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Cftronicif anD %tntind.
WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 81, 1877,
IIYIN© IN HARNESS.
BT J. BOYLE O'REILLY.
OnlY a fallen horse, stretchedont there on the
road,
Stretched in the broken shafts, and crushed by
the heavy load;
Only a fallen horse, and a circle of wondering
eves „ ~
Watching the frighted teamster goading the
beast to rise.
Hold 1 for his toil is over—no more labor for
Nee the poor neck outstretched aDd the patient
eyes grow dim;
See on the friendly stones how peacefully rests
his head—
Thinking, if dumb beasts think, how good it is j
to be dead; I
After the burdened journey, how restful it is
to lie , , .
With the broken shafts and the cruel load
waiting only to die '■
Watchers, he died in harness-died in the
shafts and straps—
Fell, and the great load killed him ; one of the
day's mishaps—
One of the passing wonders marking the city
A toiler dying in harness, heedless of call or
goad.
Passers, crowding the pathway, staying your
steps a while, . ... ,
What is the symbol ? “Only death t why
should we cease to smile
At death for a beast of burden ?” On; through
the busy street .
That is ever and ever echoing the tread of tne
hurrying feet!
What was the sign i A symbol to touch the
tireless will.
Does He who taught in parables speak in par
ables still ? , .
The seed on the rock U wasted—on heedless
hearts of men,
That gather snow and grasp and lose—labor
and sleep— and then— . .
Then for the prize 1 A crowd in the street of
ever-echoing tread—
The toiler, crushed by the heavy load, is there
in harness—dead’. —Boston Pilot.
THE NIGHT COMBTH.
C meth the night wherein no man may labor
Therefore we wor„ while jet the day is
To thee, 1 to me. to foeman, friend and neigh-
Bor .
Cometh the night, the night.
Toil on—toil on, nor dally with the
Sweet svron coaching in a thousand snares,
Faithless she flies—scanty and brief her warn
ing—
Leaving thee unawares.
Then am'rouß breath of noon will tempt to
pleawure,
Aiid ea*e and rest, until the heat he pant .
Arise and work! We have no time for leisure
Whose sky is overcast.
Aye, overcant. Tho’ morn be sweet and pleaa-
And later noon nhall offer fresh delight,
Ho surely sees, who looks beyond the present,
The shadow of ihe night.
Terrible night to those with task half ended,
Who revel careless thro’ the rosy hours ;
Leaving the com, the goodly corn, untended,
To gather u the llow’rs.
Which close, or droop, or die when eve ad
vances,
And 10, the sorry harvest withered lies ;
And phantoms of lost hope, lost time, lost
chances
Out of the gloom arise.
Net sc* comes night to all. Sweet sleep will
strengthen
Toilers with burden of the day opprest ;
To whom tho evening shadows, while they
lengthen.
Bring peace and hard-won rest.
Oh, welcome rest for weary hearts an! aching.
And wounded feet all travel-stained and
eore; , ~ ,
Welcome the rest—thrice welcome the awak
mg.
Never to need it more.
Wirrk then nor fear the struggle and the labor;
For tho’, maybe, the day yet seemeth bright.
To thee, to me, to foeman, friend and neigh
bor
Cometh the night—the night.
NIN4.ri.AK SO.MNO I.KNIJY.
A .linn Sfao.ll Him.rll While Asleep In Ills
Bed.
[Lockport {Pa.) Journal.)
Murvin N. West, about twenty-eight
years of ago, who, for some time past,
bus bad charge of the American Hotel
barns, accidentally, aud it is feared fa
tally, shot kimself this morning at the
residence of Mrs. Luther J. West. Be
tween 7 and 8 o'clock Mrs. West was
startled at hearing soma person groan
ing as if in great agony. The sound pro
ceeded from the bed room occupied by
Mr. West, and was accompanied by a
thumping on the wall. Hhe hastened to
his room and there found him in mortal
agony, and pressing his side with both
hands. He said that he had been shot,
but he knew not hot*. By his side was
a Sharpe's four shooter revolver, which
he was accustomed to place fifuder bis
pillow before retiring for the night.—
He asked that a physician be
immediately called. Drs, &ittenger
and Evans wore summoned. They
inudeaa examination of the wound, aDd
found that the ball bad entered bis vi
tals near the pit of his stomach, and in
flicted a dangerous wound. It was evi
dent from the nature of the wound that
the muzzle of the weapon bad been
placed near to the body, and the flesh j
was scorched and somewhat mutilated
They ot last accounts had not succeeded
in finding the ball. Mr, West is able to
speak, ami from his statement it would
seem that he shot himself while dream
ing, iu lie awoke and found himself in
the condition above described. He re.
tired to bed about 11 o’clock last
night, aud slept well. He states that
of late he has several times dreamed
that he was warring with burglars,
although ha does not remember of hav- !
so dreamed last night. From jtjje fact j
that no other cause could consistently I
he assigned for the committal of the act,
•the general supposition among his |
friends is that he, in sleep, took the j
weapon from underneath his pillow, and
during liia movements the weapon anei- j
dentally discharged itself.
Kriira of Jew.la Palestine.
I From Murat Halstead's Cincinnati Commer- ;
dull
The year 1877 is likely to do more j
than the astrologers find promised in its
two lucky figure sevens; it will probably
wituees the birth of several new nations, j
They may he born amid the pangs of
war, though to-d ty the signs are more !
auspicious; hut they will be horn. Not
only will one, more probably two, con- j
stitutioual and maternally protected na
tions be horn within the limits of Otto
man suzerainty, hut Egypt will be re
made hv England. The new scheme of
widening the Suez Canal really mean#
the colonizing of Egypt with many of
the ablest Englishmen and the reoova- 1
tion of the hhedive’s Government. The;
keen instinct of the Jews has forefelt 1
-what is coming. I wrote you some time
ago that a remarkable migration to Pal
estine was going on among that people,
aud that the signs of it were observable
in uiauy closed Jewish homes in London.
A traveler who has just returned here
writes in to-day's Times that he found
the whole region from l>au toßeersheba
crowded with immigrants from all parts
of the world. Whatever may have
caused the gathering of Jews to Pales
tine, the fact is certain. And the trav
eler who has remarked it no doubt rep
resents the hope he found among them
in his intimation that England might
well assist iu the restoration of Jerusa- 1
lem aud the foundation there of a Jew
ish republic, or other liberal Govern
ment. The proposition is one likely to
spread like wild-fire. The average or- j
thodox Christian world will at once
recognize the Divine hand stretched
forth to fulfill prophecy, and any amount
of money could be raised here for such
a purpose. When Eypt and Syria are
takeu iu baud it will Become at once ne
cessary to reduce Arabia to order. The
world "has been so absorbed in nearer
Turkish aflairs as hardly to have noticed
that Arabia is at present the arena ofi
civil war.
A Mania for Clorka.
A gentleman whose estate cut up at *
$500,000 recently died in Philadelphia. ;
He was an eccentric capitalist and had
a passion for clocks and thing*. There ;
were found in his honse after li'.s death j
125 pairs of shoes, thirty-seven ordinary ;
and five musical clocks, besides several
orchestrions. When he took an airing
in his coach, which he did regularly
twice a day, a clock was his inseparable
companion. He seemed to gloat over
the indications of the flying hours.
Possibly he had read in Young's “Night
Thoughts” that it is wise in man,
though he take no note of time itself,
to give its loss atongne, as all his clocks
did in a striking manner. And now that
he is gone his collection of clocks is to
l>e broken up, as many another collec
tion of books, pictures, artioles of virtu, :
cabinets of shells, etc., has to be. It is
to he hoped, however, that in a few :
years all our principal cities will pos- j
sess, as nuclei of museums, places that
will afford room and proper care and
protection for collections, in which case j
it is probable collectors, whether of use-1
ful, rare or curious things, will transfer
or bequeath them, thus keeping alive
their own names and leaving behind
them the evidence of their own research,
industry and liberality. Cincinnati
Commercial.
