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£. II. liill’s Letter of Aeeeplaoee.
Tlie county convention of Troup coun
ty was held on Saturday last, and nomi
nated to the State Convention Hon. B. H.
Htli,, Dr. W. P. Beasi.ev and Col. James
M. Beall. We subjoin Mr. Hill's let
ter of acceptance :
LaGrange, Ga., Dec. 26, 1860.
Gentlemen : Your letter, informing me
that I have been unanimously nominated
as a delegate to tho approaching Conven
tion, has been received. I accept the nom
ination, because 1 do not think such a
position ought now to be sought or declined.
You ask for my particular views on pend
ing issues. These I have hitherto fully
given. I see no reason to change or mod
ify the views expressed to the people of
Troup county on the 29th day of Novem
ber last.
A more important crisis was never upon
any people. We of the South can bring
this ciisis to an end,just as we wish ; and
we can reach that end in blood or peace,
4s our passions or our prudence may di-
< ct. Ooine what may, we should never
« content with auy patchwork. Slavery
mist never again be the hobby of the po
litical demagogue. I greatly deplore so
much feeling and impatience with so many
of our people. We need all the wisdom
and cool firmness of all our people. We
are in danger now from nothing but our-
st/res. No man is a fit counsellor now who
assumes that slavery can he abolished by
any party or any power. This is a con
cession to the efforts and dreams of fanati
cism without any foundation in fact. Of
all people in this nation, the slave is this
day far the happiest ; and of all property,
slavery is by far tbe safest. The Union,
the Constitution, good government and the
peace of the country, are in danger from
the passions, the fanaticisms, and ambition
of the white race only. But whatever may
be the cause, a crisis is upon us, and wc
must meet it.
It is an Lour when every man should be
all prudence and firmness, without petu
lance or rashness in word or action.—
Every Southern man should remember that
every other Southern man is as much in
terested as himself; and every Southern
State should remember that every other
Southern State, must be, more or less, in
volved by her action. Each is, therefore,
bound by every consideration of ordinary
respect and good feeling to offer a consulta
tion aud an interchange of views before
linal action.
Has South Carolina done this ? Does
her batty action become the dignity of the
occasion and the importance of the issue ?
Rather, lias slie not acted with abrupt dis
courtesy to the claims, wishes and move
ments of her sister slaveholding States ?—
1 trust she will yet be moie deliberate, and
communicative than her proceedings would
at first view indicate. South Carolina is
not acting towards her sister States in 1860,
as she did act towards her sister colonies
in 1776. Perhaps her people are more
chivalrous and patriotic ! In the name of
Calhoun, South Carolina is doing what
Calhoun, to the day of his death, never
intended, desired nor counselled.
It may be her present statesmen are wis
er, and understood Calhoun better than
Calhoun understood himself! She, doubt
less expects the sympathy and the assis
tance of the Southern States; and these
States, equally, expected from her consul
tation, and, at least, advisory co-operation.
They have been disappointed ; she may
not be. At any rate. 1 hope Georgia, in
her own sensible way of doing things, will
return good for evil, and act in no spirit of
retaliatory petulance. At the same time,
Georgia will not he dragooned by either
friends or foes. Georgia will prefer discre
tion to haste, and wisdom to impetuosity.
I believe she will be courteous to all her
bister States of the South, and seek to
combine the wisdom of at least as many as
will act with her. She will not be coerced
to stav in the Union, nor to he bunied out
before the proper time.
There are numberless rumors and
graphic reports flooding the country,
know not how much to believe. Our
plo must he self-possessed and deliberate,
or they will be misled. One truth is estab
lished : there are two many deinagtioges
and two few statesmen at Washington.—
By the papers of this morning I am con
firmed in what I have before suspected ;
rhat certain great meu, so called, are play
ing tricks in this awful crisis, to excite the
people! Oh, my country !
The dissolution of this Union may be
a necessity. If so, after being fully satis
fied ol that fact, let us decree that dissolu
tion. But I must be allowed to say that 1
cannot regard such an event as an occasion
for rejoicing. The sum of Nero's ingrati
tilde is recorded in the fact that lie “fiddled
while Romo was burning.” I do not liken
our people to Nero. But it is not strange
that we should fire caunons, illumine cities
raise honfiree, and make noisy the still
hours of night with shouts, over the de
sti uction of a government infinitely great
er than Rome ever was !
Unless our grievances are fully redres
sed, and we can have satisfactory guaran
tees that they will not be repeated, I will
aid in the necejsity of disunion. But
shall dissolve this Union as I would bur}’ n
benefactor—in sorrow of heart. For, after
all, the Union is not the author of our
grievances. Bad extreme men, in both
sections, insult each other aud then both
fight the Union which never insulted cith
er ! Perhaps it has blessed all above their
merits. For myself, I shall never ask for
more true liberty and real happiness under
auy government than I have enjoyed as a
eitizen of this great American Union.—
Mav they who would destroy this Union
in a frolic, have wisdom to furnish to our
children a better. Yours, very truly,
B. H. Him..
To Messrs. C. D. Pullen, W. C. Darden
aud Thos. Leslie, Committee.
lets passed by the Legislature. them, her executors or cxecutof) aud to enlithi
1 An Act to provide for the common defence of them to Lrvc letters testamentary granted, i
the State of Georgia, and appropriate money for the ® ho compensate omeers aiul freeholders for
8anle their service* tor holding the general elections, and
tele-
We
peo-
State of tiif. Treasury.—The Nation
ol Intelligencer remarks that Mr. Cobh b&s
abandoned the Federal Treasury at
period of embarrassments wbieh has had
no parallel in our history since the war of
1S12, and at the conclusion of that exhaus
ting struggle. The state of our national
finances—with a Treasury actually com
peiled to dishonor its own drafts—is one
which no American, even in this hour of
apprehension on other grounds, can con
template with other than feelings of na
tional humiliation.
Extraordinary Plow of Oil.—A gen
tleman who has just returned from the oil
region informs us that on Friday evening
last the men engaged in boring one of the
Economite wells, at Tideoute, struck at
the depth of ninety eight feet a vein of oil
and gas, so powerful that it was thrown
tip some seventy leet above the surface.—
Such an extraordinary flow of oi) was
never before seen in Tideoute region, so
fruitful of surprises of this character. Not
more than one-third of it was secured, yet
up to Wednesday morning, one hundred
and forty nine barrels had been taken up,
while the vat, capable of holding two hun
dred and fifty barrels, was one third filled.
Altogether, some two hundred aud thirty-
two barrels were secured, and the flow still
continues.—Pittsburg Post.
2 To change the time of bolding the Superior
Courts in the county of Bryan.
3 To authorize the Treasurer to make certain
advances.
4 To authorize and require the Governor of the
State of Georgia to call a Convention of the people
of this State, and for other purposes.
5 For the relief of Mary Wray of the county of
Richmond, aud for other purposes.
6 To amend an Act entitled au Act to change the
time of holding the elections for county officers,
Judges of the Superior Courts, Attorneys aud Solic
itors Generals (except Ordinaries) in this State,
passed, Dec. 16th, 1859
7 To gi ant relief to the banks and the people of
this State, and to repeal certain clauses ol an act
passed 1857, &c. (Vetoed—passed over the Gov
ernor.)
8 To alter the 6th section of the 3d Art. of the
Constitution of this State, so far as relates to the
day ou which the Ordinaries are elected.
y To incorporate the town pf Aeworth in the
county of Cobb, aud for other purposes,
10 To make the inferior CotKt iu the county of
Lowndes successors in office to the Commission
ers appinted under au act entitled ‘‘an act to re
move the county site of Lowndes county, &c.. Ac.
