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•Mh os |} \ . jEPfE ilBER 26 187
OKlUtUlA j?Ktae»».
Db Thoi. V Janes, Commissioner of
ag^ii'iiiiarf. resigned thitoiScB Monday
afternoon. , ,,
Th* Atfirat* Dispatch Enmmarizes the
ariL.:. i of impeachment against Mr. Ben-
fro-* adopted! by tne House as follows
Angela 1 That, John W. R.-nfioe ap«
nwpru'td o bia own use money belOHg-
m< to toe btefo, through V. E. Tommey.
A- 5o!oS That on the first, day of
January, 1873. and on divers other days,
John w - Eenfroe appropriated to his
own (tii'. lage toms of money, aggro*
gttin . $5,331, as interest and reward for
the deposit ui S:ate money, through J.
W. Marpuj.
Artn-I*- 3- Becitca tho matter of the
boltiisa, n !>• iog stockholders in banka
U>4 designs'iog in what banks State
non.-y should be deposited; of B J.
Wii on tod V B. Tommey dividing in
tuit u. on Stile rnnney deposited, deeig-
naltug the contract as a high misdemean
or iu office*.
A> ,ic'.e 4 That John V7. Eenfroedid
coaruptly extort and receive from A. E.
Chile*, of the Northeastern Eailroad,
nsnej onr.c:ount of the bonds of said
rofed
A- tcu- 5, That John W. Eenfroe did
wrt.gfniiy propose to deposit in the
Georgia It tilroad and Banking Company
in 0'iuBid'mth u that E. F. Alexander
apr. ,i, ■' to office in said company one T.
J. Pcitnht :L
Article G refers to tho disgraceful pro*
ced. it set by the conduct ot caid John
W. Eenfroe.
T"E Post says thore nro divera rumors
as ti> what c.nr.-o Mr. Esnfroe will take.
One is that be will employ the ablest
eon-ec! and make a determined defense.
Another that ho will make no defense at
aO,iu. ,v ave tho case with the Senate.
The Post connects General Henry B,
Jackson's presence in Atlanta with the
fiio» c iffd theory.
Griwo Bacx to Other Days.—TTr.dor
thv< hw.t we find the following in the
Constitution:
It i! stated by some members of the
House tua’ the investigations ander-
xangemen's are not to stop with the in-
cambrnle during tho present administra
tion. It is asserted that investigations
into the books of former regimes in
soma of the departments reveal matters
capable of extensive explanation.
In the office of Comptroller-General,
the administration of Madison Bell has
beer, uuder scrutiny and two gentlemen
who bavo examined into some of the ac
counts there report that items to the
amount of many thousands of dollars
ar- in a mate ot confusion. They wilibear
straightening out, and it is understood
that Mr. Be 11 will bo called upon to eluci
date theca matters. He i3 at present in
the city and reported as taking an
anxiia- interest in the progress of tho in-
veungatioos. From this fact, it is pre
sumed that no is ready to answer any de
mand for explanation that may be made
upon him.
Burnt rs of a like purport refer to af
fair* id the Treasurer’s office during tho
Bollock regime, when Dr. Angier was the
inonmber*. It is said that should the
prei'ant Treasurer be punished id that in
which Treasurer Angier made a prece
dent. the constitutional power to impeach
those who have held office will be invoked
to reach, tbe cases back of the present
one. Th. se things are a part of toe cur
rent talk in tbe House, end breezy
may bo locked for when .tne matters aro
brron-h- forward.
Tne Constitution also says all these
cssse wil. b- biought before tbo grand
jury of Fulton county which meets next
Monday.
Tus Atlarta school board has recently
adopted the following rules:
To entitle resident pupils toradmission
to any f tne publio schools, they must
hr.ve taken np tboir residence within the
gyjf..-. jIa limit? of tho *>lly
fno pupil whose residence is tem
porary, and for the purpose only of ob
taining tbe benefit of the schools, shall
bo admitted; nor shall any pupil be ad
mitted whoso parents or guardians are
non-residents.
[To the uninitiated wo will explain
tbai on into manendi in the above rule
means^-with the intention of remaining.”]
Too other important questions were
settled by the board trad me as follows:
1 That no soldier residing in the city
bee ’he right to send his children to the
public soubM without payment of tui
tion fees.
2. That all pupils present with their
elm-ses on the last day of the last term
and regularly promoted shall have pref
erence it their classes. 5.’ *
Thu returns show that there are 1,783
whi’e children in the fear grammar
school- and 2,980 in the high and white
and colored grammar ecbools combined.
There am 535 white children holding
cards vZ admission for whom no room
can be mad?; abont 300 colored pupils
aro m the same predicament. *
Gen. Beauregard and Bob Toombs had
a bearing before the Esoorder in Atlanta,
Monday morning, on the charge of being
drunk and disorderly. They are both off
color.
Ge:t. Toomb3 and a Big Eailroad
Fee.—We 'credit tbe following to the
Augusta Chronicle:
It is very generally slated that Gen
eral Toombs has recently received a large
fee from the Georgia Eailroad for cer
tain services by him rendered to that
corporation. The statement is that
the Mucon and Augusta Eailroad became
indebted to tbe State for certain taxes
for s< vstul years, and that said taxes,
with n-es and penalties, amounted in
the i.fegregate to the Bnm of one hun-
d.-cJ i ad fifty thousand dollars. The
Ger.i^ia Eailroad Company has the con
trol e. .he Macon and Aognsta Eailroad.
By r on of the endorsement by the
Geomix <>f a large atnonnt of tbe Maoon
and A.-.^usta bonds and other indebted
ness, the Georgia Eailroad may be con
sidered os the virtual owner of the Macon
lioou. As we understand it, Gen
cral To.mba proposed to the President
and Dsectors of tbo Georgia Boad that be
would seltie the State’s claim of $150,-
000 against the Macon and Augusta road
for twenty thousand dollars. The con
ditions were that the money was to be
paid in advance, and t ost the Macon acd
Angnsia railroad was to be relieved by an
act of the Legislature from ell fines and
penalties. Of the twenty thousand dal
iars paid General Toombs we learn that
twelve thousand wont to (he State Treas
ury and eight thousand to Gen. Toombs.
These ore the feels In the main in circu
lation iu this oily. We presume that Gen
eral Toombs had authority to make tbe
sottlemen. for the State, otherwise bo
conld not have effected this arrangement
with the Georgia road. In this conneo-
1:;l i. ..ray not be emiss to inquire :
Who gave General Toombs the authority
to oompremis. this indebtedness? How
oemo it that General Toombs promised
the pturi-ge of a bill of relief by (he Leg
islator.? General Toombs was to hold
tbo twenty thousand dollars until the
terms of the.oompromlse had been com
plied with. Iif caso of failure to effeot
the arrangement, tbe money was to be
returned ho the Georgia road. The peo
ple would like to know the bottom foots
in this o. sa.
The State’s Monet—Wno Should
Eeef It?—A Chronicle repoiter has been
talking with the bank men in Angcsta
on this subject and found them, without
exception, favoring a division of tho
State’s funds:
“It? genera! idea wan that there Bhonld
be one bank in each of the prinoipal cities
and towns of the State, designated as a
State depository. In this bank the col,
lectors in bounties contiguous to tho city
or town in which It would be looated
Ehould'be required to place tbe State tax*
cn co!? , ''' , ed by (hem, end those fa
sand dollars in State bonds wonld
receive, when they came due, a check
on tbe State depository in this
city instead of on Atlanta, thus
saving the expense of transporting^ the
check and considerable trouble besides.
