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Wednesday* Agust IQ. >870.
GEORGIA
pep»r( of ibe Join* Committee on the
Capitol Building.
A» this report is made the order of to day
in the Senate, we lay it, in full, before our
readers this morning. We trust and feel confi
dent that the recommendations of the commit
tee will be favorably acted upon to-day. At
lanta has certainly been liberal in her proposi
tions to the State, and a no less liberal spirit
baa been displayed by Mr. H. L Karo ali., the
owner of the magnificent edifice now used as
the Capitol ot the State. ’Tis bnt a slander
upon the building to say that it is not substantial.
There is perhaps no building in the State, nor
in any Stole, that for architectural symmetry
and strength of construction superior to it, and
beaid* it the old capitol sinks into insignificance.
The stories of defects in its construction, and of
ta being unsafe, have no solid foundation.
Thev are mere inventions gotten up for the pur
pose of removing the Seat of Government back
toMilledgeville, and are not worthy of credence.
Experienced Civil Engineers have borne testi
mony to the solidity and strength of its con
struction, and, as for its endurance, mortar and
brick cannot be used to raise an edifice more
enduring. There is no Senator or Representa
tive j n the Legislature, we feel confident, that
will be deceived by such silly stories, however
much he may desire the removal of the Capitol
back toMilledgeville; if there be one he must
be credulous indeed, lienee we dismiss them.
As to the cost of the building to the Slate, as
submitted in the report ol the joint committee,
the General Assembly ought not to expect any
more reasonable proposition than that now
made to it. Ten years hence, with the rapid
progress Atlanta is making, and the onward en-
nancemc-ut of property within its limits,especially
in the locality and surroundings ol the Capitol
building, its present estimated value, we leel
confident, will be increased. At any rate no
possible loss can accrue to the State in its accep
tance, through the Legislature, ot the proposi
tion now made to it. The Senate, we trust, will
to-day do bo, and we hope the House will soon
lollcw. It is one of those “vexed questions,”
that should be settled at once. By the Constitu
tion Atlanta has been made the Capital of the
State, and the State should own its own Oapi -
tol edifice, haviDg sole control of it. So long as it
remains without one, the question of removal to
Milledgeville will continue to agitate the Legis
lature, at a waste of the time of that body, and
of the money of the State, perhaps as great as
the Capitol building, now in use, will co3t the
State to purchase it, if not more.
\Ve give the report below, as made by Mr.
Harris, the Chairman on the part of the Senate,
ot the joint committee:
REPORT.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
The joint committee ol the Senate and House
ol Representatives, appointed to consider and
report upon the message of his Excellency, the
Governor, transmitting a communication from
the City Council in relation to the capitol build
ing, having examined the action of the joint
committee appointed by the General Assembly
ot 1809, Lave conferred with the present City
Council, and beg leave to report as follows, to-
wit:
That they have had several interviews with
the City Council, and, with a view to the final
settlement of matters and issues involved in the
subject committed to them, the City Council
have made a proposition in writing, which is
herewith submitted, the substance ol which is
that the city will donate to the State one hun
dred and thirty thousand dollars to apptv, as
part payment for the purchase, by tht Stale, ot
iho building now used as a capitol.
The questions involved ia this proposition, in
the opinion of this committee, warranted them
ia taking whatever steps would best secure the
interests of the State, which seemed to be:
First. AY hat the entire property had actu
ally cost.
Second. At what price and upon what terms
the property could be purchased.
Third. What income could be derived to the
State from rents of such portions of the build
ing as would not be required for State purposes.
Fourth. In what way could the State secure
the return ol the $54,500 advanced by his Excel
lency Governor Bullock to the Messrs. Kimball,
for heating, lighting, etc.
In answer to Vheee several propositions, we
learn:
First. That the value of the property, in
cluding land, building, heating anu fighting ap
paratus, and all furniture and fixtures now in
use by the several departments ot state,
which has been largely increased by completion,
and addition, and enhanced value since 1809, is
$395,000.
Second. That the entire property above re
ferred to can be purchased for the sum ot three
hundred and eighty thousand dollars payable as
lollows: One hundred and thirty thousand
dollars in the bonds of the city of Atlanta, and
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in the
seven per cent, bonds of the State ol Georgia,
upon the delivery of which to the Messrs. Kim
ball they will return to his Excellency Governor
Bollock the $54,500 advanced by him to them.
We herewith submit ibe proposition of the
Messrs. Kimball made in writing to the Com
mittee.
• Third. From the evidence submitted to us,
we believe the income to the State from the
rental of rooms in the building not used or re
quired tor (State purposes, will be from $15,000
lo $20,000 per annum, and that the rental value
of rooms will be continually increasing.
Your committee, alter a lull and careful in
vestigation and consideration of the foregoing
facts, have come to the following conclusions :
First. That the question of the location of
the Capitol is practically already settled; but
that until the State owns and controls absolute
ly a capitol building of her own, in the city ol
Atlanta, the subject of removal will contiuue to
be agitated, from time to time, to the great a*t-
pense of the Slate and annoyance of the citizens
thereof, many thousands ot dollars having al
ready been expended in the discussion ot the
subject.
Second. That the proposition ot the City ol
Atlanta should be accepted, and that it 'will
meet the views ot the people of Georgia upon
this subject.
Third. That in view of the present income
derived froifi the property, its location, present
nnd prospective value lor business purposes, the
1 trice asked tor it is only just and reasonable. .
Fourth. That the rents from such portions ot
the building as will not be required for Slate
purposes, will more than cancel the interest
upon the bonds ot the State, which may be
issued for the purchase of the entire properly ,
thereby giving the State ot Georgia, tree ol co*i
to herself, not only for ten years, but as long as
she chooses to occupy it as such, a capitol
which, in point of elegance, comfort and conve
j .leuce, is not surpassed by the capitol ol any
Bute in the Union; and one that could not be
l>eilt and furnished by the Slate for less than
$500,000.
Fifth. That if at any future time tlie State
Should determine to dispose ot the property, it
could readily do so at a very large profit.
We therefore recommend the passage of tlie
following resolutions:
1. Resolved, That the proposition of the city
of Atlanta to donate the bonds of the city to
the amount of one hundred aud thirty thousand
dollars; any ten acres ot unoccupied laud
within the corporate limits ot the city, aud to
furnish, tree of cost to the State, a mansion
suitable for the use of his Excellency the Gov
ernor, for the term of ten years; in lieu of her
present contract with the State, to furnish a
capitol building for the term of ten years, be,
■ ud is hereby accepted.
2. Resolved, That the proposition of the
Messrs. Kimball tor the sale to the State ot the
capitol building, and the fixtures, furniture, &c.,
1-e, and is hereby accepted.
0. Resolved, That a committee of one from the
Benate and one from the House of Representa
tives be appointed to examine into the title and
arrange all the details, upon the basis of the
1 propositions ol the .Messrs. Kimball and the City
I 'ounril; and on the application ot said commit
tee, the Governor be and he is hereby au
thorized to issue to the Messrs. Kimball seven
l. - cent, bonds of the State, having twenty yean
io-un. reserving, in his poimession, a sufficient
»mount of said bonds to secure the return to the
! uie of the $54,500 paid by his Excellency, the
* ioveruor, to the Messrs. Kimball, and it shall
1« the duty ot said committee to see that the
leaid amount of $54,500 is returned to the State.
John Harris,
Chairman Senate Committee.
Walter T. McArthur,
T. G. Campbell,
Ephraim Tweedy,
Chairman House Committee
James E Uullatt,
W. R. Bell,
R. M. Parks,
W. 8 Zellars,
A. Colby,
Yir«il Hillteb.