11 To authorize Wilkinson Sparks, administrator
with the will annexed, of John Sparks, deceased,
and administrator of Elizabeth Sparks, deceased,
aud administrator of Win- A. Sparks, deceased,
late of Harris county, to sell the land and negroes
belonging to each of said estates on tho 1st Tues
day iu Dec. 1860.
1*2 To amend au act entitled an act to incorpor
ate the Presbyterian Church of Walthonrville iu
Liberty count}-, and to incorporate the .Savannah
Flour Mill Company. Assented to, December 10th,
1858.
13 To compensate the Tax Receiver of Clark
county for services rendered.
14 To change the time of holding the Inferior
Court of Glascock county.
15 To authorize the Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Jasper county appointed by the Justices of said
Court to fill the vacancy occasioued by the death
of James E. Shorpshire, late Clerk of said Court,
and said office, and discharge, the duties thereof
until his successor is elected aud qualified in Jan
uary next.
16 To authorize the Inferior Court of Hancock
county to levy au extra tax for county purposes.
17 To authorize the Ordinary of Chattahoochee
county to pay poor school accounts.
18 To authorize the the Inferior Court of Ware
county to order a vote of the citizens of said coun
ty relative to the building of a new Court House,
the changing of the county site thereof, and for
other purposes.
19 To consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver
and Collector for the county of Dade.
*20 To repeal “ail act to alter aud amend the
Road Laws of this State, so far as relates to the
county of Lumpkin. Assented to, loth December,
1857.
21 To incorporate the B. nai Briss. (United
Brothers Association of Savannah.
2*2 To amend the charter of the city of Darien,
so far as the election of Mayor is concerned.
23 To change the line between the counties of
Calhoun and Baker.
‘24 To autliorizd*tlie Inferior Court of Baldwin
county to subscribe for stock in the Miliedgeville
Railroad Company, to levy and collect a special
tax and issue Bonds for the payment of said stock.
25 To amend an act entitled “entitled an act to
authorize the ThomaSton and Bartlesville Railroad
Company to construct ami extend their Railroad
to some point on the Railroad of the Muscogee
Railroad Company, and to authorize and empower
the Muscogee Railroad Company hy and with the
consent of Lhe Thomaston and Barncsville Railroad
Company being first had thereto, to extend their
road to some convenient point on the said Museo-
geeKailroad to Thomaston in Upson county, and
tor other purposes thermn mentioned ; and also,
to incorporate the MTtraTe Georgia Railroad Com
pany assented to on the 19tli Dee. 1859, so far as
said act relates to the Middle Georgia Railroad
Company,
26 To authorize the legal representatives of
Intestate and Testator of other States to sue in
this State.
27 To prevent and punish Camp hunting in
Burke county by non-residents.
28 To alter the time of holding the elections
of Tax Receivers and Collectors in this State ; to
prescribe the mode in which the office of Tax Re
turns may be declared vacant.
29 To change the law in regard to taking de
positions iu Justices Courts; aud for other pur
poses.
30 To legalize and make valid the several ses
sions of Chattahoochee and Quitman Superior
Courts of the Pataula Circuit and also to change
the time of holding the Superior Courts of Pike
county.
31 To authorize the counties of Walker and
Chattooga to aid in the construction of Coosa and
Chattooga River Railroad, and to issue bonds
therefor, by a vote of a majority of the citizens of
said counties.
3*2 To change the lines between the counties ot
Pierce and Wayne so as to include the balance ot
Lot of Land whereon Russell Raulerson now lives
in Pierce county.
33 To incorporate the Alabama Planters Steam
Boat Company.
34 To ratify and make valid the ordinances aud
resolutions ot the Mayor and Council of Columbus
in reference to any subsci iption heretofore made
by said Mayor and Council to the stock of the
Opelika and Talladaga Railroad company.
35 To lay out and incorporate the Dawson Turn
Pike Road Company.
36 To alter and change the name of the Thomas
ton and Barnesville Railroad Company, to thatol
rhe Upson county Railroad Company; to incorpor
ate the same and tor other purposes,
37 To add the county of Chattahoochee to the
Chattahoochee circuit.
38 To incorporate the Union Loan and Building
Association in the city of Atlanta.
39 To confer upon the Inferior Courts of the
several counties in this State power to establish,
change, or abolish any election precinct or pre
cincts within the same.
40 To appropriate money for the support of the
Pupils of the Georgia Academy for the Blind.
41 To incorporate Bear Creek Academy, in the
county of Henry, iu the State of Georgia.
42 To amend an act entitled an act organizing
the Independent Volunteer Battalion of Augusta,
approved, March 3d, 1856, and for other purposes
43 To incorporate the town of Valdosta, iu the
county of Lowndes, and to provide for the election
Mayor, Couneilmen, Clerk, Treasurer, and Mar
sha! for the same ; and to regulate the sale and
retail of spirituous liquors in the town of Monroe;
to authorize the members of the City Council of
Rome to elect a Mayor pro lent; to amend the act
incorporating the town of Hillsboro’, in Floyd
county ; to exempt certain property in the town of
Cartersvilie from taxation for town purposes; to
extend the corporate limits thereof and for other
purposes.
44 To exempt from jury duty all practicing phy
sicians in the counties of Emanuel and Houston.
45 To amend an act entitled an act to repeal an
act to amend the road laws of this State passed
J9fh day of December, 1818, approved December
21st 182*2, so far as respects the county of Cher
okee.
46 To incorporate the Trustees of the Oconee
Hill Cemetery, and to coufer the titles to lots
therein.
47 Topnnish the taking and carrying away the
wood or timber from the lands of another in the
county of Fulton, aud for other purposes.
48 The better to protect the importers of foreign
laborers.
49 To amend an act entitled an act to amend an
act entitled an act to incorporate the Columbus
Savings aud Mutual Loan Association, approved
March 1st, 1856.
5!) Explanatory of an act to incorporate College
Temple, located in Newuan, Georgia, and to con
fer powers on the same, approved Feb. 11th, 1854.
51 To incorporate the Second Baptist Church,
Kolloch street, Augusta, Georgia.
Also, to incorporate Pleasant Grove Church and
Academy, in the county of Baldwin.
Also, to incorporate Black Spring Academy, in
said county of ltaldwin.
5*2 To incorporate the Mulberry Methodist Camp
Grouud in the county of Gwinnett, and to appoint
Trustees for the same, and for other purpotes.
53 To exempt practicing physicians in the coun
ties of Jasper, Dade, Laurens and Monroe, from
jury duty, and to compensate tales jurors in the
said counties.
54 To incorporate the town of Trenton, in the
county of Dade, aud to appoint Commissioners for
the sxinc, and to point, out the mode of electing the
same and other officers of said town, and to confer
certain powers ou the Commissioners thereof.
55 For the relief of George W. Reaves of Pike
county.
56 Further to amend the charter of the South-
Western Railroad Company, and to authorize the
further increase of the capital stock of said Com
pany, and for otlior purposes.
57 For the relief of the children of Littleberry CcniraUVYharf company.
James, deceased. ““ "■ ‘
county elections, and petit jurors iu the county of
Emanuel.
63 To incorporate Pine Grove Lodge, No. 177,
of Free and Accepted Masons at Bear Creek,
Henry county, Ga.; and Kirklin Lodge, No. 146,
of Free and Accepted Masons, in Harris county,
Georgia.
64 To postpone the operation of an act to regu
late the Agencies of Foreigu Insurance Companies,
and to provide for the appointment of an Insu
rance Commissioner, assented to 12tli Dec. 1859.
05 To repeal an act so far as relates to tax
ing cattle of non-residents five cents per head
above the cattle of residents of the county of Ir
win, assented to Dec. 19th, 1859.
66 To amend an act entitled an act to simplify
and curtail pleadings at law.
