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DAY STORM ON.
Subject: “Siege of Lucknow.’*
Txxr • “When thou shalt Nssiege a city a
tone lim* in making war against it to t ke
jt thou shalt not destroy the tr ess th*r *o‘ by
forcing an ax against them.”—Deuterono¬
my* xx., 19*
The aw r nlest thing In war Is besiegement.
jot to the work of deadly weapons it adds
kumrer and starvation and plague. Besingp
ment is sometimes necessary, but my text
oommaniis mercy even ill that. The fru.t
trees must be spared because they afford
lood for man. “Tbou shalt not destroy the
trees thereof by forcing an ax against
them.” But in my recent journey round the
worldl found at Lucknow. India.theremains
of the most merciless besiegement of the
ages, and I proceed to tell yoB that story for
four great reasons—to Show you what a dor
rid thing war is and to make you all advo¬
cates for pence, to show you what genuine
Christian character is under bombar imenr,
to put a coronation on Christian courage,
and to show you how splendidly good people
die. glided into the dimly lighted
As our train
station I asked the guard, “Is this Luck¬
now?” and he answered, “Lucknow,” at the
pronunciation of which tfirough propar name strong
emotions rushed body, mind ami
soul. of suffering, of
The word is a synonym
cruelty, of heroism, of horror such as is sug¬
gested by hardly any other word. We have
for thiriy-flve years been reading of the
agonies there endured and the daring deeds
there witnessed. It was my great desire to
have some transacted one who. in Lucknow had witnessed, in 1857 the
scenes con¬
duct u* over the place. We found just the
n>an. He was a young soldier at tne time
the greatest mutiny of the ages, broke out,
and he was put with others inside the
residency, whioh was a cluster of buildings
making a iortress in which the representa¬
tives oi the English Govercment lived and
which was to be the scene of an endurance
and a bombardment the story of whioh.
poetry and painting and history and secular
and sacred eloquence have been trying to de¬
pict. Our escort not only had a good
memory of what had happened, but had
talent enough to rehears* the tragedy. India
In the early part of 1857 all over the
natives were ready to break out in reoelliou
against ail foreigners and representatives especially against the
the civil nnd military of
English Government.
A half dozen causes are mentioned for the
feeling of discontent and insurrection that
was pvineed throughout India. Tu* most
of these causes were mere pretexts. Greased
cartridges were no doubt an exasperation.
The grease ordered by the English Govern¬
ment to be used on these cartridges was
taken from con's or pigs, and bite grease to the
Hindoos is unclean, and to th<-se car¬
tridges at the loading ot the guns would be
an offense to the Hindoo religion. The
leaders of the Hindoos said that these
greased cartridges was only part of an at¬
tempt by the English Government to mane
the natives give up their religion ; hence, un¬
bounded indignation was aroused.
Another cause of the mutiny was that an¬
other large province of India had been an¬
nexed to the British empire, and thousands
of officials fn the employ-ot the King of that
province were thrown out of position, and
they were all ready for trouble making.
Anothercause was said to be the bad gov¬
ernment exercised by some English officials
in India.
The simple fact was that the natives of In¬
dia were a conquered race, For and 100 the English
were the conquerors. years the
British scepter had been waved over India,
and the Indians wanted to oreak that scep¬
ter. There never had been any love or sym¬
pathy between the natives of India and tne
Europeans. There is none now.
Be,ore the time of the great mutiny the
Enfdish Hands Government risked much power in
the or the natives. Too many of th*m
manned the forts. Too many of them were
In the Governmental employ. And now tha
time had come for a wide outbreak. The
natives had persuaded thamseivas that they
cob Id send the English Government flying,
and to accomplish it dagger und sword and
firearms and mutilation and slaughter must
do their worst.
It was evident in Lucknow that the na¬
tives were about to rise and put to death all
tbe Europeans they could lay their hands
on, and into tbe residency the Christian pop¬
ulation of Lucknow hastened for d*ienss
from the tigers in human form waich were
growling for their victims The occupants
of the residency, or fort, were—military and
non-combatants, men. women and children
—in number about 1692.
