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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION. :
. PRINCIPLE AND POLICY.
“ An honest man ii the noblest work ol
God.” True; but honesty.from motives of
policy, is duplicity. It is an aggravated
species of knavery. It Is the combination
of the two most despicable traits in human
character—hypocrisy and craftiness. No
reprobate lias fallen so low—no creature Is
so contemptible—as he who steals the live
ry of Heaven in which the more effectually
to serve the Devil. A man may be open
and notoriously wicked—may be letcher-
ous, blasphemous, trlckey, disgustingly
profane, unscrupulous and Irreverent, and
yet there Is hope of reform. Thu whole
current of his life may be turned. lie may
be a thief and yet reform; may be a drunk
ard, and yet become exemplary in his
habits; may be even a highway robber, and
yet become a useful citizen, an eminent
moralist, or unaffected Christian.
But for the hypocrite, there Is no hope.
His very mental constitution is such as
precludes all possibility of reform. Ho Is
not honest with his own heart. He is not
true even to himself. He has no distinct
ive traits of character; for his character is
always assumed, and, therefore, an ever-
changing one. He is consistent in noth
ing. He is true to nothing. He is simply
nobody.
The meanest coward Is generally the great
est bully. Conscious of the craven spirit
witiiin him, he seeks to make up in bluster
what lie lacks in courage. The half edu
cated physician, who is constantly afraid
you will suspect him of Ignorance, is the
man to use all the technicalities of the pro
fession. The conscious villain will lie
‘♦honest” from motives of policy. Ills
aim Is to gain confidence. He has his price;
in exchange for which he will barter his
reputation for integrity—a reputation
which he never deserved.
A truly honest man, conscious of the
rectitude of ills own purposes, has nothing
to conceal. He despises what the world
calls “policy.” He Is not afraid of the
light, touching any portion of his personal
or business character. Truth is his armour,
and he fears no trick- ry. He scorns indi
rection. People may dislike, hut they cun-
not help respecting him. His influence is
unbounded, even among ills enemies. His
tory Is lull of such examples.
In public life, few men have the
moral courage to be strictly honest.
31 r. Ci.a y could not be President
because lie would not dissemble. He
had but one way of dealing with all
men. How different with James Buch
anan ! He could and did act a double part;
he deceived both friend and foe, and reach
ed the highest olllee within the gilt of the
people, only that he might disgrace the
position, and make himself odious witli
both parties. Benedict Arnold was a
man of “policy.” So of Aaron Burr.
•James Gordon Bknnktt is a ‘’policy” man;
Horace Gkki.ky.a man of Principle; both
are sometimes mercilessly abused and mis
represented, hut only one is ever respect
ed—one will pass into honorable history;
the other into ignominy.
Tlte young man who would not sow' seeds
for hitter rei>entnnce, should avoid that
Chestcrlleldrean school of morals which
would make men moral through selfish
ness, honest through policy, and respectful
and civil for purposes of deception. If men
would do what they feel to beRUlirr;do
this without regard to what “Mrs. Grun-
day” will say. they would preserve tlieir
self-respect, and command the respect and
confidence of others.
SHADOWS OF PERDITION-THEORBAT SO
CIAL EVIL.
Female virtue Is a crown of many Jew
els. Like a diamond, it glitters above the
ruins of the past. It is a memorial of
woman, and a testimony of Heaven.
Among all civilized people, a degree of
reverence attaches to the sanctity ol
woman. Her purity of character at once
engages the res peel of the opposite sex.
As the one ceases to cherish virtue, and as
the other disregards It, retrogression Is the
tendency of civilization. The brighest
eras in the past, that of Pericles, in Greece,
of Augustus, In Home, of Elizabeth, In
England—were thoso In which woman,
reaching the summit of moral sublimity,
shone in the brightest habiliments of vir
tue and grace. The glory of the first two
is long since eclipsed, and their decline
was preceded by a declension in the virtue
of their women. Vico stealthily besieged
the preeints of virtue—corruption grew
rank in the hearts of the people, as under
the sword of Alexander the bloom of Gre
cian civilization dropped from its parent
stein, to moulder on the’soil and in the
light that had called it forth. The purity of
government, joutlet -of law. nlcponcit ni
literature, perfection of art. dl-apf*eared In
that night of social corruption * which de
scended upon thy.world. . ✓
Beeauso of the defilement of Dinah, by
fcheehom* as thohgli she-were an tiar'O*.
the sons of Jacob, to avt’iige rh*» wrong
slew him and his people w th the sword.