67 To organize the office of adjutant and Inspec
tor General of the State of Georgia.
58 To furnish money to the Medical College of
Georgia for the purposeof educating and graduating
certain young men in Georgia, aiul for other pur
poses.
69 To provide for the removal of the Public
buildings in the county of Clinch, and for other
purposes.
70 An act the hotter to regulate the liquor traffic
in the counties of Taliaferro, Greene, Washington
and Henry, and for other purposes.
71 To change the time of holding the Superior
Court of the county of Bibb.
72 To appropriate money for the erection
turnpike and bridgeacross the Allapaha river near
Irwinville on the road from Jacksonville, Telfair
county, to the city of Albany in Dougherty county,
aud build a bridge and turnpike across Spring
creek in Miller county, and for other purposes.
73 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court,'of Lumpkin county or a majority of them to
levy an extra tax for the purpose of repairing the
Court House of said county, and to authorize the
Justices of the Inferior Court of Bibb county to
levy and collect a special tax for the support of
tlie poor of said county, and for other purposes.
74 To authorize aud prescribe tlie mode of con
verting the answer to certioraris and to try issues
made thereupon aud for other purposes.
75 To authorize the Governor to draw his war
rant on the Treasury in favor of Leonard A. Simp-
sou of the county of Cobb, for the sum therein
named, for extra work done aud materials furnish
ed by him in the erection of the Laboratory build
ings of the Georgia Military Institute.
76 For the pardon of W'm A. Choice of the coun
ty of Fulton, charged with the crime of murder —
(Passed over the Governor’s veto.)
77 For the relief of S. Jenkins. (Passed
over the Governor’s veto.)
78 For tbe appointment of Trustees for the Geor
gia Academy for the Blind. (Passed over the Gov
eruor’s veto.)
79 To authorize the owner of slaves charged
with offences against the laws of this States to give
bail for such slave or slaves.
80 To ameud tbe 31st section of the attachment
law of this State, approved 4th March, 1856.
81 To authorize Ordinaries of this State to dis
pose of insolvent estates when the same shall not
exceed the sum of one hundred dollars.
82 To give to Clerks of Superior Courts time to
make cut copies of Bills in equity, and time to
Sheriffs to serve the same.
83 To require the Judges of the Superior Court
of this State to give their charges to Jurors in writ
ing iu the cases therein mentioned.
84 To authorize Guardians of free persons of
color to make settlements with the Courts of Ordi
nary, and other purposes.
85 To provide for the better organization of tbe
Georgia Military Institute at Marietta—to appropri
ate money for the same, and for other purposes
therein mentioned.
86 To repeal the first section of an act entitled
an act to change the name of Win. Capers Day of
Greene county to that of Wm. Capers Rhodes, and
to legitimate the same aud for other purposes
therein mentioned, approved Feb 21st, 1850.
87 To repeal an act approved, Dec. 29tb, 1847
entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act to
authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the
several counties in this State to create and lay out
any new districts, or to change and alter the lines
of those already laid out, assented to December
23d, 1838, so far as relates to the counties of Hab
ersham and
88 To ameud the Patrol Laws of this State so far
as relates to the county of Bryan.
89 To punish persons for obstructing the navi
gation of Peualton creek in the county of Tattnall,
trom the line of Emanuel county to the mouth of
of said creek in Tattnall county.
90 To authorize the Commissioners of the town
of Waresboro’ to open th" streets, and for other
purposes
91 To incorporate the Georgia Female College
in the county of Thomas, at or near Thomasviile,
for the education of Young ladies.
92 To change the lines between the counties of
Macon and Sumter, so as to attach the residence of
George Walker of Sumter to the county of Macon.
93 To suppress the use of intoxicating liquors at
elections in the county of Heury.
94 To authorize the Inferior Court of Taylor
county to levy an extra tax for the purpose of re
building the Jail of said county.
95 To authorize the Justicesof the InferiorCourt
of Baker county to pay the Tax Receiver of said
county a percentage for tho county tax.
96 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Chatham county to levy and collect an
extraordinary tax for tbe building of a new county
Jail and for other purposes.
97 To change and alter the county line between
Macon aud Dooly.
98 To change the line between tlie counties of
W ayne aud Glynn.
99 To prevent the peddling of spirituous liquors
in the, county of Worth, and other counties therein
mentioned, aud for other purposes.
109 To add another section to the Penal Code,
so far as relates to the county of Pickens.
101 To incorporate the Dallas Male and Female
Academy and to appoint Trustees therefor.
<02 To repeal an act entitled an act to amend
the charter of the town of Monticc-llo, iu Jasper
county, so ns to give the election of Marsha! to the
legal voters of said town, assented to Dec. 11,1858;
also to authorize the commissioners of said town to
elect or appoint a Marshal and Deputy Marshal,
and define the tenure of such officers, and to au
thorize said Board to remove said officers for cer
tain causes, and further to authorize said board to
punish persons for a violation of the ordinances ot
said towD, and for other purposes therein mention
ed ; also to incorporate the town of Summerville in
the county of Chattooga.
103 To appropriate money to compensate the
widow and children of David Harrison, late of the
county of Cobb, for demands sustained by them hy
reason of the killing of said David Harrison, their
husband and father, whilst in the employ of the W.
A A. R. K. t and for other purposes.
104 To legalize the acts aud doings of A. P.
Hearing as administrator of his father, William
Bearing, deceased.
105 To incorporate the Belgium American Com
pany, for the development of direct trade with the
Southern States of the United States, and to grant
the rights of domicil of said company, and for other
purposes therein specified.
106 To change the line between the counties of
Haralson and Carroll, and for other purposes.
107 To authorize the court of Ordinary of the
county of Calhoun to pay certain moneys: also to
amend an act to carry into effect the amended con
stitution of this State in reference to the ordinaries
of said State, assented to January 21st, 1852.
108 For the relief of Origin A. V. Rose ; aud
Mary M. Wallace, formerly Mary M. Mitchell, of
Pulaski county.
109 To provide for the public defence, and for
other purposes.
110 To incorporate Bkckshear Academy in
Pierce county, and appoint Trustees for the same.
Ill To amend the several acts of the General
Assembly, relating to the South Western Kail
Road Company; aud to authorize the said compa
ny to construct a branch Rail Road, and tor other
purposes.
11*2 To authorize the Governor to furnish arms
to organize volunteer companies not uniformed.
113 To provide for tbe survey of lands claimed
as exempt uuder the statute, assented to Dec. 11th
1841, and for other purposes.
114 To alter and ameud an act entitled an act to
alter and amend the patrol laws of this State, ap
proved Feb- 20th, J854, so far as relates to the coun
ty of Dougherty.
115 To authorize the ordinaries of Walton and
Newton counties to pay certain teachers for teach
ing certain poor children.
116 To authorize constables in any Militia Dis
trict in this State, to serve writs, and other process
of law outside of their respective districts, in cer
tain cases.
117 To change the time of holding the Superi
or Courts in the counties of Glynn, Wayne Cam
den and Charlton, in the Brunswick District, and
to change the times of holding the Superior courts
of the county of ployd.
118 For the relief of certain citizens of the coun
ty of Gilmer for illegal voting.
119 To incorporate the Savannah Western and
124 Ti kuUioHKe and reqUire tbe district Treas
urer of tfe£ hofftthen school fund, fur the counties of
DaWsouflHS Haralson to pay the money in their) patiy; ftpproved 18th Feb. 1556.
