, and no ques ions a-ked, have been addition, di vision and eilenoa. This proceeding ex- oited the suspicion of tho defendant, who also desired to encer into the arrange ment. We will ehowtbat he did so, acd also got money. That these arrange- montd were entered into in 1876. That there is nothing in tbe resolution ex empting Aogier from tha penalties of auit against bim for a similar offense. That ie waa only passed by the Demo* cratio party ns an aot of reward to An- gier, for services rendered tho State against Bollock and hie crew. That the Convention did make great changes in the law relative to the offioe and salary of the Treasurer, and now he comes up and declares be is ignorant of the law. This Senate will not believe this. We will show that this defendant en- deaved to U3a his high office to obtain a position on the Macon and Augusta Rail road. We will show that the oharge for fees for signing tho Northeastern Riilroud bonds is also unlawful end fraudulent. Mr. Miller then thanked tho ttebaio for their attention and eat down. The Chief Justice—What evidence has the State ? Manager Cox then offered ia evidence the copies of the official oaths and bonds of the Treasurer and the executive record showing what banks received the deposit of State money. Counselor Jackson—No objection as stated yesterday. Manager Cox then tendered in evidence the printed volome of evidence taken be- fore the investigating committee in or der to eavetime. Counselor Jackson, Jr. stated that Gen eral Jackson had not examined the testi mony in said book, and that the oonnsel wonld like to have time to look tberoin, bnt suggested that any other might be heard. After soma little delay the Cobrt ad joursed until 10 a. m. to-morrow. THE SENATE IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION. Bills on flret reading were taken np and read. A bill to amend an act to prevent tho burning of gin houses in this State, by offering a reward for the apprehension of inoendiaries. To amend eeotion 611 of . the. code. Judiciary committee. To amend section 3315 of the coda of 1873 in reference to pay of non-resident Judiciary. retort of resolution of adjournment io the Senato and Houso of Repre sentatives: We, tho undersigned joint committee, appointed by resolution to look into busi ness now before the General As«emblv and ascertain and report at some early day for the final adjournment, report that we bava examined the business on tho desks of the two houses, and before the various committees, as well as such new matters as will necessarily have to be considered, and we see no reason why all necessary business may not be dis- 306ed of by the tenth day of October. .Vo therefore recommend that the Gen eral Assembly do adjourn sino die on tho 10th proximo at.12 o'clock m. We respectfully submit in this connec tion that this report is based on the idea that both houses will use the utmost dispatch in disposing of tha business be fore them, for without this much impor tant matter will be undisposed -of even by the 10th of October. D. A. Russell, T. W. Gbime3, Senators. W. W. Paine, Isaac L. Toole, John J. Kimset, Representatives. rills on the second reading. To transfer the cases left over to tho County Court of Macon oonnty. Lost. To provide for tbe eleotion of the Connty Judge ot Patnam county. Pass ed. Senator MoDamel gavo notice of his intention to reconsider tho bill. To regulate the law relative to charge ing the jnry in criminal cases. Amend ed by tbe committee and passed. To prevent the illegal hunting on the lards of another ih JoneB, Montgomery and Tatnall connty. Passed. To prescribe the manner of granting licenses to sell liquor in the town of East man; also in Dodge oonnty. Passed as amended by the committee. To amend an act creating a Board Oonnty Commissioners in Crawford coun ty, Passed. To presoriba the fees of the Clerk tbe Superior Court in issning commis sions of commercial notaries. Passed. To regulate the law relating to reverse of judgments. Passed. To amend section 1430 ot the cede. Passed- The Senate then adjourned, on motion, till 9 a. m. to-morrow. Carolymn. Atlanta, Sept. 25,1879. THE HOUSE. Tbo House met at 3:30 p.m., and was called to order by the Speaker. House hills on the second reading were taken up. Quite a number were read and passed to a third reading. SENATE BILLS ON THE FIRST BEADING. A bat to amendsection 64 of the code of 1873. Finance. To prohibit the introduction and circu lation of obscene literature. Jadiotary. To deolare and establish the flag of Georgia. Military Affairs. To appoint a oompetent physician aa one of tbe trustees