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THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 3, 1870.
Official Journal of the United States.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE.
wnSuai GRANT,
The Pilot who cas and will ooidx the
Ship or State satzlt theodoh etebt biobjc.
TIIICISEW ERA
Will Vindicate the Peinciples and the
Polict of the Repoblican Pahtt, and Scp-
POBT ITS NOXISEES, STATE AND NATIONAL.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOB
SPEAKER PRO TEM.,
Hon. EPHRAIM TWEEDY,
OP
HICHJIOjND coxjnty.
Hon. S. V. Gore, member eleet to Con
gress from too IVth District, is in tbe city,
looking well as nsns).
CoL It. Ii. Mott, of Colombo.—tbe man who
owns fonr seres of Georgia soil which, as be
told Gen. Wilson, “nerer seceded”—reached
the city yesterday, in fine health and spirits.
Col. Hott is one oi the representative capi
talists of tbe Sontb. a Union man and a
Republican of singularly consistent record.
Excuses for Assassination.
We recollect that when Aahburn was killed
in Columbus, an attempt was made to show
that he bad shot himself, and some such
canard wss started as to the assassination of
Ayer. Adkins, said the Ku Klox papers,
brought bis own fato upon him by writing an
impndent letter to sombody's fcmalo relative,
but neither the somebody, or the female rela
tive, or tbe letter has ever been brought to
light Republicans seem to have a peculiar
fancy for killing themselves, and procuring
themselves murdered. For instance, there is
Wm. Brunt, a United States Assessor, kiUed
near Blackabear, Ga, and the Savannah News
tries to produce the impression that ho killed
himself, “that his death might be turned into
another rebel outrage.” Wilt the Nows please
tell us how much remuneration Mr. Brant
got for killing himself ? What is tbe price of
RadicglstrieidM (if yon choose to call asaaasin-
e) in tbe Savannah market?
Defeated Again.
Sera of tbe Bryant Democracy have
been as nnfortnnate in their recent law anita
as in their ill-advised and desperate efforts to
defeat the organization of tbe House. On
yesterday morning, the prosecuting attorneys,
in the case of Tbe State vs. James Fitzpatrick,
Ephraim Tweedy and Edward F. Blodgett—a
case which an investigation disclosed to have
no merits—attached (he warrant to a dismissal
of the auit and left the room, protecting that
they would have nothing further to do with it.
The cornual for the defense very properly in
sisted that, inasmuch as tbe charges preferred
would, if austained. constitute a felony, it
was not in the power of tbe prosecution *16
thus summarily dismiss the oaae.
It will be remembered that the same thing
was attempted by tbe prosecution, in the case
of The Stole m. Hon. Foster Blodgett, and
that the result of tbe investigation, (which
was continued over the protest of the plaintiff,
Bryant,) was that tbe dismissal of tbe ease
with all eosts to be paid by tbe prosecution!
Merc personal animosity and uialioe is quite
"aTTalArtn eoudnoting suits, as iu the
are-u. of politics. It is slwsys to be rc
grcttcil that men tayiug claim to intelligence
should allow tj^pselvea to become (he slaves
of passion, claiming political leader
ship, should exercise more self-control
The Klerllon for V. S. Senators I
EveryboJ^Rho roads that par per at all, re
member thmtchaiacler of tbo information
ag (Sc opinions of tbe Atlanta “Constituti^’
conccrniumthe Board of OtfTeers; hot? uB
PrtaS&it jas not going to sanction tbe ac-
AiotfmWlialrict comfftmder in tbe appoint
ment W tbo Board; how (Stumor Bullock
was to be superseded- -by General Huger as
Provisional Governor;’how General Terry held
his position by uncertain tenure; bow the
Bryant Democracy waa to be sualained by the
Cabinet at Washington; iu short, bow tbe
whole reconst motion programme waa to be
knocked into a cocked bat by the Administra
tion charged with its execution!
Without discussing the legal effect of the
Constitution’s opinion on this matter, it is
only necessary to remember tbe gcnoral reeult;
how its “special*” (J. F. H.) turned out to be
sensations!, and bow ita loomed opinions
were "wasted upon the desert air.”
And so of its last crotchet, to-wit: that “there
is to be no election of Uuited States Sen-
atom.” It has special information to this ef
fect derived through an extract from the New
York Times;anJ said extract was written by s
Washington correspondent (a veritable Jen
kins) who bad dined with Trumbull; snd this
extract stands approved by tho Atlanta “Con
stitution 1”
would cot have conferred upon him. Much
as the; maligned and pretended to undervalue
him, there was co price in their power to bo-
they would not bavo paid him for second
ing the designs of the Democratic party, giv
ing up to them the control of the State Gov
ernment and snffering them to retain, undis
turbed, the ascendancy they had procured by
fraud and outrage in the Legislature.
But all the threats ot assassination, all the
slanders of his public snd private character,
and all perversions of his motives by a scur
rilous Democratic press snd orators, availed
nothing tom ve him from bis resolution that
the State shall be restored to tho Union, and
that “traitors should take back beats;” and
to-day be is triumphant in his long contest.—
Georgia no longer stands iu on attitude of de
fiance to tbe Government of this nation. Her
path to peace and prosperity is open. If she
is still retarded in her progress, it will be be
cause the old leaders, who have so long
misgoverned her, shall be allowed to retain or
regain tbeir power for evil. But whatever the
fntu-e may be, however much of failures the
plans of reconstruction may be, not the less
honor is due to Governor Bullock for bis ef
forts to C'rrj them into effeot, and to further
the eause of loyalty and peace.
Perjury and Public Hen.
We find in tbe organ of the Bryant Democ
racy, the statement that at a meeting of the
Executive Committee, the name of the party
was changed to that of “The National Re
publican Club of Georgia.” Mr. J. E. Bryant
appears us Chairman, and announces in an
editorial that Mr. Joshua Hill is ths President
of the Clob.
In another part of his paper the editor at
tempts to exease hit efforts to disorganize snd
destroy the organization snd inflaenes of the
Republican party, by tbe allegation that in
bis judgment soch action became necessary,
in order to pnrify it, on seeonnt of tbe fact
that the Hon. Foster Blodgett was charged
with having committed perjury.
The question of party feeling snd party auc-
eess is one in which personal interest snd
personal ambition ongbt never to be permitted
to exercise an influence. Bnt when promi
nent men are brought forward and their re
cord made use of as a reason for attack upon
party organisation, it becomes necessary to
examine into and state to the country such
facts as may properly be mentioned in anch s
connection.
In this case Mr. Bryant proposes to protect
himself from the effect of his action by tho
assertion that he was unwilling to be connect
ed with a parly which had for its Chairman s
gentleman who was charged with perjury, tie
though he admits that the charge snd the sub
sequent bill of indictment wss procured
through the efforts of his.Democrstic allies.
