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J- H, KSTILL. Savannah, Oa.
Governor’* Mesnage.
The message of Governor Smith tiTlhe
General Assembly on the commencement
of its second annual session yesterday
Will be found Jon our fourth page. Like
*v*ry state paper emanating from our
Able, faithful and worthy Executive, it
is a straightforward business communica
tion, setting forth in plain and ooncise
terms the true condition of the affairs of
the Condmonwealtb, with recommenda
tions of such legislation as in his judg
ment will promote the general welfare.
That portion of the message treating
of the transactions of the late Treasurer
will be read with interest. The facie
stated not only show the /salons walch
fudMMUtof the Guvey&* Mm mo*.
ton of tfeh of the Stab , but
fully justify bis action In placing the
keeping of the public money in other
hands.
The financial condition is shown to
have greatly improved under moat unfa
vorable circumstances, a fact which,
while it must he gratifying to our people,
demonstrates the wisdom, prudence and
economy which has characterized the
administration of our Htate Government
since its rescue from ltadical misrule and
corruption.
The general interest of the message as
well as its moderate length, will cause it
to he read hy all who desire to inform
themselves in regard to public affairs.
Without occupying space, therefore,
with a synopsis of its contents, we com
mend it as a whole to our readers.
Hon. B. H. Hill’s Reply to Ex-Speaker
Blaine.
In our telegraphic columns will be
found a synopsis of Hon. B. If. Hill’s
caustic though well tempered and
effective reply in the House yesterday
to ex-Hpeaker Blaine’s wanton and
attack on ex-l’resideut Jeffer
From our correspondent’s
lief sketch of the debate it will he
that Mr. Hill not only got the
better of his antagonist in the argu
meat, but that in the discussion of
a subject introduced for the purpose
of arousing sectional prejudice and
passion he commanded an atten
tive hearing and won the applause
of his auditory on tho floor of the House
and in the galleries. The line of argu.
meat adopted by Mr. Hill, his calm
appeal to the roason and manly sen
timent of the couutry, not less than
his withering rebuke of the ignoble
partizau trickster, wore alike worthy ol
the distinguished Representative of Geor
gia. In him not only the people of the
Houth but the cause of truth, right and
justice found an able, eloquent and suc
cessful ohamniou.
00-Opebative Cable Scheme. —The
London World of the l. r >tli ultimo says
that the scheme for a co-operative At
lantic cable has been arranged, and
that a preliminary contract has
been entered into with a first
class firm of cable contractors to
make and lay a cable from the Laud’s
End to New York for less than five
hundred thousand pounds, and that Sir
William Thompson and other eminent
engineers certify that this cable would be
as good, if not superior, to any one
existing. “It may, therefore,” adds the
World , “be taken as a positive fact that
n cable between England and New York
can be made and laid for this sum. With
this price as a basis the entire assets of
the Anglo-American Company might be
duplicated for about one million five
hundred thousand pounds. Ocean tele
graphy is, in fact, in its infancy. Within
two or three years the existing cables will
be replaced by better ones at less than
hi^ their cost.
I Outspeaking of the recent sports at
liarosa, ill India, aud the sickeniug spec
tacles of rhinoceros and buffalo tights
gotten up for the delectation of the
Priuce of Wales, an account of which we
published a few days since, the London
Athenaeum expresses sorrow that the ad
visers of the Prince permitted the agony
of animals to be made a conspicuous part
of au entertainment held in the city from
which the Guikwar was expelled for love
of his barbarity, as well as for other rea
sons. “Almost every journal," says the
Athenmum, “was virtuously indignant
not long ago when some eock fighters
were caught in the very act of
enjoying their sport iu Lancashire.
Englishmen take the flattering unotion to
their souls that their days of bear baiting
are over, and that Spain may keep her
cruel bull fights to herself ; but here is
the Prince of Wales at Baroda.”
Among the many reasons why both the
nominating national conventions should
b 9 held in St. Louis, the Republican of
that city calls attention to the fact that
Missouri has no candidate for President
or Vioe President on either tioket —not
one who has the ghost of a chauce or a
-olaim for either place. Missouri is in
nobody’s way. She represents neutral
ground. The conventions held there, the
Republican says, will not be pestered by
ten per cent, of the population turning
out to raid its members. In short, Mis
souri is the only eligible ground for a
free fight.
St. Louis is without question the pro
per place to hold the next Democratic Na
tional Convention. But the third termers
should by all means meet iu Philadelphia.
As the Kspublic of a century had its offi
cial beginning in that city, the Empire
that is to be reared on its ruins should
begin there. Let Philadelphia be the
cradle and the grave of the Republic.
The production of silver on the Pacific
coast is immense. Most of it finds its
way to Europe, and a considerable
amount is coined into the "‘trade dollar”
for ChiDa use. But European nations
are demonetizing silver, making it do
longer a legal tender, and the owners of
the rich mines are troubled with the dis
posal of their metal. If there were a
greater difference than exists between
gold and silver, the latter might be used
as a substitute for the ahinplaster frac
tional currency which performs the func
tions of small change. But if silver were
put in circulation now, there is that fab
ulous estimate of its value, that it would
be hoarded away in old stockings as too
precious to use, or it would be sold for
Lsurrency for the sake of the difference.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR,
A Rebuke In the Right (Quarter.
We occasionally, and we regret to say
only occasionally, meet with utterances
in the oolumns of Republican journals of
the North which encourage us to hope that
the too long prevailing sentiment of sec
tional hate is gradually dying out among
the better classes of the Northern people,
and that there is yet a possibility of the
restoration of fraternai relations and cor
dial good will between the people of all sec
tions of this once free, proud, prosperous
and happy Republic. Of such utterances
the following, from the editorial columns
of the Philadelphia Inquirer , a leading
Republican paper, is a sample:
‘'Among the first subjects of import
ance to which the attention of the Senate
will be called is Mr. Morton’s Mississippi
resolution. This is a matter which the
Senate ought to let severely alone. There
is not the slightest excuse for Federal in
terference in the domestic affairs of Mis
sissippi. W have had this sort of med
dlesome impudence before, and we have
seen whet cam of it, Mr. Morton is a
’ ™ m ought In Trbow better than to
press such a met ore. If he can’t see
into the future he can at least look on
the past. When he reviews his work
he cannot fail to see what every other
man sees —that his peculiar policy of
reconstruction has been a failure as an
experiment, a wrong against the ob
jects of his policy, and a reproach to
the country. Mr. Morton ought to re
member the plight in which he has left
Louisiana and Alabama, and then ask
himself seriously if Mississippi promises
to he a better field for his genius. Mr.
Morton's policy, objectionable enough in
practice, is most reprehensible in intent.
Its direct tendency is to keep alive the
war feeling, and to force the Southern
States into antagonism to the Union.
The spirit of Mr. Morton’s resolution is
repugnant to the idea of a reunited coun
try; it is distasteful to the overwhelming
majority of men who desire to ‘let the
dead past bury its dead.’ The war is
over—why try to breathe new life into
it ? The fire is out —why strive to fan the
embers into flame? We want no more
meddlesome interference in State affairs.
We want brotherly love, fair dealing,
the burinl of old differences, the equality
of all the States, and a Union without
discord Mr. Morton mistakes the hu
mor of the American people if he thinks
he can dose them with any more of his
nostrums.”
Such liberal, manly, just and patriotic
words as the above are worth all the
gush and spread eagle glorification of a
whole century of centennial side shows.
The Sale of Pews In Plymouth Church.
The auotion sale of pews in Plymouth
Church took placo last week, and the ad
vance in prices attested Brother
Beecher’s increased popularity with his
flock. The highest price paid was SOSO
by Brother Claflin, being SIOO in advance
of the highest price paid last year. The
total receipts for pew rents this year is
$70,310 50. The amount received in 1874
was $59,430. The sale was opened with
a speech by Brother Beecher as follows:
We all know the stringency of the
times; we all know that whether one be
rich or poor or in moderate circumstances,
he has use for all the money that he has
got. But I esteem that the instruction,and
consolation and the incitement of the
house of God according to your own ex
perience, to which I appeal, have been
such as that even in a business point of
view it is worth your while to pay some
thing for the privilege of being here.
For you have not been foil upon theology,
dry, uuattractive, hard to take
ind hard to carry, but rather
on those truths which pertain to
the life of the soul and to manliness in
the struggle of life. I do know that
scores and hundreds of you—it is part of
my prido and my reward as a member to
say it —have been carried through great
trials in the household and in business by
the stimulus of the moral truths which
you received here.
Commenting on Beecher’s speech the
Sun remarks: “Mr. Beecher says his
preaching pays in a business point of
view. How can this be ? Last year it
cost the brethren eighty thousand dol
lars, actual money out of pocket, to pay
for his defense in court, and this year it
is likely that they will be called on to pay
still more money for the same purpose.
