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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING* AUGUST 9,1867.—TWELVE PAGES,
[cojmwvir. ntou n.at out]
Goring mo any two heavy showers tell,
but the rain did not keep the crowd away,
and St waa not until 5 o’clock, when the
graves were finished, that the people ceased
to visit the cemetery,
DKMANDXNO A SPEEDY TRIAL.
Mr. Robert H. Wright, a citizen of the
Hazard district, and a neighbor of the
Woolfoik family, requests the TELiaRiru
to say that the people of bis district de
mand a speedy trial for yonng Woolfoik,
and says that this demand comes even from
the ladies, every one of whom in the d's-
triot will sign a petition for that purpose.
When told tbit Judge Simmons had lift
ths city. Mr. Wright said another judge
should he callid and a special session of
oonrt held. They claimed it as their right
to demand a speedy trial, and if necessary
the people wonld nnite in a petition.
CARRIED TO ATLANTA.
As intimated in the Telegraph yester
day, Thomas Woolfoik was carried to At
lanta on the 3:35 train yesterday morning.
Abont 3 o’clock Bher.fi Weslcott and Jailor
Birdsong took Woolfoik from his cell. On
leaving the jail they were j doed by Lien-
tenant Wood and Officer GoltVn and the
party quietly proceeded down Filth street
to the onion depot. They sea.ed them
selves on the steps of Rubl s ice house in
rear of the depot, and remained
there in the darkness nntil the
arrival of the train from Bavannsh. Sheriff
Weetoott went alone end pnrchesed two
tiokeis for Atlanta, aDd then the j dltr and
his prisoner took seats in the seoond class
o«i. There was no one ebent the depot at
that hour except a few panseogera, and the
departure was made witbont Rny trouble
whatever. So one know of the intended
removal, so quietly bad everything been
arranged.
The passengers suspeoted that Woolfoik
was the prisoner, bat there wss no attempt
to eDgage in conversation with him, as the
jailer dlsocnrsged it. He arrived in Atlanta
safety with him, and in a few minutes he
w<u> turned over to Jailer Poole at the Ful
ton county jail. _
WOOLFOLK IN ATLANTA,
no Talks to Judge Niabet-He Wants to
Murder Moran.
Atlanta, Angus! 7.—Jailer Nat Birdsong,
of Macon, arrived on an early train this
morning with Lis prisoner, Thomas G
Woolfoik, and prooeeded with him at ouoe
to the Fulton oonnty j .il, where his charge
was safely lodged in an irou bo md ceil on
murderer's row.
When it became known in the city that
Woolfoik was here visitors began to drop
In at the jail, many of them merely to see
what manner of man this was oharg'ed with
the uwfnl sianghter of Friday night
Deputy Sheriff Green, Jailer J. J. Poole
and bis depnty, Stab Osborne, were in and
shout the office all day, and only a select
few whose business made it proper, weie
admitted to see the prisoner.
When your correspondent entered the
cell Woolfoik was on bis knots on a blanket
spread on the center of the door, facing
the door. The cell was beside
this blanket peifeotiy bare. When
he had 1- arned my name the prisoner,
without rising, stretched ont his band in a
mechanical way, and iu an expressionless
tone, raid he waa pleased to see me. I
asked him if he desired to make any state
ment for publication in the TiLXonaru
with r. fert nee to the horrible crime of a Lion
he wte accused. Ho said he bad no state
ment to make, and preferred to say nothing
on that subject. He said it was too sad to
talk abont, and ho wonld not speak cf It
He expressed a perfect williugnu-s to talk
with me on any other (Object. After a few
minutes, finding it nsel>a to oontinue the
inteiview, I left him. He was peitec'.ly
rational, with novi-ible excitement, with
little or no evidence of grief, cool and
qnlet, disposed to talkabontanythingabont
the crime. He was In bis bare stme, having
taken off bit ehiitbat rejlicofi the vest.
The only pb) sicel manifestation of nervous
ness wss a contlnnal robbing his arms np
and down with his hands.
TIfr CT1TC MTT’TCT ATITRI? Hs raad from ths rnlas goTaming the men-1 lease system is an educator of crime, be
lli Ia Oiixlia 1aCAI101aq.auXlli* agoment of the convicts to show the pro- cause it denies the theory of reformation.
visions made for their humane treatment, I Bat treat the convicts humanely, teach
and protested against Dr. Felton's charges them properly, and the instruction and ex-
TIIB IN'VF STIGATION OF JUDGE FAIN
AND SENATOR RANKIN.
The Committee Will Report Next Week—
Recommendations of the Committee
on Finance as to the I.ease or
Sate of the State Road.
Atlanta, August 5.—The special joint
oommittee raised at the winter session to
investigate certain matters relating to the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad, and
oharges against Ex-Senator It til-
kin and Judge Fain, met
this morniog for the first time liooo the
December adjournment. All the members
of the commutes were present, except Sen
ator Butt. Nothing of an important char
acter transpired at the meeting this morn
ing. It waa decided to meet again next
Monday morning at 9 o'clock in the Su
preme Court room, and to formulate the
report with referenoe to the ebargea against
Judge Fain and Senator Rankin. At Mon
day's ueetirg also, the committee will de
cide what lire of proceeding to take in the
inveatigatiou of the Marietta and North
Georgia railroad. There are grave oharges
in this concoction which toe committee
will be called on to thoroughly investigate,
and there may be developments which may
materially affeot the pending legislation
touching the extension of rights aud privi
leges now asked for by the company con-
tri King this road.
