Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877, January 19, 1876, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textgfltoniclt anS gentiml. WE DN ESP AY... .JANUARY 19, 1876. THU STATE OF GEORGIA. We have received copies of the Annual report of the Treasurer and Comptrol ler-General of the State. Both pam phlets contain many interesting facts and figures, and furnish valuable infor mation concerning the financial condi tion of Georgia. As before stated, the returns received at the Comptroller s office show a decrease of about eleven millions of dollars in the value of the taxable property of the State. The stringency of the times has doubtless had something to do with this result, but the principal portion of the loss his been occasioned by the recent act of the General Assembly exempting from taxa tion fifty dollars worth of property be longing to each tax payer. This lew is unnecessary and mischievous and should be promptly repealed. The Comptroller-General thinks that, with more than six millions of the decrease accounted for by these exemptions, the exhibit is gratifying, when the great de preciation in other States —among them the wealthiest in the Union—is remem bered. This decrease seems fairly ap portioned, every county in the State showing a shrinkage except twenty-five: Berrien, Bibb, Bryan, Burke, Butts, Clayton, Decatur, Dodge, Franklin, Fulton; Habersham, Hart, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Jones, Lowndes, Morgan, Oconee, Pierce, Rockdale, Taliaferro, Taylor, Towns, Twiggs. The greatest increase is in Bibb, 81,- 016,000 ; Oconee, 8822,000; Decatur, 8415,000; and Taylor, SIBO,OOO. The counties showing the largest apparent decrease are: Chatham, $350,000; Coweta, $364,000; Floyd, 3353,000; Greene, $305,000; Meriwether, $319,000 ; Mon roe, $396,000; Newton, $319,000; Musco gee, $434,000 ; Richmond, $607,000 ; Sumter, $442,000. The white citizens of the State return 121,000 polls, and pay taxes on two hundred and fifty-six mil lions of property. The colored citizens return 80,000 polls and pay taxes on five millions of property. In the counties with the principal cities colored people own property as follows: Counties. Property. Taxes. Chatham $244,000 $1,221 Fulton' 279,000 1,399 Richmond 229,000 1,147 Bibb 253,000 1,265 Mnscogee 86.000 434 Total $1,101,000 $5,515 It will.be'seen from the above that of the five millions of property returned by the colored tax payers of the State over one million, or more than' one fifth, is owned in the five principal cities. The wealth of the State in lands is shown as follows : Acres improved land 28,202,000 Acres unimproved 7,069,000 Total number acres returned. 35,270,000 Value improved land $95,421,000 Value unimproved 2,096,000 Total $97,517,000 The average value of improved land is about four dollars per acre; of unim proved land about thirty cents per acre. The highest value put upon land is in Bibb, $lO 50 per acre; in Fulton, sl4 42 per acre; Richmond, $9 08 per acre; Chatham, $9 93 per acre. The following will give an idea of how the wealth of the State is distributed: Lands $97,000,000 City and town property 57,900,000 Money and solvent debts.... 37,138,000 Merchandise 13,900,000 Household furnitur e 6,215,000 Plantation and mechanical tools 1,337,000 Stocks and bonds 3,381,000 Shipping 269,000 Cotton factories 3,500,000 Iron foundries 670,000 Mining 49,000 State bank shares 12,961,000 The State Treasurer reports five hun dred and eleven thousand dollars in the State Treasury. The receipts last year from all sources amounted to $1,943,000; the expenditures to $1,080,000. The publio debt (gonuine) is $8,005,500, to be paid between now and 1890, by which time, principal and interest, it will amount to $14,377,030 paid out. The amounts to be paid annually are as fol lows : In 1876 $ 662,385 In 1877 654,385 lu 1878 746,385 In 1879 832,885 lu 1880 812,385 In 1881 692,385 In 1882 578,385 In 1883 570,385 In 1884 562,385 In 1885 554,385 In 1886 4,446,385 In 1890 2,266,886 In 1890, also 328,025 FIGURES OF FIVE COUNTIES. The reports of the Comptroller-Gen eral furnish some valuable statistics to those iuterested iu the growth and ma terial prosperity of the State. We pre sent this morning figures collated from these reports, showing in a great meas ure the growth and condition of the five wealthiest and most popnlons coun ties in the State: Bibb, Chatham, Ful ton, Mnscogee and Richmond. The first items given is town and city proper ty. The figures are for five years—lß7l, 1872,1873, 1874 aud 1875. The valuo of oity property in these counties for the years mentioned was as follows : Bibb—lß7l 8 3,763,000 1872 4,166,000 1873 4,326,000 1874 4,158,000 1875 4,968,000 Chatham—lß7l $13,559,000 1872 13,9(6,000 1873 14,384,000 1874 12,871,000 1875 12,554,000 Fulton—lß7l $10,261,000 1872 11,270,000 1873 11,646,000 1874 11,486,000 1875 11,778,000 Muscogee—lß7l $ 2,944,000 1872 2.937,000 1873 3,003,000 1874 3,069,000 1875 2,839,000 Richmond—lß7l $ 6,181,000 1872 6,113,000 1873 6,650,000 1874 7,098,000 1875 7,341,000 From' the above it will be seen that the city property of Bibb has increased in value during five years $1,205,000, or about 33 per oent. The city property of Chatham has decreased $1,005,000, a toss of about 8 per cent. Fulton shows an increase of $1,517,000 3 gain of over 14 per cent. Muscogee show* a decrease of $105,000. Richmond shows an in crease of $1,160,000, a gain of over 18 per cent. According to these figures, the value of city property has been in-; creased more in Augusta than in any other city except one. Savannah shows a loss of 8 per cent,: Macon a gain of 33 p* r cent.; Atlanta a gain of 14 per cent.; Columbus a decrease of 4 per cent,; while the gain in Augusta has been 18 per cent. The ne\ t item on the list is money and solvent ejebts, which is as follows: ic-*o 821,000 , 704.000 P t . • 780,000 Chatham—1871............. .84.8g.Jg} 1872 4,109,000 - 1873 -A.IWMMO 1874 3,7*5.000 { 1875 4.089, *WO i Fulton—lß7l $1,633,000 1872 2.097,000 1873 2,270,000 1874 2,641.090 1875 2,554,000 Muscogee— lß7l $ 822,000 1872 781.000 1873 983,000 1874 1,073,000 1875 1,187,000 Richmond—lß7l $1,878,000 1872 1,99a 000 1873 2,675,000 1874 2,493,000 1875 3,146,000 This table shows that the amount of solvent notes and accounts has decreas ed in Bibb daring four years $14,000, or 13 per cent; in Chatham there has been a decrease of *219,000, or about 5 per oent.; in Fulton an increase of *921,000, or about 58 per oent ; in Museogee there is an increase of *365,000, or about 45 per cent.; in Richmond there is an increase of $1,268,000. or about 90 per cent. It will thua be seen that in the amount of this species of property MacoD shows a loss of 18 per cent.; Sa vannah s loss of 5 per cent.; Atlanta a gain of 58 per cent.; Columbus a gain of 46 per cent., and Augusta a gain of nearly 62 per cent. The value of merchandize in the five counties during the four years has been as follows : Bibb-1871 1872 1,123,000 1873::: uiß.ooo TS74 1,097,000 1875 1.244,000 c-'-jy 971 1873':::::.:::::; 2,180.000 1874 ... 1,922.000 1075 ;; 1,956,000 :'..:* I xX Ta7Q 2,123,000 1074 2,069,000 1875 2,127,000 “"“'.s 1871 - * as {075 654,000 Richmond-1871 1072 1,438,000 1873 1,613,000 1074 :;;; 1.420,000 1875 1,299,000 In Bibb there has beenan increase of $167,000; in Chatham there has been an increase of $34,000; in Fnlton there has been a gain of $349,000; in Mnsco gee a loss of $214,000; and in Richmond a gain of $114,000. The value of the stocks and bonds held in these counties is as follows: Bibb $224,000 Chatham 760,000 FnUon 289,000 RSnd.V:.'.'. 960,000 Augusta owns $200,000 more than Sa vannah, nearly $670,000 more than At lanta, $736,000 more than Macon, and $871,000 more than Columbus. The value of bank stock in this State is given as follows: Bibb ; $1,161,000 Chatham i.^UpOO Fnlton 803,000 Muscogee 757 000 Richmond 1,757,000 Augusta falls behind Savannah $200,- 000; exceeds Atlanta nearly $1,000,000; Macon nearly $700,000, and Columbus $1,600,000. The aggregate value of the whole property is as follows: Bibb—lß7l $ 8,237,000 1872 9,297,000 1873 9,306,000 1874 9,733,000 1875 10,749,000 Chatham —1871 $23,320,000 1872 26,282,000 1873 26,154,000 1874 . 