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Newspaper Page Text# CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1878. VOL. XI., NO. 23 <f ou.'.titution. Th** RanhN and Kenanpiioa. tainly not, its periodical course from Ben- publications would make believe. He The national banks and the govern- gal across Europe and .thence to this denies, not without some bitterness, that ment have entered into an ar- country being as well deflated as the re- he has been a party to any change in the ATLANTA. GA., NOVEMBER -6, 1878. rangement for the purjKjse of secur- , turn of a comet, almost of an eclipse. The : ??? ??? j ing resumption of specie payments * u ' ??? ??? : * "??? ' Wa learn with regret that Mr. Evan* is f lrH t 0 f January. It is a strong team. j posed of eminent scientists, are about to to go to war with England. In that j jj |<; statement puts the available report, as the result of a pains-taking in coin in the treasury at $142,710,000. The vestigation on the ground covert'd by the amount of greenbacks outstanding is late epidemic, that yellow fever is not in- $310,743,000. But the government has on digenous in our atmosphere. This abti event it is probable that we shall lose our most valuable citizens. Wa wrote lam year 802,090,000 letters??? that is, we, the people, entrusted that nurnlier to tl??e mails. The mail service, hand in special funds $45,436,090, and the banks have in their reserve $64,428,- however, failed to deliver one in every 000, in greenbacks, making a total of at 280. At first sight it would seem as if least $109,804,000 that can be locked up this was not a good average; but it is I by the contracting parties, thus reducing better than England or France can lionst I the amount of greenback* for redemp- of. In England, one out of 216 is lost, I tion to $236,879,000. As a considerable and in France, one out of 230. As long I part of this balance is needed in the cur- as we keep ahead of those countries, we j rent business of the country, it is confi- need not go out of our way to complain. | dently claimed that the government would thus lie enabled to establish a per manent equivalency between coin and Hpkakxr Randall makes the democrat ic majority one after assigning the green paper. The country has certainly settled liacker* between the two partie* ,l own to the conviction that it might be ing to their known pledges or prediction well to try the experiment. Many who twenty; the .Icmocmtic plurality over re- lexr ^ attempt involv ,. H mncb unnc??*es- publican.., nmett-en, anJ the 1 M for tlie counlrVi are willing majority over comb.ncil republican- and t(J pniclU , n ^ tht . mult ^ We , ionot greenhaekera, fourteen, lie ??llow?? 0??-1 to dUM ., lw , the f^naility of resump- repnbbeana three member* from North tio ??? We am content to await the near- Carobna;otherw.ae h.a figun*areeaa,l- U-hand n-aolt; lor we will Boon know ly thoae that we published several da y" whether ??r no the roI.1 in the treiumrv ???ft ??????f 1 * tha * tl,e rtr '" t,h, '??? nH will prove auffieient to redeem notea that of North Carolina have elected any eon- mtM> th ??? Uw , lie ollt aa soon gremman eaeept the Wert India negro, ??? thejr Imvc ,. x< .|, an( .,.,, for go W . if *???*: ??? I such an unending drain on the coin re- Kentuuky would not be happy if she I serves result in anything but exhaustion, were free of political excitement. ???While I there will certainly l??e something new her people are waiting for definite news I under the sun. from some of her congressional districts, I But all this is neither here nor there, they have inaugurated a guliernatorial I The experiment is to Ik* tried, ami the canvass, although the election will not I banks have agreed to eo-ojs-rate to the occur until next August. There are mi-1 fall extent of their ability. The negotia- merous candidates, and they are as active I tion lictwecn the New York banks, repre- as they are nutnerons. l>r. Blackburn, I senting the balance of the 2,053 in the, the eccentric yellow-fever theorist, seems I country, and tlie government liegan over to Is* a full length ahead, and if senti-1 a week ago. A committee waa then ap- ment outside of the state in favor of the I pointed to confer with Mr. Sherman anti brave old man is any criterion, he will I other officials at Washington. They distance all his rivals. His fight with the went, returned and reported to a saffron intruder at Ifickinan is fresh in I meeting of the hanks at the New the minds of Kentucky, and will doubt-1 York clearing-house last Wednesday, less go far towards making him Governor I when the following programme was McCreery???s successor. I agreed iijkhi, to which all the national -??? ???????????? ??? I banks are expected, willinglv or unwil- Tiik later efforts of the republican* to I lin^iy, to give their assi nt: destroy a democratic majority in the next I j j^.jj ne liouse have all miscarried. They ex-1 (V|MMitii, hut peeled to threw out Mr. Martin, member-1 lawful this l all Langes of gold elect from Delaware, on the ground that his political dimihilitie* had not l>een re moved, but the records* show that he was pardoned by President Johnson. They tried to cout out Mr. Klotz, of the elev enth Pennsylvania district, but five out of the seven counties composing the dis trict declare Mr. Klotx elected. In Penn sylvania the governor does not issue certificates to members-elect of congress, but they are enrolled by the clerk upon the presentation of the certificate of the canvassing board. (Terk Adams can Is* reli??*d on to put Mr. Klutz's name on the roll. Still greater grief comes to the republicans from North Carolina. The lat??*st returns indicate that certificate of election will be given to lioth Messrs. Waddell and Ycates. There would have ls*en no doubt nlsmt Mr. Waddell's elec tion if the republicans and independents h*.l not oimih.t??l Btorb-B of l.is .forth, i tran81l ,. ti , ms au ,l r ,|??l tn.nsactiun?? that llm father Uiedon the Monday procclms | thcv Such would !*??? reasonable and just efforts towards keeping gold and 2. Aliolidi special ????? s at the efearing-hi ???ay and receive balances between hank- at the clearing-house either iu gold currency. 4. Decline silver dollars u|*on deposit, an * hi ly receive them under special contract to withdraw lli?? same in kinu. ???hihit payments of balances on the clearing-house in silver certificates or in sil- ???epting a- sulw diary coin in small sums???say under $10. Banks will hold the .-ume attitude in re,q*ect to silver dollars that California hanks have done res|**ctiiig legal-tender ???eept them only when legally compelled, and decline further commercial rlations with the conqKdling j??arty. Di-eontinue gold rjiccial accounts by *e to terminate them on the first of Jan uary next. To the gold part of tin* programme no great exception can lie taken. When the government proclaims resumption it is hut natural atul right that the hanks should banish gold accounts and wipe out all the distinctions In-tween pajH* the election. Tlie vote in Mr. Yeates???i district is oxeoe<Iingly close. Tlie chances now are that the democratic majority in the next honse will lie nearer thirty than twenty. The Inter-Ocean and some other paper at par. No one wants them other- By taking away all opportunity to leposit gold as gold instead of money they would doubtless remove a great nulieal paper* ??re trying to get up * temptation to anortificfal ??lndn looking gain with the greenlwckers, but it will come to nothing, simply because the greenbackere do not bold the balance of power. If they had it, no doubt the gold hugs and fiatists could lie combined, jmdi- tics having always hod the reputation of making strange lied-fellows. sjney to an exhaustion of the entire supply of coin in the treasury. Tire clearing-house point is simply a matter of convenience in which the country at large has no in terest. But when we come to the silver j??art of the programme we find points that are Mr. Nt.pti.na*. view*. I Ml "imply objectionable??? they are vil- Aa mu- of the early congressional liinls, lain??u??. These i-nnls .lUloso the nature Mr. Ste,.liens ha* arrived in Washington 1>ar P' in fo??? lmnk " ?? ,d ,he an.lWnpluek.sl by the interview ers. Rovenmu nt. The hanks agree on certain lie has been atta.