This arrangement they said, was but sim
ple equity. The majority of those with
whom the Chronicle conversed were op
posed to tho giving ot any bond to the
State, by the bank selected as the depos
itory. Individuals, they said, deposited
money in tho banks withont receiving any
bonds from them,and they saw no reaeon
why the State conld not do the same. It
would be lowering the dignity of the
banks. Then, too, it wonld not be just
to exact a bond from the back for funds
which were subject to be checked out at
any time. One hundred thousand dollars
might be deposited to-day and the bank
give bond for that amount, and to
morrow fifty thousand dollars of it might
be drawn out. Tho State would then
have the bank’s bond for one hundred
thousand dollars, while the bank wonld
only hold the State’s money for half’that
amount.”
The editor of the Olxfenolccan, publish
ed at Waycross, offers to sduc-ito one of
the Hood orphans, and “will plidge his
eacred honor to devote his life to its sup
port.”
We find the following statement in the
wheie it woe eollooted.
place
For examp e, a
same paper:
Some days ago we were speaking to
one of the leading Bepublioans in this
section of the country, in fact a man
that controls the entire negro vote
of Sonthern Georgia from Savannah
to Albany, in regard to the candidacy of
Governor Colquitt for re-election. He
said: “Why, Gov. Colquitt can carry
every colored vote from the coast to the
Alabama line. Tnat I n-ver made a D- m-
ocratic speech in my life, but if any other
man should come out againBt him I will
slump the State for him.”
An advertisement in the Savannah
News reoently for a oarpenter brong ut
four responses while one tor a bookkeeper
had fifty, which, tho News thinks, has a
bad look. SomRfcndj, w go West.
Foreign Vessels at Savannah.—We
learn frojn the News ,n-t tne “British
steamship Trafalgar from Swansea, and
the British steamship Joseph Ferens from
New York, arrived yesterday. These,
with the steamship Troubadour, already
reported, make three of the steam fleet
expected hero. These vessels are iron
bnllt, and carry from 4,000 to 6,000 bales
of cotton. There were tnirty-two foreign
steamships loaded at this port last season,
besides those which “called” at Tybeo for
oiders.
There are already twenty-five foreign
steamers chartered for this port, and it is
expected that the fleet this year will
double in numbers that of la9t year.
While Savannah does not make much of
a sensation over her marine, it is, never'
theleae, a faot that more foreign oteani-
ers come to this port than to all the otb
er South Atlantic and Gulf ports com
bined, excepting New Orleans."
A Saturday night fire at Savannah,
burned Simon & Bogere, clothing dealers
at 159 Congress street. They were In
sured for $5,COO.
Ex-Govebkor Brown has reopened an
old wound which bids fair to make
trouble and bad blood before it is closed
again. It is by way of reply to Mr,
Garrard’s (of Columbus) attaok on him
the other day in connection with his ap'
pearance as counsel for the government
in tho AsKbnrn moo ut Coin mb 113 He
taEes two columns in tho Constitution of
ytetsidsy end promises more. We make
this extract:
After he (Ashbure) was murdered and
those who were suspected by the military
authorities of haviDg been connected
with the mnrder were p'aced under ar
rest and confined in prison. General
Meade, who was then the supremo mili
tary commander of the State, sent for
me, end informed me that he desired to
Ji^wer.ntion, os he intended to try tho
defendants by a military court. We bad
a long private interview on the subject,
in whioh I earnestly appealed to him to
hold the prisoners over nntil the Legists-
tare had complied with the reconstruc
tion acts, and until civil government in
the State should be restored, and
then turn them over to the civil an-
thorities, General Meade stated
that ho wonld be glad to take that course
but that murder- for political opinion’s
sake were beooming so frequent in the
South, that he felt it his duty, for the
protection of society, to check it by put
ting the perpetrators on trial by military
court in some of the mo3t aggravated
cases. He stated that he understood tho
prisoners would be defended by an array
of very able counsel, and he desired
some lawyer of experience and ability in
the State associated with the Jndge Ad
vocate who wonld see that the trial was
conducted fairly, and that no legal ad
vantage was taken, and if he conld not
get my services he wonld employ other
counsel, and mdioated one or two names
of gentlemen known to me to be very
radical politically, and who, in my opin
ion, wonld, if employed, prosecute with
greet-energy, and be willing to see tbe
extreme penalty inflicted. General
Meade and I had several interviews
on the subject, and I finally said to
him that in my opinion no citizen
should be snbjected to the death pen
alty, no matter what his offense might
be, when tried by a military court daring
the reconstruction period; and that I
thought that if he permitted it daring
his admistration, he wonld in after life re
gret that he had mada the record, and
that I conld in no case represent the
prosecution without his private pledge to
me that he would approve no finding of
the court which I, as counsel for the pros
ecution, miglit disapprove; and if there
should be a conviction where death would
be the penalty that he shonld do all in
his power to have tho party held over nn
til civil government should be restored,
so that the legality of the sentence might
be tested before the civil courts. I stated
to him that I thought bis own reputa
tion demanded this coarse, and that ho
could not go down to history as the head
of a military administration which had
adopted a different practioe.
General Meade then asked me if 1
wonld prosecute faithfully and with en
ergy, with a view of ascertaining the
truth aa to tho gnilt or innocenoe of the
prisoners who were accused of the crime.
I informed him that I wonld if I under
took ’bo cise. But that I could not un
dertake it nnles31 controlled it. I stated
I wuld have to meet a large array of
the ablest lawyers in Georgia, and tbat
I wonld do my duty faithfully to the ex
tent of my ability in conducting the
investigation, so as to ascertain the
gnilt or innocence of the accused. I fur
ther slued that it would be my policy,
as the Legislature would soon act upon
tho questions to come before them under
the reconstruction acts, not to hasten
tho trial faster than was necessary, and
that X uhuuld be gratified if the Legis*
lature ehould comply with the re*
canrtructiua acts pending the trial, pro*
vided be wonld permit the case to be
stopped in tbat event, end the prisoners
to be to nsd over to the oivil authorities,
and tbjt I would do all I conld with my
friend* 10 r.asten action by tbe Legisla-
Anre. A' : e; some nflsetisn. General
Me>.dc informed mo that he was willing
the ciMi lake that course, and that in the
event, I, ss counsel for the United States,
wa3 discatibfied with the finding against
any one of the prisoners, If the caso
should be curried through before the mil
itary court, he would either disapprove
the find'og or hold np the case untii
the o:Vii conrts conld not upon
it; aud is the event the military court
shonld find sentence of death sgalcct any
one of tnc dsiendante, he wonld do all in
his pnw-r to give the oaee snoh direction,
that tho prisoners might be held until the
jaticdlation of the civil conrts oonld at
tach, and. the case bo hoard before them
by habeas corpus or otherwise.
I stau-d25i General Mrado distinctly
’ b I W-ij opposed to trials of that char
acter, bu, that in my opinion I oouid
serve the interest of my Stare and her
resenting the prosecution upon these
terms, and with the assurance from him
already mentioned better, than to per
mit the prosecution to be conducted by
those entertaining more ultra and ex
treme views, politically, than I enter
tained, and that I could undertake the
prosecution upon no other terms than
those mentioned, and distinotly agreed
upon between General Meade and myself.
The Constitution also says it was freely
rnmored in Atlanta Monday night “that
the case of the prinoipal keeper of the
penitentiary was definitely arranged, and
that by the end of the week, upon his own
motion, Captain Nelms wonld resign and
quit his ofiloe. While doing this, it-was
stated, he would boldly denonnoe the
eharges of wrong made against him, and
take the proper steps to make oomplete
publio vindication of his actings and do-
togs
capitalist in Angusla bolding ter. tlot- people and of the United-States by rep-
To fate, as wa learn from the News,
twenty military companies have signified
their intention of visiting the Savannah
Centennial.