I suggest in one sentence some ot tbe
chief woes to which they were subjected
when I say that these people were in the
residency five months without a single
change of elothing, some ot th* time th*
heat at 120 and 130 degrees , the place black
with files and all a-squirm with vermin ,
'firing ot the enemy upon them ceasing
neither day nor night; the hospital crowded
With the dying, smallpox, senrvy, cholera,
adding their work to tnat of shot and shell;
women brought up in all comfort and never
having known want, crowded and sacri¬
ficed in a cellar where nine children
were born ; less and less food , no water ex¬
cept that which was brought from a well
under tbe enemy's fire, so that the water ob¬
tained was at the price of blood , th* stench
of the dead horsee added to the effluvia ot
corpses, and all waiting for the moment Hindoo
when the army of 60,000 shrieking
devils sboald break in upon tbe garrison of
the residency, now reduced by wounds and
sickness and death to 976 men, women and
children.
"Call me early,” I said, “to-morrow morn¬
ing, And let ns beat tbe residency beiorethe
ton becomes too hot.” At 7 o'clock in the
morning we left our hotel in Lucknow, end
I said to onr obliging, gentlemanly escort,
“Please take us along tbe road by which
Havelock and Outrun came to the relief of
toe There residency.” solemn That was stillness the way we went.
a as we sp¬
Broached the gate ot the residency. Bit
tered and tom is the -masonry of the en¬
trance. Signature ot and shot and punctuation and
•f cannon ball all np down every
“Hern to the left,” said our escort, “are
tosremains of a building toe flr« floor of
which in other days had been used as a ban¬
queting hall, drat then was used as a hos¬
pital. At this part the amputations took
p lac e , sad all such patients died. Tbe heat
was so gnat and the food so insufficient
that the poor fellows could not recover
from toe loss ot blood. They all died. Ampu
aetoetics performed witnout exhausted. chloro.orm. A
were
toot in other climate* and an
der cm would hare come to
mtfyeonva here proved fatal. Yon
Dr. Fayrer's boose, who whs sur¬
geon of toe piece and is now Qaeen Victor¬
ia’* - odor. This upper room was the offi¬
cers' room, and there Sir Henry Lawrence,
eor dear commander, we* wounded. While
he eat there a shell struck tbe room, apd
f suggested that he be had better
the room, but smiled end said,
never strikes twice in the
’ Hardly had he said this
r shell tore off his thigh, and he
dying into Dr. Fayrer's
aide of the road. Sir Henry
had been in poor health for a
the mutiny. He had^H
service for yean, and he had
to recover Us health.
na far 7
him to
lor he
Be to
th* of
filled
to.
and sugar and charcoal and fodder for the
oxen and hav for the bones. But now, at
the time wh«n all the people were looking
to him foe wisdom ani courage, Sir Henry
is dying.”
Our escort describes the scene. oniqu“,
tender, beautiful and overpowering, ani
while I stood on the very spot where the
sighs and groans of the besieged an l lacera¬
ted and broken hearted met the whiz o’ bul¬
lets, and the demoniac hiss of burst ing s *11,
and the roar of batteries, my escort gave me
the particulars.
“As soon as Sir Henry was told that he
had not many hours no live he nsked the
chap'ain to administer to him the holy com¬
munion. He felt particularly anxious for
the safety of the wom*n in the residency,
who, at any moment, might be subjected to
the savages who howled around the resi¬
dency, their breaking in only a matter of
time unless re-enforcement s.ioulrt com*.
H« would frequ-ntly say to those who sur¬
rounded his death couch ‘Sava the
ladies. God helo the poor women and chil¬
dren P He gave d reetions for the desperate
defease of the place. He asked forgiveness
of all those whom he might unintentionally
have neglected or off-n led. He left a mes¬
sage for all his friends. He forgot not to
give directions for the care ‘of his favorite
horse. He charged his officers, saying: ‘Bv
no means surrender, Make no treaty or
compromise fighting.’ with the desperadoes, D:e
Hetook charge of the asylum he
had established for the children of soldiers.
He gay* directions for his burial, say¬
ing- ’No nonsense, no fuss. Let
me be buried with the men.’ He dictated
his own epitaph, which I read above his
tomb • ‘H*re lies Henry Lawrence, wno
tried to do his duty. Miy the Lord have
meroy on his soul.’ He said ■ ‘I would like
to have a passage of Scripture added to the
words on my grave, such as. “To the Lor I
our God belong mercies and forgivenesses,
{hough we have rebelled against Him.”
Isn’t it from Daniel?’ So as brave a man as
England or India ever saw expired. The
soldiers lifted the cover Irom his face
and’kissed him before they carried him
onr. The chaplain offered a prayer. Tnen
they removed the great hero amid the rat¬
tling hail of the guns and put him dovm
among other soldiers buried at the same
time." All of which I state for the benefit
of those who would have us believe that the
Christian religion is fit only for women in
tne eighties and children under seveD. There
was glory enough in that departure to halo
Christendom.