24,264,000 1875 23,913,000 Fulton—lß7l $16,523,000 1872 18,271,000 1873 19,580,000 1874 20,485,000 1875 20,512,000 Muscogee—lß7l $ 7,871,000 1872 7,666,000 1873 7,843,500 1874 7,300,000 1875: 7,865,000 Richmond —1871 ~516,702,000 1872 16,416,000 1873 17,389,000 1874 18,228,000 1875 17,616,000 In five years the value of the proper ty in Bibb county has increased $2,512,- 000, or more than 30 per oent. Chatham has increased $593,000, or 2* per oent. Fulton has increased $3,962,000, or 24 per cent. Mnscogee has decreased $6,000. Richmond has increased $1,914,- 000, or over 16 per cent. To recapitu late : In the past five years the proper ty of the five counties has increased in valuo as follows : Per Cent. Bibb $2,512,000 30 Chatham 593,000 2J Fulton 3,962,000 24 Muscogee Decrease. Richmond 1,914,000 12 THK SPENCER CASE. The full report of the special joint oommittee of the Alabama Legislature which investigated the means by which George E. Spencer claims to have been elected to the United States Senate is one of the most extraordinary stories of bribery and corruption eyer made public. Three-fourths of the witnesses examined by the oommittee were Republicans, and their testimony proved that in order to secure the vote of the Court House Legislature, so oalled, the managers of Spencer made not ouly a free use of Federal patron age, but likewise of money, of promises, of United States troops for purposes of intimidation, and of other means still more disreputable. The committee say that iu a large number of instances the persons who rendered to Spences the most active and important services were rewarded with Federal offices and em ployment through his assistance as a Senator of tlw United States, as a com pensation for such services; that these offices and employments were promised before the services were rendered, or whilst they were being rendered, and that some such promises were made that were never redeemed. Upwards of twenty members of the Court House Legislate** are mentioned by name as having been paid with Fed eral offloes for the snpport of SpE*m*g. Among the offloes parceled out were Customs and Internal Revenue Oollec torships, Distriot Attorneyships, Post masterships, a Territorial Governorship, mail agents, situations in Custom Houses, etc. Among other persons simi larly rewarded for servioe, the oommit tee name J. J. Hinds, of straw-bid noto riety, who was appointed United States Marshal, and R. W. Reynolds, who was appointed Collector of the Port oi Mo bile. Hinds was the principal manager of the Spencer forces. The committee say, in relation to the corrupt use of money by Spender, that it is established by the evidence of many witnesses, cor roborated by evidence of written instru ments, and by the opinions and convic tions of those of his party who were present in Montgomery, and had good opportunity to understand his proceed ings and those of his friends. The money thus used, it is said, was drawn mainly from four sources. The post office at Mobile, the office of internal revenue at Mobile, the offioe of internal revenue at Montgomery, and the treasury of the National Republican Executive Commit tee, or the State Republican Executive Committee. Federaloffice holders were forced to contribute freely to the cor ruption fund, and the committee show that two cases of embezzlement, one of SIO,OOO in the Mobile post office and an other in the office of the Collector of In ternal Revenue at Montgomery, were di rectly aaused by the extortions of Spen cer. ' To defeat a quorum in the House at the Capitol in the 3d of December, 1872, to prevent that body from electing a United States Senator, bribery and drugging were resorted to. The com mittee detail two cases of bribery. The member who was drugged was first ap proached with the offer of a bribe to in duce him to join the Court House party. This he indignantly refused. He was then enticed into a gambling saloon and made drunk, and dosed with opium or some other powerful narcotic until his life was nearly destroyed. For two days he was incapable o l sifter mental or physical exertion. yhe above is * brief recital of ; the viiUipons transactions which are dealt with ts detail by the legislative committee. It is -dear that an inviting field lies open for the investigations of the Committee on Privileges and IJlne tions of the United States Senate, to which the case of Spkwckb has been re ferred. That committee appears to be in no haste to inquire into the case, however, though dilatoriness on its part in the face of such terrible charges as Sere been officially made against S**s cik and his agents is almost unpardon able. The members of the majority on the committee probably feel that it is much more essential to have Swhoeb’s vote—for he is, of course, s thorough going partisan—than to preserve the honor of the Senate unsullied; that they feel also, that it is impossible to white wash him, and that they can only save him by paying no attention to him. TBS NEW TREASURER. Hon. J. W. Renfro*, of Washington county, was elected Treasurer of the State of Georgia a few days ago by a unanimous vote of the General Assem bly. We congratulate the people of Georgia upon she result. A better man tor the position could not have been chosen. He is honest, capable and ex perienced, and we know will administer the affairs of his office faithfully and we U. The Chronicle and Sentinel favored the election of Mr. Rknfboe be cause its editors were convinced that he would make a good officer and would carefully guard the important interests committed to his keeping. FORGOT THE UNION SOLDIER. President Grant proclaimed that he was deeply incensed at the removal of several Union soldiers from positions in the control of the House of Representa tives, and declared that he should find places in the departments for all the discharged ones. A few days ago he had an opportunity to see that a Union sol dier procured a sitnation in one of the departments, but Guerrilla Mobby se cured the vacancy for a relative of Alex ander H. Bo hlbb, at one time in the United States Congress and subse quently a member of the Confederate Congress from Virginia. Mosby is a third-termer, and therefore Mosby’s men are the first choice of the Administra tion, taking precedence of wounded Union soldiers. In contrast with this appointment, it may be stated that there is among other Union soldiers in office under the House a negro from Tennes see who fought against the Confederacy during the late war, and whose position was secured for him by Colonel Young, late of the Confederate army, now rep resenting the Memphis District. MINOR TOriCS. Bro. Moody’s unprovoked assault upon the Jews hss crested* widespread sensation only second to Bishop “Gm” Haven’s renomination of General Grant, and by press and people he is roughly condemned. On Saturday Rabbi Morals, of the Seventh Street Synagogue, Philadelphia, preached a strong sermon upon Mr. Moody’s attack upon his race, and the Jews of New York intend to call a public meeting to protest against the Evangelist’s utterances. Candidates for th? Republican Presidential nomination are becoming plentiful as hops. There isn’t a State north of Mason and Dixon’s line that hasn’t one or more to offer. The two latest announcements are those of Hon. W. A. Wreelee, of New York, and General Benjamin Hansen, pf Indiana. The number now in the field is about equal to the number of relatives Grant has in office, which number can be but designated by the term legion. The veteran Attorney-General of Massachu setts. in beginning his argument agaiußt Piper for the murder of Mabel Youno in the Boston belfry, said that thirty years ago, the motives that then actuated murderers had ceased to be the impelling pause of their assaults on human life. Then cupidity, revenge and lust were the three passions that led to the unlawful killing of human beings with premedita tion and malice, but now the mere love of cruelty is the only apparent explanation of the outrages. If this is true, it is worth while to inquire what pauses this new outgrowth of eruelty. New Orleans is moving to secure a Conven tion of the Governors during the carnival week, to consider the interests of the Missis sippi Valley, and to adopt comprehensive measures to promote immigration for their more rapid development. Jefferson Davis, President of the Mississippi Valley Society, proposes that the convention be made the o - oasion of a grand organization extending all through thi South. He thinks it would cause thp transfer of the headquarters of the Missis sippi Valley Society from London to New Or leans. and that much more active operations would be inaugurated. Germany has just completed an inßtantano ous census, the entire enumeration being made in forty-eight hours. The footings are not complete, but show that the empire has made material progress since 1871. Berlin now numbers 964,755 inhabitants, au increase of 16.7 per cent. A curioUß faot is the increase of the French population of the city from 220 before the war to 2,400 at the present time. It would be interesting,to know what causes have led to this voluntary adoption of the unconge nial Gorman capital as a residence by the Parisians. A German in Paris is out of place, but a fish in a lime basket must be comforta ble in comparison with a Frenchman in Berlin. ■ —rt It is claimed, by recent experiments made in Brooklyn, that the desideratum of a suitable steam street car has been attained. The state ment is that the generating of steam is ren dered absolutely free from danger or annoy ance; that the engine and machinery can be applied to any cars now in use; that the space occupied by the machinery is only twelve cubic feet; that a force equal to twenty horse power can be applied, so as to clear the track of snow if required; that the control of the motion of tho car is more complete and instantaneous than by horse power; and that by its use a sav ing of one thousand dye hundred dollars per year can be effected over the expense incident to horse power. The expense of the machin ery and all its attachments is stated at seven hundred and fifty dollars to each car. These are pretty broad claimj to make, but possibly they may be true. Tb£ impression grows stronger every day that all attempts fP pledge the delegatipns to the National Republican Cqpyeption from va rious States in favor of local candidates who Dave little or no hope of being nominated are simply third-term movements in disguise. This charge has been made against the Conkling movement in New York, and it U significant that neifA of the journals advocating that movement have *osn fit to deny it. The charge has also been made against thp Morton move ment in Indiana, and when called ijpon