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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1869)
®lje tUcchlii Constitutionalist, BY STOCKTON & CO, OUR. TERMS. The following are the rates of Subscription: Daily, one year. $lO 00 Whelt, one year $8 00 To Clarence * ON 813 DEPARTURE FROM HOME. Clouds are In the wintry sky, And the winds go sighing by : AU the house is strangely still, . But my heart with painful thrill, Throbs and aohes too much for sleep, And, alas 1 I wake to weep I On the morrow thou must go, And my. foolish tears o'eiflow ; Foolish—for ’'is better so. Oh 1 thou child of many prayers I May thy mother’s midnight tears Shield from sin m coming years 1 For the life thou goest to meet Has, tho’ hid by rosesjweet, Pitfalls for unwary feet Shun the wine cup’s rosy beauty; Be tby watchwords Love and Duty. And some back to chase my sorrow,’ Pure as when we part to-moirow. Let not Pleasure’s radiant face Woo thee to her false embrace; May thy mother's midnight prayer - Save thee from each art’ul snare I Fill thy mind with useful lore, Kepp of holy thoughts a store— Be thyself—l ash no more 1 Oh I my darling, darling boy I May there be no base alloy In my pure maternal joy. On the day of thy return May my heart as fondly hum With a mother’s holy pride, As when leant thee from my side. Blessings follow thee—hind- Heaven To the treasure thou hast given, To my noble, manly^py, Grant an honored me of Joy. Rathe meet, tho’Am home parted, Friends—the truh~id gentle-hearted 1 Blessings follow thee, and tears Hallowed by a mother’s prayers I Miles may part us, bnt thy soul, Spuming distar.ee- time’s control — Will, within its fountains dsep, As its sacred treasure* keep, Wheresoever thoumayest roam, Thoughts of Mother and Sweet Home I Augusta, February 8,1869. R, A. L. The Drunkard's Daughter. M G. W. BCSGAV. Out on the street, w ! th naked feet, I saw the drunkard’s little daughter; Her tattered shawl was thin and a™* ll j Bhe Utile knew, tor no one taught her. Her skin was fair, her au urn hair Was blown about her pretty forehead; Her.tad, white face wore aorr nvV trace, And want and woe that were not borrowed. Heart-broken child, sheselddm rutiled; Hope pro mi-ad her ho bright to-morrow; Oh If Its iljht dashed ou her night, Then up came darker aloud*, of sorrow. . She softly said, “ We have no bread— No wood to keep the Are a-burning The child was Hi, the wind so chill. Her thin, cold blood to ice was turning, - ~ But men well fed and warmly clad. And ladie* robed in richest fashion, Passed on the side where no one cried' To them for pity er compassion. That lone night fled, and then the light Os rosy <L-y in beauty shining, Bet dome, and spire, and root on Are, And shone on one blyond repining. Asleep—alone—as cold as stone, Where no dear parent ever sought her, In winding sheet «f stow and sleet, Was found the drunkard’s lifeless daughter. The Shadowed Hirer. In the clear Sep ember moonlight, Hark the eastern mountains rise,- Ahd the river calm *s ever. One broad lake of river ies. Like a (tame the leafy-garden Clasps the dreamy picture round, And I gaze an g tze 1 never, By the spell of beauty bound. O’er the water’s bum’shed mirror, Darkly glide the shadowed ships ; So the glowing past Is shaded By our sorrowing thought's eclipse. Bright, broad river, flow forever -* In the moonlight to the sea; But those joyous days thou never, Never can’s! bring baekto me. See the frame the leafy garden An-bes round the pie'ured scene, Like a cypress wreath is growing Dark—too dark, for this, I ween. He who wreathed the lovely landscape With these green and shady bowers, Taken from ns, went forever With his fleering garden flowers. And the lawn beneath the llrden, And-the shrubs and vines of green, And the fragrant bed* of roses, And the winding paths between. And the house In beauty bowered, Rare in beauty of its own, Ne’er again may hear the music Os those days forever flown; Ne’er again shall hear the laughter Os the joyous company Whom the festal days of Bummer Crowned with mirth and melody. Silent river, sadly flowing; shadowed sails like riioughts of pain, Slowly cross thy gleaming silver— But they e .ten the light again. Dark y bend the mmmtajns o’er thee. Dim and dusky in the iflght; But their summits woo the moonbeams, And are touched with heavenly light. Life is rich and nature lavish; Providence is large as Fate; Many a ioy Key hide in sec.et. For the lone and desolate After sunset clouds of crimson, After twilight comes the moon, Alb-r moon-set still the starlight, MiU the morning'* daily boon. And the cloud that lowere the larkest Holds rite Mes-lng of the rain, And the gric* that stuns the deepest Hath another touch than pain. O. P. Crutch in Hearth and Home. Void from the Church Yard.—The fol lowing Is an inscription on • tombstone In MassurhusKts. It Is beautiful : IcMnstaU.ereoro.ng 1.-Mbpri^ , wslked out R noon—lt jsMre.d.w.rerere-H-.