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It® <f§*tsxgbx urofc 3aimtitl & Bewawjgiet,
ALONE.
ghs stands b-side tbs cottage door
To watch the dying day,
Har rtvoo hair Is sprinkled o or
with dikes ot silvery gray.
And -anv a line of sadness sears
That pads yet lovely face.
To mark where slow and silent tears
Have left their lasting trace.
And still her whisoered thoughts will tell
of scenes that are no more, ,
And scan the once loved forms that dwelt
On mt m’rj’B shadowy shore:
Again the little cot to deck.
That now so empty stands,
Apun to feel aro and her neck
The touch of tiny hands.
How long, the weary spirit cries.
■Within this werld of pain.
Sre 'neath thenever-fadingskies
I meet them once asain?
Ann as sne views the silver night,
A rourmurSFprojer hi (afth'takes flight.
T0 T'lTX'uMin Temple Bar.
GEOKGlA 1*KKB8.
Taa bloody knife is again at work in
Atlanta. This time it was private Gib
Jbono, of the U. S. A., who was butchered
fcja comrade.
About the Capitol.—Under thia head
the Atlanta Dispatch gossips ns follows:
Various speculations are abroad prog'
aoeticatmg the result of the Keniroa im
peachment. Some of Bsnfroe’a strongest
friends even go so far as to prophesy an
ococuUal, while tho more discreet will be
abundantly aatirfi-d with o verdiot ot
guilty, if the disqualification sentence is
emitted.
We have had frequent inquiry as to
irbat will be tho r.EcIt of the Benfroo
Axial. We frankly answer that, we &>u’i
know, and there is no chance for any
body to know. Wo are told that a deter
mined and bold effort is being made to
free Eonfroo. We learn that last night »
caucus was held by some of Bcnfroa’e
2i9gUld.:ure friends, bat we tuiak wo see
plenty of evidenoe that tho Senate will
do its full duty, and render a Verdiot in
aooordanco with the facts of this case.
It that is dono tho people will be eatis
Sad.
Nelms has not yet resigned. This
knotty problem will in probability b
solved by the Legislature in a manner
different from the way indicated at first.
The LigieLlare will attempt to cure th"
dilemma by passing a bill to abolish the
office of P. incipal Keeper of the Peniten
tiary, and appointing Wardens in his
place. In that event Nelms will not have
to resign, or Colqnitt be made to choose
whether he will sustain Nelms or tura
him out.
Jadge Henderson and Captain W. A.
Wright, tho recent appointees, are en
gaged at work m their respective de
partments, and wo learn as yet neither
have made their appointments for the
clerical force.
Ex-Gov. Brown has another letter in
the CoMtiiniion of yesterday. To show
how he is worming up to his work, we
quote the conclusion. Ho says:
Ent why shonld I follow the gentleman
through the maze of pettifogging quib
bles which he has thrown before tho pnb-
lio ? It is enough that I have shown by
tho record that bis statements are false
and unfounded. The instrument, while
standing in his place, in the house and
abusing tho privileges of a representative
of the peopio has made an uuwarranted
attack upon me, upon a point wholly for
eign te the matter under investigation.
And when ho isbronght before the pnblic
and the *<tack is shown to be malicions
and unfounded, ho attempts to escape by
perverting the truth, resorting to quib-
boln and by misrepresentations.
Naturalists informs as that there ex
ists in the ocean what ia known as the
ent'le fish, which carries within it a bag
of dark, offonBive, slimy matter, ana
when pursued it squirts its slime behind
it, and tbns muddies the water to enable
it to escape its pnraueis. The little cat
tle by wbich I have been attacked imi
tates the example of bis marine friend,
and having made an unwarrantable as*
asult in wbich he cannot enatain himself,
he flees behind misrepresentations and
abase, and as ho goes, pours behind him
the slimy filth which he deems necessary
to bis escape. .
In another article I will discuss farther
the conduct of the star chamber.
The Car tersville Free Press ia solid for
General Toombs for Governor. In faoi,
solid ia not the name for it The diction
ary fails to oonvey the idea. Aa to the
Congressional race it SBys “the latest
whisper now ia to the effeot that certain
leaders ore speaking of General Young
for the race. Those leaders aro not the
friends of oar distinguished fellow-oiti
u:D. They were the men who defeated
hie ' ^-nomination for Congress at Cal
houn, in 1874, in the face of the fact that
ho was the choice of the people, and bail
been faithful to them. Those men now
want to sacrifico General Young again.”
It adds that Dr. Felton will ran again
next year, and will have a bigger major
ity than ever.
The Savannah Recorder is crying for
the moon. It is suggesting that the
question of having the capitol at Mil-
ledgeville be reopened.
Judo* J. M. Wale, of Montgomery
county, was eleoted list week Senator
from the 15th district to fill a vacancy.
The vote was quite small.
The cotton receipts at Savannah by
rail on Wednesday were 6,339 bale?.
When Woods sets ont to tell one, he
don't allow anybody to get ahead of him.
He savs that on Saturday, the 26th, near
hlcBea, ‘‘Messrs. Wm. McLean, Wright
Lancacter and E. W. Lancaster, with the
assistance of DickMoten, colored, caught
ten al'igatore, six of whioh were as large
as alligators grow in this country. The
alligators woro caught from their caves
by means of hooks attacked to tho ends
Of long poles.”
The Dawson Journal is sure the Slate
saves nothing by small salaries. "On the
contrary it says, "the polioy of meagre
salaries Isofton sn apt illustration of
penny wlso and proud foolish. It seems
absurd to offer men salaries insufficient,
If not to their personal needs, at least to
support tho dignity of tho effioeto which
they are called, and at the same time ex-
peot them to live within these salaries,
and yet this is exactly what wo are at
present doing. We would be glad to see
the salary of every office within the gift
of the people inoxcased. When that is
dono we will have entered npon the road
to tme economy.”
Wx find the following in tho Angaria.
Chronicle-.
Champion Cotton Pickino.—Some of
the beat cotton picking ever done in ono
day, In the Sontb. was recently accom
plished on the plantation of Dr. J. N.
Oliphant, of Jefferson county, as the fol
lowing list will show : Alex. Farmer, 353
pound?; Jeff. Jordan, 369; Dob Little,
273; Henry Oliphant, 400; Jim Kelley,
409; George Hunt, 418; John Smith, 465:
total pioking by seven hands, 2,787
pounds. The cotton was picked when it
■wav dry and was weighed dry by parties
not interested.
Industbxal School r:n Coached
Giqls.—The Franciscan Sisters, who
have been in this city for a little over a
year, are about to establish on industrial
school for colored girls In Harrisonville.