So scrupulous were tile Pagans in respect j
to the Inviolability of the marital rite, that
we read ot the ten year* wur of Hllrem.
waged in its defence. In the violation of
tills law rep»«ed the weakness of toe Tro
jan cause, and Troy fell a victim to Its out
raged saeredno*s and truth. To the Ho
man. the very idea of vestal virgins guard
ing the light in the P-iltadiiim *»f iih fid
dly. augured’it* peri*etiiity‘.
our own times—our own lives—are re
plete with the evidences of woman’s Influ
ence in the affairs ot tnen. Her true mis
sion is to go forth Into the world, with
Virtue as her shield. It is her olllee to res
cue man .from the pitfalls that beset him.
Her sympathies should sustain him in the
struggle of life, developing Ids real man
hood by her sweet and sacred companion
ship. In this view she is as a llglit-liouse
to the world, beaconing it over the break- j
era that threaten to destroy, and the gulfs
that yawn to submerge. There is no
heaven so beautifully illuminated ns the
heart of woman in which virtue as a star ’
appears the brightest of the galaxy. * here j
U no hell so dark as that same heart when
encircled by the serpent of Vice. With the
beautiful and holy affections of being cor
roded by Sin, It yields to the tempting
sway of passion, until the purity of Heav
en becomes tainted with the pollution of
Death. Prostitution Is the worst fate
ttiat ever yet befell woman. Like the sins j
of Babylon, It is a stain made deeper by J
the vengeance of Heaven. It is a feurful |
chasm from which there ii no ladder of]
ascension. Once fallen, the iiope of rising
again is obscured in the gloom of night. I
Despair is heard in the shrieking voice
of Doom; and the beautiful flowers that
grew upon the summit, lade to blossom not
again. “ The Mother of Harlots” is writ
ten by the world upon the brow, the cheek
is inauticd with lust, the heart on fire with
a flame baleful as Deatli and Inextinguish
able as Ilell. Yet there is hope where the
heart U not dead to the consciousness of
guilt. There stands the admonition, “Go
and sin no more.”
In these times of general demoralization,
with the corner-stones of society broken,
with the vileness of human nature stirred
to its festering depths, every species of
vice and immorality, we fear, is r.n the in
crease. Social restraits are withdrawn—
more evil than good is cast upon the sur
face. and the fortunes of war have convert
ed affluence into want. Under thi* state
of affairs, the tempter is.ever In quest of
an innocent victim. Taff the weak and the
wavering pause ere they take tin* fatal
leap. Let the consequences he weighed
before it is too late. There is blit one step
between the horrors of Perdition and a
Paradise of roses.
Letter from Texas.
Correspondence of Tiik Opinion.]
Alleyton, Texas. Dec. 11.1SG7-
If a correspondent writes only when
something startling occurs, his letters will
exhibit long intervals between dates. Peo
ple may dislike to confess it, but they have
an eager fondness for news that is surpris
ing-unexpected. A great many readers
relish the horrible. If they get through
the columns ot a daily, without finding a
murder or two, or at the least, a shooting
or a cutting scrape, they throw the paper
down In seeming disgust, dedal!ng that
“it contains nothing.”
Tills class of readers need not peruse
this letter any further. 1 can’t gratify
them, and am not sorry that I can’t. A
serious crime, within your correspondent’s
bailiwick, lias not been committed, lo these
many days. Even the freed men. that class
of citizens which absorbs so large a share
of public attention and American stab-
mansiiip, persist in behaving thcinsel
with astonishing propriety, notwithstand
ing their being petted and abused by turns,
a system well calculated to injure and tier
moralize well poised minds and characters.
This was a place of considerable busi
ness importance, whllo’lt was the termi
nus of the Baffalo Bayou. Brazos and Co
lorado railroad. The road having been ex
tended to Columbus, on the west side of
the Colorado, it must necessarily soon
dwindle down to little better than the in
significance of a way station.