The Atlanta Dispatch is responsible for
the statement that Mr. Stephens next
private secretary will be Chas. B. Wil
lingham, of Cartersvilie, son of the editor
of the Free Press.
Another item about Mr. S. is from
the Constitution, and to th9 effeot
that “the disqualifying clause of the
sentence passed upon the late Comptroll
er General by tne High Gonrt of Im
peachment is nnduly severe. He says,
moreover, that had he been a member of
the Senate, he wonld have voted against
disqualification.”
The Augusta Chronicle is responsible
for the statement, that Mr. Waterman, of
the LaGrunge Reporter, has bought tho
Athene Danner tiota Dr. Carlton, and
will hereer conduct it. Other Athens
items ere that east winds and polecats
are disturbing the serenity of the town,
and that Dr. Henry Hall his been a sub
eciiber to the Chronicle since 1825.
Having publishes tbe statement by
the Augusta Chronicle, to which the fol
lowing is a reply, we are bound to give
General Toombs the benefit of the deo
larations set forth below by some friend
of his, who speaks authoritatively:
Editors Chronicle uni Constitutionalist:
General Toouiba tuw not recently, or ut
any time, received a large or small fee
from tbe Georgia Eailroad for service in
connection with any of the matters men
tioned in your article. General Toombs
did,not propose to the president or direc
tors of the Georgia road that he wonld
settle tbe Stste’a claim of $150,000
agains- tbp Macon & Augusta for the
mm of $20,000 or any other sum.
General Toombs never promised the
passage of a bill of relief by the Legisla
ture. General roomb3 has not in an;
way aided in obtaining the passage of
such an act.
Beal Facts.—The Macon and Augusta
Ev.lroad was in default for taxes for
1874-1877 inclusive. Tax executions is
sued against tbe road for an aggregate
amount of $ico,ooo, or whioh amount
$120,00 was penalty. The company filed
its counter affidavits against theso exe
cutions, and tne Supreme Court held tbat
the company, not having complied with
the conditions precedent to such defense,
could not be bound in that sort of pro
ceeding. Tbis decision tnrned tho exe
cutions loose, but did not leave the
company remediless. It had two reme
dies: either to file a bill in equity and
have the true amount of the tax ascer
tained by expensive and probably pro
tracted litigation, or apply to the Legisla
ture for relief. It ohose tho latter course
The caee presented to the Legislature
(cot, however, by Gen. Toomb3, who,
outside of his professional services, has
La<3 — -*• V*I»»er *** ^
was this: Tho whole property
ot this railroad is not worth
more than $500.COO. The tax
upon it annnally would be $2,000. Its
default m making returns has nos beeD
wiltnl. It is ready to pay all the tax
with interest thereon. The State has
been subjected to expense in litigating
tbis matter, and the oompany is willing
also to relieve the State from that expense
by paying all its counsel—not General
Toombs alone. The article now nnder
review wonld convey .tho idea that there
was something covert and secret in tbis
transaction of which it treats. The writer
ot that article is mistaken. All the facts
above stated appear tally in the preamble
of tbe bill presented on behalf of the Ma-
con and Angcsta Brilroad Company to
tbe Legislature. They mads oat euoh a
clear c-ist> for the relief asked tbat tbe
Finance Committees of both Houses, act
ing separately, unanimously recommend
ed the granting of it, end the bill was
passed by an almost unanimous vote of
both Houses. The Maoon and Augusts
Eailroad Company, through its Trustee,
W. M. Reese, E=q , as an earnest of its
good faith, did, wbile the bill was still be
fore tbe Legislature, deposit with the
counsel of the Srate a sum sufficient to pay
the t ixca and interest, and a earn for ooun -
eel fees, which, in view of the amount in
volved, was moderate—the whole amount
so deposited for tax, including also tax for
1878, interest, writ and counsel fees, wsb
about $20,000, It was, of course, the
right of tbe trustee to have this sum re
turned, if instead of tbe settlement au
thorized by the Legislature, litigation be
tween the State and the company hod
been resumed. But aa this aa to the
Georgia Eailroad and Banking Company,
it has no relation to the ease except as
one of the mortgage creditors of the Ma
con and Augusta, and it has not been
one of tbe coutrac.irg parties in any ot
them. General Toombs’ position has
been wholly tn.sr. presented. The fair,
faithful and efficient counsel of the State
powerfully and uprightly assisted the
Attorney General in enforoing whas they
understand to be the full measure of her
just rights, and establishing a claim for
compensation greater than he has re<
calved or is likely to receive.
The Montizuma Weekly, says Ur. Sam
Hurst, of that county, will make this
year, with six males, 100 bales of cotton
and more com than he will need next
year. Also, that Mr. George Slappy had
his gin house and ten bales of cotton
burned lest Tuesday!
If anybody hankers after an unlucky
stove, wo can pat them on track of it.
It is owned by Mr. T. H. MoDowell, of
Talbot county, and has just caused him a
los3 of $300 by setting fire to bis store
room. A few years ago, the Register says,
it was rescued from a fire in Columbus,
sold to Mr. Jamc9 McDowell, tbe father
of the present owner, and whilo there
burned out his entire kitchen and dwell
ing house. It then came into the posses,
slon of Mr. T. H. McDowell, and has
now burned him out to the extent above
noted.
Additional items from the Register
arc as follows:
The Mother of Govcenors.—Jeffer
son county has been the birthplace or
residence of more Governors of Georgia
than any other county in tho State. Wm.
Sohley, Howell Cobb, H. Y. Johnson,
Georgo W. Crawford, Governor Mitchell
anu Charles J. Jenkins have all been
reeid-ma of Jefferson county, and have
all served the Stale with distinction.
Mb. John Parker, of Prattsburg, has
in Lis possession a rope eighty years old,
which is now in good condition. It was
tbe property or ins lather, and is eon-
strrc’ed ef co'tcn end horse hair, the
ootton lint having boen picked from the
seed by the Augers. V
Talujt county has produced one Gov
ernor, one United States Senator, two
BeprcsentaHvcs to Congress, and oame
withm tv.o ■ u idred sears of laying claim
to another United States Senator, now
tho pride un i honor of his State and of
theSonih. This latter Is Gen* John B.
Gordon.
Th; following is the te*-of Dr. Janes !
letter ot resignation, a < found In the At-
anta Dispatch:
To Bis Excellency, Governor Alfred B.
Colquitt: I have been reliably informed
that the opposition to the Department
of Agriculture, and the demand for its
abolition, whioh has found expression in
various forms, is to a large extent, based
upon personal opposition to myself, and
believing, as I do, that snoh opposition
will not only impair my usefulness as
tbe head of the department, but serious
ly endanger its existence; believing, too,
tbat the abolition of tho department at
tbis time would be a calamity to the far
mers of Georgia and the best interests of
the State, I am not willing, even seem*
ingly, to be an obstsole to the advance
ment of these interests. Notwithstand
ing my conviQtions that I have faithfully
discharged my duties to the best of my
skill and ability, in a work so new, with
out example or precedent, errors of judg
ment and mistakes in the exercise or a
very wide discretion emj have beenoom-
milled.
In view of these fact3, Ihavcconolnded
that it is my duty to resign my position.
I therefore respeotfnlly tender my
resignation, absolutely and unqualifiedly,
of the office of Commissioner of Agrlcnl-
tnre, to take effeot at each time as yon
may Biguify yonr acceptance of tbe same.
Thomas. P. Janes.