Having done this much, Mr. Bryant now
proceeds to offer to tho pnblie the name of
Mr. Joshua Hill as Chairman of the new or
ganlzation, and it therefore becomes proper,
as a pnblie matter, to examine into the public
reeord of Mr. Hill, and hie course before and
daring tbe rebellion, and sec what advantage
there may be in his action, over that panned
by Mr. JIlodgetL
Ur.'mlgtlt, as is well known, was an old
line Whig, s delegate to the Bell and Everett
Convention, u^Bjf^kided as Chairman over
the last Union dfeetihg that was held in Ihe
State before tbe passage of tbe ordinance of
secession. He wss elected Mayor of the city
of Augusta for the second or third time as a
Union m n just prior to the passage of the
ordinance of seceraion. And, as we all know
that ordinance having been adopted, the
Vigilance Committee—the hot-headed politi
cal extremists— csrrieJ * everything be
fore them ns with a whiilwiod, and
Mr. Blodgett, in order to save
haps his life, certainly to secure for himself
and family peace and qniet, was compelled to
yield to the storm. That subeequently be
waa elected a captain of a volunteer company,
and went with that company to Virginia; that
as soon, thereafter, as he could do so, with
any reasonable eliqpr of prosperity, he with
drew fro:
limi
the passage of
sliirl
son Davis, ihst he is not io favor of recon-
slructioo, and that he is not in favor of the
Union. We Quote:
“It is charged that I am in favor of a recon
struction of the Union, opposed to the prose
cution of the war, and the administration of
President Davis. I answer these charges to
satisfy s class of friends who are really igno
rant of my sentimeuta” • * * Since my
resignation as a member of Congress of tbe
Uoited States, which occurred immediately
upon tho withdrawal of my colleagues, I have
taken no active part in politics. ' * ' *”
“Tbe war, with all its afflictive train of soffer-
ing, privation and death, has served to eradi
cate all idea of reconstruction, even with those
who made it the basis of their arguments in
favor of disunion. I always regarded it as
impossible, except by the success of Northern
arms, snd then only a Union in name, and not
tbe free government of our fathers. I want
no such Union, and will not accept * * *
“So far as Mr. Lincoln and the abolitionists
are concerned, there is nothing lett us but to
resist to the last, with all the means at our
command, tbeir efforts to despoil us They
present us no'alternative but ruin or victory;
no fraternal appeal came from the fanatical
abolitionist to pause and consider of terms of
peace. He is resolvsd to conquer us snd ex
tirpate slavery.” * * * *
Surely no true Southerner can desire
peace with the surrender of our invaluable
institution. Independence itself wonld be
but an empty sound, obtained at such a coat”
• “ While I have not approved of every
act ot President Dsns' administration, I am
not prepared to say that I know of any other
more capable of serving the Confederacy in
tbe discharge of the embarrassing dnties that
devolve upon bis high office. I sympathize with
tactions opposition to bis administration.
Occupying the position I did, Ido not think it
becoming us to attempt to outstrip the lead-
of the revolution, to stimulate tbe youth
tbe country to volunteer. I made no in
flammatory appeal to tbeir patriotism; but I
denied them not my aid and my sympathy in
their trying adventure.” *
'Early in the struggle the youth of my house
hold, and those of my nesrest kindred, flew
The soil ot Virginia has drank deep
of tbe life-blood ol my gallant kinsmen.'
Thus it will be seen that Mr. Joshua Hill
was s member of Congress, and took an oath
to support ths Constitution of the Uuited
States. Tbst be thereafter denied not his aid
and sympathy to persons engaged in hoetiiity
to the United States! That be sought the of
fice of Governor of the State of Georgia, a
Government organized in hostility to ths
Government of the United States. Now, is
it to be presumed that, with this reeord, this
gentleman wonld hazard the taking of the
test oath? Bnt we find, by a published letter
over hie own signature, dated the 16tn day of
July, 1868, that he says: “It is more than two
years since I first took what is known as tbs
‘test oath.’ I have taken it twice. I have
never feared tbe oharge of perjury for doing
u”
As Mr. Hill has not given his influence in
favor of the reconstruction measures pf Con
gress; as he has not made himself unpopular
with the Democracy iu our State, by uphold
ing these measures; snd, as he was their
choice for the United States Senate, he may,
with safety, say that “ I have never feared a
charge of petjury for taking tho test oath.'
Certainty no Republican would cause action
to be broogbt against Mr. Hill;and it did not,
snd would not promote tbe purpoaai of the
Democracy to take that coarse with him. But
we respectfully submit to the candid judg
ment of the public, as to whether tho record
of Mr. Hill will any better sustain him in his
position of willingness to take tbo test oath,
tbau Mr. Blodgeet is sustained against tho
urge of perjury,| marie iu bis cases. Is,
therefore, the chairman of the Bryant Dcmoc-
rcey any better with his record on the test
oath, than the chairman ol the Republican
party? and if not, wbat becomes of the flimsy
rag that Bryant uses to his treachery ?
notary set
‘.pldcitej
fHPiti]
iliif-lPtl bint
service, and from that
service, and after
ipt act, secured a po-
from tbe Coufeder-
Gorernor Bullock.
Now that the reconstruction ot tbe State
haa been nearly perfected, it ie proper that
due honor should be dono to tbe official
through whose instrumentality, chiefly, this
desirable end bss been attained.
It is the fashion, both within and ontsii
tho State, to ascribe to tbe Governor and to
the Republican party, some blame (or thi
turbulence that has prevailed within oar
borders, and for the delay in our full restora
tion to tbe Union. No accusation is more
thoroughly unjust. Iu no State have the
difficulties in way of reconstruction been more
formidable, as is shown by tbe high-handed
outrage* perpetrated agaiust tbe rights of tbe
citizens, snd the persecution of Republican
citizens, their murders, their benisbment snd
ihe destruction of tbeir property. Georgia
was left with her old rebel leaders still power
ful in position and wealth, with (no restraint
upon their traitorous Inclinations ana designs,
allowed to preach sedition and treason under
the very shadow of the flag ol the Union, and
to encourage that part of tbe people wLo re
mained their obedient servants, to resist tbe
authority of the Union, to drive out or mur
der the friends of the Guvernnuut, oud to
take possession of the State Legislature. Some
of these leaders bad been disabled from bold
ing office, bnt that disability iurtead of tram-
eling and sileneiog them, only maddened
them to more energetic effort against tbe
Union and its friend* .The wax was still fla
grant in Georgia, and tbe rebellion was still
unconquered.
With all these elements and promoters of
sedition beating against him. Governor Bol
lock haa stood firm and immovable io his pur
pose that the restoration oi tbe State ahonld
be perfected. With one of less tenacity of
purpose at the helm, with traitor* to the Gov
ernment seconded by traitors to the Republi
can ranks continually assailing him, a man of
leu tenacity of purpose, of leu firm resolve
for the right, would have yielded up the con
test long ago. Had he desired personal ag
grandizement, had be teen selfishly ambitioos
ns his enemies represent him, snd bad hs only
yielded to the demands of the rebels snd pro
moted their designs, there is no honor or enrol
ment which was iu tbeir power to bestow they
sitmingduGi
At tbe close of the rebellion, Mr. Blodgett
was appointed to, and accepted tbe office of
postmaster ol the city of Augusta, and before
taking Ibe oath of office— if, as ia charged, he
ever did legally lake the oath—he filed, with
the Pomtmaster General of tbe United Statu,
a written statement of hi* entire connection
with the Confederacy, and the reason! which
actuated him at that time.
Ills equally as well known that subsequent
ly, he took an aetiva part in pressing forward
the reconstruction measures in Congress in
Georgia That he wu prominent and active
as a Republican. That he presided over, u
chairman, the first Republican convention
ever held in tbe State, and that upon tbe or
ganization of tbe committee of the party in
18G7, he wu unanimously chosen chairman of
tho Republican State Central Committee,
position to which he hu been continuously
elected op to tbe present time.
When tbe influence exerted by Mr. Blodgett
began to bear frail iu the probablo success
the movement in favor of calling a Constitu
tional Convention, under the Reconstruction
Acts, by a vote of the people, the Democracy
sought, in every possible way, to break down
bis influence, and to break bim down u
citizen and as a man. To do this, they em
ployed tbo then United Statu District Attor-
>nd by presenting to the Grand Jury
** in cose, as made oat by tbe two facts
lodgett wu once in command of
compsny, and subsequently a Poat-
.. bill or indictment lor petjury wu
pro-hed through.
