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CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1879.
VOL. XI., NO. 41
CORRIDOR GOSSIP.
RUMORS AND PACTS OP THECAFITAL.
Ik* Own of D:inu1«i kmmg tit D»s«nt»-
Tfct It* Okairau tf tit Oum-Xr,
8u(btu't Vitw* as Pik e
Small Talk tf tkt Day.
KdlDirtal f’omwpondciiee Conatltutkio.
WA»ms«ni», l). C., March 22.—The only
question that neeuit lo attract any attention
In cuii(?m#> since the organization of the
ornate and liouac it the time of adjournment.
The more imj»or!siitque«tionof w hat ought
to Im! done Merit* to have Ik cii luel Right of.
There i* evhleuijy, especially in the ltouse,
■ want of unity on the |«rt of the demo
crat* that will certainly remit in harm. We
have in Hilt body four kind* of democrat*,
namely, • astern democrat*, who are on the
Bayard line; western dcmor-raui, who are
for greenbacks but not for fiat money;
aoblnwestern democrats, who are for *uh-
*idiea to railroads and mail lines, and
and southern democrats, who are in favor of
anything to make the jiony succemful
Pioui time diflTereut set-turns come a few
men who are not e*j«cially on the linen
Mimed, hut they are exceptioiial. The
house on the democratic ride
is witliout an acknowledged leader;
and unless they cuine to the conclusion
that it is im)*irtanf to pool the various ii-
»u», there will lie as little accomplished by
the democrat* in the 4Gib congress as was
accomplished (or the good of tie people in
the 45th congress. The republicans are
united on all question*. Messrs. Garlieid
and Frye, of Maine, can vole the entire re
publican vote on any question without de
lude, and by simply lifting a huger. One
uii)dca*ani nature of the disagreement on
the pan of the democrats is seen in the re
cent action of the caucus in throwing over
hand Mr. Healer C'lymcr, who was a frieud
of the speaker, and the election in his stead
of Mr. House, o« Tennessee, w ho is bitterly
o|>|M»«ed to the speaker. Mr. House was
nominated by Mr. Iteagan, of Texas, and
while it is understood that Mr. Clyuier de
clined to be a candidate, it was well
known that he would have been willing
to serve the party again as chairman
of the caucuR. He is a man
of great expcrienie, has the confidence of
tlir ]*ny iml is a friend and supporter of
speaker Landall. The opjioneuU of Mr.
Kaiidall selected Mr. House, and he was
nominated and elected because it was re
ported that Mr. Ulymer did not wish to
serve •gain. It would iiave been better for
the j«rty if Rome friend of .8|ieaker Randal
liad liecn selected if any change was needed
MR. HTItrilRSS IN THE CAUCUS.
Mr. Htephens isceriaudy on the rightline,
and his sjioecl* in the caucus a few nights
since meets the |M*ople s views exactly. I
called to see him in his mom at the Na
tional to-day. He has heensutiering of late
with neuralgia, hut is now looking well. I
told him I was glad to see the noiution he
Itsd taken for the relief of the jieopk*.
"Yew," he replied, "I was never more satis
fied with my position on any public ques
tion. If we adjourn without taking some
steps to remedy the evils upparent to every
one, or It we fritter away our time in a
nieli-K mjnubble with tne president, the
peojde will have good cause of complaint.
Ho far as mv voice and advice can go 1 will
urge nil I advocated in the caucus."
1 it-marked to Mr. Htephens that the New
York |tapers weie severe in their criticisms
of Ids (sMition. "1 see they are,” h*
plied, "hut the worst feature I see about
what they ray alsMit my )M«ition is that
they misrepresent what 1 say. What I said
was in a caucus of democrats, and it ha*
been re|iortcd to suit the views of each man
who wanted to use it. What 1 did say is
embodied in an interview with a corres-
isindentof tlie New York Times. Here it
iR,aml I will thank you to publish it in Tux
f 'oNsTtTt Tioa. | am willing to stand or fall
i>ii it Indore the people.” 1 send herewith
* hat was in substance
-tMltty rest* upon the <lemorrnt» of the house
f the M-nntf. It t* the first time In msnjr
iifsl, I Hit to all other business that legttl-
msirlv trehninto It, lam therefore very much
avi r*e to limiting leglsUUon to these two »w>n>-
I rtstl-.M in «'H* ti re*. The country, in my Judg-
l..ent. v >1 withstanding what has firm said to the
e 4 tr.sr.'. ts In a very depressed condition In its
romim i v and In all Its areal Industries. It Is
heed < •- to say now what has produced this
st de nt lulngK. The people throughout the coun
try. In the cities and In the rural district*, arc
look Mu' !«• congress for relief or for tlie eorrecUon
nl th u. ystem of UsUlathHi which has proiluced
the pr nt sute of ihtna*. 1 do not intend to say
any thh-4 now as to tint character of the legislation
W hlcti I* <ould he adopted, but If e»ingress should
»cw.!v*- -Imply to pass the two appropriation hills
whe ll J. tleil. and then adjourn with a deaf
dhow the country that we do
not shirk the a eat veapooolhtUtlcs That are upon
ns. Do not let us assemble and adjourn with a
deaf ear lo the appeals of a distressed people. Do
not let ns, I entreat you, handicap ourselves In
the beginning by the passage of a resolution that
wa wiU do aothlag for the relief of the country,
fro not let u» thus muzzle ourselves in advance,
lat ns at least hear the appeals of the
people and see If relief Is lu our power. If
tillsenogTMs. tu my Judgment, does lu duty to
the whole country In the restoration of ooosti-
tutPioal liberty, with the preservation of law and
order, fence and hanaooy. through*>ut the entire
land, es it ought to do. then a bright and a glori
ous future awaits os. But if it now. at the very
beginning, shrink* from the TespoustMUtv amt
fallen and shows ItsHt unequal to the task Im
posed upon It, then I care oof how snou the cur
tain which hide* future events shall fall upon my
vision.
CAPITOL WOTg*.
General Gordon i* improving slowly.
Mb. Hugh A. Haralson ha* • good
billon in the folding- oum of the senate at
salary of $1 2W‘. His friends think he
will be promoted to chief of tire folding-
room.
Mr. Pbane Alvei end ha* been appointed
clerk of General fiordon** committee, (of
nonimem), at • salary of $2,000 per annum.
Mr. Robert Alston is messenger of the
committee, having a i-a'ary of $1,200 a year.
THE WORK OP THE SESSION.
The Democratic Joint 4'auens Agree*
Cpaa a Lino of Bottle.
Washixoton, March 25.—The two commit-
mm appointed last weer
caucuses of the house i
SHAKING THE BONES.
THE REPUB ICAN RUCKLE RAKED.
Tba 8cmsterial Bn'tam Beeese Asxiesa far C vi
Berries ud Cry u Xm? tie Bpoca-Batths
Htw Costn Bocbcs tie Crowd—
Mr. Hill aid Hr. Blaise.
TUB SENATE.
Wauivotox. March 24.—Mr. Beck in
troduced a bill for a settlement of account*
with certain railroad.companics.
Mr. Butler introduced a bill authorizing
the secretary of war to deliver to A. P.
Rhett and other* four Napoleon guns for
the u*e of the Charleston. S. C. # artillery.
Al*o, a bill for the relief of the sufferers by
the loss of the steamer J. D. Cameron.
A large number of bilb were introduced,
including several by Mr. Coke and one by
Mr. Kellogg, giving aid to certain railroads
extending from Texas to specified points on
the Rid Grande.
Mr. Haulsbury’* resolution calling upon
the secretary of the treasury for information
concerning the negotiations of the United
State* securities, the amount of interest
paid, etc., was passed.
A motion was then made to proceed to the
election of the senate officers. An animated
debate here sprang op. Mr. Anthony said
that nothing be could do would prevent the
foregone conclusion of the majority to make
a sweeping change of officers, rot because
it was demanded by duty, but because par
tisanship demanded it. As one who field
. mmrm ^ n , ant twoK lo tf no* reverence, the precedents
.. fal and ussge* of the senate, he desired to en-
f/.Tn.^f rilTjF rJ^!nm».nA.f ?nns fMr J&nM ter hit protest against the personal incon-
■r#?”* *?} 1 venience to which they would all be sub-
jT™TTh.!vJ®*** 4 ' * n ' 1 th « <Hrturbance of the ordor
thSiM of the business of the senate, which w»uld
,,ccnr h S * n »l>rap* cbanE* of officers. He
mentioned the names of secern) officers of
lit* »en*le who liad never been disturbed in
1,01.- — ^ ^ .il/ X their officUl reUtion, to the body.
hJJ? 1 hTlik^iJ^mUl’v ihSfi.hid Mr. Hamlin followed Mr. Anthony, say-
Cth« ofT repeiUinr c^^Tn ,h-.hoped p«ty spirit would not
the legislative, executive and judicial *|p-1 u'nllnrv mtiJ that »h-«» nn in
W'ZSZZ . hill i Ihe.Prt^toSrdmn .MSS,” “ 1 ^
‘ ,"' r l'or»ie<l by the house in the nme bill tlITa)i j„ wn the life of the senate; the nia-
amendatory of■ ,tb»_ tow In to Uie | onW draireJ that the officwh eld so
""f?* °< impwnellinwinrors wlUbe snbstw- J l>n J by should be filled
I2lioiT*!o P ISdUmI^^ u. tbi l>y pentlcnien poptlcnlly in accord with the
"“j”"')' of ^nste. They hwl gentle-
jjyfjnn.". * n,rn abundantly qualified to fill them.