-A^ I laid at* (team nt ntabt-l^waa^iMW■ Dirtt Shirts—A Loving Epistle from an Indiana State Senator to the Wife of his Bosom.— The editor of the Indianapolis Mirror snatches from oblivion the following epistolary gem from a potent, grave, &c., Sena tor to his wife, which was picked np in the streets of Indianapolis : # Senate Chamber, ) _ Thursday Night, 14. J Dear Lotta : I jnst received your letter of Sabbath this evening. Owing to mistakes at the P. O. it bad been misplaced. Whv did yon not direct your letters as I told yon sand why in the devil did yon not do as 1 told yon in re gard to the baggage I Now yon have gone and seat ray things down here, how in the hell do I know where to find them? Ton just say. “Yonr shirts will be in a box.” -Now ain’t that very definite information ? Where did yon send them, and how ? If yon wanted to depart from ray instructions, why did yon not write to me at the same time yon sent the things, and how? This is all I hove to say on that subject, and may be I will get the shirts, and may be not. If it will do you any good, 1 will just tell you that I had no dean shirt, and don’t intend to have until I get one lrQm home. How do yon suppose I am to know what to expect if yon don't do as I tell yon ? I am very sorry to hear that little Louie is not well, but I hope she is better by this time. I shall feel very uneasy nntil I hoar from vou again. I want you to write to me right away again, and tell me everything. Tow did not aay who had been staying with yon. Where did yon sleep when yon stayed down homo ? Give best respects to all the folks, and write tome soon. Yours, A Bishop Mistaken fob a Ku Klcx.—The Southern negroes, in their horror of Ku Klux mysteries, are particularly fearful of grave yards, They have always been snperstltious In this regard, bnt now they will not go with in a mile of a cemetery. An amusing story is told about Bishop Beckwith, of Georgia, who had occasion, some time ago, to visit a remote portion of bis diocese. There were not many Episcopalians in that region of Georgia, bnt few of the whites had ever seen a successor of the Apostles, and the negroes did not know what sort of a creature a Bishop was. It soon became noised about that on a certain evening the Bishop would arrive and hold services in a church of a certain vil lage of the above district, and the whole neigh borhood was filled with cariosity to go and see the queer animal that read prayers out of a book. The negroes were especially excited, and- they determined to attend the ehurcb in mass. The house of worship was not an Epis copal Church; consequently it had no vestry room In which the Bishop could put on bis vestments. This difficulty was, however, re medied by some one’s suggesting that tbe Bishop should robe himself behind the church, and come round and enter at the front door. So he sent, s friend with his surplice, who placed it behind a tombstone, where’ it would be at band-when he should require It. Long before the lime designated for'the opening services, the little church had become filled with the whites of the vicinity, apd the negroes, finding that tßare was no mom for looide, packed before the door. The Bishop, at the appointed time, entered the graveyard by the hack gate, went np to the tombstone and donn ed his Episcopal vestures. The wind was blowing rather fresh, and test ns he turned Hie corner of the church a flaw spread out bis white robes. A negro immediately bawled ont. “Kn Klux! Ku Ktnxl” They aH locked around and beheld the flaunting -white gar ments approaching; the whole crowd took to their heels, shrieking “Ku Ktuxl” In ten seconds not a single darkey could be seen, but tbe sound of their footsteps 1b the distance fell upon tho ear, and for half an hour afterword "fcotild be heard the terrible words, “Ku KlnxJ” Ku Klsxl” far off in the oonnlry, as the at 'ftigbted crowd were making for their homes. London Fogs and the Perils of London Btreets.— The following striking picture ap pears io tbe Loudon Daily Hews of tbe 4th inst: A London day such as yesterday brings evils home About,l2 o’clock, when towo traffic ran high, a fog descended that might be felt; it was not yellow, it was black. Tbe lamps could hardly penetrate it; cabs crawled along ; well' 'known houses took new and peculiar shapes ; a grimy cloud come down and filled the streets from side to side. One portion of the traffic, however, seemed little affected by the fog. Big vans and wagons jolted along in their usual jaunty way. these huge vehicles go slowly they are a nuisance, but not a danger ; they binder traffic, but do not hurt any body ; they kill time bnt nothing else. Yet. when they go fast, they are tbe most murderous engines ever invented since tbe scythe chariots of the old world wars. We must admit that their horses are fine beasts, bnt we do not fancy that their best ooint of view for admlriog them is under the feet—though tbe public are too -often forced to assume that Ignominious atti tude. Forty-five persons were killed by vans last year in London. ExprO'S