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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, OCTOBER 4 1881.
1
THE FINISHED WORK
OF THE LATE SESSION OF THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Oenera! Railroad Law???The Uiurf Question???
The Government of the Convieta???The Election
of Judaea and Solicitor!???The Disposal
of the Temperance Question, Etc.
The legislature has been through its work
only one (lay,and so many important measures
were pressed at the very last for recognition
tliat it is almost impossible to make a sum
mary of the important measures that were
reaNy passe*!. The work of the lcgislatun
mainly consisted in refusing to enact measures
rather than in ]tassing them, hut some very
iui|>ort:int measures have been added to the
statute lsjok. We present Mow a brief par
tial summary of what was done:
A General Railroad Law.
Probably the most important bill {tassed during
the session was a general railroad law by which
charters ran be grante<l by the filing of articles of
incorporation. This will prevent any such delays
before the legislature, us was witnessed in the Gor
don and Cole charters, and us the theory of the
present constitution is to have only biennial ses
sions, great and fata] delay might be caused to im
portaut enterprises if the projectors lmd to wait for
a meeting of the general assembly. Th|?? law, while
it.came from the railroad committee, is raid to have
been mainly the work of the Honorable Louis Gar
rard, of Muscogee. In its provisions there is practi
cally no limit to the charters that may be grouted In
the state. It mi to speak takes the bridle ofl' and
turns every man loose. This is a provision that is
wiso and progressive. If u general insurance nnd
Imnk law could be |iasscd the same in its gene
ral features to the above it would
relievo the legislature of a large amount of work
and shorten the sessions to half their present
length, as the applications for charters, banks and
various corporations take up now a great deni of
time.
The U*ury Question.
Senator 1 In'Vcs perfected and passed a billon the
usury question which makes some important
changes. The maximum charged is still fixed by
lawut eight percent, but under the new bill the
lender lues the right to charge whatever rate the
borrower agrees upon, and can collect the same if
the borrower does nr,t appeal to the law against jmy
ing. If tills is done the lender is mulct only for the
surplus of the Interest above eight jier cent nnd not
for the entire interest ns under the present law. It
also becomes incumbent uj>on the borrower toshow
that the lender has violated the law, nnd it does not
devolve upon the lender to shoulder the burden
of proof as under the present law.
The fnilrt Question.
* Senator Hawes, who, by the way. Introduced only
two bills and passed; both???of* them, introduced'u
bill upon tlie convict question, which passed.
Although it eainc as a substitute from the commit
tee, it was exactly ns Senator Hawes drew it in all
Ms essential features. It provides for tlic appoint
nrent of an assistant keci>er of the penitentiary at a
salary of $1,200 a year and traveling expenses,
Either the assistant or the principal' keeper shall
visit each camp once every month nnd report to the
governor. If they find that the lease has been vio
lated in any respect the governor
directed to at once institute proceed
ings to have the loose of the offending lessee for
feited. and the attorney general Is directed to repre
sent the stale in those prosecutions. All persons
are forbidden whipping any convict, except the
regular whipping boss, who is to be appointed by
the lewees of each camp, his appointment to be
confirmed by the governor. Upon the discharge of
each person, he is to lie furnished with a suit of
citizen???s alothes, nnd provided with transportation
and expenses buck to the county from which he
was sentenced.
The Election or Jndaco and KoIUltor*.
Mr Ganoid, of the house, introduced and passed
a bill tbat will be of vast help in expediting tlic
business of the legislature. It provides that on the
Monday after the assembling of the legislature, the
two houses shall meet in joint session nnd
then nnd there elect the judges nnd
solicitors general. That Jhc name of each circuit
shall be written upon n piece of paper nnd these
ballots put into a hat nnd shaken. The president
of the senate shall take one ballot from the hat
when the huts ore ready nnd tlic officers of the cir
cuit named on this card shall lie elected first. This
is done to prevent combinations being made against
tbe later ci This bill will prevent much lob
bying nnd relieve tlic members of a vast amount of
worry nnd annoyance.
The Temperance Question.
While no general temperance bill of importance
was passed, the sale of liquor was prohibited in
great many counties, by reason of the increase~bf
the license tax, to such a figure ns cannot be
paid. Secretary Harris informs us that theeountiesin
which the sale of liquor is now prohibited amount
to forty-eight in the state, ineluding his own county
of Worth. Prohibition was nsked for a great many-
other counties but was killed or postponed by
amendments which allow the people of the various
townships and districts to vote whether or not the
rale of liquor should be prohibited. TUe temper
ance people on the other linnd gain a great deal
in the prohibition of the sale of liquor within accr-
lian number of miles of certain churches, colleges
and academics, and altogether the session has re
sulted in very materially enlarging tlic circle of
prohibition. *
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Seventieth liar???September ST.
THE SENATE.
The following bills were read the third time:
A hill to tix and determine the manner of
returning for taxes, lands divided. Passed.
A bill to amend the act incorporating the
town of Conyers. Passed.
A bill to repeal an act entitled an act to en
courage immigration to Georgia. Passed.
The senate agreed to a committee of confer
ence on the appropriation bill relative to the
appropriation for the public printer; also, to
a conference committee on the convict bill.
A bill to provide for payment of insolvent
cost to solicitor of Hancock county. Passed.
A bill to change the time for revising the
jury' lists in this state. Passed.
A resolution authorizing the governor to pay
printhig bills of railroad commission. Passed-
A resolution abolishing the office of state ge
ologist. Passed.
A bill to promote medical science in this
state, and to provide subjects for dissection.
(The bill gives to medical colleges tbe bodies
of convicts and strangers who die in the state,
where no family or friends claim them.]
Passed. -
The senate went into executive session and
confirmed Frank L. Haralson, Esq., as state
librarian for the term of four years.