From facts iu our possession, we are confi
dent that, should the Uuited States authorities
ever feel themselves justified in pressing this
cue to trial, Mr. Blodgttt would be triumph
antly acquitted from any pnrpou or intent
perjury, or to in any manner mislead the au
thorities by falsely taking tbe oath of office.
Daring said thus much for the Chairman
the Republican Organization, let ns now look
at tbe facts in the cue of Mr. Joshua Hill.
It Is well known that Mr. Hill wu a mem
ber of Congress before tbe breaking oat of the
rebellion. It is also known that be was op
posed to the Ordinances of Secession, and at
that time was generally esteemed, and consid-
ed a Union man on account of inch opposi
tion to secession. Newspapers at tho tune
were nnkind enough, however, to assert that
it was Mr. Hill's love of office, rather than his
lovo of Union, which caused him to object
the motion of his colleagues for a vacation of
their stats in the United States Congress.
During the rebellion, Mr. Hill being beyond
tbe military age wu at home on bis planta
tions in Morgan county, interesting himself
occuionally in political matters, and iu Au
gust, 1863, accepted the nomination for Gov
ernor of tbe State of Georgia, a State organi
zation in hostility to the Government of tbe
United States, and wm supported by Ben
Hill & Co.
Tbe opponents of Hill having charged
tbe public prints that Mr. Hill wu a Union
man, in favor of reconstruction and opposed
to Jefferson Davis, Mr. Hill wrote a letter
which wu published at tbe time, addressed
to liana. G. W. Adair, John J. Thrasher and
Jams M. Calhoun, of Atlanta, refuting
cba.ge 1 This letter is dated Madison, Geor
gia, August 31, 1863; io which Mr. Ilill goes
ou Io show that ho is not an .enemy of Jeffer-
smell of onions. There ore scores of people |
who bare lost oil profit of a Sunday service j iu
by tbo sickening smells which surround wit
them.
2. Sounds—Whispering in church durin :
the service is an affront to politeness. Much
of the coughing which goes on in cbuicb
arises from the poisonous gases and pcrs u.d
effluvia which exists in unventilated churches.
But the power of the will over tbe muscles
which do the coughing is very great. A heed
leu person will cough twice as much as is
needful—will cough at the worst time possible,
will cough plump npon the necks of tbose
before him, instead of embalming tbe sound iu
his handkerchief, as, with* little skill and po
liteness, be might easily da We would not
forbid men who cannot sing to “mskeajoy-
ful noise”—but it should be a softly noise.
In all cases when it is a man's doty to sleep
church, it is his duty also to snore with tbe
sort pedal down.
3. Sight—Everyone likes toseethe minis.
r. It cannot be done through yonr body.
True, yon cannot help being before somebody
onleu yon are on the back seat. But, with a
little thought yi n may very much help tbose
behind yoa. Any oondact which shall divert
tbe attention of others from the service, such
u ostentations plsying with a watch or open
ing and .shotting it, reading books or papers,
looking about inquisitively is impolite.
Many churches have the Tea Command
ments set np npon the wall, in eight of the
whole congregation; although not one of the
tins reprobated therein is likely to be com
mitted in church time. Would it not be well
have another tablet enumerating the sins
which men are prone to commit in chnrch
time?
r. hs wu insensible and very cold, bat af-
!wiskly rubbing bim for awhile and other-
arousing, be wu restored to eonscions-
nnd life. After being brought to'his
expressed, on paper, the hope that
iu he- awoke bo would find himself in ano-
world.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE,
SPIRIT or THE GEORGIA PRESS.
TBS ATLANTA INTZLLJOEXCKR, (DUf.,)
Announces “with pleunre” to its readers the
fact that tbe organization of the General As
sembly hu been completed. It says :
Every material interest of the State de
mands this, and u its “political situation,”
so far u it relates to the reconstruction pro
gramme of Congress, cannot be changed or
ameliorated, we trust that bone of contention
will interfero no looser in postponing what
rgia so much needs, prompt and discreet
Georgia
'egiataiion.
Of alt the Southern States, Georgia, we be
lieve, is tbe most prosperous. Her pnblie
debt is largely leu than that of any of her af
flicted sisters, snd her resources are greater
than moat of them. In railroad enterprises in
sueceufnl operation, she long since took the
lead, and ia in advance of them at! np to the
treeent time. She needs now bnt one thing
o keep her still in the lead and to advance
her prosperity, and that ia liberal, but pru
dent and win legislation. We care now to
hear bnt little ooming from it of a political na
ture, bat we do care to hear that the material
interests of the State are receiving attention,
and that the members of tbe General Assent
bly have gone to work with a will to advance
her every interest, and to practice that econo
my which will save the people from onerous
taxation.
TBS BOktE COUUZBCUL
Is still troubled with the ghost of tbe Past
Speaking of tbe future prospects of tbe effete
organization known os tbe Democratic party
in connexion with the mystical “Chau move
ment,” tbe Commercial says:
Chau feel* confident no doubt, that tbe
Democratic party will yet follow bim—be glad
to hang on to his robes.
Now we Georgia Democrats have a peculiar
pride in Cbaso ; for wu it not be that asser
ted, io his Savannah speech, in 1863, the
superiority of the negro over the white man
for mental and moral culture ? Yea, verily.
Chau ia consistent.
Lord help the Democratic party back to the
old paths, or, at least, impress its wanderers
after strange gods with some sense of shame.
Of Woman's Bights the same “Democratic'
authority says:
Immodesty, roguery, rascality, grossness,
want of morals, drunkenness, licentiousness,
and free love, all are embraced in that anathe
ma, "Woman’s Rights.”
THS BBUNsWICK APPEAL,
Speaking of the business and prospects
Brunswick, says:
We are having qnite an influx of population,
and we are glad to say tbe major part of them
are of tbe ngM stamp. Sober, industrious,
thrifty people—neither too proud nor too lazy
to work. There is room for all of this sort
who may choou to come. As for dainty gen-
tleinen(?) of leisure, whose “idle brain is t
Devil's workshop,” snd whose forty dignitj(?)
would disdain to set a type, drive a jack plane,
wield a hammer, wait behind a counter, cut
up book accounts, measure lumber or devote
himself to any other useful pursuit—we can
only say persons of this class and character
will not likely fiod our city a genial location.
Beecher on Behavior In Chnrch
Hr. Beecher ia making a very lively paper
of the Christian Union. Here is a paragraph
on behavior in ehoreb, which hu a secular
application:
We may classify tbe petty incivilities
church life thus:
1. Smells.— Violent perfumes, especially
tboee containing musk, are disagreeable to
moat persons, and to some, positively distress
ing. There is no smell so universally pleas
ing u no mutt. Never scent yourself when
going into a crowded assembly. Tbe same is
trne of the residuary smell of tobacco which
bangs about tbe garments and afflicts the
breath of tbose who habitually smoke. But
tobacco almoet invariably makes men nlf-in-
dalpent and regardless of others' convenience.
More brotai yet are they who go to chnrch
reeking, like a Dutchman's soup, with tbe
STATE NEWS.
MAOOH.
The Telegraph-Messenger says: “The
following Bad and startling telegram wu re
ceived on Friday night about half-put nine
o’clock:
Oxroan, Ga., January 28.
To Ur. James Madison Jones:
I grieve to announce your aon’s death. He
hu just now quietly breathed hie test. Mey
God comfort you and his stricken mother.
Lotbbb M. Smith,
President Emmy College.
The death of this youxg man, remarkable
for his piety, intelligence and many virtues,
will not only crash the hearts of his parents
and kindred, bnt will cut a gloom over the
whole community.”