Us Small Fax.— The Quitman Free
Press under tbia bead blowuth its horn
very lustily. We like to see that well
done occasionally, and therefore repro
duce the blast in this column. Listen:
We reiterate, reassert and sit down on
it that tbe local papers of tne country are
its guardians and its pioteotion. Our big
dailies have too many axes to grind, too
many friends to serve aud too many lo
calities to conciliate. Tnank the good
Lord that our ample talent e nave never
for money been diverted to the solo nee,
benefit and behoof of anybody except our-
selvee. No man can buy us for lees than
ten dollars and a quarter. Wo aro free and
independent; say what wo think aud
think as we please. We are not tied to
the sbiit-tail of tho chief editor or pro
prietor of Mr. Anybody's edition of ten
tnou33nd a diy. Wo play no second
fiddle tuned by other parties, nor do we
belong to anybody except the people of
Brooks county—and perhaps noc to so
many of them as might bo supposed.
These serious reflections, causing many
self congratulations and filling us with
an incalculable amount of self-compla
cency, have been elicited by olosely ob
serving tho big guns of tho Geoigia press
In their attempts to preserve an equi-
libiinm astride the fenoe m regard to tbe
wildland frauds and tho high crimes and
misdemeanors of our State offioials. And
not only in regard to the grave matters
which have been pending before the Leg
islature when positive proof of gnilt star
ed them in tbe face, bat as a general rule
our big guns are non committal on all
questions where there is the slightest di
vision of the people. Perhaps you have
noticed that it is generally the little dogs
that nose around aud fiud tne game, tne
big ones came in at the deaib and snare
the honor. Now watch them.
Wb are pained to learn from the Dub
lin Gazette that on Friday last, while feed
ing his gm, Dr. J. G. Garter, had his left
arm caught m the saws and all the fi:sh
from the elbow to the lower pars oftha
hand literally tore off.
Blount fob Governor.—We find Ibis
in the Griffin Newt, under tho above head:
Editor news : You engineer an impar
tial, game; litile sheet, albeit you have
your preferences like other folks. You
aro for Oolquitt and a second term, I be
lieve. Very well and very good, bat yon
wilt admit the name of my gubernatorial
candidate, I dare sa;—Hon. James H.
Blount, of Bibb Do yen know that this
qniet, modest delegate from tho Sixth
dutnor, Is one of tne be3i congressmen
we have ever sent to Washington?
Fraoticai in all matters of business, pos-
„« .hilitj, Kll.4
hearted, void of all vaany, resolute,
think him an honorable man. Blount
will never seek and eohtme for the of-
fioe, yon may be assured of that, aud yet
point me one who would fid the Ezecn
tivo chair with more grace and ability.
Cabroll
THE STATE I1E8ISLATUBE.
Lnddcn A Bn «s millennial
Offvr to Piano and Organ
Parcnasers.
Gome to our Ornteuni&l, October 8th, 9th
and XUth, and com* prepared to buy a piano
or au organ. For Cimenuial week we mike
tbis special centennial offur. Purchase of ns
a piano valntxi at or ovai $175, or an organ
vain d at or over fu5, and we »ili deliver tbe
same freight paid.pay your railroad or steam'
er fare to oa annsh and retu n. give you a
year’s subscription to Jie Southern jiuatoal
Journal, wnh its $1.00 worih of premium
sheet music, and present yourself and fam
ily wun co up imentary tickets to the Pina
fore, to be given at the Theatr- during the
Centennial by '.h > Am >teur Musical Associa
tion, nnder in > direction of Mr. Luaden.
This off--r applies on either tho cash or in-
stalim nt purchases at our reduced rates
under our grand introduction sale. Not a
penny to hb added to the pnoe because or
above special concessions If yon ever in
tend 10 buy now 19 the time. From $25 to
$>usarodon the porchaao aud as xnnoh
more in expenses, freight, oto Ludden &
fines,Savaun h, <ia„ wholesale and retail
piano and orga-i ilea^ra-
Chicago Times i
“I well remember when I first met Mr.
Greeley,” says Prof V. B- Denslow of Obi-
eago, oonceruing Mr Reid’s great predeces
sor ,a I was Just at, and had rOMutly been
admitted to the New Xork bar. I was at the
residtnee of one of my first clients, Mr.
Partridge, publisher, when Greeley called.
When I went into the room he stood with hia
hands under his coat-tail*, looking at some
pictures.' “fir Greetey,” said Partridge,
“this is Mr. Denslow, a youn* attorney.”
Greeley uttered a-hort grant of recognition,
but did not even look around. I, embarrass
ed, shrank away to a oomer, aid took a chair,
fie went on around the room, looking at the
pictures and whatnot, and in abont five inm
ates, when his back w*a turned on me, and
X thought he had forgot.en me, he sudden*
Iy, ana withont looking at me said, ‘Hem!
iso yon’re an attorney,' axe yon?” I confessed
it “1 hate lawyers; they do more mischief
than their heads are worth!”
“X suppose they are a necessary evfl,” I
suggested depreciatingly.
“Wholly unnecessary he insisted.”
“I suppose yon will acknowledge," I said,
“tbat they promote good order and remove
impedimenta to good government.”
“Just the oontanry! Just the oontraiy!” he
squeaked in hia old falsetto; “they cause
disorder, and they are tbe chief obstacles to
good government."
“I thuught tbe man was crazy. “Perhaps
yon «tll tell me,” I suggested, “how debts
would be oolleo-ed without lawyers.”
“Don t want ’em collected!” he squeaked;
“if A lets B have his property without pay
ment, I don’t see why 0, D, JB, F, and all the
alphabet should bo called on to serve as a
police to get it back! No debt should be
oolleoted by law. It’s monstrous! Let a
man trust another manat hia own risk.
Even a gambler pays his debts tbat he isn’t
legally obliged to pay, and calls them debts
of honor, but men will put their property out
of their hands to prevent the legal collection
of their grocery bills. Abolish all laws for
the collection of debts, and that wonld abob
ish all lawyears—good riddance!”
Philadelphia Timer. 1
One of the best evidences in the world
that Tilden has again begun to run fir the
Presidency la the fact that hia income tax
enit is getting another warming over in tbe
courts. This caee Is kept on hand for j ost
such emergencies.
Philadelphia Times. 1
Ju Maryland tbe Demoorats are felicitating
themselves that tbey can offer abont the
only united and harmonious Democratic par
ty in the United States. The strong point
about Harylandlsthstitbasno candidates
for President. One or two small candidates
for tbe Presidency can generally breakup a
big party witbonc much ceremony.
Philadelphia Times.l
The fiery, untamed Idiot of that Missis
sippi newspaper wb.cb has reoently claimed
a great deal ot publio attent on, is having n
very dolelul time of it oat We*t trying to
get somebody to listen to him lesturo. Ia
one Illinois town six people' with compli
mentary tickote crowded themtolvea into the
hall, bat tbe wild m&n declined to waste his
lecture on such an audience, and went eff to
his hotel swearing because tbe Democrats
didn’t pay more attention to him. Human
ingratitude i> something even an Idiot can
not always dodge.■■ -i**——
Atlanta, September 23, 1879.
THE SENATE
met at 9 >. m. The President in the
ohair. Prayer by the chaplain. The
journal was read and approved.
Senator Preston moved to reconsider
the action of the Senate rejeoting the bill
requiring judges of the Supreme and
Superior Gonrt to make oertain reoommen
dationa to the Legislature as to the laws-
of the State, The motion was not agreed
to.
The doorkeeper here announced that the
House of Bepreaentatives were at the
door of the Senate.
The President ordered the Honsa to be
admitted.