trains have not to answer, as a rule, for anything like the same annual loss of life. In the case of these vans, there is really no excuse ; they need be in no bnrry, and when they are Jolted recklessly along ■it is simply because the driver is careless, and thinks, by the weight ol his vehicle, to crush aside all rivals on wheels. The street traffic net, passed last session, baa fallen far short of its aims. A Rangoon journal reports tbe crucifixion ol a learned roan for his religious tenets, at Man delav, the capital of Bnrmar. The following Is said to be a true statement of the case: A Bur man of great respectability, rad in bis own way a highly educated man, began to denounce tbe worafaip of the Pongees, as being not oniv wrong in itself, bnt contrary to tbe true spirit of pure Bhnddism. He' at the same time ex posed tbe gross abuse of pqwer which is so common among the men of tbe yellow robes, and the Iniquities In which 100 many of them indulge. He, in fact, preached a reformed Bhnddism, and did bis utmost to rid that reli gion of many of i£s worst features. A few fol lowers, to the number of about forty, adopted the reformed religion, and all Went about en deavoring to aid in the good eanse. For this heinous crime the leader of this little band was crucified, some of bis disciples thrown into prison, and all more or less persecuted. We mentioned some time ago that the cele brated Ericsson had invented a machine for utilizing the heat of tbe sun’s rays. It seems now test a Frenchman, named Moochot, tan# been experimenting la the same direction. Mr. Lonis Figuier, well known for Ms popular treatises on geology nnd natural history, has written a communication to a French news paper, detailing tee prooesaea followed by Mr. Monehot, and averiog that the latter has suc ceeded in actually driving a small steam engine by means ol teem. A coocave reflector I# used to conceuti a»e the sunshine on a boiler black ened with smoke, and it Is ‘computed that in the latitude of Pari* tbe beat reflected from a surface ol a square metre, or little more ttatn a square yard, will make a quart of water, taken st tbe freezing point, Isoil In ten minutes. By j tbe same calculation, sn area of 100 sq oMr < ! metres will furnish aa much bast in ten hours re can he got from harping sixty pounds of cost. In tropleal region*, perhaps, tbs amount won Id lie still greater. It is evident that we are here oo the track of • stupendous Improve ; incut Ip tea methods of gate log aiatbaaiaai power, which, liltlsfe ha pod, may bs rac -1 cmmhilly fallow** Y. Ihm. AUGUbTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24. 1869. Hcmors of Advertising.—The Stamlbfd (Com..) Advocate is the medium through which the fabbtni Sarah exposes the vices of her faith less swain, In the following words : To the Public. —Whereas, my husband, Edward H. Jones, boa talseiy advertised that 1 have left bis bed and board, and that be will pay no debts of my contracting, &e., this is to inform the public that the aforesaid Edward H Jones has neither bed -nor board for me to leave, he having been living at the expense or my father. Under pretense of procuring money to pay hie way to Birmingham, Conn, he bor rowed a dollar of my father, and with that paid for this lying advertisement against me, and even after that dastardly act, he took all the money I had, and borrowed every cent in my mother’s possession aud left the town. For the past three months he has been kept from nakedness and starvation by tbe exer tions of myscll and relatives; he squandered in dissipation all tbe money his inborn laziness would allow him to earn. The seamp need not have advertised that he would pay no debts of my contracting, for the public well know that he would not pay bis own. He Is a lazy, ungrateful, loafing scoundrel— not content with living at the expense of my relatives and borrowing their money, he pub liehes an outrageous lie. His bed and board I indeed—ls left to himself, his bed would be nothing but a board, and I should not be ranch, surprised if the bed he dies in were made of boards with a strong cross-beam overhead. Sarah A. Jones. • - —. —' —, Heading Him Off Round the World.— Hong Kee, a Chinaman, who has been for some time been playing diamond cut diamond With the sham and enterprising San Francisco mer chants, and who lately victimized several them to the extent of -eighteen thousand dol lars, sailed last Thursday for China In the steamer Japan. Bnt telegrams were at onee sent to Hong Kong, by .way of New York, London and Ceylon, to arrest him and recover the goods. Hong Kee, this Chinese Swartwcnt er from San Francisco, offers almost a ludi crous picture as be harries to Hong Kong, pig tail in air, as fust m steam can carry him, only to be confronted and confounded there by the fatal message which has been sent tn exactly the opposite direction by electricity to meet hies. That the San Francisco merchants can thus head him off round the world is a surpris ing and