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TUB GEORGIA PRESS. We find and cordially endorse the fol lowing from ‘.be Augusta Chronicle. It is up.'D a sabjeoi la which the people have >h: dtepce interest, and should oe carefully considered by them: If we are to credit the newspapers and correspondents, there will bean energetio effort made to disp nse quits a number of Congressmen in this Srate. We think this, in some cases, would be a great misfortune for Georgia. Ws do not say that we have, in all cases, the best rep resent a’rves possible of obtatnment in a State er. prolifio of intellectuality; but it msst bo borne in mind mat nothing so oondaces to the weakness of a common* wealcn at Washington as constant or fre- qnsrt caangesof its Congressmen. The most powerful and influential members are those having the most experience, and woo oavo been long in service. Wheth er right or wrong, the enstom obtains in flexibiy that the new member shall take ana keep a back seat, until he shall be come p.operly entitled to instruct and inform hia elders. This is so well u&der- stood, both by Democrats and Republi cans, that when a raw Congressman, on either *ude of the House, attempts to take the bad, he is absolutely crashed oat. Tuere were several mortifying ex amples of mis at the exira session, and there will bs tncro no doubt at the r*gu l&r see-iun m December. A wise, olear beaded and sagacious man like George D. Tillman or N. J. Gsmmond, for eiample, busies himself daring one term by work- ing bard for his constituency, informing himself as to pnblio affairs, getting the S srfect equipment necessary to a cordial earing when histimecomes, and voting right while discreetly holding his tongne More than one Southern man was pat to shame, or something like it last Spring by the senseless clamor of some of hi9 homo people, who in sisted upon hia making a speech, &9if the loudist brawlers in Congress were, of necessity, the moat valued mem bers. What folly, if a representative is faithful and has finally become expert, to torn him out, when most useful, and sup plant him with another man, who, what ever hia gift of gab at. home, often finds himscif wofnlly in the vocative at Wash ington? We protest, then, that, unless it be absolutely necessary for tee estab lishment of some great principle or be* cause oi incompetence, that the Georgia delegation should not be, in a fit of pas sion or prejudice, eacrifioed to personal, partisan intrigue. We do not say that brainless or useless men shonld be contin ued indefinitely as Congressmen. If Geor gia his such men in her delegation, let them be removed, and better men substi tnted. But it is due to such men as are so considered incompetent to examine wall bow far tbo charges made agamet them are tine, and how far the mere cackle of “strikers” who have their looal demigod eud seek his advancement ruther than the good of the State. It nonld be well for Georgia if sho conld have the best possible representation and that it shouls remain, so to speak, a perma nence. If this be not so, let the remedy be applied where needed, bnt let no on justice remove a good and nsefnl man, to make way for one who is verdant and gaseous, and who, Having appealed to the sword of displacement, will perish by it. The Atlanta Gazette hears that “Gen eral Toombs complains that he is remind ed too- frequently that G.neral Gordon was ebot in the face. The public has not been troubled with similar information concerning Genor&l Toombs, and there is no likelihood that it ever will be.” Wz find these additional readable items in the Oazclte which is,by the way, a genuine “sparkler” in the crown of Georgia journalism: The latest story is that a policeman was walking down bis beat the o:her nigh;, about one o'clock, when he saw a drunken man lying face downward in a gutter. Ho approached him cautiously, and lifting his hat said: “Colonel, wouldn’t sleep here all night. Let me help yon np, sir. I’ll take yon to your room and fix yon nicely in bed, air 1” While dandling the recumbent figure gently, he catches a glimpse of his face and starts back in profoundest confusion. “Wff, hallo! this is not a member of the ' Legislature! Get out o’ this, you drunk en fcesst I" Gen. Tooinn says that after ho 'had organized opposition to Joo Brown in the Legislature of ’63 and beaten him for the Senate with Josh Hill, Gov. Brown said to a mutual friend, “Do yon tell Gen. Toombs to go slow, for I can prove th8t be spent $800 in the Legislature to defeat me.” “You ro back to Gov. Brown,” said Gen. Toombs, “and tell him that I spent $2,100 to beat him, and that I had $2,900 left. For I came here with $5,000 to bny niggers with, and I nev-?r bought ’em with less compunction in my life.” As to Governor Brown’s statement of the motives that led him to go into the Colsmbns prisoners’ case, I have a piece of information to offer. Dr. J. S. Law* ton says that beveral years ago, Gov ernor Brown asked him one day to ride with him and Mr. Stephens to Oakland Cemetery. Mr. Stephens had remarked npon the exceeding brilliancy of a son of Governor Brown’s who had died. His remark was placed npon the mcnnmsnt erected over Ihs boy’s grave, and Mr. Stephens desired to see the monument. When the grave was reached Dr. Lawton read tha inscription alcnd. When he had finished he tnrned and saw that Governor Brown was utterly overcome with grief, and Mr. S.ephen’s was ecaroely less ef fected. The riJo was extended into tbe country, and after broken conversation upon pereonnl matters, Governor Brown u-.*.- to Mr. Stephens that ha had long wanted to say something to him which he wonld esy then. “He then gave to Mr. Stephens,” said Dr. Lawton, “the exact atatement that ho published in the Constitution of last Wednesday.” Dr. Lawton says that the circumstanoes, Governor Brown’s earnest snd profound manner, and the facts of the narrative itself, made a deep impres sion npon him, and he had often recalled them since. Mb. Bloomfield, one of the oldest residents of Atlanta, died last Monday, aged sixty-seven. Mbs. Judoe Ebssine died at Atlanta last Sunday, and was bnried Monday. Tiro following gentlemen acted as pall bearers: Hon. W. B. Wood, Jndgeof tho United States Circuit Court; General Alfred Austell, ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, cx-Chief Juetice O. A. Lcchrane, ex-Judge of the Supremo Coart H. J£. McCay, Hon. George Hilljer Judge Su perior Coart; Dr. E. L. Connaily and Mr. E. E. Eawson, and tho Superior and City Courts adjourned in honor of the deceased, and the bar attended the fu neral In a body. Db. Means’ stable and barn at Oxford, with all hi3 hay, fodder, etc., and several horaeB and mules, were burned last Sat urday morning. Among tbo hor£03 lost was one the Doctor had driven twenty years. Of Dr. Janes’ resignation, the Atlanta Constitution has this to say: A few days ago Dr. Tiros. P. Jauee, the Commissioner of Agriculture, resign ed hia office. Ia the hurry and rnah of subsequent proceedings we have not said what we now take pleasure in saying. There ia no charge In all that the com mittee of investigation will report, or no evidence in all the testimony it will ad duce, that wilt reflect on Dr. Janes’ in tegrity or honesty. There may be some trifling losses and seme smell pieces of carelessness, bnt there is nothing that stains the character. The committee itself testifies to this, S3 we understand that every member of tho committee, except one who was absent, signed a pa per requesting the Governor to accept -bin resignation^ _ , A Washington telegram to the Savan nah /fetes says tha first auditor of the Treasury “has gone through Mr. Fitziim- jnocs’ a.coounta and vouchers and finds no evidence of frauds on the government. As chargee of fraud have been made, ha will not act npon the accounts until tbo Attorney General's department, after in vestigation, officially notifies him of the resnlt. Ia the meantime all allowances to the Marshal o! money to ran his office are cut cff.