A good many immigrants, mostly Ger
man, have already passed over tills road
the present season, seeking homes further
west, where numbers of tlieir country men
are living in prosperity and plenty, the
reward of their own industry. There are
more Germans in Texas, probably, than in
all the other Southern States combined,
excepting perhaps Missouri, which having
been a slaveholding State, may ho classed
Southern. No people could he more de
sirable, for none add more to the produc
tive resources of a country, which is now
the greatest of all desiderata with Texas.
Yellow fever has entirely disappeared
everywhere in the State. For several
weeks past Galveston ami Houston iiav
both been driving a heavy business. The
travel through those places has not yet
fully set in. It has been delayed later than
usual on account of the epidemic. That
having disappeared, we shall, nearly all of
us, soon liegin to seu faces with which w
were once familiar cast of the Mississippi.
They will find, when they come, that
Texans have lost none of tlieir old renown
for generous hospitality. I mean when
they penetrate beyond the great thorough
fares. On these, here a* elsewhere, money
is the lubrication that makes things work
smooth and easy. *
Tiic winter tint* far has been unu-ually
mild for this latitude.
We hayo* had only one Norther worth
tfp* uaimv T|mt was onHhofilUih tilu and
tie* cold snap did not ln*»t over lorry boors.
We bad ice. however, about a* tttlek as
paper.
No order* Imve yet been made public, on
the subject of ah election. If it Is post
poned much longer, not a few of those dis
franchised for participation In tin* late
war. will have been transferred to another
jmMietlon.
Those silly, hot-headed young men. tlu*
.Wises,’ did 'their full share to bring re
proach on a name, formerly held in some
repute in (Ids country, when they attacked
Pollanl. in the unjustifiable manner they
did in BalliiHotv.not toenll it by the perhaps
more appropriate designation, cowardly.
No matter what Pollard'* offense may have
been; they are henceforth disgraced men.
I had rather he a scullion than either ot
them, on his lofty stilt-*. Insanity is the
only plea tlieir counsel can safely offer.
That might he sustained. Their course
certainly betrayed somottdng of the kind.
Iter.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
Alabama Affairs*
Montgomery. Dec. 13.—Nine Judicial
and Ministerial oflicers have recently been
removed to give place to Loyal Repilbll*
cans. Five of Gen. Pope’s ap!*ointment*
were extreme Republican members of the
hue reconstruction Convention.
A Conservative colored meeting last
night organized a club. The whole affair
was managed by the blacks. The colored
speakers denounced the Bo-called carpet
bag members of the Reconstruction Con
vention. and declared that the colored peo
ple were enemies to themselves if they any
longer refused to heed the advice and
counsel of their true mid tried friends—fbc
old inhabitants of the South. Resolutions
were adopted declaring In strong terms
against the ratification of the Constitution,
Louisiana Convention.
New Orleans, Dec. 13.—The Conven
tion adjourned last night until Monday, to
give the Committees time to report.
Large Robbery.
'iiilaDELPUIa, Dec. 13.—A Bank mes
senger was robbed on the sjreetof two
million dollars on Ids way to the Clearing
House. The robbers were In a sleigh and
drove oft* with the plunder. No arrests.
Congressional.
Washington, Dec. 13.—Senate.—The
Finance Committee will report unfavora
bly on Edmund Cooper’s confirmation as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will
report favorably on Senator Thomas, from
Maryland.
Tlie Board of Aldermen of New York
passed a resolution approving Seward’s
Danish purchases.
Senator Wilson presented a memorial
from John Warren, an American citizen in
a British jail, charged with Fcnianism.
The petition states that Warren was in
New York when the crimes charged were
committed.
Mr. Sumnar presented the usual number
of petitions, among them, one from thirty
thousand Kentucky negro soldiers, pray
ing for an equalization of bounties.
A bill was presented proventlng polyg
amy and other abuses in Utah.
The memorial of the Chamber of Com
merce relative to the resumption of specie
payment was ordered to be printed.
The bill repealing the cotton tax came
up. Mr. Morrell thought it was a great
mistake to act on the bill now. The whole
tax question should cornu up at once.