You cannot hide it ! “That Catarrh
•spoils your voice.” Dr. J. H. McLean's
Wonderful Catarrh Snuff soothes and
heals all irritation in the nose, head or
throat—a sure care. Trial boxes 50
cents, by mail. Dr. J. H. McLean, SI4
Chestnut street, St. Louie.
WILKES BOOTH.
mis uneasy ghos e aU rtioitii'A
TIVKLY laid to rest.
Periodical KeVtraU af the Report Thai Ihe
Actor b mill Alive—The Latest and All
Prior KdiUeas of That Fiction Officially He
fated—Narrative ol a Gentleman Who Wo*
Prnmi at the UUiotermeot ol Booth’* Me.
{Brooklyn Eagle 1
Within the present week, in spite of
many things which have occurred in the
last eight years, the Wilkes Booth doubt
has been again started, and, as usual,
with positive and amusiog ignorance,
fro n an unsuspected corner of the coun
try. A correspondent of the Pittsbnrg
Leader is given that paper’s endorse
ment by its publication of a letter of
his, dated Washington, Pennsylvania,
Janaary 1, 1877. The letter is old by
the newspaper’s measure of time, aud
though it appeared in this week’s issue
of the Leader, no explanation is made
for its staleness of date. Thg corres
pondent, after a deal ot unintelligent
misstatement of the various surmii es
about Booth’s being still in the flesh
surmises which have been correctly re
ferred to in this article already—boh ly
says:
ine murderer of President Lincoln is
still in this life, and is even now at this
moment a resident of Green county, in
this state, and has made that bis home
since April 20, 1865. He has been aw .y
several times sicca be first settled there,
once for a period of two years, during
which time he visited
and South America. He left in Beptem
ber,lß6s, and returned in Novetnb* r,
1867, and did not leave home again fir
two years. At that time he went to
Memphis and New Orleans, and was
gone bat six months, leaving in Novem
her and returning in May. Daring 1872
he made a trip to Paltimore, staying but
six weeks. Since that time fee has re
mained at home leading a quiet life,
which has been interrupted only by oc
casional visits of relatives and confi
dential friends, who were deeply intt r
osted, aDd have therefore kept the most
profound secrecy in regard to this mat
ter. It was only by mere chance that
we happened to stumble upon this in
formation. A few days ago we were
visiting some friends who reside in
Rich Hill Township, Green county.—
And it so happened that they introduc
ed ns to a fine, intelligent Jpofcjnfif gen
tleman whose name was John Wilkins.
Extending his hands, he greeted us
most cordially, and invited ns to rest a
while and smoke a Havana. We ac
cepted the invitation, and during our
brief stay we observed that the
gentleman anted in U peculiar
ner, for he paced the lJoo)f restlessly,
slowly r peating at every few steps lie
took the words, “ Sic semper tyrannic,
sic semper tyrannis." He would also
assume a decidedly tragic appearance*
quoting lines from Shakßpeare, and as*
same startling positions. After remain
ing some fifteen minutes we took our
departure, greatly totaj-psted in what we
bad seen. We, therefore, sat about to
ascertain the history of this single gen
tleman, and from our friends we ascer
tained that he first appeared in Greene
county on the twentieth day of April,
1865, and requested the privilege of
boarding with the fspdty ot Mr. Fel x
Warmcastle, which privilege wag grant
ed to him at onee, they being only too
willing to secuie such a desirable addi
tion to their small family. He had oome
over from GraftoD, W- Va., on a hind
horse, and a hoy who came with him
took the horse back. In a few weeks
his baggage arrived at the same station,
which ie on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and some twenty two miles
from the wild and inaccessible spot he
selected as his home. He informed the
citizens of the neighborhood that Le
had engaged ia literary pursuits and had
broken down his health ,u consequence,
hut had determined to reouperatp in
this, the wildest and most inaccessible
portion of Pennsylvania. Well, here he
resided for a few months, and then
traveled, and finally burned, as we
have mentioned above. Of ifttp
onr friends inform us be has a softening
of the brain, produced, no doubt, by ex
cessive mental excitement. And he
wanders through the garden or house,
muttonng the words, Ufa temper tyran
nis ! Sic temper tyrannis f aqd pv. r
and anon appears to he engaged in some
deep plot, such is may be witnessed at
any of our first class theatre*.
Remembering that the words “#/c
semper tyrannis /” were those that
were uttered by the assassin of Lincoln,
said assassin being an act r, aud put
ting this and that together, we deter
mined to visit the old man again, folly
believing iliax VP had discovered none
other than John Wifikee Jjooth. And
we were not mistaken, for while iooking*
over a volume of gbafcspeurc, which the
old man placed iu our w,e acci
dentally glanced at tho tiMe page end
there, in a bold hand, was written tile
namepf “John Wilkes Booth.” Incur
astoniahmerif we read the words aloud.
The pld mam heard th e fib and was vio '
leotly agitated. “Oh, no C ho ppream
<>d, >‘n*t John Wilkes Booth. Sic tem
per tyrannis. HU S semper tyranny.
Oh, my head ! oh, my head ! It s
burning; it’s burning.” His old house
keeper kindly bathed his head, and we
took our departure, fearing to excite or
worry tho poor man any more.
We state these facts just as we have
been able to ascertain them, and we are
willing to stake on* reputation that they
are true. We fully believe that John
Wilkes Booth, the assassin of president
Lincoln, is mow a resident of Greene
county. Pa.; that mewtoJJy be is in the
state of disorder we have deserved.
A writer in the Faglp refutes tins,
story by a long article from ffhicfi we
cull the following :
On the 15th of February, 1869, I was
sitting with Andrew Johnson, in Wash
ington. He was President of the United
States, agd l was the correspondent aud
associate editor of Hie sew York World.
ft was about two, p. m., jn .the Execu
tive’s private office, and the
vatiou os nppn Mr. Johnson’s ad(nin-|
istration and the treatment of him by
successive Congresses. The pell which
had begun as a professional one on
my part converted into one of those
many pleasant personal interviews with
Mr. Johnson, which I cherish among
the most agreeable memories of my life.
After I bad tieptf. there about an hour, I
noticed that he made gu exception to
one of the many cards which the mes
senger brought iuto him, ana tqfif h’jp
to send the man io, at the same time'
telling me to remain, because it was a
matter of buts moment's trival
business, and then we could resume or
talk.
The man who came in had an under
taker look about him. I do not ku >w
that i can describe him better than that
term does. Be srM, 1 remember, slim,
solemn, gliding, impfftoMto; a “d mourn
fully quiet, while his .very jjaephameal
politeness aud suit of sables showed
that lie ought to beau undertaker, if he
was not one. He handed a piece of pa
per to Mr. Johnson, who jnst scanned it
and then said "It is all right, but see
that the matter is done quietly.” To
this the man assented, bowed and backed
oat.
Some days before that the hpdies of
several of those executed for alleged
complicity with Jshn Wilkes Booth in
the assassination schema, had been given
on request to their relatives. Wilkes
Booth’s body had not been, and it bad
been so often and plainly stated, that
his budf would not be given up, that
even the correspondents believed it, and
forewent any further fears to ascertain
whether the body would he given up or
not. That very morning a most positive,
aud tedepd to critical eyes an almost too
positive statem ent had been printed, to
the effect that Booth’ B body would on
no accoant be given up. “The chief as
sassin should remain just wiier# he had
been bjariod, and the request to inter
him in consecrated ground did not ap
prove itself to the Government.
I will forever he unable to tod why, as
this man emerged from Mr. Johnson s :
presence and my own, the Baker state-1
ment, the spiritualistic joke of mine, the
too positive denial of that morning that
Booth's body would be given up, and
the conviction that the visitor was an
undertaker who had got a permit for
Booth's body, all passed in an instant
through my inind.