TUe finance committee cf the House, to
which was referred the bills* proporicig the
lease and earn of the State road, submitted
tbs matter to a lub-eommitteeof that body,
consisting of Messrs, Felton of Bartow,
Felton of Maeon, Unff of Bibb, Harrell of
Webster, Wheeler, of Walker, and Walk-r,
of Patnem. This committee has finally
decided to recommend a resolution that the
Governor be re q ired to advertise for bids
for the sale ana for the lease of the road
with forfrits as a guarantee of good faiih
These bids are to be received in time for
the Governor to open and pnblisb them be
fore the assembling of thnnextL gistsnre,
to whom is left the final disposition of (he
natter. The committee will also recom
mend a commissioner to make an inven
tory of the property and to confer with
President Brown and ascertain exaotly the
nature of hie claim and the amount.
Dinir gthe session to-day the oommittee
on cor; or.lions reported a bill to incorpor
ate the Long Shoals and Rockland Railroad
Company; also a bill to amend the charter
of the Atlanta and Hawkinaville Railroad
Company. The committee on finance re-
ported a bill to appropriate $5,000 for re
pairs of the 8rate Utnvermty. The general
jaCi Mary committee r< ported adversely to
the bill to make oral defamation a crime;
also a bill to prohibit and punish dealings
m “futures,"
The Senate.
The journal of yesterday was read and
approved. •
Mr. Dean, ohairman of the speeial jndi
clary, reported favorably a House bill for
the rrli< f of the Mutual Reserved and Life
Asceiili ,n of New York.
On motion of Mr. Pringle, of the Twenti
etb, the mice were euspeuded for the pur
pose of tikiag up bills for the first, second
and third reading.
A number of bills were read first and
second limes.
Mr Davidson, of the Eightieth, intro
duced a bill to regnlate the terms of cffice
of the members of the city oonnoll of An
gusts.
U1LLS ON TIilBD READING.
House hill, by Mr. Hsnell, of Webster |
To incorporate the Planters' Bank of Pres
ton. Passed
A nonse bill for the relief of A. J. Harris,
tax colieotor of Talbot oonnty. Pasted.
A House bill to amend the act incorporat
ing tbo town of Clayton. Rabun oonnty.
Pained.
By Mr. James, of the Thirty.sixth—A
bill nqoiring all itinerant Tendenof clocks
to pay a license o' SU'D lo each county in
which the; may do business. Passed.
This bill ixhinated the business before
the Senate and a recess was taken, anbjeot
te the call of the chair.
Mr. Smith, chairman of the general jndi
oiary, submitted a report recommending the
passage of the following:
A hill to emend (action 508 (x) of the
code.
To provide for the transportation of lnm.
her by tramwaya.
To amend section 3910*1) of tbo code.
To rt quire the registration of voters in
Newton connty.
These bills were taken np end read the
second time.
After the reading cf these bills the Sen.
ate adjoured to Monday morning at 10
o'olock.
liZ TALKS WITH Jl'DOE NIHBET.
During tha morning the prisoner ex
pressed a desire to see Judge James T.
Niabet. Judge Kiabetwas lntoimed cf tbo
faot and visited ths jail this afternoon,
where he bad a tong private interview wiib
him. Ha proposed to the Judge to retain
him as counsel in the cate, and suggested
ouc or two others be would
like lo have associated with him. He stated
that DOW the family were all
dead exerpt himself and his
two own sisters, most of the property
would come to him, and he would %e able
to pay a handsome fee. Ha offered Judge
Niabet a very large fee, aud begged that ho
would undertake tbo cake, all the time pro
testing hia innocence. Jacge Niabet de
clined to give ldm an immediate answer,
and, 1 interred, is not at alt disposed to go
into the caao. Ha made an appointment,
howtver, to see him again on Tnaaday.
Before the Judge left Woolfoik asked Lia
advice as to talking with reporters and oth
era, and whether it wonld be wise or prod
ent for him to do so. Tbs judge, prompted
of cour.e, I y bit professional inaiinots, ad-
Heed him that the less he (poke of bis case
the bttUr, and as a result, Woolfoik has
since ref used to say anything whatever as
to his connection with the crime.
Before talking with Judge Niabet he was
lets reticent in speaking of the crime, but
at no time did he make anything looking to
a eonfeeaibn, tmpha'ietUy .asserting his in
nocence. At one time be slid; “Well, nine
have guilt-, aud i swppSSC MSfitt! CHS will
follow,"
He spoke with more apparent feeling and
animation in regard to the theory and inti-
metion aivna-td in some quarters that a
most heinous crime bad been added to the
bloody slaughter, and said: "There ia one
thingabont it. Iflwereoutofbereandfree
there would be another murder committed.
I would murder the maa who wrote the lie
that I had committed that ether crime." M
While the Fulton jail is almost impregna
ble and strongly guarded, there U such a
widespread horror et the crime end such a
general conviction that Thomas G. Woolfoik
la the guilty wretch, that the jail officials
are not without apprehension that some
effort will be made to lynch him. Deputy
Hhcriff Green aaid to your correspond)nt
this evening: "I know my duly and will
discharge it. I will bold the ptiaoner at
any coat, and have no real fear that any vio
lence will be attempted. Bnt a great re
sponsibility has been placid upon me, and
1 do not know what may bappeD.”
