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THURSDAY, -TAN l ARY 27. Is7fi
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Hon. A. H. Sii-plum’i; condition is
somewhat improved.
Hon-. Cincinnati •< l’i ' I '.i-s lms boon
appointed nlid confirinod a l -' Judge of
tlie Superior Court of tlio Ytlanta
circuit, and Judge Richard H. ( lml e
takes his seat upon the judicial bench
of the city court.
A meeting of the State Democratic
Executive) Committee was called by j
the Chairman, Hon. Thomas Harde
man. to meet in Atlanta yesterdav, to
designate a member of the National
Committee and for other basin "• ,
The Logishitai'o has )>-..•••> 1 a bill
making it a penal offonun to solemnize
tbe marringo ceremony when either
party is under eighteen y<
without the consent of the parent or
guardian of such parly.
Mrs. Hosannah Ton, a poor widow
living near Newton, Dale county, Ala -
bama, was ansa i.maP'd on ! relay
night of last week, by negroes, who
shot her through a window w!ble
she was making a bed near the
fire for a (dek child. Tne negroes
were arrested, and, on preliminary
examination, refused, bail.
The Eastman Timer publishes the
following letter winch it says was
written by a prominent citizen of Pu
hvski county to an East-man merchants
I have three barrels of syrup. Let
me know what you will give for h. I
am very anxious to pay you. ] made
a good•]•>, but I have not collected
enough medical accounts to pay taxes
and horse feed. I lie and -d county
is not worth h—l room. lam going
a fishing.
The Mai on Tin...- aw-u is one of the
r..iri)hi\t of our daily exchanges, but
wo sometimes miss getting it for
three or four days in succession; then
four or five copies come to hand at
once. AVe hear tho same complaint
f.-om sonic of our neighbors wlio sub
scribe for the paper, and we make
(his reference to the matter in order
(hat onr Macon contemporary may j
form its st iff into an investigating
committee to i ain where the
fault lies. There is had management
somewhere, and wo are inclined to
the hehef (hat it is this side of the
Trfrgroph office, for, nntil recently,
the paper always r bed us roguhiriy.
A Misobitt Rki'out was submitted
to the Hons- of Hcj .-. ("■'
TSni iivilSy, by Messrs. Harrison, of
Quitman, and Fallow, o? hind r,
from the special on the
proposed constitutional convention, :
recommending Hint the bill reported
by (ho committee do not pass, and
netting forth the argument that the
holding ot "a convention now would
he B iwsso and inexpedient, and that
it rjjpnld necef -arily result in untold
injury to our Stale and people. Two
hundred copies of the report were or
dered to he printed, and it was made
the special order for to-day.
A Washington dispatch p/ s 10
signs of the coming cam
paign begin to •Multiply. r l he Na
tional Democratic Committee meet in
that t.y next month to decido on the
time and place for holding the Dem
ocratic Convention. Mr. Lamar re
Chairman of the Democratic caucus
of the House, will, in a day or > >,
appoint tho Democratic Beside ut
Campaign Committee, to bo composed
of seven member,-; f the Houso, three
Senators, and three resident Demo
crats of tho District of Columbia.
This committee will have its head
quarters in Washington during all of
the campaign, and will prepare and
distribute documents and collect and•-
tails from all parts of tho country.
A WASitiSG-rox loiter says: “It has
been a matter of remark that during
the whole of the amnesty debate of
last, week not one member w ho was in I
the Confederate army took part in the
discussion. Too moderation and for- j
bearance was tho more remarkable |
from the fact that one of the deliher-1
ate pu;poses aimed at by Mr. Blaine
was to stir up the resentment of the ;
Southern members, in tho hope that '
they might be led into excited oxpres- j
sions which could bo used for parti- j
sail advantage. This week the con- j
venations which have taken place
among tho Southern members have
developed a firmer resolve than ever
to abstain from crimination and re
crimination to the last degree com
patible with personal honor and re
■peet. It.'-; believed that by such a
c ' n*se as this the coarse bullying role
v,. e'i Mr. Blaine lias laid out for
himself, and which it seems he intends
to pursue, will appear in its true
ight before th country.”
Hon. W. E. ‘burn will please ao- j
cept our F.. nils br the Cunyrox.sivnal
Itivord, ws us regularly
•—•ary. rnor..: g.
A Good Suggest ion.