1 J 5 To ttibetid all act bhtilled itir act fo incorpo
rate the Georgia Whitrpath Gold and Cooper Com
| 120 To incorporate tne Ammaeolq Camp Ground
58 To change the county lines between the I of M. E. CfcuicL in Dawson county, and for other
counties of Forsyth and Milton
59 To repeal an act entitled an act to alter and
amend the Road Laws of this State, so far as re
lates to the county of Oglethorpe, and the several
counties therein named, assented to December
13th, 1858, so far as the same relates to the county
of Colquitt.
60 To legalize the executorship of Thomas W.
Anderson, and for other purposes.
61 To empower Elizabeth Lowthcr, a widow of
Jones county, to appoint Americus C. B. Mitchell
of Barbour county, Alabama, and Tenent. Lomax
of Montgomery county in same State, or either of
I purposes therein specified
121 To repeal an act entitled an act to alter and
amend the road laws of this State, so far as relates
to the county of Montgomery, assented to 19th Dec.,
1840.
122 To amend an act approved 27th February.
1856, to incorporate Octnuigee Mills in Butts coun
ty, aud to increase the capital stock of tbe same.
123 To repeal an act requiring the clerks of the
courts of ordinary of tbe several counties of this
State to advertise all application for letters of a d-
ministration at theTourt House door of said conn -
ty thirty days before granting such letters.
hands to the ordinaries of said comities and for oth
er purposes.
125 To alter and amend the read laws of this
State, so far as relates to the county of Camden.
126 To cupsolidate tbe offices of Tax Collector
and Receive of Tax Returns of the county of Ech
ols.
127 To incorporate Prospect Camp Grouud in
the county of Floyd and for other purposes.
128 To facilitate the construction of the Macon
& Brunswick Railroad.
1*29 To add an additional section to an act enti
tled an act to regulate the measuring of all timbers
prepared for the sea ports of Georgia and for the
appointing of Measurers and Inspectors of the
same, approved February 4th, 1854.
130 To add No. 354 to the county of Lowndes,
now Echols county, and to change so far the coun
ty line ; also to change the lines between the coun
ties of Pickens and Gordon.
131 To change the line between the counties of
Lumpkin aud Dawson, and between Fulton and
Clayton.
132 To amend an act passed 19th Dec. 1859, to
protect the possessions of lands of actual residents
of the county of Charlton aud for other purposes
133 For the protection of the citizens of Camden,
Bryan, McJntorii, and Glynn counties.
134 To amend the several acts passed in rela
tion to the LaGrange Female College; to ratify tlie
sale of the same, and for other purposes.
135 To submit the matter in controversy be
tween the W. & A. R. R. and Elsey B. Reynolds
to the arbitrament and award of Geo. D. Phillips
and John W. Lewis, Superintendent of the W- A A.
R. R. and for other purposes.
136 To change the line between the counties of
Jackson and Clark, so as to iuclude the planta
tion of George W. Hudson in the county of Clark.
137 To incorporate the Pioneer Hook and Lad
der Company, No, 1, in the town of Athens; and
to incorporate the Atlanta Hook and Ladder Com
pany, IS o. l, in the city of Atlanta, and for other
purposes.
138 To incorporate the Mount Vernon Church
and the Mount Vernon Academy in Murray coun
ty; and to incorporate the Friendship Baptist
Church iu the county of Walton, and for other pur
poses.
139 To incorporate the Atheus Insurance Compa
ny
140 To incorporate the Stephenson Gold Mining
Company
141 To provide for raising a revenue for the po
litical year, 1861, and to appropriate money for
the support of the Government during said j’ear.
and to make certain special appropriations, and
for other purposes therein named.
142 To change the times of holding the Superior
and Inferior Courts of the county of Clay, and for
other purposes.
143 To authorize Justices of the Peace iu Mitch
ell county to appoint Patrol Commissioners for
said county.
144 Amendatory ot au aet to amend the Patrol
laws of this State, approved *20th Feb., 1851, so far
as relates to the county of Effingham.
145 To poin out the method of distributing ne
groes iu certain cases therein mentioned.
146 To point out the mode of recovering bond
given by vagrants in pursuance of the 22nd section
of the 10th Division of the Penal Code.
147 To repeal an act to exempt negroes employed
by contractors in the construction of Railroads from
liability to work on roads on certain conditions.
148 To compel Road Commissioners in the Sec
ond Militia District, in this State, when there arc
no Justices of the Peace, to make returns of per
sons liable to pay tax in this State.
149 To extend the provisions of an act, passed
Dec. 19th, 1850, to allow and make compensation
to the Reporter of the Supreme Court for certain
volumes of the decisions of said Court, furnished
by him under the provisions of the act of 1845, so
as to include therein the former Reporter of said
Court.
150 To change the forty-fourth section of the
eighth division ol the Penal Code of this State.
151 To add a proviso to the fonrth section of
in act entitled an act for the relief of the people and
Banks of the State of Georgia, and for other purpo
ses, passed 30th Nov , 1860, and to add an addition
al section to said act.
152 To approve, adopt and make of force in the
State of Georgia, a revised Cede of Laws, prepar
ed under the direction and by authority of the Gen-
al Assembly thereof, aud for other purposes con
nectcd therewith.
153 To authorize Executors, Executorix or Trus
tees to invest the money of married women and
children in lands and negroes, or either on the
terms therein expressed.
154 To amend an act entitled an act to give all per
sons employed on all steam boats and other water
crafts on the Cliattahoachee, Altamaha and Ocmul-
gee Rivers, a lien on said steam boats or water
crafts for his, her or their wages, and for wood and
provisions furnished, and to poinWont and facilitate
tlie mode of the collection of the same, assented to
Dec 11th, 1841, and for other purposes.
155 To change the times of holding the Superior
Courts of the counties of Muscogee and Floyd, and
a!«> to change times of holding the Inferior Courts
of the couaties of Catoosa and UiLt>.
156 To repeal the 1st aud 2nd sections of an act
of the 17th of Dec., 1859, relativo to defaulters for
taxes, and to provide for the relief of said defaul
ters in certain cases, and to tax certain articles.
157 To change the times of holding the Superior
Courts of the counties of Washington, Wilkinson,
Polk and Carroll, and to add the county of Wash
ington to the Ocinulgee Judicial Circuit, and for
other purposes. (No provision in this bill adding
Washington coto theOomnlgee Circuit. I ds fire.]
158 To authorize the Courts of Ordinary of this
State, to issue executions in favor of widows aud
children for the twelve months support allowed
them by appraisers, appointed for that purpose.
159 In relation to making returns by the repre
sentatives of deceased Guardians, Executors, Ad
ministrators and Trustees.
160 To add an additional section to the 13th
division of the Penal Code, making it penal to sell
to or furnish slaves or free persons of color with
weapons of offence or defence, and for other pur
poses.
161 To amend and add to the 4th division of the
Penal Code, and for other purposes.
162 To encourage Volunteer Artillery Compa
nies in this State, and to appropriate money for the
same.
163 To define the manner in which teachers of
poor children must proceed to procure their pay,
who have not returned, or who may hereafter fail
to return their accounts to the Ordinary according
to law.
164 To provide for the trial of causes iu the Su
perior Courts of this State, when tho Judge presid
iug in such Court, shall be incompetent to try the
same under existing laws.
165 To ameud the 12th section of tbe 13th divis
ion of the Penal Code.
166 To change the form of the oath required of
tax payers in this State.
167 To repeal an act entitled au act to levy a tax
on all goods peddled in this State, or sales by sam
p’.es or otherwise by itenerant drummers or other
persons, and for other purposes, assented to Dec
15th, 1859.
168 To authorize Guardians, Trustees, Execu
tors and administrators to invest in the bonds of
the cities of Savannah and Augusta,
169 To authorize bail to be given for slaves of
free persons of color in certain cases mentioned.
170 For the relief of Jeremiah H. Dupree, Re
ceiver of Tax Returns in and for the county of
Dooly.