Council Chamber, )
Atlanta, August 1, 1870. )
Horn. S. Tweedy, Chairman : Dear Sib—The
Mayer and Council of Atlanta desire to express
to you, and through you to the General Assem
bly of Georgia, an earnest wtllingneaa on the
■art of the city to fully comply with the con
tact with the Constitutional Convention. Not
only the letter but the spirit of this contract.
But it was so brief as to be susceptible ot various
constructions, as has been evidenced by the many
discussions which have been had upon the sub
ject. Now, therefore, to the end that this matter
maybefnllv, finally »»*d satisfactorilys« tledLihe
Mayor and Council axe disposed to accede lo
the request of your Committee, and hereby _ ^
reapertmlly propose to donate, or issue, one j the Prelect.
hundred and thirty thousand dollars in the] Prayer by Rev. Wesley Prettyman.
bonds of the city, to be used in the purchase, by j The Roll was called aud the Journal of yea
legislature.
TWENTY-FIRST DAY’S PROCEEDINGS*
Friday, August 5,1870,
SENATE
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment, at
10 o’clock, A. M., aud was called to order by
the State, ol the building now used as a State
Capitol The property, when so purchased, to
become absolutely the property of the State;
also, to donate any unoccupied ten acres of land
witbin the corporate limits, that.may be selected
by the General Assembly, to be used tor capitol
purposes; also, to lurni&b, tree of cost to the
State, a mansion suitable for the use of his
Excellency, the Governor of this Stats, for the
term ot ten years from June 1,1868.
The object of the city in being thus liberal, is
solely to permanently locate the capitol iu this
city; thev desire, therefore, to have it under
stood that in case the capitol should be removed
trom Atlanta, that then the ten acres ot land
relerred to should revert to the city ; also, the
bonds, or their equivalent, ot the city, used iu
the purchase of the huildiug referred to, shali
l»e returned lo the city.
Evan P. Howell,
A. Morphy,
D. C. O’Keefe,
V. Dunning,
Committee ot Conner!.
Office of 11.1. Kimball \
Atlanta, Ga., July 27, 1870 j
Hon. IF. T. McArthur, Chairman:
Dear Sir; Replying to the inquiries of your
committee upon what terms 1 willdispoee ol the
building known as “ Kimball's Opera House,”
including all the heating and lighting apparatus
and all the furniture and fixtures iu use by the
State in said building-—also, all fixtures in the
post office-I have the honor to inform you
that I will sell the entire property, as belore
mentioned, lor the sum ot tbre«t hundred and
eighty thousand dollars, payable as follows:—
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars in the
bonds ot the City of Atlanta, and two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars in the seven per ctnl.
bonds of the Slate ol Georgia. Should this be
accepted, 1 pledge myself to return to the 8tale
the amount advanced me on account ol the heat
ing, lighting, &e., by his Excellency, Governor
Bullock, Vi/-: fitly lour thousand five hundred
dollars.
Having verbally explained to your commit
tee the cost and condition of the building aud
fixtures, 1 do not deem it necessary to refer to
that matter in this communication.
Respcctlully, yours,
H. I. Kimball.
We notice in the Era of yesterday morning
the following letter addressed by Gen. Benj. F.
Butler to Governor Bullock on the “ political
situation ” of Georgia, as she is left by the act
of Congress admitting her into the Union.
Butler, it will be seen, interprets the act as did
Mr. Cessna, of Pennsylvania, and Lawrence, ot
Ohio, whose letters, addressed to Mr. Blodgett,
appeared iu this paper, copied from the same
source, simply for the information ot the reader,
not long ago. For the same reason we publish
Butler’s:
From the New Era.
THE SITUATION IN GEORGIA—LETTER FROM
. GENERAL BENJ. F. BUTLER.
Lowell, July 29,1870.
My Dear Governor: I congratulate the State
ol Georgia at last upon her admission into' the
tJnion. Alter very full deliberation and very
full argument, the Conference Committees ot
the House and Senate agreed upon the terms of
the bill admitting the State. As the law en
forcing the 15th Amendment, taken with the
former enactments in regard to Georgia, ren
dered unnecessary the conditions which had
been, belore the adoption of that amendment,
attached lo Virginia and Mississippi, 1 agreed
that those conditions be stricken from it when
the bill passed the House, and a simple resolu
tion admitting the Slate, offered by Mr. Dawes,
should take the place of the report ol the com
mittee. Mr. Farnsworth then offered, as the
judgment ot some of the Republicans and of all
the Democrats ot the committee, a proposition
that nothing in this act contained should pre
vent the people of Georgia trom having an
election in the year 1S70, as provided by their
Constitution. This, ol course, was the Bingham
amendment in a uew iorm, requiring au elec
tion ; because if Congress legislatively declared
that the Constitution ol Georgia required au
election iu 1870, then such election must be
held. Mr. Farnsworth’s proposition was amend
ed by strikiug out the year 1870, so that the
proposition stood, that uothiug iu this act con
tained should prevent the people ul Georgia
having an election according to the provisions ot
their Constitution Ol course I am giving the
substance from memory, and not the words.
This amendment to Farnsworth’s resolution,
was passed by a very large majority. The
amendment, therefore, in my judgment,
strengthened the theory upon which I had all
along been acting, to-wit: that the people of
Georgia ought not to have an election in 1870 ;
or, in other words, as 1 expressed it in the Com
mittee ot Coulerence, 1 would not be accessory,
before or after the tact, to the rebellion in any
way, by aiding the rebels of Georgia to gain
any portion ot their ends by permitting the loyal
legislators whom they had deprived ol their
seats, to be agatu deprived of them by a new
election, until they had served out a full two
years’ term ot uninterrupted right and power in
reorganizing the State upon a trae Union basis.
And as the constitution gave the Legislature full
right to deteimine when they would have an
election for their successors, the statement in
the act. of admission, that uothiug in it con
tained should pi event the people ol Georgia
trom having an election according to the terms
ot ihat constitution, seemed tome to affirma
tively dispose of the question which was nega
tively disputed of by Mr Dawes naked resolu
lion ot admission.
The House evidently took this view of it—
The bill as amended then went back to the
Senate; and ia order to save time in discussion
and proposition of amendments, our iriends
voted for noil-concurrence with the amendments
of the House, in order that a Committee ot Con
ference might settle the bill; and as the re|*ort
ol that committee could not be ameuded, no op
portunity would be given to talk against time or
embarass ibe matter further by amendment
W lieu the Committee ol Conference met, a
proposition was made, that a further proviso
should be added, in substance, that nothing
her< m should be takeu to extend the term ot auy
member of the General Assembly or officer ol
the Slate ol Georgia, beyond the time fixed by
the Constitution. That proposition came from
the Senate conferees. A majority ot the
House coulerees replied that we might bave
no objection to that, because we did not
think that there w&9 anything in the aci
which extended the time of any officers be
yond lhal fixed by the Constitution of Geor
gia, and we called upon the Senate com
mittee to point out anything that (hey claimed
did so extend the term ol office, which required
the action or the proviso that they pro|»osed
The reply to that was, that, although there did
not appear to be anything so extending the
time, yet they wanted the moral effect of the
declaration in order to have an election iu Geor
gia iu 1870. To that the House committee re
plied that we would not agree to the proviso if
that was the purpose, but we would agree if
they would put in that nothing in the act should
be construed to extend or abridge any office, bj
as to relieve it ol its moral effect. Because we
thought we were not legislating for the State ol
Georgia, but we desired the people and the
Legislature of Georgia to settle their own affairs
iu their own way lor themselves. This the
Senate Committee, by a majority, declined to
agree to. dud the Coulerence Committee tli£&
greed anil agreed to repoit to the two Houses
that they could not agree.-
Upon that report beiDg made to the Senate,
as we had supposed, the Senate ordered its com
mittee to try again. Upon the Conference Com
mittee again meeting, I myself drew up the
proviso which was alterward agreed to. and
which provided, as you know, in substance, as
follows: Nothing in this or auy other act shall
affect the term ot office ol an^ member ot the
Assembly or officer ol the State of Georgia —
This, otter coulerence, was agreed to by both
Senate and House, and has become a law.