Mr. Johnson gave notice of a amend
ment applying to this year’s crop.
The bill was postponed.
The resolution to adjourn on the 20th
inst.. to the fltli prox. passed.
Several financial bills were referred, and
after an executive session the Senate ad
journed to Monday.
House.—After uiiimpor ant business the
House went into Committee of tiie Whole
and adjourned till Monday.
Itllwcellanuou** ,
Forty employees of the Agricultural
Department, mostly women, were
missed, ami a huge number ill the other
departments will be discharged soon.
Great distress prevails in Consequence.
Revenue receipts to-day $282,000.
The National Convention of manufac
turers and dealers in spirits, is not perfect
ly harmonious. Most of the delegates from
the East are under, or represent those who
tire under seizure. The Western delegnti
favor twenty-five cents per gallon, or tax
on stills according to their capacity. The
Eastern delegates are more interested in
changes in the revenue oflicers than in
changes in the law. It is represented that
against fifty distilleries in New York be
fore tiie tux, there are now over seven
hundred, and it is admitted that all must
in one way or another evade the tax or
lose money. It is claimed outside of tiie
facilities for feeding stock, that the West
ern distillers have on advantage in freight
but that Eastern shrewdness in evading
tax ruins tiie Western distillers.
Virginia Convention.
Richmond, Dec. 13.—A communication
was received from General Schofield, ap
proving tiie ordinance fixing the pay
ment of members and officers ol the Con
vention.
An ordinance was reported paying re
porters of the Convention three dollars and
thirty-three cents a page for debates
ported.
petition was received praying
passage of a Homestead Law.
.Judge Sneed, Republican, denounced it
as a proposition for downright, robbery,
and in opposition to thu Constitution of the
United States, under which the Convention
is acting.
A motion to lay on the table was lo
yea* 43; nays 12; and It was referred.
A resolution appointing a computte
memorialize Congress to allow the Fr
men’- Bureau, in view of the destitution
lit the State, to remain here fill recon*tr
tioii Is completed* " as laid on the table,
A resolution was adopted inviting Gen
eral Orlando Brown and staff, of the Freed
men’s Bureau, to vWt the floor.
A tailored delegate offered a resolution to
appoint a committee to wait on Gen
s-choficld. and usk him to remove the pre
sent State officers. and falling there, t
to Washington fur the same purpose, or
procure an amendment of the law so as to
give the Convention the right to remove
them, was laid on the table.
The resolution of yesterday, relative to
the Intimidation by disloyal land holder*
ol* the loyal voters of Lite Republican tick
et, an-1 an amendment to it relative to the
iniimiti itioii of colored voters who voted
the eon*evatlvo ticket, by other colored
im-n. were called up, hut laid over till to
morrow. Adjourned.
Virginia Convention.
Richmond. Dec. 14.—In the Convention
tiie following resolution* of inquiry were
offered: Of incorporating in the bill of
rights a clause declaring all test oaths dia
metrically opposed to tiie principles of
Republican liberty; of establishing a sys
tem of schools for the education of all
classes; of allowing naturalized loreign-
erstohold property alter one year's resi
dence, and be eligible to State olllces after
tlirce year’s residence in tiie State; of al>o-
lishing capital and corporeal punishment
for crime; of enfranchising all persons
from whom It is in the power of tiie Con
vention to remove existing disabilities.
A resolution declaring nil debts contract-
since Jan. 1st, 1800. in tiie purchase of
slave*, null, was referred.
e Chairman of the Finance Committee
introduced a resolution that, whereas, there
is about one hundred thousand dollars In
the Treasury, and seven hundred thousand
will In; required to pay the interest due
January 1st. therefore, the Auditor and
Treasurer are to suspend the payment of
Interest until the Convention is satisfied
there is money enough in the Treasury to
pay tiie interest of Jan. 1st. The resolu
tion was referred.
The Committee on Finance introduced a
resolution enquiring how tiie State Educa
tional Fund lias been disposed of. Re-
furred.