** Bound to bee Him.—'The Savannah News tolls the following: At Thomasvillo laat Wednesday an old eolid farmer and bis wife came to town with a bale of cotton, and walking along ho saw one of the Centennial posters ot the Gulf Bead and read the announce ment that General Gordon would deliver tno address on that occasion. He tnrned to bis wife and exclaimed: “Wife, we must sell that cotton if it only brings seven cents a pound, for I am bound to go to Savannah. General Gordon and I surrendered at Appomattox, and I want to see him once more before I die. We mast sell that cotton.” The Atlanta Dispatch thinks tha reso lution ot Mr. Harris, uf Bibb, introduced in the Honso of Representatives yester day, in reference to the wild land swin dlers and conspirators, is a move in the right direotion. It requests tha Judge ot tha Superior Courts to give these of- fenoes specially in ebargo to tho grand juries, and the Solioitors to furnish the grand juries with ail tha information in their possession that will enable the jury to act intelligently. Tha tes timony taken by tha investigating committee that lately made the re port upon whioh the Comptroller-Gen eral was impeached, famishes much o the information desired. It is pron-bly as much ns the Legislature can obtain by renewed investigation at Atlanta, as the questions propounded wero very search ing. Wo therefore do not pereeivo the propriety of tbe suggestion made by cne of our exchanges tha; farther proceedings by the Legislature itself are necessary to reach them. Wo hope that while the swmdlers indi cated in the testimony ore being dealt with, the courts will also take cognjztnoe of the acts of sheriff, who charged and obtained, as advertising tees for the wild lands, three or five or ton times as mnoh as they actually paid to the newspapers for publishing them. This was of itself a great imposition on tho owners of tbe lsnd, and tne money thus wrongfully got ten ought to be recovered. The Fort Gaines correspondent of the CathheitJppeal reports a caso of regular “conjuring” by a negro doctor from Alabama who was eent for especially to treat the sick man. The patient had consumption, and of course did not re cover. Oub exchanges are all crying aloud to the farmers to put in heavy small grain crops and we emphatically jain the choree. Every year demonstrates the great importance of this crop and we hope to sea one of the largest ones sown this year that has ever been known in Georgia. Wk learn from tho Milledgeville Union that the Hon. Thos. Hardeman will ad dress the Agricultural Club and citi zens of Baldwin connty on Saturday, the Ilth instant, at tbe State Honse, and cordially concur with that paper in the opinion that the “farmers, especially, should turn ont en masso to hear what this eloquent orator and di3tiugaiehed Georgian has to say on matters in which they are peculiarly interested ” Mb Henry Mcobs, formerly proprie tor of the Augusta Chronicle, and a prom inent citizen of that place, died last Tuesday. Mr. H. H. Swatts has been appointed postmaster at Bxrneaville vice Mr. Can* thron. Gas has been redaced to $3 per thoa- eand feet in Columbru to prompt paying customers. Others eettlo at the rate of $3.60. A friend at the elbow of the editor of the Milledgeville Union "suggests that the LigisUture should do two things, if the members wish to carry home with them their own respect and receive the plaudits of the people, well done, good and faunful servants. That is they shonld prohibit tbo members from re ceiviog free passes on railroads, an 1, as a corrolary, dock their day’s pay when absent on private business. These free passes cause much of the absenteeism so juBtly charged against many of the mem bers of the present Legislature. Smyrna, Cobn county, and localities near by, are said to be affeoted by mid dogs ranning at large. An Atlanta telegram of Monday night to the Savannah News, says the Marietta Female College was named that morn ing, causing a loss ot $8,000, and sup posed to be incendiary. The Successful Competitors. — We find the following letter in the Atlanta Constitution of yesterday: Please allow me spaoe in yonr paper to annonnoe the resalt of the xeoent com petitive examination for scholarships in normal oollege at Nashville, Tenn. In response to my announcement in yonr oriumns, one hundred and eighty- six persons applied for the qnestions whioh were prepared for the examina tion, and one hnndred and eighteen ot these being males and sixty-eight fe males. When the questions wero sent oat to my representatives in the different ooantles the hearts of many of the appli cants failed them. Of the one hundred and eighty-six applicants only one hun dred and thirty-seven had the eonrage to enter the lists—eighty males and forty- nine females. According to my publish ed instructions no papers were to be re ceived from the contestants after the 20th instant. On the 21st, a list of the names of all the ooutEstanis, numbered one, two, three, etc., was made ont in my office. The written exercises of the oonteatants, with no names affixed, bnt numbered to oorreapond with the numbers affixed to my Uat of names, were tnrned over to a committee of our best teaohera to be re ported npon. This committ‘o was to re port to me the best exercised by number. Tho committee consisted cf oar city superintendent, Major Slaton, Profeseors White and Bass, of the Boys’ High Sohool, Professor Bonnell, of the Walker street school, Professor Moore, of the Ivey street school, Miss Haygood, Miss Ellis, Mug Butohorford, Mias Calloway and Miss Fay, of the Girls’ high sohool, and Misa Bowen, now remaining for a time in the city. When this very able committee reported to me the beet papers by number, I referred to my list and found the nnmbera opposite to tho follow ing names, namely: Males—Robert; W. Fuller, Waynesboro, Ga; Morgan S. Roberts, Hamilton; W. T. Van Duxer,Eib?rton; William Byrd Tate, Jasper; W. D, MoGehee. Lumpkin; James M. Griggs, Franklin, county; Walker E. Murphy, Harris county. Females—Lucy E. Backer, Upson county; Mildred Steed, Barnesville; Mamie Lou Cook, Atlanta; Alios Brim berry, Cntbberl; Neppio Baker, Buena Viata; Rosalie Bivers, Thomaston; M. L. Mackey, Coweta connty. It will bo observed that seven ladies have been appointed instead of six, os originally proposed. Ono of my former appointees has just declined to return to Nashville in Consequence of ill health, and this opened tho way for an additional appointment. Gusxavus.J. Orb, State School Commissioner. Tux late cool nights and warm days are reported by the Union and Recorder, to have produced a good deal of sickness in that plaoe and connty. The Americas Recorder describes a “dwarf-gUnt” on exhibition In that oity. His name is Zich Gaultuey, and was born and raised ia Tajlor county, Georgia. He is twenty-four years old and has feet and bauds that are simply enormous, ma king him a giant in his hands and feet and a dwarf in bis body. His little fin ger measures 14 inohes around and the others are in proportion. He weighs about cne hnndred oonnds. Highly interesting item in tho Atlanta letter to the Augusta News: A marriage is soon to take place, wherein the wealthiest yonng lady of West End iB to be led to the altar by a gentleman from Griffin. Her trouBseaa is consists of fonr beautiful silk dresses, ono a very rich blue silk, a white cash- mere and a plum colored cashmere.' The Atlanta Dispatch eaya it is often asked “what progress is making, or if any crookedness has been discovered, in the overhauling of accounts of tbe State primers. We hope not, bnt hero again we have no poaitive information. We have heard it rnmored that there was a susp.oion of overcharges for work and material, bnt we do not know whether there is any evidence sustaining this alle gation. It has been the onstom in Geor gia heretefora to hold to a rigid accounta bility printers and other hard-working men who obtained a few dollars more than was deemed a just charge, while aacewd agents and attorneys were allowed to pocket, without complaint, fortunes for doing not half the work ot the othes class of employees. We trust that thir distinction ia to be ignored in the pro gressing overhauling.” “Slati Marino” is Georgia.