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COOSA KIY Eli NAVIGATION.
On and after December 16th, 1878, the following
schedule will be run by the Steamers MAGNO
LIA or ETOWAH BILL:
Leave Rome Tuesday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Wednesday . . . . 6am
Leave Gadsden Wednesday 7pm
Arrive at Rome Thursday spm
Leave Rome Friday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Saturday 7am
Arrives at Greensport . 9am
Arrive at Rome Saturday Opm
J. M. ELLIOTT, President and Gen’l Sup f t.
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On aud after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this
Road will run as follows:
DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY.
Leave Rome 8:10 am
Arrive at Rome 12:00 m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Rome 5:00 p in
Arrive at Rome . . 8:00 p m
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, April 7, 1879, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave.
Cartersville 2:30 pm
Stiiesboro 3:20 pm 3:25 pin
Taylorsville. . / . . . 3:46pm 4:ospm
Rockmart 5:00 pm
GOING EAST.
Rockmart 6:00 a m
Taylorsville . . . . . . 6:50 am 7:15 ain
Stiiesboro 7:20 a m 7:45 a m
Cartersville 8:15 am
WILLIAM MacRAE, Sup’t.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
NIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 3:00 p m
Leave Cartersville 4:53 pm
Leave Kingston 5:19 pm
Leave Dalton 7:10 p m
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:47 p m
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga . . . . . • 5:25 p m
Leave Dalton 7:10 p in
Leave Kingston 8:39 p m
Leave Cartersville 9:05 p m
Arrive at Atlanta 11:00 p m
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 5:20 am
Leave Cartersville 7:28 am
Leave Kingston . 7:49 ain
Leave Dalton 9:21 am
Arrive at Chattanooga 10:56 a m
DAY PASSENGER —DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga . 6:15 am
ueave Dalton 8:10 am
Leave Kingston 9:43 a in
Leave Cartersville 10:11 a m
Arrive at Atlanta 12:05 p m
CARTERS VILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP.
Leave Atlanta 5:10 pm
Arrive at Cartersville * 7:22 p ni
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN.
Leave Cartersville 6:05 am
Arrive at Atlanta . 8:45 am
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C CONVENIENT TO THE DEPOT, AND ITS
j tables supplied with the very best the mark
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traveling public will flud good, plain accommo
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°r four families can get comfortable rooms in
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VOLUME I.
THE PRESS CONVENTION.
Annual Meeting of the Georgia Press As
sociation.
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., May 14,1879.
r I association met in the opera house,
and was called to order by President J.
11. Estill.
Maj. C. 11. Smith (Bill Arp) welcomed
the association in a neat and characteris
tic speech.
Mr. Tyler M. Teeples responded on be
half of the press.
Mr. C. W. Styles then extended an in
vitation to the association to visit Canton
and partake of the hospitalities of the
people on Friday, the 16th inst.
Mr. C. W. Hancock moved to lay the
invitation on the table. Lost.
On motion of Mr. E. Christian, the
thanks of the association were voted to
the people of Canton for their generous
and hospitable invitation, with regrets
that the assoeiotion cannot accept it.
The association then enjoyed the pleas
ure of listening to an address by lion.
Mark A. Cooper, on the resources of
Cherokee Georgia and Bartow county in
particular.
Mr. Frank Gordon, on behalf of Mrs.
W. H. Felton, in a few appropriate re
marks, presented a wreath of the most
beautiful flowers, sent from Washington
tortile occasion.
On motion of Mr. Gordon, the secreta
ry was instructed to return thanks to Mrs.
Felton on behalf of the association.
The reading of the minutes was on mo
tion dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. 11am, a committee of
tive was appointed on credentials, con
sisting of flam, Triplett, Burke, Jones
and Fleming.
The association then accepted an invi
tation from the otfleers of the Cherokee ;
railroad to make an excursion at 2:30
p. m. over their road.
The following members reported and
paid their dues:
Albany News —S. R. Weston, F. V.
Evans.
N. E. Progress—M. Stafford.
MiUedgeville Union and Recorder—J. ;
N T . Moore.
Gainesville Eagle—ll. W. J. Ham.
Gainesville North Georgia Argus—J.
C. S. Timberlake.
Brunswick Advertiser—T. G. Stacy.
Hawkinsville Dispatch—G. P. Woods.
Madison Madisonian —B. M. Black
burn.
Summerville Gazette—J. M. Bellah.
Butler Herald—W. N. Bonus.
Hand.ton Journal—J. T. Blount.
Dublin Gazette—J. H. Etheredge.
Svvainesboro Herald—C.H. Mediock.
Buena Vista Argus —W. W. Singleton.
Quitman Free Press —A. P. Perham.
Columbus Times —J. 11. Martin.
Covington Enterprise—S. W. Haw
kins.