The Atlanta Jhraltl c film 22d inst.,!
has a sensible editorial in which it ;
proposes that tho money railed for
the purpose of tho Leo Monumental
Association, be made the nucleus of u
fund for the Lye Hospital. If the
old hero whose fame tho monument is
intended to perpetuate was able to
speak in tho matter, lie would infi
nitely prefer that some such disposi
tion be made of the money; and, ns
the ci 1 >tor very properly remarks,
“with thousands of men women and I
children in aetual starvation and want,
o i every side, it scorns little and
mockery to spend small fortunes in
costly monuments to men whoso best;
movements after all are their deeds,.
and whose graves at last, are in the
i hearts of the people. If the money
J expended on the soldiers’ monument
Sin Oakland cemetery had been donat
ed to tho establishment of a hospital
I dedicated as a monument to their
memory, it would have been a grand
er testimonial of love -a superb to
ken of remembrance, and at the same
time a blessing to those whom the
dead left behind, in penury and want.
; Let us attend to tho living first. The
! truest way to honor those who died
in any whole cause, Is to lake care of
tho poor left with us. Let us fee to
the wants of those who are suffering
at our very doors, before wo put any
more money into costly marble in be
half of those who are beyond the
; reach or the want of our city.”
A Dog Law has been ini io<’need in
the General Assembly by Mr. Hamil
ton, of I'loyd. Like all other bills
which are introduced in our Lcgisla
! ore now-a-days, it met with some op
position; or, at least, there we'-o al
teractions and amendments offered
which certain egotists thought would
suit than a little better. There seems
to be a general disposition upon the
part of the Legislature to make a dog
Saw of mine Li ml, however, , for the
people all over the State are bowing
so loudly for it that their represent
atives cannot coni-r-teuFy evade it.
M;. Floyd's bill, wo think, covers all
the grounds nc> assary, and might hp j
fully earned out, 110 proposes to;
i have all the dogs in the State rogis- !
t< red in a Look provided by the or<
| navies, between the first of April and j
the first of Juno, the owner paying
one dollar Augregistration and twonty
i five cents for a certificate of registra-
tion declining tho registered number, j
Tho dog so registered shall wear up- 1
: on his neck a collar bearing on it the j
name of his owner and tho
I number. A violation of this law sub-q
ijoalti the owner to a fine not exceed-!
ing fifty dollars, or imprisonment not!
I exceeding thirty days. Tho money
| arising from tho registration of dogs
goes to the public school fund of the
county. Any person killing a dog
not registered is entitled to receive :
one dollar.
Tlift Constitutional Convetiou-
The following is tho nu-t sensible j
of all the thousand p' ,fl on “ newspa-;
per articles on subject of the pro- j
• „.j.,,.,1 co siitutional convention tlyit'
v;( . nave seen since tho meeting of the
present session of tlio Legislature. \
It is from the Thomasvillo JUnlcrpriec:
“We cannot see the need of a con
vention just now. If amendments to
i the constitution arc desired, let this
j legislature pass them, and in one year
I the next legislature can pass them
again, and thus save all the expense
iof a convention. Does not economy
I require this course now? But, if we
! must have a convention, lot ns have
iit next year, when there are no elce
tions to be held, and when there will
i bo no politics mixed up in if. Changes
! iu tho fundamental law should only be
' made when men can bring to their
| consideration, calm, cool minds, free
; IVom all excitement of party. Be
i sides this, as democrats, we certainly •
; should Irani a lesson from tlio l ist,
; campaign in Ohio, and not uselessly I
I introduce any new issues, ponding j
• the elections to como off this year. ;
; Georgia is all right now and let us '
i keep her so, and not stir up strife
! anew over the homestead and exemp- j
j iio.i laws, the removal of the capital
| and other issues, which must nee -
i sa v ily result from a convcn 'o >.
| Georgia was once carried by tho i: 1-
I icals through the aid of their relief
I and homestead laws, and might be
! again lost to the democracy by new
i issues. Surely wo have had lessons
I sufficient to make us p&uso, ere wo I
lisle so much only to save so short a
time.”
No Icn Crop so Fab. —The New
York World says tho present prolonga
tion of last summer is very discour
aging in the regions along the Hud
son river where ice is want to be har
vested annually in January. Tho sec
retary of the Knickerbocker Ice Com
pany says that the company has not j
gathered a pound yet, as tho icp in i
the upper Hudson has not been of 1
sufficient thickness, the thickest bo- j
ing but nine inches, and that dirty.;
Ten to twenty thousand men are in !
readiness to gather as soon as the ice |
is ready, and, meanwhile, many of
them are suffering from lack of work.
Tho crop last year was unusually
urge, a i 1 there still reui lias in store
a quantity of ice, but the prospect,
this season is of n dearth of ice, with
high prioos next summer.
Tli,- Ihihiii- School System in th' 1
Legislature.