The usual complimentary resolutions to the
officers of the senate were passed.
After farewell remarks by the president
of tlie senate, the senate at 3 o???clock ad
journed sine die.
THE HOUSE.
The judiciary committee reported that they
had found nothing wrong in the lease of the
Macot. and Brunswick railroad, and believed
the security given by the lessees to be suffi-
cient.
Senate resolution declining to receive United
States bonds in payment of the balance of
the louse of the Macon and Brunswick rail
road, was concurred in.
Mr. DuBignon offered a resolution express
ing the hearty concurrence of the general
assembly in the patriotic spirit that actuated
the centennial celebration at Yorktown. and
declaring that only a constitutional prohibi
tion to appropriate money for such a purpose
will prevent the official {anticipation of Geor
gia in a manner similar to that of other states.
Unanimously adopted.
On motion of Mr. Hunt, tlie senate was
??? invited to repair to the representative hall
immediately after adjoumm* nt and join in
singing ???The sweet by and by.???
message trom tlie senate, asking the ap-
pointment of a committee to notify the gov
ernor that the two houses arc ready to ad-
ourn sine die. was agreed to. ami Messrs.
Hunt. Zellars and Williams were appointed
the committee on the part of the house.
The committee appointed to wait on the
governor reported that his excellency laid no
further communication to make.
Sneaker Bacon addressed tlic house as fol
lows:
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: Our
official duties huve ended and our record is made
up. Our labors have been exceedingly arduous
and wearying. No house of representatives within
my experience ha* had so great an amount of work
imposed upon it. Besides the numerous elections
to properly deal with which would require the time
of an ordinary session, the amount of legislative
matter acted upon has been immense. Over twelve
hundred bills have been considered in this house.
The large majority of these have not originated with
us but with the people at home. They have con-
-idereii these measures important to their interests,
nnd in tlic exercise of their guaranteed constitutional
right to upjieul th the government they have asked
iis to enact them as laws: and we. as the law-mak
ing powers would huve been fal*e to our duly and
recreant to onr -trust if we lmd refused
exumiue into their request? nnif
to supply their proper needs. This has been a hard
working, industrious legislature. During all the
summer heat in the midst of great personal discom
fort. and to many at much inconvenience, the
members in these halls, and iu their committee
rooms, have labored unceasingly night andday with
this mountain of legislation; and if my judgment is
of any value, I wish to sav here that no body of men
of equal size and restricted to the same methods of
procedure could have properly disposed of the
work in less time. Xo idling has been here; little
or no unnecessary discussion has been here: but
there ha* boon a great deal of hard, steady work.
In the difficulty of reconciling conllicting opinions
some imiMinaut measures have failed, and Miine
measures Mip]torted by decided majorities have
been lost because of tlie new constitutional pro
vision wlii'-h requires eiglity-eight affirmative votes
in this house and twenty-three affirmative
votes in the senate for the passage of a bill. But in
spite of all failures, that which lias been accom
plished will contribute much to the progress anil
development of tlie state.
To me personally this is the close of a long legis
lative service. I cannot with indifference sever-
an officiul relation which has existed for so long a
time that it has become as it were a part of my
every-day life. For me there cluster in this hall the
associations of twelve sessions. Since thev began
what a change has been wrought in the condition of
the state. Then all was doubt, distrust aud uncer
tainty; but step liy step at each succeeding sessiou
those measures were adopted which have brought
order, confidence un'd a sujierb public credit. 1
know thut it is a common thing to depreciate the
office and the work of a state legislator: but
it is a depreciation which llows from a
mistaken ami an inconsiderate judgment, for he
deals with measures which most nearly concern
the dearest interest of the person nnd property of
the citizen. And in this???which is probably the
lust word thut I shall ever utter as a member of the
general assembly of this state???I desire to say that
that while I claim no iicculiur credit to myself in
the accomplishment of this great work, I shall ever
cherish and prize the recollection that it was my
fortune to assist those who lifted the state from the
depths of her adversity and trial to her present
proud position of prominence among her sister
states.
And during these past few days, when the realiza
tion litis pressed home upon me that my services
here was drawing to a final close, fay mem
ory lias been busy iu recalling tlie many
scene* through which I here have
passed, and tlie many hundreds of those
with whom 1 have come in and gone out in the dis
charge of public duty. Most of them have returned
to the honored stations of private life, some having
been transferred to more prominent if not more use
ful positions in public life, while others of them
have crossed the waters of the dark river.
But gentlemen, I trespass u|miu the time of this
final hour. With it will nraetieitlly cease our con
nections with fellow-legislators. The calls of our
business interests, and tlie yearnings for the home
greetings that await us, hastens us to begone; but
believe me that amidst the business and nleusures
of home there will come the quiet hours in which
our thoughts will recur to these scenes, nnd memory
will again people tills hall with the forms 'of those
with whom we have here been so actively associated.
Then will we know wliat we now so imper.
fcctly realize, the strength ami tenderness
of the attachments which have here been formed.
The noise of the contention will then have been
hushed nnd tlie divisions anil rivalries will have
reused dud in the heart and memory will survive
the friendships which have here had birth mid de
velopment.
Gentlemen. I hesitate to pronounce the final
word, for that word will finally sever the official re
lation that binds me to you. Your confidence,
your support and your forbearance have made this
relation a very pleasant one to me. During all the
years there will remain tlic recollection of vour
unvarying kindness, and while the official tie
must be severed, I trust that there may never be
broken the golden links of friendship which bind
ns together. Gentlemen I thank you most sin
cerely for your generous eontiduneu ar.d for your
unnumbered acts of official and iiersonal favor and
kindness, and wishing to each of you all I bid you
farewell. I now declare the house adjourned
without a day.
to provide for paying the debt of the said countv.