They all did pass through, however,
much "more quickly than I can write or
could tell it. I knew that Booth’s body
was about to be surrendered, and that
that man was the undertaker who would
disinter it.
TtotYprh Pr*wr**a.
What I said to exeasa myself to Mr.
Johnson I do not recall, but think I told
him “I would return shortly.” Any
way, with entire lack of oeremony, and
possible lack of courtesy, I got out and
off, and seeing the stranger going to
ward the War Department, and entering
visit the rocm of “E. D. Townsend, As
sistant Adjutant-General,” whose sig
nature had certified all the permits for
the bodies of the others, my instincts
began to be very reasonable. Follow
ing in a carriage the square box wagon
the man drove in from the War Depart- 1
ment, it was not long before he and I
struck the road leading to “the old arse
nal on the Island.” Telling my driver
to get ahead of the wagon, and to get to
the arsenal as soon as he could, I soon
found myself there, and dismissing the
carriage" it returned to Washington,
while I waited the' coming on of that
box wagon. Boon it came, and I was at
once perceived by the undertaker to be
the person who was with. Mr. Johnson,
when he had been with him. Remem
bering what the President had said,
“See that the matter ia done quietly,”
I anblushingly asked the man—
“Have yon the permit all right, and
do you not remember the President’s
wish that this thin* be done quietly ?”
He amured'lne that he bad the permit
and that I could assure Mr. Johnson
that the matter was not known and
would be most quietly attended to;,
Without a wink,” I added:
“That is well, and Til see to it myself
that Mr. Johnson’s wishes are carried
out. Let ns drive up and see the officer
of the day.”
Mounting by the side of the man “we
drove nj.” The “officer of the day”
proved to b 6 Captain F. H. Phipps, and
a pleasant young man Captain F. H.
Phipps proved to be. Tcf him was e
-livered this order to his snperior officer,
whose representative he was:
War Department, Washington, j
February If, 1869, 3, p. m. j
7b Brigadier- Oenetal Ramsey, Com
manding at Arsenal:
The President directs that you give
over the body of John Wilkea Booth to
the bearer, Mr. John H. Weaver, sexton
of Christ’s Chnreh, Baltimore, to be by
him taken in charge for proper reinter
meot. Please report the exeontion of
this order.
[Signed] E. D. Townsend,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
So every evolution of my inner con
scionsnem proved correct, and the name
of the undertaker was Mr, John H.
Weaver, not an unimportant thing to
bear in mind. Mr, Weaver and Captain
Phipps did all tbe necessary talking,
and in a very short time brif a doaen
soldiers with spades, Mr. Weaver an t
two helpers of his, Captain Pbipps and
myself entered the old arsenal, and went
to the “flag stone flooring.” The arse
nal, with its dull brick and iron doors
and shutters, looked for all the world
like a Forman street warehouse. I bad
never been on the “Island” beforo; it
was a part of Washington water edged
by the river on the one side and by a
canal, since filled np, on tbe other, but
I was in a situation, and confronting an
event which any journalist will not fail
to envy, while bpst-of pH f was the only
newspaper man there or who would
knowabontit,!
With little labor and some actual de
ferenoe, tbe soldiers soon raised the
wooden box, unpainted and well pre
served, and lettered with lamp black
simply :
John Wilkes Booth. ;
A removal of the lid—which took
place not at the arsenal, bat at a house
in Washington, in which the body was
transferred from the box to a casket—
showed the remains to be siDgalarly
well preserved, and that the body gas
that of Hooth beyond donbt. I had seen
him ia “Richard III,” in Philadelphia,
and hie Riaply beauty Was not to be for
gotten or mistaken. Tbe frame was
dressed in a pretty well deoayed uni
‘ form of a Federal soldier, which Booth
bad put on to elnde suspicion. The but
tons of the ooat shone bright and nut
rnsty. The visor of the cap was in tbe
same condition. The feet had one boot
and one shoe* on respectively, aud were
very email- TbP featqrpp wpre usual
ly firm aud the flesh had fallen away
very little from a noble brow and a firm
mouth, which, I thought, still retained
the marks of pain. May be my memory
of Boston Corbett’s having shot him in
the spinal chord where it ends in the
neck assisted tjuit impression of death
sealed painfnlness which I formed ; ’But 1
the features were not only easily recog
nised, it was impossible not to recognize
them, if one bad been at all familiar
with them in ljfo.
The Ena *f All.
The narrative need prooeed no furth
er. Next day by the aide of his great
father in Greenmonnt Cemetery, Balti
more, the body 6f John Wilkes Booth
was quietly interred in Christian ground
and the war of the United Spates Gov
ernment against a corpse ended.
I know [hat Wilkes Booth is dead and
believe those who are convinced other
wise to be as errant in their little minds
as he was disordered in his great one.
The series of events which brought me
into kgpwledge of bis resting place and
whion made mp fh® only publio repri -
sentative present, when pie bfldy was
disintered, have never been written be
fore, and I thought should be commit
ted to a record that will gratify curiosi
ity and which m a y hpip history. I had
never met Baker before, f never met
him again. The measure of folly and
mystification bis disclosure enabled me
to play name with vivid contrast came to
my mind as I stood, for tbe first and
only time, by the aide of tbe dead whose
place of burial I was probably the first
one to know, outside of the few who
dumped him iuto the arsenal treneb.
MoK.
♦The shoe was one that had been made for
a lady. llr. Henry O'Connor, of the New Yuik
Herald, informed tie that Mrß. Dr. Mudd told
him that Wilkes JJ6oth re*abad their house
With a fractured leg Her huebaud to cut
his boot off. aiiii jjre. Tjfudct's vety pretfy and
‘very small foot was hot smaller Ulan sfr.
B ooth's, to whom she gave oue of her shoes to
wear, which fitted him exaotly, and whioh I
saw on his foot in the ooffiu.
THE ffjL'HOOL-MDyfff
HGmiiy of Hi* Teacher at the Appalling Re-
Dfflfß Of Jiff Well-Meant Punishment.
[From the Burlington Hawkeye.]
A South Hill schoolmarm, the other
day, while working an example on tbe
board, detected an urchin directly be
hind her in the unlawful act of devour
ing ifti apple. She said to him, “Tim,
what ar.e yon doing?” “No’hin,” said
Tim, with his moptfi 30 full that his
' cheeks stuck out on either side of his
head li|k® m att ’ 8 stompoh. ‘ ‘Yes,
you are," insisted tbe
teacher. •“ Whfft have W y° r
hand V “Jfapple,” said Tim, with spp?e
surprise, as he looked at tbe fr a gto ut
of the apple in his hand and wondered
who had bit it while he was stndyjDg.
“What has become of the rest of it?”
"“Dunno,” said Tim, looking around in
ap au*azed effort to discover who had
tbe rest of Jr. Somebody’s been eat
in’ it.” ‘.‘Ha? 0 yop apy j£ ore? ” de
manded tbe teacher. “Yea'm,” said
Tim, AdtofeHv. “ifilot’notner.V “Where
is it ?” relentlessly nprwied the teacher. 1
“ 'n my desk,” sighed Tiip, off be began |
to suspect that the teacher was going tp ■
demand it of him. “Well, take it out:
and go stand on tbe platform and gat
it ” “Eel ’em both?” queried Tim,
“Yes, eat them both.” “Eat all I got?”
demwh*d Tim iii a subdued tone of
countenance, //fas, at ali Jo° have,
impatiently responded trip (tPCfher. at
torning to the board coAtinfied, “aw,
Joo’tTqff platform whilpyou*
have any apple left uneaten
Silence reigned in the schpol room.