Sandersville Couries—W. C. Davis.
Griffin News—J. D. Alexander, C. A.
Niles.
Sumpter Republican—C. W. Hancock.
Greenville Vindicator —W. T. Revill.
Fort Valley Mirror—S. B. Burr.
Talbotton Standard —W. E. Mum ford.
Barnesville Gazette —J. C. McMichael.
Sparta Times—Elam Christian.
Henry County Weekly—R. D. Har
per, J. E. Brown.
Jonesboro News —11. F. Buchanan, 11,
Cloud.
Gwinette Herald—T. M. Peeples.
Cumming Clarion—lsaac S. Clement.
Georgia Home Journal-W. A .Knowles,
J. Knowles.
People’s Champion—John F. Shecutt.
Dawson Journal —U L. Weston.
Central Georgia Weekly—Chas. Alf.
Williams.
Irwinton Southernor and Appeal—C.
R. Hodges.
Oglethorpe Echo—T. L. Gantt.
Montezuma Weekly—W. H. Harrison.
Atlanta Constitution —W. A. Hemphill,
N. P. T. Finch.
Macon Telegraph—H. 11. Jones.
Jefferson Forest News —R. S. Howard.
Dupont Okeefeenokean —J. P. A. Du
pont.
Louisville News and Farmer —R. J.
Boyd.
Cedartovvn Advertiser —W. C. Brad
ford.
Jesup Sentinel —T. P. Littlefield.
Cuthbert True Southron—M. Tucker,
J. L. Tucker.
Thomasville Enterprise—C. P. Han
seil.
Atlanta Southern Enterprise—S. T.
Jenkins.
Fort Gaines Tribune—S. E. Lewis.
. Houston Home Journal —E Martin.
Atlanta Planter and Grange—Frank
Gordon.
Belton North Georgian—J. F. Find
ley.
Thomasville Times—John Triplett.
MeVille South Georgian—Walter T.
McArthur.
Atlanta Phonograph—W. T. Chisto
pher, M. E. Thornton.
Darien Gazette —R. W. Grubb.
Talbotton Register—O. I). Gorman,
J. B. Gorman.
Savannah News—J. H. Estill.
Early County News —W. W. Fleming.
Covington Star —J. W. Anderson.
Wesleyan Christian Advocate —J. W.
Burke.
Conyers Examiner—W. A. Harp, W.
E. Harp.
Catoosa Courier —R. M. Morris.
LaFayette Messenger—A McHan.
The meeting then adjourned till 9 a.
m. to-morrow.
Thursday, May 15, 1879.
The association met according to ad
journment.
The report of the committee on creden
tials was read and agreed to, and the ap
plicants for membership elected.
The resolution offered at the last meet
ing as an amendment to the by-laws was
taken up.
Mr. Ham offered the following amend
ment to section V. of the constitution as
a substitute:
“Provided, That no person shall be
entitled to represent any paper as proxy
who is not the editor or proprietor of
some paper which is a member of the as
sociation.”
Mr. E. Christian offered a substitute
for both, which was lost. The amend
ment ottered by Mr. Ham was adopted in
lieu of the original resolution.
Mr. George P. Woods submitted the
following report, which was read and
adopted by a rising vote:
The committee appointed at the last
meeting of the Georgia press association
to prepare a suitable memorial commemo
rative of the death of Capt. Charles Ed
ward Carnes beg leave to submit the fol
lowing report:
We are again called upon to express
our sorrow at the death of one ot our
most valued and professional brethren.
Death has entered a happy home and
robbed it of its most cherished object oi
love, and struck from the roll ot the liv
ing the name of our beloved co-worker,
Capt. Charles Edward Carnes. He was
born in Macon, Ga., September 19th,
1838, and died of pneumonia in Irwin
ton, Ga., December 18th, 1877.
His career as a printer and journalist
began at twelve years of age, when he
entered the office of the Macon Telegraphy
THE FREE PRESS.
• and where he remained for several years.
He made~n gallant record as a soldier in
the contest for southern independence,
and returned home and re-entered his
chosen profession. In 1875 lie establish
ed the Southerner at Irwinton, and con
tinued as its editor and proprietor till
the date of his death. He was master of
his profession and imprinted success upon
all of his undertakings. Asa practical
j printer he was ever ready to show sym
pathy and kindness to a wandering typo.
As an editor he loved right and abhorred
wrong, and his intellectual endowments,
great integrity of character and versatile
accomplishments peculiarly fitted him
for the exalted and responsible position
of a member of the “fourth estate,” and
in his death truth has lost an able de
fender, our profession a genial compan
ion, the press one of its brightest lights,
and our country a most useful citizen.
