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(Qinlnuiii sjeitorhr.sjeitorhr. '•t 4 T. A. fI A ITT., T’foili'i'.' ■• HM. MciSTOSil, - -i lit • THURSDAY, -TAN l ARY 27. Is7fi * 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