—Under this head the Colnmbus Times dissects a late letter written by Colonel Marcellas Thorton to the Augusta News. Wo make room for tbe following extract: If “M. E. T.” ie no better informed in regard to the etate of popular feeling and tbe probable candidates intherestof the State, than ho is in reference to the Fourth Congressional Distriot, his calcu lations fall very short of the valne of weather “indications.” He is neither a Meyer or > Tice, and his “elate” i3 of no poiitioal value whatever. His reforma tion and prognostications for the Fourth Dtstriot ore, that there is a large pervad ing “ind- pendent” sentiment here; that the aspirants and probable candidates for the Congressional nomination axe numerous; that tbe main contest will probably be between Tuggle ana Persons; that Tuggle ought to have the nomina tion, bnt Persons will be most likely to get it, and will then be beaten by an "independent”—by Mr. Smith of Cow- r-ata, or some other man ranning on “M. E. TV’ line. Now, we can say positively that while there are a few scattering "Independ ents” here and there in the Fourth Con gressional distriot, there is nowhere any indioation of a purpose among Demoorats to desert their old party and try sny new organization. If there are politicians baving aspirations snd designs of that kind, “M. E. T.” has not named the man. We are well assnreo, also, that two or three of the gentlemen whom he names as probable candidates for the nomination nave at present no intention of going into the contest, and we have much donbt as to others. The truth is, the people of this distriot have not yet began to sgitate the question who shall be their next congressman, nor even wheth er tbey will make a formel nomination as yet. But there are no reasons to doubt that a good D-smocratio nomination, fair ly mace, will receive the almost unani mous support of the party and bo signally successful. FobGovienoe—Perhaps the follow ing, under tbe above head, may interest that class of our readers who take an in terest in matters that are too far off to interest tho general public: The chess board on which the candi dates for Governor figure is very well dotted, but few pieces being taken. Some of them are elightly disfigured but still in the ring. There ia little need to discuss Governor Colquitt’s chances for re-election. 8ome persons think, and have goad, tangible reasons for so thinking, that Governor Colquitt will not be a candidate for re- election when time arrives. Some men who cling to his candidaoy with most vehemence, will be tbe first to tarn loose tneir avaricious grip upon the eve of the nomination, when (hey see his hopes fading into vapor. The Independents are exceedingly anxious that Governor Colqnitt shall be nominated by the Dem ocrate, then there will be a war in Den mark, and unchained dogs will rash from every kennel in the land. The Demo cratic paity conld wipe its eyes and bid farewell to Brother Williams. The most formidable man in the field —the one with the strongest pledges—is Gen. GartreU. Ho ie working harder than any other canditdate except Col quitt, and out of eighty-two counties oan count on seventy-eight. He has always filled every position in which ne has been placed with unswerving integrity and ability. North Georgia is very strong for him, and he already commands several counties in lower Georgia. Col. Thoa. Hardeman, of Maoon, may be a candidate bnt has not given any evidence that he will enter into the canvass vigorously. He may be waiting for the compromise. Gan. A. B. Lawton, of Savannah, ia spoken of by many from this section, mainly because tbey claim that the next Governor should come from South Georgia. Chief Justioe Hiram Warner has an ambition to be Governor, bnt be had best hold on to what he has. It is hardly possible for bim to get nomination, for ho has never been a ring man—that is, ons pliant. While a cer tain class wonld rally to bim if ho were nominated, with unanimity, yet there are others, and those who are in tho majori ty, who wonld be led away by the trnth- fal plea that he has been in office all of his life, and has drawn more money from the Treasury of Georgia than any other man in the whole history of the State. This slogan would knock the wind from the sails of a 1,500 ton barque. Felton. Well, Felton will not ran for Governor. He is n very shrewd man; be will remain in the Seventh. Judge Her- eohei V. Johnson will not ran. The Chatham oounty delegation may come to (hs convention for Hon. Bnfos B. Les ter. He has filled the position of Lieutenant Governor honorably and ac ceptably for several years, and it is about time for promotion. Mr. Tarner, of Brooks connty, wonld make a good Governor, and he would like to be Governor, but there Is not enough of the polioy in bis acts for him ever to get there. Bacon may be Governor,but it will not be this or the next time. Judge An gutitua Reese and Judge McCutchin are spoken of, but they would have to come in as dark horses. Some people think that Hon. Joshua Hill. ex-United States Senator, baa nn eye on the executive chair, but that is altogether out of tho question. He canb.it bring any strength to the independent?, that is above what they would otherwise get, and hence they wontd not pat him forward, and the Be* publicans are dead, 03 a party, and can not run anyone. Tho Independents have not even de cided whether they will inn a candidate, but there are several who would like to be their standard bearer. To oonclude, it does really appear, when thinking over tbe matter, that Colquitt eostains about the same relationship to Georgia (bat Grant does lo tbe people of tho wholo oonttry. It ia hard to tell where he is, what he will do, and how strong be ia—in the nomination. M.E. T. They are having, at this season, n high old time at the Oonrt of Copenha gen. The King and Queen have with them thqir eldest daughter, Princes* Dagmar, accompanied by her husband, tho Czarewitch; their eldest son, the heir to tbe throne of Denmark, and the approaching arrival of the second eon, the King of Greece, Is annonneed. The royal family will, therefore, have usem- bled in its oircla a future Emperor, Km- press, a King and Queen, nnd two pres ent Kings, ~— - "* - .. THE STATE ,I<E6l8LATUBB. Atlamta, September SO. THE SENATE met at nine a. m., the President In the ohalr. Prayer by Bev. Dr. Duncan. The roll was sounded, a quorum deolared and the Journal read end approved. _ Senator Holoombe moved to reoonsider the resolution to allow Peterson Thweatt to test bis claims against the State as former Comptroller General in the Su perior Court of Falcon oouaty, A motion to table the motion to recon sider was agreed to by a of 27 yeas to 13 nays, Arosointion expressing a sense of eym« patby with the Jasper celebration, was adopted. tub high court of imfxachmxnt met at ten. The Chief Justice on tbe bench. The minutes were read. The Chief Justice*. “The managers on the part of the House will prooeod.” Manager Cox then proposed to intro duce in rebuttal, tbe majority report of the committee to investigate the condaot of the Treasurer's office. Counselor Jaokaon, Jr.