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THE GAZETTE. RISING FAWN, GA : Thursday* Sept. Sot Ik r J'lie impeachment trial df AV. L* Goldsmith closed* on the 20th he was found guilty and sentenced pronounced disqualifying him froin ever hoi ling of fice of trust, honor or profit In the state. Jn taking tlie vote 37 WAS fol' guilty and 2 against. The Govnnor appointed william A. Wright, copmtroler general, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the impeachment of W. L. Goldsmith. The appointment is said to be a good one. We suppose it lniir/t be, from the fact that the committee could find no charge whatever against him. He has been employed in the wild land depart ment for several years. As we in the outset propose to look o the interest of the people of the county, and call attention to what in our opin ion would be of interest to them we will at the earnest request of our excellent Sheriff and other cit izens publish next week the general presentments of ‘tbe Grand .Jury of tlie Sep., term of Dade Superior Court, we think tht* people should kno*v, what reccontc it elation the Grand Jury made. The Atlanta Constitution in speaking of the wild land frauds, after calling at tention to the recommendation of the late Comptroller general to the legisla ture to change the laws, truthfully says “the people have beet! robed right-and left” and in calling tbe attention of the legislature to these frauds says’* The members of the legislature must Un derstand that the impeachment and disqualification of the Comptroler-gCner al by no means complete their work in respect to the wild land frauds. Their duty is still in the direction of investi gation and punishment. Their work in this matter, if they propose to do their whole duty by the people, has merely begun, The impeachment of the comptroller should be but the be uiat imu'uvtuiu'j/nAn,u u\c u“hi of Colonel Goldsmith—the or*£ fact that stood out prominently above all the rest —that was established by all tbe evi dence. direct, circumstantial and cumu lative—is tbe fact that there exists in Georgia to-day a ring of speculators who have made it a business to rob and Wrong* the people. These men arc partners in corruption. The systematic matlner in which they have pursued their schemes of plunder heretofore is evidence that they understand each other and that they work harmoniously together. They have their headquarters in various sec tions of the state and they prosecute their robberies actively and with shrewd boldness. No one can read tbe evidence taken before the investigating Commit tee and brought out in the trial of the comptroller-general without feeling that the legislature will complete its work un til this corrupt ring of speculators is broken up and the men who compose it to justice. W The transactions of this ring in the involve more than a million acres of land, and the members now hold and claim hundreds of thousands of acres all over the state to which they have no more title than the mart in the moon. They ha ve swindled and robbed the peo ]de under color of law with so much ad dress and boldness and with such suc cess, that the real owners of the wild lands have come to doubt their OWII ti tles, and iii numerous instances have submitted to the swindling processes of the ling without so much as a mUrnuir. It should be. understood that these spec ulators carry on their nefarious schemes under the color of law, and have accom plished them through the office of the cotnptroler-gcneral. The wrongs com mitted by Colonel Goldsmith, his im peachment and conviction, aie' mere in cidents of the Corruption that has been uncovered. To allow tbe matter to rest here-to allow the parties who conceived and systernatteen the wild land frauds to escape —would lie an invitation to them to continue robbing and plundering the people. What does the general assent* biy propose to do about it? Go the representatives of the people irnmagine Iha t to expose frauds is to kill it? lheii plain duty is to unearth this ring of spec ulators and bring the members to jus tice. Legislative. SENATE. teuiTEMiiEft 15.