That does not look as if he paid in a busi
ness sense, however much the. brethren
may think he benefits them spiritually.”
A Hint Worth Heeding.— The Wash
ington Gazette has this to say, which it
is to be hoped will not be lost on those
for whose benefit it is intended: “Dent
ocratio members of Congress who are
making themselves friends of the Mam
mon of Republican departmental un
righteousness and seeking favors there
from cannot be expected to amount to
much in any other calling than that of
whitewaskers. This is said in good na
ture and in good faith, and will be under
stood by those for whom it is intended.
Parties that have been long out of power
and individuals whose fruition has been
long delayed are often so impatient to
realize on what they have got as to de
stroy their future by their precipitancy.
There is no suok thing in Washington as
a secret in the province of office-seeking
and office-obtaining.”
Mr. George H. Andrews is contributing
a series of papers to the New York Times
on the subject of church property tax
ation, against which he takes strong
ground. He thinks the same reasons
that are advanced for taxing such prop
erty would by analogy apply to the taxing
of streets and sewers owned by the city,
or of the Central Park, or the innumer
able private parks of the city, which are
now exempt. If streets and parks are
public benefits, so are the churches; if
the former enhance the value of contigu
ous property, so do the latter, and the
writer contends that the value of prop
erty in New York, as represented upon
the assessor’s books, is enhanced to the
full value of all the church property in
the city by the mere fact of the existence
of such property.
Third Party Talk. —Movements are
on foot, in Washington, but apparently
without influential backing, to bring.the
famous “third party” to the front once
more, and with a Presidential candidate.
Among the names as its can
didate for President are Charles Francis
Adams and Justice Davis. The “third
party” made a great deal of noise, but
accomplished very little. The effort to
resuscitate it with the idea of its being
an important factor in determining the
Presidential election is simply ridiculous.
The great mass of those who attached
themselves to it are now either safe back
in the Republican fold or securely an
chored to the Democratic organization.
gatspwl Ilicellf ffeirs.
Affairs In Georgia.
Georgians who emigrated to Texas a few
years ago are gradually returning to their
old homes. And yet Texas is a nice place
—to die in.
A Monroe county negro burned his house
rather than pay the rent thereon.
Judge David Ogletree, one of the oldest
and best citizens of Monroe county, is dead.
The young and beautiful wife of Mr. Ja
cob Harrell, of Decatur county, is dead.
She had been married but a few months.
The Rome merchants complain of water
packed cotton.
Oranges grow to maturity in the open air
at Fort Gaines.
In Rome the other day a car-wheel rolled
over a negro’s head, breaking it. For fear
that there may be some misunderstanding
in regard to this, we will state that it was
the wheel and not the negro’* head that was
broken. We make this explanation in order
not to leave our European readers in doubt.
Four negroes were arrested in Fort Gaines
the other day for robbing a store.
The gold mines in Lumpkin county are
now worked with much success.
Even the farmers of Lumpkin county lost
meat during the recent warm spell.
Mr. R. M. Johnson has taken charge of
the local department of the Baiobridge
Democrat. He has already considerably iai
proved it.
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A negro was found dead in Oglethorpe
connty the other day. The jury rendered a
verdict of death from natural causes.
Harry Brown, one of the most genial
young men of Macon, died the other day
from the effects of an over dose of morphine.
He was twenty-eight years of age, and had
been married but a few weeks.
Two jealous negroes fell a foul of each
other in Augusta the other day with knives.
One was severely stabbed.
A negro boy fired into a ptssenger train
on the Port Royal Railroad the other day.
Two prominent colored thieves Have been
arrested in Macon, and many stolen articles
recovered.
The Macon Telegraph of yesterday says
that on the day before an accident occurred
on the Central Railroad, which damaged a
number of freight boxes to a greater or less
extent. Three freight trains left the city in
quick succession, all heavily loaded. Near
McCall’s mill, three miles out, there is a
heavy grade which trains frequently find
some niffijulty in ascending. The first of
the three got along pretty well, bat the
second one stalled, and while attempting to
pull up was run into from the rear by the
third train, damaging two or three cars.
The engineer of the stalled train, hearing
the collision behind him, leaped from his
engine, leaving tne throttle wide upon. By
some unaccountable means the engine be
came uncoupled from the train, and under
a full head of steam went bounding away,
and after a run of about a mile dashed into
tho rear of the first train, doing consider
able damage to the cars. Fortunately no
person was injured.
The Camilla Enterprise says that on Mon
day evening, the 27th ult., about sunset,
Mr. Joshua J. Musgrove, a well-tptown citi
zen of Baker county, left his house to go
about two hundred yards to that of Sam
and Jim Tilman, two negroes living on the
plantation of Mr. Henry Tarver, remarking
to his wife as he left that he would return
in a few minutes. Supper and bed-time,
however, found him still absent, and his
wife became uneasy, yet not alarmed—think
ing perhaps he had gone farther than he
had originally intended. Tuesday evening
still found him absent and unaccountsd for;
aud, to a neighbor who called in to invite
Mr. Musgrove to a log-rolling, she told her
fears aud the unaccountable absence of
her husband, and that she feared some
thing was wrong. On Wednesday morning
a party ot white mon started in search of
Mr. Musgrove. Upon going to the house of
the two above named negroes they found a
small negro boy, who informed them he had
seen Mr. M. and Jim and Sam Tilman sit
ting by the corn crib Monday night about
dirk. The parties went to the spot men
tioned, aud there found blood. After mov
ing some boards they also found some of
Mr. M.’s hair aud brains. Upon this dis
covery Jim Tilman was arrested and lodged
in jail at Newton—Sam Tilman making his
escape. The search for the dead body of
Mr. M. still continued, though without avail,
until Sam Tilman went to the house of Rip
ping Youug, colored,who lives on Mr. James
George's place and told him where the body
could be lound, and that he (Sam) had done
the killing, and that Jim Tilman was inno
cent of the crime. He further stated to
Young that he killed Musgrove in self-de
fense—that M. was rushing upon him with
his knife, and that he killed him to save his
own lite—aud that he only struck Musgrove
one blow with a piece of scantling. This
story is of course not credited, as the body
was fearfully and horribly mangled—both
eyes knocked out, nose "mashed in, skull
beaten into a jelly, and body fearfully
bruised, and throat cut from ear to ear.
The body was found buried in the horse
tot of Jim Tilman, about oue hundred yards
from the place of killing, beneath a manure
pile. The Coroner summoned a jury aud
held au inquest over the body, and they re
turned a verdict that deceased came to his
death by axes and sticks in the hands of
dam aud Jim Tilman. Sam Tilman is still
at large defying arrest. These iwo negroes
are reported as being very bad characters,
lAtviug for several years been engaged iu
regular open-handed defiance of law. It is
thought that they killed Mr. Musgrove to
prevent his appearing as a witness against
them under a charge of cattle stealing.
Macon Telegraph: We were pleased to
meet last night Mr. M. J. Divine, formerly
foreman of the Savannah News, but latterly
connected with this office. He comes to us
now as a passenger agent of the Atlantic
Coast aud Midland Lines for the Southern
States, having recently received that ap
pointment from Mr. A. Pope, general pas
senger aud freight agent, one of the most
popular, energetic and thorough railroad
men iu the country. The Atlantic
Coast and Midland routes offer supe
rior advantages to travelers from
all Southern sections, giving the
lioice over two lines of an all rail journey,
iu the most comfortable aud approved
coaches, or to those who prefer it, a pleasant
trip by either the Bay line or Old Dominion
steamers. Mr. Pope has made au excellent
selection, and will find iu our old typograph
ical friend ohe well suited to railroad har
ness. His long newspaper experience and
familiarity with the Southern country, to
gether with an extended acquaintance,’ can
not fail to prove advantageous to all con
cerned. We wish him abundance of good
luck and a long term free of the “perils
of the rail.”
The Sparta Times and Planter gives the
following particulars of the killing of Dave
Dickson by his brother Jim, December 28 :
The scene of the tragedy was the back room
of the store house on Mr. Alex. Guill’s
p ace, some half a mile from the corporate
limits of Sparta. On entering the room our
eyes rested upon a scene well calculated to
send a thrill of horror through the stoutest
heart. The dead body of David Dickson
lay in the centre of the room, the head
being in a terribiv mangled condition. The
bed and the floor of the room were
covered with blood. There was a long two
inch auger in the room, which, on
being compared with some of the wounds,
plainly Bhowed that it was the instru
ment "with which the deed was committed
—it having blood and hair upon it. Eight
heavy licks had been received by the de
ceased on the head—three or four of them
fracturing the skull. The outer main bone
in the right fore-arm was also broken,
wtiich was the only injury discovered ex
cept upon the head. James T. Dickson, the
brother and room-mate of the dead man,
gone, but his shoes, hat and coat,
were left in the room. According to the
testimony of Dr. A. F. Durham, the de
ceased sent for him about twelve o’clock on
the night of the killing, and on arriving he
found Mr. James Dickson in a condi
tion clearly indicating delirium tremens.