! Lmie ?| to nimmr.ria7ion hilU Mr - ConklinR uttered his regrets at th#
".medi'e” fj|“ow/;!t '*» officer, of the senate were tob.
for e.pen^ « «ri ? of eto«. tf. rtfect | Styttnl ws, improved with the
liLr5 speech of Senator Anthony, as it conUined
existing authority for llie, matter* of historic intemt. He regarded
Ate ^functions'.ml “ d ,^r°“' Jj* J7” n,in I ?
rvisors of diflerent SiJSSiSffiJSUKSSSrfoSfSSit™
!' f ‘tln, 1 mrmt'Z'wilid*t’o^w “nte?it^hould be in . gmst
in.nner rattiU^m u> be aijthori^l. to Uh« I roo,,;^, lt won)d inrreM e ,* detri .
will’^fsoTe nn^vltM tlmt thew 7ut«n'ison ment 8004 °* ,h ® government, llestow-
m,'t i P e^i,en, .n duJnmH- i"B of offices should be done in oonsidem-
" 'V 11 ” r*™*"** . * tion of the welfare of the country, dignity
t d . ' 1 '” “ f “■« government and purity of onrTnstf-
,'f tL SZJ°co^ punish inch freud. jIX I hld"faire P „ , “o n i, , |»'Mr , t 0 v 0 ®^
!*M^ond , ^ , A!L e . n i .%n , ;^Asi
gross as m.y '* r*l»rt*“ “X sneh slaughter of innocents as was contem-
t.T'w,ie.far,.,! h wiih ptoled by the opposite side. Oteerration
he interfered with, .dir trill the ««- K» d .ho™ that iniuesd of federal offices
L I li ‘ heving been bestowed for the good of the
.1,17..r .nnvTJl Country, will, capable and honest incum-
o th er".-i vi Iri gM s. *T i. e*rw'mmlndst in ns h«nfa. ibeyfmd been o-^, fur m^y^r,
""Vyr 1 den.ocrat > i > c M |u»ubere*ol <> the here »*'*> c.mi.l«in«l’’nerer negated
A se|«rate caucus of deiiiocratic senators 8pedal dispatch to The Constitution,
will probably be held to-morrow afternoon I During the debate, a discussion arose on
after an early adjournment of the senate. Mr. Gorham’*, the i-ecretary of the senate.
Senators Lamar and Voorliee*. who were 1 re*|ioiiRtbility for a circular issued in May,
absent on Haturday, |iarticipated in to-day’s 1 ia"H, by the'national republican executive
joint meeting of the caucus committee*. I committee and signed by him as secretary
Senator Saulsbury presided. Judge Thur- I of that committee. This circular called for
man being detained at his residence by ill- I contributions towards defraying party ex-
new. _ 11>ense* in the then anpfnaching cam-
• I paigna, and referred to the fact that the
CONSIDERABLE GUANO« I senate of 1879 would lie democratic
and alleged that one of the avowed pur-
chief supervisors and dr|
elections, and to restrict t
power of the two supervisor* of diflerent
•eats occupied by southern senator*. I think
we have heard this before. He also
informed us that these seat* are now filled
by southern men. I think we know that
already. We return to them and like revo
lution that tlios ends where the departure
began.
The return of the democratic party
brought peace and prosperity once more.
You raise the cry of revolution so that you
may have eighteen years more of power, but
your chances will not return. Yes; the*
seats are filled by southern representative
men and they will remain so. That is all.'
Let then the past go. We are opposed to
revolutionary purposes and revolutionary
schemes. We made nothing by revolution.
The republican* made eighteen years of
power oy it and that is the reason they are
always talking about revolution.
After some passage between Messrs.
Blaine and Hill, >lr. Wallace offered a reso
lution declaring John C. Burch elected sec
retary of the senate.
Mr. Conkljng moved to substitute the
name of George C. Gorham. This amend
ment was rejected by a vote of 27 to 38—a
strict party vote. After the election of the
other caucus nominees the senate ad
journed.
AS VIEWED ABROAD.
ON THE CITY’S EDGE.
A MURDEROUS
CRIME
COMMITTED.
Comisg im to Early Xn-i Slock!ag Sight Pr*-
Matcd—Ljiag la HU OwaBlood—Tb» Pwb-
obl# Theory of tk# Orimo-TheAmrt
of the SzppoMd Criminal.
Sunday momin
people who reside
publ:«-
l tu the UtM'liarxa of
• matter* of lesldMion coining
iliouht acted upon at once.
that » • iwinot dUpeii* with the Urge revenue*
deni ed <n»m that source. There Is no one in this
houm» |.*(* dUiMwrd to weaken the credit of Uii*
goven'Mcnt than I. hut there are other ways of
ivllcti g the nerewary revenues, and nmdes
in»»rei-j >*i aud Ju*t in their oprrathHi, and more
1 >nM‘ti. • I. than our prenrii! system. This, st least,
• m\ tiKtguH-nt. tVithout going into detail*, I
that 1 think the presrut system, which
grain or Irntt* lor hi*own u*e D a motiMnui* out
regc. I think thsl for his own u*e, a man ha* as
much i urhi lo l*»il Id* com into wht*ky or t*» boll
From the pn-*enl free li»t.
may U* mtaod l»y re«lut ins exestiiurduliv*
mu- i-»> t*. A«wln, there l* another i
rslMHK the nece-Miry row mu* much more just
a- d equnl In it* operations. I mean the atl vakv
rvts lax upon the pnqierty of the country: if not
anon l*ml. at lest up«*n pensaial property.
There htv many atiUlou* of jk reoiuti property l«
lire In He l ^taks untaxetl hy the fed
eral govenimei.t. Where D the justice
In tsxing the poor laborer fl.S to gJU
for hi* a hi* y and tolweco, while others, poa-
■esoetl of hundreds thousands and tuilUon*. pay
mailing for theii pa—«r*4ows. which ore protected
by the fMVentiueiu* We should equalise taxec.
All «h,» enjoy the Advantage* of the govemmeut
should t»ear otusUy the tnsvsayy and Just bur
«Wn’«. Our prevent system bears unequally aud
unjustly, tu my ojdnhai, upon the toiling mil
While l said I would be willing to strike from
the statute-l*ook our whole system of internal
revenue, with It* m.wt expensive machinery, yet
If, upon a Cull hearing. U should be thought
best to retain part, some of it* worst feature*
should he m«»i c ertaluly removed. The prerent
system t* unequal ou states a* well as classes
iid tndlviduAis. Vhgtnia alone, aipce the i
... ounting to over fti.uXi.niU. It is true that
tn the last rongre— »* rednead the ux on u>bace»»
from twenty tour to dxUcn «x nt*. but it Is still
an montnms tax upon the labor of that state, un
equal end unjust The same applies to Kentucky,
Mi—ourt, and other totrew-growing stats*, i
would by no me^n* —luieate the renewal of th*
oM system of lno>nM> tax. That was wrong in
many wpcct*. It bore unjustly upon labor lu its
varioit*departments, prok-—kaud and otherwise,
butt would wwch, bv a just and equal srstaas,
the prsperiyand wealth «»f the country, whether
oHfaitllnK ,'f stock*, bonds, or other public re-
curtiifW, iron which large Ineomrs are derived.
1 tmwn now only to my that a proper Mb'
utionary expulsion of the president from
. .his office. The debate was spirited and
We learn that over 80,000 tons of gnano I oonaiderable feeling was shown on both sides,
have lieen regularly inspected and sold in Mr. Ka on (Conn), while firmly believing
Georgia during the present season. This f h*t Mr. Haves was not entitled to his seat,
amount is ahsolutelv enoimoua. The cash denounced tbe imputation on the democracy
valueof it is not much less than three million I 0 f revolutionary aesigns as utterly false,
five hundred thousand dollars. Thia is a to- M r> Blaine said that the Potter committee
tal that ntay well make farmers shudder. It is I was organized in the hope of finding some
estimated that fully two-thirdsof theamount I evidence on which to base a proceeding to
might have been kept within the limits of j oust the president and only Decause of its
ilie state if our natural resources have been failure to find such facts was the design
developed, and that one-half of the total I abandoned.
amount might have been saved to the far- I Mr. Wallace pointed to the resolution
mere themselves if they had only utilized | adopted by the democratic convention in
the natural resources of their farms. I Pennsylvania a few days after the issuance
It is a noteworthy fact that the ins|iection I Q f the circular in question, that any attack
fees for this vast quantity of fertilizers | on t he title of the president was unwise and
amounts to over $40,000—the fee being 50 I impolitic, and haw that while some agitation
cents for a ton. This will provea very hand- I existed among the democrats at that time
Mimerrveiiueforthestateaudwill very much I no authorized utterances could be found
more than support the agricultural bureau, I justifying the imputation of revolutionary
under whose auspices it is made. It is I designs.
claimed that the fees come out of tire maker l Mr. Yoorhees justified the proposed
of the fertilizer and not out of the farmer, change in officers on the grouud that the
It may be set down as probab.e that the I employees of the senate ought to be in svm-
farmere of Georgia will pay $3,500,000 this putny with a majority of the bodv who
year for the one item of fertilizers. J were responsible to the country for the
Mr. Jackson, of the department of agri- management of its affaire,
culture, says that the season is much later Mr. Beck said that he would not vote $6,-
this year than formerly, the fight between 000 a year into the pocket of the secretary
tire guano men and the farmers having de- I c f jj,,, republican national committee to be
layed tire purchase. He received on yea* used in furthering his own irereonal and
terday an order from Havannah for ad- I p»ny ends.
