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THE VIENNA PROGRESS. ip TERMS, $1. Per Annum. “Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.” JOHN E, HO SELL, Eitor and Proprietor, VOL. XII. NO. 20 VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 189;’,. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. A TEHEES CHORD, rid* / passed iu quiet happiness with her owed mother. She was less than ten years of age chord I’d when Eugriie Cleveland, then in his sev enteenth year, first saw and became inter ested in her; but it is not to be supposed teat she felt drawn toward him at that time. lier mother, however, who was still far from old, took a sudden and great liking to the boy, ; nd when'she discov ered his manifest preference for het ch Id, gravely, and even earnestly, de- c are 1 to him that it should be the one t reat object of her life to train her np to he worthy of his love. Eugene was delighted, and from that moment not only tho more diligently worship; d his little friend, but included her mother in his devot.ou. And so the years passed—happy, joyous > ears, with hirdly a care. Eat" at leng h. misfortunes came, and the young lover lost fa her and fortune at the same moment. Then, through his uncle’s influence, he became a book-keeper in the Atlantic National Rank. How he lost his situation we already know, and we also know with what tendei i solicitude Mildred, who had long since Seems as if I were barefooted, with tlic rim all learned to love him with nil her heart, ' had flown to his side, to be with and to comfort him. Time sped swiftly by; the wedding day was fixed, and was tapidly approach- BY MANrA n. CBOCKEB. St,i»nf>cr. there you’ve twanged i nthci never 1-ear. Thu’ upon my soul it is the sweetest to lhv car ; But, yo stv, I’d kinder lost 'em—pleasant thots, vo snow of yore— And I wish I'd altogether, seein's they retura no more. Yes, your tollin' of the homestead an' ver mother at the door, Watchiu' for her boy a-comin' with the cows on jest afore. Makes rue think o' times that’s drifted out be- yint the settin’ suu, leavin’ me, a vag, to wander up and down ’till I am done. I’ve bln lryiu' to forget it, eainos I would » troubled dream, All that nestled there together in the bendin’ ot t lie stream; from the cabin in the orchard, where tho sba< d< r- lister steal, 'i’o the bridge an’ clump o’ elders jest-above my flutter-wheel ; tiut yi r talkin' of yer childhood briugs mine " back agio to me. An' Ibe tilings I bed forgotten are the very ones I see; ) An' 1 l ea agin mv mother callin' me her darliu' I ov, ; An’—I ratey wonder, mister, if I aint her little ! Hulun'n' ’cross tho holds at sunset for tho cattle in the “fiat-;” Seems to m- 1 1 hoar tho tinkle of tho bell that Cherry wore, .An’ look 1 a :k an’ tee my mother standin’ in the kitchen door! ,, The only question that had not been An I smell tlio bloomin clover, as I skip alony settled was the place where the ceremony the ridge An’ hf ar tho (flutter, clutter of the wheel below tho bridge; Later l lion mv mother cornin’ with the milk-pail on he r arm, tn’ eho talks, as she is milkin', of the prospects of tho farm. Later Mill I skip before her, puttin’ down an’up the bars, W histlin' lo the whip-poor-will an’ countin’ big gest stars, Watcbin’swall *rs skirn the zenith, bizzy with their evenin’ meal, Liet’uin’ to the milk a-str&iuin* while the shad- deis round us steal. Seems to mo I hear her hummin’ of the hymnt she lister know; Patient, hopeful mother allers—but, my friend, that’s long ago, An’, yo see, I'd kii.der lost it, pleasant picture, stained by time, If 1 hadn’t heard yer story of yer happy aul<3 Jang syne. But ye twanged a chord vibratin’ with a bub* blin’, childish joy That's bin mi .hty silent, mister, senco I was a Utile boy; An’ thin 'k v hy. tho’ ’tis the sweetest to my lone, ly, friendless car, That 1 kinder wish ye’d missed it, for I’d rather never hear. Fichdaxd, Mich. BETRAYED DARK MARRIAGE MORN. A Romance of Love, Intrigue and Crime. BY MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON. CHAPTER II—(Continued). It was nine o’clock in tho evening be fore liny callo 1 nt Eugene’s room. Ilo found him as ho had expected, writ ing; and after tarrying for half nn hour, find speaking what words of on; ourage- nrent ho could think of. he left, feeling that it would be a relief to his friend to have h'ln do so. Tho next morning when he arose. Eu- zeuo found a business letter awaiting aim. After a wondering glance at the en velope ho tore it open. The letter it con tained was brief and to the point: “Dear Sik—I am greatly in want of au efficient book-keeper. You have been strongly recommended to me, and I ofi'ei yon the position. The salary I am pre pared to pay is one thousand dollars pel annum. If you nocent, I should be glue to have you enter upon your duties to. morrow moruiug. Respectfully, etc., “John Norton, Publisher,” For some moments Eueene was almost nnnbleto speak, or, for that matter, even to think; but presently he was more him self, ana then the truth flashed upon him. “John Norton? Why, that’s Ray’s rela tive. Ah! I see it all now; this is his do- ings, or—no! it’s more like Meta. I must go to them at vuce;" and he went. Yes, it was Meta’s doings. Ray hnd hastened homo from the bank, and, full of the subject, had told her everything. AVithout a word, but with pale face anil quivering lips, she had hurried to her own room, and after dressing for going out, had hastened through the sitting-room, •living, as she parsed into the hall; "Brother, I hope to be book in an hour. If I do not come, don’t worry; I shall be safe," and then she had almost flown tc the publisher. He heard her story, gave her a hundred dol ars, telling her to see that it was handed to Eugeue on the morrow, and then told her that their friend should not want for employment. And thus it was that young Cleveland, on this next morning after his dismissal from the bank, found himself far hettei off, in a worldly point of view, than he had been on the day before. In the dark hour of bis trouble and disappointment he had written a letter to a sweet and trusting girl in a pretty New England lillnge, iutoiming her that he had lost his situation. but saying never a word about the woman v.ho had caused his disgrace. On returning to his room after his sec ond day's service nt the publishing house, he found a note on his table. It was simply this: “Como to me, my own love, and b« comforted. I am hero at my aunt's. “Mildred. “29S AA'est Thirty-second street. ‘Tuesday morning.” Eugene gave a glad shout of satisfac tion, and started for Thirty-second street at once. Ah! how much those two had to say to each other! How earnestly she regarded him—how eagerly she watched his every movement! ‘And so yon are .to have cne thousand dollars a year, now?” she said, at last. ‘Yes, dear; that is to be my salary “ ‘Isn’t that a great deal—I mean, we«'t H saonort vou Quite comfortably?” “les, li.dcec; an i m.i iiiiic wife, too, if sho will le my wife. AY hat do you lay. Mildred?” “I see very clearly,” she responded de- mure’y, “that unless 1 say yes yon will be getting into fresh trouble d rectly.” .’