-k.sl in tins nnmner by eooditlonatohelpthetreaswydepartment the Washington l-ost an.l the Baltimore <??????? *' f rwumpt.on .l.tln ulty. Being tiiua-tte in interviewa ol a column ??? r masters of the s.t.tation an.l shrewd men more, the main point* ol which we give I u> ???'"J * ,i,ve dr * ven a elsewhere. Tln-se qnoUtlon* will U, with Mr. Sherman. No matter what Mr. found to contain some exceedingly I Sherman may assert to the contrary, that reading. Mr. Stephens's I >>argnin involves the retention in tin- arc always worth re- treasury vault* of the standanl silver cording, but at this juncture they are I dollars already coined, the keeping of really entertaining. Looking upon the the fnrther coinage ol these dollars political situation calmly and impartial-1 down to the minimum, or to two mil- ly, Mr. Stephen* is inclined to believe I a month, and a continuance of that the view* of the democracy should I the New Orleans mint in idleness as be more liberal and more national in its I long as public opinion will permit. jsdi.-y-tl.at it* platform should Is- With tl.-se advantage* on their side, the broader. In what jartieular di- hanks then deliberately |.rojs>*e to nnlhfy reetion tl.i* lmunlnes* should ex- the act that they cannot repeal. They tend, Mr. Stephens doe* not stop I ???????????? ???>-** alsmt resumpUon in itself than snv, hut it is to lie pro-1 they do about the enhancement of the smmsl that the aged statesman believes I money they hold by the practical adop the time has come when the democracy I tion of a single gold standard. This can well afford to drop matters of sec-1 whole scheme between the lianks and the tional disagrtH'inent, and, with victory I government is an attempt to bring alsmt IH'rehct! upon its banners, go forward in I g???dd resumption in defiance of ret ent the work of smoothing over the anim????si-1 htw, tlu* known will of the penplo, and ties of war and in carry ing the government I the traditional money of the country, hack to the prosjierity that blessed the I The projawition simply this: the laniple in the olden time. He I government is to keep dtmn and keep ia is of the opinion that the democracy I the silver coinage, while the lianks refuse is panic-stricken on the financial ques- to receive, on deposit, silver as lawful tion, but this panie-~if one exists???will I money, anil also refuse to accommodate probably result in such financial reform I those with discounts who j*av their notes through the medium of congresses will, I hi it. in some sort, relieve the distresses of the I Could bnuonness farther p??! Tlie people. But whatever individuals may I banks openly and the government sei-n?t- think of the wisdom or unwisilom <*f I ly proposes to demonetize wlmt ix??ngTt-ss Mr. Stephens???* views, none of them will I remonetized less than one short year ago. doubt his patriotism or his sincerity. I They propose to nullify an act i??ossed at j a session of the present congress by two- The rnilMrci In En??!an??l. | votes in both houses and app The business troubles t>f England, I by the people???they propose to do this which are directly and unmistakably j within a month of the meeting of the traceable to the foolish mono-motalisui I second session of the same congress. The that she in great part inaugurated, are, I best feature of the whole business con- we regret to say, by no means decreasing. I s j sts in the fact that the Heavy failures are still daily occurrences. I conspiracy can Ik* promptly met and The India trade has terribly suffered, and I foiled. The congress that remonetized a heavy l??ndon failure that oecumVl last I s i] V er will not have a difficult task in Wednesday brought down a Hamburg I finding means to defeat tlie lawless at- hoose in tlie China tra*!e. * These oc- I tempt to still further vlepress tlie prices '* currences,??? *ays the New York l>aily I 0 f com, Imcon. cotton and wheat by forc- Bulletin, "must be reganled as the immo-1 uj>on the country an exclusive gold ??? diale result of the contraction of dis- J standanl. IVrha]>s the quickest and best *??? counts recently adopted by the lianks: I remedy will be found to consist i: ** and as the result will only intensify the I qniring the national tanks' to withdraw " caution of the banks, it would seem that 1 without unnecessary delay their own ** a great deal of liqui??lation may yet have I note*. Consistency retjuires from them " to be done. Tliis condition of things in I j n mlemption goUl coin. Lt*t them have ** England cannot fail to affect the mar-1 a full and prompt dose of their own *??? keU here. F??? fwan a stoppage of I mt Hlieine. Instead of annually present- -ileraanil anil a c-nain extent of fomsl I j njJ them wilh tJl * interest of SS0,- ??? sales, which in turn means lower prices; I ^ ^ , or ??? Woh weg etnore- - and lower price* in the British markets Jura ^ tht , m , he nslemptjon -mean a fall in value* the world over, I work thev ^ ???, nv enientlv attend to ??? the rnite<l State* included. It 1 au . ^ nwntlls to If that!* - quite poeribly prove that th*Imprw??on, I ^ sljffidcnt to slov , lloir b. w *lefyinc *- verv fe.ieral .at this side the Atlantic. I j m >jeet, then let their charters be the ?????? that value* have seen their lowest point , hu , iummnitv in the ??? ia mistaken. Tt.ere are aymptoms on ^mbinations against elusion should be accepted aa final, at least by non-profefwionaln. It is tlie latest and best information we have on the sub- je*-t. It is safe to tie to. The commis sion will advocate a system of national quarantine under tlie direction of the general government. This is well, al though it involves an extension of the powers and patronage of the general gov ernment. The subject deeply and di rectly concerns tlie welfare of the people, and it is one that cannot be effectually provided for by separate state action, or rather non-action. We may as well assume, therefore, as the natural outcome of an epidemic that struck down M,000 human beings, that there will !>e a national quarantine act???one that will thoroughly attempt to keep out of the country* the germs of the two dreaded diseases, but that will not, and assuredly should not, attempt anything more. The work of prevention inside the quarantine stations must necessarily be left with the states; and here is where a state board of health to direct, simplify and energize the work of local boards comes in???to point out sanitary defects, to gather vital statistics, to recommend adequate legislation, to ascertain local causes of diseases, and to put in ojK-ra tion the most approved measures ???to stamp out ?????? disease whenever it may ap pear. The work of such a Ixiard should not lie directed simply to the giving of ellow fever and cholera a cool reception by removing the |>oison upon which they would ft*ed if by bailee they should slip by the national quarantine officials; but typhoid, typhus, scarlet and relating fevers, sinall-iiox, erysiiiehis, pucrjieral peritonitis, diphtheria, dysentery and cerehro-spinal meningitis, each being in- fectioils.diseases,slaying oftentimes many valuable lives, should rereive due eon-' sideration. The advance which hasl>een made in sanitation of late years is astonishing. It has enabled governments to absolutely free themselves of destruct ive epidemics, to arrest the progress of those tluit obtain a foothold, and to modify them during their existence. But for sanitary regulations the old-time plague alone would doubtless have swept off a large share of the human race. The discoveries of science cannot be ad*ftntj|geously applied in Georgia,exi-ept througn an intelligent directing board. If we want the benefits of the world???s varied experience, we must have a state board that can tell county or city organi zations what to do, the when and the where. In this way we would supple ment, as far as yellow fever and cholera are concerned, the work of the general