Mr. Speer, of Spaulding, has intro- j
dueotl a bill in the Home of Uepro-;
sentatives to repeal section 1251 to
s 1270 of tho code, In reference to the I
• estab 1 .: dunent, organization and oper
jatiouoftbo public school system of I
this State. He proposes that tlio
county hoards of education and the I
| office of secretary bo abolished and on
the first day of March tho ordinaries j
of tho counties he exotlieio county;
commissioners with tho following!
powers: On the first of April to is- [
sue notices to justices of the pence and j
notaries public in each militia district
to make out and report to him by the i
first of Map the number of children!
between the ages of (i and 18, distin
guishing tho sexer and color of the j
children in separate columns. On re- j
ceijit of said reports ho shall consoli
date the same, file a copy in bis office;
and forward a copy to the State school i
I commissioner.
Tile ordinary shall on or before the
! first of March, 187!), and tho first of
February, thereafter appoint one or
j more public examiners who with the
ordinary shall constitute aboard to
; examine teachers and duly certify if
! so found their fitness to teach tho ru
diments of an English education. No
teacher shall be authorized to partici
pate in the distribution of said public
I school find who has not received a
| certificate. The certificate only lias
i effect in the county where issfli I.
T io county treasurer is ex-officio
treasurer of the school fund, and >ha 1 '
, give bond with good security : n a sum
iat least don!)lo the amount of the
i school fund placed iu his hands. The
' po" taxes collected in the county shall
Ihe paid to the treasurer by tho col-
I lector. The State school commission
! cr distributes tho pro rata share of the
! school fund to tho treasurer of the
; school fund.
The ordinary shall on orboforo the
first of November of each year give
j notice to the qualified tea .-hers who.
jby tho first of Decern her under oath
! shall return the number of child r
' and number of days taught, d's-hi
; guishing ‘ho color and sex of the pu
j pile taught. The ordinary and tveas-
I urer consolidates the returns and as
: seas tho amount, due said teacher ac
cording to the number of pupils and
| days taught, provided the amount al
lowed each scholar arght shall ho
| uniform as to the rate per scholar.
! When the amounts are ascertained
I tho ordinary draws a warrant on the
: treasurer of said fund for the amount.
Ttre ■-r e M"--V t,l kc. ,1 r.,. rij,: fcr )!;,;■
warrant, and records in a book a list
of teachers examined and found qual
ified, an account of the warrants
drawn, date, amount and in whose fa
vor drawn. The ordinary makes a
! report to the grand jury, anil trans
; mit to the state school commissioner
! and returns of scholars, etc. The oi\
dinarv receives such compensation ns
■ the grand jury at the spring term may
recommend.
The si hookjjiud is to bo separate 1
j from all other county funds/ The
I State school commissioner sWdl p : P
lout, to said In assurer no paj't of tlm.
: public school fund until he j
from the ordinary a oor! dioJt copy <,]
the bond given by the treasurer.
*
Hon. Pat Walsh, a member of the!
I legislature, thus writes to hie paper,!
. the Augusta ChronicU :
j “The Legislature has been in scs
! Jon ten days, and within that time
[several hundred bills have, been intro
duced. Out of these several hun
j drod, i * .; ro arc not more than a doz
- on, il that number, of bids of genera’ -
I in id i csi to tlio people of (iCor.o'irt. The '
! Code c >mcs in for its share of tinker-!
ing, in many instances efforts b ling
made t-:> lit particular cases and in j
; many others to make changes simply
for the sake of doing something that
had better be left undone. The
number of local lulls is enormous, j
jln glancing over the proceedings of
j the Legislature tho reader cannot fail
to be ruck with tho trilling inniir
, uificanco of some of the measures in
j troduecd. Here is a bill to change
: a county line to accommodate some
• man who wishes to have his residence
I or his place changed from one county
j into another ; here is another bill to
| allow somebody to peddle without a
lit enso : another to prevent fish traps
in Lie waters tributary to Gum
! Swamp ; another to prevent hunting
in Sleepy Hollow ; another for the re
! lief of the sureties of Mr. Suiii h, who
j has been unfortunate in handling the
lauds of iris county. And still anoth-
I cvTo incorporate tlio 800 Gum
| Refining Company. True, that local
legislation is sometimes necessary,
but it is equally true that the great
mass of it is a nuisance and, there-j
i fore, never ought to bo enacted. The
I President of the Senate, in his open
j ing address, urged Senators not to
introduce bills changing tho Code,
| unless there was some good to be ac-
I complished. The Speaker of the
House urged members to practice
j economy and>give relief to the people
! from the burdens of taxation. A
] short session would be a relief, and
there is really no necessity for the
present General Assembly to remain
iii session for the constitutional term
of forty days. That which is essen
tial could bo transacted in twenty or
thirty days at the outside. "With the j
exception of the tax act, appropria
tion act, and perhaps a few others—
notably the bills of Senator McDaniel,
in reference to tho homestead- there j
j is no legislation that could nos bo do-1
ferrod until next year with great profit
to tho Slate. But I liavo no idea
that this conviction will force itself
upon the Legislature. After an ex
perience of several years, I am con
vinc'd that tho annual sessions of the
General Assembly are unnecessary,
and therefore an onerous tax upon
the people. One regular session j
every two years would answer every J
purpose and save at least ono hun
dred thousand dollars to the State,
in the present impoveri -.hod eonditi m
of our people this would he a great
saving.”