*1 it ional tags, the writer saying that new Mr. Bayard thought the merely minis-
cargoes were arriving daily. He thinks it J terial offices should abstain from the exer-
may be safely asaumed that the total for the. J ^se of partisan infiuence, and not seek to
be about 90.000ton*, and puts I emulate the political power of the elective
value at $10 petton. This I officers directly resiwnaible to the people
•uld pul the total cost at $:t,tkX»,000. This J f or tlic carrying out of tlie views of their
is about the amount used la-ti year.
Mr. Newman, of the department, thinks ^ ... w «...
the tight between the farmers and the I Blaine’s cltarge of Iwui faith on the part of
mcrrlumts did good in ttianv ways. He j the democrats in not accepting as final the
-ays that it prevented many m»m bnym; d K i!,i ono f the electoral commission, said
at all, and forced them to rely on the com- I there was an is&ue of fact raised here
post heap for tire enrichment of tlreir land. I between the >enators who had spoken, and a
It aided very materially in increasing the | ver y material one, affecting not alone the
habit of composting, which ha* been indy-1 democratic i*arty, but the dtaracter of our
triottsl. advocated by the department. The I justitutiuits, and it was ituportaut tliat the
amount of composting done this year is I ^ truth be stated upon this question,
very much larger than ever before, as evi I The charge of a revolutionary pur|>ose
deneed by the demand for acid phosphates. I made against the democracy hy the circular
This demand has been very large, and some J which had been read was denounced
companies have literally been unable to till I by the senator from Conneticut.
their orders. 1 (Eaton) as false, whereupon th*
There has been very little. If any, guano 1 senator from Maine Mr. Blaine,
muggled into the state and sola without | came to the rescue of the document
iisitection. Tlie tendency of the inspec- and charged that there was such revolu-
ion custom has been to weed out the small tionary intent, and to sustain his general
and tricky dealers and encourage only the charge, he specifies the Potter resolution as
standard houses to send their goods into having that ulterior meaning. Mr. Hill
the state. All houses that were trying to | claimed that the senator from Maine was as
tadm off inferior goods were incurred in his statement as was the sec-
afraid to stand the inspection teat and retary of the senate in his, and tha. he
have therefore withdrawn. Those w ho are ould produce no fact to bear out bis
left are honorable houses and value their I charge. No portion of the democratic party
reputati n too much to attempt to evade ever intended under any contingency a rev-
the law in any way. Theamount inspected, [olutiouary movement lor the expulsion o<
therefore, represents prettv correctly lire | the president when the electoral cotnmis-
amount sold. Tire largest lot of gnano in-1 s on bill was posted. It contained a proviso
spected in one lot this season wa* 2,000 tons
of Soluble Pacific, the ins ection being done
A Louisiana Opinion on the New Con*
addition of Georgia.
New Orleans Times.
The revolution in state constitutions in
augurated by Pennsylvania in 1874 has yet
made little progress. The >*ate of Georgia
followed in 1877, but straiidcd on the reefs
of a bleak shore of imbecility, and we are
at a loss how to locate the hybrid phenome
non sent out by her body, of constitution-
makers with the statesmanlike model of the
Quaker commonwealth in their hand.- 1 -
Having commended to our approaching as
sembly the latter as a charter of rights val
noble to tlie people and worthy of emula
tion, we projose to warn it against
deviating into the failure so signal
in the former. In the Pennsylva
nia constitution design and exe
cution go hand in hand in admirable itar-
roony, being both of the first order of merit.
Its initial purpose is to resolve all the ele
ments of tree government susceptible of
such treatment Into elementary principles,
and the clear, concise, comprehensive and
profound manner in which it is done re
vives the order of slate papers conspicuous
in the early days of the republic. It thus
takes many of the citizen’s rights and pre
rogatives from the control of the huckste.-
ing politician, and secures for them direct
recognition by the judicial j>ower. Then re
cognizing the wanton, protligratp and tu
multuous element of the political slums in
the law-making au:hority, it proceeds fur
ther to abridge its capacity for mischief by
means of elaborate interdictions. Our pre
sent design is to make apparent by contrast
the failure of the emulous Georgian to fol
low in the footsteps of these examples.
The copyist of all grades, and in every
walk of art, improves, so to speak, upon his
model in the inverse ratio of his inca{>acity;
thus, in this case, the "declaration of rights"
is improved into "bill of rights.” The
declaratory schedule itself presents proofs
in series that the Georgian politician does
not rise to the height of perceiving even the
scope, character and purpose of the Penn
sylvania statesman. For example, we
quote two provisions of the .-ante class, both
su(>erfluous, if not silly, which apjiear, one
in Art. I, comprising the declaratory list,
and the other in Atl III, defining thepow-
of the legislature:
BILL Or RIGHTS.
Sxc. 2, Par. 6.—The general assembly shall have
»e power to proved© for the punishment of It ’"
_n»l shall provide by law for reaching the pr
ty of the debtor concealed from the creditor.
LEGISLATIVE PET A UTS ENT.
Sac. 7, Par. 22.—The general assembly shall have
nwer to make all law* and ordinances const-tent
with this constitution, and not repugnant to the
constitution of the United States, which they
shall deem necsssary and proper for the welfare of
the state.
This loose mode of putting into form sc
solemn a compact, with or without capaci
ty for tlie work, is extremely reprehensible,
and we are jsiosesaed of an interne desire
that our convention should not fail tosee it
A body of coustitution-makers so obvious
ly incapable as that which turned out the
Georgia instrument should secure the
sole merit possible to it, of adbearing close
ly to the able and statesmanlike model be
fore it But the exact contrary is the cose.
It seems to suffer, indeed, a chronic appre
hension that some one may detect it in tire
act of stealing. And tire mode by which it
proposes to secure itself against such dis
covery ought to bring a smile even to the
pinched and sad countenance of the pre
vailing member of the general assembly of
the old Quaker state. A couple of excerpts
will illustrate this:
on the Marietta road, near tlie fair grounds,
were startled by a report that a man had
been found just below tire entrance to. the
park lying in an *nconscious condition
and desperately wounded. Assis
tance was soon summoned, and several
parties present recognized the wound
ed maw as Mr. Hugh Dunning,
a well-to-dii farmer, Sfho has an extensive
plantation ni-out five miles from the city
on the river road. When he was discovered
by the neighbors a sad sight was presented
to them. It ap|>eaji that his wife and
daughters, who are members of the i’atholic
church, were coining Tnto tire city early to
attend mass, and as they were riding along
the road discovered him lying in liis blood
on the ground.
Of course they were shocked, but as soon
as they recovered sufficiently called assist
ance to see if anything could possibly be
done to relieve the sufferer. His head was
found terri bly beaten and a How of blood had
crimsoned the ground all around him. He
seems to have been struck with some very
hard weapon, and evidently received
several blows. He was unconscious
when found and seemed nearly dead. He
tin* subject.
One other h 1
depivarioo thro
a »uA(4eut volm
follows
Settios ft. That nothing in this act shall be held
•:ht. One reason of the present
life -1***1 of th- . . .
cou'.l "»ed contra tt -n under the present ft nan <4*1
*>'t* “ ‘ “
«**1jr politic. At tht* time, by the
jit >n under the prevent *-*
. tin re l* * dettetaney of currency
u e country. Thti could, tu my
The Vida* ■ • * Ott* metal *houM be unrestricted,
unlimited, ilmtde* thin, t would bring Into ac
ute and Immediate use all the present bullion of
the country. I would authorize the oor*jIn* and
stamping, to an unlimited extent, of all the
gold and silver bullion that could be
brought b> our mint*, and authorize th* lame of
The mint l-ower of U»e l'utied Mott* cannot
tn>w turn out m >re than &*M*u,uu0 per annum,
but bjr amaying the bullion and stamping it* value
course inspected at Savannah. i the constitution and lawTlo question by proceed-
. , „ ..*v* .«the l h**» 1“ judicial courts of the United States.
As to the question— Do tire buyers. «r Ure ^^lar title of the person who shall bed*
sailers pay the fee for inspection, that ap- r ur^u> be elected or who shall claim to be prc*t-
pears to have been *ati.-la1only settled in I dent or vice-president, if any such right exist*.
P«)>enAon vh»t the cotitomk>n would.
»on tew. ee -here «he« «e laic . t did , ntux to i.x.k into and
Teelieate the alleged baud, in Louhiana
It 12 end Florida, and Sat the recoil of their la
t»r would be the declaration of one of the
h’^e ^er cl.ima.fa-p«ident without an -amin..