Tiie resolution and amendment relative
to intimidation of voters came up, but the
Convention appeared determined not to go
into political debate, and as a very long
e had already taken place on the same
lolution, the previous question was sus
tained by a vote of 02 to 25, and tlte mat
ter was referred to the Committee. Ad
journed.
The weather i* exceedingly cold here.
A man froze to death in the suburbs of the
city last night.
Editor Attacked.
Savannah. Dec. 14.—John E. Hayes, ed
itor of the Republican, was attacked by
Cliarlcs II. Hopkins this evening. Hayes
was badly, but not dangerously hurt, by a
blow on tiie head with a loaded whip.
Washington Items*
Washington, Dec. 14.—A mixed dele
gation from Virginia and North and South
Carolina visited Stevens yesterday, when
the following was elicited ;
Stevens regarded impeachment as a fail
ure, and an evidence of the fickleness of
public opinion. A Virginia delegate said
the impeachment failure would work seri
ously against Reconstruction. Stevens
thought it could not fail to be otherwise,
and mutual regrets were exchanged
Nortli Carolina negro, Harris, said they
would get along very well. The Northern
whites were more frightened about negro
suffrage than the Southern whites. Gov.
Holden was the life-blood of the Republi
can party in North Carolina.
A Virginia delegate represented tlieir
condition as critical, and unless Congress
came to tlieir relief, their sufferings of tiie
colored people and white Unionists would
he terrible.
Stevens favored the repeal of the clause
requiring a majority of tho registered
voters. The delegation thought that would
do, but suggested a law empowering
Conventions already called to establish
provisional governments immediately.—
Then, if the Constitution is defeated, they
would have at least, loyal State oflicers.
Mr. Stevens said lie had drawn up a bill
with two or three beneficial provisions.
One was to leave a majority to ufllrm or
reject the Constitutions; another was that
the present Conventions shall, as independ
ent bodies, establish governments in lieu
of District Commanders, as soon as the
Constitutions were ready for submission to
Congress.
The delegation approved this.
Mr. Stevens enquires whether old mas
ters would he able to reduce the negroes
from voting properly.
Mr. Harris replied that the negroes were
dependent on tlieir old masters for their
daily bread. There was danger, but Mr.
Harris hoped the negroes were capable of
enduring great privation.
Virginia delegate, Cooke, colored, said
Mr. Harris’ remarks applied to ills district.
Eight hundred in Richmond lost tlieir
places,
Mr. Stevens hoped tho whole Southern
vote would be cast for the v Republic
party. This would elect a Republican
President, and in-urc triumphant rcci
struction.
Stanton is to have a full hearing heft
the Senate Military Committee, to m
President Johnson’s charges.
National Bank circulation $209,753,000,
The Treasury holds as security lor circu
lation and Government deposit* $379,000,-
000. In addition to $1,500,000 already
pro printed, $L2<KX000 additional is :i
to cover Reconstruction expense* to
Revenue receipts to-day &K15,000( for
the week $2,253,000; for tiro year $tM,«M7.-
OqO.
BtXGHAMProN, X. Y.. Dec. 11.—Tlte
thermometer fvas twenty-four dogn
low zero this morning.
New York. Dec. 14.—Three days
from the Smifh arrived 1 ist flight.
London, Dec. lb—A barrel pf (j
exploded under the wall- of the pri
ClarkeiiM all. where Del. Burke, was confin
ed, and the wall* were blow it down. Twoj
tv house, were shattered. *The lirennqi ai
digging for tne ilead. * No prisoners e*
allied. Forty men. women and child re
were wounded. The man who lit the fm
<. Iter, Hi—The Maude h .
escaped.
New Y<
rived.
The London News, in discussing tin* AI
ubaina claims, says Seward’s difficulty wa
gratuitously raised on Lord Stanley’s ae
cession to olllee. The News hopes the ques
tion will be settled before the Denim r its.
whom it characterize* a* England’* bitter
est enemies, come into power at Washing
ton.
A fire occurred thi* morning in a tene
ment house on 2d Avenue, in which eleven
persons lost their lives. Several inmates
were injured by leaping from the windows
of burning buildings.
Cable Summary*
The British troops had penetrated far
into Abyssinia. The prospects are very
fair for a successful campaign. Credited
advices indicate that tho prisoners, in
whoso behalf the expedition was under
taken, are safe and well.