The House entered headed by the Speak
er and the managers appointed to con
duct tho impeaohment of Treasurer
Eenfroe.
The Speaker took his seat by tbe Pres
ident, the Honsa disposed themselves
about the chamber, and Mr. Cox announ
ced that the L.snBgers wonld now prefer
articles of impeaohment against Treasurer
Eenfroe.
Manager Beese then read the articles.
The reading of the articles beiDg con
cluded the House, by Manager Crawford,
asked that proper notice be taken there
of.
President Lester announced that the
proper action wonld be taken in the prem
ises of whioh the House wonld reoeive
due notice.
The House then left the Ssnate Cham
ber and the Senate proceeded to dlsonss
the time of the trial.
Senator MoDaniel offered a resolution
that tbe Senate try the said case on next
Thursday, with notice to the defendant,
and also the House. Agreed to.
Standing Committees submitted their
reports.
A message from the Honse announc
ing the passage of several bills was re
ceived.
BILL3 OF THE SECOND EEADIRG
were taken np and a number read and
passed to a third reading.
A bill to transfer certain misdemcan
ers from the Superior to the County
Conn of Maoon county was lost by
ugreeing to the adveiso report of the
Judiolary Committee.
BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
To incorporate tbe Dublin Telegraph
Company. Passed; vote SO to 2.
To amend tho oriminal laws of the State
in reference to statements of prisoners in
cases of felony. Passed 27 to 0.
To repeal an aot rela.ing to public
schools in LowndeB county. Passed 30
toO.
To incorporate the Thomasville Bail-
road Company. The bill passed; vote
28 to O.c
. To declare the true meaning of an aot
to lay oat Wilcox county.
Senator Clarke opposed the bill aB be
ing unconstitutional and spoke to this
end in a brief and neat; speeoh of ten
minutes.
After same farther debato, the bill
passed .and tho Senate adjourned till 0
a. m. to-morrow.
IN GENERAL.
It is not certainly known what oourso
John W. Eenfroe will pursue ; whether
he will make an unconditional surrender
or fight eaoh article to the hilt.
Mr. Eenfroe has engaged tho serviooB
of General Henry B. Jaokson, of Savan
nah, and also hi3 sou, Captain Harry
Jackson, of this city. General Jaokson
reached Atlanta a day cr two ago.
It is probable that the Treasurer will
require a few days to prepare his case to
meet tho articles of impeaohment, in
which case, although Thursday is fixed
as tho day to take np the esse, it will
most likely go over nntil Monday next
The trial canuct poseibly la> t more than
a week at thentmosr, the popular impres
sion being tbat it osnnot occupy more
than two or three days.
ANOTHER RESIGNATION.
Yesterday, late in the evening, Dr.
Thomas P. Janes tendered hia resigns
tion to the Governor of tho office of
Cpmmiooinnfirpf Agriculture of theUtato
of Georgia. The reasons innnenoing jjc.
Janes to take tbis step are not known..
It is said that au his office is one of ap.
pointment by the Governor that Dr.
Janes is desirous to save the Governor
the embarrassment of noting on his case
by tendering his resignation of the same
and that he fears personal- enemies who
will jeopardize the bnroan if he remains
in office.
It ib abo said that the investigating
oommittee have discovered oertain irreg
ularities or crookedness in the conduct
and tffairs of the office of Commissioner
of Agriculture whioh will necessiate the
resignation of the Commissioner, and
ihns he is simply making a virtue of ne
cessity.
Tbe oommitte have not yet made their
report but will do so in a a very few
days.
THE NEW COMMISSIONER.
Who will be tho new Commissioner is
not one of the known thiugs at present.
There are, however, two candidates al
ready in the field—Mr. J. S. Newman, a
clerk in the Department, and Dr. Hen
derson, of Newton county, Tho latter
gentleman has been a candidate formerly.
THE RESOLUTION
providing for tbe payment of the expens
es of the Wild Land Investigating Com
mittee, was agreed to thiB morning.
There haa been considerable difference
between the Honse and Senate In refer
ence to several amendments proposed by
the Senate and disagreed to by the
House; after passing through the hands
of two Committees of Conference, the
House and Senate finally settled on
the report of the laet committee, and the
resolution now stands.
AN IMPORTANT BILL.
A bill to pay Nolioitors General, clerks,
sheriffs, magistrates and oonstablee, in
solvent costa out of the fand raised from
tbe hire of perso.ns convicted of felony.
The bill oame np thia morning, and,
after a debate ot some length, was voted
down by a very small majority.
Mr. Harris, of Bibb, advocated the
passage ef the bill on the ground that
thisia a fund whioh belongs to eaoh conn
ty in the State, and not to the Stats
Treasury. The officers of oonrt are.en-
titled to the fnnd because they bring it
into conrt,’ and because they, are required
by law to perform the services, and yet
from the faot that the parties condemned
are frequently insolvent, the officers gat
no pay. - The tax payers suffer nothing
because the fund does not come out of
them; it hurts nobody, and is an aot of
justice to the officers, who are entitled to
ooat for services rendered tho State and
OOUnty. CiBOLYNN.
ate had notified the Hoose that it was
ready to proceed to this business.
Mr. Tnrnet’a motion was agreed to.
The House resolved itself into a commit
tee of the whole and proceeded to the
Senate, headed by the seven chosen man
agers of the impeachment.
The House returned from the Senate,
and Mr. Tamer made a report of its ac
tion. The regular business was ramm
ed and the following bills oonsidered on
third reading.
A bill to amend seolion 1720 of the
revieed code relative to special juries s e
Ieoted from a grand jury in divor ce suite
Pawed by a substitute.^
A bill to amend the kw providing for
the punishment of keepers of gaming ta
bles, bo as to provide for the disposition
of the funds arising therefrom. Lost.
A message from the Governor an
nounced that he bad approved and had
signed a bill to relieve the Maoon and
Augusta railroad from over taxation; also
a bill to oarry into effeot part 1, section
1, article 7 of the constitution.
A bill to prohibit judges of oity or
county courts from acting as corporation
counselors was passed.
A bill to provide for the payment of
resident costa in felony oases. Lost.
A bill to prohibit the carrying on any
agenoy of any lottery in th s State, or
any other method of hezaiding money.
Passed.
On motion of Mr. Paine, the rules
were suspended and ths House took up a
resolution to authorise Peterson Thweatt
to sue the State for $6,000 and interest,
whioh he claims aa due him for salary as
Comptroller-General.
Mr. MoWhorter, of Greene, moved to
indefinitely postpone tho resolution. On
ihiB motion, the you and nays were or
dered and were 43 yeas to 69 nays. So
the motion was lost.
Mr. Strother, 0! Lincoln, moved that
the Honse hear from Mr. Thweatt on the
subject.
Tbe Speaker eaid tho motion was cut
of order.
Oa motion of Mr. Hall, the resolution
was made the special order for 3£p. m.
The Honse then adjourned to that
hoar.
Atlanta, Sept. 23, 1879.
THE HOUSE.
The Honse met at 9 o’clock and was
called to order by the Speaker.
Prayer by Eev. John Jones, D. D.,
Chaplain.
Tne roll was called and the journal was
read.
Mr. Matthews moved to reconsider the
aotion of the previous day in passing a
resolution relative to the returns of tho
speoial liquor tax to tho Comptroller.
Agreed to.
Mr. Matthews then moved lo amend
the resolution in several important par
ticulars and as amended web passed.
Mr. Hail moved to reconsider the
action of the Honse in refusing to pass
a law repealing secton 1416 or the code
whioh discriminates between resident and
non-resident drummers and poddlcra.
The motion prevailed.