, J . . I tion into the teetimouy regarding the merits
Tha aentiemen of the dejwriment note of th , ^ u ra ^op lc d that the door,
that a higher (trade of ferUluen are hen.c mi^h, be left ojwn in wieh a case to a
Utught thn rear than were erer tn demand .a,™ judicial iuTeatigation. which ahonld
before, and the farmer, went to ltaee their triueou, the facia. That them was ground
preferences directed towards certain brands f or t he belief that the courts of the coun-
that have stood the test of experience for lrT wou id have jurisdiction is mani-
several years. Some are popular in one ^ frora th « Uct that learned gentlemen
■«ctk*n, ind others in another section;, but «at«m«onU sides
tire farmers are pretty generally determined o( chambers incorporated a pcoHskm
as to what they want. j of the electoral commission bill reserving
• all right to reopen this question and have it
McIntyre's Hnrrender. I investigated before the judicial tribunal* of
Special dispatch to tha Gonstitation. I the country. Some of the moot able law-
SnuxortKLO. Ill, March 27.—J. D. Me- | yers believe that by proper proceeding the
Intm of Pekin, known as king of tire supreme court can get jurisdiction to inves-
. * . T _ - t J.J .21. i... 2_ I iKia •titMfi.tfi It wai nn that nnnf-i.
would lw the beat currency ta the wtwkt; tt *.#ll
be ftvclvahlr U>r all dim. We hare pa—ed
that day in civilUaUou io which thecoma. goM i
silver, are ‘ ' *’
erty more than once for the some offense, save on
*'» or her motion for a new trial after conviction,
in case of mistrial.—Go. Const., Art 1, par. 8.
Thus the neophyte conld not reproduce
the simple declaration above, which has
been contained in all systems, without dis
closing—well, tire Mammalian appendage,
which the constitution-iuaker of Georgia
does not, in a political sense, seem to have
dropped, as was to be expected if tlie theory
has application to political species.
And, again, the next following paragraph
offers a little illustration:
Excessive boll shall not be required, nor exces
sive fines imposed, nor cruel punishments in
flicted.—Penn. Const., Art. 1, 8cc. 1L
Excessive ball shall not be required, nor exces
sive fines Imposed, nor cruel nor unusual pun
ishments inflicted; nor shall any person b<
-* -* *—in
Are we to consider abase billingsgate in
the constitutional sense; or, shall its defi
nition be found in Webster; or, shall the
general a<c»embly exercise its power
or. is the judicial intellect to grapple with
this nnexitected 'problem in Georgia pol
itics?
But it is to be conceded that the ambi
tious Georgian, in his perpetual struggle to
display original merit, here and there bits
the bull’s eye, as thus:
Par. 5—Lobbying is hereby declared to be
Whatever tuav be thought of the mental
condition of tire confiding constitution-
maker who entrusts the confidence man,
known as the legislature, with the enforce
ment of the declaratory provision, he will
be commended, at least, for breaking it in.
Yet it is wholly as a warning, and not an
example, that we invite notice tj this state
paper. It is wanting in every excellence
that distinguishes the other, and chiefly in
that of forging letters for the culprit de
partment which habitually wrongs the peo
ple—the legislative. Let us crowd into our
new cor sutution as much as practicable of
lire people’s charter in the Quaker state.
PREVENTING A MARRIAGE.
the house where Berry Sorrels lived. :>-.d 1
entered it, and seized him and carried Mm I
out in the yard and shot him several times j
with pis*n?and then got on their horses J
and ga.lupcd^ off. The negro tan some i
twenty or »hirty yards after he was shot, [
A SHARP TURN IN TIME
Li PON A REPREHENSIBLE HABIT.
six persons in the house when I Undstwo«d Calls on the Grand Jtiy for
Prompt Attention—The State Prom on
the Piitol-Slinger*—The Working
of Pablio Opinion, Etc.
__ . ^
tenderest cart*..
The news of this unfortunate affair reached
the i«lice force, and the captains put some
of the force to work on tlie matter at once.
By noon they had arrested a negro named
Ramlall on suspicion of guilt. He denied
knowledge of the affair, but circum
stances involve, to a considerable extent.
It apitears that lie hits been working on
farm with Mr. Donning. Saturday
they had a misunderstanding about the feed
ing of some mules, and Mr. Dunning spoke
harshly to tlie negro. He left in a sullen
mood and is accused of having said to some
te that be “would be even.”
Mr. Dunning came into the city Sat unlay
attend to several matters of business,
among which was the collection of some rent
due from colored tenants. The negro Randall
either came in with Mr. Dunning or soon
after hint and they were together in the
city. Late in the afternoon they were
together at Easley’s blacksmith shop on
Marietta street Front this point it appears
that Mr. Dunning returned to the city and
the negro went on out the street in the
direction of the farm. No more was seen of
him that night He was arrested oti the
streets about noon Sunday. As to what Mr.
Dunning did Saturday night orat what time
he started home there seeius to be no cer
tainty. It is not even approximately
known at wliat time of tlie night the a»-
sanlt was made tijion him. The best evP
dence on this point is probably that **f Mr.
George Kreis, who resides at the fair
grounds. He returned from Gainesville
Haturday night and reached the fair
grounds about 12 o'clock. He says he heard
some one groaning and crying just down
the road, but supposed it was a drunk
en roau ’ and paid little attention
to iL From the direction and locality of
the sounds lie is sure that the cries were
those of Mr.Running. It is probable that
he was knocked down about eleven o’clock.
On the theory that the negro is not guilty
of this murderous assatiiL it must be that
Mr. Dunning was attacked by villains who
intended to rub him. He frequently comes
to the city to collect rents and carries con
siderable sums of money borne with him.
He seems to have freely announced his in
tention to come to the city Saturday for this
purpose.
DEATH OF MB. DCX5IXG.
After Mr. Dunning was taken home he
sank steadily, and it was evident that his in
juries were fatal. The blows on the head
were evidently of sufficient force todrac-
the skull. He remained unconscious
and now and then went into convulsions.
Yesierdav at noon he died surrounded hy
his grief-stricken family. We learn
that Coroner Drake will hold an inquest
the remains to-day as the law directs.
This foul murder should be taken in hand
by the officers of the law and every effort
used to arrest tlie scoundrel who perpetrated
it. Doubtless a reward will be offered for
the apprehension of the murderer, if the
negro proves his innocence.
Mr. Dunning was a well-knowre Fulton
countv farmer of means. He ot\"ed con
siderable property in the city and had a
large number of colored tenants here. He
was of Irish descent and was considered a
good, peaceable citizen in the neighbor
hood where he lived. 11is farm is two
miles this side of the river. He leaves a
wife and four children. He was probably
about 48 years old.
Of course tlie community is greatly out
raged at this midnight assault uj>on a peace
able citizen who was beaten down on the pub
lic highway and murdered in the dark.
Such an occurrence is shocking in tlie ex
treme, and the only approach to a repara
tion of the crime is tlie punishment of the
criminal whose heart was black enough to
foster such a scheme. This justice must be
accomplished, if possible.
The negro now under arrest will proba
bly soon have a preliminary examination.
The Coroner'* Inquest—The Funeral
Tuesday, Etc.
Tlie mysterious murder of Mr. Hugh
Dunning has eaused no little commotion in
the community. He was very well known,
and his midnight murder was a terrible
i i- . .1 r_: i_
the murderers entered, consisting of Berry
Sorrels, ti e murdered negro, who is some
fifty-five years old, and hi* wife, his daugh
ter, his son and another negro and his wife.
All were in bed asleep when the party .
came and called the old man ouL His son I The Rome Bulletin contains the charge
awoke and saw the situation his father was I of Judge J. W. H. Underwood to the grand
in. He slipped out and run to the house of I J ur y of Floyd county. We clip from it his
the widow* 8mitli to give (he alarm, and get Jointed instructions relative to the crime
the assistance of her son. who lives with her, of carrying concealed weapons:
but before lie got there he heard the report I "There is one other thing I shall call your
of the pistols, aud before Smith got up the 1 attention to.^ (Read* section of code rela-
murderers past him in full tilt for parts un-1 tive to carrying concealed weapons.) No
known. I person in this state is permitted to canry
At thia writing there are some persons, about his i*erson any pistol, bowie-knife
living not far off, who are suspected, and it I w other deadly weapon, unless openly and
is thought that they can be recognized by I fully exposed to view. If they carry them
the family. Their names are withheld at to »»>’ public ground or gathering,
present. There will be a coroner’s inquest I either concealed or exposed,
over the body, and light will be thrown on I crime, and against the law.
the tragedy. | search was instituted, 1 believe they
It 1s to*be hoped that the |*erpetrators I could be found in this court-house. I do
tuay be found out aud the party brought to I noi propose to institute a search, but if the
S i, for lynch law is getting tn be of too legislature will authorize me I will do iL I
nt occurrence. If the negro is or vu have never let an opportunity escape to de
character, or bad violated the laws I “ounce this offense in the last six years,
of the country, the law* of the country | Recent occurrences have stirred up the pub
could have punished its crituiuals. This is I lic mind on this subject, but there is no
the second case of lynch law in this county 1 more reason for this excitement now tlian
since tlie war. We hare liad but very few I * n tlie pasL There are hundreds annually
murder cases, and but one man has been I slaughtered, or rather assassinated in cunse-
hung in this county in thirty-five or forty I <l ue »ce of carrying contrary to law, conceal-
years, and that was a negro*boy who was I ^ weapons. When will our people under
hung for the crime of rape. The voice of I *tand the loss of life in consequence of this
people of this countv.sai’s let justice be unlawful practice? Why. «lo men want to
*■ E. T. M. I S° over tlie country with a pis-
CHURCH CHIMES.