171 To protect the owners of stock in the conn-
ties of Fauiiiu, Gilmer and Davrson against killing
any stock of the description therein named, uuder
any claim or pretended claims, except as herein
provided, and to provide penalties for the same.
172 To regulate and prescribe the fees of juries
in civil cases, so far as relates to the couuty of Ca
toosa, and for other purposes.
173 To prevent free negroes and slaves from
keeping eating tables, and living separate and apart
from their owners, hirers of Guardians, aud to pre
vent their traffieing aud trading in the town of
Monroe, in this State, and to prescribe punishment
for the same, and for other purposes.
174 To incorporate the Loud Hydraulic Hose
Mining Company.
175 For the relief of Hiram L. Travis of the
county of Spalding, from double tax
176 To make penal the using of any poisonous
substance in any of the water courses in the coun
ty of Webster for the purpose of poisoning and
catching fish.
177 To incorporate the town of Colquitt, in the
county of Miller; to amend the 2nd 4th and Gth sec
tions of an act incorporating the town of Black-
shear, in Pierce county, approved Dec. 16th, 1859,
and add additional sections to said act, ami to autend
the act incorporating the town of Quitman, and
for other purposes.
178 To incorporate the Home Loan Association;
the People’s Mutual Loan Association, and tbe
Augusta Mutual Loan Association, and for other
purposes, passed over Gov’s, veto.
179 To provide by law, a permanent plan, for
using the school fund in the county of Whitfield,
and for other purposes.
180 To organize the South Western Battalion
of the State of Georgia, and to confer certaiu privi
leges on the same.
181 To incorporate the town of Talbotton, and to
extend the limits of the Mute, and repeal all laws
in relation to said town, in eonfiiet with this act.
182 To authorize Mprk A. Harden to sell certain
property therein named, to make titles thereto, to
enable Mary A. Graham. Administratix of Joha
Graham, deceased, to sell at private sale, the real
property of said estate, and for other purposes.
183 For the relief of James M. Summers of the
county of Foriyth, and for other purposes.
184 To amend an act entitled an aet to incorpo
rate the Skidawgy Shell Road Company, and for
other purposes therein named, assented to 29nd
Dec,. I8W.
196 To change the line between the counties of
Terrill and Webster.
187 T» compel non-residents of the counties of
E mxniiel and; Dade, owing -stock cattle in said
counties to pay taxes for the same iu said counties.
188 To appropriate money tothe Cotton Planters
Convention of lhe Stales of Georgia, and for other
purposes.
189 To change the line between certain counties
therein mentioned, and for other purposes.
190 For the relief of James McCrary, Band. B
Saxon, Wm. Nix, B. L. Dyer aud Wm. J. Hood of
the county of Union.
191 To amend an act entitled an act to alter
and amend the Road laws of this State, so far
as relates to the county of Wayne, assented to 22nd
Dec., 1857.
192 To change the line between the counties of
Henry and Butts.
193 To incorporate the Swancsboro’ .Railroad
Company.
194 To amend an act entitled an act to author
ize tbe City Council of Rome to subscribe one hun
dred thousand dollars of stock in the Georgia Ala
bama Rrilroad Company upon certain codiiiona,
and for other purposes, passed Dec. *22nd, 1857.
195 To amend the character of the Georgia
Western R. R. Cotupauy passed iu 1854, and to au
thorize the Governor to grant to said Georgia
Western R. R. Co., and the Polk Slate Quarry R.
R. Co., the right to build and construct their R. R,
on the right of way of the Westerm and Atlantic
R. R. Co , and for other purposes.
196 To amend an act entitled an act to name and
incorporate the Town of Spring Place iu the
county of Murray, asscuted to in 1834, and to re
peal au act to amend the 6th Section of the above
recited act, assented to 1839, aud for other purpo
ses herein mentioned.
197 To ^compel Guardians or employers of Free
Negroes in the counties ot Walker, Thomas, Hen
ry and Upson to have said Free Negroes reside on
the'premises of such guardian or employer, and
for other durposcs.
198 Au act to amend an act entitles an act to in
corporate the Nacochee Hydraulic Mining Compa
ny, assented to, Dec. 22nd, 1857.
199 To change the name of the Southern Central
Agricultural Society, aud to appropriate money for
the benefit of the same.
200 To reduce the work on Ronds in this State, so
far as relates to the counties of Appling, Coffee and
Wr.re.
201 To incorporate the town of Montaznina. in
Macon county, and to repeal 12th, 13th and J4th
seetious of an act, approved 8th Feb., 1854.
202 To change the lines between (Meriwether
and Talbot counties, and Applingand Ware.
203 To consolidate the offices of tax Receiver and
Collector, in Catoosa county, and to compeus&te
the officers of Receiver and Tax Collector of Musco
gee county, and to authorize the Inferior Court of
Muscogee county, to levy an extra tax to pay Grand
aud Petit J urors, and for other purposes.
204 To change the line between the counties of
Newton aud Jasper, arid also the line between Polk
and Cass.
205 To chauge the mode aud manner of disburs
ing the common school fund iu the couuty of Ra
bun.
06 For the relief of Johu M. Wilhite of the
county of Jackson.
207 To change the line between Emanuel and
Johnson counties, so as to add the residence of
Allen Meeks and Wm. Flanders of the county of
Emanuel.
298 To authorize the Inferior Court of Putnam
county to levy an Educational aud Military tax
209 To establish a mounted police in the county
of McIntosh ; to levy a tax upon the slaveholders of
lhe 271st and 22nd Districts G. 31., iu said coun
ty, and tor other purposes.
210 To alter and change the county line between
the counties of Glascock aud Jefferson, and for oth
er purposes,
211 To incorporate the town of Tallapoosa, iu
the county Haralson, and to amend an act entitled
an act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Jerico, of the State of Georgia, aud for
ethor purposes.
212 For the relief of Mitchell Fountaiu and Lem
uel Lavender, securities of James Myers, of the
county of Wilkinson.
213 To change the mode of ascertaining the num
ber of children in the county of Lumpkin, who are
entitled to the benefit of the common school fund
for said county.
214 To alter and amend an act to require all fines
collected for the neglect of Road duties, in tlie
county of Decatur, to be applied to the improve
ment of the Road within the District where said
default or neglect of duty occurred, asscuted to
December 30th, 1836.
215 To confer certain powers and privileges on
the tax collectors and tax payers of Stewart county.
216 To prevent tho obstruction of the waters of
Notley river, in the county of Union.
217 Authorizing the Dalton aud Jacksonville
Railroad Company to extend their road to the
North Carolina line, and to unite and he consoli
dated with other Railroad Companies in Georgia,
North Carolina and Alabama, and to authorize said
company and the Georgia aud Alabama Railroad
Company to consolidate.
218 'I o amend tlie .several acts incorporating the
city of Dalton, and amendatory of, and in addition
to the several acts incorporating the city of Atlan
ta, and to extend the corporate limits of the town
of Cunimiug, in Forsyth county.
219 To enable the parties having claims against
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company,
in the State of Georgia, to perfect service upon
said Company, and for other purposes.
220 To alter and amend the first article of the
Constitution, relative to granting corporate powers
and privileges.
221 To prevent the firing of woods between the
1st day of May and the 1st day of February in each
and every year, in the couuty of Wilcox, aud for I
other purposes.
222 To regulate the practice of Physicians in
the county of Elbert, and for other purposes.
223 To incorporate Courtieay Hydraulic Hose
Mining Company.
224 For the relief of Dunicl W. Shine, of the
county of Twiggs.