On motion of Mr. Brown the Honse
recommitted to the oommittee on agii-
oultnre, a bill to require land owners to
have their land lines ran every ten years.
BILLS OF THIBD BEADING
were taken np. The following were
parsed:
A bill to amend section 1832 of the
code relative to guardian powers.
A bill to repeal tho act requiring judg
ment creditors to have their judgments
recorded in the county of tho defendent’s
residence.
THE IMPEACHMENT.
Mr. Turner, of Brooks, moved that the
House proceed at once to the Senate there
to prefer articles of impeachment against
John W* Eenfroe, Treasurer. The Sen-,
THE SENATE
Atlanta, September 24.
urnt at 9 a. m„ the President in the
ohair. Prayer by the chaplain. Boll
was called, a quorum declared and the
jomnal read and approved.
Senator Hudson moved to reconsider
the aotion regarding the bill to remove
cases from the Superior to the County
Conrt of Macon oonnly. The motion pre*
vailed.
The Jndioiary Committee submitted a
report.
HQU3E BILLS OK FIRST BEADING.
To provide for the eleotion of the
Jndge or the Connty Conrt in Patnam
county. Local and Special Legislation.
To regulate change ot county cites.
Committed.
To define who are agents of inscranos
companies. Judioiary.
To regulate the compensation of tax
officers in Clay county. Local and Spe
cial Legislation.
To encourage tho cnlturo of fish i.
natural and artifioial ponds and streams
Loosl and Speoial Legislation.
To pm vent the hunting with guns and
dogs oa land of another. Local and Spa-
cial Legislation.
To provide for the incorporating of
libraries, etc., by petition to the Superior
Conn of the county where the institntion
is looated. Corporations.
To regulate tho school system of Dodge
county. Comimttoa on Education.
I'o amend tho act creating a board of
roads and revonnes in Crawford connty.
Local and Speoial Legislation.
To exempt ths properly of a defendant
out of tbo connty of suit from exocution
so far as it will effeot the rights of inuo-
oent purchasers withont notice. Jndi-
otsry.
To amend the law allowing guardians
to purchase property for their wards.
Judloimy.
To prohibits county judge from hold-
iag a municipal offiffo. Jauioiaejr ...
To compel County School Commission
ers to mako statements of expenses of
their duties, etc. Committee on Educa
tion. ‘
To amend section 1730 of the code rel
ative to the eeleotioa ef jurors. Judici
ary.
To allow tax collectors or receivers and
olerks to administer oaths. Judiciary.
To provide for the payment of the fees
of' the Solicitor General of tho southern
circnit, in certain coses, transferred to the
coumy courts. Judiciary.
To make lotteries unlawful in this State.
Judiciary.
BILL3 ON THIBD BEADING,
To make uniform the practice in all
county courts of this State. Passed.
To amend section 4441 of the code rel
ative to illegal hunting. Passed.
To allow the tax collector of Bibb
oonnty to purchase property sold at tax
Bales for the county. Passed.
To repeal an aot compelling the Oom-
miBsionurs of Bibb county to pay all
election expenses. Passed.
The bill to regulate the practice of the
superior conrt in counties of over 10,000
inhabitants was taken np on motion of
Senator McDaniel, and made the special
order for Friday next, immediately after
the reading of the journal.
A bill to authorize ooroners to appoint
deputies was taken up, and recommitted
to the Judiciary committee.
Tee bill to regulate and amend the esn
vice lease system.
Senator Bower proposed to amend by
offering an a tditional section compelling
the* wardens to snb3oribe to an oath of
impartiality in the exeroise ot their du
ties irrespective of race and color, and
that the office of principal keeper of the
Penitentiary be abolished.
Senator Gumming accepted the amend
ment.
Senator Hodges—To amend by making
the salaries $2,500 instead of $4^000.
Senator Holoombo moved to make the
salaries $1,500. * — . , -
Senator DaDose moved to rofer tho bill
to a speoial committee of five.
Senator Holton moved to indefinitely
postpone the whole matter. The yeaB
and nays were ordered and the motion
was lost.
The motion of Senator Dubose was
then adopted and the President appoint
ed Senators Bower, Speer, Holoombe,
Lumpkin and Preston as a speoial com
mittee to whom the bill was committed.
Senator Holton moved to taka np the
Honse resolution to require the Comp*
trailer General to iasus circulars to tho
taxoffioers throughout the State, and to
compel said offioers to make returns of
all liquor business and the tax colleoted
therson. j •
The motion prevailed/acd the resolu
tion was taken np and adopted.
A message from the Governor consist
ing of a sealed doonment was received, to
whioh he invited the notioe of the Senate
while in executive session.
Two messages were received from the
Honse relative to the passage of ceitiin
bills.
Senator Holcombe presided almost the
entire morning ssssioo, and eondnoted
the‘business of the Chamber with muoh
dignity. .
The Senaio adjourned till nine a. m.
to-morrow. Carolynn.
Atlanta, Ssplr. 23, 1879.
THE HOUSE
mot this evening at 3:30 p. m. to consider
the resolution to permit Mr. Peterson
Thweatt to test his claim of $6,000
against the State in the courts.
After some little consideration the res
olution was postponed till to-morrow.
SENATE BILLS
of the first reading were then taken np,
read and disposed of by reference to ap
propriate committees.
The House then adjourned till 9 o'clock
to-morrow.
BILLS ON THIBD BEADING
were in order.
A bill to establish the Middle Georgia
Military and Agrionltmal College. Mr.
Hulsey, the author of the bill, has been
very earnest in his efforts to seonre its
passage. After it had been once defeat
ed, he seemed a reconsideration, and has
been aotive in hie endeavors to strength
en tbe support of this bill.
Mr. Duggan, of Fannin, called for the
previous question and the call was sus
tained. On the passage of the bill, the
yeas and nays were called and were 98
yeas and 25 nays. The passage of the
hill was a compliment to Mr. Hulsey,who
has been the especial champion of the
bill.
By consent, Mr. McWhorter offered, a
bill to declare null and void certain wild
land fi. fas. transfers. Beferred to the
Judiciary committee.
On motion ot Mr. Adams, the bill to
amend the act establishing the State
Board of Health was made the special or
der for to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Autry, a bill to regn-
late the rate of interest in this state,
THE THWEATT BE SOLUTION.
The special order was the resolution to
allow Peterson Thweatt to sue the State
for $6,250 and interest claimed aa due
him lor salary as Comptroller General.
Mr. Tatum call the previous question
and the call was sustained.
The yeas and nays were ordered on the
adoption of the resolution. The yeas
were 74 and the nays 47. So the resolu
tion was adopted.
Mr. Strother—Mr. Speaker, I move
that Mr. Thweatt and his resolntion be
transmitted forthwith to the Senate.
[Laughter.] The motion was agreed to.
Senate amendment to the toUowing
bills were concurred in:
To ohange .tbe time of holding the Su
perior Court of Fayette connty.
To carry ont an act to organize the
county of Wilcox, etc.
To provide for boards of commission
ers of roads and revenue for Cobb, Dooly,
etc.
BILLS ON THIBD BEADING
•irera next in order.
A bill to provide a moda of proof of
service when made by publication,
Passed.
A message from the Senate announced
the passage of certain bills.
The enrolling and judioiary commit
tees made reports which were read.
To authorize the Governor to famish
standard weights and measures and Su
preme Conrt reports to oonnties which
have lost them. Yeas 82, nays 14. Lost.
The House resolved itself into a Com
mittee of th9 Whole to consider a bill
appropriating money to pay toe expenses
of a survey of tho State line between
Georgia and North Carolina, so far —
the same is the line between Rabun
connty, Ga., and Macon county, N. C.