' buckled around them? They
want it to give them an advantage. These
bullies insult you. and if you dare to ex-
Nearly 400,000 copies of the new Method* I the spirit of a man they will put you
ist hymnal have been sold. j to death, and when he is tried the jury will
TuK.veroserolao- of.elersj.nea in the | «
T\' K !>«» Methodist church in Social I ;'fancirf"insul"t puts'kim to"death! U The
Circle will be finished during the coining street and town bullies who carried pistols
summer. . | before the war made the poorest soldiers we
1880 will be the one hundredth anniver- I had. What are you going to do with these
wiry of the origin of Sunday-schools in I men? Are you going to let your neighbors'
Gloucester, England, by Robert Raikes. I sons go on the road to ruin, or are you going
There are now thirty-five colored students I to P ut ‘he halter of the law upon them?
in the theological department of Harvard Don’t you think that if there are twelve or
university in training for the ministry. I hit®®!* hundred pistols in Floyd county you
They represent five different denominations. I c ^ n */ ew of them? Don’t you know
The first printed work of any.magnitude
as the Latin Bible, called the Mazarin Jf_J
Bible, printed about 1455. The first English ^ at the feet of the vile and yicu
Rihl* T.rintP.1 in 1535 ^**g**j>« i have not said as much on this subject _
Bible was printed in 153o. have said to the juries for the past six years.
The Presbyterian ministers of Philadel-1 The public mind now seems to be rutmiuc
phia have been discussing t he theater ques-1 against the practice,but it cannot be stopped
l ‘ on *. They passed a resolution affirming I except in one way, and that is by the grand
that it is unchristian for church conunu- juries of the country co-operating with the
nicants to attend theatrical performances. pulpit and press. But when one is con-
The jubilee singers of Nashville, having victed of the offense, preachers of the
rested after their long tour in Europe, will I country sign a petition to have the penalty
make another singing tour of tlie north, l modified. I was forced to lower my sights
Recently they gave a concert at Nashville I on it because public opinion would
to a mixed audience, tlieir being no re- I not stand a vigorous enforcement of the
served seats—an innovation in the south. I law. The legislature enacted this law* forty-
Thebe is no lack of candidates for foreign t ? ro years and have maintained it ever
missionary ap|K>intments in the Protestant I 81ncc » an d tb ® governor of the state has
Episcopal church. The foreign committee I never pardoned ;a man for this offense, f he
of the board of missions had at the begin- » U P" , “® 9° ar f h " »idl that they believe tt
ning of the present year fourteen appliem-1 to h* their solemn and imperative duty to
tion* they could not accept because of lack announce that this is a wise law, and ought
of funds. I to be vigorously enforced by the courts ant*
i —*— — e not
your
and don’t brag quite so much about the
skill of attorneys when they, through fraud,
strategy and big fees, or money used in
other ways, manage to let one after another
cold-blooded murderer go scot-free. This is
the way to put a stop to bloodshed upon the
merest pretense or provocation m Georgia,
and there is no other way to rid the sute of
blustering, murderous, cowardly bullies.
‘‘Fearless” ix Hartwell Sex: Let the
good honest citizens of every county form
vigilance committees and hang judges, law
yers, preachers, loafers, or any one else
found with a pistol in their pocket The
time lias come for a desperate remedy for a
desiderate disease. After the war, the ku-
klux were a necessity and did much good
in keeping down lawless, murderous vil
lains—the only trouble, they held on a lit
tle too long. But in sixty days the pistol
“toters” can be swung up in every county.
If a boy fifteen year* old should be caught
with a pistol, hang him; for pigs will make
hogs. This thiug lias to be stopped before
prosperity, morality, or genuine religion
can ever have the ascendency in this de
moralized country.
Daltox Enterprise: It was not alone the
corruption of rulers that bowed imperial
Rome to tlie dust and made her people, as
Tacitus termed it, "fit only to fill tlieir bel
lies with husks and turn on their backs to
die,” but it was a debased public sentiment
that accomplished the work. And so it will
be with us. A degenerated feeling prompts
people to carry concealed weapons until a
mad dog on the street will be tne sesame for
a hundred pistols to Hash in the air from
pockets long accustomed to their company.
This popular contempt for the law in this
enlightened country and century is surely
an evil worthy of the closest attention. It
is a foul blot upon the escutcheon of our
state, and should be dealt with promptly,
summarily, aud frowned down by law-
abiding people everywhere.
IN GENERAL.
: SSfffTJS-'S
ii the publishing of a Jewish I Won’t the gisnl people of the coni'
S I munity frown it down? Your frown can only
it h» tA n ■* 5c ' !n nmi understood by an indictment;
it can be found. Theeditor, ltsays, most be | t | ie f rowl , of the traverse jury by a
a man of the highest scholarship and a | verdict ut • guilly whe „ te3 ,uuony war-
id the fr
The Jewish
contemplation
quarterly review,
favors the project, if a
thorough theologian.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
w . when testimony war
rants it; and the frown of the court is when
crime. The clergy can do a great deal. The
churches can do a good deal, if they will sec
Prince Battexburu has abandoned his I that no man can get iuto the church or
scruples relative to accepting the throue of I stand there if he has these weapons strapped
Bulgaria, and his election is certain. on him, going about over the country. The
IAR TKEK, the contractor for raising the merchants mid farmera can do a great deal,
iron clad Grosser Kurfurst, has completed *“ d the Indies can do a good deal Were
his preparations and is waiting for favora- ‘ h< * e P 8 * 1 ” ,abooe<1 Irani society, etthem
ble weather find no employment, then the people would
Tr . .1 .i- begin to feel a relief of this terrible dread.
Haslos, who ts training for th# sculling tt Is time something should be done and
match with Howdon, is unfortunately af- some thing has to hi done. I want to see
fectedi by the climate and suffers with a bad the publ *. authorities exhibit courage
cold, thus interfering with ins training ex- enough to enforce the law prohibiting this
ercises. . evil practice. Do you expect to do anything
A Bkrlix dispatch to the London Post I without trying? Do you expect to reform
says the czar is expected here for the enqie-1 anybody without an effort? It lias been
ror’s golden wedding in June. It is now I truly said that the law was not sufficient,
admitted that the emiteror’s full produced I but it is the enforcement of the
a painful gathering, which, however, is not I law that is needed. If laws were passed
“1 bad as it was. j that could be enforced to compel
Private advices from Mandulav represent I ra ®*' 1° I*®y a tox for cariying these things,
that quiet prevails there. The king of >t might do some good. Let every man do
Burmah, since the dispatch of reinforce-1 his own duty, and see to it that he has done
ments of British troops, is reported to have I all he could to suppress these evils and put
expressed his willingness to grant any con- da*n. It is a practice more dangerous to
.i 1 ** -‘ 1 — —— U! -—-*
A SOUTHERN OUTRAGE
THAT BLEEDS THE NORTHERN HEART.
A Little B.-iaonce That Beaches From Hew York
to Georgia—A Fond Northern Maiden’s Af
fections Trifled With by a Burol
* Georgia Gentleman."
—Secretary Schurz has two grown daugh<
ters and two little boys.
—A very large whale, killed by a sword
fish, has drifted on the gulf coast of Flor
ida.
—Blessed is the man who lovetli his wife’s
relations; and not only blessed, but also
scarce.—Salem Sunbeam.
—"Is Simon Cameron really eighty years
old? We should not think so from the evi
dence,” observes the Chicago Tribune.
—Tlie New York Herald says: ‘‘Let the
eagle flap his wings—the doors of the British
war office fasten with American locks.”
—In the Oliver-Cameron suiL the exami
nation of the plaintiff by Mr. Butler may
be described as a case of widow cut widow.
—The doors of the Wittenburg church,
on which Luther nailed his famous thesis,
is now removed to Berlin, where it is in use
at SL Bartholomew’s church.
—"Marriage ” says a cynic, "is like put
ting your hand in a bag containing ninety-
nine snakes and one eel. You may get the
eel, but tlie chances are against you.”
—The Boston Post nominates for presi
dent Agnes D. Jenks, of New Orleans ; for
vice president, Mary Oliver, of Washington.
Close un the ranks !
society than all other causes combined.
Here are the young men coming up seeing
ran lo dxy at the Lincoln spring meting 1 CHI
t"?,! SpffEff ° f y“ do n^t find th^
Ton . t, ns «>£, t°fr I “l» n the if*"- b “J tlie rawdy
who goes over the country shooting and cut-
De. Carver, the American sharp-shooter,
gave, an exhibition of rifle shooting at
Welsh Harp, at Hendon, yesterday,
though the weather was unfavorable. The
Sportsman says, such consummate skill was I What Is Thought of the Practice hy
cessions demanded.
never before displayed iu England.
A Sister Flaring Her Hand on the
■euth ef Her Dying Brother.
WAsmxcrox, March 20.—On Sunday
night Captain Norman Crone, well-known
here, wa* dying at Meyer’s hotel, in this
city. The captain was worth about $20,000.
He bad lived five years with a woman
named Mary Crane, and hod introduced
her as bis wife in some of the
most respectable circles in the district.
No marriage ceremony had, however,
been p?rformed. When Captain Crane was
dying he desired to make Mary his legal
wife. Tlie captain’s sis’er, Celia Crane, was
violently oppuaad to a marriage, there being,
it appear*, no wilL A clergyman, the Rev.
Dr. James G. Addison, was sent fur. and was
willing io perform tlie ceremony. Dr.
Townsend, wno was also present, thus de
scribed the scene in an interview with a Post
^Thesl-tcr kept her place by the ride of the bed.
and as I askedtbequestioo flrn^to prove hiscon-
slnx-k to liis family and friends.
Tlie circumstances were such as clearly to
demand an inquesL Tuesday morning,
therefore, Dr. Drake, the coroner of Fulton
county, proceeded to fulfill his dnty *“
premises.