.. “ah! then you consent. Bess, yon, Mildred—bless you, my own darling! And he covered lier lips with kisses. CHAPTER III. THE WEDDING—THE PLIGHT. Mildred Lester’s home was a prett vim -covered cotiage, in au a'.tractiv-. New Eng'and village on 1 un j Islam < Sound, where her wLole life hint been ould be peifonued. Should it be at the wi ow n cottage in New England, or at the bride’s aunt’s iu New Yo.k? “I >m afraid, love,” said Eugene, one evening, when this question was biought up, “I am afraid that it will have to be here, though I should like so much to be married at your own dear home, where we have both known so much of happi ness.” / “And why eUm’t we?” “AVhy, you see, dear, we are so busj now. I am wanted at the publish mg house every moment in the day, and hav. mg been there so short a time, I hardlv foe my way dear to asking for a leave of absence, even with so important an object in view as taking to myself a wife. So I think your mother had better come down, and ihat tho ceremony had better be qu'etly performed in the even ng, aftei the business of tho day is over.” “But I fear mamma may not be well enou h to come down," objected Mildred. “Not well enough?” repeated Eugene, wonderingly. “Ah!” sighed Mildred, “you don’t know how fast she has been failing lately. AY'hv, she can no longer go out of doors. It is even as much . s she cau do to get from one room into another at times.” “Good heavens!” he exclaimed, “that’s b d. I am very sorry to he.ir that;” and ihen, afior considering for a moment, ‘but, dear, we must have her with ns some way." “I fear sbe’ll think it best not to at tempt to come to the wedding," said Mil dred; “but she may come to us after we return from our bridal trip. ’’ “I am afraid you hive not quite under stood me, Mildred," said Eugene, gently; “we sha’n’t have much of a bridal trip, I thiuk. ” “AA'hat! Not have any bridal trip at all?” exclaimed Mildred, in a disappoint, ed tone. “Why, really, my darling, I don’t quite see how we could h ive much of one, any way,” he responded. “In the first place, as you see, I can’t very well get the time, and if, as I great- ly desire, we go to house-keeping at once, as my friend Raymond Fielding and his sister have done, why, we shall require nil my surplus cash to purchase our fitting out. ’’ “It will hardly seem like getting mar- r ed. not to have a wedding nip,” mused Mildred; “but I can Very well see that it will hardly bo practicable or wise to un dertake ouo.” “I knew you would look at it in thvt light, my darling,” exclaimed Eugene, approvingly, “and now about your moth er, Mildred; let us settle that.” “Ah! I will write to her at once, and find out what suggestions she has to offer. But, say, Eugene, couldn’t we take the ! or ilie 4:.'!U train up, get married at our house iu the evening, and then return by the early train the next morning?” “Why-yes; I think we might possibly manage that. At any rate, write and see whnt your mother says, and when we get her answer we can settle all details more intelligently. ” Mildred did write that very night be fore preparing for bed, and two days later the answer came. Airs. Lester professed herself as very much surprised at the haste the young couple were making, but did not attempt io dissuade them irorn carrying out their plan. One thing, however, she made very clear. She could not possibly bear the excitement of a wedding taking place in her house. “We will wait just five minutes,” re. joined Eugene, “and if t ey aie not here then, not a minute longer.” “Very well,” and the minister turned to answer a remark of the bride’s aunt. The five minutes passed; still no Eav —no Meta. They mast g ve them np. Eugene, who had been to the door for the twentieth time, closed it once more and went np stairs to fetch the bride. The ceremony was quickly over; the clergyman, as in duty bound, kissed the bride, and the happy couple received the warmest congratulations of their friends. And now other guests began to pour in, and the hou-e filled np rapidly. Presently, while Eugene and his wife were surrounded by an 1 were conversing with a l umber of their guests, the fo-t man who had been engaged for the oc a- s on mace his way to him i.nd placed e sealed note in his fiand. ‘Urgent,’ the beartr requested me tc aay. 6 r,” he said, with a bow, and then discreetly withdrew. “Excuse me,” said Eugene, and won- deriugly he opened the note.' His wife, who was watching his free with eager interest, saw a strange look ot fear, remorse or alarm settle there, and fas about to speak, when ho hastily ex- c aimed: “I must leave you for a little while, dear; I am very soriy, but it c. u't Le helped. I shall be back in ample time tc take the train. Don't let it be generally known that I am gone.” And with a hasty glance at those about him, he loft the room. A strange sense of impending evil weighed upon poor Slildred’s heart, and she even thought that those around her, who had Been her husband’s hasty with drawal, paitook of the feeling. Fifteen—twefity minutes passed. She thought she would find her aunt, and ask her what it con d possibly be that had called her husband from her s.de at such a t me. She had j ist reached tho hall when Eorns one pulled the bell. A sense of dread seized her, and, clasp, na ter hand to he r side, she leaned against the wall for support. The footman opened the. door. A mes- seuger stood without; he handed in c letter, and immedi«t> lv den r.ed. ’1 he solemn menial glanced at the ad dress. “For yon, ma’am,” he said, and placed the missi.e in Mildred's outstretched hand, A sudden impulse took possession oi her; and githeiing up her skirts she fairly flew up the stairs and closeted her self in her own loom. To tear open the letter was bnt the work of an instant, and it hardly took longer to devour its contents. This is what she read: “Poor innocent and betrayed one, where do you flunk the hu band you are waiting for is at this moment? AVouht you know* the truth? Then go to th home of her whom he loves but too well —the sister of his friend. “Do yon doubt? Think for a moment. For whom did he disgrace himsi If and lose his situation iu the hank? Her brother. "Who procured him another and better