It is not likely that there will be any
mov. ment here againit tha prisoner, and
if there should le it eould only result in
failure to accomplish its purpose.
THE KENTUCKY ELECTION.
Demur rata Claim that Hurlansr’s .Majority
la Over UO.OOO.
LoruvTLLK August 5.—No additional re
turn, have been received this morniog, and
the situation in the KsLtncky election is
not charged trim last n-ght'e report. Dem-
oersts • - n va that BuciLtr’s msjirity it
safely over tM.UCo, end th ugh tha Repchli-1 cenvlctleaaa system,
can- are claiming that it will be under that,
their clain s are net borne out by tbe re-
terns. AU ths larger eeunliee are in. and
there are only a few moLM-in c< inline to
he heard (rum and givir.g ail Uu sc to lirad-
lty by an incre—. d K | ’.'..lean vot.-, Le
will net cent xitLtn lie thousand of bur
ner’- vote.
The House.
The Home was called to order at 10
o'clock.
On motion of Mr. Watts, of Stewart, tbe
House took up bis resolution providing lot
the appointment of a joint committee to In
vestigate the affairs of the Western and
Atlantic retire al and the propetty of tbe
State cf Georgia in Tennessee, for the par.
pore of noting on the Senate amendments,
which struck ont tbe preamble and the first
“therefore." »
The Senate's amendments were concurred
in.
Mr. Smith, of Crawford, by unanimous
consent. Introduced a hill to prevent tha
rnnnlDg at large of any horses, cattle
hogs on the road in Crawford connty be
tween Knoxville end Coiombus. Referred
to committee on agrieultnre.
Mr. Johnson, of DiKslb, offered a reso
lution chtnging the boots of session of the
Honae to 9 o'eloek a. m. and 1 p. m.
Mr. McCord, of Richmond, moved
amend by striking cat 1 and making 13
o'clock the hour of adjournment. Agreed
to.
The resolotion was then adopted.
TBS BXFOBMATORT PRISON BILL.
The U jtue resumed in cctumiliee of tha
whole, Mr. 'Brewater, cf Harris, in the
chair, the nnfinlibed basinets of yesterday
being Dr. VWtcn'e substitute for his
formatory prison bilh
Mr. Simmons, tf Snmter, who had cot
concluded hit speech when the committee
ruse yesterday, wee entitled to tbe door.
He said that the bill was impneticatle.
crime. He reed from reports that at least
nine-tenths of convicta sentenced for each
crimes had no disposition to reform, pom
iahment being of no avsil to prodnoe it.
He asked woald the House take this highest
hr man authority or that of the gentlemen
from Bartow—that of Dr. Monday, or that
of Dr. Patton. The gentleman from Birtow
was a very congiateni man-never perverted
facta. He quote-'. Dr. Felton's opening de-
eUreUon, that he bed no attack to make
on the convict lease, and said his speech
was the moat ferocious attack on the]
be laggssledH
remedy in decrying the evils of tbe system.
lLfnring to toe Doctor’s charge of ondue
intimity between the male and female
convicts, he asked U hie bill made any pro
vision to prevent it? The same keeptra
wuT.il overlook th<- -cLool r,f reformation
as iLt can ps sLd of the b-a-e,-. ami ev*)h
the enforcement ut the lass and regulation.
founded upon newspaper state meats. He
asked if the Governor and the keepers cotrld
not enforoe the roles, how conld they be
enforced under Dr. Felton's system? The
rales required two beds in eeoh cell. A
negro with two bedsteads wonld bo so
puzzled to choose between them that he
wonld ait np all night. No man was a bet
ter friend to the colored people than he
was; and he believed that if it was left to
the colored people cf hie county, he could
heeleoted President of the United States.
But that did not prevent him from alluding
to their vioes. He said that with few
exceptions they had do regard for
tbe marriage tie—thought it could
be dissolved at wilh They had no feel
ing or detestation of crime, bnt
were rather inclined to mako heroes of
criminals. Tbe bill wonld tax virtue to
sustain vice. The Bible established pains
and penalties for crime, and the first sen
tence was prononneed in the Garden of
Eden. Solomon said: “Spare tbe rod and
spoil the child.” Pains and penalties for
crime were thundered trom Mt. Sinai, and
repeated from Getbsemane. Sttnd by vir
tue in Georgia and in opposition to vice.
Let the criminal suffer for his orimes. He
trononnoed “She" tbe most diabolic <1
took that was ever written. If he ehonid
die, as warnid by Dr. Felton, he wonld die
gamo, and prond in tbe knowledge that he
waa kilted by the political chief of Georgia.
Mr. Bray, of Fulton, a rid that either ex
treme modeaty or an Incorrigible hereditary
lazimaa prevented biui from muoh speak-
i.g. The diacuaaion bad taken a wile
range, and inolnded the convict lease system
ot Georgia. He took ocossion to say that
now aud hercaiter he waa opposed to it.
If he bad the power, he wonld
rive it aa the lightnings of
tbe Almighty rive tbe for
est. He woo'd support the bill
because it was opposed to the present ays
tern and wonld restore to Georgia the cus.
tody and control of its own convicta. We
have heard the lease system extolled. The
only difference between it and the Slate's
dir et oontrnl waa that there was mouey ia
it for somebody—there was a jib in ii; it
mts money and power in the hands cf a
l ow men. It la a monopoly. Why doca
Nihilism and Communism find a foothold?