They have purchased a lot containing
four acres, and intend to creot suitable
buildings. Wo understand that they
have already applications for admission
into the echool from Savannah and other
points,
JChb Albany Revs reportB cropa not cut
Ed short from caterpillars as was feared,
and that the worms have left many
places. - ' I
Wxcredit these items to the aame
£a;er:
A Esspe:iats Fight,—On Saturday ^oveinment; cuts of the military and sag-
last at noon an altercation occurred be
tween Mr. S. D. Wilson and Mr. Lewis
Barber, two welt known planters of this
countv. in which- Mr. Lswis wa3 fa.ally
shot by Mr. Lswis Barber. The trouble
occurred just eight miles below Albany,
on the “Orr Place,” owned by Mr. S. H.
Wilson, brother of deceased.
Wb got our first glimpse of tho Sparta
lehmaelite yesterday. It is well named
if notbiDg else, but it ia a greatdea! more
that la bright and pointed. Juai cow it
is after ex-Gov. Brown with an apparent
ly been appetite, n3 the following will
show:
The Was.—The war between Mr. Gar
rard and the inventor of tie "Jo Drown
pike,” promises to be warm. Mr. G.
seems to have possessed himself early in
the strife with one of those ruthless
weapons, and he handles it with a skill
and au eye to business that wonld excite
the admiration of Oetewayo. Those who
have ever had the satisfaction of looking
upon one of those fesxful weapons will
remember that they are provided with a
hook, while a most dreadful locking
knife projecled in front. The idia ot
the remorseless inventor in attaching
the hook to this dreadfnl weapoD, is
thought by military men to have indi
cated both genius and originality. If an
enemy should be disposed to make a
stand a few feet in front of you, by
bitching the hook nnder his belt he conld
be instantly drawn witnin range of your
fist, or ramrod or a sand bag or som«
other sort of deadly weapon. By dex
terously fastening the hook into the
seat of hi3 breeches, a retreating enemy
could be detained, until his thor
oughly exhausted patience would leave
him no alternative bnt surrender.
It is likely that this rear view of the
use of this combination weapon, pre
sents it in the fearfully harassing light
which first suggested it to tho Comman
der iu-chief of the Georgia militia during
tua late unpleasantness. It is at least
trno that no more successful way of de
taining in one's immediate presence a
dissatisfied party who fain would get
himself thenoe, has 6ver been discovered
by tho uninspired genius of man. Mr.
Garrard, having equipped himself with
one of these back action weapons, is pre
pared to do a considerable amount of po
etic jastice. Give it to him, Mr. Gar
rard; give it to him. It wonld afford us
a half century of unalloyed pleasure to
see the heroic inventor flying in rear-
mmed discomfiture. Joseph would then
be known in history as "Get-a-way-ob,”
the inventor of the pike. Shove him up.
The Ishmaelite shows a remarkably
level head in tbeee remarks
These is not a single subtantial reason
why the Democratio party in Georgia
should be divided on local issues. True,
there ia diversity of sentiment on matters
of borne interest, in erery community in
the State; but these differences aro os to
methedi, and not e3 to principles. It will
cot do for us to divide "juec for the fun
of the thing,” for it will be found,
the end, tfcat there was no
fun in division. The people are
all opposed to corrupt methods,
and it is absolutely in their power to in
stitute honest one?. - It i3 absurd for the
members of a party who bare a common
hope, a common sympathy, a common
end in viow, to fall ont, wrangle and
fight over so small a matter ns the desire
to advance particular men to office.
Georgia has a right to expect of us some-
thing better than that. In view of the
crisis that is ahead of ns in the affairs of
this aggregation of Bepublics, let us
stand together like a Macedonian phal
anx, until the threatened "empire” shall
have oo presont terror for na and no fu
lcra alarms for onr children.
What Majdh Campbell Wallace
Eecollxcts AbohtIIt.—We find the fol
lowing in the Constitution of yesterday:
Editors Constitution: I have nothing
to do with the controversy that is bring
ing before the pnblio facts hitherto held
sacred regarding the trial of the Coiam
bus prisoners, but certainly have no ob
jection to telling in yonr columns what
transpired between General Meade and
myself, to which Governor Brown refers
in hi3 publication in yonr paper ot yes
terday. I will, however, first explain
how I came to know anything about the
matter.
I was appointed Superintedent of the
Western and Atlantic railroad by Gov.
JenkinB prior to the inauguration of
military government in the Htate under
the reconstruction acts. I held the po*
oition up to the time of the removal of
Governor Jenkins by the military. I
then notified Geu. Meade I would re
sign. My self respect forbid my hold
ing an office after the removal of my su
perior, but would remain in the menage'
ment of the road, until he conld find t
suitable successor. Ia a day or two or
perhaps more, I received an argent letter
from Governor Jenkins insisting that I
should continue in charge of tbe State’s
property where he had placed me until
removed by the bayonets; that It was a
duty to tho people ot Georgia to remain
and protest their property as long as
conld do eo.
General Meade was urgent and anxious
I shonld retain the office, saying that he
knew me very well from reputation, mad
believed I would honestly and faithfully
manage tbe State’s interests.
After the receipt of Governor Jenkin'a
letter as above stated, I called on Gen
eral Meade and told him X would with
draw my resignation, exmbited to him
Governor Jenkin’a letter and said to him
that if it was of any oonseqnenoe to him
or the government for me to remain that
ho was indebted to Governor Jenkins for
my doing so, aa the Governor was the
only man living that conld have removed
my objections.
General Meade was profuse in his ex
pressions of thanks to Governor Jenkins.
Bemaining thns connected with his and
General Roger's administration of the
State of Georgia, I was brought into close
and intimate daily intercourse with Gen,
Meade and baviDg rendered him what he
copsidered important aid in many ways,
and especially in the management of the
State’s flnanoes, I am sore I had his
friendship and to eome extent bis confi
dence, which I never failed to use when
opportunity offered for the benefit ot
Georgians.
Ashburnwas murdered at Columbus.
Many persons of that city and vioinity
suspected of tbe crime were arrested by
the military. A conrt-martial was or
dered to try tbe prisoners, and ths coun
try was convulsed with an excitement such
&31 had at no time encountered during
the terrible war wo had jo3t gone
through.
My sympathy was strongly enlisted in
behalf of those young men, and, like
many others, I deplored the consequences
that would result from thoir conviction
and exeention.
The fact that an old and highly esteem
ed friend, ex-Governor Brown, had con
sented and been employed for the prose
cution was an additional source of annoy
ance to mo as I conld not imagine the in
ducement or circumstances controlling
him in prosecuting car people before a
military oonrt.