Rcasy left here for Emory College on the
18th, and arriving there, took bis position in
the Sophmore class, in good health and foil
of promise, for a bright and creditable career
through a collegiate course of studies; but,
alu! the insatiate monster. Death, had mark
ed him for his own, and in tsn short days af
ter leaving home and friends, he wu taken
hence, bnt surely to a higher and better world.
He mast have died very suddenly, u a dis
patch wu received on Friday afternoon an
nouncing his serious illness, and the family
left that night for Oxford, and in a short while
after they left, the above telegram wu receiv
ed. He died in the 17th year of his age.
SAVANNAH.
The News of Monday hu a dainty bit of
Scan. Mag. which it temptingly holds ont It
says: “A carious sensation is afloat ia certain
circlet of this city, tbe facts of which are sub
stantially u follows: A gentleman sought and
obtained board in a private family, where re
sided a young lady ot , of considerable
personal attractions. Attracted by the urbane
and polished manners of ths new boarder, as
well as the protestations of his consuming
love for her, she consented to share with him
the mephitic path of life, and they were forth
with engxged. Owing to some unexplained
cause, be changed his quarter*, and obtained
board in another family. Hii departure led
to inquiries on the part of tbe friends of the
lady, when it wu ascertained that the debo
nair agreeable gentleman wu a married man,
living in delightful matrimonial felicity with
his wife. Under these circumstances,
“The last Unk was broken that bound her to him,”
and the engagement WAA broken through the
gentleman, who is now vehement in his de
nunciations of tbe vile slander perpetrated
npon him, and stoutly denies the fact of bis
married citato. What the sequel to all this
will be. tims will telL
Ths News gets off a joke at the expense of
the Green-Liners. It says :
On Saturday our reporter hurd inquiries
made by several Green-Liners u to whether
the gunttemsir who were making “sketches"
were “delegates from Louisville, Cincinnati,
Nashville, Atlanta, or Macon,” and he, thick
ing that there might be something of interest
in the supposed pictures made by the reputed
artiste, hunted up tbe party in the carriage.
After several inquiries, he discovered them on
Bay street, near Jefferson, and on further ex
amination they proved to be the City Asses
sors, with their books and maps, quietly fig
uring np the valuation of land and improve
ments
The same paper says : About eight o'clock,
on Wednesday evening last, a sailor belonging
to the schooner Joeiah Whitehouse, while
boarding his vessel in a small boat, accident
ly lost his oar, and in endeavoring to recov
er it, fell overboard and wu drowned,
Tbe New* of Monday chronicles ihe death
of Bobert Habersham, of that city. It says
Only a day or two since, we announced the
wrtial recovery of Robert Habersham, Esq.,
rom an attack of sickness, and expressed the
hope that he wonld still be spared to his fami
ly and friends. We have now the melancholy
tuk of announcing bis deoease, which occur
red at his residence on Orisons Square, at an
early hour yesterday morning. At his ad
vanced age, the news of bis death was not
wholly nnlooked for; still, the community wu
much startled at tbe announcement.
Mr. Habersham wu born in Savannah on
the 25th day of December, 1783, and had, con
sequently, more than completed his eighty-
sixth year. He wu the son of Hon. Joseph
Habersham the first Postmaster General of
the United States, and a direct descendant
one of the first settlers of Georgia nnder Ogle
thorpe. Tbe name of Habersham is one of
the most honored in Georgia. .
Says the News: A gentleman named Frank
Higginbottom, a resident of Glynn connty,
wu arrested and carried to Darien on Satur
day. The charge agaiut him is killing ne
groes.
XXPXSWICX.
jWe understand that when CoL Halbert ar-
rived at Albany the other day, he mode an im-
1 fSkiutu speeob. in which he promised to con
nect that city and Brunswick by rail in time
to. transport tho present year's crop. In doing
se, be would not take a single hand from tbe
plantations—saying be would do the work
«i.h German labor.
AUGUST A,
Tbo Coustitutionalist of yesterday says :
Sunday afternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock,
a young man named Wm. Bryant, impelled
by an over-dose of benzine, set upon a negro
bfj named Godfrey Barr, on Marbury street,
within the vincinity of the Augusta faotory,
and inflicted a painful cut across his back
with a largo pocket knife. Bryant wu arrested
and confined until yesterday morning, when
be was arrainged before Justice Elle, and
through bis counsel, W. Milo Oliu, Esq.,
waived examination, and wu held iu the
emu of $500 for bis appearance at the Superior
tilbuuiag from oar Exchugcs.
A French inventor has taken oat a patent
for ‘‘stockings with garters attached.*’
Tho proprietress of a drinking saloon in
RJSii&felphia weighs 600 ponnds.
A $20,000 diamond cross was recently lost
at a Murray Hill (New York) ball.
A man in Petersburg, Va., the other day,
o». * wager, ate a gallon of fresh oysters,
minus the shells and liquor, at one sitting.|
A wedding is announced to come off at New
York soon, at which not only the bride bnt
tbe. bridesmaids will wear dresses made by
thk celebrated Paris modiste, Worth.
An English soldier, in a guard honse, who
cduld not read, was lately incited to shoot his
poral by seeing a picture of a similar inci-
it in a police gazette. Tbe soldier was
The Appeal of last Friday says: Oor city
this week had visitors on the look, from Cali*
A dispute as to the relative merits of sheep
and goat’s meat, in a town in Southern Cali*
fofiiia, is to be settled by cooking two sheep
and two goats, and duly serving them np be
fore a committee of twelve impartial judges.
The original model of a telegraphical bat-
My filed by Professor Morse, when he got his
patent, has been unearthed from a lot of old
rubbish in the cellar of the Patent Office, where
it fin been lying for years. Tbe clumsiness
of the signal key, as compared with tbe one of
the prenent day, is ridiculous. It is nearly
two feet long, and has a large lump of lead at
theend fnrthereat from the bond, to throw the
key up and break the circuit.
A private letter seceived at New York brings
news concerning the loss of the steamer Uni
ted Kingdom, which left that port early in
April for Glasgow. She was lost in mid-ocean.
One man was saved, picked np by a ship
bound for Sidney, Australia. He was delirious
for dx weeks; when consciousness returned,
he gpve a disconnected account of the founder
ing of the ship, and died. There were about
thirty passengers aboard.
Miss Dix, who has devoted her life to the
amelioration of the condition of the insane,
who has by her own efforts succeeded in pro
curing the establishment of some eighteen
or twenty asylams for this unfortunate class of
persons, and who, during the late civil war,
was at the head of the Nurse*’ Department in
the United States military hospitals aud in
the field, has had a conspicuous reception by
the Legislature of North Carolina.
Thirty-five representative citizens of New
York have tendered a reception to Prince
Arthur upon his arrival there from Washing
ton, as a mark of respect to Queen Victoria.
He has accepted the invitation.
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, now 55 years of •
is a corpulent man, above the middle heii_
and wearing heavy moustaches aud imperial!
He walks with difficulty from having goaty
feet. Having beop long jifithe Foreign Legion
he has all the air’of a military man. Daring
his military career he has given frequent proofs
of courage and energy. His marriage in 1868,
at Epieux, a property he owns in the Ardennes,
made some noise, his wife being the daughter
of a workman in the Fonrbourg Saint-An-
toiue.
SENATE.
Satubday, January 29,1870.
Tho Senate met pursuant to adjournment,
and was called to order at 10 a, k., by the
President.
Prayer by the Rev. Wesley Prettyman —
The roll was called, and tbe journal of the
previous day read and approved.