I need not say, therefore, that I am clearly ot
opinion that the consfrn. turn ol the act will not
require ai \ • u l .*u to Ik* held in Georgia unt*l
II,, i hi rhiM.-se.'i to have one; that the
,. . .m I.. v *i cure is thoroughly legalized as
i»r as an i*-i ot i V>ufir»-S3 can do so, by the dec-
lariiion that a "legal Legislature” adopted the
loih Amendment and lhal, being a legal Legis
iaiure, under- your Constitution, you have the
power to fix the election ot your suc
cessors. Ot course any attempt to pro
long the tom arbitrarily, unjustly, indefi
nitely, or, in the slang ot the dtecnartoo, to “per
petuate your power,” would be just cause ot an
imadversion, and, it extended too far, came of
revolution. Bat all true and good men in the
country, as in the State of Georgia, in my judg
ment, willsosuin you and the legislature in tak
ing to themselves, tor the purpose ol organizing
the State, the full term ot two j eare alter they
are fully seated in power as yon now are.
Use the power you have—aa I know yon. will
TOth Wisdom, Justice and Moderation, and
the pillare of the State ot Georgia will be more
firmly settled than ever, to uphold tha Gnus, toe
Constitution and the laws atoor country, law,
very truly, yonr friend, Bjhw.F. Bvrumm.
Bin. R. R. Bullock, Atlanta, Ga.
terday read and approved.
Senator Harris moved that the special order
be taken up, which was the report of joint com
mittee oi the Senate and House on the Capitol
building.
The special order was taken up, the report of
the committee read, which report shows the
value ol the property, including land, building
and all appurtenance to be $395,000, and that
the entire property can be purchased at $880,-
000, oi which, $130,000 in bonds of the city of
Atlanta, which amouut the city proposes to do
nate for that purpose, and $250,000 in feven
per cent, bonds of the State of Georgia.
Air. Harris moved the adoption of the report,
and earnestly insisted that the contract of pur
chase, which could now be made, would be the
best tor the State of Georgia, not only by reason
of the locality of her Capitol, but financially;
such a purchase would be wise and well made,
and to the best interests ot the State.
\V allace, colored, offered a substitute for the
report, that as the city of Atlanta had agreed in
Iiiii8 to furnish to the State of Georgia, free at
charge for ten years, a Capitol for her use, that
there* was no necessity ol making the purchase
at this time, when we had the nse ot the build
ing under that agreement. He said no aane
man would buy a house when he had the privi
lege of using one without it. He called the at
tention of the Senate to the proposition of
Messrs. Kimball in relerence to returning the
$54,500. He declared it great “ imprudence in
the Kimballs” in offering to return that money
which Governor Bullock had advanced upon
such terms of purchase, whereby the Kimballs
would be makiug many more thonsanda out ot
the :-tate than they would be returning to her.
Mr. Campbell, colored, rose and with vim
opposed the substitute of Wallace. He favored
the purchase as recommended by the committee,
declaring that the advantages resalting to the
Slate iu purchasing now would be a clear gain
ol at least $60,000, whereas by a delay for the
purpose of enjoying the use and occupancy of
the building for the remainder oi the ten years
provided by the agreement ot the city of Atlanta
In 1868, we would lose the interests on the
property as welt as the donation offered by the
city of Atlanta aud the benefit of a most fkvor-
able purchase.
Senator Griffin said it was useless to discuss
the advantages or disadvantage of the locality
there was an important question to consider
concerning the structure of the building, whether
it be substantial or unsubstantial and unsale;
that by reason of the vast excavation beneath
aud tire inferior workmanship m the construc
tion of its walls, it may soon crumble and fall,
a wreck aud ruin of the property, and an
immense loss to the State; besides the construc
tion aud arrangement of all its apartments, it is
so imperfect and objectionable that our delibe
rative bodies are in perfect confusion as often
irom these causes as from any other; he
appealed to Senators who, he said, had hereto-
lore made robbery, thieving, plunder, and
stealing, the alpha and omega ot almost aU they
have done, to consider well before they act;
think of the thousands of dollars now about to
be invested; “ I tell you, Senatore, there ia
something rotten in .Denmark—‘ there ia a rat iu
the meal tub.”’
Senator Burns was satisfied we would need
some place to occupy, lor when we go home
we will find it too warm there and we will need
these magnificent rooms; the day baa come
when the people are to have no more elections
and why should we care tor their wishes or for
their cries ol corruption I he did not certainly
care tor corruption ! nor for the people! for aa
the Senator (Mr. Higbee) said the other day,
“ there would be no election,” and now all to. be
done was to look to the comfort and ease ot this
body, this august body! tee should have a place
to roost in, and assemble and be king and lord
of all; that the W. & A. R. R. Company are
makiug money, aud as to the purchase, we, of
course, could buy it; but seriously, said the
Senator, why should we buy it ? are there ten
men who cau go into that Representative Hall
and recommend its purchase? let other Sena
tors do aa they may, he, for one, should vote
“ no.”
Mr. Fsin—We hear cries of corruption from
gentlemen on this floor. They make such
charges without, giving reasons to sustain
He did not tbiuk it reasonable or manly to
cry out aud make such charges without being
able lo sustain them. Those who cry out cor
ruption aud claim we need "some place to roost,"
“that when we go home we will find it too warm
to remain there,” are gentlemen who have not
given reasons lor such charges, or argument for
snchpositions.
He was more than gratified with the liberality
ot the city of Atlanta. He would not extend hte
remarks by repeating the magnaimous proposi
tions, and reviewing the report, which, in itself
shows the best of reason why we should make
the purchase.
Mr. Candler~I do not intend to vote for these
resolutions. I am unlike the gentleman who has
just concluded his remarks, that he was not
afraid ot his constituents, I am afraid of mine.
I am afraid of my neighbors, of the people o ‘
Geoigia, oi my wife, my family, I am afraid of
them all, whom I regard and respect, lest they
mav think me connected, and leagued with cor
ruption and wrong here.
Mr. Fain - I did not say corruption. I was
afraid of this proposition. He asked if Senatore
did not have’ooteide measures which were exer
cising a pressing influence upon them in their
advocacy of, or opposition to this purchase;
that - ome railroad scheme, some local enterprise
that mast succeed, or personally and politically,
as Senators, they would be mined.
Mr. Harris desired to know if the question
was put and answer referred. If so, he would
say no such powerful influence was pressing on
him, aud judeing the Senator by his remarks,
he had no railroad nor any other important en
terprise to influence him.
