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THE NEW ORLEANS DADILY DEMOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISBIANA AND OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
VOL. It---NO. 229). NEW ORLEANS, TI' ESDAY, Ai T'(ST 7, 1877. PI'CE, FIVE CEN.
FOREI(IN NEWSN.
Slltlit*ut lailntlll in India.
([pelial to the D)rnt'irat. ]
CAurTirlA., AtigIsAt . Labrtt omlelal irto
ports state that, Nepnnl, as well s Blletfnrnal
and1 Assaam, have had Rt tleientd ralnrall, and
are now safe.
Twi Towns llmsiroy ei by Fire.
(tpeoial ti the Detn crat.
1'n tlpo N, August 6. -Hpetlal diepateltre r'_
port that the vIllage of (lar.nso, near Man
rientiledr, in Pttssia, has ivt. n tlestrovyel
by fire, intll sn0 p'sotls are rentlererl itltn'
'The town of EIurdtvall, in Nwelr.,, hin aile,
been almsite totally burned.
Eosulnn Afttiul.
[H Mpeiil it th iletnornt 1
hKEs W\a1 . Aug. a6. Ailvlee fr,,ll I lavana
may ihft; tIunt'tis are i, trnolll t t linIt ilv llar
will 'Itlgnt. to Ite ellottr'erndtl bIy ( l0n. Ill.ahet,,
(len. lalutpon req.ilirl flfty ihliolllnnul tortte
troops lAt trnlh thlme In utrrotltiti.
1ie frurtlhr seays that the in.teotgnte will
only et rentlder ont reoelving1 heir indeptntl
enee, anti recommends the Hpanleh govern
mnl.t t.lot htl one of t.he,, u prlposlitlio ior
the oti.her.
An Fnwltlh lloiday.
itoiNtON, Aug. 0. --The flint. Mot.tlav In Au
gust being one of the days nptl'oi,,1 by rot
of Parliament as a batik holitla, tl- is l oh
berv%-i an a general hotitlty tlihrtughotut the
Uinit r+ l inRgdhm.
S WARI NOTEN.
The Turk"s in C'ommtnlntlra n Wilth Rst.
ctlhk and slhOlnnia.
peeal i, to the Dtemonrna.l
VIENNA. Aug. 0(.-Mtrategieally, the most
important advtihce fronm tloe seat of war in the
oc.upatitMo of Molvi. 'This Ixposes Tirnova
and the passes.
Gten. IourI.'.s camp Is said to be phort of
prl'o iolans and aulllnunlitlon.
Raltehuk is no longer investml from the
land ttide, andl conttlllication with Mhunla
was opened yestrdnlay.
The Position of the Rfliutanm.
(Mpecial to the L)Democrater
LONniloN, Aug. .- --The Timre correspondent
esays that on Thursday thte Ituinan ativanee
guard was within six mltw 'of Pllvna. whilel
the main bodxy occupied a strongt postit.ln ont
the range aof hills, nine miles frtl'he' rust.
(i-n, Krutlener having been strongly rein
forced, Is able to resist any olensivt, motve
mentt of )omnan Pasha.
The eoireaspondlnt says that thie itasiane
have suffered a dilsastroun heiek, hut, that iH
all.
IRunsla' Request, of Anmlrla.
[MIpeelal to the Demot'rat,
LONDio)N, Auglust .:--A Berlin etrresponti
out telegraphs that in e.itiquene, of the do
fea at a Plvna the (Jar las asked the Emlpo
ror of Austria to withdraw his former protttst
against the, .1tanilans entering etrvia antll
eonjoittly with the Merviane operatting on
Sthe loft. flank of the Turks.
Another Pontoun llrldle over the Dan
utbe.
(npecial to tlhe Dnmocrat.]
LotNnoN, Aug. 6.--A second pontoon lbrltlge
at H1innlttai will be ready for 1use itn few
days.
An Amelriclan at the Ru.nian Ileadqiuar
ters.
lnlt'lial to the Domocrat.1
LoNDmlN. Aug. t6. Ciol. (Irtl.i,. Utlit4e Statte.
millitary attche, hits arrived at t hite uesiall
hleadqlluartt'rs.
The lidla Fa Pnlae.
[(oetial to the Demoeriit.
NlNuoN, Aug. 0.--The hiarve.et prospoelts in
India are reported somewhat liprovrt'V, Iunt,
the sev.re distr.ss will protbablly cotlltiniute fior
some ininth longer. In Southllern Indih the
nortality Is inc'reasing ain tit di. ltrist
is raeahing the xbetor classe..
)DOMESTIC NEWS.
A B1g IDamagi e Sult Against McHee, of Sl.