Deeply sensible of the terrible crisis
impending, I dstermiced to do all I
could with General Mosdo to mitigate tbe
fury ot the storm if it oome. Having
free sooesa to his presence, I did impor
tune him time and again to know if there
could not be some way to prevent the
exeention ol the prisoners, it found guil
ty. General Meade was a gentleman,
kind and courteous in his disposition, but
determined the law should tako its
course. Ia my last interview with
him on the subject I no donbt
was more in earnest and morn importu
nate than at any previous one. I remember
well that in my intense anxiety abont the
matter, that his perfect coolness and ap
parent unconcern was provokingly annoy
ing to me. ^Vr.cn at ths door leaving, he
called me;back and said: "I know yon can
keep a secret, i tell you this court will
never arrive at a conclusion in that trial,”
I made no reply for I did not compre
hend bis meaning. He continued with
emphasis: “Do you understand?” and
then added: “The inauguration of civil
pends their functions. Then, if yonr
people think proper to try these prison-
era £ have nothing to do with that.” I
left satisfied there would be no military
execution.
General Meade’s injunction of secrecy
I considered sacred, and it was held sa
cred until the telegraph announced his
death. I then spoke of itin the presence
of some gentlemen (bnt never to Govern
or Brown) who on reading this will no
donbt remember it.
Bespectfally,
Campbell 'Wallace.
Atlanta, October 3,1879.
Pasties are badly mixed in Bnrke
connty. There are Democrats, Inde
pendents, Independent Corker Demo
crats, Independent Democrats and Radi-
cals. At an eleotion for Sheriff laBt
Tuesday a O. I. D. beat a Badical for
sheriff by a largo majority.
The Bainbridge Democrat celebrated
its eighth birthday last Wednesday. Wo
offer oar congratulations and wish it
many happy returns.
The Sparta Times and Planter says
Bishop Pierce “returned from the West
Wednesday afternoon. He held the St.
Lonis and Indian Conferences while gone.
He gained some flesh while gone, and is
looking better than when ho left. He
preached a great deal, and stood the
work finely. Little Walter Pierce, his
grandson, accompanied him, and enjoyed
the trip finely.”
The Greensboro SerdlA reports the re
turn to that place from Ohio of Mr,
McNeider with a flock of pure Merino
sheep. Mr. McNeider’s flock numbers
512, and cost over $6,000. Among the
number are seven rams which cost $1,-
100. The freight on the sheep from
Ohio to this place was $565.
The Cnthbert True Southron is no
mere—that is as to name. Hereafter it
will be the Cnthbert Messenger and wo
wish it much good fortune.
Or grape growing and wine making in
Biudolph county the Messenger has this
tossy:
There is no part of this broad land
better fitted for grape growing than Ban-
dolph and the surrounding oounties. The
mannfaotnre of wine is steadily increas
ing, and in a few years will not be con
fined in the ecuppernong, but
the varieties of the bunch grape
best suited to this climate, and soil will
be onltivated largely. There is no more
inviting field for nsefnl, beautiful and
remunerative employment. The lands
are oheap, the country healthy and the
work smarted successfully. It is not an
experiment. Its golden fruits have al
ready been gathered. There has not
been a single failure by anyone who
has cared for his vines while they have
borne. Mr. Price bought a few years
since Mr. McAfee’s place containing, we
think, one hundred and thirty-eight
sores, and having a good dwelling there
on, to be paid for in three payments, and
he now says: "the wine from tbe eight
acres in vines has paid for the whole
place.”
Did space permit, we could show by
careful aooounts, kept by some who have
been engaged in tbe work, that the culti
vation of the ecuppernong grape oosts
nothing, because the crops of corn, oot-
ton, peas, etc., that can be raised in the
vineyard np to the time of bearing, folly
payB for all this work. We may at some
future time furnish an article npon the
culture and expense of the same.
Between seven and ten thousand golden
barrels of wine have been made in this
connty this year, and tho production will
rapidly increase, as many young vine
yards will be in bearing next year, and
tbe old increase yearly.
The Georgia railroad has recently re.
ceived a freight locomotive, weighing
thirty-five tons and capable of drawing
thirty heavily loaded oars. Attached to
it is tbe Eames vacuum brake, similar to
those in use on the New York elevated
railroad. With this brake a train can be
stopped almost instantly, while at full
speed.
The Atlanta correspondent of the An-
gusto Nine* briefs the business of tb e
present session as follows:
There nave been 417 bills introduced
in the Honse—of the latter 335 were in
troduced at the December session. There
have been abont 300 resolutions intro
duced. The House has passed 22 Senate
bills and the Senate has passed 100 House
bills—thus making 131 bills passed alto
gether. Of these not one, as yet, has
been vetoed. Messrs. Pratt Adams, of
and Wm. H. Hulsey, of Atlanta, have
introduced more bills than any other
members. Mr. Halsey introduced 35
bills, and Mr. Adame 33.
The Hartwell Sun says “it is said
when an official steps up to the bar in At
lanta and drops his dime on the connter,,
that he explains apologetically to the
suspicious bystanders that: "I amassed
that wealth before I came into office.”
Mtstxbious KiLLixa.—The Constitu
tion says:
From a private sonroe we learned yes
terday of the mysterions killing of John
Hicks, a resident of Panlding eonnty,
who was found dead Wednesday last in
the woods a few miles from Dallas. Mr.
Hioke, it eeem3, had gone ont banting
the day previous and by reason of his not
returning his friends storied out in
eearoh of him and found his corpse lay
ing in the woods with a ballet hole
through his body. As jet no one knows
who killed him, bat suspicion points to
Jerry Shelton, a resident of Dallas, as
the guilty party, owing to the foot that it
was pretty generally known that these
two men were on bad terms, and that
Shelton was a man of bad oharsoter, and
has not been seen Binoe the murder was
committed.
Hicks was considered a peaceable man
and good citizen. He leaves a wife, who
we learn was insulted a few days since
by Shelton. This was the cause of the
hard feeling that existed between the
two. The deceased and Shelton bad a
meeting a few days before the mysteri-
ona death of + ha former which came very
near being a serious affair.
On Wednesday last, says the Oolnmbns
Times, “Mr. W. T. Wooldridge, ot Chat
tahoochee oounty, loaded np his wagon
and started to Golumbns. As the wagon
was rather slow, Mr. Wooldridg walked
on in advance and during the walk he
met a large bnll dog in the road.
The dog made a severe attack upon him,
and as he was entirely unarmed, not even
having a stick or knife with which to de
fend himBelf, he was badly bitten. The
dog bit him severely around the face and
neck. Mr. Wooldridge had a severe fight
with him and put in tho hckB to the best
advantage with feet and hands. But
from the fact that Mr. W. made each a
determined fight he would have caught
him by tho throat and probably bitten
him to his death.”