Mr. Higbee said he understood a message
from the Governor would be received about
11 o’clock, and moved the Senate take a re
cess until that hour, which was carried.
Upon the re-assembling of the Senate a
further recess was taken until 11:30, when tho
following order was read :
Headq’hs Military District of Georgia, I
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 28, 1870. (
General Orders No. 11.
Upon the evidence and arguments submit
ted to tho Board of officers appointed by Gen
eral Orders No. 3, current series, from these
Headquarters, the Brevet Major General Com
manding finds that W. T. Winn, of Cobb
county, and W. J. Anderson, of Houston
county, who were elected to the Senate of
Georgia* are ineligible to seats therein: It is
therefore ordered that the said W. T. Winn
and W. J. Anderson be, and they hereby are,
forbidden to assume the duties or exercise
functions of members of said Senate.
And whereas, E. D. Graham, of the 3d Dis
trict, and C. It. Moore, of the 12th District,
arsons elected to the Senate of Georgia,
lave refused, declined, or neglected, or been
unable to take one of the oaths proscribed by
the act of Decern ber 22d, 1869, although am
ple opportunity so to do has been given them,
and have thus by the terms of the said act be
come ineligible to seats in said Senate, and
have also filed with tho Hon. R. B. Bollock,
Governor, their applications to the Congress
of the Uoited States for relief from their disa
bilities; thus admitting their ineligibility to
hold.the office to which they were elected; It
is therefore ordered that the said persons be,
and they hereby are, prohibited from taking
seats in said Senate, or participating in tbe
proceedings thereof.
And whereas, John J. Collier, of the 11th
District, a person elected to tbe Senate of
Georgia, after having taking one of the oaths
prescribed by the act of December 22d, 1869,
did afterwards apply to the Secretary of State
for permission to withdraw said oath, and has
also filed with the Hon. R. B. Bollock, Gover
nor, his application to the Congress of the
United States for relief from his disabilities ;
thus admitting his ineligibility to hold the
office to which he was elected : It is therefore
ordered that the said person be, and he hereby
is, prohibited from taking his seat in the said
Senate, or participating in the proceedings
thereof.
By order of Brevet Major General Terry:
J. H. Taylor,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Upon which Mr. Harris moved the follow
ing resolution:
“ Whereas, It is the desire and intention of
this body to comply folly with all the require
ments of the Reconstruction Acts: and where
as, this body is ready and willing to
grant to every member, legally entitled,
all his rights and privileges in this body; be
it,
Mr. Candler, that the Code of Georgia was
not in force.
Mr. Speer asked the speaker if the time
would ever come when he would vote for the
admission of the men spoken of by the Gov
ernor.
Mr. Wootten said that, with his present
views, he would. After som*- further remarks,
Mr. Merrell said the Senator was nnder the
impression that the Code was not in force, if
it was, he would obey it What did the re
construction acts under which they were as
sembled say ? That in addition to an oath pre
scribed by Congress, they should take an
n.ll, tn onnnnvl (lift Onnqiifniinn rtf Oftftroifl.
Supreme Court ot tne State of ctcor«la
Joseph E. Bbown, Chief Justice.
iC. MoCsx, I Xsioriatu Jnstiocs.
iornia, Ohio, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nowrecord in this case.
j Ueocmber Term ISOU.
Order of Circuits with number of cases from
each:
Southern Circuit 5 cues
Southwestern Circuit 23 “
Patents Circuit 23 “
Chattahoochee Circuit 31 “
Macon Circuit 13 “
Flint Circuit 18 “
Tallapoosa Circuit 10 “
Atlanta Circuit 22 “
Rome Circuit 6 “
Cherokee Circuit 22 “
Blue Ridge Circuit 12 “
Western Circuit 6 “
Northern Circuit 8 “
Middle Circuit 11 “
Ocmnlgee Circuit 10 “
Eastern Circuit i “
Brunswick Circuit 0 “
DULY ruOCBEDIXas.
Tuesday, February 1,1970.
The Court mot pursuant to adjournment.*
The following judgments were rendered:
James A. Hoye, plaintiff in error, vs. The
State, defendant in error—Indictment for
murler and verdict for voluntary manslaugh
ter, irom Bibb. Judgment of the Court be
low reversed on the ground that the regular
term of the Superior Court of Bibb county
via not adjourned for any cause known to the
lairs «•* the State, and a new trial ia ordered.
S -'.ert A. Parker, plaintiff in error, vs. The
or and Council of Macon, defendants in
enrer—Case, from Bibb. Judgment of the
C«utt below reversed, ou the ground that the
;uit erred in sustaining the demurrer to the
ation and ordering a non-suit.
. Mary A Day, plaintiff in error, vs. Pe-
l Solomon, executor—Petition for dower,
l Bibb. Judgment of the Court below re-
~, on the ground that the Court erred in
g that the widow was not entitled to
, nnder the state of facts made by the
York, Florida, Mississippi, and scores from
Georgia.
The Star of yeeaterday says: The United
States Depot; Collector in this District, with
a United States Deputy Marshal, and two aid
de camps, made a descent npon Mr. Thomas
Moore's still house, in Pike coonty, on Satur
day last, took away his stilting apparatus, and
set fire to his still honse. It was destroyed,
together with about one hundred panels of
fence, and it is said that Mr. Moore's family
was also roughly treated. Mr. Moore was ab
sent from home at the time. When be re*
turned and fonnd oat what had happened, he
followed the party to town, took out a warrant
aud had them arrested. They gave security
for their appearance until yesterday, when an
investigation was to have taken place.
COLUMBUS.
The Enquirer cays:
Report baa it that we are to have another
monster factory in the course of a twelve-
month in the vieinity of tbe “Muscogee." Also
a magnificent row of iron front buildings on
the bnrat district of Broad street. Three new
churches are proposed—one for tbe old-fash
ioned Wesleyan Methodists, op town, one tor
Ibe Catholics, and one for the Israelites. Be
sides these, St Lake and Trinity are to be
vastly improved. These improvements, to
gether with the new Hall and Fair Grounds.
rihieh are to be attended to tbe present sum
mer promise some work for mechanics, and a
lively lime generally.
Ml CON.
The Telegraph of yesterday haa the follow
ing items: A gentleman whose name we sup
press attempted suicide at the Lanier House
on Sunday night last by taking a j ounce <x
chloroform. He had purchased the drug from
Mr. W. S. Zeilin, who when he sold it, asked
the gentleman if he knew how to use it and
was acquainted with ita dangerons. propensi
ties. To which be answered affirmatively and
intelligently. He then went to the Lauiet
Honse and engaged room No. 1C, and, after
writing a note to the editors of this journal, u
which he recounted some of the reasons for
his rash set, among others that ho was alonr
in this world, withont kindred or friends; dir,
abled for life, and deprived of heuriur
and speech; that he had no desire to livr
longer, etc., he took tbe deadly drug. Fo-.
innately, and before it was too late, bis com!.'
tion was discovered by Mr. L. H. Wing, vbll
immediately called ia several gentlemen to ns, you did thrust, or pnsb, or pierce, or propel
gist in restoring to life, if possible, the dying’ < the deadly weapon throURU W regimental
man. When first discovered, after taking tb< ; breeches, which were his Majesty a.'
Jesto R. Homo and Andrew J. Pound,
Plainfifls in error, ts. Thomas Young, Defend
ant in error. Complaint from Dooly.—Judg
ment of the Coart below reversed, on the
ground that the Court erred in holding the
defeidant an incompetent witness, and in
hoUtng that the note was simply a renewal
and I did not come under the Ordinance of
11 ..