225 To incorporate Liberty Hill Baptist Church,
in the couuty of lienry aud to appoint Trustees
for tu same; aud the Oxford Female Academy,
the town of Oxford. Also, to appoiut Commis
sioners for the Methodist Church in the county of
Emanuel, known as Keas Church, and for olber
purposes.
226 To compensate the Sheriffs of Banks, Milton
and Whitfield, for making out and summoning Ju
rors ; aud to compensate the Sheriff and Deputy
Sheriff of Fultou county, and to pay the Sheriff of
Murray county forty dollars.
227 For the relief of Edward Palmer and Win.
L. Bixtou, both of the couuty of Burke, and for
other purposes.
228 To authorize the Ordinary of Chattooga
county to pay John A. Hose and Jobe Hammons
their accounts against the poor school fund of said
county, and to authorize tho Ordinary of Monroe
county to pay L. W. Jarrell for teaching poor
children iu said county.
229 To regulate the granting license to retail
spirituous liquors in the counties of Burke and
Columbia, and for other purposes.
2.10 To incorporate the Oglethorpe Academy, in
the town of Oglethorpe, Macon couuty, and to ap
point Trustees for the same.
231 To incorporate the ilouutaiu Town Hydrau
lic Hose Mining Conipauv.
232 To amend an act entitled an aet to regnlale
the fees of Jurors in Justices Courts.in the counties
of Catoosa aud Dade, so far as the same relates to
the county of Catoosa.
233 To change the line between tlie counties of
Jackson and Madison, and between the counties of
Towns and Union, and to legalize a sale of a lot of
land, made hy the Sheriff of the couuty of Towns.
231 To legalize the marriage of J. M. Painter and
Cynthia Roberson of the county of Gilmer.
235 To legalize the levy of an extra tax by the
Inferior Court of Lee Comity, for the purpose of
paying for the building of turnpike across Mucka-
lee Creek.
236 To amend au act to alter and amend the
14th section of an act entitled an act to protect the
estate of Orphans, and to make permanent provis
ions for the poor, approved Nov. 24th, 1818, so far
as relates to the county of Frankliu.
237 To incorporate the Poplar Spring Methodist
Episcopal Church, in the county of Frankliu, and
to amend and change the several acts incorporating
the town of Thomasviile, iu tbe county of Thomas
238 To ameud an act to incorporate the Orphan
House of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Chat
ham county, passed, 10th Dec., 1859.
239 For the relief of William J. Ammons, Sarah
Ammons, alias Sarah Wheeler, aud for other pur
poses therein mentioned.
240 To incorporate the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Camp Ground at Bethlehem, in the
couuty of Walton, and to appoint Trustees for the
same.
241 To incorporate the Wood Hydraulic Hose
Gold Mining Company.
242 To authorize A. Wallace Starke of the State
of Alabama, to act as Administrator of the estate of
George W. Harrison, deceased, late of the county
of Baldwin, and for other purposes.
243 To transfer all suits from the Superior Court
of the county of Herd, in which |B. H. Wright is
defendant and all papers appertaining to the same to
the Superior Court of the County ot Carroll.
244 To Organize a Volunteer Battalion, in (he
city of Macon, to be called the Independent Volun
teer Battalion of Macon.
245 For the relief of E. F. Linch, of Warren coun
ty, from the doable tax imposed for the year 1890.
246 To provide for (he disposal of the estate of
Frances Brooks, late of Marion county, deceased.
247 To incorporate tbe Georgia Insurance Conn-
pauy»
248 To compensate Justices of the Peace p the
counties of Decatur, Greene and Gilmer, formatting
but atxi ietirtung lints hi poof clnidieti, to tin, Or
dinaries of said coutitieki
249 To incorporate Fort Valley Female College,
in. the town of Fort Valley, and to incorporate
Trustees for the same; also to incorporate Charlton
Chapel, in Nebraska, JIanks Co; also to incorporate
tbe Trustees HepzibakHigh School, at Brotliers-
viile. Richmond county, and for other purposes
therein mentioned.
250 For the relief of C. D. Crittenden, of the
county of Schley, and for other purposes
251 For the relief of Bivins, Marcus and Mott.
252 To amend the 1st section of an act passed
1859, amending the charter of the town of Wash
ington.
253 For the relief of James Parker, of Marion
county.
254 To incorporate all Volunteer Companies of
Infantry, Cavalry or Artillery, which have been, or
may hereafter be organized and commissioned and
to extend certain privileges to the same, and for
other purposes.
255 To anthorize the Inferior Court of Laurens
county to pay out of the county funds, tbe Com
missioners appointed under an act entitled au act
to remove the county site of Laurqns county, to
change the line between said comity aud the coun
ty of Brooks, assented to 21st Nov. 1839, and also
to change the time of bolding the Inferior Courts of
Calhoun county, and for other pur|K>ses.
256 To provide for the publication of the Code of
the State of Georgia, to point out the mode of doing
the same, to fix tlie priee, and to authorize the Gov
ernor to purchase five thousand copies for the use
of the State, and for other pnrposes.
BILLS VETOED.
Tlie Governor has withheld liis siguature from the
following bills passed at thejate Session of the General
Assembly, for tbe reasons given after each :
An act for the relief of John R. Dyer, Executor of
Anthony Dyer of Jasper County. For the reason
that iu tlie opinion of the Governor, the State is not
liable to par the Attorney’s fees mid expenses incur
red by Mr. Dyer, in the aetionyf ejectment referred to,
in said bill.
An act to pay James II. Estes a sum of money lost
by him by reason of an error in the Records of the
State of Georgia.
The facts iu tbe ease are similar to the fuels recited
in the bill for the relief of Charles Whitlock of DcKalb
Co. They show in the opinion of the Governor, that Mr.
Estes was guiltv of neglect in failing to look to tbe
records in tbe other offices iu the 8ta*e House, when lie
was told in one that the lot was granted, ilad lie
applied for a copy Grant, tlie ei».»r would at onco
have been detected. For the reasons given in the
veto message in the Whitlock ca.- e, the bill is not
signed.
An act to consolidate the offices of Clerk of the Supe
rior and Inferior Courts of the comities of Randolph
and Harris, and forotiier purposes;
An act to consolidate the offices of Clerk of the Sn-
perior and Inferior Courts of Dawson. Stewart and
DeKalb counties:
An act to consolidate the offices of Clerk of the Su
perior and Inferior Courts of Clayton county For the
reason that the General Law of the State now au
thorizes the same person to bold both offices, if elect
ed to both.
Also an net to consolidate tbe offices of Clerk of the
Superior Court, Clerk of tlie Inferior Court and Or
dinary, in the county of Craw-ford, Ac. For the reason
that the duties of the Ordinary aud the duties of
Clerk of the Superior Court, are incompatible with
each other.
An act for tlie benefit of the McDuffie Rifles, a Vol
unteer Company in Warren county;
To incorporate the Wire Grass Minute Meu, a Vol
unteer Corps of Light Infantry now existing in Wares-
boro, Ware county, aud to grant certnin privileges to
tlie Jackson Guards, a Volunteer Company now or
ganized hi Atlanta, Fulton county;
An act to incorporate tlie Rome Light Guards in the
city of Rome. The Oconee Cavalry, in the town of
Athens. To amend an act incorporating the Xewnun
Guards. To extend tlie provisions of this art to all
Volunteer Companies in this State, and for other pur
poses ;
An act to incorporate the Altainnha Scout, at. Jones
Creek, in the county of Liberty, the Brunswick Rifles
of the county of Glynn, aud confer certain privileges
and exemptions on tbe same;
An act to incorporate tlie Griffin Fire Company No.
1, and to constitute the same a Military Company for
certain purposes herein named, and to confer on the
members thereof, certain privileges aud exemptions.