It is beoanae we are establishing monopo
lies everywhere. Here in Georgia wo have
established a monopoly of oonviots to corn-
pole with the honest labor of the people,
t’be leasees were enabled to rnn ont free
labor and pnt money in their owu pockets.
See wbat tbe briok industry now is, and
what it need to be. That camp on the
Chattahoochee has thrown its mildew over
it. The system builds up a few at the ex-
tenso of the many. Tbe gentleman from
Dougherty had pronounced it the graudeet
syat m tbe world ever saw.
Ur. Arnheim disclaimed this.
Mr. Bray read trom a sermon delivered
in Atlanta by Dr. Hajgood, declaring that
no government had the right to transfer to
any one tbe power to punish its convtots.
If it did so to avoid responsibility or ex
pense, it wss weak and cowardly. Tbe
conviot lease system would never have
been devised bnt for money consideration.
There could be no good and wiee legisla
tion where a money consideration waa para
mount. These views were as wide aa the
K>Ies from those of Dr. Tuoker, quoted by
dr. Arnheim. He asked, has auy antece
dent Legislature the nower to resiriat the
police power of this Legislature? II is not
ihe Legislature, representing tbe sovir-
eignty of tbe Slate, tbe right to deal with
this qnestioL? He in slated that the State
had the right to take obarge of its convicts
witbont regard to tho lease contract. He
read from authorities to instaln this propo
sition. Ths lease system was ono born in
tbe nineteenth oentnry, and had been
forced npon Georgia by a bastard govern
ment.
Among the Authorities read was a decis
ion of tbe Saprerus Court of Georgia deny
ing tbe rivbt of tbe State to aorrender the
police power over its convicts. Ha in
sisted that there conld not be a division of
this power. Us referred to tbe ease of a
boy convict, afier eight years confinement,
commitiing mnider in the vicinity cf At
lanta—a murder in the penitentiary, and
the State supposed to be present) Waa
that the exercise of Us police powei? Would
the orime have been committed if tbe State
had maintained Its polioe power over its
convicts? He waa not afraid to (peak of
the maoogement ot any ot the camp*. lie
believed that the eyatem was simply infer
nal. He believed that we have tho authori
ty to pass Ibis bill, and he believed in its
principle. Referring to the argument of
the gentleman from Sumter, that there
conld be no reformation, be said that
was contradictory to the assurance given to
the thief on tbe cross, and to the whole
[>lan of aslvatiou. Without it, Christ died
n vain, and out religion is n cheat and a
snare, lie wonld read the little reformato
ry literature, showing that 74 reformatory
schools in this country were established or
ntdod by tbe States, and that 73 per cent, of
tboaa discharged reformed. He bad noth
ing bnt admiration for Dr. Felton, that
grand, intellectual, white-headed old man;
time wonld slug bis praises, and tbe angels
of God would p olong the applause. He
know the power of gold, and the power of
min who jingled it in thtir pockets, but ho
cared net tor IL Though he believed the
Slate had power to resume control of its
oonviots, tbe bill btf >re tbe Home does not
inteifere with the rights of tbe lessees. Tho
Supreme (Linrt of Georgia had distinct
ly said that the State oould change its sys
tem of oonvict punishment. Bat even if
tbe court bad not said It, it wag an indis
putable sovereign power. If we have the
right to sxercise it, why not do it? Ah!
money again! We were told, beware how
you levy taxes on the people. It was a
slander on the people to say that they were
not in favor of honest government. Yon
■top jabs by which men make mouey, and
make labor content and you' will
Diver have cause to complain
that tha people will not
aland it To show that he was not afraid
of this power hs would say that the West
ern and Atlantic railroad lease was an infa-
mon* contract. He did not believe that tbe
State’e sovereign power canid be limited by
a contract. Hs wss not well acquainted
wilh the provisions of the pending bill, bat
he wanted to break np the oonvict iesse:
be woald break it np if ho could, or break
perience of tbe prison will be ns sacred to
them os tbs teachings of a sainted mother.
On motion, the committee rose, reported
progress, and asked leave to sit again.
On motion of Mr. Glenn, the bill was
made a speeial order for Wednesday next,
and two hundred copies of Dr. Feltin’s
snbstitnte ordered to be printed; also two
hundred copies of a substitute to be offered
by Mr. Harrell, of Webster.
The speaker announced as the special
committee to investigate matters oonneoted
wi b the Western and Atlantio railroad
Messrs. Watts, of Stewart; Lamar, of
Richmond, and Black of Gordon.
Tne house then adjourned to 9 o'olock
to-morrow.
He contended that reformation seldom if somebody's neck. Replylig to the charge
ever followed tha ocmmission of great that Dr. Felton's bill did not provide suffi-
provide suffi
cient regnlationa for the comfort of the oon-
v eta, be (aid that it took ten years to
evolve the present regulations ot tbe State,
and that tbs regimen was note proper anb-
it .’t fexr tliA hill hnl fair (hn'inn>.ttnfai> < 1.
The Proceeding* of the House Yesterday—
The Senate Not in Session.
The House was called to order at 9
o'clock.