“There,” said our escort, “Bob the
Nailer did the work.” “Wno wis Bob the
Nailer?” “Oh, he was the A riean who sat
at that point, and waen any one of our men
ventured across the road he would drop
him by a rifle ball. Bob was a sure marks
man. Tae only way to get across the road
for water from the well was to wait until
his gun flashed and then instantly cross
before he nad time to load. The only way
wo could get rid of him was by digging a
mine under the house w sera he was
hidden. When the house was blown up,
Bab the Nailer went with it.” I sai I to him,
"Had you male up your min Is what you
and the other sufferers would do in the
fiends actually brose in?” “Ox, yes P’said
my escort, “We had it all planned, for tne
probability wa3 every hour for nearly five
months that they would break in. You must
remember it was 1603 against 60,000. and
lor the latter part of the time it was
903 against 60,003, and the residency and
tue eartnworks around It xyere not put up
for suen an attack. It was jjnly from the
mercy of God that we were net massacred
soon after the besiegement; We were re¬
solved not to allow ourselves to get into the
hands of tnose desperadoes. You must re¬
member that we and all the women had
heard of the butojery at Cawnpur, unable and we
knew what defeat meant. If to hold
out any longer we would have blown our¬
selves up and all gone out of life together.”
“Show nxp,” I said, “the staid rooms during wnere those the
women and children -
aw ul months.” Then wo crossed over and
w*nt down into the cellar of the residency.
With a suu lder of horror indescribable I en
terad tne cellars where 622 women nnd chil¬
dren had been crowded until the whole floor
was full. I know the exact number, lor I
counted their names on the rod. As one of
the ladles wrote in her diary—speaking of
women she said, “They lay upon the
floor fitting into eacx other like bits in a
puzzle.” nusbands Wives the had promise obtained that from the their hus¬
bands would shoot them rather than let
them fall Into the hands of these desper-.
adoes. The women within the residency
were kept on the smallest allowance that
would maintain life. No opportunity of
privacy. The death angel and tne birth
angel touched wings in as full they possession passed. of Flies, the
mosquitoes, vermin
place, and these women in momentary ex¬
pectation that the enraged savages would
rush upon them, in a violence of which clu >
and sword ana torch and throat cu.ting
would be the milder forms.
Our escort told us again and again of the
bravery of these women. They did nor de¬
They encouraged wounded the soldiery. They
waited on the and dying In the
They gave up their stockings tor
holders of the their grapashot. children They died. solaced Waen
other when
husband or iathe; - fell, such prayers or
were offered as onlv worn -a cxn
They endured without complaint.
prepared their own children for burial.
were inspired for the men who stood
their posts fighting till they dropped.
Our escort told us that again and again
bad com* that Havelock and Outran
w-re on the why to letch these besieged
out of their wretchedne*. They had
a letter fr<*n Havelock rolled up in
quill fjbd carried ®in the mouth of a dis¬
messenger, a letter telling them that
be was on the war, but the Hex: news was
Havelock had been compellai to r—
It was constant vacillation between
hope and despair. But on* day they heard
guns of relief sounding nearer and
nearer. Yet all the houses of Lucknow were
filled with armed miscreants, and
every step of Havelock and his army was
contested—firing iron housetops, firing
frojn windows, firing from doorways.
1 asked onr friend If he thought that the
world famous storv of a Scotch lass In her
delirium hearing the Scotch bagpipes ad¬
vancing with the Scotch regiment was a true
story. He said be did not know but that it
was true. Without this man’s telling me I
knew from my own observation that de¬
lirium sometimes quickens some of tbs fac¬
ulties, and I rather think the ScoSeh lass in
her delirium was the first to hear the bag¬
pipes. 1 decline to believe that claw of
people who would like to kill all (he poetry
of the world and banish all the fine sen
timent. They tell us that Whit
ptiem snoot Barbara Freitchie was
founded on a delusion, and that Longfellow’s
poems immortalized things that never oc¬
curred. The Scotch lass did hear the slo¬
gan. I almost heard it myself as I stood In¬
side th# residency while my escort told of
ibe coming of the Seventy-eighth Highland
Regiment.