After prescribing the needed medicine, he
went home, the deceased going with him to
get the medicine. Mr. A. Guill also testifies
as follows upon the iuquest held by Coroner
Lary: “Mr. David Dickson came to my
house between 1 and 2 o’clock, aud told mo
to come over to the store and help him
quiet his brother Jim—that he was raving
mad. Going over soon after I found James
Dickson apparently crazy, and trying to
strike Davy with a large auger; I told him
to give me’the anger, which he did, and I
soon got him somewhat quiet. After re
maining near an hour the brothers both
said I might go back home, they thought
all would go right till morning. I
went back home, Dave locking the door
after me. Came back to the store this
morning and found Dave on the floor dead,
with blood on floor and bed; the auger on a
chair by the door, with hair and blood on it,
and James Dickson gone.” In the after
noon of the same day James Dickson was
found in a little swamp within a few hun
dred yards of the store, bareheaded, bare
footed and only partially clothed. He was
brought to town and placed in jail. His
mind seems completely deranged, aud he
has given no evidence of rationality since
discovery. He doubtless knows nothing of
the scenes of that terrible night, and the
minute details of the killing will probably
remain forever a mys*ry. These yonng
gentlemen were woll known in this county,
belonging to a good family, have eDjoye’d
many advantages, and but for the usual
cause—the greatest curse of our age—
might have enjoyed to-day a high position
in society.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1876.
Rev. John P. Duncan, the blind preacher,
is a candidate for Chaplain of the Senate.
We trust he will be elected.
The papers ail over the State are advoca
ting the claims of Renfroe for State Treas
urer.
The Hon. Potiphar Peagreen, we are glad
to learn, has arrived safely in Atlanta. His
baggage consists of a hairy trunk full of
local bills, and a patent nut-cracker. This
noble man is as eloquent as ever, and will
endeavor to have the Legislature emphasize
the usury law by passing it again.
A little son of Mr. Smith, living near
Jackson, was caught in a gin the other day
and so severely injured that his right arm
had to be amputated.
We shall shortly have not a single idiot
in Georgia. They are all emigrating to
Texas. Fifty or a hundred lelt Dalton last
week. The fool-killer is evidently interested
in these pleasant excursions.
The editor of the Columbus Times is
endeavoring to digest a fifteen pound
potato. It iIT a question which will be
digested first, the editor or the potato. At
last accounts, the latter had the advantage.
We shall spare no expense to give an ac
count of the result of ihe combat.
It is said that the Governor has com
menced suit against Treasurer Jones aDd
his bondsmen for the recovery of the de
ficit in his account, and for the amount of
bond* improperly paid—in all nearly
wouuwfflß’iy Bottom Blaine. And this is
only a beginning.
The editor of the Athens Georgian is one
of the men that Christmas didn’t unhorse.
We are waiting to hear from other counties.
A negro woman in Columbus killed her
twin babies and buried them under the
hearth. Freedom is a great civilizer.
Gracious heavens! The Augusta people
have compelled the Hon. George H. Pen
dleton to take another trip up that eternal
canal. There is nothing artistic about this.
A man can easily be murdered without
taking him up a canal. Why don’t the city
authorities publish a map of the canal and
the surrounding landscape, in order that
strangers visiting in that section might
kuow their fate and be prepared for it?
Liberty county has had a case of imported
small-pox.
We acknowledge the receipt of an Invita
tion to attend the eighth annual masquerade
of the Social Dancing Club of Macon. They
know how to get up such things iu that city.
The prisoners in the Augusta jail have
their dreams disturbed by a ghost.
A youDg man named Howard was knocked
down and robbed near Augusta the other
day.
Watson, of the Macon Telegraph, has
ceased to write poet Ty.
Henry Grady ought to be convalescent by
this time. We trust he is.
The editor of the. Talbotton Standard
feels as much married as if he was 190
years old. Some people take to marriage
like a colt to corn.
Toccoa had a jail delivery the other day.
Leap year parties are the correct things
now.
Atlanta is afraid the capital will be re
moved to West Point. Atlanta is a mighty
sensitive town.
Tub Atlanta papers are all the time talk
ing about “gents.” In the name of all that
is curious, what is “gents ?” Has John Rob
inson lost any valuable animal ? “Gents” is
too good to lose.
Bill Moore, of the Atlanta Herald, is court
ing down iu West Point, and he doesn’t try
to hide it.
They poison hogs in Houston county.
A Taylor county man has five hundred
head of cabbage averaging five feet across,
plenty of home raised bacon, etc., and is
out of debt.
Montezuma has received 5,033 bales of
cotton this season.
Columbus dogs bite wood-haulers. One
of them had quite a bloody affray with a
wood-hauler the other day.
The young ladies of Columbus are teach
ing the young men how to propose. This
happens at leap year parties.
The Columbus Enquirer says that the
Stato of Georgia now has possession of the
North and South Railroad and is running it.
The road has been kept in repair and
operated for the past year without expense
to the State. This year it is expected the
expense will be greater. It is understood
the Governor will offer the road for sale in
tho spring, unless the Legislature directs
otherwise.
The Columbus Times is glad to note that
the hundreds of negroes deluded there by
false promises are gradually giving up the
idea of the West and returning to their old
homes. Yesterday we observed the Mobile
aud Girard train loaded with negroes for the
plantations along the line of railwav, while
wagon loads left for Harris, Chattahoochee
and Stewart counties. It seems the spell is
broken, the Smithsonian charm lost and
the negro returning to his first love. We
are glad of it, for we want to see the best
labor remain with us, and then we dislike to
see ignorance imposed upon.
The Athens Watchman has this: We re
gret to learn that large quantities of pork
have been lost in this county, in Oconee,
AValton, Jackson, Oglethorpe and other
contiguous counties. Nor are the losses
confined to these counties alone, but we
foar the mountain counties, too, have suf
fered heavily. A gentleman from Haber
sham informs us that many persons in that
county have lost their pork, or a portion of
it—one gentleman as much as three thou
sand pounds.
And this : It is too early to speculate as
to the probable quantity of wheat to be pro
duced the present year, but it is conceded
on all hands, we believe, that a much greater
breadth of land has been gown than hereto
fore. A gentleman from Morgan county in
formed us one day last week that in Mor
gan, Oconee and Clarke counties he had
never before seen anything like it. Wheat
wss growing on the right and on the left
wheat all along the road from Madison to
Athens. It now looks well, but no one can
tell what may happen between this time and
harvest.
Milledgeville Union and Recorder: The
editor of the Atlanta ConstUution, in a
late number of that paper, has a
labored essay in favor of high salaries
for public officers. There may be many
substantial reasons why the’ editor of
that paper should be m favor of
high salaries, which the people at large
would not appreciate. The salaries of many
of the State officers are spent in At
lanta, and the more money they receive
the more they have to spend. High salaries
would enable each official to pay blackmail,
to help them to retain men in office who
had it. In the course of his argument the
editor makes the startling assertion: “If
we want integrity, we must pay for it.” We
have always believed there were some men
that were naturally honest, but here is a
plain intimation—in fact, an assertion—
that if we want officials to be honest we
must bribe them to be so. We presume
there are but few, if any men, even in At
lanta, that c< uld not be hired to be honest
for a few days at least, but would such in
tegrity be worth the purchase? A man that
is honest because he is paid to be honest,
would be dishonest if paid a little more to
be disnonest. That kind of integrity which
must be bought will not wear well; yet this
seems to be the ODly kind of integrity of
which this Atlanta editor is acquainted. Is
this the standard of Atlanta integrity ?
Atlanta Constitution: We have before
us a volume entitled the “Annotated Penal
Laws of Georgia,” compiled by Judge John
L. Hopkins, of the Atlanta judicial circnit.
The mention of the compiler’s name will at
tract instant attention to the work, for
Georgia never had an abler Judge upon her
Superior Court bench. The object of the
work is to answer the question, “ Quod est
lex and this is admirably done. The penal
laws of the State are carefully gathered to
gether and under the various sec
tions are extracts and condensations from
our Supreme Court decisions, elucidating
and fully setting forth their meaning.
Asa book of reference it is invaluable, both
to the Judge on the bench and to the law
yer. Both need a work for speedy reference
to the law, and here they have it. It ought
to be in the hands of every member of the
legal profession in Georgia, and we doubt
not it will find large circulation in other
States, for the Penal Code of Georgia is con
sidered one of the very best in the Union.
The most cursory examination of this work
will satisfy any lawyer of its importance and
value. The saving of time and labor by it
will speedily pay its cost over and over
again.