Mr. Candle—There are Senators doubtless
so influenced. The Constitution places the
capital permanently in the city ot Atlanta, and
that its present locality cannot be changed
without a change ot the Constitution. Yon are
not discussing the locality, you are discussing
whether you will purchase this building. Gen
tlemen, yon should nut buy old clothes. Yo#
I,hon’d not buy an old Opera House, patched up
mr the occasion, and purposely to sell to you.—
1 ask you gentlemen, who are yon baying from ?
a man who owes yon $51,500, a bad debt. You
go tn collect a debt from a fellow who owes you
$HH), aud he offers to sell you an old cow with
the iinilow-hom, worth nothing—well, gentle-
mea, say take the old cow, and we’ll use this
horn aud that horn and may-be we can make
it worth something. 1 am opposed to the pur
chase. All the interest I have is here; I own
property in the city, and expect my children to
he educated here. Bnt I do not believe the in
terest of the city is subserved; nor her honor
protected by such a purchase He said there
was no evidence of a good building. That the
men who examined and reported on the build
ing are men who were employed in its construc
tion. He asked have we anything now to buy
with ? No, nothing. The notes ol your State
Ros’d have been presented at the Banks and
protested. (The thirty minutes having expired
Mr Chandler took his seat)
Mr Nunnally— Why discuss so many outride
matters to make wrong impressions? The Sena
tor who has just concluded, is entitled to credit
lor ability to advocate either ride of this ques
tion He said as the Capitol was located per
manently here he would not discuss anything
but the purchase of this building; that this was
a substantial and safe, and elegant building,
suitable to the uses and purposes of the gojrera-
m hi as a Capitol. He would ask if the Sena-
tm’s cow bad the hollow horn to day, what did
it have in 1969 ? he favored it then, and why
oppose it now? He contended that it was
fiuauciatiy to the interest of the State ; that the
blate only gives $250,000 in bonds which are to
run lor twenty years; that the building is no
otd »,(,cMne rubbed up tors purpose; it nadnot
been uaM for other purposes than that ofa capitol;
he aaked Senators when, and where would they
get the money to erect other bnild nga ? you
will have to tax the people to build a uew Gapi-
tol; instead ot costing a few thousands it will
co-1 a lew millions; I am opposed thus lo tax a
people straggling to recover and build up their
lost t..: nines.
SLc »! m question was then called which was
ihe iiuu- by vv^i a e vens 10, nays 19.
The resolution ;ut n . ov.f on as follows:
Yeas 20, nays 9; and transmuted to the House.
Mr. Wellborn moved to make the resolutions
expelling Bradley ibe special order of to-morrow
morning, which being withdrawn the Senate
adjourned.
The Speaker said that he batlannonnced yes
terday that the vote had been dosed and be
decided that Mr. D*vte could apt vote, from
wlpch mliflg Mr* Johnson of Bpalding, ap-
petted.
Mr. Scott row to a print of order, that the
party having been aboent that hia vote cannot be
allowed when it would affect the reanlt.
Mr. O’Neal, of Ixrwndes, said that the con-
tract ol pairing off between Mr. Davis and Mr.
Sorrells, included Thursday, at least, the two
gentlemen interpret the contract differently, and
le —id *>»at the benefit ot the doubt should be
given to Mr. Davis. ■
Mr. Warren, oi Quitman, said that if the
amwment wu in writing, the parties were ab
solved from the obligation ;tt the appointed
Mr. Bryant arid that the law ia plain that no
mnmtuw shall be permitted to vote after the
Chair haa announced tbe decision.
Mr. Osgood called the previous question,
which call was sustained. The yeas and nays
ware demanded and resulted in yeas 60; nays
65. Those voting to sustain the ruling are :
Mown. Armstrong, Anderson, Brewster,
Brawn, Bantam, Ballanger, Bryant, Carson,
Clark, Caldwell, Cleghorn, Cobb, Duncan,Erwin,
Felder, Ford, Fower, Fryer, Fincannon, Gober,
Gray, Gnllatt, Higden,B olden, Hamiliton, Hook,
Harris ot Murray, Harper of Sumter, Harper
of Terrell, Harrison ot Franklin, Hall of Glvnn,
Kvtle, Lee, Lane, Mathews, McArthur, McDon
grid, Nash, Osgood, Price, Paulk, Phillips,
Prudden, Perkins ot Cherokee, Reddish, Rosser,
Rawls, Rnmph, Sewell, Strickland, Stason, Shu
mate, Seale, Shackleford, Scott, Sorrells, Tum-
lin, Tate, Turnipaeed.V insen, W althatl, Wticher,
Welchel, Warren ot Quitman, and Williams of
Morgan.
Those voting in the negative are:
Messrs. Atkins, Allen ot Jasper, Bell, Be-
thune, Barnes, Buchan, Campbell, Glower,
Coe tin, Colby, Cunniugham, Darnell. Davis,
Eljia, Fitzpatrick, Franks, Floyd, Goodwin,
Golden, Gardner, Guilford, Hillyer, Hol
combe, Houston, Haren, Harden, Hughes,
Hutchings, Harris ot Glascock, Harrison ot Han
cnck ( Hall of Merriwether, Joiner, Jackson
Johnson of Spalding, Linder, Lindsey, Madden,
Maul. Moore, McCommick, Nes
bitt of Gordin, O’Neal oi Lowndes, O’Neal of
Baldwin, Porter, Powell, Perkins ot Dawson
id, Rodgers, Richardson, Simms, Stone, Saul
Smith of Charlton, Smith, ot Muscogee,
TWeedy, Thompson, Turner, Warren ot Burke
Williams of Harris.
A message from the Senate was received
saying that the Senate had passed a Mil to ex
tend aid ot tbe State to tbe completion ot the
Savannah, Griffin & North Alabama Railroad
Company.
The bill to incorporate the North Georgia &
Tennessee Railroad Company, and to grant
Stat e aid to the same, was read the third time
and put upon its passage.
Mr. O’Neal, ol Lowndes, a-gued forcibly that
this road is but a continuation ot another rail
road, and that it ia a stab at the interest of
Atlanta, and a scheme lo ruin tbe State Road;
he argued that the passage of this bill will be
unconstitutional.
Mr. Anderson offerred an amendment to the
effect that no State aid shall be granted until
an amount equal to that asked tor shall have
been paid in and expended, &c.—which amend
ment Mr. Cleghorn, the author of the bill
accepted. . „
Mr. O’Neal continued that those who propoee
to extend State aid indiscriminately must
shoulder the responsibility. At the conclusion
of hia remarks, Mr. O’Neal moved to lay the
bill on the table. On this motion the yeas and
n&yB were called, with the following results—
yeas 71, nays 47.
A message from the Senate was received say
ing that a special committee bad been appointed
to report a bill upon the subject ot relief in
which the concurrence of the House was asked.
Mr. Shumate, Chairman pro tom. oi the Judi
ciary Committee, recommended the passage of
the following bills, to-wit: A bill to declare tbe
trae intent of 1st clause, section 4191, revised
code : a bill to authorize the Mayor and Coun
cil of Rome to borrow money tor specified pur
poses ; also, that the committee asked to be dis
charged trom farther conaideration ol the reso
lution to pay the per diem to the wife ot the
Hon. M. Claiborne, deceased, as several parties
claim the same, the subject being one for the
determination ot the court.
Mr. Price, Chairman of the Committee on
Agricultural and Internal Improvements, recom
mended the passage of the following bills:
A bill to incorporate the Americus and Flor
ence Railroad.
A bill to appoint commissioners to ascertain
the location of certain lots in Brunswick, etc.
also, a bill to authorize the Ordinaries and Roac
Commissioners of certain counties to classify
public roads.
Mr. Sisson, Chairman of the Committee on
Printing reported favorably on the resolution to
pay the State Printer $500.
Mr Harrison, ot Franklin, Chairman of the
Committee on Journals, reported that the Jonr-
nal of the House is neatly and correctly kept.
A message was received from the Senate, say
ing that the Senate had passed tbe House bill to
alter and amend the road law as far as it relates
to Terrell county; also, that a resolution bad
been adopted appointing a joint committee to
inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to
protect the interest ot the people, in the State
Railroad.
Mr. Carson, Chairman of the Committee on
Enrollment reported that the bilte changing the
time ot holding Twiggs, Houston and Catoosa
Superior Cffnrts have been duly enrolled.
Leaves of absence weie granted Messrs. Har
ris ot Murrey, Snotter, Walthall, Nesbit of Gor
don, Braster, Gardner, Hnmber, Johnson, Har
rison of Newton, and Smith of Charlton.