place? This girl herself. “I tell you again you are betrayed. She has summoned him to her, aud he has gone—even before you are the bride of Bn hour! “This warning comes from “A Friend.” _ AVith a groan Mildred crushed the cowardly letter inherhand. and ab-tract- edly thrust it in her bosom. As she did so, something white on the carpet at tracted her attention. She picked it up and saw that it was a note. Quickly she remembered tin t Eugene had left his h t and overcoat iu that room, and that he must have come therefor them when fie went out. This must have been the very note he had re ceived, and he must have dropped it then. She opened it with trembling hands. One glance was enough. She uttered a sharp cry of pain. “Oh. mother! oh, my poor mother!" she moaned; and, seizing hat and shawl, threw them on any way, and stealthily leaving the house, fled in the darkness of the night. ho suggested, therefore, that they should be quietly married at her sister’s; u ;ve a hr ef reception afterward, if per- fe tly acreeable to li r, and then take a uiie train to Riverside, and spend one uigfit nt the cottage. After they had been married a month or so, she further said, she would, if they wished it, lent her 1 ttle cottage, and make her future home with them. As nothing belter could be done, they concluded to act wholly on Mrs. Lester’s suggestions. Mrs. Vernon, Mildred's aunt, cheer fully conseuied to have the wedding and reception take place in her parlors, and so t e necessary arrangements were made, ifid the invitations sent out. It was not their intention to ask a great many to congratulate them; but Eugene’s acquaintance in the city was large, and :rs. A ernon had a host of friends, whom, she said, it would not do to slight on such an occasion. bo that, when tho list came to be re vised for the last time before the event ful day, they found there was still quite in army left, after diopping every name they could find r.ny excuse for rejecting. At last the welding day arrived. Eugene had seen Ray the night Letore, and re ceived from him the assurance that h« would be promptly on hind. “As for Meta, poor girl,” he had said, "I don't know whether it will be possible or Iter io 1 e ] resent or not. She hasn’t been at all well for some days past, an 1 when I leit her th s evening she said sh- ardly thought she should try to sit up rill my return; and, by Jove, old fellow, if she don’t ret me in to-night, it will be the first time she’s missed since we’ve kepit house together.” The rnarri ge was to take place at an early hour, and only a favored few were io witness the Ceremony. The appo uted hour arrived, the min ister was on hand. They only waited foi Ray and Meta. Five—ten—fifteen minutes passed, anc still the expected gnests did not app ear. Tho minister looked impatiently at hi wath: he had another engagement, and the ,ims w s slipping by. Moreover, il was nearly the hour lor the reoeption. “1 would suggest.” wh spered ihe cler gyman, meeting Eugene in the hall, “that the ceremonv be no lonser delaved. [CHAPTER IV. AN OPPORTUNITY LOST. On leaving his bride in the parlor, Eugene Cleveland had haste; ed upstairs to the room iu which Mildred a little late sought seclus on. After closing tho door, he had once more carefully read over tire note he had received, and theu, as he thought, thrust it into his vest pocket. His overcoat lay across the hack of a chair, and his hat was on the table dost by. In putting on his coat the somewhat crumpled note, which had been rathei carelessly tbrnst into his pocket, fell out upon the floor. This, unfortunately, he did not notice; and hav ng buttoned Lis coat and seized his hat, he hastened from the room. Passing down a back stairway, in ordei lo avoid attracting attention, bedescend- ad to the basement, kept on through the servants’ hail, and so nt last gained the street. For a moment he hesitated, as if uncer tain what course to pursue, aud tber started at a rapid pace toward Sixth avpniie. He had hardly reached the corner when he saw an empty cab approaching. H» at once hailed it, and as it drew up to the sidewalk, sprang inside. “Where to?” asked the driver, as he opened the door. “Two hundred and ninety-five West Forty-seven h street,” was the answer; and in anoiher moment he was being rapidly whirled up the avenue. “Hero we are, sir,” exclaimed the dri ver, as the cab came to a stand end ha sprang from his seat. Bnt before he could open the door Eugene was on the side walk. “Wa t here,” he said; “I shall not detain you for more than ten minutes," and run ning rapidly up the steps, he gave a loud ring at the bell. He waited for some time, and hearing no movement inside, rang agitin. A moment later he distinguished the •ound of heavy footsteps slowly ascend ing the basement stairs, aud then, with aggravating deliberation, approaching thiough the hall. The key turned in the lock, and the door was opened just enough to permit the person with n lo cet a fair view of the would-be visitor withpnt. “Who are ye, tor, an' phat do yez want here, if ye plaze?” came a voice tkrongii the aperture. “Sure, ihe mistress is out, an’ I ” “I don't want to see your mistress, yea know that very well,” interrupted Eu gene, impatiently. “I called to see Miss Fieldinc." “Miss Meta, is it? Thin she’d better re- save her company wh n her brother's within the house! That’s phat I’m tkinkin’.” “But she is sick, and has sent for me I must see her, I tell you. Come, don’t keep me standing out here all night. ” “I’m knowiu’ she’s sick," nodded the girl, without offer ng to move; “an’I’m thinlin' it’s best she should i e kept qniei loike. Anyways at all. I’m not paid to dc ‘Come, get oul of the way,” exclaimed Eugene, almost fiercely; and, thru-ting the impudent gill aside, be hurried through the hall an 1 ud the stairway. Br.dget starto 1 to cry murder ami fire; bat just at that moment she discovered a (oliiremau on the opposite side of the street, and so thought better ol it. Deliberately she shut and locked the door, and descended to her own regions in the basement, muttering as she went. “The mane thief, the miBer b e 1 urk. wouldn’t give me aven a cint to bl ss m • self wid; an’ him a courtin’ an' a courtin’ ot her, wid niver a wan in the way barr n meself to watch him?” Meanwhile Engene 1 ad gained thedoo; of Meta's sitting-room and knocked. There was no response, and, after an inst nt’s hesitation, he mustered eoura.e to open it. The room, as he expected to find it was empty. He passed on into the next. This also was empty, but just before him he saw a door standing Hjar. He knew it opened into Meta’s sleeping apartment, and, dr wing near, he knocked gently. “Who is there?” called a sweet, but feeble voice, in a tone of surprise and alarm. “It is I—Engene. Yon sent for me, you know.” “Eugene! I sent for you? Great hearens! what does this mean? Go back to the drawing-room. I will join you there directly.” “But you are sick—unable to rise, per haps. I ” “Go-go. Don’t worry about me. J must see you. I must know more oi this. I will be with yon almost in stantly.” And so Engene returned to the draw- ing-room, and, seatin; himself in the f.r.