A deputation of the English Bible So
ciety presented Napoleon with a copy and
an address. He responded, doclarlng ills
first rule was to protect all religions.
South American advices via Lisbon, re
port tiie Pariguyans on *tho offensive with
marked success. They stormed the Bra
zilian camp, capturing fifteen hundred
prisoners. The Brazilians defended tiie
camp stubbornly, losing four thousaud in
killed* wounded and prisoners.
It is thought that the Clarkenwell out
rage has ended Fenlanlsm. Large rewards
have been offered for the apprehension of
the guilty parties.
Markets*
New York, Dec. 1C.—Gold 1.31'^aL4D^.
Stock strong; money 6a7: sterling 10>§;
bonds old 74i; new 7J£; Tennessee G2jJf:
Flour shade firmer; wheat la2 better;
corn cent better; rye steady; oats firm;
pork lower 21.10; lard drooping 12J£al3>j»;
cotton quiet at 15J015&.
London, Dec. 16.—Consols 92*£n92%.
Bonds 71>£.
Frankfort, Dec. 10.—Bonds 70J£.
Liverpool, Dee. 10.—Cotton firmer and
little doing; sales estimated 8,000 bales.
Brcudstull* quiet.
GEORGIA NT ATE UOSIVEXTIOY.
SIXTH DAY.
Monday, Dec. 10,1SG7.
Convention called to order by the Chair
man. Prayer by ltev. W. Pretty man.—
Journal read and approved*
Call of delegates, in alphabetical order,
was made lor the introduction of matters
for the consideration of tho Convention
By Mr. ADKINS, Resolution declaring
equal rigid* to all citizens, without dis
tinction of race or color.
By Mr. ASHBUKX, An ordinance in re
lation to vacating tiie civil offices of tiie
State or Territory of Georgia, and for
other piir|>oses mentioned,ns follows:
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by tho Represen
tatives of the people of Georgia, in Con
vention here assembled, and it is hereby
ordained by the authority of tho same,
That all persons exercising authority un
der the instrument knowu as tiie Constitu
tion of Georgia, framed in 1805, by tho di
rection of Andrew Johnson, acting Presi
dent ol tiie United States, shall cease to ex
ercise tlieir official authority, from and af
ter tiie 1st day of January, 1808.
Sec. 2. And be it further ordained, Tlint
all offices, executive, judicial, ministerial
and municipal, be declared, anti they are
hereby declared vacated after Jananary 1st,
1808, or until filled by Brevet Mai. Gen.
John Pope, Military Governor of Georgia,
or by a vote of this Convention, or an elec
tion held by all the legal voters of Georgia.
Mr. GOODWIN offered tiie following
substitute:
Jt is hereby declared the senso of tiie
Convention, that under the Reconstruction
law, under which this body is assembled,
it is the right and the duty of tiie same not
only to frame a civil government, and that
to frame a civil government it is the right
and duty ot this Convention to declare
vacant all offices in tiie State, and either
elect oflicers to 1111 the same by the action
of the iieople in Convention hero assem
bled, or by general election at tiie pre
cincts of tiie Mate, as this body may deem
best.
Mr. RICHARDSON offered the follow
ing substitute for Mr. Adkins' resolution:
Resolved, That It is the duty of this Con
vention to form a eonstiution ignoring all
distinctions relative to the rights and privi
leges and immunities of tlie citizen* of
Georgia, except punishment for crime.
By Mr. ROZAR, Resolution of thanks to
the U. S. Government for tho unparalleled
magnanimity which has been bestow’cd
upon a conquered people, as tending to tiie
promotion of harmony, peace and pros
perity and everlasting union.
By Mr. GIBSON, Resolution directing
the Secretary to furnish llltecn copies of
tiie New Era, daily, to each member.
By Mr. BLODGETT,
Resolved, That the per diem and milcagu
of members of tlds Convention he the
same as paid to tiie members of tho hist
General Assembly of this State.
By Mr. CAMPBELL, Resolution for the
abolishment of imprisonment for debt.
By Mr. FORT, Homestead Ordinance.