To exempt from jury duty all practicing dentists.
To create und organize the Northeastern judicial
circuit.
To regulate the tnauner of letting out contracts
to build bridges over water courses dividing coun
ties.
Xu change tlic time of holding the superior court
in Blue Kidgc circuit so as to allow Lumpkin coun
ty two weeks at each term.
To amend the charter of Griffin so as to authorize
the mayor and council to establish public schools.
Tojepeal an act organizing a county court for
Randolph county.
To allow certain pupils as day scholars at the
deaf and dumbnsylum.
To prohibit the rale of whisky in the 711th district
in Carroll county.
To amend the act of February. 1876. so as to only
require the mayor and council of Athens to levy
suffic ient tax to pay interest on city bonds and pro
vide for the principal.
To re}>eal the act consolidating the offices of treas
urer aud clerk of Webster comity.
To prohibit the sale of whisk'v. etc, within two
miles of the court-house in Cleveland.
To appropriate $2,500 to fit rooms in the deaf and
dumb asylum for colored {uitients, and $2,500 annu
ally to support the some.
To amend the act regulating the sale of whisky
etc. and tax on shows, etc. in Louisville.
To allow the mayor and council of Athens to use
certain money for the benefit of the tire depart
ment.
To amend section 205 of the code relative to the
disqualification of judges and justices.
To revise the calendar of the Brunswick circuit.
To pay 1 Y Sawtell $50 as witness fees before the
wild land committee.
To create a board of commissioners for Brooks
county.
To establish a system of public schools for Rome.
To amend an act incorporating Stone Mountain
Granite and railway company. ???
To reduce the bond of ???the sheriff of Early
county.
To regulate the sale of whisky, etc, in Screven
county.
To provide for paying the debt of Clarke county.
To extend the provisions of an act forbidding tlie
ale of whisky, etc, in Coffee county.
To provide compensation for ! urors in eounty
courts.
To exempt all pilots and their boat keepers from
jury duty.
To change tlic time of superior courts in Mont
gomery county.
To prevent the rale of whisky, cte, in three miles
of Pi-gall aud Mount Pleasant churches in Floyd
county.
To amend section 4109 of the code relative to post
mortem examinations.
To prohibit the sale of whisky, etc, within three-
mile? of Shiloh and Bethlehem churches in Polk
county.
To prohibit the sr.le of whisky, etc, in Lowndes
county.
amend the act creating board of commission
ers for Webster county.
That Turn* Out to Iluvc Been Sptccil With n Little
Comedy.
The Cleveland Leader reports a comedy in real
life which took place in Erie, Pa., lately. The hero
ine was a buxom young woman whose husband
died a year ago When she had woni her weeds six
... months the would-lie hero of the play cainea-wow-
To authorize commissioners of Glvuu county to r lug; and his attentions not being distasteful to tlie
issue bonds not to exceed $40,000. " I widow, she consented to marry him in twelve
To incorporate Planter???s Banking Warehouse and I mouths a,, ???* a from the date of her first hus-
Commissiou company of Camilla. I mind s death. The happy day fell on Wednesday
To incorporate the Savannah Storage conipanv. I | as ;L ??????'l <???>e ceremony was to take place at the
To provide for the comjienration of certain 'tux 1 unde s house. A magnificent wedding feast was
collectors and receivers for.services rendered during I Sjepnrea, ??? nd ???bout sixty guests were iuvited.
the year 1880. 1 The hour appointed for the marriage was 6 p.
To repeal an act fixing place for sheriff???s sales in I m \ In the forenoon the bridegroom-elect went off
Baldwin county. I to invite a few friends in the country who tiad been
To amend section 3648 of the code providing for I forgotten. The afternoon mail brought a postal
tlie summary sale of perishable property levied on, I c** 11 * from him, statiug that lie had conscientious
1 scruples about marrying a woman so recently wid
owed. He would make it a matter of prayer, and
[Tlic reporter is informed by an old member
that this is the first legislature in ten years at
least, tliat lias had all its bills and resolutions
enrolled and signed and ready for tlie ap
proval of the governor as soon as it adjourned.]
A DRAMATIC SCENE.
An Ovation to Speaker Baron by the House of Itcprc
scitstlve*,
On last Saturday night the house adjourned very
lute. As the speaker left his desk the hall was so
dark that it was impossible to distinguish a man at
a distance of ten feet. As tlie speaker made his
bow preparing to leave the house, the elerk rap
ped on the desk, called the house to order, and
asked that the speaker -'would remain
tlie liall. Air. Peek, of Rockdale,
was * called to tlie efiair. and Mr.
Hammond, of Thomas, arose aud made an eloquent
Bob, extolling the virtues, patriotism, and the
lity of the Hon A O Bacon. His speech was a
magnificent effort and was interrupted with thun
ders of applause ut every compliment. l T pou sit
ting down the Hon. Pope Barrow arose, and, after
an able and earnest speech, devoted to praise of tlie
speaker and expressive of his life-long nftcctiou for
him and his confidence in him, presented him, in
the name of the house of represen
tatives, with a ??? superb gold headed
cane. Mr I???arrow???sspcceh reviewed his acquuin tunc
witli Major Bacon, dating from the time when thev
first met under the old college oak, in Athens,
when each was a striplingpleading for admission to
the Miphomorc class. He snowed that in every par
ticular Major Bacon had been true and loval to
himself, his people and the state. At the close of
Mr Burrow's speech, which was lengthened by fre
quent applause. Major Bacon arose to reply. Bv
his time tlie darkness in the hall*
impenetrable and it was impossible to
distinguish the form of a man at
five feet distance. As Mhjor Bacon's voice was
hearil there came thunders of applause from the
darkness that preeluded the possibility of speech
for M<me moments. After the magnificent ovation
quiet was hud and Major Bacon in a voice broken
with emotion expressed liis gratitude and thunks to
the members. I nder the dramatic circumstances
the speech was thrilling und made an effect thut
will never be forgotten by those who were present.