significant feet. How It confuses our notions of Est and West! How strikingly it indicates the part which electricity and steam are to play In the future all over the. globe! How suggestive Is it of the changes which these potent modern agencies have already made and are yet to make on the map of jjic world! Henceforth the United States must occupy the proud central position hitherto alloted by the Chinese themselves to the Flowery Kingdom. jN. Y. Herald. Under the title of “ Telegraphs in Rusias,” the Odessa Journal says : “The first telegraphic lines were established in Russ ; a In 1858, and ran from Bt. Petersburg to Moscow, Cronstndt, Warsaw and Krennlgs berg. With the establishment of tbe last, for which a convention was signed with Prussia, began the international correspondence with the other States of !»»»•■ -etr.ee aims tuoo net work has united the most important tore*, of Russia to each other. Id 1885 wa had 81,450 verts (five-eights ofa mile each) of telegraphic lines, with 323 stations. In that year 1,647,375 telegrams were sent. Among the lines which are not yet terminated is that which ia to go to America through Siberia, and which cannot be ended before 1870. In the year 1865 a tele graphic communication was established with Persia, and this is now continued to India. A telegraphic station is established at Pekin, and is beginning to overcome the aversion felt by the Chinese Government for the telegraph.” San Francisco. —The growth of this import ant city on the Pacific coast hss been one of the most wonderful even among the rapid changes to be witnessed in the United States. In 1880 the valuation of property lor purposes of taxa tion was *31,621,214, and in 1868 it had raised to *109,360,826. A comparison between the condition of Ban Francisco In 1860 and in 1868' has recently published, from which it appears that the statistics of 1860 were as follows: Population, 60,802; number of houses, 10,128, principally of wood, poorly built, and of a small size; annual cost of school department, *156,407; number of pupils enrolled, 6,106; per centage of attendance, 83; daily average attendance, 3,887. In 1868 the population was 147,950; number of houses, 18,000; annual cost of school department, *876,393; number of pupils enrolled, 17,436; per centage of at tendance, 93.85 ; daily average attendance, 17, * 426. During 1808 tbe value of the Improve ments made has been estimated at *10,060,000, exclusive of *l,soo,ooo«xpcnded on the streets. A free school of telegraphy for women Is to be opened at Cooper Institute, New York, un der the direction of tbe Trustees of the Cooper Unidn. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany will supply the instroetions. The fol lowing are the roles : 1. The term commences on the 15th day of February, and ends on the Ist day of July, 1869. 2. Applications will he received during the month of February, and must be made In the handwriting of the appli cant. Examinations for admission will take place on Fridays only, st 11, a. m. 8. Appli cants must be at least seventeen years old, and not over twenty-fonr. Satisfactory reference as to character Is required before they can be admitted as pupils. Any pupil absent three times without satisfectory excuse forfeits her position in tbe school. Only pupil# who are prepared to accept situations ont of the city of New York, as toon as they are qualified, can be admitted to the school. The Turkish admiral, Hobart Pasha, dis tinguished hlmßelf during our late war as a blockade runner. Twelve times he Is said to have broken tbe blockade at Charleston, each time under circumstances of great danger, and ■in consequence of this he published his remi niscences under the title of “ Never Caught.” When the Turks, a few weeks ago, scut him to Crete in order to destroy the Enosls, the Rus sian Minister, General Ignatieff, made energetic efforts to retain him at Constantinople. Politi cal argaments being unavailing, an ac.iop for debt was at last brought against him, in tbe hope that be would be Imprisoned, or, at oil events, detained. But tbls device, too, was frustrated, and be got away safely. Arriving on board of hi* ship, his first act was to for ward to the Russian Ambassador, together with a polite message, his little work entitled “ Never Caught.” A telegram from Ban Francisco brings Mexi can news to Jan nary 31. There bad been ter rible floods in tbs State ol Sinaloa in conse quence of prolonged rates. Many streams overflowed thetr banks, doing grout damage to property. Several villages arc reported to have been entirely destroyed. Involving great lore of life. Tbe people fled to the bills to escape the danger, and were suffer log for the necessartes of life. _ _ | John Adorn* was remarkable ss sn surly 1 riser, as a great smoker, aud a* s lover of eider. It was common with him to rise at 3 or 4 I o’clock In tbe morning, nnd read, smoke, and 1 drink cider for on* or two hours before the rest of tee family wan ottering. When lie wont ont