The Borne Tribuns says the more
highly eduoated members of the colored
Baptist Church have determined to build
a church of their own, and to close the
doors on all but tho most aristocratic of
their race.
Cnmnsa oh tiie Floor.—The Augusta
Chronicle has the following in its Atlanta
report under this head i
The afternoon session wsb entirely oc
cupied by Senator Camming, of the
Eighteenth, ia a speech in whioh he de
clared he did sot think the evidence
sufficient to convict Benfroe.
Mr. Holton of tb'e Tenth, asked him
whether he held that the Treasurer oould
deposit and use interest on the people’s
money.
Mr. Camming—If yon had waited a
moment I was coming to that.
Mr. Holton—I was afraid you would
dodge it. - - ■—•- "v
Mr. Camming—This is not a plaoe to
bandy discourtesy and I am not the man
to do it. Bnt I will answer your rude,
boorish question.
THE STATE LESlSLATUBE.
Atlanta, October 3.
AVXEBKOOH SESSION. it '
THE HIUK COURT CV UCPiACXSISNT
met at the hour of Adjournment, tb'e Chief
Justioe in tbe ehalr.
Senator Camming offered the follow
ing order i That as to article seoond the
vote shall first be token' dfi'eaeb of the
speoifioationa in their order; and then
the question be put on each of said spec
ifications as follows:
1. Has tbe respondent oommitted the
act charged against him in this specifica
tion. Should any Senator answer this
question in tbe negative,no farther ques
tion shfdt be pat to that Senator touch
ing that specification; bnt should he an
swer it in the affirmative the farther
question shall be as follows:
2. Did respondent commit the ants
charged against him in this specification
unlawfully ?
3. Did respondent commit tho acts
charged against him in this epeoifioation
corruptly.
4. Is the respondent guilty or not
guilty, under thiB article, of a high mis
demeanor in office?
That as to esoh of the artioles except
the seoond, shall be:
1. Did respondent oommit the aots
charged against him in this article?
If any uenatox shall answer thia ques
tion in the negative, then no farther
question shall be asked that. Senator
toachiog that artiole, bnt It be shall an
swer in the affirmative, then the farther
questions shall be as follows:
2. Did defendant oommit the aots
ohargod against him in thia artiole un
lawfully?
3. Did respondent oommit tho sole
charged against him in this artiole cor
ruptly?
4. Is respondent guilty or not gnilty,
under this article, or a high misdemeanor
in office?
Senator Holton opposed the order, say
ing it would be a faros for tho Senate to
regulate its vote on the question ny any
such method.
Sen.vor Camming said ho forgave tho
Sen. or, and after eome twenty minutes
occupied in an apology for bis position,
he p.ooseded to give the reasons which
would influence turn to vote not guilty
on th8 fiual issue under the Constitution
and his oath. That ho denied that tbe
law of 1876,the new Constitution and the
law 1878, lorbade tho use ot the funds of
tho State in the way the Treasurer did.
Tho act of 1876 forbids the. use of the
State funds in tue hands of the Troasu
rer by either himseif or any other,’peraon
That it does not mean the funds he put
in the bank. That therefore the act
complained of was not suoh a violation
of the law as wonld constitute an im
peachable offense before the Senate. The
balance of Senator Camming’,) argument
was a support of this proposition.
[Query—If a receiver appointed by the
court would, upon an order to p3y over
all funds in hiB bands, claim that ho had
no funds in his hands, becanee the
funds had been by him deposited in
bank, bow long would it bo before a
rule would lodge him in the connty
jail.]
The court then adjourned until 10 a
m., to-morrow.
A VALUABLE VOLUME.
I would express my sense of oblige
tion to my friend, Major Sydney Her.
bert, for tbe presentation of bis valuable
volume, the BoBter of Georgia Volun.
tears. The book contains the muBter roll
ot all the companies and regiments of
our Stato, and will prove of immense val
ue as perpetrating the military hiBtory
of this grand old State. Major Herbert
deserves the thanks of every soarred vet'
eran and true son of Georgia.
The binding is by Capt. Hugh Dnnn,
of thia city, an educated gentleman,
whose good taste is fully displayed ia
the beautiful ports folio rich ia gold
and bine. It is indeed ono of tho hand
somest as well as most valuablo works of
the kind produced in tho State Binoe the
war.
Caeolynn.
Atlanta, Oot. 3, 1879.
THE SENATE
met at nine o’clock, the President in tho
obalr. Prayer by tne Chaplain.
The roll was called and tho journal read
and affirmed.
The bill to amend tho charter of For
syth was taken up and recommitted to
tbe Judioiary Committee.
The bill incorporating tho Lonisville
Branch Bailroad was taken up and pass
ed.
Senator Duncan introduced a bill to
make it penal for a defendant to point
ont to the levying officer property not
their own.
bills on first readino.
A bill to regulato the bond of tho
sheriff of Wayne county. Local and
Special.
To amend the act incorporating tho
Lawrenceville Branch Bailroad. Corpo
rations.
I HOUSE BILL3 ON THIBD HEADING,
' To amend the section of the code rela
tive to the pay of witnesses non-resident.
Passed.
To pay the expenses of tho Committee
to investigate the conduct of the office of
Comptroller General. Passed,
To make an appropriation to pay for
the moving of the line between Georgia
and North Carolina. Passed.
To appropriate money to pay the ex
penses of the Committee to investigate
the office of State Treasurer. Passed.
To allow the Ordinary of Milton coum
ty to borrow money to finish the court
house of said county. Passed.
To presoribe and fix tbe compensation
of tbe olerk of the House and Secretary
of the Senate, and to fix their bona?, et
Passed.
To repeal tho not to consolidate ths
offioes of Sheriff, Clerk, Tax Collector
and Ordinary of Calhona county. Passed.
To sell certain State land sn Spring
street in the city of Atlanta. Passed.
To make it a penal offense for any
trust company to fail to pay over any
trust fund after throe day's notice.
Passed.
SHE mau COURT OT HCFXACHMENT
met at ten a. d„ Judge Warner on tbe
benoh. The minutes were read.
The Chief Justioe announced that the
question before the oourt was tho order
offered by Senator Camming last even'
ing.
Senator Preston suggested that Sena
tor Camming was not in his seat. He
then prooeoded to dleouss the resolu
tion. He favored tho plan proposed as
being the simplest and plainest method
proposed yet; that it would relieve ell
complication end embarrassment, and al
low caoh man to vote r.s eeoai3 host to
him.
Senator Lester said he did not know
history would speak, but he did know
what history shonld speak. I feel no
hostility to the accused, bnt to him I ex
tend my warmest sympathy. How can
the defendant escape, and ths honor of
the Stato be preserved. This question
pressed npon mo in this and tho last trial.