of the Lnnatio Asy lum. Committee on the Lnnatio Aey- Inm. To require receivers and collectors to return by name all liquor dealers, to gether with tbe amounts paid by them special tax. Finance. To amend eeotion 661 of the code. Committee on Internal Improvements; Tbe Speaker announced that tbe oom mittee to Investigate tbe right of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad to nso the prooeeds of oonviot labor wonld be Messrs. Hall, Phillips of Cobb, Ham mond, Turner ot Brooks, and Boner, SENATE BILLS ON SEOOND READING were then taken np, read and passed to third reading. The Honse then ad journed. Carolyhn. Atlanta, September 26lfa, 1879. THE HOU8E. Tbe House met at 9 o’olook, and was called to order by the Speaker. Prayer by Rev. John Jones, D.D., ohaplsin. The roll waa called and the journal was read and approved. Mr. Matthews moved to reoonaider lost bill to provide for greater efficienoy of teaobers. Mr. Eiden moved to lay th9 motion to reoousider on tho table. Agreed to. By permission Mr. Harris introdnoed a resolution to require judges of the Su perior Court to speoially charge grand jaries in regard to wild laud frauds in the different counties, and that the solic itors general tarnish them with all the information in their possession that bilia of indiotment shall be eeonred if there be nffioient evidenoe. The resolution was referred to tbe Wild Land Committee. THE SPECIAL ORDER was a bill by Mr. Awtry infix tbe rate of interest in this State. On tho bill, the Finance Committee had reported ad versely, and it was only on ita second reading. Mr. Miller,ot Honeton,eaid there was no use of fighting over the bill twice, he was therefore willing that the report should bo disagreed to and tho bill passed to third reading. Tbo report waa disagreed to and the bill was advanced to a third reading. DILLS ON THIRD RHADINO were in order. A bill to amend an act to prevent mo- nnn »l.na in freichC transaurianuu ana xo secure tree competition in tho same; Passed. To authorize the Governor to furnish counties whose court houses have been burned, with Supreme Court reports and with standard weights and measures. Passed. To amend sec. G55 of the revised code eo aa to allow road commissioners to re- -iga after two years consecutive service. Passed. To prescribe the manner of an appeal from one jury to another in Superior and city courts. To prescribe tho duly of Superior Court judges in issuing orders for insol vent costs. The specisl joint committee appointed to ascertain the condition of pending bnainees with a view to on early adjourn meat, reported a resolution fixing tho 10th of October at noon as a time when the Legislature may properly adjourn. No action was taken on the resolution. Reading bills the third time was re sumed. To regulate freight tariffs. Tabled. Mr. Hadion offered a resolution that the Legislature adjourn on the 10th of October at 12 o’clock sr. Under the rales this resolution laid on the table one day. On motion of Mr. Harris, the House refused to concur in the Sonate amend ment to tbo bill to make minora parties to proceedings in conrt in this State. The Senate amendment to a bill rela tive to the dating and eerving of sum mons in Justices’ Courts was concurred in. To provide for salo of perishable prop erty when levied on by tax fL fas. Pass ed. To provide for the payment of the ex penses ot the committee whioh investi gated tho Comptroller General. Recom mitted. To regulate the practice In Superior Courts in this Slate. Passed. The Honse went into committee of tae whole to oonsider a bill to appropri ate inony to pay the expenses of the com mittee whioh investigated the offioe of Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary. Mr. Colley was railed to the ohair. On motion of Mr. Livingston, the oom* mittee recommended the passage ot the bill. The report was agreed to and the yeas and nays were called on tUe pas sage of tbe bill as it appropriated money. Tho yeas wero 106 and the nays 11, so the hill passed. To appropriate money to pa; tho con tingent expenses of the present adjourn ed Boeeion. To oonsider this bill the Honse went into committee of the whole, with Mr. Luffmsn ia the ohair. Mr. Hammond offered an amendment appropriating $100 eaoh for the Secretary ot tho Senate and Clerk of tne Honse for the work of indexing the journal. Mr. Livingston moved that the com mittee rise, report progress and ask lsave to sit again. Agreed to. The Honse adjourned to 6:30 p. m To allow tax collectors to administor I miEsioners to eleot their oaths in cerium cases, was I oat, in a simi- ’ Lost’. Atlanta, September 