government, and we would also fortify against and lie prepared for inroads of the other diseases that we have men tioned. What would lie the cost of such precautions? We are assured that an annual appropriation of $3,000 would suf fice to give"aa^theee safeguard against dis ill not be disputed that we have as intelligent a board of health as ran lie found in the union. A small sum, not to be disbursed in salaries but with which to pay necessary expeium, would place within onr reach the safest conclu sions of sanitary science???would place us on a footing with the best-guarded states of the uuioii. An appropriation of ??3,000 ould l ie a ca | ??i tat ion tax of only one-fourth [ one cent. For two ami a half mills a head we can have an efficient sanitary supervision. l*ocal lioards, acting inde pendently and often ignorantly, are of little account, but such boards acting un der the advice of a board such as Georgia jiossessos could become as efficient those that have wrought such wonderful results in older communities. It is an old and true maxim that ???pub lic health is public wealth.??? Let us take up the census of 1870 for the purpose of showing the economy of sanitation. Let us select Georgia and Michigan, tlie former having no comprehensive sanitary system and 1,184,109 people, the latter having an organized system and 1,184,- 059 people. The death-rate in Michi gan in 1850 was 1.14; in 1^70 it was .94 per cent. If the death rate had been the same in 1870 that it was in 1850, the deaths would have numbered 13,498 instead of 11,181. The saving in human lives was thus 2,317 in a single year; the saving in sickness was 46,340 cases. Put ting aside all calculation on account of the amount of buimm misery avoided, there was a saving in money of $1,853,000 on account of expenses in sickness and of $40,340 for funeral expenses, making total of $1,899,940 saved in one year 1 cause of a death rate reduced from 1.14 to -.94 per cent, for tlie year ending Jnne 1 1870. Ix*t us turn now to Georgia. The death rate in 1850 was 1.10, or less than Michigan???s in that year; in 1870, instead of a decrease, our rate had been increased to 1.15 per cent. This increase led to 581 more deaths daring the year and 11,020 more cases of sickness, as compared with 1S50. The increased cost sickness was $464,800, and of burying tlie dead, $11,620, making a total loss of $47tl 420 ior a single year. Michigan, the home of chills ami fever, is not healthier naturally than Georgia. It has section that favorably comjiares this respect with the upper half of Geor gia. It* rigorous winters are a terrible drain on the constitution of even strong men; its summers are hot, and its level lands malarious. Our death rate should be as much less as it is in excess of that state. If the death rate in Georgia the last census year, 1870, had been that of Michigan at the same time, the number of deaths would have been 11,130 instead 13,606, as reported, a difference of 2,41 deaths, representing 49,520 cases of sick ness, costing $1,980,800, which, added $49,520, the cost of burying the extra number of dead, would make a total $??,030,320 in a single year lost to the state of Georgia, through-* difference between a death-rate of 1J5 per cent, and one .94 per cent. Who will say, in the face of figures that will not down, that an appropriation of $3,000 for the protection of the lives, health and happiness of the people of the state would be money thrown away? FISHIXG FOR FACTS. republican programme???because, if the APPLYING THE AUGER ALL AROUND, administration partv is not the republi- . _ . _ can party, then we have no republican cf J>arty. He is lucid, non-committal and ia inttr.it u to tht kitten Bratcied unexcited. He denies that the stalwarts | in Oar BurCxj???i lane, have taken hold of him, and denies also that he is engaged in the business of | The motive and ' reasons which' have aving the bloody shirt. AH of this is, j actuated the variousjrueiuhers of the corn- course, very amusing, for it makes lit-1 niittee to keep the investigation under the r difference to the solid south seal of secrecy hare l> en the subject of hether Mr. Haves is a stalwart or much comment since tliis matter took offi- conservative. We all know to what I cial sha l*- A repo*eruf Tim Comtitctiox policy he pledged himself in front of the ????? ???????? -uemtsirs of the Markham house. If he should choose to *5??? -ccesMble, W ob- ...... . , . . | lamed from them fneir views as to the ex- side w.tl. h.s open and avowedlenem.es- ( . y and ??? ??? f , he of the Blame and Conklmg-wcll and good. He ,??*,???!.* of tuk oomhittek. will certainly disappoint nobody in the , t ai>1K . ats ,hat the tirst intention of the south; for while we exjieeted better j committee was not to hold the sessions in things of liim, we were yet prepared for secret, but to make such arrangements as the worst that/rould happen. If he has I would exclude the general public surrendered to Zach. Chandler, we have I from crowding the- room. but nothing but pity for liini. Being a repub- j that the press, it was supposed, lican, this was all that was to have lieen would be allowed th4 privilege < f being expected???beingaconfemed conservative, I P re;ie,lt anJ rei*>rt??n??n full the proceed- i was all that we hoped for. But, after in S** Afler a consult jM^ committee the better ,??rt of Mr. Hayes???* admin- 1 decided Uavc ???' wre ' * istration ia his indecision, and this, I exce !???' I ,,rlv , lle ???^ d . - .***".YT..*' . .. . A . ., . * . ??? The result lias been tfif?> meeting of the brought about, probably, by the cream- t ., iaracter of a stances ofhi* eieetjon, has enabled the , tar .,.| lam l???. r pnK.ecdu.gHnd the only imi- south to take quick advantage of what- I niations ????f the developments made therein ever portion of hin progruimne that iiave lx*t*n liy pure leakajic. The idea that pointed in the direction of k-co??perity. I the pmercditigs ????f suchja committee could Wc are not ambition* in the Htujgk to sue- I remain a secret from tin? press and |K*<??plc ceed as politicians, but we are Sfeitious ap|??ears ridiculous, and we believe the ex- lK*come coi??arceiit*rs in tliis business of I |*eriences of this committet* will l??e a per- running the government. Governor Hamiton is growing better ilaily and the mule is doing a-- well *s could lx* | xpeeted. learn with pleasure tliqt the jx-oplf eorgia are delighted with the fact that the great empire state of the south can af ford to supjMirt a secret investigating com mittee. The (K*op]c luive no interest in the matter whatever, but we have concluded to I to the dispatch of the business of tlie com all the facts in the case as rapidly as I mittce. 1 think, however, since it lias been they accumulate. Of course this is emhar- ordered otherwise, tliat the plan of rassing to the committee, hut the |x-oj??Je 1 the committee lias worked well, who remunerate the violinists must have I desire was to let f the rejMirters their fun. | ,. ome i n> and I so ' suggested committee, but I think rule adojited works well so far as the ili.- The Kell Pnneli In the Darkey liar- I patch of business is concerned.* ItOOIllM. I SEXATOU TROtTgAS Old Si ktuM-ked hishruom against the door jam I said he was in favor all the xluie of having rltwn it of durt, and then turned to remark: I ??,|??en dt*ors, hut tlie ninimitlee had decided Hit ???pears t-rme dur???s cr heap er ritHin *?????' | otherwise. The committee *have nothing t< conceal in the matter, hut Ijuve been fearful rufflin' goin??? right er way!??? Why so, old jess ter make mo??? imhble in de Ian* !*' What is it doing now Why, dey???s prepfeen ter put er law on de stat- I uary books ter kollect de lifter tax by dls heali j mersheenery box errangement!??? you like that???? No, sah, dat I don't. Hit mought do fer de j white folkes. but de nigger can???t stand such fool ishness. Ehcrything seems ter lx* setliu' 'giust de j nigger dose days, an??? dis bell punch bixness ar??? de I another inemlier of the committee, said lie wurst form ob de pressher.dat we???s undergoin'!???. I j l!U i |>ecti all the time one of those who What makes you think soT* I vottsl for the secrecy of the investigation, Knse nigger ixir-moms m-1B liker fer five cents I lx*cau??c he lielicved it would save delay and glass, an??? dis yer 'rangement is gwine ter inflate I enable the committee to price like fury. Hit???ll put er perfeeksliul lum- | tigat fiargo on de cuiltsf scrloon enterprizes in di.