“Were you present when Havelock came
1 b 7” I a*keel, for I could suppress tha ques¬
tion no longer. His answer came
<1 wa * got at tbe moment present, but
with some other yoang fellow* highUal I saw pipws sol¬
diers dancing while two
played, and I said, ‘What ia alt this excite¬
ment?' Then we enme np and saw that
Havelock was In, and Oat ram was in, and
the regiments were pouring in."
“Show us where they cam* In, I ex¬
claimed, for I knew that tney d-d not enter
through the gate of the residency, that be¬
ing banked np inside to keep the murderers
out. “Here it is,” answered my «*«>«.
“Hers it is—the embrasure through which
^wJ’wntoed np to bricks Use spot. dozen It is now* yards
broken down pile of a
from tbe gate. Long grass now, bnt tnen a
Wood nattered, bullet seucterel opening in
to* although the
As we stood there, m
come
too grandly
“What then happened 7 * I said to my
cort. Toe “Oh,” he saM, removed “that is from impossible the to
tell. *arth Was gate,
and soon all the army oi relief entered, and
some of us laaghei, and some cried, and
some prayed, sad some danced. Highlan¬
der* so dost covered and enough blood and
wounds on their faces to make them un¬
recognizable shatcbed the babes out of
their mothers' arms and kissed them ant
passed the babies along for <*har sol¬
diers to kis-, and the wounded m-a
crawled out of the bospitnt jubilee to join in the
cheering, and it was wild until, of the
drst excitement passed, the story how
many ot the advancing army had b“en
slain on the way began 1o hare tearful
effect, and the story of euffefing that bal
been endured inside the fort, and the an¬
nouncement to, chiliren that they w*ro
latheries*, ani to Wires that they w re
widows, bu >me#ge.l the shouts of joy with
wailing of agony.
“But were you Hot embarrassed by the ar¬
rival of Haveloci and 140b men who broug it
no ’ood with them?” He answered : “Of
course we were put on smaller rations im¬
mediately in order that they might share
with u«, bur we knew that tlx* coming o' his
re-enforcement would help us to hold the
place until turther relief should come. H id
not this first relief arrive i as it did in a day
or two at most and perhaps in any hour the
besiegers would have broken in, and our end
woul t have come. The Sepoys had dug six
mines un ier the residency and would soon
hav* exploded all.”
After we had obtained a few bullets that
had the been picks i out of the wall, around and the a pi*cs elo¬
of bombshell, we walke 1
quent ruins and put cur hands Into the scars
of the enattered masonry an i explored tne
cemetery inside the fort. w>'e.-« hundreds of
the dead soldiers await tie coming of the
Lord of Hosts at the lust day, and we
could endure no more. My nerves were
all a-tremole, and my emotions were
wrung out, and I said, “Let. us go.” I
had seen the resid-noy at Luctcnow the
day before with a beloved missionary,
and he told me many interesting facts con¬
cerning the besiegement of that place, out
this morning I had seen it in company with
one woo in that awiul 1857 of the Indian
mutiny with bis own fire had fought the *e
siegers, and with his own ear had heard tire
yell of the miscreants as they tried to storm
the walls, and with his own eyes had w t
nessed a scene of pang and sacrifice and eu
duranoe and oereavement and prowess and
rescue which has made all this Lucknow
fortress and its 'surroundings the Mount Cal¬
vary of the nineteenth century.
On tne following day, aoout four mU°s
from the residency, I v.sited the grave of
Havelock. The scenes of hardship an l self
sacrifice through waieh he h id passed were
too much for mortal endurance, and a few
days a’ter Havelock left the rasi ’*ncy which
he had relieved he lay in a tent a-dying,
while his son, whom I saw in London on my
way here, was reading to the The old hero tne
consolatory Scriptures. tele grip x
wires had to!d ill! Nations that Have¬
lock was sick "unto death. He had
received the message of congratulation iron
Oueeix Victoria ovtr Lis triumphs ant fiat
oean knignted, anLsuch a reception us Eng¬
land never gave to any Waterloo man since Welling¬
ton came hack- from awaited n s
return. Bu: ho will never again see his na¬
tive laud. He has led his last army and
plannedthe last battle. declared Yet he is to gain
another htxurs victory. He it when "I in
nis last he saidto Geneul Outra n :
die bnppyxfnd contented. life I have for forty
years so ruled my that when death camo
I mignt face it without fear. To die is
gain." Indeed this was no new sentimen¬
tality with him. He once stated that ia
boynood with tour companions he was nc
. ,
thouqh certain in those days of imlm? brand
Hilas MetQofiists ani cantinq hypocrites.”