27, 1879. THE SENATE met at 9 a. m. President Lsater in tho Chair. Prayer by tbo Chaplain. Tho roll was called and a quorum de- clatfld. Tho journal was read and approv ed. Standing committscs snbmittod their report^ RESOLUTION b? Senator Clements: That the thanks ot the Senato are due Capt. J. F, C. Tatnall, for presenting to each member of the ehatnber a copy of the biography of Commodore Josiah Tatnall, who hoe by his life illustrated Georgia. Adop ted. The volume is from the faoila pen of Col C. C. Jones, aud is one of the most interesting usd valuable works ot this charming writer. BILLS ON SECOND BEADING. To allow oertain board of county corn- own clerk. lar mann-r. BILLS ON THIRD HEADING. To maze it illegal for Judges of the County Court* to hold any municipal of fice. Paaeod.limiftaj&w r"***!] Other bills wove passed to a third reading. FIRST BEADING. To provide for supplying oonnties with Supreme Conrt reporta.a.Jndioiary. SSh vA . THE HIGH COURT OT IMFEAOHMSNT waa railed to order by tbe Chief Jnatioe at ten a. m. The minutes were read. The Chief Justice then inquired of tha counsel for the defense if they would ao- oede to the proposition ot the State in reference to introducing the. volume of testimony taken before the investigating committee. Counselor Jaokson, Jr., agreed to the proposition, bnt insisted on a oertain letter from General Alexander being pro duced- Manager Cox stated that General Alex* ander wonld be pat on tbe stand. Counselor Jaokaon—We agree to it. This evidence is contained in a book of abont three hundred pages. There arose some debate among the Senators aa to the character of the evidenoe, aa all the Senators had not received the eaid vol- umo. Senator Clarke offered an order to the effect that the evidenoe and proceedings of eaoh day be printed and laid on the desks of tbe Senators eaoh morning. Senaror Grantland moved to lay tbe order on the table. Agreed to. EVIDENCE Ton THE 8TATT. Xj, Moss aworn.—Witness is Superin tendent of the Northeastern Railroad. Had a conversation with A. K. Childs and Benfroe in Atlanta, in reference to tho bonds of said railroad. Somebody —didn’t remember who—said there waa bill for signing the bonds. Witness Baid he wonld pay it, and gave n oheck to Ren- froe for $247. Knows the operations of the road. Benfroe never did any service for the road bnt to sign the bonds. Witness here identified the cheok. Paid the bill, beoanse witness sup posed the charge waa lawful. Paid this bill as an nooount for offioial fees. Cxors.—Have known Benfroe for some time, couldn’t eay how long. The bonds were delivered to witness in the Govern or’s room. Childs, Cobb, witness, Ren fros and the Governor were all there. Mr. Calvin Johnson, of Athene; was empowered by witness to ask Benfroe to Bend his signature to have it lithographed to save time, and when objeotion was made, told Johnson to aay the coat wonld be paid all the same as if it wae done by hand. By the Senate—The witness anawered that Benfroe demanded the fees for signing the bonds before it was offered to O. H* PHINZY BWOBH* I was in Augusts, met Benfroe in spring of this year in Augusta, had* conversation with Benfroe about getting a situation for a friend in the Atlanta department of the Georgia Road that the friend wonld be satisfied with any position however humble. Bnt he did not wish to make a bargain with the road, bnt that if ha could get the posi tion for hia friend he wonld make the bank the depository of the State f nnde. The name of the friend was Pritchett. The bank was already tbe depository ot the tax of Richmond oonnty, Hia depos it proposed was lor other amounts than what the tax officer of Riohmond county deposited in the bank. Cross—Impression of witness is Benfroe said the money or funds of the State without any qualifications. General E. P. Alexander, Witness is President of the Georgia R R. banking company. Benfroe did make a propoet tion to witness, that if witness would give position on eatd road to one T. J. Pritoheit, Benfroe wonld deposit with eaid bank the State funds to tha amount of from $50,0C0 to $100,000. That kiss ing went by favor. The proposition was never consumma ted on personal objeotion to the friend of Benfroe. Witness dropped tho matter himself. Cross—Witness at request of defend ant’s oennsel read a letter from himself to Benfroe in relation to the testimony of witness before tbe investigating commit tee. Witness then read a list or deposits made by the tax officers in Riohmond connty. m^; r ^feS*tnesa io Gid ^wish o to idenco before tbe committee. fiy the Senate—Tnink Pritchett was to have