In the discharge of his duty Capt. Carnes
was generous and manly, and to his fel
low-men and professional brethren he
never forgot he was a gentleman, but ex
hibited that courtesy and gentility that
should govern us as individuals in the
conduct of our journals. There is no
profession or other pursuit in life where
each one is more the friend and the
brother of the other than in the press.
Our association is more a social than a
business organization, and the death of a
comrade comes home to all. Your com
mittee beg leave to submit the following
preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God,
in the exercise of his inscrutable wis- ,
dorn, to remove from onr midst our com- 1
panion and friend, Captain Charles E. j
Carnes;
Resolved, That in the death of Captain j
Charles E. Carnes, this association has
been deprived of one of its ablest and
wisest counsellors, the press of an honor
ed and true member, and the state of a
noble and useful son.
Resolved, That we will cherish the
memory of our deceased and lamented
brother, and will strive to imitate his ;
private and professional virtues.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize ;
with the family of onr deceased brother
in their irreparable loss, and that this re
port and these resolutions lie spread upon
our minutes as a perpetual memorial of
our respect for him while living and of
our-sorrow at his death
Resolved, That our secretary transmit
a copj r of this report and these resolu
tions to the family of our deceased broth
er. George 1\ Woods,
Chairman Committee.
The treasurer reported a balance on
hand from last year of $108.75, and the
amount collected at this meeting $l2B.
Mr. 11. H. Jones made a short speech
reciting the condition of the graves of
the confederate dead at Andersonville, ;
and the efforts being made by the ladies’
memorial association of Americus to care 1
for them.
After some discussion the association
passed a resolution directing the treas- i
urer to pay over $25 to the ladies’ memo- j
rial association of Americus to aid them i
in their noble efforts, and requesting j
members to aid individually iu the under- i
taking.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the treasurer to pay SSO to the widow of
our deceased brother, Capt. Charles E.
Carnes.
The thanks of the association were re
turned to the Cartersville cornet band for
their excellent music.
On motion of Mr. J. B. Gorman, Mr.
Francis Fontaine was granted permission
to address the meeting 011 the subject of
newspaper advertising
The following resolution, offered by
Mr. Ed. Martin, of the Perry Home
Journal, was laid on the table:
Resolved, That hereafter this associa
tion, as a body, decline all invitations to
accept the hospitality of any city, com
munity, individual or firm during its
business sessions.
Mr. Ingram, of the Washington Ga
zette, Mr. M. Dvvinell, of the Rome Cou
rier, Mr. S. A. Cunningham, of the Car
tersville Express, Mr. C. 11. C. Willing
ham, of the Cartersville Free Press, Mr.
B. W. Wreun, of the Kennesaw Route
Gazette, reported and paid their dues.
The president extended an invitation
to the association to attend the centennial
of the siege of Savannah on the 9th of
October next. It was enthusiastically
accepted.
The city officials and citizens of Car
tersville were cordially invited to be
present during the sessions of the con
vention.
Mr. Francis Fontaine then addressed
the meeting.
The following officers were re-eleeted
by acclamation :
J. H. Estill, president.
C. W. Hancock, first vice-president.
J. 11. Martin, second vice-president.
S. R. Weston, treasurer.
F. Y. Evans, corresponding secretary.
C. P. Hanseil, recording secretary.
E. P. Howell, J. D. Hoyl, John Trip
lett, H. 11. Jones and T. M. Peeples, ex
ecutive committee.
Mr. Estill then thanked the association
for the honor again conferred.
Mr. Ham offered the following resolu
tions, which were adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the asso
ciation be tendered the various railroads
for courtesies extended this association.
Resolved, That the thanks of the asso
ciation be tendered the proprietors of the
Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga., for cour
tesies extended this association.
Rome and Cuthbert and Chalybeate
Springs were put in nomination for the
place of holding the next meeting. Cuth
b£rt was -selected, and the thanks of the
association .returned to the citizens of
Rome and the proprietor of Chalybeate
Springs for their generous invitations.
'The following pVeamble and resolu
tions, offered by Mr. Frank Gordon, were
adopted by a rising vote :
Whereas-, The press association of
Georgia has been the recipient of the
most distinguished courtesy and lavish
hospitality at the hands of the citizens of
Cartersville, and in view of the very
high appreciation by the press associa
tion, both individually and as a body,
Resolved, That we tender our hearty
and sincere thanks to the citizens and la
dies of Cartersville for their kindness and
hospitality to us, and that we can carry
away with us none but pleasant recollec
tions of kindness received at the hands of
a community composed of as courteous
gentlemen and as lovely women as Geor
gia knows.
Resolved further, That we tender our
hearty thanks to our worthy brethren of
the press of Cartersville for their untir
ing and so eminently successful efforts to
promote the comfort and pleasure of the
members of the press association.