Tlio Georgia Legislature.
[ftp;-iill Ti 11-mil to Hi,i T.toi'iilng News.]
Atlanta, January 21. |
VKX.VTE 1111.1.S ON' KIIWTI:.'.I'IXO.
Ily Mr. Harris -To amend the
Code in relation to fees of Justices and
! Constahh a.
By Mr. Cooper —To nnthorizo and '
j reijniro the obtaining of statistics of
( exports and imports of .this State.
Ily Mr. Howell to incorporate the:
! Atlanta College of Dental Surgery.
By Mr. Mibbeo— To define iinbili- 1
. ties of the State as owner of the Ma
con and Brunswick Railroad; also to j
j empower Judges of tho Superior i
! Courts to employ stenographers in !
| their courts; and also to provide fori
i juries in trials of eases of forcible cn- j
j try and detainer.
By Mr. Reese-- To define for whom '
trust estates may bo created.
By Mr. Black—To repeal so much
of section 1272 of tho Code as re-j
quires tlio Governor to issue new
bonds in lieu of those cancelled.
By Mr. Harris—To protect holders
of lire insurance policies.
By Mr. Deadwiler—To alter the!
times for service of nubpbocnas.
By Air. Simmons.- To require
guardians to settle with female wards |
ion marriage; also to define tho lia
bilities of life and fire insurance com-j
panics to persona insured.
hills pAssim.
The following hills were passed:
;To amend section 2270 of tho Code,!
and to prescribe what, interest a ten
! ant for years has in real estate.
T<s provide for making minors par
ties in indicia! procoedin s.
To fix the time and place, when and
where awards are to be returned and .
recorded.
To amend the first paragraph of
section ‘Mil7 of the Code.
The following bill was lost: To de
clare dogs not to bo the subject of
smiplo larceny.
131.1S INTU'VDVCED.
Tu the House, tho following now
; bills were introduced:
By Mr. Bacon, of Bibb county to
regulate the mode of trial in certain
evil cast s, and providing' lor a special
verdict in cases named.
By General Lawton —Toamend the
law of injunctions so as to require
bonds to be given before Too granting
t of injunction to stop the sale of prop
! ei'ty under execution; also, to provide
supplement proceedings of ex editions
I unsatisfied.
By Mr. Carter, of Applhig—To
! amend an act for the relief of maimed
| soldiers.
By M'g Westbrook—To make bitid
' ing certain judgment against c oca
tors, administrators, guardians am l
trustees.
By Mr. Black—To require munici
pal corpora tions to levy a tax to pay
the resignation of officers to avoid
service of legal proco: s; also, to com
pensate Ordinaries for returns of mar
riages, births ami deaths.
By Mr. Ru lieil —To establish a de
-1 partment in the deaf and dumb vy
i him for the rec©i>tiou of colored deaf
! mutes. ,
a :; ,’.3Bßuti- s of re- eivers of rail
road corporat.ii
By Air. Baker—To regulate legal
1 advertising in this State.
By Mr. Slielnnt—To amend the
! constitutions so as to allow appends
from tho decision of a justice or a jit
; ry iu all cases.
r - r.iTJ.s r.\ used.
[The following bills were passed:
Tii {linenvl e'.t e.ct Itn proven
jon of ci’iVMiy to
i r j'o rctiuu'o 'Tjix. vs io enter;
1 in their digests fall chris'.ian names of:
taxpayers.
A bill to fix the pay of jurors in the ;
j county of Muscogee. It fixes the pay !
at one dollar per diem.
Juimixo House ; —The purchasers of
j horses for tho French army always on
! deavor to obtain a first look at the
I animal whou he is tranquil and in
{ the same stable; noting if tho animal
| supports itsv-lf equally well on all logs,
! and if one seems to yield, to especially
' examine it. Attention is then di- j
j rooted to the largeness of tho. pupil of j
tho eye After the animal has been j
| led out of the stable, the eye ought to !
