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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.