Tbe bill appropriates only $150.
Tho Finance Committee recommended.
$100 as sufficient for the work. The
amendment waB adopted.
The oommittee recommended the
passago of tho bill, and air. MoWhorter,
the chairman, so reported. Passed.
Mr. Pike, upon leave, introduced a bill
to amend sec. 99 of the Code so as to in
crease the Comptroller’s bond from $20,-
000 to $50,000. Finance Committee.
A bill to amend section 3915 of the
code relative to the pay of non-resident
witnesses. Passed.
To provide for the protection of ganm
in Bibb county. Passed.
To require section bosses to remove
stock killed by trains 200 yards from the
track. Passed
To amend eeotion 3540 of the oede,
providing for the dissolution of garnish
ment by the defendant. Passed.
A bill to fix tho compensation of tho
Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the
House at $50 and $70 per day during this
session of toe Legislature, toe said Sec
retary and Clerk to employ their own as
sistants. Passed.
To repeal section 191 of tho code rela
tive to paying the per diem of deceased
members. Passed.
Mr. Hall offered a resolution to have
th*. Sisaubnr nopaict a cummitteo of five
to inquire into ths constitutionality of
aiding the Marietta .and North Georgia
Railroad by the employment of the con-
viotB of the State. Passed.
Several leaves of absence wero granted,
lhe Honse then adjourned to-to-morrow
morning at nine o’clock.
BE TBAT BELIEVETB \8BARL NOT
MAKE BASTE.
The aloes grow upon the sand.
The aloes thirst with parching heat
Tear alter year they wait and stand,
Lonely and calm, and front the beat
01 desert winds and still* sweet
And subtle voice thrillsraii thtir veins-
Great pa’ienoe wins; it stilt remains *
After a century ot pains,
For you to bloom ana be complete;
I grow upon* thorny waste,
Hot noontide lies on all the war.
And with its scorching breath makes hist»•
Bach freshening dawn to bnm «n,i
Bach freshening dawn to burn and iW
Tet patiently I bide and stay, • ■
Knowing the secret of my fate,
Tbe hour of bloom, dear Lord I wait,
Come when it will, or soon or late,
A hundred years is but a day.
_ Sh*** ttooUdge,
See to it th*i /our ohua m^ta withne
neglect; when ale r, use for the dise&M«nr
Mapyhood Dr. Soll’a Baby Syrup:—
disappoints- 35 cents * “
—Mr- James Bossed Lowell, Minister tn
Spain, will be sixty years old in Febrnsrr
Be dislikes toe monotony of Ministerial du
ties, and his wife is in ia health, eo he may
resign his position soon.
—The oolors of the plaid in dockings
match those of the dress precisely. For tha
display of this dainty hoisery shoes ate
made with from six to nine Birsps running
straight aoroaa the feet and ankles, fitted by
buttons on the outsiae of the foot.
—A monster, yellow as orange peel, hu
spread terror in Berks county, Penn, It
has the shape of a human being about 4
feet high; arms with two fingers on each
paw, lormed like the talons of a chicken;
reet witnont toes; eyes like those of a ost;
three orowna on Us head shout six inches
high; body marked and yellow.
—A Philadelphia lady is the owner of a
valuable rolls in the shape of * manuscript
copy of Wesley’s Hymns m the handwriting
of ineir author. The book descended to this
lady from her grandfather, to whom it wu
given in partial .payment of a deb; by tha
sun of toe man who printed the first edition
Of the hymns.
—Mrs. Thankful Taylor is a remarkable
Vermont lady, 70 years old. In her young
er days sho thirsted lor knowledge, Cat be*
ing po.r she earned her boohs and ;hen
studied them as bee siouU at Lei spinning
wheel In this way she not oniy educated
herself in the languages, but learned huto*
1 iji medium0. scuuco and general litera
ture.
—Eiemarok ones said 10 a friend: “Host
other people, consider me a long headed,
shrewd, calculating pooticmn; but that is a
groat mistako. Tne first thing I always do
in any cnueal moment is to ascsriaiu tha
will of Providence, and then i halt behind it
as wall as I can; otherwise 1 would have
made toe greatest mistakes and none incal
culable mischief.”
—Many ot the leading brewers in New
iork City have solved tho water supply
question by acting artesian weds. Water
untamed in this muiuei is c .taper than the
orotou, aud is said to make better beer.
Xuo cost or a well is from «t> to 4Iu a loot,
and'any pUoe using over oue cartels of wa
ter can afford to sink one, aa the saving in
the water tax alone win soon pay the cost of
Cincinnati Enquirer.l
When the editors of the Okolona States
and Lemars Sentinel were introduced the
other day they each took three steps back
ward, and for some minnees glared np m
eaoh other bke fierce- Numidian lions. The
Okolona howler was tho first to find words,
and said:
“What!
And is’t thou?
Corns, then, daftard.
Let me have at thee,
And by the gods
That roost on high Olympus
i’ll eat ye np
In a holy second!
Ugh!
Big Tnjnn me!”
Tne Royal Bengal Badg?r of tho BcnUnel
displays j his fangs and rejoined wits his
native ferocity: ,
“I thank toe gods
For this opportunity
To call thee
To thy teeth,
Liarl
Hippograff!
Hippopotamus!
ffii>8tei!
And baidheaded snipe of tho valley!
O come and see me,
And I’ll mop the ground
With your miserab e caroass—
Thou—thon—thou—
Thres-ply
And donoled-dyed
Horse-thief.
And son of a gun!”
But the Okolona howler didn’t cams. A
bystander had seized ths horn of his coat
tail b twesn the tips of his thumb aud finger
and held him securely. 80 thankful was toe
Iowa man that things turned ont as they did
that hs went ont and breathe I a silent pray
er to heaven.
From Qacensiowu-Acress tbe
Ocean—atteamsblp Arizona,
Qusemstown Ireland, Sept. 10,1879.
Editor* Telegraph and Messenger: Hav
ing arrived bote ia safety and in the
fastest atenmship In the world, onr first
thought after landing was “how are our
friends at home,” and, as we know we
have many near and dear one3 in the
beautiful and panoramic oity of Maoon, I
take this medium, through your valuable
journal, of informing them tbat we are
all well, and tbat our passage was as
pleasant as could he expected daring the
past inclement ecason.
The passengers, consisting of persons
of vaiions nationalities, numbering about
ssventy-five, when ever thoir sea sick
ness, wero very pteosant and agreeable,
and we accomplished tho voyage in seven
days and a few heats. As the mail is
soon olosing I mu.t be brief.
The steamship Arizona is 465 feat in
length, 46 in breadth, 36 feet in the
hold, and with a registered tonnage of
2,928 tons. Her engines are 1,200 norse
power. She 13 officered by Tnoma's
Jones, Commander; William J. Wynde-
att, Chief Officer; Joan W. JOnes, Sec*
ond Officer; David Ltev, TIurS* Officer;
John W. PxcthaU, Fourth Officer; Stanley
Buehanan, Surgeon;; Thomas D. Gil-
mour, Purser; Jonu Dempsey, First
Steward; John Alexander, Engineer.
JSCip:ain Jonas " a"very kind, gentle
and amiable gentitfusH; and. when I told
him I would writ-' to b;s namesake, who
was one of the editors oE onr well known
Snutbera paper, 'Telegraph and
Messenger., he wis muoh pleased. The
other officsM aud stewards were also very
kind.
In my next letter I will ^iva yon a
more detailed acoount and a short sketch
of this famous harbor of Queenstown,
which is certainly tho umst commodious,
and its surroundings the most beautiful'
in tho world. Sincerely yours,
T. C. D.
boring.