[no agahi examined; observe, has the
!mipi 1 contracted—if not the sight is
icebio. Others, to test the powers of
vision, feign to strike the forehead ,
With tho hand. If the hollow over!
the eye be profound and temples g y, j
old ago is to be concluded. Wounds
about tho tcmplos suggest attacks of
,■:(■;xr;and the end of tlio nose pre
sents circular stars, it may bo conclu
ded that tlm horse has been twitched |
with a cord to insure his quietness ‘
while being shod, or having to submit j
to severe or painful operations.
I A young gentleman met a lady
I friend in the street, and seeing a roll
j in her hand, which ho supposed to bo
1 music, asked her what it was. “You’ve
been ■Drinking,” she curtly respon
ded .why—why—” stammered the
youth, blushing prodigiously and ovur
! whelmed with confusion, “why, 1 have
j not touched a drop to-day.’ - The
I young lady looked him straight in the
i face and repeated, “ Isay, you’ve been
‘ drill—,” but before she could finish he
lied across the street, and she was com
peted to send him a note the next.!
I morning explaining that “You’ve been j
I Drinking” was the title of the piece of;
music she carried.
I “ 'Hah for Johnson!” bawled a than |
I the other day, who had put himself
j outside of a pint of benziuo.
“He's dead, you fool,” said a by
stander.
“ ’Rah for Gentry!” blated Benzine.
“He’s dead, too,” said the man.
“Well, confound it!” shouted tho
boozy individual, “ ’Rah for Brown- j
low ! I’ll bet you a biled owl you’ll
never bear of that old coon going
dead.”- —Athens Nntcs.
Don’t linger where your ljvc lies
dreaming, but wako her up and tell
her to gel breakfast.
l Condensed Telegrams.
CONOIiKS IION'AT, NOTES.
Washington, Jan. 2J. -TheSpencer
i memorial of tlio Alabama Legislature,
was presented to the Senate at 12
| o'clock to-day by Senator Goldthwaitc
and referred to the Cominitteo on
Elivi!egos and Elections,
i In the House, several finance bills
! were introduced, one funding legal
| tenders by forty-year four per cent.
! bonds, not over throe millions per
! month.
Bv Ward Protecting life on steam
boats.
Mackey- Improvement of Charles
ton Harbor.
Riddle—Tho improvement of Cum-
berbuul River.
Blount -The improvement of the i
Altamalia and Ocmnlgc e rivers.
Morrison, from tlio Committee o.i!
j Ways anil Means, reported a rcsolu-1
j tkm directing the papers laid before j
; the Ilonso and tlio testimony taken
'before tho Committee of Ways and]
Means of the last Congress in ri gnrd
to ttie Rue’fic Mad subsidy, bo taken !
i from tho Speaker’s table and referred |
:to the Judiciary Committee, with in
structions to enquire what action |
shou'dbo taken by tho House in ref- j
i cronco to persons now members of the j
; House who are charged with complin-!
i ily iii a corrupt lire of money for that
purpose or with giving also t. IRniony
in rela'.'on thereto. Adopted.
Singleton—lmprovement of tlicYa- 1
zoo and Sunflower rivers,
i A bill pair ed for the payment of
1 the interest ou tho District bonds by
| the commissioners from apprqpr.'a-1
ti-e-s heretofore made and tuxes col-!
:leetod.
The Election Committee were oi
derod to inquhe into the nature and
I lfstory of the red estate pool iu,
! wUch'Jay Cooko & Cos. were iiitev
! elded.
B.i’noy offered a rcsolu I ion calling;
on fiie Secretary of tho Treasury for
a full aril complete report from the j
Co.nm issiom-rs of the- Freed mail s
B;-"k. Adopted.
Holman offered a resolution in
sirneii -g be Judiciary Committee to j
impure whether imp 'oper and fraud
u'eet meam: were i osorted to to infill-j
eoca 1 ■ isht ion on t-bo Texas Pacific
Ra fi'oud In -1 or tho :,1 o March i
: ~ , l ther out aci sand om
h'j.at’ s wee sul-sequent fv e iteml |
l.;to bv the company in viol.iti- of
that act. Ad pti and.
In the Senate, the petitions of citi
zers of Ohio for the Texas P' l " l '
Roa-l were ln-esented. _
Morton iutrodm-x-a a offi l-u tuc ie-|
]ief of G" ■'•'■'ll Rouseuii. On mot ou
of atin-iou certain pape s pnrpo'Vuig i
to be UiO c-cdeiiitUiS of Mia. Lnscis as
Senator from Lt<ris ; a;>a. were refer
red to the (.’j'.rni'tioo in I j ivileges
cud IJcctions, AdOjiled,
Mo -ton’s licaiili will prevent lies
speaking to-day.
* Davis’s Treasury investigating res
olntioni! were resumed, and tho roso
li .T* am i led that, invesi gai ors
be made by 1 lie I’iiui-'ec Gomm i..ee of
iff - ;
■ *
<;. Louisi.iun, was
, passed.