Louis.
tSpeoial to the Demoorai. ]
ST. Lort.s, Aug. 6.-A civil suit for dam
ages, embracing 1653 counts and aggregating
$2,314,200. has been tiled in the United States
Circuit Court by the United States govern
ment against Wim. McKee. The counts are I
all alike in form, except that the name of a
different distiller is Inserted in each, charg
ing the defendant with unlawful removal of
distilled spirits, and also with aiding and
abetting in the removal of said spirits.
Labor Reform Conferenrce.
[Special to the Demoorat .
FAIRPOTNT. N. Y., Aug. 6.- A labor reform
conference was held at 9:30 this morning. Va
rious features of the labor question were dis- I
Saratoga Races. 4
[Special to the Demoerat.l
SARAT(OA,. N. V., Aug. 6.- -There was a fair
attendance at the races to-day, and the track
was dry.
The first race for maiden two years olds,
three-quarters of a mile. wiaswoon by Pique,
Clifton second and Telephone third. Time, I
The second race was a handicap heat race,
a mile and five-eighths. The first heat was a I
dead healt between Ambush and Henry Owens, t
St. James third. Time, 2:56. 1
The second heat won by George the Fourth;
St. James second, Ambush third. Time-2357.
The third heat and race won by George the
Fourth, Henry Owens distanced. Time, 2:54. (
The third race, a mile dash for three year
olds, was won by Bill Bass; Vermont second,
the Princess of Thule third. Time, 1 :45',
The fourth and last race of the day, selling
race, mile and eighth, was won by Fugitive,
in 1:59; First Chance second, Partnership
third.
A Triple Murder.
[Special to the Democrat.)
COLr)rt-s, Miss., August 6.-A triple mur
der was committed in Pickensville, Ala., be
tween Friday and Saturday evenings. A
young man named Bush, a farmer, had a v;
dificulty with a negro named John Colton, S
niTII killml Bhinh. hI t 1s, 4nt h tiiy iwn nr IIf'M
pfIPtoln wnifto, r tnIn iingin nn t, n rnr ) in
iifioRL himn. 'rhIe nlnigi'n wRO nil.pfflel by 01Wv
nm-ni mtiimiin, wiin tireid iii thn ionmg innim, kill
iing one of tni Ihe thinflf il M.in ffy. Iiii frioi'ii'
Kilpmtm'ink nnrniif Hgmrni- dnwf tmied to r'enpn,
Wit F wan~ fff mimmili and~ m-nrinrei II' I lf'ff. It
iR ll htih lflfI~t nIffl (iIi kiliild 1)1l1111 iff'i null
liiiipal.fi'i
Tie 111i erImll Cfrlike.
t$ prn'irti 1 ills- LIcnrmloratI.
IRt~tnFn'ifi i. N. .., Afug. i. 'rlii' iniilneri
(or tif militia ff1m ll In alo rjffu'tiiinli ff1 mmii
Nnw Jtifffll'fRflk to -flny and orei tiir' f li lug (
hinPflitf titifli If ff111dIV If t.iff'y lii'' fft 1,ii
fffIR lI'fi I f'y I 'll jff'fI. if) tIn fill'ifI Ilr PI' t
Jffhiiffff tom pffftf'f' till- flfffR. An fli14'ffpl
wolrn gfialacinltf IrtllS tlh" fi-nll went. 11111.
Te~I U4r1n ~l muIliire i In i~n .
ti-niffoI II tif I fin Iinmnl'-t. I
Kmiui, Alig. ii. iffljf ff'flfI' flmilff t
1)r'- Aloismnon Valley1 . ncitfllltng f-nfmlxº I' kiik
Ill iifft lio ffge. Ray tint. tff gffiffffhffplpefnf. II 1
pilo tilfm iii Inhe flfItllhf'ff'fctclf n'Ii lnonntinnf. flut
fall diiiflg lfi ll mimmnign. (Il till whffli' ililm
unton fll' verly iint.nm-iig.
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CAPITAL NEWS.
Iledui'in l thii Nuinlbrr of Vedernt OQfleInfr.
fýpo'inA Io tlts Dtnonurrrt.1
WAontItn roi, Aug. i. Wifli il vilw to I ho
1'flnul'toll of tlp'l foa'''. V W. Iltlggoili,
Inlitl'dl Htat4s1 alplpraiser' iii Now 4 )rioalt'n, nail
C'. .1. thabor, Idtt 1'wlrltn.h. ]t'A11 . linto Iu
Claim" to A111111"
-1polal to the Damo''rnt.l
WAanmTlvoN. Aug. c.- -T'II $pnliui, got"
Irnrnsnt has depoOltorld with tliii Mourot'irvr if
t State I80,1OO0, being tho inlll'rfst onf tho ini
e voted atnount of AnlIoric n c(ln'imI uponl the
.S panish govertnment. The t riettihiittion Iio
oAi neat wiR ho tnad' by thc' epI'rotnr.y of
if State.