The Senate set the standard of obeal-
ence to the law, and will the Senated
set np a new standard? The law bound
the Comptroller-General equally with
the Treasurer. How can the defendant
go free and the Senate bo true to their
oaths ? I for one, believe that an oath
is not a spectre. Thera is an obligation
beyond an oath.’ Senators say that the : ath
is only a few line: in a set cf rules. Not
eo, it tho breaming of the constitution,
an oath to do jusnee, not to assume the
prerogative of a God, and pardon. If I
was able to deal with men as I pleased,
I wonld be merciful, but men are gov
erned by rules, and I will do my dety
not only beo-usj I hove usvsm it, but
because it is right. If the Senate is not
to b9 governed by law, (hen too House
had as well cease her doers, and the Den-
ate oesse to try delinquent officers. Who
made this court a court of higher law.
I demand of each of you yonr commis
sion. The clerk here at request of ihe
Senator read the order.
I do not see the practfoal use in the
question. Tho only object is to di
vide the. question to a* to tlmpllfy the
whole effeot of ths St mtoiV decision. 1
It was the duty of the Tr. usurer to
know the law. It mayjbe possible for big
nob to know. I hope to God he did not
know, but where there is a violation of
law, whioh pats money in a man’s pocket
will yotj^elieve it? Will a man be al
lowed o^^o free on the plea of ignorance
and then commit other crimes ?
If any man had told me that Senator
Camming entertained the views he de
clared yesterday, I would have denied it
as his friend. Who will oont-nd that be
came the money was in the bank subject
to his check, it was not in his hands?
How wonld this role apply to fonds of
a private individual in the hands of an
other private Individual?
The Treasurer ia the trustee of the
people. The law Bays that a trustee
must not use the funds entrusted to his
oare, but he must answer for its profits.
What money was it that caihe from the
bank as interest? Wsb it his or the
State’s? Benfroe might as well have
taken $10,000 of the capital of the State
03 the interest. What Is oorrnptirn?
Can you define it any clearer than by
this case? How long wilt the State lie
safe if a msn can do these things, and
then go free and the Senate say there is
no violation of law in all this? How long
will it bo before somo man will take the
capital of the State, plead ignorance of
the law and go free?
Senator Harrison opposed the speech of
Senator Lester.
Senator Clarke eaid that each Senator
had the right to express his views, and
not only did those who were opposed to
conviction, but also those who would
vote to convict; that the oath of the Sen
ator was not only for this tribunal but
also to be recorded in tbe court above.
Oaths are not to be despised, not only
did each Senator swear to perform the
oaths in this case, bat there exists the
c&th before Heaven to obey theConatitU'
tion.
Senator Olarke then prooeeded to diB'
cuss the constitutionality of tho quee
tion. That it is absurd to say that the
law means only the n e of funds of the
State absolutely in his hands; that the
law forbids the deposit of money except
so far as he is permitted to do eo by the
law, and with the approval of the Gov
ernor; that the law specially forbids the
aots charged, both in the old laws and in
the new constitution. It is a mistake
that tho harm of an aot consists only
in its being in its inditability.
I am told that the constitutional pro
visions must be verified by an act of the
Legislature to enact a penalty.
That the prohibitory provisions of the
Constitution have no binding force on
the conscience of the officer.
The Constitution says the Treasurer
must keep the State funds safely. Now
Euppose he would careleesly throw the
money on the counter, could you indiot
him for that? But could we not impeach
him and remove him from office ? And
tho same reasoning will apply to the
routine of the Treasurer's office.
Mr. Clark then read from Madison
and other fathers of oar government, to
show that tho indictability of an act is
not the test of its impeachment. The
Superior Conrt is governed by the Con
stitntion. Could tbs President of the
United States eit and veto bill after bill
without reason, and not be impenohed
because the veto power is not restrained
by special law 9
Can you o UV .nere is is no corrnption ?
I say there is no need to prove anything
beyond the unlawful act. Why eay tho
Treasurer did not know the law ? I eay
tho Stato of Georgia cannot afford to
have her officers ignorant of her laws,
Where wonld the proposition stop ? He
who forgot tho law wonld also have the
right to claim this plea.
Let the Constitution and laws go then,
and let tho laws be bnt the whisper of
tho wind.
Can anyono believe that setting in this
Capitol, knowing tho Convemlon was cut
ting down his salary, that the Treasurer
could have been ignorant of the law of
thi3 State as promulgated by the Consti
tutional Convention ? A-.ain, he tells ns
that he kept no account of the amounts
received, says it was eomo three or fonr
thousand dollars in two years or less, and
he a poor man as he toils no. Then
I eay there is an effort to keep back the
enormity uf his transactions. I am op
posed to the order because it will confuse
and defeat the object of tho question.
Senator Cabaniss advocated the order.
Ponding his speech, tne Court and Sen
ate adjourned till 3 30 p. m.
Atlanta. October 3.1879.
HOUSE
met at nine a. m., tho Speaker in the
chair. Prayer by Eev. Dr. JoaeB.
Tho roll was sounded, a quotum declared
and the Jonrnal read and approved.
Mr. Matthews moved to rooonsider so
muoh of tbe Journal as relates to the ad'
vorso action of tho Honso on a bill to
regulate tbe isaso and care of tbe conviots
of this State.
Mr. Oliver moved to lay the motion on
tne table. Toe yeas and nays were
called and were 58 yeas to 73 nays, eo the
motion did not prevail.
A message frem the Governor was here
received, announcing that be had &p
proved and signed the following acts:
To fix the fees of the olerk* of the Sn
ponor Conrt for issuing commissions to
notaries public.
_o regulate practice in courts as to
requests to charge juries.
To repeal an act requiring judgment
creditors to have thoir judgment in olaim
oases reoorded In the county of defen
dant’s residence.
A message from the Senate was here
received. It announced the passage of
several bills.
THE TUG OLE TEE.
The speO'Bt committee to whom the
claim and memorial of Jamos A. Green,
who claim id to bu uu agent of the Stato
tor the collection of certain war olaims
was referred, submitted a report.
The report declares that Green was
appointed tne agent ot the State in
1876 and that the act unthonzing his ap
pointment has never been repealed.
They, therefore, deolare that Green is
still the agent of the State and that the
Governor had no authority to appoint
W. O. Tuggle under ihu ulrcumntaaeos.
On motion of Mr. McWhorter the re
port on tho agency ot James A. Green
was referred to the Judiciary Committee
and 300 copies ordered printed.
On motion of Mr. Davis, of Honston,
the Honee Insisted on its disagreement
to tho Senate amendment to a bill to car
ry ont tho provisions of the constitution
relative to tho revision of the jury box.