! Tho bill creating a liquor coaimis-
I sioii was disenssed.
Cox in! x Idneed a bill to abolish the
j Bureau of i'.duration.
The Railroad Committee of the Sen
ate agreed • rc-omnicnd tho passage
of a bill to ex id tho time of i w cotn
pf- !';!::■ North Pacific Ra-lroad
j ( 'gilt year).
To-morrow night the committe
hears Tom Scott for the Texas Pacific.
By AYesf -To recover over-issue of
bomb; and coupons from the Union
ami Central Pacific Hoad. Referred
to a sub-committee, consisting of
West, Dawes, Mitchell and Eaton.
Tho Post,mastcr-General was bef
tho committee of the House . l ull
ing certain operations of the depart
ment,
It is intimated in certain well-in
formed circl-is I. nit three ox-i v ■ isnry
officials are indicted for eomplV-ty in
L’.ai'!:man, Brooks & Co.’s transactions.
Notl-i. g official is accessible.
In the House, Morrison's lull di
rects the Secretary of the Treasury to .
retain coin iu the Treasury until it '
shall amount to thirty per cent, of the j
I outstanding legal tender notes, and
, in tho meantime it suspends the re
! sumption bill until alter the Ist of
; January, 1879. It also requires the j
national banks to retain the coin in
terest received on their bonds deposi- j
ted to Bccnro circulation to the!
amount of their legal reserves, and;
such sum in addition thereto as, with !
i the legal reserves, shall equal thirty f
per cent, of their circulation, wh ; ch |
amount ot thirty per cent, the banks!
are to retain as security for the re-!
demptiou m coin of their circulation, j
It, also repeals the legal tender provis
ion from Uie time that the banks have
thirty percent, of coin on their circu
laliou.
MOB LAW.
! B.uu--. ■uksvii/lk, W. Na., January
:M.—-A hundred persons surrounded
! the jail, where Mrs. Meeting and her
paramour were confined. Rev. Geo.
W. Young, with tho prisoners, per
suaded the mob to wait till lie had
time to prepare tho prisoners. V .on
the preacher retired the mol) ru cd
in. Williams was taken to tho < rt
house yard and hanged. Tho woman
was taken wlicro tho man was bar -
! ing, and confessed that Williams and
herself murdered her husband, strik
ing him three blows on the head with
nu axe, and by cutting his throat with 1
a knife. Tho woman was taken back
to jail.
joey brown’s no ad.
"Was nine ton, January, -I.—ln tlm
Supreme Court tho case of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company v . tl e
Western Atlantic Railroad Company,
from th" Circuit Court of the North
ern District of Georgia, the decision
was revised with directions to refer
the case to a master to stato an ac
count on terms of contract.
Hill uuil Vani-ny.
Tho exciting debate on tho Amnes
ty bill, in which'Mr. Hill, of Georgia,;
and Mr. Blaine, of Maine, were the i
most conspicuous figures, brings to
mind tlio affray between Mr. Hill and
William L. Yancey, ot' Alabama,
which caused tho latter’s death. The
circumstances wore first publicly giv
en by Air. Henry Watlerson, the pres
ent editor of Louisville Courier-
Journal.
According to this published ac
count, it was toward the close of the
second session of tho first Confederate
Congress that Yancey broke from the
counsels and influence of Mr. Davis,
and became, with Henry S. Foote, a
leader of the opposition. Mr. Ben.
i Hill, then Senator from Georgia, had
j likewise changed bis front, and was
remarkable for the earnestness, per
sonal interest and persistency with
which he sustained tho measure of an
administration to wh’ch his allegiance
i had be.on given but late in the day,
Mr. Ynncy, it will be remembered, had
returned from an un.cacceisfnl mis-
sion to Europe, and was representing
.Alabama in the Confederate .Senate.
The question of a navy was under -Hs
eussiou in secret session. The debate
ranged beyond parliamentary limits,
and Messrs Yancey and Hill became
animated over the abstract doctrines
of State rights and tho authority of
! slavery. High words passed, and fin
i ally the lie was given by Mr. Hill,
[ Mr. Yancey leaned forward and as he
; aimed a Low at liis adversary, was
| caught in tho arms of tho latter and
violently thrown back over a desk.
Mr. Hill is a man of wonderful mtis
| cular development. Air. Yancey was
' never very heavy, though lithe and
j active. Iu tho fa” bis spine was so
' rionsly injured, and when the by
standers rushed upon the two and
I dir -god the one from the other, the
I great Southerner lay unconscious np
ion tho floor, with a trickle of blood
j oozing from Iris lips. He was carried
to his hotel, a vote of secrecy was
passed, and the rencountvo lmshed
up. No one in Richmond except that
[ body of men knew of the circnmstnn
; ecs for six months after. Meamvhre
I the victim bid not recover. lie be
came listles, hope!; as and vacant.