—The majority and minority reports are both already in evidence. The reports were admitted. Manager Cox then introdnoad two of the managers who had been on a sub committee to oorrect tbe report of tho committee. MANAGES CRAWFORD SWORN. Witness was on the subcommittee, said committee did anbmit the proof sheets of the oommittee’a reports to the Treasnrer, who. made some few gramai- ioal corrections, and expressed himself generally grateful and under obligations to us for our fairness, OBOES. Did tail Benrroo that Alexander wbb in the city, and that if Alexander wished to modify his evidence the committee wonld make no objection. Found some $410, or more dollanrin cash in the Treas ury. There were pass books to the amounts in the books. manager nisbet sworn. Was on the sub-committee, Witness testified to the same facts as Mr. Craw ford. That the committee has aot re ported yet as to the other irregularities in tb8 Treesnrer’s office, bnt tbe commit tee has material for a general report, whioh they will make before the Legisla ture adjourns. I am confident that tha bond of the Treasurer is insolvent. Tne bond of 1S76 has never been Bigned by the Treas nrer. Counselor Jackson, Jr., then introduced the minority report. Also an aocount between the State and John Jones, for floating the Nnttiag bonds, showing an expenditure of $8,414. Both tides here closed their evidence, and tho argument on tho State was open ed by HON. ALLXN TORT. Mr. Fort said he entered npon the duty before him with great modesty. He con gratulated the people that this prosecu tion did not involve and was not actuated by party spirit. It is true the defendant has endeavored to assist the investigation, but no great credit is due to him as the facts were so invincible that any other course was closed to him. Mr. Fort then took np the idea of there being a difference in thicgs-simply prohibi ed and things involving, reading from Kents’ commentaries in snpport of his proposition. The plea of ignorance of the law was then taken np and Mr. Fort argued with great force that ignoranoe of the law will not exense a criminal, adducing the fol lowing authorities: 7th Ga., page 7, 32nd Ga., page 265, and Brown and Hinds’ legal maxims. Bat the evidence shows that he know that it was unlawful to take the State’s money. Tho statutes show this and he quotes tha statutes himself. Benfroo tells us he was in the Legislature in 1376 when the resolution exonerating Angier was adopted. That he, therefore, conld but know that the resolution in question was of aprivsts nature and did not set up a precedent. The defense claim distinguished ser vices on tho part of tho Treasnrer as a set off for the crimes and irregularities charged against him. Why, this is as amenable as tho other proportion of his defense. He claims all the people of Georgia have done together. Ha claims that he has put the credit of the State on a firm basis. Why, be has only in some cases fulfilled tha law written for him,in whioh he had nothing .to do whatever, Jones did more than he did. In regulating the Macon and Brunswick bonds, he violated the law, and yet he claims that he saved money for the State. (See Treasurer's report fer 1877.) Again, in the matter of the Garrard bonos, he has perpetrated an enormous fraud. Why, the banks all over the State which haTe these bonds in their vaulcs, even now receiving in'ersst from the State to keep her money. Now, where is there any distinguished services here. Then, again, he haB removed tho pnb lio money of the State from one bank in New York, thereby losing the interest on the deposit. Is this a distinguished publio service? Now, as to the motives whioh actuated the Treasurer. The evi denoe shows that it has not been to servo the people bnt to snbaerve his own prt> vate ends to grow riob. Is not this the character of all his aotiont? Why, he has used the public funds, he has extorted illegal fees, and has also used bis office in endeavoring to obtain offioe for hlB friends. He claims that he invited in vestigation. This is not tzne, as he failed to tell of many transactions when he eomd do so volantarlly, bat only ans 1 wered questions relative to them when he was questioned by the oommittee un der oath. It la for yon, Senators, to set the stan dard of honesty in the State. I thank yon for yonr attention. The speech of Mr. Fort occupied about two hours, and was listened to with mnoh attention by tho Senate. Although dee titnte of any attempt at oratorioal display or any attempt to influence the case by false sentiment, the speeoh of Mr. Fort completely oovexed the snbjeoc and exhanated every argument. It was plain, sensible and fully sustained In all of its propositions by the anthorlties quoted. Immediately open the conclusion of Mr. Fort’s speech the court adjourned un til 3:30p.m. The Senate met In Legislative assem bly and took up, read and passed to third reading teveral bills. SILLS FIRST TIME. To provide for payment of the expen bob incident to the trial of Comptroller General Goldsmith. Finance Com mittee. To make it unlawfnl foe the Attorney General to receive any fees outside of his salary. Judiciary. The Senate .then adjourned till 3.25 p. m. RETROSPECTION, The session last evening cf tho Court of Impeachment was occupied with the introduction of documentary evidence, with tbe exception of the statement of Mr. Ren fore. 5 of section 3854 of the code, which pro vide! that an attorney shall not be com pelled to give evidence for or against his client. Mr. Hanks was the author of the bill and he addressed the Honse in favor of its passage m a strong speech. A message from the Governor an nounced tha' he had approved and signed the following acts: To amend the law as to practice in Su perior Courts in cities of over 10,000 in habitants. Also, a bill to amend seotion 281 ot the code. AIeo, an act creating connty courts for the counties of Dooly, Campbell, Clarke, Floyd and Rockdale. Also, an act to amend an aot in refer ence to illegal hnnting. Also, an act to amend section 4141 of the code. Also, an aob in reference to vonue of snits against insurance companies with more than one place cf business. An aot to repeal an act reqairing the Commissioners of Bibb connty to pay all expenses of elections. An aot providing for the suspension o! the Treasurer or Comptroller General. The speoial order was the oonsidera- iioa of the general oounty oonrt bill, which establishes a county coart in every oounty where there is now no snoh oonrt, or a city oonrt with oounty jnrisdiction. On motion of Mr. Hill, the bill was laia on the tablo, as there Is now pend ing before the Senate n bill on the same question. The resolution by Mr. Mynatt to pay the members of the General Assembly mileage for tho extra cession was taken np. Mr. Mynatt favored the resolution in a pointed speech. Mr. King opposed tho idea of this ex tra mileage. The report wa3 agreed to and the bill was lost BILL3 ON THIRD BEADING. A bill to compel railroads to appear to answer indictmente. Mr. Harris asked if the officers and not an incorporation were not the subjec.s of an indictment. Mr. Hanks said it was tho company that was liable. Mr. Harris opposed tho bill. Mr. Hanks called for the yeas and nays on tbo passage of tbe bill. The yeas wero 70 and the nays 40. So the bill was lost. A bill to provide for appeals from one jury to another was taken np. The Committee on Military Affairs re ported in favor of ths passage of a bill to deolare and establish and provide a flag for the State of Georgia. Also, a bill to regulate tho military af fairs of the Stats. The Committee on the Lunatio Asylum reported a resolution appointing Messrs. King, Rankin and