direct ly to say whether it is true or not, the Indiana polis Journal dodges the point by saying that it believes Morton wifi b® nominated, and does not feel called upon to have * second or third choice until he is disposed of ; also, that it will snpport the nominee of the Convention who ever he may be. The Cincinnati Commercial says there is something approaching an under standing that the Ohio delegation will express a preference lor Governor Hates, and it wants to know If the Bates delegates are for Grant for a second choice, because “there is a pow fnl, subtle, sneaking influence jt work in Yarions States, under Tatious names, for Grant, and it means mischief.” There can be little dobi ffiat the Commercial's suspicions are well grounded. RURIAL OF THE NUNS. (From the London Times.] Four or five nuns who perished by the wreck of the Deutschland were to be buried at Leytonston to-day. They be longed to a Franciscan nunnery in West phalia, and are regarded by their co religionists in London as having been exiled from the native land in conse quence Gf the Falek laws. When tkeir deaths became known it was resolved by the authorities of the Roman Catholic Church in London to give the bodies solemn burial. For this purpose two Franciscan fathers were dispatched to Harwich, and the bodies were placed in oak coffins, lined with white satin, and brought to London on Friday evening. On reaching Stratford they were deliv ered over to the care of the nuns at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, who, assist ed by the nuns of the Sacred Heart, prepared their dead sisters for burial. The dead nuns were wearing, with a slight variation, the dreas common to the order; and as there was found on each dress the number assigned to a nun in making her profession of religion, all will, no doubt, in this way be identified. After being made ready the bodies lay in state in the spacious schoolroom be low the Franciscan church at Stratford thronghont Saturday and verterday. The open coffins lay side by side upon a raised dais, lighted candles were placed beside the coffins, while vases of flowers and wreaths of immortelles were group ed at the heads and feet. Upon both days large numbers of people visited the plaoe, the major portion of whom ap oeared to be prompted by feelings of The deceased appeared to be fcs .b. .w'ssibm 4L . - w expression ot ana their faces wore w fijurers calmness and resignation. Tnc were clasped upon a rosary and crucmx; upon the breast of each lay a cross of white flowers, the gifts of the Ursnliue nans of Upton. One, noted for her ex treme tallness, is a lady who, at mid night on Monday, by standing on a ta ble in the saloon, was able to thrnst her body through the skylight, and kept exclaiming, in a voice heard by those in the rigging above the roar of the storm: “My Gkxl t My God ! make haste, make haste 1” There will be a solemn requiem mass ( eoram archiepiscopo) in the Fran ciscan Church Stratford, this morning at 11 o’clock. Cardinal Manning will de liver a funeral oration over the deceased, after which they will be interred in St Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery, Leyton stone. Fifty Otoe Indians on the way to buf falo hunting grounds, are reported to have been killed by a band of Sioux. SEEKING HER SHEKELS. two surra brought by the STATE Against Ex-Treasurer Jones and His Sure ties—Fall and .Specific Averments of the Acte Cemplmined ef and the Ceaseqaent Leases. [Atlanta Constitution.] The Governor having decided to in stitute the suits against ex-Treasurer Jones and his sureties, in this county, the declarations were filed at a late hoar yesterday, in the Clerk’s office of our Superior Court, by Attorney-General Hammond and McCay & Trippe, as counsel for the State. One case is against ex-Treasnrer Jones and the sure ties, John T. Grant and C. A. Nutting, upon the first bond for $200,000, and the second snit is against ex-Treasnrer Jones and the sureties, Augustus R. Jones, John A. Jones, Seaborn Jones and Batt Jones, of Polk county, James D. Wad dell, of Cobb county, and James Rus sell, of Muscogee county, upon the sec ond bond for $200,000. It will be re membered that the sureties upon the first bond deny that they are bound, be cause said bond was only to be a tempo rary one. The suits are calculated to give much legal battling, and our read ers can hardly venture upon opinions as to the result. The declaration in the case of the Grant-Nutting bond is herewith pre sented : Georgia, Fulton County. To the Superior Co\rt of said County: The petition of James M. Smith, who is Governor of Georgia, and sues as such for himself and his successors in office for said State, aheweth that John Jones, of Fulton county, Georgia, as principal, John T. Grant, of Fulton county, Geor gia, and Charles A. Nutting, oi Bibb county, Georgia, as his sureties, owe to and from said State unjustly detain the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. For that, whereas, said John Jones had been elected to the salaried office of State Treasurer of said State, and pur suant to the statute in such cases pro vided, he, the said Jones, as principal, and said Grant and putting as his sure ties, at Atlanta, in said State, on the 13th day of January, 1873, made and en tered into a certain writing called a bond, to which they respectively signed their names and affixed their seals (which bond here to the Court shown), by which they bound themselves, their heirs, ex ecutors and administrators, jointly and severally, as follows; [Here the bond is set out.] Which said bond said defendant then and there delivered to said James M. Smith as such Governor, by him ap proved and filed in the Executive office of said State as required by law. Said Jones then and there, upon such de livery of said bond, took possession of the Treasury of said State and since then, while he remained in said office, received all the income of said State and other things which by law are sub ject to the custody of such office. As such Treasurer it was the duty of said John Jones to re ceive and keep safely all the money which should be paid to him in behalf of the State, and to pay out (foe same only as required and allowed by law; he was forbidden, under any cir cumstances, to use himself or allow others to use the funds of the State in his hands ; required to keep safely in the Treasury all evidences of debt against said State, whipb had been dis charged; to keep a book, in which he shall record a description of all bonds issued by the State, and in said book to note all bonds paid and the date of pay ment, and all coupons paid on each and the date of their payment, and if he be removed from office within ten days to state his accounts apd 4®bver the books, papers and money of the Treasury to his successor, taking his receipt there for, and to do all other things incum bent by law as the paid bailee of such and so valuable things as constituted the revenue of said State. Yet the said Jone3 has not, during his continuance in said office, faithfully clouted and performed the duties of his said office required of him by law, but has broken his said bond and forfeited the same in this, to-wit: 1. He falsely and fraudently pretend ed to have paid certain bonds of said State, which matured prior to January, 1872 (a list of which, so far as it can be made from the data in the Treasury, is set forth in exhibit A, hereto attached) when in fact they had been redeemed by Henry Clews & Cos. for said State; and he (the said Jones) obtained an Ex ecutive warrant therefor and took credit in his aocouuts with the State for the amount thereof, to-wit: one hundred and forty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars principal, and twenty four thousand seven hundred and eighty-two and 15-100 dollars interest, wrongfnlly, to-wit: on the thirtieth day of November, 1874, to the damage of said State, said last named amounts, be sides interest from said last mentioned daieo. 2. Said Jones payelegsly and negli gently paid off anothej: lot of bonds, such as is described by said exhibit 4, which had been redeemed by Henry Clews <fe Cos. for the State, or the amounts in said first count named when by prudpnpe and attention to his busi ness be could aud tyopld have known of said prior payment of them by the State and then obtained another Executive warrant therefor on the date of the Exe cutive warrant last mentioned, and took wrongfully another credit for the said sums of principal and interest last afore said to the damage of said State said amounts last narped, besides interest from the date of spid hjxepqtiyo warrant. 3. Said Jones paid off the ten fiye hundred dollar bonds in said exhibit mentioned, or other five hundred dollar bonds of like character, ten in number, and interest five hundred and eighty five dollars, when the official bond book in his own possession and exclusive con trol showed that said ten bonds last named hfrd h een paid off in 1851 to J. K. Teft, cash, apd yet notwithstanding such careless payment, l*aj tfrfiU plso covered by said Executive warrant and wrongfully took credit therefor upon his accounts with said State to the damage of said State last mentioned amounts with interest thereon from the date of said Executive warrant. 