victory an'l savs in on* of his .Usn nc ms
that ho ow*s it “to the power of the Eufl*id
rific in British hands, to British p ack and to
spend two hours evory morning tn prayer
and Bible reading, and if the army was to
maroh at 8 o’clock he aros* for purposes of
army A^plain °was *t o 'march *at 6o “lock hewose al L
monument mirk* Havslock’a
grave, but the epitaph is as beautiful an I
sj?r P ' l s's,KdK*:2r5 r
follows. *‘Hero past t be mortal remain* ot
Henry Havelock, major gener il in the Brit
ish army and Knight Comman ier of the
ca^Kx XmrT°pro P iuwn7ch 3 u*ed by t°h“ aehl^ei ^rdship“° Tmmorta* of °a
he
fame, on the 24th of November, H57.
land. Entered the army 1815. Game to In
dia 1823 and served there With little Inter
part'itTthe camp"£ wars of*Burma^AJghamst“n™ o"l8« h'e
Mahratta and tM Sntilj of
1845. Retained by adverse circumstances
a Christian i* consistent with the fullest
dlscharge of the duties of a soldier. Ho
commanded a division ta the Parstan exp*
devlTopei .u l k^wa io the at
world. Saved from shipwreck on the C*y
'“Tf
the br.tv* garrison of Lucknow,
Object, after almost suo*rjum*n
on earth th* rewtrd he so dearly
The Divine Master whom he
He departed to mu ret In ham
bio but confident expectation of far greater
and honors which a Krateful coun
was anxious to bestow. In him the skill
a commander, the courage and devotion
soldier, the learning of a scholar, the
grace of a highly bred gentiematiani alt
adorned by rSLSS**C.toSi spirit Rhris
the oi a tru*
the result of the influence ot the Holy
on his heart, and of an humble ran
it.n r*w o'* tbs mer t* ot a cmciflcd Ssviour,
II Timothy, It., 7, *: ’I hare fought a good
fight. I hav» flawhei my coarse. I have
foTne kept the fzttb. Henceforth there u laid up
a mown of rlgi»eou«ta*a which the
the righteous Judge, shall give antoali me at
day, and not to dm only, but
them also that erected love by His his appearing.’ widow This
monument is sorrowing
and family.”
Is not that magaificent? d^r’tS?°« Bat I said while
tiT Wm^pSK^ HZ
to
all her histoty of. warn th ere Is no name so
•allies, end Gnmt at Viekeoarg. and Utonv
wall Jackson tar .way from his beloved
—*■ ■*— ■** •“
national anthem. Bnt It would the
same iron pet that brings np fro* among
those eneewd wnfls thn form of O ifin.t*
iallow hero ia toe o vert hro w of the Indian
mutiny. Let
tioa the
great war favorite
sail Mediteraaqs* and
and ofthisH wWtak > Bombay harbor 1
of ail free
let
the the
*
/ '
mil Till? UHjIoLA Tl?r»TQF ATflPI? 1 UltJi.
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GEORGIA’S LAW-MAKRRS MEET
AND BEGIN WORK.
Routine Business of Both House and
Senate-Bills of Interest.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
22 nd Day—T here wero two exoiting
contests in the house of representatives
Wednesday morning and two very im
portent bills were passed by a very
close vote. One was a bill to create
three boards of medical examiners for
the state and the other was a bill to
regulate admissions tp the bar in Geor
gia. The doctor’s bill strikes a death
blow at quackery and nostrum pill
rollers, for if it becomes a law none
but reputable physicians will be allow
ed to practice in Georgia. The law
yer’s bill looks to elevating the stand
ard of the legal profession by ad
mitting only intelligent and well
informed men to the bar. There
was still another important bill intend
ed to clip the slanderer’s tongue
and make them amenable to the law
for an oral defamation of character,
The first bill considered was the one
by Mr. Fouche of Floyd to create
medical examiners for the state. The
bill is favored by the medical frater
nity of Georgia. It provides for the
appointment by the governor of three
medical boards of five members each,
One board shall be composed of the
regular school of medicine, one from
the homeopathic school and one from
the eclectic school. A lively discus
sion and a hard fight were engendered
over offered the bill. amendmedt Mr. Worley that the'provia- of^ Elbert
an
ions of the act shall not apply to any
graduates of a medical college in Geor
gia. The amendment was lost. The
committee’s report, favorable to the
passage of the bill, was adopted and
then the vote on its passage was
taken. There were 87 votes for
the bill and 65 against it.