mama k( nimi the Amerlican 3'rinp
Illv hil to till' Domnoornl.l
a WAsrttttGto Ir, Aug. II.--No officiul ndvic'on
havo bioon ro'oirI fl horn th~tt tho AIuorh'uIII
flag has btinn holstot nt t4 -nlnnn nd lllogpinnoor
tondorodi this couni0tryr, hut. thy, int4'Ilt . 11111 rt
(ofntntill'l Htit.l110lotn ofl n. prnr1. l nll'ntltO I'y
iriolq thorl' Inst. Mnttlodn v,
E'luanlr s In Fedlerof 4Rftir.
It Ist"'tuii to titsn 1)rnor it.l
tilt, I' fo l)oof HI' o'10 I '(ntll'ol d or If · l Ii o aR
ory. who rotA ron lob Iio'I 1. 1, I II ho -u ll oooi" lI
4 The Drawluark. on auuwnr.
tMII'winII to thel lrnmo' rat.
WAMIOINOToN. Aug. :.---T'to Hoorl'tny of I ho
'I'rowry ilnr -iu cg iofolro 111111 .opolrltI fly tilt'
(lo (!olll anlonors oft this nu Phjon~lt of the ci I1rIIw
backs on sugalr. P(11 doclliling 14 nll0 w tfho
nrpporte to, bo puh~llisllr'd in ncl\·rllce of hi
t Mttionl, It 're1Ntrtcr i )1n tlufr'rvioworrl the sugar1
'ttfinomn, who il) ink tho govorumont lillllid
n not mako cbann o In Ho Ilnportantllll It inrrtttcor an
till tho fau'fn of tho a1l141'. If. i hieIogod li fit,
- I i'l'14f)ic' l hnlll I' fl'lll nIll ' It ii 1 1141 I hll '14, )11111
1'ai)1'ti tilt, diwttll·)rtallcoo In I llr·c c~itio·R. and mmlnl
o IA) got, (voli with e'oirmii po11tio10 inl It l11r1d1
y 111't wh(if h Ile wa f11tr111 t(o roioo, lo by
oar of the( (1,,ovorrt lnc·nl(
A Labor nareana Proposed.
WASHmINO(TON, Aug. 6.- The ( 'abinet had
untder ,onitler'atl, oll tlhe r4c ni mendatiohllni to
(Cllongxreas of a htbor 'bureau i .o i(iIIiproIise
stlike. and n Ir leh generally betweenl the' em
plaly(r an1d the eloph1yed.
Caen. Shermaun'i Viewq.
VWAIT INI'ION, Aug . 6. (len. Siilalln
writrs, fronll tlheI lndlia c ,oultry, highly ap
proving of Illiltary posts ill the huirt of tie
Indliltl c lollln ty.
MONET AND rTOCHMN.
[Soseial to the Democrat.l
Nuw Yonr, Aug. 6. -.Gold 154; IU. S. I's
of 1881, 111t4ti@Ill; do coupons 112'4; now
4''s, lls r1)144 lo, ; o', pons 1(,.'i s : 5-211's, 1865,
new iSUIII, 1070(10i7, ; do 1867, 109l4)10ill%;
1868 coupons1 1113'; 10-40's, 110' @119"4; lou
coupons) . 113 ; culrrlenc'y 1i's, 12531,; new 5's,
1104.
DOMENTIC MARKETM.
[Spe'lal to the l)emocrat.l
CINCINNATI, Aug. 6. Flour quiet. Wheat
In fair demland; amllber alnd whirte $1 2001 35.
Corn quiet. 46(t.. Oats dull; new 27@35.
Whisky steady. $1 os. Pork and lard xnomi
nal. Bulk moeats urn held at 5.15@7%y. Ba
con quiet, 6@8,9.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. Wheat dull, $1 11 ".5i
1 11' for August, 1 04o for Septelni.er. Corn
dull at 47 (t@47,' for August; 46( ,@46'' for
September or cash. Pork quiet, $13 32 for
September; $13 371/6@13 4o for Octoelr. Lard
quiet; 8.80 for Septemuber. Whisky steady
and firm at $108.
ST. LOUIs, Aug. 6.-Flour 1dull and lower:
treble extra $6. Wheat-a shaide lirimer; No,.
3 red $1 20o/01 21 cash; $1 17~ 7- August;
$1 14'n@l 15 ->eptoember. Corn unsettlh I and
lower; 42@42,i. cash; 43:;t@.43!i August;
4:01 '4441, September. Oats quiet, 261..