located at Atlanta. Since he re fused to give said position $30,000 have been withdiawn. Counselor Jaokson Jr. then stated mat tho oase of the defend ant haviDg been tolly set forth in tbe plea, that to save time the ooansel for the defense wonld not make any set speech in opening, bat would read the law re* bed on, in the oase. Counselor Jaokson Jr-, then read the following authorities in hearing ot the Senators, to-wit: Tbe Constitution of 1877, artiole 5, section 2, paragraph 5; also artiole 7. eeotion 9, paragraph 1, of Code eeotion 92, paragraph' 8, supple ment to code seotton 18. paragraph 11. Senate journal 1871, page 194. also House journal 1871, page 192, also sots of 1872, page 253. Counselor Jaokson Jr., then read the not of 1878, enforcing the 7th artiole, seotion 9, paragraph 1. Also the act of 1879, passed n tew days ago, enforcing paragraph 6, of eeotion 2, of artiole j of the new Constitution. Also, a section of an aot allowing John Jones fees in case ot extra work, also the first eeotion ot the appropriation aot of 1862, allowing $1,009 to the Treasurer for signing treas ury notes. Also, a letter from Mr. John Cohns Johnson to Benfroe,saying that his tees would be paid for the labor of Bign- ing np tho bonds of the Northeastern Railroad. EVIDENOE FOB THE DITESNE. Judge John J. H>lt was sworn. Had a conversation with Rsnftoe; is a member of the Legislature. Manager Cox objeoted to tha evidence being admitted. Counselor Jaokson proposed that the evidence be admitted at present to save time, and if the evidence was ruled tabs inadmissible it canid be rated ont after- warn 8. Tne Chief Jnstice ruled that the proper time to decide such questions was the present General Jackson said that the question involved the vitals of the oase; that the defense did not insist on it as a right, bnt asked it as a favor. Let it go in for What it ia worth, and if it is inadmissi ble let it be rnled out at tbe final vote. The Chief Justice read the rale of the Senate on the snbjeot. Manager Cox then argued the objec tion that the evidence sought to be in troduced were declarations by the defen dant a month after the commission it the offense in his own favor, and this declaration is that he did not know the law. The code declares that ignorance of law ie not excuse for the act. The supremo court has ruled that ignorance of law will not excuse a sheriff in the exercises of his official duty; that the coses ore identical. Counselor Jackson, Jr., rose and ar gued tho other sido. That the defen dant has been elected three times to tbe office of Treasurer; that this court is not governed by the ordinary lawe of evis iience. He is your servant; now will yon deny your servant to tell yon he was ig norant of some rules of law. Copt. Jackson then read the eeotion of the code which admits as evidence, let ters, replies, and conversations as going to explain motives; also a case from N in which it was ruled in tho case of an indictment against a Justice of the Peace for receiving illegal feeB in which caee it wa3 ruled tost the ignorance of the law and an absence of criminal intent will excuse tho defend- To refuse to let the defendant show hia motives, would be a proposition unheard of, even in a court of tho email- cat dignity, much more before this High Court of Impeachment. Manager Cox spoko again, and claimed that the authority relied on was founded on a mistake in the officer, not on igno rance. 4*The Chief Justice—The general rule that all ooiumporaneous saying and doing are competent and admissible to explain motives, but the chair is not aware of any law permitting a conversation loog after the offense, in hiB own benefit, to be introduced. And, therefore, the evidence is inadmissible and should be rnled oat, but the chair wonld submit the question the Senate. Senator Camming opposed '-ho rejeo- tion of the testimony. Senator Cahaniss also spoke on the question. Pending a vote on the question. Sena tor Bower moved to adjourn till ten on Monday morning. Agreed to, and the Conrt adjourned accordingly. The Senate, after making some little provisions as to having printed daily re ports of each day’s proceedings, ad journed also, Carolymn. Atlanta, September 27, 1879 THE HOUSE. The House met at 9 o’eloek and wae called to order by the speaker. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Taliaferro of the House. The journal was read aud approved. By consent Greene of Baldwin intro duced e bill to increase the salary of the Treasurer of Baldwin county to $500. Referred to Finance Committee. The unfinished business was tho con sideration of a bill to appropriate money to pay the contingent expenses ot the preset adjourned session of the Legis lators. The House went into committee of the whole to consider thia bill, with Mr. Huffman in the chair. The amend ment offered by Mr. Harris to pay the clerk of the House and the secretary of the Senate $100 each for indexing the journals was lost. The committee of the whole on motion of Mr. Miller reported ths bill back with a recommendation that it do pass. The report was adopted. On the passage of the bill tho yeas ai.d nays were nec essary, ae it appropriated money. The yeas were 102,' nays 6. Ho the bill passed. Senate amendmen a to the following bills were concurred in: To prescribe the manner of granting liquor license in Esetmon and in Dodge connty. To amend an act to protect the game in Thomas connty. To regmate practice in Superior Courts in reference to requests to charge juries. To amend the law os to pruosanm in Superior Coarts in towns of two thousand inhabitants or more. To define who are agents of insurance companies not incorporated by the law ot this 8ta e. Mr. Awtry, tbe anther of the bill, read to the Honse an able and elegant argu ment in its favor. On motion of Mr. Phillips of Cobb the bill wa* made the speoial order for Mon day, immediately after the reading of the jonrnaL Mr. Dnval offered a bill to fit np new apartments for tbe State Library. Re ferred to Fmanob Committee. On molion'of Mr. Mynatt a resolution relative to the pay of mileage for tbe ad journed session was read the eeooad time. The House in committee of the whole, with Mr. Halsey in thu ohair, re ported in favor of the passage of n bill to pay expenses of the committee which in vestigated the office of State Treasurer. On motion of Mr. Cannon tbe House adjourned to Monday morning at nine. LYING LOVERS. It*asaIoTerloveda maid That had a father who Was thought to ba by all ths world Exceedingly well to-do. “Oh bo my wife.” the lover cried. Uy bride, my quaon my own: “You do not love ms.” she replied’ ”1 fear for myself Alone” “Aly pa ba is a wealthy man, His t Jty child am I, And all bis riches shall be mine WteneverheshiU die. “But riches, the Apostle says. Unto them,elves take wings, oh. If pa were poor wonld y ou lore me?” “i would,” he cried ”by jingo.” *‘I am so glad—I know you would— 1 in your love am blest; Fa failed last night.” she sobbed and sank Upon her lover’* oreait •That mskes not a bit of difference,” That gallant lover cried; “3o I have yoi Icaranot who That night when her lover took his leaTe. At twenty minutes to one; 8he • hispered sottly in his ear, ‘•Darling, 1 was in fun.” “True, pa has failed, but he his tula liad duly salted by. I only wished to try your truth— Darliog, how glad am I. For now I know you would love mo well Even m poverty.” And as he went home ths lover. Who was by no meats green. He blithorly hugged bimvslf and sang. “X know what fa'lures mean.” THE HOlir JHAKBiEU OF WO nEfg. An Animated Death Warrant— rne Widow of* seven Has bands From the Saiyraa (DA) Times, Sept. 17.j Benjamin Abbott, one of our old oiti- zane, died in this town Saturday last in the eighty second year of his ago. He was a nephew of the celebrated Rev. Benjamin Abbott, the great Methodist revivalist ot the early psrt of this centu ry, and come to this Stare from New Jer sey when a young man, and settled in the “Neck” east of thia town, where his active life was moetlr spent. Bat the notable feature in Mr. Abbott’s otherwise uneventful life is tbo remarkable fact ot being the seventh husband of his widow, who survives bim. This mnoh-talked-of and mnoh published event, (for it went the zounds of the press of the nation,) when he for the seoond and she for the seventh time bowed before the altar of Hyman occurred on Jane 30, 1875, he then being 78 and she 82 years old. Mrs. Abbott’s history in the marital relatione of life stands perhaps without.* parallel In the reoordB of tbe nation, and tradition haB it there is to be yet another. It ia onrrently stated withont oontradiotton that aome years ago she had a vision in whioh eight men stood before her in an Impressive manner, whioh she has ever regarded aa prophetto of the nnmber of conquests she was to make. The eighth is ju»t as likely and as reasona ble aa the seventh, and already public gossip is beginning to mark this and that man as the victim of the next con quest. Her maiden name waa Williams, and ahe haa been successively Mrs. Trax, Mre. Riggs, Mrs. Farrow, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Pratt, and Mrs. Abbott. In every instance, save the first, she has married widowars, some of them with a good nnmber of children, and on one occasion in her early married life she went to the almshouse and took therefrom three children and raised them. She never had any children of her own. 