This lacked one vote of a con
etitutional . majority. Speaker Flem
ing cast that vote and announced the
bill passed ill the midst of applause on
the floor and in the gallery. Mr. West,
of Lowndes, gave notice of a motion to
reconsider. There was still another
special order, the bill of Mr. Wright,
of Floyd, to regulate admission to the
bar. It provides for the appointment
of a commission of three by the judge
of each circuit to whom candidates for
admission to the bar shall be refer
red. Each candidate must answer
** ^ east seventy-five per cent of
* reasonable knowledge ol the rudi
ments of an English education. Ibis
clause provoked an animated die
however. howlver Mr -» West, of Lowndes, I wTw
obairman of the committee on eduoa
the bill of F „ Mr. ^ 'Vloore, of r tj Bulloch, n u
making oral Blander a misdemeanor.
der ? nd is . er a the crime, . P re ?“, bnt t oral la *’ slander is slan- not,
the man having been slandered orally
committee adopted , . *
was
brief discussion, snd the bill was
number of ^ ter new bills ,? nt '? the dao house * lon of ad- a
journed until Thursday.
morning, reconsidered -T’ff’ the bill "“"S crea
ting boards of medical examiners for
atate ’ refused to reconsider its ac
tion in passing the bill regulating ad
mission to the bar, listened to several
,nLT.
Confederate soldiers jltitled to . a pen
Sion but who have noPreooived it on
°J th ! ° r th- ' 8 PDr ?° Be
u exhausted before *, the,r spplica
tions had been received at the pension
e '. ,,ld *"' n *' l"nrn.dnntil Pr,d.j
journal was read, Mr. Hnrstof Walton,
moved to reconsider the Dill for medi
to .° ® ™ ’ *’
Fouche, , of Floyd, the author of the
w. P** 8 k*ii */ 4 m* 4 hin« a.^ to 00 8a f ^ 011 ... tbe “F***
jeot, after which the previous question
was called. The call was sustained and
tbe * oe vote TOie stood «*uo<i 81 to to 77 </, and ana me the bill Din
was reconsidered. Mr. West moved
rtooMd., ft. bill r^ating jd.
■»■«*.■ ft ft . b« o. totoMrf ft.
amendment to the btil Providing that
no one shall be admitted to the bar un
loss he po sses s e s a reasonable knowl
dge j . * « En •.
f of § the . ot 8 lwh ,
language. This also invoked a nnm
ber of speeches when Mr. West called
for the aTe , and Z..* The -.11
5F fUme __ ® tv .„ ___<o 68 aa
The motion to reconsider • j was lost.
Lowndeaiwas An important bill by Mr. West, of
’ token set^on no for athird
iStSf read i n g At b!ll tbe last of mlkethe the lew
a was pa^d to
school year coincident with the fiscal
year ga d other purposes. Mr.
schools until the school money comes
in, when it shall be paid back to the
sp*•,’^ft.' LhUim tC.»!
•chaois ean be run exactly as they ere
run in 18*4 if fh* mate only agree*
to the bill. The bill of Mr. McCarty,
- .Htoti. »—*
a- $500, or so
, to pey off
of
f > Jt
witb Mr. Hnmpbrus, of Brooke, in
the chair. On mo io i of Mr.
rj, the bill was rej orted favorably and
was passed by a vote of 150 to noth
inar. The house then adjourned.
24th Day-TLo contested election
0886 from Effingham county, wherein
Bird-(dem.) (pop,) claimed the seat committee of Spier
was decided by the
on privileges and elections in favor of
Bird. Immediately after the jonrnal
had been read in the house, Friday
morning, the committee’s report was
sent to the clerk’s desk, read and oon
firmed. Mr. Harrison moved that the
committee’s report be adopted. This
brought Mr. Hogan, of Lincoln, to his
feet. He is a member of the committee
and rose to say that he had no objeo
tinn to the report of the committee
being adopted, but be did not think
Mr Bird, the contestant, was legally
entitled to the seat. The election
returns showed Spier to be elect
ed by fifteen votes, but the com
mittee,* after throwing oat the illegal
votes, had found Mr. Bird to have a
majority of thirty-two. Speaker Flem
ing asked the contestant and the con
testee to withdraw from the hall, which
they did, and then the house uoani
mously adopted the committee’s Mr. re
port and Mr. Spier waa unseated.