- heah me! IH-n dey talks ???bout de tax bein' fer lieaslmu. I??nt Use one ob de citerzens dat dont want no lickcr meeter ringin' erskool-lxdl leek- lib-Hsliuii elxry time I takes er drink; dat???smy ban???!??? And the old man went out to head off tlie every hand that the reactionary precere | ,he law, the will and the custom of the ??? that act in five year* ago will find it* "final solution in tlie lowest range of 44 prices that has been known since the I The Prerentian af Di 44 introduction of steam; and, indeed, that I Yellow fever and Asiatic cholera are 44 seems to be the only natural result of I epidemically dreaded in this country, ** tliat wonderful addition to the world's I although neither is indigenous in any ???' power of production.??? I part of the United States. Cholera is cer- i??etunl warning to all fntu j iMMlies in Georgia. U??XEL J. W. PRESTOX. nator.aiiil chairman of the ???inmittce, sjMikc to us as follows: ???My idea was that it would lx* well ???ugh to let in the re|M??jjers of the press ami to exclude all mere curiosity-hunters, whose presence would hamper the commit tee. 1 thought to exclude"diem would tend ???OLD SI.??? idhyurdat nee-Is ???Unities tliat their actio lit be lauupored by the reuy so, om iiuuit I , T . Well, dis legidxtersceuis to hnb dissembles) up I presence of a crowd, ihefe is no sj>ecial objection to the presence of,representativ of the press, but still .the committee is dis posed to exclude all the public. The sena tor thought'a press discussion of the matter had better cease, as the committee would reach a conclusion and give the whole matter to the public. CASEY, lx-tter not to'lie disturbed by a >f simply curious jieople. Besides, light lie evidence brought forward it would not lx? nrojier for the news- to have, becanJe-irrelevant ami ad- itted to |x??iiit to other facts. HEKATOR TIHOX, the i???hieli jaipci ALL FOR GORDON. without a of tlie tenth district, who is one of the mittee, said lie had never thought 1 alsmt it, and had never been .much enj , this sort of business. The proposition ??????S made to hold the sessions in secret and he voted for it without any particular rea son for doing so. After lie thought of it, he thought jierhaps it might disjiatcii husi- ess, hut lie doubts it now. He now thinks secret investigation has done more harm Gordon tin* I good, beeauaeof newspaix*rdiscu*d. * 1 from other sources of information. 1m lgment then that it was In-st to noiuina-1 hold'in secret and his judiftiiem now that unanimous | it would have been lietter liot done so. REPRESENTATIVE IIAMMONI*. the first place, did not regard the inves- . Ration as strictly private. He thought that the difficulties before the committee were appatent to any one acquainted with the character of the'rooms occupied bv the committee. If it were to be understood that the meetings were open to the public the iinmittec would have to charter some immodious room in the city to accommo date them. Concerning the application of the press to be represented ins objection The houses of the legislature presented scene on Tuesday never equaled * ~ history. General candidate for United States senator, I hia" judgment * Vl party or c 1 .... . re-elected by vote of tlie senate and without opjxwition tlie house. Despite the fact that it wa- known that all efforts to organize an op|s> sition to Gordon had faileti, a large cre??w?? bad collecUsl in tlu* gallery of the house tt witness the election long lx*f*??re it was an nonneed. A large number of ladies were resent, prominent among them thecliarra- of the hereof the day. There was a great deal of entiiusiasm and quiet satis faction, only tlie occasion being lacking t< bring it out fully. With a plain walk-ove: gilt, and the favorite going without op position, the crowd had nothing to do but ^ ^ sit down quietly ifiid enjoy i'sclf by feeling I J m 7ty most interested. Then, it'is the p good. Contrary to exjx*ctation there was I ????f this committee that the entire convention of thc$^)uses. the law requir-1 dence lx* ; that the fii^t day s balloting I *j*| je evidence of the committee and of shall he done in separate sessions. This, of I |] te views entertained by it will lie giv course lessened the demonstrations, as it I in full in our next, s)>ace and time alo divided the crowd and put off tlie I preventing at this time, official announcement. In the sen-1 representative gray announcement that the I ^<1 i ie was in favor of ojien sessions under tlie election was on hand. Senator Jos. B. I such restrictions as would facilitate the xiul in -1 riinrinir voice I proceedings. He thinks a resolution to , 8 . ^ . ??? I open the doors would now pass in the < placed the Hon. John 1??. Gordon m minima- I ,???jttee. The committee having decided to l Tiiere was no other name amiomiced, J keep the pmceedings secret feels lioiiiid not altliuuak we learn a member ??f the liuuse to divulge them unnecessarily. He thinks ??? i . i . .i . f . ,i;*t;...r l iij.i U i I it would have lieen better for all parties to tried to have the name of a distingu . h , I }, aV e hod open sessions. The impressions Georgian introduced. No senator was found I n f t j, e committee now nre mostly to that be willing to raise his voice against Gor-1 effect. He does not think that at the time don. The call of the re.il was commenced, I the committee voted for secrecy they fairly was that it came too late. The committee is established to find the truth, and this it will attempt to do and lay it licfore the legislature. Still the presen tcourse may be productive of serious injury to the committee. When the case comes before the people for their decision, I desire all the facts submitted in connection and not distorted. To prevent the possibility of great wrong in tliis way I have insisted upon secret sessions.?????? REPRESENTATIVE HAMMOND. By an omission in the transcription of his notes, the reporter yesterday made tliis gentleman say: ???Still, the present course may be productive of serious injury to the party most interested.??? We should have reported him as follows: ???The adoption of any other course than tliat being pursued ???by the committee might, in my judgment, be pro ductive of injustice to parties interested in the investigation.??? In the session of the committee held on Monday night MR. OOODNOW???S TESTIMONY completed. The substance of his testi mony lias already api>eared in these col umns. The point of it is that Mr. Coker, of the bank of the State of Georgia, had told him that he thought Colonel P. W. Alexander, then private secretary of Gov ernor Smith, could be induced for a proper consideiation to resign his office and under take the procurement of the indorsement. He stated what transaction* upon tliat line had taken place between himself and Mr. Coker, and how he had offered successively $500,- $1,000 and $1,500, when Mr. Coker re ported that Colonel Alexander had said he wrould not agree to the matter for any con sideration whatever. Early oh Sunday morning, so soon as Mr. Goodnow read The Cokstottion???s article, he hastened to Governor Smith???s room at the hotel and arou*ed that gentleman for a talk. Mr. Goodnow said he had understood from The Constitution that the governor ???had denounced him in unmeasured terms.??? Gov ernor Smith replied that he did not know whe???her he had denounced him (Goodnow) unmeasured terms??? or not. but he had said that if Mr. Goodnow swore what was reported to liim (Smith) then ???Mr. Good- nv had told a d???d lie!??? Mr. Goodnow assured Governor Smith a* i the line of his testimony and declared that lie knew nothing ami'could swear to nothing in this connection that could com promise the governor. Colonel Alexander, by