4. When said Jones took possession of said Treasury on the ltjth of January, 1873, there were therein •certain bonds of said State which had matured prior to that date and had been redeemed, taken up apd deposited in said Treasury for safe keeping, ps required by law. A description of this lot of bonds is set forth in exhibit B, hereto attached. Said Jones snbsequently falsely and fraudulently pretended that he had paid off these bonds last named with the in terest thereon, to-wit: twenty-one thous and and five hundred dollars principal, and cue thousand an d eighty dollars in terest thereon, wpj presented them to the Governor as vouchers for fiaid pay ments and had them covered by Execu tive warrants, dated the day of— -1874, and took credit therefor in his ac counts with said State to the damage of said State, other twenty-two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars, besides interest. 6. Said Jones carelessly and negli gently paid ether bonds described in said exhibit 8., which had been already redeemed and paid by said State to the damage of said .otate other twenty-two thousand, five hundred and eighty dol lars, to-wit: on the date mentioned in said last named Executive warrant. 6. Iu procuring Executive warrant on the 30th of UQvember, 1874, said Jones covered theiein an amount for exten sions of interest on other * past due bonds beyond the date of their redemp tion and cancellation b.v the Fourth National Bank in New York for said State, and made other errors of entry and computation to the extent of eight hundred and forty-eight dollars nd thirty-two cents when hp had not paid the same, or, if he had, had done so carelessly and negligently ; also an amount for arrears of interest claimed on past due bonds redeemed after their maturity by said Fourth National Bank daring the term of N. L. Angier, prede cessor of said Jones in said office and vouched to S3id Angier by said bank to the amount of five thousand three hun dred and thirty-five dollars, when he well knew that he was not entitled to a warrant therefor; and also fifteen hun dred and fifty-two 50-100 dollars for in terest which he pretended that he had paid, when he had not, to-wit: interest for three months on one hundred and three thousand and five hnndred dollars, when in fact the interest during said months was running against the State on said last named sum by the eight per cent, bonds given in exchange therefor 1 in the April-Gctober coupons thereto, - *ha said date of said Executive and a* ■ -aunt mentioned, when warrant in this nrn . therein he took credit for earn - mentioned wrongfully, in his accoun... with said State, to the damage of said State over seven thousand, seven hun dred and thirty-five dollars and eighty four cents, besides interest 7. Said Jones falsely and fraudulently pretended that he had paid out of the funds of said State six thousand six hnndred and forty-five dollars in dis charging interest accrued on certain of her bonds past due in 1874, when he paid no such interest Part of them had been paid by his predecessor, An gier, and entered upon the bond book as paid, the others are bad vouch ers, aa appears by their faces, and these facts were known by said Jones, ana procured Executive warrant covering the same, on the 30th of November, 18 <4, and thereby wrongfully took credit therefor in his accounts with said State to the damage of said State the sum last aforesaid, besides interest. 8. Said Jones falsely and fraudulent ly pretended therein that he had paid out ninety-three thonsand five hnndred and seventy dollars in discharging the four per cent, coupons on the first year of the one million two hnndred thou sand dollars of eight per cent, bonds is sued under the act of the General Assem bly, approved 19th of February, 1873, known as the Nutting bonds. When in fact he did not pay snch amount, but only seventy-one thousand and seventy dollars and eighty-five cents on that ac count, making a wrongful charge there by against said State of twenty-two thonsand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifteen cents against said State. 9. Said Jones falsely and fraudulently pretended therein to have paid since January Ist, 1875, the sum of one thou sand six hundred and twenty-seven dol lars and fifty cents, for interest on over due bonds of said State, when in fact he had not paid the same nor any part thereof. 10. Said Jones during his term of of fice failed and negligently omitted to keep said funds of said State carefully; in that he kept no books of accounts be tween himself and the State, showiug his receipts and disbursements of the public funds; especially did he fail and negligently omit to keep a book and record therein a description of all bonds issued by the State, and note therein all bonds paid and the date of payment, and all coupons paid on each and the date of their payment, as he was required by law to do. And thereby he has brought the financial business of the State into confusion and compelled said State to lay out and expend large sums of money in and about unraveling and straighten ing out the aocounts of said State, to wit: in the aggregate ten thousand dol lars or other large sums to the damage of said State. 11. Said Jones during the year 1875 paid off interest coupons of the bonds of said State to say seventy-five thous and dollars, and has failed and still fails and refuses to deposit them for safe keeping in the Treasury, as by law he is required to do, but wrongfully and fraudulently withholds the same uncan celled, subjecting the State to the dan ger of a re-issue and re-payment of the same to her damage fifty thousand dol lars. 12. Said Jones was removed from his said office on the 25th of November, 1875. He did not within ten days from his removal render a oorrect account of his dealings with the State and deliver the books, papers and money of the Treasury to his successor in office to the damage of over fifty thousand dollars. 13. Said Jonesafterhis removal, to-wit: on the fith of Deoember, 1875, did file with the Comptroller-General for record a pretended statement of his accounts with the State, but the same is false in many particulars, to-wit; 1. It showed that he then owed the State but one million four hundred and eighty thou sand and four dollars and forty-six cents, when in faot he then owed and still owes said State largely more than said sum (by reason of the facts afore said) to be met hy vouohers to be pro duced by him. 2. But, assuming that the balance of one million four hundred and eighty thousand and four dollars and forty-six cents was the correct amount to his debt at that date, his credits olaimed in said statement (a copy of which is hereto attached marked exhibit C) are false and fraudulent in these particulars among others; 1. He had not as much money in the Central Railroad Bank as he therein claime i by six thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars. 2. The amount therein olaimed for cur rency coupons pretended by him to have been paid is over stated by forty seyen thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars. 3. The amount therein claimed for gold coupons pretended by him to be paid to that date was therein over stated by three hundred and sev enty-two dollars and fifty oents. 4. The amount therein claimed for other gold coupons pretended to have been paid by him is therein over stated by eight hun dred and forty dollars. 5. Ho therein states his expenses charged too largely by ten dollars. 6. He over states there in coupons paid in 1874 by twenty-nine thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty-three oents. 7. “Premiums on gold in 1874” is therein over stated by one thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and four cents. 8. Overdue bonds and interest paid in 1875 is therein over stated by sixteen hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents. The papers and evidences of debt submitted by Jones to the Ex ecutive for warrants fall short by the count from the amounts stated in his said final account by the sums in these figures above. If he has papers which shows that he is entitled to said credits he has kept them out of the Treasury, refused to submit them for auditing and thus continues the confusion in his accounts to the damage of the State. 