Bird presented himself before the
house* and was sworn in by Assistant
Justioa Atkinson, of the supreme
court. Mr. Barnes, of Richmond, of
fared a resolution that a committee be
appointed to see whether the commit
tee on privileges and elections was not
entitled to a per nootern as well as a
per diem, when it was at work all night,
j,f r , Doolan, of Chatham, introduced
an important railroad bill. It is direo
( e( j against the Southern system, and
provides that no corporation,individual
or association, shall purchase or lease
any ra ilroad lying in whole or in
p (l rt in this state or any interest there
j n) where the pnrohaser or lessee al
rea(ly owns> operates, or is interested
j n a ij uc or lease of railroad, which can
compete between any points in this
B f a ( 0> Any such purchase or lease un
der tde is declared null and void,
jj r< Wren of Jefferson, introduced a
resolution that, in view of the great
financial depression the legislature
B fi 0 uld make no appropriations what
ever except for current expenses ex
cept as 6 i rea dy provided for by law.
jd B a is not to increase the appro
riation8 for any j n8 titution. Mr.
F, )ga rty, of Richmond, introduo
eA a bill orea ti Dg a commis
B j oner Q f immigration. It pro
Y j(j e8 that the commissioner of
agr iculture shall bo ex-officio commis
B j oner G f immigration, and instructs
fij ra to prepare a hand book on the re
D j the state, whioh he shall let
bill appropriates $1,000 for the pur
p^e and all other funds in the treasury
to the credit of the agricultural de
P ftrt,Dent > abont >4,000, which makes
g5 f 000 in all to be used for advertising
Georgia if the bill becomes a law.
bill f , r;, looking F r u '.°k in the Cofr9 right t'. direction. i**- 4 It ,•
j B a bill requiring the ordinaries of
the „ tnte to j Hve8 tigate the jails in
lheir counties at least once a month
an( j report to the grand juries. The
bill of Mr. Reagan, of Henry, to pro
or Mbit on r’?” Sunday, bom came ’ ,ork up V' for g ? final ^ ac
^ loD> but was sent back to the oom
m jtte6 to be amended. After the in
troduction of many new measures, the
hoaBe adjonrned. * .....
Day—A oartiaau F debate was
p I ecipiut6d . P o„ t h,ho M0 S.t.rd., read
morning the first thing after the
in of the \ j ourna i. gome time ago
Montfor of Taylor, introduced a
wn to aboliBh the county court of
Taylor - . The bill was referred to the
r"*' i“ <lioi "X bnt Mr
Montfort was allowed to withdraw it
on acconn t 0 ( gome errors in advertis
in the b in. Friday Mr. Montfort
§ introduced the bill, and asked
t at it be referred to the committee
on coun t y and county matters. Mr.
p |hm Blbb ohj « t6 a to fti, , n(1
gp ec j a i judiciary committee. The
motion was carried and the bill took
Montfort moved to reconsider the ao
tion of the house so that the bill might
^r and county 4ihe matters. 1 his brought on
the wordy war. Finally the motion to
re0OD g ider wa , Toted npon and l ost , so
rema,na with tu the special judi- indi
gjg—. . com mlttee. The house passed
the medical biU, tbe one p*seed a few
a. 7 J . 8*, bnt dftnrd
Tb b bJ Mr Po „ hei 0 , PloJd>
gnd wu eetablish three medical
boards one for the regular ®
school . , of , medicine, ,. one . fop the
Homeopathic, and one for the Ecletic.
r pbo bill waa reconsidered on aooonnt
** objections raised by Mr. West, of of
Lowndes. A committee of doc
tors had .7, a conference with Mr.
™ . in . the meantime, and they
agreed n P° n an *mendment, which
wwt submitted by him. It provides a
forthe time of
rda and ro ‘ ke *
J * ha i 1 . °? of ®. r th
As a,
« ^ , .V The amend ment
v. ,,
vsz succession
hour, killed in quick
* ® bills to change the method of elect
J 0 *® mu ” 01 of **' Mr
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tiona was rend the third time and pass¬
ed. It ehnagM th* tins* of bolding
elections tram January to lb*
time of the state elections ia October.
Tbe bin of Mr. Houston, o t DeKnlb,
protection o; motormen, was fqa<*
«e->nd time on an adverse report. 1
Foucbe, of Flojd, favored the c<
• report The report was adc
*d and the bill waa loat. A number of
Other billswere also read the eecond
time and lost on an adverse report.