He left the city at ten o’clock and went to
the late residence of the deceased, about
five miles from the city, bn the river road.
There a jury was summoned and the inquest
held. The post-mortem examination was
made by Dr. T. 8. Raines. The skull was
found to be broken near the right temple.
Several pieces of the skull bone were
easily taken ouL The scalp seems to have
been* cut by some sharp instrument,
which must have been deal: with terrible
force. It is hardly less than miraculous that
the man should nave lived after he received
such a blow. He lingered a whole day and
a half. Such tenacity of life is seldom seen.
THE EVIDENCE
was adduced by the examination of several
witnesses, but was on the whole quite mea-
E er. Nothing but circumstances were
rought out by the examination of any wit-
ss.
The main facts in the testimony are as
follows: Mr. Dunning and a negro, James
Randall, who worked for him, came to town
Saturday. Before that time they appear to
have been on very good terms with each
other. Saturday afternoon they met at
Easley’s blacksmith-shop, near the plow-
factory. on Marietta streeL There a quarrel
whisky ring, pleaded guilty yesterday in
the Filed Si ales court to all the indict-
inetita again-a him. He was fined W,(W
1 VMi !**' ‘li.iillery forfaited to the eoracn-
• ihaipotiu at Which w» mem «w two ^ plea* — -**•-
t Sentence
priHaUr* la p*>\ boi the equtv*- J pended a- to the other pleas on condition
Wui tor o4». i mmmywtii tor hard taoinrv. I j t hat ue w .old inform ou the other members
w*s Drought Up in the hant-mouey arhooL I am # .x. .
I -r hold money, not lo carry about la your iac nn «*- ,
pocket, or roll i.i tbe wheelbarrow*, but tore- i
main tn ihe vauluof the treasury, with it* equiva
lent l' . . .
lot the u*e ot trale. The*e excheqv
incut certificate*—<aff them what you may—
would h* equivalent, dollar Aw dollar, lor coin,
for the *overnmeut w«uM hold gold or silver to
rover every dollar t*ut>tandins, aud thia currency
would In a few year* be perfectly gaol for ex
ec have ivitntucicial deal-
KU'traUa. Auvlhcr moo-
t ought to repeal, and
that I* the federal prohibition against
»lnur Looking. 1 hi* subject I Jo not now propose
to dlwruMs. I onlv mean briefly to point out some
«>! the great question* which, la my judgment,
devolve tJjam this democratic rongxem. The** I
have staled arc but a few of them. A* to the tin
change* wherever
ins»- fro** ( tin* t*
think.
KSSZ Giles, who recently ratigned the jadgeship
of the United States district court for Ma
ryland on account of illness, died last nighL
lie was 72 years of age, and has been judge
of the court tacitly--five years.
What
Special dispatch to The
Nashville. March 25.—The governor hav
ing despaired of a settlement of (be state
debt by the legislature coot
vising the calling aconstitnti
was had in which Mr. Dunning used severe
language to the negro and both became
ry angry.
ting liis way. By myself, I can do nothing.
CONCEALED WEAPONS.
the Frees of the State.
Valdosta Times: The Alston tragedy lias
put the press to discussing the habit of car
rying concealed weapons. It is a cowardly
Southern Fruit Business.
Cincinnati Enquirer. „ _ . ......
The shipment of southern fruit and vege- --ractice. and unbecoming a man who pro-
IWP»»
oath*, t
mediatec*u*cw which required tiiLextra■mirto* | 1
«4 ronf rroa. I took upon them only a* *mall amt- < ww “*
trr» ronridered by the ride *1 the crave and
heavier datic* f-»r »luch the country will bald u*
iwiuble. Aa to the tort oath* and Juror*'
tnxqw at the ivtU* them, aaa matter of , v v . ,, . _ _ ....
.m tw aL Thn «• —w N*w JUrah S.—Th. trial ot the
touto. bo.rvrr, pwi in ilwta.lt. it 1* mic. Kee. Or. T^maae begaD faefara the Brooklyn
bat I aniiripnie bo eoomet .hnierer bennen ,.re>byterr thu afternoon. The doctor
mede a.peech. in which he maud io th.
’ihSSZJX r <?*?iStfl! Umi I emphatic ouooertbat be conned a
nfai toSLton thtoL ta'tkttotiaeei^Tit j l«U iorctigatioo of the chargee agaimt
I th* way to pick up a fight Let ns go right on | him, denying them in toto.
tigatc thu question, lt was on that princi
ple that the legbdatare of New England
pmued a memorial to congress demanding
that proceedings of this nature should be
inaugurated. Some of the mom distin-
K Dibed republican lawyers of the country
id that it would be perfectly proper in a
npetent proceeding for the supreme court
reopen and determine this case upon
its merits. Every gentleman of his
(Mr. Hill's) acquaintance, every prominent
democrat of the United States who
desires to investigate this question at all
desires to do so in the court* a»d n:<der the
encouragement and authority of the electo
ral law. Was this revolutionary? Whether
fh*» proceeding before the oaurt should be
inaugurated or noL none would depend on
the reliable evidence that should be ob
tained in the case, therefore all sections of
the democratic party were willing to have
on investigation to obtain the real facta.
There were republicans as well as democrats
in the country who. if the facts should
thoroughly establish the illegality of the
if it should appear that
the supreme court have authority to
investigate the subject, were in favor of
such investigation. Mr. Hill denied that
the democratic party had ever announced
a revolutionary purpose looking to the
expulsion of the presidenL He said^ in
conclusion that the senator from New
York had informed this body that when
he came here be would find thuee
the cheek and mid, "Don’t answer them, my dear
brother.** In hi* weak condition he would at
once relapse, and after several attempt* and fail-
urea, both land Dr. Addlroo gave Hup. .
The marriage was thus prevented, and
after the captain’s death the sister took pos
session of bis personal property. 1 be al
leged wife caused the arrest of the sister on
the accusation of larceny, bat on the wit
ness stand the com plait-nut acknowledged
that there had been no i.rarriage ceremony.
The police justice thereupon decided that
the sister, being the natural heir, was en
titled to the property.
The so-called Mrs. Crane was visited by a
Post reporter. She is of a petite figure,
about 30 years of age. of fair complexion,
and very ladylike and modest in her de
meanor She mas dressed in deep mourn
ing. £he was evidently worn and worried
with excitemenL She said that she had
been living for years as the wife of Mr.
Crane; had forsaken home and friends for
him, and, in the eyes of God and man, was
his wife. Speaking of the reasons for de
laying the marriage, she explained that it
had been spoken of between them,
bat that up lo bis last sickness
nothing definite had been arranged. Some
time before Mr. Crane’s death the Rev. Dr.
Addison bad called, but at that time, al
though she thought of suggesting the mar
riage, she bad deferred iL end when be next
came it was too late. She added that she
did not know the sister until her arrival,
and that the sister had prevented the mar
riage by placing her hand over the mouth
aud head of Mr. Crane, thus preventing him
from answering the questions when asked.
The quarrel was something about farm
matters. When they parted at the shop
Mr. Dunning came to the central portion of
tlie city and the negro went out to the farm.
He reached there about dark, but after re
maining a short while returned to the city.
On his wav bock be came up the railroad
track, and on his way met a negro
and asked him if hi bail seen
anything of Mr. Dunning. He seemed
be looking for him. and seemed particularly
anxious to meet him. No further trace is
found of the negro until he wa* sought by
the jail ice next day and arrested on sus
picion.
a sew theort
of tlie death is suggested by a mem
ber of the jury. When Mr. Dunning
was found he wa* lying within three
feet of the railr>*ad track with his head
toward the raiL It is supposed possibly that
he might have been drinking and. having
laid <u>wn with hi head very close by the
rail, met his fate by a blow from the pilot
of the locomotive which brought in the
10:50 train. Dr. Drake thinks that his
wounds might possibly have been inflicted
in such a manner.
After hearing all the evidence and hold
ing a general consultation, the jury re
turned the following verdict:
We. the jury of inquest oveathe body of Hi
Dunning, now lying here dead, find that the
ceased come to hkdeath by a blow or blows upon
the head in the region if the right temple, from
some instrument to us unknown and from the
evidence before us believe that the deed
committed by one James Randall, colored.
tables from the south last year to northern tends to honor and bravery. Our observa-
markets did not yield to the grower as tion has been that cowards alone strut
handsomely as in former years, and in con- j around with pistols in their pockets,
sequence orchards and strawberry patches I Franklin Register: Since the murder of
rre to some extent for sale, while in not a I Colonel Bob Alston, the press of the state is
few instances berry patches have been con-1 heavily down on the carrying of concealed
verted into fields for-the production of a I weapons. It should be, and if there is any
more lucrative crop. The cause of this is to I law by which this dangerous and cowardly
a great degree due to tlie fact that large 1 practice can be suppressed, it should lie
bulks of fruit—much of it indifferent— I enacted and enforced,
were shipped doily by fast freight or fruit Savaxxah Riooedxr: Iu the Gibson trial
tnia^ ... I is was a clear case of voluntary man-
In former yeara, when the business was sUu( ., lter . If we only had a law allowing
profitable to the regular frmt-grower, the thirds of the jury to bring in a verdict,
transportation was confined only to passen- ve wonId have fewer mistrials, and more
ger trains in charge of a messenger of the l 8pee ^y justice. Perjurers do sit upon juries,
„urde n
^fed"n"r^ reLfa?7rewe'; ig w h h!;’ p“£ which h^e'
ducesHine'lruits i hfa’sEi? the sUtcw.lhio the ,wst few mju.h, have
ments being carried to the various markets I ******
in the shortest possible time in care well I tiaenet^rity
ventilated and arranged by the messenger ^rt^^ h^ that
in charge, arrived in fresh, sound and cn m mal laws, and it isto be hoped^thot
maAetable condition and brought goad
P On the introduction last year of fast Montezuma Week lt: There is no protec-
freighL or fruit trains, for this business, | tion tor the law-abiding; portion of the com*
every farmer who had a few fruit trees or a I raunity against the “pistol toters,” except
small berry patch for his own consumption I in the enforcement of the laws made to fit
was induced by the cheap rates of tratis-1 just such cases, and a grand juryman who
portation on the freight trains to gather and I will not assist in getting a "true bill
box his fruit and ship it north, no matter against every person violating this law
whether it was good, bad or indifferent, and I should have his name withdrawn from the
the consequent large quantities shipped I jury-box. It is the doty of every good citi-
"glutted” or overstocked the markets, and I zen to aid in patting down the nefarious
tumbled prices to a non-paying basis. I practice of carrying concealed weapons.