—The report of the ednferenee committee ort till* bid <ot tbe house exempting cCrtUin pCrsdus from jury duty was taken tip fend CdUCtlfred in. The bill to relievd the lunatic asylum, which was lost on Saturday, was recon sidered to-daj\ The amendment of the house to the bill of the eenfete “fixing the time of holding the superior courts” tVas taken up fend concurred in. The high coiirt of impcachnient con .VChCd at 10 o’clock. [The up-shot of to-day’s proceedings have been given editorially in the U j A bill passed its third reading to pro hibit the state treasurer or any other officer from using the money of thti state for personal benefit. The bill to supply limbs to maimed confederate soldiers was put upon its passage, but there was & doubt in some mind* as to the constitutionality of the bill in its present form, and H motion was made to make it the special order for Thursday next, pending which the senate adjourned. iiousfii Rills on their third reading \ A hill to exempt locomotive engineers from jury duty was passed. A bill to prevent judges from limiting tittle of Counsel in argument was also passed. A bill was introduced to prevent the sale of liquor within one mile of any school-house, court-house or ferry. The hill does not refer to any town or city. It was referred to the judiciary com mittee. A bill to encourage immigration to the stfete of Georgia failed of a constitu tional majority bv only four votes. SENATE. SisPTEMntfft 16.—The house bill pro viding for the suspension of the comp troller and treasurer in certain Cases and the appointment of suitable persons to discharge the duties of these offices, Wfts passed. The remainder of the session Wfes de* voted to the reading house bills the first and second Lillies, and this work went bravely oh until the desk of the secretary Was cleared. * House. It Was moved that the house recon sider its adyerse action on the bill to encourage emigration* which motion fiKPtGMDRn 17.—The house hill to provide artificial limbs to maimed sol diers was so amended as to extend its benefits to all maimed Confederate' sol diers who are now bona fide residents of the state, without limitation as to tile branch of service or the place of volun teering, and wras passed as amended, by a Vote of 37 yeas to 2 nays. HOUSE. The bill to establish tbe laW Creating a (Sate board of health was postponod until after the consideration of the treas ury report. Impeachment ceremonies were' then in order for tho remainder of tile session. SENATE. HkitemiieU 18.—-The bill to provide for the suspension of the comptroller general and treasurer in certain cases, w r as passed with immaterial amend ments. No other business of importaucc wae transacted by tbe senate t HOUSE. The special the considera tion of a bill to amend tbe law estab lishing a St etc hodfd of health. The hill provides that the new board shall not conflict with the present state medi cal board, but merely gives this board a general supervision of the public health of the state. It Was moved td strike out the ninth section, which provided for county boards of health: Mr: Ma thews made a speech in favor of striking out this section, and said 1 “Who wants all this trouble about gettiilg tip all these statistics about who gets trial-* ried And bow long it is before they havtt a baby?” Mr. Paine said that civilized nations protect public health—savages do lioL They do not know the differ ence between small-pox and chicken pox and measles. The’ passage of the bill was not agreed to. Tile special order Wds the considera tion of a bill Which prohibited the run ning of ill! trains on the railroads in this state oh Sunday. Mi * Ltiffmall ttioVCd to indefinitely postpone the bill, and said it would stop all mail facilities and interfere w ith contracts which all the railrOadf, it the state have with the United States gov ernment. Mr. AYilniot argued in favor of the bill, and said the morality of the state demanded it. Mr. Livingston ar gued that all other kinds of labor aye prohibited by .tew, and lie wanted no discrimination in favor of railroads. He declared that it was wrong to allow freight trains to run even as late as 8 o’clock Sunday, when other labor is not allowed, lie wished at least to prohibit the running of freight trains on the Sabbath. Mi-. Huffman argued that the bill would interfer'e with those great law's of commerce wltibh are slipportfed by the constitution of tbe United States* and, therefore, are feboVe our state Cntl stitution. He Considered the law* unne cessary, and thought that it would work unfortunate results. Mr. Matthew’s op posed the motion to postpone, as it would prevent any amendment. Itn de nied the propriety of Mr. Luffman s proposition as to the superiority of Com mercial relation-. He was foi right, and took for his guide the holy srit. The bill was finally recommitted to thb judiciary committee. That i. C©iiinii*sioner ? Court* before J. F. LfUltam, s>q. Wc give below some extracts from the Gadsden Times in relation to the trial before Commissioner Latham of some of our Citizens, which Inav be of interest to out’ readers : Oil Monday* September Bth, be sWarmbd, a Hill biVe attending him. Some thirty or forty of the citizens of DeKalb county left their bombs on Sat urday, the 6th, to come to Gadsden, a distance of sixty and sefetfty miles, to appeal before tills Commissioner. Right here we ask the question, why he did not have this hearing in DcKalW coiln ty? It wouldjhilve