Tie South-Western Railroad Co. Plaintiff
in Bror vs. Oscar Thomason and wife et. al
Dcicndante in Error. Bill of demurrer from
Bibb.—Judgment of tbe Court below affirmed.
James 0. McBurney, Plaintiff in Error, vs.
Waller T. Hollingsworth, Defendant in Error.
Complaint from Bibb.—Judgment affirmed.
f.-citon E. Bowdre, Trustee, Plaintiff in er
ror rs. the Macon A Brnnswick Railroad Co.,
Defsndant in Error. Mortgage FL Fa. levy
and sale from Bibb.—Judgment affirmed.
Hark A. Hnson, plaintiff in error vs. G. B.
Roberts A W. L. Starke, Survivors, defen
ders in error—Assnmpeit from Bibb. Judg
ment of the Court below reversed on the
gntmd that the Court erred in granting a new
trial in this case.
Ordinary of Bibb connty, plaintiff in error
va. the Central Railroad Company et aL, de
fendants in error—Liability of corporations to
be tiered. From Bibb. Judgment of the Coart
below reversed on the gronnd that the Coart
erred in holding and deciding that lot No. 2,
in block seventy-eight, specified in the teoord,
was exempt from taxation by the connty or
other corporation.
Argument in No. 2, Macon Circuit—’The
Central Railroad A Banking Company el at.,
plaintifis in error vs. jStephen Collins etaL,
defendants in error, was resumed. Judge R.
F. Lyon for plaintiff in error, Jndge Loch rone
for the State, CoL L. N. Whittle and General
Toombs for defendants in error. Pending
the argument of Mr. Hartridge for plaintiff in
error, the Court adjourned.
Mrs. Thomas Findley held her centennial
birthday reception last Monday evening at No.
12 Columbia street, Newark. She was bora
on tho 24th of January, 1770, at Elisabeth
town N. J. She received her guests from three
in the afternoon until teu in the evening yes
terday with as much ease and grace as most
women wonld at forty.
The majesty of the law was fearfully sustain
ed by Lord Eskgrove, who, it is related, once
sentenced a tailor for murdering a soldier in
these words: “And not only did yon murder
him, whereby he waa bereaved of bis life, bat
R»solved t That a committoe of three be ap
pointed to wait on His Excellency, the Gov
ernor, and enquire the names of tho persons
who were lcaglly elected in lieu of the Hons.
C. R. Moore, E. D. Graham, W. T. Winn, W.
J. Anderson and J. J. Collier,' who have been
declared ineligible.”
Mr. Barns thought that before any business
was gone into, they should elect a Door-Keep
er and Messenger. They had now been there
three weeks and done nothing.
Mr. Harris hoped there would bo no objec
tion made to his resolution, and sincerely
trusted that the Senate would act peacefully
and harmoniously; no one desired it more
than he did. They had been, as the gentle
man from the 42d had said, there for three
weeks and done nothing; but that was not
their fault. Now they had an opportunity to
go to work, he thought tho first thing done
should be to find out who were entitled to
seats, asd to take part in their actions. That
had been the plan adopted by the House, and
in his opinion the correct one.
Mr. Candler cordially reciprocated Mr.
Harris’ desire fox peace and harmony, but
how could they expect it when such a course
was followed ns that suggested. They had
elected a President and Secretary, a&a Lcfnrn
they could properly proceed they Bhould have
a journalizing clerk who, with the Secretary,
should be sworn, and now, without a com
pete organization, they had a resolution to
ntroduce five new members on the floor with
out an opportunity to inquire into their eligi
bility. The honorable gentleman then went
over the old beaten track (which has been trav
eled over so often lately that it is qnite worn
out, and needs repairs badly), as to the right
the military or executive of the State had to
carry out the reconstruction acts of Congress
and the laws of Georgia in the letter and spirit,
introducing the somewhat novel idea to relieve
the otherwise prosy tendency of his remarks,
that the Senate were not bonnd by, or ac’^g
under the Code of Georgia.
Mr. Harris, in reply, said it migK b® proper
to look back a little and take a glance at their
record; consistency waa a jewel he recom
mended to the gantleman who had preceded
bim, who had himself been, on a former occa
sion, the first one to seek from tho Governor
the very information now sought from the
stale source. He was unwilling to call into
the controvesy the other house, and concluded
by calling for the previous question, which
was carried.
Mr, Burns called for the yeas and nays. The
resolution was carried by a majority of 25 to
8. Tbose voting in the negative being Messrs.
Burns, Candler, Fain, Holcombe, McArthur,
Smith of the 7th, Wellborn and Wootten.
The Preaident appointed as a committee
Messrs. Harris, Fain and Nann&lly.
Mr. Candler suggested that the Secretary
should be sworn; until that was done the or
ganization was not complete.
Mr. Higbee agreed with Mr. Candler that it
should be done.
The President stated that as soon as a United
States Commissioner was in attendance it
should be done.
Mr. Higbee moved to adjourn to 3 o’clock,
which being lost, he moved a recess be taken
for fifteen minntes, which was also lost.
Mr. Speer moved a committee of three be
appointed to draw np rules for the govern
ment of the Senate.
Mr. Holcombe offered as an amendment
that the rules of 1869 be adopted for the gov
ernment of the Senate.
Mr. Merrell suggested that the rules of last
session should be adopted nntil others were
provided.
Mr. Higbee said that they were not organ
ized, they should, m his opinion, seat all tho
members, and again moved a recess of fifteen
minutes, which was lost.
Mr. Wootten said it was true in the main
that the rules of last session were good, but it
was found advisable to amend them, and it
would hare been done had not the session
been so near its close. He moved as a sub
stitute that a committee of five bo nominated
by tbe President to report rales for the
guidance of the Senate.
Mr. Holcombe accepted the substitute,
which was carried, and the following Sena
tors appointed a committee : Messrs. Wootten,
Speer, Harris, Candler and Wallace.
oath to support the Constitution of Georgia,
and that Constitution adopted the Code.
Where tho law of Congress was silent, then
the Code came in. The Code was their law,
except where it came into conflict with the
act, which surely never contemplated telling
them that tho members who might be ineligi
ble should not have their places filled, but
that their places should be tilled, and by the
laws of Georgia. There was another point to
which ho would call their attention. Tbe
act said that not only those elected, but every
person who claimed to be elected should
come up and take tho oath. That was to say,
if any were found to be ineligible then the
one who claimed the seat should be sworn.
When a member was ineligible by reason of
the 14th Amendment, Congress provided for
his removal by the act, if he was ineligible
from any other cause, then the Senate would
take charge of it under tbe Code.
Mr. Harris moved the previous question,
which was carried, and the resolution adopted
by 23 to 7. The following voting in the negr
ative: Messrs. Burns, Candler, Fain, McAr
thur, Nunnally, Smith 7th, and Wootten.
The Senate then proceeded to elect a Door-
Keeper and Messenger. The first ballot for
Door-Keeper was as follows: Thorn, 14; De-
Johnson, 4; Lyca, 13; Thompson, 1, and
Blank. 2.
The next vpte taken resulted in the election
of Mr. DeLyon, by a majority of 1. The
numbers being: DeLyon, 19; Thorn, 16, and
Blank, 2.
Members voting for DeLyon were: Messrs.
Bradley, Brock, Campbell, Colman, Conley,
Corbitt, Dunning, Crayton, Griffin 21st, Hig
bee, Hungerford, Jones, Merrill, Sherman,
Smith 7th, Speer, Stringer, Wallace and
Welch—19.
For Thorq—Messrs. Bruton, Barns, Can
dler, Fain, Gnffin 6th, Harris, Holcombe, Jor
dan, McArthur, McWhorter, Nunnally, Rich
ardson, Smith 36th, Traywick, Wellborn and
Wootten—16.