Altogether tlie hall of the house of representatives has
never witnessed so striking a demonstration in be
half of any man and Major Bacon might well find
in it ample reward for nis ten years of service as
member and speaker of the Georgia house of repre
sentatives.
BILLS PASSED
By the Biennial Legislature Just Closed.
The present legislature lias done a great deal of
work. The winter session lasted from November 3d
to December 4th, and then adjourned to meet on
July Gih. Tlie winter session passed 46 bills and
resolutions, and the recent session met on the 6th of
July, and to the 27th of September passed nearly
300 bills and resolutions. The following is the list
of the acts passed from Xo 46 to 101:
To allow the trustees of the Reformed medical
college to remove it from Macon to Atlanta.
. To change the time of holding the superior court
of Laurens county.
To authorize the mayor and council of Butler to
levy a tax for school purposes.
To require ordinaries and other persons in cnarge
of eounty finances to furnish dockets to justices of
the peace.
To repeal an act creating a board of commissioners
for Baker county.
To provide for sales by virtue of a process from the
county courts.
To repeal the acts creating a board of commission
ers for Milton count}'.
To repeal an act creating a county court for Hab-
ershatn eounty.
To amend an act creating a board of commis
sioners for Mitchell county.
To amend an aet enabling purchasers of railroads
to fonn corporations and to exercise corporate pow
ers.
To define the rights and powers of purchasers of
railroads.
To amend the act incorporating the Gainesville,
Jefferson and Southern railroad.
To tix the compensation of the solicitor of the
county court of Richmond county.
To amend the aet providing a board of commis
sioners for Cobb eounty.
General John B. Gordon.
Thomosvillo Times.
Nowhere in Georgia has the news of General Gor
don's fortune, in making a million or more out of
hLs railroad transactions, been received with more
genuine joy than in southern Georgia. Our people
have great admiration for the gallant Gordon, and
when maligners were trying to blacken his fair
name in the late bitter contest in this state, they
rallied around him as they did when he led
them in war. The people never had their confi
dence shaken in Gordon. He was then, as he is now,
their bean ideal of a chivalrous, high-toned, honor
able southern gentlcmun. He has made more, since
his retirement from the senate, than he would have
made by remaining in that body fifty
years. Gordon was t<K> clean a handed
man, to make money out of hts position as senator;
others have done so, but not John B Gordon. He
was too poor, and too honest, to live in Washington.
But he is rich now and we???re heartily glad of it.
We are sure that thousands of old confederates who
followed his towering form through the smake ami
din of battle: who watched his M-arred faee light
up with a smile of cucouragement, when foot s
and weary they plodded along: who raw his last
herculean effort, as like a tiger at bay at Appo
mattox: we are sure thut these will bid him God
speed on the road to fortune:???fame he already has
und Unit of an undying character. Vive la Gordon.
A GENERAL SURRENDER.
The Apache* Coming In for More Urnmly and
Ulanketn.
Sax Francisco, September 27.???A dis-pateh ironi
Camp Thomas dated September 26th, rays that
twenty-five men, women and children came from
the hostile* and surrendered. They were dis
armed and placed under guard. Quite ti
number of the hostile bucks came into tile reser
vation last night aud gave themselves up to the
military.
Later reports from tlie Apaches this afternoon an
nounce tlie surrender of another batch of hostiles,
sixty-five ill number. Still later advices
from the agency says that the hostiles who last week
were caused to surrender, huve -ome in and have
been confined bj- the military. Thereare not thought
to be over 45 hostiles of the entire number tli
are not prisoners. The outbreak, which at one time
promised to be so serious, is about over. The mili
tary commission to try the murderers will meet here
in a few days.
A SEASON OF PRAYER.
KIDNEY WORT.
ITHE ONLY MEDICINE
IX EITHER LIQUID OR DRY FORM
That Acts at the same time on
| TEE LIVER, TEE
AMD TEE SWEETS.
I WHY ARE WE-SICK?!
PINKHAM???S VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
A COLUMBUS SUICIDE.
Captain Ilcnry McCormick, of the Caddo Belle, Takes
His Own Lire.
Columbus Times.
Yesterday morning, upon the arrival of the
steamer Caddo Belle, the city was startled and
through. She was not to take this as a positive
declination to marry, but if he diil. not arrive
at 6 o'clock p m she might consider tlie mar
riage ???oil.??? The widow did not faint nor go
into hysterics, but dtmncd her wedding attire
and welcomed her guests with a smiling face.
At 6 o???clock all the guests were there, and witli
shoeked by the announcement that the captain, I them,of course, tlie minister; but no bridegroom iiii<i
Henry M McCormick, hud committed suicide dur- I appeared. Wit' *
ing the previous night, while the steamer was at
Abercrombie's bur. An investigation proved thut
the announcement was too true, and every eireum-
" ith unruffled countenance the ex
pectant bride ???called the meeting to order,??? and
read aloud the recreant lover???s card. When the
storm of surprise and denunciation lind subsided
stance led to the conclusion thut mortification at I she added: ???But that needn't spoil tlie dinner
his failure to reach Columbus without trouble had I and thereupon the guests fell to baiiquetiug, none
caused the captain to commit the rash act. I more heartily than the mistress of the house herself
Coroner IT Brooks had a Jury summoned and ut f When the table was cleared dancing began and nii
once repaired to the steamer for the purpose of hold-I elderly _ bachelor led the german with the
,, ?,> IU L ues J;??? . .. , I disappointed (?)[bride. He became so enamored
r Charles 1???Springer was the first witness intro-I of her that within the hour he proposed: he was
duced. He stated that after they had unloaded a accepted; the minister was recalled, and at 11 p m
portion of their cotton at Abercrombie's bar, the I the wedding took place with the new bridegroom
watchman, Lum l???orter, colored, came to him and | But scarcely had the bridal kiss been bestowed
asked him to loan him a pistol, ashe would have to | when in rushed the too conscientious lover who
remain on the bank to wateh the cotton. He let the | after a protracted scusoii of pniver had concluded
negro have the pistol. A few minutes afterward, I to come back and wed. He was just in time to eon-
about 10 o???clock, he heard the report of a pistol and I gratulate the bride, not iris own, but another???s and
saw Captain McCormick fall from his bunk onto the I then hastilv stole awav, resolved within to stifle
floor.