been much more con venient, and less expensive to the de fendants. The majority of the CfesCs were for peeling and hauling tan bark off of homestead entries of David Ben jamin, William and George Coaart. These gentlemen have entered the land from the Government. The proof show* cd that all the bark peeled was fiom timber Cut on laud tbe claimants pur posed to open to cultivation. Thomas Gv Hewlet, Deputy Marsh al* acted more ill the capacity, upon the trial of the defendants, of a prosecuting officer, than a fair and impareinl Mar shal. Sometimes, so far as the court and the decision of question was concerned it w’as difficult to tell who decided the ui jh'whA, 6i a diliitVhi ing, mttH whom we heard some boys call “old daddy,” but we learned his name was Perdue, or one Mr. Roberts, or all the aforenamed gentry together. They did more whispering w ith each other when a question Was presented than Would take to express the of Inde pendence-, A witness Wontd be put Upon the stand and the inquisition would coMraenee. He would be asked if he knew’Jnything of the defendant peeling or cutting tan bark. This being answered then he was asked it he ever saw’ anybody else. As he answered this Mr. Roberts ft child take do.vn the names in a little book. We suppose be did this to take out war rents for the parties named. All this was objected to Mr. Latham would hes itate, when “old dadd.V*” when he was present, or Mr. Hew let, or Mr. Roberts would suggest that thi? was a court of Inquiry, and the mill would grind on, the objections being overruled. No law could be found to Authorize parties to be bound over for such acts and all rca- on ditll justice was opposed to such. The Commissioner drew otlt a letter and said his Instructions read that he must bind over in such Cases. He was asked from Whom he derived stiCh instructions. He said frdhl Mr. Meyer, District At torney: Under these eirciimstnneeft it was thought to he useless to make further defense, and that the defendants would Waive examination, give bond and get off home. Mr: Latham said lid WOttld require eacli defendant, before be would eoilsent not to examine tbC w itnesses, to admit the facts as Charged in tlleaffida vid as true. This was frilly it hard de mand, but tbe defclld alts being poor men, short of money, away from their families alld Ittrinfi, and their presence at home btdhg pressing, the}’ agreed to this. But In I the Commissioner would not do this—lit? had changed his mind. He said his work ftiltst go Up regular, and he would examine the Witnesses. This was done, wC presume to fenlaige His fees, as lie gets five dollars a day While sitting as Commissioner. If he had accepted the’ defendants’ proposition he vOt.ld have lost several five dollars. Regardless of the injury and expense to the lefendants tlie mill of oppression still ground on. The defendant* agreed to aim it all the testimony would show against them, if the court would fix tlriiir boms and let them go home. Tie.se men who *vnt in and eon Waited thiscourt paid ho HH'ention to the tVm stilMional right one has not to he reqnif edto give evidence against himself. In tin ease of Xoah Smith, who was sick ani wanted to go homo, he was required to swear to facts proving his own guiltt if tnder the law he could be found guil ty under the facts. Whcii Bifid Ids attention was Called to this, and that his constitutional rights were being in vated, Hewlett remarked that Smith hat btnftrt instructed, and knew what he was doing. Smith spoke out and said be had received no instructions. Hew lett then said it was all the samt;, as Snith had admitted the facts to him awl he would swear them. Smith sign eif thc admissiob and Hewlett witnessed it. Smith admitted lie peeled bark loin days. Tiie court and its officers, seeing they were detected in their manipulation* o 1 Stfiili, on motion of Hewlett, acting District Attorney, we presume, though he never was a lawyer, and is only com missioned as Deputy Marshal, the case against Smitft w dismissed, because it was so slight find little. Now there was just as much evidence against Smith as against any other defendant. Iu ono case all the proof there was showed the defendant lived at Trenton Ga., that he bargained for and number of cords of bark. That it was delivered at Lookout Switch, four miles in Georgia from the nlabama line; that defendant did not know whether the brir'k fihine from government land or not, in fact did not know from what land it came. This was all Hit* proof. Vet he was bound over to Huntsville uiider bond of s*2oo. If any crime had been proven, yet the evidence showed the court had no juris diction. During the investigation of these ea ses, the Commissioner, in reply to ques tions by criminal, Hs to how these affida vits for warrants were gotten up, admit ted