Whisky steady, $1 08. Pork firmer; $13 55
cash. 1)ry salt nients--nothing doing.
]aemon steady, 57'@uC8. Lard utasier; summner
SEW YOlK, Aug 6, Noon.-Cotton quiet;
uplands 11 9-16, Orleans 11 11-16; sales 452.
Futures steadier; August ,11.49(011.51,
September 11.40@11.42, October 11.20@11.22,
November 11.04ltll.08, December 11.06611.10.
Flour dull. Wheat dull; spring for forward
delivery easier; winter a shade firmer. Corn
dull aRid he'avy. Pork heavy, $14 20@14 25.
Lard heavy: stnamn 9.20. Spirits turpentine
firm. 33. rosin quiet. $1 75(@1 85 for strained.
Freights quie't.
MARINE NEWS.
Naw YoIRK, Aug. 6.-Arrived: Bolivia,
Clyde. Arrived out: He-nrietta, Cornelius,
Augusta, Hed(gwig, Ada, Carter, Australia.
Homeward : l'remier, for Tybeee; Oberon, for
New Orleans.
RIVER NEWS.
ISpecial to the Democrat.)
MEMPHIs, Aug. 6.-Atlantic and barges,
for New Orleans, passed down early this
morning, and Port Eads, for St. Louis, passed
up with one engine disabled.
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.
The following is the "temperature" at the
various points named, as reported by the
signal Service telegrams furnished by Ser
goant Brown. of the HigKnl Bureau, mnd haull
rating the sitt.o of tlihe tmnmporatur at, tlh
pollnt named, at 1 p. Im. yresterday:
Ctairo At duegrees' , lnchminitt i, (nGalvreston
90, Krtokuk 77, Ialnroeuo Hlt, Leavenworth MO.,
Loulrvillo 8n, Memphis +90, Nashvill HIRt,
UOmaha i3 l'ittlab.urg H7, Hhrovport, 194, Ht..
Louinli 77, At. Paul 8I , Vifkshurlg 95, iYankt.n
ii). T.) M2, Augutsta ((Ga.) I1, C.ursiunana (''Tx.)
1oHt, Mohlle R4, Morntginomery 95, Havannar H it,
Now Or)tlna 91., unnl Key Wpest RN.
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TH1'E ATEAI MHIP ALAREtIMA.
This fine s'strtaehp arrived yesterday from
Peneseola, bringing over a number of persons
from that cily on a visit or pleasure and business
comb:aed, tibs I .ing the first trip of this aiu
peib orft., whose sRcotllntnmodations and con1
venienoas are tboae ro fl aetc ani s ship.
Many expressed themselves saso ished that
our merchants ihad not long since sot n the Im
portnt n uneotesly of having a ship like thisle in
tho I'e ntaols tratle, preferring to travel by
water when the proper accommodations and
o mfrorts were gn itranteed them.
The Alabama is a sidowbeeler, and has a ca
pacity for esrrying 5000 Iharroli of freight. We
were told that when shie moved out of the bean
tiful bay of PIensacola hundreds crowded on the
wharves, and a salute was fired, and as she moved
swiftly and gracefully by the navy yard and forts
out into the (ulf of Mtxico, ithe was greeted on
all sides with exelatnatons of admiration. Col.
iorts has indeed a beautiful craft, and one worthy
the especial attention of our traveling public and
our merchants generally, and he should be highly
complimented and enoturage' for his energy,
push and on erprise, The officers are erpe
rienced and contteoutt gentLreni antld altogether
we may say the advent of the Alabama is a pleas
ant astd grateful surprise to the Floridians, and
itth us is a happy 'orebodlng of better times to
-c --.e -. ..
o -ne, - -.
OAKHY MAll'A. WHIEIItEAIll'I'Tp
helief That file KHi-Ring Mayor of New
Tork Hah uauaSlht Conwenlal C em
pntnonlhlp lie Conrlnntinople.
[Ohioago Times,1
NEW YonR, July 1.---The World says
that a resident of this city, who is a
friend of ex-Mayor A. Oakey Hall and a
member of the bar, made some inquiries
in regard to that gentleman while in
London, recently. He says that there
is no doubt in his mind, from what be
heard that Mr. Hall was nearly penni
less when he reached London, and that
his poor lodgings in an obscure corner of
the city were selected from necessity,
rather than from a desire for conceal
ment. Ho poor was he that a former
acquaintance of Mr. Hall. who met him
soon after his arrival in London, inter
ested himself in his behalf and endeav
ored to secure for him some employ
ment. Mr. Edmund Yates editor of the
London World, was applied to, and,
after listening to the story of Mr. Hall,
agreed, upon this person a representa
tions, to give him some work to do al
thourh he had grave doubts about Mr.