14. Said aocount so rendered by said Jones to said Comptroller-General was also false and fraudulent in this: He therein claimed a credit of fomr hundred and three thousand, five hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents, for currency coupons alleged to have been paid by him through agents in New York, when in faot he had already, to wit: on the 26th of November, 1875, ob tained an Executive warrant covering one hnndred and seventy-inine thousand, seven hundred and thirty-six dollars on account of payment of said currency coupons so paid in New York in 1875. He therein also claimed a credit for one hundred and forty-five thousand, five hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty oents for gold coupons upon gold bonds alleged to have been paid to him through agents iu New York, wheu in fact he had already, to-wit: on the 26tli of November, 1875, obtained an Execu tive warrant covering seventy-four thousand, one hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents on account of payment of said gold coupons so paid in New York in 1875. Whioh two amounts, making a total of two hundred and fifty-three thousand, eight hundred apd eighty-three dollars, were included in one warrant dated the 26th of November, 1875, and which sum last mentioned had been credited to him in his accounts with said State upon the books of the Comptroller-General at his said Jones’ special instance and re quest, to-wit : on the 25th of November, 1575, upon authorization of said war rant, and before said balance of one thousand four hupdred and eight dol lars and four cents had been struck on said books, as was fully known to said Jones when he rendered said final state ment on the fith of December, 1875, for record iu the Comptroller-General’s of fice as required by law. Said final statement presented the State as in debt to said Jones, $64,- 926 40, when he, Jones, owed the State on cash account and on other accounts, hereinbefore stated, aggregating two hundred and ninety-one thousand nine hnndred and sixty-nine and 95-100 dol lars, besidgg interest. By means where of said State has sustained damages to a large amount, to-wit: the amount of two hundred and ninety-one thousand nipe hundred and sixty-nine and 75 100 dol lars. By reason of which said breaches, the said writing obligatory became for feited, and according to the statutes of for suoh cases made, an action hath ac crued to said State, to demand and have of said defendant the amount last stated above. Yet the said defendants (although often requested so to do) have not as yet paid said sum of money above de manded or any part thereof to said plain tiff or otherwise, according to said writing obligatory and condition, but to pay the same hath hitherto wholly re fused and still do refuse to the damage of State aforesaid. Wherefore your petitioner prays that process may issue, requiring said de fendants personally or by attorney to be and appear at the Superior Court, ne,rt to be held in and for said county, then and there to answer your petitioner in on action of debt, etc. N. J. Hammond, Attorney-General for Flaintiff. EXHIBIT A. 30 bonds, denomination of SSOO each; date of issue Jnly 1, 1852; due July 1, 1872. Signed, Howell Cobb, Governor, and'N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State, being Nos. 123 to 153 included—sls,ooo. 7 bonds, denomination of SSOO each; same as above in all particnlars, except that they are numbered 116, 395, 364, 585, 586, 717, 718-$3,500. 6 bonds, de nomination of $250 each; date of issue Janaary 1, 1842; dne June 1, 1872. Signed, Chas. McDonald, Governor, and Nelson Lumpkin, disbursing agent of W. * A. R. R; numbered 167, 197, 269, 549, 650 and 684-81,500. 6 bonds, de nomination of $250 each; date of issue June!, 1842; due January 1,1873. Sign ed as the last named above, and num . - 4 788, 609, 612, 634, 64$ and 648- SSa in7 lJ, ‘* <l ed by the Fourth National " ew York, and delivered to Alton Angier for N. L. Angier, Treasurer, on the Bth of January, 1873. exhibit b. fcosna sr cl&ss A co. How jDenonu-l ( Wfcen !tote. many. j nation. [ q SJfil July 1. 1855 July 1 18*5, *2O w i* ZZ™, 7 U ixij IS, ISH fept 1, }* 31 250 6 July , IWO June 1, WJJ ICO So £ JU I7 < IWI July 1, iri' Mg go 81 500 c; July 85,1841 July ** 28 1,000 to,July 1* 1841 July 1. 1371i 3,572 56 15 500 Tiireb. 1, 18>6 Feb. 1 18711 1,773 28 EXHIBIT C. John Jonea, late Treasurer, in account with the State of Georgia. 1875. Nor. 25—By cash on deposit with several banks, viz : Citizens’ Bank, Atlan ta. $69,435 74 Central Railroad Bank, of Savannah 16,665 57 Georgia Railroad Bank Angusta 3,074 44 Bank of the “Universi ty of Athens 1,478 59 City Bank of Macon 109 18 Merchants and Me chanics. Colnmbne.. 80 40—$ 90,843 92 By New York acoonnt for currency coupons paH to date 403,594 50 Currency balance 2,200 44 Gold coupons paid to date 146,617 50 Gold premiums paid to date 23,226 25 Gold balance and pre miums on same 1,200 50 Commissions charged. 239 45 577.444 88 By coupons paid in ’74 632.530 00 Premium on gold in ’74 24,748 67 657,258 67 By overdue bonds and interest paid in 1875 . 56.802 50 8 per ct. Nutting Bondß 99,250 00— 156,052 50 Payments on informal orders from the Gov ernor 63,811 48 $1,544,930 95 Nov. 25—To balance in Treasury. 1.480.004 46 Exparte statement of John Jones, late Treas urer. W. t. Goldsmith, Comptroller-General. FORTY-FOURTH_ CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Washington, January 14.—A bill was introduced by Mr. White to reduce salar, ries over $1,600 20 per cent. He moved the previous question. Not seconded. R ferred to the Committee on Appro priations. Mr. Morrison reported, from the Com mittee of Ways and Means, a resolution directing several committees to inquire into any errors, abuses, or frauds in the administration or execution of existing laws, the investigation to cover such pe riods as the committees deem necessary. Adopted. By Mr. Ward : That the hailing place of vessels shall be the town or city where the vessel was built or where the owner or principal owners reside, the town to be printed on the stern. Passed. Mr. Morev reported a bill repealing section 2,303 of the revised statutes, which confines the disposition of public lands in Alabama, Mississippi, Lou isiana, Arkansas and Florida. He ex plained that in ’66 an act was passed restricting the disposal of public “lands of the United States in those five States. The object of the bill was to remove that distinction. There was considerab e de bate upon it. Mr. Saylor said the law of ’66 seemed passed upon the principle of forty acres and a mule. The bill was recommitted with the view of extending its provis ions, modified, to all public lands in the interest of homesteads. The Amnesty Bill. Mr. Knott reported back the Amnesty bill. It reads: “That all the disabilities imposed and remaining on any person by virtue of the third section of the 14th artiole of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States be, and are hereby re moved, and each and every person is and shall be forever relieved therefrom, on his appearing before a Judge of any Court of the United States or of any Court of Record in the State of which he is a resident, and taking and aub oribing the following oath, to be duly attested and recorded: The Oath. “I, A. 8., do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support and defend the Con stitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and obey all laws made in pursuance thereof, and that I take this obligation freely and without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion what ever.” A Little More Skirmishing. Mr. Knott moved the previous ques tion on the passage of the bill. Mr. Crary, of lowa, a member of the Judiciary Committee, asked Mr. Knott to yield him the floor for a moment. Mr. Knott replied that it would afford him pleasure to yield to his colleague and to other gentlemen on each side of the House, but that he felt that neither the peace of the country nor the har mony of the House required any further discussion of the proposition. Mr. Frye, of Maine, also a member of the Judiciary Committee, asked Mr. Knott to permit him to ask a single question. Several Democratic members objected and Mr. Cox, of New York, said: We have bad enough of talk. Mr. Blaine, of Maine: Will the gen tleman (Knott) allow me, without one word of debate, to have a letter read ? Messrs. Cox, Randall and several oth er members objected. Mr. Knott: I cannot consent to open debate at all. I insist on the previous question. Mr. Frye:,.l simply desire to ask whether the Republican minority on the Judioiary Committee concurred in the report. Mr. Cox (vociferously): I call the gen tleman to order. Maine is always out of order. [Laughter. ] Mr. Blaine: 1 understand that the gentleman from Kentucky deolines eith er to admit an amendment or to allow debate. [Loud calls of “order” on the Democratic Bide. ] Mr. Randall (in a tone of remon strance): You know better than to do this. Mr. Cox (somewhat more angrily): You have been in the Chair yourself and ought to know better. [Laughter.] Mr. Blaine: I want a distinct under standing—[More shouts of “order” from the Democrats.] The previous question was seconded and the main question was ordered.— Yeas, 183; nays, 92. Some Bail Grammar—A Schoolmaster Needed. Mr. Seelye, of Massachusetts, called attention to the faulty grammar in the construction of the bill, the phrase, “Each and every person” being treated as in the plural instead of the singular case. The error was qrdered to be cor rected. Tfie House then proceeded to vote on the passage of the bill, The Vote—The Bill Rejected. The v )te resulted—yeas, 182; nays, 97—so the requisite two-thirds not voting in favor of it, the bill was reject ed. There was intense interest mani fested as the pall of the yeas and nays proceeded. Some of the prominent Re publicans brought their influence to bear on some of the members of their party who had voted aye on the preceding vote, either to vote in the negative or to refrain from voting. Mr. Rainey, of South Carolina, was conspicuously the object of such attentions. He did not answer when his name was called. Mr. Haralson, of Alabama, who was in thd 1 same position, also withheld his vote at first, but finally rose and answered “aye,” amid the plaudits of the Demo crats. Mr. George A. Bagley, of New York, who had voted in the affirmative, changed his vote to the negative, at which the Republicans rejoiced. Mr. Wells, of Mississippi, tried to explain why, although he was in favor of gene ral amnesty, including Jefferson Davis, he voted no, but the Democrats shouted him down. Mr. Lynch, of Mississippi, however, managed to get the chance of saying that, though he was in favor of the bill, he voted no with a view of let ting Mr. Blaine offer his amendment, although he (Lynch) would vote against the amendment. Mr. Purman, of Flori da, who had also withheld his vote when his name was first called, afterwards rose and voted no. The following is the negative vote in detail: Nays—George A. Bagley, Baker of Indiana. Bakep of New York, Ballon, Blaine, Blair, Bradley, Brown of Kansas, Burchard of LI., Barleigb, Cannon, Ca son, Caswell, Conger, Crapo, Danford, Darrall, Dany, Dennison, Dobbins, Dnnnell, Eames, Evans, Fort, Foster, Freemen, Frost, Frye, Garfield, Hale, Harris of Massachusetts, Hathorn, Hay mond, Hendee, HendersoD, Hoar, Hoge, Hoskinß, Hnbbell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyman, Joyce, Hasson, Ketchnm, King, Laphan, Lawrence, Leavenworth,Lynch, Magoon, MacDougall, McCreary, Mc- Dill, Miller, Monroe, Nash, Norton, Oliver, O’Neill, Packer, Page, Phillips of Kansas, Plaisted, Platt, Pratt, Pur roan, Robinson, Ross, of Penn sylvania, Rusk, Sampson, Smalls, Smith of Pennsylvania, Starkwether, Strait, Slowell, Thornburgh, Townsend of Pennsylvania, Tufts, Van Vorhes, Waldron,' Wallace of South Carolina, Wallace of Pennsylvania, Walls, Wells, Wheeler, White, Whiting, Williard, Williams of Wisconsin, Williams of Michigan, Wilson of lowa, Wood of Pennsylvania, and Woodworth. The Republicans voting aye were: Anderson, Banks, Egbert, Farwell, Harolson, Kelley, Landers of Indiana, Luttrell, Mackey of South Carolina, Pierce, Seely e—l 2. Blaine’s Tactics. 