The paper pellet pursued it# tranquil
transit unobserved. The busy bum of
the studious made more noise than the
cautious: smile of the indolent. Tim stood
at bis post. Munch, much, muoh. Tbe
fragment in fiis hand soon disappeared,
and be feilqpW the ofher apple silent
ly but determinedly. tJniqkly ft follows
the first. Then he pifrhis fight hand
into his pantaloons pocket and took ot j
an apple, and after a cautions reoon
noitre, during which he wiped it on his
trowsers, he began the attaok. He car
ried tbe fort. Down went that hand
again, and another apple was brought to
light. It was auicfcly dispatched. A third
followed. Then he changed bis position,
and the weight of his fiody on ,
his left leg. sighed aa he drew fyom his
left breeaffcs pocket anethef apple.
When it was gone be drew on tfie com
missary for another, and by the time he
produced the eighth apple he was silent
ly being observed by tko thirds of the
boys jn tbe room. The teacher turned
and saw the boy still standing in the at
titude of one who was reaching for
something in his coat pocket.
“Aren’t you through yet ?” she qner
ried in so'me astonishment, an
ether,” stojcajlv' -fesponded Tim, pro
ducing it and failing to work on it. In
surprise, the teacher saw him £e a< ?h for
still another; and when that gone, .
! surprise grew tp amazement as his nn
wavering banff afeffiiv sought the mouth
of that gaping pocket. As the boy ate ,
he grew in dimensions, and tne teacher
became alarmed. There seemed to be j
no end to the apples in his clothes, j
{oT Hroroy’ B Bake ’ have you apyj
more apples 7 * “Got ’ndther, said J
Tim, indifferently. ‘‘How many more
apples have you ?” ‘ Dunno,” said Tim; j
“guess got two or thrive more." The
teacher did not dare to let him proceed,
and appointed herself an investigating
committee to look [after the back conn
ties. The boy never changed a muscle
his countenance nor moved an inch
while the teacher polled apple after ap
ple from his coat and stacked them upon
the desk, until there was something
lees than a peek piled np, with Dado
oonnty to hear ftom- .... .
Thesohool-room was aSASDfipf hilari
ty which wasn’t bo muoh anbiiaeff to it
has bee*. Tim bad laid in apples for
the Winter, and the pocket of his ooat
having no bottom, the post ya a thus an
immense bag, which wonld hold to ppy
apples as ha #0314 carry. Tbe matter
hasn't faaea laid before the School Board
yet, bat tbe exhausted aahooime’om de
clares that tbe next time she will learn
how much of a arop of apples a boy has
abont him before she iswnai any orders.
Curran was once asked bjr a judge on
the bench: “Do you see anything ridic
ulous in this wig ?” "Nothing but the
head,” was the reply.
A gentleman pos examining an um
brella and commenting apon its fine
quality. “Yes,” said a person present,
“he fancies everything he sees.” “And,”
added a third party, * : ‘is inclined to affine
everything he fnatm.'’
i THE PRUNING KNIFE,
AS APPLIED TO STATE EXPENSES
BY GOV. COLQUITT
A Review ef the Expense* ef the Government
—The Time* Demand Economy, ond the
Gorernln* Power Mont Bend It* Legists*
tion In That Direction.
The following special message from
Gov. Colquitt was read in the General
Assembly last Saturday :
Executive Defatrmknt. /
Atlanta, Ga., January 20, 1877. j
To the General Assembly :
In response to yonr joint resolution of
inquiry and request I beg leave to sub
mit the following suggestions in regard
to tbe financial matters of the State,
which, in anticipation of yonr action, I
have prepared in order that I might be
able to reply promptly to your request
and save delay in the legislation deem
ed necessary.
Ihe condition of Georgia is snch that
it is proper that we who have been cho
sen to administer her pnblic affairs
should try to devise some means to les
sen the burdens of the State govern
ment.
In the year 1876 the amount expend
ed for the pnblic service, as reported by
the Comptroller, was 82,280,435 46. Of
this amount 81,336,177 95 was paid on
tbe principal aud interest of the public
debt, of which SIOO,OOO was principal
and tbe balance interest. The large
payment of interest included a part of
nearly three years’ defaulting interest
on the endorsed bonds of the Macon
and Brunswick and North and South
Georgia Railroads, said interest amount
ing to 8544,342 12. This left the sum of
8944,257 51 as expended for the other
disbursements of tbe State government.
Onr pnblic debt at present, upon
which we have to pay interest by tax
ation of the people, is $10,671,500, upon
which the yearly interest is 8748,005.
Of the principal of the debt, 8100,000 is
te be paid this year. This makes the
su m of $848,005 necessary to be raised
by taxation for the public debt alone.
It will be observed that I have includ
ed in the statement of this debt the sum
of $2,224,000, this being the State’s lia
bility on tbe endorsement of the bonds
of the Macon and Brunswick, North and
South Georgia and Memphis Branch
Railroads, the two first railroads being
now in the possession and under the
control of the State.
If the current expenses of the State
continue the same as last year, viz:
$944,257 51, then by adding to that
amount tbe sum of $848,005, that must
be paid on the public debt, we get tbe
sum of $1,792,250 as the amount to be
raised this year for our public expendi
tures. As the Comptroller-General has
estimated the probuhle receipts of the
State at the sum of $1,457,000, you will
Bee that we will have a deficit of 8325,000
to be paid up by increased taxation, by
a system of economizing or by the plan
of a temporary loan, as appears to have
been the custom. Increased taxation is
to be avoided if possible, Our receipts
of taxes must be necessarily less because
property Las depreciated in value in the
last year fifteen millions of dollars, and
it may be well for us to recognize the
unwelcome fact that it is probable that
property everywhere will undergo s: ill
farther depreciations this year. Even
at the same rate of taxation the income
will be less, as the property to be taxed
has fallen off in value, and therefore if
we can administer the State government
at the same tax we shall have effected
some retrenchment. The remedy for us
is to economize, and I have given no
little anxious thought to this problem
of possible economy,
So far as the publio debt is concerned,
we need expeot no lightening at pres
ent of its burdens, We must pay
promptly, principal and interest, as they
fall due, and we must pay the interest in
money, so as not to increase the princi
pal of the debt. It may be proper to
offer our regular bond creditors the
privilege of either payment in money
or in new bonds at a lower rate of in
terest. *
One incident of our financial practice
has been a floating debt, carried over
from one year to unother, and not in
cludi and in tlie statement of the public
debt proper. This is regularly reported
under the head of temporary loan. It
would be well for us to get rid of this
as soon as we can. Last ypar the
money temporarily borrowed was $350,-
OQO, and the amount paid out under this
head, lip to tfle date of the Comptrol
ler’s report, inpluding interest, was
$312,000. The idea in making this loan
is not to burden the people by taxation
to pay its principal, but to relieve by
raising simply the interest to carry it.
This temporary loan is the part of the
sum of $944,259 51 referred to as out
side of the money paid on the public
debt, being tbe sum covering the gen
eral expenses of the State government.
Take this temporary loan of $312,000
from the $944,259, and we have about
$330,000 as the real amount of the enr
rebt to be raised, taking last
year as the basis’of c&lpnJafion. When
we can bring down oilr taxation to eover
this sum, the burden of the government
would be light on the people. But we
cannot now lessen the State debt to aDy
apfil'r.Piable extent, nor are our people
m a copdqiop pg }) ( 9 taxed to raise
money to'pay the floating dept.
If, as has been the past experience,
the feppipts will not enable us to pay
this floating iijsbL f YPijlii suggest as
the most praptipable apd cftnvppfent dis
position of the master that bopds at (3
per cent, interest be issued tp retire it
and all other past floating debts. The
interest upon the bonds will be less
than thecost of a temporary loan, while
much inconvenience will be saved. And
the liability will be added where it prop
erly belongs, yiz: to the regular debt.