Hall s ability to do literary work ac
ceptable to the readers of an English
journal. Just as an appointmeqt hati
been made for Mr. Hall to, call upon
Mr. Yates, the American malls arrived,
bringing the New York papers contain
ing Tweed's confession. In thin confos
sion was the statement that Mr. Hall
had received ton per cent of the profits
of the ring frauds. This was a stag
goror to both the gentlemen mentioned,
who had believed, up to that time, that
Mr. Hall was at least innocent of having
taken any of the proceeds of the frauds.
They were placed in rather an awkward
position, but Mr. Hall, with his rare in
tuition, seemed to know that they
would be so placed, failed to keep
his engagement with them, and
almost immediately disappeared from
London. The impression is now very
strong among the few in London who
take any interest In the matter that Mr.
Hall is in the employ of James Gordon
Bennett, in the East, probably at Con
stantinople. John Russell Young, how
over, knows nothing of any such em
ployment of Mr. gall. In Paris the
informant met Mr. Bennett and asked
him casually in regard to Hall's where
abouts. Mr. Bennett turned theconver
sation without replying to the inquiry.
ANIIFY IN THE MOUTH.
A Mouti Carolina Dlitrict Agrees to Drop
Political Violence. and Mendl a
Commlttee to Washington.
[N. Y. Tribune.]
WASRINCITON, July 29.--A delegation of
gentlemen from the Edgefield and El
lenton districts of South Carolina, corn
posed of Republicans, both white and
black, and of Democrats, has recently
called upon the President. The object
was to lay before him the proceedings
of the late mass meeting, participated
in by all classes in those por
tions of the State, at which the
people on each side pledged themselves
hereafter to live in peace with their
neighbor of every class or race, and
agreed each with the other that violence
and disorder arising out of political dif
ferences should cease. As a result of
this agreement all the parties to it have
united in asking the President to cause
to be dismissed all the cases recently
tried by Chief Justice Waite, and at the
same time they say that the State au
thorities propose to dismiss a number
of political suits begun in local ccurts
against Republicans. The President
expressed much satisfaction at the im
proved condition of affairs in South
Carolina, and members of the delega
tion report that he promised to take
into consideration the request they had
made.
THE MORRIMITFM.
[Walls Walla Union.]
Up on the the mountain side, between
Mill Creek and Russell Creek, there
live a colony representing about sev
enty persons, who are commonly called
Mormons. They are an offshoot from
the Mormon Church. Their first prophet
was one Morris, who was killd by old
fashioned Mormons years ago. The
most noticable peculiarity about them
is that the men never cut their hair, and
some of them look as though they
never washed or combed their long
locks. The head of the colony is a fine
looking man by the name of W. H.
Davis, who has a son now about five
years old, that is claimed to be the
second Christ. But little is known of
this sect by our people, as they live in a
lot of houses built close together, and
do not "neighbor" much with the
settlers around them.
OMEr I IAlICAl1I, RIIANlIARR IN TIHE Ot
I'ay and 1IIlPnae of IseaIlnftrs- IollyinR
Made a Crime.
An Atlanta letter, written on the work
of the Georgia Constitutional Conven
tion, says: "A just description of the
convention's progress begins with the
fifth day's work, when the list of stand
ing committees as; completed and ai
nounced. A summary of the resolutions
introduced will beof value as indicating
how conscientiously the convention is
working, and what a choice of matter
the several committees will ul
timately have to pass upon. To
provide for a debtor's release after
surrendering his estate, except
in cases of fraud. To prescribe the du
ties and remunerations of servants of
the General Assembly nrnd forbid extra
compensation. To locate the seat of
government by a popular vote, irre
speclive of the adoption of the consti
tution. To report a separate ordinance
for ratification concerning the home
stead law. To disfranchise persons
convicted of "crimes involving moral
turpitude" whatever that may be. To
pay jurors $1 a day. To fix the home
stead at $1ºt0 realty and $.4o0 pertn
alty, specie value. To create twenty
judicial districts, judges to have $2500, a
year each, for fout-year terms beginning
in 1M8o, To admit, no new coubtles, give
each county a representative and provide
for fifty senatorial districts. To deny
private charters and local acts by the
Legislature, and vest the right of their
granting a passage in the superior
courts. To prohibit using the state's
credit for the advancement of private
enterprises. To prevent the Statebeing
made a defendant in its own courts.