5n *!? a result being announced Mr. BlaineW £? ***.. a“d to reconsider, the speak. A long personal deba<£ fallowed, when Blaine offered his bill. Mr. Banks said he was out of order. Messrs. Randall and Hill objected. He then said: If gentlemen declined his proposition and wanted no further debate, he would give the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Randall) the oppo?? tunity to bring hp the Centennial MB, which had been postponed an entire week by this amnesty lull occupying tbs attention of the House. Mr. Randall: The time consumed, and' the House’s consequent postpone ment of the Centennial bill, are wholly chargeable to your side of the House. Mr. Blaine: I will now end this mat ter, and I have it in my power to do so. I withdraw the motion to reoonsider. [Triumphant laughter on the Republi can side and apparent astonishment on the Democratic side ] At this time all the members on the Democratic side were on their feet, while the Republi can members were in their seats, and the latter set up general cries of “order, order, order.” Mr. Randall asked Mr. Blaine to give him an opportunity of saying a word. The request was met by still louder cries of “order” from the Republican side of the House, in whioh calls Blaine himself joined. Randall again renewed his request and Blaine refused it, and there the amnesty matter ended for the day. The pensions appropriation passed. Adjourned to Monday. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. NEWS FROM OYER THE WATERS. Greac Britain. London, January 15.—Six hundred weavers of the lower Heyes Mills, at Maoclesfield, are locked out in conse quence of a disagreement between the proprietors and the Secretary of the Weavers’ Union. A portion of the North Wales colliers have again struck for higher wages. It is feared that others will follow. At a meeting yesterday at Derby of the iron trade Employers’ As sociation to consider the strike against piece work by 200 members of the Amal gamated Engineers’ Society at Easton and Anderson’s works at Erith, Kent, and the threatened aggressive action of that society, it was uanimously resolved that the Iron Trade Employers’ Associa tion will resist any attempt of the socie ties to restrict piece work in shops of members. It was resolved that the gen eral lock out recommended by the Executive Committee should not be re sorted to at present, as such look out would throw out of employment 7,000 men. The I.iverpool Cotton Market. Liverpool, January 15.—The cotton market experienced a severe pressure to sell. The tone has been depressed and there is muoh irregularity. Continued heavy receipts and large shipments ap pear to have led to increased crop esti mates and induced merchants to place a great part of recent imports on the mar ket. The demand for the trade has been small and the week has been one ef much disappointment to holders. It closes without any relief to the feeling of depression which prevailed, notwith standing the total stock of all descrip tions is 134,000 bales less than last year, and the American 83,000 less. Egyptian staples were pressed for sale at a quar ter of a penny reduction in price. Brazilian was in good demand at 1-16 to £ decline, but at the close of the week suffered from the fall in Egyptian, spin ners preferring the latter at such a de cline. Arrivals experienced the same depression which characterized the spot market. Prices have slowly and steadily given way with the increasing pressure to sell, and the market closes at the lowest prices of the week. (Germany. London, January 14.—The Pall Mall Gazette's special from Berlin says that the select committee of the Imperial Parliament, to whom the Government’s proposed amendment to the criminal code was referred, resolved upon a di rect opposition to the Government, and in favor of jury trial for press offenses. The proposed conference of German Maritime States in inquiries into ma rine disasters is postponed six weeks in order to give an opportunity to investi gate the English system. Owing to the opposition of some of the smaller States, the Government has for the prtqtent limited the scheme of purchasing all railways to Prussia alone, in wTich no serious difficulties are an ticipated. Spanish News. London, January 15.—A Madrid dis patch to the Daily Telegraph says Ra via haß issued an address seeking elec tion to the Cortes in order to explain the coup d’etat of January, ’74. Eypt. Alexandria, Jannary 15.—1 tis re ported that Egypt is negotiating with English aapitalists for the sale of Egyp tian railroads. St. Thomas Not for Sale. London, January 15. —The Pall Mall Gazette has a speoial telegram from Co penhagen, saying: “I am authorized [to contradict the report of the proposed sale of the Island of St. Thomas, iu the West Indies, to Germany. The idea was mooted in 1873 of exchanging St. Thomas for Northsleswick, but was dis missed as impraotable,” Paris, January 15. —Snow again inter rupts communication in the South of France and in Corsica. It is said that it will consequently be impossible to hold elections for Senatorial delegates in many places to-morrow. President Macmahou’s proclamation has fallen rather flat. Republican news papers, which were expected to greet it with sharp criticisms, appear, with the exception of a few irrgconcilables, de lighted with the recognition of the Re public and the appeal for a fair trial of the constitutional laws. At the Bourse it produced no effect. In political cir cles the prevalent opinion is that it leaves things where they were. Satis faction is generally felt at the adjust ment of the ministerial crisis, bat it is utterly devoid of enthusiasm. Eieotions for Senatorial delegates will be held throughout France to-morrow (Sunday). It Is barely possible, how ever, that the heavy snows in some places will cause a postponement. Turkish Affairs. London, January 15. —The Times, in an editorial, says the British Cabinet will consider its answer to the Austrian note next Tuesday. The Times strong ly advises acceptance, and says Turkey’s answer may depend on England’s decis ion. The News' Vienna dispatch says it is reported' that twelve merchants of Odessa have been transported to Siberia for supplying arms to the Turks. A Vienna telegram in the Post reports serious differences among the insurgent leaders in Herzegovina. L’Jabobeaties has quitted the insurgent camp with a number of his followers and gone to Ragusa. FROM TELE SHIPS AT SEA. Violent Scene on the Ship Cara van-vOlose of the Inquiry into the Loss of the Island Belle. Liverpool, January 15.— The Ameri can ship Caravan, Captain Waefelaer, left the Waterloo dock at this place at one o’clock yesterday for New York. Bhe had proceeded but a few miles down the river, as far as New Brighton, when a scene of great violence occurred aboard. The Captain states that the crew, who were shipped just before the departure of the ship, were all drunk. As soon as the Caravan got out into the river the crew, who had been ordered to duty, became insubordinate and threat ened to kill himself as well as the other officers. He therefore signalled to the river police, who promptly boarded the Caravan and took two of the ringleaders into oustody. The remainder of the crew were left lying drank abont the deck. One was very severely injured during the riot. The Caravan is detain ed in order to ship a fresh crew. London, January 15.—The inquiry by the Board of Trade at Biddeford into the loss of the British bark Island Belle, concluded yesterday. It has transpired that Channel Island vessels sailing from the port where registered are accustomed to have a nominal cap- tain who is mate to the real but uncerti ficated master. The Court suspends the certificate of nominal Captain Hewett for two years, but expressed no opinion as to the death of Lewis, who was alleged to have been brutally kicked by Hewett. THE SIN-SO-NACGHTY MILLIONAIRE. HU Strange Bequests—Steps Taken to Pre vent Probate of HU Will—Much Sensation Qver the .Affair. Cincinnati, January 14.