Perkins a epeoial in vestigating committee to visit the asylnm and report on the oomplaints of tbe man agement. Tbe resolution, on motion of Mr. Fanil, chairman of the oommittee, was adopted. Mr. Matthews addressed the House in favor of tbe passage of tbe bill establis h ing the right of appeal from one jury to another. Mr. Matthews oontined speaking until one o’clook, when tho House adjourned to 3:30 p. m. Atlanta, Scotembcr 30.1879. THE SENATE met this evening at 3:25 p. m. The President in ths Chair. THE HIGH C3UBT OF IMPE1CHHHNT then was called to order by tne Chief Jnstise. - The argument on ths part of tho de fense was opened by Goa. Henry B.. Jack- eon, of Savannah. Th b eloquent and venerable gentle man occupied the entire evening session nntil his failing strength compelled him to yield the floor to Capt. Henry Jatfc- son, his son, a son worthy cf snoh a sire, indeed. It is impossible to give in full tho elo quentand powerful speech of General Henry Jackson, with tho limited space and time at my oommand, and a brie synopsis would ouly mar the beauty this truly maguificant effort. Never has it been the fortune of the writer to hoar, within the Senate chamber, such burning appeal, such terrible invectives, snob touobing pathos as fell from the lips of this silver haired old man eloquent. If Renfroe is cleared it will be through the feeling engendered by the powerful ap peals of the two eloquent Jackeoms, fa ther and son, to both of whom ought to be accorded the meed of . true orators. of Atlanta, September 30, 1879. THE HOUSE. Tho House met at 9 o’clock, and was called to order by the Speaker. Prayer by Rev. John Jones, D.D., Chaplain. The roll waB called and tho journal was read. Mr. Rsdwine moved to reconsider the adverse action of the House on a bill to fix the rate of interest in this State. The motion prevailed. Mr. Pope offered a resolution declaring that the House was ia fall sympathy with the celebration of the Jasper Centennial at Savannah. Tabled for one day under the rule. Tbe Penitentiary Committee reported favorably on a resolution to appoint a special committee to visit Stone*Mount ain, with the object of reporting as to the advisability of its purchase by the State as the site of a penitentiary. Mr. Miller called the yeas and nays on the resolution. The yeas were 103 and the nav* 24. The unfinished business was tho con- aMsration of the bill to repeal paragraph, Atlanta, Oat. 1, 1879, THE SENATE met this morning at nine a. m.. JtVesi dent LsBter in the chair. Prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was oalled, tho jour nal was read and approved. THE HIGH COURT CF IHPRXCHHENT then was called to order by Chief Justice Warner. The minutes were read, and Counselor Henry R. Jackson Jr., re earned the argument of the cause for the respondent. Mr. Jackson said, that he would re. view the line of yesterday’s argument, which he proceeded to do, ehowing, that in spite of the constitutional prohibition from 1779, to tho present time, the Leg islature uas always allowed extra compen sation to the Treasnrer from time to time, produoingl.aots and resolutions to Bhow that the compensation the State Honse officers have been in creased from time to during their terms of office. That the Comptroller General baa received by legislative en aotment from time to time extra fees, That Jones, tbe former Treasnrer, was allowed extra pay for negotiating tho Nutting bonds. That the Angier resolu tion declares that custom never required the Treasurer to pay over these extra fees, and that the meaning of the resolution is to extend its permissive weight to the fa- tare as well as the present. That this resolution was offered and supported by some of the best men in tho State. That the aot prohibiting tbe Treasnrer from retaining (he fees of the office refer only to those acts whioh he dees in the atriot exerolse ot his official dnties, and to ex tra aota and duties, although these du ties may. spring out of his ofnce. The oounsel for the State olaim that the aot of 1876 forbids all allowanoe to tbe Treasurer to retain these fees. Why this aet is but the re-enactment of tha law, which has been construed by the Angier resolution to mean the permission to retain the earns of money in dispute. Connselor Jackson then argued that a simple constitutional provision must be ratified by legislative enactment before it oan be of foroe, giving u an illustration the law regulating certioraris, and read ing extracts from the code and Saprema Coart reports in support of his position. Tho new constitution provided for fatare legislation on ths subject el tho use oi tne pnblio funds. Ami here we have at the present time the first enaotment on the subject long after the last reception ot money by Renfroe. Will you impose a penalty on thin respondent when there is no penalty prescribed by lan? Will yon make the law retrospective? Now, if you find that Renfroe did not know the law, you mast find him guiltless for lack of intent. Wo have in this oxse the managers noting bs counsel, law makers and witnesses. They claim tint there has been* great irregularity. Now I oballecge the manager who will con clude to show any irregularity. They ssy they wish to remove R-nfrce. He has offered to resign. Wtydii they net re ceive that resignation, and not take all this time In argument? Let them show where rests tho reason for these prooaed- inge. Now we all lovo our old 8!at?. This defendant etood with yon in the hour of trial. Now will yon send him down to infamy for these things. I have violated law, malum prohibitum. Yon, managers, have done the eame thing, and yon, Sen ators, havo also been guilty. If tho rules of technical law be applied to every mis conduct, many a man would be in the penitentiary, and if a man mast bo dis graced for snoh things when the courts can make him return ail the money of tho Stats he may have, then, indeed, will justioe depart from cld Georgia. Gen. Henry R, Jackson, of Savannah, then continued the argument for the de fense. That the backbone and strong muscles of his case had been formed for him by a younger and a stronger man Renfroe was surrounded by men who ought in this investigation to have been his friends; bnt who sought to even per suade him to pat him in a compromising position. The counsel then proceeded to disease, the testimony of Jndge ’Hall relative to a conversation with Ren froe and Murpby, at which time Mr. Hall exhibited to Renfroe tbe bill which would enforce the reqnirements of the new constitution which forbids all taking of interest or pnblio fnnds, depos its in banks, etc. And that Renfroo,after that, refused to do this thing again. That tho testimony f of Hoyt, Patterson, Mur phy, Hall and Renfroe all goto show that Renfroe was ignorant of any constitu tional prohibition on the subject. Igno rance of law no exoase for crime! Why, gentlemen, there can be no crime whore there ie ignorance. The code says that crime is composed of act and intent. The manager says it iB the law of Rome, of eTcry civilized nation of the world. It may have been the law of Rome,of Pluto, of Lycurgus.but it Is the law which sunk in night the middle ages. Why, if you oarry out this law, you would punieh every maniac. I wonld nob pnnish a dog. There are exceptions to this law in oases of malum prohibitum. Where the law is obscure and the Constitation not decided, then ignorance shonld exense. But when ever a peonliar state exists, then tbe question of ignorasos should be consid ered. Ia it lawful for the General Assembly to legislate this act into crime and then require yon to punish a man for them ? Reading; from story and isles m snpport of this proposition. Is there no difference between involan tary and premeditated crimes? The managers