By Mr. AKKRMAN, Resolution relative
to printing postofficc address and place of
lodging of cadi delegate.
By Mr. McCOY, A resolution author-
izng the appointment of a committee to
inquire into and report upon the right of
tlds Convention to legislate, by ordinance
or otherwise. Adopted, and the following
committee was appointed:
II. T. MeCov. Foster Blodgett, N. P,
IloielikN*. J. IE Caldwell, H. V. M. Miller..
R. 11. Wldtely. B. Conley, W. Shropshire.
J.. I.. Dunning. A.T. Akerman.
By Mr. .SMITH, a resolution inviting the
Judges of the Supreme Court and of tiie
Superior Courts to seats in thu Couvun*'
tl,m.
By Mr. AKERMAN,for recess from 10th
of December to January 8th, with leave to!
the standing committees to sit during the
By Mr. DUNNING, ordinance
elit . the sale of lottery ticket
l lid*
By Mr. DAVIS, an ordinance to afford
•ermnnent relief to the people of Georgia.
By Mr. STANFORD, an ordinance. t«.
djnst Indebtedness created during the
By Mr.GOODWIN, An ordinance to de-
lare null and void an aet of tnc Legisla
tor? of the State of Georgia “entitled an
aet to change the name of ( a** county, an*
for other purpose* therein mentioned.”
By Mr. TRAY WICK, An ( ordinance t*
extend the time of settlement of tax eo!-
i lectors to March I t. 18G8.
By Mr. SPEER, A resolution authorizing
the printing of 300 copies of tho list of
standing committees.
By Mr. TURNER, An ordinance to pre
vent the levy or sale of property in tho
State under tax execution, and to grant
further time for the collection of State or
county taxes.
By W. H. WHITEHEAD, An ordinance
as follows:
An Ordinance to allow each head of a
family In Georgia a homestead, and to
prevent the levy and sale of tho same,
under any circumstance.
Hereafter each head of a family In tills
State shall be allowed to own a homestead,
which shall consist of one hundred acres
of land, with the dwelling house and other
improvements thereon, if not exceeding
tho value of fifteen hundred dollars; Pro
vided. that none of the above lands l>o
witldn the limits of city, town, or village;
or in lieu of tho above land, real estate In
a city, town, or village, not exceeding two
thousand dollars.
Tiie above named homestead shall bo ex
empt from levy and sale by virtue of any
process whatever under tho laws of this
.State; nor shall any valid lien be created
thereon, hut be for tho use and benefit of
said fluidly through its head.
By Mr. DEWES, an ordinance to post
pone the collection of taxes.
By 31 r. TURNER, an ordinance to pre
vent tho levy or sale of property in this
State, under tax executions, and to grant
further time for the collection of State or
County taxes.
By 3Ir. DEWES, an ordinance to prevent
the levy and sale of property in Georgia
under executions founded on demands
owing prior to June 1st, 1805..
By. Mr. MARTIN, an ordinance to re
lieve the citizens of Habersham county
from tiie payment of any county tax for
the year 1807, over and above the sum
of fitly per cent, on tiie State tax.
By Mr. BRADLEY', Resolution relative
to tiie conduct of delegates toward cacii
other.
By Mr. SAULTEU, An ordinance to
abolish the County Courts of Georgia, and
to transfer all judgments and suits pend
ing to the other courts of tho State.
By 3Ir. BIGBEE, An ordinance to ex
tend the time of settlement by tux collect
ors with the Comptroller and Treasurer.
By 31 r. TURNER, A resolution provid
ing for the printing of 300 copies of tho
ordinance introduced by 3fr. Ashhurn, de
claring civil offices vacant.
By 31 r. WHITElT, An ordlnauco to al
low each head of a family in Georgia a
homestead, and to prevent the levy and
gale of tlie same under any circumstances.
Mr. BLOUNT, speaking to a question of
privilege, referred to the occurrences on
Friday last, in reference to the allotment
of seats. Ill* explanation exonerated tho
oflicers of tlie Convention from tlie charges
of fraud etc., that had been uttered in a
moment of excitement.
31r. AKERMAN moved that tho hours
of meeting and adjournment should be 10
o’clock a. At., and 1:30 r. ai., until other
wise ordered.