-.t chair tli.it came handy, g ve him-relf np to wondering wh it Meta’s strange re ception of h m might mean. He had not to wonder long. The girl herself speedily joined him. Afttr turnin- up ihe light, she drew a chair near her visitor, and, as she s nk : into it, said, e mostly: “Did you not say that I sent for yon?” | “Yes, of course,” was th reply. “What! to come here—here, when my ] brother was away, und on your wedding j night, too?” “Certainly, Me’a. Yon know you sent j me a note not h If an hour ago.” “Who brought it to vou?” “I fiovin’t the least idea—a mossenget [ toy, I suppose.” “Let me see it, please.” “Certainly, I ha\e it here in my vest j pocket-no. it must be in tho other one. I By Jove!” he excl timed, growing pali and becoming extremely agitated, “it’s gone. A\ hat if I dropped it at the Ver- nons’, and my w fe has picked it up. Tflat wouldn't i e pleasant, espec ally as I am no there to explain.” “ W hat did the note say?” asked Meta, wilh for.-ed calmness. “A\ hy, you ought to know better thau I, you wrote it,” returned Eugene, quickly. “No matter, what did it say?” persisted the girl, “It said that you were very ill, aud that R .y hid suddenly le n call-d out ol tow n on a matt r of the utmost import ance, and that it was absolutely neces sary you should see me tlii- very night, before I left the city, as you had some thing to tell me that I must hear from your own lips.” "It said a l that, did it?’ “Yes, and and more.” “AVfi telse?" “Why, really, Meta, I can’t remembe 6Vcr> thing. An I, indeed, I thick then was nothing more of reul importance.” “AVell, then,” said the fair young girl very impr ssivelv, “let me beg that voi will hmry hack to your wife wi hout th< loss of another moment ot time. If you have a carriage in waiting, so much t 6 better; don’t let the driver sp.ire his ho ses.” “ Whnt do yon mean, Meta?” “If you have any regard for me—if jot have any love for your wife—don't stop tc inquire, but flv to her at once—ily as you would if you knew her life and all hei earthly happiness were in d nger.” “I can’t comprehend you,.Meta." “0 heavens! what stubborn mules met can be if thee have on y a mind to. Can't you understand, Eugeue, that I no ei wrote that note—that I am utterly incapa ble of writing such a thing to a man not an hour married? Do you not see that it is the work of an enemy—an enemy bent upon wrecking your happiness, anti per haps mine?” “Mercitul Father! can it be possible! and yet " “And vet von do not know all—no. nca Half. I see it clearly iow. Ray was ut terly confounded when he received the note that called him out of town th a evening. He did not understand it at all, but felt that it m ; ght be so nothing of the last importance to ns, and so he went. “Yes,” she added, “I can see it now only too well. It was all a piece of th s same plot to injure you. They thought it necessary to get my brother of the wav. They mean to do yon or your wife , THE STATE LEGISLATURE. Georgs Law Meiers Assemble at the Capitol. Boittine of the House anti Senate Brief ly Reported. THE HOUSE. i Saturday, Dec. 2.—One of the most interesting measures introduced in this session was the lynch law bill of Mt. Hill, of Merriwether, taken up I for final action at the opening of the ‘ session Saturday and passed. The bill ■ is decidedly sweeping and is armed to ■ provide practical means for discourag ing and preventing mob violence. Mr. j Hill explained the object of the bill, and in doing so made un able speech against mob violence. The bill makes it felony, jnnririmble by not less than twenty years confinement in the penitentiary for any one to engage in mob violence, and if the vic tim dies from the result of such vio lence, then the crime is murder. If anyone refuses to aid the sheriff in suppressing a mob, the party so failing will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and if the sheriff learns of an unlawful assem blage it is mnde his duty to arrest them. Mr. Allen’s bill to provide for the pay ment for live stock killed to prevent the spread of the glanders, created a great deal of discussion. Several amend ments were offered. One was that chickens having colera be also paid for. Mr. McDonald offered another amend ment that when rust or caterpillars at tack a man’s cottou crop, that he ba paid 8 cents for all cottou lost. The bill was iaid on the table temporarily. The following bids were passed: Air. Need’s bill to require the commis sioners of roads of Floyd county to have a digest made of tax defaulters since 1877; A bill to provide for char teriug telegraph and express compa nies ; A bill to fix the time of holding superior courts in the Flint circuit; Fill providing for the registration of voters in AA’iIcox county; Bill in refer ence to the dismissal of cases in the supreme court, (this bill specifies that no case shall be dismissed or thrown out through technical imper fections in tlie record) ; Bill to regu late the method of pleading in civil actions; Bill to establish a new char ter for the town of Abbeville; The senate bill of Mr. Johnson, of the fif ty-seventh, establishing a board of school commissioners for the town of Statesboro, was read and concurred in; Bill to limit the jurisdiction of the city court of Carroll county in civil cases to amounts over $500; Bill to amend the chnrter of the town of Cor nelia. The house then adjourned un til Monday. Monday - , Dec. 4.—The intense cold weather played a regular freeze out game oh the members of the house Monday morning. It was so cold in the hall that the speaker was forced to have hot bricks put to his feet and the members huddled around the two grates in the hall or sat muffled up in their overcoats, until the end of the session. The bill of Mr, Jones, of Decatur, to make it a misdemeanor to hunt on any uninclosed lands that had been posted was promptly killed. It was championed by Mr Hall, of Thomas, who said it was a bill to protect land owners from a lot of unprincipled scoun drels who hunted because they were too lazy to work. Mr. Hall gave no tice of a motion to reconsider Tues day. Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, want ed to take up the report of the special committee sent to Augusta to see if shad could climb the dam across the Savannah river there. The house wanted the regular order of business to go on and voted down the mo tion. Following this there was more fish talk over the bill of Mr. Bryan, of Floyd, to prohibit em ploying or depositing gas tar, coal tar, or other poisonous substances in rivers or running streams. The vote was ayes 47, nays 50, and the bill was second time, the house adjourned until Tuesday morning. Tuesday', Dec. 5—The bank bills were the special order in the house Tuesday and some lively speeches were made. The bill for issuing circulating notes reported by the committee was read and also the substitute offered by Mr. Calvin, of Richmond. 3Ir. Calvin made a strong speech iu behalf of his substitute. Meli Branch delivered a red-hot speech against the measure. Other speeches in favor of the A'eaeh bill were made by Boifeiullet, Render, Hodge and Neel, while Mr. Guerard was opposed to doing anything until congress acted. The bill reported by the committee was passed by a vote of 121 to 15. The bill provides among other things that the governor, the treasurer and the comptroller general of the state shall con stitute the commission authorized to have notes engraved in denominations not greater than $1,000 and not less than $1, all of which are to be coun tersigned by the comptroller general. Then, any bank desiring to issue these notes must make a written application, giving the name of the bank, the place where it is located, the amount of its capital stock, a transcript of the rec ords showing the names and places of residence ofthe shareholders,and when this has been done the commission must inquire into tho truth of the statement. The capital stock of such banks must, not be less than $25,000, paid in gold or sil ver or lawful currency of the United States, and one-half of it must be svt apart and kept on deposit for the re demption of bills issued by the banks. The remaining half of the capital stock paid in shall be invested in valid county, municipal, state or United States bonds. The bill provides that these bonds shall be deposited with the treasurer, and when the banks have complied with the provisions taken up Wednesday night in the committee of the whole house, and Mr. Martin, of Fulton, began speak ing in its favor. Before he concluded the house adjourned until Thursday morning, when the bill again came up in the committee of the whole with Mr. Neel, of Bartow, in the chair. An extended debate over the measure ensued. Finally Mr. Bacon, of Bibb, asked for a vote, ns he said there was so much to be tran sacted in the house that it would be impossible to finish the business unless more dispatch was used. On motion of Air. Martin the committee reported the bill back to the house with a rec ommendation that it do pass. As soon as it had reached the house again, Mr. Branch, of Columbia, called the previous question. The yeas and nays were called for and the bill was lo t, the vote being 71) yeas and 87 nays. Tho report of the spe eial committee to investigate the treas ury was sent iu by Chairman MeBrid and read by tho clerk. The senate resolution asking our national repre sentatives to use their best endeavor to secure compensation for C. P.Good year of Brunswick, in his efforts tc deepen the bar at Brunswick, wa agreed to, and then the house adjourn ed until Thursday afternoon. BILL ARP’S LETTER. lost. Mr. Bryan gave notice of a mo- some dreadful harm, therefore I beg yon j tion to reconsider. The following to ha-ten back to htr as fast as possible.’ i bills xvere passed: To relieve John Booth; To amend paragraph 1, sec tions 282, 283 and 284 of the code so ns to increase the jurisdiction of the county conrts; To authorize the judges of the city courts to practice law iu other courts than their own; To provide for granting corporate powers to canal companies; To pro vide compensation for justices of the peace for making re turns to tax receivers of persons liable to tax; To repeal an act for the protection of game in Schley county; ~Y’ou are right, Meta^—yes, 1 am sure you are ri.ht, as you always are. and 1 will go at ouce. only let me first ask " “No. no! don't stay to ask anything. How do you kno v but, having got yon aut of the way, your enemies huve found me ns of communic iting with her? Or. as yon yourself suggested a little while | ago. how do you know hut she has found i the note you so carelessly lost?” “By Jove! you’re right, I must be oil at once,” aud starting to his feet, he seized his hat. and hurried to the door, f'.u here he slopped, with his hand upon :he knob. “We’re going to Riverside to-ni ht, • rr , - , . c u Meta," be said; “but we shall be la k in t A 0 abohsb th ‘‘ count y COUI ' ta of Butta > Doubtless your friends have been unavoid- her thronin'. Why don't ht-r liotherst.;} ablv detained." at home an’ wait cat her friends?” ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER IT WILL PAY YOU. :he morning. And to-morrow even ng you and K y must come and sea us, then we will talk over this strange matter. “Ah,” he added abruptly, “I begin to think I tan point out the very hand ;n t's working again u us. I nt I mnsn’t st y longer. Good-n’ght " And, having at last opened the door, be hastened across the h 11 and clown the stairway. “And so can I point out the ban! that doing this cruel work,” murmured Meta, as she slowly approached the win dow ;nd loosed out into the ni_-ht. “Yes, I could go right to 1 er. and say—‘you To amend the charter of the town of | Cairo; To amend the act incorporating j the town of Buena Vista; To provide for registering the legal voters of Ba- j ker county; To amend the act fixing | the pay of the treasurer and the per diem of the sheriff of DeKalb; To i amend the registration law of Ap- | pling county; To amend the j charter of the town of Sharpsburg; j To amend the charter of the Chatham bank; To prohibit the manufacture of e the one.’and she would not dare deny ; intoxicating liquors in Troup county; To amend the charter of Emory col lege; To repeal an act incorporating Nashville in Berrien county; To rein corporate the town of Rutledge; To authorize the judge of the county ‘ court of Morgan county to turn con victs over to she county authorities; | To authorize the city of Piome to make j temporary loans to supply casual defi ciencies in revenue; To amend the act ; establishing a board of education for ■ Sumter; To amend the charter of ; Clarkesville. A number of new bills ■ were read and referred and the house ! adjourned until 7:30 o’clock at night. it." She heard the front door close, and she saw Engene hurry down the steps, across the walk, and enter the waiting eurr age. Sha saw the driver