On motion of Mr. Mumford, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That this association endorse
j the advertising agency established by
Mr. Francis Fontaine, of New York, and
I that we, as individual members, will
give him all the aid in our power in the
furtherance of his enterprise.
A resolution of thanks by Mr. S.T.
Jenkins to Hon. Mark A. Cooper for his
valuable essay on the resources of Chero
kee Georgia, was adopted.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1879.
A resolution of thanks to Mr. B. W.
Wrenn was adopted.
Mr. E. Christian offered an amend
ment to the constitution changing the
annual dues of membership from two
dollars to one dollar per annum. Laid
over
The association then adjourned to meet
at Cuthbert in May, 1880.
J. H. Estill, President.
C. P. Hassell, Secretary.
♦ •
•‘YOU LIE, SIR!”
Senator Hill Trips Up the Unveracious
Gentleman from Maine.
Washington, May 30.—The little spat
that occurred between Blaine and Sena
tor Hill, of your state, iu the senate yes
terday, is worth more than a passing no
tice. Indeed, it is highly suggestive.
It shows that whenever the Georgia sen
ator concludes to reply to the attack
made upon him, while he was absent in
Atlanta, by the swaggering demagogue
from Maine, the fur is pretty apt to fly.
The scene in the senate yesterday was
unusually interesting. Air. Ilill was
prompt, tart and blunt, and the result
was that Blaine, who is no end of a blus
terer, was completely cowed and utterly
routed. The little breeze came up as un
expectedly as a summer whirlwind, and
was about as lively. It grew out of Air. ■
McDonald’s resolution to refer the peti
tion presented by him Tuesday and led
to discussion on the representation by
which Rhode Island is entitled in con
gress in consideration of her property
qualifications. The first resolution was
adopted, and the morning hour expired
before discussion closed. In the course
of the debate Mr. Blaine said :
“We are talking now about the prac
tice at polls where districts containing
30,000 or 40,000 lawful voters are repre
sented by men for whom only 3,000 or
4,000 votes were cast. The senator from
Georgia yesterday said there was no
need of any coming out to vote, for the
whole thing was settled in advance.”
Mr. Hill —The senator from Georgia
said no such thing, and will express his
exceeding gratification if, for once in his
life, the senator from Maine will quote
him correctly.
Here Blaine. asked Mr. Hill to explain
how it was that certain districts in Geor
gia in 1876 cast a largeV republican vote
than the whole vote cast in 18 : 8, when
there seemed to he no republican voters.
Air. Hill replied that these facts only
applied to districts where there was no
opposition candidates. Whereupon the
following sharp colloquy ensued:
Air. Blaine —Why was there no oppo
sition when the republicans were in the
majority ?
Mr. Hill—Because nobody else chose
to run. If the senator wants me to an
swer his insinuations that there were
means brought to bear by which any
body was prevented from running who
wanted to run, or anybody prevented
from voting, I simply say his insinua
tions are utterly without foundation and
have no support but his own statement,
which is no support at all. [Laughter.]
Air. Blaine then quoted from Air. Hill’s
remarks yesterday, that the republicans
took sides in the contests between demo
cratic candidates in Georgia, and said he
was glad to get the admission that the
republicans were allowed to choose be
tween democrats there, but in Maine
they went further and allowed a voter to
choose between a republican and a demo
crat. The vote in Georgia showed plain
ly that that was not permitted, and wit
nesses could be produced by thousands
who will swear to this—not in the pres
ence of those who intimidated them, but
where they can safely do so.
Air. Hill —Every statement of intimi
dation or that anybody was prevented
from running or voting in Georgia is ut
terly untrue. I do not see what more I
can say.
Air. Blaine No, and I don’t know as
there is any reason for saying that.
Three representatives from Georgia hold
seats by votes of 2,200, 3,600 and 3,400
respectively, and that is the entire vote
cast iu their districts.
Air. Hill—Everybody but the senator
from Alaine understands there was no
opposition to the candidates in those dis
tricts and that the people did not choose
to turn out.
Air. Blaine—As late as 1876 there were
two or three times as many votes cast as
the present members had.
Air. Hill—There was no opposition
candidates in 1876. If the senator means
to say the republicans were prevented
from bringing out a candidate, he says
what is not correct.
Air. Blaine—l do say that in the pres
ence of the country, and in the records of
history, and whether a denial is made in
a senatorial phrase or is intended offen
sively, it is flying in the lace of history
and against recorded facts. It is known
and sworn in Georgia by republicans of
as good character as the honorable sena
tor has, that they did not dare and were
not permitted to bring out a candidate.
Mr. Hill —Whoever swore to that swore
to a falsehood.
Air. Blaine—The facts are better than
the opinions of either of us, and it is an
anomalous and absurd reasoning to as
sert that 10,000 republicans would stay
at home and allow 2,600 democrats to
choose a representative in congress. _
Air. Hill—l wish it distinctly under
stood that I do not reason from any facts
set up by the senator from Maine.