to dine 1m wot never at case unions Ire bsd 1 with him bla own pewter plate to eat from, it was bU invariable custom to Iska tbe letter er i licit with hire wherever be went. “ Scbmall-Box." We find this withont a credit, bnt of. coarse it eoeld come from no one but the ** Fat Con tributor » of the Cincinnati Times: There are a few men In Cincinnati who make a living by selling cheap signs of various kinds, to hang outside corner groceries, saloons, etc. Since It was recommended by the board of health that a sign inscribed “ small-pox ” should Be suspended in front of houses where that disease prevailed, one of the most enter prising of the cheap sign dealers prepared a quantity of them, to be ready for an expected demand. The other morniug he called, with his assortment, at a lager beer saloon over the canal. • “ Want any signs ?” he inquired of the pert ly proprietor. “Yaw,” said Hans, ”1 vants a sign ‘Saw dust Vaunted.’ ” , “ Here it is,” said tbe dealer, who was a bit of a wag, handing him one of his amgU-pox signs, and receiving his pay, departed. The unsuspecting Teuton, supposing It was all right, and not being able to read English, hang it Outside’ of bis door. People passed on tbe Walk, saw the sign, turned pale, and har ried to the other side of the street. Regular customers came, Caught sight of the ominous inscription, with a hand on the door knob, and stole away, remarking that they guessed they weren’t very dry that morning, anyhow. An Importunate creditor, whom nothing could : daunt before, blanched at the sign, and, going home, be went straight tn bed. In the meantime the saloon keepor was wondering at tbe absence of his customers—- The regular forenpon luneh was spread—soup, boiled tripe, Bologna sausage, stewed liver and •Onions, sanerkraqt and brown bread—bnt no one to partake of it. Being of a 60ci«l dispo sition, this solitude Was oppressive to him, aside from being unprofitable. At length one man did come In’and call for a glass of beer. His fece was deeply pitted. He had had It. “ I see by yonr sign ont there,” said the man, with a motion of bis bead toward the from door, “ that yon have got It here.” “Nein,” replied Hails, supposing that he alluded to sawdust wanted, “I don’ bare got ’em now already, I yoost put* out mine sign so getcb ’em vea dey gomes die vay, all de vile t” “ Yon want to eatch It?” said the easterner, in amazement. “Yaw, that’s what’s the madder. 1 vants whole loads iDf’em. Good tinge to have mit der bouse, I peaks 'em np mlt der cellar, unt sbringles the floor mil my saloon all over ’em. It gleans ont a house bully, mlqd 1 tell you.” “ You’re right,” said the stranger. “If small-pox won’t olean ont a boose, [don’t know what will.” “Schmall box,” add the astonished Dutch man ; " vat von mean by sebmall box, hey ?” Explanations, of course, ensued, and the wrath of that beer-Jerkcr and lunch-setter was fearful to behold. Could be have fastened bis embrace on that painter At the time, he Would have “ died aud made no sign” more. “ Cotton on thb Brain.”— The Southwest ern Georgia correspondent of the Macon Tele graph gets off the tnltowing on the prevailing manta for cotton planting. Our farmers have Ml” M 'SMCTft terest before planting time comes around : Grafton—" Good morning, Capt. SeotL" Capt. Scott—“ It’s gone up to 27 cents, I see, and still rising.” G.—“ Pleasant day.” Capt. 8. —"Haven’t got enough hands this year, but I’ll plant for two hundred bales.” G, —“ now’s your family ?” Capt. B.—“ I think it’ll bring 85 cents a pound next year.” G.—“ Any news with you ?” Capt. 6.—“ If tbe worms don’t interfere; I’ll raise at least two hundred and fifty.” G.—“ We have had bad weather lately.” Capt. B.—“ I’m going to use plenty of fertil izers and improved Seed.” G.-l” AU weliat home f" Capt. B.—“ B*con is rising; the niggers have killed all my hogs, but I think I’ll have enough lo get through.” ( G.—“ You are looking a little older than when I saw you last.” Capt. B.—“ We ought to raise n bale to the aero In thiseou nty, but the niggers don’t work J;ke they used to.” G,—“ I won’t plant much corn this year. I can buy two acres of corn with one of cotton, and it don’t pay, yon see.” Capt. 8.— ‘‘ Think Congress will turn its ont again ?” G.—“ We never will raise as much as we used to. The demand Is greater, tile supply less, and, therefore, we ore bonnd to get a good price.” Valuable Patent to a Georgian.