Tne speaker appointed the following
committee of conference: Messrs. Da
vis of Houston, Zriner and Phillips, of
Coffee.
On motion of Mr. Hnmber, the House
took up the resolution providing for an
adjournment on the lOib.
Mr. Westbrook,moved to strike out the
10th and insert the 18 th. Lost.
Mr. King moved to lay tho reflation
on the table. Agreed to.
Mr. Harrison offered a resolution to
previde for night sessions after Monday
next. Tabled ono day nnder tbe rale.
Mr. Cannon offered a resolution rela
tive to tiu assignment of long term oon-
victs-3 Bfferred to Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Bussell—A ro3olutJtn limiting
speeches to five minntes each. Deferred
to committee on rules.
Tho special otdor was the considera
tion of a bill to fix the rate ot interest in
Georgia at 8 par cent.
Mr. Awtry, the author of the bill, was
particularly zealous in its support.
Mr. Westbrook offered an amendment
fixing ten per cent: instead cf eight per
oent. ns the maximum rate of interest.
Oa the adoption of the amendment the
yea3 and nays were called, and were £2
nays to 39 yeas. Do tho amendment was
lest.
On the passage of tho bill ths yeas
were 91 and the nays 37. So sho bill
passed.
On motion of Mr. Westbrook tho
IIouso took np and passed a bill to pro
vide for the inspection of convict camps.
Tho Judioiary Committeo made.a re
port, which was read.
The House adjourned to 3J p. m.
met at 3:25 p. m., and was oalled to or
der by the President.
Tbe bill to proteot game and fish in the
county of Bibb was taken up and passed.
THE HIGH COUBT OT IMPEACH MENT .
met at 3:30 p. m., The Chief Justioe pre
siding.
Senator Cabaniss argned the side fa
voring the order of Senator Camming, at
considerable length, claiming that the
law and the foots olearly free Benfroe
from all blame in the acts alleged to have
been committed by him.
Mr. Holoombe said he did not wish to
say anything hard against anyone. He
wished he oould eay to thia man, “go and
sin no more.” I was charged with being
severe on a former occasion, but I feel
that my duty to myself, to the Senate, to
the helpless little children of this ooun-
try, constrains me to speak, and it I am
severe I can’t help it. I wish there was
a donbt of his guilt, bnt there is no
donbt. His own confession says ho
is gnilty. Sympathy! Do you, Senators,
give him sympathy who takes the taxes
of tho poor to enrich the rich? Did he
make the credit of the State Btrong? Was
it not rather beoauea the State paid her
own debts, and people had oonfidenoe in
her. I do not wish to do the Treasurer
any harm.
Is there any reasonable doubt? Why
the facts all speak to the contrary—the
secret manner of getting the money. He
claims that ho was mislead by the Angier
resolution, Now, if this is true, why did
he do the act so secretly that even Mur
pby himself did not disoever it till late in
the day. Why did he not go to the Leg
islature and tell them that there was
$22,000 interest, and ask for a portion of
it.
We did owe a debt of gratitude to An
gier, but we paid it in a most unfortu
nate manner. We should have allowed
the suit to proceed, and have oollected the
money and then have paid the debt by
gratuity. How can he be ignoront ot tho
law?
He tells us that he does not know the
Constitution; did he not swear to obey
and defend it? Ho knew all the law for
a hundred years,
Wby is all this crowd here. Them
spondent’a friends say this is outside
pressure for the defendant.
Senator Camming—Will yon name a
man who has been approached.
Holcombe—Ibis is not the pises, bnt
if any man asks me ont of this hall I will
tell him "yon are the man.” [Applause.]
Senator Duboeo made a point of order
that the argument was outside of the evi
deuce.
The Chief Justice—'This argument has
taken a wide scope, but tho remarks of
the Senator are not wider than others
[Applause]
Senator Holcombe continued his re
marks. Tne acts are admitted, but the
excuse he has is that he did not know
the law. What exouse is there for the
man who is guilty of violating a known
law? If I would kill my brother Senator
and claim that I did not know tho law
would that excuse me?
Who will claim that the provision of
the Constitution is without weight be
cause thero is no corresponding act of
the Legislature that make the creature
greater than tho creator.
Tne Senator was hero obliged to sus
pend on account of the lateness of the
hour. The court then adjourned until
the honrot 930 a. m.
Senator Camming stated that Senator
Holcombe had stated to him that he,
(Camming), was not the person alluded
to m tbe Senator’s speech and that there
fore he had nothing farther to do with the
matter.
Senator Holcombe said he would re
peat the statement that a high official of
the State had stated to a Senator
that if,tho Senate should oonvict Benfroe,
the people would re-elect him by 100,000
votes. That ths public official was in
hearing of his voice, and that if be or the
Senator who w&3 approached would ask
him, he would give names. [Applause.]
The Senate then adjourned.
SENATOR CLABEE.
The speeoh of Senator Clarke was a
strong and manly appeal to the honor
and truth of tho Senators to regard the
sanctity of tho oath on each man’s soul
in this oase. The speech was also a close
iy constitutional argument and Ubb been
highly commended and applauded in
and out of the Senate chamber.
Atlanta, October 4, 1879.
THESENATE
met at 9 a. m. The Presiaent in the chair.
Prayer by Bev. Dr. Duncan.
The roil was called and the journal
read and approved. -
THE HIGH COUET OT IMPEACHMENT
wsb called to order by the Chief Jastice.
The minntes were read.
The matter before the oonrt was the
order proposed by Senator Camming,
and at tbe hour of adjournment Senator
Holcombe had tbe floor.
senator Holoombe resumed his argu
ment by reading the sections of the new
constitution relative to tho duties and
offioe of the Treasurer. Also a esse from
the 30th Ga., page 381; that the House
had been acouBed of being fanattos, and
the managers attacked as being young,
and that these circumstances would en
danger the defendant from persecution—
persecution before forty-four intelligent
men, who believes it. The Senator then
prooeeded to show the absurdity of the
position that money in bank subjeot to
oheck is not money in hand.
Senator McDaniel said the question
was, shall we be consistent or not ?
That it is claimed that Benfroe has
made a good Treasurer, that he has rais
ed the credit of the State, it ia not ne
cessary for him to go beyond the record
to show how inoorrect this is. The Sen
ator then, in a clear and intelligent man
ner, proceoeed to give a oonoise history
of the financial experience of Georgia;
how at one time the State was at the
mercy of Wall street; how the bankers
threatened ns, and how tho State recov
ered from the terrible trials of that dark
time by the patriotism of the people.
Benfroe does not deserve this credit.
I will not disease the question of de
manding illegal fees or receiving them
when the; were offered. The case is the
same. What law gave B&nfroe the right
to demand or receive $274 from the
Northeastern Bailroad for eigning
bonds. The law forbids it directly.