To abolish county courts and commis
sioners and confer their powers on
courts of ordinary. To free all property
of the wife at her marriage, or subse"
'luently acquired or inherited, from lia
billty, for the husband's debts. To
create a State board of education. To
collect taxes by contract. To appropri
ate no money but that derived from the
poll.tax for public school purposes.
ro prohibit giving passes or re
duced price tickets to legislators. To
change the court of ordinary to a
court of probate. To fix the basis of
representation and per diem of mem
bers. To revise generally the honie
stead law. To organize Inferior civil
courts. To provide for twelve judicial
districts, judges to be elected by the
Legislature. To forbid enacting special
or local laws concerning charters of
municipalities, municipal affairs, chang
ing of names, highways, ferries, elec.
tions, etc. To provide for an insurance
department and commissioner. To ex
empt $100 of each taxpayer's property
from taxation. To provide for elections
to the General Assemnbly, An so on,
and so on, for the above barely comes
half way down the list of that day's
notices.
The questton of per diem was dis
cussed on the 16th, one resolution fixing
it at $, with flv . cents mileage one way,
and another at $3 with an amendment
limiting the total expense of the con
vention to $2:.,000. Mr. Tift, in moving
the last, said that if members of the
convention were hired for private pur
poses they would naturally expect a
arger remuneration. At the same time
he would not have the pay of delegates
cut down to amore nominal sum, which
would exclude poor men from serving,
though he recalled how under the $7 a
day allowance the Legislature was the
place to which all were anxious to
got. On the 17th it was proposed to cre
ate the office of Lieutenant Governor
to regulate the expenses of the General
Assembly, to provide for biennial ses
sions and to limit the duration
thereof to forty days. Rather a nota
ble and novel proposition was that
to allow each county to fix the
pay of its representatives in
the Legislaturo-and defray it. The
finance committee reported an ordi
nance fixing the mileaKo of members
and officers at ten cents a mile, each
way; members, the door-keeper, and
the messenger to have $4 per diem,
and the president $7. A signtlcant
resolution directed the same committee
to inquire whether the industrial and
producing classes as distinguished from
the class dealing in money and securt
ties, can prosper under the present
banking system; asking by what au
thority the system of State banks is
suing a currency based on coin was
changed; whether the interest of the
producer does not demand cheap money
and that of the bondholder dear money,
and whether no improved plan of cur
rency administration could be devised
by the, convention.
On Thursday, the 19th, the committee
of final revision submitted its first re
ports-one authorizing the General As
sembly to raise and equip a State mili
tla, but giving it no pay except in cases
of actual service, and another providing
that all elections he held by ballot, and
conferring the suffrage on male citizens
not minors, six months' residence in the
State and three in the county and pay
ment of taxes being required. Persons
convicted of felony or larceny (this
proposition alms at the negroes, of
course), are ineligible, unless ttey have
been pardoned; so are holders of public
moneys contrary to law: so are duelists,
who are also disfranchised, and liable to
punishment as well; a registration is
provided for; electors are privileged
from arrest, save for treason. felony,
larceny and breach of the peace, while
going to or returning from the polls.
Atlanta at this session made her bid for
the capital, offering ten acres of ground
now unoccupied in or near the city and
the City Hall lot of five acres.
On the 20th an important resolution
was adopted, providing for the submis
sion of the constitution for ratification
by a majority of all the votes cast. The
bill of rights was also reported. It is
rather long, according to your corres
pondent's way of thinking, but deals
with most important subjects. Its thirty
sections declare that all government of
right originates with the people, and is
instituted solely for their good; that im
partial and complete protection to per
son and property is the paramount duty
of government; that all American citi
zens residents and citizens of Georgia.
shall be protected in the rights of citi
zenship by law; that no person shall be
deprived of life, liberty or property, save
by law, and that liberty of conscience
shall be assurcd. Privilege c,f counsel,
etc., are guaranteed; no law shall ever
be passed to curb or restrain the liberty
of speech or of the press; unreasonable
searches and seizures are guarded
against; there is to be neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude, save as a
punishment for crime, and after due
conviction; "the social status of the
citizen shall never be the subject of
legislation ;" the writ of habeas corpus
shall never be suspended; excessive
bail shall not be required, etc,; punish
ment for contempt Is to be limited by
act; there is no imprisonment for debt,
neither any banishment as a punish
ment; whipping is prohibited; the truth
may be given in evidence in prosecu
tions for libel; lotteries and the sale of
lottery i ickete are prohibited under
penalty; no special law may be enacted
where a gener-l law covers the case;
and the people have the right of peace
able assembly and petition. During the
debate, when the clauses relative to the
militia were adopted, an active discus
sion ensued upon the proposition to
compel voters to, pay up their taxes he.
fore they could exeroise the right of suf
frage. Alr. Wofford led the opposition
in a most forcible speech, declaring that
debt was no crime, and that it was emi
nently unriulst to prevent the elector
from exercising his high right of suf
frage because he had not the money
wherewith to pay the taxes. Mr. Law
ton asked, with equal pertinence when
it had been that non payment of State
taxes in Georgia had not operated as a
disquallflcation, and argued that the
proposed constitution was much better
than the existing one-a view in which
the convention acquiesced.