MrSJ Pecot was next introduced. He laid tliat
about 9 o'clock on Monday night he and Captain
McCormick separated to go to bed. About 10o???clock
he heard something like a clap, but did not think
it was the report of a pistol, until Charlie Spring
came to his bunk aud said tliat the captain had sli-
couscience ere lie sought another bride.
A MONUMENT TO CAR FI ELD.
himself, and said that he had done it with hLs
(Springer???s) pistol. Springer said he had loaned tlie,]
listol to the watchman and the watchman had told 1
ism thatfthc captain came to him andsuid: ???You
d ???
An Address From the Committee Having the Mutter In
Charge-
S|ieeial dispatch'to The Constitution.
i-EyELANU, Q, September 27???The Garfield mini
ment fun committee to-day issued the following
hare a pistol and I want to borrow it.???'The negro let l yd the i vn,.le ~
him have it, thinking that he wanted to go over I movement tn??seeii??, i ,
to the steamer Rebecca Everinghnm. No one J>Li
raw Lum Porter give the captain the pistol, nor did I ??? imes .4, Gar *i e * d
anyone see the captain shoot himself. Captain Me- * i s p tln k responded to from all sections of die coun-
Cormick appeared in good spirits all day until iu
the evening, when he seemed somewhut depressed.
Mr Pecot said thut he saw there was nothing to do
but to throw off a portiou of die cotton, and he told
the captain so. The captain replied that he hated
to do that, as lie had never had to do such a thing
before. Lum Porter was on the pile of cotton when
the shooting occurred and diu not come on the
upper deck at all. The captain went
out to the cotton and got the
pistol from the watchman. The shooting occurred
n few minutes before ten o???clock and the captain
died about twelve. He had had no difficulty with
anyone and his act was a shock to everybody on
board. It was the opinion of all on board that he
killed himself because he was afraid the boat would
not come up to what he had represented it to be.
The watchman did not seem at all confused when
he heard of the shooting. The watchman has
the reputation - of being a good negro.
The captain said not a word after he shot himself.
Dr DiV Johnson then made an examination of
the wound and stated that, in his opinion, Captain
McCormick had come to his death by reason of a
gunshot wound, entering the head about one inch
and a half above the right temple bone, passing
downward and backward to the base of the brain
try, east, west, south and north. In order to make
it popular and successful it is desirable, and will
lie necessary,for the citizens of the different states to
immediately organize a committee. It is hereby re
quested that all national banks, private bankers
ravings banks, newspapers and postmasters
call attention to tlie movement bv misting notices
and otherwise, aud to receive contributions and to
remit the same to the Second national bank of
Cleveland, Ohio, which has been designated.as
treasury of the fund; also to send the names nnd
post-olhee address of all contributors. The sums
will all be recorded in books that will be preserved
iu the monument. All contributions will be re
ceipted for by the Second national bank.
J H M ade,
H B Paine,
J H Rhodes, Joseph Perkins,
Secretary. Committee.
225 Superior street, Cleveland, Ohio.
GARFIELD.
Lay him to sleep, whom we have learned to love;
Lay him to sleep, whom we have learned to trust.
No blossom of hope shall spring from out his dust
producing death. The wound having been washed | **ower of faith shall bloom liis sod above,
before the
examination, he was unable to discover
any sign of powder ou the head. He probed to the
depth of six inches, but failed to find the ball, the
head being an unusually large one.
Lum Porter, colored, was then sworn. He stated
tliat the captain borrowed the pistol from him while |
he was out oil the cotton nnd he did not hear the
shot when it was fired. He borrowed the pistol
from Mr Springer because he wanted it ns company
while lie was watching cotton. He did not know
how the captain knew he had it, unless he raw him
when he got it from Mr Springer, nnd lie thought
strange of the captain when he came to him to bor
row it. He raid that he had worked under tlie cap
tain before and had never had a difficulty with
him. He did not go up to look at the captain after
he .was shot because he was always afraid of dead
folks. He thought the captain was in good spiri t
The jury returned the following verdict:
???We, the jury, lind that Captain Henry M McCor
mick came to liis death from a gunshot wound, the
evidence showing to our minds that said wound was
produced by a weapon in his own hands.???
K C Estes, foreman, C E Estes,
Frank Frederick, Lewis Lynch.
S Pirric, Oscar Flannigan,
A C Bowles, R P Smith,
H T Jackson, W P O???Brien,
J F Fletcher, . Henry Sedberry.
Captain McOirmiek was one of the principal
movers in forming the company which purchased
the Caddo Belie aud owned $100 worth of stock.