Mr. Harrell, of Webster, notified the
House that a majority 'report wonld be
made on the bill yesterday reported, mak
ing an appropriation of $5,000 for repairs
of tbe Btate University.
Mr. Wilson, of Camden, offered a resolu
tion allowing Mr. Smith W. Etsly, Jr., the
use of books in the State library to aid him
in preparing a history of the colored peo
ple of Georgia.
BILLS BEAD THE SECOND TIME.
By unanimous consent, a number of bills
were read a second time; and the bill of
Mr. Huff, to establish a permanent peni
tentiary and supply farm was, after its sec
ond reading, re-committed u the commit
tee on the penitentiary.
BILLS ON FtBHT HEADING.
By unanimous consent, a number of new
bills were introduced and referred, as fol
lows;
By Mr. Felton, of Macon—To provide for
the registration of voters in Macon connty.
Referred to the committee on the judiciary.
By Mr. Kenan, of Baldwin—To create a
board of cammUsionera of Baldwiu county.
Counties.
By Mr. McCord, of Richmond—To more
(ffectually protect peraoua who may work
upon real estate, or furnish material there
for, by giving them liens, etc. General
judiciary.
Also, a bill to extend the time within
which mcobanies' liana may be enforced.
Same committee.
By Mr. Huff, of Bibb—A resolution for
tbe purchase of 400 copies of tbe digest of
Supreme Court reports by Robert Hodges.
Finance.
Mr. Grindle, of Lumpkin—To incorpor.
ate the Blue Ridge Railroad Company. Cor
porations.
By Mr. Sohofleld, of Bibb—To provide
for the registration of voters in Bibb oonuty.
Special judiciary.
By Mr. Perkins, of Burke—To provide
for the registration c l the voters of Burke
connty. Special judiciary.
By Mr. Harris, of Catoosa—A bill to
tablisb a commission to provide for the dis
position of the Western snd Atlantio rail
road. The oommiisioners named in the
bill are Campbell Wallaoe, 0 D. McCnt-
cheon, A. 0. litc>n, J. C. C. Black aud H.
D. McDaniel. They are to receive bids for
both the Bile and the iesse of tbe road, and
to report the bids to the next session of
the Legislature. Referred to finenoe com
mittee.
By Mr. Harris, of Catoosa—A resolution
(o pay Rev. John Wood $15 for services in
preaching to oonvic a. Finanoe.
By Mr. Black, of Gordon—To Incorporate
the town of Sugar Valley, Gordon connty.
Corporations,
By Mr. Foote, of Birtow—To amend the
act establishing a City Oonrt for the oonnty
of Bartow. Special jndiciary.
By Mr. Crawford, of McIntosh—'To
amend the act creating a hoard of oommis
slonera of McIntosh connty.
By Mr. Hillman—To submit to the vot
ers of Taylor county another election on
ths prohibition qncation—the result of the
last one being disputed. Tbe militia dis
tricts to vote separately and each to deride
for itself. Special judiciary.
By Mr. Stevens, of Terrell—To provide
for tho registration of voters in Worth
oonnty. Special judiciary.
By Mr. l'ickett. of Worth—To provide
for tho registration ot voters in Worth
county. Special judiciary.
lSy. Mr. Mil', r,lot Uu-I.mnnd j’,, iu- r-
porato tho Manufacturers Insurance Ma
to 1 Ai-i A -hoi-liu-in. (’ .r|-.r..'i ms.
By Mr. Berner, of Monroe—A resolution
lh.it bi-n-t'.i r tliu 1 l-'il-u- in-11 i.t In oY.-o-k,
under Jturn at 1. Mr. West moved to
fer it to the committee on rales.. Agreed
to.
By Mr. Well, of Fallon—'To change the
penalty for latoeny after trnst, units* the
amount is under $G0. Genersl jndiciary.
Also, a bill to amend section -1372 of tbe
oode, In regard to the nse of opprofciotu or
vulgar language by word or letter. General
judiciary.
Also a bill to incorporate the Lowry
Bank of Atlanta. Banks
The Govt rnor informed the Henze of his
approv. 1 of the following bills:
An act to amend section 4003 ot the code
af 1882, relating to tbo sale of lands and
tenements by commissioners, wbere the
same are sold under proceeding, for parti-
Son.
An aot to repeal paragraph 5 of section
3854 of the code of lbij, and mako
amendment in lien thereof.
An act to repeal an act entitled an act
amend section 1789 (n n) of the oode
1882.
An act to incorporate Ihe town ot Wil-
llamaburg in the oonnty of Calhoun.
By Mr. Stewart, of Mitchell—To extend
the public school term in Mitchell county.
Education,
Also, a bill to submit to the qualified
voters of Mitchell county the question of
tuning boDda to reise money for building a
new court bouse. Counties.
Ths commute on Kits reported a resolu
tion that on Mondays and Tuesdays the
House meet at 9 o'clock aud adjourn at 1
o’clock for the purpose cf acting on local
bills favorably reported, and on other days
it shall meet at 10 o’clock and adjourn at 1.
This resolution lice over one day, under the
rule.