On the 21st a lot of new articles were
reported, making the boundaries of
counties the same as they now are by
law; forbidding the creation of new
counties or changing the county lines,
unless under a general law; requiring a
two-thirds vote at a special election and
of the Assembly to change a county site;
making terms of county offioials two
years, and establishing uniform county
tribunals throughout the State. There
was then a lively debate on the dueling
clause of the report on the elective
franchise, but it was finally agreed to.
It debars from holding office residents
of the State convicted of fighting duels,
or of acting as seconds, or of abetting
in dueling in any other manner;
but as a conviction is required the
clause is much leos formidable than it
looks. The sixth section excluding
from registration and office persons
convicted in the State courts of treason,
felony, etc., was debated at some length,
it being opposed that it was manifestly
unjust to exclude a Georgian criminal
but to admit an infamous persofi from
another State; finally the section was
agreed to, but after a perfect hailstorm
of motions, amendments, substitutes,
and the like. A motion to make women
eligible under the school laws was igno
miniously laughed and voted down.
On the 23ld the proposed articles re
lating to the Executive were submitted
providing for a Governor Secretary oc
itate, Uomptioller 0eneral and Treasu.
rer; terms two years; first election to
be held on the first Wednesday in Octo
her, 1880; one re-election immediately
following the first timeallowed, and the
President of the Senate exercising ex
ecutive powers in case of the death,
resignation or disability (no provision
for absence just as was the case in
Pennsylvania), a two-thirds vote of
each house overriding his veto; salaries
of Interior State officers not to exceed
$2O)0.
On the 24th the vexed question of the
capital came up, the committee favor
ing the location of the State buildings
at Atlanta, while a minority report
would take a popular vote as between
Atlanta and Milledgeville. Lobbying
was declared to he a crime to be pun
ished by suitablelpenalties by the Gen
eral Assembly. A proposition to abol
ish the death penalty was promptly
tabled, as also was another prohibiting
the leasing out of convicts and ordering
the establishment of a penitentiary for
their confinement.
On the 25th a motion to reconsider the
clause making lobbying a crime came
up, the motion being supported by mem
bers who affected to believe that the
adoption would only signal to the world
Georgian disbelief in the virtue of her
legislators. A couple of gushing
speeches were made upon the subject,
and then the motion was not reconsid
ered. Similar action under similar cir
cumstances was taken in the case of a
motion to reconsider the anti-whipping
post clause. The most important action
of the convention was, however taken
at the same session in reconsidering the
twenty-seventh section of the bill of
rights, so as to allow many special
privileges and immunities to be Irrevo
cable, and thus to encourage corpora
tions. The usual anti-monopoly argu
ments were offered, but the convention
by a narrow majority placed itself on
the side of the inviolability of con
tracts to secure for capital the utmost
security for developments.
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VIRGINIAk POLITICM.
[Chilago Times.]
The political situation in Virginia is
now highly interesting. The two ques
tions to be settled at the convention in
Richmond next week are, first, whether
Mahone, who is in favor of repudiating
a part of the State debt, shall be nom
inated for Governor, or some other man
who is not in favor of repudiation;
second, whether the administration of
President Hayes shall be squarely in
dorsed. Mahone is very strong and is
still gaining, but the anti-repudiation
ists are making an earnest fight.
He is making a very bold canvass,
and the well-informed Virginia pol
iticians think that he may bolt if
he is not nominated. He is in
favor of indorsing Hayes, and the
Petersburg Post, his principal organ,
has said several times lately that this
indorsement should be a full and com
plete one. A prominent Virginia Re
publican says that the question of what
the Republicans will do depends entirely
on whether the Administration is in
dorsed. If the Bourbons triumph over
the Liberal Democrats and prevent this,
then some Hayes Democrat will prob
ably be nominated in opposition to the
regular Democratic candidate. He
thinks, however, that the Democratic
convention will indorse Hayes hand
somely.
Bavaria refuses to make any new con
cordats with the Holy See as binding
in religious matters on German soil,
THE PRElI.PSlR AIN THE aOV1'Tw.
lhe President Thidki that HIi Prease
Polley Has Ilefn icilly VledirtL4.
Oi lncinnetl Oommercri., ]
WAsnieovrncl, Aug. .--The President
laughingly says that he would likh to,
hear what can be said against the
Houthern policy of yacifloatlon now.