The speaker then Bhowed moat clearly
the duty of the Treasurer, relative to the
depositing ot the pnblio money. Once
the taking of money to do an oflleialast,
was oalled a bribe, and when John W.
Benfroe approaohed a bank for the pur
pose of getting money on deposits he
was guilty of & bribe. They say that he
shonld go free, because perhaps, this case
may not stand in the Snperior Court of
Falton county. What was this Conrt
created for ? For tbe preservation ot th
pnblio honor. The oonstitntion creates
this oonrt and the constitution gives it
power.
He then showed bow, and wherein,
consisted tbe violation of the law in refer-
enoe to the deposits in bank.
Fending the conclusion of Mr. UoDan-
iel’e speech, the conrt adjourned till next
Monday at ten a. m.
Tho impression thoughout ihe city
seems to be that Benfroe will esoape the
sentence ot the Court by the two-thhds
rule. That a majority of the Senate
Atlanta, October 4.
THE £E 1ATS
trust and honor—I have heard that the
solidity and unity of the party will hinge
on what will bs done in the Senate Cham
ber in the next three days.
I accuse no man or Bet of men, bull
say officially and personally an oath is sa
cred, and do jnstioe as the law direotB if
the heavens fall. Caboltnn.
Atlanta, Ootcbar 4,
THE HOU8E
met at nine a. m., and was oalled to or
der by Speaker Baoon. Prayer by Hon.
Mr. Harris. The roll was railed and a
quorum found present.
On motion of Mr. Livingston the House
went into oommitlee of the whole to con
sider a bill to regulate ths lease of tho
pemtiary conviots. Mr. Yanoey was
oalled to the chair.
The bill was resumed at the point left
off yesterday.
Mr. Hall offered an amendment to the
fifth section, whioh provided ihatoonviots
shonld not ba worked at other than legal
ly established camps. Agreed to.
Mr. Oook moved that the oommittee
report this bill to the House for aotion
without any recommendation. Lost.
Mr. Northern offered an amendment to
the section striking out "discharged’
and inserting "retained,” relating to tho
appointment of gaards.
Mr. Shannon offered an amondmen
to the seventh section, whioh provides
that punishment shall in no case amount
to cruelty.
Mr. Smith of Oglethorpe, offered to
strike out a provision in the tenth sec
tion, which forbids any leasee from hold
ing any offioe in tne State. Agreed to.
On the psesBge of the bill the yeas
were 75 and tne nays 46, so it failed of a
constitutional majority, and was thns
lost the seoond lime.
A message from the Governor an
noQuocd that he bad approved and
signed the following aots:
To amend an aot creating oonnty com'
misaioners ot Crawford oonnty.
To prescribe the manner of granting
liquor licenses in Eastman and in Dodge
oounty.
Mr. Hall moved that as the House was
very thin it suspend the rules, and take
np bills on the seoond reading repor
ted adversely.
This wsb agreed to, and the following
House bills were lost by the adoption cf
adverse reports:
To fix the i ate of interest.
To provide limbs tor maimed sol
diers.
To provide for registration of all vo
ters.
To reduce fees of tax receivers and col
lectors.
The Judiciary Committee snbmittcd a
report on several bills which it had been
considering.
To prescribe penalty for banks which
Overcharge interest.
To compensate physicians for snaking
autopsies.
To provide for drawing jurors where
jury boxes have not been legalized.
To repeal an act repealing section 4323
of tbe code.
To provide for record of deeds and oth
er writings nnder which title to realty is
o:aimtd.
To mak9 it penal to poison any domes
tic animal.
To amend seotion 4372 of the cade.
To define the crime of being a tramp,
and prosecute the punishment therefor.
To regulate practice where cause of
aotiou is superior to the right of home
stead.
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*‘I am too late far this month’s draw
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becoming very general among these who
loiter and wait until the day immediately
preoeding the monthly drawing of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company, which
oocurs invariably at New Orleans on the
second Tuesday in every month. The
fact is that the integrity with which
every action of this institution is charac
terized has so strengthened its reputation
that its tickets arc sold every month eomo
uaya before tho drawing, and therefore
any one desiroas of investing in this
manner should suffer no timo to elspBO
before they correspond with M. A. Dau
phin, P. O. box 692, New Orleans, or
same person at No. 319 Broadway, New
York, relative to the 113tu grand monthly
drawing which occurs on October 14th.
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Binoo Grant started for the Yoaemite
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and even those who are for acquittal
cannot deny that the Treasurer is guilty
of a violation of law, in almost every ar
ticle and specification alleged against
him, but by somo strange end unheard
of system of reasoning many are for cx-
cusicg him altogether.
£ have oarefaily refrained from an ex
pression of opinion whioh might bias cr
prejudice the publio against this defend*
ant, end now I do not wish to forestall
or prejudge the decision of the Court,
and these are times when it is the duty of
man to speak. Now ia the time end I
will speak. Let tho Senate beware how
tbey act oa thi3 queatien, for not only aro
the honor and oaths of each Senator in
volved, but tbo honor or the State at
home and abroad, in her high offioes and
the eyes of the world, and the solidity of
the Democratio party is at Btako. The
deoiston of this question may, and prob
ably Will effect ths yieat leault iu 1889-
Not from one or t*o or ten, bnt from
fat mere men—2"n who are high in
pure, effective medicine, mado of weil-feown
valuable remedies, that f urnieh its own certi
ficates by its cores. We refer to Hop Bitters,
tbe purest and best of medioines. gee an
other column.—Bepabiican.
Tbe HancoeU Movement.
Sp'.i - gflold Republican. 1
There is a General Hancock bo :m under
glass and already sprouting. Hancock is
Alecx Stephens’ choice, and a concerted ef
fort is making to bring him forward as a
candidate of those Southern ora who are op
posed to another dish of Tiiden and reform.
Honcook headquarters ore to be established
at Washington after Congress meets, ana
his friends already boast of the r ability to
prevent Til den’s running again. The ono
thing that gives Tilden ouch - chance m tho
next National Democratio Convention is the
division of his opponon:s among a curator
of candidates.
QBUat—“Why will men smoke commas
Tobaooo, when tbey can buy Harbun Bro.
•BBALOi’ ' ORTH CAROLINA.’’ at the aa a
price,
—The ‘champion’ cotton p..kvr lives in
Brooks county, Ga. The Quitman Reporter
says Charley Bob’nson (col.) picked 215
ponnds in a little over six hours.
The Moscow Pmson.—Tho Golos states
that 11,854 persons were incarcerated in the
Central prison at Moioaw during the sum
mer, 10,477 of whom wero condemned to
exile in Siberia.