Air. Blame—Nor anybody else.
Mr. Hill—Nor anybody like him.
[Laughter.]
This, it appears to me, is quite salty
enough to suit those who believe that the
time has arrived when southern congress
men should put forth a finger occasion
ally to stay the tide of lies with which
such men as Blaine are eternally Hood
ing the senate, f suppose the modqst
young men of the New York Tribune
and other vehicles of intellectual mud
will allude to the matter as another dis
play of “plantation manners,” and, in
truth, there was an old-fashioned curt
ness about Air. Hill’s remarks, just as in
his speech the other day there was some
thing more than a flavor of the old days
when men like Webster, Clay and Cal
houn spoke to the country from their
places iir the federal senate. In my
opinion, the stalwarts who have been so
long crowing over the democrats in the
senate and browbeating them up and
down the chamber have found in Air.
Hill not only their match but their mas
ter, and I think, furthermore, that it
will be a long time before the people of
Georgia will again have cause to com
plain that he is lacking in judgment.
'I he criticisms of the newspapers have
done Air. Hill a world of good, and to
my mind there has not, for twenty years
or better, been a more promising figure
in the senate than this cool and careless
looking Georgian, whose intellectual
! equipments seem superior to all around
him.
The Butlerites have developed anew
scheme in Massachusetts. It is a union
, between Butler and the democrats, by
which Gaston will be elected governor
j and “the widow” sent to the United
I States Semite,
DR. FELTON IN CONGRESS.
Dr. Felton, of Georgia, deserves com
mendation for iiis frank expressions con
eerninggthe necessity of providing the
necessary appropriations. The doctor
says it will not do to adjourn congress
without making the regular and stated
appropriations. We believe this is the
judgment of ninety-nine out of every
hundred democrats. Here and there a
man. for argument’s sake, or love of
being contrary; may take opposite
ground, but even the noisiest representa
tive at Washington knows Dr. Felton’s
position is the right one. — Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
AVashington, Alay 29. —At the meet
ing ot the ways and means committee
to-day, Dr. Felton made another at
tempt to secure consideration for the
bill to put quinine on the free list. Air.
Conger made the point that the commit
tee had already decided not to take up this
or any measure affecting the tariff at the
present session. Air. Conger’s point
was sustained by the committee. Dr.
Felton then give notice that he would
bring the bill to the attention of congress
direct; that a large majority of the mem
bers were in favor of its passage, ’ and
that the people should have the benefit
of the reduction at once. So there’s a
-chance yet that the duty may be re
moved.
Washington,, Alay 29. —At the session
of the ways and means committee to-day,
Dr. Felton, of Georgia, offered the fol
lowing resolution: “That the committee
on ways and means will report to the
house during this session of congress a
bill repealing the duty on all salts of cin
chona or Peruvian bark, with the recom
mendation that it pass.”
Mr. Frye made a point of order that
under a resolution recently adopted by
the committee this committee will not
consider at this session any bills or joint
resolutions affecting the revenue, and
that all such measures be laid over until
the regular session in December, there
fore the commttee could not entertain
the resolution.
The chairman, Air. Gibson, of Louisi
ana, overruled the point of order, where
upon Air. Conger appealed, and the
chairman’s decision was not sustained.
Dr. Felton’s resolution was therefore
defeated.
Air. Felton, of Georgia, yesterday made
a speech in the ways and means commit
tee which it will puzzle even the stal
warts to twist into an attack on the sta
bility of the union, the constitution or
the solar system. He frankly and man
fully expressed the universal conviction
ol cool and clear-headed democrats that
it will not do for congress to adjourn
without making the regular and stated
appropriations for all departments of the
government. This is the ground which
the World took on the morning after the
veto of the army bill. To refuse the ap
propriations unless conditions which the
democrats believe to be just and proper
conditions are affixed to them would
really be a revolutionary proceeding
which could only be justified by such an
imminent danger to the country as would
justify measures more decisive still.
There is no such imminent danger. The
democrats can safely go to the country
on the issues raised by the “ridersi’ to
the army bill and the legislative bill.
They cannot safely go to the country on
the entirely different and foreign issue
which would be raised, not by them but
against diem, by a refusal to make ap
propriations for carrying on the regular
business of the country. Their position
as now defined will be approved as sensi
ble and patriotic by thousands of men
who would condemn a refusal of the ap
propriations as both factious and silly.
It wili make the Tribune very unhappy,
we fear, and we do not believe that the
Grant managers will approve of it, but
that can’t be helped.— N. Y. World, 21st
ultimo.
TROOPS AT THE POLLS.
Almost the Identical Bill of Seventy-Nine
Y'ears Ago.