"Suppose," says he, "that we had gone
on the old way, and sustained ('haom
berlain and Packard in South Car ,Iina
and LouisIana with the army which
was the only way they could be st
talned. And we all know that with the
feeling In those States that then existed
it would have taken nearly the whole
army to preserve the peace there and
protect the local officials in their claims
to their positions. With the army thus
employed, what sort of a fix would we
be in when the riots broke out last
week? What could we have done! One
thing we would be compelled to do1
namely, withdraw the army and send
it to exposed points in the North. Then
what? Why, as we well know fror the
public temper in South Carollna, as
soon as the army was withdrawn, the
local governments would be assaulted
and overthrown. Having no prop but
the army, when that was taken away
down they would come. Then we
would have the worst form of turbu
lence in the South, and riots in the
North and West. The very stability of
the government might be endangered
by such as this, for we know thot the
States adjacent to Louisiana and South
Carolina would be actively in sympathy
with the attempt to overthrow thie so
called lReptblican governments while
the troops were away."
Is not the President correct? Who
can look over the whole ground
and say that he is not? How could
Chamberlain and Packard be sustained
without troops, and what would happen
with the troops withdrawn during the
last week's riots?
The quietude of the Southern section
during the late troubles and with all the
troops withdrawn, which so many,
thought essential to the preservation to
peace down there, and which were
essential under the Grant dispensation
-the uniform reign of peace in the
South, I say, under these circumstancs,
has had a wonderful effect in strength
ening the hands of the President In hi:
plan of pacificatien. Men who have
opposed him, now say that he is right.
They look down South see no troops,
yet all is as serene and quiet as a May
morning. There is no need that the
troops return there, no objection to be
sure, but, save a few companies in the
mountainous regions to look after illicit
distilling, none are required.
The truth is--and it is seen and ac
knowledged here-the Southern people
have made two powerful arguments for
themselves in the past six months. All
through the presidential complications
the Southern representatives, baoked
by their constituents, were cool-headed,
strong-handed, and by their conserva
tism saved the country the agony of
dviil war, which many In either sec
tion were ready to precipitate, in order
to gain their "rights" to the offices.
Again, in the labor crisis last week,
with all the troops moving out of the
South, that section was as quiet as it all
had remained and double the number
sent in. The effect of this will be to
raise the Southern character in the es
timation of other sections, and take
away some of the fear of a solid South.
If, under trying circumstances, when
the rest of the country was greatly dis
turbed, as in the presidential complica
tions and late riots, the South was the
coolest and quietest section of the land,
what is there to be afraid of In that sec
tion ?
'rit, /CZAR IN CACMP.
Now the Turkish IPrI.oner EnJeoy Thbe
y *elves.
[ London News.]
On the lawn is the marquee which
constitutes the sal.e-a-manjer of the
Emperor. Occasionally the suites oat
at tables setouon the lawn in the open
air, in the full view of the wayfarers on
the adjascent road, and in the enjoyment
of eddies of its fetlock-deep dust. Some
times the Emperor eats at one, but for
the most part he dines with his suite.
A very interesting episode occurred the
other day. In the middle of dinner
were heard the strains of the "Dead
March" in "Saul," for both the hospi
tal and the church-yard, where the
wounded who die are buried, are nigh
at hand. The Emperor inquired if that
was not the funeral passing of the.
young artillery officer who was drown
ed by the foundering of his pontoon.
during the crossing, and whose body
was recovered four days later some dis.
tance down the river. Being told that
it was so, he at once rose, and, with the
Grand Duke and all his suite, walked
to the quaint little church where the
funeral service was being performed.
He remained during the whole of its
performance, lasting for an hour, and
then went into the porch, where the
grave had been made, and stood by the
head of the coffin while it was being
lowered into the earth.
On the following day all ;the Turkish
prisoners were brought from the guard
room on to the lawn just as dinner was
finished. A guard of Russian infantry
were formed in a circle around them,
with fixed bayonets and cartridge
pouches opened. The poor devils no
doubt thought that they had been
brought ont to be shot, and that their
last hour had come. The Emperor,
with his dragoman, went among them,
talking familiarly to them and asking
questions. The nizams answered him
with straightforward frankness which
might indeed be called bluffness. They
told him that they had not received a
penny of pay for the last six-and-twenty
months. In answer to his question
whether they were satisfied with the
food they were now getting, they re
plied that they had never lived so well
in their lives; and one fellow-he must
have been a sneak and a sycophant
added that he washeartily glad that he
had been taken prisoner, for he was
tired of hard living and no pay. The
officers of the suite went among the
prisoners distributing cigarettes, which
the prisoners with the most perfect ease
of manner lighted at those between the
lips of the officers, and it was quite a
happy family.
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In Russia, when there is to be a con
cert, the auditors carry their own.
benches and lights to the hall.