rise and qnote tho brief oi Beast Duller, tbe man of whom a Creole said, when ha was atked if Bntler did not ’reep tbe oity of New Orleans clean an-, so keep the je-tow fever off, “Don’t y c a believe that God is good ? And do yen think ho wrnld afflicit ns with Butler and the yellow fever both the earns year ?” Now as to tbe $247, for signing the Northeastern Railroads’ coupons,why did they not pat Childs on the stand ? This money was cos taken from the State, but from a railroad. This was net oontemplated by the law. They even try toimpeeoh bis very motives, like the father who wished to pnnish his eon, be cause he thought damn. Now bb to the effort to obtain a place for his friend. Tne father ot this friend’s wife first sncoorsd him in early youth, loaned him the money to purchase the very tools of his trade, he lived with him for ten years, slept in the bed of one of the sons, and when the sister’s little property was ojntided to him to take charge of Renfroe did so and with honesty. Why, Renfroe and he were married by tbo father of this lady. If to endeavor to get a position for this friend of his daughter’s husband is a gin then the recording angel dropped a tear on it to blot it oat after he had written it. He is charged with setting a bad prece dent. They say that he has grown riob on the hard earnings of the people. What do they mean when they say that he has grown rich by stealing tne money of the people for whom he has fonght and for whom he wonld willingly laydown hU life; of the people who have loved him for almost half a century? Will we for get that onr free institutions were given to raise up the men whose cradles have been rooked near the ground? We ask no mercy of yon. If yon disagree oan go again to the woods, look into the stars and pray to God. General Jaokson then proceeded show that the report than Renfroo had been enriohed by his office was unfoun ded, and gave a short synopsis of his life and property. At this pointthe court adjourned until 3:30 p. m., and the Senate till 3:25 p. m. Gabolynn. Atlanta, October 1, 1879. HOUSE. The Honse met ai 9 o’clock, and was called to order by th* Speaker. Prayer by Rev. John Jones, D.D., chaplain. Tne roll was called, and the jonrnal was read By consent Mr. Lnffman introdnoad i bill to repeal all laws and resolutions granting Stato aid to _|ha Northeastern Railroad. ^ jdtober 4. 1879'* ’ENAXK-—lumxD business was then taken np. This wa3 _ bill to authorizs an appeal from one jury to another in Saperior and City Coarts. Mr. JUarriaon’e motion to indefinitely postpone the bill which was read tho day before, was withdrawn. The substitute proposed by the Judi ciary Commsttoe was, by consent, with drawn. Mr. Turner, of Brooks, offered a enb- stiiato which was read. Ur. Hall offered an amendment whioh was adopted. Mr. Harris moved tojsdefinitely post pone the substitute as amended. Tho substitato was adopted as amen ded. On the passage of tho bill the yeas were 79 to 47 nays. So tho bill failod of a constitutional majority. The bill to levy a tax on dog3 was in definitely postponed, on motion of Mr, Harrison. A bill to prescribe the practice in olaim oases was next read. The favora ble report of the Judiciary Committee and the substitute offered by tho Com mittee was agreed to. The yeas and nays were called on the passage of the bill. Tho yeas were 80; tho nays were 29. So the bill was lost by failing of a constitutional majority. A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR was received. It announoed the Execu tiTe signature and approval of the follow ing biils t To authorize the Commissionere ot Bibb county to parohase the property pat ap for taxes. A bill to provide for tho election and compensation of a Ksepar of Executive Archives. Withdrawn by consent. A bill to fix tho rate of interest. Made Hear (he Scoffer. Philadelphia Times, Ind.l Ths way in whioh ilia Democratio party is crowding its'If cn to hwfi money plat forms this year is encash to make anybody’s head swim John’s Little Boom. Phila. Times 1 Seoretery Bherman has an eye wide open to the beautiful. It ia telegraphed from Wasbingtou that he has had fifty crayon sketches ot bimseif made, whioh he intends to have hung up in ths sab-treasuries and moat frequented Custom Houses. Thh is what is vainly called a boom. MY SHIP AT zEA. Rather Candid. Indianapolis Sentinel.! General thermin is a military shyster and partisan nino m^oop—an nmeUabU, emtio blatner-skite, possessing parrot-like gift of gab; a peaoock in vanity and a demagogue in every relation of life; deficient in heart and soul; destitute in rnagnan mity, and in the meanness of his nature refers to a former visit, when at the head of a conquering army he left desolation behind him. Not a Good Mate to Bet On. Cincinnati Enquirer, Dem.1 A mm who puts np his wealth on a horse race may calculate with tolerable certainty on winning some time or otner if ha perse veres. The man who bets on Uh'o going one way or another any year, or any senes of yens, is too recklecs to be trusted with mon ey, and should have a guardian appointed to take care of hie estate. Two straws. Washington Star 1 At a social gathering of the newspaper cor respondents here a tew evenings ago ao in- formal ballot was taken as to who will be the next Presidential candidates. The vote wxs: Republicans—Grant 8, Sherman 5, Blamed Democrats—Tildea 10, Hancock 4, Davis 1, Bayard 1 Cincinnati Ei quirer.l Our correspondent at Elizabethtown, Ky, yesterday interviewed 53 voters on their oboicoofa Presidential candidate. Thirty- one tpoke for Tilden and Hendricks and the others were divided on Thurman snd Hendricks^ Washington Btar.l Foreign gold is now ponring into the Uni ted States at an aver.ga rate of $750,000 per day. No such parallel to tho accumulation of gold has over bsou famished in the hi;to ry of this country The largest amount of coin and bullion ever imported by ue in any single year was in 1877, when the sum reached $10,773,000. but that year we expoi ted $13,010,000, leaving a balance of only $27,cOO.UOO in our favor. More than that amount has been imported duriDg the past six weeks. the apeecial order for Fridxy, on motion of Mr. Redwine. A bill to carry into effect the provisions of (he Constitution relative to the revis ion of the jury box. The House had passed the bill and refused to conoor in tho Ssnate amendments thereto. A bill to exempt firemen from jury duty. Tabled. A bill to prevent the driving or pen. ningol the cattle of another. Indefinitely postponed on motion of Mr. Burch, of Laurens. A bill to regulate the practice in oertain cases. There were 82 yeas and 8 nays on the passage of th9 bill, so it failed ot a Constitutional majority and was lost. A bill to repeal sections 1631, 1632. 