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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. apr2???ddovly nx rd mat no2 alt 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 plaints, all ovarian troubles, InHaramation and Ulcera 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 cerous humors there is checked very speedily by Its use. 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 $5. Seat by mail In the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on receipt of price, 91 per box for either. Mrs. Pinkham froely answers all letters of inquiry. Send for pamph let. Address as above. Mention thin Taper. No family should bo without LYDIA E. PINK HAIFA T.TYHR PILLS. They cure constipation, biliousness, fluid torpidity of the liver. 225 cents per box. 59* Sold by all Druggists. june26???dly sun wed r <fcwly nxt rd mat BROWN???S IRON BITTERS. j}H0Wir$ 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 cially Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Inter mittent Fevers, Want of Appetite, Loss of Strength, Lack of Energy, etc. Enriches the blood, strength 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 that will not blacken tho teokh or give headache. Sold by all Drug gists at $1.00 a bottle. 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. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. mayiM???d&wly nx to or fol rd mat 070 a WEEK. $12 a day at home eantj made. Costly $ I ^Outfit tree. Addreu Tscx A Co., Augusta, Maine. MAKE HENS LAY veterinary png An rruv'-limj in Uiis 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 llubtun. Mass. lunuoriy Bangor Me. 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 tember. a u g: ??0???\v2m WAVERLY SEMINARY, 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?? ences: Prof Tit Dexter, Yule College; Hon Bishop, President Massachusetts Senate; N J ' rison, D D, President Drury College. Send for ther information to 6 P Howland, Princiw Smithfield, Pa, until September 1: afterward rion. Mass. sepl3???w4w -sep25???d3tsattu T ELESCOPES, MICROSCOPES, OPERA GLASSES Barometers, Thermometers and Compasses. It. f J. BECK, Manufacturing Opticians. Philadelphia, Pa. Send for Illustrated Priced Catalogue. jan25???wly e3w B