Dahlonega Signal: On next Wednesday
the annual session of our Legislature conw
mences. We presume from the tone of the
Eress that the most important measure to
e proposed will b3 the calling of a constitu
tional convention. Hitherto we have not
favored this, and at this time we do so in
fear and trembling, and solely upon the
ground that a change in the homestead is
imperatively demanded. As it now stands
few are benefited, and the masses of the pro
ducing class are paralyzed by it, as they
have no basis of credit so essential, especially
to the farmers of the middling class, which
constitutes a majority of the whole. If it is
possible for a convention, composed of the
very best men of the State, to meet and
change this feature of the constitution, and
some few other changes of less importance,
in eur opinion a great good would be ac
complished. But, on the other hand, if
wisdom and prudence shoaid not prevail its
consequences will prove disastrous in the
%trerae.
The State has brought two suite against
ex-Treasurer Jones. One is against ex
rreasurer Jones and the sureties, John T.
Grant and 0. A. Nutting, upon the first
bond for $200,000, and the second suit is
against ex-Treasurer Jones and the sureties,
Augustus R. Jones, John A. Jones, Seabirn
Jones and Batt Jones, of Polk county, Jas.
D. Waddell, of Cobb county, and Janes
Russell, of Muscogee county, upon the
second bond for $200,000. It will be re
membered that the sureties upon the ta-st
bond deny that they are bound, becaase
said bond was only to be a temporary on t.
The Columbus Enquirer says that s ace
December Ist not exceeding six hundred
persons—nearly all negroes—have left for
the Western cotton States. Our planters
need not be alarmed for fear that ;lie
greater portion of the labor is leaving. It
is a very small portion. Thousands were
brought here from Mississippi by ownets to
get them out of the reach of the raiders.
They were freed here, and have had no
chance to get back before.
The rumors that ‘prominent Atlanta busi
ness houses have failed is said to bo puielv
gratuitous.
The Americus Republican says it is stated
as a fact that the Southwestern RailJoad
authorities were forced to change their
schedule on account ot the vast thronfc of
people that congregated at the at
Americus to witness the arrival and thqde
parture of the passenger trains, w|ich
passed each other at that point. The spec
t&joni fiad gotten so careless that, dasgor
withstanding* these precaution: tne crowd
still meets on schedule time.
Americus has ripe mulberries.
The Covington Star has this unexpected
but truthful paragraph: “The Satahnah
Daily News is the model newspaper of the
South. It is neatly printed, and always well
filled with good aud interesting reading
matter. It affords us pleasure to commend
it to those of our readers who wish a daily
or weekly newspaper from the Forest City.
The News is a solid and reliable newspaper,
and entirely free from everything like
‘gush,’ while its columns sparkle with sen
timents of dtepest thought on all questions
of general interest to the people.”
A colored preacher in Atlanta, more un
fortunate than the pious Henrg Ward
Beecher, is in jail for attempting tocommit
a rape on one of the sisters.
A mule wrecked a freight train near Mon
tezuma the other day.
The Fort Valley Mirror says that the pros
pects for a fine oat crop in that section are
very flattering indeed.
The first number of the Newnan ' Weekly
Blade, edited by M. M. Barren and }I. C.
Cabaniss, has come to hand. We trus; the
Blade t will be as keen as it ought to be.
The Comptroller General, in his isport
that has just been presented to the Legisla
ture, says the total receipts during 1875
were $2,059,517 44; the total disbursements,
$1,080,856 65. The value of taxable prop
erty decreased $11,337,408, redicing
the grand total of 1875 to $261,73,884.
Over one-halt of the loss was due
to the new exemptions of householt and
kitchen furniture aud of plantation and
mechanical tools. But for them our l*ss in
taxable property would have been slijht id
the year of large shrinkages in other Mates,
The number of white polls in 1875 wai 121,-
119, an increase of 6,489; of black polg, 87,-
569, au increase of 3,349. The public debt
of the State is $8,205,500. Acres of inprov
ed land, 28,202,795, worth $3 38£ au acre.
Acres of wild land, 7,068,662, worn 29|
cents air aero,- The tables of '•> < city
and town property
lost $316,387; Bibb gained
Muscogee lost $230,890; Fulton gaiui <ls2o2,-
941; and Richmond gained $242,700. Tiomas
shows the largest gain of the agricdtural
counties, $103,915. Value of whole ptiperty
in 1875: Bibb, $10,739,529; Chatham $23,-
918,979; Fulton, $20,512,103; Richmond $17,-
616,239. The counties that show jn in
crease of valuation are Banks, Bffrien,
Bibb, Bryan, Burke, Butts, Cftyton,
Decatur, Dodge, Fulton, Frmklin,
Habersham, Hart, Houston, Jack
sou, Jefferson, Jones, Lowndes,
Morgan, Oconee, Pierce, Rjskdale,
Taliaferro, Taylor, Towns and Twigjb. The
colored tax-payers returned proper# to the
value of $5,393,885, upon which tiey paid
$29,969 as taxes. They own 396,55* acres of
land, or nearly five acres to every colored
poll in the State. They own eiiy and town
property to the value of $1,203,202. They
own property in Bibb to the valudof $253,159;
in Burke, $i37,720 ;in Chatham, $214,226 ;
in Clarke, $117,285 ; in Fulton, 1279,895 ; in
Houston, $103,583 ; in Richmond, $229,500,
and in Thomas to the value of 1104,2"5.
Americus Republican : After almcst un
precedented warm and balmy weather,
wood-saving, grain-growing and meat-des
troying, extending several days inb the
new year, old Boreas is upon us agair with
full proof of his ancient vigor. He siakes
his frosty locks and defies the deiripi
tude of age. Already wintry sky is over
us, and the chilling cold drives us t* the
warmth of labor or the genial gliw of
the cheeriul hearthstone. The mildness of
the present winter reminds the older citizens
of that of 1828. Cotton was bloomi'g at
Christmas, and later sprouts sprang iorth
from the old roots. In some instances one
under the observation ot one of our citi
zens, the old stalks were cut away, atil by
due culture the young shoots advaneid to
maturity, yielding a full crop of cottor; no
killing frost during the whole winter.
Toccoa Herald of Tuesday : On to-merrow
the Legislature of Georgia will assemble and
we know of no question which is likely to
come before that body of more general im
portance to the people of the entire State
than the one which involves the prop'iety
of a constitutional convention. All aimi’t
that our constitution needs revision; but
some are loth to incur the expenses of ason
veution, while others seem to fear cottqlica
tions which it is claimed might result rom
attempting any changes of that instrunent
just now. These objections all appeir to
us to be groundless. It is believed tint if
our constitution can be revised now that bi
annual sessions of the Legislature will be
come a fixed regulation, so the cost if a
convention wosJd be saved to the Stab by
the omission of one annual session. The
people, however, are competent to judfe of
this matter. Let it be submitted to ttem,
and if they vote to have one, let it be se; if
if they vote it down, ihen they will aiide
the consequences of so doing. We are mx
ious to se< the question propounded to the
people of G gia.
Fort Vai y Mirr■*•: Another crowc of
negroes left for Arkansas on the evening of
the 6th inst. The agent makes them good
offers, but whether he will stick up tc bis
contracts remains to be seen. If the ne
groes are sure they can better their coidi
tion by going to Arkansas, why, let tlem
go; if not, they had better stay where they
are and work the harder to better their con
dition. We honestly believe that if two
thirds of the negroes in Houston cotnty
would leave for Arkansas or somewhere jls’e
the county would be in a better condition.
One-third of the negroes in this and
every other county in Georgia are loafers
and thieves who live on the Lard
earnings of the laboring classes, both white
and colored. These non-producers are a
dead weight to carry, and the
rid of their presence the better.
every littia town on the Southwestern Rail
road, one can see any day, trom five to ifty
of these colored lazzaroni, lounging on
goods boxes, in front of store doors or
toasting their shins around the fire in the
back room of some grog shoy. Farmeis in
this sectioa have as much labor as hey
want. The negroes are very anxious tc get
homes, and .hev are not very particular
about prices. The usual price, where stand
ing wages are given, range from sixiy to
one hundred dollars.
Marrying Under Difficulties.—A
wedding tour which terminate ' in a cell
is the latest intelligence. Last right
about 10 o’clock, Fred. Butler, a hack
man, delivered to the officers of that sta
tion a prisoner in the shape of a bride
groom, W. B. Wheeler by name. After
a brief examination into the case, it was
found that the driver had hacked the
gentleman over the city in search of va
rious ministers and a place to perform
the marriage ceremony. After consid
erable trouble the happy couple were fi
nally made one in a shoemaker’s shop. The
bride was delivered to her waiting friends
and the groom proceeded on the tour
alone. Butler, the driver of the vehicle,
then discovered the groom in an attempt
to bid an unceremonious adieu without
paying the hack hire. The price agreed
on was *2 50, which the groom is still
searching for in vain. On his refusal to
pay the bill he was waltzed into the sta
tion by Sergeant Swindle. An examina
tion of his pockets showed his financial
condition to be bad —seven cents being
the amount of cash on hand. He was
shown into the bridal chamber by officer
Walkman. — Wa&hzrtfjton Chronicle.