In bis speech recently Senator Whyte,
of Maryland, referred to a*bill introduc
ed by Chief Justice Marshall, in 1800,
when a member of the house from Vir
ginia, in regard to troop's at the polls,
but he could not discover the original
bill, although he remembered its pur
port distinctly. Secretary Burch has
finally done this. The bill, singularly
enough, is entitled “A bill to prevent the
interference of any military force in cer
tain elections.” The full text of the bill
is as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That it
shall be unlawful for any military force
01 the United States to appear around or
emJSodied at the place and on the day of
holding an election for electors of the
president and vice president of the
United States, or of any member of con
gress, or of thrgovernor or a member of
the legislature, of any state or in any
manner to interfere with such election.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
if any body of troops shall be stationed in
the neighborhood of the place where
such election may be held and notice
thereof may be given, in writing, by any
person or persons holding the same to
their commanding officer, it shall be his
duty, in a special manner, to superintend
their conduct on that day, so as to pre
vent a:?y violation of this act, and for
that purpose to detain them in eanfp, un
less it shall be signified to him in writ
ing, by the officer or officers presiding
over or conducting such election, that the
vicinity of such troops will incommode
or may overawe the v iters, and that he
is requested tJwemove them to such con
venient distantly, not exceeding one mile,
as in such notice*may prescribe, in which
ease it shall be the djjty of tne officer to
conform to the request contained in such
notice; provided, always, that it shall be
lawful for such officer to leave at the
proper station such guard as may be nec
essary tor the protection of the works,
military stores and other property which
may be intrusted to his care.
See. 3. And be it further enacted, That
any officer who shall refuse or fail to ob
serve the regulations ot this act shall bjE
adjudged guilty of disobedience ot orders
and shall be cashiered. Nothing in- this
act contained shall be Construed to de
prive officers or soldiers of their right to
vote as citizens, for which purpose those
who are entitled to vote may be per
mitted to attend such elections unarmed
as otfcer persons.
Alarshall and Otis were members of the
committee which made a unanimous re
port in favor of this act as drawn up by
Air. Marshall, and it passed in the house,
but failed in the senate. It seems to have
been a curious circumstance that the
democrats in council nearly a century
later should have adopted a bill contain
ing very nearly the same clauses and
having just the same title except that
Marshall used the word “certain,” but
this is of no consequence, as the act cov
ers all elections of any federal or stats
importance. No wonder that Edmunds
and Cockling opened their eyes when
Mr. Whyte called up this interesting relic
of the. first and greatest chief justice.—
CvluntiKs Enymrer-Bun> "
GEORGIA BONDS.
Atlanta Special to Cincinnati Gazette.]
For several years a most troublesome
case, involving $250,000, lias been before
the Georgia courts. It is a suit of the
state against the late treasurer, “honest
Jack-Jones,” and bis sureties. Briefly,
the story is as follows: Henry Clews, of
Xew York, as agent for the state of Geor
gia, redeemed $272,000 of ante bellum
bonds. Shortly aftetwards, having trou
ble with the state, and claiming a bal
ance, he sold these redeemed bonds at a
nominal price and caused them to be pre
sented to the treasury of Georgia, where,
through carelessness or collusion, they
were again paid—i. e., with the excep
tion of $78,000, which had been “punch
ed,” and could not, of course, be puc on
the market again. These bonds, when
! sold by Clews at auction, were paid for
with a check on Clews, and came back
into Clews’possession. The state claims
to have traced those fliat were paid at
the treasury back to the hands of Henry
Clews’ lawyer, who had them presented
by various persons.
The state claimed that Jones, having a
record of these bonds as having already
been paid, and knowing that Georgia had
no over due securities, should be held
responsible for their second payment.
There were other items against the treas
urer, such as claiming false credits, etc.,
that ran his indebtedness up to $254,000.
The state proceeded against him. His
counsel claimed that he had the warrant
of the governor for all moneys paid out,
and that should protect him. Judge
Hillyer overruled this defense, and for
the past week the facts have been looked
into.
The case has been a famous one. Ben.
Hill led for the defense, and General
Toombs for the state. Three judges and
two congressmen were employed on the
one side or the other.
The friends of Jack Jones claim that
his errors were due to his failing health,
old age, etc., and not to criminal pur
poses. He and his character was way
above reproach. He had been treasurer
for nearly twenty years. He is now in
extreme poverty, a complete wreck,
showing that he did not profit by the
mistakes of his office. It is probable that
the state will have to sustain the loss of
the money that is charged against the ex
treasurer.
Criminal proceedings have been insti
tuted against him, but it is believed they
will be abandoned. Although the case
against him is a very strong one, there
seems to be a general feeling of sympathy
with him.
ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAE.