Mr. Atkins moved to adjourn until Monday,
10 o’clock, A. M.
Mr. Williams, of Morgan, moved to amend
Mr. Atkins’ motion by snbstitnting 10 A. M., to
morrow.
Mr. Shumate moved to devote to-morrow to
reading bills the first and second time.
Mr. Price said he was opposed to Saturday
holidays.
Mr. Atkins’ motion to adjourn until Monday,
10 A. M., was put and upon the call ot the yeas
and nays, tbe vote stood yeas 15 ; nays US.
A motion to adjonrn until 10 A. M., to-mor
row prevailed.
Tbe motion to suspend tberulee was lost
Mr. Fitzpatrick jammUAJh* petition of
J. R. Griffin, who contests tbe ddrerittO,
Duncan, of Houston connty.to a seat fai this
Home; also, of Isaac Ranells who “*?*"**
claims of W. R. TumHn.of Randolph county,
to a seat in this House. -
Mr. Simms, colored, presented the petition of
H. Anderson who contests the claims of
H. K Felder, of Houston county^to a seat m
this House, also of S. A. Cobb, who
the claims of J. W. Mathews, of Houston
county, which petitions were referred to tne
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Tbe following bills were read the first time :
Mr. Gray-A bill to incorporate the Lookout
Mountain Railroad, Iron, Coal and Steel Com-
. Neal—A bill to lay out and organize a
new county from tbe counties of Warren and
Columbia.
Mr. Rosser—A (fill to atittaorize the South-
Western Railroad Company to subscribe tor
stock in the Americus and Florence Railroad
Company.
Mr. Eytle-A bill to repeal Section 1978 Re
vised Code. .
Mr. Roeser—A bill to loan the credit of this
State to the Americas and Florence Railroad
Company. „ „ _
Mr. Sorrells—A bill for the relief ot Powell &
Dorathy Blsssingin, and to legalize their m&r-
HOU9E
House met at the usual hear, and was called
to oi«l -r by Speaker McWhorter.
Piayer by Rev. Dr Br&ntty.
Tbe Journal of yesterday's proceedings was
read.
Tbe Speaker and Clerk made a report^
whicb they said that the Tote yesterday when
properly recorded, stood yeas 62; nays 63.
Mr. Dsvis, wfio had just r-tomed said that;
tbe people who elected him no nor want an elec
tion and he desired to have bis vote recorded,
be having -paired off with Mr. Sorrells until
Thursday.
TWENTY-SECOND DAY’S FBOCEBDINOS.
Saturday, August 6,1870.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 16 o’clock, A M., pursu
ant to adjournment, and was called to order by
President Conley.
Prayer by Rev. Wesley Prettyman.
The Roll was called, and the Journal of yes
terday read and approved.
Mr. Speer asked leave of absence for Mr.
Bowers. Granted.
Mr. Speer asked that a bill incorporating
Macon Banking Company be read the first time,
which bill was read.
Mr. Merred, Chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee, made a report xriih reference to a num
ber ot bills whicb had been referred.
Mr. Nunnally, Chairman oi the Committee on
Internal Improvements, made a report on bills
referred to that committee.
Mr. Merrell moved to suspend the Rules for
tbe purpose oi taking up the bill incorporating
tbe town of Monu-zatna.
Rules suspended and bill taken np. Passed,
and transmitted to the House.
Bills for second reading were then taken op,
and referred to Committees.
On motion, the Senate adjourned till Monday
morning at 10 o'clock, A. M.
HOUSE.
The House met at the usual hour aud was
called to order by the Speaker.
. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Brautly.
The Journal of yesterday was read.
On motion of Mr. Hall, of Glynn, the rules
were suspended for tbe purpose ot reading
bills. &c.
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, moved to seat a
member elect trom the county of Wilcox.
Mr. Bryant moved to amend by adding the
members from Irwin and Telfair.
Mr. Scott moved to farther amend by adding
the members from Madison and Marion.
On motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick, the mouon and
ami ndment were laid on the table.
Mr. Hall ot Merriwether, Chairman oi the
Finance Committee, recommend that the fol
lowing bills do pass, to-wit :
A bul to incorporate tbe Angaria and Hart-
wed Railroad, and to lend the aid of this State
to tbe same, with an amendment thereto; a till
to loan the credit of this State to tbe Fort Val
ley & HawkinsviUe Railroad; a bill to author
ize the Mayor & Council oi Ro me to levy & tax,
Ac.; a tall lor tbe relief oi Lester Markham;
a bill to loan tbe. credit of tbeJMbte to tbe
Marietta ft North Georgia Railroad, to whicha
■ufastitate was reported^ whicb substitute they
recommend do pam: aLo, a till to protect the
credit at this State, &-■; also, that the folio.wing
bills do not pass, to-wit:
A biff to refund to L W. Hazelburri tax
over paid; also, a bill to authorize Owen Roach
to peddle witiioatljcenae.
Mr. Toner, colored, offered e resolution. au
thorizing the Treeetitet to pay to the widow ot
dollars balance dne^asper di«n, wbicb*reeria^
tion was adopted.
' Mr. Barnom moved to saspend the rates to
take op a resolution to inquire by what antbori-
ty »n Aaririaat Hoar Kasper, a Sergemt-a^
Arms, and aevcral Pages were employed and
paid.
_ ■- Bethune—A bill to incorporate the Farm
er’s Bank of Western Georgia ; also, a bill to
prohibit sheriffs and constables from levying and
collecting certain executions and decrees; also,
a bill to authorize the Auditing Committee to
audit the claims of persons seated in the places
of those who were declared inelligible tor per
iiiim Ac., from the session of July, 1868, to the
present session.
Mr. Barnum—A bill to authorize the county
of Stewart to subscribe $150,000 to the Bain-
bridge and Calumbus Railroad, &c ; also, a bill
for the relief of Wm Howe.
Mr. Wilchar—A bill to change section 367
Revised Code; also, a bill to change the line
between Taylor and Talbot counties.
Mr. Tweedy—A bill to alter and amend tbe
act incorporating the Trustees ot Cbri6i Church
in the city of Augusta; also, a bill to protect
the credit of the Bta».e in reterence to its guarau
tee of bonds of Railroad Companies.
Mr. Harper, of Terrell—A bill to purchase a
law book tor the use of the State.
Mr. Williams, of Morgan—A bill in relation
to granting State aid to Railroads, &c.; also, a
bill to prevent certain stock trom running loose
in Morgan.
Mr. Glowers—A bill to repeal the act- author
izing Ordinaries to bind out orphan children.
Mr. Price—A bill to incorporate the Atlanta
& Blue Ridge Railroad.
Mr. Hall, of Merriwether—A bill to protect
the credit ot this State.-
Mr. O’Neal, ot Lowndes—A bill to repeal
section 1045, Revised Code
Mr. Golding—A bill to repeal section 11 ot
the act to organize a criminal court for each
county; also, a bill to authorize tbe Ordinary ol
Liberty county to keep his office at hia house.
Mr. Linden—A bill to Btrike out the word
white from the Code.
Mr. Hutchins—A bill to amend section 4374
of the Code.
Mr. Allen, of Jasper—A bill for the relief of
James Blockwell, Green Childs, securities on
Tax Collector’s bond ot J as par county ; also, a
bill to extend State aid to the Griffin, Monti
cello & Madison Railroad Company.
Mr. Mathews—A bill to change the line be
tween Houston and Macon counties.
Mr. Harrison, ot Hancock—A bill to amend
the law relating to common carriers
Mr Erwin—A bill to construct a railroad
from Athena to Clayton^Georgia.
Mr. Parka—A bill to change the lines oi
DeKalb county.