Sergeant Bates Turns Up Again.—
The irrepressible Sergeant Bates has
tnrned up in Philadelphia. He proposes
to establish a camp near the centennial
grounds next summer, where poor, crip
pled soldiers of either army may find a
soldier’s fare and a soldier’s welcome. To
raise funds for this purpose Sergeant
Bates is about starting on a lecturing
tour, which will extend through the
Southern States.
Florida Affairs.
It is stated that [General W. D. Barnes
will not be a candidate for Governor. This
will be a great disappointment to his many
friends, both in Georgia and in Florida.
The Northern tourists say that the shad
taken from the St. John’s at this season are
a positive delicacy. That is one of the pe
culiarities of the Northern tourists. They
are not afraid of bones.
Purman is trying to hunt up a driver for
his band wagon.
The Episcopal Church at Tampa will soon
be provided with a rector.
The small-pox is in Fernandina.
There were twenty-one white marriages in
Leon county last year, against two hundred
and sixty-seven colored. This is claimed to
be one of the good results of carpet-bag
rule.
Three gentlemen are buildiug a steamer
at Mellonville.
A live rattlesnake has been captured near
Mellonville. The captor was a colored citi
zen, and he proposes to send it to Greenleaf,
of Jacksonville.
Sanford is to be the site of a low-priced
boarding-house. We know of other eligible
sites for institutions of that kind.
A sixteen-year-old white girl named Sarah
Powell, robbed a family in Live Oak the
other day. She had been generously given
shelter for the night, and as generously
took sverything she could lay her hands on.
on baturasy, stating that ms mother and t.
young man who was coming to this country
to work for Mr. 8., with several friends,
were on the wharf at the time of the dynamite
explosion, and were all killed, not a particle
of their bodies being afterwards found.
Joe Brown, of Georgia, is of the oninion
that a narrow-gauge railroad from Indian
River to the St. John’s would be a paying
investment.
The Jacksonville Press stys that the
Feruandina Observer has again changed
hands, being for the present under the
management of Messrs. Berg and Hoyt. We
are informed that the property came into
possession of Judge Hammond, of the firm
of Friend & Hammond, under a foreclosure
of mortgage.
The same paper has this : The Monticello
Constitution is informed that a disgruntled
Tallahassee politic.an declares that the
Constitution and the Jacksonville Press have
“utterly bursted” the Conservative party.
May it not be possible that the two papers
mentioned are merely doing their duty in
resuscitating the Democratic party ?
Several white Rads in Levy county were
sadly disappointed in the appointment of
T. E. Miller, colored, to the office of Clerk
of tho Court.
The Cedar Keys Journal states that with
a thorough organization Levy county will
roll up a Democratic majority of four hun
dred. #
The Knights of Hillsborough county had
a very enjoyable tournament on the 4th
inst. The Tampa Guardian states that it
was conducted on strict temperance princi
ples.
Tampa shipped last week 51,143 oranges,
16 bales of sea island cotton and 25 barrels
of syrup.
The Jacksonville Press remarks: The Mad
ison Recorder suggests that the editors of
this paper and of the Floridian hold a Leg
islature on their own account. If we did,
one of our first acts should bo the passage
of a resolution appropriating the carpet-bag
editor of the Recorder a sufficient amount
of brains to write his own editorials.
'Heury Hicks, a good colored man, died in
Tallahassee recently.
One TallakassSfL. man has s ’ibscribed SSO
to the State Fair. 13. Paven
port.
An escaped monkey bit a little child se
verely in the face in Tallahassee the other
day.
The tramp nuisance has reached Palatka.
Thus the Jacksonville Press : The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Her
ald, under date of the 2d, says: “It is re
ported here that F. A. Dockray, sentenced
in Cuba and sent to Spain, has got away 7, and
that he managed to borrow some money of
Mr. Cushing before doing so.” The latter
part of the story no one should dispute, if
the former is any way questionable.
A negro cabin was accidentally burned
down ou the premises of Mr. O. M. Watson,
of Jackson county, last Tuesday.
Ex-Governor Fenton, of New York, was
expected to deliver an address in Jackson
ville on Wednesday night.
General Gilmore recommends an appro
priation of $160,000 by Congress to close
out and deepen the inside channel between
the St. John’s and Fernandina. Ho recom
mends that no further dredging be done on
the St. John’s bar.
Conundrum by the Jacksonville Press:
Will Sell-us Sterns, who offered two thou
sand dollars for the apprehension of the
murderer of Dr. Johnson, offer five hundred
for the arrest of the would-be assassin of
George Brooks ? Surely a negro Democrat
should be worth one-fourth as much, even
in the eyes of a carpet-bag Governor, as a
white Radical. Let our excellent Executive
show his colors! The wortny man now has
an excellent opportunity of evincing his
acknowledged impartiality. Will he rise to
the occasion ?
A seaman was drowned at the wharf in
Jacksonville the other day, while attempting
to reach his boat.
Col. G. W. Palat, of the Prattka Herald ,
accuses oranges ol being tonic.
The Palatka ruffians are too mild-man
nered to hurt each other.
The Gazette reports one hundred ocean
going vessels in Pensacola harbor on the
30th ult.
The Reporter thinks that, with favorable
seasons, twenty thousand crates of vege
tables will be shipped from I ike City before
next July.
A rice huller, patented in Columbia
county, cleans most beautifully four bushels
of rice per hour.
Mr. H. A. Wright, of Columbia, has paid
for a farm of sixty acres by the product of
one acre of cane, besides reserving sufficient
sugar and syrup for the purposes of his
family.
A correspondent of the Banner gives a
glowing description of the Blue Spring. The
basin covers five or six acres, and the waters
have a depth of sixty feet. The minutest
objects at the bottom are distinctly visible.
Fish, both of fresh and salt water varieties,
are abundant. Water-fowl cover the sur
face, while the forests around swarm with
game.
Mr. J. D. Ross writes to the Cedar Key
Journal from Hempstead, Texas, and ad
vises every young man in Florida to stay
where he is. He says: “A man who leaves
another State to better his condition in
Texas, will only see his folly alter remaining
here as long as I have. I don’t think it pos
sible that there can be a poorer looking
country. The State is crowded with peoplo
who come out here seeking, and expecting,
as they do in Florida, to get a rake and rake
up money. They change their minds before
going over twenty-five miles, and I have
never seen so many disappointed people
since leaving Florida. The people out here
are very good, but for generous, honest and
friendly people Florida has no equal.”
Jacksonville Press: On the 4th inst. a
citizen residing in LaVilla made complaint
to A. Buesing, Esq., a Justice of the Peace
in and for Duval county, Florida, that his
wi.e had been feloniously stolen, taken and
carried away from his premises, and that he
had good reason to believe that she was
secreted on the premises of a citizen of
Brooklyn. “Have you any money?” asked
the justice, with an eye to the costs. An
affirmative answer was given. The justice
then stated the cost of a search warrant,
which was promptly paid by the disconsolate
wife hunter, the warrant issued, search
made.and the lost article found and brought
before the justice, who solemnly inquired of
the man of heavy loss if he recognized, in
the article before him, the property lost by
him, who, of course, replied that he did.
Judgment was rendered accordingly, and
the happy twain, now one again, went on
their way rejoicing.
The same paper has this : We commend
the action of the citizens of Longwood,
Orange county, in relation to the erection of
a school house and church, for general imi
tation. At a recent meeting they resolved
that the trustees obtain five acres as a
school and church lot; three acres to be
given as school and two acres as church
property. On motion it was decided that
the citizens be requested to join in setting
out orange trees, not less than three years
old, on said school and church lot ; and it
shall thereafter be the duty of each citizen to
cultivate his share of same ; and said trees
are to be set out within two years from pres
ent date. It appears to us that the above
plan is a most admirable method of provid
ing for the maintenance of those two indis
pensable adjuncts to morality and civiliza
tion, the church and school-house, especi
ally in these portions of our State where the
means of the people are limited. The in
come from five acres planted in orange
trees will suffice in a very few years to sup
port most comfortably the pastor and teach
ers.
Alfonso has given permission to several
exiled Generals to return to Spain. He
evidently wants all he can get of that
article.
LETTER FROM JACKSON VILLE.
Billy and Johnny—Tears, Idle Tears—
Deer Hunting with Duck
In the Debris —“Aiisroch, of Prhrrlpall.
lies the Prime”—Train I'p a Child-
Fumes and Fumigation—A Watery
Grave—An Incentive to Long Life—
Hints of a Conspiracy—Shavings—Ma
rine.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Jacksonville, January 10, 1876.