Mr. DeLycn was accordingly declared elect
ed Door-keeper.
Mr. A. J. Cameron waa elected Messenger,
there being no opposition, 26 members voting
for him.
Between the first and second ballots for
Door-keeper, the loilowing Senators were
qualified, having received the next highest
number of votes to the members declared dis
qualified:
Mr. J. L. Duuning, 35th District, in place
of Mr. W. T. Winn.
Mr. Thos. Crayton, 12th District, in place
of Mr. C. R. Moore.
Mr. Traywick, 9th District, iu place of Mr.
R. T. Nisbet
Tbe Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Door
keeper and Messenger were also sworn in.
On motion of Mr. Brock, tho Senate pro
ceeded to elect a President, pro tenu
Mr. Hungerford nominated Mr. Wootten
Mr. Bradley nominated Mr. Harris. The lat
ter gentleman was elected by a majority of 19
to 17.
Mr. Higbee moved that the Secretary an
nounce to the House that the Senate was or
ganized and ready for bnsiness. Agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Speer, the President ap
pointed Messrs. Speer, Campbell and Wootten
a committee of threo, to act with a similar
committee on the part of the House, to wait
on tho Governor and announce to him the
ganization of both Houses complete.
The Senate then adjourned until 10 a. m.
Monday,
i movc<J tbat the previous reso
lution affecting the seats be fiist taken up.
Mr. OV.d of Lowndes moved that tb©
Honse do adjourn nntil 10 a. m. Monday, but
*°ft be i“6 called, the motion waa lest.
, ce then called for a decision on tbe
resolution of Mr. Lane of Echols.
Sir. Fitzpatrick called for his resolution,
when a motion was made to have it tabled,
which was carried.
SENATE.
Atlanta, Jauuary 31, 1870.
The Senate was called to order by tho Presi-
dent, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 a. m.
Prayer by tho Rev. Wesley Prettyman
The roll was called, aud tbe Journal was read
and approved.
Mr. Donning moved that the Senate do now
proceed to draw for seats.
Mr. Smith of the 36th moved the Senate
keep the seats they now occupy, which was
carried. \
k-
Altar some further unimportant business.
Ur. Harris, as Chairman of tho Committee,
appointed to obtain information c f the Gor-
ernor, handed in the following communica
tion which was read by the Clerk.
January 29lh.
Bon J. Harris and others:
In response to yonr request for the names
of persons who were legally elected in lieu of
Hon. C. B. Moore, E. E. Graham, \V. T.
Winn, W. J. Anderson, and J. J. Collier. I
hereby transmit the names of Thoms, Cray
ton, Uerrilt Henderson, J. 8. Dunning, W.
A. Mathews, J. \Y. Traywick, who. it pre
pared to take the required outb are legally
elected.
I am, moat respectfully,
R. B. Bullock,
Frorisonal Governorr.
Mr. Nunnally moved a committee of three
to iovestigate the eligibility ot the gentlemen
mentioned iu the Governor’s letter, be ap.
pointed by the Chair.
Mr. Harris moved to lay tb. resolution on
the table. Carried.
Mr. Higbee then moved the following :
liesolved. That thoseporsons named in the
communication of his Excellency Ihe Provis
ional Governor, who in their several districts
received the next highest number of votes to
that received by tbose declared ineligible,
shall be allowed to take tbeir seats npon tuk
ing the oaths prescribed by law, provided they
are entitled to the same, and no objection is
made.
Mr. Wootten said that a few of the mem*
bera present thought tbe contemplated action
waa wrong, and he would briefly give the rea
sons why they thonght so, and went over the
old ground ns to the legality of the general
proceedings, and the new ground broken by
HOUSE.
The House met pursuant to adjournment,
and was called to order by the Speaker, at 10
L M.
The proceedings were opened with prayer
by Rev. C. W. Francis.
The Clerk having read the journal of yester
day.
Mr. Coslin, of Talbot, stated that he under-
stood there was no necessity tor the election
of a Speaker pro iem., and moved that the
election do not take place.
The Speaker said that he had mistaken the
day, and as he did not desire to leave, as be
joBwnJjj Ht.- a U K- ——-y Uuu-fi yaa
necessity for an election.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, moved to reconsider
tho elections of yesterday, as there were some
who voted who had no right to seats as mem
beta.
The Speaker overruled the motion of tbe
gentlemen from Floyd as ont of order, and
the decisions of yesterday were final, and he
wonld make no change, the matter having
been folly ventilated and decided upon yester-
dl> kir. Bryant said he should enter a written
p r ocr°> against tbe action of the Honse yes.
terduy in admitting and swearing in of mem
bars, who, as he stated, were not entitled '
seats.
Mr. Shumate stated that, in his opinion,
Mr. Bryant's protest was altogether out of or
der, tending only to delay the business of the
House, aud if the action of yesterday could be
changed at all, it could not be done nt this
atage of tbe proceedings. He advised tbe
gentleman from Richmond to at least allow
order and quietness to reign, as there was no
cassity for any confusion.
Mr. Smith, of Charltoo, offered a resolution
that a committee of three be appointed to en
gage Chaplains to officiate in the House.
Mr. Phillips, of Echols, offered a resolution
that the members retain the seats they now
occupy.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Bibb, moved that they
ahonld draw for seats according to the usual
custom, as it doubtless wonld be for tbe wel
fare of the Democratic members to have
sound Bepublicans in their midst to keep
them in order.
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, offered a resolu
tion that a committee be formed to act io con-
junction with a committee from the Senate,
and wait upon the Governor to inform him
that the Houses arc duly organized and ready
to receive any communication or message he
might wish to send.
The Speaker put the question to tbe Honse
and it was passed unanimously.
Mr. Harrison, of Hancock, offered a resolu
tion that the front seats of tbe gallery should
be reserved exclusively for ladies. Carried.
Mr. Lane offered a resolution that a Com.
mittee of three be formed to draw up rules for
the governance of the House. Carried and
Messrs. Lane, Phillips and O'Neal, of
Lowndes, were appointed.
Mr. James C. Nisbett, of Dade, offered the
following resolution:
Wnznnis, it is manifestly to the interest
the people of the State of Georgia, that that
portion of the State of Tennessee over which
the Western & Atlantic Railroad has been
built, shall become a part of the State of Geor-
gia and whereas, a Convention of the people
of the State of Tennessee and the General
Assembly of said State, are both now in ses
sion, and on opportunity presented for ne
gotiation tor the acquisition of so muoh of
said State as may be necessary to accomplish
this pnrpose; Therefore, be it
Resolved, by tho Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the State of Georgia, in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That His Excellency, the
Governor, be authorized, and he is hereby
directed to appoint, three commissioners
from the House, two from the Senate, and
two from the State at large, who shall imme
diately proceed to the city of Nashville, iu
the State of Tennessee, and tske such steps
as may be deemed by them necessary, by ne
gotiation with the Constitutional Convention
of the State oi Tennessee, or the Legislature
of said State, now in session, to aeqairo by
purchase or otherwise, and add to the present
limits ot the State ot Georgia so much oi tbe
soil of the Shite of Tennessee as may be in-
elnded ia the following boundaries, viz : Be-
ginning at the Northwestern corner of the
present boundary of the State of Georgia,
thence extending the present line between
the States of Georgia and Alabama North
westwardly to the centre of the Tennessee
River; thence with the centre of said river
with its meanders to a point opposite the cen
tre of the mouth of the South Chicamauga
Creek, thence with the centre of said Creek
to where tbe right of way of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad erosses said Creek, thence
Southwardly with the East side of tbe right
of way of said railroad, in sheh manner as
to include all ot said right of way in this new
line, to the present tine between tbe State *'
Georgia and the State of Tennessee.