Mr. Hall, of Glynn—A bill to incorporate tbe
Glynn county Marine Railway & Dry Dock
Company; also, a bill to appropriate twenty
thousand dollars for printing and publishing
done ; also a bill to amend the act to aid the
Brunswick & Albany Railroad.
Mr. Harris, ul Glascock—A bill to allow the
Tax Collector of his county to pay to the Ordi
nary ot said county one half ot the tax col
lected for 1870.
Mr. Scott—A bill to confer jurisdiction of
misdemeanors on Superior Courts of this State
also, a bill to alter and amend an act passed
October 6th, 1868, to carry into effect section 12,
division 2, article 5 of Constitution ot Georgia.
Mr. Gnllatt—A bill to incorporate the Atlanta
Insurance, Banking and Improvement Company.
Mr. Holcombe—A bill to amend the home
stead law.
Mr. Humph—A bill to change tbe time of
bolding Wayne Superior Court.
Mr. Phillips—A bill to provide for the elec
tion ot members to the 41st and 42d Congress.
Mr. Perkins, of Dawson—A bill to incorpor
ate thb'Gainsville and Ellijay Railroad Company
Mr. Scroggins—A bill tor the relief ot F. M.
Scroggin, Thos. Grace, and others.
Mr. Clond—A bill to incorporate the town ot
Hephzebah.
Mr. Zellars—A bill to require the Comptrol
ler General and Treasurer to settle with the
Tax Collector of Campbell county.
Mr. Portet—A bill to define the duties of
common carriers, and make them conform to
the lawsot Congress, &c.
Mr. Osgood—A bill to amend the charter oi
tbe Savannah, Skidwav & Seaboard Railroad;
also, a bill to alter ana amend an act to establish
an Infirmary for the aged, &c.
Mr. Sims—A bill to repeal the act to encour
age immigration into this State; also, a bill for
the appointment ot a commission to codify the
laws of this State.
Several resolutions on the subject of paying
pages, assistant door-keepers, &c, were intro
duced and referred to tbe Finance Committee.
Mr. Rawls—A resolution instracting the
Jadiciary Committee to prepare a bill in relation
to juries in Justices’ Courts.
Mr. Holcombe—A resolution to raise a com
mittee to report upon the financial management
of Gov. Jenkins’ administration.
On motion, the House adjourned until 10
o’clock, Monday morning.
TWBNTY-TBIBD DAY'S PROCEEDINSS.
Monday, August 8,1870.
SENATE. *•
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, A M .pursuant
to adjournment, end was called to order by
President Conley.
Prayer by the Rev. Wesley Prettyman.
The Roll was called, and the Journal ot
Saturday read and approved.
The Committee on General Education ap
pointed to inquire into the ^condition ol the
Educational * Fund, made tfieir report which
was received and laid on tbe table.
A resolution was then offered, that the stock
owned in the Georgia Railroad Company, be
set apart for educational purposes, which was
also laid on the table with report ot Committee
on General Education.
A message from tbe Governor in reference to
the Sehool Fund was received and read.
The following bills were introduced and read
tbe first time:
By Mr. Merrell—A bill to provide for the
continuance ot certain cases at law and equity
by reason of absence of parties or counsel in
attendance cm the Legislature.
By Mr. Smith—A bill to legalize act of
Mayor and Council of Grantville.
By Mr. Dunning—A bill to donate to Clayton
county the tax tor 1870; also, to loan tbe credit
of the State to tbe Georgia and Western Rail
road.
By Mr. Harris—A bill to legalize the marrisge
of Jesse W. Lamb and Sarah E. Lamb, pt New
ton county.
By Mr. Speer—A bill to lay ont a new connty
for Pike and Monroe to be called Crittenden,
and attach tbe same to tbe 4th Congressional
District
By Mr. Wallace—A bill to regnlate the com
mon carriers ot this State.
By Mr. Wooten—A bill to provide the more
effectual enforcement of the Homestead Law.
By Mr Nesbitt—A Mil to charter the Atlanta
Mining Company; also, to charter the Excelsior
Mining Company ; also to ebarter the Fuharlee
Mining end Manufacturing Company.
By Mr. Coitnao—A bill to incorporate the
Brunswick and Augusta Railroad Company;
slab, a bill to allow the Albany A Brunswick
Railroad to cross the river at Albany.
By Mr. Campbell—A bill to incorporate Skid-
away and Sea Coast Railroad Company; also,
to regulate tbe fees oi tbe Clerk’s or tbe Supe
rior and District Courts.
By Mr. Bradley—A MU to allow the city of
Savannah to open streets along the Savannah
river. , _
By Mr. McArthur—A bill to prevent tbe So
licitor Generate of tbe Stale from releasing or
dtedwreing criminate from jails to certain cases.
By Mr. "Sherman —A bul to incorporate the
ITitiW 1 Improvement, Estimation and Manu
facturing Company. _ ,
By Mr. Brock—A bill to authorize Dennis
Free and Sarah McEhnraast, of Haralson coon-
ty, toc&e end collect for medical services ren
dered. - 0! ’ ■ !.-■ ' M
Mr. Cwdtar offered a resolution that hereafter
the Senate meet at 9 o’clock, A M, and adjonrn
at 2 o’clock, P. M.
r moved to strike out 9 and 2 an in-
9 and halt-past 1.
was in favor of meeting at 9
_ _? at 1 o’clock, and hoped
i would agree to that time; which, on
aioM. wm finally screed to.
following bilte were then takmt op for
the ! * '
A bill to incorporate the Dollar Savings Bank
ol Atlanta. _ _ . „ .. „
A Mil to incorporate the Georgia Banking
Company. Passed and transmitted to thoHouse.
A Mil to incorporate the town of Fort Valley,
in thecountv of Houston. Passed.
A b01 to change the time of holding the Su
perior Courts of Macon county. Laid on the
^A^ll to repeal an act organizing the criminal
oourtaof the State. Passed.
A bill to change the time of holding Superior
Courts of Emanuel county. Passed.
A Mil to amend an act incorporating Gaines
ville. Laid on the table.
A bill to repeal an act encouraging the build
m it of mills. Passed. „ _
A MU to incorporate The Cotton States Ferti
lizing Company. Passed. . .
A bill to amend the charter of the city of
Macon. , ™.
A Mil to legalize the jury boxes ot Pike
and other counties. Passed, an** transmitted to
the House. ,
A bill to authorize the Governor to employ a
State geologist Laid on the table.
A Mil to incorporate the Pottoreville Manu
facturing Company in the county of Taylor.
FMB6d>
A bill to amend an act in regard to Comous-
sioners ot Roads. The committee recommended
that the bill do not pass.
Mr. Speer moved to disagree to the report ol
the committee. Motion prevailed, and Mr.
Speer offered to amend the Mil so ae to bave it
apply to Pike connty.
Mr. Speer withdrew bis motion and the but
was laid on the table. .
A bill to establish in the county of Richmond
Board ot Commissioners of Roads and Reve-
nuea.
Mr Speer moved to amend the bill by adding
tbe county of Pike.
Many other Senators moved to amend by
adding their several counties, when
Mr Harris suggested that such amendments
would probably be the result of defeating the
bill as to Richmond connty, and that it the bill
be one ot merit, it should, in justice to that
county, be acted on and passed.
The several amendments were then with
drawn, and the bill passed.
A bill to allow the Ordinary of Oglethorpe
county to issue bonds to tbe sum of $10,000 for
tbe benefit oi the paupers, Ac. Passed.
A bill to incorporate the Macon Canal and
Manufacturing Company. Passed.
A bill to authorize R. W. Hawkwoith, a mi
nor of Bibb county, to plead and practice law
Lost. „
A bill for the relief ot Liza G. Garrison, of
Coweta county. Laid on the table.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenue for Pike county.
A bill for the relief of Israel Mablea ot Mitch
ell county.