that Geo. L. Davis, who swore to all the affidavits; never made or signed the samo before Commissioner Latham and that the Commissioner did not administer any oath to Davis. The affi davits showed hmv£?er that Davis was personally before Latham, and that lie contained in tne nle Commissioner admitted was all false— that he filled out the affidavits, sent them to Huntsville, and upon trfif gen eral information contained on the affida vit Geo. L. Davis would sign it, send >t back to him, and he would issue a warrant of arrest, Let all true men read this and reflect Upon such breedings. The only hope of relief is in the success of the Demo cratic party. Every man must stand up to the Deimudatie party. If wc do this We Will gleet a President in 1880. Then the places that know Mr. Latham and his hive will know them no more forever. 500 Hands Wanted! Mon, Women and Children, whom 1 will dress with Clothing, Dry Goods, Hoots, Shoes, lints and Caps, t'JtdltfS’ hnd Gout's Furnish ing Goods, ftii* Joss motley than other houses in the States Those nre facts, whether yoii beliSVe it hr not, but I will prove it to you if ytm will poll at the N'etv York 1 ffcitisfej 249 Mtlrket Street, Chatta todoga, I’ettft. 8i ROSENBAUM) 4R-1 m i'ROrniEToit; Eblen House, and. SToKe§, - pßOpßiEtor, Nos; 134 and 136 Market Street, East Side, between sth afltl (3f H; CSutUnnoo^a, Tiiis Ho’tse is located in th. 9 business portioh Hf the city* and wheh in Uhattnnooga be sure to give it ft fciili. IVlajors House, TR:\TO\. C i\, T. H. fidhtRTSON, - pROP'R. The nhoTe iipdsc hfis just hhtfti 6'pcnen; Good fare, fiood hed*,* kind Attention and moderate charges. Give me a call. 41 ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY! TIMS AMI DIRECT CONNECTIONS Between ad SOUTtnvkSTKUS Cl tics And tfco VIRGINIA SPRINGS; New York, i’iiilailclpliia, Baltimore ami Washington. 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RISCHI f AWNi oAf)fc COUNTY, SA. WHit pfaetfeo in the Biipbfior Courts of t?*itie Walklir and Oafbosa. BtHtit attention given to thw eoliefetibH Of e!tlUfl3| Uf Uther business in trusted to His bUfet 1 *tf. AI .YiriNtVUl 'Y'Av/ , TRINtoN, DADt COiiTYi GA. WILL practice f*i' thtj fc’ftftHtibs of Dade, Wwikerand Catobsa. CoL'ectitig a specialty. GEORGE 67 JOKOAN. DENTIST, RviMsig Filing - Cseorgih, OfFefs Ills professional Sfervictfs to the people of Dade county and surrounding country. D3r4l! ffbvfc warhant p ii in every particula. j Office at residence; eorfier Church and Ala bama streets. FROST TREESJ FRUIT TREES! Do you intend to plant knuiT Trees this Fall? Do you want tlid quality of trees, that will produce the finest fruits? Do you want trees raised here; and that will suit this (J. CatroS Apt. for W. B. Storer’s Nursei-y; Chattanooga Tehtf.; can sup ply you with ajiplc tree?, best Varsity (if fruit, one and tw T o years old (all grafted) at to 15 cents apiece. Peach that wifi ri]*eh frofh the Ist. of June to Ist. of October, best varitioa on 6 yehr old buded trees 15 to 25 cents apiece. Pears, Hierrles, Plums, Apricots, Quincb ‘lrajios, Strawberries Ac., all of the best, and i.'t air prices. Call at the Nursery, or address A. G. Catron, 42-3 m Chattanooga, Tone. WEBS TATUM, agent fUk Nursery n§TlLIi xvtuxus, Mit! bl E fe > Niiss Is k , Has alt kitidft of fruit ati<l cii il9tllt?htal ttetf*, consisting of tht! finest tjiiatitibs of early, late ami rttliSr varifctitiS t/t Peach, Apple, Peftr,Wlhl ildn**?; I‘Jiiiii, Cherry and in tilt! friiit 1 ino. 1 liaVfe' a pliitfi btlfik, and will bercflmd some tiiiiC tills PdaSGli fot tliii purpose oi selling trKtffc; of j allies wanting trees will jil&tsfe* notify me at flits place. Will sell at prifc'fcs to suit flic hard timFs find guaraittfe’d rill frtiit to be as reprCdtdtttfd. Plcdstf bCar in mind the dlffcrfinCti In buy ing ffom a of thtl dodtttf .Hid buy ing ffofil Sdiue oiie you tit*’ei expect to •sec agiiili. 20-Girt A FARM For SALE! Tiic undersigned otters for hie tiic Tathfn Fat fit, - .'ill fillet her or , iil detached portions: For fiittlicr iidoriiialiorl, apjily to ot.ijddriss; TANARUS; J. I.IM PKIN\ lilil.NU FA\V N , Ua. ‘OF TIIIt! DADE COUNTY OA2ETTF tUBIBIIfib BY Thomas J. Lumpkin, at rising fawn, Georgia. DEMOCRATIC JX POTTTtfB AND DEVOTED TO THE IN TERESTS OF THE PEOPLE. tfEtiSlS; $1 PEfit AXXtI IN ADVANCE. PATENTS! i Tb Investors r.nd Manufacturers l kstaTSlishßD If'X' GILMORE, SMITH &• CO., SOLICITORS OF PATENTS & ATTORNEYS AT LA^ AMKRICAX ANO FOREIGN IWTRXTS. , Ho fees in ndViincc, nor until a Patent iaa!- looted. No fees for Preliminary Examination;. Special nltentßih given to iiiterferenc case* before the Patent Office, Ihfringmefct Suits in 1 <li(Tercnt States; Hhd all litigation appertaining to Patents or Indention*. 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