implication, even, tend to cast xus- ion u|ton the purity of the ex-governor???s administration. It is said tliat a full un derstanding of the matter was had between them, and that the rci??orts which had le??l to the governor???s denunciations of Mr. Good- found to have been garbled atul wholly incorrect. SOME CAUSTIC MATTER. said that Mr. Good now and Mr. Mor rill do no not agree in their testimony as to some of the steps in the transaction. While Mr. Goodnow was on the stand Colonel Tom Glenn put to liim some questions that were wholly novel and unexpected. We learn tliat lie asked Mr. Goodnow about liis con nect iou with the Rolling Mill company, whether or not lie was a defaulter; whether or not he had not taken a gold chain from Lewis Schofield, of Chattunooga, valued at $59, and instead of entering the transaction rightly ui>on the books, had credited Scho field with $50 of imperfect castings and thereby pocketed the $50, and further, that ?????? $.1,000 entry of cash |>aid out was* unex plained? These questions were put and denied hv Mr. G<>odiiow, until the last one was put, which he refused to an- and asked tune to consult a lawyer. Thus the matter stands, and Mr. Goodnow???s tiniony remains oj>eii for correction and further additions. MORRILL WANTS A LAWYER. is also given out that the matters con nected with the Rolling Mill company's transaction were inquired into to such an extent that Colonel Morrill called for the presence of a lawyer to protect him and keep him within his legal rights. lie was not prepared to answer every question pro pounded by the committee unless he had legal advice as to the jtertineucy and hear ing of the testimony he might gi A SLIC.HT DISCREPANCY. When the matter first came up senator Hill reqiortcd that Mr. Morrill hau said in substance that Mr. Murphy had said to him that the money must l>e promptly forthcoming ???asthere was an old man uji stairs with a big office who was p??x??r as Job's turkey,??? and words to a similar effect. When Senator Hill reported these tilings to governor Colquitt, Mr. Murphy was sent for and he denounced them as vile lies. Mr. Morrill* was sought for and he came and said that any one who said he had so reported had lied. Yet, before the com mute, Colonel Morrill swears that such re marks were used to him by Colonel Mur- HOW IT ALL BEHAN was explained by Colonel Murphy???s state ment. He said that it arose from ersation between himself and the late :ms Alexander over- the subject :onvict labor. Alexander said could only be made profitable lie building of railroads, ??? connection mentioned the Korth- :rn road. Murphy said he was a mem ber of the legislature that voted the in dorsement of the bonds, and he knew that they ought to be signed. Alexander told liim if he could get them signed he could make from $10,900 to $15,000. Colonel Mor rill was brought forward in tlie negotiations and desired to fix up the matter with ' >1. Murphy. The latter a*ked $15,000, the highest sum named by Alexander, but a compromise was effectwl upon the basis of $8,000. Murphy proceeded and finally cured the indorsement. He approached Governor Colquitt with the case fully pre pared, and with the clear understanding of *i position. As to his fee. Colonel Murphy, who did not know Colonel Morrill, insisted that the v should be put up in advance. Colonel Morrill said that the Citizens??? bank, who to advance the money, could not af ford to lay out of its use tliat long, but he arranged it by having the Citizens??? bank to Judge 8. B. Hoyt a guarantee, ~ certificate of deixisit, agreeing pay the $8,000 to Judge Hoyt whenever the HOW IT STANDS. The Vote Gut In the Late Election. lateral security. He desired the indorse ment and spoke to Colonel Alexande about it. That gentleman told him to ap- W.p~??.WowU* official vote cast in ???it-the facts and law together and present aU of the counties in the state in the recent iem to the governor. He asked Colonel congressional election, with tlie exception Alexander if he would undertake it, but of the vote of Oglethorpe and Johnson coun- Sing to do wi'to it 5 ' !U ' y ' ??- ????? ??** eighth dirtrict The colonel T. v. n-???- !these counties had was called, and he corroborated Mr. Coker not co ??? e , in U P to and all the way through. When applied to he' * na y not be here for some days to come, had said that,* as he intended to open The returns have come in very slowly, office for the practice of law Atlanta, if the understood the relations of all the parties and the interest of the public in the sub ject. REPRESENTATIVE FORT, of Sumter, said he had lieen and was n< the clear opinion tliat the committee had the right to say the investigation should be secret. They have sole jurisdiction over the matter. For himself he preferred to bavt the sessions open and had been in favor o did not return. His vote was consequently I it all tlie time, believing tliat the best iuter- , . ... I est of the state would lie subserved by ???* not recorded. At tlie announcement 11 the I ^umnittee i* not to pass finally up hearty round of applause was given I t j ie matter. He would be gla-1 to see t to the senator-elect, and the senators went 1 matter settled with good results all around, house to W.-C how the votine was but *onl??l "taudby the evidence. The house to sex now me voting wa. to n]n)n on , y i(fl opitl | on thc progressing there. j evidence. If sits more as a grand jury titan In the house, the Hon. Mr. Tur-1 as a trial jury and as each senator arose*, the word ??????Gordon??? fell from his lips, and another mark added to the score of the brilliant Georgian. The vote was literally unanimous. Senate Harrison was absent on account of .sickness, but desired his name recorded for Gordoi we understand. Senator Holcombe left the chamber a short while before the vote aud ner. of Brooks, t the auiioiiucenient I Sr. Hayes's Potitiou. We have been at a loas to understand the pitifnl story told by the newspapers of Mr. Hayes???s desertion of what he calls his southern policy; but since the news paper interviewers have placed him against himself, it is very gratifying to be able to state that he, in some measure, HEFKEKENTATIVE WRIoHT, I nominated General John B. <>onlon. I j\ ll( ; U> ta, saiil lie h#U been from the first There was no other name put forward, and j day of the session in favor of open dun the voting commenced. Adams, of Chat-1 fafas the newspaper press was liaui. am?** and voted for ???Gordon!??? Till saute inspiring tune break until Mr. Cann voted for ???Hemchvl V. Johnson!??? This ??!> a ??? d pubUshnitiiore tliat lui g litor??ii*l,t , . , ... _ . , I not be true. He hail never heard of such made a little breeze until it was ascertained I a emmnittee in this or any otherstate liohl- that he was from Bartow county, and then I ing with closed doors. The very fact that things were easy again. Gordon had it I it does do so has led the people to believ ?????r: il of 23.SS ???tt ' wa-* reachetL He voted for Johnson. The | believed in open sessions. He was afraid roll then went on easily, Reese, of Floyd, I the public would imagine from the secrecy and Roberts, of Cobb, voting for Johnson. ( the proceedings that there was something .... ,, ,, . ..... ,1 , , I to be concealed. It was a question of puli- When Sheffield, of Miller, was culled, he I , vith the committee. He knew the arose and said: I newspapers were bound to get hold of ???For the man tliat did not help to make I l*art of it, and he was in favor of giving Hay eg. president???Wm. E. Smith. This remark created no excitement, be-1 {??in seaion several days longer yonda smile tliat went around the galleries. TOi* wa, the las. vote ca>t ^tun*t Gordon, . tJ . t , he ob jcc U for whichthc committee and the call of the roll closed with ???four j bad been appointed could be better sub- for Johnson, one for Smith,??? and the 1 sered by secret sessions. The i??nxee<Iings are balance for Gordon. I conducted more expeditiously. He desired ... - ... , ,1 to say that he held tlie sessions were not The result was received, with prolonged I j^yet.bceause all the parties