Upon the organization of the company he was
elected captain and sent to Mobile for the purpose
of selecting a suitable steamer. He purchased tlie
Caddo Belie, a steamer which he thought could be
run on our river at all stages of the water, and it is
the general opinion that his failure to reach this
city with her oil her first trip without ruuning on a
sand bur, caused him so much mortification that he
committed suicide. He was naturally a most sen
sitive man and he could not bear to face the taunts
aud criticisms which he anticipated on his arrival
here for his failure to make the first trip without
trouble ai
Captain McCormick came to this city abou
thirteen vears ago from New Orleans and has spent
most of that time on the Chattahoochee river. He
was a modest and unassuming man and was inti
mately known by but few. He leaves a wife and
four young children to mourn his sad and tragic
death. No letters to any one giving the cause
which prompted him to take hts own life were
discovered on his person. His death Is univer
sally regretted, and his bereaved fumily has the
heartfelt sympathy of this entire community. HI
funeral will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
VICTORIA TO LUCRETIA.
be
Although the soil by sorrowful hands be drest,
Although tlie dust with tenderest tears
drenehed,
A feebler light succeeds the new light quenched,
Aud weaker hands the strong hands crossed in rest.
Our new, our untried leader???when he rose.
Though still old hatreds fed upon old griefs,
Deatiis or disgrace had stilled the cry of chiefs
Of all who rallied us against our foes.
A soldier of tlie camp, we knew him thus;
No saintly champion, high above his kind,
To follow with devotion mad and blind???
He fought and fared, essayed and erred with us.
And so, half hearted, went we where lie led;
And following whither beckoned his bright blade,
Learned liis high will and purpose undismayed:
Aud brought him all our iaitL???and found him
dead.
pal
1 Lincoln dead, one moldering fragment
-Knight whose helm was
Dnuied
left?
Spread it above him
cleft
Fair in the fight, as his who fell before.
As his who fell before, his scat we dress
With pitiful shreds of black, that flow and full
Upon the bosom of tlie breeze, whose wail
Prays us respect that hallowed emptiness.
i Ay! who less worthy now may take that chair
If our first martyr???s spirit on one hand
And this new ghost ui>ou the other stand,
I Saying: Betray thy country if thou dare!
???{Puck.
GARFIELD???S FAVORITE HYMN.
manly Interchange of Telegram*.
Washington, September 29???The following has
been recived by the department of stat c:
Loxnox, September 27???To Blaine. Secretary,
Washington, D C: I have received the following tele
gram from the queen: ???Would you exnress my sin
cere condolence to the late president???s mother and
inquire after her health, as well as Mrs Garfield???s????
Hermajestv adds: ???I would be thankful if you
would procure me a good photograph of General
Garfield.??? Lowell Minister.
Assistant Secretary Hitt replied us follows:
Lowell. Minister, London: Your telegram, ex
pressing the compassion of the queen for tlie mother
of the lute president, was duly forwarded to Mrs
Garfield'ut Mentor, O. I have just received the fol
lowing reply:
???Please request Mr Lowell to express to her majes-
tv the queen the grateful acknowledgements of the
mother of General Garfield and my own for the ten
der womanlvsvmpathv she has beau pleased tosend.
??? ??? ill be complu
rl Also, that her majesty's wish will be complied with
To compensate the solicitor of the Western cireu t | at an early day. Lvceetia R Garfield.???
for services iu the county court of Clarke, . I You will please make a fitting communication in
jfo authorize the commissioners of Baker county reply to her majesty.
Ho, reapers of life???s harvest.
Why stand with rusted blade,
Until night draws round thee,
And day begins to fade?
Why stand ye idle, waiting
For reapers more to come?
The golden morn is passing,
Why sit ye idle, dumb?
II
Thrust in your sharpened sickle,
And gather in the grain;
The night is last approaching.
And soon will come again.
Thy Master calls for reapers;
And shall he call in vain?
Shall sheaves lie there uugathered,
And waste upon the plain?
Ill
Come down from hill and mountain,
Iu morning's ruddy glow.
Nor wait until the dial
Points to the noon below:
And come with the strong sinew.
Nor faint In heat or *-old;
And jiause not till the evening
Draws round its wealth of gold.
Statute tee allow these great organs to I
] become clogged or toi7>id, and ]x>Lsonous I
\ humors are therefore forced into the Hood [
1 that should be expelled naturally.
KIDNEY-WORT
WILL SURELY CURE
IKIDNEY DISEASES,
LIVER COMPLAINTS,
|PILES, CON9TIP-VTIOX, URINARY
DISEASES. FEMALE WEAKNESSES,
A>H NERVOUS DISORDERS,
I by causing frit action of these organs and
| restoring their power to throw of disease.
(Thy suffer Billons pains and aches!
I Why tormented with Plies, Constipation!
I Why frightened over disordered Kidneys!
Why endare nervous or slek headaches!
[ Use KIDXEY-WORTanil rejoice in health.
It Is put up in Dry Vegetable Form, In tin
-??*????? one package ot which makes six quarts of
I medicine. Also in Liquid Fora, Tory Conccn-
] 11 stn it. tor those that cannot readily prepare it.
tylt acts with equal efficiency in cither form.
| GET IT OF YOUR DRUGGIST. PRICE, #1.00
WELLS, RICHARDSON & Co., Prop???s,
| (Will send the dry post-paid.) BUtttINGTO!t, TT.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
A DM INISTRATOR???S SALK???BY VIRTUE OF AN
order from the Court of Ordinary of Milton
county, Georgia, will be sold on the first Tuesday in
November next, at the court house door, in raid
county, between the legal hours of rale, lots of land
numbers 767, the north half of 818, and 39?$ acres of
766 i (.4 acre being reserved for a graveyard 1 all in the
2d district of tlie 2d section of said county. Sold as
the property of Wilkinson Jamison, deceased, for
division among the kin of raid deceased. Terms
cadi. This September 26th. 1881.