IN EXITU ISRAEL DE EGYPTO.
Billy and Johnny were two clerical
mountebanks who formed a kind of alliance
to steal a newspaper and eject filth over the
community of Amelia Island. Billy, for a
brief period assisted in the conduct of the
organ, but after a while commenced squan
dering his valuable moments in electioneer
ing with negroes in the purlieus of the
Custom House at Jacksonville, and allowed
Johnny an unrestricted license to disgust all
decent people. Their stock consisted of an
incalculable quantity of religion with a de
plorably small intermixture of Christianity.
Johnny performed the arduous func
tions 'devolving upon the editor of
Meet, but, anop, awoke
.lyrist of It
the traducer of the State. Longinus lectur
ing in the porticos of Palmyra, af
ter a sublime flight of the imagina
tion, brought his attention to the
level of sublunary affairs and, extending a
warning finger at the city, exclaimed, “Soon
all this may be in ruins,” and Johnny,
casting a furtive glance at his threadbare
attire, imbibed a consuming reverence for a
similar sentiment. He thought that Billy,
instead of fooling around railroads, should
bring into the exchequer a sum at least
sufficient to enable his accessary to replen
ish. Still the supply of putrid indecencies
was unabated, and Billy being doubtless de
sirous of increasing the volume of rankness,
impelled by his evil genius, paid a visit to
Feruandiua only to be greeted by Johnny
with a consecutive demand for money,
which, not eliciting any satisfactory re
sponse, the effete conductor fairly inun
dated the sanctum with reproaches, and
said, “You have deceived me and swindled
me out of all I had.” To which Billy, sup
pressing his choler, replied, “You are not
the first one I have done that way, but you
never had anything except your genealogy,
an old hat and a white choker, all three of
which have been long worn out;*’ wherein
Billy told the truth for the first aud only time
during his mortal pilgrimage. This exasper
ated his friend into fulminating a spasmodic
sentence precisely three miles in length,
which for want of space we omit. The in
cessant bickerings and recrimination of
these two worthies produced an apparition
in the shape of a mortgagee, who took ad
vantage of the quarrel to expel Johnny and
Billy from the building and assumed the
management of the Observer himself. Billy
and Johnny will therefore disgust humanity
through the columns of a newspaper at
Fernandina no more, aud we cannot refrain
from tendering our heart-felt congratula
tions to the denizens of Amelia Island on
tueir future freedom from the misrepresen
tations of this dual scourge.
IDIOSYNCRACiIES OF A FIRE.
All of the valuables deposited in our safes
which were in the late disastrous conflagra
tion have been found to be perfectly secure.
Tho impression is daily gaining ground that
the devastation is attributable to no othor
cause than incendiarism, and we must renew
our demand for a rigid and searching in
vestig'aiidin Mrs. Hoeg will rebuild at
once. The ludicroSSJdde of this calamity
has not been written amriftfflsiibtedly never
will be fully owing to tho excossive'-mcdesty
of the principal performers. The cry-fir
murder that startled Forsyth street
was occasioned by Sam Jones, a black
nuisance who, being over-zealous in his
efforts to swallow surreptitiously a bottle of
what he dreamed was liquor, contrived to
gulp down about a pint of kerosene oil.
Sam is now closed for repairs. Strong hopes
aro entertained that he will die. Another
thief jerked up a phial of pepper sauce and
poured its contents his throat before
experiencing any unpleasant sensation.
They are trying to afford him, a slight relief
by emptying boiling water into him with
partial success. A gentleman inadvertently
sat upon a red hot brick, but arose in the
twinkling of an eye. Any one unthinking
enough to offer him a seat before the expi
ration of three weeks may expect to be shot
upon the spot. A wag walked into a neigh
boring store and jokingly inquired : “flow
will you sell candy now?” To his-surprise,
the dealer said : “Five cents a pound, but
I can’t wrap it up.” Not to be outdone, our
hero paid his ten cents for two pounds
and filled his pantaloons pockets. He soon
forgot all about his purchase, and I noticed
him frequently in close proximity to tho
flames. He might have been observed sub
sequently moving off, the melted candy
mak'ng him step with the caution and pre
cision of a man walking on a pavement ot
eggs. He will probably render his inexpres
sibles pliable again in the course of ten
days.
AN IRREPRESSIBLE NIGGER.
The writer was a resident of New Orleans
some years since and has a vivid recollec
tion of the achievements of an oleaginous
scoundrel yclept, J. Willis Menard, and we
will dignify him with a brief mention. Ut
terly debased as the Crescent City African
is and always has been, he could not descend
to sanctioning or even palliating the dirti
ness of J. Willis, and it became discreet in
that vagabond to rapidly shake the dust of
Louisiana from his feet and abscond for parts
at that time unknown. Later he emerged
from the sand of Florida as a manu
facturer of execrable doggerel. Through
the medium of which he ingratiated him
self into the affections of the Stearns faction
of Radical rascals. It is unnecessary to
trace his history Jor the nonce but it may
be surmised that he pursued his overween
ing penchant for stealing until among other
mutations he was transformed into Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue at Gainesville.
Will Josiah, William and Simon inspect this
picture and relegate J. Willis to a corn field
before he escapes with government funds.
GENTLEMEN OF THE STATE FAIK.
We make our profoundest obeisance to
the managers of the State Fair preparations
and request a prompt and authoritative
contradiction of the ugly rumors now cur
rent, that the exposition is to be manipu
lated in the interest of the Radical coterie
of Florida. The reluctance exhibited by
the management in furnishing information
to Democratic journals, is also incomprehen
sible when contrasted with the favoritism
towards a sheet circulating only two hun
dred copies. It is not the better part of
wisdom to be too fast, and it is but just to
all concerned to ask to be enlightened.
Unless a satisfactory explanation of these
suspicious movements is forthcoming speed
ily we shall convince the parties that they
cannot metamorphose this business into a
political job. PendiDg a reply we suspend
adverse comments and stand ready ana wil
ling to contribute towards the success of an
affair which, if conducted properly, cannot
but be greatly beneficial to the State.
THE PROPER STAGE.
Applicants for municipal mercy were nu
merous during the past week, but the cases
were generally of an unimportant character.
Several baboons were subdued by a knock
on the cranium for purloining at the fire on
Wednesday night, and adding insult to in
jury, according to some immutable law of
black nature by getting insanely drunk. A
few regular champions for bibulous
distinction put in an appearance with
the attenuated promise of a refor
mation. Altogether the week was
an exceedingly profitable one for the
city in a monetary point of view. A word
or two to the guardians. It is justly the
prerogative of an officer to club a refractory
prisoner, but some judgment should be ex
ercised where no resistance is made or at
tempted. A too frequent resort to the club
is worse than no arrests at all.
PLENTY OF WORK.
The police made a successful raid upon a
gambling charnel house in Battle Row last
evening and bagged a number of tar bab es
whose only employment seems to be fight
ing the tiger. Now let the guardians in
vade the sanctity of a den similarly inclined
on Forsyth street, and obliterate it effect
ually. If they are ignorant of the locality
referred to, we will take pleasure in furnish
ing them with all information at our com
mand.
CONDUCIVE TO LONGEVITY.
I incidentally overheard Captain Henry
Henderson, of Green Cove Springs, remark
a few nights since that he had on Christmas
day ajttained to the advanced age of eighty
years. Captain Henderson, although ap
parently enjoying the most excellent health,
concluded his observation by saying “and
the only thing that keeps me alive is the
Morning News.” We sincerely trust that
the Morning News may be able to extend
the duration of the Captain’s life indefi
nitely.
a case of drowning.
While endeavoring to board a schooner in
the river yesterday morning by means of a
rope, a sailor named Francis Nelson relaxed
his hold, fell into the water, and sank to
rise no more as an animate being. He was
in the neighborhood of thirty-five years of
age, and a native of Denmark, if l am cor
rectly informed.
Adrian us.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
THE FLORIDA METHODISTS IN
COUNCIL.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Third Day’s Proceedings of the Confer
ence.
Quincy, January 7, 1876.
The Conference opened with religious ser
vices by Rev. A. Peeler, Bishop Wightman
in the chair.
Additional members reported present.
The report of the committee on the com
munication from Little River Circuit in ref
erence to John M. Bridges was read and
adopted.
A paper contemplating the raising of
funds for the education of the children of
deceased preachers was read and referred
to the Committee on Education.
W. G. Booth was duly recommended and
readmitted a member.
Isaac A. Towens was duly recommended,
and not being readmitted, permission was
granted to the Presiding Elder to employ
him.
O. W. Ransom was called, and the exam
ining committee reporting favorably, he was
advanced to the class of the second year
The Committee on Books and Periodicals
made a report, which was adopted.