1633, relative to licenso ot non-resident peddlers. On the passage of the bili.the yeas and nays were called and were 74 yeas and 19 nays, so the bill failed ot a Constitutional majority. A bill to require county officers in esn uni of finance to publish annually item ized statements of receipts and expendi tures. Tabled. Mr. Polhiil moved that tha Houso ad* journ until tc-morrow morning at S o’clock. Agreed to by division, but Mr. Sheffield called for the yeas and nays, This seemed to defeat the wish to adjourn, but Mr. Polhiil moved to extend the time of the session. The motion waa agreed to and tho yeas and nays were called on tho motion to adjourn. The motion pre vailed and the House adjourned till 9 o’clock to-moirow. N. Y. Tribune, 2Gth.l Tha louEgeva in the lobby of the Fifth-ar enue Hotel were interrupted in their discus sion of the walking match, Kelly’s bolt, and kindred timely topics, abont half past 7 o’clock 1-et ovening, by loud and angry words, mingled with profanity, at the rear end of the hallway. A blow followed and a ecaffie, which was quickly terminated by the interference of the nysUndera. The parties to this quarrel were John C. New, formerly Onitod Btatsa Treasurer, and George P. Bia- sell, a prominent hanker of Hartford, Conn., who numbers among his patrons Mrs. Har riet Beecher Stowe, Qo?. Jewell and other distinguished persons. It waa a personal qaarrel, growing out of basin ess matters. A Gem ITirana President Hayes. Chicago Times.1 “What I wish to ssy is, let as see to it in all our plezoure, whatever may ho remem bered and whoever may he forgotten, we should not fail to remember that wo shall not forget tho laborers ot the country.” There is neither purity, propriety nor precis ion in this sentence; bnt whatever may be remembered and whoever may be forgott-.n. we ehail not fail to remember that we shall not forget that tho President uttered it at Aurora, Illinois Other gems of thought and jewels of expression are scattered along tbe railroad route brightened by the “ele gant and refined bows” of ths estimable la dies who are aiding and abetting tbo regu lar autumnal go-as-ycu-ploiea-to-tho pump kin-show progress of the President. Tecumseti Bed Hot. Philadelphia TimtB 1 President Hayes seems to havo gone too far away from homo, and hud an nnplea a aut time of ir, the other night, at Hannibal, .Missouri. When the train arrived, about ten o’clock, tho President, according to his habit, rnsked cut on the rear platform to talk ebcut the crops, probably, when he wis assailed by a crowd of rCcghs with jeers end abusive sbauts. The Proaidknt namrailj concluded that it wouldn’t be worth while to waste any of his eloquence on tint era? d and ho went insi le. General Sherman then appeared snd told tho roughs tha'- Missouri is a great State whienwooid someday be peopled bj ladies and gent'emen; that they mu-t not inanit the President or the United •states, ‘ aaayoa must not insult me, for if you co, to help me Gcd I'll fight.” Tbw Citadel of sectionalism. Philadelphia Record 1 Charles on, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleinsand Galveston aro commercially nearer to Philadelphia than are any of the Western trade centres. Possibly be fore the oless of the present csntnry tbe capitalists, the business men snd tho mannfacturers of Philadelphia will re. discover this important fact, which haB been lost to their minds ever since the war. When they do make tha dis covery, instead of enoouraging poiitioal demagogues and the guerillas or a par tisan press systematically to traduce and abuse the Southern people, in tho spirit of unforgiving hate, they may be induced by self interest to edopt Mr. Lincoln's fa vorite maxim of "charity to all and malice toward none,* and to onltivate those am icable relations which must bo the forta runners of trade with any people. If we live to eeo such a revival of genuine Christian spirit in this Cily of Brotherly Love we may expect to recover our lest Southern trade, ar-d to take a respectable hand with New York in the pursuit of foreign oommerce. This, however, oan never be so long as our citizens take pride in making Philadelphia tbe citadel of sectionalism, which is fairly inter preted to cover a persistent hatred for the people most nearly linked to us in a commnnity of commercial interest. Beclc on Bayard and Grr.nt. Louiavillo Evening Poet.l Senator Bsok has been in the city several J il?fact tm&We days, and he has not been dismclioed to dia- Honi How many ships I’ve sent to sea— Buoyant with hope and full of glee How few returned to me? * Ships that I’ve freighted Wtlh my mi Drifted awsy beyond recall, Ba» .dorms will rise and etorms will f«ji And ships go down at sea. How oft, with axils »U golden—btiebt With sunlight—they have p„ 8fcl i ?-“ .. While from die shore have I *° m Kept wxtoh with esger eye, Until my ship hid floated by; Until with axils xll proudly set Just where the exrth with herven They vanished—while Itt^nsdyet^ But storms will come, and winds mu v. My ships are driven to xnd fro— ,lU Wo, f— And some go down at sox' » And some mere wrecks, from ont ... . Merahtill sndepxrandbrokrem^ PMf -* With ah their treasures overcaet. Float back to me. ' And then I sigh o’er what Fvo l 0 «t- Weep o’er my life eo tempest tost ’ So cheerless—xnd so dreai' Why trust frail berks onto the sox* What bring they bxck but grief to me? But grief, xnd pain xnd m.t-ery To rend my soul with f «rl These shattered wrecks the cruel sea Casts on the shore to torture ms Are filled with phantoms dread! Phantoms of all I’ve lost before— Of hopes and joys dead in the yore; Of hopes and loves tnat come no more; Anu with these dead from unknown sho r s Come other dead to msko me soro— 1 The cruel, living deadl But still, forgetting all my pain. My balks I launch npon the main, To cross the heaving sea, Hoping that when all storms are past, Sonia sunny port I'll reach at last. To find with joy, all anonored fast, My ships, awaiting me! —The cotton oro^ oi zliEsisoippi this vsu will turn out to be a good one, andtnaala- tustieian, who is already at work, says that more than 60 per oent. cf it is Drouuoed bv white Iahor. 1 —A man on Arbor Util aimed a gun at hia tittle eon (a beautiful creature, with golden hair to his waist) and playfully threatened to shoot him. Tha gun tnrned cut to be min loaded. It will bu plteed in tno State Libra ry, as the only weapon of the kind known to American gunnery Albany Journal —The oil business 'booms’ wiih other trades. The production for the tot eight months cf this yeai is » fourin larger than in a iikeporioj last year, eo are exports, the amount in stock is a third lsrgtr, whicu rhowg that there is so far no increase in the horns demand. Moanwhile sinking webs goes oa ont of all proportion to tho profit in the oil trade, whose ntuuieas is already overdose. i as First Frosv.—a dispatch from John ston's, Edgefield Oounty, to the Augusta evening News of Saturday iaet says: ‘We reported tho last frost of wmter in June, ft e now report the first frost of winter on September26th, snd jus: oid eecipeitin August. Wo are (xsicpi iwe months in tha year and need no ioj factory. The frost yesterday morning was tight and did but little oamege.’ —Over two ihoaear.d boys and girls wets tamed back icto tbe streets when tne pnblio tchools wero opened tu hew York ibis autumn, because there w«a no room for tuem. When t is is the caso it is not and cannot bs right to uso the pnblio school money for what is taller 'm h hor education’ as New York does, eupporti- g a college aid a gills’ ‘normal school * The hign-o: educa tion ia that for width them is the highest Lord, and that education u the teaching o! yonng children in the primaries. The Ohio Election —acprescntaiiveNeal, of Omo, a staunch lit publican, who is ihs 1 .test arrival from thvt o-ate, expresses the neliet that the election will be cioao, and if Foster ia eleoted at all it wil- not oe by uy very b.g majority. Gen. Ewiu. he says, hit eh-wn remarkable skill as a loader and an or K an z:r. Oae ci cumsta- co, according to all accounts, has had tbo tendency to help the Ohio Democrats very much during this campaign, ths lmpcssioniiy of ixiBiogany wer issues against them Both their candi dates for governor -L(l neu.eaaLt-gOVtm;: were g&liant Union officers. —Toe Cintinna,: nentnern BMlroad, which his had many tribulation u and enoenntered many v.cieeUndo;, is low rapidly approach ing completion. On:y tbw.y miles of ths road remain to bo bniit to carry it to its ter minus at Boyce Btatisn, on tha Wostemtnd Atlantic Railroad. This putut is seven miles from Chattanooga, and trio Noutnom Boad Las tunning ar.a'igements over ttu Western and AUtntrc, which will enable it to oatib* iiehils depots at Chattnnocgr. Tne 8ontN erp expects to be re ming ns trains through eolid trem Cincinnati to Chattanooga by ths l&t of next January —A'New York letter sa; s Tha cool, crisp weather is imparting fresh spirit to the bosi- nesswotld on every hand. Merchants, ia almost every branch of trade, report increie« ing activity, and not a lew of them report orders considerably ahead. jCmmer.ee quanti ties of merchauatio of cvsry description con tinue to go foiwxid by tno toutnern coat steamers, taking in eveiy point of aiatribu« tion from Norfolk clear tbreugn to QaIves- ton. The Eastern transportation companies also are as bnsy as tbey well can be, and at the freight depots of th: railways along the river front the scene night ana nay is one of the busiest imaginable Everybody seems to have employment The hotels hive as many gueeta as they can accommodate, and tho outinesa thoroughfares exhibit an ani mation and bustle the like of wmch has not been seen for many a day.’ —In the suit against Samuel J. Tilden to recover money alleged to oe due from him for income taxes the defendant’s counsel a few daws ago made amotion for a till of particulars. Judge Cheat this morning, in an elaborate decision, denied tne motion. His Honor says Tho government is not to bs presumed co know wuat any maa’a income is, still less the several parts of which it is made np, Everyman is presumed to know these things wnb enure certainty. While the officers of the government may have auch credible information as to aiaxpsjet* income as to male it proper to bring suit to recover an exoesa of that paid, the infor mation may not bo to spcciac or detailed as to enable the distriot attorney in advance of trial to set forth the items with oertanty. cubs political matters in an informal way. Ho says no one oan come Into contact with Gen. Gra t without being convinced that he is a great man. Senator Bock has had, daring the past twelve years, very muoh offi cial intercourse with Gen. Grant, and he says it all tends to give him a higher esti mate of him. He does not take one by storm, but you constantly feel that you must revise yonr former estimate. Grant, too, has the growing faonlty, and he learns from experience. Even his mistakes are valuabl e to bim. He oan commit blunders that wonld be fatal to any one else, and then do something to delight his followers so great ly that they at once forget all his errors. Anyone who thinks Grant is only a child of circumstances is very greatly mistaken. Senator heck is emphatically an anti-Til- donman. Hia preference is divided between Senator Thurman and Senator Bayard. It was reported when tbe Senate reassembled Mr. Beck intended to lead a movement to displace Senator Bayard from the head of the Finance Committee, and that in this movement he wonld receive the support or Mr. Thurman. Tnis must be a mistake, for though Mr. Beck did not mention the repor ted interview, he left t£e impression in the minds of his hearers that he would be glad to see Bayard get the Democratio nomina tion for tne Presidency. Senator Bayard, he eaid, though sot a brilliant man, was a very able one, a man who formed his opinions elow.y, but who was immovable whoa they were formed. His personal and political character is above reproach, and his strength in the conven ion will surprise the party. He has a strong hold upon the peoplo, wot by his storey honesty, and Mr. Beck hoJeyes he wonld make a strong candidate. News and Courier ! The diaastor last week was confined to the failure of ths house of JcmcsAdger A Co., and the incidental failures of the firms of George H. Walter A Co. and J. E. Adgsr A Co. Xho liabilities of James Adgsr A Go. are heavy-in round numbers abont a mil lion and a half of dollars, while their assets are claimed to bs about one million. A full statement of their affriiu is now in course of preparation to bs laid before their credit ors. Homo of the Charleston banks and mercantile houses are among their largest creditors, and the People’s BankofBonth Carolina, an institution of small capital, de cided oa (Saturday lact to wind un its busi ness, though its directors are confident that it will pay in foil’ every dollar that it owes. With this exception, no bank or firm that is a loser by tbe failure baa been seriously af feoted. Perhaps we ought to mention that the fi-m oi Smyihe A Adger, which does a large bus in eta with the interior, is in no way involved ia tho trouble. The friends of Uh&rlceton throughout this and adjiosnt States may rely upon thb as a fair and full statement of the real extent of the calamity, ths hardship of which consists rather in the lose or inoonvenisnee that it may occasion to a multitude of individual creditors than in any serious injury that it baa done to tha general mercintue and tra ding ia;crests ct thq^city. —Tha European sleamera are adopting American ooal as a matter of economy and also of speed. to furnish a bill of particulars, lira Honor says it is net to be inferred from thisfacf» admitted by the district attorney, that this suit is a mere fiihirg amt brought fora general inquisition into the private affairs Cl the defenuant.’ The Anekcjin Colosy in Bbjzil.—a letter in the New York Horald gives a doleful account of the condition of a number ot Sonthemers who, at tho close of the war, emigrated to Brazil and settled around Stn« tarem, on the Amazon, 580 or GOU miles from the sea. It is asserts! that tntre u bnt ose industry that has ever prospered auffiaenw to secure the emigrants tho necesaaiM w life, and that is the manufacture or cactus, a kindof ram distilled from fermontedcaiw juice. With a few exceptions their food aw clothing are of the coaraost kind. live for months wiih no other food tn“ dried fish and mandiooa meal, and ponW* some fruit and vegetables, and oxasionaJj a little game or ealt beef dried in the son. The poorest laborer in the United dtates cm buy with his earnings more loxarietio* month for hia family than ono seta Uj» year ia any home, save two or three, in colony. Even white bread and batter are too expensive for most families. The noc£ ber who have aotaaliy se.tied at Santana u 210; have left or died sinco I5t; there area tho colony now 66 of whom arc children to there 14; of the 210 original settientM« remain 42. Baltimore Eun.l . The shooting tf CoL Alston, by Cox Georgia, and the remote conneetions mK^ with of John W. Nelms, Principal Keeper » the Georgia State Penitentiary, JBffgJS have infla «nc«d the Legislature of to make a thorough ;nveatig»uon inw management of the affairs of the p*e“J“ ry. The result is that Nelms hu corns grief, the majority ot the committee mg that ths evidence shows that the pal keeper "has grossly sboaed the auuw- ty and powers ot his offica ty the asms for his own private G 4I ?*,7 B r„ ct he has therefore forfeited hia -j, high position which he occupies nority, whi’.e a;eking to defend , tess that he has followed a precedent,” and is deservieg The system upon which the Georgia p tiary is conducted is ono ahi-h tsbly lead to great abcees. It is . 6 h . e Vsa that these investigations will > of the Georgia Legislators to the *»* separable from their B«ni-b« t “'' $ tentiary system. There ia * ,h»tStaie reform manifested just new oopP as for instance in tho impeachm^&» rt. troUor-Goneral Goldsmith. Th»t o signed open being impeached, nut« • quilt declined to accept the oa the ground that by eo < * ;,u ' i L,,. or £n:t s ciuso embarrassment to a ,, w branch of the State government. ,.gjt remembered how differently Btir ? ct thocaseof the impoariimi'iit of hoc War Baiknap by Cangco-a. . Washington Star.l Ono of the several signs of tha ^a “easy times” is tha mcreasrf or luxuries. Last month, 861 caaee of champagne trere ij'Mjjj, against 7.GU for the correspond®* K of laat year.