C W JAMISON, Administrator.
sep29???wlw
A DMINISTRATORS??? SALE???GEORGIA. MIL-
ton County???By virtue of an order granted bv
the Court of Ordinary of Milton county, will be sold
within the legal hours of rale on tlie first Tuesday
tn November next, la-fore tlie court house door in
the town of Alpharetta, in said county, tlie follow
ing descrilied property. to-wit: Lots of hind num
bers 514, 515, 5o0, ii51, 552. 398 and MW, in the first
district, ami 1,248and 1,27! in the second district, all
lieing iu tlie second section of raid county, and all
in one body but will la- sold insjuniuities to suit
bidders, not less than forty acres in a tract: there
being 360 acres, more or loss, ill the whole tract.
Sold as the property of Abel Crisler, late of raid
county, deceased. Sales for distribution among the
heirs at law. Terms of sale???One-third cash, one-
third payable in one year, und the other in two
years, with interest from date at 8 per cent.
T J CRISLER.
B F CRISLER,
Administrators.
September 26,18SL sep29???w4w
A DMINISTRATOR???S SALE???BY VIRTUEOF AN
order from the Court of Ordinary, of Fayette
county, Georgia, will he sold nt the court house
door, ill Fayetteville, Fayette cotlmy, Georgia, on
the first Tuesday in November next, between the
legal sale hours, the following described property,
to-wit:
10134 acres of land, the cast half of lot Xo. UU.the
same being the reversionary interest in and to raid
land after the expiration of the dowir interest of
Martha K. Kelly, widow of John w, Kelly.deceascd,
65 acres of land, more or less off of tlu- north site of
lot of land No 90. Also 202J/. acres of land, lot No
104, all of said land being ill tlu- -Itli district of Fav-
ettc county, Georgia. Sold as tlu* property of Jolin
W. Kelly, Sr, deceased, for the pur|>oso of distribu
tion among the heirs of raid deceased. Terms cosh.
This September 27th, 1881.
JAMES X. KELLY.
sept29???w4\v Administrator of J. W. Kelly.
A DMINISTRATOR???S SALE???BY VIRTUE OF
an onlcr from the court of ordinary of Fayette
county, Georgia, will he sold on the first Tuesday iu
Octolier. 1881, at the court house door in said eoun
ty, between the legal hours of sale, lot of land No.
86 in the Fifth District, of said eounty, containing
. Cleveland Leader.
Mr. Orlando AVeatherbce. says an exchange
of ours, proprietor ???Tlie Spencer Pharmacy,???
S{>encer, Massachusetts, re)>orts: My cus
tomers speak very highly of the Great German
liemedy, St. Jacolis Oil, it having always
given ticellent satisfaction. Oneof them, Mr.
Henry Belcher, lias been greatly benefited by
its use in a case of severe rheumatism, and he
refers to it in terms of highest praise.
uno ??? Dnn r niuvii m nrran ??????** (202}4) two hundred two and half acres, more or
MRS. LYDIA E. P1HKHAM, OF LYHH, MASS., lyy. belonging to the estate of Ephraim Sweet.
* * bold for the benefit ot heirs and creditors. Terms
C v
silt wit
D A McLUCAS,
Adm'r.
LYDIA E. PAN KM AM???S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Is a Positive Caro
for all tliono Palatal Complaint* anu WenVneiMi
frocotamon to our bent female population.
It will cure entirely the worst ferm of Female Com
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tion, Falling aud Displacement?, and the consequent
Spinal Wcalmcss, and Is particularly adapted to tho
Change of Life.
It will dissolve and expel tumors from the uterus In
an early stago of development. Tho tendency to can
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It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving*
for stimulants, and relieves weakness of tho stomach.
It cures Bloating, (lendaches, Nervous Prostration,
General Debility. Sleeplessness, Depression and Indi
gestion.
That feeling of bearing down, causing* pa!n, weight
and backache, is always permanently cured ly its use.
It will at all times and under all circumstances act In
harmony with tho laws that govern the female system.
For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex this
Compound Is unsurpassed.
LYDIA E. PIXiniAM???S VEGETABLE COM
POUND is prepared at 233 and 233 Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass. Price $1. Six bottles for $5. Seat by mail
In the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on
receipt of price, 91 per box for either. Mrs. Pinkham
froely answers all letters of inquiry. Send for pamph
let. Address as above. Mention thin Taper.
No family should bo without LYDIA E. PINK HAIFA
T.TYHR PILLS. They cure constipation, biliousness,
fluid torpidity of the liver. 225 cents per box.
59* Sold by all Druggists.
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BROWN???S IRON BITTERS.
j}H0Wir$
IRON
A DMINISTRATOR???S SALE.???BY VIRTUE OF
mi order issued by tlie ordinary of Fulton
county, at the last June term, will be sold to the
highest bidder for rush, before tlie court house door
of said countv in tlic city of Atlanta, ou the first
Tuesday in November next, between the usual
hours of rale, the north half of lot of land number
eight in tlie fourteenth district of originally Henry
now Fulton comity, lying on tlu- McDonough road,
three and a half miles south of Atlanta, containing
10134 acres, more or less, belonging to the estate of
Ann Head, deceased. Sold for tlie benefit of the
heirs und creditors of raid deceased. Octolier 1st,
1881. E. GRIFFIN, Administrator.
sep2S???wit
C l KORGIA, FAYETTE COUNTY???ORDINARY???S
X Office, September 27, lsst???J T Jacobs has ap
plied for exemption of personalty, and setting
apart and valuation of homestead, under provision
of the constitution of 18... and 1 will para upon rt-o
same at 10o'clock am on the 18th day of Octobci,
188L at my office. I. B GRIGGS, Ordinary.
scp29???dw2w
A BMIXISTBATOR???S SALE???BY VIRTUE OF
mi order from the Court of Ordinary of Milton
county, Georgia, will be sold on the first Tuesday
iu November next, at the court house door in raid
county, between the legal hours of sale, lots of land
numbers 268 and 298 in the First district of the sec
ond section of raid county.