interested were applause, and every body seemed happy. It 1 present, either in person or by attorney. as noted that tlie tionlou men voted with I Under the present arrangement witnesses great d??????ion and spirit, which pUitt- ly showed that no matter wh??t the opposl- 0 { evidence for which there was tion might have been he would have re-I foundation might leak out and do great ceived a very large majority of both houses (^ the first call After the balloting was closed Mr. Rankin j once, arose and read a telegram from A. H. GrayJ representative northern. asking that he be allowed to record his vote I ???I think it well to continue the sessions for General* Gotdon. He was stoent. having in Mvret. It is eerutinly desirable that* ... . , . . ., . .. . , | correct impression shall be made upon the been called to the bed-ride of hi* father, public . I m unwilling for iTy evi who is dangerously ill. I dence to go from the committee without " The bouses did a good work on vesterdar I indorsement. I can conceive that a ??? i v ^ *_ A . -I 1 porter interested in one side of the case and have every reason to be proud of it | present a fact as submitted to the meerned. He knew enough of newspapers to kin . , , that if they did not get the facta they woi ??? ??"** kept up without a j publish w&at they did get, and fie thought union was called. He I it would be unjust to leave them to ' * I There is nothing to be concealed, but we wish all the evidence to go to the public ??Roir been the cause of the delay m . thrttr 'Thaw- nr* fiil 1 nu-a ??? enough he would resign and undertake the matter. The company offered $2,000, but upon consideration, Colonel Alexander be lieved that action by him would be miscon strued. He thought his relations with Gov ernor Smith had been such that any prom inence upon liis part in the matter would MR. B. H. HILL, JR., was called and testified to some irrelevant matter connected with the publication of tlie facts. He also gave the the .facts con cerning the Sunday interview which he brought about between Governor Colquitt and his father. DR. HENRY H. CARLTON. i'esteniay Dr. II. H. Carlton, of Athens, * before the committee. He testified as the proceedings in the legislature while was a member, to secure the state aid for this road; of his efforts fp prevent its repeal and of his subsequent efforts to secure the indorsement of the bonds. He believed they should be indorsed and had aided Mur phy in securing the indorsement. Colone Carlton seemed to believe that the bonds .-re of tlie highest importance to the road, ???1 as one interested, he hail the right to do y and all of those things which might bring the goveftior to thc signing of them. He fully corroborated Colonel Murphy. MR. FERDINAND PHINI/.Y, of Athens, was then called and sworn. He testified as to the history of the road, and that a week or ten days licfore tlie governor gave liis indorsement, he (I???hinizy) went to the governor almut it. He explained tliat judgments to the extent of $200,000 were against the road, and that it must soon lx* sold into unfriendly hands. Nothing but the indorsement of the bonds could save it. talk made an evident impression upon tlie governor???s mind, and it was not many days licfore the Ixinds were signed; he knew i?? improjKT means used to procure thc indorsement. Bonny Bella. Tliridtliitg the sunny woodland maze Thro??? which the blue still water strays. To-day, amid these alien dells, 1 found a tuft of bonny bell*-- The sweet, familiar flower that blows When nipping frosts and early snows And prowling northers lurk at hand ???Mid the ittir hills of Maryland! 3 jj FIRST DISTRICT. s 2 Burke Camden... Charlton.. Emanuel. Glynn.- Liberty. McIntosh Pierce... Tatnall.r~.l~ Baker....:. Berrien Brooks.. Berrien Randolph....... Terrell.-.. - Thomas - - - Worth .... Coffef. Sfc; Tlie passionate tears, o???er brimming, fell At sight of the blue bonny bell. And caught in the cerulean cup A little vagrant spray held up. One random drop of that wildniin, *??????**' heart???s home-sick pain. Wrung by the Shone like a gem whose lucid sheen Might shame the jewels of a queen! How often, in the years gone by. Macon gy-Si-T*??? Schley- - ??? Stewart Sumter Taylor Telfair- Webster...?? Wilcox.:??? And glossy acorns pattered down. Along the sunny forest ways. Rolled iu October???s mellow haze. Wee bonny bells! Dear bonny bells! aoue fo And home and lovi.. Seem not so very far away! Affectionately inscribed to Mr. and Mr*. C. H. S. t of Buford, Ga. If words could speak a voiceless grief Like thee I too have lost aud wept. indorsement had been given. This was sat isfactory to Murphy and .upon it he went to work. He procured tlie opinions and col lated the facts necessary and the indorse ment followed. WHO WAS THE ???OLD MAS While Colonel Morrill was taken in by the ords of Mr. Murphy as to the ???old and believed that the ???old man??? repre sented Governor Colquitt, tlie truth was that the ???old man??? was Colonel D. Pike Hill, the preceptor and after-; art ner of Col one! Murphy. Mr. Hill was the only per son interested in the fee and was to aid Murphy and receive live percent, of thc fee. Colonel Hill did do his duty s - 4U ~ My heart left desolate and bare, Out of tlie depths sent up A cry to Him???an anguished pray???r??? Whose hand prepared the cup, A portion for my soul most meet. And bitter to the taste yet sweet. Bitter to know ne???er might be seen. Until should close my own. Those eyes, angelic in their sheen, Which all too briefly shone. And sweet, beyond expression sweet. When life???s brief stage is o???er, Tlie hope that we again shall greet < ??ur loved one gone before. GERMAN BANKRUPTCY. The Great Empire Tottering Under the Expense. London, November 29.???-At the opening of the Prussian parliament yesterday Count Hoeberg Wennigerode, vice-chancellor??? said thc government relies ujion the- co-operation of chambers for a removal of the financial difficulties. Last year???s surplus, he said, would be almost entirely required to cover the recent contribution of Prussia towards the Germany exchequer. The interest the public debt will likewise be considerably increased, and there are other unavoidable exj>enses. Unless the interests are to lie neglected, he said, retrenchment is almost impossible. The influx of large sum* from extraordinary sources has ceased, while or dinary and regular revenue is suffering from continued depression. Trade does not allow us to count upon any sensi ble addition to previous figures. The revenue is insufficient to cover ordinary and regular expenditures of the state. The means required to amend this state of things will lie found in the taxes aud im- i twits lianded over to the German exchequer, the ??? rt -??? * ????????? Majority for Nicholl*. A SOUTHERN VIEW. AS ELICITED FROM MR. STEPHENS. Hi* Arrival in Washington???The Late Election*??? Hr. Hill???s Indiscretion???The Democracy Suc cessful???The Outlook for 1880??? Mr. Hayes???s Southern Policy. SECOND DISTRICT. 18126 THIRD DISTRICT. FOURTH DISTRICT. Carroll Chattahoochee???.??? Coweta. Douglas Harris?????? Heard Marion......... Majority for Persons ~ .3235 FIFTH DISTRICT. Crawford Clayton??????... ??? DeKalb Fayette , T -- Henry ^???7.*.*.????????????Ill???????????? Houston.. Milton... Monroe....??? Pike Majority for Hammond.. SIXTH DISTRICT. Walton : 36T> SEVENTH DISTRICT. Bartow.. Catoosa... Chattooga.... Cherokee Washington Poet non. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, arrived in Washington Saturday, and is once more established in his old quarters at the National hotel. The Post paid him a visi yesterday, and fortunately found him alone. When asked about his health, Mr. Stephens replied that he was about the same as last winter??????no better, no worse.??? The hemor rhage of last summer had not impaired his health any, but it has so effected his bron chial organs that his physicians had pro hibited him from making any more speeches. ???I haven???t made a single speech,??? he added, ???since tlie 15th of last August.??? ???What is the general condition of affairs 3621 in Georgia,** Mr. Stephens???? asked The Post. Politically,??? he replied, ???the condition si | of things there is fair???better, perhaps, than l>een since ??the war. So far as peace and harmony -between the opposing ele- 344g I ments of society are concerned, no election has ever passed off in greater quiet through out tlie state than the recent one. In five of the congressional districts there was hardly any contest at all. In tlie contested 616 88 I districts???the fourth, represented at present 211 by Mr. Harris; the seventh, by Dr. Felton, <891 and the ninth, by Mr. Bell???the contest was 52 I V ??T fierce, but in each of them it was more 121 of a personal than political character, and 9651 in no instance was there anvthing like a disturbance,.and, I will add, that in no state in the union arc the laws for tlie protection 537 1 of rights and the suppression of crime, 32c I state or federal, more faithfully executed 1 in 9 I than in Georgia.??? ??? ???! {g MJI ???How was the contest in'your district???? 3M> an I no opposition. There was a contest 2i I over the nomination, and a very fierce one, 1 too, until the Potter movement in the house ???pped by the democrats, and from that time all active opposition against me ceased.??? ???Then thc fight against you began before congress adjourned???? ???Oh, Lord, yes! Every democratic naper in the state, except three, denounced me bitterly for the stand I took on the Potter resolution; but after tliat was dropped here I received the almost unanimous vote of the colored and white people. The colored re publicans of Greene county met and recom mended the people to vote for me???notwith standing I had been nominated by thc dem ocratic convention???on tlie grounds of their assurance tliat 1 would maintain, in all acts of legislation, the rights of all classes of so ciety without respect to race or color.??? 'Are tlie members who were elected to congress as independents disaffected toward -1 the democratic party???? | ???Not at all. They are all trueJeffer- I sonian democrats, and were elected as such. I They are conservative in their principles I and policy, and are for law and order???for 1 the administration of the laws. Dr. Felton of them. He has been in congress , . for two terms, and his -devotion to Jeffer- 13d* 1 "281 ??? son ??? an principles and liis conservative ??? toll course are well known throughout the 2034 1 United States.??? 5or> I ???Who will be elected United States sena- 'Si? I tor from your state next week, Mr. Ste- I phens???? 13331 ???General Gordon, without doubt. I do ltoi I not think there will be any opposition to into I his re-election.??? 1851 1 ???Wasn???t it suggested that you would en- loioi[T:036 I ter the contest against him??????? I ???I saw it so announced in several papers, 1 but thc report was without the shade of a shadow of foundation. When I permitted my name to be used for tlie senate six years 1 ago tlie chief and cole object or motive with was to destroy thc principles on which new de|iartiire, so-called, of the demo- cratic party in Georgia was founded. That 1013 co I I thoroughly accomplished, and so long as 331 453 I I remain in public life I would prefer a seat G07 5011 in the house of representatives to any other 46Vl29 I position under the government.??? ???What is your opinion of Senator Hill???s 736 1 798 | recent letter criticizing Hayes and his ad- 996' 2001 ministration???? 14X1: &W I ???I think it was an exceedingly injudicious I an< * unjustifiable attack upon the president, I particularly coinimr from one occupying But it is a matter that 10269|819G I I do not wish to enter into any discussion I about. Mr. Hill is a gentleman of a high :J~???r I order of talent, but he is not usually very ??? * his actions or counsel, if you wiil excuse me for what I very much dislike to do???that is, (tass judgment even upon the discretion or indiscretion of othera??? ??? What do you think, Mr. Stephens, of die outlook for the democratic party???? ???It???8 good, if good sense and patriotism prevail; but I don???t care to discuss the fu ture of jiarties. I'm no partisan, though a party man. As to the future of the whole country, I think well of it. Financially, the country is in a worse condition than it has ever been in my day, and the proepect in that resjiect is exceedingly discouraging; but, with wisdom, prudence and patriotism ???1?????? I on P art ??* <*> n K ress . I think very hope- 31921 M | fully of die general future of our common 1 country. .Sectional antipathy and sectional parties, I trust, will cease; and men in high _ office, from the executive down, will look ???S I chiefly to conciliation and the prosperity of __ I all the people under this the grandest fed- R2tl 25051 cral republic that ever existed; but the Cobb.. Dade... Floyd . Murray Paulding I???olk- Walker Whitfield Majority for Felton. Elbert l>cr c HOW IS THIS? One of tlie important pieces of docu mentary evidence introduced lx*fore the committee was an agreement between Hon. b. H. Hill and the Northeastern railway company and the Atlanta rolling mill com pany. Mr. Hill had agreed, for and in con sideration of the sum of $10,000, to procure the ???ling of a bill of injunction against tlie ??? ndorsenlent of the. bonds, to himself em ploy the lawyers u|*on the other side, to jiay them out of iiis fee. and that he would de fend the case and win it. Tlie agreement tended to show that Mr. Hill was to fix up the rase aud that the lawyers he should select should depend for their fee upon osing tlieir case. These facts were brought orward upon the real contract made l??e- ween the parties. Tlie question then turned upon iMo. hill???s fee and the committee went to work to un earth all the facts connected therewith. The idea prevailed that Mr. Hill had an in terest in the matter that ought to be inves tigated. Mr. Hill had remained in the com Meanwhile the current ex|>enditures have to he pArtly defrayed by loans. A Times Berlin dispatch says tlie deficit is stated to exceed 1??,000,000 marks, and but the last remnant of French indemnity being distributed in 1876, it would have oc curred a year ago. It is mainly occasioned by a steady increase of military exia-ndi- turcs, accompanied by a decrease of indi rect taxes and proceeds from government gratifying aspect of Prussian budget for i many years past. The Prussian budget shows a surplus last *ar of 5,400.000 marks, which, however, have been absorbed in Prussia???s contribu tion to the imperial expenditure. It timated that the deficit will lie 73,750,000 marks. CRIME AND CASUALTY. A Train of Accidents???A Wife???s Re* Tenge???'The Stewart Bone Qnai Cincinnati, November 20.???A special dis patch says Mrs. Catharine Stull, who was Hancock.. Hart Jefferson.... Johnson.... Lincoln McDuffie... 1 iglethori>e Richmond. Rtctimona i ; ?? Taliaferro 218 .??? Warren 1 149 7 Washington ??? 1 169 5 Wilkes ! I 131| 7 mittee room up to this time, but when the j pected of the murder of the widow Best, at committee decided to go further and look in port Washington last week, was yesterday to all the facts, Mr. Hill t<*>k his leave of th* ayrested and placed in jail. She has committee, sayingthat ???he had been prese, , , , .* _ J .... . ent thus far by courtesy of the committee,-1 the enme. It seems that her hus- butnowhewas compiled to protest against ??? band had been untrue to her for many years, his fee being entered upon or investigated a nd had been, it is alleged, criminally inti all.??? W ith this statement he left the - th t. . Tll ??? tir - ??? . unmittee. The impression goes that j Wl h Mrs. Best. The prisoner stated ; that she sent a decoy letter on the night of mr. hill is ox the DETENsiA e. 1 tlie murder, and then met her victim at The facts before the committee are such ^ _ ... _ , , , I to almost wholly justify the belief that st , ocl! on 11 hdl - * llere . ?????<???