On motion of Mr. Atkinson, 900 copies of
Mr. Arnheim’* snbstitnte for Dr. Felton's
reformatory prison bill were ordered to be
primed with tbe other bills on the subject
The House adjourned to 9 o'clock Mon
day.
ject for tbe bill, but for tbo'anptrinUnd-
•ntg. Tbs last thought of a dying maa
was, how much good bad bo dona, how
much evil had be avoided. All tbe argu
ments used by the opposition to the re
formatory bill applied to the lease system
■oall those arguments tall to the gronnd
Society at largo, at well as the State, baa an
ibtereat In thie qncation. Wes not society
aa welt protected by the direct power
of tbe State as by the delegation
of that power to a few nun? Tbe argu
ment of three gentlemen received itself to
this—that the sure could net work the con
victs prefifthly, but the Ueaees conld. If
that is the care, why not surrender tho
courts sad other departments of the Nute >
gG-.cruui.int to the le# - - The couitct a-
A QUEER BLAZE.
The Fire loit Night on First Street amt
Arrest of the Tenant.
Abont 9 o'clock last night an alarm of
fire was turned in from box 51, corner First
end Oak streets. The track company were
ont with their usual promptness and were
Boon on tbe gronnd. Tho engine and reel,
by a blander, went rolling to box 15. How
happened no one can tell, bnt tue boys
some way mistook the alarm fifty-one for
fifteen aud responded accordingly. Chief
Jones snd Capt. Fanlk were absent from
the house, and although everything was
bftohei up and they got out quickly, they
failed to look at the indicator but took the
word of a member that it waa No. 15,
corner Fourth and Gbtrry and went ac
cordingly to fiud ont their mistake Most
fortunately nothing was lost by the
blander.
The track comosny found the fire in a
dwelling bouse on tirst street in the alley,
opposite the residence of Mr. E H Smart,
and formerly occupied by Mr Geo. L.
Henry. Foreman Elliott first ran to the
front door, bnt on being told that it was
lacked, ran aronnd into the alley, aud
entered the rear yard. As he rns'Lbd into
the back door, followed by some of his men,
man ran out. The firemen could not
well ioosto the exact spot where tbe fire
was raging for the smoke which filled tbe
house. Foreman Elliott gave the command
to fetch water in buckets from the well, and
then by crawliDg on his hands aud koee-t
found the blitzo. Water was quickly
brough', aud in a short time the fire waa
out. Iu the meantime the reel and engine
arrived, but the truckmen’s effective work
made it unnecessary for them to lay their
hose.
The firemen found no one in the house,
bnt afterward a man made his appearance
and Khtd be occupied it. He appeared to
be a German and gave his name as John
Brown, a cabinet-maker, working at tbe
shop of R. C. Wilder’s Sons. Hie manner
of Bpeech was such as to lead those who
saw him to believe be was drunk, but it al
ter watd proved that he waa not, but was
tecuJiar of manner because of deafness,
lia actions were so suspicious that Mayor
Price and Lieutenant Wylie questioned
him closely. It was learned that
he was a cabinet-maker, was from
tbe North, and had been in Maoon about
a month. He said his wife had gone down
towD, and he had goue to Fourth street
near No. 4 E ng ne House, and cams back
to find that u are had ocourred in his dwell
ing, into wbioU be had moved only fonr or
five days ago. He did not know where hie
wife was.
A fall investigation of the premises waa
then made by Mayor Price. Ia the f onf
room was a bed, the bedding of which had
been on fire, bn: had been oarried ont into
the yard and extinguished. There was also
a wardrobe, empty, and a bureau, which
contained but a few thiogr, among them eu
insurance polioy and a bank book. There
was also a small table and an empty
trunk in the room. In the rear
room was a little bed and a waahatend. Tbe
other two rooms of tbe house were empty.
On the floor was a broken lamp, and bi
tween the wardrobe and door leading into
the small room waa a quantity of shaviDga,
some of which bad been burned.
The inauranoe policy waa written by tbe
North British Inauranoe Company, ou the
11th of July last. It was on $100 worth
ot furniture and $100 on olothing, and at
the time of insnnnco Brown was living
in a house belonging to Mr. H. M. Cotter,
on tbe Clinton road, in East Macon. As it
waa estimated that thera was soue.-iy one
hundred dollars werth ot fnrmtare in the
entire hon-te. Mayor Prioe decided to have
Brown looked np. . In addition to the
great disorepanoy between tbe
amount of tbe polioy and
tho fnrnitnrs in the house, the mayor had
other evidence. Mrs. Sam Baer and Mrs. J.
W. Bice saw Biowd having bla house while
the smoke was coming from it and go iu the
direction of town, aLd was told that his
honae waa on fire, bnt he did not heed what
they stid and kept on. Lieutenant Wylie
turned him over to Officer McCluskey, aud
aa they startsA $• tbs potloe barracks they
met Mrs. Brown and her two little children.
She was qarttffintd and said that she left
home with tbe children about 0:30 o'clock
to attend church, leaving her husband at
home. She had jast returned and knew
nothing of the fire until she came np. She
said there was nothing in the trunk, bnt
that the wardrobe contained a lot of cloth
ing, and that she had left tbe
lamp bnrnlcg on tha centre-table.
On Lis way to the barracks Brown said he
was to go with his wife, bnt had to remain
behind to fill op the lamp. After doing
this be went away and relnrnod aa before
stated.
Mts. Brown and the children were escort
ed to the N-itioual Hotel for the night.
The hento waa sold a short while ago at
administrator's sale lo Mr. E. S. Mc Lctn,
bot at pvrfeet titles conld not be given it
reverted back to the administrator, J ndge J.