The magnificent Xew York cathedral,
which was dedicated with imposing cer
emonials last Sunday, is not altogether
completed. The cathedral has been near
ly twenty years in building, and though
it is ready for occupancy, much remains
to be done within and more without be
fore the edifice reaches perfection. It
will probably take from one to three
years at least to complete all that is to be
done, and will cost perhaps a million
dollars or more. It is estimated that
three million dollars at least has already
been expended. In the interior there are
ten side chapels in which ten altars are
to be erected; three main altars have
been finished, and have cost upwards of
$150,000. Many statues are also to be
placed in the interior niches, and will be
brought from abroad. Other improve
ments are contemplated which will con
sume a small amount of time and money.
Outside the cathedral much remains to be
done. Two spires are to be erected on
Fifth avenue 367 feet high, and two tall
spires are also to be erected on the rear
of the edifice on Madison avenue. Then
there are ten pinnacles to be erected on
the Fiftieth street side and ten on the
Fifty-first.street side, as well as four in
the rear. The granite copings, tops flag
ging, etc., on the Fifth avenue side-walk
were not finished Sunday, and will cost
about ten thousand dollars to finish. A
granite coping is to be built on the four
sides of the building, and the surround
ing grounds are to be enclosed, leveled
and beautified. A half-dozen windows
are yet to be placed in the corners be
neath the great spires on Fifth avenue.
Statuary is also to be placed in the va
rious niches on the exterior of the build
ing-
Among the cases to come up before tire
state supreme court at this term, com
mencing June 2, is one from Delaware
county, which originated on account of a
difference of ten cents. It appears that
on March 29, 1879, Mr. F. W. lloft'bauer
took passage on the Davenport and North
western railway at Delhi, for a ride to
Delaware, and failed to obtain a ticket
before getting on the train, crahritngthat
the ticket office was not open. The regu
lar fare, sixteen cents, was tendered the
conductor, who took the money and de
manded ten cents extra for collecting on
board the cars. This Hoffbauer refused
to yield up, and the conductor, so Hoff
bauer swears, dragged him out of the
car, injuring him somewhat, ami kicked
him into a muddy side d'teh, accompany
ing the action with various uncompli
mentary epithets. Suing for $2,000,
Delaware county court allowed him sl,-
000. The railway appeals, and the su
preme court will decide. The costs and
lawyers’ fees will amount to thousands. —
Des Moines (Iowa) Register, Mag 21st,
The Washington special to the Cincin
nati Enquirer says:
If John G. Thompson has any authori
ty to speak for Allen G. Thurmrn, all
doubt is removed as to his intentions tc
become a candidate for the democratic
nomination. Jongee does not mince mat
ters. lie says it is the intention of the
Ohio democrats to nominate Thurman,
that he must not decline, and that, more
over, he will not.
“But, Mr. Thompson,” queried your
correspondent, “can Isay absolutely in
my dispatches to the Enquirer to-night
that Senator Thurman will accept the
democratic gubernatorial nomination?’
“You may,” added Thompson, “and.
moreover, make the statement as em
phatic as the English language can make
Vitriol throwing is becoming almos
epidemic in New York. No less that
four cases have been reported within a
week, and the offenders in every case
were women. The contagion of a sin
gle example was probably the immediate
cause of the three cases which followed.
If the ftill penalty of the law is meted out
in every case, we shall probably hear no
more of it for some time to come. Th ■
crime is one of the most fiendish imagina
ble. The victims in, almost every caso
would probably prefer to have been kill
ed outright. To condemn them to live
on, deprived of sight and disfiguredd for
life, is the very refinement of cruelty.
William E. Gray, a respectable sloe ;
I broker of New York, has been sentenced
' to three years in the state’s prison for
i fraudulent transactions.
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NUMBER 47.
THE OUTLOOK.
The good times that are coming are
nearly here if the the trade and crop
prospects, as published in tlie New \ork
Times and Chicago Inter-Ocean, do not
turn out to be deceptive. Both papers
have printed at length crop reports ol
flattering promise, and the Times also
publishes a statement of trade prospects.
In New England the most decided in
crease is found in the grass crop, and in
the items of butter, cheese and stock.
More corn and wheat will be raised in
the middle states than during last year.
The same is true of the north and north
west, from which the crop reports are
most encouraging. In the south the
prospects of the cotton crop are good.
Altogether it is expected that the yield
of agricultural products will, this year,
be larger than ever before. The trade
reports are equally favorable. Factories
in various parts of the country which
stagnation in trade had closed have again
commenced to run on full time, and the
the expected revival of prosperity seems
to have fairly set in. While wages are
low, employment is becoming uniform
and business active. The number of im
migrants to this country is increasing
every day, and the arrivals at New York
last week were more than five thousand.