He was trailsf rr< ■’> to his own home,
where his <••>••’d-Ds ceased a few
! weeks h. fore his death which was liv.u-
Iquiland calm. He died without a
j hope oft 1.0 success of the Southern
Ri pnbli •be 1 ad aspired to found and
; govern, and for which lie had labored
. day and n’ght for twenty-five years.
We take the following version of
tlio affair from the Montgomcr J’.ule
lin:
The facts, in a nutshell, are these
as wo learned them subse
quently to the removal of secrecy,
from Senators who witnessed the
whole affair. In the midst of-a warm
debate, in open sessipuf ns to theap
poiatigp.ps-t*r7Tf tile Supreme Court,
anamadverted upon the rec
ord of,Mr- Yncey. At the conclu
sion speech, Mr. Yancey
and sM.I what the
Senator from Georgia had said in re
gard to h : Srecord was false, and that
the Senator knew it to bo false when
he made the Statement. Upon mo
tion, the Senate went im, idiately in
to secret session; whercujr m Mr. Hill
t’-rew a glass inkstand from asl . :t tlio
ition of Mr. Yaucv, striking him on
the point o'tlie cheek bone, which
made a,sharp cut, producing a consid
! cable flow of blood but causing no se
rious injury. Mr. Yancey turned and
alvanecd upon Mr. Hill but tin par
ties were separatofl without further
results. Tlio Senate thereupon took
the matter in hand ami nv,tiled it.
This is the whole foundation for
the exaggerated account vvttich was
published after the war by tho Nasb
v’Ue Banner, and corrected by us in
the Montgomery Advertiser, at the
time, without, so far as ws remem
ber, a single contradiction being
made to our statement.. Indeed, it
was impossible that we could be mis
taken. unless the most trustworthy
gentlemen ia the Confederate Senate
at ‘he time could be disbelieved.
Mr. Yaie-.y died at bis residence,
near Ibis cnyfrom an affection of the
: kii neys, from which ho had suffered
forye irs. Dr. T. R. Hill,of this city,
since dead, wan his family physician.
011-ei s now living are conversant with
the facts. Wo were at Mr. Yaucy’s
bedside for weeks before Iris death,
and know that he suffered excrucia
tingly from the effects of disease upon
his kidn iy ;. Du j this pi rioi! he
never spoke harshly of Mr. H-'l or
else, and was in correspon
(TCuco with Air. Davis in the, hope of I
restoring tho old friendly relations be-1
tween himself and the Confederate!
President.
Mr. Yancy did think- the opportu
j nity of saving the Confederacy had
| been, to a great extent, lost bv the !
apathy or overweening confidence of |
! Hie Confederate chi whilst ho was
in England -but he was not bioken-
I hearted or without hope to the last. [
j Mr. Yancy had couvciscd calmly and j
I cheerfully with his friz ds up to the
| last few hours of his existence, when!
! lie became delirious, and, to all* ap
pearances, passed away unconscious |
!of I 's dissolutio i. Mr. Yancy had snf- !
i fered years be ore from a spinal afi'ec- !
I lion, caused by bis prolonged efforts, !
! first iu the Buchanan ermpoigu and j
| afterwuri • for tlio Ladio’s Mount Ver- j
I non Association in aid of the Washing-J
J ton Monument, ileforo that attack, j
! Mr. Yancey’s form was erect. ; subse
! fluently he appeared slightly Lent or I
i curved in the shoulders. But there
is no evidence in tho world to prove
that the attack of Mr. Ilill had the
remotest effect upon Mr Yancey’s
health or death. The inkstand thrown
at him only caused a slight incision |
on his cheek bone which booh healed
up leaving a small scar scarcely ilis
cernable. As familliar as the writer
was with Mr. Yancy, he should never
have noticed this scar, but fur tho
fact that on one occasion during the
warataithoiMul^i^^^^^l
own house, Col. Samuel Arrington
was sitting near Mr. Ynncy on the
porch, and asked what caused that
mark? Mr. Ynncy replied jocularly,
“Oh! it was obtained very honorably
-—but as the matter occurred in so
oret session, I cannot te.l you.” Af
terward when hoc rosy was removed,
we obtained the facts from other Sen
ators which we have related, and
wnieh may bo relied upon as correct.
Ili ecluTou tlm jtiunpngtf.
The Pl)month rust ir (iets Excited In
Tr'kinir to Uis Congregation.
[From Iter-eher's Lust Friday Night’s Talk.]