If there is any ppssitfflijy of retrencli
mekt—and *my judgment after parpful
scrutiny [s tjiat expenses' can be reduced
apd saying to £omg extent—it will
come from a more exact return pf prop
erty for taxation, a more rigid collection
of taxes, saving iu the oust of collecting
the taxes, reduction in the oost of legis
lation and clerk hire of the General As
sembly, diminution in the outlay of the
contingent, printing and building funds,
in the appropriation by the State of all
| perquisites, jn the reduction so far as
I practicable in the number of clerks iu
I the various departments, and in putting
off a)l nnpecesßary offices. Small econo
mies practiced if} every branch of the
government will aggregate § fcgpdaome
saving of tbe people’s money,
An examination of tbe Comptroller’s
reports for the last twenty-five years
shows that since the war the amount of
j uu"ollecteu tax aud the cost of collect
ing the ftut arc "’•eater in proportion to
I the tax than before tfte They now
average each fen per cen.t, of the or
both twenty per <}ent. of the wnoje. Be
fore the war tbe largest figilfe that these
two items reached was one-sixth, fff six
teen per cent, of the whole. This was
in 1854. The tax assessed that year was
$449,990. Tbe net. tax was $374 914,
leaving $75,076, or oue-sixth os the lost
tax and cost of collection. The closest
and cheapest collection of State tax was
in when the w hole amount of tax
uncollected and Cost of collecting was
one-tenth of the wtiole, and tfle general
average of these two items before the
war was one-seventh, or only fourteen
per cent, of the whole. Now the aver
age is twenty per cent. In the year
1874, by way of example, the aggregate
I tar was" $1,365,460. and the whole col
lected tax was *1,211,628, leaving a bal-
I ance of $153,832 of nncolfepted tax. The
| net tux. was $1,092,029, showing as the
cosjt of collecting the' tax the large sum
of|sU9,s99 r Tflis includes the leceivere’
fees. The two items of unpollectpd tax
and cost of collection that year, there
fore, summed up $573,431, being one
fifth or twenty per cent, of the whole
tax. If the average had been the
same as before the war of four
teen per cent, in uncollected tax and
cost of collecting, instead of twenty
per cent., the saving to the people would
have been six per cent, of the whole, or
the amount of $68,273. The rule of or
dinary compensation’ for collections is,
that it diminishes in proportion as the
amount increases. We have here in our
: State matters the cost increasing as the
j amount to be collected becomes larger,
j It will be seen, therefore, that there is a
I chance to increase the public revenue in
: these two items of reducing the cost of
collection and the uncollected tax.
j The law of compensation of tax re
ceivers anfl collectors has been changed,
j and the law pf reduced compensation
Soes into effect this year. In 1870, nn
er the old law, the compensation of
these officers was $135,000 for collecting
the tax, property, poll and professional,
of $1,476,017, or nearly one-tenth. Un
der the new law, the saving will be be
tween twenty and twenty-five per cent.,
or $30,000 of the $135,000. A consoli
dation in mare of the small counties of
the offices of Tax Receiver and Collector,
gnder a law that requires returns of as
sesSßsanlfl to be made as now, with a
reduction ot the compensation allowed
the two, would operate a still further
saving.
Iff the b ast T examination given this
subject no sofficiant reason occurs to one
why such a law might not be general
We shall under the new law have a
considerable saying in tbe cost of col
lecting the tax. Let ns see if still far
ther saving oannot be justly made. It
ought pot to post oyer $90,000 to asses
and ffolleet our tax. We would thus
have a saving of $45,000. The lose oj
uncollected and insolvent tax should
not be more than five per cent, If be
fore the war the average of loss was only
six per cent., we ought to now be able
to do as welL Every dollar of uncollect
ed tax is a wrong to those who pay their
taxes promptl}. There is no jostioe in
exempting one man’s properly and bur
dsDtog another’s. Instead of $159,0000f
uncollected tax ont of a million auil a
qnarter of assessments, tbeie should be
npt one-half of that amount.
I find by reference to tbe Auditor’s re
port of Virginia, that the cost in 1876
of receiving the tax of $2,477,714, was
only $47,07J, while in Georgia it was
867,961 for receiving $1,229,265 of tax.
And the uncollected tax was only $51,-
006 in Virginia, while it was more than
double that in Georgia. The praotice
in Virginia will show that a much closer
and cheaper collection of the tax can be
made.
If we now add the increased tax re
sulting from a juster appraisement of
property we can see a chance for still
more revenue.
Taxable property is notoriously re
turned at less than its value. I find by
reference to the census of 1870 that the
estimated difference between the re
turned and true value of the property in
Georgia was some forty millions of dol
lars, it being returned then at $227,219,-
519, and estimated at $268,169,207.
In this matter of revenue from taxes
there is possible ground for its increase
in other ways. It is a grave question
how far the tax laws should be amended
so as to make the tax equal on individ
uals and corporations, whether tho real
and personal property of every kind of
the incorporated institutions of the
State should not be made to pay full
State and county taxes, respect of
course, being observed to vested rights.
Telegraph and express companies pay
too little tax in proportion to their
wealth a§d transactions. I find that in
the year 1876 the express companies,
with considerable property and an office
in every city and town, and doing thou
sands of dollars of business, only paid
the State $658 12 of tax. In Alabama it
paid $2,000. The telegraph company
paid only $520 58 of tax in Georgia. The
sleeping car company only paid $374 48.
These seem small revenue from such
large and wealthy interests. In Vir
ginia in 1876 the tax frt m telegraph
companies was $4,310, or $3,790 more
than in Georgia. In Wisconsin this
tax was $2,288, or $1,768 more than in
Georgia. I can only call your attention
to these few details as matter for inves
tigation.
It may be practicable to revise the
civil list. In 1852 there were twelve
judicial circuits, and the cost of the
judiciary was $33,825. In 1861 there
were sixteen circuits, costing about
$55,000. In 1875 we had twenty cir
cuits, the judiciary costing about SBO,-
000,
If twelve Judges did the work in 1852
and sixteen in 1861, the qnestion arises
whether less than twenty can properly
perform the same work in 1877. In 18'6
the taxable property was $495,478,045;
iu 1861, $643,803,000. and in 1876, $245.-
853,750, or one-half less than in 1856,
when twelve Judges administered the
law. It is true that while properly the
material of litigation decreased so much
the voting population, ihe material for
litigants and criminals has grown from
101,505 polls in 1861 to 208,939 in 1876.
This increase of polls has been due to
growth of population and the endow
ment of the colored people with citizen
ship, and this increase, affected by the
demoralizing influence of war, has
multiplied criminals and crime. But the
disturbed social condition resulting from
war is passing away, and order prevails.
As an offset against the increase of
criminal business there is less civil liti
gation, as the result of the decrease of
property. Lawyers everywhere in the
State complain of insufficient business,
and the large increase in the number of
applicants for the offices of Solicitor-
General and Judges, attest the lack of
fees. I have the opinion of some of
the Judges of the Courts that the num
ber of cirouits can be decreased without
injury to the State. Some of the Judges
have all they can well do. Others could
easily do more.
The increase of Conrts, county and
city, and the raising of the jurisdiction
of the lower Courts, has rendered fewer
circuits necessary.
The reduction of the judiciary to six
teen circuits would save the State a
large amount. I find the sum of $2,455
paid in 1876 under the Solicitor-Gener
al’s act of 1858, and abont this amount
is paid yearly, Tkis is compensation to
Solicitor-Qenerals for cases carried to
tbe Supreme Court, anfi is about equiv
alent to their expenses in attending
that Court. This amount could he saved
by haying the Attorney-General to at
tend to such oases without cost, the So
licitors sending him briefs. This would
not cyminish the compensation of Soli
tors, while it would save the State con
siderable expense.
The offices of Superintendent of Pub
lic Works, of wild land clerk and physi
cian of the penitentiary, are unnecessa
ry, and can in my judgment be abolish
ed without detriment to the public in
terest. My present idea is to impose
the duties of Superintendent of Public
Works upou one of the persons in the
Executive Department. Whether the
clerical force iu any of the departments
can be reduced, is a proper matter for
you to investigate and determine.