To anthorize the Atlanta Fire Company, No. 1, to
increase their numbers. To incorporate tlie several
Military Companies herein mentioned, and for other
purpose*;
Au act to incorporate the Glover Guards in the town
of Monticelkq Jasper county, aud the Fire Side Guards,
a Volunteer Company of Elbert county, and to gi ant
them certain privileges, and to extend the provisions
of this act to tlie Columbia Volunteers, iu the towu-of
Dealing, ami also to the Thomson Guards, in the town
of Thomson, in Columbia county, and also to extend
the provisions of this act to the Scriven Sharp Shoot
ers, in Scriven county, aud for other purposes. For tlie
reason that a General Aet was passed by the Legis
lature in 1859, incorporating these anti all other Vol
unteer Military Corps then in existence or thereafter
to be formed, anda similar General Act passed by the
late Legislature, again incorporates them all a second
time. The Governor does not, therefore, think it neces
sary to take them lip again, and pass separate acts
incorporating each a third time.
Au act to compensate the Grand and Petit J urors of j >
the counties ot Brooks, Mitchell, Clinch, Glynn,
Laurens, Lowndes and Milton. For tlie reason that
there is a General Law of the State authorizing tiie
Justices of the Inferior Court of the several counties
to levy a tax upon the recommendation of the Grand
Jury tor this purpose.
Au Act for the relief of James H. Ei win. Mr. Er
win is a citizen of Alabama, and this act proposes to
permit, him to hold the office of Notary - Public in Geor
gia, while he resides in Alabama. The Governor, be
lieving that only the citizens of this State should hold
office iu this State, refuses his assent to the bill. He
considers the principle wrong, and the precedent a bad
one.
An Act to authorize George B. May to practice
medicine in the county of Murray without license. The
Governor refuses to sign this bill for reasons heretofore
given in similar cases.
An Act for the relief of Smith Campbell, late of the
county of Worth, now of Butts couuty; also for the
relief of John Stewart, of the comity ol ltaldwin; and
also for the relief of Benjamin II. Crons, of Pierce
county. The wife of each of the above named persons
has obtained a divorce in the proner court; and this is
a bill to relieve the guilty parties from the penalties of
the taw. The Executive sanction is withheld for the
reasous heretofore given to the country in similar
cases.
An Act to discharge William Rogers, of the county
of Milton, trom the trusteeship of the property ot Mrs.
Ann C. Lenoir, and her children, and to vest said trus
tee-hip in John VI'. Lenoir, the husband of Ann C.
Lenoir, and the father of said children. For the rea
son that the bill proposes to dismiss the trustee ap
pointed by a deceased person, and appoint a new trus-
ee, without requiring the substituted trustee to give
security for the faithful execution of the trust-
Au Act for tbe relief of Silvester Hill, wife of Johu
Kill, of Cobb county, and forgot her purposes. This
bill proposes to make Mrs. Hills free dealer, with the
right to hold property separate from her husband, sue
and be sued, Ac,and is not sanctioned for the reasons
given to the country in other similar eases.
Au Act to authorize Win. J. Avery of the county of
Merriwelherto peddle in said county without license.
For the reason that the law now gives the InferiorCourt
of the county, upon the recommendation ol‘ the Grand
Jury, full power to grant him a license on such reason
able terms ns the Conit may impose, if ho be au iudi
gent and iufirm person.
An Act to amend an act to provide for the education
of the children of this State between certain ages, and
fo provide an annual sinking fund for tbe extinguish
meat of the public debt, assented to Dec. lltii, 1X58,
so far as relates to the county of liall. For the rea
son that the law now gives tlie Board of Education in
said county, or any other county, the right to dlspi-se
of said fund as proposed by this bill, if in their judg
ment. it is best to do so.
An Act to incorporate tbe Georgia Banking Compn
ny; aud for other purposes therein named. This is an
ordinary Bank charter, and the bill is not signed for the
reasons repeatedly given by the Governor on refusing
to sign similar bills. The present is, in his opinion, a
very nnpropitions lime to lie chartering new Banks.
An Act to incorporate the Coosa Bank, and for other
purposes therein named. This is the most stringent
charter that has been presented to the Governor, but
it contains a provision in palpable violation of tlie Con
stitution of the State. The 12th section of the act
provides, iu ca»e of a violation of the charter, that the
legislature, by joint resolution, may direct scat: factor
to issue from the Supreme Com / id the Slate, m the
name of the State of Georgia, calling upon said cnrpo
ration to show cause, &e., and on the hearing of t he
case in tlie Supreme Court, it provides that the issues,
of fact shall be tried by a jury empann lied by soul
Court for that pnrpjae. The bill therefore proposes
to give the Supreme Court original jurisdiction of this
case, and provides for a jury trial in the Supreme
Court. Tne first section of the Constitution says in
express terms, that the Supreme Court “shall have no
original jurisdiction.” Tlie conflict is therefore palpa
ble. The Governor and Committee left to bring np the
unfinished business of tlie session have examioea and
compared the original Bill, as introduced and passed,
bill, and in both the engrossed and enrolled copies.
An Act for the relief of James P. Wilkinson, of the
county of Walton, security on the penal bond of B. J.
Wilson. For reasons heretofore given in similar cases.
No facts appear in this case, which, in the opinion of
the Governor, take it oat of the general rule.
Au Act to incorporate the West Point aud Frankliu
Navigation company, and for other purposes therein
named. For tbe reason that tbe bill contain; -no suffi
cient personal liability chose to bind the stockholders
for the debts of the corporation, in case of its insol
vency.
A hill to be entitled “Au act to provide for the dis
tribution and disbursement of the common School
Fund, to which tbe counties of Gilmer, Fannin and
Dade, is or may be entitled under and by virtue ef an
act passed on the 11th day of December, 1858; to repeal
a part of tbe third section of an act to alter and amend
aa act to provide for the education of the children of
tins State, between certaiu ages, aud to provide au an
nual sinking fond for the extinguishment of the public
debt, assented to 21st Dec. 1859, so far as said section
limits the tuition of poor school children in the county
of Dougherty, to anthorize the Ordinary of Chattoo
ga county to pay E. H. Swelling for teaching poor chi I
dren; to ertend the provision* of thia BiU to the coun
ties of Liberty and Mitchell; aud for other purposes
herein mentioned.” For the reason that some of the
provisions of the bill are evidently unconstitutional,
because of their variance from tbe title ef the proposed
aet; and because, while toe caption indicates that the
net is to be foeef—applying to tha counties of Gilmer,
Fannin, Dade, Liberty ana Mitchell only, some of the
sections in the bill arc general; and should the bill be
come a law, nor school system throughout toe entire
State, would be chaagad in many material aud radical
respects which was evidently not the iutentiua ef (he
kgWure; ns gathered from tire caption of toe BOL
i’fcbKRAL RELATIONS.
Remarks of Sir. 1’aiue of Telfair in the Senap,
the 4tli Dee. lsst. Jil
Sir. President:
Having but little hope, that the Union of il.
Slates will be preserved, I am for action which
unite the South,—why, srr, have I so little hon* > 1
It is because I know the Southern States will j?.
remain in tlie Union, unless the Northern Mati*
will repeal all obnoxious laws—agree in nofeiT’
manner, that the slavery question shall never v"
considered or agitated in the halls of Congre gs ^
and that slaves as property shall be protected ■
the territories. Can we reasonably expeet il.l
Northern States to do this ! The history of tk<>
past forbid us so to hope. Then sir if it lie a fijJ
fact, that tli a Union of our fathers will be destroy,
ed, a Union which I iu boyhood was taught to love
aud which I fain would love for its past glory, and
for what it yet could be, were it not for t«naiiyi, Ir!
which tike a deadly poison is destroying its ritalil
hy, and marring its beauty. If it lie almost o-r-
tain, sir, that a rupture, will take place,
ought to be our action as sensible men 7 Ought
we to advocate separate State secession or should
we not attempt a co-operation with those States
which, are as much interested as onrseives?