slam to the door, mount hU boxund drive away. Aud tbeE she saw a muffled female form cautiously ipproaoh ihe house and regard it atten tively. “Who can that be, and what doss she want here?” she involuntarily asked her- 36'f. Before she could find an answer to hei question the woman h d moved slo.ily away nnd disappeared in the gloom. Feeling weak and faint, M-ta sought the ioun e »nd sank hiavdy upon it. Ab! had she but remained at the win- Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, made hia dow a moment longer how much of sorrow j speech on the fish question in tho —how much of misery—might h we bees ' house Monday night. He was chair- 1 man oi the committe fr m tn e iieusu, wo.ded! [XO BE CONTINUED, j sent to inspect the dam across the riv er at Augusta and to see whether or not shad could climb over the dam to the river above it The house voted to take up the resolution for action. Mr. Smith made a lengthy speech on the The Supreme Judicial Court of Ma c sa- chusfctts is to decide whether a creditor who iuvades a debtor’s bedroom and wakes him up early in the morning in o;der to present his bill is guilty of an j rjghtu of shad and of the people to eat assault. _ The aggravating party in the ! 6had and then yp T Hnrst ot Walton dispute ts a milkman and the aggrieved . introdllced a resolution to receive Mr. “=' 0mer ’ S M S he i Smith’s report as information and to forbade the milkman to invade hi3 pn- raw. and was awakened by being shaken ff cbar S« A he u with ihe by "the shoulder when suffering from a ! ttanks of lhe „ , Tba Ration severe headache. The lower court en- ! waa af iopted and the nsu que^ion Ls? tc ed judgment for the milkman, and the been settled for this session, at leaj. piaiu.iii "'appealed to the full bench of j After reading a number of bills the the Supreme Court. * forth, the commissioners shall issue three times the amount of the notes as the amount of legal tender, coin or currency yon deposit in the bank. These notes shall constitute a first lien on all assets of the bank, and they shall be redeemed in United States coin or currency upon demand. The special order following the bank bill was the bill of Mr. Allen, of Upson, to grant a special jiension of $100 a year to J. A. Koquemore, of Upson, a one-legged confederate veteran. The bill was jiassed and then the house ad journed until 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Night’s Session. —The house met at half past seven Tuesday night and considered the bill of Mr. Mc Whorter, of Greene, to provide for the creation of boards of equalization for the taxes of the state. After some dis cussion the bill was tabled for the present. The bill of Mr. Roddenbury, of Thomas, to list the Southwestern Military College for the purpose of insurance was lost. Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett,took np the legislative hook and line in behalf of the shad in the Sa- vannahriver. He introduced a resolu tion that the governor appoint a com mittee to examine and report to the next legislature on the obstructions in the Savannah river at Augusta, which prevents the shad from climbing over the dam and seeking the head waters of the river. The house killed the resolution in short order, but, nothing daunted, Mr. Smith gave notice of u motion to reconsider. Wednesday, Dec. 6—As soon as the journal was read in the senate, Wed nesday, Mr. Robinson moved to re consider the vote by which the report of the committee to examine the Au gusta dam, was indefinitely postponed. His motion prevailed. The bill to re fund the amount of purchase money of wild lands, which was passed Tuesday was also reconsidered, The bill of Mr. Persons to wipe from the statute books all jury exemptions, except officers of court, physicians, pilots and railroad engineers, ministers of tho gospel and school teachers, was reported ad versely by the committee. Mr. Per sons moved to disagree to the re port of the committee and in a strong and forcible speech set forth the claims of his bill. Mr. Wooten opposed the bill. Mr. Fleming spoke in its favor. Mr. Reese opposed the bill, and de fended the report of the committee in reconsidering that the bill not pass. Other speeches were made on the measure, when a vote was taken. The result was 18 for and 19 against, thus the bill was lost. The following bills were passed: Bill appropriating $2,000 to the blind asylum ; Bill to regulate tho business of insurance companies; Bill to fur nish county school commissioners an office; Bill to allow children residing in the vicinity of towns having public schools to attend the same; Bill to prescribe the method of determin ing the weight of freight; Bill to require the county commis sioners of Floyd county to make a list of tax delinquents; Bill to establish a system oi public schools for Law- renceviile; Bill to abolish tho county court of Butts county; Bill to re-es tablish the county court for Appling county; Bill to transfer the couuty of Dooly from the southwestern circuit to the Oconee circuit, also to change the time of holding Dooly court; Bid to revise the time for holding courts in the Brunswick circuit. The bill to refund the purchase money for wild lands, which was reconsidered at the first part of the session, was after wards taken up and passed again. Wednesday afternoon the bill of Mr. Graham, of Appling, to protect tin game in Georgia was taken np and passed. This bill wipes out all loc i! game laws and makes it nnlnwful tc hunt or trap game, singing and insec- tiverous birds and wild turkeys in any county in the state except between th first of November and the first of April. The bill of Mr. Mar tin, of Fulton, to allow coun ties or municipalities to estab lish juvenile reformatories when the people so decide by a popular vote was passed. A number of new bills were introduced. The bill of Mr. Hogan, of Lincoln, to abolish monthly teach ers’ institutes came up for passage at the evening session. A snbstituie was offered by Mr. Roddenbury, of Thom as, that teachers attending the annual institute should draw no pay while there. The substitute was passed. The vote on Mr. Reagan’s bill to hold a constitutional convention re sulted in defeating it by a vote of 87 to 37. Thursday, Dee. 7.—The bill of Mr. Mart n,yaf Fulton, to establish a re formatory for juvenile prisoners, was IN THE SEMITE. Saturday’, Dec. 2.—The senate wa in session but a few moments. T only business transacted was rendin the bond bill the first time and refer ring it to the finance committee. N quorum being present the body ad joiirned until Monday. Monday, Dec. 4.