Mr. TURNER opposed tlie proposition
to adjourn at such an early hour. It would
ho an aet of injustice to the constituency
of delegates.
Mr. BEDFORD favored tlie resolution.
Short sessions of the Convention would
enable committees to mature tlieir work,
and thereby advance tlie work in tho Hall.
The resolution as adopted provides for
daily sessions from 10 o’clock a. ai. to 2
o’clock i*. ai.
The following committees provided for
by the rides of the Convention were then
announced from tlie Secretary’s desk.
Bill of Rights—G. W. Ashhurn, C. D.
Davis. W. T. Gram?, W. L. 3Iarler, A. ti.
Foster, C. H. Hopkins, L. L. Stanford.
On Franchise—J. E. Bryant, Wesley
Shropshire, N. L. Angler, I*. B. Bedford,
E. S.Cobb, Preston Yates, J. L. Dunning.
Legislative Department—11. L. McCoy.
L. N. Trammell. J. E. Blount, H. V. 3*1.
Miller, Philip 3Iartin, C. C. Richardson,
G. P. Burnett.
Executive Department—J. S. Bigley, A.
T. Akerman, N. Griffin. H.G. Cole, J. L.
Dunning, N. P. Hutchins, 31. A. Potts.
Judiciary—A. T. Akerman, J. D. Wad
dell, G. P. Burnett, II. T. McCoy, C. A. El
lington, K. 11. Whltcly, A. L. Harris.
Education—J. II. Caldwell, J. II. Flynn,
0.1L Walton. Thos, Gilbert, J. W. Tni-
wick, H. 31. Turner, T. G. Campbell.
Militia—II. V. 31. Miller, W. A. Fort, Fos
ter Blodgett, A. W. Key, W. C. Lee* J. G.
Gore.
Relief—Jno. Harris. W. Dewes. W. L.
Goodwiu. W. 11. Whitehead,!’, P. Suffuki,
R. B. Bullock, A T. Akerman.
Privileges and Elections— L. 31. Tram
mell, Foster Blodgett, A. J. Cameron, \Y.
F. Jordan, B. F. Powell, Thos. Gibson. S.
A. Scott.
Petitions—T. P. Safl’old, F. J. Speer, P,
B. Bedford. J. R. Hudson, J. G. Maul, S. G.
Field, ilcnj. Dtinnegan.
Enrollment—W. A. Fort, 11. n. Chris
tian, E. J. Higher, W. C. Smith, A. Bow
den, C. Hooks.
On Journal*—W. II. Wldtely, J. IT. King,
S. Stanley, W. <’. Carson, A. 11. Harrison,
F. < Bouden. J. L. Cutle-.
Fiuaiiv?—W. Shropshire, Jo*. McWhor
ter- J. W. Christian, A. G. Foster, G. G.
Wilber. E.B. Martin. W. W. Ih-ues.
Printing—A. L. Harris. F. J.Speer, J. L.
Dunning, S. W. Beard, J.Jl.Flynn,.J. W.T.
Catching, J. I>. Waddell,
•'Auditing Committee—R. B. Bulloch,
Chairman; M. Bell. J. IL Brncewt H, W. L.
< lift. K. L. Houston, ,V. P. Edwards, J. T.
Costln.
Houston and Consolidation—II. V. 31.
MUIor. J. HarrK G. W. Aiddmni. A T.
Akermuti, II. T. McCoy, J. H. Caldwell, J.
S. Big I we, J. E. Brsaiiu
On motion it was ordered that 300 copies
of the li.-r. ot Committees announced by the
■blent he printed for the use of ’dele-
pit*
A motion t«>
«diuion*oll’ci
On itiotn.li of Mr. A Mil ER. tin
d to alio
tiie jki
. . n dire
of shades to tlie east windows of the hall.
Mr. ACKERMAN moved the Post Of
fice aduret-s and place ol lodging of each
delegate ho printed with the rule*and list
of standing Committees.
Mr. IlOPKINs moved that L. H Rob
ert* have leave *»f a*-ei»ee. in ennseqnonco
of illness in Id* family. Granted.
Adjourned until lo oVIo-w to-morrow.