1’Vial otii) f^Ammioainncn
Resolved, That said Commissioners will,
soon as practicable, report their action in the
premises to this General Assembly, for ratifi
cation or rejection.
Mr. Fitzpatrick of Bibb mored that the res
olution be tabled.
The Speaker stated that the matter oonld
cot any way be entertained at this atage of tbe
proceedings.
Mr. Fitzpatrick moved that the Honse
at one© proceed to draw for seats.
A motion to reconbidcr by Mr. Nuun&llv
failed.
Mr. Speer moved the Freaidt-nt nomiuato
the usual committees. Carried.
Mr. Smith of the 7th moved Charles Patter
son be appointed assistant book-keeper at a
salary to bo fixed by the Senate in future.—
Carried.
Mr. Higbee moved that seals ou tho floor of
the Senate be tendered members and ex-mem-
bers of Congress, Governors and ex-Governors
of Slates, Judges nnd ex-Judges of Superior
Courts, which was carried. He also introdne
ed a resolution that reporters be also tender
ed seats on the floor.
A lively little debate ensued as to whether
they should be permitted to occupy tbeir seats
daring good behavior and trnthfni reports,
which was taken part in by Messrs. Dunning,
Bruton, Wootten, Bradly, Brock and Candler.
Finally a substitute by Mr. Candler to the ef
fect that seats be tendered on the floor of the
House to all regular reporters of the Press,
was carried.
Mr. Welch moved that the President pro- •
cure the services of a Chaplain. Carried by
the casting vote of the President, tho voto
being 14 to 14.
A motion to reconsider from Mr. Brock
prevailed and provoked a discas-iion which
resulted in the whole matter being laid on tho
table.
Mr. Wootten on behalf of the Senate Com
mittee oppointed to wait on the Governor re-
] sorted as follows: The Committee appointed
i^o join a Committee of the House to notify the
Governor of the organization of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, ask leave to
report that they have waitod on his Excellency,
and were by him informed that he would at
once communicate a knowledge of the face of
said organization to the Major General Com
manding, and that & communication wonld
be transmitted to both Houses at 12 x.,
Wednesday.
On motion of Hr. Higbee the regular hours
of meeting were fixed at H to 1 each day.
an amendment by Mr. Stringer from 9 to 12
and 2 till 4 being lost
Mr. Hungerford moved tbo adjournment of
the Honse.
Leave of absence was grauted to Mr.
Merrell aud Mr. Crayton.
The Senate then ajourued till 12 x. on
Wednesday.
HOUSE.
House met pursuant to adjournment, nnd
was called to order by the Speaker at 10
o’clock a. M.
Proceedings were opened with prayer by
the Rev. C. W. Francis.
It was not considered necessary to call the
roll as a quorum was evidently present, there
being but few members away.
The Journal of Saturday having been read.
Mr. Bryant handed in a written protest
against the House proceeding in business any
farther, as its organization was illegal.
The Speaker directed that the protest be
read.
Mr, Jno. W. O’Neal, of Lowndes, was about
to speak against the protest, when
Mr. J. G. W. Mills presented a message
stating that the Senate had been duly organ
ized by tbe election of the Hon. Benj. Conley,
as President, and J. G. W. Mills, Esq., as
Secretary, and a committee of throe had been
ormed to accompauy a committee from the
House to wait ou His Excellency, the Govern
or, to notify him of their organization.
Mr. John W. O’Neal went on to say that
Mr. Bryant certainly had an amount of assur
ance in persisting in annoying tho Speaker
aud the House in general. He spoke strong
ly against entertaining the protest, saying that
ant might AS web ..
l com
of the coni* *a illegally constracfRPH|lfi&de
quite an eloquent protest against these con
stant petty annoyances which some members
seemed to make a point of creating.
The Speaker intimated that he waa not
averse to its being discussed, but ho should,
when the proper time came, overrule all ob
jections, and state finally that the House was
duly organized, and that, in conformity with
the late Congressional enactment affecting
Georgia.
Mr. O'Neal moved that the protest be post
poned.
The Speaker here announced that he had
appointed a committee, composed of the fol
lowing gentlemeu: Mes8rs.O’Neal, of Lowndes,
Harrison, of Franklin, Harrison, of Hancock;
Costin and Harper, of Sumter, to wait, iu
conjuntion with the committe from tho Senate,
on his Excellency, the Governor.
Mr. Bryant requested that tbe Clerk read a
telegram he had from Senator Edmnnds.
The Speaker overruled him and refused to
have it read.
Mr. Bryant here made a long egotistical ti
rade regarding his Republican qualifications,
to no effect, but to tbe amusement of tho lie -
toners, who smilingly wondered that a man
should so far forget himself.
Mr. Scott—The Hsuse was acting illegally
•ATtrrlinrr tft flnn Tarrr'u ...l.i.U
according to Gen. Terry's telegram, which ap
peared in one of the cily papers (The Consti
tution.) He contended ,that they were vio
lating the Jaw in admitting the last lot of mem
bers.
Mr. Harper of Terrell made a few short bnt
pointed remarks, counseling the members to-
keep quiet and not continue to disturb the
proceedings. That the House vras organized it
a settled question, and needed no farther de
bate.
Mr. Rice said he desired to stop the excite
ment that had agitated the House for some
time.
Mr. O’Neal of Lowndes stated, as Chair
man of the committee,that had waited upon the
Governor who informed them that he should at
onoe advise GeneralTerry of their organization,
and would forward a message to the House at
noon on Wednesday.
Mr. O’Neal then moved that the House ad
journ till Wednesday, at 12 m.
Motion was declared carried, but as there
was great outcry for yeas and nays they were
taken with the following result: Yeas 53, nays
The Speaker then adjourned the House un
til Wednesday, 12 o’clock noon.
The Iowa Legislature h&s a fenxrie officer
and a colored officer.
Tbe Ohio State Journal says: “The pig iron
has entered Kelley’s soul, and he emits a groan
of ten columns.”
The Republicans of Ogla'opnnty, 111., have
nominated Anson BarnonL of Dement, for
County Judge.
The name of William S. Groesbeck, of Cin
cinnati, is mentioned by some Western papers
as a possible Democratic candidate for the
Presidency in 1872.
Some persons having requested Senator
Hamlin to frank som© letters for them, he re
ceived the missives, placed three-cent stamps
on each, and returned them to the writers.
The Jackson (Miss.) Pilot says there was
but on© vote against the Fifteenth Amendment
in the Mississippi Honse of Representatives—
Mr. McLeod, or Green—and none in the Son
ata.
Canton wants to be the capital of Missis
sippi, tyit the Jackson papers cotemptoonsly
inquire if it wouldn’t be cheaper for the State
to move Canton to Jackson.
The Pittsburgh Commercial reaffirms tho
statement of a New York paper that Caleb
Cushing wrote tho famous dispatch sent by
Secretary Fish to Lord Clarendon on tho Ala
bama claims question.
The Chairman of the Republican Executive
Committee of Texas has issued an address to
the party, congratulating them upon the re
sult of the election, which has placed tho
8tate in harmony with the National Govern
ment
A colored boy was elected page of the Kan
sas Honse of Representatives, last week. In
making (he nomination. General Byron Sher
ry said : “It is eminently proper and befit
ting that the Radical Republican Legislature
of the new State of Kansas, assembled
in this new and magnificent Capitol
building, should be the first (o accopt this
new order of things, by placing upon tho
head of this little colored boy the crown of
political equality.”