— We have been shown, says the Atlanta Constitution, A patent for a Non-vibrating Propeller, granted by the BHtlefa Government to James A. Joyner, a voung m*b bom at LaGrrage, In this Htate, and whose father resides In this city. From the description of It by the Liverpool Daily Rost, we should thlflk it destined to supercede #ll others as the motive power Id propelling Tessels. .Joyner’s bistftry has been rather an eventful one since the close of the war. He is now only about 38 years of age. Sixteen months ib the Confederate army, he was subsequently cow missioned by Mr. Davis a# master Id the volun teer navy. Running the blockade In 1868, he remained In that service until tbe close of the war. Next, he took command in 1866, of a. Liverpool Merchant vessel, Md sailed toCardis, In Wales, thence to South Africa. His vessel was then chartered for Hong Kong, China. He then retnrned to Germany, from that to Hol land, from Holland to Constantinople. In 1868, with arras he ran the blockade in tbe Cretan war, loaded with refugees, and was captured by a Turkish man-of-war. After being released he traveled through France, then went to Liver pool where he Invented tbe propeller alluded to. Scandaluk Magnatum.—Q. Smith, the nig ger judge who presides in this clrcnit, has made anew common law office. He says that if a man neglects to pay bl* taxes to the United States, he can be committed to jail for contempt of court. Tbe contempt is based upon tbe non-paying of the tax, bnt It Is simply a pre text. It consists, a* Is defined in tbe relgos of Edward I. and Richard II„ “ in any wrong, by words or lo writiog, done to high personages of tbe land, such as peersjudges, ministers of tbe crown, officers in tbe State, and oilier great public functionaries, by the circulation «t scandalous statements, false news, or horrible messages, by which any debate between them, and toe Parliament, or any scandal to their persons might qrlse.” Such a wrong Is scan • clalum magnatum. It differs, says tbe New York World, from mere promiscuous and tna- Ilgnaot lying about private persons In tjiat U Is reduced to no certain rnles and definitions, bnt it may be whatever shall be Judged to be de rogatory to tbe high character of the person of whom It gas spoken. An old Nisi Prlus re port tells ns that, while it was held to be barm less to say of efiy common person “he Is no more to he valued than a dog,” It #m held to be scandalnm m 'gnalum to say the sam* thing of a peer—Montgomery Mail. The Rov. John A. Meott, vs Wevt Virginia, tea Invented a camera for taking photograph* I ot lb« Mirth’s surface from any daslred height. t It I* sent up by a balloon, with a clock wor < to I Often end abut it at tea right elevation, and I whan It Is pulled down tba photographic Im I pees*lon la dwna. It ts tbosgbt It will he of I great MV In war. [From the Atlanta Intelfigenoer. GEORGIA. LEGISLATURE. Saturday, February 18, 1869. SENATE.' The Benate met this morning pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Smith, 7th. Roll being called, and quorum present, the Secretary read the Journal of yesterday. BILLS SRCOND TIME. To incorporate the Independent Telegraph Company. , To retrocede certain lands in the city of At ianta to tho beira of Samuel Mitchell. To authorise Judges of the Inferior ■ Gourde to hear and determine, at Columbus, motions for change of receivers, demurrers nnd bUTs In equity. To prescribe a penalty for refusing to work on roads. To amend on act for the relief of debtors. To give aid to prisoners In jail. To prevent blind person# for pnytng poll tax. REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY. The Secretary made a report relative to •forks. Referred to Auditory Committee. BILLS ON THIRD READING. To Incorporate the Darien Banking Com pany, and for other purposes. Passed. To incorporate the Atlanta Water Works Company. Laid on the table for the present. HOUSE BILLS FIRST READING. To incorporate the Savannah Bank and Trust Company. BILLS OB’ FIRST READING. Mr. Wooten—To alter and amend the taws of arbitration and awards, and for other purposes. Mr. Moore—To regulate and change the time of meeting of the General Assembly till July. Mr. Fain—To authorize S. 8. Mann to ped dle withont licence. Mr. Griffin, 21st—To promote and preserve peace on election days In this State. Mr. Speer*-To repeal section 897 of Irwin’s Code. , 4 Senate adjourned. HOUSE. House met pursuant to adjournment, and woe opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Brantly. Mr. Soott, of Floyd, moved *0 reconsider so much of tbe Journal of yesterday as relates tn tbe lose of the Mil creating a Land aud Immi gration Bureau for tbe State; Motion t 6 re consider prevailed and the Mil referred to spe cial committee. Mr. Bryant moved to reoonslder to much of the Journal as relates to the passage ot the bill' providing for an election of members of Con gress. The previous question wag called and sus tained, and the motion to reconsider was lost.' A message was received from the Governor, stating that he had sighed tho following bills: A bill to alter and amend an act to levy and collect taxdl on circuses; also, a bill to extend the charter of the Savannah Gas Light Com pany. Lo D g-A_j-esQta^taß ; gre.