A portion of this fruiL from being ranch I Covixgtox Star: Public opinion must
longer in transportation, and with Tittle or I frown it down, and every citizen rausl keep
no ventilation or arrangement while en I a watchful eye on all suspicions persons and
route, arrived in a sickly, perishable condi- l report to the proper officers every infringe-
tion, and was not, in many instances, sold I m ent of the law that comes within tlieir
for even the cost of cheap transportation. I knowledge. When you do this, no one will
The experience of last summer very I be fool-hardy enough to btave public opin-
clearly demonstrates that it is only choice I i^u, besides laying himself liable to the
Close up the ranks!
—Dr. H. Von Holst, professor of history
at the university of Freiburg, will deliver a
course of ten lectures before the students of
Cornell university, commencing April 5th.
—We often hear of deaths in the pulpit
or on the stage, but Modjeska dies on tne
stage every niehL Her motto, like that of
a dyer on Michigan avenue is, “I die to
live.’*
—Nicolini, Patti’s “young man,” is not
an Italian. He was born at Nantes, where
his father, M. Nicholas, is a well-to-do
hotel-heeper, very much ashamed of his
sou.
—Stanley, while away down in central
Africa, discovered one or two tribes so
hopelessly, despairingly, supremely igno
rant, that they didn’t know much more
than a petit jury—Burdette.
—Perhaps hank-failures would be less
numerous if the managers of the institu
tions could manage not to hold a full-hand
against four of a kiud when they played
poker.—Fulton Times.
—It is suggested by the Boston Post as
handsome evidence of an era of good feeling
if Hon. S. Cameron and the Widow Oliver
would bury the hatchet and make a tour of
the country as Romeo and JulieL
—Tlie only state in tlie union which has
no state flag is Indiana. The seal of the state
represents a buffalo and a wood-chopper, but
they never yet have been reproduced on
bunting. Probably Indiana considers the
stars and stripes good enough for her.
—An exchange says that Senator Logan
has tlie smartest wife. Senator Conkling the
gentlest bom, Senator Dorsey the most
beautful, Senator Sargent the strongest
minded and Senator Gordon the most dis
tingue.
—Oh ! but didn’t the Mayor of Bombay
get mad when Grant visited that place. You
see, the mayor was making a speech in
Hindustanee, and Grant got tired of it, and
yelled from the other end of the table,
‘•What d’yer soy ?”—Derrick.
Andrews’ Bazar: An Onialia belle re
cently received a present of a pair of twen
ty-four botton kid gloves from one of her
admirers. She wrote him a letter of thanks
in which she frankly told him he had made
a great mistake in the size, but she liad
remedied it by cutting off the feet and only
wearing the legs.
.Mrs. Belva A. lx>ckwood, the lady
lawyer, made her first argument before the
court of claims, on Monday, in the case of
Raines and others vs. The United States.
The motion was for leave to withdraw pa
pers, which is not usually argued, but the
court intimated a desire to hear her, and
after argument granted the motion.
—At private theatricals at Kideau Hall,
the other evening, the Princess Louise wore
black silk and diamonds. Neither she nor
the Marquis of Lome took part in the play,
that city and come to
tlie state of Georgia. Yesterday she re
turned home without a husband and in
company with her mother and brother, who
had accompanied her on a wild goose chase
in search of a man. A reporter of The
Constitution saw the trio at the union pas
senger depot as they were awaiting the de-
{tarture of a northern bound train.
The countenance of the young female
seemed to say that she was deeply distressed,
probably occasioned by a feeling of severe
disappoint ment while her mother appeared
to be taking things easily. Her brother
was also troubled. He stated to a by-stan-
der that he was a d—d fool for having come
south with his mother and sister ana spend
ing nearly two hundred dollars in attempt
ing to get a husband for his sister. This
kind of conversation was not rejected but
rather encouraged by those who stood near
and he gradually turned the whole story
loose to his audience.
It seems that several months since his sis
ter inserted the following notice in the New
York Herald:
Wonted, a husband: would like to marry a
gentleman of comfortable circumstance* residing
m the south. 8. E. R. Herald up-town office.
Shortly after the appearance of this notice
in the public press. Miss Redmond, whom
we learned was the young lady’s name, re
ceived a letter from a gentleman postmarked
nt Hawkinsville, Ga., which states that he
had read her notice in the Herald, and de
sired to open up a correspondence with the
author of the advertisemenL The lady
answered the letter immediately and an
animated correspondence was at once com
menced.
The lady wrote numerous letters, giving
her age and size, and stated that she was a
brunette; also stated that she was quite an
accomplished pianist and vocalist; in short
she thought that she oould make her cor
respondent a good wife, and would try and
make him happy, if they should become
united in marriage. Her correspondent an
swered all of the letters, and wrote that he
was a farmer of middle age, and that he
was situated in comfortable circumstances.
He stated that he had quite a large farm
located about fourteen miles from Hawk
insville and that he had a plenty of every
thing for both. Some of tne letters which
passed between them might be called “soft,”
tf such an expression is admissible under
the circumstances.
This state of things continued until a few
weeks since, at which time Miss Redmond
wrote a letter to her correspondent at Haw
kinsville to the effect that she thought the
time had come for action, and that if he
would marry her she would come to him at
once and have the ceremony performed. To
this she received an answer to come at once
and that he would be ready to receive her
with open arms and make her his wife.
This letter she received with true delight,
and in all probability kissed tlie signature
of tlie missive a score of times.
Delay was not to be thought of under
fruit, well and expeditiously handled, and I heavy penalties of the law. Let every good
in quantities not too large to overstock the I citizen do his duty in this matter and the
markets, that will yield a profit to tlie | ev il and pernicious practice of carrying
FOOD FOR REFLECTION.
concealed deadly weapons may soon be en
tirely broken up.
Elbkktox Gazette: In the unsettled por-
. tion of the country where desperadoes
is more profoundly sad than he I abound, and on the poorly protected Texas
who is obliged to laugh. | border, it is proper that men should arm
Absence is the greatest of evils when it themselves to defeud person and property,
isn’t the best of remedies. but in a civilized country it is no act of
Who* fortune ««*« . ...... too much bravery «^t.iitjrtor»my to ernry .
afae is to make a foul of him. The man »Eo doe. a) fake,’the first step in
The brat and worst of all frauds is to cheat I t j ie commission of a crime, and the sooner
oneself. AH sin is easy after that. I our j aws # re shaped in that direction the
He wlio is starving does not look to see if | sooner will the pernicious habit be broken
the proffered loaf be fresh or stale.
A Chinese proverb says, "Great souls have I Columbus Enquirer: A law badly eze
strong wills; others only feeble wishes.” I euled. or not at ail, w worse than no law
The rarest, and surely the happiest mar- I It licenses crime. It gives freedom to the
riages. are between those who have grown I bully and the assassin. When public opin-
iulove. I ion is such that duty is required of all, it
Some men cling to their opinions more J hasatoost salutary aud beneficial effort,
tenaciously than they ever w.Il to self-re- ««of uS
9p ^ . . , . ., I opinion that murder is the safest crime a
f the fare is an l man can commit. Often the more brutal
beauty of the heart lasts I t ^ e fa, the plea of insanity is more
longer. I forcibly made. Death on the gallows will
An ill-tempered word and a stone are alike I stop much of thia iusauity, and also the
that, when once thrown, they cannot be I carrying of weapons.
U1C diiu^uia ui uuiuc
which was a comedy in three acts, railed
“Alone.” There ore four male and two fe
male parts in tlie play, which is suitable for
parlor performances.
—The will of General T. W. Sherman con
tains no public bequests. He leaves $5,000
to a colored woman who has been in his
family aiuce his marriage, and formerly, it
fa sola, a slave in Governor Shannon’s fami
ly. George C. Mason is appointed guardian
of bis son, who at twenty-one obtains abso
lute control of a prouerfy estimated at about
a hundred thousand dollars. \
—The Belgian bishops have condemned
the government educational law because
instruction in dogmatic religion is no
longer made compulsory, and have pre
scribed a prayer which is to be recited aloud
after mass in every church and chapeL It
calls on God-to prevent tlie bill from be
coming a law. One of the most character
istic sentences is: “From the schools with
out God, and the schoolmasters without
faith, deliver us, 0 Lord! Amen.”