For the past twenty years my life
has been open to the public. I have
occupied a position above all others
exposed to the keen eyes of criticism
and defenseless against assault. My
sermons and lecture-room talks have
been caught up and printed. Even
the consecration of my house has
been brought to the public ear and
eye. I have raised my voice against
(lie curse of slavery when to be an
.Abolitionist was to attack the fierce
invective and hatred of the North and
i South. I have stood a lightning-rod
c itching the malignant fire, and lap
ped by the forked tongues of every
t,bunder cloud that dark: r.cd heaven;
1 have been hunted by newspapers
that ha-.l nothing bettor to do than to
make common p-ewera of themselves.
If lam that guilty man, how can I
'stand? How, except God be with
me and lam rigid! [ Immense and
prolonged cheers.] Don’t interrupt
j me so long.
And now I want to speak of Mrs.
i Moulton. I give place to no man in
tho honor I give to womankind. _ To
that 1 yield a chivalric uevcrence. I
was taught it by my mother, and her
teachings Ido not forget. I reaffirm
here, as I lmv. said before, that Mrs.
j Moulton has perjured herself. I also
affirm that my answers in court wero
| true, and this I say with God as my
judge. (Many cheers.) My conver
sation with Mrs. Moulton was as del
icate as I could make it, and I know
a woman's delicacy resides within
my manly bosom. She may have
made it other. To have talked with
her, as she affirms, Would have made
I me blush with crimson. lam not
afraid to go before any just tribunal
on the globe. But. in suclx a hodge
podge as the council they wanted
Would have been, never 1 Isay to
. them‘T won’t!” I say to them that
give mo these words of cruelty and
wrong, in the kvngrmgu of Pipil,
“(toil will smite them, thou whited
I’ve tried to preach ns tliougn an
were in the ground b<
ucath, and the storm were in -the air.
And if tlioj disfranchise this
church, I will stay here as long as
you.wish me. (Cheers.) The mo
ment it becomes known to-uio that
any great number of my people \vW
mo to close nty labors, tho sun will
not go down oil tied day with their
v,ii-ih unsatisfied. (Applause.) If I
am the candle of the Lord, you are
the golden caudle-sticks. i shall
stand', yes; and “having done all to
stand.” [Loud and continued ap
plause.]
Mr. Beecher never spoke in his
church with so much effect upon his
bearers. Oftentimes there was not u
face to be seen which did not wear a
crimson appearance; every eye seem
to protrude from the socket, and fre
quently, in his closing allusions to
his ministry and his church, there
were frequent tears.
Tub Y: i.'w. Kwcationx- Jake
was heard calling accrues the fence to
his u eight hit’s son, a colored youth
who goes to school at tho Atlanta
col, ived university r
“Look Uyar, boy, you goes ter
school, don’t yer ?”
“Yes, s'v,” replied the boy.
“(JiLiu eddykashun, ain’t yer?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Larnin ’ritlsmetiek an’ figgeriu on
a slate eh ?”
“Yes, siv."
“Well, it don’t take two whole
days ter make a hour, do it?”
“V>”v, no !” exclaimed tlio boy.
“You was gwilie ter bring dat
hatchit back in a hour, waru’t yer ? ’
‘ Yes, sir.”
“An’ its bill two days senco yer
borrowed it. Now, what good’s ed
dykashun gwino ter do you thick
skulled niggers when yer go to school
a whole year and den can’t tell how
long it takes to fetch back a hatchit?”
The hoy got. mad and slung tho
hatchet over the fence and half-way
through an ash-barrel. —Atlanta Con
stitution.
The 10 icalyptus plants introduced
some years ago into tho Homan Cam
pagna, with the object of nentralizeing
the miasmatic, emanations which make
the district so unhealthy, are r, -
ported to be in a thriving condition.
It is believed that there are already
iudicatious of some special action by
the trees upon the atmosphere. At
any rate they will by their mere
growth consolidate and dry up tho
marshy soil for some distance around,
and that alone will have a beneficial
effect. Some confirmation lias, also,
it is said’ been obtained of tho belief
common in Australia that a decoction
or e x tract of t lie Eucalyptus is a remedy
laud prophylactic against the type of
■ disease that has for ages rendered a
largo part of the Canipaigna uninhabi
table during certain seasons, and
| caused no inconsiderable portion to bo
altogether deserted.
A short man became attached to a
i tall woman, and somebody said
that, he had fallen in love with her.
j “Do you call it falling in love?” said,
the suitor; it’s more like climbing up
to it.”
An Indiana man bet ten dollars tliat
he could ride the ily-wheel of a saw
mill and as his widow paid the bet
she remarked: “William was a kind
husband, but finin’ t