* ?? club, .he i implicating others Mr. Hill lias failed, beat her to death. Mrs. Stoll is the mother but that he has shown facts calling for an of seven children, one of whom is but three investigation of liis own actions. Mr. Hill m on ths old. she has in jail with her. appears to believe that he is being persecu- ... .. .. . * tea in the matmr, but such is not the case. ??? *' EW ^ November 20. The Evening AU the facts wiTh regard to his contract for Lxpress states it has received information a fee must come before the public. from reliable sources that the remains of ex-goverxor smith i Stewart are now in possession of the es- was sworn on Mondoy night and gave to the ??***??? *nd their whereabouts have been committee a full detailed history of the ef- 8ln ??e Mondayevening forts to secure his indorsement of the North- last- B ??? known to the authorities that eastern bonds, while he was governor. He the desecrationof the vault was planned explained the situation in its entirety an ? e ??* u ted by five persons, assisted by and said that under the law and the *t least three others, who w??w not aware of opinion of Attorney-General Hammond lie the enme they were committing. Four of could not see his wav to the duty of Indore- fhe five principals are in custody, but the ing the bonds. Still it was a ones- leader remains uncaplured. tion addressed to the governor tad he ^ ^A! 11 ?. af ^???? n . the <*** ??J P?? llce would not question or condemn a governor ??t*ted that he bad no knowledge of the re- for signing or not signing the bonds. He S?? v *2! body ??ny cine, knew nothing of .nrSegotistions to secure >.???* !? ^ bu * his indorsement, hut under the circum- otherrtBci*l* united with, tat su|ierintend- stances he believed he wonld not do right ln reiterating their opinion that the ilo- . . .. ... ... . rtM nmiMnnu in ivrt^in m-omm, EIGHTH DISTRICT. 5971 2831 tieople of all sections ni ust be thoroughly Itowi 4461 imbued with the great truth that free con- ,2J| I stitutional governments can only be main- 102 I tamed arid perpetuated upon the principles 1958 I of law and order, and the enforcement of laws as expounded by the courts.??? Baltimore Gazette. What then do you think the trouble???? 10651 Well, it is realW very difficult to tell. It 7091 seems to me very foolish to make any pre- 1003 I dictions as to 1880, either as to the candi- I dates or issues, because there is every prob- I ability that new subjects will be presented. I am very sure that the money question, in its present shape, will be dead. My own views are (msitive enough. I believe in hon est money and plenty of it At present wc evidently have not enough for tlie demands of trade???not enough to start up the indus tries of tlie countiy. I think it would have ??? J*! J been wise forjthe fiousc to have passed tlie I 4861...... I I bill wc matured iu the committee of coin- | age, weights and measures, which provided ??? 148] NINTH DISTRICT. I t Banks Clarke???.. Dawson.. Fannin 'oesyth rankiin. Gilmer Gwinnett Hall ??? Habersham.....................??? Jackson - Lumpkin White...??? Union Oconee Speer???s majority.. The mart u.wful and powerful reuator ??ha. coatee and fail ??o present another fact ^^d^ffi^witW^ iSn, o?Se ri?? appearing in ^n???e^ningT-pem - the south has produced since the war was I that would go entirely to destroy the J leeis i_ tu _ purely sensational. The superintendent - * sent back to his post with an indorsement strength of the firet In this way a wrong I ** * mr. r m that B"slin and Edwards, denies that he haabeen so ably converted tha, wiil rrerre hi, nrnne anew for tire work | tetified ??? to L inte^ l.e had in ,be from a conciliatory patriot as current tlmt is before him. it by the evidence finally submitted by the bonds. He held a number of them as col- with the Stewart robbery. for the issue of silver certificates to be used in the place of bullion. We cannot turn out thc bullion fast enough. Three more mints arc required. France today is the best fiscal nation on earth, because she nev er allows the currency to fall short of de mands. As to resumption I very much fear that after January 1, 1879, wesnouldbe like thc man o|H??rated on for a fever. The fever went, but the man waa dead.??? , Mr. Ste j ?????? c??, cn, to be iiwiil, nr iiccu mu I things: more leaders, or rather bettor ones, and a jicrfectly national spirit We are r I able at present to call the roll of our great 1 with much success. I have been many 61**' liiS I y ea ??? * n public life and have seen the rise ??? an I an-1 fall of many eminent public men, and 327 I as 1 look back I am forced to confess that 4-01 almost the only great leader the democracy Ig? I has had was Hiephen A. Douglas. Silas Jug I Wright was a very capable sort of wheel- 903 I horse, but Douglas had the brains. If the , 818 I platform for 18W is carefully drawn and an *25! I excellent and national-snirited man nonii- ^ anted, I sec no reason why the democracy looil 11631 cannot win.??? 1951 4711 ???What do you think of these rumors as to 9H I a change in the president???s policy???? *33 1 ???In my opinion they are nonsense. There I06I 3901 MO such word as ???iiolicy.??? It is the nresi- S79 1 3711 dent???s business and bounden duty to aaroin- ???; 1 inter the laws of the country???nothing more. 106T5; 108971 i do not see how Jiis present position can ,????i I jmssibly be construed into any change of policy whatever. If the democrats of tlie south have been guilty of fraud at the bal lot-box. it is the president???s duty to prose cute each can ??? fl ??? J nnr ??? His Careless Demeanor In Coart??? I _ Intended to Make Hliort Work of I* ???What is tlie strength of the independ- tla??r King. I ent movement ili Georgia ???? r x- l q* . . 1 . I ???The ideas as to that are very generally Lo*do*. November 20.-A dispatch from wrong Thr m<ici*-i ; .*ci.ce i?? a.l confined Rome to the Times says that Tassanante, I within tlie derma ratio ranks and simply 1 the would-be assassin of King Humbert. I to * choice of men. The representatives we tk.rtnifMto.! ti.*. tr.rMit in,., nnnm on/t I ??8R$ *to all sinn;n-pure democrats. We manifested the most i??erfect unconcern and I sba || j, ave a majority of four over all assurance while being examined. It is evi-1 in Uie next congress as I calculate.??? dent tliat lie had calmly meditated the I ???What do you think was the effect of that commission of the act, and fully made U P I lc tte rof senauir Hill^ wherein he attacked liis mind as to the consequences. At one thilk getting down to the point in tlie examination, when the magis-1 marrow of the late elections now. Senator trate expressed horror at the deed the pris-1 Hill made a great mistake and it reacted on oner had attempted, tlie latter said: ???It | the party. It is now very clearly dethon* seerns to me you are getting too excited.??? I stroted that we cannot win by a wholesale On being asked if he had not ol .served that I assault on the president such as Hill at- people would have torn him to pieces hut I tempted to lead on. Now that we have for the police, he replied: ???People arc fouls; I learned that lesson we must keep down the they always act that way.??? I Hills and pursue a mild, conservative To a question as to whether lie had in-1 policy, and above all things be cautious in tended to kill the king or merely wound I our legislation.??? him, he answered: ???My intention was to | finish him.??? He said he was neither an I internationalist nor a socialist; that he did 1 51 f nneaota a Tote. not know the meaning of those words, but I Special dispatch to The Constitution, he failed to satisfactorily account for an I St. Paul, Minn., November, 20???The internationalist work found in his posses-1 official returns from all counties make a HUMBERT???S ASSAILANT. sion. The king will confer the collar of the I republican majority for auditor of 19.034. Annunziata on 8ignor Cairoli. J The majorities in the congressional districts Naples, November 20.???A person has I are as follows: First district, Durrell, re- been arrested here who, on the morning I publican, 588; second district, Poehler, democrat, 724; third district, Washburn, republican, 3,011.

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Atlanta weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1878-1881, November 26, 1878, Image 1