«ri stay In the city. Adopted. Mr. Hall, of MVrlwethCr—A resolution au thorizing the appointment of a committee of, three to inquire whether any officer of the State has deposited any State money In any bank. Rules surpended nnd resolution adopted. BILLS ON THIBD READING. A hill for the relief of James O. Martin, of thucounty of Brooks. Passed. A hill t/> change the Hoe between the Coun ties of Btewart nnd (Jaitraan. Amended, pass ed and transmitted to the Senate. On motjon of Mr. Shumate, the bill creating • new jndlelal ctrCnlt, to he railed the Rome. Circuit, was taken up, nnd the House concurred in the Senate amendments thereto. A bill regnlatlog the .manner of hiring OUt convicts. Passed. Oa motion of Mr. Bryant, tho Rouse ad journed until Monday morning, fhene being no quorum present. Monday, February 16. SENATE. Senate called to order by the President. Prayer by Mr. Adams. Journal ol proceedings of Saturday read and approved. BILLS FIRST READING. Mr. Wooten—To require Justice* of tbe peace to make out lists of persons liable to tax Mr. Wellborn—-To authorize tho Governor to endorse the bonds of the North Georgia and MorgantOD Railroad. Mr. Richardson—To prohibit thp granting of, license to retail spirituous liquors in quantities less than one quart in Dawson county. • Mr. Dickey—To amend act enabling mining companies to divert water from creeks , and, branches. Mr. Burns—To change the law of evidence. Also, to Incorporate the Rome and Sumuter- ViHe Turnpike Company. Mr. Brnton—To require Mayor and Alder men of Balnbrldge to assess taxable property, rad for other purposes. SENATE BILLS THIRD READING. To ebaoge manner of directing bench war rants. Tbe Jndlclary Committee recommend its passage. Report agreed to rad bill passed. To amend act to give landlords lira on crops of tenants. Jndieiary Committee report back without recommendation. To amend charter of the dty of Albany. Jo dietary Committee recommend Its passage. Re port agreed to and 1 111 passed. To amend the net relative to salts against rail road companies. Jndlclary Committee recom mend Ms passage. Report agreed to aud bill passed. To Increase the fees of Jurors. Jndlclary Committee recommend that it do not pare.— Report agreed to and bill lost. To define and ponieh parties for removing joint or partnership fences. Committee on In ternal Improvements recommend Its passage With an amendment. Report agreed to aud bill aa amended passed. To make valid the sets of certain notaries public. Jndieiary Committee recommend Its passage. Report agreed to and Mil pawed. To give physicians linns on property of em ployers. Jndieiary Committee recommend It do not pass. Withdrawn. To amend set changing lines between conn ties of Tslbot and Meriwether. Commutes o • County Lines report back without recommen dation. Withdrawn To repeal »fCtlot;J3s2s of Irwin’s Cods, giv ing lien ofjudgmerit on transferred property. Judiciary Committee recommend that it do not past. Report agreed to and bill lost. A bill lo amend net to glvt laadlords liens on erops of tenants again utk ;n up Recommits <l. To lay oft and organize » new county out of the counties of Monroe, Pike and Upson. Com mittee on New Counties recommend tt»pas sage. Indefinitely postponed. To change tbe lines between the counties of Talbot and Meriwether. Again taken up, rad bill lost. To define Jurisdiction of notaries public tx ojfu in Justice* of the peace. Judiciary Com. ■niltee recommend It do not pres. Report agreed to and bill lost To change time far holding Superior Court lo Cherokee county. Judiciary Genre ttta* re commend lu passage with aa amendment Report agreed to Mid bill passed. HOUSE BILL TUI no REAPING, To change tire* of bolding ttupvrter Court lo ' VOL. 28. HO. 8 Colombia, Johnson, Washington and Emanual counties. Judiciary Committee recommend its passage. Report agreed to and bill passed. RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. Hnngerford—Adopted: Resolved, That a spat oir the floor of the Benate be tendered Judge Bavery, of New York, durlog bis stay in this city. By Mr. Candler—Tabled: That aftei to-day tbe Senate meet daily nt 9 o’clock and adjonrn at half-past one o’clock. Bv Mr. Hinton—Lost: That the General Assembly take a recess or Wednesday next for flffoeb days. Beats were tendered Hon. C. D. McCutchen and R. H. Whitely. By Mr. Burns— Whereas, The Enrollment Committee bay lug failed to do their duty Is -examining clerks appointed by tbe Secretary, and there are now twenty-five clerks to the Senate, Resolved, That a special committee of three be appointed to examine said clerk* not exam ined, touching their qualifications and appoint mentß. - , . The yeas and nays were demanded on tbs motion to Jay on the table. The following is the vote: , Yeas—Messrs. Adams, Bowers, Dlekey, Fain, Harris, Hinton, Hnngerford, Jordan, Merrell, Moore, Richardson, Bherman, Smith, of the Tib, Smith, of tbe 36tb, Speer, Wellbourn, Welch and Wooten—lß. Nays—Messrs. Adkins, AnderSffn, Brnton, Brock, Burns, Candler, Col Her, Griffin, of the oth, Hicks, Holcombe, MoArthur end Whan— -1- .i . Mr. Burns gave notice ol aoUsn to rscou slder. COMMON SCHOOL?, The Committee on General Bdueatlou, through Mr. Winn; reported a btU providing a common school system tor tbe State. On mo tion, one hundred copies were ordered to be printed. Senate adjourned. *0 . t.: HOUSE. -.