—The will of Timothy Kirby, leaving an estate of over a million dollars, was taken to the S:obate Court yesterday, bnt owiDg to b strange bequests, steps were taken to prevent probate by Gen. Banning and Don Piatt. It appears that Mary Fran cis, a notorious character of Cnmmios ville, a suburb of the city where Kirby resided, who claims to have been the wife of the deceased, is left by the will $50,000. Five bastards, whom deceased mentions as his adopted children, are placed on an equal footing with his le gitimate children. The latter are made trustees, for a period of fifteen yeare, of the former. Mrs. Fox, another woman, was made a handsome beqnest. It seems the entire estate was frittered away in this manner. Dr. Thomas Wood had known deceased a number of years, and testified that deceased was a monomaniac; that he was infatuated with the woman Francis and submitted to intolerable abuse from ber. Other witnesses will testify in a similar man ner. The will will probably be set aside. The affair causes a great sensation. At New Orleans, James Merriman, colored sge4 ffl, shot and instantly killed James tfurphy. Both parpen ters, working together, JjwppitW; rendered himself. THE GEORGIA LEGISL ATURE SECOND DAY’S SESSION. [Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel ] Atlanta, January 13, 1876.—A. D. Candler, of Hall, introduced a bill to call a Convention to revise the Consti tution of the State. The bill provides for holding an election for delegates the second Tuesday in April, the Con vention to meet iuAtlanta on the second Tuesday in May, representation to be based on population. Each Senato rial distriot, as now arranged, shall constitute an election district, the Con vention to be composed of one hun dred and eighty-five members, the small est districts—fifteenth and fourth— being entitled to one delegate each, and the largest thirty-fifth 9 delegates. The first and forty-second have 8 eaoh; eighteenth and forty-third, 7; thir teenth, twentieth, twenty-third, twenty ty-fifth, twenty-seventh, thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh have 6 each; the nineteenth, twenty-first, twenty-fourth, twenty eighth, twenty-ninth and thirty-fourth, 6 each; the eighth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, fourteeuth, seventeenth, tweuty-sixth, thirtieth, thirty-third, thirty-ninth and forty-third, 4 each; the second, seventh, ninth, sixteenth, thirty-first, thirty eighth, forty-first and forty-fourth, 3 each; the third, fifth, sixth, thirty second and fortieth, 2 eaoh. It appro priates thirty thousand dollars to pay the expenses of the Convention. There is a strong feeling in favor of the Con vention, and the bill will probably pass. Hardeman and Lowe, candidates for Treasurer, withdrew, and their names were not presented when both Houses met in joint session at noon to elect a Treasurer. Renfro, was elected with but one dissenting voice. Governor Smith will probably address a special message to the Legislature ou the Centennial, recommending an ap propriation of from four to five thousand dollars to defray the expenses of the Georgia battalion, Organizing to repre sent the State. He will present the Clinch Rifles, of Augusta, whieh will re present Georgia in the Centennial legion, with the State colors. SENATE. Black introduced a bill to protect the agricultural interest of the State and prescribe a penalty for larceny from the field. Felton introduced a bill to consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Colleotor in Macon county. Harris introduced a resolution for both Houses to meet at uoou to eleot a State Treasurer. Passed. , Kibbee introduced a bill to deolare six per ceut. bonds of the State, au thorized by the act of the 17th of Feb ruary, 1854, invalid and void; also, a resolution requiring the State Treasurer to destroy certain bonds now in the pos session of the Secretary of State and in the Treasury, aDd to keep ou file iu his office a record of bonds destroyed.— Adopted. Iu exeoutive session the following ap pointments were confirmed: Jas. Jack son and Logan E. Bleckley, Judges of the Supreme Court; M. j. Crawford, Judge of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and A. C. Pate, Judge of the Oconee Circuit. Adjourned. HOUSE. The following bills were introduced : By McKinley: To provido for the com pensation of jurors in Baldwin county; to amend and repeal the act to amend the Constitution relative to homestead and exemption. Baker: To repeal the act crealiug the State Board of Health. Hardeman: To exempt from taxation cotton, corn and other produce in the hands of the producer on the first of April. Gilson: To change the time of hold ing Burke Superior Court and compen sate the jurors of Burke county. Shewmake: To organize a Criminal Court in B.irke couuty. Irwin: To repeal sections 3854 to 3861, inclusive, of the Code. Kennedy: To provide private ways to timber lands in Emanuel and to’eon solidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Collector, Crymes: To repeal the act establish ing the Department of Agriculture. Candler: To provide for a Constitu tional Convention. Warren: To reduce the pay and mile age of members to five dollars per day and three dollars for every twenty miles. Thomasson: To apply the act prohib iting the sale of farm products between sunrise and sunset to Morgan couuty; also to amend the act incorporating Madison. Davis: To repeal the act creating a County Court iu Mitchell county. Williams: To exempt from prooess of garnishment the wages of mechanics and laborers, Blaok; To allow the Treasurer of Riohmond a salary of $1,800; to compen sate C. Sneqd and W. W. Montgomery for professional services to the State; to declare valid the tax ordinances of the city of Augusta for 1870. Speer: To amend the charter of Griffin. Furlow: To make the Tax Colleotor of Sumter ex-officio Sheriff. Fiokling: To require Ordinaries to make exhibits of the financial condition of counties; Tax Collectors of the condi tion of'their books, and Treasurers of their receipts and disbursements. Battle: To incorporate Wadley, iu Jefferson county. At noon both Houses met in joint ses sion and elected Renfroe Treasurer. McKinley offered a resolution assuring the people that the Constitution will not be changed as to homestead or ro-estab lishing imprisonment for debt. THIRD DAY’S SESSION. Important Homestead BUl—The Augusta Ca nal Bonds—Bill to Extend the Term of Of fice of Municipal Officers in Augusta— l The Convention Bill, &rc. SENATE. Atlanta, January 14.—The following bills were introduced in the Senate : By Arnow—To repeal the aot to amend the Constitution providing for the re duction of the homestead, approved February, 1875; also to repeal the act allowing parties to waive the home stead. By Felton—To repeal so muoh of the general school law as requires County School Commissioners to make apportionment of the county school fund upon basis of population in each sub-district, By Howell—To require chattel mortgages or mortgages upon stocks, goods or other personal proper ty, to be recorded within thirty days; also to change the penalty for cheating and swindling, and make the same felo ny. By McDaniel—To provide for the adjustment of rights of parties in cases where property which has been set apart under the homestead and exemp tion laws of the State has heretofore been sold. By Peavy—To protect and preserve the right of trial by jury making jurors judges of the law as well as the facts. Bills read a second time and referred: Kibbe introduced a resolution request ing the to Governor furnish a statement of the coupons of the State unpreseuted, which should enter into the account of the late Treasurer, and any information he may have oonoerning them. Adopt ed. Senate adjonrned to Monday. McDaniel’s bill on homestead is im portant. It proposes to refer cases arising under the recent Supreme Court decision to a court of equity, and that all cases must be brought within six months. It will prevent litigation and do justice to all parties. HOUSE. Bills read the second time; Candler’s Constitutional Convention bill—referred to a-special committee of nine—one from each Congressional District. The members of the oommittee are: Lawton, Harrison, Furlow, Miller of Marion, Speer, Stewart of Rockdale, Judge Irwin, Walsh and Candler. The committee will meet Monday. The following bills vere introduced: By Smith—To consolidate county offices in Webster county. By Forte—To pro tect owners of stock in Wayne county. By Walsh—To repeal certain provisions of the act of 1874 which, allows the City Council of Augusta to issue bonds for the completion of the Augusta Canal ; also, to extend the term of office of the Mayor and members of City Council of Augasta to three years, to take effeot at next election—the Mayor to be ineligi ble, after serving one full term, for six years. By ( larke—To prevent the sale of liquor within three miles of Union Church, in Richmond county. By Tum lin—To hire out the convicts of Ran dolph county. By Pattman—To pro vi le for remuneration of Justices of the Peace of Oglethorpe oounty. By Wil liams—To fix the pay of jurors. By Peeples—To limit the time for bringing suits for the recovery of property set apart as homestead to the Ist of July the present year. By Wessalonski— To prevent the sale of farm pro ducts between sunrise and sunset, and prescribe punishment there for. By Smith—To require slopes to be constructed on dams on the Chattahoochie river in Dawson connty. By Carlton—To create a Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenues for Greene oonnty. By Lamkin—To create the office of Supervisor of Roads in Co lombia county; also, to authorize the Sheriff to levy and collect tax ft. fas. By Whittle—To regulate the pay of jurors in Chattahoochie county. By Lang— To protect sheep raising in Charlton county. By Atkinson—To apply the provisions of the act preventing the sale of farm products to Butts oounty. By Shewmsfee—>To repeal the act abolishing the office of Treaaqrer in Burke pointy. By Tunibull—To repeal the act creating the office of State Geologist. By Bowen —To change the time of holding Wil cox Superior Court. By Harrison— For relief of the city of Eufanla from taxation. The usual number of bills were intro duced to change the Code and county lines. Resolutions were introduced asking the Governor for information as to per quisites and emoluments attached to State House offices; Also, iu regard to the sale and disposition of what are known as the Nutting bonds. Adjourned till to-morrow. The following is the full text of the Convention bill, introduced in the House yesterday by Mr. Candler, of Hall: A bill to be entitled an aet to au thorize and require the Governor of the State of Georgia to call a Conven tion of the people thereof to revise the State Constitution. Section I. Be it enacted by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia and it is hereby en acted by authority of ’the same, That upon the passage of this act His Excel lency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and required to issue his proclamation ordering an election to be held in each and every county in this State, on the seoond Tuesday in April, 1876, for delegates to a Convention of the people of Georgia, to convene at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, on the second Tuesday in May, 1876, for the purpose of revising the Constitution of said State. Seo. 11. Be it further enacted, That said election shall be held and conduct ed in the same manner and at the same places as elections for members of the General Assembly are now held in this State, aud the re turps of said election shall be in the same manner forwarded to the Governor, who shall issue cer tificates of election to all persons chosen as delegates to said Convention. Sec. 111. Be it further enacted, That representation iu said Convention shall be based upon population, and to this end each Senatorial District irf the State, as the districts are now arranged, shall constitute an election distriot,from which delegates to said Convention shall be chosen as follows, to-wit : From the First Election Distriot, eight delegates; from the Second Elec tion District, three delegates; from the Third Election District, two delegates; from Fourth Electiou District, one dele gate; from the Fifth Election District, two delegates; from the Sixth Electiou District, two delegates; from the Seventh Election District, three delegates; from the Eighth Electiou District, four delegates ; from the Niuth Elec tion District, three delegates; from the Tenth Election District, four delegates; from the Eleventh Election District, four delegates; from the Twelfth Election District, four dele gates; from the Thirteenth Election Dis triot, six delegates; from the Fourteenth Election District, four delegates; from the Fifteenth Election District, one delegate; from the Sixteenth Election District, three delegates; from the Seventeenth Election District, four dele gates; from the Eighteenth Election District, seven delegates; from the Nine teenth Electiou District, five delegates; from the Twentieth Election District, nix delegates; from the Twenty-first Eleciion District, five delegates; from the Twenty-second Election District, eight delegates; from the Twenty-third Election District, six delegates; from the Twenty-fourth Electiou Distriot, five delegates; from the Twenty-fifth Eleotion District, six delegates; from the Twenty-sixth Election District, four delegates; from the Twenty-seventh Election District, six delegates; from the Twenty-eighth Election Distriot, five delegates; from the Twonty-ninth Election District, five delegates; from the Thirtieth Election District, four delegates; from the Thirty-first Eleotion District, three delegates; from the Thir ty-second Election District, two dele gates; from the" Thirty-third Election District, four delegates; from the Thirty fourth Election District, five delegates; from the Thirty-fifth Election District, nine delegates; from the Thirty-sixth Election District, six delegates; from the Thirty-seventh Election District, six delegates; from the Thirty-eighth Elec tion District, three delegates; from the Thirty-ninth Election District, four delegates; from the Fortieth Electiou District, two delegator; from the Forty first Election District, three delegates; from the Forty-second Election District, seven delegates; from the Forty-third Election District, four delegates; from the Forty-fourth Eleotion Distriot, three delegates. Sec. 1111. Be it further enacted, That in said eleotion so ordered, every per son shall be entitled to vote who is en titled to vote for members of the Gener al Assembly under tbe present Constitu tion and the laws of this State. Sec. Y. Be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay thelexpenses of said Convention, and his Excellency, the Governor, is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the same. Seo. VI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, be aud the same are hereby repealed. FOURTH DAY’S SESSION. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Atlanta, January 15.—The Senate was not iu session to-day. The Honse passed the following bills: To amend the charter of Milledge ville; to provide private ways to titaber lands in Emanuel county; to organize & Criminal Court in Heard county; to pro vide for jury fees in Baldwin, "Jefferson and Quitman counties. The bill to regulate the pay of jurors in Dougherty county was tabled. The bijl to repeal the act to amend the Constitution, reducing the homestead, was made the special order for Thurs day. Bills on the first reading: By Mr. Whittle: To consolidate the office of Tax Receiver and Collector iu Chattahoochee county. By Mr. Carlton: To oreato anew Ju dicial Circuit from the Western and Blue Ridge Circuits; to amend the act amending the charter of Athens; to re peal the act to regulate the letting out of convicts to tho lowest bidder; to amend the act creating a County Conrt in Clarke county. By Mr. Sanders: To repeal tho act oreating a Board of Commissioners in Clay county. By Mr. Hoge: To subscribe for one thousand copies of “Hopkins’Annotated Penal Laws of Georgia.” By Mr. Chappel : To abolish the of fice of Tax Receiver of Laurens county. By Mr. Willis : To make penal the reokless discharge of arms on the pub lic roads. By Mr. Meadors ; To repeal the act appropriating funds to the State College of Agriculture and the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega. By Mr. Warner : To specify the time that Oounty Treasurers and their securi ties are bound on official bonds. By Mr. McKinley : To further amend the charter of Milledgeville relative to the election of Marshal. By Mr. Thomasson : To prevent the killing of game in Morgan ; also, for the relief of the securities of Allen Williums. By Mr. Speer : To require officers of Spalding county to pay moneys collect ed for fines and forfeitures into the county treasury. By Mr. Humber : To change the line between Stewart and Webster counties. By Mr. Ficklin : To prohibit the sale of liqnor within three miles of any church or sohool house in Carsonville district, Taylor county. By Mr. Stallings : To amend the Constitution, making sessions of the Legislature biennal. By Mr. Bacon: To amend the act in corporating the City Bank of Macon. Mr. Warren introduced a bill for a Constitutional Convention. It provides that the question be submitted to the people the first Tuesday in May, to vote for Convention or against Convention, each Congressional District to elect 11 members, making 99 electors; to vote for delegates at the same election; if the majority favor the Convention, it con venes the first Wednesday in June. It appropriates twenty-five thousand dol lars for expenses. Mr. Turnbull’s resolution calling on the Governor for information relative to the sale of the Nutting bonds passed. Mr. Atkinson’s resolution calling on the Governor for information in refer ence to the perquisites and fees received by the Secretary of State, the Treasurer and Comptroller, passed. Adjonrned. Cruelty to Anhnaln. The amendment to the act to prevent cruelty to animals is, to impose either a fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the Court. Col. Alston on 3lr. Dill's Speech. Col. AlstoD, who was present when Mr. Hill delivered his speech in Con gress, says it is the grandest effort made in Congress since 1860. The Two States Almanac and Gab den Calendar— lssued by J. H. Alex ander, drag and seed store, is a neat and attractive little publication, and withal, a very useful one when the time comes to sow garden seeds. It is given away to customers at Alexander’s drag store. The almanac calculations are identical with those of Grier’s alma Duo, and the gardening directions are full and complete enough for all ordinary purposes. A large number of collieries in Penn sylvania, worked by the Reading Rail road Company and private parties, will resume work, giving employment to a large number of men and boys.