—A resolution wu; introduced in the senate Monday morning reciting the fact that the state owns a great deal of land alon the line of the Western and Atlantic railroad, and that in some instances land belonging to the state is claimed by other parties. The resolution pro vides that the governor and the attor ney general shall settle these disputed claims and sell the land if they see proper. The senate passed the following bills: A bill to establish a registration law for the county of Liberty; also to reqnir county commissionersof Liberty conn ty to publish their minutes; A bill to amend the charter of the city of Co lumbus; A bill to allow George W Willis to peddle without license; A bill to amend section 242, so as to ntnke the bank of Carrolton a state dnposi tory; A bill to make tlie Quitman bank a state depository; A bill to pro hibit the sale of seed cotton in th county of Stewart; A bill to authorize the appointment of a physician to each coroner iu the state. Tuesday, Dec. o.—There was a lively debate in the senate Tuesday over the bill introduced by Senator Jenkins. The bill makes it unlawful to sell or solicit the sale of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors in auv county of this state where the sale of such liquors is prohibited by law, high license or otherwise, provided the act shall not be construed as preventing the furnishing of such liquors to per sons in such prohibition counties upon purchases made of licensed dealers in such liquors, outside of, and riot so licited or contacted fur, in said prohi bition counties. After considerable speech-making, pro and con, tho yeas and nays were called, and the bill was passed. The senate passed the house bill to refund the money paid for wild land where the purchasers got no title from tlie state of where the purchasers abandoned the lands and have relinquished their claims. Senator Robinson called up the report of the committee that went to Augusta to see if a shad could climb overthe dam. The reports were indefin itely postponed. The bill of Mr. Bla lock to re'duee the number of county school commissioners iu every county in the state to three, nnd that they be paid their actual expenses while in the discharge of their duty, out of the school fund was,after brief discussion, passed by a vote of 29 yeas to 3 nays. Wednesday Dee. C.—Butlittle busi ness of importance was transacted in the house Wednesday. After the pas sage of a resolution authorizing the governor and the attorney general to make a thorough examination into the trespasses on the right of way of the state road had been read the third time and passed, the house took up tho bill of Mr. West, of Lowndes, to amend the school laws by establishing and maintaining a uniform course ol text books for the common schocls and to organize a book commission. Tb< committee on education reported th bill back with a recommendation th it do not pass. Mr. West moved to d: agree with the report of the committ which was unfavorable to the bill. Ti. motion was lost by a vote of 59 to r The report of the committee was agreed to and the bill was lost. Mr. Smith,of Gwinett, gave notice of a motion to re consider. Mr. Howard of Baldwin, introduced a resolution to hold after noon sessions from 3 o’clock until 5:30, and night sessions from 7:30 until 10. Adopted. The bill authorizing the governor to call an election for dele gates to a constitutional convention and to call the convention and appro ximating $25,000 for the purpose oi holding the convention came np. Speeches were made against the hill by Harrison, of Quitman, Guerrard,ot Chatham, Branch, of Columbia, Wheel er, of Walker, and. Sears, of Webster, and in favor of it by Reagan, of Henry, Hodges, of Bibb, aud Smith, of Gwi nett. The house in committee of th whole voted the bill down and then the honse did the same, but by unani mous consent the vote was allowed to be taken over. Before it could be taken the hour of adjournment arrived. Thursday, Dec. 7.—In the senate, Thursday, Mr. Persons undertook to have his bill to do away with jury ex emptions, which was lost Wednesday, reconsidered, but the senate refused to reconsider it and the bill trat lost. The senate finally disposed of the report of the bill of the fish committee, accepting the report as iu formation and discharged the com mittee. The following bills were passed: To incorporate ihe Savan nah Electric Railroad Company; To fix the time of holding lerrcll supe rior court; To establish a school board for America s; To amend the charter of the city of Dawson; To change the time of holding Floyd superior court; To provide for a stenographic report er in each judicial circuit in the stat.; Mr. Haekett made a motion, which was carried, to hold nisht sessions. Some Tiionsfits on the Observance of Tbanfcsgiving Day. William is Thankful that He is Nqt in Jail—-The Work of a Woman. . Thanksgiving Pay is a c-oil institution. It is one that all eivi iz 4 people can ofi-irro with pleasure and gratitude, win thcr they bo sa nts or sinners, 3 iv- or G ntdes. Ihat" is if they have got the turkey or its cquvaenr. ft wo haven’t got anything good, mv onght to bo thankful for ivh.it we haven’t ;o—thankful ihat we are ont of jail—thankful "t at it is as Well with us as whnt it is” as the old-time preacher always prays. Some Joli;i dre.' t.e- lieve in Christmas. Some don’t observe £ «t. r; bur ail can unite on Thanksgiving, fur mj that day the good and the thoughtful will honor their Creat >r and die o:hi rs w 11 honor their— their—their—appetites, as Paul fai l to the Pliillippiaiis in Un 3d cliaple■■ and 19th verse. These last have an idea that thev areentit ed to a turkey hi cause they hav w rkc \ for it i r de- seive it on the Little Ja It Horner pr.neipie- They are thankful io tl.enrse ves onlv. I VT.isrnmin .ting abon rh.,ul;sgiving Bay. It is an od in-tifution i England, and was observed ill tin • e untr. I- r.- ti e rev lrrtou- ary war of 177(5. But uh indej mi tie was declared, onr rebellions for father qn.r it just, because it was English jo now. hint like we rebels down sou h quit the Eli ot Jut tor a go d while after ihe late Mar. for w felt lino the yankees had stolen it it > ,t us. It! they did everything rise. It 'ook ns Intlv.i vears to get fairly back into the Union, and‘then we began to honor the old flag and to shoot guns and fi en ackers on the 4 it of July. Ili-tory say-t] . spread er ly h • name of Ebenezer Pei ! er.oa read L King’s p;oc!a- nia’ion for Ti.a .k.