—Tnc Empress Eugenie, who at first so
sympathized with uaptain Csroy that slid ad-
dreSiOi a totter to tne Q jsl-u iu ms behalf,
has been gteatly irritated u Uarcy'a persis
tent attempts iu toe now*pspers to excuse
himself at the expense of theyoang Prince.
Xne pour woman is reported as s&iing too
other diy of tha pious captain: “Why can
not he leave my poor dead boy alone? Ho
left him atone unco.”
Eounb fob 'JL'ax.s —The Knoxville Tribe
one says six wagons, containing twenty-sev
en emigrants fromHamnlau ana Jefferson
cumulus, passed through tbo city yesterday,
en route to Texas. A carter cuunty man,
who left East Tennessee two years since,
was also iu tho city, retarnifg overland to
his former home. His appearance indicated
that tie was looking for the oid geudeman to
trot out the fatted calf.
Uuueral Caugman says 'hat when ho
was in Congress years ago ho maoh admired
a youn-i Washington la.y, aad was one day
inneed ua the verge or asking he: 10 ha his
wife He naa about to pat too auspicious
question, wuc-u ho was interrupted by * ool*
league, wno coma to cunsuu mm about a
bid whieu was to be passed upoa iu Con
gress on the following day. Cungmm be
came so mterusted in hia ftiend’a tiik that
he fuigot all about ihe youoglady and tho
t-irand on which ho hid come, and no n67CX
had the courage to bogiu itu tub anew.
—A careless telegrapher cauaod a pamo
in a domoatio oircie in mis city oa Monday
evening. A1 oung woman tchgiapbed from
rmiaaeipnia to ixor juaouior ui iiiu vridoz
••Have rtcoived no letter. Am worried.”
The message received by her mother was
this: “Have received noienor. Am mar
ried” The mother waa curpnssd at this
suadan announcement, and »ne gave thb
daughter a piece of her mind. Tne opera.-,
ter had mistaken “worried'' lor “married,”
to doubt thinking too meaning was the
o»mi a d -rred toe mother tho sur*
Hon.Alo»te
H. atephe-s, ot Georgia, may bo understood
from tne following convers-tion with a cor-
xrspondent of the Indianapolis Usofinal:
Corresoondeet—Mr. atepum-a, I have long
desired to know what year religions senti
ments are, if you feet free to spook of
tnem? Mr Stephens—Usrmmiy au. I am
a motnbfer of tha Frasbyienau Church, mid
have been since my boynood days. They
have never turatd me out, and i novo tried
to live so that they coma never navi an oc*
cablou to do so. Uor.—Air. Siepoena, whit
do yoa say of your faith now, that yon aro
old and bending over toe umur ffr. Ste
phana -I am trusting in tho atonement cf
Unristfor its o.easmg effiy cy. Cor.—How
does it look boyond the gravo ? Mr. ate*
pnens—Ail is clear iluoagh toe blood of tha
oov -nont. I hopo there is noioing in thfi
way.
tHZ Bexefics of Sisgisg —iiJgiogis one
of tne most nealihtul exercises in which
meu, women and children can engage. The
Medical Wochsnsctift, of ot Homraburg,
has an article baaed upon exhaustive re*
searches made by Fxof. Mouaesem daring
tho autama of 1878, when no examined 222
singers ranging between the a^os of nine
and fifty-ihree. He laid chief weghtupos
the growth and aoeoime circumference or
tho cheat, upon the comparative relation of
too latter to the tallness of the subject, and
upon tho paeumatomotric condition of tha
spirometric condition of tee auger. It ap
pears to be an ascertained foes non «
Monaseein’a experiments that cue relative,
and even ih3 absolute circumforeii.-o of the
chest is greater among singers than among
those who do not sing, anitn-tit increases
wth the growth and ag - ’ « ‘he ‘-.ager.
Tha professor oven eaya tost eingi-* m»ybs
placed pnysicaliy as too antithesis of losing
splrimous liquors.
Ccaiora Fad About , ullozsiOSE
. Atlanta, Ga,, September 24.
THEHOUSE.
The House mot at 9 o’clock and was
caled to order by tbe Speaker. P,,y r
by EiV. John Jones, I). D. The ro-l was
called and a quorum found to be present.
The journal was read and approved.
now lUden Sight serve the
ffiauoa-
New York Times.]---H id -
If Mr. Tildaa would take up and disposu
of a ;ca inunom A , co Field family e-sristim
as ho has dUpo«=d of Hr. Cyras W. Field,
the American people wonlcLowa hia a debt
of eiatitada. :..iKj«5g ■„■■■< .
Trout.—A curious fact about too uah in too
YeaoWatGna is related Dy (Jcu. tfhipplo.
Bdlow tho falla the trout ore fiaa feiiows for
table use. But above thsfthr.hs fl,h ate
wormy. It ta no trick at ail fer a fisherman
to land three hundred uoat n ten hours,
provided his atm doesn't 00,0010 ured and
the bau holds out; but too fish aro unfit for
use after they have been caught No trout
haa over been caught above ths Tails that
did not oarry a worm somewhere under its
scales, i’nu General examined a targe num
ber of trout, and every oue eouiaiuod tha
worm A'hoa examined it was toaud to be
in most cases about etgat tucaes iu length,
sad resembling -piece of wane tape. Tbis
reptile, wnen freed from its Dad iu tas msat,
would wriggle and writes as if Hjiforing
from au attack of 00113. aoau iniuk the
worms bread in toe Usa ana tuec oat thsir
way into tae fiesh. Mu.iuuo oi these fish
dioof the worms, and dec over mo falls,
aud ths gulls can oe seen fee-mg upon
them almost any minute ui tos ,:ay.
CONSUMPTION CUtiED.
• An old physician, roared trom practice, nar-
ng had placed in his hini» oy aa da« lulia
missionary aha formula of a simple ve<etayi*
remedy tor tbe speedy an-d p-rmvieatcawtoj
Consumption, Broaca.caii, Catarrh, iota mo, anu
ail Threat an-1'Lun; Afiecdani *'*> a pantH*
and radical curs for Nerrua* *1,0. : u. anion
Nervous Complaints, alter liuvius test*!
wonderful curative powers in iMa-waaaolcasw.
has felt-it his duty‘to m.ttj u toowu toms
tailoring fellows. Actuitoi ov this ihjtiva* a J
a desire to relievo uuiuair sodiroir l wiUsaai
freaofedarge to all wha desir- -i, .utaroaip*
■with full directions for pr->a»r.nr uu-1 u'lf.**
German, French or angush. Sau -y mill by
addressing with stump, miming «au> p*par, w "
SHX.BAB, 149 Power,* Block, Roc bo N x
ebli dm
From the Detroit Kpsroh.l
Municipal borrowing is the parent qf
waste, profligacy on-i corruption. *“ on °i
that cuoies easily 30 .-1 nasUy. <u thlsoaa*
of extravagance, <.Lios bay and baud whas
they do not need, and p». tos wu’u they S”
far more than it is wroth. I u-op: toe wow
of tne valuable report ef tha p ...isyiVani*
Commission appointed to dc rise a plao
tfc-g'vermnen. a cmes T-V-na
often hippo sthat tbemea who ththon- 3
contraots are 8Ubsti;nti,!!y U.s .-•'d who P#*
lose to parform to;ra. Tne meu-who
prices are substantially tho or .>u
men wbd
lhe pay for pjrformiog 'hp
men* who Issue the b. ris Or,
receive the money.’
—Me. Charles Foster. - \
emor of Ohio, raises .....
ria farm toat weighs two pjd-as.