The Bishop here made this report the
basis of a powerful address to the preachers
as to their responsibilities in encouraging aud
lending a helping band to the increase of
UftU sum UUIIIMUU ; CHlttlS
worth of books during the past year. His
remarks extendod to the time appointed for
the
MEMORIAL SERVICE
at tho church, which were largely attonded
by the population of this place. Pathetie
eulogies were pronounced to the memory of
Rev. Samuel McCook,by Revs. J. M. Heudrv,
0. Eadie, E. J. Knight; to that of Rev. J.
M. Stokes, by Revs. S. E. Philips, R. R.
Hawner, R. Barnett, M. M. Michau ; to that
of Rev. J. E. A. Van Duseu, by Revs. C. A.
Fultwood, J. P. Depass, W. R. Johnson, A.
A. Robinson—ltev. C. A. Fullwood reading
the memoirs. The services were quite
touching aud interesting, the Bishop con
cluding them with his usual appropriateness
of idea ana strength of speech.
REV. C. A. FULLWOOD,
from the text, “Lot him know that he
which convertoth tho siuuer from tho error
of his way shall save a soul from death, and
shall hide a multitude of sins,” entertained
a crowded church to-night with his melliflu
ous oratory.
Fourth Day’s Proceedings.
Quincy, January Bth, 1876. '
A prayer meeting was held at 9 a. m., con
ducted by Rev. W. H. F. Roberts, after
which the Conference convened at the regu
lar hour, Bishop Wightman in the chair. ■
The Committee ou Sunday Schools made
their report, which was adopted.
The report of the Joint Board of Finance
was adopted. Itev. E. L. T. Blake made a fer
vent and eloquent appeal in behalf of the
children of deceased ministers, urging
greater endeavors of tho preachers in col
lecting tho funds assessed for their benefit.
The Bishop announced the Joint Board.of
Finance for tho ensuing year, Rev. E. L. T.
Blake, chairman. *
First report of a committee on education
being considered, Rev. A. L. Smith, Profes
sor of Latin language and literature, Emory
College, being called upon delivered a
sprightly, humorous and interesting speech
in behalf of Emory College, very much en
joyed by the members and audience. His
repartee was fine. He was followed in a few
graceful remarks, after being called upon,
by John M. Doggett, Professor of Greek
language and literature Emory College. The
Bishop also threw in one of his sensible
ideas as per contra the foolish prejudices of
some persons about the study of the dead
anguages. A man does not fertilize tho
j>J' with guanos and phosphates to raise
tjc#>rnoa and phosphates, but "to raise wheat,
,corn, so Latin and Greek are taught
Ltc fertilize tn@-;jind and make it rich in its
Ivaried attainments^— M not for the purpose
l>f talking those la-guagesr . JThe report wa*
%dopted. .
Socond report of the comfiiltee x£n eje
ction was read by Rev. T. W. Moore, Chai£
rein, and adopted, the Presiding Eldors be
ng appointed a committee to fill the blanks
byrein.
Recommendations to amend tho constitu
iion of the Missionary Board by the addition
)f sth and 6th articles, created some discus
lion by Revs. J. P. DePass, T. W. Moore,
9v. Feeler, and others, the Bishop under
standing it to require four reports now,
when one was hardly attainable from the
proper committeemen. Af era while the
matter was cleared up, and the recom
mendation adopted.
! The report from tho on Bible
Cause was adopted, with certain amend
rnents.
Monticello was selected for the next meet
ing of the conference.
Resolutions of thanks were presented to
the Secretaries for the faithful discharge of
their duties.
D. W. Cove called, and he was continued
in the close of the third year.
W. W. Hicks called, character passed, and
granted a located relation at his request.
| The Secretary was requested to purchase
complete copy of the general minutes of
he connection since 1846, and to raise tho
money to pay therefor by subscription.
STATISTICS.
The following statistics of the Florida
Methodist Church for the year 1875, were
gathered from Ihe report of the Assistant
Secretary, Rev. H. E. Partridge, which re
port was adopted : Number of local preach
ers 97; number of active preachers 47; num
ber of superannuated preachers 8; number
of supernumerary preachers 1; white mem
bership 8,705; increase ol white membership
466; colored membership 24; increase of
' colored membership 11; number of Sunday
schools 117: number of teachers, 627; num
ber of scholars, 3,593; number of churches,
129; value, $20,201; value of otherchurch pro
perty, $7,418; amount paid for salaries of
preachers, $15,295; amount paid Presiding
Elders, $2,178; Bishop’s fund, $211; domestic
ifaission (say) $1,100; foreign mission (say)
$404; paid widows, orphans, superannuates,
$6169; building, repairing, Ac., $0,122; Sunday
schools, $1,443; miscellaneous expenses, $943.
• ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Conference love feast 9J a. m., conducted
by tDe Rev. T. W. Mooref sermon and ordi
nation, 11 a. m., by the Bishop; Sunday
schooil mass meeting, 3 p. m., conducted by
Rev. *3. L. Smith; sermon by Rev. O. L.
Smith,\ and appointments by the Bishop, 7
p. m. fyo-morrow, colored pulpits supplied.
) MISSIONARY SERVICES
were hem to-night under the auspices of
Revs. C. AC Fullwood and O. L. Smith.
V REMARKS.
The following lay members are in attend
ance: Hon. W. Gavlor, Worthy Master
Florida State grange; Judge D. W. Gwynn,
Richard Turnlpull, J. H. D. Sanders, Rev. T.
A. Carrutn, JuLlge W. W. Wells, 11. W. Long,
Rev. Oscar MyArs, Samuel Turnbull.
To-day the iAitereEJ ■£>/ •sar-peps&tvi&s- Ar
the proceedings Li the Conference increased
considerably, anti ihe effect has been that
the preachers aret correspondingly cheered.
Revs. E. L. T. Blake, J. P. DePass, T. W.
Moore, C. A. Fu/.iwood, J. B. Fitzpatrick,
and A. Peeler anp regarded as the most
prominent ministers present from the part
that has been taken in the proceedings,
but Dr. O. L. Smith, (Si Georgia, has created
the most conspicuous expressions of per
sonal admiration tht* far, won by the
humor, good sense, and eloquence of his
address to-day and to-night.
Fifth Day’s Pldcerdingn.
Quincy; Sunday Night, Jan. 9, 1876.
After a sermon by Rev. .0. L. Smith, at 9
p. m., the conference convened, Bishop
Wightman in the chair.
The Bishop read a paper communicating
the official information of the following
traveling preachers having beer, ordained as
Deacons by him: Robert Martin, McK. F.
McCook, Andrew A. Barnett, W. H. F. Ro
bards.
The Bishop announced the following com
mittees:
Conference Board of Education—T. W.
Moore, C. A. Fulwood, J. P. DePass, C. E.
Dowman, H. E. Partridge, B. Turnbull, B.
Blackwell, J. W. Tucker, F. A. Hendry.
Visiting Committee Emory College—F.
Pasco, S. Woodbery, C. E. Dowman.
The Bishop then read the following ap
pointments for 1876:
TALLAHASSEE DISTRICT.
8. Woodbery, Presiding Elder.
Tallahassee—J. B. Fitzpatrick. %
Leon Circuit—E. L. T. Blake.
Crawfordville Circuit—Wm. E. Collins.
Oclockonee Mission —To be supplied.
Gadsden Circuit—W. F. Norton.
Liberty Circuit—Supplied by \V. Taylor.
Quincy—C. E. Dowman.
Little River Circuit—T. J. Phillips.
Monticello—T. P. DePass.
Wankeenah Circuit—R. Hwren,
Union Circuit—W. G. Booth.
Apalachicola Mission—Supplied by J. A.
Towers.
LIVE OAK DISTRICT.
A. Peeler, Presiding Elder.
Live Oak Circuit—M. M. Michan.
Welborn Circuit—E J .•might.
Jasper Circuit—J. M. Hendry.
Lake City—H. E. Partridge.
Columbia Circuit—S. E. Philips.
Newnansville Circuit—J. J. Sealy.
Bronson Circuit—E. B. Duncan,
Madison Circuit—E. 8. Tyner.
Morely Hall Circuit —W. M. Watts.
Lafayette Circuit—W. Williams.
Beaton Mission —T. B. Barnett.
Lake Butler Circuit —It. M. Ellzev.
St. Mary’s Mission—Supplied by W. O.
Hampton.
JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT,
F. Pasco, Presiding Elder.
Jacksonville—H. B. Frazee.
•La Villa- Supplied by G. W. Swift.
Fernandina—Supplied by U. S. Byrd.
Nassau Mission —W. Davis.
Mandarin Circuit—Supplied by J. Glenn.
Green Cove Mission —T. W. Moore.
Palatka—McK. F. McCook.