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In a few month.-X became not only relieved, bnt abso lute!/ cured and for two years post I have been thor ughly restored to health and enjoyment ot i look npontneBosuiatorasamost exooUent A Flsasent Incident in Editorial Xilie Occurred to Mr. Pearce, the enterprising editor of tae Bethel (Uonn.), Ledger, and is thus described in his letter. Who wouldn’t be a fortunate editoi? August 25th, 1879. ) Office of Bethel Lzdoeb, > Bethel, Gone., J M. A. DAUPHIN: No. 319 Broadway, New York Oity: Dear Bib—I take th a opportunity of in forming yon that the agent of 'Adams Ex press Company delivered to me last Satur day morning a package, which, on breaking the seal, I found contained fifty one-hun dred dollar bills, tho exist amount ($5,000) which my ticket, 22,955, drew Aug 12tb, and which I obtained by inclosing one dollar to you by mail. Thanking you. I remain, Yooraa noerely, JOHN T. PIERCE. Bpring field Republican.! Thomas Bayard la to-day the only promi nent leader with an Immediate future in the Democratic party. He roprtsonU some thing more than tha Democratic organiza tion, be represents independence in polities. Dias Bell.—out commencement exercises are over. I have received my diploma, and am now ready to enter with east into the pleasures ot gay society. Attired becomingly in a pure whiteroba, such as an angel might love to wear, [took a prominent psrt in trv musical exercises in the evening. Although I hai contracted a severe cold a fow days before, I was enabled by the use of Coussens’ Honey of Tar, the best reme dy in the world for coughs, colds, and all diseases of ths throat and longs, to sing so well that I comnletoly enraptured a lance audience. Tell UucJo John that the use c! that invaluable com pound, Coussens Honey of Ter, will euro his cough. It is only 50 oents a bottle, andean be bought at Roland B /doll's Drugstore, " Yoon 10 bastaSSS, mav7 U—■BiB 3s have received from the use ol tho Regulator. Respectfully, etc. W B HALL, Principal Hall’s select school. Macon. 6s. The Original and only genuine manufactured by JHZKILI.VACO, Philadelphia Pa. PrleoSi. Forsat*byai1druCT ; -v< —ns* —In osoending Mount Wnawuguiu os the bridle patn two men lost their way. They reached the summit the next morning, badly a-;ej np.. The toe on their hats was half an inou thick. —The most extraordinuy feat of billiards on records bas just been performed at Mos cow by a young Japanese, who won in twelve hours a game of 5.00(1, in the course of which he onee a sored 1,830 "caromblea” in aucceauion —Mr. Hayes, at Chicago, expressed ths hope that for the good of the country Tilden •Tilt not be nominated again. This in grati tude to the man whose office he his got and whose m mey he ia spending at the rate of fifty thousand a year 1 —Negroes du not often commit suicide, but in Mieeonri, two, nam td aaliington Arnold and Pryor Ward, locked oruia and delioerately walked into the Mississippi riv er at St. Joseph, on Tuesday lost, aud WSTO swept away by tbe ourrent and drowned. —A weli-Qieased womsn drew a crowd to gether in a Cincinnati street, the other day, by striking a man across tho face several t'.mes with a whip, and then finishing tha punishment with her fists, bhe coolly ex plained that he was her runaway nusbuid, whom she nod laboriously traced for the sole purpose of whipping him “Is there a letter here in a scented enva* lope for my wife?” he asked the postmaster, while the green fire from his eyes made the office look like» loafy forest. “Yes, sir,’ answered the P. M-, aa he hinded it out. Thu jealous man tore it open atones when, Io and behold! it was the milliner’s bill for 45ji. The end. —The Jacksonville (Eli.) Sun aud Press asks: “Will eome meoicol man explain why or how it is that the negro is never known to on’ ezsi'" Ask any old planter, woo own ed ear js of servants, and he will tell yon honu-er heard one of his servants sneeze. Xt ni: y appear a very singular fact, bat it is rjm.a,ihn In»» inn: and wo ai.nda fn it jnst io enow how unobservant most people are.” —Tho Archduchoea Maria Chia'Iua, future ueenof Spain, aged21, poiaoieea exceed* ugly pleasant manners, and is about the middle height, slenaer and fan, with dark brown hair and ioree blue eyes, bhe is a capital languist, speaking French, Italian, bpanirh, English and German admirably. Tne Spaniards are crowding to Aroichon, ub-re aha ia dtijiug, tj cb.