0. 0 Burnt tt. The damage lo it '■ sight.
Tbe loss to tbe lurnitnie is the wardrobe
and a uia tress.
Tbs a an seen by Fireman Elliott lo
coma ent ot the h<iua-iwiN Brown. He
Buys be broli •i-p> u the its r when be tonnd
tbo boose waa no fire Tue bank book
found in tbn tutu room showed a deposit
with I. C. Piujt A Sj.i of soautringvver
$00.
Tbe fire has some ugly f-atmea. and the
apiMt.Miioc- are against Brown It ia p -a
elide that the limp exploded and set firn to
clolbea ia tho wnnlrob) and thru tbe build
ing. but the p-licy shows that on Angnst
22 it wbj transferred from tbo F-ott xlamn
house t > the F'Mt street boner, into which
the family moved fonr or fir- days ago.
As (t now mania the ewe is a tutatertoa-
one, - nt tbe invi-ttigtiun Uit morning
may make things clear.
Mr. John Brown, who wss arrtttfd on
antpicton Friday light of huviog mt fire
to uts uuuse, was rale sand yesterday.
Stab mint* were made on tn» night u: the
fire which ertat -d a mapie-on that he n-'eht
be somewhat const reel tn tho sff.ir.'bui
now kewtua that (bey were wring it waa
sai l that be ns seen geing (re w the fire,
when the fact is that he wu seen going Lo
bis house. He broke in tbe rear door and
tried to pot out the lire which waa proba
bly ce-t-sl hv an tspiooiag limp, Hit at-
rerosy. R \V Halters in. Esq, intend-
g-.nu.ghim ont of prison with a writ of
nabtua co'pcs, but on the facta atatrd
above being made known, be was released.
THE BOODLERS CONYlcSI
INTENSE EXCITEMENT IK . ,
CROWDED COURT. TRE '
All of tha Defendants Found Qnn I
Seven Sentenced to Two y,
and Four Flnod-UenH.jn,""*' 1
of tbe Criminals.
Chicago, August 5 —The verdict i„ ... I
'-called "boodlers" eases was “all
Seven of the eleven got two years aS! U,, I
Commissioners McCarthy, Oliver Cu, 6 ?!
matt and Geilae escaped with » a****" 1
$1,000 each. * a “«t
Abont 9 o'olock information v».
ceived that the jury bad reached a oL-.l
ston. Instantly the oourt-reem »»* ' rI
commotion, while the people in the 1
dors and along the sidewalks were on 1
tiptce of expectation. The defect,,
some palo and nervous, others tis *
ingly defiant, stepped to ,!
row of black ohairs i,w
as the jurors entered. ii?|
buzz of excited conversation ceised*“3
startling snddenntsi. All of the in,,:!?
dtouely avoided looking in Ihe direction ,
the aeonsed, and the latter, aittr ao j
filmcs or two, adopted similar tacticr TkJ
faces of the talesmen were omiaonslv are, 1
When the verdict was hiudrd iu and uj
clerk, with a trembling voi.e, aenomictl
one after another, the eleven 'defeodmul
they seemed rooted to their feet, tea , ,j
embodiment of despair. Then b> g u> t u
of penalties. “Commb sinner M >Clitoab„l
two years " There w aaaaUrt i.f .
among the speototors. The-extreme oj
a'ty t f th- law was three years and » ai,3
$1,00,1. Nothing less had been exurct^jL
a great majority of those present. “Com*
mi-sioner OjIik, two years," real i?|
olerk, and tha defendant* b) KM J
look np. Commissioners Leyden i>1
Pelt, Wren and Wus-erm,n and tvT!l
den Varnel all got two yet-rs, and evtrd
one looked measureably relieved, tx*3
Wren. He turned ashy and seemed bimI
duzod. Tbe ctowd was now prepared fcl
atiy emprise, and it came speedily, i„ J
statement: “Commiesionets McCuthJ
Oliv.-r, Casacilman and Gtils, a Joe j
$1,000." A look of unmistakable mlj
lion lock possession of the ecutt'.eatsad
Buck McCaitby, the bnrly ccmtuUsiajw
who had throughout the trial and fer mcnthl
previous been the most conspicuotnly >1
taoked of ail the crowd. “I move that tU
jury be polled," sb'-uted the irrepreiritll
McCarthy. It was done, and immeiiUttj]
those of the defendants who hod j
with a fine were relearecl on bath ij
others were remanded to jail A
for now trial for every one waa
entered by the defendant’s attorney
ander Snlllvam ' 1
Ttie Texas Election.
Galveston, August 7.—Tbe election t
turn* n-oeived last night were m*agreu|
oime in slowly. Those received cp to nil
night did not inorcavr the majority *g-ioJ
tho prohibition at ilineot, cnotslt.ni il
yesterday's report, t y over 3,000, a.tiJ
the total n>«] >rity thus far agaiiut,
amendment 78,000.'
During to-day’s session the finance com-
mittee reported adversely to several hit’s
sod resolution* referred to it. The sgri-
A Drummer Shut.