Mellonville—J. H. Johnson.
Middleberg Mission—J. 8. Collier.
Fruitl&nd Mission—D. W. Cove.
St. Augustine Circuit—To be supplied.
Ocala Circuit—G. C. Leave!.
Ocklawaha—T. W. Tomkies.
Orauge Circuit—O. W. Itansom.
Cross Prairie Mission—To be supplied by
J. D. Sausbery.
Fort Mason Circuit —To be supplied by A.
Holcomb.
Micanopy Circuit—R. H. Barnett.
Gainesville—H. F. Philips.
Waldo Cirouit—lt. D. Gentry.
Orange Lake Mission—J. 0. Ley.
ludiau River Mission—A. A. Barnett.
TAMPA DISTRICT.
A. A. Robinson, Presiding Elder.
Tampa—J. A. Castell.
Key West—First Charge—C. A. Fulwood;
Sparks’ Chapel—W. R. Johnson; Cuban Mis
sion—To be suppliod.
Alifia Circuit—E. H. Giles.
Manatee—W. H. F. Robards.
Manatee Mission—To be supplied.
Barlow Circuit—W. C. Jordan; S. W. Car
son, Sup.
Pease Creek Circuit—G. W. Mitchell.
Fort Myers Circuit—R. Martin.
Clear Water Circuit—Supplied by J. W.
Wells.
Brooksvillo Circuit—J, D. Rogers.
Crystal River Circuit—Supplied by E. A.
Tucker.
Sumter Circuit—O. Eadv.
Withlacoochee Circuit—To be supplied.
Joseph Anderson, D. D., transferred to
South Georgia Conference.
The following resolution was offered by
Rev. F. Pasco, and adopted by a standing
vote :
Resolved, That the heart-felt tbaukfi of
lhi#Conferenoe be extended to the eifaiepv
;: f
fit worship fot ofir use; to ttie pidw itqr J
ties for the use of the court nofjptr HftriWes
to hold our conference services, and to th%|
railroad and steamboats in passing the dele
gates for one fare.
DO-DAY’S DIVINE SERVICE.
Conference love-feast, 9 a. m.; Bishop
Wightman at the Methodist Church, 11 a.
m.; Rev. J. B. Fitzpatrick, Presbyterian
Church, 11 a. in.; Sunday School mass meet
ing, conducted by Revs. 0. L. Smith and J.
P. Depass, 3 p. m.; Rev. O. L. Smith, 7 p. m.,
were largely attended by our town and
county population, citizens from Leon and
Jefferson counties, and from Decatur county,
Georgia.
Most of the preachers leave for their re
spective posts by to-morrow’s train.
THANKS.
To Rev. F. l’asca, Secretary, and Rev. H.
E. Partridge, Assistant Secretary, tor favors
shown. * Jacob.
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.
Weather nn<l Ilotcln—Medina o’" the
Leginlnturt— Proceeding* of the Senate
Candidate* at Work—The Convention
Qiicnlloii— Animal Report* of the Do
partuienis—The Four Prominent Candi
date* lor Governor.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Atlanta, January 12, 1876.
For tho past two days the weather here
has been quite severe, with constant chilly
winds, aud the membors of tho Legislature
have not scattered about much. Warm fires
aud comfortable rooms aro in great demaud.
Tho Markham House rotunda has been
crowded for the past two days, that being
the established headquarters for tho
session. A few are at the National
and some at tho Kimball, but tho
Markham has tho great bull* of hotel mem
bers.
MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Promptly at 10 o’clock this morning tho
Speaker’s well-known rap brought the House
of Representatives to order, and after a
very brief aud most appropriate prayer by
Rev. John Jones, Speaker Hardeman, in a
few pertinent remarks, alluded to the few
changes by death during the year, and that
new faces would appoar in their sessions.
Reterring to the financial depression, ho
recommended tho adoption of a wise econo
my, not niggardly, but prudent, in public
affairs. The usual, routine business was
then transacted, aud the Governor’s mes
sage received and read; after which, at 11:30
o'clock, the body adjourned.
The attendance of members was quito
large, but tew being absent. Four new
members have been elected, but only throe
—Messrs. David Irwin, ot Cobb, vice W. D.
Autkrson, resigned,- c. Binfirv Wilkes
couwtJhi.vAefi.\v A. Quinn, decea
Holcombe, of Haralson, vice It.
deceased—appoared, and wore swiSM
Messrs. Fannin, of Troup, and Graham, <SB
Dade, were grautod leave of absence. Tho ’
galleries of the House wore well filled with
spectators, among whom wore many ladies.
Hon. John H. James and Prot. W. H. Peck
were among the notables pi t sent to listen
to tho reading of the Governor’s message
PROCEEDINGS OF Tire oamlK.
President Bimmons called the Senate to
order at 10 o’clock, and prayer was offered
byltuv. J. I’. Duncan, the blind preacher,’
who is a candidate for Chaplain of the body,
after which came tho roll call. Tho absen
tees were Senators Chastiau, Hester,
(excused ou account of sickuess), McAfecJt
(39th), Perry and Reese. President
moiiß then addressed the Seuato in much
the same train of thought pursued by
Speaker Hardeman, but more at length, and
in detail suggesting a wise retrenchment in
tho expenses of the public offices, and re
ferring to several plans by which this object
could ho reached. The peoplo are poor and
some way must be devised to reduce the rato
of taxation.
Senator Black announced tho election of
a now Senator from tho Forty-second dis
trict, and the Hon. Mark A. Cooper came
forward as the successor to Senator Wofford,
aud was sworn in by Justice Bleckley. The
usual committees were appointed and per
formed tho duties assigned them, when
the Governor’s message was introduced and
read. The part about the public dent was
referred to the Finance Committee and
other portions to the Committee on Judi
ciary. The balance will bo appropriately
assigned at future sessions. Although tho
House transacted nothibg but the regular
routine business of the hour, the Senate en
tertained some four or five bills, which were
given their first reading. They wore intro
duced by Senators Aruow and Hudson.
THE CANDIDATES AT WORK.
There are plenty of candidates here,
backed by an array of friends, ready to step
into the empty shoes soon to be tilled by
the Governor and the Legislature. Numer
ous fine looking gentlemen are ready to
give up a large and lucrative practice at the
bar and serve the people of the State on the
bench. Three prominent candidates aspire
to hold the “money bags” ol the Common
wealth and look after her financial matters,
ltenfroe feels confident that he will be
elected, and his friends have every prospect
of success. Lowe and Hardeman are
pressing their claims persistently and en
ergetically, but doubts are expressad as to
their being able to defeat Reufroe, who is
an estimable gentleman, and with but few,
if any, sharp points to create antagonistic
influences.
THE CONVENTION QUESTION.
Inhere has been a great change in public
sentiment on the question of holding a Con
stitutional Convention. Many
fiie'irieasufe last year (myself among the
number) uro now strongly in favor of the
project. There can be no doubt, I think,
that the Legislature will take some favor
able action in the matter. The present
financial condition of the State demands a
revision of the present constitution, and a
reduction of offices and salaries wherever
such a step can be safely and prudently
taken. Taxation must be reduced, and the
burdens of the people made lighter, that
Georgia may speedily enter upon the grand
future of prosperity and progress which lies
not far removed from the present era.
THE ANNUAL REPORTS.
The annual reports of the various depart
ments of the State government are quite
interesting and valuable, and are models of
brevity and comprehensiveness. They give
a clear idea of the present condition of
things, and suggest numerous measures for
the decrease of taxation and the better en
forcement of certain laws, which are now
but imperfectly understood and only par
tially enforced. The Legislature will give
early and full attention to these suggestions,
some of which are already attracting much
attention, and evoking healthy discussion.
Great improvements and reforms may the e
fore be expected.
There is i.o truth in the report that a
rupture has occurred between Gov. Smith
and Gen. Colquitt. It is true that they had
a plain discussion abont certain reports that
had been put in circulation by meddlesome
persons, but there was nothing transpired
during the interview to cause a breach be
tween these two distinguished Georgians.
Chatham.
P. S.—Ex-Treasurer Jones is still deter
mined to make a sharp fight for his “rights,”
as he terms them, and lively times may be
expected during the legal" and newspaper
controversy which is to ensue.
Ocean Passenger Traffic. —The New
York Herald of yesterday says, as an
illustration of extreme dullness of the
ocean passenger trade, the following
items tell their own story: The Anchoria,
of the Anchor line, brought only five
cabin and two steerage passengers; the
City of Montreal, of the Inman line,
seven cabin passengers; and the Algeria,
of the Cunard line, forty-five cabin and
seventeen steerage. Neither the Atlas,
of the Forwood line for Central America,
nor the State of Indiana, from Glasgow,
of the State line, both of which vessel/
arrived Saturday, brought a single cabal
passenger. 'I