I venture to suggest a very consider
able item of saviDg in the clerical ser
vice of your own body. The of
clerk hire has been thought by many to
be too large. In 1876 the House, with
one hundred and seventy-five members,
had seventy four attaphes; "and the Sen
ate, with forty fopr Senators, had fifty
attaches. Tfle cpst of ]24 attaches fqr
21fi members, or one to tvpo, was $26,-
343. $[5,000 qught tp be sayefl in
this clerical w>4-
There is good reason for tbe opinion
that tbe existing system of publio print
ing should be remodeled. The profits
of this work are excessive, as 1 am in
formed by those who have tried it. The
State pays too much for the work done,
and there is too much printing. A pri
vate individual could and would get the
fione cheaper. The basis of cost
upon which the State pays 25 per cent
of profit' has itself a Pf profit!
4nfl tfip amount of printing" executed is
in excess of the public needs. More
copies of the laws and journals are pub
lished than are required. Perhaps
nearly every member can call to mind in
county towns boxes of undistributed
laws and journals, or distributed to per
sons not entitled to them. It is useless
to be publishing copies not demanded
for the publio benefit.
flie fpe<ji of inspectoifs oi ofis and fer
tilizers lire gterierally iff' a fair
salary. In some places tHey amount to
a magnificent income, Hv IjayitlStfip
insppcfprs a feajjopa'hle re
quiring the balance of tfle fees pypr the
salary to be paid iuto the treasury, reve
nue could be derived from this source.
I would suggest that there can be ef
fected an economizing in each one of
the foregoing items of State expense, to
lyb.inb I have referred, amounting In tne
aggregate tp Wmk tfip STjm of one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. If tfiis
fhpnld fie realised tfie" amount saved
would pay tfie Ipterest op oyer two miL
lions of the public debt.
Savings may not be practicable in all
of these matters, but it behooves us to
attempt in earnest all of them that are
possible. A reduction of $150,000 of
the $630,000 that it takes to pay tbe cur
rent expenses of the State government
would be an important benefit to the
tax payers. It would be a decrease of
over oiie-fourth in these expenses. If
all the servants of the public will co
operate in this attempted retrenchment,
we can accomplish a great deal.
Nor does the work stop with the offi
cers and expenses of the State. In coun
ty and city matters the reform can be
carried on, aiding us in our State re
trenchment.
We find in 187 Q that tfie tas ip Geor
gia was as follows:
State tax. ~5945,394
County tax 906,270
Municipal tax ... 775,365
$2,627,029
Onr people paid that year ovfer two
and a half millions of taxes. The coun
ty and municipal taxes were each nearly
as large as the State tax, A redaction
in these will relieve the tax payers.
While the State can not regulate the
city tax, it can, by proper general laws,
improve county management, and coun
ty officers by good administration
can make the inevitable bnrden of State
taxation eaaifir borne
I do not mean, in nrging a policy of
reduced expenditure, to contend for
either parsimony in salaries or a crip
pling of the needed machinery of the
government. The State must be just
to her seryants and aliye to fierown
necessities and digpity. Poorly paid
officials will not render faithful service,
and tbe administration of the affairs of
the Commonwealth must not be cramp
ed in any department and. while I argue
for State economy, I would not have
yon understand that in the candid state
ment of the reasons for it, there is canse
for onr being ashamed of onr financial
- standing, in comparison with other
States. The statistics show that Geor
gia is in a better condition in propor
tion of wealth to debt than any of her
sister Southern States, and our securi
ties stand higher in the commercial
world. Our debt has increased, but the
increase is dne to an administration
that nnfortnnately governed us for a
few years since the war. In spite of all
the drawbacks of that bprdepsopip rule
and the depreciation of values last year,
there ha# been an increase in Georgia
since 1876 of over $40,000,000 in wealth,
and over 40,000 polls, and our per oapita
tax is far hee tfcau that of the best gov
erned apd most prosperous States of
the North and West,
In oondusion, it should be borne in
mind that the extent of your appropria
tions is the measure of taxation.
If you limit the rate of taxation, yon
must necessarily limit the appropriations
accordingly, unitß3 the pernicious pol
icy prevails of running expenditures be
yond receipts and swelling the public
debt. Let us proceed in this patriotic
work of retrenchment resolutely yet
wisely and carefully. Let us begin at
the bottom end work up. Let the peo
ple give in their whole property at just
valuation. Let the tax be impartially
imposed and rigidly collected. Let
every department of the public service,
city, county and State, be economically
and faithfully administered. Let all su
perfluous offices and unnecessary ex
penses be cut off. Let new debt be
avoided and old* debts promptly paid.
Let a high sentiment of publio duty
animate all publio officials, and we shall
see a most gratifying Wesult.
Alfred H. Colquitt.
In the House, on motion of Mr.
Walsh, the message was referred to the
Finance Committee.
Mr. Moses moved to suspend the rules
and print three hundred copies.
Mr. Walsh objected to printing, as it
wonld be published in Sunday morning's
Constitution.
The House refused to suspend.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
THE CONVENTION BILL.
All Amendments Voted Down and the Bill
Certain to Pass Smith Speaks and An
nounces Himself for Senator—. Hill’s On
slaught on Schley—Will Norwood be Ills
Own Successor t
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel .]
House.
Atlanta, January 21 —The House
had imder consideration a bill calling a
Constitutional Convention, which pro
vides that the election for delegates
shall be held in June; the Convention to
meet in July; representation according
to Senatorial Districts—one delegate to
every six thousand inhabitants.
All amendments had been voted down
up to the hour of adjournment. The
question was discussed at considerable
length, and the bill will probably pass
to morrow. It will also pass the Senate,
and the Convention is regarded as a set
tled fact.
Nothing important in tbe Senate.
Governor Smith spoke to night to a
large audience in the House of Repre
sentatives.
He reviewed his administration and
discassed the Presidential situation. He
announced himself as a candidate for
Senator. His speech was well received.
Mr. Hill’s friends are jnbilant over
his speeech and his prospects. He made
a fearful onslaught on Judge Schley in
his speech.
Mr. Hill will get a good vote, bnt not
enough to elect him.
It is thought by Norwood’s friends
that he will be his own successor. There
appears to be no antagonism between
himself and Governor Smith. P. W. ,
NORWOOD LEADS THE RACE.
Confirmations—The Convention Bill—Board
of Health for Augusta—Norwood Lacks But
Five Votes of Election—The Augustn and
Knoxville Unilroad.
!Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel. l
Senate.
Atlanta, January 23. — The Senate, in
executive session, confirmed the follow
ing appointments:
Buchanan, Judge, and Harris, Soli
citor, Coweta Circuit; Hines, Solicitor,
Middle Circuit ; Solicitor,
Western Circuit ;* Bussey, Solicitor,
Chattahoochee Circuit.
House.
The Convention bill was discussed
without coming to a vote.
Mr. Walsh, of Richmond, introduced
a bill to organize a Board of Health for '
Augusta, which reads as follows:
A Bill to be entitled an act to create a
Board of Health in the city of Augus
ta for the protection of life and health
and to prevent the spread of disease
in said city, and for other purposes.
Section 1. The General Assembly of
the State of Georgia do enact that the
following named citizens be, aDd are
hereby appointed a Board of Health for
the city of Augusta, namely:
W. H. Doughty, M. D.; H. H. Stei
ner, M. D ; George W. Rains, M, D.;
Eugene Foster, M. D.; Samuel Levy,
Edward O’Donnell and John H. Parker.
The Mayor and Health Committee of
Council shall be ex-officio members of
said Board of Health. The Board shall
be organized immediately after the
passage of this act. The President and
other officers of this Board must be
elected by ballot.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
the said Board of Health shall have ajd
exercise plenary powers in all matters
pertaining to the health of the citizens
of Augusta, and may appoint such offi
cers, agents and assistants as they may
deem necessary to the discharge of all
their duties. When said Board shall
appoint an officer to act for them, the
officer may be empowered by the Board
to exercise all the authority which the
said Board possesses. The j3oar(l shall
fix the compensation of persons qnder
them. All officers of the soard of
Health b.e strictly responsible to
and under the sole control and direction
of the said Board.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, .That
said fioard of Health shall have full au
thority to end enforce such quar
antine regqiatiops a@ th e J m a .v deem
necessary Vo secure the city of Augusta
against any infectious or oontagious dis
ease.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That a
fine of not less than fifty nor more than
five hundred dollars, or imprison r ent
at the discretion of the Court, shall be
imposed upon any person violating any
quarantine regulations of said Board.