Pending the consideration of this bill, tbe
Senate adjourned until 9 o’clock to-iaorrow.
HOUSE.
The House met at the usual hour, the Speak
er in the chair.
Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Brantly.
The Journal of Saturday’s proceedings was
read.
Mr. Cleghorn, Chairman of the committee on
New Counties and County Lines, recommended
the passage of the bill to annex the county of
Hancock to the Ocmulgee Circuit, and connty of
Glascock to the Middle Circuit.
The following bills were read the first time:
Mr. Turnipeeed—A bill to authorize the Ordi
nary ot Clay to issue bonds to aid in building a
court house; also, a bill amendatory of the act
to Incorporate the town ot Fort Gaines.
Mr. Rice—A bill to incorporate the town ol
Harlem, in Columbia county ; also, a bill to es
tablish a system ot public instruction,
Mr. Smith, ot Charlton—A bill to change the
time tor the annual meetings of the Legislature.
Mr. O’Neal, oi Baldwin—A bill to abolish the
Penitentiary.
Mr. Madden—A bill to repeal an act to keep
in repair the public roads ni Burke county, and
to levy an annual tax lor that purpose.
Mr. Lane—A bill to authorize N. 8. Glover,
ot Jones county, to blast a channel through the
waters ot the Ocmulgee River, in aid ol hi:
mills, etc.
Mr. Fitzpatrick—A bill to amend the several
acta incorporating the city of Macon, to divide
said city into wards, etc,
Mr Johnson, oi Spalding, offered the follow
ing bills in place ot Mr. Franks of Bibb: A bill
to alter and amend section 1,663 of Irwin’s Code
a bill making mutual dissatisfaction between
man and wife a cause tor divorce; a bill to pro
vide tor trials in cases of bastardy; a bill to de
fine who are citizens of this State; a bill to ex
empt from jury doty certain members ot the
Macon Fire Department; a bill to alter and
amend an act to organize a criminal court for
each county of this State; also, a bill to provide
lor and fix the pay of grand and petit jurors.
Mr. Turner—A bill to repeal section 1,709, oi
Irwin’s Code; also a bill to repeal section 1,707,
Irwin’s Code, which section brobiMts the inter
marriage between whites ana persons of color;
also, a bill to repeal so much ot section 4,245 ol
Irwin’s Code as relates to criminate being sen
tenced to work in the chain gang, etc.; also, a
bill to enforce the revenue laws of this State.
Mr. Ford—A bill to incorporate the Polk
County Mining and Iron Manufacturing Com
pany; also, a bill explanatory and amendatory
of the homestead law; also, a bill to lay ont
and organize a new connty from the counties oi
Bartow, Floyd and Gordon; also, a bill to
authoriz«.the Ordinary and Road Commission
ers ot the connty ol Bartow to claasity the pnb
lie roads, &c.
Mr. Raddish—A bill to authorize tbe Treasu
rer ot Appling county to receive jury certificates
in payment ot dues to said county.
Mr. Harkness—A bill to change tbe lines be
tween Batts and Henry counties; also, a bill to
incorporate the Griffin, Monticello & Madison
Railroad Company.
Mr. Scott—A bill to authorize tbe Trustees of
tbe University of Georgia to sell certain proper
erty; also, a bill to exempt members of tbe Hook
and Ladder and of the Mountain City Fire
Company, ot the city of Rome, from jnry duty.
On motion, tbe rules were suspended to take
up the Senate resolution for the appointment
ot a joint committee to investigate and report
what legislation was necessary on the subject
oi relief. The resolution was taken up and con
curred in.
Mr. Price gave notice that he would move for
a reconsideration of the House action on tbe
Senate resolution to-morrow.
A message from the Senate was received say
ing that the bill to incorporate the town ot
Montezuma in the county ot Macon, &c., had
been passed by that body.
A message was received trom tbe Governor
saying that tbe iollowing bilte had been ap
provec and signed by the Governor, to wit:
An act to alter and amend the road laws oi
this State, so tor as they relate to the connty ot
Terrel!; also, an act to change the timeot hold
ing the Courts in the counties ol Houston,
Twiggs, and Catoosa.
A message Irom the Governor was received,
transmitting the following communications.
CoMPruoui.Ru Guneraj.’s Office
To His Excellency Rufus £ Bullock :
Sib—In accordance with the provisiona ot
section 1 oi the act approved 28th July, 1870,
entitled an act to aet apart and secure the
School Fuud, I bave the honor to report tbe iol
lowing statement ot the amount ol School Fund
as far as can now be ascertained iu the Treasu
ry up to 1st July, 1870, to-wit:
Poll tax ot 1868 actually ascertained and
separated Irom the General Tax, $86,337 63.—
Poll tax of 1869 actually ascertained and separa
ted from General Tax $36,080 51. Amount of
educational tax trom oiner sources since July
4tb, 1868, $69,6o9 48—total $342,027 62.
The following sums are certified by the Treas
urer at tbe dales indicated, as ‘‘interest on State
deposits,” to wit: August 23, 1869, $336 10 ;
December 28,1869, $1 546 05—total $1,882 15
Thu may belong to the bctiool Fund, but there
was nothing on the (ace ot (he Treasurer's cer
tificate to indicate it, so I have not so respect
ed iu
There Ia probably a small amount of insol
vent pull tax paid in by Tax Collectors during
tbe years lu69 and 1870. but it will be necessary
iu carefully examine me Receipt book tor those
}tais, wilich can be done hereatter, and reported
in ur> next report on this subject. Respectfully,
Madison Bsu.
Comptroller General.
Received of His Excellency, Rums B Bul
lock, this 6th day of August 1870, two bundled
and sixty-eight thousand dollars ot seven per
cent, bonds, numbered from one to 268 inclusive,
tbe same being a deposit to secure lor the
School Fund two hundred and forty-two thon-
sandand twenty-seven dollars and sixty-two
cents, the amount reported by the Comptroller
General on tbe 30th of July, 1870. All this is
done under and by virtue ot, and to be held in
accordance with an act to art apart and secure
the School Fond. Approved Jaiy 28th 1870.
N. L. Ahqieb, Treasurer.
On motion ot Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes; the
rales were suspended and the bill to extend the
corporate limits of the city ol Bainbridge was
read a third time. Passed, and ordered to be
transmitted to the Senate.
A large number of bills were read the second
time ud referred to appropriate committees.
Leaves of absence were granted to Messrs.
Harper of Sumter, Fryer, Warren ot Qaitman,
Erao* Williams of Morgan, Darnell, ud Rice.
The hour of adjournment having arrived, the
Speaker declared the Hotiae adjourned until 10
A. M. to-morrow.
ths Louisville Conrier-J onrnal.
The New Parly movement.
That tlie people of the South, and in no part
Of the Sou'll more than in Alabama, arc sorely
distressed t > the presure of the blacks and the
-bayonet upon the ballot box, is so true that we
have hardly the heart to urgejrenewed patience
ud moderation. Bnt the issue is so great, and
the danger ofa mistaken course is so immediate
ud obvious, that we dare not deceive them by
our silence or risk their peace and happiness by
seeming to encourage a public sentiment which
we know too well lo be as sincere and natural
as it Is vehement aud perilous. The proposed
White Mu’s Party” is a purely sectional and
ephemeral scheme. It stands no show ot be
coming general, much teas ot becoming national.
It is founded upon nothing more substantial
than a passionate outburst oi indignation againBt
wrong. We cunol avert that wrong, although
by mistreatment we may intensify it trom a tem
porary evil to a protracted curse; and hence
the plan of violent resistance, based on agita
tion, is a delusion and a snare, a perfect Demo
cratic deadfall. The people ot Alabama must
beware of it; tbe more so, as the Mobile Regis
ter has undertaken to lead them into it, under a
genuine misconception, as we believe, ot the
whole character and meaning of the political
aitnatjo". In order, however, to make this the
ilainer we copy the following article entire
tom a recent issue ot the Register.