With this growth of population, increas
ed crops of grain and cotton, and renew
ed activity in trades and manufacture,
the indications of the future are not dis
couraging. It looks, says the V ashing
ton Star, as if the United States may be
permitted, not merely to congratulate it
self upon comparative welfare when
viewing the trouble and depressed con
dition of its European, neighbors, but
may also lay claim to aii absolute pros
perity which does not need the misfor
tune of others to make it evident.
The Philadelphia Times also takes a
most hopeful and cheering view of* the
situation. It believes that the founda
tion of the present revival of business is
so broad and so impregnable that specu
lators and gambler’s are powerless to
turn back the advancing tide. With the
national credit so firmly established that
none but hopeless lunatics will hence
forth question it, the fountain of national
prosperity must pour out its healthful
streams into every circle of industry, and
gradually increasing thrift is inevitable.
The republicans of the Pennsylvania
legislature, to be fully in accord with
their party, should repeal the statute
which declares that “No body of troops,
being regularly employed in the army of
the United States, or of this state, shall
appear and be present, either armed or
unarmed, at any place of election with
in the state during the time of said elec
tion.” Mr. Hayes and the republican
leaders say United States troops shall ap
pear armed at places of election in Penn
sylvania and other states.
The southern presbyterian assembly, in
session at Louisville, Ivy., has had the
subject of dancing up for discussion, and
came to the conclusion that before offen
ses of this sort are brought before the ec
clesiastical courts of the church, the pas
tor should privately admonish the offen
der. The assembly sust tins the Georgia
synod in Deacon Block’s case —rescind-
ing the action ot the Atlanta presbytery
in confirming the expulsion of Deacon
Block from his church because he allow
ed dancing at his house, and he is now
fully restored to church membership.
The republicans of the Pennsylvania
legislature, to be fully in accord with
their party, should repeal the statute
which declares that “No body of troops,
being regularly employed in the army of
the United States, or of this state, shall
appear and be present, either armed or
unarmed, at any place of election within
this state during the time of said elec
tion.” Mr. Hayes and the republican
leaders say United States troops shall ap
pear armed at places of election in Penn
sylvania and other states.
The New York Herald which has a
kindly feeling to Gen. Grant without
doubt, puts its foot down upon the pro
posed mammoth excursion to San Fran
cisco to meet him and says: “This elec
tioneering ovation is a short sighted blun
der which the true friends of Gen. Grant
must deprecate and regret,” and that it
will defeat the purpose of its perpetra
tors by disgusting all that part of the re
publican party who think -it premature
to select in 1879 a ticket for the election
of 1880.
The British peers who are at present
owners of race horses, and who take an
active interest in horse-racing, are the
dukes of Westminster and Hamilton, the
marquis of Hartington, the earls of Fal
mouth, Rosebery, Wilton, Rosslyn, Cork,
Fitzwilliam, Sefton, Strathmore, Vis
count DuppUn and Lord Vivian. In 18-
64 the jockey club had as members twen
ty privy councillors, of whom seven were
cabinet ministers and two had been
twice prime ministers, Derby and Pal
merston.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
blows a tremendous blast against the an
noyance of hotel life In England, especi
ally in London and Liverpool, heading
his letters in this style.: “Purgatorial
Hotels—Pauper Porters —Spinster Clerks
—Slim Bed and Bad Bolsters—Damp
Sheets and Dingy Rooms —Incomprehen-
sible Extras and Mythical Attendance—
Vampire Frauds and Villainous Cooks—
Householding and Slavery Combined.”
The only remedy he has discovered is to
live in Paris.
It is reported that Frank James, the
celebrated train robber, is encamped in
the Wind river country, some distance
north of the Union Pacific railroad, at id
has, besides his own force, a large num
ber of deserters from the United States
army, and a lot of cow boys. What their
intentions are is not definitely known,
but the military company under Captain
Lawson has been sent out from Fort
Steele to arrest the deserters If possi
ble.— Omaha Telegram.
The immense immigration to Nebras
ka increases daily. For the month of
April, eight hundred and three wagons,
containing on an average four people,
equal to three thousand two hundred and
twelve, crossed - the river at Nebraska
City. Also four hundred and eighty
seven horses, seven hundred and twenty
three stock cattle and five hundred and
ninety-one head of cattle to be herded in
Nebraska. —Nebraska Press.
Boston, May 27. —The family of the
late William Lloycl Garrison yielded to
I the urgent solicitation of prominent gen
tlemen, who expressed a desire to honor
the memory of the deceased by a public
funeral and consented to hold obsequies
in the first church of Koxbury, Wednes
day. Eulogies will be pronounced by
Wendell Phillips, Rev. Sam May, Lucy
Stone and Theo. Weld.
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* South Carolina seems to have as much
wise conservatism in the national senate
i as any other state in the Union.