The same penalty shall be imposed
upon any person aiding, abetting, or in
any manner assisting any to violate said
quarantine. '* c
‘ Sijyj Lj. Be it further enacted, That the
Board of Reattfi shall meet at least once
a month. They are hereby empowered
to deolare the seat of any member va
oant who shall neglect to attend six con
secutive meetings, without a good ex
cuse for such absence; and they are em
powered to till any vacancy that may
occur in their membership,
Sec. 6. Be it That
sgifl Hoard of ‘JBealth is hereby empow
ered to spend' such reasonable sums of
money as may be necessary to tHo i
proper discharge of tjtaj- The
ftjqyqf qf Augusta sfiaU p,ay checks for
money sigueq by the President and Sec
retary of the Board of Health, The
checks of the Hoard HhkHh for money
must speoiry for what purpose the
money is being expended.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
the said Board of Health is empowered
to make aneh other regulations as they
may deem necessary to the protection of
the health of tbo pitisena pf Augusta,
and any person violating any rule,
regulation or order of said Board shall,
on conviction before the Recorder of the
city of Augusta, be fined in a sum not
less than ten or more than five hundred
dollars.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
all laws conflicting with the above are
hereby repealed.
The Senatorship.
The first ballot for United States Sen
ator taken to-day resulted : Norwood,
104; Hill, 86; Smith, 22; Dawson A.
Walker, 4; Jenkins, 1. Necessary to a
choice, 109.
The vote in each House stood thusly:
In the Senate— Norwood, 21; Hill, 14;
Smith, 9. In the House—Norwood, 83;
Hill, 72; Smith, 1§; Walker, 4; Jenkins,
1. Indications apd that Norwood will
be electee! on the first ballot; tomorrow.
Charles J, Jenkins is not a candidate.
There is great excitement over the
election.
It is thought that Gov. Smith will
withdraw from the contest, and this will
in all probability re-elect Senator Nor
wood.
Gov. Johnson has positively forbid
den the use of his name until Senator
Norwood withdraws from the field.
The friends of the Augusta and Knox
ville Railroad want to aid the project by
securing an authoritive expression of
opinion from the 4ugn sta Exchange and
the City Council. The prospect of se
curing State'aid is not encouraging.
P. W.
BRINGING IN GOVERNOR JOHN
SON.
IIill**? friend*, to Beat Norwood, Willing to
Centre on Johnson or Jenkins— Probability
of Norwoods Re-Election—Heated Election
—Confirrosatiop*.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Senate.
Atlanta, January 24.—Appointments
in executive session : James M. Clark,
Judge Southwestern Circuit; Robert G.
Mitchell, Solicitor Southern Circuit;
James T. FlewelleD, Solicitor Pataula
Circuit; C. J. Clements, Solicitor Rome
Circuit; J. F. Grier, Solicitor Blue
Ridge Circuit.
A number of local bills were passed.
Haaoe.
The Conyentipn bill was discussed up
to noou.
The following is the bill i
A rill to be entitled an act to provide
for the holding of a Convention of the
people of Georgia for the purpose of
revising the Constitution of said State.
Section 1. 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
immediately after the passage of this
bill his Excellency, the Governor, be,
and is hereby, authorized and required
to issue his proclamation ordering an
election to be held in each and every
oooDty in this Mate on tbe second Tues
day in June, 18.7, for delegates to a
Convention of the people of Georgia; -te
convene at the Capitol, in the city of At
lanta, on tbe second Wednesday in July,
1877, for the purpose of revising the
Constitution of said State.
Stc. 2. 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, and tbe returns of said election
shall be in tbe same manner forwarded
to the Governor, who shall issue certifi
cates of election to all persons chosen
as delegates to said Convention.
S*o. 3. Be it further enacted, That
representation in said Convention shall
be based npon population, in the ratio
of one delegate to every six thousand
inhabitants, and to this end each Sena
torial District in the State, as the dis
tricts are now arranged, shall constitute
an election district, from which dele
gates to said Convention shall be chosen
as follows, to-wit:
From the First Election District :
Eight delegates.
From the Second Election District :
Three delegates.
From the Third Eleotion District :
Two delegates.
From tbe Fourth Electnn District :
Two delegates.
From the Fifth Election District :
Two delegates.
From the Sixth Election District :
Two delegates.
From the Seventh Election District :
Four delegates.
From the Eighth Eleotion District :
Four delegates.
From the Ninth Election District :
Three delegates.
From the Tenth Election District :
Four delegates,
From the Eleventh Election District :
Four delegates.
From the Twelfth Election District :
Four delegates.
From the Thirteenth Election Dis
trict : Six delegates.
From the Fourteenth Election Dis
trict : Four delegates.
From the Fifteenth Election District:
One delegate.
Prom the Sixteenth Eleotion District :
Three delegates.
From the Seventeenth Election Dis
trict : Five delegates.
From tho Eighteenth Election Dis
trict : Seven delegates.
From tbe Nineteenth Election Dis
trict : Five delegates.
From the Twentieth Election District:
Six delegates.
From the Twenty-first Election Dis
trict : Five delegates.
From the Twenty-second Eleotion
District : Eight delegates.
From the Twenty-third Election Dis
trict : Six delegates.
From the Twenty-fourth Election Dis
trict : Five delegates.
From the Twenty-fifth Election Dis
trict: Six delegrtes.
From the Twenty-sixth Election Dis
trict: Four delegates.
From the Twenty-seventh Election
District: Six delegates.
From the Twenty-eighth Election Dis
trict: Five delegates.
From the Twenty-ninth Election Dis
trict: Five delegates.
From tho Thirtieth Election District:
Four delegates.
From the Thirty-first Election Dis
trict: Three delegates.
From tho Thirty-second Eleotion Dis
trict: Two delegates.
From ihe Thirty-third Eleotion Dis
trict: Four delegates.
From the Thirty-fourth Election Dis
trict: Five delegates.
From the Thirty-fifth Election Dis
trict: Nine delegates.
From the Thirty-sixth Election Dis
trict: Six delegates.
From the Thirty-seventh Election
District: Six delegates.
From the Thirty-eighth Election Dis
trict: Three delegates.
From the Thirty-ninth Election Dis
trict: Four delegates.
From the Fortieth Election District :
Two delegates.
From the Forty-first Election District:
Three delegates.
From the Forty-second Election Dis
trict: Seven delegates.
From the Forty-third Election Dis
trict: Four delegates.
From the Forty-fourth Election Dis
trict: Three delegates.
Sbo. 4. Be it further enacted, That in
said election eveiy person shall be enti
tled to vote who is entitled to vote for
members of the General Assembly, un
der the present Constitution and laws of
this State. And every person voting
shall be eligible to become a member of
said Convention
Sec. 5. Be. it further enacted. That
the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof
as ri'ay be necessary, be, and the same
is hereby, appropriated to pay the ex
penses of said Convention (if held), and
his Excellency the Governor is hereby
authorized to firgw his warrant on the
Treasury for the same.
Roth Houses met in joint session to
ballot for United States Senator. A
ballot, with the following result, was
taken: Norwood, 96; Hill, 78; Smith,
27; H. V. JohnsoD, 11; D. A. Walker,
4. Adjourned until to-morr.ow. \j
There is an effort being Jaade to bring
Gov. Johfison into the race, but be de
clines as long as Mr, Norwood remains
in the field.
There is juggling going on to-night to
prevent an election to-morrow.