—<)ur best scholars tell us that the lan
guage of ancient Greece was unsurpassed for
Usnchness and variety of expression. Well,
then, when an ancient Greek wanted to
borrow five dollars of his classic neighbor
he either bad to ask him,
change?
sndsT
dough?
rhino?
shin plaster*?
A NEGRO SHOT BY MASKED MEN.
Vinegar Hill, Walton County, Haa n
Lynching.
Special dispatch to The Constitntkn.
Social Circle. Walton county, March 25.
The people of Vinegar Hill district, in this
county, were shocked yesterday morning
with the report of a horrible murder, com
mitted by a party of men in dismiss^
the person of a colored man by the na
of Berry Sorrels, on the plantation of
the widow Smith. The particulars of
recalled.
A mam ran no more escape from his ordi
nary grooves of thought than he can from
his habitual grooves of action.
Value the friendship of him who stands
by yon in the storm; swarms of insects will
surround you in the sunshine.
Be very careful, if you regard yourself as
the guanlian of your honor, that you do
not occupy the position of a sinecure.
Some people talk boars and say nothing;
others there ore who, by the mere lifting of
eyebrow or the gesture of a hand, are com
paratively eloquent
Love teaches canning even to innocence;
and, when he gets possession, his first work
fa to dig deep within a heart, and there lie
bid, and, like a miser in the dark, to feast
alone.
The triumphs of truth ore the most glo-
Habtwell Sun: The root of the evil
should be reached. The axe should be laid
at the very root of the tree. The facilities
for disseminating these dangerous instru
ments should be diminished, and. if it ran
be done constitutionally, the sole or adver
tisement of these dangerous weapons should
be restricted, os well as the <arr\ t g of them
punished. Then the young b«*»«d« would
cool off before they had time u» *eud off to
get their instruments of death and if shey
the affair, so fair as 1 could learn from 1 nous, chiefly because they are the most
one of the sons of the murdered ne-l bloodless of all victories, deriving their
gro, were as follows: Sunday nighL between ( highest lustre from the number of the
twelve and one o’clock, four men came to saved, not of the slain.
ducat*?
soap?
rock*?
ipondaUx?
legal tender?
Incre?
tin?
chip*?
wherewithal!
ready come down John?
or else doff his abashed hat to the superior
flexibility and greater variety and verbal
wealth of^tbe United States language —
Hawkeye.
—British Colombia, a thousand miles or
more away from Canada, is dissatisfied with
tlie treatment she receives from the latter,
and is talking strongly of seceding on the
1st of May unless her claim for railway and
any circumstances. She at once read to
her mother and brother the letter that had
made her feel so happy. A trip south was
planned in a most hasty manner. The other
two members of tlie family said that they
would go with her and see the affair done
up in the best of style. No new clothes
were needed. All that liad to be done was
to bundle up such clothing as was now at
hand, throw a few pairs of slippers into
the trunks of those wlio were to constitute
the party. Tickets were purchased without
delay and soon tlie trio were on their way to
Georgia os far as the Kennesaw route could
take them. Arriving in Atlanta they
boarded an outward bound train for Haw
kinsville, where they expected to meet the
man that was to make one of the party
happy for life. Hawkinsville was reached
without accident, and the party of three
persons disembarked. Upon inquiry it was
ascertained that tlie farmer for whom they
were searching lived about fourteen miles
from Hawkinsville, and that the stage
would not go until the following day. This
news of course caused no small disappoint
ment to the party, and especially to the
young lady.
Although the disap|>ointment was inex-
S ressible, it only brought about a greater
etermination upon the part of the lady
to get to the man whom she had learned to
love on paj»er. The services of a stage were
procured at an advanced price and the jour
ney was continued. After riding for many
hours over a rough road and through a per
fectly barren of waste country, the stage was
pulled up in front of a log cabin. It was
midnight when the party reached the house.
After knocking on the door for some time,
an old gray-lieaded man looked out and
inquired, "who was there?” The response
was "frifends,” and a moment after the sit
uation was fully explained. The old man
dressed himself and asked the party in.
The surprise of the young lady when she
saw that her lover was an old wreck of
humanity rather than a young and hand
some southerner can only oe imagined. She
turned away from him with a shudder and
a feeling of great disappointment The
mother tbecatne wrathy, and tlie brother
let fly a few not very com
plimentary remarks with reference to the
“old cuss,” as he termed the farmer. An in
vitation to the party to remain until morn
ing was indignantly refused, and the young
lady, much depressed in spirits, accom
panied by her wratby and indignant
mother and brother, entered the stage and
were soon on their way to Hawkinsville.
Meeting an old negro upon their arrival
there, they asked him how the man stood
from a financial standpoint The old negro
looked up and remark.ed: “Why, missus,
dat man nain’t got a cent, and his farm is
so so po’ dat a ground mole would starve to
def on it” .
The first train that left Hawkinsville for
Atlanta brought the disappointed trio away
from the scene that had promised to be
such a bright one to at least one member of
the party, and ere now the would-be emi
grants are on their return to New York city.
The young lady should try it again. Prob
ably she woula have better luck. If at first
you don’t succeed, etc.
A Georgia Storm.
Sparta Ishmaelite: On Saturday last
between one and two o’clock in the after
noon the low. rumbling sound of thunder
in the southwest attracted our attention.
Looking out in that direction we discov
ered a heavy, black looking clond—threat
ening rain, as we supposed, but nothing
more. Little groups of people were stand
ing about on the streets watching its pro
gress and exchanging views as to the prob
ability of its boding a storm. The scurrying
clouds soon shut out the sun from view, and
threw their dark shadows over the town.
The clouds now assumed a dark green tint,
caused by the wind's whirling ut> into the
air the pollen from the blooms of the pines
in its track, or by the reflection of the green
leaves and green fields below, or by noth.
It was unmistakable now that a storm was
coming, and those who had hiding places
went to them—making better time than
Rowell. A few hurrying feet did not get
their owners safely housed^ before the storm
struck the town. And the town was shaken
up. There was a rattling of windows^ a
sfauiiuing of doors, and a shivering of win
dow-panes. Great sheets of rain were driven
against the sides of bouses that shook to
their foundations. Shingles and boards
were torn from the roofs of houses, and mer
chants’ “signs were in the heavens.” Trees
bent and broke, or were torn up by the roots.
Fences were blown right and left One
house, an old wood-house in the rear of
other facilities are conceded,
memorial was duly signed some time ago,
and, it was *upposed, was forwarded to
Ottawa, but on Thursday last it was ascer
tained that the document had never been
dispatched. This puts the seceders in an
awkward fix.
—Miss Mary Anderson will play in Brook
lyn during raster week. Her present tour,
judging from the comments of the press,
has been attended with exceptional success.
It is pleasant in noting the criticisms to find
n6 record of stolen diamonds, runaway
horses, snatched pocket-books and extraor
dinary dresses that nowadays seem to be re
quisite in advertising on artist. The young
American evidently depends on her intrin
sic merit.—New York Herald.
. . —The bridesmaids of the Princess Louise
would fight, they could u.-e jiuit «uch arms | Morgoret hod to poy somewhot dearly for
u God and nature haa s-.im.lied ihem with. I , he honor of appearing in this capacity.
And ere long human blood •-. uld linw lew ! yhoe young ladies were informed that in
freely, and tb« busineesof theeuur - would ! , ir der to insure uniformiiy their dres
be considerably diminished. * *
Gainesville Southron : The wav to pre
vent the recurrence of murders U, first, fine
every man who fa caught with a pistol or
bowie-knife concealed about his person
$1,000 if he is rich, and $500 if he is poor, or
one day on the chain-gang for every dollar
of delinquent fine. Second, hang by the
neck until be is dead, dead, dead, every
man who commits the crime of murder;
mast be made for them by a modiste who
charged them 50 guineas each and that
they were to be coiffeed by one artist. In
addition to this they were each required to
giveacheck of 50 guineas to buy » present
tor her royal highness. Lady Charlotte
Bury long ago observed that "princes al
ways give shabby presents. But that
would be a poor rule if it worked b^th
the barn of Mr. T. r. Turner wai
from its supports. The principal damage
done was in u»e destruction of thade trees.
Trees were twisted off, blown down or
stripped of their branches in and around
Culvert on, tlie storm seeming to have in
creased in fury as it reached that place. A
few old houses were blown down, and slight
damage was done to the dwelling bouse of
Doc or Aubrey. No lives were lost in the
county so far as we lutve been able to learn.
The damage consists chiefly in the demoli
tion of fences and trees, and m the
frightening of people out of their wita.
We have not been able to get at the par
ticulars of the storm in Washington county.
We learn that ore man was killed, and that
fences were blown down and trees uprooted
iu a lively manner. On the whole, it is a
matter for thankfulness that the storm was
not more destructive. The storm which
swept over Hancock on the 20th of March,
1875, was much more fearful than the one
of Saturday last. Still, last week’s per
formance of the storm king was rather too
lively to suit people of quiet habits. We
hope never again to be compelled to renew
ouracquaintance with the wind when it is
in on extra hurry.
The Greek Question.
London, March 2a—The Paris corre
spondent of the Times telegraphs that the
last offer of Turkey to Greece, though un
acceptable, was more liberal than formerly,
and shows that Turkey feels her inability to
evade the treaty of Berlin. The powers
know that Greece may at any moment ap*