This can be done, by a Convention of the South
ern States, and as Georgia is a leading State, sin-
should take the iead in the matter.
If when in Convention, the Southern States can
agree cu a basis of action, w hich will secure the
present Union, and save at tbe same time Soothers
honor; it shall have au earnest God speed from iny
heart.
I have been taunted with being a submissions :
If, sir, to be in fa\ or of a concert of action, a co
operation with the slave States of this Union, in
preference to separate State action, make me »
submissionist, then let me be a submissiouist.
Time, sir, will show who are the snbniissiouists
and time will show, who are true to the South,
and who ear? be depended on. ’Tis not every one.
who is fnll of binster, who is full of fight, nor are
those who are the most anxious to get into a fight,
always Jhe last to remain on the field. The man
who faceecs danger cautiously weighing well the
chances of sueess, and with the knowledge of the
consequences, can bo more relied ou in tbe hour of
trial, than the hair brained adventurer, who acts
without discretion, and due regard for prudence.
The one is stern and unyielding in defeat—the oth
er is panic stricken and flees.
All sensible men, must agree, that s concert of
action is desirable, if possible—let ns at least try
to get it: and as the substitute of tbe Senator from
Houst< a, is a move in that direction, T am in favor
of it, iu preference to the resolutions of the Sena
tor from Muscogee, because I think we can unite
easier on that basis ; aud our aim should be to unite
the people of Georgia if we can ; we should all be
united for a common destiny awaits us.
The question is a simple one—whether we shall
attempt to co-operate with the slave States, or
w hether w e prefer separate State actiou. Co-oper
ation will give us a great advantage, it will give
us strength and confidence—It will uuite ns as a
people. It can do no harm, it will do good. Bat
gentlemen who differ with me. sav let the States
secede separately, aud then form a Confederacy, this
may be easier said, than done. Do gentlemen, for
get the history of our present Constitution, how
hard it was to form, aud how hard it was to get
the different States to ratify it: and is it not reas
onable to suppose it will be difficult to get the se
ceding States into a Confederacy, after they once
go out separately. Other questions may arise be
sides, the question of slavery, which may deter
the States from a Union.
I am for a Confederacy composed of as many
States as will join us, I want more than the five
Slates usually spoken of in connexion with seces
sion—to-wit: Somii Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Al
abama and Mississippi. These States it is true, can
protect themselves trom enemies from any quar-
t r. could no doubt sustain themselves, and become
quite respectable in the eyes of nations, but they
could not expect to hold the same position in the
world, as a union of sovereignties, composed of
the Southern States of this Republic.
The smaller the new Republic, the more burden
some it will be oil the people, the greater our taxes,
and the less security it can afford its citizens. And
right here let me remark—no one must expect the
same prosperity and peace in the new confederacy
that we now enjoy, it will be years before we can
reach our present elevated position, aud it is folly
for us to expect otherwise, and it will be wrong to
mislead the people. It takes time to form a nation,
and time to perfect a government.
By co-operation with the slave States, we could
demand, and it would be granted, a division of the
public property- Our Navy, which is about tbe
third in the world, divided m two pans, would be
sufficient to defend our commcree on every sea.—
But gentlemen, who are in favor of immediate se
cession, aud separate State action, say, we will not
want a navy, and that we need not have a eum-
merec, they tell ns England and France, will carry
on onr commerce for us, that those nations will
send for our cotton, and other productions, in bot
toms of their own, and in return will supply us
all we need—sir, I am against this fair land of ours,
the greatest aud best on the globe, becoming tbe
hewers of wood, and the drawers of water for Eng
land and France. Let ns have a Commerce, no
nation is respected without it—and let us have a
navy to protect that commerce, on every
sea. Li t us at least be ii;de|>endeiit of England
aud France, we are their equals now, then let no
action of ours make ns their inferiors.
The facilities the government of the United
States has afforded the people, is superior to those
afforded by any government in the world, and were
it not for the Abolition horde, we could still hope
for their enjoyment for many years to come. Take
for instance the Postal arrangement;—What coun
try on the globe, has such an arrangement as ours’
Aiul what people are so blessed in the matter of
mails Every town, hamlet and cross-road has its
post office ; and every man in this great Republic,
whether he dwells in the crowded cities, or has his
home in the sparsly inhabited portions of the Un
ion, are alike blessed with the privilege the mails
afford—a blessing which may not be appreciated
until lost. Separate State action will necessarily
deprive us of this blessing. Georgia cannot guar
antee to the mail contractors payment for services,
rendered; her coffers could not stand the draft—
these contractors failing to receive a guaranty,
would fail to run the mails, and what a calamity it
would be on onr people—some of the larger towns
might not suffer, for express lines could Oe estab
lished, but the country and especially the sparsly
portions w ould suffer much. Were the Southern
States to co-operate, or eight or. ten of them
were to meet in Convention, they could make the
necessary arrangment ; they could and would be
able to guarantee the payment of contracts ; onr
mails would go on as usual: and if we are obliged
to form another government, we would not be
forced to continence a new era, with depriving
the people of their cherished blessings—and forcing
them to a comparison of the new, with the old gov-
erumeut.
Sir, unless we can get Louisiana and Texas to
join us, the glor.ous future of our contemplated
confederacy will be lost. Withoutthen: we cannot
expand,—with their co-operation, who can doabt
the glorious destiny which awaits ns. If we act
wisely, and are not teo precipitate, in a few years,
we will have Mexico, Yucatan, and Cuba; then
with a cdutsicrcc on the two great oceans, equal to
any nation, and the Gulf of 3Iexieo an inland
sea: (for we will hold the keys to the Gnlf, as Eng
land holds the key of the Mediterranean,) what,
sir, is to prevent our becoming as great, as pros
perous, aud as happy a people, as we might be in
our present Union.
Does the honor aud safety of Georgia, require
separate State action ? Can vve not save our hon
or, aud be as sale iu a Convention of Sontheru
States, as vve could be by ourself ? This Convention
can be called before tbe 4th of 31arcli; and should
the South determine on a new Confederacy, then
W tbe Southern States move in a botly, and
with our natural position,onr climate and produc
tions, vve will iu a few years be a nsjiected and
a powerful government, and a happy ar.d con
tented people. Hasty and thoughtless action may
produce enanehy and civil war, aud what then will
we have gained !
A small < ’onfederaey will lose to ns the power of
enforcing lhe 31 on roe Doctrine; which I fear may
prove fatal to the Houth American republics, and
w ith them our own may fall; but this is a matter to
be determined on in a Convention of States.
Jkdian Barbarities on the Texan
Frontier.—Tfce Galveston News contains
man v particulars of tbe recent savage foray
upon the northwestern frontiers of Texas.
A letter o? tbe 2*>th from ult, Jacksboro’,
says:
Parson Meflarics, with many others, have
just arriveil on the square from tbe scene
of trouble. Tbe road is lined with women
and chiidreu coming in. The frontier is
broken up. Parson Medaris tells me that
twenty two persons have been found in
Jack county, killed and scalped by tbe In
dians ; six in Palo Pinto and one in Parker.
Seboru J karri's wife and two of his chil
dren were carried off by the Indians from
Jack couuty, and have not been heard
from. Movers from the frontiers are still
coming;
The Hon. Mr. Hill, a member of
the Georgia State Senate, characterize*
the secession of a single State, separately*,
as “the right of a State to accomplish fti
own defeat, of Liberty to forge its own
chain, of Happiness to poison its own cup,
and of Preapeeitv to commit suicide/’
Jar.