Hill’s friends say they will go to John
son rather than that Norwood should be
re-elected. There is some talk of run
ning Gov. Jenkins. Mr. Hill will not
get enough votes to elect him and his
friends are willing tob.at Norwood with i
Johnson or Jenkins.
My impression is Norwood will
will be re will get some of
Mr. Hill's votes, should be be with
drawn-' ' P W.
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“VEGETINE,”
•Save a Boston physioian, “ has pa equal as a.
blood purifieHearing of its many wonder
ful cures, alter sHu,iher remedies had failed.
I visaed the Laboratory and convinced myself
0$ its genuine merit. It is prepared from
barks, roots, and herbs, each of which is
highly effective, and they are compounded in
such a manner as to produce astonishing re
sults.”
Vegetine
Is the great Blood Purifier,
Vegetine
Will cure the worse case of Scrofi la.
Vegetine
Id recommended by physicians and apetheea
riea.
Vegetine
Has effroted some marvellous cures in cases
of Cancer.
Vegetine
Cures the worst cases of Canker,
Vegetine
Meets with wonderful success in Mercurial dis
eases.
VEGETINE
Will eradicate Salt liheum from the system.
VEGJTINR
Cures the most inveterate pase of Erysipeks.
VEGETINE
Removes Pimples and Humors from the face.
VEGETINE
Cures Constipation and regulates the bowels.
VEGETINE
Is a valuable remedy for Headache.
VEGETINE
Will cure Dyspepsia.
VEGETINE
Restores the entire system to a healthy con
dition,
VEGETINE
Cores Pains in the Side.
VEGETINE
Removes the cause of Dizziness.
VEGETINE
Relieves Faintness at the Stomach.
VEGETINE
Cures Pains in the Back.
VEGETINE
Effectually cures Kidney Complaint.
VEGETINE
Is effective in its cure of Female Weakness.
VEGETINE
Is the great remedy for General Debility.
VEGETINE
Is acknowledged by all classes of people to
be the beet and most reliable blood purifier
in the world-
Vegetiae is Solfl by all Draggists.
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C ‘ I and STATIONARY
I Wp'jSAW, FLOUR AND GRIST MILLS.
OI Iw fMJJSTmnunsnsnm
Ml.,
:t ;zrr.;v:s isscss, a specialty.
TURBINE WATKi- WHhhL 7000 u-e,
SEND FOR CIRCULARS . BALTIMORE MR.
p&*wly
IN e w Adverilsements.
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MULLARO BROS.
“
‘SI fUMtr HiO f*S .i <A ' *.? 1.,y;„ •. ..' .Q
Are Now Offering the Greatest Bargains Ever Seen in this (Ity in
Black Silk, Black Cashmere,
AND ALSO,
BLACK ALPACAS,
O pICt PIECES of which we wi'l sell at 25c. per yard. These goods must he seen to be
ai le to find out their full value. No reduction will be allowed to ; arties purchasing
large quantities, as they have already been marked at the lowest price.,
100 pieces each, at 40c. acd 50c. per yard, which for quality and finish cannot be equalled
in the city. 'lhese goods are what we advertise them to be-a bargain—and we would ask all
who wish to purchase BUch goods to call and EXAMINE THEM.
We have just received
26 cases Ladies' HOSE—and also,
25 cases Gents’ HALF HOSE, from an auction sale in New York, which we will sell at 26
per cent, less than the same goods were offered a week ago.
MULLARKY BROTHERS’,
262 rniolll ..TRUST.
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FINE BLANKETS,
VERYJJHEAP.
We desire to close out about fifty
pair of FINE BLANKETS, which
are slightly soiled from carrying
over.
We offer Blankets sold last Sea
son at sl£ for $7 50, and those
sold at $lO for $6.
Parties desiring good Blankets
Cheap will find them in this lot.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
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L. R7C HA R DS’
BARGAIN COUNTERS
-AT THE
AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STORE
WILL CONTINUE ANOTHER WEEK.
o
GREATER BARGAINS IRAK EVER BEFORE WILL BE OFFERED.
o
REMEMBER, these goods ate all seasonable, and many less than half value Look at the
BLACK ALPACAS at 20, 25 ami 36c.
DRESS GOODS at 10, 15, 20 and 26c., less than half value.
HAMBURG EFGINGS at 2. 6, 6 aud 10c.
Great many WHI I'E GOODB aid TRIMMINGS will be added to the counteis.
CABSIMEREB, WATERPROOFS and JEANS—greatly reduced.
| (PIANO COYKR4—beautifully embroider, and, will be offered.
A few more CLOAKS and FURS left—will bo closed out at a great sacrifice.
HOSIERY, GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEFS, NECKTIES. COLLARS. CUFFS. HUGHINGS
at any price. Table LAM ASK. lOWELS, DOYLIES. Bed SPREAD - -at unheard of prices.
JET JEWELRY, NECKLACES, and thousands of FANCY ARTICLES that are impossible to
mention. Come every day through tho wei k, as sometlcng new will be added daily.
L. RICHARDS,
Christopher Gray A Cos.
Will Offer on M onday:
lO Picoem Ci IT IIN ET BLACK SILKS, ail Silk, Good
Bluck aud Brillluut Lustre, at very LuwPiiccs.
Another Invoice of out* Choice BL ACK ALPACAS
and BUIILIANTIINFS.
NEW TUCK COMBS.
NEW SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.
POCKET BOOKS,
A VERY LARGE LOT OF NEW EMBROIDERIES!
Wchave a FEW PA IBS of VERY ITT IN £0 BED
BLANKETS, which vie will offer at Prie n. to In.
duo.? Purchasers to BUY THEM aud pack away
fox* Cold Weather T
L... C. GRAY & CO.
The Great Remnant Sale
OF -
DRY GOODS,
ODDS AND ENDS
AND MANY DESIRABLE ARTICLES,
Which we do uot intend to carry over until next season and to
make room for SPRING GOODS now arriving, will commence at
the
Old Fredericksburg Store,
CORNER BY THE PLANTERS' HOTEL,
THIS MORNING,
And continue from day to day n til ali we intend lo sell in this
way are sold.
Many Goods will be offered for H\LF PRICE and lefts, and
now is the time to secure BIRGiIM, as are BIKGIINS.
call at the OLD FKEIIERH KSBURG STORE, corner by the
Planters’ Hotel.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.
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REAL ESTATE AGENCY.’
Special attention paid to the sale or purchase of Town tud
Country Property. Money borrowed and loans made on Real
Estate. Special attention paid to the management and renting
of property. The undersigned having been reqoested by many
of t-eir patrons to resume the Real Estate business, will, from
this date, devote the energies oi the eoieern to all business en
trusted to them, and charges will be moderate.
JOHN J. COHEN & SONS.
Oar Bond, Stock Brokerage and Life and fire Insnrance will
be carried on as usual.
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No, 219 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
ORIGINAL USTOISr-80A.R13 AGENCY
QONBULT your interest and call or writ# Ir ratee before innring elsewhere.
Fire, Life, Marine and Accident Insurance
Effected in town or oountrv at the Lowest Equitable Bate In tho annexed list of Firat-Claea
Co£p£fiM, wh£h arTeeooud to none in Reliability, Fair Dealing and Prompt Payment of
Loose*:
Assets, Over 539,000,000
t T Eire In* Cos England. Fire Association In*. Cos., Philadelphia, Pa.
Williamsburgh City Fire Ins Cos., ifew York.
CmSmemAl Fhe Insurance Cos., St. Louie, Mo. Richmond Fire Aeration Insurance Oom-
\ ln*. Cos., Louisville,
Arctic Fire Insurance Company, of New York. Kentucky.
St. Nicholas Fire Insurance Ca., of New York.
JETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, BARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
TRAVELERS’ LIFE AKB ACCIDENT, HARTFORD, COM.
Art evident Insurance a Specialty.
C. W. HARRIS, Manager.
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