-giving. Lis pulpit iu Bos ton, jn t before the war began, an t t. n ado those Bunker Hill yankees so und .1 ey left ihe church, for thev said there was nod "mg to bo thankful for. There was no more Thanksgiv ing Day until Gen. ral Washington was hosen pre-id ut in 176ft On the last Ihnrs av in No vember ot'that year, the first national Thanla- ving was obseived. That wa- ju t JiM years ago today. Washington hail to send out his proclamation by mail to the thirtci. states, sin it had to be started out ab in th first of Octo ber so ns to get down to Georgia and np to Massachusetts in time. Washington was n good man as wed as a great man am! I o con tinue! th- annual Tlianksgiv.ng days for ihn eight years . f his service, Mu why t < v ceased to be proclaimed or ob-irv. d afti'r his"deatii I cannot find out. Bnc it seems hit hr were ore nntionil Thanksgivuig days until No vember, 1864. when Mr. Line- In p oclaimed one. which was riph'and prop'r, c ngidiring what a lime he had had in suhdii ng ns reh Is. Mr. Lincoln was a thankful man hy nn litre and I have no d. nlit he ate his s ato f h.t lurl.ey with a grateful heart. It \v:ib ii;h' mean iu to vt orry the old man so, hut we couldn’t help it. It is wonderful what great things- a wo man can do. One woman has flxrd our ational Tl anksgiving and gotten all the sta'es to unite uiih the nation in e (ah- hshing one day for all. That woman lalmr- I for twenty long years to acc inpli h the desire of her heart. Sho wrote letters to the president and to the governors aud entreated 'hem in such beauti ul, earnest language that they finally gav heed to her nq est. and o nec tlie close of the laic war the dav has been oh-, tv. d. I knew that lady and bo" did hotisands and thousands of onr pc pi —a ccri- ration that has almost pa sod awar. for almost V ry household took Grdv’s Lady’s Book be fore the w..r and ■ veryboily loved and . dmired Mrs Sarah J. II de, Mho was its editres . f r a quart r of a centurv. Bis- loved the pood, tho eautifn! and the trno. She tv ate many char- aing little bo>>ks for die chiidreo. but if she md never done anvfhing more tlnm t-restablish I ltauksg.ving Day and io nrito thifai tweet little verses be- irting: Mary bad a little Iamb, Its fleece was while as snow, t would he enough for the lif,- n i rk of one wo man. There is no more sacred duty than to make the children happy and these lir tic verses about Mary and her ltttie lamb hav inspired he tend, r hea ts of nt liions of them- That good woman died in IS79, but her good works her devotion to cbildr n and her lore for all that was kind and true and beantifu in life still lives What cm one woman do—not a oman of extraordinary talon s, but one or err- nest will anil a lover of mankind? Whit did onr own Mrs. Williams of f.'olum' itdo when she set her heart and her pen to tho wo k of establishing onr southern decorati nday? She did it, and it stands established as amonuih' nt. to southern patrioti.-m. Whether mv were right or wrong in the fight made no difference with her. .She loved t;.e h roi.-m of our sol diers and wept fears of admiration for their sacrifices. “With fairest fliwers wliilo summer lasts We will sweeten their sad graves,” she said, and ir was done. Them is much for us al K to be thankful for. X vilizeil people have no exnns • fur ing at itid". Shd; speare had a special horror of it and speaks of it as a “mon-t. r,” “a marble-hearted fiend.” In another place lie says: Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not to Wikind . As man’s ingratiiiide; Frecz', freeze, thou latter sky. Thou dost not bita so rr gli As benefits forgot. “I hate ingratitudo more than Iving, bab filing, drunkenness or any taint of vice.” Another poet says “It is tlie basest of all crimes.” But if ingratitude to man bv so base, what mu-t it bo to tlie Creator, from whom comet every good and perfect gift ? It He had not lov d us this world wonld not have b en made so h'-autifnl. We cou d havo lived without any of its luxuries; we c uld have go: along with only buzzards for bird aud dog- lennel for h .wers and the how.ing of tip winds for music; we could have lived on comb pad and codfish, hut the Creator made the vanh lovely for our sake, and is Continually unlocking the doors of His storehouse! and dispe: sing new and woudeiful treasures for our comfort and onr elevation to a higher life. This is the day of all others to ponder and ruminate upon the goodness of God and to he grateful for His blessings.—Bill Aid, in Atlanta Constitutiion GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Situation During tha Past Week. The review of he industrial si.nation in the South f r the pa t weik shows th t the condi tion of affairs continues o be enciuragiug. The advance in the price of iron rs shown by recent sales, »n i h d spo.>iou on the par- of producers to ho d the r ontp.Us f‘-r still higher prices has had a goo i eff-ct. 3Icr • furna- es are Starting np aid n w mines are being op n- ed. The change in tariff i -gu-larion, s • f«tr as the South is c moeraed wiii be discounted and the country was never in ?„ « .:r r condition to meet ihe^iuaion. With e. sufficiency of money, a small- . ind- bt?< :haa ev r before, and larger crops cf all varieties—iu this re spect differing from former yrara—it i3 gener ally bei eved t< at an era oi' continued pros- prosperity ha- been entered upon. Thirty-five n w indnstr r-s w r j e t b’ished or incorporated during th ; week, together with t^ii enlargements of manufactories and eight important new buildings. Among notiCable new industries are lie Tutwiler Coal, C <ke and Iron company, « f B riningham, Ai-t., capital $200,0-/0, organ z.-d by Z M. Tu-witer and others; tne Topp cloth ng fac-ory, of Lornsvide, Ky.. capital, $100.‘>00, b. Topp, Leathers^ Co.; a stave and heading 'actory v> cos: 350,'X>0 at Great Cacapou, W. V.. by Ga es & Joun-on; the Bristol D or aud Lumber company, or Bris tol Va., capital, 525.000. by J. Bnffctn aud others, Dni the Sut'on-Sharpe Hurl war* com pany, of Georgetown, Texa , capital $.0,000,by J. A. Satt on and associates. A canning factory i3 reported at Bristol, Tenn; a Development and Improvement Com pany at WiTresboro. N. C.; a charcoal iron fur nace at Egypt, N. C., and a Cons*ruction Com pany at Chat ano> a, ienn. Finer and grist in ilk are to be built at GVndlcr and Raleigh, N. C., and Nestervli ea ud Newton. W.. Va. An asbestos mine i- to be opened at Chinn.agham, N. C., a mica mioe a: Iron Git.*, Tenn., and a coal mine at Phievili ' K • A b c. o factory is to be bu it a r Owensboro, Ky. Among new- wood working • ;a. its of :Le wc-.-k are piining mills at 31 iv-T-ii 31 is- . 31;:.e e^-r a;:d Vytheville. Va,, a pump factory at Florence. Ala., and s.w mil; Keller, Aik.. 31-con and Pme City, Ga-, and Plymouth, N. G.—Trades man (Chattanooga, Tenn.) Citizen-^.do yon muon vtouqh arresting tramps? Policeman—Ob, no; no matter bow strong a tramp is he will never resist a rest.—[Youkets ^tatesniaii#