£.ia a glimpse ci' their fature Qasen. —Tn j Democratic State Committee held an important meeting in Now York on Wednesday Six of the Tamm my members we-o present at ita opening, but oil save one soon withdrew, the sohiury exception being Mr. Peter Mitchell, who announced his purpose to veto for Gov. liubicson. The seats or all the other Tammany members— moiuaing that of Mr Augustus Schell, who was not present at tho meeting—wero de clared vacant, —The Detroit Free Press tsye that an Alabama woman has originated a novel in« duatry whienmay prova to bo an important aud useful one. tibo strips the do*u of tha feathers of mrkeys and other fowls from (hair quill, and weaves it into a thick, soft doth, whioh can be dyed any desired color, and out of whicn moat beautiful aud oomi fortabie cloaks, Basques, eta, can be made. Her inability to bay herself a sealskin aacqua isuher to make the experiments. —Cabal, the capital of Arghaaiatan, where the massacre of Cavagnari and Um English embassy took plaoe, is not a city wnose pal aces and pnolio institutions would allure the sightseer to any lengthened stay iu its Vi- oinily, Tor without exoepuon a more neglec ted or tumbled-dowa collection ot houses, without tne slightest pretenoe to sanitary ar rangements, can hardly be found in Asia. Tne only shops of any interest are tbo leath er and iron workers and others dealing in skins and stuffs peculiar to Oabui. Tha fruit stalls in tha autumn are crammed from tne ground to the roof with eveiy Bind of both ripe and raw froits. —Tha Ttoy, (Ala ) Enquirer says ibe nil* roads nave pooled their issues un freight by an increase of rates from almost every Honthem town to tha North-m marcetr. From Montgomery and Columbus the in* crease has bsen agreed upuj uveaii-fira oents on the hundred pounds. The new rate will go into effect next Monday. Th* rate to Troy iu reoentiy ieduced ten cents on the hundred pounds, The increase next Monday will p.ace it fifteen cents higher on the hundred pounds than u was previous to the recent redaction, and twenty fire oents higher than at present, unless it mall be made an exoepuon to the geneial rale. —Sir Henry fiolwer, uncle of Lora LyUou, for months fancied himself affected with paraiysis of tbe lege, and refused to put a root to the ground, but was wneeiea in a clisir by a servant. One day tho nhone steamer, on which he was traveling, caught fire, and the captain having ran the boat ashore, a plank waa thrown one, by which the pacasngera might land. Thu first perron on tiffs new bnage, and stepping nimbly down, was Bx Horny. When ante on chore, he remembered himself, and called cut to hie temut: “Oarty me Foieter.” But it was too late. Forster refused to hear more of his master’s folly, and Sir Henry walked Very well to the day of hie death. Poisoned With Ivy.—The many friends ot \Y taper D.Ls, all over thu country, will oe pained to learn of his doiih, wh.cn oc curred on Wednesday lost. About a.x weeks ago Mr. Dills was poiconed by handling a poisoned ivy, while .stopping at the reel* donoeof his mother-in-law, Mia For bus, on tae avenue near the stock yards. He Waa walking through tho yards, and inought* ieaaly picked up the ivy, aud, being freshly shaven, he rubbed hia hands un inn face be fore washing them. His blood was thereby loirouud, and the hum-,/ firs; broke out in its faoo. Every effort was mado to sava turn, but medical science availed nothing, and he succumbed to the do- otfuoisof the poison, death terminating his nuiTeiings-as above stated. A Pap. l Ought.—When iho present Pope was a cardinal ho obaiched the idea of pub- tithing a Catholic journal that should be on organ for hU churob, end that oomd be read by all the people af .Europe and America in tneir mother language, bu.ee oia elevation to the pontificate, be has exerted himself to start this newspaper, and n * announces that its Ant number wiii ue issued next month. It will be printed in suven different languages ; it will discues the political aud economical questions of the day. -ad offi cially represent the opimo-a ol the Holy dec. Tho composiiors aro to oe tne deaf and dumb pupus in ths asyiums of Homo. Alimonde will be tbo gohcrol -mporinten- dent, and tbe Pope is anxious Umt a cardi nal should be at ibe he.4 of Uiv -..orial de partment. Tho novel paper will *t.«t with i 12,UP!) subscribers. Very few oi tiiis nam- - er ore Italians. To suffer and do pluiw-ni u m-nost im possible foe ua adu.. and qn ie so far a baby When it ia uffhoiaJ w.u -oUc, o.xrtbssx or otiiat trooblaiomo duofddfi uio hJc, Xtou d Baby Syrup. Price 25 cea.e. ■Mgl