“The Courier-Journal took the Register to task
the other daytor advocating ,! a third Democrat
ic party ” We rebelled the charge as a figment
of the Courier-Journal's brain and as having no
warrant in uy line or word that has appeared
in our columns. The last number ol the Courier-
Journal comes to ns with the following head
lines to articles from the Chicago limes and the
St. Lonto limes: “Words ot Wisdom—The Dem
ocratic Situation from an Old-Line Democratic
Standpoint—A Clear-sighted and Sure-footed
Exposition ol the Democratic Duty and the
Democratic Policy.” To show what these
words of wisdom are, we copy the first para
graph ot the Chicago limes' article, to-wit:—
a fbe political Bourbons, who constitute a dead
weight upon the, JJpmocratic party in the State
ot Kentucky are taxing to organize the Ken
tucky Democracy on the baste ot a ‘white man's
party ’ with the repeal ol the Fifteenth amend
ment’as its leading issue. It the purpose of these
Kentucky Bourbon were to secure & Radical
majority in the next Congress, and to assure be
yond the chance ot failure, the success ot the
Radical party in the next Presidential election,
they could not take a better course." We have
a brief answer to these “words ot wisdom” and
it is this ; if the Democratic party can only suc
ceed on the Radical reconstruction and Fif
teenth amendment platform, its success is not
worth a pipe lull ot Kentucky tobacco. It is
one thing to say nothing in the coming canvass
about Radical measures which are not immedi
ately in issue, but to commit the Democratic
party to the stare dicisis ot Radical iniamiea is
an abandonment of vital principle and ol tbe
vital policy of honesty that we will never sub
scribe to. It is just Buch timid ignorings of
truth and principle as this that have beaten the
Northern Democracy ever since the war. If
the Democratic press ot the United States would
just stand solidly up to the truth for six mouths,
the ptop e would sweep Radicalism from the
lace ot the laud.”
Who proposes to adopt “the Radical recon
struction platform?” Who haa proposed to in
dorse “the Fifteenth amendment,” or any other
of the “Radical infamies ? ’ Certainly no Dem
ocratic authority. There is not a line or a word
or a sylable in any recognized Democratic news
paper that we have read which proposes any
thing of the sort.
The Register talks a good deal about “princi
ple” and “truth” and “a white man’s party.”—
What does it mean ? Does it mean something
or does it mean nothing? If it means some
thing, what is that something? If it means
nothing, wbv the agitation which it deprecates ?
The editor ot the Register, who ought to know
what he is about, must lay aside his generalities
and emotions and tell U9 plainly and precisely
what he does really mean, and to simplify the
matter and help him along with his answer, we
will put the following questions, viz:
1st. Do you propose to organize “a white
man’s party,” f r the express purpose ot repeal
ing or otherwise setting aside the Fifteenth
amendment, compelling its entire policy, as
well aa its fundamental purpose, to look solely
to that result ?
2d. In tbe event of success in repealing the
Fifteenth amendment, disfranchising the half
million of voters created under it, and obtaining
possession ot the General Government, do you
propose to repeal the Thirteenth amendment
and to remand the negroes back to a state ot
slavery ?
3d. In either event what do yon expect to
secure by the intermediate agitation, the excite
ment incident to the arrayiDg of class against
class and race against race, with the consequent
division ot public sentiment and the certain ac
tion oi the Federal Government ?
Yon say that if the press would but stand firm
for six months, we should “ sweep Radicalism
from the face of the land.” Stand firm for
what ? Stand firm lor the repeal of -the Fif
teenth Amendment and against tbe validity of
its ratification ? Did the press not stand firm
against it np to the boar when it was declared
a part of the Constitution of the United States ?
Has it not stood firm against all the Radical
measures of reconstruction for five years, and ia
it not still standing firm against each ot the
Radical measures that appea. ? Has this pre
vented the practical realization ot Degro suf
frage? Whatever may be its legal source, is it
not an actual fact put upon U3 m spite ot our
firmest opposition ? And who is to set it aside?
How are you going to secure its overthrow ?
By Congress, or by the Supreme Court, or by
revolution? If by Congress, when? There is
no likelihood of changing the present complex
ion of the Senate tor six years. By the Supreme
Court ? Well, when ? Is that tribune not
hopelessly Republican lor at least a dozen
years? Come, give us your plan; what it rests
on; bow yon expect to carry It out, and all
about it.
You claim to be a Democratic organ, aDd yet
yon seem to hold the Democratic organization
rather lightly, as lightly.it it does not square
itself by your foot-rule, “ as a pipeful of Ken
tucky tobacco.” Is there no question then ia
this country, bat the negro question ? Is there
nothing else to fight lor ? Are we gotten so
poor off for issues that we must break up the
great National Democratic organization in
order to form a “ White Man’s party,” with one
lonely and addled idea, rattling like a rotten
egg in a foul mst until it bursts its shell and
stalks forth once more a full-fledged demon of
war, arraying the blacks against the whites and
the whites against the blacks, and convulsing
our whole social aDd industrial system in its
incessant and endless moil ? Ia ibis oar duty to
“ truth ?” Is this the cardinal “ principle ”
which should underlie and direct the move
ments of the party ot the future, searing its
mission of peace with blood, aod turning all its
noble purposes of national Ireedjcn and rest
into miserable Dead Sea lruit ?
The great national Democratic organization, as
represented through the ablest ot its leaders and
most influential of its journals, presents a more
cheerful, a more wholesome, a fairer prospect
tor tbe alurement and the encouragement of the
American people. It holds out a hand of peace
to all men. it urges the abandonment of all
minor differences. It proposes lo deal with
present tacts and to ignore, as tar as may be,
disturbing antecedents aud warl ke possibilities.
There must be a line somewhere. The peop’e
ot the North have decided, in spite ot every ef
fort ol oura.Jhat the blacks shall hive the ballot,
and with it be left to take Are of themselves.
This is the deliberate judgment ol the majority of
the Northern people who cho-ie between the
bayonet and the ball it, in favor ot the latter, as
a means ot protecting the negroes whom they
bad liberated. They regard this as the ra
tional |’.terminus ot emancipation. A few
extremists want to go further; and a
few impracticables propose to rip it
asunder as soon aa they can without ex
plaining any rational method by which it is to
je done. The practical Democratic leaders
accept the iaene as made up; and as they were
not responsible for making it, as it was done in
opposition to them and. as id any event they
see no way of gettiag rid ot if, they mean to
make tbe best they can ot it, and, by securing
quiet to the South and taming to other and
more needful topics of discussion, to obtain the
S0pport and confidence ot tbe people and so to
restore the Government to its parity.
The policy of the Register would defeat this
purpose. Its only effect would be to keep
np at tbe South an agitatiou which is alike
hurtlo) to Southern industry and to tbe Demo
cratic party. Hence its articles are quoted as
Radical campaign material, • and hence our'
assertion that, as long as it makes votes against
us instead oi tor ns, and is in direct antagonism
to the great Democratic newspapers oi 8k-
coqntry, it can not legitimately dawn-to-be mo«
than the organizer ot a new party, with a new
name, outside ot the organization which we
recognize as Democratic and National.
Tlie BifKMi N asset or Them Ail.
A gold nugget, weighing ninety-three pound?
baa been found iu California. Great excite(ueu>
has been created around and about the mm3
where this huge nugget has been found.
A ColoroA Appointment. \
Bev Sella Martin, a colored preach* r; ?q
Washington, has been appointed special agent q
the Post Office Department, and assigned '
duly in the 800%
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