****.<#* tef House met pufouanttp adjournment. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Crumley. Journal road and approved. Mr. Flournoy moved to suspend tee rules to take up resolution authorizing the tax collect- " ore of Washington county lo>W tbsoreanty tax of entd county, as a loan from the State to assist the citizens to build a jail rad court house. Rates suspended aud resolution taken up. , - Mr. Flournoy said that the Jail out) court house wee destroyed by Ihe Fuderal army. Tbs cltta ms don’t ask the State to give there tho taxes, but to loan tbe money till tee taxes of 1809 could bc collected. Mr. Brown moved the adoption of the reso lution. Mr. O’Neal offered an amendment adding tho county of Lowndes, Lost. Mr. Brown Culled previous question on original resolution. Sustained, nnd resolution lost. ... Mr. Scott, ot Floyd—A resolution proposing so give one dollar oX eacjjjft«p t m»«rtd h tfic Georgia Memorial AssoeiaHoii, for Abe burial of tno'Confederate dead In the State of Georgia, to ha paid to tho Trustees of .asM Association op demand. Mr. Saiiwfj said that momher* might wUU .(0 give this much for the burial of tbe Con federate dead, but would a vote Os the majority bind the baktoce? He did not think It woCM, and ns the end had bora acoompUshsdjby tbw reading of the resolution, and those who wbot* ed to could glvt to this objeet; be therefore moved to IndcfiuHely portpou# We tesqtetlon. And the rnotlpn prevailed. Mr lLtll, of Meriwether, moved thejurttevr suspension of (he rules to appoint » special a 'mmltteo Os Messrs. Flournoy, Phillips rad Bryant, from the House, to, co-operate with • committee of two from tho Semite, for the por po.-e of bringing on u speedy and final settle ment with John Jones, former Treosorer.-*- Rtllcs suspended and resolution adopted. Mr. Flournoy asked to be reliewd from serving on the commutes, The Choir ruled that sic COttld not be relieved. Mr. Hall, of Mrriwetber, submitted the rdpdrt of tbe committee on the Baltech-Angler em broglio, and, on motion, one baudrad copies , were ordered printed for, tee use ot the House. 'nilXS ON YHfkD RBADrild. A bUi to amend charter ot Branswiek end Florida Railroad. Passed. 1 *•» *. A MU to carry Into effect the 18th secfloti of l«t article of tbeooustlttrtfon, tn regard to Hens Os laborers, Ac. Vaesed. A bill ts regulate tbe letting out of convicts from the Georgia penitentiary, only tweflty flve to be hired to one contractor. Passed. - A bill to amend section 1441 of Irwin’*Code. Passed. A bill to regulate the Introduction of testi mony by Interrogatories. Lost. ■, • A bill to lsy out and organize a now county In tbw county of Decat nr, to be known as the county of Jenkins, In honor of flos. Charles 3, Jenkins Mr. Half, of Glynt», moved to postpone tho bill Indefinitely. Mr. McCullough said the question we* a county matter, rad, a petition bed been sub mitted to the committee, signed by • largo number qj citizens of Decatur county, asking that the new county be made. Mr. Higdon said no one objected to the bill, hut the Senator from that District sod be lived at the county sits of the eonoty of Decstto.— His constituents, some of them, lived twenty and twenty-eight miles from the county site, and they all desired the new county. The citi zens would bear the expense and make the county self-sustaining. •Mr. O’Neal spoke to favor of. the new coun ty. Said the citizens of Thomas county wsM opposed to the pew county because tb« new town proposed to be bnilt would Injure Thom as vllle. Mr. Baussejr spoke In favor of tbe bill, Mr. Carson was opposed to tbe blit. Motion to postpone lodefioltaty was lost. Motion made by Mr. Phillips, to recommit, was lost. Blanks In tbe bill Oiled by adding tee rare chnnty to tbs Southern Judicial Circuit, euA name of the county alte to be Harrol. Mr. Johnson, of Towns, moved to strike PU* the name of Jenkins and call it Boone county. Vote taken on passage of tbe bill, and yea* and nays called and weryt' Yeas, 65 ; n*ys, 44. Two-tblrds not voting for toe bill it was lost, (Constitution requires two-thirds vote.) A bin to smend the charter of the eltjr of Ms- * coir to bring on election for Mayor and Coun dl—(Mr. Spark’s bin.) Passed nod transmit ted to Hcnfttfe. A Wn to incorporate Savannah Manufactu ring Company. Passed. A bill to repeal sn act passed last session, so far ss relates tn tbe issuing of psis phlct decis ions of the Supreme Court. Passed. A Mil to anthoriee John TayiOr to peddle without license. Recommitted A bill to tocorporetr Rome Iron Manufactu ring Company. Passed. < A bill W amend charter of city of Atlanta, audio provide fore isglstrstloo ot voter*.— I’ustcd Mr. Parks, of Owlwratt, Braved to sespmd rules to take up no liuportaet resolution, who rules were suspended Mid resolution read, tir ing Comptroller Orasrsl 10 par sent. 00 colls*- linn of oonventloß UE. Committee rccopj iu>h'l A pe' cent. Resolution adopted M "Srtfi.ll..., or Moreen, moved to tab* up