—Even the New York pipers owathUtha
project for a world’s fair in tbit city in 1E83
is languishing, sed there is already talk of
postponing it until after the Berlin exhibi
tion ia 1855.
—At a recent auction sale of cstriohss in
Cape Land the lowest price paid for a pair
was $990, and tho highest $1,425. Since tho
development of ostrich farming eb au indus
try, the value of the birds has risen enor
mously, and & bench of choice feathers was
lately sold at d’oit Elizaoetb for $337 a
pound.
—A new temperance movement has been
organized in Great Britain. It takes the
form of a Joint etoak company, with a capital
of $5,000,U00, in tb .res of $3 each, it pro
poses to open temperaucs houses all over
the kingdom. Tho Archbishop of Canter
bury heads the list in the prospectus ot tho
enterprise.
—Trouble is already being arranged for
Mayor-elect Eallocb of Ban t rancieco. Fre*
vious to the election he publicly promised
that he would fill tho office to which he had
been nominated fora lees sun than tho
legal salary. This is said, by good authority,
to amount to bribery under the uonstitution
of California, and a case will be mode up on
it with a view to g&ttinsz a decision from tho
Sopreme Court.
istsuQBATioN at Kew Yoss.—Tho official
statistics of tbo arrives uf immigrants at the
port of New Yoik for the year ended with
August last ebow sn aggregate of U8.507.
This is an increase of 33 472 over the arrivals
in the previous year—ths tital for 1878-8
making on average of about 9.01U a month.
The figures show that the numbers of En
glish and Gsimsus who aro emigrating were
nearly equal in tho month uf Au^a-t of this
year, ana that ihe Scandinavian clement is
ooming up stiocgly.
—Tho exports of domestic picduco from
the port of New York, o mtinae large, being
$8,126,930 for the pa*twash, against $7,C64,-
816 the corresponding week of last year and
$6,775,624 for a like period in 1877. Total
since the commoncenunt cf tho year, $251,-
S6i,U(i7, against $254,186,429 in 1:73 and
$205,616,421 an 1877. Breadstuff, provis
ions, ootton and petroleum, as niuil, con
stitute tbe balk of ths ebipmrma.
—The Bulletin says, tho nativity in the
iron and steel mills throughout Ohio and
Pennsylvania Just now is r.proarn'ed to be
wholly extraordinary. An intelligent and
well-infoimed gentleman, who has just re
turned from a tour through all that district,
in confirmation of the reports we have here-
tutors been pnbl string from the looal jour
nals, eaya every establishment is -.-cikingnp
to its fullest capacity; not a single mill is
idle.
—Loadvfile, Col., is having a relapse. The
feverish excitement which marked its early
history is dying cut. Cash producing pro
perties have advanced in value, but prospects
have declined enormuuely aud most of them
are nnaalablable at any price. Holes which
could havo been cold la: t spring for thou
sands of dollais oan n-w be secured in ex
change for a railway ticket to bt. Louis.
Even the paying mines fall far abort of ex
pectations. Real estate is doll and empty
houses are plenty. Too town started off
with such a rush tnat a reaction waa inevi
table.
—A Paris letter elates that Frinoa Philip
of Aqoila, who is related tu the occupants ot
half the thrones in the world, is about to
lead to the alter the daughter of the late Dr.
J, 0. Ajer, the inventor o! a cumber of pills
and vegetable extiaae. SLs» Ayer has
yonth, beamy, oulturo, on amiable dispo&i*
tion and the handsome torn of $5.000,UCO in
her onr right. This laat consideration no
donbt captured her titud euitor, who has
nothing to give in return bnthia numerous
titles. Theocatof arms of his i lustrious
family will add wonderful! v to tho Ayer trade
mark on the pill boxes and ‘unrivalled ex
tract’ bottles.
Txldkn.—The BaUimoto Sna talks in this
way about Tilden: Mr. Tudan is old-gHe
is sometimes reported to be feeble, though
those who engage with him iu controversy
do not find him so. Ho might dio to morrow
or the next week. Butins ceath wonld not
make tho wrong doing in the fraudulent count
ty returning boards of ihe voles of tbe peo
ple in Loniaiana and Florida in 1876 any the
less a monstrous iniquity. In denouncing
thit iniquity Mr. Tiluen’s oM eo.. npon a
pole would afford a bsittr candidate, a can-
didato fuller of substance and the pith of
principle, than any who could stood to con-
dono tnat iniquity, aa perpetrated by those
raecslly oontrivanoee ot oarpet-bag govern
ment in the South oalled returning boards.
Czob's Health and Euboeein ashetus.
—The Faria correspondent cf ths Vreeman’s
Journal writes that for s^me timo the rumor
at tbo Bourse of the sudden death of the
Czar Alexander was fully believed. The
news came from Y.tnna. It was possibly a
stock-jobbing canard; but it may be that
thero ta some fire beneath the smoke. I
heard this morning from some—Germans—
that the Czir has had a ssriea of fainting
fits, and is ill both in body and mind. From
other—Russian—I hear an abdication in
favor or the Uzirowitch it merely a question
of tune. A most uneasy fueling everywhere
prevails, and wise men believe that the peace
of Europe is but from hand to mouth.
One or the BsiuuNixa Eojlbd Dkid.—
McLin, o&e of ihe members o. tbe Florida
returning board which took the electoial
vote of the Stale away from Tilden, is detd.
HoLin was m feeble hoaltn even at the time
he was thus ecgsgeu with tho o tersin I87C.
He received his reward, like ail tne others
who wero hia tolleaguea in throwing the
Fmidential vote of his R ate wuere it did
not belong, having bcou given firat one office
and then tnnher. Oa b.kj pretext as to
hia character, however, a Bepu&Ucautentto
rejected hius for one uf the ufficcsro wnlco
he was nominated by tho Frei:dent. Of
late his livelihood bod been of - p.ccarioaj
character, os those who had piouted byrne
action grew tired of further assisting him.
Slugnlar Freak of Railway Cars,
Danvide, Ya., Post.
Probably one of the most singular occur
rences in railway history took place yester
day on tho Piedmont Air Una. The freight
train going east when uox: the ticket otttea
iu this city cimo in '•oiheion w'ih s cow,
which precipitated *wu or the c-Aouea from
the rails, Thoss two cuaobM ran on tue
ties neatly t^o hundred yard.- and when
near tho mouth of the bridge re mounted the
rails and ih'us prevented a fearful wreck.
Vie doubt If such snoUir-- metier', where
the mere favor of ou^uuiatauoue seemed to
partake of the natur- or mtuffigenoe ever
occurred on a railway b.rcio.
ensw Lies sc*’* Best &WBBT
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