New bills were then introduced, read
and referred, and the hotue auj .
until Monday.
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nmam or thb senate.
22s Day.—A fter reading the journal
in the senate Wednesday morning,
Senator McOarrity moved to T recoi
sider the action of the senate
in refusing to pas* the bill intis
by him to elect county school * h l
sioners by the people, and on the mo
tion, called for the yeas and nay*.
The yeas weTe 70, naya 24, so the rao
tion to reoonsider was loat. Senator
Roberts, chairman of the committee■
on lunatic asylum, submitted the re
port of the committee sent there to look
into the affairs of the institution. The
. the entire
report compliments condemn managw
ment, and finds nothing to build- or
reprove. It states that the new
ings will be ready for oocupanoy by
the 1st of next April and recommends
on appropriation for next year of
8210,000, and for 1896, $230,000. They
also recommended $4,000 for the pur
chase of new engines and boilers. There
are 1,743 inmates, and 241 employee*
whose salaries amount to $42,062, and
17 physicians and officials, whose sali¬
ries amount to $17,233. It cost $70.33
per capita to support the institution,
The committee on elections submitted
a report in which they stated that Mr.
Baxter bad abondoned his contest fe*
Senator Brand’s seat, and they reoom
mended the contest be no longer con*
sidered. The report was roceived and
the recommendation agreed to.
Senator Harris, of the twenty-second,
introduced a bill whioh is to offset that
one introduced by Mr. Venable. Mr.
Harris’ bill provides that hereafter in¬
snrance companies shall be required privilege U>
deposit only $5,000 for the
of doing business in Georgia, instead
of $25,000 os is nowrequired. Senator
McGregor introduced a bill to amend
paragraph 2, section 1, article 2 of the
constitution, so as it may read, “IPY*
eryi male citizen of the United State*
twenty-one years of age, who shall hav*
resided in this state one year next
preceding the eleotion, and shall hav*
resided six months in the county i*
which he offers to vote, and shall hav*
paid all taxes required of him for the
year next preceding the election, and
which he may have had an opportunity
of paying agreeably to law except for
the year of the eleotion, shall be deem
ed an elector. The constitution now
requires a man to have paid all taxe*
pay since the adoption of the consti
tutioi*. in 1877, before he b*
comes a qualified elector. Meroer’s At
eleven o’clock 8enator bill
to drain the ponds of Georgia and
to reorganise the TrJfi&J geologioal depart
•*°~ r &
had been reported referredwlththereo- by the committee
to whioh it was
ommendation that it pass. Senator
Mercer moved the adoption of the r*
port of the oommittee. A number of
amendments were adopted, so Senator
*rs-*?t acted upon by lh sections. “„ ,h ; bil1 Mr. ^ MoG**~
rity moved to indefinitely postpone
the bill. His motion was lost. Th*
yea. and nay. wero called and the bill
«* pa«ed. A number of other bill*
of more or less importance were iQtro
d«.»d. .»d th. „.U
Thursday.
28 d Day.—T he senate judiciary
oommittee Thursday morning introduced recoa* by
mended that the bill
Senator Harris reducing the tuition tt*
ft. TM h»olo*i«l «b«,l from <060 to
$50 per annum, be <ptssad The fol
lowing bills were passed: House bill
to permit the town of Acwortb to issp*
bond, to maintain a system of public
schools; Bill to amend the law grantin*
new trials so as to give the movanfc
„„„ ii m .; Bill to ragnkto ft. nu
corporations; Bill to amend section
2183 so as to provide the manner of
Senator Lumpkin, by request, to pre¬
vent the town of Smithville from iao*~
■T little li r temperance r : l ! o r u;i talk. r , - 1 Mr. ^?: BoynUM
thought more light WM needed on to*
subject, and moved that the bill be r*.
committed i. to itu the iMnuniuu tempermioe Mmeli. oommit
tee, and the senate gave it this dire*
tion. The joint oommittee appointed
to ft. rt»to rail.
ft., it opin.
August 1891), and that in their opinio*
the attorney general concurs. New
hills wcps tu6D introduced .,____j Mu j _. ■.
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first time and the senate adjourned.
t.., Pat-T mL. he substi tute pre pared ,m
b . y Mr. Tenable for hie meuranoe Mil
waa read the second time i* the sea*t*
Friday morning and referred -L. beck to
the judiciary committee. Senator
Roberta, who repreaents the belli wiek
where Mias Ells* Dortch resides, and
whowmanspplicent for accrctary to
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