One-half interest of the above described is sold as
tlic property of Sarah C Anderson, deceased, for
division among her heirs, the other half by consent
of the owner, Malila Springfield. Terms cosh.
September 26,1881. J \V ANDERSON,
scpt29???\v4w Administrator.
G eorgia, jasper county???ordinary???s
office, Monticcllo, Georgia, September 26, 1881.
John M Aaron, administrator of James C Aaron,
deceased, represents to the Court in liis iictition
duly tiled thut lie lqis fully administered James U
Aaron's estate;
All jtersons concerned arc hereby notified to show
cause, if any they can, why raid administrator
should not he discharged, from his administration
on the first Slonday in Junuuty, 1882.
F. M. SWANSON,
scp29 wlaw:im Ordinary,
MEETINGS.
STOCKHOLDERS??? MEETING.
A GENERAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD-
ersof tlic Rabun Gap Short Line Railway Com
pany will be held at the office of the A and C A-L
Railway Co. iu tlie city of Charlotte. N C, on the
25th of Octolier, 1881. nt 10 o???cloek a m, to consider
an agreement to consolidate this company witli the
Knoxville and Augusta Railway Company and the
Clayton Railroad Company.
sHiPwrrn wilmer,
sepia???dluw4w thnr Secretary.
STOCKHOLDERS??? MEETING.
A GENERAL MEETING OFTHESTOCKHOLD-
ers of tlie Clayton Railroad Company will he
hfld nt the office of tlie A and C Air-Line Railway
C<>, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, on the 28th day
of October, 1881, nt ten o???cloek a in, to consider an
agreement to consolidate this company with the
Knoxville nnd Augusta Railway Company and tlie
Rabun Gap Short Line Ihiiiwav Company.
JNO H GLOVER, Jn,
sepl5???dlnw4w thnr Secretary.
STOCKHOLDERS??? MEETING.
A GENERAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD-
ers of tlie Knoxville and Augusta Railway
Company will be held at tlie Atkin House, in Knox
ville, Tennessee, on tlie 18th day of Octolier, 1881, f
10 o???clock a m, for the purpose of considering i. u
agreement to consolidate this company with the
Rabun Gup Short Line Raftivav Company and the
Clayton Railroad Company. ss. ' *
SilIPWITH WILMER,
sepl.5???dluw4w thnr Score tarjttan
BITTERS
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS arc
a certain euro for all diseases
requiring a complete tonic; espe
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Loss of Strength, Lack of Energy,
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ens the muscles, and gives new
life to tho nerves. Acts like a
charm on the digestive organs,
removing all dyspeptic symptoms,
such as tasting the food. Belching,
Heat in the Stomach, Heartburn,
etc. The only Xros. Preparation
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give headache. Sold by all Drug
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BROWN CHEMICAL CO.
Baltimore, Md,
See tkmt all Iron Bitters are made by Baosm Cnwcui
Co. and have crossed red lines and trade mark on wrapper.
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MAKE HENS LAY
veterinary png
An
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and Cattle Powders sold tiere are worthless trash, lie
says tliat Sheridan???s Condition Powders are absolutely
pure and immensely valuable. Nothing on earth will
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sep27???wkyly
EDUCATIONAL.
B ayard taylor, poet and traveler
raid: ???Itakc great pleasure in recommend
ing topa rents tlie Academy of Mr. Sivithin C. Sbort-
lidgL.??????lion. Fernando Wood, M. C. raid )1880: ???I
cheerfully consent to tlie use of my name as refer
ence. My boys will return to you (for their fourth
year) after their vacation.???
For new illustrated Circular address SWITHIN C.
SHORTLIDGE, A. M, Harvard University Graduate,
Media, Pa., 12 miles from Philadelphia.
126 aug7???d&w2m
NAZARETH ACADEMY
NEAR BARDSTOWN. KENTUCKY.
T HIS INSTITUTION AFFORDS EVERY FA-
cility to young ladies desirious of obtaining a
useful and finished education.
Careful attention is given to tlie manners, health
and comfort of the pupils.
Terms per annum in the higher grade, $228
Terms jier annum iu tlie iower grade, 186
These charges include hi the higher course lessons
in French, German or Latin: uml in both grades,
general lessons in Vocal Music, Stationer}', with use
of school Ilooks, doctors??? fees, washing, bed and
bedding, plain serving and crochet in all its vari
eties.
For further particulars address
THE MOTHER SUPERIOR,
Nazareth Academy, near Bardstown, Ky.
Classes will be resumed the first Mondavof Sep
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No. 1412 n. STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.
B OVRDIXG AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG
Ladies. Course of Instruction thorough
and progressive. Full corps of experienced Teach
ers and Professors engaged. Session opens Septem
ber 20th. For catalogues apply to
sepS???dlw&wlm MLSS LIPSCOMB, Principal.
TRINITY HALL.
BEVERLY, NEW JERSEY.
THOROUGH HOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS???
\aried advantages of the highest order.
Fourteenth year begins September 15. For Circular
address
MISS P.ACHEI.LE GIBBONS HUNT
131 aug7???dsnn wed fri??tw2m. Principal.
TABOR ACADEMY,
MARION, MASS.,
A First-Class School???Fits for College and Giv
Thorough English Education.
The Principal will receive a few students into
family. A home and not a boarding house. R??
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rison, D D, President Drury College. Send for
ther information to 6 P Howland, Princiw
Smithfield, Pa, until September 1: afterward
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