List nisht about 9 o'eUet the report of
S lato! wa* uard in the east tit ot B.own's
l-ittl, and it w,s soon rumored nn tho
streets that a man had been shot and kill..
cultural committee reported adversely upon “T* ““ “'h*
the bUI prohibiting the sale of the uecea- b ¥,?t ‘ >0 , 1 lU *
series of lift for more than 16 ptr cent- i A 1 *? ElW * f” » &■-
profit. The general j dietary £maeUtM 1 'S^iV***!*— .**«*
reported favorably on tbe bill to require i w 1 T“ t cr “, 10 tl ‘
grand jurist to inspect the sanitary o-ndi- Btfore he c.in^d reach
grand jurist to inspect tha sanitary
ttnn ot j tils. The special jxdtciary c un-
mittra reported favorably the bill to amend '
the charter of the city at Atlanta in regard
to the official bonds of city ofiicert.
Toe Home was Tcry thinly attc-ndid to
day, barely a quorum being present to at
tend to btuiacs.
Teus at. 1 mldel*-sv*d mss. Ml Set to* from
nertoua debility sod kindred sflrctun*. u :ou of
mrn.orjr *rul Uys^x botsdru, iLuilt] n&clcoo 10 r#r.U
in «uudp« for Ur.« i*tr,j.hUt hv/owUm
Al low*. World’* Injper.kATj Mtd;c*l
, Bo£*I<\ N. Y.
Capital Prize $150,00
* • W* do b«?«by cortlfy that w« inperrl** tar t: red
moots for ill the Vonthlj sod BtmlHuitul 8a
i04» of Ths Lout*Una BUta Lottery Comptay. u
In person mnnsgs sad control ths Dnviao A*
•elves, snd that ths suns sre conducted vttk I
s«tr, fUlross*. «nd in good filth toward slip
and W9 authorise the Company touMthtaewt _
with fio-slmUcs of our signatures attachh -
advsrtJstmante.".
pay all Frias* drawn tn Tha Louisian MM «
terUs which mar h* prssontsi at our ossaait
1. a. OtH.rSBI. taaMsat LsubtauKatluaiMl
F. LANAItl. President State National Bast
A. niLIWIN. Pmldeat V 0. SillanAl lul.
CARL K0I1N, Prretilent Cnlon hatisaal hat
TTnprecedented Attraction!
U Over Half a Million WitiiW*
Louisiana State Lottery
Incorporated In 1868 for 25 year* by th* lM*
turs for Educational and Charluhte puipomi *
a capital ot H.oou.ooo-to which a tmtnw-
over $660,000 has alnco boon addod.
By an overwhelming popular vote Its :
wa* mado a part of the pro*ont BUM r~
lopted December M. A. D„ 1*79.
The only Lottery ever voted on and I
the people of an? Bute.
Jt Never Settles or Postpones
Its Orand Single Number Drawing* hbj
monthly, and th** ftemt*Annual Drawtnf*
every moothe (June aud Decjmbert.
A splendid opportunity to win a fortune «•*
fllUXD DBAWINO, CI.4R8 I, In the Ate»
Muilc, New Orleans. TUEHDAY. September ■
I8B7—808:U Monthly Drawing-
Capital Prize $150,'
-WS.Uea.-Tlf ret* are Ten DelUrs sab. «» |ml
Fifths, |2 Tenths. |h
ureovrsizxA
i (lAPITAL PRIZE OF |UU0m.- Ej
1 GRAND t’ltIZE OF
1 ORAND PRIZE OF
X LAROR PIUZKSOP lU-lttl...-
t LAROE PRIZES OF ».«»•-
*> PRIZES OF '
50
100
25 " St”
APPROXIMATION PRUTS-
100 ApproztmaUon Priiaa ot I**- — pj
loo • “ ***—'' *
1.000 Tsrml-al *
l,ll» Prises imoantlnf te..-..;.--“tTA 2
Application* lot raloo to ciob f_ , 5j. on*M
only L th» oBcs or the content'? ^7
Tor rentier laforeuUon writs sfwriftd
address. IISTTaL Sena. Express SwI
New York lichens, th obUbatj t*^»
ky eiyreas (a. «,
New Or'-sr
OrM.A. DAlfHtrV.
Washington, D- U.
Artrtra** UcKiaterswl
new obuui
aassSi
and that w» one can poeslbt divta* »-*•
will drt wapni*. ., e f
is a.* it l * M it ■ it Tnsi r.£T —* rl ..Tart *' 1
of the bowls hj vomited on tbe 11 Hir.
\Vils- m Holmes is a oe^ro bey who attends
to tL:h room and b«? ri n.o'ihtrated wilt Mr.
Kills. Becoming angered ut vrbut tbo
■* >11, to dutll him a blow t r so, nod ffi'
n •'uttd by dnwieg hi- j iwt 1 and
the leil gr«z'.uie the chr» a and htlihicg
c:/Ur bune v irHiding a slight though I>ain* I
ful Wr.ut.fi, Notknoa- “- 1
iejuty, Dr*. Gibson an
in and the wound dressed.
'VjUod ran oat of the hotel e* «oon
• the shot tii fired.
li\Mt> i n» * « >•
f.l/nM by the |*re*li*Bt of
ehtlrrmd nu are reeou -
coar.*; therrr rtt. beware of
Notice—Leave to
Sell U8
ainu thu (Ztcht of the j * • i * j su ' s } V,■'* 1
n-1 Walker were calleil ’ I •!»•*- I - .11 ■;; '■) ^ ,
need. I cJ iu»'»n* ,